Chapter 154: Military Rank
The fruity fragrance of Lingnan is wafting, and the military music on the sea is rising. Backgammon's welcome song is full of festive festivity, when I learned that I came to Suzhou to meet my art troupe in the sea when there was a cool tide, Li Er's mood was very good, Chongming Island was still an island and reef at this time, the big ship of the art troupe was anchored next to this island and reef, with a detailed nautical chart and route map, the art troupe from Taishan Xiachuan Island Wharf to Suzhou estuary took only half a month, at this time Li Er had been repairing and inspecting in Suzhou for two or three days, the sea breeze blew the lingering music from the sea, so that he did not have the slightest intention of staying in Suzhou, even if Suzhou has been built in this year is very beautiful, there is no beauty in his heart。
The army strictly implemented the strict order of Yanglin's continuous voyage and not to get off the ship without incident, 30,000 northern soldiers became soft-footed shrimp when they arrived in Suzhou, less than 10,000 in good condition, plus 20,000 barely able to act, the heavy problem of the northern soldiers not being good at water did plague the Tang army, but Li Er had already had an action plan, and directly left 8,000 non-commissioned officers who were not accustomed to water and soil in Suzhou to recuperate, and their work in the future would be to raise food and other military supplies at the Jiangnan Provincial Reserve Base. At the same time, there were 20,000 auxiliary soldiers who were left behind, their task was still to assist the soldiers, and at the same time to further repair the water and land roads between the states in the south of the Yangtze River.
When Li Er's ship Emperor with a displacement of about 2,000 tons approached the welcome array of the art troupe, the music changed again, and the military music welcome song was played by the musicians, not to mention, after listening to the music, the civil and military ministers who were originally on the sea and broke the waves suddenly had a feeling of fluttering, and narcissism like Li Er's felt particularly strong.
"Huh. The affairs handled by Xiao Linzi can always make people feel comfortable in their hearts. Li Er's mood is better, and the mood of the ministers is naturally better, and those officials who are seasick and dizzy to the point of vomiting out yellow bile water will not vomit at this time, and mood is also some factors that can change people's physiological reactions.
The gangplanks were connected, and Li Tai led the four battalion commanders of the art troupe to board the Emperor, which was nearly twice as large as the Chengqian, and on the wide deck, Li Er sat in the middle, and the accompanying civil and military ministers stood on the left and right, and only a few prince-level bigwigs gave them seats, and there were coffee tables and wine glasses in front of them.
"Li Tai, deputy head of the Erchen Art Troupe, led the crowd to welcome his father." Li Tai bowed his hands to worship in a proper manner. At this time, the clothes he was wearing were changed into white summer clothes and short sleeves that were equivalent to the new military uniforms of the Tang Dynasty, and the two men and two women behind him were also wearing military uniforms, each wearing a crooked white hat wrapped with a blue ribbon on his head, and unlike the new military uniform of the Tang Dynasty, Li Tai's left and right shoulders had an embroidered line inlaid with silver stars, two parallel yellow bars were straight, and there were three silver five-pointed stars arranged in the middle of the bar, while the four battalion commanders had only two stars.
Li Er's eyes had already found Xi Liang's figure among the five people, and this was the first time they had been in such close contact with Xi Liang. Xiliang, who is wearing a new military uniform, has the heroic posture of a female soldier, which is the result of Yanglin's training in the past two years, and their military uniforms are all tailor-made by themselves, which is more close-fitting and good-looking than the uniformly issued soldiers. Therefore, the mental state directly surpassed the sergeants that Li Er usually saw, so that Li Er couldn't help but take a look at it.
"As the chief officer in the army, you can't leave the barracks, and I like this welcome song you play very much. There is Lao Wu'er, but the star on your shoulder is very strange, tell me what it is. And this white hat, isn't it worn when you are mourning? How can you wear it like this in the army! How unlucky! Li Er naturally knew that Yang Lin did this for a reason, and his face was harsh, but his tone was not harsh.
"Hee-hee." The youngest White Rose was amused by Li Er's question, and covered her mouth and chuckled twice, but was reprimanded by Kong Yingda, who was in charge of managing the etiquette in front of the king, "Don't lose your honor in front of you." ”
This Confucian is a thorough gentleman of rules, although the martial arts in the court are prosperous, and the generals in the army have never had any obstruction in their speeches, but as long as they are scolded by this old gentleman, they will temporarily shut up, who calls them the descendants of the Confucian saints!
"Camp Commander Bai, let you explain the reason for my father!" Li Tai knew the fault of this gentleman of rules, and most of the mistakes he caught were to be held accountable, of course, Xiaobing made a mistake to be held accountable, and the chief officer of White Rose was Yang Lin and himself, so he hurriedly diverted the topic.
"The silver star on the shoulder represents the military rank, the regiment commander has two bars and three stars, the battalion commander has two bars and two stars, and the company commander has two bars and one star, which is the rank of the officer of the art troupe, and the platoon commander, squad leader and the like have only one bar, according to the time of enlistment, it can only be counted as a cadre, calculate the salary, but not an officer, and so on in the future, my Wengong regiment will become a division, then there will be a division commander with two bars and four stars, and there may be a major general with a gold star, a lieutenant general, or even a general, commander-in-chief, when all soldiers are hung up in accordance with their duties, the status level is clear, When a soldier is promoted to a military rank based on his meritorious position and years of enlistment, he can give all soldiers a hope.
Also, white clothes and white hats are funeral clothes? This is an old idea, or not, above the sea, the blue sea and blue sky are all blue, people's eyes look at the same color for a long time, it will begin to become difficult to distinguish the color, the guide zhì eyesight declines, and the most obvious white in the blue can help people overcome such a problem, as long as we are all wearing white uniforms, we are not afraid of long-term sailing on the sea guide zhì eyesight declined, our regiment commander also said that the army should wear green uniforms and camouflage uniforms, and when there is an air force in the future, it should wear blue uniforms, which is conducive to differentiation, It can also allow the sergeants to hide their bodies more in certain environments, such a profound knowledge that not everyone understands. ”
After answering Li Er's question, White Rose glared back at Kong Yingda defiantly, so that people who grew up with Yanglin's later scientific and educational ideas have now begun to disdain those corrupt pedantic expressions, they began to yearn for freedom, and the rebellious period of their teens made them not afraid of heaven and earth, you know, if it weren't for Yanglin's face, just her actions would be enough for the ministers to impeach her completely, and a woman wearing a military uniform into the army is itself a great violation of traditional thinking throughout the ages.
"Military rank? Air force? The boat full of civil and military forces was stunned by the words of the white rose, Wan Qi and the Datang Navy are already invincible in their opinion, especially the Emperor loaded with a double-layer thirty-two Shenwei cannons, which is an artifact that can destroy the human country in minutes, this luggage two In addition to bringing a few veterans who are the most fierce and know how to fight water warfare, most of them are Wenchen who can govern the place, does Datang need to go further in military force?
The reaction was as fast as Li Er, and he quickly thought of the immature ideas that Yang Lin gave him at that time, using the military rank promotion system to promote the grassroots, and finally achieving the disintegration of the rule of the military bigwigs over the army, using the scientific examination system to promote the grassroots as officials, dismantling the monopoly of the family and the scholars, and swaying the power of the imperial court, of course, these two mentions are not so mature in Li Er's opinion, first of all, the military rank promotion system is too slow, and a grassroots wants to become a general It will take many years, I don't know if he will see it in his lifetime. The second is the literati selected by the imperial examination system, they are still those people under the family, because the ordinary people of the Tang Dynasty can't afford to read at all, and there is no channel to read, but now the paper mill and printing factory have formed a scale, with the magic of movable type printing, as long as Li Er thinks, he will soon be able to print books all over the world, and now the printing house is limited to publish books, and sell them at a very high price, mainly to pit the money of those big families, if you want to solve these Tang tumors through guò war and massacre, First of all, it is necessary to dismantle their financial power, let them spend all their money, and exchange it for books and paper that will be everywhere in the future, so that they can control their development to a great extent.
It's not just that Li Er's reaction is fast, there is no stupid person above the court, there is a huge gap between the grassroots and the nobles in feudal society, they are a relative fighting class, and the grassroots are beginning to be strong, which naturally means that the nobles are beginning to decline, but this is the scene that the emperor is willing to see, because the grassroots are easy to control, the power of the nobles is too large, and it is easy to rebel, Li Er himself is the nobles of the former Sui, and the rebellion was successful, so since he came to power, he has been planning how to suppress the gate valves of the seven clans and five surnames, At first, the method he used was to support the upstarts, but the effect was not ideal, and those newly ascended nobles soon colluded with the seven sects and five surnames, making it more difficult for them to start, until the strange appearance of Yanglin, only to wake up the dreamers with a word, and against the scholar class, there will always be only the grassroots class, and it can only be the grassroots class, maybe the conditions are much more mature now.
"Hehe, can this little female officer explain to this king what the Air Force is!" Speaking is Li Xiaogong, the king of Hejian County, he has more than ten years of experience in commanding the naval army, and is the general staff of Li Er's march, even if the northern soldiers are reduced by nearly thirty percent because of the water and soil, he still has great confidence in this battle, because the imperial court has advanced weapons and equipment, including logistics and medical support, and the establishment of the system is almost perfect, the Tang Dynasty, the former Sui has never fought such a prepared battle, this battle is not won, heaven does not allow it, at this time he asked questions, he is also planning to divert the attention of other military bigwigs, as the king of the county, If he can successfully suppress the family lords and the military bosses, and make the Tang Dynasty more unified inside and outside, Li Xiaogong is happy to see it, so that his prince can be comfortable, and Li Xiaogong believes that this is the answer of the little female officer can continue to shock everyone.
"The Air Force, of course, is an army flying in the sky!" White Rose's words made the jaws of the civil and military officials on the ship drop to the ground and fly in the sky, which is something that only immortals can do, could it be that the heavenly horse has already become an immortal? (To be continued......)