The method proposed by the local tycoon king to select the leaders of military households through examination is actually a very effective organizational method!
In order to organize the rogue soldiers and their families, who are likely to number more than 100,000, into pioneering groups that are both combat-effective and capable of obeying orders, it is necessary to select a group of capable cadres. These cadres must be able to convince the public and must be appointed from the top down. The best way is of course to take exams!
Otherwise, what else can be done? Let the people below make recommendations? This is not okay, they were enemies of the Ming Dynasty not long ago, and they will not be willing to loyal to the Ming Dynasty so soon. If they were allowed to choose their own people, most of the people they would choose would be unconvinced and dangerous elements.
It would not work if the officers of the New Army and the Guards of the Ming Army, who were in charge of them, appointed the grassroots Baihu. This would not be able to convince the public. Once the New Army and the Guards left, it would be difficult for these Baihu officials to exercise their power.
Therefore, using a seemingly fair examination to select hundreds of officials is undoubtedly the best option.
However, it is not easy to organize these "United States Examinations". The emperor Zhu Cihong did not play a guiding role, but handed over the "United States Examinations" to the two brothers Zhu Hexing, Zhu Hehao and them. My wife went to apply for it.
How they want to take the exam and what kind of taxi they want to take are all decided by the five young people. Zhu Cixiang just gave the "United States Examination" a very auspicious name. It was not called "Imperial Examination" but "TOEFL" - it was all thanks to the examination. What a good name!
"The rogue bandits have exhausted the Sichuan people's wealth and anointing over the years, and the hundreds of thousands of soldiers they have raised are very good, brave, simple, and capable of civility and martial arts. Especially the young people from the soldiers' households, both male and female, have studied and practiced. He has mastered martial arts, is proficient in military strategy, and knows how to obey military discipline. We will recruit a group of hundred households and deputy hundred households from them..."
Zhu Hehao gently turned the tea bowl in his hand and said thoughtfully: "Because the number of surrendered bandit soldiers is more female than male, and most of the women among the soldiers can also fight, so this TOEFL test can be divided into male tests. After high school, the boys become the 100 households and the 100 households, and the girls after high school become the deputy 100 households. The deputy 100 households can assist the 100 households in managing the women in the 100 households, what do you think?"
"Brother Tuhao," Zhu Hexing frowned slightly, "You want women to be officials of the United States? Is it really possible? Can they take care of things?"
Zhu Hehao glanced at Ding Yuying who was next to Zhu Hexing, and said to himself: Brother Luck, you are almost letting a woman take charge of your own affairs, and you still say that women can't take charge of things?
Of course, this cannot be said so directly. Zhu Hehao smiled and said: "The Hundred Household Officials, the Test Hundred Household Officials, and the Deputy Hundred Household Officials are not real officials, but the leaders of the Colonial Development Group. They are now selected through examinations. In the future, they will have to nominate themselves.
The Colonial Development Corps has to take care of many things. It not only has to take care of men's affairs, but also women's affairs. Men and women must be organized so that everyone can work and fight. Only in this way can they stand in the stone mountains of the United States. Keep your footing. "
After signing a peace treaty with the Kingdom of New Spain, the southern border of the United States of New Zealand was temporarily determined and entered a relatively stable period. The Gulf of America is relatively cold to the north, making it difficult to find a suitable place to settle.
Therefore, the expansion direction of the United States of New Zealand turned eastward and began to expand towards Stone Mountain, which is what Westerners call the Rocky Mountains.
The Stone Mountains are very vast, not very steep, and can be accessed everywhere. The northern part of the mountains is relatively humid and has many valleys and river valleys suitable for living. Some of these valleys and river valleys belong to Indian tribes, while others are uninhabited.
If the United States wants to occupy all these territories, it will need hundreds of armed pioneer groups - the immigrants who migrated from the southeastern region of the Ming Dynasty have little fighting ability, and are unwilling to go to places where gold is difficult to find and there are not many new continents. The valleys and river valleys where marten can be hunted settled. Although the land there is quite good, there is a lot of food in the Xinzhou Republic, but it cannot be sold for much money.
Therefore, the "economic immigrants" who are full of dreams of gold and mink are unwilling to go deep into the stone mountains. They all want to stay in the coastal areas of America and California.
But for Zhu Hehao, the king of the United States, how big his country is and whether it has sufficient strategic depth all depend on the pace of marching towards the Stone Mountains. That is to say, it depends on how many combat-effective and well-organized colonial development groups can be established!
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"Your Majesty, most of the Sichuan state capitals to the west of the Jialing River have been recovered, leaving only the former Sichuan Xingdu District, Mahu Prefecture, Wumeng Prefecture, Dongchuan Prefecture, Wusa Prefecture, Lizhou Anping District, and Tianquan Sixth Division. The governor-general of Sichuan and Shaanxi reported that there are still many state and county castles in Chengdu Prefecture that are occupied by the remnants of rogue bandits, and it will be difficult to recover them for a while."
"Your Majesty, according to detailed reports, an incident occurred in the rogue and puppet dynasty at the end of the 20th year of Hongxing. The rogue and puppet prince Li Jicheng launched a mutiny with the support of the soldiers of the Long March, seized the position of the puppet emperor, deposed his father Li Laiheng, and He changed the Yuan Dynasty to Nanping, and also changed the name of Burma Shalian to Haidu Prefecture, which seems to have the intention of traveling to Burma!"
While the Prince of Good Luck, the Tuhao King and others were discussing how to organize the "TOEFL test", Zhu Cixiang was in Chaotian Palace listening to the reports of Wu Guoyong, the military advisor of Fu, and Li Yan, the Minister of War.
The news sent to Chongqing in the first month of the 21st year of Hongxing's reign was mixed. The good news was that most of Sichuan had been recovered. The bad news is that there are still many remnants of rogue bandits entrenched throughout Chengdu Prefecture, and they have also occupied many strong fortresses.
In addition, there is another piece of news that I don't know for a while - Li Laiheng, the Emperor of Dashun Dongxing, was ousted by his son Li Jicheng. And the newly elected Li Jicheng pretended to flee to Myanmar...
However, Zhu Cixiang's current thoughts are not in Yunnan, Myanmar, or even the Li Dingguo and Ainengqi tribes that occupy northwest Sichuan and eastern Uzang. Instead, they are in the west of Sichuan Province, or more accurately, half of Sichuan Province west of the Jialing River.
The half of Sichuan Province west of the Jialing River fell into the hands of the Ming army roughly after Li Laiheng was driven out of Chongqing by Zhu Cixiang... In other words, this half of Sichuan was taken after the overall situation was decided. Down.
The popular support in that area was no longer very important to Emperor Zhu, so Emperor Zhu was not prepared to equally distribute the rural land in Sichuan west of the Jialing River to the poor local farmers.
Because he also has to give an explanation to the Sichuan bureaucratic landlord class who has followed him for many years!
There is also a "policy that harms the people" that has also been put on the agenda - Sichuan's business roads are almost about to be liberalized!
The honeymoon period between Zhu Cixiang, the Ming emperor, and the working people of Sichuan is about to end... After all, the Ming Dynasty was a feudal dynasty, and it was in a very unpleasant stage of semi-feudal and semi-capitalist.
Therefore, a considerable number of poor and lower-middle peasants in Sichuan still have to embark on the path of "bankruptcy-entering the city-going abroad-getting a green book"!
Zhu Cixiang breathed out and said with a smile: "The remnants of the bandits in Chengdu should be recruited as much as possible... The local tycoons are short of people, so it is just right for these people to follow them to the United States of Xinzhou! As for those bandits who are officials, they are willing to Those who follow Li Dingguo, let them go to Uzang in northwest Sichuan. Those who don't want to follow Li Dingguo can also give them some money to let them settle in the southeast. If they really want to follow Li Jicheng, I won't stop them, just let them go. In short, the Battle of Sichuan must be concluded as soon as possible!"
"Your Majesty, are you still going to fight in Yunnan?" Li Yan asked.
"Fight!" Zhu Cixi said with a smile, "But not now... don't chase the poor! Li Jicheng seems to want to leave Myanmar, I will not stop him, let him go! The good places in Myanmar are in the central and southern parts, together with Kunming in Yunnan It's more than a thousand miles and almost two thousand miles away. Once settled, they won't be able to take care of Yunnan's affairs. Wouldn't it be better to recover it by then? It will get twice the result with half the effort! Now we'd better sort out Sichuan."
