Chapter 52 (I)

"How far has the supplementary training of the Seventh Army been carried out?" After everyone had laughed enough, Zhu Chongjiu gently knocked on the table and started the next topic.

"Lord Qi, the six combat brigades of the Seventh Army have been reorganized and four have been completed. Some of the officers at and above the company level have passed the short-term training in the martial arts hall and returned to their old posts. The other part was promoted and transferred to the training of auxiliaries. There are about thirty or so shortages of first-class officers, all of which are supplemented by the students of the Jiangwu Hall who have participated in the defense of Jiangwan, they have all seen blood, and their grades in school are also quite good, and the end will be very good for their future! The commander of the Seventh Army Corps, Wang Kerou, the former independent governor of Zhenjiang, stood up and reported aloud.

Because he was optimistic about the future of the Grand Governor's Office, he cooperated very well in reorganizing the Seventh Legion. As a result, after the reorganization, the entire corps has a new look, and now it is pulled out, and it is said that fighting the same number of Yuan troops is not a problem at all with one enemy and three enemies.

"Good!" Zhu Chongjiu nodded, and then continued to ask loudly, "What about the auxiliaries, how is the auxiliary brigade replenished?" ”

"Lord Qi, auxiliary soldiers, there is a huge shortage of auxiliary soldiers!" Wang Kerou's face turned red, and her expression instantly became very twisted.

"Huh?" Zhu Chongjiu's brows furrowed slightly, and his gaze quickly turned to Liu Ziyun.

He was well aware of the fact that there were already several "hills" within the Governor's Mansion. But at the moment, he can't find a good solution, so he can only use guò to prevent the slightest deterioration and avoid the official affairs delayed for the sake of personal fights between the mountains.

"My lord, it's not that the military bureau didn't do its best in this matter!" Liu Ziyun shuddered when he saw it, and quickly got up to defend himself, "Yes, the situation has changed too much from previous years." ”

"What's changed?" Zhu Chongjiu glanced at him again, and his voice was as calm as possible.

"Yes, it's because there are fewer and fewer displaced people, and even if there are, they are all recruited by the workshops under the Industrial Bureau and the Huaiyang firm. Very few people want to be auxiliaries again! Liu Ziyun raised his head, blushed and explained roughly, "Since the introduction of the policy of granting land last year, the displaced people have returned to their hometowns in a big way. From last spring to this year, there has been no war in Huaiyang for a year and a half, and God is also very face-saving, and the wind and rain are smooth, so the people who have returned to their hometowns have basically settled down. Those who choose to stay in the city will either be in a business or a workshop, and no matter how bad their luck is, they can also find the hard work of building roads and opening mountains from the contractor. As for the auxiliary soldiers, not only do they have to be trained while they are in the field, but the maximum amount of money they receive every month is consistent. As a result, the number of people willing to serve as auxiliaries has decreased dramatically. ”

"Huh?" Zhu Chongjiu was slightly stunned when he heard this, and his eyes quickly swept over the faces of Yu Changlin, the director of the Household Bureau, Li Mubai, the deputy director, and Huang Lao, the director of the Industrial Bureau.

In all directions, there was also a noisy discussion. Almost everyone who has come from Xuzhou step by step to today is inexplicable.

It's only been a few years, and no one wants to do it in the auxiliaries? I think that at the beginning, I expanded my army in Huai'an, but more than 100,000 people broke their heads and wanted to drill into it. Sensei said that if you are an auxiliary soldier and pay money, you will be satisfied with just two full meals!

Yu Changlin, Li Mubai and others stood up one after another and explained: "My lord, the Household Bureau has discussed with the Military Bureau about improving the treatment of auxiliary soldiers. However, the problem mainly lies in two aspects: First, after the salary of auxiliary soldiers is raised, the treatment of soldiers is low again, and it should not be raised together. Second, if it is raised together, we have more than 120,000 soldiers in Huaiyang, and the number of auxiliary soldiers is similar to that of soldiers. ”

"The workshop now recruits craftsmen, all of whom require a skill. Unless you are an apprentice, you can't get paid less than the usual monthly rate. Otherwise, Yangzhou rice is expensive, and the craftsmen have to go elsewhere to make a living. Huang Lao was far calmer than Chang Lin and Li Mubai, and said confidently.

In his mind, the idea that a good man should not be a soldier is deeply ingrained. Although his own youngest son also joined the army step by step to become the commander of the heavy artillery brigade. But in the eyes of a father, his own son is never the same as someone else's son. Therefore, he insisted that at present, the soldiers can get a consistent half a month, which is already an extremely high salary. You don't even have to fight, you just need to help carry the equipment, and the auxiliaries who carry the wounded should not be given too much.

"Is there any way to fix it?" Zhu Chongjiu obviously didn't want to listen to the people below talking to each other, frowned, and asked in a low voice.

"My lord, please forgive me for being shallow!" Yu Changlin, Li Mubai and Huang Lao crooked were all in unison. is not in his position, he is not in his position, and it is Liu Ziyun, the director of the Military Bureau, who is embarrassed, so they don't want to worry about that leisure.

"In the end, I think there are two solutions!" Liu Ziyun didn't expect to be able to shift the responsibility to others, and after explaining the cause of the incident, he began to give a response, "One is to abolish the previous conscription system and restore the government military system in the Tang Dynasty, so that men of appropriate age can join the army for training at a fixed time every year." But there is a problem with this method, which is whether the guys from the workshop and shop are within the scope of the call. Otherwise, only the peasants will go to the army, which will only make the soldiers more and more unpopular and repeat the mistakes of the two Song Dynasty. ”

"Then forget it, you can say the second way!" Zhu Chongjiu thought about it, and shook his head directly without asking for anyone's opinion. Changing the conscription system to compulsory conscription seems to have solved the problem, but in fact, the morale and combat effectiveness of the soldiers will inevitably be greatly affected. It is inconsistent with his own elite soldier policy, and he does not agree with his original intention of giving the local people a stable life.

"Another way is to change the military system and completely separate the auxiliaries from the legions. In peacetime, it is uniformly trained and managed by the military bureau, and in wartime, auxiliary troops are dispatched to each regiment according to the needs of the battlefield. This move, on the one hand, allows the legions to no longer deploy auxiliaries on a one-to-one basis. Come, you can also let the auxiliaries also take off production and train all the time. In this way, his usual monthly income does not seem too low. Second, the training of auxiliaries is also more careful, and each corps can be deployed globally at any time when needed! Liu Ziyun took a deep breath and continued to speak loudly.

He was the Right Vice-Governor of the Privy Council and the Director of the Inspectorate of Military Affairs. Although he was not authorized to open a government like Xu Da, his status was the head of Huaiyang's military generals. And he, the head of the generals, has never led troops out to fight alone. So, if you want to keep your position, you have to come up with something different!

This thing is a change in the military system. Completely disrupt the original system of soldiers and auxiliaries being deployed in the same person, make it easier for the commanders and generals to be responsible, and at the same time, further weaken the possibility of anyone supporting the army and self-respect!

If he can do it, even if he leaves next month, he, the head of the military bureau, is enough to have a place in the Lingyan Pavilion of the new dynasty!

Note: There are many typos in the previous section, which has been corrected.