When Wang Chengen learned that Chongzhen asked Wei Zhongxian to form a new Yongwei battalion composed entirely of outsiders, he couldn't help but feel disappointed, and even more worried. Because this involves the interests and rights of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, the Four Guards and the Warrior Battalion. At this juncture, the formation of a new battalion of 500 brave guards that is not too expensive, but not too small, is very likely to push Pang Tianshou of the Imperial Horse Supervisor to Wei Zhongxian's side because of financial problems. According to Wang Chengen's idea, expelling the eunuchs such as Keyinyue in the palace is the top priority at the moment, and whether it is training troops or reorganizing the army, it should be a measure to eliminate Wei Wei.

"The affairs of the new army cannot be delayed, I have been warned by the dream of the Emperor of Heaven, and two years later, Chongzhen will enter the border pass of Kou two years later. From the backbone of the officer team to the grassroots soldiers, two years to build a new battalion is already very intense. If it is delayed for a few more months, the consequences will be unimaginable... In this regard, Chongzhen seemed to be a little resolute at this time.

Seeing that Wang Chengen seemed to be a little embarrassed, Chongzhen at this time also knew that some things could not be done arbitrarily and brutally, so he decided to let Pang Tianshou of the Imperial Horse Supervisor and some backbones in the warrior battalion come forward to supervise the selection of soldiers in the new battalion.

On the school grounds of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, there were really more than 5,000 ragged civilian teenagers who were talking to each other, and the formation was obviously not neat. Under Pang Tianshou personally leading hundreds of people to parade back and forth, scolding and reprimanding to maintain discipline and supervise order, these civilian teenagers from the suburbs of Beijing were finally settled down.

Pang Tianshou looked at these teenagers on the school ground, frowning and thinking about something. In fact, long before welcoming King Xin, Wang Chengen had already exchanged news with Pang Tianshou of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and he was somewhat sure of regaining control of the inner court, so he dared to let King Xin enter the palace to succeed to the throne. At this time, Wang Chengen also felt a little strange, so he came to Pang Tianshou's side.

"What's wrong with these people?" Wang Chengen asked.

"There really doesn't seem to be any sand here, and even if there is, there should be no more than 100 of these thousands, and no more than 10 people may be selected for the sand. We often go out to procure, what are commoners like, and people who have stayed in the palace for a while still have a spectrum in their hearts. Most of these children have a lot of faces, and their eyes are also very confused... Pang Tianshou said lightly.

Hearing this, Wang Chengen felt a trace of bad feeling. I thought to myself, with Wei Zhongxian's character, how could he be so cooperative in this matter? How is it possible to add only a little bit of sand? Doesn't he know that many of his cronies who are attached to him may not be reliable? Are you really confident that if you call a few teenagers to live for a few days and say a few words, or detain a few family members, you can make people's hearts feel completely fine? If it weren't for Wei Zhongxian's conscience to find out, then it must be that the Holy Lord promised Wei Zhongxian to benefit in other aspects, so there would be such a thing.

Thinking of this, Wang Chengen felt that the situation was a little bad, because if the guess was correct, it would be Nawei Zhongxian's beauties as concubines that would have such a thing. The concubine system in the Ming Dynasty was not as complicated as in ancient times, and there was no concubine level, as long as she was fortunate and allowed by the saint, she could be promoted to a concubine.

At this time, Chongzhen was dressed in the casual clothes of the imperial horse eunuch and the ordinary eunuch according to the method agreed in advance, and also paraded among these teenagers to maintain discipline. These soldiers gave themselves the feeling that Wei Zhongxian did not play any tricks, and they were indeed the children of poor families, but they did not give people a good feeling. Not to mention the general thinness, the discipline doesn't seem to be very good, and people often talk and laugh and laugh at each other. It seems that it is far from the presentness of those students when they went through the former military training. But if you think about it carefully, you will be calm, people who have not experienced the discipline training and queue training in long-term modern compulsory education may be such a group of people. Maybe your expectations and requirements are too high? How could it be possible to select soldiers from the homes of ordinary commoners near the capital at the end of the dynasty, even if it was the standard of one out of ten among young people of appropriate age? At this time, Chongzhen didn't believe too much that he was a military genius, and how to choose people was based on the statements of some officers of the Yongwei Battalion of the Imperial Horse Supervisor.

Of course, how to choose soldiers has their own ruler, and those who are reasonable should be listened to, and those who are not ignored should be ignored. In the end, it was reasonable to grasp only these two, and there were more people who mentioned them: the first is length, that is, people with relatively tall height. Those who are relatively tall at the same age, especially those who are about the same height as adults at this age, do not only have physical advantages. It is often because of the innate psychological advantage that comes with height, which is very advantageous for an army. Recalling the situation of some sports commissioners and class tyrants in the pre-crossing class, this truth is easy to understand by "Chongzhen", who is a person in two lives.

Second, it is obedient and introverted, that is, introverted and unassuming. Those who walked by as the commanders walked by, without the slightest awe at all, and looked up at the tall ones that could not be wanted, and those who did not seem to have any tension in the ears were not wanted. Because tall and outgoing people, the possibility of thorn soldiers and overlord soldiers is extremely high. Very human and untamable. In the world, Yue Fei is not common but mediocre people are common, and the art of war that can be effectively operated by mediocre people is a good art of war.

At this time, Chongzhen also heard that since Qi Jiguang developed because of the "Record of Military Training" and "New Book Performance", there are countless imitators among the people, and they have proposed different private military methods such as military training and training. But later it was found that the most operational ones were these two --- if they were not tested by actual combat or the pressure of actual combat. If we really follow the kind of military selection method of some private scholars, I am afraid that not one of the 1,000 people will meet the requirements. If you want to select hundreds of people, I am afraid that you will have to use all the school-age soldiers in a province, which is simply not possible.

In this way, according to these two standards, it took a lot of effort for Chongzhen to point out three hundred people from these thousands of people who didn't seem to have spoken much or had spoken to each other, and their height was relatively close to that of adults, and they didn't seem to have misrepresented their age. Of the remaining more than 200 people, Chongzhen felt that he still couldn't appear too arbitrary, and he had to give a little face to the people who held the power, so the rest of the selection Chongzhen was only responsible for watching the checks. The main matter was directly handed over to Pang Tianshou, Wang Chengen and others to be personally responsible.

However, after selecting these 500 reliable teenagers, Chongzhen found that some unthoughtful questions were in front of him: whether he wanted to live with these people. And where did the officers come from among the five hundred? Thinking back to some of my own situations in school and military training, it is clear that people need effective management and organization to maintain even basic discipline, even for the more honest children. And management is obviously also a science, not everyone can do it.