From sunrise in the east, to sunrise at three o’clock, and now right in the middle of the day, not a single person has come to the site to enlist in the army.
Yes, there was not a single person who signed up for enlistment.
There was enough room for 3,000 people to enlist, but not a single person enlisted all morning, making the large venue a joke.
Oh, it can’t be said that there wasn’t a single person, in the middle there was a passer-by who asked if the soldier’s pay was real, but he was an old man with bad legs and feet and obviously didn’t meet the requirements for enrolling in the army.
“Cough cough, my lord, Yiwu has many mountains and roads that are difficult to travel, the countryside is far away from the county, some of the country people who signed up may still be on their way.”A clerk coughed and said to Zhu Pingan in a bottomless voice, trying to comfort him.
“Not all of the countryside is far from the county town, it seems that there is something wrong somewhere, I have to ask Governor Zhao for advice.”
Zhu Pingan shook his head slightly, although he was somewhat devastated, his vigour was not lost in the slightest.
Zhu Pingan took Big Sword and three other people to the county office and arranged for the others to be divided into three waves to rotate, one wave to keep an eye on the recruiting site, and the remaining two waves to rest, to avoid everyone wasting their time here, wasting their time for nothing.
“Lord Zhu, the recruitment of soldiers can still go smoothly, is there a shortage of manpower, the difficult cases in the morning are finished, and the cases in the afternoon are simple, I can still spare some manpower here to go to the recruitment site to help your lordship ……”
When Zhao Zhi Xian saw Zhu Ping An, he thought that there were too many people at the site and that there was a shortage of manpower, so he took the initiative to open his mouth and said.
Insufficient manpower?
When Zhu Pingan heard this, he couldn’t help but shake his head with a bitter smile, “I’m not going to hide it from Zhao Zhi Xian, as of right now, not a single person has come to enlist in the army, and we can even support a few mahjong tables at the scene to rub a few rounds of mahjong.”
“Ah? Not a single person has come to enlist?!”Zhao Zhi Xian opened his mouth wide in surprise, and then frowned and said to himself “How did this really happen ……”.
Then he froze for a moment and looked at Zhu Pingan in confusion, “Mahjong? Ta-Jen Zhu what is mahjong? With rubbing?”
“Ta-Jen Zhao, forget about the mahjong for now, you just said ‘how did this really happen’, could it be that Ta-Jen Zhao had already predicted this before?!”Zhu Pingan waved his hand, keenly grasping Governor Zhao’s words, he pursued.
“Erm, how can I say this, my humble servant feels that there should be no problem in recruiting soldiers, once the notice of mine control is out, mining disputes will be banned, clearing the way for recruitment, there should be no problem in recruiting soldiers, but everything is possible, no one responding to the recruitment is my humble servant’s worst guess, I never thought that it would really happen.”Governor Zhao thought for a moment and explained with a bitter smile.
“Since Ta-Jen Zhao was able to make this prediction, I guess there should be some guesses as to the reason why.”Zhu Pingan asked.
“Well, from the following official’s understanding of Yiwu, there are probably two reasons. Firstly, the people do not trust the government enough, Yiwu mine competition is very powerful, frequent armed fights, deaths and injuries of many people, I guess the people are worried that the recruitment of troops is false, to recruit troops as a front to lure them to catch them for real; Secondly, the local squires, clans do not want to below the recruitment of people to join the army, for one thing, nowadays the world is not peaceful, the competition for the mine fights not to mention the outside of the Japanese are also getting more and more serious, thinking of hometown more than one person to protect, an additional security, right, and, some of the people to the government stereotypes are very large, and some of them have a very strong opinion of the government.Moreover, some people have strong prejudice against the government, or even hate it, so they may prevent their clansmen from enlisting in the army. I thought that the first reason was secondary, and the main reason was the second.”
Zhao Zhi Xian thought seriously for a moment, and in a more assured tone, said to Zhu Pingan.
“Well, the local squires and clans are preventing the people from enlisting in the army ……”Zhu Pingan repeated, frowning slightly, “It would be too time consuming to convince and do the ideological work one by one clans and squires.”
“My lord, there is no need to convince one clan or squire at a time, as long as the main few terms are convinced, or even as long as your lordship convinces Chen Dacheng, as long as Chen Dacheng agrees that the clans should be recruited to enlist in the army, the matter will be solved.”Governor Zhao shook his head slightly and suggested to Zhu Pingan the key to breaking the situation.
Chen Dacheng?
Zhu Pingan sniffed and narrowed his eyes slightly, this name is somewhat familiar ah, it seems like he has heard it somewhere before, oh yes, the owner of the tea stall mentioned Chen Dacheng when he came, the armed fight that he witnessed today was the one where Chen Dacheng of Yiwu Beilei convened to lead the clan to protect the mine, and fought with the Yongkang people who were occupying the mine from abroad.
“Ta-Jen Zhao, who is Chen Dacheng to have such influence?”Zhu Pingan asked curiously.
“Back to adults, this Chen Dacheng is Yiwu local Chen clan patriarch, Chen surname is Yiwu local premier family name, Chen Dacheng young reading, but three consecutive times failed to get into the Xiu Cai, in a fit of pique to give up literature from the martial arts, I did not expect to even martial arts out of the Hall of Fame, to the brave and well-known in Yiwu, few people can fight with, and righteousness, justice, in Yiwu has a prestige!He is a representative figure of the Yiwu gentry and clans. If Chen Dacheng is convinced, then the rest of the gentry and clans will not be a problem.”
When it comes to Chen Dacheng, Governor Zhao was open-mouthed, and without even thinking about it, he narrated Chen Dacheng’s situation.
“No wonder, this Chen Dacheng has such great prestige and influence in Yiwu.”Zhu Pingan sniffed and couldn’t help but nod his head, no wonder Chen Dacheng was able to organise thousands of people to participate in the armed fight with the Yu Yongkang people.
“Since Chen Dacheng has such great influence, it seems that he must be the one who prevented the clans from enlisting in the army.”
Zhu Pingan further concluded.
“Ahem, think so.”Governor Zhao coughed and nodded.
“Lord Zhao, with your knowledge of Chen Dacheng, Chen Dacheng, he prevented the clan folks from enlisting in the army, but for the sake of the safety of his hometown, one more person to protect his hometown, one more point of safety?”Zhu Pingan inquired to Governor Zhao.
“There are reasons in this regard, however, Chen Dacheng has preconceived notions about the government, and from time to time, he has remarks that he hates government corruption.”Zhao Zhixian said with a slightly embarrassed face, and immediately emphasised after his words, “Your Excellency, my humble servant guarantees with his life, my humble servant is in no way corrupt.”
“Well, I believe in Governor Zhao.”Zhu Pingan nodded and said lightly, “Although Zhao Zhixian only assumed office as Yiwu Zhixian last year, however, his reputation in the folklore is more than a hundred times stronger than the previous Yiwu Zhixian ……”
“Many thanks for your trust.”Governor Zhao was touched and relieved in his heart.
“It seems that the reason is appearing here, Chen Dacheng hates the corruption of the government, does not trust the government, does not trust the government to recruit soldiers, the barrenness and failure of the Yiwu Guards is also from the side of the living proof of his thoughts, plus his hometown also needs the protection of the townspeople, so he stops the clan townspeople from being recruited to join the army.”Zhu Pingan found the problem.
“Exactly.”Governor Zhao nodded along.
“Good, it looks like I’m going to pay Chen Dacheng a visit.”Zhu Pingan made up his mind and got up.
