Nanjing City.

For the protagonist, everything that happened in Nanjing is thriving and is constantly becoming more and more beautiful.

Although it was still snowing outside, the protagonist had already brought Fang Gonggan and several other confidants to the largest square in Nanjing.

Here it has become a crowd of people, with many residents in the city gathering here, and various voices have already come from the time the protagonist just walked off the carriage.

"Your Highness the Prince, come and see me, this child. He is very strong and will definitely become your most powerful soldier."

"Your Highness, look at this place. I am willing to serve you. I also ask your Highness to enlist me into the army, so that I can have a chance to serve the Ming Dynasty."

Listening to these words, the protagonist smiled and nodded repeatedly to the people talking, and waved to signal. Every wave of cheers would be heard.

Beside the protagonist, he walked over with great strides and reported to the protagonist.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, the enthusiasm of the people to join the army is very high. This time, we should be able to achieve the goal of 20,000 troops."

That's right, what is being carried out in this square today is a new round of recruitment of military soldiers.

Although the protagonist had successfully repelled Zuo Liangyu and Li Dingguo before, Zhang Xianzhong now occupied the entire Hubei, and his army was at least more than 100,000.

In the face of such an enemy number, the 15,000 people in the protagonist's hands were obviously not enough. No matter what Zhang Xianzhong said, he would have defeated Zuo Liangyu's 100,000 troops. Of course, the protagonist would not underestimate him at this time.

It just so happened that there was nothing to do during this winter, so the protagonist continued to recruit a wave of soldiers and horses in Nanjing. Considering that Nanjing City had previously recruited 12,000 people, the protagonist's goal this time was to collect 5,000 soldiers and horses.

The whole Jiangnan is not just Nanjing. In fact, the protagonist had sent several officials to Suzhou, Yangzhou, Hangzhou and other places a few days ago. It was also a place to recruit troops there.

Judging from the protagonist's judgment, after this round of recruitment of troops, its entire army should be able to obtain about 40,000 to 50,000 people. Such a number should be enough to deal with Zhang Xianzhong.

Anyway, so much money obtained from the house search before, it is impossible for it to accumulate in the warehouse for nothing, making it moldy.

It would be better to take out some of the army and make the Ming army's strength to a higher level.

Although the cash obtained by the protagonist's house search is indeed 50 million, except for cash, other resources such as jewelry, porcelain, weapons, armor, etc. can also be exchanged for money.

The team that went north to deliver money had already set off two days ago, escorting 8 million vehicles of cash banking, and 42 million taels of cash banking were left in Nanjing.

This gave the protagonist a lot of room for operation. On the one hand, he sent someone to sell the jewelry and porcelain resources from these tea bills to other places in Jiangnan. On the other hand, he could temporarily use the 42 million yuan in cash to recruit soldiers and horses in large quantities.

Anyway, as long as we wait until next spring, there will still be 42 million yuan in cash in the warehouse. I think Emperor Chongzhen and all the lords in the court will not say much about this matter.

This is why so many people join the army today. As the saying goes, there must be brave men under heavy rewards. If you can become a member of the army through selection, you will get a normal family's income for nearly three months, which is a total of 30 taels of silver.

Under such circumstances, those who did not intend to work for the Ming Dynasty have now become the most loyal soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.

This is the most ironic thing in this world. As the saying goes, money can make the devil push the grind, but it is not the case.

It is precisely because there are so many people participating in the selection that the protagonist never forgot to give a sentence to Gao Daqi.

"You have to choose well, and you must choose the bravest and most capable of fighting. You must know that what we have to face next is an absolute tough battle."

Although Zhang Xianzhong seems to have a reputation in history that he is not as famous as Li Zicheng, you should know that Zhang Xianzhong actually lived longer than Li Zicheng. Even Zhang Xianzhong's son Li Dingguo has become a famous national hero in history books.

So Zhang Xianzhong is a very not simple person. The protagonist leads a newly established army to fight him. If he still has to relax his vigilance, the result of the war is likely to surprise everyone.

For the protagonist, high moral integrity will naturally be unconditional compliance.

The protagonist just stood aside, watching the process of selecting soldiers.

I have to say that the Ming Dynasty has some super points, both in terms of strength, familiarity with weapons, and even theoretical assessments.

Fang Gongqian couldn't help but whisper to the protagonist, "Your Highness, I remember that I said before that only military households can join the army in the Ming Dynasty? Will our direct and indiscriminate expropriation this time cause dissatisfaction among some adults in the court?"

After hearing this, the protagonist couldn't help laughing.

As we all know, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was actually a poor and poor person. This origin allowed Zhu Yuanzhang to understand the difficulties of the people very much, but it also invisibly limited Zhu Yuanzhang's vision and made strange decisions that emperors in many other dynasties would not make.

The household registration system is one of them.

The household registration system of the Ming Dynasty was very strange, such as military households and craftsmen, which were all hereditary.

In other words, after you become a soldier, your son will also join the army, your grandson will also join the army, and your descendants will all join the army.

But the problem is that this generation is suitable for military service, but it does not mean that the next generation is also suitable for it.

In modern society, there are many phenomena that fathers and sons do not have the same profession, because people have talent and preferences. How can you give them a deadly rule?

This is also one of the reasons why the combat effectiveness of the army continued to decline in the late Ming Dynasty.

In response to this, the protagonist waved his hand very calmly and said, "These are all small things. We now need a powerful army to suppress the rebellion. Everyone in the Ming Dynasty knew the necessity of this matter. Let the past systems and outdated things pass forever."
Chapter completed!