Chapter 609 Mad Prince
Natural disasters occurred frequently in the Central Plains, and the teaka salt road of the East Palace Guard could not be maintained. Zhu Cixuan transferred the East Palace Guard back to the capital, and was under the jurisdiction of Song Xiance, and under the jurisdiction of female generals such as Yuan Xiaoxiao and Yan Yishuang. As for the Huben Camp, there were still Zhan Yunpeng and Linghu Yunlong each leading the left and right troops.
The remaining generals of the 10th Regiment Battalion were all the results of Zhu Cixuan's inspection in the past two years. This was the admiral of the regiment battalion. After layers of screening, Zhu Cixuan was highly valued by Zhu Cixuan.
Zhu Cixuan pulled the 12th Regiment Battalion out of the capital and began his drill. Zhu Cixuan summoned the heads of the 12th Regiment Battalion to give a speech. At this time, Zhu Cixuan was majestic in military uniform and was not angry. His generals were full of admiration for the handsome young crown prince.
However, they would soon discover the cruelty of the crown prince. The generals never expected the crown prince torment them like this.
The thirteen and a half-person-high pottery jars were scattered in a row, and each large jar was filled with water. The water in the jar was not clear water, but poisonous water that looked numb to the scalp.
Why is it called poisonous water? It is said that these waters are used by the people to remove insects in the fields. Similar to modern insecticides, however, they are extremely toxic, even with arsenic.
The javelins of the twelve generals stood also, and each had a straight back. At least on the surface, they were all passionate men. Zhu Cilang was very satisfied with the twelve generals.
Zhu Cilang looked at the twelve generals under his command with a smile on his face: "Okay, you are all elites selected by the palace. I hope that you not only have the appearance of soldiers, but also the army of soldiers. If you follow me, you must be worthy of our cultivation. After autumn, I will take you to Pinggang in the Central Plains. I won't say much nonsense. You have memorized the military orders, so I won't talk too much. However, I still have to say a few words: Those who retreat in the face of the battle will kill! Those who refuse to obey the orders will kill! Those who delay military operations will kill! Those who leak military information will kill! Those who oppress the people..."
Soon everyone discovered that the prince was powerful. The prince said a series of killings and killings, as if every military order could not be completed was the word killing.
Ci did not control military affairs, righteousness, and wealth, and had no power and no control in leading troops to fight. Zhu Cilang said a lot, and roughly the meaning was that he wanted to build an iron army and an iron army of the Ming Dynasty that made all the enemies frightened.
He wanted to let the bandits see the power of my 12th Regiment of Zhu Cilang. Those who dared to disrupt my Ming Dynasty would be killed without mercy.
Zhu Cixuan said a lot, until he finished killing the people who were trying to kill, and then said, "I have said so much that you must be very angry. Why are there only punishments but no rewards? Well, I will talk to you about rewards next. I raised 10 million taels of silver in this warehouse of Hu Ben Camp."
The generals looked at each other, and everyone was full of energy. Ten million taels of silver, the prince actually raised so much money.
Only Zhan Yunpeng and Linghu Yunlong of the Hu Ben Army knew that the prince's total was only 6 million taels of silver. However, it was claimed to be 10 million taels to the outside world.
But this is enough. With this money, the military pay for war is not a problem. No matter how loyal it is, who fights is not for fame and fortune. With the reward, the spirit of these dozen governors immediately became excited.
Next, Zhu Cixuan said that the military orders with clear rewards and punishments in the army are nothing more than rewards for those who kill the enemy, and those who make meritorious contributions. In addition, the family members of those who die in battle can receive a valuable pension.
No matter what, the prince was really rich in leading the army this time. Zhu Cilang planned for the future and finally had a purpose. The problem of military pay was solved, and then the food and grass were the food.
Food and grass are actually easy to solve. First of all, the disasters around the capital are still lighter. Moreover, although these grain crops popularized by the imperial villages are not as high as expected, it is still not a problem to raise millions of stones of grain.
The biggest problem is just the issue of autumn harvest. Zhu Cilang can only wait for this.
"I want to tell you that when there is military pay, what is lacking is food and grass. If you want to fight and eat, you have to do it yourself. After the crops are ripe, the soldiers of the regiment camps will be scattered in all parts of the capital to help the people grab the food. Remember this for me, when you want to eat enough, you have to work hard for me."
Let the soldiers of the 12th Regiment Battalion help the people harvest in the autumn? This is a big problem, and many people are somewhat confused. What is important is that some big-headed soldiers are not diligent in all four bodies and are not divided into grains.
Song Xiance had nothing. His Eastern Palace Guards were originally from the common people. Farming and harvesting crops have always been their best choice.
As for the generals of the other regiment camps, they all looked sad, including Linghu Yunlong and Zhan Yunpeng from the Huben Camp.
"Your Highness, the prince is not unwilling to do so. It's just that the soldiers only know how to hold swords and guns on weekdays. Many people have never planted crops and don't understand this."
The person who said this was Huang Sanli, the governor of Xiaoyongying. Huang Sanli was somewhat selfish. He was so hoeing at noon, and sweat dripped into the soil. It was so hard that they would rather have more training points than go to the ground to harvest food.
But this seemed to be beyond Zhu Cilang's expectations. He looked at Huang Sanli: "You can't learn, learn from those farmers. Can living people still be suffocated to death by peeing? You don't want to go hungry when you are fighting with this palace. If you don't want to go hungry, you have to give me the autumn harvest!"
There is no way. It seems that this time, I can't escape the help of the people to harvest crops. The soldiers can only admit that they are unlucky. How could they fight with the prince and have to harvest food and grass by themselves?
However, Zhu Cixuan still did this. Not only did Zhu Cixuan do this, he also took off his clothes first.
In the shock of his generals, Zhu Cixuan took off all his military uniforms. Then, Zhu Cixuan pointed to the thirteen large tanks behind him: "I know how much non-combat reduction caused by disease is more than those killed by the enemy. I smelled the smell of your bodies two feet away, including lice, bed bugs, and fleas."
Disease causes more non-combat attrition than those killed by enemies. This sentence is absolutely true. There are many parasites in ancient people, and most people do not pay attention to hygiene. This can easily cause the epidemic of diseases, especially plagues.
Zhu Cixuan took off his armor in front of his soldiers. This was a very unrighteous thing, but the prince didn't seem to mind. Then, Zhu Cixuan walked up to the big jar beside him.
The water in the jar smelled pungent, and then Zhu Cilang jumped into the jar without hesitation.
The generals were shocked, and some people couldn't help but exclaim. However, after Zhu Cilang jumped into the tank, he was completely immersed in the tank. After a while, he poked his head out of the poisonous water and reached out to touch his face: "Each of you wants to remove insects on your body. I have tried it before. No insects on your body will grow within a year or two."
Everyone quickly confirmed something, the prince was a lunatic. Even Zhan Yunpeng from the Tiger Army couldn't help but say, "Don't play with your highness, this will be dead."
Chapter completed!