When the imperial court promulgated the decree, in fact, the province of Menxia, which drafted the edict, was taken aback.

After repeatedly going to Shangshu Province to confirm it several times, he reluctantly announced the edict.

His Majesty wants to expand the rate of guards in the East Palace.

Forget about the expansion, and only expand one hussar guard.

The hussar guards were changed to the new army, and Chen Zhengtai was made the general of the new army, and he was ordered to recruit men and horses to train in Erpigou.

It's all incredible.

So here in Shangshu Province, people like horses come to ask for details.

The Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Industry all came one by one, and this question asked, what is the number of personnel in this new army, and how many personnel are there?

That asked, where do the officers and soldiers here need to be drawn from?

Someone else asked, "Where is the big camp?"

Fang Xuanling was annoyed by the question, but in fact, he also had a black eye and didn't understand.

When he entered the palace and asked, Li Shimin only vaguely said that good wine needs to be brewed.

Ferment...... You're ......

Of course, Fang Xuanling didn't dare to scold her mother after all, but in her heart, all this was vague, what did it mean?

Set up a military horse in a daze...... The money and food were reported by Chen Zhengtai himself, but where did the soldiers come from?

If it is according to the establishment of the guard rate, then the soldiers must be selected from the hussar prefectures, and then enter the camp.

But the problem is that the military department did not cooperate with the new army to draw from the hussar mansion, is it self-recruitment?

If you recruit troops on your own, it will be similar to the military system of the Hussar Mansion, but you don't say where to recruit them.

In the Tang Dynasty, the local military unit was the Hussar Prefecture, which demarcated the areas of each state, and then recruited good sons in the state. The Praetorian Guard, that is, the elite of the royal family, and the guard of the crown prince, selected strong children from various hussar mansions.

But this new army is very strange, it is not the setting of the Hussar Palace, and it is very different from the forbidden army.

Besides...... It stands to reason that military attachés should be selected from the Ministry of War, but this is ...... Nor is it explicitly stated in the will.

Therefore, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are all suspicious.

This Praetorian Guard is not a Praetorian Guard, and the Hussar Mansion is not a Hussar Mansion, so it is said that it is the guard rate of the East Palace, which is also very suspicious, because the East Palace has not received any will, which means that it has only been named, or nothing, and its eyes are black.

His Majesty said that he wanted to brew it, so what was it?

All this ...... It's hard to guess.

But soon, Fang Xuanling vomited blood.

His own son, that house bequeathed Xiao Hanlin? Directly conscripted to the New Army? Of course? Do you want to bring soldiers? Became a civilian in the new army and gave a record to join the army.

Going to die, going to die......

Previously, he was still a Hanlin official from the seventh grade, and he watched the politics in the household department, turned his head, and joined the army as a record in the army? Is this record of joining the army a military Chinese job? Equivalent to a staff officer for later generations? is in charge of the paperwork.

The most odious thing is that this record of joining the army is from the eighth product, or the military Chinese position, which is equivalent to a thorough work.

There has already been a lot of discussion between the DPRK and China.

Everyone thought it was incredible.

And Your Majesty only looks mysterious? What does it mean? But it didn't seem to be anything.

The ministers speculated about the emperor's heart, but they were all confused.

This side is in the clouds, and Chen Zhengtai is on the other side? Recruitment has begun in full swing.

And what's even more surprising? The ...... recruited by Chen Zhengtai They are all children of hundreds of workers.

It was published in the direct news newspaper that the children of hundreds of workers were recruited to join the army.

As soon as this news came out, countless people were in an uproar.

In the Tang Dynasty, the army and later generations are different, since the Song Dynasty, there is a tradition of good men not soldiers, but in the Tang Dynasty is different, serving in the army is a very glorious thing, only the children of good families have a special honor

In a family, even if it is a big family, there will always be some children who turn over and seek fame, and if they make meritorious service, they will be rewarded and knighted, and the family will also be honored.

Even if it is not a family, the children of the good family in the Guanlong area, also learned some riding and archery skills under the cultivation of their fathers and ancestors when they were young, and their life path is to enter the hussar mansion, and then become the backbone, some have made meritorious contributions, returned to their hometowns, and some have done nothing, and returned home to continue to inherit the land of their fathers and ancestors, and cultivate the land.

What's the matter with the children of 100 workers? And it was still a big recruitment, and the news newspaper was published, and all of a sudden, many people began to notice that something was more and more wrong.

In the minds of many people, hundreds of workers belong to the lowly industry, even if there are many craftsmen who earn a lot of money in Erpigou and Shuofang, but the lowly industry is the cheap industry, at least it is despised by the sons of good families.

Such a number of people, since childhood, did not learn to bow horses, did not work well, and enlisted in the army?

Isn't that a joke?

The quality of this soldier is very worrying.

And in people's impressions, the children of the hundred workers have a lot of thoughts, and they are not as simple as the children of good families, and they want to make jokes.

But whether people despise and despise it, or anything else, the news newspaper still published it, vigorously encouraging the children of hundreds of workers to join the army.

From Erpigou to Shuofang, and even Juxian, these craftsmen suddenly boiled.

So all of a sudden, the streets and alleys were talking about these things.

In this era, joining the army is a way out, and people also yearn for this kind of thing, and being able to join the army, to a certain extent, is the improvement of the status of craftsmen.

Some of the children are idle at home, and staying by their side is also a scourge, it is better to be in the army for a few years, anyway, there is the court to raise them.

There are also some craftsmen who don't think so, thinking that it is better for this child to stay and take over his own class, pass on his craft to his children, and always have a bite to eat.

But their sons don't see it that way.

The children of Baigong do not live in the countryside, they often live in the mining area or the workshop area of Erpigou and Shuofang, where there are everyone in the south and the north, because the family background is still good, and they can eat, so they will reluctantly accept some miscellaneous education, and there are many people who read the newspaper, and they have heard countless things from the south to the north, and from the newspaper, they have learned that the world is vast, and their hearts have long been yearning.

What's more, they live in densely populated places, and they often swarm together with playmates, and they go crazy in groups of people to inquire about recruitment.

Chen Zhengtai, a general, is doing a very bad job, it's too noisy!

The cold war between Xue Rengui and Heizhi Changzhi continues, and you can always see small tricks such as who blinks first and who urinates farther away.

Seeing these two guys, Chen Zhengtai couldn't wait to kick them away.

However, Su Dingfang was calm and relaxed, he was used to leading soldiers, and his temperament was also more stable, and he soon joined the army with a group of records and formulated a charter.

Then it's time to expand the camp.

The place where the soldiers are recruited is already overcrowded, and there are a lot of people who come, some of them are sent by their families, and they scold them all the way, if you don't go to be a soldier, what are you going to do, follow Lao Tzu to continue mining, your two brothers are in the mine, you give me death to the army, don't come back if you don't make some credit, you should not have your son.

There are also people who secretly come with their partners without telling their fathers and brothers, as long as they sign up, pass the inspection, and enter the camp, and from then on, they can be regarded as raw rice cooked rice.

Fang Yiai's mentality is different from his father's, he happily took office, this Hanlin is not doing the slightest meaning, he is only twelve years old, at this time his mind is not on the case, he is watching politics in the household department, and he is not happy for a day.

Now, it's time to join the army!

As soon as he thought of the future of Jin Ge Iron Horse, his blood was pumping.

Happily in the army, he was assigned to sort out cases and exchange official documents.

All of a sudden, the high mood fell from the clouds to the ice cellar again.

Chen Zhengtai and several generals, he was also responsible for recording, and at this time he was hiding in the corner aggrievedly and making records.

Here, the original large barracks of the Hussar Mansion were temporarily transformed into the Great General's Mansion.

Chen Zhengtai recruited Su Dingfang, Xue Rengui, and Heizhi Changzhi, in addition, there are several children of the Chen family in the Hussar Mansion, and now these people have become the backbone, all with a different temperament.

Everyone came with their hands tied, and even Xue Rengui and Heiya Changzhi were honest.

Chen Zhengtai sat steadily, glanced at everyone, and said, "How many people can be recruited this time?" ”

Su Dingyi took the lead and said: "Now there are many people in Shuofang, Juxian and Erpigou, and there are more than 4,000 people who have signed up...... Not everyone is compliant, so ...... The number is about 5,000. ”

In fact, the hundred workers have grown, from the mining area of Juxian County, to the workshop areas and pastoral areas of Shuofang and Erpigou, there are nearly 1670,000 households working here, which is a huge number, including family members, but a million people.

Of course, it is not bad that there are 10,000 young people of appropriate age and those who intend to join the army.

Su Dingfang is still the old rule, it is better to lack than to abuse, 5,000 people...... It's his limit.

Chen Zhengtai looked slightly suspicious, frowned, and said, "Is this amount enough?" ”

Su Dingfang said: "It's enough for the time being, you can't open the floodgates all at once, otherwise, it will be mixed." This is the case in the army, only those who are able to be lucky enough to enter the camp can only feel honored if they are outside the barracks. If everyone is recruited, it will become not uncommon. ”

Chen Zhengtai is happy, this Su Dingfang is really a rare talent, I can't imagine that he still understands psychology!

So he said, "Okay, five thousand is five thousand!" Next, the barracks should be set up, in addition, since the new army is called the new army, it must be different from other military horses, Shuofang, the craftsmen have formed an armed group similar to the militia group, and they have practiced on weekdays, I think you have also observed it, I think so, the cavalry battalion still needs to be set up, but the scale of a thousand people is enough. As for the war horses, what we have is, directly from Shuofang. But the horse material needs to be supplied by the military department, so ...... Beloved......"

In the corner, Fang Yiai, who was making a record, suddenly heard his name and looked up in confusion: "In." ”

Chen Zhengtai said: "This matter of money and food, you have to urge this record to join the army, do you know?" ”

"Oh." Fang Yiai shook his head, felt aggrieved, jumped from the household department to the army, and did the same job, no, the matter is more complicated, the official documents have to be handled by themselves, the case has to be kept by themselves, and the diplomatic involvement is also his own business, but the words of the ancestor, he is obedient, he can't deceive the teacher and destroy the ancestor!

Su Dingfang and the others looked at Fang Yiai and smiled, smiling like a chicken thief.

This is the son of the prime minister, let him beg for money, it is simply suitable, if you don't give us these big bosses face, you have to give face to the father-in-law.

Everyone couldn't help but sigh silently, the general's scheming was really unfathomable.

Chen Zhengtai's gaze withdrew from Fang Yiai's body, and he said: "In addition, there are also three thousand infantry, and the infantry is the main one, this infantry battalion ...... To be equipped with a saber, you also need to have a musket, mainly a musket, and in close combat, you need to have a saber handover. The method of practice, you can go to Qi Bi He Li to ask for it, he is familiar with this aspect. And then there's ...... It's our newly assembled artillery. The artillery battalion also needs one, equipped with five hundred people, these five hundred people...... Eighty guns were assembled, and the artillery was ...... I'll give it a rush. In addition, the other 500 people are auxiliary soldiers, responsible for military quarters, medicine, and so on, and so on, what do you think? ”

After that, Chen Zhengtai looked at everyone again.

Xue Rengui said without hesitation: "Big brother, give me this cavalry, and I can enter Chang'an City." ”

Chen Zhengtai suddenly glared at him, looked at him like an idiot, gritted his teeth and said, "What do you want to do when you enter Chang'an City?" Your uncle, we are officers and soldiers, not bandits! ”

"It's just an analogy." After being reprimanded, Xue Rengui sneered: "Don't be angry, big brother, I mean ......"

Chen Zhengtai was too lazy to continue to listen to his ramblings, obviously he had already made a decision in his heart, so he interrupted him and said, "This cavalry captain has handed it over to you." ”

Then he looked at Su Dingfang: "This infantry battalion belongs to the second brother, the second brother, how to practice, you are doing it, I don't have any opinions." ”

The old god Su Dingfang is here, the infantry battalion is the backbone, and the number is also the largest, who don't give it to him? Big brother can't eat inside and out!

He bowed his head: "Some small things are handed over to the foolish brother, and the eldest brother can rest assured." ”

Chen Zhengtai muttered: "As for the artillery battalion, hand it over to Chen Zhengye, Zhengye, you are good at this...... No problem. ”

This Chen Zhengye is Chen Zhengtai's cousin, when he took the craftsmen to repair the railroad tracks in the grassland, the Turks attacked, he led people to resist the Turks, and the best thing is firearms.

Chen Zhengye immediately said, "Oh." ”

On the other hand, Hei Zhi Changzhi was a little embarrassed, although he knew very well that he was an outsider, and he had always been just Chen Zhengtai's personal guard, and he did not expect to be able to take charge alone.

But at this time, seeing Xue Rengui leading the cavalry camp alone, he was probably just a humble little military attaché, and he always felt a little uncomfortable.

He would rather not be invited by Chen Zhengtai to discuss matters.

At this time, I heard Chen Zhengtai say: "In addition, there is also a need for a 300-person escort battalion, which is responsible for the safety of the commander and is used as a reserve at the same time, I think ...... This guard lieutenant, just leave it to the black tooth Changzhi. ”