Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Afterwards, at Deng Qifan's request, Wu Shigong and Deng Qifan had a secret talk.

As soon as he came up, Deng Qifan straight to the point and said to Wu Shigong: "My lord, have you noticed that although you are very attentive to your soldiers and spend a lot of money and food to support them, your soldiers are not loyal enough to you! If things go on like this, my lord I'm afraid there will be disasters from the soldiers of the Northern and Southern Dynasties!"

The literati at that time always liked to make alarmist remarks on the first sentence, so as to attract the attention of the lord.The same is true of Deng Qifan's words.However, Wu Shigong really felt a crisis in this incident, so Deng Qifan's words resonated.

However, Deng Qifan didn't quite understand some of the words he quoted from the scriptures, so Wu Shigong asked: "What is the disaster of the soldiers in the Southern and Northern Dynasties?"

After listening to Wu Shigong's question, Deng Qifan felt a little proud. He was a good teacher and taught Wu Shigong a good lesson. He introduced to Wu Shigong the military system of the Northern and Southern Dynasties and its historical origins and changes in detail.

Anyway, what Deng Qifan said, there are other contents of Fubing in history books, so I won't repeat them here.Deng Qifan mainly introduced to Wu Shigong: the soldiers of the Northern and Southern Dynasties were very powerful at that time, but in order to support them, they were given generous treatment and high military pay, and even hired chefs to cook for them.

But these soldiers did not feel grateful and loyal to the Eastern Jin court that supported them because they were treated well.They gradually became the private armies leading the generals. In the end, General Liu Yu relied on the soldiers to destroy the Eastern Jin Dynasty and established the Song Dynasty during the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

After listening to Deng Qifan's lecture on history, although Wu Shigong didn't fully understand that period of history, he already understood what Deng Qifan was going to say.

Deng Qifan wanted to tell Wu Shigong: the loyalty of his soldiers cannot be bought only by money, beauties, etc.Otherwise, it would be easy for one's subordinates to be bribed by other people.At that time, Wu Shigong just did a stupid thing of raising his daughter and marrying him off.

After listening to Deng Qifan's words, Wu Shigong scratched his scalp and felt a little annoyed.To be honest, if Wu Shigong hadn't had the official position of acting as an agent for Qianhu, there would be no reason for his soldiers to be loyal no matter in terms of righteousness or status.Wu Shigong had no choice but to exchange good support and full military pay for the loyalty of soldiers.

But what Deng Qifan said was indeed reasonable.Wu Shigong is the boss of the underworld in modern times. In the underworld, intrigues, mutual betrayal, and infernal affairs are rampant.It can be said that it is commonplace to sell one's brother for profit.At that time, Wu Shigong had no choice but to tie his subordinates together with interests in order to maintain the loyalty of his subordinates to him.

Wu Shigong was scratching his scalp in annoyance.Suddenly, out of the corner of his eyes, he saw Deng Qifan sitting aside, smiling and not saying a word.Wu Shigong immediately understood.A smile appeared on his face immediately, and he said to Deng Qifan with a smile: "Mr. Deng, you don't have to be a fool anymore. You must have a good way. Come and listen."

This shameless Wu Shigong, in order to solve this problem, stopped calling Deng Qifan "Sour Butter", and called Deng Qifan "Mr. Deng".

Wu Shigong's question obviously scratched Deng Qifan's itch.He immediately leaned forward, approached Wu Shigong and said, "My lord, the students thought that your lord had a very good idea before."

"Oh? Tell me quickly." Wu Shigong was also aroused by Deng Qifan's words.

"Reading! Read the books of sages!" Seeing Wu Shigong was a little taken aback by his answer, Deng Qifan was even more proud, and he continued to explain: "Of course the purpose of reading is to understand the truth, and what is clear is to be loyal to the emperor. To be loyal to the principles of the Ming Dynasty is of course to be loyal to your principles as a general of the court, my lord! So not only should they read the books of sages, but also the books of sages compiled by you, my lord."

Wu Shigong suddenly understood.It turned out that Deng Qifan wanted to strengthen the brainwashing work of his opponent's soldiers.That's a really good idea.But this scholar talked in a twist and turn, and it took him a long time to get to the point, and he was not at all cheerful.

But Wu Shigong found that Deng Qifan seemed to be talking more than enough, of course Wu Shigong continued to tickle with great interest.He then asked: "Mr. Deng is indeed right. You go on."

Deng Qifan smiled "hehe" and continued: "Actually, the way my lord used to let his military officers and adopted orphans read the sage books compiled by him was very good. But according to the students, the people chosen by my lord are not good enough. "

"how so?"

"Look, my lord, your military officers are all people from the mansion brought from the capital, and those orphans have also been taken in by you to the current mansion. So these people are actually the servants of your mansion, my lord. They should never Betrayed your lord. Therefore, it is good for your lord to want them to study, but it is not necessary to choose them. And your lord should let those other soldiers read the sage books compiled by your lord. In this way, they will definitely to increase their loyalty."

Deng Qifan's words hit the point at once, seeing that the problem in his heart was solved, Wu Shigong laughed heartily.He immediately said: "Sir, you are talented! Alright! Let's do this! After I return to Qianhu, I will make all the soldiers study. I want my army to become the first army without illiteracy in the Ming Dynasty." Army. Hahaha—"

Deng Qifan laughed along with him, and after a while, he reminded Wu Shigong: "My lord, if you want so many people to study, you need to hire a lot of teachers!"

"No problem!" Wu Shigong waved his hand, and replied boldly: "It's not like letting these soldiers go to the examination for talents, and it's enough to prevent them from becoming blind. You can let those soldiers who are more literate temporarily serve as teachers. .”

"Also, I should not only care about those soldiers, but also their families. Let the soldiers with children send all their children here, and I will let them all go to school. There are really not enough teachers, so I will go I beg Mr. Gong. He will definitely support me. Hahaha——!"

Wu Shigong is quite proud.Brainwashing should start with dolls!Deng Qifan also nodded with a smile on the side, very much agreeing with Wu Shigong's inference.

Unexpectedly, Wu Shigong's fox tail was exposed all of a sudden.Then he gritted his teeth and said: "With these children, I want to see who dares to be disobedient."

Hearing Wu Shigong's last words, Deng Qifan was dumbfounded.He couldn't help shivering all over his body.But Deng Qifan thought about it again, Wu Shigong caught the soldier's handle in this way, and it was a good way to maintain the loyalty of the soldier.

But what Deng Qifan didn't expect was that Wu Shigong then said to him: "Mr. Deng is a great talent, and I find that I can't do without you more and more. Before becoming king this time, Mr. Deng had already written a letter from home and sent it home. In this way, Mr. Deng will write another letter home and ask Mr. Deng’s family to move to Guide Mansion. This Guide Mansion has beautiful mountains and rivers, and the noble lady and Young Master Ling will definitely be fat and fat. Hahaha—— —!”

Deng Qifan was dumbfounded again, and shuddered all over his body.This is really a cocoon!But now Deng Qifan is under the eaves, so he can only agree with a wry smile.

In order to hide the embarrassment on his face, Deng Qifan changed the topic and said to Wu Shigong: "My lord, your apprentice Tao Xin is quite like your lord. He led the team of boys, but he trained well. He looks like a soldier!"

Wu Shigong nodded.He was indeed very satisfied with his apprentice.Although that Tao Xin was forced by Wu Shigong to be his apprentice at that time, that Tao Xin was indeed upbeat, and he was strict in doing things, which was a credit to Wu Shigong.

Wu Shigong smiled and said to Deng Qifan: "The little boy should not be praised too much, lest he be proud. However, this kid learns military things very quickly, but he doesn't pay attention to his studies. When I go back this time, I will trouble my husband to teach him. Teach that brat. If he dares to be disobedient, don't be polite to him. This kid has a thick skin. Now, that is, my eldest daughter can hold him down! Hahaha——! This kid will definitely He's a henpeck. Hahaha——!"