Seeing Ma Mingluan about to leave, Xu Yinjue immediately panicked again.
There is no way, people are knives and I am fish. The Xu family is now the fat meat on the chopping board. They can cut it how they want and eat it how they want.
"Master Ma, please stay." Xu Yinjue quickly begged for mercy.
"I also ask Master Ma to be noble and save our Xu family this time."
"There is no problem in saving you, but your Xu family has to show enough sincerity." Ma Mingluo said, "This mere 3.5 million cannot save your Xu family."
If Xu Hongji heard this, he might die on the spot.
Three and a half million is a mere amount? Your family only has so much?
But then again, considering the wealth of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 3.5 million taels is really just a mere amount.
"That's okay." Xu Yinjue sighed, and then said, "Xiao Ke will go to the clan to find some uncles in the clan to find a way. If you can borrow some, borrow some. If you can't borrow it, sell the clan's public property. What?
We have to collect five million taels!"
"Yes, this is the attitude that your Xu family should have." Ma Mingluan said, "I will tell you the truth. Even if you meet the current emperor, you can still protect your family."
"If it were another emperor, would your Xu family still want to keep your title? Just dream."
"If this were to happen to Emperor Taizu Gao or Emperor Chengzuwen, the nine clans of your Xu family would be wiped out."
"So, while the Holy One is not angry yet, quickly sell everything that can be sold, collect enough money, and then go to the other nine to add up the total to see how much of the gap of 30 million is left? In the end, it was really just a matter of scraping together
If it's not enough, then go to the Royal Bank to borrow it. As long as you guys are still there, are you afraid that you won't be able to earn back the money?"
"Don't delay for too long. Your Majesty's patience is limited."
"If you really make the Holy One angry, you will all be doomed."
After a pause, Ma Mingluan said again: "Also, don't play those little tricks. You can't deceive people. Today's sage is enlightened. How can we, mortals, be deceived?"
"Thank you, Master Ma, for the tip. Xiao Ke understands."
Hearing this, Xu Yinjue dropped like a frustrated ball.
Before this, Xu Yinjue really wanted to save as much land and real estate as possible by transferring the land and real estate to the names of his uncles and even his in-laws.
But now, I no longer dare to have such thoughts.
In a word, the Holy Spirit is going to confiscate their homes!
So they only had an acre of land, a room, and even a tael of silver.
There are also more than two thousand maids and servants in the house, so they should be sent away as soon as possible.
It can't be saved. The glory and wealth that belongs to the Duke of Wei can't be saved this time.
Ma Mingluan picked up the tea cup from the coffee table again and said leisurely: "Master Xu, go quickly and make an agreement with those companies before returning to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to find me."
"Ministry of Internal Affairs? Return?" Xu Yinjue was stunned when he heard this.
Immediately he realized that Ma Mingluan was serving tea to see off the guests and wanted to drive him away.
Ma Mingluan said in surprise: "What? Mr. Xu must have regretted it again? And he is not willing to use the price of 500,000 taels to sell this house to the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"
"Uh, no, I don't regret it." Xu Yinjue said quickly, "Xiao Ke is leaving, leaving right away."
"Don't forget to bring your family members with you." Ma Mingluan added, "As for those maids and servants, I will take care of them, so I don't have to worry about it, Mr. Xu. Oh, by the way, take the golden plaque from your Duke of Wei's mansion."
Take them off too and take them away."
"Yes, okay, pick it right away." Xu Yinjue left with a sad face, as if he had lost his soul.
Ma Mingluan put down the teacup in his hand, cleared his throat and shouted to the door: "Zhang Dai? Zhang Zongzi?"
A figure flashed at the door of the hall, and Zhang Dai had already walked in quickly. He bowed to the tunnel and said, "The students are here. What are your orders, sir?"
Ma Mingluo said: "Take a few people back to Nangong and take down the sign of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. When the golden plaque of Duke Wei's Mansion is taken off, you can hang up the sign of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. After hanging the sign, you can put up the sign of the East and West Gardens."
The walls were all torn down, and the two magnificent gardens of the former Duke of Wei were not allowed to be enjoyed by the people of Nanjing. It was a waste of nature."
"Students accept the order." Zhang Dai was immediately overjoyed when he heard this and led the others there happily.
If you ask the scholars in Nanjing which private gardens they most want to visit, ten out of ten will say the East-West Garden and Bailuzhou Garden in Wei Guogong's Mansion, which are really gorgeous to the extreme.
It is said that the gardens of Yangzhou salt merchants are exquisite and luxurious.
But compared with the garden of the Duke of Wei, it is like a wild girl from the countryside meeting everyone's ladies.
This is good. When the scholars from Jiangnan gather again in the future, they will not have to worry about having nowhere to go. Mr. Ma is really a fastidious person and has done a great deed of immeasurable merit.
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The top of Lion Rock.
When Chongzhen came out of the tent, he saw Xu Hongji at first glance, looking quite haggard.
Xu Hongji has been well-fed and well-fed since he was a child, and has never slept in a tent. Last night, he was seriously injured, especially because the mosquitoes on the mountain were so big and fierce that they bit him badly.
Xu Hongji is like this, Zhu Guobi and the others are not much better.
In contrast, Yan Yingyuan and Xu Yingwei and other Qinwang scholars were not affected at all.
Looking at Xu Hongji and other veteran nobles, they are like the setting sun in the west. Looking at Yan Yingyuan, Xu Yingwei and other diligent nobles, they are like the rising sun. It is simply incomparable.
This is the terrible consequence of an army losing its metabolism.
Thinking back to those days, when Xu Da, Chang Yuchun and other famous generals were still there, how glorious was the Ming Dynasty's army?
But now, what have their descendants degenerated into? All of them have turned into rice worms. Expecting these rice worms to prop up the military power of the Ming Dynasty is a big joke.
With honors and nobles like this, it is probably inevitable for the group of diligent scholars to be exempt from the vulgarity.
Therefore, Chongzhen had to find a metabolic mechanism that allowed new scholars with determination and vitality to continuously replenish the army, while at the same time allowing old scholars to gradually withdraw from the army.
Otherwise, it won't take long for you to go back to your old ways.
But now, Chongzhen does not need to consider this headache problem for the time being.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The most urgent thing to consider is to train the new army and create a new type of army.
"Yan Yingyuan, Xu Yingwei, you all come here." Chongzhen waved to Yan Yingyuan and others to come over.
Yan Yingyuan and other diligent princes and scholars finished their dry food in several mouthfuls, and then filed in front of Chongzhen. They bowed in salute and said: "Students and others, please kowtow before the Holy One. May the Holy One be blessed with peace of mind."
"Ping Shen." Chongzhen asked with his hands raised, "How is your training going at the Beijing camp?"
Yan Yingyuan said: "The vacancies have been wiped out, and the elimination of the old, weak, sick and disabled has been almost done. Of the 20,000 people in the Beijing camp, there are actually less than 8,000 people left. The next step is to train."
"Don't worry about the training in the Beijing camp. I don't expect this army to go to the battlefield anyway."
After waving his hand, Chongzhen continued: "It's already the end of August. You should hurry back to your hometown to recruit soldiers. The purpose of recruiting soldiers is based on performance. The first class is loyal and honest people. It would be better if they are dull people. I would rather
Be stupid and don't want those slick and frivolous people. The second class is to recruit only local people."
"Father, why is this happening?" Zhu Cixiang, who was also present, couldn't help but ask.
“It’s understandable that we only recruit honest and honest people, but why do we only recruit people from the same hometown and not outsiders?”
Chongzhen then said to Yan Yingyuan: "Jianheng, come and tell the prince why you only recruit people from your hometown?"
"Yes." Yan Yingyuan responded and added, "If the soldiers from the same battalion come from the same hometown and are familiar with each other or even relatives, then most of them can share weal and woe even if they encounter an unfavorable situation after going to the battlefield.
, and will not throw away his robe easily, otherwise he will be poked in the back by his tribe when he returns home."
"But if you recruit foreigners, you don't have such worries."
After a pause, Yan Yingyuan continued: "It is difficult to share life and death on the battlefield."
Chongzhen said: "This is also a big reason why Guangxi wolf soldiers and Xiangxi and Kuidong native soldiers are very good at fighting. This is the case with the white pole soldiers and Zhejiang soldiers who killed Jiannu in the bloody battle of Hunhe River and left corpses everywhere."
After a pause, Chongzhen continued: "So from now on, when we recruit soldiers from the Ming Dynasty, each battalion must come from the same county, each general must come from the same township, each sentry must come from the same li, and each team of soldiers must come from the same county.
Coming from the same village, such an army can more easily form combat effectiveness."
There is no way, why has the concept of nation not been formed at this time?
Therefore, it is a no-brainer to inspire national pride.
Only by relying on clan relatives as a link can we barely guarantee the minimum combat effectiveness of an army, at least it will not collapse at the first touch like the previous Ming Dynasty border army.
As for the upper limit of combat effectiveness, it depends on training and equipment, and then combat experience.
Well-trained and well-equipped, if they can win a few more battles, the new army's combat effectiveness will soon be qualitatively improved, and then they can start fighting openly and openly against Jiannu.
When we can fight head-on with Jian Nu, the end of Jian Nu will come.
Because the cost of training a soldier of the Ming Dynasty's new army was completely disproportionate to the cost of training a bannerman of Jiannu, the training time was even more incomparable. At that time, even the cost of training could kill Jiannu alive.
At that time, Chongzhen said to Yan Yingyuan, Xu Yingwei and several other scholars: "You should go back now and tell the other scholars that you will each return to your hometown to recruit soldiers today. You must bring back 600 total recruits to me within a month.
It won’t work without even one soldier, I will personally inspect it when the time comes.”
"Students, wait for the order." Yan Yingyuan and others took the order and left.
Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Hongkui and others looked stern, six hundred generals?
According to the military system of recruiting soldiers, a corps of five men is designated as a corps commander, and two corps is composed of a Shi and a Shi commander.
The third team is organized into a team with a captain. The third team is organized into a sentry with a sentry commander. The five sentries are organized into a general with a general. The five generals are organized into a battalion with garrison, guerrilla or participation generals. Several battalions are
A town has a chief soldier or a deputy chief soldier.
In other words, the total number of soldiers is 450, and the total number of 600 is 270,000 soldiers!
