On March 11, the twenty-sixth year of Chongzhen, Emperor Zhu Youjian stood in the center of the Beijing camp, looking at the Beijing camp recruits running laps desperately on the school field.
The success of the Tiger Ben Army is amazing, and Yang Guozhu admires its combat effectiveness. Therefore, today’s new army training programs in Beijing Camp are increasingly learning from the Huben Army. The first thing recruits do after entering the camp is to train their physical fitness. Only by training their bodies
Only when you are good can you master other combat skills. This is indeed true.
Moreover, the training of new recruits has also changed from the original practice of training every three days or every two days in the Ming Dynasty's frontier army to training every day. Like the Huben Army, they train for several hours every day.
The effect of the increase in training volume is a linear increase in food consumption. Soldiers who used to eat a bowl of rice to train for two or three hours a day would have to eat at least two large bowls of white rice and half a bowl of cabbage and green vegetables. This is not all.
, it is not enough to just eat vegetarian food, Zhu Youjian also wants the recruits to eat a meat meal every two days.
Logistical expenses skyrocketed like a rocket.
However, although the money was spent, the results were also seen. The first batch of 10,000 recruits who entered the camp only practiced for 20 days, and each one adapted to the 16 miles of training every day. After the training, they also had strength training such as lifting stone locks.
, after the soldiers practiced for twenty days, the average amount of training completed was already double that of when they first entered the camp.
Wang Dehua and Wang Chengen stood beside Zhu Youjian, looking at the recruits with smiles on their faces.
Wang Dehua said with a smile: "Look! Look at that recruit, he runs so fast. He thinks he is competing with who can run faster!"
Wang Chengen laughed loudly, pointed at another recruit and said, "Look at that, that big guy ran too fast and fell over!"
Seeing the excitement of his two trusted eunuchs, Zhu Youjian also smiled.
Now this new recruit from the Beijing camp will be Zhu Youjian's trump card from now on.
Recently, Zhu Youjian was really bullied by Li Zhi. Li Zhi said nothing. The emperor's majesty and power were completely wiped out. The imperial examination system of more than 200 years in the Ming Dynasty was abolished by Li Zhi overnight.
He had to conduct public ethics examinations all over the country. Zhu Youjian was really full of anger.
However, the new army in the Beijing camp gave Zhu Youjian the confidence to fight against Li Zhi.
Li Zhi had troops, and the court also had troops.
However, due to the increase in meat and meat food, the cost of troop training was higher than planned, and the money in the warehouse was somewhat insufficient.
Zhu Youjian was meditating there when he saw Zhang Guanghang, a bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion, running all the way into the military camp and running towards him under the leadership of a school officer.
Zhu Youjian smiled and said to Wang Chengen: "Here comes Mr. Ge."
Zhang Guanghang ran to Zhu Youjian, sweating profusely.
Zhu Youjian was in a good mood. He grabbed his hand and asked, "Why is Mr. Ge so anxious?"
Zhang Guanghang raised his hands and said, "There is an urgent message from the south!"
Zhu Youjian nodded and said, "Please tell me, Mr. Ge!"
Zhang Guanghang raised his head and looked at Zhu Youjian. Seeing the emperor's face smiling, he mustered up the courage to say: "The report from the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi was about the large-scale recruitment of immigrants by King Qi in Guangdong and Guangxi last month to cultivate the newly conquered Siam."
Luo, Annan, Burma and other southern lands."
Zhu Youjian was stunned for a moment when he heard this.
Li Zhi recruited immigrants from Guangdong and Guangxi, which was a new thing.
“How large-scale do you mean by large-scale?”
Zhang Guanghang turned pale and said: "According to the statistics of the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, last month King Qi's general Li Laosi recruited 130,000 people in Guangxi and 140,000 people in Guangdong, totaling 270,000
People. And the memorial sent from Kuai Ma in Guangdong and Guangxi said that I am afraid that the number of people recruited this month will not decrease. I am afraid that there will be so many people every month in the future. "
When Zhu Youjian heard this, his eyes widened.
If there were thousands or tens of thousands of immigrants, Zhu Youjian would not have any impressions. After all, the Han people in Fujian and Guangdong have always liked to go south to Nanyang. There have always been sporadic immigrants among the people, and the Ming court could not control them.
The natural growth of the southern population can make up for the shortfall caused by population outflow.
But the 270,000 immigrants a month are no longer "sporadic". Such a scale will probably completely change the demographic structure of Guangdong and Guangxi.
Zhu Youjian shook his body and asked in a panic: "Wang Dehua, what is the population of Guangdong and Guangxi?"
Wang Dehua held up his hands and said: "Back to the Holy Spirit, there are about 11 million people in Guangdong, and I am afraid there are 5 million people in Guangxi."
Zhu Youjian's face turned pale, and he subconsciously clenched his right hand into a fist and said, "So, Li Zhi is planning to evacuate Guangdong and Guangxi within five years and turn all my people into his people?"
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Wang Dehua and Wang Chengen looked at each other for a while, not daring to speak.
Zhang Guanghang cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, now the King of Qi has laid down a large area of uninhabited land in Siam and other places. It is said that when the Han people immigrated there, everyone can get forty acres of paddy fields, so the people of Guangdong and Guangxi flocked to it. Especially the farmers in Guangxi, it is said that
Many farmers have already taken the initiative to cross the border and walk to Annan to seek refuge with Zhennan Bo Li Laosi, asking for land distribution. "The governors of Guangdong and Guangxi did not dare to offend the powerful Zhennan Bo. If the imperial court did not stop Li Laosi's actions, I am afraid that three,
Within four years, the population of Guangdong and Guangxi will be reduced to one-third or even one-fourth of the current level. The wealth of the areas will also be greatly reduced. The tax revenue of the imperial court will also be greatly reduced. "
Zhu Youjian frowned, and there was a hint of anger on his face.
If all the people in Guangdong and Guangxi became Li Zhi's subjects, it would be equivalent to Li Zhi snatching Guangdong and Guangxi from the imperial court. What Li Zhi did was no different from directly sending troops to occupy Guangdong and Guangxi.
Zhu Youjian laughed miserably and said, "It's really a desperate plan!"
Zhang Guanghang sighed and said: "Your Majesty, do you want to send Cui Changwu, the chief minister, to declare the court's objections to King Qi and ask King Qi to stop absorbing the population of Guangdong and Guangxi?"
Wang Chengen looked at Zhu Youjian's face, took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty, we can't have a showdown with King Qi at this time!" "Your Majesty, the new army has not yet been trained, and King Qi's Tiger Army is the only one."
The King of Qi's move to relocate people from Guangdong and Guangxi to colonize the south is also a matter of benefit to the people. Even if the emperor sternly reprimands him, I am afraid that the King of Qi will not listen. At that time, it will only stiffen the already tense relationship between the imperial court and Tianjin."
"If King Qi uses troops to force the court again because of this, the situation may only get worse."
Wang Chengen raised his head and said: "Your Majesty, it will take time for Li Laosi to move the population of Guangdong and Guangxi. It doesn't take two years, and even three years will have little impact. And after two years, our new Beijing army will be trained!"
Zhu Youjian clenched his right hand tightly into a fist in anger, but reluctantly let go.
Closing his eyes, he let out a long sigh.
After a long time, he opened his eyes and looked at the Beijing soldiers running laps on the school field, as if looking at his only source of support.
Suddenly, a Dongchang stall ran in outside the school grounds.
The leader of the gang ran to Zhu Youjian, knelt down in front of him, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Tian Yujin, a civil servant from Nanchang Prefecture, wants to see you."
Zhu Youjian was stunned. What was he doing asking for help? "What's the matter?" "He's here to offer a 'curved cannon' and a 'Formosa-style' rifle!"
