Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Establishment of the East Palace
Regarding Zhu Chunchen's request, Zhu Youxiao only hesitated and agreed, which is also because of the status of Cheng Guogong, if he changes to Guogong, he may not agree. Fortunately, after asking for a share of the private salt, Zhu Chunchen did not make any other requests, and let his juniors enter the Yulin Army.
Zhang Shize was approved to join for a special reason, and Zhu Youxiao wanted to use the influence of the British public, so he must give some sweetness. But that's all there is to it, not everyone can be the minister of the Hidden Mansion. Moreover, for this new army, Zhu Youxiao does not seem to involve too many privileged classes, just have Zhang Shize as a point of contact, and it is not good to have more.
Wang Wenyan led people to build a shipyard and a seaport on the seaside of Tianjin, but due to weather, manpower, technology, and other reasons, this was destined to be a protracted project, and no results could be seen in a short period of time. But he is not in a hurry, the reason why he is starting work now, he just doesn't want those who have construction experience to disperse, get more projects for them to do, and they can become a professional construction team in the future, building roads and cities, etc., are indispensable.
Thinking of Wang Wenyan, Zhu Youxiao was still very glad that the other party had thrown himself into the net, otherwise he wouldn't know where to find such a strong and well-brained subordinate.
"Alas, thinking about it, I'm really not a person who makes plans, and every time I can't help the throbbing in my heart, I act without permission, and I disrupt the original plan." Zhu Youxiao felt a little sorry for himself.
He originally planned to train the eight hundred Yulin Army, and then quietly wait for the throne, but who knows, looking for his kind of training method, ten thousand taels of silver a month is not enough at all. Of course, the most important thing is to give the reason for the complete equipment, this is the big head, as long as the initial time period has passed, just stay up.
Zhu Youxiao also thought so, just boil it up, but he couldn't stand the accident, Wang Wenyan suddenly appeared in front of him, he could resist the temptation of silver, but he couldn't resist the temptation of increasing actual combat experience, an army that had not experienced blood and fire was not a real iron army.
With this thought, Zhu Youxiao stretched out his tentacles, and then he was a little unable to stop, once the imprisoned thinking was released, he couldn't get it back.
After the salt works were profitable, he thought about expanding, then he made cement, then he made roads, and then he thought about making steel and making firearms, and he thought about building his own navy by studying the Galen ship.
There are so many ideas that pop up at once.
Because it is too risky to make firearms by casting, he retreated, but the temptation of the naval shipyard is not so easy to dispel, and it is even more because the risk of these two things is small, and the people have shipyards, why can't they open them. People of this era have not yet realized the role of the navy, including Wanli, who stands at the pinnacle of power, and no one can see farther than themselves.
Navy, anyway, it's going to start.
Just as Zhu Youxiao was thinking freely and thinking wildly, Liu Ruoyu came over and reported, "Master, the Yulin Army has been assembled and is waiting for your lecture." As he spoke, he handed over a stack of papers, on which were densely written with small letters, and judging from the style of handwriting, these words were written with a quill pen.
Now this kind of pen has become the mainstream in him, without him, the writing speed is fast. Along with it, there is also charcoal, that is, pencils, which are used by soldiers to practice Chinese and calligraphy, which are cheap and easy to use. These two things are simple in technology, and the master craftsmen in the palace can do them at their fingertips, and the real rarity is the fountain pen.
The fountain pen Zhu Youxiao also ordered to go down, so that the person in charge of the craftsman was too supervised, but I don't know when it will come out, there is a quill for the time being, he is not in a hurry, just wait slowly.
"Let's go." After taking the paper, Zhu Youxiao walked to the school grounds.
At this time, on the school field, the Yulin Army had already assembled, they were holding spears, standing upright, and everyone had a high-spirited and confident temperament.
Walking onto the rostrum, Zhu Youxiao didn't say much, and after giving the order to take a break, he began to announce according to the script, "Li Yuyu, the commander of the first company, Xie Gao, the commander of the second company, Zhang Ya, the commander of the third company, Xu Wen, the commander of the teaching company, Li Tu, the commander of the cavalry company, Li Tao, the commander of the logistics company." ”
Xie Gao is the one who took the initiative to pull Xu Wen down and go up by himself, and Zhang Ya is also a person with outstanding merits and the third person who has been credited with meritorious service. Both of them have outstanding records, they are in the position, and no one is unconvinced. As for Zhang Shize, who still wanted to compete with Li Yuyu before, he was neither promoted nor demoted, and he was still a squad leader. And it was also divided into logistics.
After reading out the appointment of the company commander, then the platoon commander, and after the platoon commander came the squad leader. This establishment was redivided by Zhu Youxiao, and he deeply realized during the battle that it was very difficult to command too many grassroots organizations.
After the post adjustment is completed, the establishment is confirmed: a company of 200 people, four platoons, 20 squads≤ a total of 200 people, three combat companies are 600 people, cavalry companies are 200 people, teaching companies are 55 people, and logistics companies are 45 people. In this way, there are a total of 900 people, here, Zhu Youxiao is cunning, the teaching company and the logistics company are all in the name of the gangster, and in the system of the Ming army, these people are not counted.
The reason why Xu Wen was mentioned to the teaching company is because he was the first to accept the enlightenment of Confucianism, and unconsciously, he always has the feeling of being a good teacher, and he has a gentle personality, speaks kindly, and is very patient, and it is just right to put it in the teaching company, and Li Tao, perhaps because of family tradition, he is the best in mathematics and is very good at various account calculations, so he was put in the logistics company.
When the entire appointment was announced, some people were happy, some people were sad, and most of the cadres who were promoted to the company level were full of smiles, only Li Tao, although he was also very happy, but his heart was always a little dark, and he felt that he had been assigned. Looking at the subordinates assigned to them, they are either terrified in battle, or have very few meritorious deeds, or have made mistakes.
"Even if it's logistics, I have to practice to the best, and I, Li Tao, am not so bad." He was secretly ruthless in his heart, and his wolf-like eyes scanned his future subordinates viciously, "In the future, all the training will be double that of the Yulin Army." ”
The soldiers who were assigned to the logistics company did not know what was happening, they only felt a cool air rising from the tail vertebrae, which made people's hearts chill, and then looked around but found nothing unusual.
Of the twenty squad leaders, except for a very small number that were removed from their posts or stood still, most of the others took one or two steps up. The biggest span is Li Yuyu, even if Zhu Youxiao didn't say it explicitly, but the position of the commander of the first company made everyone speculate.
Zhang Shize, who wanted to compete with him before, not only was he not promoted, but he was also swept to the logistics company, along with some poor performance, as well as the 20 or so Yanding children who were recruited in the end.
For these, Zhu Youxiao didn't pay too much attention, everything was arranged according to his merits and abilities, except for performance, everyone here was the same to him.
After the establishment and position are determined, it is a matter of salary, and Zhu Youxiao also has his own set of standards.
He did not divide it according to the PLA method, but purely ranked according to the number of years in the army, and the salary of one or two silver per year was raised, and the officers who went up were also graded in this way, but the difference was that it was a military age salary plus a military rank allowance. The platoon commander is a second lieutenant, and his rank allowance is five taels, the lieutenant company commander is ten taels, and the captain is fifteen taels.
As for the squad leader who is not considered an officer, he adds one to his own number of years, that is, one or two more silver, and after the squad leader is removed, it will be automatically cancelled.
As soon as this method was announced, the hall was full of cheers, because this year, everyone was considered a second-year soldier, and they could get two taels of silver. No matter how great the future is, there is no actual silver to make people excited.
What's more, this is not all the income of the Yulin Army, the captured enemy materials will be distributed according to a certain proportion, this is regarded as the dividend of the war, and everyone can enjoy it.
Then there is the military rank, this Zhu Youxiao was a little lazy, and directly adopted the rank of PLA, the third order and ten levels, the platoon commander is a second lieutenant, the company commander is a lieutenant, and so on. And then there are the military uniforms, he basically took the later generations as the standard, added some characteristics of this era, made some changes, and copied the etiquette in the army, raising hands and guns, all of which he made out.
Of course, these are preliminary designs, and they will definitely be changed according to the actual situation in the future, but even so, it has made the entire Yulin Army much more regular.
Zhu Youxiao read through such a tedious matter for half an hour, but none of the people below were distracted, and they all listened attentively, these were all closely related to themselves.
After the military system was read out, it was announced that the code of law, the three major regulations, discipline, internal affairs, and queues in the army had all been compiled by Zhu Youxiao, and then promulgated them.
Of course, Zhu Youxiao didn't just announce that it was over, in the subsequent training, he had to organize people every night and study these things, military ranks, military salutes, military systems, and regulations.
In the evening of the same day, in the auditorium, the big study activity with Zhu Youxiao as the lecturer began, which lasted for three months. The three major ordinances and the military system are all studied, and only after learning are they completed, do they begin to recruit new recruits and fill all companies with a full number.