Chapter 2123 Shaking the Military Morality
Wen Rensheng naturally saw this scene by checking Huang Taiji's movements.
He did not go north to take command personally.
When he gets a large ship of more than 2,000 tons, he will not sail on an ocean voyage.
That's all for offshore sailing in the * Gorge.
After all, with the results of his physical training, he could still swim for 100 kilometers with a piece of wood and a streamer in the warm southern sea.
If it is in the northern sea, unless the mysterious seed can take effect.
He passed the news directly through the Clippers again.
It takes about 7 to 10 days for the Clippers to go there, assuming everything goes well.
He remembered that there was a super fast boat that could reach 60 knots per hour, or 100 kilometers per hour, in smooth winds and currents.
It only takes less than 2 days to arrive.
A way to deliver messages quickly is urgently needed.
Homing pigeons can do it.
The premise is to hold the harbor and start raising it now.
The homing pigeons that have been raised locally are regularly transported to each other every month.
The principle of homing pigeons is to return home.
The flying speed of better homing pigeons can reach 90-150 kilometers per hour.
It was used until World War II, which shows its value.
But you need to release multiple animals, and you have to guard against being shot on the road, captured by an eagle, dying of illness, getting lost... and even having your information intercepted, so you need to change the encryption method regularly.
In short, the cost is relatively high.
But do it now.
So Wen Rensheng began to order the search for private pigeon breeders.
This pigeon breeds quite quickly. Once the breeding is successful, it will be easy to handle.
…………
At this moment.
Before the news of Wen Rensheng arrived, Yi Zijia also found out that Huang Taiji wanted to bribe his red-haired soldiers.
He laughed.
"This barbarian chief doesn't know the arrangements of our red-haired people at all, so he wants to bribe them. It's simply ridiculous." Yizi Yi followed and laughed.
“Yes, we are a team of 100 people, led by a red-haired officer and a red-haired drummer. The higher ups are directly responsible for our people. He can’t find one at all. The target of bribery," Yizi Bing followed.
"Wait a minute, we can use the trick. For 1 million taels, we can forge a leader of the red-haired people." Yizi Yi had an idea.
"Yes, that's right." Yi Zijia nodded.
Soon the five people began to discuss how to win the trust of the other party, how to design the details of withdrawing the silver, and how to arrange internal responses to make the other party lose money and lose troops.
After Yi Ziyi finished the discussion, he returned to his tent.
Talked to his staff again.
The staff system is a system with many disadvantages.
However, in this case, since Wen Rensheng could not use advanced methods, such as the staff group system, he could only allow the existence of private staff.
To help the chief officer solve a lot of chores.
At this moment, the staff member had an idea.
"Proprietor, have you ever thought about making it real? That's one million taels." The staff member said immediately with a roll of his eyes.
In his opinion, if he gets 1 million, he will share 50,000 and return to Jiangnan to become a rich man, so he doesn't have to wander at sea.
This is the result of not being able to see the general trend of the times.
Run to the south of the Yangtze River, and within 20 years the Manchu Qing Dynasty went south to slaughter them again.
The adopted son Yi was furious when he heard this. He pulled out a knife and put it on the other person's neck: "You are so disgusting, but he is my adopted father."
However, the staff were not afraid. : "Even my biological father, ten thousand taels of silver is enough to turn against him, and it only costs 5,000 taels to bribe a powerful official in the current dynasty. The emperor can only borrow 3,000 taels at a time, but now it's one million taels."< br>
Yes, one million taels is definitely a huge number.
Liao's salary is only four million, and more than a dozen generals, military chiefs of all sizes, as well as the cabinet and the Ministry of Household Affairs are all dividing the money.
It can support 50,000 soldiers. As long as everyone can get it, they will be good soldiers who can fight in the field.
Son Yi was silent.
The staff have already seen through this proprietor.
In the beginning, he was very loyal to his adoptive father, but as time went by, others changed their minds in five years, and he changed his mind in two years.
In short, there is no perseverance.
This is a very common thing.
It will be more or less similar in later generations.
For being able to persist for two years, Wen Rensheng’s skill in recognizing people is pretty good.
Many of the soldiers were still fighting hard in the field and were very brave. After entering the city, their feet and hands became weak in less than half a month and they could not endure the fierce battle.
It's Li Zicheng's hometown.
After entering the capital, he couldn't resist the attack from the Manchus and Wu Sangui, so he was chased and beaten all the way to death, but there was no successful counterattack.
Of course there are many factors.
It is not as good as the Daxi Army. Zhang Xianzong also contributed Li Dingguo, and there is still some hope of a comeback in the late stage.
The human heart is like this and it has not changed since ancient times.
Yi Ziyi walked back and forth.
Then he suddenly asked: "If I get the money, where should I go?"
The staff was overjoyed when he heard this: "I can go to the territory of the red-haired people, or to the island country."
"No, the red-haired people's place is humid, humid, and smelly. The island country is full of ugly women, all with white faces and black teeth, looking like they are vomiting."
"Then. Just go to Jiangnan.”
"My foster father was a civil servant, and the south of the Yangtze River is the land of scholars. I went there to live in seclusion. I can be a commoner, but I can't enjoy it as a rich man. I can't spend the money I have. It's not as good as now. And I still have I heard that my adoptive father has a place called Niangan that specializes in eradicating adultery." Yizi Yi retorted.
The staff had nothing to say.
He just wanted to go to a certain county in the south of the Yangtze River to become a well-to-do rich man and live a low-key life as a landlord's concubine.
But according to this proprietor’s wishes, he still wants to show his face and spend wantonly, which is a difficult request.
Except for Daming, there are not many places in the world that are suitable for them to run.
The key is that the language is not fluent, and there are no acquaintances in the local area. It is easy for outsiders to settle down and be robbed of their wealth.
Yi Zi Yi saw that his staff could not offer any solution, so he shook his head and said: "Oh, let's let this matter go. Don't mention it again in the future."
The staff suddenly had an idea: " It's better to defect to Donglu, at least there won't be infiltrated by Lord Bingbeidao."
"Fuck you, if I defect to Donglu, then I can still keep the one million taels of silver I got. Live? Didn't you send it back again?" Yi Ziyi said nothing more, and the staff who was motivated by money...
Killed the other party because he found that the other party was not qualified at all. .
It's okay to do some chores, but when it comes to big things, it's just a scam.
It is better to kill early than to kill late, and it is better to kill now than to kill early.
"Come, bury Mr. Jiang. A spy came to attack. Mr. Jiang fought bravely against the enemy and was accidentally killed by the enemy." He called two soldiers and dragged the man away.
The two soldiers just looked at each other, remained silent, dragged the man out and buried him.
Not long after they buried it, they wrote a secret letter and placed it under a flagpole somewhere.
After midnight, someone came down from the flagpole to dig up the secret message.
“Yi Ziyi killed his staff in the camp.”
Similar things happened more than once.
You can see the horror of a million taels of silver.
Later generations of veterans were very fond of this move, which was often effective and could even defeat their opponents without even using a single soldier.
This is the danger of military leaders and military leaders. One person can take away an entire team.
The price to buy is not high. Fortunately, Wen Rensheng had already taken measures of this era to prevent this.
Supervision of troops, hostages, logistics, military law...
Bachelors are not recruited for recruitment, and promotion requires three-year-olds.
This is why Huang Taiji set his target on the red-haired man first.
Then this strategy finally began to be implemented.
They found a few red-haired mid-level and low-level officers, praised them for their combat prowess, promoted them, and let them command 2,000 people.
However, the whole plan was not told to them.
The more people who know the strategy, the easier it is to fail.
There are only five adopted sons who know the whole story.
Although Yi Ziyi had different intentions, this time he decided to wait and see.
After all, I lived a comfortable life with my adoptive father. I had a salary, an official, a house, a concubine, and children...
I want to abandon these, unless I am captured or demoted to be punished. , and other desperate situations.
It is impossible for ordinary people to make up their minds so easily.
Even Hong Chengchou spent a period of time in jail before giving up.
…………
Huang Taiji’s people quickly hooked up with the so-called red-haired senior officers, one sergeant, two officers, a major, and two captains, responsible for 2,000 red-haired officers. people.
They were all promoted temporarily.
When they heard it, there were one million taels of silver available.
"This is an insult to our honor!" Captain B said harshly.
He took out a short fire blunderbuss and was about to kill the interpreter.
"No, please insult me properly. That's one million taels of silver. As long as we go back, we can use the silver to become a baron!" Captain A immediately held him down.
"There is a lot of money, but how can we guarantee it will be in our hands?" the major asked suddenly.
"Yes, one million taels is a lot." Captain A asked.
The interpreter said: "It's not much. A big cart contains one thousand kilograms of silver. We can also exchange it for gold, ten to one, 100,000 taels of gold."
One hundred thousand taels of gold is 3125 kilograms, It weighs about 3 tons. If it were silver, it would cost more than 30 tons.
This has to be transported by a big ship.
The major shook his head: "It's too difficult. You don't have money orders here, and your power can't reach the south. Although there is a lot of silver, it can't be delivered to us. Where should you deliver so much silver? How can we get a boat?”
Captain A’s fiery thoughts also turned cold.
Having too much money is also a worry, as will your luck.
"Then you can complete it in batches. How about giving me 5,000 taels of gold first?" the interpreter said cautiously.
“5,000 taels is quite a lot.” Captain A said quickly.
“But compared with one hundred thousand taels of gold, it’s too little.” The major shook his head.
"How about this? You and I should cooperate with each other and defeat those people in the Kuaiji Trading Company. Then we can transport as much money as we want, right?" the interpreter said quickly.
"Oh, that's right." Captain A nodded quickly.
This is obviously greed that has confused reason.
“Nonsense, when I hunt, I always feed the hunting dogs before I catch the prey.” Captain B sneered.
People are always different.
Just like the Ming Dynasty, everyone reviled and everyone despised Chongzhen, but there was still a family of seventeen who died in the city.
Captain B feels that now that he has been promoted to captain, his annual salary has been increased to 300 taels, and he also has various benefits, which is already very good.
Why do you want to spend one million dollars in trouble?
It’s too tiring, why not just hold the money safely, accumulate it for a few years and then go back and become a landlord’s manor.
After a few years, various incomes can exceed 3,000 taels.
The major also nodded.
"We must first give us a part, at least 30% of the deposit, before we take action."
"Thirty percent is too much, half a percent at most. That's 50,000 taels of silver and 5,000 taels of gold." The interpreter said through gritted teeth. .
"Ten percent, don't talk anymore, ten thousand taels of gold, we have done this." The major said.
"Okay." The interpreter continued.
Then Captain B said critically: "No, how can you, an interpreter, decide on a matter of tens of thousands of taels of gold?"
"Our Great Khan gave me the decree. As long as the amount is less than 200,000 taels, I will make the decision. Anyway, they were all stolen from Ming people." The interpreter said proudly.
The major nodded.
…………
Two days later, inside Huang Taiji’s camp.
"Great Khan, they agreed. As long as we give them five thousand taels of gold, they decided to open the city gate and secretly lead us in. At the same time, they also made two thousand red hair defective." The interpreter knelt on the ground and was excited. Talking.
"Okay, your hard work has paid off, and I'll reward you with 20 taels of silver. By the way, tell me the communication process in detail..." Huang Taiji said with a smile.
Then the interpreter explained everything in detail.
"Okay, you go down." Huang Taiji waved his hand and said.
Then Huang Taiji called a Hanchen.
"Spread the news and say that I spent one million taels of silver to buy the people on the opposite side, one hundred taels for everyone above the small flag, and 300 taels for the general flag... Put the silver box in front of the formation, if If you want to take it, you can come and submit it in the middle of the night." Huang Taiji said immediately.
"Ah, Khan, doesn't everyone know this?" Amin was surprised.
Immediately he understood Huang Taiji's intention. No wonder he couldn't punish the other party. No wonder in that situation, it was Huang Taiji who became the Khan, and gradually suppressed the other three people and knelt down to him. .
“What I want is for everyone to know. I didn’t know the inside story of the red-haired people before, but now I know through the interpreter that they are also being guarded inside. It is impossible to bribe a few people to lure them away. A battalion of soldiers. "
"However, money is attractive, and with so much money, someone will always defect to us in the middle of the night. What we need now is the information about our opponents," Huang Taiji said.
“The Great Khan is wise.”
Being able to decisively admit mistakes and correct them is truly wise.
If you refuse to admit your mistakes and let your subordinates take responsibility, you will become Chongzhen. Over time, your subordinates will no longer take responsibility.
Everyone is worried about burning bridges when crossing rivers.
Of course there are too many mistakes in decision-making and too many mistakes you have admitted. What will you do if everyone finds out that you are a mediocre person?
Then we must delegate power, screen out people with the talents of prime ministers through checks and balances, and let them do things.
If he does not delegate power and does wrong things, the emperor will soon lose his majesty.
No one is listening.
This is also the reason why the feudal system could not be implemented in the end.
It is not a stable system that can correct bugs and clean up redundant memory in a timely manner.
Sure enough, as soon as the news was released.
Seeing the money spent in white, the soldiers at the harbor became red-eyed.
Being a soldier is just for the money.
Who will be a soldier without money?
Someone sneaked down the city in the middle of the night.
Then was shot.
He quickly calmed down.
"The money is all fake and is used to deceive you. But the military salary we pay is real!" A man who claimed to be running over and then running back said to others on the wall Talking back and forth.
Most people believed it.
In fact, everyone has to believe it.
After all, there are many people, old and young, and soldiers who are reluctant to leave their families are still the majority.
(End of this chapter)