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Chapter 34: Ambition, Part 1

"Eat the Emperor's meal!"

"Eat the Emperor's meal!"

"Wear the emperor's clothes!"

"Wear the emperor's clothes!"

"The Qing Dynasty is here, and the bannermen are rich and prosperous for generations!"

"The Qing Dynasty is here, and the bannermen are rich and prosperous for generations!"

"The Qing Dynasty will no longer be there, and the bannermen will not be buried in death!"

"The Qing Dynasty will no longer be there, and the bannermen will not be buried in death!"

After receiving the imperial rewards that began training, the more than 7,000 new troops from Manchuria, Mongolian and Han Army Eight Banners were shouting in unison on the large colony outside the capital city, led by Liu Cheng, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War who had just acted as the Prime Minister, who was the minister of the New Army Training Office. For a moment, the sound was also shocked.

The new army of more than 7,000 people all came from the Eight Banners Army that had previously encircled and suppressed Shandong's rebel army. They were all elite troops of the Eight Banners Army in the capital. In terms of organization, the new army had a total of 10,800 infantry soldiers alone, divided into five towns, each town divided into four battalions. In addition, the proportion of cavalry as high as 5,000 cavalry reached an astonishing 2 to 1 in infantry and cavalry, and the artillery also had as many as twelve artillery pieces in each town, and the average firepower configuration was no worse than that of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

"Love, aren't there too few spearmen?"

Among the 10,800 infantrymen, the ratio of spearmen and musketeers is two to one. That is to say, only one spearmen is equipped with every two musketeers. The proportion of musketeers has been greatly improved. There is an advantage in firepower compared to the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. What's more, the firepower advantage is even greater. However, the proportion of spearmen is too low, which is indeed an eye-catching place for many relatives to look at. Even an emperor like Shunzhi, who is ignorant of soldiers, can feel that the battle formation seems a bit thin.

"When the emperor said, I mentioned to Mr. Tang that the Mr. Gu invited by Mr. Tang said that this is the best battle formation in Thailand now, and even if it faces the Spanish phalanx, it can be easily defeated."

Shunzhi didn't understand Liu Cheng's words very well, let alone understand. Didn't it mean that the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang always emphasized hand-to-hand combat? Did it be that he was on the wrong path? For an emperor like him who grew up in the arms of a woman in the deep palace with a golden spoon in his arms, military things were really difficult to understand.

Fortunately, he was the emperor and Liu Cheng was a slave, and he had the obligation to share his worries and solve his doubts for his master. After several explanations, Shunzhi could only barely get some tricks into this thing.

"You are careful, practice first. Can you improve it if you don't work?"

"The Emperor's Holy Spirit."

"The words I shouted just now were compiled by my dear?"

"When the emperor says, it is the slave. I think that our bannermen are different from those corrupt scholars. They are all straightforward men. If they use the poems more bluntly, they will definitely understand. I think that our bannermen are eating the food that the emperor rewards and wearing the clothes that the emperor rewards, so they naturally have to work hard for the emperor. I have seen them in Zhejiang bandits. The bandit leader Chen Ni used the defense and division of the barbarians and summer to invite people's hearts and deceived those foolish people who don't know what they are. Since he can use them, I think why can't our Qing Dynasty be used?"

"good!"

Hearing this, Shunzhi praised it. The new army's training was approved and vigorously promoted. After all, the new army proposed by Liu Cheng was actually winning more hearts for him.

Only in this way can his throne be more stable. At the beginning, just Liu Cheng said something more, Shunzhi generously carried the flag from Zhenghong Banner, a subordinate official of the lower five banners to Zhenghuang Banner of the upper three banners. The imperial edict for the new army also specifically stated that Liu Cheng would be promoted from Niulu Zhangjing to Meile Zhangjing, because Liu Cheng's proposal was conducive to strengthening the imperial power.

At this moment, Liu Cheng made such a move when he was giving the emperor's reward. Even if he didn't understand or know the word brainwashing, Shunzhi could understand this intention and the actual effect that this intention could be achieved.

Just like the Eight Banners Army’s unparalleled cavalry and shooting, in fact, in Liaodong, the Eight Banners Army mainly focus on infantry battles, and then cavalry chased them. Sometimes the shields were not transported to the place and they might not be able to win. As for simple small-scale cavalry battles, sometimes they might not be able to beat the elite servants raised by the Ming army. But as long as they say too much, people will really believe it. Even the people in the capital have the saying that the Eight Banners Army can stand on the horse and shoot arrows without fail. Such nonsense that Shunzhi himself doesn’t believe has long been deeply rooted in people’s hearts.

"I am really my confidant. If I can make contributions, I think it will be impossible to carry the flag to the Eight Banners of Manchuria in the future, or even the Three Banners."

The huge radish hit the head, and Liu Cheng was stunned on the spot. When he realized, he hurriedly fell to the ground, saying that he wanted to devote his life to Shunzhi until his death.

On the school ground, the king and his ministers were all happy. After the army was organized, they received the imperial reward today and officially started training tomorrow. The soldiers returned to the barracks to repair the training. The intensity of the training began tomorrow was imitating the Ming army of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. After Liu Cheng came up with the training plan, he really made other Eight Banner generals look unhappy. However, the new army was highly expected by the relatives and nobles of the Eight Banners, so training is naturally imperative.

Shunzhi and his party returned to the palace, and Liu Cheng was still in the camp. Apart from Chang Audai, who was sick at home due to the ineffective opposition, only Manchu relatives and important officials were left in the hall. Not to mention Han people, even Mongolians were not one.

Today, Shunzhi and his relatives and noble officials were very satisfied. The new army was originally elite. Now it seems that Liu Cheng had at least a little trick, and the morale of the army was significantly improved. This is a great thing for the Eight Banners Army, especially with such a low morale now, which is even more valuable.

"Your Majesty, I think it's best to use the Green Camp to train an army like the Zhejiang bandits as a supplementary training. As long as the new army can indeed suppress the Zhejiang bandits, they will expand the army. At that time, 10% of this army will be the only problem."

"The emperor's nephew makes sense. In fact, the slave Liu Cheng mentioned this matter. However, the national treasury is tight now, and the green camp that is trained can only train one or two games. After all, it depends on the methods of Prince Zheng, Oboi and Liu Cheng."

Shunzhi knew that his nephew Fushou was now determined to lead the army after the new army was successfully trained. However, compared with this nephew who did not have much military experience, Shunzhi was more optimistic about Prince Zheng Jidu, Prince Xin Duni and Beletunqi. These three people were all in the battle and were much more reliable than Fushou.

However, he also needed the support of the wealthy white flag, and he also had some hints about this earnestness. As for when he could really lead a new army, it would not be a matter of time.

"Your Majesty, I feel that I should let Prince Zheng and Obai take care of that Han Dog. The new army belongs to our Eight Banners, so I can't let him have too much influence in it."

Preventing against the Han people was the tradition of the Qing Dynasty. Although the Han military flag continued to expand, the veteran military generals of the Han military flag were all suppressed by Huang Taiji back and forth. After entering the pass, the Han military flag expanded significantly again, and its troops quickly exceeded the Eight Banners of Manchuria. However, the generals were stationed in various places and suppressed them at all times, in order to prevent the dangerous situation of the Han military flag getting rid of the constraints of the Eight Banners of Manchuria.

"Don't worry, brother, I have already known Prince Zheng and warned Oboi. We can use it for the Han people, but we must be careful."

"The Emperor's Holy Spirit."

After taking a sip of tea, it became a little cold. Shunzhi was about to scold the eunuchs who were serving him, but remembered that this was a secret meeting between relatives and nobles. Even the eunuchs had been driven out. Now they have been back for a while, and the tea would have been cold already if it was not cold.

Seeing this, Shunzhi simply stopped drinking and continued to say to the relatives and nobles present: "All the relatives and nobles have seen it. The new army has a stance. This is the hope of our Eight Banners. Whether we can defeat the Zhejiang bandits in the future depends on them. But now the national treasury is becoming increasingly empty, and my inner treasury can't last long. We must start the opening source as soon as possible."

"What the emperor said is very much, and the servant also feels that he should start as soon as possible. However, the loans raised by Liu Cheng's servant are not easy to deal with now. The servant is not afraid of those rich and gentry members who don't borrow them, but they are afraid of being furious. If the Zhejiang bandits are brought in, our Qing Dynasty is not ready. If we fail to win, it will be a disaster for the extermination of the clan."

"It's true."

Hearing this, Shunzhi couldn't help but frown. When he was just taking power, the Qing Dynasty was in the rise. He clearly remembered that the Ming army was defeated on all battlefields at that time. Even in Zhejiang, with the battle of Zhoushan, Chen Wen's entry into Jinhua was regarded as a trivial matter by everyone. Who knew that these slight flaws have now become a major concern of the Qing Dynasty, which really makes people speechless.

The Qing Dynasty seems to have half of its territory, but in fact it has begun to decline. The Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is booming, one is rising and the other is declining. They always have a taboo about what might attract Chen Wen. After all, the current situation is no longer when Jirgalang was still there, and they are not as eager to fight the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang like Jirgalang. Instead, they want to drag the new army to form and then fight again.

"What about the second strategy?"

When Shunzhi talked about the so-called second strategy, unexpectedly, the eyes of the relatives and nobles lit up, as if the wealth was really in front of them, within reach.

"Liu Cheng's second strategy is that the slave thought it was fine. The soldiers of North Korea could go to the right place even if they picked a green camp, let alone used the Eight Banners Army. It was whether North Korea had any money to shave. They were almost destroyed by Japanese pirates, and I don't know how much they could have left in their savings."

"Save is savings. I remember that North Korea's annual tax amount is very pitiful, I'm afraid it will be in vain when the time comes."
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