Great Ming: I, Zhu Di, Declare My Intentions to Seize the Throne from the Start!

Chapter 137 Join the army! Dobashimura was appointed as the striker for Deseki!

Qiu Fu glanced at Zhu Di and said with a smile: "You are Brother Zhu's friend, of course you can. New"

"Thank you Qiu Qianhu."

After Zhang Pu thanked him with a smile, he turned to thank Zhu Di again.

After a lunch.

The snow on the ground is already a finger thick.

Not only did the snow not stop, but it was getting heavier and heavier.

Everyone came out of the car formation and walked towards the direction where the guard camp was not far away.

Zhu Di raised his hand, the snowflakes fell on his palm and melted, the ice was cold...

The corners of his lips raised slightly.

If Miaoyun were here now, she would be very happy to see the snow all over the sky.

In an instant, he decided to ask Qiu Fu for help, write a letter, and ask Qiu Fu to help send it back through the court's post station.

Zhang Pu deliberately slowed down and walked behind with his entourage. He looked at Zhu Di and whispered: "Contact the people in Tuqiao Village and find out what the relationship between the shoulder mark and Zhu Silang is."

After saying that, he quickly caught up with Zhu Di and saw a smile on Zhu Di's lips, "What are you thinking, brother Zhu, so happy?"

Zhu Di was indeed very happy and said with a smile: "My homesick wife, my wife has never seen such heavy snow. I'm thinking that if she sees this snow, she will be very happy."

Ha ha……

‘It’s worthless! ’

Zhang Pu laughed heartily, slandering in his heart, but praising with his mouth, "It can be seen that Brother Zhu and Mrs. Ling must have raised eyebrows and played the piano and harp in harmony."

‘We are destined to be this hard-hearted villain who breaks up a beautiful marriage. But I don’t know if I can kidnap you to the grassland. Will your wife be like Wang Baochuan who waited eighteen years in a cold kiln? ’

(Xu Miaoyun: Very good! Remember it!)

Beep...beep...

At this moment, a horn sounded outside Qiu Fu's camp.

Qiu Fu and Zhu Neng, who had left earlier, walked out of the tent.

When the soldiers under their command heard the sound of the trumpet, they ran out of the tents one after another and quickly formed an array outside Qiu Fu's tent.

Zhang Pu looked at this order and nodded imperceptibly.

Zhu Di was very calm.

Compared with the orders and prohibitions he had seen, to be honest, the Ming Army was really far behind.

Of course, there is no comparison between the two.

There is a gap in the quality of soldiers.

Moreover, the officers and men of the guard station were a combination of farming and fighting, half farmers and half soldiers, not completely professional soldiers.

In this era, the Ming Army can definitely be regarded as an army with high military literacy in the world.

Zhu Di followed the villagers and stood aside watching...

Soon, a layer of snow fell on the soldiers' jackets and hair.

Qiu Fu nodded with satisfaction, then pointed to the epaulette on his shoulder, and couldn't help but show off his expression, "Before dinner, when the brothers saw this, they were all curious and paying attention. They all wanted to know what this is, right?"

"right!"

Tan Yuan led his troops to stand in front, took the lead in shouting, and stared with fiery eyes.

Qiu Fu smiled and said, "This is the logo we have used during this period, but this general has a new name."

"His Majesty took it personally!"

"Call the shoulder mark!"

"A sword-style epaulette with no handle or scabbard on a red background, and three stripes, it is the shoulder mark of Qianhu and Fuqianhu."

“See the colors of the three stripes?”

"Bright yellow!"

"This is His Majesty's exclusive color. Carrying it on our shoulders means that His Majesty is here in person!"

"If one day I am transferred and the imperial court sends any Qianhu who wears three stripes, no matter who he is, we will all obey his orders and follow his commands!"

…

‘The old man was not from a good background, and he never went to a serious school, but he was an absolute top student in his social studies degree. ’

Zhu Di pondered secretly.

The emperor’s exclusive color, bright yellow three stripes!

There are so many benefits to using this color on shoulder labels.

Look at Qiu Fu and Zhu Neng crying with gratitude.

This won't be an isolated case!

Once the shoulder mark is extended to the entire army.

The old man can use this bright yellow bar to gain the loyalty of the low-level generals in the army.

This is one of them.

Secondly, this color system represents the concept of ‘recognizing only the logo but not the person’ as if I were there in person. It has been implanted in people’s hearts and has great advantages over other color systems.

‘Another centralization experiment by the Central Plains Dynasty! ’

A flash of surprise flashed in Zhang Pu's eyes.

Before, he simply thought that shoulder markings were just a clearer and more concise way to show the superior-subordinate relationship in the military.

Until I heard Qiu Fu speak.

Only then did I realize that the role of the shoulder mark is not just to show the subordinate relationship.

The Ming Dynasty seemed to want to make the shoulder mark an anchor of trust and obedience in the military!

In the past dynasties, the lower-level soldiers followed the generals in fighting and trusted the generals.

Once the general is changed, there will be problems of poor command or even inability to command.

The Ming Dynasty seems to be trying to solve this problem.

Replace generals with shoulder markers!

When the soldiers at the bottom are trained to only recognize the shoulder mark.

Senior generals, mid-level and low-level generals in the army can be rotated among the army at will.

They are rotated at the end of their term, and the time is short, making it difficult for generals to cultivate their strength.

Even if they are cultivated, they will be dispersed in many places throughout the army during rotation, and their strength will be scattered. Even if there are ambitious people who cannot hold the strength into a fist, they will not dare to move around.

…

"Okay, that's all I have to say. Now, the awarding ceremony officially begins!"

beep……

The soldiers standing next to Qiu Fu blew the horns made of cow horns again.

After the equal sign tone falls.

Qiu Fu opened the military register and called out names loudly: "Hundred households: Zhou Zhou, Yang Jingxiong..."

"Boss: Tan Yuan..."

"General flag:..."

"Xiaoqi:..."

"Get out of the queue!"

The mid-level and low-level generals whose names were called, including Tan Yuan, walked out of the array excitedly.

In front of Qiu Fu, they lined up again.

Qiu Fu looked at everyone, turned around and nodded to Zhu Neng, and the two of them began to put on shoulder badges for generals at all levels one by one.

Hundred households, two bars and shoulders.

The boss, a bar and a shoulder mark.

The general flag has two gold-edged bars.

A small flag with a gold-edged stripe.

hey-hey……

When Qiu Fu and Zhu Neng came to Tan Yuan, Tan Yuan chuckled and couldn't wait to put his shoulders over them.

New ℴ𝓂

Qiu Fu smiled and glared.

While wearing it, he laughed and scolded, "Don't be happy too early. If you don't fight bravely enough outside the customs, I will personally remove your shoulder tag and let you make up for it. When I am satisfied, I will put it back on you again." Shoulder mark.”

He is very optimistic about Tan Yuan.

Be brave and willing to use your brain.

The most important thing is that although this guy can't read a few Chinese characters.

But there is an aura of gangsterism in him that can arouse the emotions of the soldiers.

Of course, this is also a thorn in the side that can cause trouble.

To deal with this kind of thorn, you have to fish a carrot in front and hold a whip behind.

In this way, he can devote all his energy to leading troops.

"Qianhu, just take it for granted. We will definitely not disgrace this one bar. When we make meritorious deeds, you can appreciate them based on their merits and give us two bars."

Look, he started to push his nose and face again.

Zhu Neng laughed and scolded Qiu Fu: "Do you still want me and Qianhu to take off the three stripes and put them on you?"

"Deputy Qianhu, one day, we will definitely be able to wear the three stripes, but by then you will no longer be the three stripes." Tan Yuan made no secret.

But what he said made Qiu Fu and Zhu Neng not only not angry, but also very happy.

Are they no longer three stripes?

What's above the three stripes?

The two looked at each other and couldn't help but wonder.

…

Not far away, Zhu Di observed the ordinary soldiers who had no chance to wear shoulder badges.

Thoughtful.

"Mr. Zhu." The voice from beside him interrupted his thoughts.

Zhu Di turned his head and saw Zhou Lang looking at him with envy, and asked in a low voice, "Mr. Zhu, at my age, if I join the army, is it possible to make a profit?"

Hearing this, Zhu Di immediately smiled, "You want to join the army?"

Zhou Lang sneered.

Along the way, he learned a lot from Mr. Zhu, and he was envious when he saw Tan Yuan and the others getting epaulettes.

He didn't want to stay in a small place in Jiangning for the rest of his life.

Want to have a try.

But apart from having some martial arts skills, he could barely read and write, and he couldn't think of any other direction besides joining the army.

Zhu Di thought about it, Zhou Lang must be envious.

The Zhou family has been eating from the government officials for generations.

At least as far as he knew, four generations had been eating this bowl of rice since the Yuan Dynasty.

Throughout the past dynasties, the government servants and subordinate staff in local government offices actually had a strong sense of family inheritance.

Several generations of Zhou Lang's family have been able to eat this bowl of rice because they have a little bit of ancestral martial arts.

"It's okay, that's fine."

Zhu Di analyzed it for Zhou Lang: "But joining the army is very dangerous, and you may lose your life on the battlefield. In terms of safety, it is definitely not as good as being a yamen servant."

"You are also a little older, almost thirty. In other words, you only have ten years left. If within ten years, you are still a big-headed soldier...do you understand what I mean?"

Zhou Lang's eagerness to try was slightly depressed, and he nodded.

Ten years later, if you are still a big soldier.

There is no development to speak of in the military.

Zhu Di was analyzing Zhou Lang's career plan.

If you want to live a good life, you must have a plan.

He has his own plans.

…

"Anyway, don't be too busy making decisions. Think about it first. When our corvee is over, you can go home and discuss it with your family."

"If you still want to join the army after discussing it, I'll say hello to Qiu Qianhu. Although he has a low status, he can arrange for you. It won't be difficult for him."

Zhou Lang smiled and nodded, "Okay, I'll listen to Mr. Zhu and think about it carefully."

"Fourth brother, what about me? Can I join the army?"

A young man in the village suddenly intervened.

Zhu Di immediately couldn't laugh or cry.

A shoulder mark, that's all!

Snapped!

Just as he was about to speak, his eighth uncle slapped the young man hard, lowered his voice and glared: "Zhou Lang has a family tradition of martial arts, what can you do!"

"The village is about to start building a rural village community, and there is an opportunity for you to do something!"

"If we build our village well, we can still have face! Don't just look at this mountain and that mountain all day long, and think about it!"

Uncle Eight directly suppressed several young people.

Zhu Di smiled and breathed a sigh of relief.

It's not that he is partial.

It is true that these young people in the village are not suitable.

There is no martial arts nearby.

Maybe in a fierce battle, they would all be lost on the battlefield.

Uncle Eight experienced the transformation from a farmer to a soldier and then to a farmer.

I know how cruel the elimination is.

Those who survive are all lucky!

Therefore, Uncle Eight cherishes these days very much.

"Okay, the granting is over!"

Qiu Fu's words interrupted Zhu Di's train of thought.

Qiu Fu said a few words of encouragement and ordered the whole army to prepare to set off.

Zhu Di and others also returned in a hurry.

Not long after we set off on the road.

Zhang Wu trotted over and said, "Mr. Zhu, Qianhu, deputy Qianhu is looking for you."

Zhu Di nodded and followed Zhang Wu away.

Zhang Pu looked at Zhu Di's leaving figure and couldn't help but frown slightly. He wanted to follow and listen, but he didn't dare to make it too obvious.

Worried about arousing Zhu Di's suspicion.

'Forget it, Zhu Silang is not here, so he just wants to trick his fellow villagers and get something useful. ’

…

Zhu Di caught up with Qiu Fu and the others.

Qiu Fu and Zhu Neng actually took the initiative to dismount, threw the reins to the soldiers, and walked with him.

"Brother Zhu, you are about to leave seclusion. Cao Guogong asked us to take care of you, but we can't just take care of you."

Qiu Fu did not mince words and pointed forward, "We are going to slow down and be in the middle of the entire team. In this way, whether there is danger in front or behind, we can rush to rescue as quickly as possible."

"The livestock in your village are the best and fastest in taking care of them. In addition, your village's ability to respond to crises has been proven through your training in Shandong."

"So, we want to get you out in front."

"Of course, I will never use you as bait to explore the road. Tan Yuan will lead the headquarters and walk in front of you."

After saying this, Qiu Fu and Zhu Neng both looked at Zhu Di...

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