The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 35 Joining the Army
When the opera on the stage sang that the warlords of the four towns in Jiangbei had hundreds of thousands of troops but were vying to surrender, the eyes of the audience were full of anger and contempt.

Afterwards, Shi Kefa led 3000 troops to defend Yangzhou to the death. When he finished his play, "It's not good to go to battle, defend the city; it's not good to defend the city, to fight in the streets; Wept so much that the stage had to pause.

Many people spontaneously looked in the direction of Yangzhou and knelt down to worship Shige Department.

Who can explain that these illiterate farmers are ignorant?It's just that no one told them the details of what happened, no one told them about current affairs in a way they could understand, no one took the time to channel their patriotic enthusiasm.In fact, their feelings for Daming are more simple and profound than those gentry officials who have read poetry and books!
After a while, the stage started again, and the tragedy in Yangzhou for the next ten days ignited the anger in everyone's heart again.Wang Ke shouted at the right time: "Kill Jianlu, revenge!"

When the villagers heard this sentence, their eyes turned red instantly.

"Kill Jianlu, revenge!" The shout resounded through the sky immediately.

"Didn't Wangzhi County say last month that the Dragon Guards would recruit soldiers? I'm going to join the army and kill Jianlu!"

"Yes, join the army!"

"Kill Jianu and avenge Lord Shi!"

But the impulse of young people is immediately suppressed by their elders.

"What army do you join? Are you stupid? Once you join the army and wait for you to return home, you will be 60 or [-] years old!"

"The more soldiers there are, the more nominations there will be. Where do we have surplus food to pay?"

Tibing is to collect special taxes from the local people to feed the local army.The taxes on farmers in the late Ming Dynasty were already heavy, so how could they bear more exploitation.

At this time, the play was over, Wang Ke returned to the stage again, and read aloud the recruitment notice written by Zhu Linmi: "... Therefore, thousands of soldiers are recruited to fight against the Qing captives... Anyone who joins the army this time will not be admitted to the army, and the shortest period is three years." You can retire from the army and return to your hometown... All the salaries will be issued by the imperial court, and no local cents will be taken. The military pay is three taels and five dollars per month for first-class soldiers, three taels for first-class soldiers, two and one taels for second-class soldiers, and one tael and four for third-class soldiers. Enlisted in the army for five years One and a half acres of fertile land can be divided into one and a half acres, and another two acres can be divided into ten years..."

After reading the notice, the villagers immediately exploded.

"Can you go home in three years?"

"Three taels of five dollars a month?! I have never seen what three taels of five dollars is like!"

"No editorial? I'm relieved."

"If you don't join the military household, you still get the land? There are three and a half acres of fertile land in ten years?!"

"Master Xuanjiao, this is not going to lie to us, is it?"

Wang Ke smiled and said loudly: "Xuanjiao Manor never tells lies! You can rest assured about the recruiting matter just mentioned, it is estimated that Wang Zhi County will issue a notice with the same content in the next two days. village."

The villagers discussed heatedly again.

Not long after, the voices of "kill Jianlu" and "revenge Lord Shi" sounded again.The service time is short, the salary is high, and the land can be divided. The young people who have no elders in the family immediately ran to the elder's house.Usually recruiting is done by the village head.

But the older villagers still hold on to their juniors, planning to wait until the news is confirmed.

Wang Ke never imagined that one day he would be able to ascend to such a height. A sense of pride was born in the crowd of responders.He didn't delay in Heigou Village, and while it was still early, he ordered the theater troupe to pack up their luggage and rush to the next village in a hurry.

The same scene was staged in various villages in Longnan, and the new play about Shi Kefa touched the hearts of countless people.

More than a dozen missionaries sent by the Xuanjiao Mansion took their theater troupe and storytellers to gather the hearts of the people in various parts of Longnan.On the same day, village chiefs from all over the country sent hundreds of young people who volunteered to join the army to the Longwei camp.

In the Longwei camp, several officers were sweating profusely with the registering of new recruits.

In the evening, Yu Xin handed over several rosters to Zhu Linmi, "Commander, these are the people who joined the army today. After simple screening, there are 210 names in total."

"Strictly select and keep only healthy and honest young people, and there will be plenty of soldiers in the future." Zhu Linming ordered, "In addition, within a month, the current Dragon Guards still cannot reach the third-class soldiers. The standard is to gradually arrange to leave the combat establishment."

"Yes!" Yu Xin stood upright.

According to the password rules in the "Training and Combat Manual" of the Longwei New Army, now you must answer "yes" to the instructions of your superiors.

The work of the Mission Office began to show results, and Zhu Linmin secretly nodded in her heart, not in vain of the more than 300 taels of silver she invested in the Mission Office every month.He believed that with the continuous increase of publicity, public opinion would become more and more favorable to the imperial court and the Ming army, and recruiting soldiers was just an appetizer.

Moreover, the current activities of the Mission House are only in Longnan and its surrounding areas. In the future, the entire Jiangxi and even the entire Jiangnan will be included in the influence of the Mission House.

In the future, various new policies of the imperial court can be implemented without any resistance, and the enemy's rumors can't be spread at all. The Ming Dynasty is united as one, and even uses public opinion warfare to affect the stability and morale of the enemy. This is his ultimate goal!
On the same day, the picket team of the Longwei Battalion was formally established.There are only 12 people in total, and most of them are junior officers and non-commissioned officers of the personal soldier company.

After dinner, each barracks will face a "baptism" of pickets.

As early as a few days ago, Zhu Linmei called a meeting of military officers, emphasized the internal affairs stipulated in the "Military Disciplinary Regulations", and personally instructed the officers to fold the quilt into "tofu blocks".

However, it has been more than a year since he went to the army to do a project last time, and he forgot most of the effort to make the quilt.Even so, the square and angular quilt still surprised all the officers.

Of course, when they heard that the bedding of all officers and soldiers would be stacked in this way, their eyes widened.

However, until the pickets came to the door, most of the soldiers did not remember the officer's request to tidy up the internal affairs a few days ago.

In each barracks, not to mention folding the quilt into "tofu cubes", there are not many people who have folded the quilt.The ground is also littered with garbage, and even dirty clothes and smelly socks are thrown everywhere.

After checking all the way, there are not many military officers who follow the requirements of the "Military Discipline Regulations" to do a good job in internal affairs.Counting Yu Xin and several second lieutenant officers, only 16 people barely reached Zhu Linming's internal affairs standard.

According to Zhu Linming's instructions, all the soldiers who did not do their housework well were punished to do [-] leapfrogs, and then carefully stacked "tofu cubes".And I was told that next time if I didn't engage in internal affairs seriously, I would be fined to stand outside the barracks until I was notified of criticism.

Today, the soldiers who have done internal affairs as required will be rewarded once in a special way.Everyone has been studying the Military Disciplinary Regulations for the past few days, and five accumulative rewards are equivalent to one third-class merit!And the third-class merit is fertile land!This made the other soldiers salivate.

Zhu Linming is very clear that the internal affairs of the army seem to be trivial, but they actually reflect the spirit of the soldiers.A tidy barracks can subconsciously affect soldiers and enhance their discipline and normative awareness, which is no small matter.

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