On March 11, the twenty-sixth year of Chongzhen, Zhu Youjian, the son of heaven, stood in the center of the Beijing camp, looking at the Beijing camp recruits who were desperately running laps on the school field.

The success of the Tiger Army was amazing, and Yang Guozhu admired its combat effectiveness. Therefore, today's training program of the new army in Beijing is also learning more and more from the Tiger Army, and the first thing the recruits do after entering the camp is to practice physical fitness. Only by training the body well, can you master other combat skills, which is indeed a truth.

Moreover, the training of recruits has also changed from the practice of the Ming Border Army every three days and two days to every day.

The effect of increased training volume is a skyrocketing increase in food consumption. The soldiers who used to eat a bowl of rice practiced physical fitness for two or three hours a day, and at least two large bowls of white rice from the sea, with half a bowl of cabbage and greens. This is not the end, it is not enough to eat vegetarian food, Zhu Youzhen still has to let the recruits eat meat every two days.

Logistics costs are skyrocketing.

But although the money has been spent, the effect has also come out. The first batch of 10,000 recruits who entered the camp only trained for 20 days, and one by one they adapted to the training of 16 miles a day. After 20 days of training, the average amount of training completed by the soldiers was twice as much as when they first entered the camp.

Wang Dehua and Wang Chengen stood beside Zhu Youzhen, looking at the recruits and smiling.

Wang Dehua smiled and said, "Look! Look at that recruit, running so fast, he thought he was running faster than anyone else! ”

Wang Chengen laughed, pointed to another recruit and said, "Look at that, that big man ran too fast and fell on his back!" ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at the excited looks of the two cronies and eunuchs, and he was also smiling.

Now this recruit in the Beijing camp will be the hole card in his Zhu Youzhen's hand in the future.

Recently, Zhu Youzhen has been bullied too badly by Li Zhi, and it is completely Li Zhi who says nothing. The majesty and power of the Son of Heaven were completely swept away, and the imperial examination system of more than 200 years in the Ming Dynasty was abolished by Li Zhi overnight, and he had to conduct public morality examinations all over the country. Zhu Youzhen was really full of fire.

However, this new army in Beijing gave Zhu Youzhen the confidence to confront Li Zhi.

Li Zhi had soldiers, and the imperial court also had soldiers.

However, due to the increase in meat and meat food, the cost of training troops was higher than planned, and the silver in the warehouse was somewhat insufficient.

Zhu Youzhen was pondering there, but saw Zhang Guanghang, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, trotting all the way into the barracks, and running towards him under the leadership of a school officer.

Zhu Youzhen smiled and said to Wang Chengen: "The elder is here. ”

Zhang Guanghang ran in front of Zhu Youzhen, and he was already sweating.

Zhu Youzhen was in a good mood, grabbed his hand and asked, "Why is Elder Ge so anxious?" “

Zhang Guanghang arched his hand and said: "There is an urgent letter in the south!" “

Zhu Youzhen nodded and said, "Pavilion Elder, please speak!" “

Zhang Guanghang looked up at Zhu Youzhen, and when he saw the smile on the face of the Son of Heaven, he mustered up the courage to say: "The urgent report from the Governor of Liangguang is that the King of Qi recruited immigrants in Liangguang on a large scale last month to reclaim the newly conquered southern lands such as Siam, Annam, and Burma. “

Zhu Youzhen was stunned when he heard this.

Li Zhi recruited immigrants from Liangguang, which was a new thing.

"What is the scale of the scale?"

Zhang Guanghang's face turned pale and said: "According to the statistics of the Governor of Liangguang, last month, Li Laosi, a general under the command of King Qi, recruited 130,000 people in Guangxi and 140,000 in Guangdong, a total of 270,000 people. And from the recital sent by the Liangguang Kuaima, I am afraid that the number of people recruited will not decrease this month, and I am afraid that there will be so many people every month in the future. “

When Zhu Youzhen heard this, his eyes widened.

If it is an immigrant of several thousand or tens of thousands of people, Zhu Youzhen will not have any impression. After all, the Han people in Fujian and Guangdong have always liked to go south to the South Seas, and there have always been sporadic immigrants among the people, and the Ming court can't control it.

The natural increase in population in the South can make up for the deficit caused by the outflow.

But 270,000 immigrants a month are not "sporadic". I am afraid that such a scale will completely change the demographic structure of the two Guangzhous.

Zhu Youzhen shook his body and asked in a panic: "Wang Dehua, how many people are there in Liangguang?" “

Wang Dehua arched his hand and said: "Back to the saints, there are about 11 million people in Guangdong, and 5 million people in Guangxi. “

Zhu Youzhen's face turned white, and his right hand subconsciously clenched into a fist, and said, "So, Li Zhi is planning to empty Liangguang within five years and turn all my people into his people?" “

Wang Dehua and Wang Chengen looked at each other for a while, not daring to speak.

Zhang Guanghang arched his hand and said: "Shengshang, now the king of Qi has laid down a large area of uninhabited land in Siam and other places, and it is said that the Han people emigrated to other places, and everyone could get forty acres of paddy fields, so the people of Liangguang flocked to it. In particular, it is said that many peasants in Guangxi have taken the initiative to cross the border and walk to Annan to join the town of Nanbo Li Laosi and ask for the distribution of fields. “

"The governor of Liangguang did not dare to offend the strong soldiers and horses of Zhennanbo. If the imperial court does not stop Li Laosi's actions, I am afraid that within three or four years, the population of Liangguang will be reduced to one-third or even one-quarter of what it is now. I am afraid that the wealth of the land will also be greatly reduced. I am afraid that the taxes of the imperial court will be greatly reduced. “

Zhu Youzhen frowned, and there was a faint anger on his face.

If all the people of Liangguang become Li Zhi's people, it will be equivalent to Li Zhi snatching Liangguang from the imperial court. What Li Zhi did was no different from directly sending troops to occupy Liangguang.

Zhu Youzhen laughed miserably and said, "It's really a desperate plan!" “

Zhang Guanghang sighed and said, "Holy Lord, do you want to send the first assistant Cui Changwu to declare the opposition of the imperial court to the King of Qi, and let the King of Qi stop absorbing the population of Liangguang." “

Wang Chengen looked at Zhu Youzhen's face, stepped forward and said, "Emperor, you can't have a showdown with King Qi at this time!" “

"Emperor, now the new army has not yet been trained, and King Qi's Tiger Ben Army is dominant. And the matter of the king of Qi moving the people of Liangguang to reclaim the south is also a matter for the benefit of the people, even if the emperor rebukes him sternly, I am afraid that the king of Qi will not listen. At that time, it will only ossify the already tense relationship between the imperial court and Tianjin. “

"If the King of Qi uses troops to force the court again because of this, the situation may only get worse."

Wang Chengen raised his head and said, "Emperor, it will take time for Li Laosi to move the population of Liangguang, and it will not have much impact if it is not two or three years. And two years later, our new army in Beijing will be trained! “

Zhu Youzhen clenched his right hand into a fist in annoyance, but he reluctantly let go.

Closing his eyes, he let out a long sigh.

After a long time, he opened his eyes and looked at the soldiers of the Beijing camp who were struggling to run laps on the school field, as if looking at his only support.

Suddenly, a Dongchang stall ran in from outside the school grounds.

The leader of the fan ran to Zhu Youzhen and knelt down, and said loudly: "Holy Lord, Tian Yujin, a person from Nanchang Mansion, asks to see you." “

Zhu Youzhen was stunned, what is a person asking to see himself?

"What?"

"He's here to present the 'Curved Cannon' and the 'Formosa' rifle!"

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