"First, you must always keep in mind what His Majesty told you about the five dangers for generals, and never forget them!"
"Second, the Tianxiong Army is loyal to the royal family and His Majesty, not to any general of the Tianxiong Army. You must keep this in mind."
Lu Xiangsheng looked serious and bowed to Wang Chengen: "Understood!"
After the two chatted for a few more words, Wang Chengen left.
Lu Xiangsheng, who led Wu Mingji towards the outside of the palace, tightened the reins. If it weren't for Wu Mingji behind him and the imperial edict on his back, he would have thought it was a dream.
Not only did he realize his dream of joining the army, but His Majesty also gave him the right to form a new army. What a trust.
"Since Your Majesty has your trust, I will never let down His Majesty's expectations. I will definitely let the Tianxiong Army shine in the martial arts performance next June and bring glory to Your Majesty!"
After Lu Xiangsheng finished speaking, he looked at the palace again, turned around, mounted his horse and headed towards Daming Mansion.
Since you want to recruit people, the best thing is to recruit from your hometown or the place where you work. You are familiar with it and the local people support it. The people you recruit can be assured and hired quickly.
Along the way, Lu Xiangsheng was thinking about what kind of new army he was planning to build.
"Mountain Army? No, Marquis Zhongzhen's white-poled soldiers are the Mountain Army. They are invincible in the world. It doesn't make much sense to have another one."
"Firearms Army? That won't work either. There is a Shenji Battalion in the Beijing camp. Firearms cause trouble, so we can't deploy that many."
"Form up a surprise force that is good at long-distance raids? Specifically for hijacking camps and surprise attacks?"
"The Ming Dynasty does not lack infantry, but it lacks field troops that can compete with the Jiannu cavalry..."
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Ideas formed in Lu Xiangsheng's mind.
Wumingji is galloping, and the city of Beijing is gradually being left behind.
He was still the same person, but a trip to the capital completely changed the trajectory of his future life.
In the palace, after returning from the Royal Horse Prison, Wang Chengen went to the Chief of Ceremonies and the Cabinet to back up Lu Xiangsheng's appointment and imperial edict.
Gao Shiming and Sun Chengzong didn't say anything. The four guards of Tengxiang were all undergoing restructuring, so there was nothing strange about adding another guard.
Moreover, this is under the emperor's personal army, and the expenses are paid out of internal funds. That is the royal family's own business, and they have no right to control it.
The Ming Dynasty was in such a state that the emperor was training a new army and increasing its military strength. They were eager to do this, so how could they object?
However, Lu Xiangsheng was a little curious about their command of the new army, but the emperor agreed that if they continued to object, they would not cause trouble.
Returning to Dongnuan Pavilion, Wang Chengen whispered: "Your Majesty, Mr. Lu is out of the city. Looking at the direction, he should be heading back to Daming Mansion."
"Don't worry about him. Since I have given him the power, it is his business to do what he does. I only care about the results."
Chongzhen waved his hand and looked at the map of Ming Dynasty without even looking back.
The eunuch parties in the party struggle were eliminated, and only the Donglin Party remained. The rest, such as the Zhejiang Party and the Chu Party, were irrelevant.
Now that he has the Tengxiang Four Guards, the Jinyi Guards, the Twenty-First Guards, the Five City Patrol Division, and the White Guards in charge, the Donglin Party can't afford to make waves. It just wants to start rectifying the situation.
There are also people in the New Army training, so the only things to do this year are the civil uprising in Shaanxi and the eight major Shanxi merchants.
"Dad companion, at this time, Yuan Keli should be arriving at Xi'an Mansion soon!"
"Back to the emperor, Hanlin Chengzhi arrived at Suizhou County on October 27th and passed the imperial edict to Lord Yuan Keli. Lord Yuan set off immediately after receiving the order.
Today is November 12th, Suizhou is a thousand and five miles away from Xi'an. Considering Mr. Yuan's old age, the journey may be slower, which will only take two or three days. "
"In other words, the two imperial edicts that the imperial court will never increase taxes and that the people in Shaanxi will not collect taxes for three years and encourage civil uprisings have been circulated in Shaanxi for 20 days?"
Chongzhen counted the time and muttered to himself: "I wonder what's going on in Shaanxi?"
He always felt that the Shaanxi civil uprising was not so easy to calm down.
"Daban, ask Li Ruolian to send two more Jinyi guards from 100 households to Shaanxi. If necessary, the local guards can be mobilized to help detect the news.
Pay close attention to the news coming back from Shaanxi. Once it comes back, send it over immediately! "
"This slave accepts the order!"
After Wang Chengen responded, Chongzhen returned to the Dragon Case and began to approve the memorial, and Dongnuan Pavilion fell into silence.
At this moment, in Shaanxi, after more than 20 days of propaganda, the imperial court's two holy decrees of never increasing taxes and the people in Shaanxi not to collect taxes for three years and to encourage civil uprisings were spread rapidly.
The people were overjoyed and were talking about it in every corner.
Although the refugees were hungry and low in energy, they immediately became energetic after hearing the news of the two imperial edicts.
"Oh my god, we are saved this time. The court finally remembered us."
"Yes, there will never be any increase in taxes, and there will be no tax collection for three years. As long as we get through this year, life will be easier in the future. It's good to have hope."
"The person sent by the imperial court is Yuan Keli. This man is a veteran of the Three Dynasties...Four Dynasties. He is an honest official. Finally, the food provided by the imperial court for disaster relief will not fall into the hands of those dog officials. Everyone is saved."
"Child, if you hold on for a few more days, we will have food, and we won't be hungry!"
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The people were happy, but there were also people who were unhappy, such as the top leaders of the popular revolution team, the gentry and businessmen, and the local officials.
The gentry and businessmen were unhappy because of the court's disaster relief efforts and the prohibition of price increases. They could have made a huge fortune, but now they can make some.
What made them even more angry was that the people sent by the court a day ago actually wanted to buy or even borrow grain from them at a low price.
They were also given three days to consider. If they didn't borrow it by then, they would be responsible for the consequences.
The officials were unhappy because of civil unrest and drought. If they failed in their duties, the court would liquidate them.
At this moment, thousands of people gathered in a valley north of Luohe in Baishui County.
Here is the uprising team that killed Zhang Douyao, the magistrate of Baishui County, and opened a warehouse to help the people. In the big tent in the valley, the top leaders of the uprising team gathered together.
"Chief, the imperial court issued an imperial edict not to collect taxes or recruit people. Now the whole of Shaanxi is talking about it. What should we do?"
"Yes, we had 8,000 people at the most. Because of the two imperial edicts, there are only 3,000 people now, and they are still decreasing every day."
"I heard that the imperial court transferred 12,000 people from the four major border towns, and the Beijing camp also transferred some people, and they also brought firearms. If we don't accept the recruitment, we will be killed without mercy!"
"Why don't you surrender? The court has said that as long as you surrender, forget the past!"
"madness!"
The person on the first seat on the left shouted angrily, stood up and looked at everyone, his eyes full of fierceness: "As long as you surrender, let's forget about it. Do you also believe what the court says?"
