Letting the commanders of the battalions of the Praetorian Guard directly bring their holy decrees and money to recruit new soldiers in various places was a recruitment method specially arranged by Zhu Youxiao. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

He didn't want the governors to be in charge of this, because that would inevitably involve the senior civil servants in the Praetorian Guard system, and then the Praetorian Guard system would not be able to maintain its purity.

The commanders of these seven battalions are different, they are all recruiting soldiers with their own money and name, and most of them are less qualified, and they are undoubtedly much purer than civilian officials who are involved in various interests.

Even if they do become a power group in the future, it can only be a power group centered on themselves, because without themselves, they are nothing.

As for why it is necessary to choose multiple recruits instead of one recruit, it is naturally also to break the military system of family ties.

Although a military group composed of a family as the basic unit will form a common hatred for the enemy because of the killing of relatives on the battlefield, it will also form a small group of forces, and even as long as the commander is the patriarch of his family, then his own emperor's voice in the army may not be as powerful as the family patriarch.

Like the Hunan Army of the late Qing Dynasty and the later Huai Army, although their combat effectiveness was stronger than that of the Qing Army's Green Battalion, the central government of the Manchu Qing Dynasty could no longer command these military systems formed by blood relations.

If the Qing court wanted to pacify the Taiping army, it could only reuse Zeng Guofan, or Li Hongzhang, and even in the end, the governors of the Manchu Qing Dynasty could directly implement the autonomy of the five provinces, completely ignoring the central court.

From the perspective of an imperial ruler, Zhu Youxiao did not want this to happen, so he had to recruit troops in many places to break the way of maintaining collective unity and a sense of honor by blood relations, and his Praetorian Guard must rely on loyalty to His Majesty's supreme faith and strict discipline to maintain a sense of collective honor.

Moreover, these places are all places where strong soldiers are produced, and if the Praetorian Guard wants to become a composite group army, it must integrate soldiers with various specialties.

Of course, there is no need to worry about the people of these places not wanting to join the Praetorian Guard.

In addition to giving Xiangyin, which was twice as high as that of the soldiers of the Guanning Army, Zhu Youxiao also asked the Ministry of War to formulate a complete welfare system for the Praetorian Guard, so that basically every officer and soldier of the Praetorian Guard did not have to worry about whether his family had someone to support him, whether his children could go to school, and whether he would not receive bereavement and commendation after being disabled or sacrificed.

What's more, in these places, the people of Qindi and Gyeonggi have always been supported by him Zhu Youxiao with the silver he copied from the eight Jin merchants, and he spent millions of taels of silver almost every month, but the taxes were directly reduced to the previous level of one in thirty, and some places have even been reduced and reduced since the fourth year of the Apocalypse.

Even in the past, due to the corruption of officials, there may be many people who could not enjoy the favor of the emperor, or did not know the favor of the imperial court, but now due to the severe crackdown on corruption by Sun Chengzong, Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting, and after deliberately publicizing Zhu Youxiao for the imperial court, the people of Qindi and Gyeonggi will not be grateful to him, His Majesty the Emperor, and in this way, Zhu Youxiao does not have to worry about their unwillingness to join the army.

For other places, there is naturally no need to worry, these places are also places where disasters are frequent, and the imperial court's relief is now more timely than before, and the people's will is naturally not dispersed.

However, Zhu Youxiao still reminded the commanders of the battalions: "Chang Yanling went to Si0chuan, the first thing I remember was to visit the old general Qin Liangyu, without her help, you can't recruit good soldiers, not to mention that the most brave and combative soldiers in the Kuizhou area are her sons and nephews, in addition, when Qin Botong goes to Xuzhou and Lu Jiayu goes to Liangguang, you can also recruit some coastal people who are good at traveling, although it is difficult for our Praetorian Guard to reach the sea for hegemony for a long time in the future, but we also have to prepare in advance." ”

After hearing this, everyone nodded approvingly.

Next, Lu Xiangsheng said the specific recruitment plan: "Before mentioning the specific recruitment plan, it is necessary for me to disclose to you in advance that the next changes in the establishment of the Praetorian Guard, in the future, each battalion will not only be a single military category, such as the cavalry battalion will be upgraded to a cavalry town, but he will be equipped with a heavy artillery battalion and a light artillery battalion, as well as a firearms battalion and other ancillary functional teams such as baggage and engineers, all of which are preparations for firepower strikes before the cavalry charge, but the main combat mode is the cavalry charge; The infantry battalion will naturally be equipped with a cavalry battalion, and the same will be true for the other battalions, so you don't have to recruit only cavalry or firearms soldiers this time, but you have to recruit all kinds of talents into the Praetorian Guard system as much as possible. ”

Lu Xiangsheng unfolded the booklet as he spoke: "Ao Bai is responsible for recruiting 15,000 soldiers this time, Qin Botong is responsible for recruiting 15,000 soldiers, Chang Yanling and the commanders of the other two infantry battalions are each responsible for recruiting 20,000 soldiers, and Fu Dahai is responsible for recruiting 10,000 soldiers. ”

"Got it!"

After the commanders of the battalions replied loudly, Zhu Youxiao also stood up, spared the conference table and said as he walked: "The specific rules for recruiting new recruits will be issued to you later, and here, I put forward several principled requirements: the first is not to recruit sneaky or arrogant people; the second is not to recruit gambling and alcoholics; the third is not to recruit the sons of the gentry; the fourth is not to recruit people who fail to pass the physical examination; As for how to conduct the basic physical fitness test, you know, that is, to train in the field and eliminate the weak-willed and physically weak; But in the end, I also have to put forward a few priorities, there are these special elders, can be directly admitted, regardless of the above conditions, one is to be able to read and write, the second is a special talent with a strong talent in numbers or shooting, and the third is the descendants of famous generals such as Qi Shaobao and Yu Dayou. ”

"Obey Your Majesty's orders!"

After the commanders of the battalions answered, Zhu Youxiao didn't say anything more, but the next imperial military meeting did not end.

Since it is to expand the army, before a large number of recruits are trained, a large number of basic commanders are naturally needed, and Zhu Youxiao also has to arrange for the training of officer students.

In this regard, he announced the establishment of the Royal Military Academy at the imperial meeting, and really carried out the first phase of the recruitment of officer students, the earlier training of 30 officers were regarded as early graduates, and among these 30 officers, except for the future with the commanders of the battalions to leave Beijing to recruit soldiers, the rest will work with Lu Xiangsheng to start the recruitment of the first phase of officer students and serve as instructors for future training courses, of course, Xu Guangqi and others will also be appointed as instructors.

In addition, Liu Ruoyu also had to start purchasing a large number of logistics materials, from foot basins and washbasins to various equipment, and naturally he was busy.

Xu Guangqi and other technical officials also had to step up the ordering and manufacturing of various types of weapons and equipment, and it can be said that as long as the army was expanded, the economic operation of the entire empire was also stimulated.

(To be continued.) )