In the following months.
Zhu Changluo only focused on two things.
The first was to train the soldiers. He combined some of the modern training methods he knew and set an example. When he was in Taiping Village and had nothing to do, he would participate in the training as a commander.
This was the best way to win over the hearts of soldiers.
If a general didn't walk among the soldiers and wasn't even familiar with his own soldiers, how could he win the respect and loyalty of the soldiers?
Fortunately, most of the soldiers recruited were around Taiping Village and within the territory of Ji Prefecture Guard.
He had used 500 troops to defeat 30,000 Tatars, wiping out 13,000 enemies.
Therefore, the soldiers he recruited were very respectful of him.
In addition to the training he had with the soldiers, his prestige in the hearts of the soldiers had risen even higher in the past few months.
At the same time, he was also participating in the training to prepare himself for leading the army in the future.
In terms of personal combat ability, he was actually very lacking.
The hard work he was doing now was also to ensure that he would have the strength to protect himself on the battlefield in the future.
This was because he knew very well that regardless of whether it was the cold weapon era or the current era where hot weapons were gradually replacing cold weapons.
The higher the tactical quality of an individual, the higher the chances of survival on the battlefield.
The second thing he did was to pay attention to the reorganization of the Wei office.
Even though the training mission was very busy, he did not completely leave it to his subordinates.
In fact, in Zhu Changluo's opinion, for the current Great Ming Dynasty, the political issues of the people's livelihood were greater than the military issues.
Although the external danger of Great Ming was increasing day by day, the internal contradictions of Great Ming needed to be resolved even more urgently.
The corrupt atmosphere in the officialdom, the complete corruption of the Wei Suo, the impact of the new production relations on the original semi-closed small-scale peasant production relations, and the stagnation of development for nearly a hundred years in the past two hundred years, the accumulation of various contradictions had become more and more acute.
And the most serious ice age in history had already begun to show signs.
If they couldn't handle the internal conflicts that were sharpened by natural and man-made disasters, then no matter how powerful the army was, no matter how glorious the victory they obtained from the outside, it would only aggravate the collapse of the Darming Dynasty.
They would definitely not delay the fate of the Darming Dynasty.
History also proved that the Ming Dynasty had truly perished from within, not from outside.
The external forces had only obtained the final victory after Great Ming collapsed.
There was a fundamental difference in the cause and effect.
As a member of the Zhu Imperial Family, regardless of whether Zhu Changluo was willing or not, he was already firmly bound to the Darming Dynasty.
One glory is one glory, one loss is one loss.
Therefore, regardless of whether he was willing or not, for the sake of his own survival, he had to find a solution to the internal problems of the Darming Dynasty that were already incomparably terrible under the shadow of extreme weather on the eve of the transition between ancient society and modern society.
As a person in power, not a saboteurs of the opposition, reform was the only option left to Zhu Changluo.
Military power was just a tool for him to gain the right to speak in the future.
It confirmed the old saying that military affairs would always serve politics.
Therefore, although he had given Zhu Yu and the others full authority over the reform of the Ji Prefecture Guards, he had actually been paying attention to it at all times.
This was a test field for him to verify his ideas.
He wanted to accumulate experience in the single problem of the guard station system of the Ji Prefecture Guards. At the same time, he wanted to find talents from this reorganization.
He was in an era of great change, where the feudal society was about to collapse.
It was a historical fork in the road between modern and ancient times.
In an environment with thousands of years of feudal traditions and soil, the feudal inertia was extremely powerful.
The end of a feudal dynasty that had accumulated contradictions for more than 200 years!
It was an unprecedented and rarely seen grand era in history.
In such an era, it was extremely difficult to reverse the wheel of history and guide this huge carriage onto the right path.
Therefore, he needed more like-minded heroes to help him complete the feat of changing the world.
Even if he failed in the end, even if he had to pay the price with his life, it was still the greatest honor to be born at such an unprecedented crossroad of history and to fight against people and the heavens!
In the past few months, he had really discovered some rare talents.
"Sir, Commander Qi is here." Just as Zhu Changluo was training with the ordinary soldiers, a young man in a red battle robe ran up to Zhu Changluo and reported.
Zhu Changluo looked at the young man.
This person was called Hai Zhongdi. He was a good seedling he had discovered from a group of young people who had participated in the reorganization of the Wei Agency.
There was also another person who was considered a famous historical figure.
Xiong Tingbi!
Xiong Tingbi and Hai Zhongdi were the two most outstanding people in this group who had helped him reorganize the Wei Agency. From his observation, Hai Zhongdi's ability to handle affairs was not inferior to Xiong Tingbi at all.
Xiong Tingbi had even joked in front of him that Hai Qingtian and Hai Rui's eldest son was also called Hai Zhongdi, which meant mainstay, and both of them were from Qiushan, Hainan.
If he hadn't known that Hai Rui's two sons had died young and had no children, he would have thought that he had met the descendants of Hai Qingtian.
Hai Zhongdi smiled and explained. Hai Rui was very famous in Mount Qiong. Many families gave their names to commemorate Hai Rui. The surname Hai was considered a big surname in Mount Qiong. His parents named him Hai Zhongdi in order to commemorate Hai Qingtian's decision to make decisions for the people and not to be afraid of power.
Zhu Changluo took a break, then walked over and teased,""Zhongdi, your body is still too weak. There's nothing for you to do today. You can stay here and train with the soldiers. Otherwise, when you go to the battlefield in the future, you'll have to rely on me to protect you.”
Hai Zhongdi straightened his slightly skinny body, thumped his chest and laughed loudly as he accepted the order,""Yes, sir!"
Zhu Changluo found Qi Jin on the city wall, followed by Lou Dayou and Ye Bangrong.
The three of them were standing at the highest point of the city, staring at the drill ground through binoculars.
"Seniors."
Zhu Changluo shouted. Qi Jin and the other two put down their binoculars and looked at Zhu Changluo.
Qi Jin pointed at the drill ground and sighed." Other than the lack of actual combat experience, you are already a strong army. Nephew's military command is outstanding, and your training is also outstanding.”
" It seems that the Qi Family's Army and nephew's new army have to hold a contest without delay, lest the generals of the Qi Family's Army shut their doors and cause trouble. Every time I mention your training progress in front of these people, those bastards will always scoff and say that you might know how to fight, but you might not know how to train.”
"In this confrontation, we have to give them a sharp warning and knock away their self-righteous confidence!”
The two sides had planned to hold a confrontation exercise not long ago.
Other than testing the results of the training, it was also an act for the court.
The Imperial Court had placed him in the Ji Prefecture Guard for the purpose of targeting the Qi Family Army.
If the Imperial Court knew that he had taken the initiative to propose a confrontation between the two sides, they would think that he could not swallow the anger of the assassination attempt last time, but he did not dare to act rashly without confidence. Therefore, he had used this relatively gentle method to provoke the Qi Family's Army!
In this way, it would be beneficial to both him and the Qi Family's Army, and it would also put some people in the Imperial Court at ease.
Ye Bangrong smiled and asked," Nephew, is your new army confident of winning? If not, we will let you win. We have to lose. The imperial court will only be at ease if we lose."”
"Ye qian bei, is there something new?”Zhu Changluo keenly sensed that something had happened and quickly asked.
Qi Jin was very surprised by Zhu Changluo's sharp senses. However, when he thought about how his nephew had been able to do anything he wanted in the past few days, he felt relieved.
Political experts were usually very sensitive.
Moreover, Zhu Changluo was an expert in military command.
Qi Jin nodded and said," That's right. There are some new developments. Gao Huai was too poor in Liaodong and caused a mutiny. There's also news from the Korean Peninsula. As autumn is approaching, the Wei Nation seems to be gathering their forces again."”
"Liaodong General Li Rusong requests the Imperial Court to send reinforcements to Liaodong.”
"Someone suggested that our Qi Family Army go to Liaodong. In the end, the Qi Family Army was annexed by Li Rusong and his son. This time, the people who rebelled were all people who refused to accept the Li Family and his son.”
"If our Qi Family's Army can be defeated by your new army within this period of time, our threat in the eyes of some people in the Imperial Court will be lessened. We can make the request of sending the Qi Family's Army to Liaodong only after we provide them with a salary, and force the Imperial Court to not consider sending the Qi Family's Army to Liaodong.”
"The Imperial Court owes the Qi Family Army rations and rewards for their victory in the Battle of Chao. This is a huge sum, and the Imperial Court will definitely not be willing to fork out this sum of money.”
Zhu Changluo, as the Prince of Daming, could only smile bitterly in his heart when he heard this.
" Senior," he requested solemnly," although the Qi Family's Army hopes to lose, I hope to have a truly fair and just fight. I'm still very confident in the new army that I've trained.”
"Haha, alright. That's exactly what we wanted to hear, Nephew. For the sake of their own glory, the Qi Family's Army will definitely not go easy on you.”
Qi Jin laughed heartily.
Zhu Changluo thought about it and agreed. He couldn't help but smile.
"Oh right, there's something I have to tell you. I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse for you.”Qi Jin suddenly said with a solemn expression.
Zhu Changluo realized that something was definitely not right. His expression turned grave."Senior, feel free to speak."
"Just yesterday, the secret agent of the Jinyiwei hidden in the Jizhou Guards suddenly revealed his identity and came to find me. He asked for your article on the reform and reorganization of the guards. If I'm not mistaken, the Imperial Court must have asked for it, and I gave it to them.”
Zhu Changluo did not blame Qi Jin for this.
This thing was really too easy to find. Almost everyone in the lower-level guards had a copy of that article.
However, the Embroidered Uniform Guards had asked for it from Qi Jin, and some of his in-laws were curious. Perhaps they were trying to use this method to deepen the conflict between him and the Qi Family Army.
"Virtuous Nephew need not be too worried. We have already analyzed it. After several months, the reform and reorganization of the Wei Office have been completed. It is impossible for the Imperial Court not to know about this situation. If it is not done sooner or later, but now, perhaps the opportunity for Virtuous Nephew to be promoted again will come.”Lou Dayou smiled and comforted her.
At the same time, they were also very emotional. Who would have thought that this young man in front of them was a double star in the army and had his own set of ideas about reform?
The three of them had read the article over and over again. The more they read, the more they felt that the reason why General Qi's Reformist Party had failed was because of internal pressure and not because of external attacks.
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