The rise of the poor

Chapter 2174 Zhu Ping'an's Request

Zhu Ping'an led Mao Haifeng into the general's tent, seated the host and the guest, and personally picked up the kettle and poured a cup of tea for Mao Haifeng.

"Thank you, Lord Zhu." Mao Haifeng picked up the rippling teacup and felt valued again. His favorable impression of Zhu Pingan doubled.

"Once is strange, twice is familiar. We have been together for a few times. Why are you still being so polite? If I need your help in the future, I will not be polite."

Zhu Ping'an laughed and joked.

"Master Zhu, please don't be polite to me. If you can use us, just give us your orders."

Mao Haifeng patted his chest and said carelessly.

After a brief greeting, Zhu Ping'an asked Mao Haifeng if there was enough food and fodder in the camp. If not, Zhu Ping'an said he could allocate some food and fodder to him from the camp.

Mao Haifeng originally wanted to ask for some free money and was still thinking about how to bring up the topic, but he didn't expect that Zhu Ping'an would actually ask about it on his own initiative. He couldn't help but feel a strong liking for Zhu Ping'an again.

"To be honest, Lord Zhu, we do not have much food and grass in our camp. It is only enough to sustain us for less than three days."

Mao Haifeng held up three fingers and shook his head.

There was not much food and grass in their camp to begin with, and when Wang Zhi left the camp in the morning, he took some food and grass away from the camp, which made their already scarce food and grass reserves even worse and even more difficult.

"Well, I will allocate three thousand shi of grain and grass from the camp to you, and one thousand jin of bacon, which should be enough for you to use for a while."

Zhu Ping'an waved his hand and ordered people to transfer 3,000 shi of grain and 1,000 jin of bacon from the camp and send them directly to the Japanese pirates' camp.

"Thank you, Mr. Zhu." Mao Haifeng thanked him profusely. Zhu Ping'an's generosity was beyond his expectations.

Originally, he thought it would be good enough if Zhu Ping'an could give him a few hundred stones of grain and grass, but he didn't expect that Zhu Ping'an would just wave his hand and directly give them three thousand stones of grain and grass. In addition, he also gave them a thousand kilograms of bacon.

"You're welcome." Zhu Ping'an waved his hand, and then said to Mao Haifeng with a serious face, "I have only one request for you, that is, don't harass the people, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless."

"This." Mao Haifeng paused for two seconds, then patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Master Zhu. I will go back and tell my subordinates to do it properly. From now on, they are not allowed to harass the people. If anyone dares to do it again, Master Zhu will not take action. I will chop them up and feed them to the dogs first."

"I feel relieved with General Mao's words. Today is different from the past. You are about to be summoned by the imperial court. You must be aware of the transformation from Japanese pirates to official troops. If you continue to harass the people, burn, kill and plunder as in the past, it goes without saying that you have violated the laws of the imperial court. It will be extremely difficult to be summoned by the imperial court in the future. Don't lose the big picture because of the small one!"

Zhu Pingan said slowly.

"Don't worry, Lord Zhu. I know the seriousness of the matter very well, and I will never let anyone ruin my adoptive father's plan. Perhaps, there will be people who break the rules at the beginning, but I promise that if there is one, I will kill one, if there are two, I will kill a pair, and I will never tolerate them. I will kill them until they dare not break the rules again." Mao Haifeng assured Zhu Ping'an.

As the adopted son of Wang Zhi, Mao Haifeng knew very well that his adoptive father Wang Zhi had always dreamed of achieving success and returning home in glory.

Being the king of Japanese pirates, with 100,000 pirates obeying his orders and hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in the account, seems very impressive. However, if you cannot return home in glory, it is like walking in the night in gorgeous clothes. All the wealth and glory are boring.

My adoptive father Wang Zhi wanted to be recognized by the court, to have an official position and a title, to be able to trade freely and make money all over the world, to be envied and recognized by his fellow villagers, to become the pride of his family and village, to be respected, admired, and learned from when he walked on the street.

Since the Japanese pirates have fought to this point, the only way to achieve this is Zhao'an.

Therefore, my adoptive father Wang Zhi always wanted to request the amnesty, but he had no way to do so before. Now, Zhu Ping'an has extended an olive branch. This is a rare opportunity, and my adoptive father knows very well how much he values ​​this amnesty.

"General Mao, there is a law in our army called the law of collective responsibility. I suggest that the prohibition on harassing civilians be extended to your camp."

Zhu Pingan said slowly.

Mao Haifeng said that if there was one criminal, he would kill one, and if there were two criminals, he would kill both of them, and his attitude was very firm.

However, what this meant was that one ordinary person after another was harmed by the Japanese pirates.

Zhu Ping'an could not bear to see this kind of situation happen again and again, so he recommended the collective responsibility system to Mao Haifeng.

"Please give me some advice, sir." Mao Haifeng asked.

"If one person breaks the law and harasses the people, then all the Japanese in the same group will be killed! This way they can supervise each other and be vigilant to each other. Even if someone wants to harass the people, they will be stopped by the people in the same group! Once someone breaks the law, all the Japanese in the same group will be killed in public, killing the chicken to scare the monkey, and set an example!"

Zhu Ping'an narrowed his eyes slightly and spoke slowly.

"I didn't expect Lord Zhu's army to be so strict." Mao Haifeng was a little surprised.

"Kindness does not command the army, and righteousness does not command wealth. This is the teaching of our ancestors. If you want to accomplish great things, you cannot be too soft-hearted." Zhu Ping'an said with a serious face.

"A kind army cannot be commanded, Lord Zhu is right. I will implement this method when I return." Mao Haifeng nodded seriously.

At this moment, he understood why the Zhejiang Army won the day before yesterday. In addition to the powerful firearms of the Zhejiang Army, the law of collective responsibility was certainly an indispensable reason.

Zhu Ping'an's collective responsibility system, which stipulated that if one person feared the enemy and fled for his life, the entire army would be executed, made the Zhejiang army soldiers only dare to move forward and not retreat.

Mao Haifeng felt that he had learned something.

This time when he returned, he took this as an opportunity to implement the collective responsibility law among the Japanese pirates under his command. Not only was the collective responsibility law prohibited for harassing the people, but it was also enforced during battles. He also made it so that if one person retreated, the entire group of Japanese pirates would be killed! Let's see, will anyone dare to run away during a battle? !

Thinking back to the battle the day before yesterday, when his front army was defeated by the Zhejiang army and fled frantically, and as a result, the rear army also followed suit and fled. It had been two days, and Mao Haifeng was still very annoyed!

Collective responsibility law!

Implement it when you get back!

Let's see who dares to run away during the war! I will kill you all.

Mao Haifeng made up his mind.

Zhu Ping'an was not worried that Mao Haifeng would take the opportunity to implement the collective responsibility law among the Japanese pirates. Mao Haifeng implemented the collective responsibility law by harassing the people. This was easy to implement, but if the entire Japanese army followed the example of the Zhejiang Army and implemented the collective responsibility law, it would be a fantasy. There were no good Japanese pirates. They were all lazy, cunning, greedy, and selfish guys. What kind of military discipline would there be? If the collective responsibility law was fully implemented, it would go from loose to tight, from one extreme to another, without external force, it would collapse on its own, or the collective responsibility law would be meaningless. (End of this chapter)