A few years ago, he broke free from the cage in the officialdom, and now Zhang Ning finds that he is trapped in another cage.
One day, he wanted to go out to see the military and civilian situation on the spot, but was dissuaded by many civil and military officials. He finally got out, but a large number of guards followed him, and at most he could only walk to the city gate, and the trouble would be caused by going out.
The people of the Zhuque Army Group valued his safety too much.
After the battle of Yuanshui, Zhang Ning's prestige increased rapidly. At the same time, he alone also affected the vital interests of countless people, and people no longer regarded him as a human being.
He stood at the water gate of the north city and looked at the scenery, but saw that there were five steps up and down the city tower, and the guards were very tight.
He was thinking: Why do everyone value a person's life so much, not to mention the emotions of sharing joys and sorrows, maybe it is mainly for the existence of this group; if they die, the organization formed will face turmoil or collapse.
A kind of power comes from organization and order, otherwise no matter how many people are, they will not be able to do great things.
Just like the encirclement and suppression of Huguang's official army not long ago, in fact, the Ming Dynasty had a population of tens of millions of people, with millions of men. The war potential of a single province was huge, but they had no choice but to use the Suzaku Army because they could not organize the war potential.
After several days of debate in the Senate and Zhang Ning's thinking, he probably made a decision on handling the matter of prisoners of war in the official army.
The soldiers who lost their establishment looked terrible, and perhaps it was not as dangerous as they thought.
Zhu Heng happened to be with him, so Zhang Ning looked at the river flowing to Dongting Lake and asked in a casual tone: Does Zhu Butang think that the people of Changde Prefecture and Huguang support us?
I think in the hearts of the people, we are no different from the court government. It may be the thoughts of ordinary people... Maybe it is even worse. Many people cannot agree with our justice and scold us behind the scenes.
Zhu Heng said without thinking.
Zhang Ning nodded with satisfaction and said, even though he was lying on the side, he was not the emperor. The officials below could basically tell the truth. It was still a little too early to praise him.
He deliberately said: The old saying that those who win the hearts of the people will win the world, but we seem to be unpopular.
Zhu Heng indeed shook his head and said: The lord clearly understands that it is a good lesson to carry a boat or cover it up. However, there is a point in this. We have not even left a way out. No one in this place can organize the villagers to resist.There are a few people who are dissatisfied, but what can I do if I have a pile of sand?
After hearing this, Zhang Ning said: Zhu Butang said that those military households of the government army were working hard for us for the court. As long as the troops were reorganized and the generals used our people, the soldiers could only obey the generals... If someone could call on most of the soldiers to change, then the person was definitely not a simple person, and he would be a hero wherever he was put.A large number of officers and soldiers are not organized, and the danger is very low.
The lord’s intention is to recruit a large number of new troops from the prisoners of the government?Zhu Heng became serious.
Zhang Ning said: We have too few soldiers. We can first recruit some people who voluntarily surrender. Others will be detained for the time being. After taking over Wuchang, Jingzhou and other places, they will be released.
Zhu Heng frowned and said: It is extremely difficult for soldiers without military power to accomplish things, but they always feel dangerous and have to be prevented.
Zhang Ning walked a few steps, then took off a jade pendant from his clothes, grabbed one end of the silk thread, and treated the jade pendant as a temporary simple pendulum.
He pulled up the jade pendant with his other hand and said to Zhu Heng calmly: Let's have a little play. The height of the jade pendant is limited to the wall. I will let it swing now. It will never hit the wall.
Zhu Heng thought for a while and nodded: Please give me a try, lord, it is true to see it.
Zhang Ning let go of the jade pendant and let it sway. Sure enough, the swing became smaller and smaller, and he never hit the wall with more than the starting height.This has been repeated several times without exception.
Zhu Heng twisted his chin and smiled, then looked at what Zhang Ning was selling in his gourd without saying a word.
Zhang Ning smiled gently and said: I used this jade pendant as an analogy because there is no condition for another experiment at present.Let's imagine: a person stands at the city wall, and the jade pendant is replaced with an iron ball full of blades, swaying like this.Does the people standing here find it scary?But in fact, he is not at all dangerous.
That's the reason. As long as he doesn't move around, the iron ball will not hit him.Zhu Heng nodded and said yes.
Zhang Ning said calmly: Some things seem terrible for some reason, but in fact they seem terrible. We must believe in reality.
After hearing this, Zhu Heng bent down and said, "If the lord makes such a decision, I will definitely agree."
Zhang Ning helped him up and said kindly: If we have to work together, we can achieve twice the result with half the effort.
After the Senate Department reaches a consensus, the matter will be easier. The specific implementation can be formulated by the officials, and then the specific formulation personnel will handle it separately.
It is easy for the Suzaku Army to use prisoners to expand the army again. A large number of young and strong prisoners are ready-made. Those military households have a sense of military discipline, are familiar with various armor and weapons, which is much more convenient than recruiting and training refugees or poor peasants to serve as military troops.
The expanded group of people was named Wuchang Camp by Zhang Ning himself. If anyone could pay attention to these names, he could guess many of the strategic intentions of the rebels from the names.
All military generals above the Xiaoqi (twelve people) were drawn from the Zhuque army, and they also changed from military uniforms, flags to weapons and equipment from beginning to end. The new army will be temporarily placed in Changde Mansion for training.
Zhang Ning needs to choose an important person to be responsible for this 8,000 troops, from personnel selection to complete training, and the implementation of military disciplines.
The person who grants military power is the key. If you can't control the general in charge, what will the main general win over the middle-level generals to do? The organizational system will be ready.
Moreover, to be able to command a battalion of troops, it also requires a certain status and prestige, otherwise it will be difficult to convince the public.
He thought of Zhou Mengxiong.
This person was a general in charge of Jianwen many years ago. His experience and insights were not comparable to those of you. Especially when Zhang Ning was unable to attract senior talents from the outside, it was a huge waste to idle people like Zhou Mengxiong.
What made Zhang Ning most worried about Zhou Mengxiong was that he was an old minister who was loyal to Jianwen.
Zhang Ning is also nominally known as the minister of Jianwen, but in fact he is him and Jianwen is Jianwen, and his power is not integrated...
After Zhou Mengxiong's daughter became his wife, the relationship impact brought by the marriage may be useful; this is also the premise that Zhang Ning began to consider Zhou Mengxiong, no matter how it is said that it is the legitimate Yuexu relationship.
The soldiers of the new Wuchang Camp were mainly military households in the garrison. Zhou Mengxiong was from the Jianwen team and it was difficult to become a solid piece with the people below. Balance may create an opportunity for control.
Zhang Ning was in his position and had to consider checks and balances further.
When Yao Ji was allowed to participate in politics, her roots were too strong in the Zhuque army; introducing the Zhou family's relatives might be able to prepare foreshadowing for future balance.
It has nothing to do with emotions. If an interest group has an imbalance in its power, it will easily lose control. It will be a disaster for anyone?
One day, he wanted to go out to see the military and civilian situation on the spot, but was dissuaded by many civil and military officials. He finally got out, but a large number of guards followed him, and at most he could only walk to the city gate, and the trouble would be caused by going out.
The people of the Zhuque Army Group valued his safety too much.
After the battle of Yuanshui, Zhang Ning's prestige increased rapidly. At the same time, he alone also affected the vital interests of countless people, and people no longer regarded him as a human being.
He stood at the water gate of the north city and looked at the scenery, but saw that there were five steps up and down the city tower, and the guards were very tight.
He was thinking: Why do everyone value a person's life so much, not to mention the emotions of sharing joys and sorrows, maybe it is mainly for the existence of this group; if they die, the organization formed will face turmoil or collapse.
A kind of power comes from organization and order, otherwise no matter how many people are, they will not be able to do great things.
Just like the encirclement and suppression of Huguang's official army not long ago, in fact, the Ming Dynasty had a population of tens of millions of people, with millions of men. The war potential of a single province was huge, but they had no choice but to use the Suzaku Army because they could not organize the war potential.
After several days of debate in the Senate and Zhang Ning's thinking, he probably made a decision on handling the matter of prisoners of war in the official army.
The soldiers who lost their establishment looked terrible, and perhaps it was not as dangerous as they thought.
Zhu Heng happened to be with him, so Zhang Ning looked at the river flowing to Dongting Lake and asked in a casual tone: Does Zhu Butang think that the people of Changde Prefecture and Huguang support us?
I think in the hearts of the people, we are no different from the court government. It may be the thoughts of ordinary people... Maybe it is even worse. Many people cannot agree with our justice and scold us behind the scenes.
Zhu Heng said without thinking.
Zhang Ning nodded with satisfaction and said, even though he was lying on the side, he was not the emperor. The officials below could basically tell the truth. It was still a little too early to praise him.
He deliberately said: The old saying that those who win the hearts of the people will win the world, but we seem to be unpopular.
Zhu Heng indeed shook his head and said: The lord clearly understands that it is a good lesson to carry a boat or cover it up. However, there is a point in this. We have not even left a way out. No one in this place can organize the villagers to resist.There are a few people who are dissatisfied, but what can I do if I have a pile of sand?
After hearing this, Zhang Ning said: Zhu Butang said that those military households of the government army were working hard for us for the court. As long as the troops were reorganized and the generals used our people, the soldiers could only obey the generals... If someone could call on most of the soldiers to change, then the person was definitely not a simple person, and he would be a hero wherever he was put.A large number of officers and soldiers are not organized, and the danger is very low.
The lord’s intention is to recruit a large number of new troops from the prisoners of the government?Zhu Heng became serious.
Zhang Ning said: We have too few soldiers. We can first recruit some people who voluntarily surrender. Others will be detained for the time being. After taking over Wuchang, Jingzhou and other places, they will be released.
Zhu Heng frowned and said: It is extremely difficult for soldiers without military power to accomplish things, but they always feel dangerous and have to be prevented.
Zhang Ning walked a few steps, then took off a jade pendant from his clothes, grabbed one end of the silk thread, and treated the jade pendant as a temporary simple pendulum.
He pulled up the jade pendant with his other hand and said to Zhu Heng calmly: Let's have a little play. The height of the jade pendant is limited to the wall. I will let it swing now. It will never hit the wall.
Zhu Heng thought for a while and nodded: Please give me a try, lord, it is true to see it.
Zhang Ning let go of the jade pendant and let it sway. Sure enough, the swing became smaller and smaller, and he never hit the wall with more than the starting height.This has been repeated several times without exception.
Zhu Heng twisted his chin and smiled, then looked at what Zhang Ning was selling in his gourd without saying a word.
Zhang Ning smiled gently and said: I used this jade pendant as an analogy because there is no condition for another experiment at present.Let's imagine: a person stands at the city wall, and the jade pendant is replaced with an iron ball full of blades, swaying like this.Does the people standing here find it scary?But in fact, he is not at all dangerous.
That's the reason. As long as he doesn't move around, the iron ball will not hit him.Zhu Heng nodded and said yes.
Zhang Ning said calmly: Some things seem terrible for some reason, but in fact they seem terrible. We must believe in reality.
After hearing this, Zhu Heng bent down and said, "If the lord makes such a decision, I will definitely agree."
Zhang Ning helped him up and said kindly: If we have to work together, we can achieve twice the result with half the effort.
After the Senate Department reaches a consensus, the matter will be easier. The specific implementation can be formulated by the officials, and then the specific formulation personnel will handle it separately.
It is easy for the Suzaku Army to use prisoners to expand the army again. A large number of young and strong prisoners are ready-made. Those military households have a sense of military discipline, are familiar with various armor and weapons, which is much more convenient than recruiting and training refugees or poor peasants to serve as military troops.
The expanded group of people was named Wuchang Camp by Zhang Ning himself. If anyone could pay attention to these names, he could guess many of the strategic intentions of the rebels from the names.
All military generals above the Xiaoqi (twelve people) were drawn from the Zhuque army, and they also changed from military uniforms, flags to weapons and equipment from beginning to end. The new army will be temporarily placed in Changde Mansion for training.
Zhang Ning needs to choose an important person to be responsible for this 8,000 troops, from personnel selection to complete training, and the implementation of military disciplines.
The person who grants military power is the key. If you can't control the general in charge, what will the main general win over the middle-level generals to do? The organizational system will be ready.
Moreover, to be able to command a battalion of troops, it also requires a certain status and prestige, otherwise it will be difficult to convince the public.
He thought of Zhou Mengxiong.
This person was a general in charge of Jianwen many years ago. His experience and insights were not comparable to those of you. Especially when Zhang Ning was unable to attract senior talents from the outside, it was a huge waste to idle people like Zhou Mengxiong.
What made Zhang Ning most worried about Zhou Mengxiong was that he was an old minister who was loyal to Jianwen.
Zhang Ning is also nominally known as the minister of Jianwen, but in fact he is him and Jianwen is Jianwen, and his power is not integrated...
After Zhou Mengxiong's daughter became his wife, the relationship impact brought by the marriage may be useful; this is also the premise that Zhang Ning began to consider Zhou Mengxiong, no matter how it is said that it is the legitimate Yuexu relationship.
The soldiers of the new Wuchang Camp were mainly military households in the garrison. Zhou Mengxiong was from the Jianwen team and it was difficult to become a solid piece with the people below. Balance may create an opportunity for control.
Zhang Ning was in his position and had to consider checks and balances further.
When Yao Ji was allowed to participate in politics, her roots were too strong in the Zhuque army; introducing the Zhou family's relatives might be able to prepare foreshadowing for future balance.
It has nothing to do with emotions. If an interest group has an imbalance in its power, it will easily lose control. It will be a disaster for anyone?
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