454 Let the army be accustomed to being under the direct command of the supreme ruler
Jiang Dahai's record is very dazzling.
All the pirate ships were sunk, the pirate leader Liu Mazi was captured by him and returned to Xiao Ruxun, and the rest of the pirates except for one hundred and six heads, all sank in the sea and died, and the sailors under his command were killed sixteen and twenty-three wounded, and that's it.
Jiang Dahai has since become famous in the sailors, after the older generation of sailors were basically all killed, the newly grown sailors from the homeless people led by him occupied the mainstream of the sailors, these are the officers and soldiers of the sailors who were pulled up by Xiao Ruxun, and their lives were all given by Xiao Ruxun, and they were extremely loyal to Xiao Ruxun and were very trustworthy.
In the end, Jiang Dahai became the chief officer of the naval division, only twenty-seven, of course, the average age of the naval division is now under twenty-seven is quite young, and many teenage and half-grown children have also enthusiastically joined the naval division, and the prestige of the naval division is actually above the army for a while.
This has also caused dissatisfaction among some army officers, who are also eager for war to make their presence known, and the traditional concept of army supremacy makes them very unhappy.
Xiao Ruxun knew that the day of war against the Burmese natives would not be far off, but before that, he must deal with the Spaniards, let them call them ministers, seize the share of the spice trade, further establish the rules of the game in Nanyang commerce, and establish his own position, so that he can concentrate on dealing with those Burmese natives in the future.
Jiang Dahai was absolutely loyal to Xiao Ruxun, and asked Xiao Ruxun for the direction and strategy of the war before going on the expedition, Xiao Ruxun laughed and said that he would let him decide for himself, but he still didn't decide for himself, and asked himself for strategy when he was about to reach the coast of Luzon.
Xiao Ruxun until this time Jiang Dahai showed a clumsy way of loyalty, but the more clumsy and pure it is, this young man from a homeless background has no background and no foundation, he can only rely on himself, and even the entire group of officers of the Navy Division was promoted by himself, there is no backstage, or there is only one backstage, that is, himself.
Sometimes, it is necessary to let the army directly under the command of the supreme leader, let them know the existence of the supreme leader, and make them accustomed to directly receiving the supreme command, which is the experience of the Song Dynasty since the rebellion at the end of the Tang Dynasty.
Later, in the Republic of China, the chairman of the committee often overstepped the command, bypassing the army commander to command the division commander, and the division commander commanding the brigade commander, causing chaos in the army in a certain sense.
But whether it should be said or not, Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Guangyi's original intentions were correct, and there was no longer a yellow robe in the Song Dynasty, and the command of the Central Army was always in the hands of the chairman, and no one could replace his position.
Things like the one in the Five Dynasties period where "the emperor took turns to come to my house this year" never happened again, and the army was suppressed from then on, and it could no longer take the initiative to support the emperor.
Even our party has to use political commissars to strengthen the party's leadership over the army, rather than the leadership of military commanders over the army, which shows the importance of directly grasping the military morale of the army at the grassroots level.
When Xiao Ruxun was a general, he hated that someone was pointing fingers at him, for fear that his command would be interfered with, but fortunately, Zhu Yijun's other advantages were not obvious, but he did a very good job of employing people without doubting that people were not using it.
Generally, even if he is not satisfied, he will not interfere with the command or even change the commander in the war, and he is generally appointed before the war, and will not intervene in wartime, and then talk about it after the war, continue to do it if he is qualified, and then change his post if he is not qualified, and he will not do it when he intervenes in wartime.
At this point, he did much better than Chongzhen, so the Ming Dynasty did not collapse in Wanli, but collapsed in Chongzhen.
However, he has never been able to directly grasp the military power beyond the civilian officials, and he can't even be familiar in the army, and he only relies on the emperor's righteous name to mobilize the army, and no one will give you his life at a critical moment.
And now when Xiao Ruxun is the lord of a land, because there has been no war on the land of Burma for three years, he also began to worry that his army has been separated from him for a long time, and he is not used to his command, and even forgets his existence and only listens to the command of the commander, and even develops into their private soldiers.
It was not until this time that Xiao Ruxun deeply understood that the use of people is not suspicious and the suspicion is also divided into situations, in this era, it is impossible for the ruler to fully trust the leading general, the army is the foundation of everything, and only by mastering the army can he have the right to speak.
Xiao Ruxun was a general to the Ming court, so he hated the command of the court, but as the lord of Burma, he also could not be at ease with letting his generals lead the army instead of him.
Xiao Ruxun stipulated that the general was not allowed to leave the barracks if he had nothing to do, and the senior commander of the army should also live in the barracks with the soldiers.
Therefore, he had no choice but to use the means of frequently inspecting the army's training and personally promoting grass-roots officers to gain popularity, gain popularity, maintain his own exposure, and even repeatedly directly bypass the commander-in-chief to issue orders to a certain unit to conduct special operations and observe the reactions of these army officers.
Their reaction was okay, basically satisfying Xiao Ruxun, no matter what level of general would obey his orders, take his orders as the highest priority, and even violate the military regulations set by senior officers.
The senior officer did not complain, at most he only asked for confirmation during the visit, and asked Xiao Ruxun if he could inform them in advance to avoid misunderstanding.
The military rules they worked out with great difficulty, but as a result, General Xiao broke them with a single word, which is not good.
Xiao Ruxun smiled every time and said that it was good, and he would change it next time, but after that, he still went his own way, and later officers at all levels got used to it, and when they saw Xiao Ruxun's personal guards and handwritten instructions, they went out directly, no one asked for instructions, and the general was also used to it, since it was someone's army, people could also command it directly.
Of course, this will not be done in wartime, that is the way to defeat, Emperor Song just did not think of directly commanding the army to conduct exercises and personal rewards in peacetime, so as to buy people's hearts and minds, just in wartime, pointing fingers, interfering with the general's command, isn't that self-inflicted?
He used this method to maintain his influence in the army, especially in the army, and because the officers of the sailor division were all promoted by him personally, he also personally rewarded the land after the war, and even personally arranged the marriage of senior officers, so he was not worried about the loyalty of the sailor.
For example, Jiang Dahai's marriage was brokered by him, Jiang Dahai has no father or mother, no one tells him about the marriage, and he is still a single at the age of twenty-five, and he is in the company of his wife every day, which is very painful.
After Xiao Ruxun knew, he personally came forward and found a small family of a kind family that Jiang Dahai liked to say goodbye, and he personally attended and presided over the wedding, Jiang Dahai was grateful for this, if it weren't for his age being older than Xiao Ruxun, it is estimated that he would be willing to worship his godfather.
Under such circumstances, Jiang Dahai was respectful to him, obeyed the command in all actions, and let him go east and never west, such a person could make Xiao Ruxun rest assured that he would give him command.
"The sea, don't worry about me, I'm a real layman in water warfare, this time I'm here to mix qualifications, you command you, I won't interfere with you, I'll just sit here and watch you win this battle."
Off the coast of Luzon Island, when the unknown warship could be vaguely seen with a clairvoyant mirror, Xiao Ruxun patted Jiang Dahai on the shoulder and sat on a chair, his face calm and calm, without saying a word.
Jiang Dahai put his mind at ease, nodded, took a deep breath, and waved the order flag.
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