Late Yuan Dynasty: I am the true emperor

Chapter 35 A True Man is Born Between Heaven and Earth (Please Read)
"Put it down!"

Looking at the old man in the hall who was almost seventy years old and still refused to surrender, Lu Jin simply waved his hand. There was no need to communicate with this Tartar prince.

They are the rulers, and what Lu Jin is doing is rebelling against them. The two sides are mortal enemies, so what is there to talk about?

Historically, this King Xuanrang lived in Luzhou City until 1354, when the Red Turban Rebellion became more and more serious, and he fled back to Dadu. Later, in the s, he was named King of Huai, and then he was left behind by Xiaotieguo.
In this time and space, there will no longer be King Huai!

Looking at Zhang Huan who was still standing aside rubbing his butt, Lu Jin called him.

"Zhang Huan."

Zhang Huan was stunned, and immediately stepped out, "I will be here."

"After Mr. Bao has posted the notice to reassure the people, you will drag this Tartar prince to the street and chop him up, and execute him according to the law!" Lu Jin arranged.

"Yes."

Zhang Huan understood what he meant instantly, agreed and stepped aside, feeling both happy and worried. He was happy that Lu Jin did not treat him as an outsider, but worried that he had no way out.

Lu Jin wanted him to surrender. Ye Sheng helped to capture Zhu Liangzu, and Yin Congdao helped to break into Luzhou City. Both of them had no way to retreat, and only Zhang Huan was left.

As long as his hands were stained with the blood of the Tartar prince, he would never have the possibility of rebelling back to the Yuan Dynasty.

Moreover, there was no need for Lu Jin to keep King Xuanrang. He was a righteous man and a rebel. He had to make his attitude clear. Killing the Yuan Dynasty royal family was the consensus of all the rebel kings.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang accepted members of the Yuan Dynasty royal family, that was after the founding of the country, and they surrendered voluntarily. He was appointed as the commander of a garrison in the Western Regions. Only a fool would accept Tartar princes during a rebellion, as well as an erratic villain like Zhang Shicheng.

When the others were being taken away, Bao Heng, who was standing next to them, suddenly reminded them.

"My lord, there are two more royal palaces in Luzhou City."

When they heard the word "Royal Palace", the eyes of the Chaohu generals present lit up. A royal palace! A mansion!
Lu Jin frowned in confusion, "I understand there is a palace, but why are there two? Whose is that?"

Bao Heng immediately explained, "My lord, you don't know that at the beginning of the dynasty, there was a royal family member in Luzhou who was named Prince Rong. His name was Borjigin Sadun. But that was several decades ago. Now there is only the Prince Rong's Palace left, and the other is the palace of this Prince Xuanrang."

"Then confiscate the property and seal up the palace. No one will need it for now anyway."

"Uh, yes."

Bao Heng was stunned when he heard this. He originally thought that Lu Jin would live in the palace, but he did not expect that the lord would directly seal it up.

How can a person of high moral character and ambition be corrupted by a mansion? Do you think everyone is Zhang Shicheng, who starts building a palace on a tiny piece of land?
Bao Heng immediately looked at Lu Jin with higher regard, thinking that he looked like someone who could accomplish things.

When the Chaohu generals heard this way of handling the matter, they were also stunned. Seeing this, Lu Jin said.

"Why, is there anyone living in the palace?

"Next we have to attack Lu'an and capture other counties. We have to decide today who will be stationed there and who will stay to guard Luzhou City. There is no chance for us to live in the palace.

"Even if I stay in Luzhou, I will not live in the palace. From now on, I will live in the back hall of the government office."

Since Lu Jin had expressed his opinion, the other Chaohu generals naturally had nothing to say. Besides, they really had to fight a war now, so they had no chance to enjoy themselves.

Hearing Lu Jin talking about the serious business of war, the generals became serious and began to express their opinions.

"Then who will go to attack Lu'an and how many soldiers will they bring?" Liao Yongjian asked immediately.

Yu Tingyu also reminded, "Our thousands of ships are still in Chaohu Lake, and we need someone to lead the navy. We will definitely need them when we fight Kang Maocai. That guy's water fort is still standing on the Rushu River, blocking us from entering the Yangtze River."

"I think we should clarify the military system first. A battalion has only more than 800 people, which is not enough whether we are defending a city or leading an attack on a city alone. In the past, it was Brother Lu who led us, but in the future we will lead troops to garrison one side, so we must have a larger organization. Isn't it time to use the regiment that Brother Lu mentioned before?" Zhao Zhongzhong also reminded.

"If you ask me, Brother Lu should come up with a name for us. Even if Brother Lu is not a king now, he should be called a general or marshal or something like that." Yu Tonghai also suggested.

Lu Jin nodded. They were about to expand their territory, and the generals had to guard one side. Next, they had to expand the army and prepare for war, which urgently needed to be regularized and reorganized.

But Lu Jin did not speak directly, but turned to look at Bao Heng.

"What are you still doing here? Go write a notice to reassure the people! Have you finished what I asked you to do?"

"Uh, yes, I'll take my leave."

Bao Heng felt aggrieved. He didn't expect that Lu Jin would not let him attend such a military meeting. It seemed that he didn't treat him as his own. But then again, he still hadn't accomplished anything.

Just as he turned to leave, Lu Jin stopped him again. "Wait a minute, remember this. It must be clearly written in the notice to reassure the people that Luzhou City will be the territory of our Shengwu Army from now on. I will be the Marshal of the Shengwu Army, and this government office will be temporarily set up as the Marshal's Office of the Shengwu Army.

"It should also be written that we are the righteous army that drives out the Tartars and restores the Han people's country. We are the rulers of the common people, not the tyrannical Yuan that harms the people. The people should not be afraid, and anyone with insight can join the army.

"Third, we will not recognize any loan amounts lent by the Tartars, and all the IOUs will be written off.

"Fourth, slavery will be abolished. From now on, there will be no slaves under the rule of our Shengwu Army. All slaves will be released as civilians. Those who have no livelihood will be given land to settle down. Those who can't farm will be given jobs. Those who are still working as servants in other people's homes will also be replaced with employment contracts. If the master dares to stop me, I will kill him with a knife!"

"Yes, I'll keep it in mind." Bao Heng wrote down Lu Jin's request and then left.

When only the Chaohu generals, Yin Congdao, Ye Sheng and Zhang Huan were left in the hall, they continued to discuss the establishment of the army.

"Brother Lu, shall we call ourselves the Shengwu Army from now on? This name sounds nice and it suggests that the army is very capable in fighting." Yu Tonghai said happily.

"Yes, let's call it the Shengwu Army." Lu Jin nodded. Zhu Yuanzhang's name was Hongwu, so let's call it Shengwu. We have to suppress him.

"Then will we still wear red scarves on our heads in the future?" Liao Yongan also asked.

"this."

Lu Jin thought about it for a while before saying, "We rose to prominence by relying on the name of the Red Turban Army. I suggest that we continue to wear red scarves in the future. It can be slightly differentiating, but it cannot be completely separated.

"From now on, we will still be the Red Turban Army to the outside world, but among all the Red Turbans, we are the Shengwu Army. They wear red scarves on their heads, so we will wear red scarves on our arms. From now on, all our soldiers will wear red armbands."

This is not a big problem. They call it the Red Turban Army to the outside world just to maintain good relations with other Red Turbans and prevent them from attacking them. All the generals agreed unanimously.

Next there is the issue of organizational expansion. Lu Jin is still using the division, battalion, company and platoon system. Why not use the system of hundred households, thousand households and guards?
This is not just a question of tactics and names, but a question of politics and institutions.

Why did the Ming army become so bad in the later period? The Weisuo system must be blamed.

First of all, we need to make one thing clear: the full name of the Weisuo System is "Weisuo Hereditary Military Household System"!
Some people think that the rotten thing is the military household system, but Lu Jin thinks the key point is the "hereditary" one.

No matter how good your system is at the beginning, once it loses its liquidity and cannot be replenished with fresh blood, it will inevitably rot and deteriorate. For example, the military households' land will be divided up by military generals, soldiers will become tenants of military generals, and military generals will become landlords, and so on.

Therefore, even if Lu Jin established the Ming Dynasty, he would definitely not use the Ming Dynasty's household registration system and military hereditary system. He would definitely set up a military school. No matter whether you were a prince of a duke or an ordinary officer, you had to graduate from a military school.

Of course, the children of martyrs and nobles will certainly receive some preferential treatment, which is unavoidable, but the military academy system can put an end to hereditary succession and prevent the military from becoming corrupt.

If it is not hereditary, why do you have the Weisuo? The Weisuo system was originally designed to match the hereditary system.

The second is the issue of tactical organization. A squad consists of 10 to 12 people, a small flag also consists of 10 people, a platoon consists of 50 people, a general flag also consists of 50 people, and a company consists of 200 people. This is larger than a hundred households, but the higher-level officer only needs to command four people, and can command more calmly on the battlefield.

Do you think it is easier for a thousand-man commander to command ten hundred-man commanders or four company commanders?
Above that is the battalion, which has eight or nine hundred people, about the same as a thousand households. The regiment has three to five thousand people, about the same as a guard in the Ming Dynasty. So why can't cold weapon tactics be used just by changing the name?

Then there is the issue of names. The terms division, brigade, regiment and battalion are originally Chinese. The returning army, the mighty army, the militia, the green camp, the military camp and the barracks are all words passed down from ancient times. They sound as if they were made up out of thin air in modern times.

The Zhou emperor in the Western Zhou Dynasty still had six divisions. If you keep saying that you won't come to pay homage or tribute, I will "razed you to the ground with six divisions".
Modern people may find Lu Jin's use of this set of arrangements out of place, but ancient people would only think it was too retro.

He's still throwing around old-fashioned words like Shang and Western Zhou. But this just fits his character as the direct descendant of Gongshu Ban. My art of war was passed down during the Spring and Autumn Period, so what's wrong with me imitating the Zhou emperor and getting a few divisions?
If you have the guts, go and bite King Zhou. Tell him, don't return to Chaoge, change it to "return to Chaoge", otherwise it will be too dramatic.
Lu Jin discussed with the generals for more than an hour and decided on a rough number. The whole army was named Shengwu Army. Lu Jin himself was the marshal and stationed in Luzhou. Several regiments were temporarily set up under him. All numbers were used for numbers, and flags with generals' surnames were not allowed. They resolutely prevented the privatization of the army and strengthened military centralization!

There is no division level above the regiment, because all their troops combined cannot even form a division.
The attack on Lu'an was led by Yu Tingyu, who had three battalions. After taking Lu'an, he recruited local soldiers to expand two battalions, making a total of four combat battalions and one auxiliary battalion. They were numbered the Second Provisional Regiment, with a total of 4250 people. Yu Tingyu was the regiment commander and was stationed in Lu'an.

Liao Yongjian continued to command the navy fleet. These two men were old, so he let them be regimental commanders first to give them face.

Liao Yongan and his men stayed in Luzhou to expand the army and train with Lu Jin in preparation for the next goal.

Just when they had almost finished their discussion, Bao Heng came back after posting the notice to reassure the people, and he was followed by a few craftsmen.

But before he could report his work, another soldier came to report.

"General, Captain Hua is outside the city, and there is a man who wants to join the army. His name is Xu Yong. He said he has a thousand local warriors and wants to bring them to join us."

Upon hearing this, Lu Jin's face suddenly darkened. He had just captured Luzhou City. Would Zhao Pusheng be so blind as to come and take advantage of him?
A real man is born between heaven and earth, how can he be depressed and inferior to others for long?

Bao Heng also noticed the sudden change in Lu Jin's expression. He quietly walked to Ye Sheng, who he was quite familiar with, and asked him about it. He learned that Hua Gao was a general under the Maitreya Sect's Zhao Pusheng, and his face darkened.

Confucian scholars hate these cults the most!
Then his eyes rolled around. He had not performed well before and was looked down upon by his boss. Now here was his chance to make a contribution!

I just invested in a new boss and I'm ready to go all in. You tell me there's another boss above him? No, I have to get rid of him!
(End of this chapter)