The Xinming army that occupied Ningbo was well-disciplined, which was actually very natural.
Because the seventh town of the army led by Zhu Heji to attack Zhejiang by land was a unit composed almost entirely of Liangjiazi from Guangdong.
The so-called Liangjiazi in Guangdong refer to wealthy young people with good conduct, strong health and proficient in writing who were sent out by clans in various places according to the amount of land they received after the land equalization was completed.
They are different from the Green Camp soldiers and the Eight Banners soldiers. They are not bandits or pirates. They are all good boy soldiers. And their service period is not long - after the equalization of land is the equalization of service! The military service of the new Ming Dynasty was borne by so many good family members, so the service time of each good family member was also short. Usually, it is two years for infantry and four years for artillery. In special circumstances, such as the need for a long-term war, it can be extended to five years.
In addition, most of the officers in the Seventh Town were young officers who graduated from the Huangpu Military Academy. They are all relatively well-behaved and have not yet had time to contract the bad habits of the old-style army. Moreover, in addition to studying military affairs and military law at Huangpu Military Academy, they also had to receive original Confucian ideological education.
The original Confucianism proposed by Zhu Heji is, to a certain extent, the Confucian version of the Puritan movement. It is of course more self-disciplined and strict.
Of course, the Puritan style does not mean that they are good people...
In fact, this kind of relatively disciplined army also has a disadvantage, that is, it is not brutal and fierce enough in battle. Ancient cold-weapon warfare required relatively high personal bravery from the soldiers. If you could find a group of guys with antisocial personality to charge into the battle, you would definitely have a greater chance of winning.
Therefore, many generals in the cold weapon era would deliberately relax military discipline and let their subordinates kill people and set fire to them.
There are many examples in history of armies that love the people being unable to defeat barbaric armies that kill and set fire!
Although Zhu Heji's seventh town is relatively well-behaved, if you really want to go into battle with a knife and kill people, you may not be able to defeat those "bad soldiers".
But now they are carrying muskets, carrying grenades, and launching an attack under the cover of rocket launchers. For such an army, discipline is much more important than bravery!
The maintenance and use of muskets, the preparation and management of sugar and medicine, and the management and use of a large number of technical weapons such as rocket launchers, hammer cannons, and cannons all require strict discipline and management.
All in all, Zhu Heji's seventh town is a new army that uses new weapons, new tactics, and new ideas of original Confucianism.
To Fan Chengmo, a corrupt feudal official, their performance in Yin County was just inexplicable surprise, and maybe a little bit disdainful... It must have been pretending, and it couldn't last long.
But from the perspective of Yu Chenglong, who also has a Puritan tendency, it was extremely shocking.
This army is simply the "model king's division" in Jackie Chan's ideal!
It is undoubtedly destiny for the new Ming Dynasty to have such a "model king master". Compared with the "model king's army", Emperor Kangxi's army was a "rotten soldier" that caused harm wherever it hit. Therefore, Emperor Kangxi was an unprincipled and ignorant king without the blessing of destiny.
Yu Chenglong, who was already shocked by the "Iron Army" of the new Ming Dynasty, was taken to the prison of the country, which was the original lobby of the Ningbo magistrate's office, when an even more shocking scene appeared for him.
When he was escorted over, Zhu Heji, who was dressed in civilian clothes, was having breakfast with the soldiers below.
Yu Chenglong saw a big man in yellow clothes and a red turban sitting in a circle outside the lobby of the government office. He was holding a bowl of porridge in one hand and a stiff steamed bun in the other. They were eating deliciously!
There were no vegetables, just some dark pickles in the white porridge.
Moreover, while Zhu Heji was eating, he was chatting happily with a group of soldiers in Chaozhou dialect, and the big guys laughed happily from time to time.
If Qiu Rong hadn't come up to salute him, Yu Chenglong would never have believed that the man in yellow was actually Zhu Heji, who was about to become emperor...
Just when Jackie Chan was shocked, Zhu Heji said something that made him burst into tears of gratitude.
"Yu Chenglong? Is that the honest official Yu Chenglong?"
Yu Chenglong was so moved!
This is really an encounter with the Ming Lord!
His qualifications in the Qingchen officialdom were very old. He was admitted to the Imperial College soon after entering the customs in the Qing Dynasty, and became an official not long after. It’s been almost thirty years now!
In the past thirty years, he has been a conscientious official. He handles errands seriously, does not engage in corruption or corruption, and is dedicated to the good of the Qing Dynasty.
But his official career was always unsatisfactory, and those corrupt officials who were not as good as him in terms of performance, ethics, and qualifications all climbed up one by one.
He originally thought that he didn't work hard enough, but now he realizes... It turns out that it was not him who was at fault, but the two foolish emperors Shunzhi and Kangxi!
Thinking of this, Yu Chenglong couldn't stand it any longer, and he knelt down in front of Zhu Heji: "In front of the saint, how dare the sinner Yu Chenglong call himself honest? Even if the sinner has some reputation for integrity, he only works to clean up and humiliate the tyrannical king. It’s really shameful that I got it…”
"Yu Chenglong, you bastard, do you want to be my second minister?"
Before Zhu Heji could react, Fan Chengmo had already yelled.
Yu Chenglong's unwillingness to die was also expected by him, but such a straightforward surrender was far beyond his expectation.
"Who is this yelling person?" Zhu Heji asked.
Qiu Rong immediately replied: "Reporting to the sage who oversees the country, this person is Fan Chengmo, the evil governor of Zhejiang. He is a huge corrupt...I copied more than 20,000 taels of gold from his official office. He is the governor of Zhejiang." It comes from greed."
"What? He has been greedy so much in one year?" Zhu Heji pretended to be surprised, "This Fan Chengmo must be the most corrupt official in Qingyao, and he must be severely punished!"
"Saint," Yu Chenglong actually spoke for Fan Chengmo at this time, "This Fan Chengmo is not a corrupt official... He served as the governor of Zhejiang for a year, and he was in charge of Ningbo Pass for half of the year. He only embezzled 20,000 gold. The Qing court is not greedy at all."
Yu Chenglong's words were correct. Fan Chengmo was indeed not greedy. He had to repay more than half of the 20,000 gold he earned this year. In the end, the most he could put in his pocket was six to seven thousand taels, which is equivalent to more than 80,000 taels of silver. two.
If Fan Chengmo were a prefect, it would be too much to get this amount in one year, but he is a governor!
Moreover, he had two governors, one governor of Zhejiang Province and one governor of the Nanyang Navy. He was also in charge of Ningbo Customs, which brought in the most money in the Qing Dynasty. Having only been greedy for more than 80,000 taels in one year is not really a big deal.
If Emperor Kangxi knew this number, instead of asking anyone to arrest Fan Chengmo for questioning, he would think that Fan Chengmo was "not greedy but very conscientious."
But Zhu Heji would not think so - Fan Chengmo was the mortal enemy of Ming Dynasty!
So he deliberately pretended to be extremely surprised and rebuked loudly: "It's too greedy, it's really too greedy... No wonder people all over the world have a hard time making a living. It's because of the oppression and exploitation of corrupt officials like Fan Chengmo. Corrupt officials must be severely punished! Come on, take Fan Chengmo away and keep him under strict supervision!"
"Got the order!"
A group of Zhu Heji's attendants immediately pounced on him, gagged the cursing Fan Chengmo and took him away.
And Zhu Heji personally untied Yu Chenglong - he knew that Yu Chenglong was the inspector of Zhejiang, and his official was quite high!
Although the actual power of the Zhejiang Inspectorate is not great, he must be relatively well-informed. If he is willing to sincerely submit, the new Ming Dynasty will be able to obtain a lot of inside information about the Qing Dynasty.
Thinking of this, Zhu Heji smiled and said to Jackie Chan: "Yu Yushan, you are a well-known upright and capable official in the world, and a good official who makes decisions for the people... Our new Ming Dynasty advocates that the world is for the common good. Democracy between monarch and guest, monarch and ministers are of the same mind. Are you willing to work together to save the common people and benefit all people in the world?"
"I am willing!" Yu Chenglong burst into tears with gratitude and immediately bowed to Zhu Heji. After bowing, he suddenly remembered something, "By the way, Supervisor, I heard that Kangxi adopted Zhou Peigong's plan to bring disaster to Wu and Zhou. He wanted to give Jiangnan to Wu Sangui to provoke a war between the two countries in the Ming and Zhou Dynasties. He also set up Jiangnan and Jiangbei camps at Zijin Mountain in Nanjing and Guazhou Port in Yangzhou... He was preparing to garrison heavy troops to defend Jiangnan after returning to the north. Camp, consume the vitality of Ming Dynasty or Wu Zhou!"
