Han’s Son is Not a Slave

The candidate for the village head, Zhou Shixiang, did not appoint all the Taiping army people, but selected some of the former chiefs who had a good reputation to serve, and the others were elected by the local villagers themselves. Because of the strong clan power in this era, the landlords and gentry have taken advantage of the election of the village chief. Most of the village chiefs elected by the villagers are gentry. Even if they have nothing to do with the local gentry, they are usually brothers in the village. There are many people who are more horizontal and the villagers are afraid of. Basically, among the ten village heads elected by the villagers, at most one or two are honest people who are more convinced by the villagers on weekdays, and the rest are elected by the villagers out of fear of pressure.

Zhou Shixiang was of course dissatisfied with this situation, but seeing that these people knew that the knife handle was in the hands of the Taiping army, they were still cooperative with the Taiping army, and most of the tasks of paying grain and taxation issued by the village could be completed, so they also tacitly accepted this. In this situation, I do not plan to conflict with the local clan forces at this time. Of course, Zhou Shixiang's hand will not be soft when it comes to serious corruption in the process of paying grain and paying taxes.

The original Houying people who were resettled in each township had their own villages. Thanks to the military disasters in Guangdong in the past few years, the population of Xiangshan had also dropped a lot, which made a lot of land vacated, and the escaped landlords of the townships The land that was left enabled the people who were resettled in each township to be allocated enough land, and there was also enough land to pay for military merits. The village chiefs of these villages are disabled soldiers who retired from the army, except for some of the former camp managers.

When the camp was old and weak after resettlement, Zhou Shixiang deliberately asked Song Xianggong to resettle according to the original geographical and blood relationship, which made the new villages scattered in various townships very cohesive, and with the support of the Taiping Army, the local people did not dare to bully these foreign households .

Set up a new administrative region, set up a security team, organize the people of the new village to carry out spring ploughing production, and refine the specific duties of each township office, strengthen the connection between each township, each village and the county, and implement a new mobilization system. Supplies...all kinds of affairs. There are so many things that can not be implemented in a short time.

Zhou Shixiang was also a hands-off shopkeeper. He only explained the major policies and directions to Liao Ruixiang and Song Xianggong, and he did not ask about the specific implementation. Just ask every ten days. This made Liao Ruixiang and Song Xianggong suffer. Not long after the New Year, the two of them had more gray hair.

Liao Ruixiang had the official badge and official seal of the Yongli court, and became an official of the seventh grade, but Duke Xiang of Song was still the head of the Taiping Army General Affairs Money and Grain Officer. There is no official official status of the Yongli court, which makes Zhou Shi feel very guilty. Song Xianggong is open-minded and doesn't care about whether he has a formal official status. The more he doesn't care about Zhou Shixiang, the more guilty he feels. He simply reorganizes and expands the Taiping Army with the title of the Chaozhou Commander-in-Chief given to him by Lianchengbi, the Governor of Guangdong. Formal army.

The head of the camp is the head of the camp, and the formation of the army is the formation of the army. Today, any family of the Nanming army can build a new camp, and some bandits in the mountains can set up camp if they are willing to accept the Ming army's recruitment, but this camp has many names and names. The number of people varies, and it is not institutionalized, and it is also dispensable in the eyes of the Yongli regime. Forming an army is much more formal than setting up a battalion head. First of all, those who can form an army must at least have the rank of commander-in-chief granted by the Yongli court, rather than just a guerrilla or a commander who can pull out and form an army alone.

The Yongli court did not give Zhou Shixiang a formal military rank, but Lianchengbi, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, gave Zhou Shixiang the title of Chaozhou Chief Military Officer out of expediency. The chief military officers of the Ming Dynasty had no fixed grades, and they were also very awarded. Generally, those who can serve as chief soldiers are mostly the commanders of Duke Sehun or the commanders of the guards. The Ming Dynasty military system started with the Weisuo system, with the commander of the capital, the commander of the guard, the thousands of households, the hundreds of households, the general flag, and the small flag as the officers. Below the total number of soldiers are added lieutenants, generals, guerrillas, garrison, thousand generals, etc. For example, Wu Sangui was the commander-in-chief of Liaodong in those days.

During the Chongzhen period, even though the wars inside and outside the customs continued year after year, there were only more than 30 chief military officers in various places, and among them, there were very few who could be called "general town" or "general commander" with their general title. After Jiashen. The number of chief military officers has become flooded. There are more than ten chief military officers in all parts of the coastal area of ​​Guangdong alone, and the number of registered chief officers is flying into the sky. The title of Chief Soldier is really worthless.

But no matter how worthless, there is the title of registered general soldier, Zhou Shixiang and Taiping Army are soldiers and horses within the establishment of the Yongli court, and they are no longer the kind of dispensable camp. If it weren't for Liancheng Wall, it would be really powerless. I'm afraid that this will send the supervisors to Xiangshan as usual.

The Taiping troops stationed in various townships are now recruiting soldiers and horses. With the expansion of the team, the original system of one hundred households and general banners is definitely not suitable. Therefore, Zhou Shixiang decided to implement a new command system in the army by using the title of registered general soldier. . In other words, Zhou Shixiang was about to be promoted for his subordinates.

Before the promotion, Zhou Shixiang ordered each battalion to report the recent recruitment situation. Although the people of Xiangshan did not join the army in groups, the figures reported by each battalion still made Zhou Shixiang quite satisfied.

The most recruited troops are the trap camps in Yongle Township and Changning Township.

Tie Yi carried out a brutal purge of the landlord gentry in the local area. It can be said that he killed all the gentry who originally rode on the peasants in Erxiang. Not only that, he also uprooted the local clan power. Although this move made the Taiping Army The bad reputation also made the local surnames extremely hate the Taiping Army, but they received the support and support of non-big surname farmers. After they were allocated the high-quality fields and the floating wealth of the landlord's family that they had never dared to think about, and after seeing the excellent treatment enjoyed by the families of the newly resettled Taiping Army, the farmers in Yongle and Changning townships were extremely enthusiastic about joining the Taiping Army. . By the end of the first month, the trap camp had recruited 1,950 recruits.

Secondly, the Hujie Battalion stationed in Longyan Capital recruited the most troops~www.NovelMTL.com~ Because Longyan is close to the Tanjiang River, the local people are not unfamiliar with the war that took place in Xinhui on the other side of the river, and they all knew that the Qing army suffered a great deal in Xinhui. After the defeat, he saw that the river was covered with Ming army navy, so the fear of the Qing army was greatly reduced. Song Xianggong personally took charge of the land consolidation in Longyandu, which gave these people sweetness. Qin Zhisheng tried his best to restrain the military discipline, so that he did not offend the local villagers Qiu. Therefore, although the local clan strength was still there, the clan was not interested in the villagers participating in the Taiping Army. No objection. This allowed Qin Zhisheng to successfully recruit 1,200 recruits, of which more than 400 were fishermen who fished by the river all the year round.

The Xiongwei Camp in Liangzidu also recruited 600 recruits, the Zhenlu Camp in Renhoufang recruited 700, and the Guards Camp in Qianshanzhai recruited more than 900. Each battalion was recruiting and buying horses, and Qi Hao was not idle. Taking advantage of the free time for artillery training, he also recruited more than 500 new soldiers. In addition, the remnants of the Ming army who came out of the mountains such as Qiniang Mountain and Wutong Mountain joined the Taiping Army one after another, so that the number of soldiers of the Taiping Army increased from more than 4,000 after crossing the river to 12,000.

Many soldiers were recruited, but the new recruits had not been trained, let alone battle formations, and had little combat effectiveness. What was more important was that the Qing army's food and grass captured by the Taiping Army from Xiangshan was constantly being consumed. Before the new food was received, Song The period of food shortage given by Duke Xiang was as long as two months. At the same time, he reminded Zhou Shixiang that the battle this year is not about the fighting strength of both sides, but whether they can eat enough. (To be continued.)

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