362 Who is the strongest army of the Ming Dynasty?
As soon as he heard this, Lu Da clenched his fists and received his orders, and there was also a Jinyi guard captain who held his fists at the same time, and then the two of them strode towards the dock.
Watching them leave, Wei Mulan couldn't help but have some opinions in her heart, but she didn't say it. Instead, he entered the chat group and whispered to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, the five hundred cavalry sent by Shanhaiguan has arrived on Shicheng Island, and now they are resting and standby!" ”
Emperor Chongzhen heard the system prompt, went up to take a look, and rewarded Wei Mulan with a little achievement value, which was considered a response, and then withdrew to re-watch the score and brief comments of the new army chief teacher Xi Mao Yuanyi on those eunuchs and political commissars. After reading these, he read the scores and brief comments of the eunuchs and political commissars on the 90 new soldiers under his jurisdiction. Of course, these ratings and brief reviews are done privately.
Emperor Chongzhen focused on the report of the eunuch political commissar, from which he could not only see the situation of those new army soldiers, but also see their grasp of the new army officers and soldiers from the report of the eunuch political commissar.
At this time, it was the middle of March of the third year of Chongzhen, and a month had passed since the training of the new sergeants. It can be seen that those eunuchs are very dedicated, at least from the report, except for a very few people, everyone else knows about the 90 officers and soldiers of the new army under their jurisdiction.
For this point, Emperor Chongzhen attaches more importance to it. At least after the formation of the army in the future, he also required these eunuchs to know at least every new soldier so that they could firmly control the new army.
When he had read this, he threw the report aside and picked up one of his new armaments to read. The previous Emperor Chongzhen also had this kind of preparation, for example, the courtier was more eye-catching, so he wrote it on the screen and could see it at a glance.
However, the current Emperor Chongzhen did not do this, and he was still used to using paper to record. Generally speaking, the training priorities of this new army are mainly four:
1. Orders and prohibitions.
Second, queue coordination.
Third, the cultivation of the army's sense of honor.
Fourth, loyalty.
Among them, the first and second points were mainly trained by Mao Yuanyi according to Qi Jiguang's art of war, and the third and fourth points had to be done by eunuchs and political commissars, who were constantly brainwashed.
However, Emperor Chongzhen imagined that he would have to remind him of this third point. The military's sense of honor is not big or small. If it is a strong army, it will naturally have the arrogance of a strong army, and this sense of honor is easy to say, but the new army has just been established, and it is all drawn from the armies of various borders.
In addition, he also wanted to give more content to the sense of honor of the new army. This army is to be different from the previous armies of the Ming Dynasty.
After thinking for a while, Emperor Chongzhen set up the Beijing camp. This time, instead of civilian clothes, he used the emperor's full set of honor guards.
Since copying Cao Yubian, the imperial history of the left capital, promoting Wen Tiren as the first assistant, and the people he recommended as auxiliary ministers, and distributing shares to the major yamen, there are basically not many people against Emperor Chongzhen's departure from the palace. He went to Jingying, and it all went well.
The emperor went to Beijing three times a month to visit the new army, which made the soldiers of Beijing camp particularly envious. This difference between the new army and other armies has also invisibly cultivated a sense of honor among the officers and men of the new army.
This point, Emperor Chongzhen can see from the standing posture of the new soldiers in front of the point general's platform, and their spirit is obviously higher than that of ordinary soldiers.
He slowly glanced at the faces of the soldiers of the new army in front of him, and then said slowly: "It's been a month since the training of the new army, and I came here this time, first, to bring the staff of Daming Construction Bank to come and issue you the voucher of the bank account. I have already checked your military salaries, and the household department has entered your bank account. ”
With a bank account, military salaries can be directly distributed to the soldiers by the household department, which reduces many links in the middle, and also reduces the risk of drifting, which can be regarded as an improvement. In addition, from the very beginning of the establishment of the new army, under the eyes of the emperor, no one was registered, and there was no possibility of risking the army's salary. It can be regarded as putting an end to the two most serious drawbacks in the current Ming army.
Of course, after all, the matter of military pay is related to the Ministry of War, so the Ministry of War will verify the military salary issued by the Ministry of Households. If an individual soldier finds that the amount of military salary is wrong, he can also report it to the political commissar or the general, and finally the military department or the celebrant will go to the household department to fight a lawsuit.
As soon as the soldiers of the new army heard that the emperor was coming, they actually told them the news and were worried about their salaries, and they couldn't help but be very excited. They believed the emperor's words and did not doubt in the slightest that there was a problem with the military salary. After all, this is the emperor's golden mouth, and there can be a fake!
In ancient times, the feelings of people for kings were far from what later generations could imagine. For example, in the original history, the famous Kong Youde and others led the army to rebel, and then defected to Jianju, and in the content of the letter to Huang Taiji, the lord and the young minister were mentioned. That is, they are forced to live anymore, and they still believe that the emperor is fine, mainly because the ministers around the emperor have problems, which can be seen!
After Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, the people of the Daming Construction Bank handed over to the chief instructor of the new army in public, and handed over everyone's bank account vouchers to Mao Yuanyi, and distributed them afterwards.
After completing this ceremony, Emperor Chongzhen spoke again: "I said last time, when I come back, I want to tell you about the governor of Denglai to cross Liaodong and raise the prestige of my Ming army. ”
When the officers and men of the new army heard this, they naturally remembered what happened not long ago, and the emperor did say so. For a while, they were all a little curious, and they looked at Emperor Chongzhen with their eyes wide open, thinking about how the governor of Denglai fought, could he really do it in Liaodong?
"Our army has been assembled in place, and when the fighter plane appears, we will be able to build and take it well." Emperor Chongzhen continued with a serious face, "I remembered the upcoming war, so I couldn't help but come over and tell you first. Because you are an army that I have single-handedly formed, and you are my heart's work. Externally, you represent me. ”
Upon hearing this, the officers and men of the new army couldn't help but clench their fists. What the emperor said was actually putting them in the position of the Imperial Forest Army. What kind of army would be so valued by the emperor?
"I can't help but think that if you go to war, you can hit the Jianyu fiercely when the Jianyu army is out. In this way, I have a light on my face, and I will be proud of you! I can tell the people of the world that you are the best, and the shame of the siege of Jingshi will also be washed away. I also have a reason to expand the new army and increase the number of troops for you when the imperial court is in a difficult situation. ”
Speaking of this, Emperor Chongzhen paused, and then asked loudly: "But this time it's too late, I can only see the performance of Governor Denglai." When the good news comes, the people of the world will admire how strong the soldiers and horses of the governor of Denglai are! With such a strong army, I naturally want to reward them, expand their army, and give them adequate food and wages. But I hope that in the future, when you go to the battlefield, even if you fight with the main force of Jianyu, you can still defeat them, can I make me proudly tell the world that you are the strongest army I have personally formed? ”