The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 51 The Royal Military Academy of Ming Dynasty
When Song Yingxing was busy rebuilding the cement calciner in Guangdong, Yu Xin was reporting to Zhu Linming about the recruitment of new soldiers in the camp.

The number of people who came to join the army continued unabated.As the scope of activities of the Missionary Office continued to expand, there were even more than a dozen people from Huguang who came to join the Dragon Guards a while ago.

Right now, the first batch of recruits to join the Dragon Guards has left the new barracks, and the second batch of recruits has recruited more than 100 people.The Dragon Guards currently have a total of [-] officers and soldiers. According to the old military system of the Ming army, it is already a full battalion.

Zhu Linmei thought about the future plan, and told Yu Xin: "Continue to recruit people, but we won't recruit new recruits, we will recruit the reserve battalion instead.

"The salary is 500% to [-]% of that of ordinary soldiers. They practice for two and a half hours a day. They can go home or live in the reserve barracks. When they need it, they can quickly transfer to the regular army. Let's recruit [-] people first."

"Yes!" Yu Xin stood at attention and saluted, and then he was a little confused, "My lord, the recruitment of recruits is too fast, and the officers are already very nervous. This reserve battalion..."

"First select veterans with a high level of training, and temporarily send them to the training reserve battalion. Train novices, and they can improve themselves."

"Yes!"

After Yu Xin left, Zhu Linmi rubbed her forehead helplessly. Officers are a tricky job.

To recruit soldiers, as long as the instructors are of high level, they can go to the battlefield after three months of training.

But the officer is completely different, even the lowest-ranking team, he has to command at least five people.It is easy for a person to direct his own hands and feet well, but it is difficult to direct others well.

An officer has to train for at least half a year before he can make do with it.It is impossible to have high-quality officers without two or three years.

How to ensure the supply of Dragon Guard officers?Zhu Linming pondered intently, and soon thought of the method to train officers in batches in later generations - building a military academy.

The military academy can not only supply officers in batches for the army, but also ensure that the inheritance of the entire Ming military system will not be broken.

Since the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, there has been no shortage of excellent generals, and there have been many capable troops.The most typical one is the Qi family army. After becoming an army, they have always been invincible and rarely meet opponents.

But after Qi Jiguang's death, Qi's army gradually declined, and even the method of training troops was lost.It is no longer possible for future generations to build another Qi family army.

If the foundation of the Ming Dynasty is not to fall, it is necessary to ensure that the country's accumulated military experience can survive from generation to generation.The military academy can play such a role.

Without further ado, he immediately drafted a memorial, first briefly reporting to Emperor Longwu about his recent military training, and then the lack of officers among the recruits led to the idea of ​​establishing a military academy.

The military academy was named "Daming Royal Military Officer Academy", and he also suggested that Zhu Yujian be the chief teacher of the academy, the highest person in charge.

Zhu Linming expected that Longwu would approve his suggestion, but she didn't expect that the emperor would pay more attention to this matter than him.

In fact, what Zhu Yujian lacked the most right now was the direct line of the army. After seeing the word "military officer school", he immediately overwhelmed the case and exclaimed that his nephew was a genius!
With this Royal Academy for Military Officers, he himself serves as the chief teacher, so the officers he teaches in the future will all be disciples of the Son of Heaven!Isn't this the direct line army that he longs for day and night? !

Long Wu was already imagining the scene of one, two, or countless graduated officers walking out of the school gate, shouting long live, and charging into battle under his command, killing the enemy and breaking the captives.

So he not only immediately approved Zhu Linming's memorial, but even squeezed 3000 taels of silver out of his teeth and allocated it to him as funds for the construction of the military academy.

The content of the decree Zhu Linmi received was very simple, and it can be summed up that the Royal Military Academy must be established, it must be implemented immediately, and it must be implemented well!

When Yang Shouming, the eunuch who passed the decree, left, Zhu Linmi couldn't help but sigh at the 3000 taels given by Longwu. Given Longwu's current economic situation, this really supported her very much.

He first went to Wang Keqian, the magistrate of Longnan County, and allocated him 2000 taels.He asked him to gather Minzhuang to reclaim the wasteland near the Longwei Army camp and build a school building, but he was only told to build a large-scale school, and if the money ran out, he would come to ask for it.

As long as you have money, it's easy to build some houses. Wang Zhixian took the money and recruited people.

On the day when the school building broke ground, Zhu Linmi issued a notice to all soldiers: those who are rated as first-class soldiers in the next soldier grade evaluation can apply to enter the Military Academy for further study.After graduation, they are directly promoted to military officers at all levels based on their performance.

Now the soldiers, especially the new barracks, are going to be fried. In the past, it would take a long time to be promoted by accumulating military merits, but now they can be promoted to officers by going to school!How can we not fight for such a good thing?
Since the news of the Military Academy was announced, everyone has trained several times harder than before, and even the ten-mile cross-country run has not complained of suffering or fatigue.

For a while, soldiers who did not reach the level of private first class were embarrassed to greet others.

But when it was time to apply to enter the Military Academy, everyone knew that it was not that simple, and the various examinations were very strict.

With regard to the question of "why do you want to be a soldier", more than [-]% of the applicants were dismissed.I learned to write my own name within a quarter of an hour, and another [-]% of it was erased.Other oral expressions, impromptu reactions, etc., eliminated countless applicants.

In the end, 96 people passed the review and became the first batch of students of the Royal Military Academy.

Zhu Linmei held a simple opening ceremony on the school grounds, announcing that Yu Xin, Zhu Jiadi, Chen Xiongfei, Macedo, Pastore, Coelho, including Zhu Linmei herself, were the first batch of lecturers.Zhu Linmei personally served as the teaching officer.

When he told the students present that the full name of the school was "Daming Royal Military Officers' School" and that the current Holy Majesty was the head teacher of the school, they immediately aroused a burst of amazement.

What an honor it is to directly work for the emperor and become a student of the emperor? !
Since then, after the daily training, these 96 people have to study military knowledge in a special army tent for at least one and a half hours a day.

The courses include strategy and tactics, military weapons, logistics, attacking and defending cities, geography, etc., which cover a wide range of topics and are taught by several lecturers in turn.

Most of these students are illiterate, and after finishing their military courses, they have to work overtime and stay up late to learn how to read.

Thus, the Daming Royal Military Academy, which was famous all over the world in the future, opened its magnificent chapter under extremely simple conditions.

After Zhu Linmi gave a lesson on the history of European wars for the students of the Military Academy, she saw Hong Sijihou outside the "classroom", followed by Tian Zhuangfei, all carrying large bags.

Seeing him coming out, Hong Si hurriedly saluted and said: "My lord, this subordinate has presided over the recruitment of the personnel of the Mission Office and the instructors of the Dragon Guards according to your instructions." He gestured to the bag in his hand, "This is the examination paper that my subordinate has sorted out. "

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