() Sun Chengzong breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that if these people got together and ran away, nothing could be done to them. Now they asked who should be eliminated first, so they naturally agreed to eliminate the troops.
However, the problem of arranging who should come first was not easy to solve. So Sun Chengzong asked: "Is there anyone among the generals who can volunteer?"
Anyone who comes forward is mentally ill. None of the generals below want to eliminate their troops first.
Zhong Jinwei on the side was surprised and said: "Why do you have to come one by one? Why don't we just come together?"
Everyone in the tent looked at him, and Sun Chengzong explained: "There are more than 400,000 people. There are too many people to monitor."
"Then let all the cavalry come to monitor."
Oh, this is a way. Each general has some cavalry. If they are collected for monitoring, it should be enough.
Sun Chengzong nodded and said: "This method is feasible, do you generals have any opinions?"
It is fairest to have all the generals' subordinates participate in the supervision. Naturally, the subordinate generals cannot object. However, Lu Xiangsheng suddenly came out and spoke: "I, in my humble position, suggest that all cavalry units should not supervise their own infantry."
There was a sound of grinding teeth from below, asking you to talk more. The generals gnashed their teeth in hatred towards Lu Xiangsheng.
But Sun Chengzong nodded repeatedly: "Very good, very good."
Then he stood up and concluded: "If the generals have no other opinions, at the beginning of the morning, after the three drums have been completed, the chief generals and deputy generals of each department must come to the Chinese army to clarify the details of the demobilization. Roughly, the cavalry armies of each department will draw lots to determine the objects of supervision.
All units will line up outside the tents in the camp. They don’t need to bring their weapons. The cavalry will supervise them. All the troops will leave the camp and gather at a fixed point to count. Now, everyone goes back and prepares."
Therefore, all the generals below said goodbye and went back to prepare, hoping that if they could keep a few more soldiers behind, they would be able to receive more military pay.
When Zu Dashou was about to go out, he was stopped by Sun Chengzong.
After all the other generals had walked out of the central military tent, Sun Chengzong ordered his ancestors: "Fuyu, divide your cavalry into four parts and station them at important traffic areas in the four corners of the camp, and send cavalry to guard against this attack."
Things that may happen later. Do you understand?"
Zu Dashou nodded, understanding Sun Chengzong's intention, clasping his fists hard, and loudly said: "I will do it now."
Then he rushed to Zhong Jinwei and hugged his fists: "I am a soldier and supervise the army. I will take my leave."
After receiving the consent, he exited the Chinese military tent and went to the headquarters to assign tasks.
Finally, the strategy of eliminating troops was successfully implemented. As soon as Sun Chengzong and his ancestors exited the Chinese army tent, their bones became much lighter. They leaned on the handsome chair and closed their eyes to rest, regardless of whether Zhong Jinwei was still beside them.
Zhong Jinwei looked at Sun Chengzong's expression and understood very well, knowing that he had been under a lot of pressure before.
Sun Chengzong was always present when the imperial court held several meetings to discuss grain, grass and military supplies. He knew more about the difficulties of the imperial court than most people. Emperor Chongzhen placed great hopes on him, but in the early stage he was resisted by the generals who commanded the army and dismissed his troops.
The operation was not carried out smoothly. It was really difficult for the old man.
Gu Baichuan and Wang Peng also breathed a sigh of relief and changed to a comfortable position to stand behind Zhong Jinwei. They were really afraid that the generals would rebel before, so they kept their hearts in mind.
Suddenly, the leader of Sun Chengzong's personal soldiers came in and reported: "I am the soldier, supervisor of the army, and Lu Xiangsheng, the prefect of Daming Prefecture and the deputy envoy of the Procuratorate, wants to see you."
Sun Chengzong was alarmed when the leader of the soldiers came in. He opened his eyes and sat upright to listen to the report. After listening, he looked at Zhong Jinwei and saw that he was looking at him with confused eyes. He knew that he was not with him or the military supervisor.
There is an agreement first.
However, since Lu Xiangsheng took the initiative to ask for a meeting, something must have happened, so he asked the leader of the soldiers to let Lu Xiangsheng in.
After the tall Lu Xiangsheng came in, he bowed his hands and said: "I am a soldier and supervisor of the army. I have something to do with my humble position. I would like to ask you for advice."
The other party was the famous Lu Xiangsheng. Before Zhong Jinwei could wait for Sun Chengzong to say something, he said, "Prefect Lu, please speak."
Seeing that Lu Xiangsheng had obtained the supervisor's permission, he said: "I, supervisor, I wonder how to arrange these eliminated soldiers?"
Sun Chengzong and Zhong Jinwei were both stunned. They had not had time to think about this. The two of them looked at each other, and then Sun Chengzong spoke: "I wonder what Jiutai has to say?"
When Lu Xiangsheng asked him to express his opinion, he came here because he had thought about this problem. Naturally, he had some ideas. He was not polite at the moment and directly replied: "I think these people should be given travel expenses and food to allow them to return."
In the same place. However, what I don’t know how to deal with is how to deal with the people who were captured by various generals along the way. Many places have been poisoned by the captives, and I am afraid they will have no home."
In this era, anyone with a little status in all armies knew about the shortcomings of the various armies. Therefore, it was not surprising that Lu Xiang was promoted to a high position in the prefecture and knew that the armies were arresting civilians and pretending to be soldiers to receive military pay.
Zhong Jinwei didn't know very well the proportions of different types of people in the army, so he asked: "How many homeless people are there?"
Sun Chengzong was in control of the overall situation, and he knew the best about this. Therefore, without waiting for Lu Xiangsheng to answer Zhong Jinwei's question, he directly said: "These military generals temporarily serve the king, and things happen in a hurry. I'm afraid the people near the original station will not understand."
There are many people. Most of them arrived near the capital and understood the situation, so they arrested the common people to pretend to receive military pay. The capital area has been brutally ravaged by the rebels, so most of these people are estimated to be homeless. The number should be
It won’t be less than 80,000.”
Zhong Jinwei took a breath, so many! Although these people are basically relatively strong, they can't just leave it alone. It's freezing cold. If they are left to fend for themselves, they will probably not survive, or they will become thieves and bandits.
.This is not what Zhong Jinwei wants to see, nor is it what the court wants to see.
Sun Chengzong was also in a dilemma because there were too many people. Lu Xiangsheng also said just now that he didn't know how to deal with these people.
There was a sudden silence in the Chinese military tent.
However, Zhong Jinwei immediately had an idea. He spoke first: "Yes, treat these eliminated people the same as the refugees in Wang Gong's factory in the capital."
There are about 40,000 to 50,000 refugees in the capital. There are nearly twice as many refugees here as there are in the capital. The pressure will be great.
Lu Xiangsheng did not know the situation of the refugees in the capital, but Sun Chengzong knew that he was present when Zhong Jinwei mentioned the refugee camp issues in Wenhua Palace and provided solutions.
However, Sun Chengzong was a little worried and asked Zhong Jinwei: "How are the refugees in the capital city being solved? Is your method effective?"
"I don't know exactly how it is going, but it has started to be implemented. Judging from the results this morning, it is really unexpected."
Having said this, Zhong Jinwei told Sun Chengzong and Lu Xiangsheng everything he learned today.
After Sun Chengzong and Lu Xiangsheng heard this, they couldn't help but feel speechless. The court's difficulties required Fengchen women to take the lead in solving them. Those people in the capital who were taught by saints, those dignitaries, should die of shame.
Sun Chengzong was silent for a while and said: "I will write a memorial immediately to report to the emperor the implementation of the policy of eliminating the weak and retaining the strong, as well as the measures for resettling the homeless people who were eliminated as mentioned by Zhongxing Bo, and let the emperor make a decision.
"
Zhong Jinwei thought to himself that Emperor Chongzhen would probably agree with his suggestion.
Ancient people attached great importance to the hair and skin of the body and the education given to them by their parents. Therefore, whether the Manchus kept their hair or not, and whether they kept their hair or not, could not scare the Han people. But when Emperor Chongzhen was about to die, he said that his
His body could be torn apart by thieves without harming any of the people. It can be seen that he takes the people very seriously.
Sun Chengzong asked his soldiers to bring the Four Treasures of the Study and quickly finished writing. Then, he raised his head and said to Zhong Jinwei: "Uncle Zhongxing, this memorial is mainly to report on the implementation of the policy of eliminating troops in the army. Since you are the supervisor of the army,
Come and sign together."
There is no problem with signing, but my calligraphy... Thinking of this, Zhong Jinwei said a little embarrassedly: "Well, my calligraphy is not good, can I not sign?"
Lu Xiangsheng was stunned. This supervisor was very special.
Sun Chengzong, relying on his old age, glared and said: "It's just a signature, not your mother-in-law or mother's."
Zhong Jinwei has always respected the elderly, let alone Sun Chengzong. He did not care about his threats, but regarded them as an expression of affection from the elders to the younger ones.
So, I walked over obediently and signed.
I used to learn calligraphy with a calligraphy brush when I was in primary school, but I was not very good at it. I haven’t used a calligraphy brush for so many years, so naturally my signatures don’t look good.
Sun Chengzong looked at Zhong Jinwei's crooked three characters and laughed unscrupulously.
Zhong Jinwei was so laughed at that his face turned like a monkey's butt, and his ears were red. He thought to himself: When he goes back, he must let Achido teach him calligraphy, yes, and literary allusions, so as not to speak in vernacular all the time.
If you don't use some classical Chinese, you still have to make people laugh.
Lu Xiangsheng didn't know the origin of Zhong Jinwei. Seeing the harmony between the old and the young, he couldn't help but wonder: Looking at this, is it possible that the supervisor and the soldier are related by blood?
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