Asking for a monthly pass, Luo Luoton bowed again, just for a monthly pass, woo, is there still a monthly pass?

After Miao Peilin walked around his team a few times, he found that the soldiers' food was okay, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and went straight to the camp of the 15th Army. The 15th Army is a field army, although it is not a strong force in the Ming Army, but most of the officers have been trained by military schools, and it is natural to show strict order everywhere when they bring up soldiers, even when eating. Each company formed its own food unit, and ate there in a field pot and stove. The commander of the 15th Army is named Li Wenmao, and he was born as an actor.

The quality of the early generals of the Ming army was actually not good, many of them were born in the Heaven and Earth Society, and at most they went to a crash course military school for more than a year. Li Wenmao, who was born in Cantonese opera, is actually one of the best. After six or seven years of military career, he has been promoted all the way to the rank of lieutenant general, and he has also been awarded the title of Marquis of Heshan - this kind of Hou with a place name is not the same as the Hou without a place name bought for 1 million, and the place name of the recipient's hometown is generally selected. Not only will you be given a house in Yingtianfu (Shuntianfu, Guangzhou), but you can also give a marquis in your hometown, and you can also receive a generous annuity from 1853. In addition, children can also enroll in the Imperial City Public School and become classmates of the crown prince, prince and princess of the Ming Dynasty! You can figure out how much of this benefit is with your heels!

Therefore, these serious marquis and uncles will not take those "donations" seriously at all, just like the civil officials from the pediatric class in the Qing Dynasty looked down on the donation class. However, in the eyes of Emperor Zhu, these Ming lords did not have any great merit, and the previous victories were not so much due to their swords and shots. It's better to say that you smashed it out of silver yourself. There is also the fact that French foreign aid is more effective. And the Manchu and Taiping Heavenly Kingdoms were really a bit weak.

However, this time the northern expedition to Mongolia is likely to meet the Russian Empire, the overlord of Europe on land, so the front-line generals of the Ming army not only held back their strength, but also fought their spirits, all of them were cautious, which was completely different from the optimism of their high-level.

When Miao Peilin came over, Li Wenmao was already waiting for a lookout car placed on a high place, and was observing the surrounding terrain. I heard someone shouting: "Master Miao has arrived." I wanted to go down to greet him, but Miao Peilin waved his hand and said, "Li Junmen." You don't have to come down, the old man goes up and looks at the terrain with you. ”

said that he didn't need to be helped, and he got on the lookout car in three or two clicks, and his skills were quite vigorous.

"Li Junmen, how is it? Is it possible to build a castle here? ”

Miao Peilin asked in a low voice after getting into the car. According to the military order of the Generalissimo's Palace: the Southern Route Army must choose dangers along the way and build castles as the foundation of Mongolian management. So whenever they went to a place, Miao Peilin and Li Wenmao would carefully study the terrain to see if they could build a city.

"I think it's okay, so I build a city according to the sea. How about building a rammed-earth Bagua Fort and garrisoning a battalion? ”

Li Wenmao said lightly. Although the tone was polite, he was giving Miao Peilin an order. The current Ming Dynasty does not have the saying of "using literature to control martial arts". All military operations are dominated by the military, and there is no reason for civilian officials to command officers. Although Miao Peilin's rank and title are higher than Li Wenmao, the latter is the commander of the lieutenant general, so he is the commander-in-chief of the Ming army.

"The soldiers stationed in the station will bother Miao Futai to arrange." Li Wenmao continued.

"That's nature." Miao Peilin replied with a smile without the slightest hesitation.

Li Wenmao meant to let Miao Peilin set up a battalion of Suiyuan town soldiers here. This time, Miao Peilin brought a total of 32 battalions of 8 brigades, accounting for 8 percent of the total strength of the Miao army. According to the order of the Generalissimo's Palace, from Suiyuan City to the north, a city must be built every 40 to 50 li (a day's march). A total of 32 castles need to be built, and Miao Peilin's 32 battalions are scattered and stationed. Since Miao Peilin is the governor and chief soldier of Suiyuan, after the Mongolian troops are completed, as long as the Generalissimo's Office does not transfer the troops stationed in Mongolia and Suiyuan, Miao Peilin will lose 8% of the army. There is no longer the capital to support the army.

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"Strategist, that Miao Peilin won't toss anything, right?"

Zhu Jishi stood in the Zhengda Guangming Hall of the Old Summer Palace, and seemed to be asking Luo Zenan's words with some worry. He still appreciates Miao Peilin's talent and courage to do things. Now the lords of the Ming Dynasty are roughly divided into two categories, one is Zuo Zongtang and Miao Peilin, who can do things and are willing to do things, but they just like to seize power; One is Zheng Hong, who is ready to lie on the merit book and wait for death for the rest of his life.

The former certainly needs to be guarded against, but the latter is not of great use, to manage such a big stall as Daming, you must use officials like Zuo Zongtang, Miao Peilin and Li Hongzhang who are very energetic, and you can't rely on "King Anle" like Zheng Hong. Therefore, Emperor Zhu still wants to make good use of these heroes who like to seize power and do things. For Miao Peilin, he also started from the direction of preserving the grace and righteousness of the monarch and ministers as much as possible.

"Miao Yusan is a smart person, when he knows that the emperor has always been in favor of him, if he doesn't know what to do, it will really be in vain to read the sage book."

"Yes." Zhu Jishi smiled, "If you want to be replaced by Emperor Taizu, how can you tolerate him." I, the emperor, is probably the most benevolent founding monarch in the past, right? ”

He paused for a moment, and then said: "But Miao Peilin's 40 battalions are not used, it is a waste, 80,000 horses, if they are dismissed and recruited, 3.2 million mu of Junlutian alone will be given!" ”

Jun Lutian can be said to be the source of the Ming army's combat effectiveness. Chinese have always known how to be grateful, a farmer gets 40 acres of land, it can be said that his father and mother have no emperor's relatives! With these grants, Zhu Jishi also firmly grasped the military heart of the Ming army. At least in the generalissimo's army, there was no one who dared to have a bad heart, and could not incite any rebellion.

But there is also a disadvantage of the Junlu field system - too much land is needed! Now the total number of the Ming Army and Navy is close to 1 million, and 40 million acres need to be granted for Junlutian alone! It accounts for a few tenths of the cultivated land area of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the service period of the Ming army is very long, and ordinary soldiers need to serve for 10 years before they can be discharged. Moreover, with the depletion of confiscated land (flag land and Manchu official land) in the interior, the Ming army could only recruit soldiers by recruiting military households in the past two years. The number of conscripts has also been greatly restricted, and in another four or five years, the military system will probably come to an end.

At that time, the military service system of the Ming Dynasty will definitely gradually shift from the current conscription system to the conscription system, which is another major change, which also involves the most elusive people's hearts!

"Military division, this war with Russia is not only a real national war for us China, but also a battle for our China. The participants should not only be the imperial court and soldiers, but also the entire people. ”

"All...... National? Luo Zenan looked at Emperor Zhu incomprehensibly, and thought, "The emperor is going to start tossing again......"

"Yes!" Zhu Jishi nodded and said, "I have 40,000 Chinese nationals, but how many people think that this war against Russia has something to do with them?" Even among those who read and write, how many of them are willing to go into battle with guns and fight for their country?

Take the rise and fall of the world as its own responsibility...... The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband. This is easier said than done. I hope that through this war against Russia, some people will realize that they are also responsible for the country and the world. ”

Luo Zenan pondered for a moment and nodded: "That's what I said, but it's not easy to do." Even if they are scholars, there may not be a few who really take the rise and fall of the country as their own responsibility. Even if they have such thoughts in their hearts, most of what they do is to repay the king with death, which is really useless......"

Zhu Jishi smiled: "So we have to seize the opportunity of this war with Russia to brainwash the people below." ”

"Brainwashing ......" Luo Zenan didn't quite understand the meaning of this word.

"Well, I just want everyone to know that their personal future is tied to the future of the country, and if the country is strong, they will have a good life, and if the country dies, they will all be slaves!"

Luo Zenan nodded: "That's the truth." ”

"It is not enough to know the truth of the Tao, we must have the courage to practice this truth! When the former Ming Dynasty fell, and when the Northern Song Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty were defeated, not to mention ordinary people, even people who were scholars, how many people were willing to stand up and go into battle to fight the Tartars in person? (To be continued......)