The Age of Awakening: From the Young Runtu

Chapter 189 Arrival
Jiashan continued to recruit new troops.

Runtu called Gui Lao Qi, "Tell all the brothers, within ten days, everyone will cut off the braids on their heads."

This move is too bold.

Gui Lao Qi was stunned, "My lord, if you do this, will your superiors blame you?"

Runtu: "Just do it. Post the news, no matter the new army or the people in the city, whoever cuts their hair will get five oceans."

The current five yuan is basically half a month's wages for ordinary workers, which is still very tempting.

Immediately, the news was posted all over the streets and alleys.

There are many people willing to join the army.

Not long after, a lot of people were attracted.

The new army has more than 1 people.

With 1 people, the Northern Expedition was difficult.

But it is very easy to maneuver in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Runtu came to the barracks in person.

"In war, this braid at the back affects the ability to move. Everyone in the barracks, from top to bottom, must cut off their braids within three days.

Our military uniforms wear big caps, standard military uniforms, and a huge rucksack on the back, with braids, which are uncomfortable, inappropriate, and inconvenient to take care of anywhere. "

As soon as this remark came out, there was a lot of discussion.

"That's right, when I was running, my braid flicked."

Runtu called the person next to him, and directly brought a pair of big scissors.

Prepare to wipe the Runtu card.

The people around watched quietly.

The speed was very fast, the barber only hesitated for a moment, and acted immediately.

It's just a braid, and it's out in no time.

It's a pity that the front half of the forehead is bare, otherwise Runtu would be thinking of designing another hairstyle now.

Seeing that Runtu has been cut, many people support this decision.

There are still many people who are hesitating, wondering whether they should cut it or not.

It's still early, you can think about it for three days.

On the first day, only 1000 people were cut.

This group of people is what Runtu tells them to do with all their might.

With each passing day, more and more people cut their braids.

Other common people were puzzled when they saw that the new army had their braids cut.

Now, only some people who have studied abroad, or those who have reformed, cut their braids.

Not only the new army, but the news spread to all the people in Jiashan.

cause no small impact.

There is also support.

Especially some young people who are starting new schools.

When it was known that Runtu had issued this order, some new schools immediately began to cut their hair.

But their parents disagree.

A family in Jiashan.

"Where's your braid?"

"Cut it, Master Fu Zun told us to cut it."

"What do you know? This order is for real. For ordinary people like us, if you listen to this order and cut off your braids, what order will the court issue tomorrow to arrest you?" manage?"

There are many people who have this idea.

Most of the haircuts are young people.

Maybe I've already wanted to cut it.

Seeing that Runtu issued an order in plain text, he arranged for it directly.

Those who haven't taken a new school are basically unwilling to cut.

After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, many people still had such thoughts.

People in many places took a wait-and-see attitude towards cutting their braids, so that a large number of Chinese laborers who went to work in France during the European War still did not cut their braids.

A case was set up at the pier directly before the Chinese workers boarded the ship, and the braids of those who had not been cut were cut one by one before they were allowed to travel across the ocean.

Many people who had their braids cut didn't seem to be that happy, and even had to be forced to cut them.

Even keeping braids is voluntary by the people, but cutting braids has become an official compulsory.

In order to prevent the government from forcibly cutting their braids, the folks have thought of many ways. In order to avoid having their braids cut off, some people insist on letting their wives go out to buy things and do errands.

Some people simply coiled their braids on the top of their heads and covered them with a hat. As a result, many hat factories in the early Republic of China had a very good business, specializing in the production of hats with a particularly large internal capacity.

This thing is originally bad, but many people think that it is something passed down from the ancestors, so it cannot be cut.

On the third day, there are still a group of people who are unwilling to cut.

Investigated a little.

There are still one-third of the recruits who are unwilling to cut.

A little scared, but also old ideas.

Gui Laoqi directly informed Runtu of this data.

"My lord, about 7000 people in the new army cut their braids, and 3000 people haven't implemented it. As for the people in Jiashan, there are even fewer."

Runtu: "Mandatory execution. If you don't want to cut it, force it to cut it for him."

The number of new troops has reached 1.

To refresh your mental outlook.

You also need to prepare some political lessons.

The group of people in the military academy have been studying for more than a year.

Some time will come in handy, and they will be assigned to the new army.

There is still a group of people in the army who are discussing, "After the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Uprising, the Eastern King Yang Xiuqing issued a call to action.

Husband China has the image of China, and now Manchuria has ordered the hair to be shaved and a long tail to be dragged behind, which is to turn the Chinese people into beasts.China has Chinese clothes and hats, but today Manchuria wears them on top of others, and the monkey hats are worn out, which destroys the clothes of the previous generations, and makes Chinese people forget their roots.

Therefore, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom troops all cut their braids and grew their hair.
At the same time, I hated Manchurian costumes very much, but at this time, it was a long time since the Ming Dynasty died, and the Taiping Army didn't know what Hanfu should look like, and the Qing Dynasty's Yifu Order did not involve costumes, so the costumes at this time still continued the Hanfu of the Ming Dynasty. main feature.

Therefore, every time a city is conquered, they often go to loot the costumes of the theater troupe first, and fight in costumes.

Look at Jiashan today.These clothes are very different from what we have worn before.Now I have to cut my hair too.What does the Lord Fu Zun want to do? Could it be that he wants to fight against the imperial court?Want to revolt? "

"Speak cautiously. Be careful that misfortune comes out of your mouth. Although your power is not small, it is still far inferior to the entire imperial court. Besides, the Taiping army cut their hair, and those who disobeyed would beheaded directly. You didn't cut it, cut it off. Are you there yet?"

In this year, a large number of young students have already cut their braids. There are too many of them, and the court does not pursue them.

There are also a small number of recruits who have cut their braids.

Some people were just chatting, and a lot of new troops who had cut their braids came in directly from the outside.

"Captain Lin, what are you going to do?"

"Turn down their guns. Old Zhao, it's been three days since I cut my braids, and I ignored what you said. Since you can't make this decision, let me help you."

There are a lot of people coming in.

Basically two or three people hold one.

Then there is one who is in charge of cutting.

It's just a braid, if you have hands, you don't need a professional barber.

"Commander Lin, parents who suffer from body, hair and skin, you can't do this."

"Cut."

Cutting braids is very simple, it only takes a few seconds.

Soon the hair of this group of people was cut.

Move on to the next group of people.

Follow the same method to enforce.

Basically, in one day, more than [-] members of the new army finished cutting their braids.

When I lined up again a day later, I saw the new army without braids, and the whole impression was different.

It can be coercive for the new army, but it can be temporarily slowed down for the common people.

Cutting braids is a slow process.

Braid cutting and easy clothing are just an additional form of clothing.

Where there are reformers, there will be conservatives. There are many people who regard outmoded habits as life dogma, and there are many people who stick to and agree with traditional customs and rules.

After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, many people, not all of them responded to cutting their braids, and those who were obsessed with customary attire would still wear long braids.

When the Qing Dynasty just fell, those who strongly supported braid cutting and those who strongly opposed it were the two camps of breaking the custom and sticking to the custom.There may be more people who disagree with braid cutting.It is believed that cutting braids is disrespectful to ancestors and family.

Seeing such an order, the magistrate of Jiashan panicked first.

He knew that Jiashan's development to what it is now is all thanks to Runtu.

But cut the braids.

There was no order from the court.

If you really blame it, how will you deal with yourself.

He is an official of the Qing Dynasty, so he must not cut his braids.

I have never heard of any official who cut the braid.

Even during the Reform Movement of [-], the content of the reform did not include the item of braid cutting.

The current new army has already started.

There are Beiyang Army and Nanyang Army.

Even hired German military instructors.

A few years ago, Yuan Datou took over the Tianjin small station, renamed it the New Army, started training at the small station, and expanded the scale to 7000 people.

The Supervision Office, the Teaching Office, the Food and Pay Bureau, the Ordnance Bureau, the Military Medical Bureau, and the Detective Bureau were established, and the size of the battalion in the past was changed in the military system. Each battalion has 1500 people, which is equivalent to two battalions in the West.

A school was set up in the army to start relevant courses to select junior officers and students to study in Germany.

Two years ago, Mr. Li, the Minister of Beiyang, died, and Yuan Datou took over.Officially changed its name to Beiyang New Army.

The Beiyang New Army was divided into four towns, seven levels of town, association, standard, battalion, team, platoon, and shed, with infantry, cavalry, artillery, engineers, and heavy troops.

First of all, the selection of soldiers by the Beiyang New Army was far superior to that of the old army in the past. There were requirements in terms of age, height, and arm strength, and they could not smoke opium.

In many respects, it is more similar to the Jiashan New Army.

Prevent desertion by cooperating with local authorities.

At the same time, the treatment of soldiers is much higher than that of the old army.

Most of the officers also came from the established Beiyang Armed Forces Academy.

Jiashan also has its own military academy.

In terms of military training, the Beiyang New Army also completely imitated the West. In terms of military discipline, it learned from Western drills.

Drilling, training is discipline and obedience.

Even the current Beiyang Army has Maxim machine guns, but not as many as Jiashan.

There are also various shells.

Except for the Beiyang New Army.

There is also Zhang Zhidong's Nanyang new army.

Unlike the Beiyang Army, which mostly purchased from abroad, the Nanyang New Army's weapons are mostly self-produced.

In the future, the famous Hanyang Arsenal came from the Nanyang New Army.The most famous one is made in Hanyang.

There are now four towns in Beiyang.

Nanyang has two towns.

New army with preparation.

There are more than [-] new troops in a town, [-] new troops from the Beiyang Army, and [-] new troops from the Nanyang Army.

Jiashan in Runtu also has [-] new troops.

According to strength, it was also ruled for a while.

But the establishment of the report to the imperial court is a mixed association.

There can be three mixed associations in a town, and the town has about 2000 people.There are 4000 people in the Mixed Association.

There are two standards in one association.

A total of 2000 people were bid.

There are three battalions in one mark, and the battalion has more than 600 people.

One battalion governs four teams, and each team has 150 people.

Then came the platoon.Behind the platoon unit is the shed.

Now basically every province has new troops.

Jiangsu and Zhejiang are temporarily organized as the No.20 town of the army.

Jurisdiction over infantry No.40 First Association, No.40 Second Association, No.40 Third Association.Runtu's new army is the No.40 Sanxie.

But Runtu would not obey the orders of the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

One of my own mixed associations can hang up and beat the other two in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Although Jiangsu and Zhejiang said that there were two associations, those two were basically the previous green camps, which directly changed part of the old army's name and equipment, and directly became the new army.

The actual effect of the construction of the new army is not great. It can be said that only the Beiyang New Army and the Nanyang New Army can represent the new army.

Thanks to the financial support of the imperial court, the Beiyang Army was fully guaranteed in terms of the source of soldiers and officers, equipment, scale, and daily training. The source of soldiers and officers was reliable, and the weapons and equipment were unified.

Compared with the old-style troops, what is more important is that the new Beiyang Army has not only achieved the unity of weapons and equipment.Newly established arms such as the Engineer Corps, the most important thing is to completely transform the military system of the old army.

The staff battalion was set up for the first time, and the training of the army was fully westernized. The selection of officers was not as cronyistic as in the old army, but was selected from military schools, and the overall quality has been qualitatively improved.

The Nanyang New Army was mainly based on Zhang Zhidong's Westernization, which basically achieved self-sufficiency in weapons and equipment, and the training and organizational system of the army were also Westernized.

Officers are also selected from the Nanyang Military Academy, and they are the only new army that can compete with the Beiyang New Army.However, Beiyang is supported by the imperial court, and the Nanyang New Army is only supported by the strength of a province after all, and it cannot be compared with the Beiyang Army in terms of army size or weaponry.

As for the other new troops, none of them had much combat effectiveness.

Beiyang, it's okay not to fight, as long as there is a war, its own soldiers will be consumed.

It will be very difficult to organize it.

Now Beiyang is relatively elite, and it is very difficult to recruit some of the same people.

Regardless of whether it is Nanyang or Beiyang, at least for now, there is no large-scale braid cutting.

When all the new army braids are cut.

Tens of thousands of people cut their braids.

The town control system in Jiangsu and Zhejiang naturally knew about it.

Although Runtu is nominally a subordinate of the town control system.

Will not listen to him.

Someone shared Jiashan's information with the governor: "My lord, the No. 40 Three-Mixed Association led by Zhang Ruosong cut off all their braids."

"Is there such a thing?"

"I've been to Jiashan, absolutely. Every soldier has their braids cut."

Very few of the new army now have their braids cut.

It's never happened before that all the members of the Mixed Association have been cut like this.

"My lord, if the court blames me."

"Give power to the imperial court and talk about it."

He was also helpless.

I don't want the court to blame me.

But Runtu, he couldn't control it.

I've thought about it before.

Runtu didn't listen to him at all.

(End of this chapter)