Chapter 037: Picking Troops and Selecting Generals
"What His Royal Highness said is very reasonable, the Sprinkle family has been restless when they think of their scattered wives and children in the past few days, and they also pray in their hearts that someone will take them in, even if it is just food and clothing." Zhao Mengjin stood up and said with some excitement.
"Yes, when I think of those brothers who have rushed to kill on the battlefield side by side, I can't follow their trust to take care of their wives and children, and I often feel guilty and can't sleep peacefully." Liu Wenjun, an officer in Quanzhou, also said sadly.
"Yes, the clay pot will inevitably break along the well, and the general will inevitably die before the battle, and those of us who lick the blood with knives will arrive at that day, who doesn't want to have a small family, we will have them if we eat less." Zhou Xiang got up and said angrily, there was a lot of discussion in the hall for a while, especially those sect masters and heroes, they attached more importance to neighboring family affection, and naturally wanted to take everyone in.
"Is there anything else you want to say?" Zhao Hao asked again, but he was sweating in his heart, fortunately he was smart and did not agree to their dismissal of the old and weak, otherwise once he made a fuss, he would lose the good reputation he had just built, and he would regret it if he lost everyone's heart.
"Your Highness is benevolent and righteous, and the lower officials and others have also agreed to take in the old and weak." Cai Wanyi stood up and said, he is the head of the generals in Quanzhou, and naturally represents the opinions of several other people.
"Okay, then let's discuss whether each of us is properly served." After another level, Zhao Hao was at ease, and immediately threw out the most attractive topic, of course, this is also what he had thought about a long time ago, and if he didn't reveal the mystery at first, he didn't let them express their thoughts freely when they already had dignity and humility, and they would be able to take the initiative at all times. Now that he has successfully passed the customs and then sealed the official, even if he was unhappy just now, he will quickly forget it, feeling a pair of warm and fiery eyes converge on him, he found that his strategy is still good.
The head of the inner government is naturally Wang De's, and he supervises the internal supervisor, which is appointed by the queen mother, and Zhao Yu cannot change it. The commander of the guard battalion is Ni Liang, and it is not everyone's surprise, as long as there are eyes in the house, you can see the relationship between the prince and him, and Ni Liang's eyes are only His Royal Highness, and his loyalty is also heaven and earth. So everyone didn't worry, and their eyes were fixed on several official positions in the outer house.
The appointment of officials in the foreign government, Zhao Yu has also been considered several times, and what is lacking in the palace now is the fierce general Liangzuo, and he can only pull the general out of the house. Although Cai Wanyi is only the official of Quanzhou, he is also the highest position of a person who has political experience in the government, and he is also a calm person, so it is expected that the head of the foreign government will fall on him. Senators are generally the staff of the chief official, but now the qualifications and experience of the people in the house who can serve as the principal are not enough, so they will first serve as the chief officer, and set up positions such as the chief book, the secretary's office, and the army, and arrange Lin Zhiwu, Cai Qiao, Cai Ruoshui and several other scholars who were born in official eunuchs or families and can read and write to fill the position, which can be regarded as training young people.
The General Bureau is equivalent to the current Finance Department, which consists of three branches, namely, the modern budget, cashier and safekeeping, which are in charge of money and grain. After the palace went ashore, this stall was run by Zhuang Shilin, who was conscientious, hard-working, and always able to do things properly, and everyone was satisfied, and everyone had no opinion on letting him be the director. The medical bureau doesn't need to ask about the current hospital, this is a professional talent, and now the doctors in the house only have Hao Yuntong and a few medical Hanlin who are not in the product, this is still a treasure brought back from the epidemic ship, everyone has no ability to treat people, and naturally no one robs it, and Hao Yuntong also successfully took office as the director of the medical bureau.
In the end, the remaining ones are the Guardian Army and the Craftsman Bureau, which are the two units with the most personnel in charge, and of course they are also the highlight of today's personnel arrangement, so everyone's attention is still focused here, and a large group of people who have not yet been appointed are looking at the paper full of words in His Highness's hand......
The mystery was soon revealed, and the entire army was not significantly changed from the original plan except for the adjustment of the proportion of boats and infantry troops. It has two divisions, three battalions of boat troops and two battalions of infantry troops, with a total of 2,681 officers and men. There is one commander, two deputy commanders, one allocation officer, 15 training officers, 30 generals and team generals, 17 infantry army instructors, and 20 naval army instructors. The commander of the escort army was Zhao Mengjin, and there were two deputy generals under the command, which fell on Liu Zhu and Huang Xianyao respectively, who also led the Zhou army and the infantry army.
The reason why Zhao Yu chose Zhao Mengjin as the head of the army does not rule out the reason why he was born in the clan, so at least loyalty can be guaranteed, of course, this is only one aspect. The most important thing is that he found that Zhao Mengjin seemed to be rude and reckless, but he had always maintained the posture of a soldier in his behavior, sitting and lying down, and the East Courtyard under his management was in order, everything was like in the army, and there had never been a rooster or dog thief, so it was obvious that he had the talent to organize the army. And the generals in today's palace have rich experience in actual combat on land and water, and only Zhao Mengjin has been leading troops for a long time.
Liu Zhu was the commander of the soldiers and horses in the East Shizhai of Jinjiang, which is a water village, with five warships and 500 sailors, specializing in resisting water pirates, maintaining local law and order, and pacifying ****. Although they belonged to the local army, but in the late Southern Song Dynasty, the war continued all the year round, the regular army was seriously consumed, and the combat effectiveness was weakening day by day.
Although Huang Xianyao has no official status and is young, he was born in the general's family, and he was stationed in the army with his father to assist him in managing the army, so he is familiar with the military. On the way to King Qin, after the martyrdom of his father as a general of Quanzhou, he quickly took over the command as a major general to ensure that the team did not collapse. Then he commanded the battle on behalf of his father and protected the emperor from the siege, which showed his ability, and thus won the support of the army. However, because the western courtyard under its management was dominated by Xiangyong, it also led to chaos in the camp, which made Zhao Yu very dissatisfied, but he still decided to let him serve as the commander of the infantry army.
The head of the craftsman bureau was taken over by Zhou Xiang, this person had the most problems in Zhao Yu's opinion, not only was he timid and afraid, but he was also a little greedy and cheap, and he was also an official fan. But it is not without advantages, at least he has been mixed in the ordnance prison for many years, and he is very familiar with the production process of various weapons, this Zhao Yu has secretly investigated, and more importantly, he has a group of skilled craftsmen in his hands, and he can recruit a group of ready-made available people through him, and now reward him for being an official, Zhao Yu believes that he will definitely work harder.
After all the appointments were made, Zhao Yu handed over the right to elect the lower-level officers of each ministry to them, and he did not participate. He did so because he was really unfamiliar with the people below; The decentralization of power by both will help to increase the prestige of the new chief; Even if they want to protect their own interests, they will not select mediocre talents, and the appointment of cronies will also help the relative stability of the team. However, Zhao Yu asked each ministry to convey the rules of the house to everyone before the selection, and those who want to leave can go to the total bureau to receive the coil.
For the sake of fairness, Zhao Yu adopted a top-down selection method, that is, the three commanders of Zhou, Bu and Jiang first elected their respective positions, such as the chief general, deputy general and training officer; Then the selected person selects the subordinate generals, flag heads, teaching leaders and other grass-roots officers; In the end, these people will select soldiers from among the volunteers. But two of them have privileges, one is Ni Liang from the Guards Battalion, and the other is Zhou Xiang from the Craftsman Bureau, they can be selected first, that is, both of them are in love with one person, and they can take it away.
For Ni Liang has priority, everyone has nothing to say, after all, the pro-guard battalion directly protects the prince, and it must be used to be loyal and reliable, and strong in martial arts. And there are quite a few complaints about Zhou Xiang, because he is a craftsman leader, but the social status of craftsmen in the Great Song Dynasty is not high, and they are also in an auxiliary position in the army, and no one takes them seriously on weekdays. But Zhao Yu knows that the history of war can be said to be driven by craftsmen, it is they who invented all kinds of advanced weapons, so that the war becomes more cruel, bloody and efficient, it can be said that a good craftsman can change history to a certain extent, if he is not a prince, he wants to lead the craftsman in person, and doing this by himself is definitely more competent than being a prince.
Everyone thinks this is a child's nonsense, and just wanted to refute it, but think about the iron law that the prince just announced is 'respect the class, obey the order', and if you have the intention to oppose it, you will definitely touch the mold, so you just keep silent, lest you be used by the prince to open the knife before taking office, I just hope that Zhou Xiang will not take away the people in his photo. So they took turns to get their henchmen first. But they soon found themselves overly worried, each of them has a personal circle, and no one will rob someone who is not close to them, even if that person is very capable.
"Hiss......"
"What's wrong?" Huang Xianyao suddenly heard Liu Zhixue, who had just been selected as the first commander of the infantry army by himself, take a cool breath and turned his head and asked strangely.
"Your Excellency, he ...... He picked Zhang Jin away. Liu Zhixue pointed to Ni Liang, who was electing people.
"Oh, let you warn them in advance not to show off, didn't you confess?" Huang Xianyao also felt pain at first glance, this Zhang Jin is not only strong in martial arts, but also clever and cautious, and is a rare good soldier.
"My lord, I said it a long time ago, and let him hide behind him, how can you let that stupid ...... Lord Ni has found out! Liu Zhixue said a little angrily, but everyone had an appointment and couldn't go back, which made him very frustrated.
"Alas, maybe it's just a coincidence, don't care, let the others hide it." Huang Xianyao has no choice but to hope that the fool is just 'out of sight' for a while.
"Why did he pick Liu Yao away, what did you do?" Before Huang Xianyao could stabilize his mind, he heard Liu Zhu beside him reprimanding Liu Wenjun in a low voice, and he also knew that Liu Jin had good skills, especially excellent water nature, and was loyal and honest, and it seemed that he was also selected by Ni Liang, and he felt a little comforted in his heart. But this good mood did not last for a while, and he found that soon everyone could only comfort each other, and the fool seemed to have suddenly opened his mind, and every time he picked someone, he would cause an exclamation......