Chapter 1599 Compulsory Military Service in the Colonies
Regarding the "brocade night walk", there were actually two very interesting comparisons in ancient Chinese history - Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, because he couldn't bear the "brocade night walk", was anxious to return to his hometown to show off to his fellow villagers, so he moved the capital from Xianyang back to Pengcheng near his hometown. Then, the world was lost.
On the other hand, Liu Bang, after seizing the world, was still able to hold back and not return to his hometown to show off. Even, when his father Liu Taigong missed his hometown, he did not send him back to his hometown, but simply moved all the old Liu Taigong in his hometown to Guanzhong and rebuilt a town exactly the same as his hometown Fengyi. Later, it became the famous Xinfeng County......
So, if you want to succeed, don't rush to pretend to be compared. Otherwise, it is easy to get unlucky. And another negative example is Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, he was not the only rebel at that time. At that time, Han Shantong, Liu Futong, Zhang Shicheng, Fang Guozhen and Xu Shouhui (Chen Youliang's original boss, Chen Youliang killed the usurper) and others were very powerful.
But Zhu Yuanzhang was smart and accepted Zhu Sheng's suggestion to "build a high wall, accumulate grain, and slowly become king", and slowly accumulated strength, and finally swept away several others. In fact, the grandfather's "digging deep holes, accumulating grain, and not seeking hegemony" in later generations also learned from this. At that time, the Soviet Union loved to pretend to be more than that, and was scolded by Lao Mei with a group of younger brothers. As a result, the low-key Huaxia at that time was able to survive in the cracks. Otherwise, no matter which NATO or Warsaw Pact is going all out to scare China, we will not be able to stop it. Then, Huaxia pretended to be a grandson for another thirty years, until before Marin crossed, he had strength, and it was too late for Lao Mei to find out......
The most pitiful thing is that Lao Mei wanted to move China, but found that his country was deindustrialized, and without Huaxia, it would be difficult for Lao Mei to source daily necessities. And Brother Chuan wanted to return the factory to Laomei, but the boss of the factory saw Laomei's labor cost and directly retracted it......
Of course, in order to maintain her hegemony, Lao Mei will fight hard, and Marin doesn't know. Thanks to nuclear weapons, otherwise, there would definitely be a world-class war. After all, no one wants to give up the position of the faucet easily. Those who want to give up nuclear weapons, let's see what happens to Ukraine......
Therefore, it is not a good thing to be too high-profile, especially when you don't have absolute strength. Although the "brocade night walk" is aggrieved, it is safe and affordable.
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However, it's too early to say "brocade night walking" or something. Because, the Philadelphia Earl has not yet been established. At this time, the first immigrants were busy building houses under the command of Railton.
In this city, Marin didn't bother to use the new name, and directly stole Kenton's name. Not the city of Kenton, of course, but the town of Kenton. After all, there aren't many people here.
Railton landed with 200 soldiers, mostly musketeers, but also 50 swords and shields. The reason for this configuration is that the Indians mainly use bows and arrows and do not fight melee combat with you at all. Therefore, the sword and shield soldiers who can resist the bow and arrow, and the musketeers who can fight back are the most realistic.
And, in the future, immigrants from the New World, Marin will let go of the supply of arquebuses. After all, in this newly developed continent, there are many dangers, and it is very dangerous for immigrants, especially those from the border areas, to be without guns.
But clockwork muskets or flintlock pistols or whatever, Marlin is absolutely not allowed to be owned by civilians, see one catch the other. Because the wind-up musket and flintlock pistol have the great potential to be converted into pistols, which are easy to assassinate. Arquebuses, on the other hand, can be used against natives and wild beasts, but are unlikely to be used for riots and assassinations. Therefore, it will be allowed to promote.
Moreover, the promotion of arquebuses was very conducive to the training of the common people of the colonies into qualified musketeers. As soon as the war required it, it was possible to recruit troops from the colonies.
However, Marin did not follow European tradition. For example, in New York and the colonies of New Jersey, including the Cape Bretton Island colony, there were no normal parliaments.
The parliamentary system was the root of colonial independence, because the local people had too many rights. Marin forbade the colonies to form a parliament, mainly because they were afraid that they would become independent in the future. However, the inhabitants were allowed to elect their representatives and negotiate with the colonial authorities on taxation. Except for taxes, which were negotiable, the colonies did not enjoy anything else. All laws are based on the Beihai country. All judges must also have graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Aurich (this is a vision, and it is not yet available).
From the beginning, Marin had no intention of giving the colony a bargaining power. All governors must also be natively appointed. Human desires are endless, and if you first give the colonies the bargaining power, then they will open their mouths more and more until they seek independence.
So, Marin simply blocked the door in the first place. At the same time, however, the colonies were treated equally as overseas provinces, and the same systems and laws were applied. In this way, the colony and the native will be one in the future.
What a country is most afraid of is differences. If everyone speaks the same language, wears the same clothes, and does the same thing. So, who wants to be divisive?
So, Marin didn't allow the distinction between the colony and the native from the start. The interests of the natives should also be had in the colonies. In the same way, of course, the obligations of the natives, such as the obligation to serve as soldiers, were fulfilled by the colonies.
It's just that at the moment, Marin has not dared to engage in compulsory military service in his homeland, for fear of irritating the princes and France. But there is no problem on the colonial side, because, in the early days of the colony, it is true that early immigrants need to have a certain ability to protect themselves.
For example, during the construction of the buildings in the town of Kenton, Railton publicly announced Marin's order that the inhabitants of the town of Kenton must be trained in musket shooting when they are fine. When necessary, it is necessary to join the army and protect the homeland.
This order was not resisted. Because, unlike ordinary people, these immigrants are exiled "sinners" who have no right to speak. Marin can repair their houses and provide them with all kinds of conveniences, which is already very worthy of them. Moreover, participating in shooting training and defending their homeland is meant for their own good.
But they don't know that in fact, these are all foreshadowings laid by Marin's promotion of the "Compulsory Military Service System". When they all got used to the service, after that, Marin would have the army in his hands.
Moreover, the introduction of compulsory military service in the Americas, far from the European mainland, will not leak information at all and will not cause a backlash from European countries. In the future, when Marin pulls a large army from the colonies back to fight on their homeland, the European countries will react......
In addition, these exiled peasant army prisoners of war, although they are all war scum at present, are prone to collapse. However, after training, it is always possible to pick out the brave among them. They dared to rebel, in fact, they were more courageous than ordinary peasants. If you train it, you can use it as a normal soldier.
Of course, many of them were coerced into participating in the uprising. It doesn't matter, anyway, in military training in the future, officers will also find out who is brave and who is cowardly. When the time comes, choose the brave ones to bring back to the homeland to participate in the war.
For example, Railton, who now guards Kenton with 200 soldiers, is the captain of a dissatisfied company. But this group of immigrants has a total of 3,000 strong men, and training can be organized during the slack time. Eventually, out of these 3,000 people, Railton will select 1,250 people to form a phalanx. In wartime, he will be promoted from company commander to phalanx commander...... This is the reserve system under the compulsory military service system, and the 200 soldiers under Railton, among whom have a certain command ability, will be promoted to a higher level in wartime and become a grassroots officer who leads the team......
This is just this group of immigrants, and when the immigrants from Württemberg and Hungary arrive, it is not a problem at all to select tens of thousands of elites from them and form an elite overseas legion......
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