Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 162 Recruitment Requirements and Establishment of Military Academy

It is Zhu Youxiao's method of recruiting specially arranged by Zhu Youxiao to let the commanders of the battalions of the Imperial Guard go to various places to recruit recruits directly with their imperial edicts and money.

He didn't want the governors from all over the country to be responsible for this matter, because in this way, senior civil servants would inevitably be involved in the Imperial Guard system, so that the Imperial Guard system would not be able to maintain its purity.

The commanders of the Seventh Battalion were different. They all used their own money and names to recruit soldiers, and most of them had relatively junior qualifications. Compared with civil servants who were involved in various interests, they were undoubtedly much purer.

Even if they really become a power group in the future, it can only be a power group centered on themselves, because without themselves, they are nothing.

As for why to choose multiple recruiting points instead of one recruiting, it is naturally to break the military system of family ties.

Although the military group composed of the family as the basic unit will form a common hatred when the relatives are killed when fighting on the battlefield, but it will also form a small group force, and even as long as the commander is the patriarch of the family, the emperor himself in the army The right to speak may not be the patriarch of the family.

Like the Hunan Army in the late Qing Dynasty and the later Huai Army, although their combat effectiveness was stronger than that of the Green Battalion of the Qing Army, the central government of the Manchu Qing Dynasty could no longer command these military systems established by blood ties.

If the Qing court wanted to pacify the Taiping Army, it could only reuse Zeng Guofan or Li Hongzhang. In the end, the governors of the Manchu Qing Dynasty could directly establish self-government for the five provinces, completely ignoring the central court.

From the perspective of an imperial ruler, Zhu Youxiao didn't want this to happen, so he wanted to recruit troops from multiple places to break the way of maintaining collective unity and sense of honor by blood ties. His Majesty's supreme faith and strict discipline maintain a sense of collective honor.

Moreover, these places are places where strong soldiers and generals are produced. If the Imperial Guard wants to become a compound army, it must integrate soldiers with various specialties.

Of course, there is no need to worry that the people in these places are unwilling to join the Imperial Guard.

Zhu Youxiao, in addition to giving twice as much money as the soldiers of the Guanning Army, also asked the Ministry of War to formulate a whole set of welfare system for the Imperial Guards. Basically, every officer and soldier of the Imperial Guards does not have to worry about their families. Is there anyone to support, whether my children can go to school, whether I will not receive pensions and commendations after I am disabled or sacrificed.

What's more, in these places, the people in Qin and Jingji have been supported by him, Zhu Youxiao, with the money he copied from the eight major Shanxi merchants, spending millions of taels of silver almost every month, but However, the tax has been directly reduced to the level of one out of [-] in the past, and some places have even been reduced since the fourth year of the apocalypse.

Even in the past, due to official corruption, many people may not have enjoyed the favor of the emperor, or did not know the favor of the court, but now due to the severe crackdown on corruption by Sun Chengzong, Lu Xiangsheng, and Sun Chuanting, and deliberately doing it for Zhu Youxiao for the court After the publicity, the people in Qin and Gyeonggi will not be grateful to him as His Majesty the Emperor, and in this way, Zhu Youxiao doesn't have to worry about their unwillingness to join the army.

Naturally, there is no need to worry about other places. These places are also places where disasters frequently occur. The relief from the imperial court is now more timely than before, and the hearts of the people are naturally not scattered.

However, Zhu Youxiao still reminded the battalion commanders: "When Chang Yanling went to Sichuan, the first thing he remembered was to visit the old general Qin Liangyu. Without her help, you would not be able to recruit good soldiers, let alone What's more, the most valiant soldiers in Kuizhou are her nephews. In addition, when Qin Botong went to Xuzhou and Lu Jiayu went to Guangdong and Guangxi, he could also recruit some people who were good at traveling along the coast. It involves sea supremacy, but we have to make preparations in advance."

After hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.

Next, it was Lu Xiangsheng who said the specific recruitment plan: "Before mentioning the specific recruitment plan, I need to tell you in advance that the next change in the composition of the Imperial Guard will not only be a single military category in the future. For example, the cavalry battalion will be upgraded to a cavalry town, but it will be equipped with a heavy artillery battalion, a light artillery battalion, a firearms battalion, and other auxiliary functional teams such as baggage and engineers, all of which are prepared for the cavalry to carry out fire strikes before charging, But the main method of combat is cavalry charge; and infantry battalions will naturally be equipped with cavalry battalions, and the same is true for other battalions, so this time your recruiting does not have to be limited to recruiting only cavalry, or only recruiting firearms soldiers. Talented people are called into the Imperial Guard system."

As Lu Xiangsheng spoke, he unfolded the brochure: "Aobai is responsible for recruiting 5000 soldiers this time, Qin Botong is responsible for recruiting 5000 soldiers, Chang Yanling and the commanders of the other two infantry battalions are responsible for recruiting 2 soldiers each, and Fu Dahai is responsible for recruiting 1 soldiers. Responsible for recruiting [-] soldiers, there is no strict limit on this number, but elite soldiers must be recruited, rather than lacking, understand?"

"Understood!"

After the commanders of the battalions answered loudly, Zhu Youxiao also stood up, walked around the conference table and said: "The specific recruitment details will be issued to you later, here, I propose a few principles Requirements: The first is not to recruit those who steal, rape, play tricks or be arrogant; the second is not to recruit people who like to gamble and drink; the third is not to recruit the sons of gentry; the fourth is not to recruit people who fail the medical examination; You all know the basic physical fitness test, that is, field training, to eliminate those with weak will and weak physical fitness; but in the end, I also have to put forward a few priorities. Those with these specialties can be admitted directly, regardless of the above conditions. One is those who can read and write, the other is special talents who are extremely talented in numbers or shooting, and the third is the descendants of famous generals such as Qi Shaobao and Yu Dayou."

"Follow Your Majesty's orders!"

After the battalion commanders answered, Zhu Youxiao didn't say anything more, but the following imperial military meeting was not over yet.

Since the army was to be expanded, a large number of basic commanders would naturally be needed before a large number of recruits were trained. Zhu Youxiao had to arrange the training of military officer students.

In this regard, he announced the establishment of the Royal Military Academy at this imperial meeting, and actually carried out the first phase of recruiting military officers. The thirty officers trained earlier were regarded as early graduates, and these thirty officer students Among them, except that they will leave Beijing with the battalion command envoys to recruit soldiers, the rest will work with Lu Xiangsheng to recruit the first batch of military officers and serve as instructors for future training courses. Of course, Xu Guangqi and others will also be appointed as instructors .

In addition, Liu Ruoyu had to start purchasing a large amount of logistics materials, from footbaths and washbasins to various equipment, and he was naturally busy with some of them.

Xu Guangqi and other technical officials also had to step up the order and manufacture of various weapons and equipment. It can be said that as long as the army expands, the economic operation of the entire empire will also be stimulated.

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