Chapter 75: Why Serve as a Soldier
"Supervisor Zhang, why are you here?"
Zhang Hong was very respectful to Zhang Huangyan. He admired this scholar who was not arrogant and very brave.
"Officer Zhang Ying, long time no see, hahaha!"
Zhang Huangyan was also very enthusiastic when he saw Zhang Hong. He was not the kind of scholar who looked down on martial arts. On the contrary, Zhang Hong's generous and straightforward and careless officer was very suitable for his taste. The two of them drank a few times in private.
Woolen cloth.
"I came today to check the logistics and barracks construction as usual, and also to follow the order of the prince-consort to come and preach the principle of serving the country by serving the country, and to cultivate the spirit of the soldiers. The prince-consort's soldiers cannot be like the soldiers of other people.
Not a little energetic. Moreover, if I don’t do anything about the instructor, you will only treat me as the logistics captain.” Zhang Huangyan said and laughed again.
Since being recruited by Zhou Shixian, his partner and Xue Laoer's wish to play for the country has finally been realized. The cooperation between the two is still very harmonious at present.
Seeing the rapid and ever-changing army, he felt very satisfied when he thought that these soldiers would defeat the Tartar bandits and recover the northern rivers and mountains. At the same time, he was increasingly impressed by Zhou Shixian and understood more why these officers and soldiers, from top to bottom.
I support this prince consort very much.
After hearing this, Zhang Hong secretly laughed in his heart: What country do we pay for? We eat the food of the son-in-law, receive the salary of the son-in-law, repay the kindness of the son-in-law, and treat the soldiers of the son-in-law.
But he did not show it, and nodded immediately and said, "So that's it. The logistics and military camp have just gotten old...I, I have checked it. If General Zhang can trust me, I can directly preach the truth.
They just finished training and are resting."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Huangyan turned his head and looked at it. There were rows of soldiers sitting on the flat ground. After thinking for a while, he nodded in agreement with Zhang Hong's proposal.
Accompanied by Zhang Hong, Zhang Huangyan came to a simple platform on the flat ground, which was temporarily built by a dilapidated carriage.
On the platform, Zhang Hong turned his head and looked at the guards behind him. The two guards immediately took action, one ringing the war drum, and the other shook the military flags at the soldiers resting in front of him.
Almost in the blink of an eye, the soldiers who were originally sitting quietly on the ground quickly moved, and the neat footsteps sounded quickly. Rows of soldiers gathered together and surrounded the platform, with a terrifying momentum.
However, Zhang Huangyan was not surprised. This was not the first time he had seen such a scene. The soldiers under Xue Laoer were not inferior to Zhang Hong's. These were all his constant firm confidence in winning and he became more and more impressed.
The reason why Zhou Shixian.
He knew that neither Xue Laoer nor Zhang Hong were just executors. Although they were indeed excellent, the most important thing was the prince consort who planned all this. If someone else had changed, they would probably not be able to display their talents.
It's right.
Zhang Huangyan really didn't expect that the prince-consort was so capable at this age. Not only was he a good man in the court, but he was also unparalleled in training troops. He was "well-off in civil and military affairs", and he would definitely be a wise monarch in the future.
Zhou Shixian has begun to rectify the Nanjing court during this period with the support of Chongzhen. Behind him is the support of the old fairy Lu Jiude, and he has mastered many people's black materials. After a month, he is only an official of the fourth rank or above.
Five people were already dismissed.
In the end, Chongzhen was worried that he would be involved too much and the court was unstable, so he asked him to take a temporary slowdown, at least he had to wait until the alternate officials found all the assessment before taking action.
When Zhang Huangyan heard the news, he was stunned, especially the rumor about Emperor Chongzhen who was worried that there were too many corrupt officials found by the prince consort and no one in the court could be used.
"General Zhang, they are all gathered here." Zhang Hong pointed to the soldiers near the platform and said.
Zhang Huangyan came to his senses, looked around, then cleared his throat, and shouted: "Soldiers, I am the general instructor Zhang Huangyan, who was personally ordered by the son-in-law, gathered everyone together today because the son-in-law asked the son-in-law to ask for his questions on his behalf.
Everyone has a question.”
When the soldiers in the audience heard that it was the prince consort and wanted to ask questions, they all raised their ears and cheered up their spirits, and their eyes were all gathered on Zhang Huangyan.
When Zhang Huangyan saw that his words had effect, he was delighted. He had preached three times in Yangzhou before, and finally summarized his experience. As long as the prince-consort was mentioned, these soldiers would respond extremely enthusiastically and positively.
"The prince consort wants me to ask everyone, does anyone know why he joined the army?" Zhang Huangyan raised his voice and almost shouted to make sure that everyone in the audience could hear it.
The queue around the platform was still silent. They had been beaten and afraid of being beaten and afraid of speaking without the permission of the officers. Moreover, most of them did not know why Zhou Shixian asked about these questions, to be a soldier and eat food.
Of course, it’s to survive, what other purposes can it have?
However, there were still some people looking around or raising their hands to answer. They all became extremely qualified under the education of military sticks.
When Zhang Huangyan saw that five people raised their hands, they immediately started from the one closest to him and pointed at the other party and said, "Tell me, why?"
Huang Fa saw the commander on the stage pointing at him, swallowing his saliva nervously, and then stood up with trembling legs. He was actually not very good at speaking and was not very brave, but he felt that he should say it, so he shut up.
He shouted with courage without looking at people:
"For... to repay the kindness of the son-in-law, the son-in-law, the son-in-law is a good person, a great good person. If there is no son-in-law, my baby, my wife, and I, I may have starved to death. The son-in-law will give him the son-in-law.
We have to eat and drink, build houses for us, and divide land for us. There is no such good person in this world. How can we have such good things in the world? We have met them all.
It’s just to repay the favor to the prince-consort.”
Huang Fa became more and more excited as he spoke, and in the end he stopped stuttering. As he even said, tears had already dripped. How could his speech be the voice of others?
They don’t understand the righteousness of the country. They only know that the Ming Dynasty’s prince consort really did what he said and did not lie. These are the most diligent and simple people, and they are also the ones who know how to repay kindness the most.
Zhang Huangyan looked at the red eyes of many people below, and even some people were wiping their tears. He was touched again. Although he had seen such a scene many times, he couldn't help but be moved every time.
Chapter completed!