Chapter 1607 Persuading Chen Dacheng
"It turns out to be Mr. Zhu, disrespectful." Chen Dacheng carefully looked at Zhu Pingan's waistband and made sure it was correct. He returned the waistband to Zhu Pingan with both hands, and then smiled at himself. He said, "Master Zhu is a fourth-rank official of the imperial court. If there are any problems that Master Zhu cannot solve, you need help from a peasant like me."
Zhu Ping'an held up his hands and said with a wry smile: "We really need Patriarch Chen's help with this matter. I came to your county to recruit soldiers. The recruitment notices are all over Yiwu."
"It's not that they are all over the place. We Beilei Village, the end of the village, even the toilet door at the west end of the village."
"The pig pen of Lao Li's family was not spared either."
After hearing Zhu Ping'an's words, the villagers in the yard couldn't help laughing and talking a lot.
"Although the notices are posted all over, no one has applied to join the army. Patriarch Chen has always been prestigious in your area. He came here to visit today. He hopes that Patriarch Chen can mobilize and encourage the villagers to enlist in the army and wipe out the Japanese pirates. Serve the imperial court."
Zhu Ping'an smiled bitterly and confessed that the recruitment of troops was not successful, and sincerely asked Chen Dacheng for help, hoping that he could help him.
"Haha, Master Zhu's words are a bit overwhelming. I have read Master Zhu's recruitment notice. Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the country. His writing is so inspiring and inspiring that even Master Zhu is so wonderful. All the encouragement and mobilization had no effect. I What good can the talk of the weeds in Jiexiang do? Therefore, Mr. Zhu went to the wrong temple to worship the wrong Bodhisattva, so it is better to invite someone else."
Chen Dacheng smiled and shook his head, rejecting Zhu. Ping An, he didn't support the villagers' recruitment in the first place, so how could he help Zhu Ping'an.
Yesterday, people from the county government came to the village to post recruitment notices and mine management notices. After reading the recruitment notices, he summoned the clan members and announced, "No one from the Chen family or the villagers of Beilei are allowed to go to the county to apply for the army! ”
It’s not that I, Chen Dacheng, don’t understand current affairs, but that the government and the army are so weak that they can’t be trusted, and we have long lost hope in them.
Chen Dacheng knows very well what the Wei Suo Ming Army is like. There is no way out if he joins the army. How many officers and soldiers of the guard station faced the Japanese pirates, abandoned their helmets and armor, ran faster than a rabbit, and caused harm to the common people even more hateful than the Japanese pirates!
It is better to rely on the officers and soldiers to fight against the Japanese pirates and defend the country than to organize the villagers' armed forces to protect their hometown.
So, after seeing the recruitment notice, he announced to the tribe and villagers that no one was allowed to go to the county to recruit soldiers.
"Clan Chief Chen, now the Japanese pirates are raging in the south of the Yangtze River, running rampant, killing people and setting fires, committing all kinds of evil. If we don't suppress them, sooner or later the Japanese pirates will come to Yiwu. The rise and fall of the world is everyone's responsibility. As men of the Ming Dynasty, how can we sit back and watch the Japanese pirates wreak havoc? god It is our duty to protect our country and protect our country. Without a country, there is no home. Only by wiping out the Japanese pirates as soon as possible can we protect our country and our country. A good man should serve his country, hold the three-foot sword, and make contributions to the world." Zhu Ping'an's eyes were bright. He looked at Chen Dacheng and spoke with emotion.
"What Mr. Zhu said is true," Chen Dacheng echoed without interest, without further explanation.
Seeing that Chen Dacheng was unmoved, Zhu Ping'an was not discouraged and continued to persuade from the bottom of his heart: "Clan Chief Chen, there have been frequent armed fights in Yiwu before, and the result of the armed fights can only be bloodshed and death. How can one enlist in the army if the casualties are meaningless and worthless? , fight against the Japanese pirates, defend the country, and do a sacred, glorious, and vigorous cause to honor the ancestors and make history. "
In addition to starting from the righteousness, Zhu Ping'an also starts from the personal interests. Starting from this perspective, I persuaded Chen Dacheng and others: < br>
"Moreover, now the government has strictly controlled the minerals, acknowledged the existing status of the minerals, and strictly prohibited armed fighting. There is no need to worry about the villagers joining the army and affecting the interests of the clan; in addition, Yiwu itself has many mountains and little land, and the people's output With limited income and such a long period of fighting, The people's life is even more difficult. How many people have no food to eat and no clothes to cover their bodies. However, our Zhejiang army is paid one and a half silver coins a month. If the discipline performance test is excellent, the salary will be even higher. For every Japanese pirate killed, a reward of thirty taels of silver will be given. Joining the army and getting paid is also a very good way out.”
Faced with Zhu Ping'an's heartfelt and passionate persuasion, Chen Dacheng spoke, "Do you want to hear the truth, or a lie?"
"I came to visit Patriarch Chen sincerely today to ask for help, so naturally I listened. The truth." Zhu Pingan replied without hesitation.
"Okay, since you want to listen to the truth, then the common people will be offended." Chen Dacheng saluted Zhu Ping'an with his hands clasped in fists, and then said with a face full of righteous indignation, "A man who is born in this world naturally wants to be in the world. alive In this year, we can make a difference and honor our ancestors! Japanese pirates are currently in the public eye. The common people also have the desire to kill Japanese pirates. However, the corrupt and unfair official uniforms and the weak and weak officers and soldiers who bully the people are really disappointing. A few days ago, a small group of Japanese pirates fled to Yiwu. , Yiwuwei The officers and soldiers of the guard station fled without a fight, watching helplessly as the Japanese pirates burned, killed, and looted a village and then prospered. After that, the officers and soldiers of the guard station used the excuse of suppressing Japanese invaders to forcibly confiscate money and food from several villages, causing more disasters than if the Japanese pirates failed. Let. Examples can be found everywhere. Your Majesty asked us to join the army. Haha, we Yiwu children join such an army. Even if we die in battle, we will become a scourge to the people if we do not die in battle."
Zhu Pingan heard this , it suddenly became clear.
As Zhixian Zhao said, Chen Dacheng did not trust the government and the army, so he prevented villagers and clans from recruiting soldiers.
"Clan Chief Chen, do you know why I am recruiting troops?" Zhu Pingan asked.
"Why do you come here to recruit soldiers? How do ordinary people know?" Chen Dacheng shook his head and replied without knowing why.
"The army under my command is called the 'Zhejiang Army', and its full name is 'Jiangzhe Regiment Training Army'. It is not an officer and army of a guard station, and is different from the officer and army of a guard station. The day before yesterday, Mr. Zhang Jing, the Governor-General of the seven provinces in Jiangnan Give me the approval document to recruit troops. With this approval document, I can select 1,200 soldiers from any one army. A sergeant, I joined our Zhejiang Army. However, I did not select soldiers from the official army. Instead, I came all the way to recruit soldiers in your place. It is precisely because I know very well that the official army is too weak to fight, its military discipline is corrupt and it is difficult to fight, and it is cowardly and fearful. Those who dare to fight cannot bear the great responsibility of destroying the Japanese, so I did not select officers and soldiers, but thousands of I came all the way to your land to recruit soldiers. The reason why I came all the way to your land to recruit soldiers is because I heard about your struggle for mines. You Yiwu people are brave, united and tough. You are a natural-born soldier. With a little training. , It is a strong army that is famous all over the world! It is a strict army with strict military discipline and capable of fighting. ! I want to fight side by side with you to exterminate the Japanese pirates and restore peace to the world, so I, Zhu Pingan, came all the way to recruit troops!"
Caressing his chest, he spoke to Chen Dacheng and others from the bottom of his heart and sincerely. (End of this chapter)