"Liar? You miserable poor men don't even take a pee to see what you can do. What can you possibly lie to?"
"Yes, the settling-in allowance of ten taels of silver will be given first... After you have taken the money, what else do you have to be afraid of? Are you afraid that Master Qiantose will sell you?"
"Who are you selling to? Looking at how stupid you all are, I guess no one will buy it..."
"Go, go, go away, if you don't have the guts to make this money, just get away! The places are limited... You guys, just wait in Weihaiwei! There will be no way out in your life!"
A bunch of poor men from Weihaiwei are right to think about it, they have no future in Weihaiwei? Weihaiwei is known as the Eighteen Commands!
That means there are eighteen hereditary conducting families... This is really too much! How many military households does one Weihaiwei have? Eighteen hereditary commanders! What other affairs are there, such as Zhenfu, Thousand Households, and Hundred Households? They are all groups of hereditary families.
Zhu Yuanzhang's establishment of this guard system was actually destroyed either by civilian officials or because of the continuous proliferation and growth of hereditary military attachés and the military-registered officials of Wu Zhuanwen.
During the Hongwu period, Weihaiwei only had one commander, one Tongzhi, and two ministers... Now there are only eighteen families qualified to command hereditarily!
In addition, there are many scholars, candidates, and even Jinshi in the families that can have hereditary official positions!
This is incredible! How much land does Weihaiwei have? A group of hereditary military attachés and military-registered officials are no longer enough. Where is the extra land for military households?
Therefore, the thousands of military households here are now all fishermen and tenant farmers. Strong men can't save even one tael of silver after working hard for a year... Now Zhu Cixiang only gives ten taels for settling-in expenses. ! Moreover, they are originally from the military, and it is not their concern to consider whether a good man should not be a soldier. With such good treatment now, what is there to hesitate about?
"By the way, this man who joins the army, who does the prince want us to fight as soldiers?"
"Beat Shi Kefa. Beat Shi Kefa, the Minister of War in Nanjing. He is a traitor! He is against the Crown Prince!"
"What? Are you going to attack Nanjing?"
"What? Are you scared?"
"Don't be afraid!"
"I go!"
"What are you afraid of in attacking Nanjing? It's not like attacking the Tartars!"
"I have to go..."
"Let's go fight Nanjing!"
People who were a little hesitant at first became excited when they heard that the traitor Shi Kefa was going to be attacked and Nanjing was going to be attacked!
It can be seen that Shi Kefa is very unpopular! This is unjust and helpless!
...
"My lord, is such a good thing really possible?"
"My lord, if you pull one, I will give you 10 taels..."
"This, this, this..."
In the lobby of the Weihaiwei Commander's Office, the British Prince Zhang Shize, with his golden sword, was sitting at the top. Below, a group of commanders, colleagues, and ministers looked like grandsons, all looking at the British Prince in disbelief.
Get a strong man and give him 10 taels!
Don't think that these guards officers are rich. There are 18 commanders in Weihai Guard, which is as big as a palm. Just think about who they are!
They wish they could all let their nephews join the army... 10 taels of "introduction fee" and 10 taels of "settlement fee", that's 20 taels! My wife already has it all!
"Yes!" Zhang Shize gritted his teeth, "Shi Kefa, do you know?"
"I know, I know... the Nanjing Military Department!"
Zhang Shize snorted: "He is against Qiantui Master!"
"What?"
"Is there such a thing?"
Zhang Shize nodded: "Yes! This is a traitor, a living Cao Cao!
He brought an army of tens of thousands of people from Nanjing to make life difficult for Mr. Qiantose. Now Chitose only has 30,000 people on hand, not as many as others, so he needs to recruit more people... He plans to spend 600,000 taels to recruit 30,000 warriors from Denglai Second Mansion! In this way, Qian Suiye will have 60,000 people, and 60,000 people will go to Jiangnan together! Fight the traitors! "
"Go to Jiangnan!"
"Get rich..."
"Really?"
Zhang Shize nodded, "Of course it's true... If Qiantose Master doesn't go to Jiangnan, why should he go to Beijing! The Tatars are there!"
"Master Guo, do you think I can go?"
"You...you are in command!"
"I can resign... As long as I can defeat the traitor Shi Kefa, I don't have to be an official!"
"Yes! I don't want to be a commander anymore. I am determined to sacrifice my life to serve the country!"
"Fight Shi Kefa! Fight Jiangnan!"
As soon as they heard about going to Jiangnan, the eyes of several younger senior guardsmen became red! In fact, they are also poor officials. Weihaiwei only has this little territory, and so many people are dividing it up. How many of them can be left in their hands?
If they were to fight against the Tartars, they would not dare to do so. They would not give up their lives for 20 taels of silver.
But going to Jiangnan... Haha, no matter how bad the guardsmen in Shandong are, they are still stronger than the Ban Army (guard soldiers) in Jiangnan!
Just because these Shandong people are so poor and crazy, they dare to fight to the death and defeat the Jiangnan squadron.
In addition, there is money in Jiangnan, and if you conquer it you can rob it, but that doesn't mean you will get rich - the energy to attack Jiangnan is different from the energy to attack Liaodong! If Kong Youde and his grandsons had been ordered to attack Jiangnan, they would never have rebelled!
Why were those Ming soldiers who surrendered to the Tatars so powerful in history? Profitable! You want them to fight the old Siberian Cossacks and see if they are still good?
Zhang Shize obviously didn't expect that the guard officer here in Weihai Guard would be so loyal. He frowned and said, "You want to go? Well, that's only 20 taels of silver..."
"Okay, okay! All eight of my brothers will go!"
"I also have six brothers in my family..."
Things greatly exceeded the expectations of the British public Zhang Shize! Not only the poor men of Weihaiwei joined the army enthusiastically, but also a group of commanders, men from thousands or hundreds of families, and even many official commanders, colleagues, and ministers also wanted to fight Shi Kefa, a traitor!
I don’t know how Shi Kefa offended them?
The same thing happened not only in Weihaiwei, but also in the entire Denglai Seventh Guards. Within a few days, the situation was boiling. The motivation to join the army and serve the country has never been so great...
...
Shandong, Yanzhou Prefecture.
This large city located in the southwestern part of Shandong, close to Xuzhou Prefecture in South Zhili, was once abandoned by the Ming army when Li Zicheng was in power. But now, the soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty have not only returned, but they are also pouring in from all directions, seeming to completely fill the Yanzhou capital!
By mid-June of the 17th year of Chongzhen's reign in the Ming Dynasty, Yanzhou City had gathered a hall, two governors, a governor, four general soldiers, a guard eunuch, an admiral, and many other high-ranking officials and dignitaries. . As well as the so-called King Qin's army they brought with them, which numbered no less than 100,000 people.
One of them is of course Shi Kefa, the Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing. The two governors are Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, and Lu Zhenfei, the governor of water transportation. The first governor is Wang Gongbi, the governor of Shandong. The four general soldiers are Gao Jie, Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo, and Liu Zeqing. The guarding eunuch was Lu Jiude, the guarding eunuch of Fengyang, and the admiral was Zhu Guobi, the protector of the country who was in charge of water transport.
There are so many high-ranking officials and dignitaries that Yanzhou City is almost overcrowded!
This group of high-ranking officials and dignitaries was undoubtedly headed by Shi Kefa, Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing.
Whether these people are Qin Chongzhen, the king, or Qin Zhu Cixi, the prince Fujun, all they have to do is wait for Shi Kefa to say a word - of course, even if Shi Kefa says it, they may not listen!
They are all a bunch of foxes who have become smart. Who is not a smart fox?
Therefore, Shi Kefa cannot express his stance casually. If he does not express his stance, everyone will treat him as the boss. If he expresses his stance, maybe it is time to separate the family.
"Third brother, the story about the Huangji Sect forcing the palace... is it absolutely true?"
"Brother, this is absolutely true. Although I haven't seen it with my own eyes, many people have seen it with my own eyes."
"Then besides His Highness the Crown Prince, do you have any other sons by your side?"
"No more, Dai Fan is far away in Datong. King Yong and the fifth prince are caught in the trap of bandits, and their life or death is uncertain. His Majesty is the only one with His Majesty the Crown Prince..."
Shi Kefa's handsome mansion occupies the original Chang Shisi of Prince Lu's mansion, which is very spacious. Shi Kefa chose one of the clean rooms to have a secret conversation with Shi Kecheng, who had just arrived this morning.
When Shi Kecheng mentioned that Chongzhen only had one son, Zhu Cixiang, Shi Kefa frowned and looked in a dilemma.
When Shi Kecheng saw his appearance, he immediately showed a nervous expression, "Brother, you don't want to shake the foundation of the country, do you?"
Guoben is the name for the prince, and shaking the country means changing the prince.
Shi Kefa looked at his younger brother with a righteous look on his face: "Isn't what the prince did disobeying and unfilial?"
