"General Wu, you are responsible for leading people to patrol the city's security. If there is an invasion from foreign enemies, notify me as soon as possible."
"Xiao Liangzi, you take your soldiers to clean the streets. If you find that the yard of any common people's house is not clean, or there is no firewood or water, be responsible for preparing it for them. The situation of the military and civilian families must be publicized. The whole capital is full, do you understand?"
"General Lou, from now on, you must find ways to recruit female soldiers. Those who can fight are the best. Those who can't fight must be beautiful and have good figures. Such people can be admitted first."
Everyone can follow the previous arrangements, but the last one, recruiting female soldiers, stunned Lou Heyang.
"Sir, what are you recruiting female soldiers for? Can they still fight on the battlefield? Or are they looking for wives for us?" Liang Jun came over with a mean smile on his face.
"You know what I mean, let me tell you, female soldiers play a huge role. They can be health workers. When soldiers are injured, they are more attentive and can handle it better. They can be propagandists, and their role is not that of big men. It can be compared. Besides, who said women can’t fight? If you don’t accept it, why don’t you argue with General Lou?”
"Uh... let's forget it." Liang Jun immediately shook his head quickly.
Lou Heyang is beautiful and has a good figure, but he is just too capable. I still remember that Hu Yunfeng was reprimanded when he refused to accept the challenge and challenged him to a duel. Then why he half-heartedly seeks trouble for others, isn't it because the old man hanged himself because he thought his life was too long?
Liang Jun didn't dare to speak, and the others didn't answer. Lou Heyang looked excited, "Is it really possible to recruit female soldiers?"
"Okay, I said it. You just go and recruit. As for the number of people, there is no upper limit. But remember, the soldiers must be good. Don't recruit anyone just to make up the number. I will check back later." Zhu Changwu He said it with a very sure tone.
"Yes, I promise to complete the task." Lou Heyang became excited. She was the only woman in the army before, which was really inconvenient. But if she can recruit female soldiers, it will be different. Then she will have a companion, and at the same time, she can better prove that women are no worse than men.
"Okay, get ready. When things are done, I will give you military uniforms."
When he heard about the military uniform, Lou Heyang became even more interested and asked, "Sir, is this what I have?"
"Yes, they are basically the same, but there will be military ranks in the future. The military ranks are just different."
"Then I want ten sets first, okay?" Lou Heyang has her own idea. If she can bring ten beautiful female soldiers to wear new military uniforms, it will definitely attract everyone's attention, and then recruit troops Come and you will get twice the result with half the effort.
"Okay." Zhu Changwu didn't expect that Lou Heyang was really smart and knew the role of role models, so he immediately agreed to her request. It's just military uniforms, but there are a lot of them in the system, and because they are not lethal weapons, the exchange value is very cheap.
After Zhang Yi and the six of them received their tasks, they began to get busy. After the military parade, what they did taught the people of the capital another lesson, making their impression of the Ming army better.
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Imperial Palace, Internal Official Prison.
Factory minister Wang Dehua is meeting here with Wang Zhixin, another eunuch of Dongchang.
Wang Zhixin, the leader of Dongchang, and the deceased Cao Huachun, both belong to high-ranking people. But what is different about him is that he is also Wang Dehua's most valued deputy.
At the same time, Wang Zhixin also has another nickname, the richest eunuch.
Yes, history records that this man was very rich, so rich that he could buy the entire palace if he wanted to.
Wang Zhixin just returned to the capital today. Previously, as Wang Dehua's envoy, he represented Dongchang and went to have secret talks with Li Zicheng outside the city.
After Li Zicheng gained momentum and entered Xiangyang City, Wang Zhixin got in touch with him. At that time, he and Wang Dehua both believed that the Ming Dynasty was about to fall. In order to ensure that their future power would not be shaken, they took the initiative to contact Li Zicheng, who was very likely to win. The Ming Dynasty replaced the Dashun Army.
He also gave the other party two million taels of military pay as support.
Of course, Li Zicheng didn't need to turn away the benefits of giving them money and delivering important news, so he promised that after Beijing was captured, their current official positions would not change. This made the two of them even more loyal.
According to the original plan, Wang Zhixin was preparing to enter Beijing with Dashun's army. At that time, he was also tasked with persuading Chongzhen to give up the throne.
But they never expected that Zhu Changwu would appear halfway and disrupt all their plans.
Wang Zhixin returned to Beijing this time on Li Zicheng's order to find out what happened in the capital, and where the firecrackers and red cannons used by the Ming army came from. If possible , it would be great to get a batch for Dashun Army.
Wang Zhixin, who returned with a mission, asked several questions when he saw Wang Dehua. It's a pity that the other party couldn't answer any of them.
It's not that Wang Dehua doesn't want to answer, it's that he doesn't even want to see Chongzhen in order to clear up the relationship. So how can he know what happened recently?
"Mr. Factory, you still have to go see His Majesty, otherwise we won't know anything. This will make King Dashun unhappy, which is not a good thing." Wang Zhixin knew what Wang Dehua was worried about, so he persuaded him with sincerity. With.
"Well, I'm going to see His Majesty. But King Dashun won't think too much about it, right?" Wang Dehua still asked with worry.
"No, absolutely not. Just don't worry, Mr. Dashun. King Dashun knows that we are doing this just to find out more information, so he will definitely understand." Wang Zhixin said assuringly.
"Okay, let's clean up our house and go find His Majesty." Wang Dehua said as if he had made some decision.
Soon, Wang Dehua left, and Wang Zhixin was not idle either. He quickly left the palace and went straight to the residence of Zhang Jinyan, the Minister of War.
Kunning Palace.
After Chongzhen came back from Guangningmen Square, he didn't even go to Jianji Hall, but went directly to Queen Zhou's palace. It can be seen that he is really ready to take a good rest for a while.
After what I saw today, Chongzhen completely trusted Zhu Changwu on how to fight the war, so he let it go.
All the ministers were not even in court now, so Chongzhen happened to be lazy and spend some time with the queen and his family, enjoying his leisure time.
"Long live my Lord, Mr. Wang Chang wants to see you." A voice broke the original tranquility and warmth, and Wang Chengen lowered his head and appeared in the garden.
As soon as he heard that it was Wang Dehua who was asking for an audience, Chongzhen's brows knitted together involuntarily.
Three days ago, Wang Dehua had never been to his place, citing illness as an excuse. Yesterday morning, he even rang the Jingyang bell, but he still didn't see a single courtier. Now that the army had just won, he appeared. If it was a coincidence, he didn't believe it.
He was dissatisfied, and even Chongzhen doubted whether Wang Dehua was deliberately hiding from him on the pretext of claiming to be ill, or whether he had already surrendered to the intruders? These questions have not been dispelled. He really doesn't want to see the visitor.
But think about it, after all, Wang Dehua is his own boss of Dongchang Factory, and he has always been very respectful and obedient to him in the past. Maybe he is really sick?
"Let him come over." After thinking about it, Chongzhen decided to meet him.
Queen Zhou and Princess Changping knew that he had government affairs to attend to, so they quickly retreated and followed Wang Dehua, led by Wang Chengen, to the pavilion in the garden.
"Your Majesty, Wang Dehua, kowtows to you, Long Live Lord, Long Live Long Live." As soon as they met, Wang Dehua fell to his knees on the ground with a plop, and then began his performance.
"Long live my Lord, I am in poor health. I have been infected with wind and cold in the past few days and have been bedridden. Yesterday I heard the Jingyang bell ringing. I wanted to struggle to get up, but I really couldn't. Long live it. I will punish you."
He took the initiative to admit his mistakes when he came up, but blamed everything on his body. This is Wang Dehua's cleverness.
He hasn't appeared these days. Now that he is here, there must be an explanation, otherwise Chongzhen will think too much. And using physical discomfort as an excuse is the best reason, and no one can say anything.
"Oh, are you feeling better?" Chongzhen felt a little moved when he heard this.
He just said that Wang Dehua was one of the eunuchs he trusted most. He was in trouble. How could he not even show his face? It turned out that he was really sick.
"Thank you for your concern, Lord Long Live. Although I am not yet very efficient, I can still do some small things. I am here to listen to Lord Long Live's instructions." Wang Dehua said without even raising his head, as if doing so made him even more worried. Show your loyalty.
Compared with observing etiquette, compared with Zhu Changwu, he can't even catch up with him.
A person who never calls himself a minister and never kneels would be kidding if he knew anything about etiquette.
But in fact?
Apart from that, Zhu Changwu is really doing things all the time, and it is a practical matter. Compared to a naughty guy like Wang Dehua, he is someone he can't even catch up with.
Hearing that Wang Dehua's health was not fully recovered, he took the initiative to do something. Chongzhen was naturally very happy. "Very good, I know the loyalty of the factory ministers. Even so, you can go and find out what these ministers in the capital are doing recently. How can any of them be counted? They are either sick or they don't even have a reason. No, even if they don’t even attend the court meeting, what on earth do they want to do?”
When talking about this, Chongzhen was really very angry.
Thinking that when he hit the Jingyang Bell yesterday, not a single courtier came to the palace, his heart was really cold. He didn't believe that those ministers were all sick. How could it be such a coincidence?
