After sending Li Chengdong away, Zhao Ming immediately got busy.Zhao Ming compromised the emperor's meritorious service, directly stated that he wanted the post of commander of Zhejiang, and recommended Chen Mingyu as the commander of the capital, Ma Shiao as the commander of the capital, and asked for the title of the first group of officers.Now that the strength of the military ministers has increased and the authority of the central government has declined, generally speaking, the military generals will report their merits and recommend officials, and the imperial court will approve them.Originally, the imperial court had a strict system of checks and balances, but when the military recommended local officials and subordinates, the central government threw themselves into the trap, and the appointed officials naturally lost the role of restraint, so that the military generals gradually mastered the local military and political affairs, forming warlords.Zhao Ming's recital was handed over, and most of the court would approve it.Since he had decided to enter the military household system, Zhao Ming made preparations in advance, and after discussing with Ma Shiao, Chen Mingyu and others, he immediately organized the more than 2,600 households on the island into three thousand households, and when he was appointed, he directly implemented the military household establishment.In addition, other households on the island should also be reorganized, and a system of military households in which all the people on the island are soldiers will be implemented.Now the population of the island has reached more than 60,000 people, tens of thousands of strong men, if the reorganization is successful, Zhao Ming will move nearly 10,000 troops.This time, Zhao Ming brought a lot of gentry and scholars from Jiangnan, and Zhao Ming's subordinates were full of talents, and it was not difficult to reorganize.At this time, in the official hall, Zhao Ming discussed with everyone, he sat in the middle hall, and Chen Mingyu and others sat on both sides.Zhao Ming instructed: "The combat effectiveness of the Weisho army is low, and the people on the island will be organized into military households, but their responsibilities are mainly to farm, just to carry out some simple training, and to fight still rely on off-duty soldiers."
Now that they are all reorganized, how should they be distinguished in terms of treatment, and what suggestions do you have?
”The military households under the system of the guard are also soldiers and farmers, and even more peasant, and they cannot produce a strong army, and the army that is out of production is actually a recruitment, and cannot be regarded as the army of the guard.Recruitment of soldiers has to undertake more combat tasks, and if they are assigned to the guard station, they will be treated the same as the guard soldiers, which will obviously be unfair, and it will also discourage the enthusiasm of the non-commissioned officers and make the army lose its combat effectiveness."
Listen to the words of the general, the general will put the people into the military register, but it is easy to manage, their main responsibility is to cultivate the land and raise the soldiers who are out of production, then it will be slightly flexible, the main cultivation will be classified as tunhu, and the off-production will be classified as military households, and different responsibilities and treatments will be given."
A scholar in the lobby stood up, it was Yan Ermei, who came from Jiangnan, and he was a lifter.Zhao Ming nodded when he heard this, "Okay, let's compile it like this first!"
”Then he said: "How is the spring plowing arrangement?"
”Chen Mingyu said: "The general can rest assured, there are many people on the island and little land, and he also bought some ploughing cattle before, and the fields have already been cultivated, and it is time to move seedlings in recent days." ”Zhao Ming thought for a while, "Since there are enough people on the island, I will prepare to build a stone fort on Jintang Mountain, and ask Mr. to find some craftsmen." ”Chen Mingyu frowned slightly when he heard that he was going to build a fort, but Zhao Ming seized a lot this time, and there was enough money and food, anyway, there were many people on the island, and he was idle, "The humble post will be arranged later!"
”Zhao Ming continued to instruct: "The trees cut down on the mountain, select the shade suitable for shipbuilding and store them.Mr.
Chen tried to find some way to see if he could get some timber for shipbuilding and transport it to Jintang Island. ”Chen Mingyu said, "The general is still going to build a shipbuilding workshop?"
”Zhao Ming nodded, "The current ships are all captured, not naval warships, some ships can't withstand the recoil of artillery, they can't be equipped with artillery at all, and they can't become warships."
The Qing army will not tolerate us being entrenched on the island for a long time, and will inevitably train sailors to deal with us in the future.Although we have an advantage now, we must take precautions and maintain this advantage!
”Chen Mingyu pondered for a while, and then said: "Think of a way!"
”Zhao Ming immediately looked at Ma Shiao, "Ma Shi, we must pay close attention to the construction of weapons, and then recruit a thousand strong men to strengthen the troops on the island!"
”Ma Shiao said: "Don't you use the 1,000 soldiers deducted by the general?"
”Zhao Ming said in a deep voice: "They can be reorganized, but they can't be entrusted with important tasks, their families are not here, and they will not be at ease!"
”Ma Shiao nodded, "I understand." ”And after a while they were counseling, they dispersed, each of them to his own business.When Zhao Ming was reorganizing and managing the people on the island and registering the population and land on the island, several groups of rebels who had left the island with their share of supplies the day before yesterday suddenly returned to Jintang Island angrily and said that they wanted to take refuge in Zhao Ming.Zhao Ming asked the reason, but because they had been away from the island for several months, the territory had been annexed by Huang Binqing, so everyone could only take their dependents and come to Zhao Ming again.Zhao Ming naturally did not refuse to come, and accepted them all, just to reorganize them, replenish the troops, and guard against Huang Binqing.Although there is a shortage of food, and the more people there are, the greater the pressure on food, but Zhao Ming knows that the number of people is definitely not a burden, but a valuable resource.In the middle of March of the second year of Longwu, it rained in the valley.Guyu is the sixth solar term of the 24 solar terms, and it is also the last solar term of spring, which originates from the saying of the ancients that "rain gives birth to a hundred grains", and is the best season for sowing seedlings and transferring seedlings and beans.As an agrarian civilization, China's use of land and seasons can be said to be extreme.This can be seen from the calendar, others are divided into hot and cold in a year, but the Chinese calendar is divided into 24 solar terms, the subtle changes in the climate, are perceived, and according to the solar terms, to guide agricultural production.It has been raining on Jintang Island for several days, and the hillsides are full of beans.The land on the island was scarce, and there were no waterways to grow on the hillsides, so the people went on boats to plant beans.These beans were bought by Chen Mingyu and asked Cheng Bi to plant, and it is very simple to plant, poke them on the hillside with a shovel, sprinkle a few beans in the cracks of the soil, and the rain will fall and they will be sent out in a few days.In the paddy field under the hillside, half of the seedlings have been planted, and the people are wearing robes for the waist to plant seedlings, Zhao Ming jumped a load of seedlings, stood on the ridge, and threw a handful of straw bundled seedlings into the paddy field.His strength is far away, and it is also very even, ensuring that the people who plant rice can get another one immediately after planting.While the people were busy planting rice, the stone fort on the mountain also began to be built.On Jintang Mountain, local materials can be taken, trees and stones can be mined on the spot, and the raw materials for building a fort can be said to be very sufficient.However, there was no shortage of wood and stone, but building a fortress required a lot of pulp bonding, which was a great drain.Zhao Ming took Jintang Island as a base, and it was inevitable that he would be attacked in the future, especially if the Qing army had a naval division and there was no fortress on the island, Zhao Ming would not dare to leave the island, if there was a fortress, Zhao Ming would not have to worry, even if it was attacked, the island could hold on with the fortress.To build a fortress, the cost is mainly in materials and labor, and it costs about 2,000 taels of silver to build a small tun fort with a circumference of one mile.Zhao Ming planned to build a diamond-shaped fortress with a circumference of five or six miles and a hilltop, and the cost was estimated to be more than 100,000 taels, but for safety, Zhao Ming still decided to build it.
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