Prince Ning's Mansion, Xinghua Tower.
This building with a nice name was built after King Ning Zhu Quan came to Nanchang. It has a history of more than 200 years. Although it has gone through several rounds of renovations, no one has taken good care of this small building since the late Ming Dynasty.
When Zhu Heji moved into Prince Ning's Mansion, the golden house where Prince Ning Zhu Quan used to hide his beauty had turned into a dilapidated house that looked like it was about to collapse at any time. Many places were still leaking from wind and rain. Zhu Heji asked someone to find some thatch to cover the roof, turning the "golden house" into a "thatched house".
Of course, the inside of the thatched hut was untouched. Although Zhu Heji regarded it as a place for lectures, there was not even a desk or chair in it.
Those who preached and listened to the lectures all sat on the floor and knelt down. If they could use a soft futon to cushion them, it was considered a blessing from a saint.
Saint Zhu and the "disciples" who came to listen to the class today are all dressed in the same style, with cloth clothes and scarves and long swords at their waists.
Of course, all the disciples wore wooden swords, and Zhu Heji brought an iron sword. Now the iron sword is placed next to Putian where Zhu Heji is kneeling, and the black scabbard exudes a chilling murderous aura. .
And on a wall painted with white plaster behind Zhu Heji, an "iron fist" specially used for reasoning was placed against the wall!
This "iron fist" looks a bit like an iron hammer, with a spindle-shaped head and an iron pipe at the bottom that is "thicker than the mouth of a cup".
This thing is a powerful tool for reasoning!
When reasoning, hold the pipe with your arms, and then pull off the two cables at the front and back. The black gunpowder inside the pipe will be ignited, and the thrust generated by the burning gunpowder will push the spindle-shaped "fist" made of bronze. "Squirt it out!"
Because the iron pipe is ventilated at both ends, the gas produced by the deflagration of the gunpowder will be sprayed out to both ends. The force is dispersed and the thrust is small. The "fist" can only be sprayed twenty steps away. However, the "fist" is still very powerful, because it is filled with up to a kilogram of sugar medicine, and sometimes the sugar medicine is made into a hollow shape...
Because the range is limited and the output is even more limited, this "Iron Fist" is not equipped with ordinary infantry, but is allocated to cavalry. On the battlefield of Sanjiangkou Town, the one hundred and fifty cavalrymen led by Zhu Heji each had an iron fist - this was the real trump card! It's just that the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers were too cowardly and the "Seven Surrenderers" defected too quickly, so this trump card was useless.
However, when Zhu Heji invited the "seven major surrenderers" and dozens of smaller surrenderers under them to Prince Ning's Mansion to listen to reason, in his first class he demonstrated in public how the "Iron Fist" penetrated Thick brick walls.
After the demonstration, the surrenderers all lay on the ground, cried bitterly, and deeply reflected on their past actions. They all said that they would live as Mingchen and die as Minggui in the future!
And they also proved this with actual actions - no matter how Zhu Heji reorganized their army, they had no objection.
As a soldier, you must obey orders and obey orders!
And in order to better listen to Zhu Heji's reasoning, they all took the initiative to move into Prince Ning's Mansion and resigned from their original military positions... Now they are just good students of Zhu Heji, and they work with fear every day. , listen carefully and don’t dare to doze off in class and gossip. I still have to do my homework when I go back, and I can't let the master do it for me, and the master can't enter Prince Ning's mansion. Is there any reason to take care of a master when going to school? Of course, you can't bring a bodyguard, and the wife can only bring one.
This day is really both hard and fulfilling!
Today, the first day of the twelfth lunar month in the first year of the reign of King Ding, is the day when these dozens of surrenderers, big and small, graduate from the "Prince Ning's Mansion Short Training Course" organized by Zhu Heji.
From now on they will be glorious "disciples of the saints"!
Moreover, Zhu Heji will also arrange new official positions for them based on their academic performance.
So these dozens of "sage disciples" all looked at Zhu Heji with bated breath, not even daring to say anything!
Zhu Heji actually looked down upon these surrenderers... Even if they made necessary adjustments to their army, these people were still unreliable.
Moreover, their military thinking is already outdated. Even if they have an outdated military, they are very sparse. If there are any redeeming qualities, they are just that he can be more aggressive in swearing, dare to lead a charge after drinking too much, and be a little cunning and know how to fight "smart battles".
But Zhu Heji still had to make do with them.
Because Zhu Heji's own direct lineage is the "Guangdong Army", that is, Chaozhou, Guangfu, and Hakka. Even if you add the lineage of the Yanping Prince's Palace who follow closely, there will be an additional Minnan... In fact, the Minnan and Chaozhou people are not much different.
Relying on the Chaozhou Gang, Guangfu Gang, Hakka Gang, and Minnan Gang, it would not be difficult for Zhu Heji to dominate Guangdong, Guangxi, and Fujian. Maybe we can expand to Southeast Asia, but it's not enough to conquer the Central Plains and unify the world.
Therefore, he must continue to attract military and political talents from outside Guangdong, Guangxi, and Fujian into the game, and sometimes he has to swallow up some powerful factions that are not very powerful...even if they are "two, three, four, five or six ministers."
In fact, this kind of people also have good aspects. Being a small and powerful faction means that they are easy to "digest". After digestion, they can get a ready-made army. Being useless means that they are not good slaves of the Qing Dynasty. As long as their strength is deprived to a certain extent, they can be used with confidence.
Thinking of this, Zhu Heji coughed and spoke: "Liu Yan, Zeng Yangxing, Zhao Desheng, Ma Weixing, Bai Xianzhong, Wang Jin, Wang Jinggong!"
He first named the seven major surrenderers.
"The students are here!"
The seven great surrenderers responded in unison.
Zhu Heji said: "I have recently checked Qingyao's system and found that Qingyao's bodyguard department is a very good thing... It allows generals to rotate between the military gate, the general, and the minister of bodyguards. In this way The king can have more contact with the generals, increasing understanding and trust. The generals can also become the king's own through the Suwei King and become more loyal."
"What the teacher said is absolutely true."
"Teacher, students are also willing to guard you day and night!"
"Students implore the teacher to set up a guard office..."
"Teacher, you should also set up a guard office!"
"Teacher, the student is willing to be your bodyguard!"
"Students are willing too!"
"All students want is to be able to follow the teacher behind the wheel..."
They are all good kids!
As soon as Zhu and Ji raised their heads, they knew how to answer, and the answers were all correct, and each of them scored 100 points.
Zhu Heji smiled and nodded, saying: "Actually, I can't let you go as a teacher... But you all have the talents of generals, and you are talents who can serve as commander-in-chief and military gate. I can't keep you forever as a teacher." At the moment, the teacher only has the first town, and there are not enough seats to arrange for you. You will temporarily serve in the attendant's office, and wait for the second town, the third town, the fourth town, the fifth town and Once the navy towns have been established, you will be allowed to take turns serving as commander-in-chief in each town."
In fact, Zhu Heji still has a few general soldier positions in his hands that can be released. There is only one "field town" with mobile operations, but there are many "garrison towns" in garrison areas.
Not to mention Guangdong and Fujian, just talking about Jiangxi, there is now a Jiangxi admiral and six generals of Nangan, Jiyuanlin, Guangrao, Fujianning, Nanchang, and Jiujiang.
Among them, the admiral of Jiangxi is Liu Jinzhong, and the six general soldiers below are also Liu Jinzhong's old troops.
However, the military strength of this Duliu Town is very limited. It was slightly expanded from Liu Jinzhong's Yongwei Battalion, with a total of only 7,000 people.
Zhu Heji gathered a total of 41,200 rebel soldiers in Jiangxi. After excluding these, there were still 34,500 left. Including the more than 10,000 people in the first town, plus the tens of thousands of people who drove over from Guangdong, there were a total of 60,000 people.
Zhu Heji planned to mix these 60,000 people into six towns, and then train them for several months to a year to build more than a hundred warships that could fight in the Yangtze River.
After that, I can go to Jiangnan to kill Zhenkang Mazi!
But now the reorganization of these six towns has only reached the battalion level - when the training of each battalion is completed, Xiehe Town can be formed. Therefore, Zhu Heji could only arrange for the small surrender families under the "seven major surrender families" to serve as battalion generals. There are currently no good positions for these seven major surrender families.
In addition, Zhu Heji also plans to take the seven of them on a trip to Jiugong Mountain... so that the heroes of the world can see his ability to transform wallflowers!
