Zhu Daolin's vigorous and resolute methods of managing the army soon achieved immediate and good results.

Under the strict constraints of the 30 military regulations, all the officers and men bled up their spirits and displayed good initiative and obedience, and the original phenomenon of procrastination and procrastination has almost disappeared, and the mental outlook of the whole army has taken on a new look.

On the afternoon of the next day, 42 instructors from friendly troops took the initiative to ask to return to their old troops, and each left with 5 taels of silver Xie Yi presented by Zhu Daolin.

Fifteen days later, the 1,086 recruits, who could not withstand the intense training, received one month's salary and walked out of the barracks with a farewell from their comrades.

On the second day of the sixth month of the fifth year of Chongzhen, on July 18, 1632 in the Western calendar, it was cloudy and sunny.

The sky was slightly bright, and more than 9,670 officers and men of the battalion at the southern foot of Lion Rock finished their half-hour drill and gathered in front of the review stand in a neat formation shouting earth-shaking slogans.

On the high platform, Zhu Daolin looked down at the fast-moving assembly team, and said with satisfaction: "It's starting to look a little bit." ”

Li Yiliang looked at Zhu Daolin dissatisfied: "It's a little bit of a look?" After only one and a half months of training, you can have such a neat formation and strict military discipline, and I am afraid that the entire Ming Dynasty will not be able to find a second one for such a strong army, my lord, do you think it is just a little bit of a look? ”

Zhu Daolin hit him indifferently: "Strong army? It's early! I don't know why you set the standards of the army so low, Marquis Longping and Wei Guogong are too anxious, and they have to review the new army without a single word, what is the new army? What are the criteria for the Forces nouvelles? Can the more than 9,000 officers and soldiers in front of him be regarded as a new army? I am not afraid to attack you, and after five months of hard training, it would be good to have one-third of the officers and men meet the requirements of the training syllabus. ”

"I won't tell you, see for yourself. I'll have to look around, and I'll have to read it in two and a half hours, and if something goes wrong, it's hard to explain. ”

Li Yiliang hurriedly returned to the general's mansion behind, beckoned more than 100 officers and soldiers of the law enforcement team, carried the newly made bundles of battle flags, and ran to erect them around the barracks.

Zhu Daolin couldn't understand why the generals of the Ming Dynasty were so eager for success. Although this group of recruits has made rapid progress through adequate nutritional supplements and strict training, and has gradually shown a new look that is different from other armies under the new concepts and continuous ideological education, it is only a recruit who has been trained for 45 days, and there is no value worth reviewing with great fanfare at all.

Marquis Longping, Wei Guogong and others didn't know what to think, so they had to hold a grand review ceremony, and the officials of the six departments of Nanjing and Wu Jingxian, the eunuch of the town guard, also came to join in the fun. The vast majority of instructors were even more enthusiastic about showing the results of their training, and no one remembered the more than 3,000 officers and soldiers who had been eliminated in the past 45 days, and seemed to have forgotten that more rigorous and onerous training would be needed in the next four and a half months.

Regarding the title of "new army", Zhu Daolin did not object, and even a little proud, all the officers and soldiers put on comfortable high-top rubber soles for training shoes half a month ago, and successively equipped with new war knives made by the Hushan Iron Workshop, and had sufficient materials that other Ming armies had never had. Living conditions and training conditions have improved considerably, but all this can only increase the pride and cohesion of the officers and soldiers. The whole army does not have any combat effectiveness, and it is far from being formed.

The officer on duty ran to the review stand and stood upright, saluted Zhu Daolin with a standard military salute of the people's army, and shouted loudly with his head held high: "Report to your lordship, all battalions have been assembled, and no one is absent." Please advise! ”

Zhu Daolin, who was wearing leather armor and a leather helmet, returned the same military salute and lowered his hand to announce the disbandment.

The commanders of the battalions were very surprised, and saw that Zhu Daolin had turned around and returned to the general's mansion in the rear, so they had to take their brothers back to the barracks to grab breakfast, and after they were done, they had to sort out the housekeeping and clean the camp. In case of high-ranking officials and dignitaries such as Marquis Longping and Wei Guogong came to inspect.

Yang Dading and Jade Tiger Daoist, who had returned from injury, followed closely behind Zhu Daolin.

Yang Dading served as Zhu Daolin's chief of the guard, the burly and bold Yulong Taoist was approved by the master and several uncles, and followed the senior brother Zhu Daolin to join the army with his brother Yuhu, and officially served as the commander of the guard, he served as a martial arts teacher in the Ziyang Martial Arts Hall for nearly half a year, and has a certain experience in teaching and guidance, plus good martial arts, and a solid military foundation, it is most suitable for him to lead and train the guard battalion that has increased to 500 people.

"My lord, Gonggong Wu sent someone to deliver a letter."

Han Yuhu, the military judge who strode up, sent the letter to Zhu Daolin, and now he is used to calling his senior brother Zhu Daolin an adult, and he will be called a senior brother in private.

Zhu Daolin came to the handsome chair due north, untied the Qin Wang sword from his waist, put it on the wide and thick Nanmu tabletop, tore open the envelope, took out the letterhead and read it carefully, quickly folded the letter and put it into the brown paper envelope, took the tea sent by Yang Dading and drank a big sip: "Who is the messenger?" ”

"Dongchang Zhou Baihu, hand it over to me and leave, he seems to be in a good mood to see him like that." Jade Tiger stood in front of the large table and replied in a low voice.

Zhu Daolin put down the cup and said worriedly: "The southeast Haoqiang and the Donglin Party in the court really have the ability, and they can even make the emperor stop pursuing the Jinling Nest case that is known to the world, but only transfer Yin Ye Chengzhang, who is greedy for millions of taels of silver, back to the capital to listen to it, without any punishment......

"The royal road that also belongs to the Donglin Party is directly appointed to Ying Tianfu Yin, and the nobles can't get any benefits!"

"A scholar and a squire of the Nanjing Household Department and the Military Department colluded with profiteers to smuggle a huge amount of sea salt, and used their authority to send Ning Shao Sailor to escort the local heroes, wantonly carried out sea smuggling, colluded with the Japanese to sell human beings, persecuted businessmen and killed people, all kinds of crimes, written clearly in black and white, and the evidence of people and materials was ironclad......

"Alas, it seems that this Ming Dynasty is really incorrigible!"

"Senior brother be cautious!"

Yuhu hurriedly reminded that fortunately, all the instructors were busy outside for the upcoming parade, and there were no outsiders in the main hall except for the guards on duty.

Zhu Daolin sighed, stretched out his index finger and knocked on the table: "This time it was only a few Donglin Party cadres from the Sixth Department of Nanjing who were hit, and Zhou Yanru, the leader of the Donglin Party and the first assistant of the dynasty, may also be in trouble, after all, most of the more than ten criminal officials above the fifth grade were promoted by Zhou Yanru in recent years, and Wen Tiren and his party will definitely not let go of a good opportunity to attack political opponents, and the emperor must be very annoyed in his heart." ”

"Haoqiang from all over the southeast has suffered a lot of losses this time, only the private salt, sulfur, Japanese knives, tin ingots, spices and precious wood confiscated by Dongchang and Jinyiwei, etc., are worth at least 800,000 taels of silver, but as long as the limelight passes, Southeast Haoqiang will inevitably redouble his revenge!"

"Duke Wei and Duke Wu because the emperor wants to stabilize the situation, and the officials of the six departments in Nanjing put down their shelves and bow their heads and submit to softness, so they choose to accept it when they see it, I can understand them, but I am worried that they will lose their vigilance, alas! When I'm done with this, I'll find a time to talk to them. ”

Han Yuhu, Jiang Yulong and Yang Dading listened to the analysis of their senior brother Zhu Daolin, and gradually became worried.

Zhu Daolin saw it in his eyes and was happy in his heart.

In order to let the three juniors grow up as soon as possible, Zhu Daolin said many things that should not be said, the purpose is to cultivate their ability to analyze affairs and open their horizons.

In the next step, Zhu Daolin will also turn the personal guard battalion that has returned to his heart into his own teaching team, teach by word and deed for a year and a half, and gradually release the outstanding talents who have emerged to lead the troops; only in this way can he build an army that is loyal to himself like an arm.

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