The staffing and selection of officers of the Jiangning battalion was postponed for some time.

After careful consideration, Sun Chuanting still made a decision, and Su Tiancheng was still required to participate in the selection of low-level officers. After a long time in the Jiangning camp, he found that the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion, up and down, are very worshipful and loyal to Su Tiancheng, which has become a traditional idea, every time a sergeant enters the Jiangning camp, the officers at all levels will tell these sergeants in addition to training that everything in the Jiangning camp is created by Lord Su Tiancheng, and no matter what time it is, it is the task of the Jiangning battalion to protect the safety of Lord Su Tiancheng.

It should be said that this is a more dangerous tendency, since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor and the imperial court, in order to prevent the expansion of personal armed forces, have imposed many restrictions on the command of generals, but now, with the harassment of the rogues, the growth of the Houjin, and the lack of silver, the imperial court has been unable to fully control the army of the guard.

The Jiangning battalion obeyed Su Tiancheng's orders, and there was nothing bad about it, if the soldiers' hearts had nothing to rely on, and all their hopes were pinned on the unreachable emperor and the imperial court, it was really difficult to command, and it was difficult to burst out with strong combat effectiveness.

Based on such reasons, Sun Chuanting decided that the Jiangning Battalion should still make a decision on the selection of lower-level officers.

Su Tiancheng has been thinking about the matter of the high-level officers of the Jiangning battalion, and the six battalion commanders that need to be equipped have only one person confirmed, and there are still five left, which have not been determined so far. He originally thought that the treatment of Jiangning Camp was very good, and this matter would be very simple, but in fact, it was far from the case, but after a period of understanding, he found that he was wrong.

The thousand households and deputy thousand households of the health center, on the surface. The treatment is really not good, but the people's external water is very sufficient, including the two major battalions and the guard post in Nanjing, the tuntian system is still implemented, and the military salary is directly allocated by the imperial court. In the process, officers in the army. It has become an open secret to exploit the sergeants, deduct their salaries, and fill their own pockets, and the worst thing is the low-level sergeants, who are not fed and clothed, and are unable to feed their families.

The imperial court had strict rules for civil officials, and they could not meddle in the army without a holy decree. Limited to such regulations, Su Tiancheng did not have a special understanding of the army of the guard, during this time, he tried his best to understand something, and felt a deep disappointment, and he couldn't think of the army that supported the Ming Dynasty. More corrupt than locally.

He had wavered in his thoughts, and it seemed that he had chosen officers from among the guards. This trick doesn't work, even if the officers of the guard post have rich combat experience, but when they come to the Jiangning camp with a bad problem, they may not make some strange things. In the army, personal quality is the most important, and his own requirements for the officers and men of the Jiangning battalion are so strict that they are not allowed to use a stitch from the people. The officers who come in, who are not adapted to such a request, will play a bad role.

Just when he hesitated, Sun Chuanting found him, also for the selection of low-level officers for the Jiangning Battalion.

"Master Su, it's good for you to participate in the selection of officers in the Jiangning Battalion."

"Oh, do you have any other opinions, I've always been a little strange, the military competition, why hasn't it started for a long time, does Lord Sun feel embarrassed."

"That's not it, it's just that I think it's better for Master Su to participate in the selection of lower-level officers in the Jiangning Battalion."

Seeing Sun Chuanting's expression, Su Tiancheng already understood what he meant.

"Well, then I'll participate, but there is one thing I also want to discuss with Lord Sun."

"If you have any requirements, Master Su will command."

"Last time we reported to Lord Fan, thinking about the selection of officers in the two battalions and the guard, I had different ideas, it seems that this matter, some will not work, I think, it is better to select from the Jiangning battalion, the quality is not good, step up training, besides, whether it is an officer or a sergeant, you need to get experience from the middle of the actual battle."

"Lord Su, the high-level officers of the Jiangning Battalion, it is indeed not easy to train, after reporting to Lord Fan, I have always thought that if I can be transferred from other places, if I want to train in the Jiangning Battalion, it is too late, and it must not be very difficult to transfer thousands of households from other health centers, does Lord Su have any concerns."

"Lord Sun, the military regulations of the Jiangning battalion, you know the way, very strict, even harsh, such a requirement, all the sergeants, even if they have some ideas, but they must also abide by them, just imagine, if the thousands of households in the outer guard post enter the Jiangning camp, they can't adapt to such requirements, they were originally leading the sergeants to fight, and the upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked."

Sun Chuanting's expression became a little serious.

What Su Tiancheng meant, he completely understood, what kind of virtue did many generals of the guard station have, he knew a little about it, and he also thought of the impact of this aspect at the beginning, but the rules of the Jiangning battalion were strictly formulated, and everyone had to abide by the military regulations, and the senior officers who came in had to be strict with themselves.

"Master Su, I think that no matter who enters the Jiangning battalion, they are one of them, and they must strictly abide by the military regulations, including me, in this regard, I am confident that I can do it, not to mention the rest of the officers who can enter the Jiangning battalion."

"I know this, but there are some implications, you and I have to think about it."

"What else can it do?"

"Lord Fan asked the Jiangning battalion to secretly recruit officers, in fact, I have already reminded you and me, the situation of the Jiangning battalion is not very good, there are a lot of people staring around, yes, the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion have high salaries, which makes the sergeants of the two battalions and the guard envious, but the requirements are also strict, even harsh, I have always believed that to require the soldiers to strictly abide by the military regulations, it is necessary to completely ensure that they have no worries about food and clothing, and ensure that their families can be fed and clothed.

Sun Chuanting didn't understand that this didn't seem to have much to do with recruiting senior officers.

"But the two battalions and the guard post may not know the requirements of the Jiangning battalion, in their opinion, the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion must have received special care because of their high salaries, so they are looking forward to being able to enter the Jiangning battalion, in this case, if the Jiangning battalion recruits officers from outside, it will definitely cause an uproar."

"There are some words, you and I have to give the bottom to the bottom, the thousands of households in the guard, including the commanders of the two battalions, the generals, etc., how much their military salary, who can say clearly, the military salary stipulated by the imperial court, everyone knows, if there is really only this military salary, how do those generals feed their families, how to cultivate so many pro-soldiers, to put it mildly, they are used to certain practices, but when it comes to the Jiangning battalion, these practices are absolutely forbidden, the two collide, there will definitely be contradictions, and it is really time to march to the law, You and I may regret it. ”

Sun Chuanting completely understood.

"Master Su, it takes a certain amount of time to be promoted from within the Jiangning Battalion, and it is okay to lower the standard, there is a problem at present, that is, we reported to Lord Fan, and finally promoted from the Jiangning Battalion, will there be a contradiction."

"There must be contradictions, but for the sake of the Jiangning battalion, these contradictions are nothing, Master Fan, I went to explain, bear the guilt, I didn't think about it at the beginning, no matter what kind of reprimand I suffered, I accepted it, these days, I have thought about it, the senior officers of the Jiangning battalion are promoted from the scout battalion, the Xiaocai battalion and the law enforcement battalion, focusing on two aspects, one is personal quality, if you can't share the weal and woe with the sergeant, you can't absolutely obey the command, you have great ability, and you can't be promoted, The second is to consider from the perspective of personal ability, at least need to be literate and hyphenation, with a certain degree of flexibility, and the third is to have combat experience, preferred. ”

"Master Su, Master Fan, if the blame comes down, I also have to take responsibility, I can't have to carry it all, I think that the matter of selecting officers is urgent, and it can't be delayed, the battalion commanders and deputy battalion commanders of each battalion must be in place first, and Lord Su had better worry about this matter during this time."

"It's good, it's a month to finish the selection and promotion of officers."

An Qingwei's Qianhu Zeng Yu was originally a good candidate, but Su Tiancheng's mind changed, and it was impossible to recruit, so he could only say that there would be a chance to let Zeng Yu enter the Jiangning camp in the future.

As for the recruitment of sergeants in the Jiangning battalion, it must be carried out, 30,000 people is the standard that Su Tiancheng expected, not long after, the Jiangning battalion will have to shoulder a heavy responsibility, the first thing to encounter is definitely the rogue, people often say that the scale of about 100,000 people, the number of sergeants in the Jiangning battalion is too few, you are three heads and six arms, and you can't stand the attack and harassment of others, not to mention Su Tiancheng's idea, whether it is to deal with the rogues or the Manchurian Eight Banners, what is sought is frontal combat and annihilation warfare, which needs to rely on strength, The number of people is crucial.

Faced with many specific problems, Su Tiancheng had a headache, recruiting sergeants, a little sensitive, the Jiangning battalion was already in trouble, and he had to continue to recruit 10,000 sergeants, which was tantamount to asking for boredom, but there were some principled things that he still had to insist on.

At present, the important issue is the source of these 10,000 soldiers, the salt of the sixteen salt merchants, some of them can be recruited, the quality of the salt is good, and the rest is best recruited in villages and towns, and can only be recruited in Jiangning County, which to a large extent restricts the source of excellent soldiers.

Of course, there is a way out, Su Tiancheng also thought of it, in case he can't recruit 10,000 soldiers, then recruit them in the middle of the actual battle, among the rogues, there are still some good soldiers, these people, most of them are low-level peasants, or mutinous sergeants, there will not be many bad problems. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )