New Empire at the End of Ming Dynasty

Liu was full of confidence and said, "there was chaos in Shaanxi. The imperial court sent officers and soldiers from several provinces to encircle and suppress. There was no problem, but they didn't face up to the problem. What was the key?"

Liu Zhongyong said, "what's your opinion?"

Liu Bu said: "The key to this problem is the problem of roving bandits, not a military problem, but a political problem. They do not take into account why these people revolt, but blindly suppress and kill. The reason why these people revolt is that they have no food to eat. What can they do when they have no food? Officers and soldiers don't ask why, just kill, burn, kill and rob everywhere they go If you don't stay, you will create more hatred, more enemies, more and more thieves and more and more enemies. In the end, you will become unmanageable one day.

Liu Zhongyong was moved and said, "young master, you have a good idea." only when he, the army leaders at the bottom, understood the hardships of the people and what everyone needed.

Liu Bu said, "it's not my wisdom. It's the courtiers. Meat eaters are mean and short-sighted. They only see their own interests and can't see the interests of others. People have to eat. People have to starve if they don't eat. Who will be willing to starve to death? When there is no food to eat, what other choice can they choose except rebellion“

Liu Zhongyong said, "young master's advice."

Liu Bu said, "if the imperial court does not change its current strategic policy, the roving bandits will only suppress more and more, and eventually become uncontrollable. Everyone is finished."

Liu Zhongyong said, "all the princes in the court are well-educated and extraordinary. Will someone recognize this problem?"

Liu preached: "even if they recognize this problem, there is no way to solve it. The court of Daming is the court of the rich, not the court of the poor. It is impossible to think of the poor and do things that harm the rich and help the poor. Therefore, the court can't solve this problem at all, so it can only delay."

Liu Zhong said, "young master is too pessimistic."

Sermon Liu: "As strong as the Han and Tang Dynasties were destroyed by the peasant uprising army, our Dynasty is weaker, which is even worse. Moreover, after 260 years of development in the Ming Dynasty, land annexation and the large gap between the rich and the poor have not been solved at all. As far as the Liu family is concerned, how rich and luxurious the Liu family is. There are few people who can eat enough outside. Such a court is like a place full of grass and stars It's just a spark to start a prairie fire. "

Liu Bu pretended to force him to say that Liu Zhongyong really couldn't say anything for a while and a half, but he felt very powerful, so he said: "the end will suggest that you can consider recruiting from the Liao people."

Liu Bu said, "Liao people?"

Shandong people have a bad impression of the Liao people. The Wuqiao mutiny is the product of the contradiction between the locals and the Liao people.

Liu Zhongyong said, "young master, do you also have opinions about Liao people like others?"

Liu preached: "I don't have any opinion. I always use for what I want. As long as it can be used for me, I don't care about his origin or who he is."

Liu Zhong said: "That's good. The Liao people were occupied by JianNu. Most of them were JianNu. They had deep blood feuds. When they came to Shandong, they were helpless. They didn't even have food and shelter. Moreover, these Liao people were able to cross the sea from the pursuit of JianNu. They were generally strong and able to fight. If they could be recruited and trained a little, they could be trained An army and several Dongfu were vigorously recruiting troops from the Liao people. "

Liu Bu said, "it's not a problem to recruit these people. I'm afraid it's difficult to discipline them after they are recruited. It's another Wuqiao mutiny."

Liu Zhongyong said, "isn't the old man's practice very good? It's just that he spends more money?"

Liu Yuanqiao implements the policy of elite soldiers, and he has one, that is, when recruiting soldiers, he must recruit good soldiers. They are all skilled soldiers who can fight and kill. More importantly, every move is to recruit a family. If he doesn't bring his family, he won't recruit. Then the soldiers work for him, and the family works in his village, like hostages.

Not to mention, this skill is very popular with the Liao people. Everyone says that the Liu family is kind and everyone is proud to enter the Liu family. It can be said that as long as the Liu family recruits people, they will immediately fill the queue at the door. As soon as they enter the Liu family, it is equivalent to that the whole family has a fall, which is unique in other places.

Liu preached: "although the Liu family has a lot of money, I'm afraid they can't keep the money if they don't have enough force protection. So now the situation is critical. I hope to recruit at least 800 servants."

800 servants are not few. Now the chief soldiers in several major towns on the nine sides estimate that the servants around everyone are about 1000, and the servants of Shandong chief soldier Liu Zeqing will not exceed 1000. Liu Bu is actually very ambitious if he doesn't do so.

There are not many people who can afford hundreds of families. If he dares to do so, he is either extremely pessimistic about the situation or has a heart of disobedience.

Liu Zhongyong knows this very well, but he is also a servant of the Liu family. He signed a dead deed. He has both prosperity and loss with the Liu family, but he is loyal to the old master. Now Liu Yuanqiao just asks him to be an assistant next to the young master Liu bu.

Since he is allowed to be an assistant, he must fully assist Liu bu. As long as Liu Bu doesn't do anything to hurt his father's interests, he will go all out to support and help

Now the Liu family has more than 200 servants in Fushan Institute, which means that they have to recruit at least 600 servants to join their team.

This matter is a bit taboo, but there is no problem. After all, Liu Bu is a thousand adults of Fushan guard, general Wude. Nominally, it can have 1000 soldiers.

Moreover, Liu Zhongyong also understood that the old man asked Liu Bu to come here, not for him to eat, drink and have fun, but for him to take care of the house. The young master also wanted to please his father and do things well. He felt there was no problem, so he nodded and said, "no problem, I will help the childe implement this."

Liu Bu said, "I can rest assured that if you need my help, just ask."

Liu Zhongyong said: "recruit another 600 family level people, which means that we need a lot of money and food. I can help you do other things well. It's the problem of money and food. You must do it yourself, childe."

Liu Bu said, "no problem. I'm responsible for these. I don't care about money and food. As long as you help me recruit more good soldiers and train me to become an elite army, I can play a role when things happen at home."

Liu Zhongyong said, "young master, you can rest assured that I am also a member of the Liu family. I am both prosperous and lossy with the Liu family."

After thinking about it, Liu Bu called the old housekeeper Liu Fuqi, then told him about it once and asked, "what difficulties will there be in the implementation, and will we have problems in money and food?"

Liu Fuqi said, "it's better to say hello to the master. As long as the master nods, money and food are not a problem. It's not a problem to resettle these people. The old slave will find a way."

Liu Fuqi is also a confidant of Liu Yuanqiao. He is only loyal to Liu Yuanqiao. As long as Liu Yuanqiao sends a message, he will do it with all his life. At present, the young master wants to recruit troops on a large scale, which is quite taboo. He must nod his head before he dares to cooperate with him.

Liu Bu said: "No problem. I'll immediately repair a letter and report it to my father. It should be sent by a fast horse. I should be able to go and go back day by day. The day after tomorrow, there will be results. But I think my father will certainly agree. Even if I don't agree with so many people, I'll cut it in half and recruit 400 people at most. So I hope boss Liu will help me release the wind first and start contacting some strong and capable people to compete until it is up When our orders come, we can go all out at once. "

Liu Zhongyong said with a smile, "but I hope you can understand the same thing. Military training is not a matter of overnight. It takes a long time and consumes a lot of food. Moreover, the more soldiers, the better, but the better, not more."

Liu Bu said, "I understand. Raising soldiers is raising wolves. Wolves travel thousands of miles to eat meat and dogs travel thousands of miles to eat shit. There will be meat to eat."

Liu Zhongyong was a little surprised at what Liu Bu said, but if he said so, there would be no problem. It's a luxury to have a full meal this year. It's not difficult to recruit troops. All he has to do is recruit people and train the troops well.

When Liu Zhongyong thought of this, he immediately nodded and said, "no problem, I'll do it right away." he suddenly remembered something and immediately said, "it's a big thing. I can't do it alone. I still want to ask you for a favor?"

Liu Bu said, "no problem. Ask for money and people."

Liu Zhongyong said, "this is a big thing. I'll do it alone. I hope you can send a few people to help. For example, Liu Kang and Liu Yu around you are very smart. If you let them help me, you will get twice the result with half the effort."

Liu preached: "no problem. They will go to listen to your arrangement and your dispatch. Liu juntou, I hope you understand one thing. I do things for people. Don't doubt the use of people. Don't doubt people. I trust you. You can do things at ease without so many other ideas."

Liu Zhongyong made a bow and said, "OK! I'll do it like this."

After Liu Zhongyong went, Liu Fu said, "young master, is it a little too hasty to do this?"

Liu preached: "I also want to come slowly, step by step, but the situation is not optimistic. My father sent me back to my hometown. I'm afraid that our father and son are in the same place and are prone to accidents. The Liu family has no way back, so I strengthen my strength here and can help when something happens in Linqing."

Liu Fuqi frowned when Liu Bu said this. He said, "the old slave will go all out to cooperate with the young master to achieve great things. Please rest assured."