Griffin Commander in the Late Ming Dynasty

"Keep firing!!"

These people ran in different directions, but found that many streets were filled with volunteer troops. They opened fire without saying a word when they saw them, and some even carried tiger squat cannons and fired at the crowd.

There were screams on the streets. Many people hid in their homes, secretly watching everything happening outside through the windows. Their faces were pale. Some brave people were cheering secretly. These young bullies have caused great harm to the people of Zhenjiang in recent days. Now they can only say that God has eyes.

"Arrest the merchants who are on strike, and the officials who are colluding with merchants. All the land and shops owned by those who are participating in the strike will be confiscated!"

The volunteers took the list and started arresting people. Although Jiang Han did not have many people under him, they were not idle. Over the past few days, they had collected the list of all the merchants on strike. They sealed up the shops in an orderly manner and arrested people according to the list.

No matter whether it was the home of a gentry or merchant, they would break into the house, arrest the owner, and seal up all the land and shops under his name.

The people were really stunned for a moment. In recent days, the security on the streets has been extremely poor and they dared not go out. Now the Volunteer Army's thundering measures came too suddenly and were beyond everyone's expectations.

Seeing the many volunteers who broke into the Zhenjiang government office, many officials began to jump up and down. They said, "You are so bold! How dare you break into the government office without permission! Why didn't you inform us in advance when you were so ostentatious in the street?"

Liuzi went up to him without saying a word and started a fight. The official was so shocked that he turned around on the spot. He was stunned and only recovered after being helped by several people.

He pointed at Liuzi and said angrily: "You!! You!! How dare you hit Shangguan!"

"I'm going to hit you, you dog official!"

Liuzi was still not satisfied and stepped forward to kick him a few more times, knocking him all over the place. "Master has ordered that all those who colluded with officials and businessmen be arrested and escorted to Yangzhou to await punishment! Take them away!!"

After saying that, he kicked the official on the head again, causing his mouth to be filled with blood. Several volunteers stepped forward, tied him up with an iron chain, and dragged him away.

On the side, there were also volunteers who loudly announced the crimes of these officials to the people. The people gathered around and pointed and many people cursed, and even picked up stones and threw them at these officials. These damn dog officials, they served as dogs for the profiteers! They deserved to be cut into pieces! !

Liuzi felt relaxed all over. He turned his head and looked at a brother beside him. It was he who had questioned Jiang Han's attitude before: "How do you think this new way of life works?"

The man grinned widely, laughing heartily: "Damn it, this is so cool! These dog officials should have been treated like this a long time ago! This is what they should do!"

"Yes..." Liuzi looked up at the sky and let out a long sigh. "Gathering people to do evil, they should be killed. The corrupt officials who oppress the people should be arrested directly. This is how... people should live their lives..."

Yangzhou, Jiang Mansion

Zhao Zhilong slowly opened his eyes and saw a completely unfamiliar ceiling. He was suddenly startled and wanted to get up, but found that every part of his body was in pain, making him cry out in pain.

The maid outside the door heard Zhao Zhilong's cry, and after entering the room and seeing him, she ran out shouting, "Sir! Sir!! That person is awake!!"

Zhao Zhilong felt his head buzzing. Which maid is so unruly?

Lying on the bed, Zhao Zhilong recalled that he should have been knocked unconscious by the enemy's gunpowder on the battlefield, so it was obvious where he was.

"Hey......"

I let out a long sigh. Now that I am a prisoner, I am at the mercy of others. I just don't know why the other party has captured me.

The footsteps outside the door were getting closer, and the maid was chattering: "I just went out to change his water, and I heard a pig grunting inside. I hurried in to check, and sure enough, the man woke up. I'm leaving him to you now."

You are the pig! Zhao Zhilong was so angry that his whole body ached. Whose maid is this? How was she trained?

"Okay, okay, I'll have a good chat with him, don't worry."

A generous and gentle voice sounded, and Zhao Zhilong thought to himself, this master is really strange, why is he so polite to a maid?

A pair of cloth shoes stepped into the room. Zhao Zhilong turned his head and looked over. He screamed in surprise: "Why is it you?!"

Volume 259: Chapter Chapter : New War Meeting

"That's it. If we dig up this brick, there must be something hidden inside."

A few young men pointed out the direction in which the volunteer soldiers were going to search the house. A few soldiers came forward with engineering shovels and rubbed the bricks a few times, then lifted up the bricks that the young men pointed at. Then they shoveled down and hit something hard.

Several people shoveled away the soil on top, revealing a large box underneath. When they opened the box, they saw neatly stacked silver ingots!

"Oh, sure. How did you know there was something here?"

Several volunteers looked at him with admiration.

"Hey! I've been a thief for so many years. I know where in the house can I hide money. I can tell at a glance that the location is wrong. I'm telling you, look, there's something on the beam of this house!"

As he spoke, in front of the astonished eyes of several people, he kicked the table, rubbed the wall twice and jumped onto the beam, and casually threw down a few small boxes, which were all filled with land deeds.

"Well, am I right?"

Qingpi jumped down and patted the dust on his hands.

"Awesome"

Liuzi's team is a mixed bag, with a wide range of talents and people from all walks of life. Of course, there are no beggars.

There are jugglers, monkey trainers, thieves, and laborers. The diversity is comparable to that of NGA. The one who just showed off his special skills is one of the thieves.

"Sure, I'm good at it."

On the other side, another young man looked up at the beam for a long time: "Shunzi, can you bring the ladder over? I want to take a closer look."

"No problem bro, just wait."

A few people went out of the door, and soon they came back with a ladder. The man climbed up the ladder and felt the beam for a while, then stretched out his hand and patted it: "This beam must be taken away too."

"? What's up, brother? Is there any explanation for this beam?"

"Hey, that's it, see? It's made of Huanghuali wood!"

"Wow! These are all good stuff!"

The soldiers of the Volunteer Army below were all shocked. This was too professional. "May I ask where you worked before?"

He was a little proud, and said with a sigh, "I used to make coffins! I know all about wood!"

With the help of these "professionals", the volunteers' house-raiding work was carried out unexpectedly quickly. Talents from all walks of life reduced a lot of analysis and identification work, and everything went on in an orderly manner.

Liuzi took advantage of the Volunteer Army to bully others and experienced the gaming pleasure brought by top-level equipment. This wave, this wave is the Volunteer Army seven-day trial card.

While following them to search the house, Liuzi discovered that the volunteers were different from other soldiers.

They followed orders and did not disturb the common people at all. When faced with the huge fortunes of their masters, they simply searched and sealed the boxes in a methodical manner, turning a blind eye to the huge amounts of silver.

In fact, this kind of house search is the most likely to lead to corruption. Greed is innate in people's hearts, and no one will not be tempted by so many good things, especially the military. When searching property, the subordinates will often secretly intercept a small portion, and then exploit the people at every level. In the Ming Dynasty, many officials confiscated one million yuan from their homes, but only reported four or five hundred thousand or five hundred thousand. That was because the subordinates were being conscientious.

The volunteers, on the contrary, did not lose control of their hands at all. This surprised Liuzi so much that he couldn't help but ask these people why.

Of course, you can't just ask, "Why don't you embezzle the property secretly?" That would be stupid. You have to think round about it.

He came to a soldier with a bowl of water and handed it to him, "Brother, come here, drink some water first, and rest for a while before moving."

The soldier took it with both hands and said, "I'm a little thirsty. Thank you."

While the soldiers were drinking water, Liuzi stepped forward and asked, "Hey, brother, I've been following you for the past two days and I feel that the Volunteer Army is really awesome. I also want to be a Volunteer Army soldier. Is the military discipline of our Volunteer Army very strict?"

The soldier wiped his mouth and said, "Of course it is strict. That is military discipline. How can we not be strict? The consequences of violating it are terrible. For example, we cannot harass the people. We must obey orders and cannot accept things from the people. There are many things."

"Ah? We can't accept things? This is indeed a bit strict. Can everyone accept this?"

"Haha, I definitely couldn't accept it at first, but later, the team often organized classes to teach everyone some principles. In fact, if you want to be a volunteer soldier, the first lesson before joining the army will teach you why you want to pick up this gun."

"Under your rule, although it is not prosperous, it is more or less peaceful. Although the treatment of the volunteers is good, there are many better jobs than this. Why do you want to be a soldier? It can kill you. If you understand why you are fighting, figure out your goals, and know what you want to protect, you will naturally begin to consciously restrain your behavior."

The soldier patted Liuzi on the shoulder and said, "Since you want to join the Volunteer Army, why don't you start thinking about it now? Why do you want to join the Volunteer Army? What are you fighting for? By the way..."

He took out a small booklet from his pocket and handed it to Liuzi: "This is the booklet we usually study. You can take a look at it when you have time. Oh, yes, can you read?"

Liuzi nodded hesitantly: "I know a little bit..."

The soldier waved his hand and said, "It's okay if I don't know much. I can just go to a literacy class for two days."

"The book you're studying should be something very important, right? It's all about learning. Is it appropriate to just give it to me like this?"

"Hahaha, you think too much. This thing is really not that precious. Every volunteer soldier has a copy, and I'm just afraid that you won't read it. The teacher said that knowledge is for people to learn, not to be hidden away as a treasure. If someone can learn the teacher's thoughts, or even have his own ideas and surpass him, then he will be very happy."

Jiang Han indeed thought so. He was just an ordinary person. It was really difficult for him to come up with any philosophy or advanced ideas. All he did was to rely on his memory to copy others. If he had the ability to propose targeted construction based on the current social situation, he would have gone into the system to make a big splash. Why was he still staying at home as a otaku?

He knew very well that all his achievements came from the Golden Finger System, and all the world was created by the humanoid girls, so he was very self-aware. There were so many talented people in the world, so were there no talents in the late Ming Dynasty? Yes, and there were many, but they were not reused. The ancients just had their cognition hindered by the times, so they didn't think of many things, which didn't mean they were stupid.

He hopes that someone can use his clumsy and half-baked spirit to think and find a path and ideas that suit this era.

There is no savior, nor a divine emperor. If you want a better life, you have to rely on your own efforts. If you want a better life, it ultimately depends on the ordinary people themselves.

Hearing the soldier's words, Liuzi was also quite fascinated: "You are worthy of being called a gentleman to have such a broad mind..."

"Yeah, let's stop talking and get back to work."

"Hey, good"

In Jiang Han's room, Jiang Han was having a meeting with a group of humanoids.

"Another combat mission? Commander, I noticed that we have been fighting quite frequently these days..."

416 raised his eyebrows

"Stop complaining. It's such a comfortable combat mission. Just go to the place, shoot, and end the battle. There are no huge tanks, no battlefield mechas, and no messy mixed forces. Isn't it very comfortable?"

AK12 twirled his hair with his fingers.

".....That's true, it's better here."

Thinking of the abstract enemies on the battlefield, the humanoids' faces turned pale.

"What is our combat mission this time?"

M4 spoke up to get the topic back on track.

"This time, our mission is to attack Changzhou, but before we attack Changzhou, we have to bring some people back."

Jiang Han stroked his chin, where there was a little stubble.

"Are you going to bring some messed-up people back again? I've had enough of this."

45 complained silently on the side that she had been the one doing the kidnapping work all along, which made her doubt whether she was an intelligence agent or a photojournalist.

"How can you call this bringing back a bunch of messy people? This is all to bring us talent. You are not the commander, you don't know my difficulties. I work diligently every day so that we can have a good development, but you still don't understand me. I am really sad..."

45 felt himself hard, fist ".......If you don't want your front teeth, I can actually help you"

"Sorry to bother you, please don't use violence"

"Haha, Commander, you have come to this day too."

AA-12 laughed.

"Be serious, we are in a meeting!"

After a fake rebuke, Jiang Han continued, "I know this may be a little unreasonable, but if I don't save these people, I will feel very sorry. Just consider it as a small request from me. Please, everyone."

"Tsk, why don't you just tell us the name? Do you think we will not save him if you tell us the name?"

"So, who is it?"

"Strictly speaking, I'm not sure what they are called, but they should be well-known locally."

Everyone was speechless for a moment. They didn't even know what to call. "Then what specific information do you have that we can obtain?"

"Oh, I remember, they should be in Yixing. If you go to Yixing, you will probably be able to find them."

"Ok"

The humanoids nodded and kept this information in mind. Although it was a bit unreliable, it was still a crucial piece of news. At least they knew the specific location of the person they wanted to kidnap.

Speaking of this, many people may already know who Jiang Han wants to save.

Yixing County, Changzhou Prefecture, Nanzhili Province has produced many talents in history, including four top scholars, ten prime ministers, and a large number of famous officials. Among them is the Minister of War of the Ming Dynasty, Lu Xiangsheng.

In Yixing, the Lu family is considered a scholarly family, and there are many educated people in the family. However, outrageously, they always fail in the imperial examinations. The old Lu family fought again and again after repeated failures, and displayed the spirit of Yugong moving mountains. Finally, after several generations of poor people, smoke began to rise from the ancestral tomb of the old Lu family. Someone was barbecuing at the tomb. It turned out that it was their descendant Lu Xiangsheng who passed the high school entrance examination and became a Jinshi. From then on, he had a successful career in his career.

Lu Xiangsheng initially served as the head of the Ministry of Revenue, and was also in charge of the granary. Later, he was promoted to Yuwenlang and then transferred to the prefect of Daming. During the Ji Si Rebellion in the second year of Chongzhen, Lu Xiangsheng recruited 10,000 soldiers and horses to enter Beijing to assist in defense. Later, he was promoted to You Canzheng and Deputy Envoy. When he was reorganizing the military preparations of Daming, Guangping and Shunde, he created the Tianxiong Army.

In the fourth year of Chongzhen, Lu Xiangsheng was promoted to Censor for his outstanding political achievements and conduct. Starting from the sixth year of Chongzhen, Lu Xiangsheng participated in the suppression of bandits such as Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng and made great contributions. He was promoted to Right Deputy Censor-in-Chief, Prime Minister of the Five Provinces, and Governor of Huguang.

The official of Right Deputy Censor-in-Chief is of the third rank.

In the seventh year of Chongzhen, he defeated Zhang Xianzhong. In the eighth year of Chongzhen, he defeated Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng. He was promoted to the left vice minister of the Ministry of War and governor-general of Xuanda. In the eleventh year of Chongzhen, he served as the Minister of War, advocated resistance against the Qing Dynasty, and won consecutive victories.

However, after Lu Xiangsheng's death, he did not get the treatment he deserved. When he lost a city or a battle, he always had to find someone to take the blame, and Lu Xiangsheng, who could not speak, became the best candidate.

A group of officials led by Yang Sichang took action and put the blame on him for the main reason of the defeat in the Battle of Julu, saying that it was because he surrendered to the Later Jin that led to the failure. The army was completely wiped out, and Lu Xiangsheng's body was not collected until 80 days later.

After this news reached Jiangnan, many officials in Jiangnan also had their minds moved. At present, criticizing Lu Xiangsheng was politically correct. If I could make things more difficult for his family, wouldn't it be possible to please the people above me? Show my attitude?

As a result, the local people made things difficult for Lu Xiangsheng's family, and various thugs harassed them repeatedly. The Lu family was honest and they did not even hire servants to guard the house, which led to the harassment by the thugs, but they were helpless.

The Lu family was, after all, a family of a first-rank official, but they were oppressed to the point where they had to ask the court for compensation, and even this compensation was not given to them.

Based on Jiang Han's understanding of the Lu family, if he attacked Changzhou Prefecture, the Lu family would definitely stand up and lead the troops to fight against him. If that happened, he would feel very awkward and uncomfortable.

So he simply kidnapped the people, served them well with food and drink, and then tried to persuade them later. Anyway, by the time the Ming Dynasty was gone, they should have come to their senses.