Dominate the Country

Zhou Tiezhu, leaning on a cane, didn't know that a scene deeply remembered by the long river of history was born behind him.

He was staring at his labor team with wide eyes.

These people were all prisoners of war, including sailors, land soldiers, Qing army, militia, people from Zhejiang, Jiangsu, southern Jiangsu, and northern Jiangsu. Their status was high and low, the highest was a thousand-man commander, and the lowest was an ordinary soldier.

In the battle of Changzhou, the battle of Hangzhou, the battle of Wusongkou, and the subsequent battle of Zhoushan, the Fu Han Army really captured 100,000 prisoners of war.

And how to use this group of people?

There is no dispute. - Labor reform.

Those who have committed "bloody cases" - especially in non-wartime, let the prisoners of war expose and report, there are rewards for exposing, and they can also reduce their sentences. In this way, a group of garbage scums were eliminated, and the remaining officers above the garrison were all detained, and the soldiers and officers below the garrison were all reformed through labor.

Take the establishment of the Fu Han Army as an example. Zhou Tiezhu is the captain of the second team of the Su 055 labor camp. They are now one of the construction forces of Shanghai Wusong Port. There are already four or five hundred such labor camps in the Fu Han Army. Some of them have been disbanded, but more still exist, even if they are not fully staffed.

A large number of retired disabled soldiers were pulled into such teams as captains and battalion commanders. Such titles are specially distinguished from the Fu Han Army.

Zhou Tiezhu is one of them. He was originally "enjoying the good life" at home in Nanyang. He himself was disabled due to injuries. Zhou Tiezhu's younger brother, thanks to his elder brother, became a bailiff in the Nanyang Prefecture Court. The family lived a life of food and drink, shelter and clothes. Compared with the past, wasn't it a good life? But when the conscription order was delivered to Zhou Tiezhu, Zhou Tiezhu, who had been bored at home, ran to Jiangnan excitedly.

He was only in his twenties. How could he bear the days of being supported like a useless person?

Zhou Tiezhu has been in Jiangnan for a month. He had attended a training course for half a month before. The three platoons under him were all prisoners of war from Changzhou at the beginning. Gradually, a group of prisoners of war from Chongming Island were replaced. After a month of running-in, the work efficiency of the labor team under Zhou Tiezhu finally improved. He eliminated two of the three original platoon leaders, reported to the higher authorities, and then executed one of them in front of all the prisoners of war in their camp. He took advantage of the newcomers' fear and "active performance" psychology, which caused the only remaining old platoon leader to have a very bad relationship with the other two. He then took advantage of the two newcomers' competition for the first place, which made the two newcomers like black-eyed chickens.

These tricks are naturally not something that Zhou Tiezhu, a big-headed soldier, can think of. This is what the instructors taught Zhou Tiezhu in the training class before he became the captain - management!

It is really effective. Let three people who have conflicts with each other be platoon leaders, and deliberately encourage competition between them. This kind of "hatred" based on personal grudges is more effective than any intimidation. In order to make himself more appreciated by the superiors than the other two, each platoon leader drives his subordinates to work harder, fearing that he will fall behind his opponent.

Moreover, the labor camp itself has a series of material reward mechanisms. The labor of prisoners of war is also scored. There is a minimum workload. If it is not completed, it will be punished. If the unit [class, platoon, team, battalion] fails to complete the workload continuously, the unit leaders - from the team leader and battalion commander to the platoon leader and squad leader [the position where the prisoners can sit], one by one will be punished. The team leader and battalion commander will be transferred, and the most serious punishment for the prisoners of war can be directly executed.

There is no limit on the upper limit, but the reward for the unit that exceeds the workload by 10%; the reward for 20%... and so on.

The measure of the Fu Han Army is to ensure the most basic workload, because they can't find too many trustworthy managers with skills and experience. The quality of the captains and battalion commanders is uneven. In order to prevent the progress of the project from being delayed, they can only do this. Whether there will be rewards and whether they can be outstanding depends on how well these captains and battalion commanders can control people.

These measures will directly intensify the fierce competition between units. If the captains and battalion commanders who only rely on violent punishment to force the workers to work hard without the necessary skills and reasonable management skills, even if they can continue to work in their original positions, they will not be able to achieve results or move to higher positions.

Facts have proved that the superiors are not worried about nothing. A large number of disabled veterans have just arrived for one or two months, and strange things have emerged one after another. Some people go to "set an example" to urge their subordinates to work, although they only do small jobs within their ability; some people directly recruit three or five strong men from prisoners of war and raise them, and force their subordinates to work hard with absolute tyranny.

Others with high moral standards demanded that their platoon leaders and squad leaders not bully prisoners of war, and that they should take the lead and work hard when working, setting an example. When the prisoners met such good leaders, they all thought they were good, so inevitably some of them started to be lazy. Those with a strict character, or a smart mind, would beat the prisoners immediately upon discovery, and would never let them off easily. They were worthy of the four words "clear rewards and punishments", and the whole team respected them. Such people were great seedlings; while those with a soft character and a muddled mind would not think it was a big deal, and would not make a fuss. They were even afraid of causing trouble and being laughed at by others. Later, when they found that the workload of their team was slowly decreasing, they got angry and beat people. When the indicators were raised, they began to repeat the cycle again.

Anyway, there are all kinds of captains and battalion commanders, and there is nothing strange!

In the labor camp, Chen Ming made a very meaningful attempt - paper money. Different from the silver notes circulating in China at this time, it is pure paper money like the Ming Dynasty treasure notes. It is paper money that is guaranteed and mortgaged with its own reputation!

This thing is truly profitable, but Chen Ming never thought of issuing it in the society, which would be asking for trouble. At this time, the reputation of the Fu Han Army is far from the point of issuing paper money. It must have a unified and stable regime, and a government that all the people trust, before it can enter that category.

Chen Ming is using the labor camp to do experiments and accumulate necessary technology. You know, there are people who make paper money and there are people who make counterfeit money, just like the Americans made tanks in their previous life. One research team is responsible for developing protective armor; the other team specializes in destruction, and is responsible for destroying the developed protective armor.

In addition, he has to plant a seed. Anyway, paper money will be issued in China sooner or later.

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The bald monk Jingkong stood in front of the gate of a manor in a proper military uniform, with two rows of neatly lined up internal guards behind him.

The Internal Affairs Office was a very inconspicuous department in the Chen Han regime. Whether it was internal or external, it was regarded as the same as the Qing Dynasty's Internal Affairs Department. However, few people knew that there was also an internal guard under the Internal Affairs Office. The number of people was small, but each of them was a strong and capable person. They were like Chen Han's internal guards!

Monk Jingkong was no longer a monk. He returned to the secular world, but he still had a monk's head. Jingkong had long forgotten his secular name, so he took "Shi" as his surname. Jingkong was Jingkong, and now he was called Shi Jingkong!

He joined the army last year. In the early spring of last year, Chen Ming fought back to Hubei, and Chen and Han were in a three-way confrontation. Shi Jingkong finally walked out of the mine.

With his extraordinary martial arts, quick eyes and hands, and sharp ears and eyes, Shi Jingkong was directly selected into the guard room of the Internal Affairs Department.

Several carriages came from the trail and stopped in front of the manor one by one. Robert Peel knew through the window that the meeting place was not in Shanghai County but outside the city, and they were riding in a Western-style four-wheeled carriage, which he could not see in Guangzhou. Robert still felt sorry for not being able to see Shanghai City with his own eyes on the way.

A group of people got off the carriage, and they were surrounded by the internal security forces. They did not stop at the door and went straight into the gate.

The highest person attending the meeting from the Fu Han Army was Chen Min, and Chen Ming himself did not intend to meet Robert and others. The identities of the two sides were asymmetrical.

The Fu Han Army would open ports such as Ningbo and Shanghai, allowing Westerners to move freely and live in port trading cities. Of course, if they want to live for a long time, they must apply for a residence permit. It will also change some of the tariff issues of the Qing Dynasty, and at the same time, the trade model of both sides will also change. Chen Ming does not intend to use trade organizations such as the Thirteen Hongs, and let the merchants on both sides trade freely.

This is the 18th century of the Western calendar. Although there is already a big gap between China and the West in natural sciences, China still occupies an absolute surplus position in bilateral trade and national strength. So Chen Ming does not intend to intervene too much in this regard, and let the merchants on both sides do it.

Compared with the policies of the Qing Dynasty, the policies of the Fu Han Army can be said to be too "open".

The West will naturally pay a certain price for this, and Chen Ming's desire for Western-style sailing ships is already eager. The Europeans have just fought a seven-year war that affected half of the world, and the contradictions between Britain and France are fierce. Otherwise, how could the French help the Americans so much during the American War of Independence a few years later?

Louis XVI put all his family assets into it.

From Chen Ming's perspective in the future, Louis XVI's help to the Americans is similar to the Wanli Emperor's help to Korea.

"We can discuss this proposal openly. If the British are unwilling, there are still the Portuguese. The interests of the Portuguese in Macau are different from those in their homeland. Then there are France and Sweden..."

The French shipbuilding technology of this era is not inferior to that of the British, but France lacks capable and wise naval commanders. Sweden is completely harmless. Chen Ming still remembers that the East India Company of this country is the only Western country in history that did not sell opium to China. For this reason, he has a good impression of Sweden. And Sweden is also west of Russia!

"The opium issue must be made clear. Once the smuggling of opium is eliminated, we will never let it go easily. During the talks, you can say these words directly to the British and tell Robert that if they dare to sell opium privately again, they will be beheaded directly if they are caught. If the British want to sell opium in China, their trading partner can only be our government." The army needs a large amount of opium to make medicine. Chen Ming will once again define opium as a medical product, and it is a controlled drug.

In addition, Chen Ming has no other requirements for this meeting. The only option is the Portuguese of Macau. If Ribeiro really raises the question of the definition of Macau, Chen Ming said to his fourth cousin: "Just tell him frankly that all the power of Macau will be taken back by Chen Han.

But Chen Han allows the Portuguese of Macau to continue to live there, and if they want, they can also join the Chinese nationality." Then they are no longer Portuguese.

"The Portuguese who have acquired Chinese nationality can of course live in Macau, and they enjoy all the same rights as the Chinese people." Chen Min has not yet come out, and Han Teng, who is serving as the deputy for this meeting, stares at Ribeiro, whose face is flushed. "They can move to any place within the Han territory to live, and can freely enter inland cities to travel and do business, including serving as officials and joining the army."

Shanghai is not Nanjing after the Opium War in history. The mentality of the Celestial Empire has not been directly impacted. China still has a great advantage in this meeting, and officials naturally have to be very strong.