Chapter 172 Fruits of Victory
Yes, defeating the Confederate Army, pushing the front southward, and gaining more land and population are certainly the fruits of victory.
In the state of war, the people of Hebei and the Southern Army forged a bloody feud.
If we say that before this, the people of Hebei were more on the fence about the dispute between the north and the south, and did not care about the matter. Who will surrender whom? Listen to whoever is strong.
But in the two games this year, it was really hot.
In particular, Fu Youde used water to replace soldiers. Of course it was to save the Confederate army from destruction. The Confederates maintained their fighting capacity and even retained their seeds.
The biggest advantage of the Northern Army over the Southern Army was the Northern Army's military reforms.
The Southern Army will definitely think about how to reform and catch up from here.
In this way, this group of officers who fought against the Northern Army was very important. It can even be said to be the seeds of the future army.
Regardless of how far he will go in the future, at least Fu Youde has preserved the seeds of victory for the future.
However, Fu Youde has deeply offended the people of Hebei. The previous massacres could still be covered up. After all, many people were like this. Unless the boards hit themselves, they would not know the pain.
Now Fu Youde uses water to replace soldiers, which affects not only one family but two villages, but one village and two villages. Once something like this happens, Nanjing will no longer want to win the hearts and minds of Hebei people.
Previously, as soon as the King of Jin sent troops, several counties in Zhending immediately switched over.
Nowadays, this kind of thing basically doesn't happen.
Fu Youde cannot talk about regrets, he can only say that there are gains and losses.
It is normal for people who are invincible on the battlefield to value their own force more than the people's hearts. This kind of illusory thing is normal.
However, these are not the fruits of victory in He Xi's heart.
It is more important to deal with these fruits of victory than to stay in Hebei.
The fruit of victory in He Xi's heart is actually the modernization of the army.
Before the war, due to the massive approach of the Southern Army, the Communist Party was on the verge of life and death. He Xi made a bold move and no one objected. But it doesn't mean that He Xi's actions will not offend the interests of many people.
In a very simple word, the health system is a hereditary system.
Guard officers are hereditary.
Although there are no hereditary generations, this is the greatest interest of the entire Ming army's officer group.
Even though most of the nobles are the people at the top of the guard. None of them came to Beijing. It seems that no one can stop He Xi from reforming the military. He Xi didn't dare to attack these people easily. Because many people are in He Xi's influence, such as Ye Chen. He also has a hereditary official position.
These people are actually the largest base of the Ming Dynasty.
Because they are with the country.
Let’s not talk about what happened to the generals at the early stage. To put it simply, in the middle and later periods, Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou, Zhang Juzheng, etc. were all children of military households. Even in the imperial examination, children from military households accounted for quite a lot of places.
Their feelings for the Ming Dynasty are also very deep.
Only the Ming Army, the Ming Army, whether it is the Northern Army or the Southern Army, cannot shake such a group. Basically in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the health system was completely corrupt. However, the guard officer group still exists. At that time it just turned into a cancer.
As far as He Xi's original intention was concerned, he actually had no intention of becoming an enemy of this group.
Without him, it is different from Xungui. The nobles themselves are in the minority. In the Ming Dynasty, there were only a few princes, dozens of marquises, and counts, with names and titles, up to a hundred families.
They are few compared to the world. You can only gain enough power to suppress them and uproot these families, which is not what you can do. What Zhu Yuanzhang can do, He Xi doesn't think he can't do it.
But the following hereditary officers of the guard are different.
There were more than 300 health clinics in the Ming Dynasty, and there were many such families in each of them. Although the number of tens of thousands of families is small compared to the people of the Ming Dynasty. But the problem is that these people are all over the army
From top to bottom, he controlled the entire army.
Their attitude is that of the Ming army.
The people of Ming Dynasty are a very broad group, and it is impossible to have unified opinions.
Therefore, what the people of Ming Dynasty think is not important to He Xi. Even when analyzing the specific situation, it is meaningless to introduce the concept of Ming people, which has neither entity nor strong opinions.
But the hereditary officers of the Guard are different.
He Xi didn't dare to be cruel to them. After all, if he did. It is very possible that in a certain month of a certain year, the entire army defected. He Xi still didn't know what was going on.
This is not a problem that killing can solve. If He Xi kills one person, if the group is still there, another person will appear.
Since He Xi can't solve the problem in a decisive way.
Then, we can only compromise.
After all, He Xi himself did not necessarily want to kill all the officer groups of the guard. The German Empire had Junker nobles, and what He Xi wanted was modernization and industrial development. Progress is enough. Others are not intolerable or cannot be compromised.
Even though Zhu Yuanzhang was so tyrannical and rude to his nobles, he was actually very good to the senior brothers below, especially the hereditary commanders, hereditary commanders and generals at this level.
Is this why?
When Zhu Yuanzhang killed Xungui, he forced him so hard. The people below can only obey orders obediently.
Zhu Yuanzhang had no intention of touching these people.
However, there was one thing He Xi couldn't tolerate. He can tolerate the privileges of certain people. This is also something that can't be helped. But we cannot tolerate the current military system and hereditary rule. Not to mention the inevitable decrease in the combat effectiveness of the army caused by hereditary inheritance.
To put it simply, the health center system itself has huge problems.
Naturally, He Xi wanted to attack Wei Suo.
Facing the hereditary officer group of the Guard.
He Xi was naturally prepared to take action, so he had to choose the most suitable opportunity to take action.
Now is the most suitable opportunity.
First of all, almost all the troops were mobilized for this war. Most of the troops left their original bases. This created the conditions for He Xi to take action.
Secondly, in order to increase the number of troops and expand the army on a large scale, a large number of non-guard officers joined the army, and these people were all He Xi's disciples and disciples.
In the end, it was a big win.
Although this great victory was won by Ye Chen. But everyone could see that it was not Ye Chen who really decided the outcome of this battle, but He Xi. He Xichu did not go into battle personally, but had done everything else he could.
This great victory greatly increased He Xi's prestige.
Of course, there is something for everyone in ***. Many people used to think that *** was a grassroots team, but now no one dares to think so.
Zhu Xiongying really has a bit of an emperor's air.
However, it is He Xi whose prestige has increased the most.
If He Xi hadn't dragged Zhu Xiongying to fight in person, in this battle alone, Zhu Xiongying would have considered his success to shock the master.
At this time, He Xi is capable of doing many things, and no one else will stop him.
Zhu Xiongying was still a little reluctant to see the scenery on the front line, and asked: "Uncle, is there anything that I have to go back to Beijing to do?"
He Xi said: "Of course it's a reward."
"It will take about a month for the war on the front line to end. The battle is over. The war that really affects the court has just begun. If rewards are given in this battle, everyone will naturally be brave in the future. If it is not handled properly, things will not happen in the future. It’s easy to handle.”
After hearing this, Zhu Xiongying felt a chill in his heart and said to himself, "Why didn't I think of this?"
Yes, those who have merit will be rewarded, and those who have made mistakes will be punished. Almost all the art of war and management books mention this. It’s a cliché. But the problem is, no matter how many times it is mentioned, in reality, merit may not necessarily be rewarded, and delinquency may not necessarily be punished.
It’s not that everyone doesn’t know the importance of this. Rather, it is related to one's own vital interests and cannot but be intervened.
For Zhu Xiongying, this is even more important than the battle on the front line.
However, Zhu Xiongying heard He Xi tell him this. I felt a little more relieved. After all, if He Xi works hard on this and Zhu Xiongying doesn't care, he can get the reward. Lift up your own people. Zhu Xiongying will suffer great losses from now on.
And He Xi's mention of this at least proved that He Xi had no other thoughts about him.
Respect him as the emperor.
