Being the emperor of the Ming Dynasty has an advantage, and he has a lot of resources in his hands. For example, the fifty eunuchs in front of him are the best at mastering pinyin annotation, and they are also the fifty people selected among the eunuchs in the inner study hall.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at them and said kindly: "I can tell you today that on the day the new army is formed, you will be sent to the new army, and each of you will be assigned 90 new soldiers, who will be responsible for teaching them literacy......

Hearing this, these young eunuchs were all surprised, and they didn't know what it was. I've never heard of it before!

"In addition to teaching them literacy, we should also pay attention to their thinking dynamics, correct practices that do not conform to military discipline in a timely manner, and pay more attention to the words and deeds that affect the march and fight and endanger the imperial court in addition to military discipline regulations......

When these eunuchs went to the positions of the new army, they were actually equivalent to the political commissars of later generations. As Emperor Chongzhen, who traveled over in later generations, if he wanted to build a new army, it was logical to consider the position of political commissar. But this kind of thing, if you recruit scholars to do it, I'm afraid it will be difficult to have the effect, after all, the reservedness of the scholars and the pride in the martial arts in their bones make it difficult for them to integrate with the soldiers.

But these young eunuchs are different, as the emperor's servants, they can only do whatever the emperor tells them to do. In short, the emperor is their heaven, and only when the emperor is satisfied, can their future be bright. And in terms of origin, eunuchs and Qiu Ba seem to be more equal, no one is higher than the other, and there will definitely be no scholar who is superior to the martial artist in his bones.

Emperor Chongzhen glanced at these young eunuchs, taking in their surprise, but remained silent and continued to explain: "In addition to not affecting the rest and training of the soldiers of the new army, you can also tell them more stories about loyalty to the monarch and serving the country. ”

After saying this, he paused for a moment to give the young eunuchs time to digest, and then said, "This position is very important for the new army. I call it the Political Commissar, or the Political Commissar for short. Among them, 90 people are called company-level political commissars, which are from the sixth grade. When the training of the new army is completed, I will promote you to a higher level of political commissar according to your performance, whether it is a battalion-level political commissar, a regiment-level political commissar, etc., and the grades will be promoted in order until you are a division-level political commissar, which is from the fourth grade. ”

As soon as they heard this, their eyes lit up one by one. Although they don't understand these new terms, they are most familiar with grades. If the emperor hadn't been here, he would have been yelling and cheering.

You must know that the official office where the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty are located, a total of 12 eunuchs, one eunuch in each prison, one member of the four eunuchs, one member of the left and right young eunuchs, one member from the four grades, one member of the left and right eunuchs, one member of the five grades, one member of the book, six grades, long followers, no fixed number of Fengyu, from the six grades.

And these young eunuchs are currently only studying in the inner study hall, and they are at the lowest level among the eunuchs, even if they are lucky, they have to work up their qualifications and climb up step by step. Not to mention anything else, just having a grade, you have to have luck, and it takes time to stand out from the many eunuchs.

But now, according to what the emperor said, after they went to the new army, they were at least from the grade of the sixth grade, and on the day the training of the new army was completed, there were high-ranking eunuchs equivalent to young eunuchs among them. Such a shortcut, how can it not make them ecstatic!

Emperor Chongzhen was pleased to see the joy on the faces of these young eunuchs, and he gave them a little more time to be happy before continuing: "This position of political commissar is equivalent to the supervision army in other armies, but it is absolutely different from the supervision army, so I changed the name. I have already said the difference, and you can also understand it. There is still a month left before the formation of the new army, so prepare first, and don't let me down! ”

"Slave obeys!" The young eunuch immediately replied loudly, his voice a little sharp, and it was evident that his interest was very high.

Emperor Chongzhen did not need to pass on the decree, but came to the inner study hall in person and informed these eunuchs of these things, which shows that he attaches great importance to this matter.

Of course, in addition to this matter, he also attached equal importance to other matters related to the new army. This level of attention was by no means predicted by those courtiers. No, after explaining in the inner study hall, he set up a military battle and went to inspect the armor and weapons in person.

According to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, armor and weapons are supervised by the Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of Industry and the Military Bureau of Internal Supervision. And the armor of the soldiers of the Beijing Division will be collected when it is used, and it will be returned to the inner treasury when it is used up. For example, if you want to hold a big ceremony, a memorial service, a hunt, an expedition, etc., you will receive the armor from the inner treasury, and when these things are done, the armor and the like will be returned to the inner treasury.

In this way, it stands to reason that there is enough armor stored in the inner library. Once the border towns are in urgent need, they can also be transferred from Beijing. This is the Ming Dynasty's management of armor, and there is a very strict set of systems.

However, since the Wanli period, the armor of the Jingshi Neiku has been embarrassing. For this reason, in the ninth year of Wanli, the Wanli Emperor also specially issued an order for this, reprimanding the Ordnance Bureau and the War Bureau, saying that the armor they made was rough and unbearable, wasting money and food in vain, and was useless and practical. The two factories were specially ordered to build 5,000 pairs of iron armor for the military, with a deadline of 1,000 pairs in one year and five years to build them.

For the new army being formed, Emperor Chongzhen was used as a benchmark for the future military restructuring. For this reason, first of all, this new army must be a strong army, able to win battles, and have real merits, so that it can be successful. Therefore, he had to personally inspect all the supporting facilities of the new army.

Or knowing that the new army was about to be formed, Wu Weiting, the governor and eunuch of the arsenal, had prepared early, and as soon as the emperor arrived, he immediately asked people to extract fifty pairs of various armors and put them in the courtyard one by one, so that Emperor Chongzhen could see them in person.

To be honest, Emperor Chongzhen himself looked at these armors, and he couldn't tell whether the armor was good or not. However, he was also prepared, and said to a one-armed brocade guard Baihu who followed him: "Chen Baihu, go and see, can these armors be practical against Shang Jianyu?" ”

"Yes!" Chen Er received the order, and did not look at the others, but directly stepped forward and squatted down, lifted it with one of his hands to weigh it, and tapped it with his knuckles to listen to its sound, or violently stepped on it with his feet, etc.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Chen Er's movements, glanced at Wu Weiting out of the corner of his eye, and looked at his expression, and his heart was cold.

This Wu Weiting is also one of the eunuchs of Emperor Chongzhen in the Qiandi. After he became the emperor, the eunuchs of these hidden mansions also rose to the top, and controlled the positions of different sizes in the palace according to the degree of cronies.