"Jing Nan Bo Huang Degong!" Liu Hong said categorically.

Huang Degong, the word Hushan, a native of Yangzhai Township, Funing County, is a young orphan and lives with his mother Xu.

When he was twelve years old, his mother kept the cooked wine at home and was secretly drunk by Xiao Huang.

His mother blamed him, and Huang Degong smiled and said, "It's easy to repay you!" ”

At that time, the war in the north was urgent, and Degong was mixed with knives in the ranks, looking for an opportunity, beheading the second class, and receiving a reward of fifty taels of silver.

He gave it to his mother, saying, "My son will use this to repay you for the wine." ”

Even though Huang Degong joined the army with a whip, he has been fighting in the north and south, starting from an ordinary soldier, accumulating military merits to guerrillas, generals, deputy commanders, and commanders, but that's all.

In terms of qualifications, Huang Degong, who was 50 years old at the time, has been in the army for more than 30 years, and has fought in all directions and experienced hundreds of battles since the Wanli Emperor.

The reason why he is still only a general soldier is that this Jing Nanbo was also given by Chongzhen for his sake of serving King Qin this year.

The reasons for correcting it are, first, that he was not born in the imperial examination, and second, there is no one in the court.

The national hero Qi Jiguang is very capable of fighting, and he has been fighting against the Japanese on the southeast coast for decades, and he doesn't know his mother who beat the Japanese invaders? At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were 10,000 people, why could only one army of the Qi family army do it?

Answer: There are people in the court!

There is Zhang Juzheng, who wants grain for food, and silver for silver, the reason why the Qi family army can fight is that training is one of them, and the generals are the second, but there is another point that is willing to give silver.

As mentioned before, the Ming Dynasty counted the Northern Barbarians such as the Jurchens, the Mongol tribes and the Dongyi into grades to count military merits, and the Qi family army was second to none at that time, and the reward for killing a widow was one hundred taels of silver, which was the only one in the Ming Dynasty.

After Liu Hong finished speaking, Chongzhen was silent.

From Chongzhen's point of view, employing people first depends on character, which is nothing more than whether it is loyal enough, and then it depends on your ability, otherwise, no matter how strong your personal ability is, once you get the military power, you will rebel when you turn around, who can stand it?

In addition, you have to know that you are loyal, and you have to let the emperor and the court know, otherwise Yuan Dudu will end.

In Chongzhen's eyes, Liu Hongjian is naturally not too suitable for these two aspects, and it is simply not too suitable.

Huang Degong Chongzhen is still a little impressed, it seems to be a veteran, but this Huang Degong? Is it reliable?

"Your Majesty, Weichen dares to vouch for his personality, this person is absolutely loyal to the Ming Dynasty!" Seeing Chongzhen's hesitation, Liu Hong gradually reassured.

Whether it is Chongzhen, or the elders here, or Ni Yuanlu, the household secretary who is in charge of the promotion of the world's scholars, no one dares to judge 100% whether a person is loyal or traitorous.

Because they can only see the first half of a person's life, and no one knows what opportunities and decisions the person will make in the future.

However, Liu Hong gradually dared.

He is a traverser, and he may not know the deeds of other people, but this Huang Degong was a well-known tough guy in the late Ming Dynasty!

Before 1644, Zhang Xianzhong, who had been killed repeatedly, cried for his father and called his mother, lost his armor, and the year before last, Zhang Xianzhong, who was known as the leader of the surrender world, ran away when he saw Huang Degong, and did not dare to fight with him at all.

After the Ming Dynasty was extinguished, Degong voted for the Southern Ming Dynasty again, and moved to the southern garrison with the Hongguang Imperial Court to fight against the Manchu Qing Dynasty, along the way Xu Dingguo surrendered, Zuo Mengeng surrendered, and Liu Liangzuo surrendered.

Zhu Youxiang, the emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty, said: "I have nothing to rely on except you." ”

Huang Degong said with tears in his eyes: "I am willing to die for Your Majesty." ”

At the end of the battle, an arrow pierced Huang Degong's left neck, and his left arm was completely broken.

What is a festival? Compared with the high-sounding old man who said that as soon as the Qing soldiers arrived, they hid in the deep mountains and old forests and protected themselves by Mingzhe, Huang Degong is rough and uneducated, but he is a real national hero.

"Your Majesty, if you believe in the minister, you should be the judgment of the believer, Huang Degong will definitely be able to help the emperor guard the northern border, and his loyalty will be visible to you in the future!" Liu Hong gradually added another weight.

"Well, just according to what Aiqing said, but now the Beijing camp is fighting against the rebels of the three towns in Jiangbei, and Huang Degong is also among them, you have to bear this errand first, what else is there?"

Just one thing gave Chongzhen a headache, Chongzhen was really afraid that this kid would pick on him and stop doing it.

Second, planting sweet potatoes and potatoes needs to be bred and raised in advance, and the weather is cold and freezing, and the storage of sweet potatoes and potatoes must also be cautious.

This is a big plan, it must be constantly hybridized, cultivated, and experimented to ensure the increase of production, and it will not be possible to have miraculous results for a while, and it is necessary to build a house with Wechen, which requires many craftsmen ......"

Liu Hong gradually said what he thought in his heart intermittently, so that the people could have food, this was the biggest dream of a grandfather surnamed Yuan in later generations, he did it, what about me?

"Is that all?" Chongzhen thought it was a big deal, and his heart was a little raised.

"The minister also wants to build some gadgets, and he also needs craftsmen, blacksmiths, carpenters, stonemasons, etc., and the minister hopes to get rid of these people!"

The household registration system of the Ming Dynasty must have played a positive role at first, but after the middle of the Ming Dynasty, land annexation intensified, and it was not only military households that were unlucky, but also craftsmen.

For generations, craftsmen are not allowed to take imperial examinations, engage in business, or join the army, but can only be craftsmen.

As the saying goes, a thousand gold is not as good as a skill, but that is in later generations, ordinary craftsmen usually build pots and pans, hoes, and rakes.

The problem is that this thing can be used for many years, and the people have no land to cultivate, and the poor eat tree bark and grass roots, and who will come to you to build things.

Speaking of which, someone has to ask again, the land must be cultivated, even the gentry must build these farm tools!

The problem is that those gentry have privileges, just like the officials who go to other places to live in the Ming Dynasty's post stations without paying for food and lodging, these gentry recruit craftsmen to build utensils, and they don't pay, at most they give bowls of rice to eat.

And that's not all.

The craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty implemented a shift system, and all craftsmen, no matter where they were, had to go to the capital every three years to work shifts for three months, bringing their own travel expenses, and no wages.

It is good to be close to the capital, but those who are far away cannot afford to sit in a carriage, and often have to sleep in the open for two or three months to arrive in the capital, and after finishing the work, they have to walk back again, and I don't know how many craftsmen starved to death on the side of the road.

After all, it is the ancestral system, Liu Hongjian thought that Chongzhen wanted to think about it and discuss it with the elders, but Chongzhen didn't even think about it, and went directly to the household department to handle it.

This saved Liu Honggradually a lot of tongue, so the drawings of the gun have been handed over to the Ministry of Industry for a few months, and there has been no good news so far.

The cabinet meeting has been going on in a tense atmosphere, and during this period, several cabinet elders have also put forward many important matters that need to be stepped up next year, among which conscription is the most urgent.

The troops of the nine sides were too weak, and a few people discussed waiting for a large amount of grain from the south to arrive in the capital, and then began to recruit additional battalions, in a word, now the court has money.

In the end, even Shi Bangzhao, who had never known much about An Guohou, became interested in this young man.

"An Guohou is young, he can resist the enemy on the outside, and he can cultivate the land on the inside, and now he is still interested in craftsmen, and the old man heard that the Hou Ye is also proficient in medicine?

The old man has never seen such a capable person in his life, so the old man wants to ask who the Hou Ye studied with? ”

Shi Bangzhao is half complimented and half curious, ordinary people just want to learn one of them and have to pay half a lifetime of hard work, but what about the Hou Ye in front of him? It's been less than an hour since the crown ceremony!

It's terrifying, isn't it?

"Hahaha, this is not enough for outsiders! If I have to say, talent, talent! Shi Bangzhao, who was old in front of him and could be his grandfather, said something that made Liu Hong more and more beautiful.

No way! We are four newcomers with all-round development of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, art and labor!

"You Aiqing have worked hard, so tomorrow, I will work hard for you to spend the difficult times with me!"

With a general plan, Chongzhen also calmed down a lot, got up and gave up his hand and actually made a disciple salute.

"Wait for the death of the minister!" Several pavilion elders, including Liu Hong, hurriedly dodged sideways.

After a few people saluted, they got up and planned to go home, Liu Hongjian was also gearing up to go home to Zhang Luo, but he didn't think that he had just taken two steps and was called back by Chongzhen.

"An Guohou, you stay!"