Things like the Ye family are not the only ones in Ningbo City. Apart from these businesses, other wealthy families, even some scholars with fame, are hesitating.

Zhu Yicheng's victory made many people look at the "rebels" who occupy Ningbo. As the situation changes, these people also began to weigh the pros and cons and consider whether to place bets on Zhu Yicheng.

Especially for scholars who were originally unsuccessful, Jiangnan was a place with a strong atmosphere of literati. Regardless of all dynasties, Jiangnan can be said to have emerged as a large number of literati. In the imperial examination era, this was a good thing, but it was another bad thing for scholars in Jiangnan.

With more scholars, there are naturally many people walking on the imperial examination, which is a single-plank bridge. In remote areas, scholars who can pass the imperial examination may not even pass the provincial examination if they are placed in Jiangnan. This is also because scholars in Jiangnan are unable to make a fortune. They do not have earth-shaking literary talent or excellent luck. Many people will not even pass the imperial examination after taking the exam for a lifetime, and they can only be named as scholars or even old children until they die.

As mentioned before, Shaoxing’s masters are famous all over the world. Are scholars in Shaoxing’s prefecture willing to be a master for ten years just for others? After all, it is because of the fierce competition for the imperial examination. In Jiangnan, where there are many good players, it is really difficult to rely on the imperial examination.

Zhu Yicheng's original team of the rebel army was the defeated generals of Yuan Qi after the Hangzhou War. Although he expanded many times, there were not many people in his hands. Especially the civil and military generals who could stand alone, there were only a few people in Dong Dashan, Liao Huanzhi, Wang Dong, Jiang Jin, and Wang Fan. Even if there were a few old men who had always followed him, there were only a dozen people.

The expansion of power further reflects the urgency of talents. There is a saying that is very famous in later generations, that is, "What is the most important in the 21st century? Talent!" This sentence is also effective here. Zhu Yicheng urgently hopes that there will be a large number of talents in his hands. Whether it is literature or martial arts, only humans can he truly show his skills.

Reality is not a game. It is impossible to travel to ancient times that lead celebrities to worship by saying a few words. Even if Zhu Yicheng is now using some means to take it back to his own use?

Dong Dashan joined the rebel army as early as Yuan Qi's rebellion. Zhu Yicheng spent a lot of effort to win over him, including Tian Wenyong, who had already died in battle. Later, Dong Dashan was careless and fell into Chen Tianshou's hands. If Zhu Yicheng had not rescued him, he would have almost lost his life. After this incident, he would have given up following Zhu Yicheng.

Needless to say, Wang Dong was a prison guard who had imprisoned Zhu Yicheng, but later he surrendered to Zhu Yicheng because of the defeat in Hangzhou. As for Liao Huanzhi, Jiang Jin and Wang Fan, their surrenders had their own reasons. Some were afraid of life and death, while others were for the sake of profit. In short, in other words: No one took the initiative to surrender for no reason.

People have their own thinking and ideas, especially those who are capable. The more capable people have more ideas, the more they will weigh the pros and cons. When Zhu Yicheng was not able to show what these people value, he was just a thief leader who was in danger. Who would have a good life? But with his head, he would rebel with a thief leader who might be wiped out tomorrow?

Although the victory of Ningbo failed to completely reverse Zhu Yicheng's view in the hearts of the people in Ningbo, at least everyone saw his strength and capital. Naturally, some people began to be moved. Shortly after returning to Ningbo City, people came to serve one after another. Although most of these people were just ordinary down-and-outs, including literati, gangsters, small and medium-sized businessmen, etc., this situation still made Zhu Yicheng feel extremely happy. Zhu Yicheng tried to take time to meet with them as much as possible for these people who took the initiative to serve, and even had a conversation. He was polite and properly placed.

It seems that the situation has gradually changed in a good direction, but Zhu Yicheng was not arrogant at this time. Since this era came, he has always been like a thin ice covering him, with a deep sense of crisis. Unlike others, Zhu Yicheng, who knows history, knows the power of the Qing Empire, and also knows very well that all he has is just a lucky draw.

At this time, Zhu Yicheng was in front of his study, with some words written on it. If you look closely, you will know that what he wrote is an official position.

He has occupied Ningbo for some days, and now he has defeated the Fujian Navy. Judging from the situation in Jiangnan, Ningbo will be safe at least by the beginning of next spring. As his strength gradually becomes stronger, Zhu Yicheng not only has Ningbo, but also has more than 20,000 water and land rebels under his command. If the personnel expanded later are added, it will be close to 30,000.

The number of 30,000 people is not small. Zhu Yicheng has decided to transfer all 10,000 of these 30,000 people into the Navy, relying on the captured Fujian Navy warships and ships from the Sihai Commercial Bank for training, and establish his own navy or navy.

As for the remaining 20,000 people, Zhu Yicheng will continue to train troops and survive the fittest to train a powerful army.

As he became stronger and had a territory, there were all kinds of problems before him. The first thing he was to bear was the command of the troops and the structure of the entire rebel army. From the beginning, Zhu Yicheng's rebel army was organized in a team, but after Tian Wenyong died in battle, the original team had been destroyed in name only. The supreme command of the rebel army was in Zhu Yicheng's hands, and Dong Dashan and several other old subordinates assisted and commanded.

This kind of command method is relatively primitive and is not conducive to the development of the troops. In addition, although the dog-headed military advisor Liao Huanzhi was assisted by Ningbo after the occupation, the real political structure was not established. This is very unfavorable to the subsequent development of the rebel army.

More importantly, after defeating the Fujian Navy, the rebel army had already made noises about Zhu Yicheng's "persuading" and rebelled with its head. The purpose was nothing more than to promote and make money and to glorify the ancestors. Even if a person like Liao Huanzhi surrendered to Zhu Yicheng, they would not want to be the so-called "military advisors" without a name. In this way, it is urgent to integrate the rebel army and establish a structure and official position.

In fact, Zhu Yicheng took out his identity as a "country supervisor" at this time and changed the rebel army to the Ming army. Then everything could be said to be a natural result. His highness, the great Ming general, could have issued an order to reward everyone, just like Yuan Qi gave the title of Xu Guan to the leaders of the rebel army, Zhu Yicheng was not unfamiliar with this set of arrangement.

But Zhu Yicheng still had concerns about showing his identity. There were not many people in the rebel army who really knew his identity, and he always showed his identity as Hong Qiang, just to not want too many to attract attention.

After all, once Zhu Yicheng takes the banner of governing the Ming Dynasty, the whole world will inevitably be shocked, and Ningbo will become the focus of the Qing Dynasty. It can be imagined that whether it is Emperor Kangxi in Beijing or the eldest prince in Jiangnan, he will definitely abandon other rebels to destroy Zhu Yi first. This result is something Zhu Yicheng absolutely does not want to see, and this is also the reason why he has always hidden his identity and does not announce it to the public.

Taking these into consideration, Zhu Yicheng finally chose another plan, which was to open a governor's office in Ningbo in the name of the Grand Governor, and to include the entire sphere of influence in the jurisdiction of the governor's office. In modern terms, it is to establish a military government and use military government means to carry out military and political management.
Chapter completed!