In the small conference room in Chen Xin's mansion, there were seven people seated, in addition to Chen Xin and Liu Minyou, Dong Yu, Li Donghua, Huang Side, Xiao Chengguo and Liu Pojun.

Li Donghua looked at the booklet in his hand and said: "Among the ordinary soldiers in the whole army, there are about 500 only sons, and 1,200 people with more than two children under the age of ten, many of whom were recruited by Chongzhen in the fifth year. Among the non-commissioned officers and officers, there are only more than ten children in the family who have no heirs, and most of them were enlisted in the army four years ago by Chongzhen. ”

Chen Xin waved his hand and said: "Non-commissioned officers and officers should not be forced to retire, and the Military Affairs Department will sort out some non-front-line posts and let them decide for themselves." Soldiers may be replaced, but only if they have parents, except for bachelors among the homeless. Those who have made meritorious contributions can be arranged to be assigned to the mobilization department to serve as instructors of the tunpu or workshop reserves, and if they have average qualifications and no suitable position, they will be discharged from the army directly. How many people can you arrange on your side? ”

Liu Minyou frowned and calculated for a while and said: "This year, Qingzhou Mansion will build more than 100 tunpu, and the tun chief and instructors will be two or three hundred, and the tunpu school will be more than 100 if it is farther away, and Qingzhou Mansion will build a new large-scale cotton factory, which can accommodate three hundred, and there are also positions in the civil department, but most of them should be reserved for students in vocational schools and university halls." It is better to let them start their own business, when they are discharged from the army, they must settle the pension, military salaries over the years, and the dividends of the trading company, and the civil department can give those who have no land to divide the land, everyone at least has no worries about life, and then they are willing to start a business, and the money bank can give priority to loans. ”

Dong Yu interjected: "Some of the people in it are good at literacy and arithmetic, and they can be placed in a trading company or a money bank, which is more reassuring than those recruited from outside." ”

Liu Min nodded and said, "The trading company and the money village can also settle some of them." It's really appropriate to enter these two places, but it's still the same sentence. It's better if they start their own business. ”

Liu Pojun said suddenly: "These soldiers have been trained for many years, and I still think that they should be relatively concentrated." Qingzhou Mansion is going to occupy Tunbao this year, why not let these soldiers go to Tunbao in Qingzhou Mansion, with these people as the backbone, Tunhu will soon be able to have combat power, and it will be able to provide more stable depth for our Dengzhou Town. ”

Chen Xin looked at Liu Pojun and said with a smile: "It's a good idea, but many people have divided the land in Dengletun Fort, and their homes are located over there, and the land is also familiar." You suddenly asked people to go to Qingzhou Mansion to grab the land and rebuild the house, where are the people willing to do it. ”

Huang Side listened and said to Chen Xin: "My lord, my subordinates think that Director Liu's idea is feasible, and as for their reluctance to relocate, we can give some conditions." If they go back to their hometowns directly, the tun chief and instructor in the tunpu are ready-made, and without their place, it will be different to go to Qingzhou, in front of the tun chief or instructor. You can get an extra monthly money every month, and the house, if you buy materials by yourself and ask the tunhu to do it, it's only more than ten or twenty taels. In the long run, it is still cost-effective to go to Qingzhou. ”

After hearing this, Chen Xin also felt reasonable, and turned to Liu Minyou and said, "What do you think?" ”

Liu Minyou thought for a moment and said, "Although we think it's a good deal, from the perspective of a soldier. There is some resentment in their hearts, these soldiers have been soldiers for several years. Originally, the military salary was well received, but now it is suddenly said that there is no more. I can only go home to farm, and the income from farming naturally cannot be compared with military salaries, and it is impossible to complain in my heart. So if you want to let them leave their hometown and go to Qingzhou Mansion, how many people will be willing? However, Liu Pojun's idea is really good for Dengzhou Town, and I can keep the shares of the trading company for the soldiers who go to Tunpu in Qingzhou Prefecture, which means that the pension can always make money, which is more or less compensation. ”

Chen Xin snorted, and several other people also felt that Liu Min had this plan to be feasible, Chen Xin knocked on the table and thought for a moment and said: "This matter is still to be thought about by the officer, the Military Affairs Department can first follow this draft, and after the official confirms it, it will be sent to each battalion to clean up, but be careful not to be too eager." Now that the source of soldiers is becoming more and more extensive, it is best to recruit those who have not started a family in the future, institutionalize conscription and discharge, and set a time for the newly recruited soldiers to be discharged, so as to increase the number of trainees and also benefit the emergency mobilization in the future. ”

The army recruits those who have not married and are not only children, and the pressure on the pension is the least, and the death pension is over, which can be implemented in Dengzhou Town, which has sufficient soldiers, but Chen Xin is not easy to explain the reason.

Dong Yu said to Chen Xin again: "My lord, those with flintlock pistols inside, do you let them take away the guns?" ”

Chen Xin waved his hand generously and said: "Not only the flintlock pistol, but also the weapons that were issued will be taken away, and the same will be true for those who will be discharged normally in the future." ”

After Li Donghua recorded it, Chen Xin said to him again: "Now let's talk about the expansion of the army next year, the plan reported by the Department of Military Affairs is to expand the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth battalions next year, a total of five battalion heads, and the deployment locations are the sixth battalion in Pingdu, to fill the vacancy of the third battalion moving westward; The 7th and 8th Battalions were deployed in Lushun, and 30% of the soldiers of these two battalions were to be selected from the auxiliaries who had participated in the defensive battle of Lushun, and they were combined with the 5th Battalion to form the Southern Liaoning Brigade; The ninth battalion was deployed in Wuchang, and the fifth battalion was combined into the Huguang Brigade, which corresponded to the establishment of the imperial court as a co-level; The 10th Battalion is deployed in Linxian County, but it cannot use the military uniforms of our Dengzhou Town, and can only be arranged in the name of civilian regimental training. Tell me, what are your opinions? ”

Liu Pojun immediately said: "My lord, according to this establishment, the total strength of Dengzhou Town is close to 63,000, and there are 28,500 people in Denglai alone, while there are only 17,000 people in southern Liaoning. ”

Dong Yu interrupted: "Director Li, Lord Chen is talking about the station, not the combat site. The local tunbao in southern Liaoning was only established last year, and the number was only about 20, which could not provide logistics for many troops, and the deployed men and horses were concentrated in southern Liaoning, which would contain the capacity of many ships, which was not a good thing for the trading company and the sailors. ”

Liu Minyou stood up and said, "Since we talked about logistics, I also want to talk about it." In that place in Linxian County, there is no combat mission, why put a battalion there. In the past, Qingzhou Mansion was not in our hands, now the border of Qingzhou Mansion is not far from the canal, the role of Lin County is no longer obvious, after the Xuan War, there was a thousand headquarters of dragoons with captured horses, and the logistics supply has restrained the trading company A lot of jīng force, and if you put a battalion, it will not play a big role, but it will cost a lot. ”

Chen Xin nodded slightly, looked at the others, and saw that there was no opinion, so he said, "Then let the tenth battalion go first." ”

Liu Minyou continued: "There is also the station of the second battalion, and Wendentun Fort is in groups. The reserve soldiers have been training for the longest time, and they are surrounded by sea borders. There is no threat at all, there is no need to put a battalion there. The three thousand headquarters of the second battalion could be stationed in Laiyang, Wendeng, and Ninghai Prefectures. ”

Huang Side sat up straight and reminded: "Lord Liu, Laiyang is easy to say, but Ninghai Prefecture has never been stationed, and the imperial court has no plan to garrison there. ”

"What does the court do?" Liu Minyou interrupted, "In Jiaozhou, the imperial court has not assigned the second battalion of the guards, and it has not been stationed yet. There is also Pingdu, the situation is stable, and there is still the second battalion of the guards stationed in Jiaozhou in the south, why should a new sixth battalion be formed. ”

Chen Xin hurriedly said: "The second battalion can be stationed." However, the sixth battalion could not be canceled, and the first and third battalions went to Qingzhou Mansion, and Pingdu Prefecture to Changyi was the best area on the official road, and a team of men and horses must be stationed to respond to Qingzhou Mansion, and it was also convenient to go to sea by boat to support southern Liaoning. At the same time, from a logistical point of view, Pingdu Prefecture has the most tunbao, and the grain tax can supply the garrison without transportation, which is the most convenient. ”

Liu Min calculated: "But the tenth battalion was canceled." The total number of troops was also nearly 60,000, 3,000 more than 55,000. ”

"I'm talking about combat power." Chen Xin hurriedly threw out a new concept, "The various divisions and mobilization headquarters in Dengzhou are not counted, and the current number is about 55,000." ”

"Combat power?" Liu Minyou frowned. Chen Xin didn't wait for him to think about it and said, "The sixth battalion of Pingdu Prefecture can be placed in the second batch, but it must be retained. Do anyone else have any comments? ”

Liu Pojun raised his hand again and said: "My subordinates still have an opinion, according to the strategic planning of adults." This year, southern Liaoning will turn into a strategic counteroffensive, and our army will enter Liaozhong to attack. It caused severe damage to the foundations of Jiannu, and most of the eastern and northern fronts relied on Dongjiang Town. Led by Mao Chenglu, Shang Kexi, and Shen Shikui, they have a large number of soldiers, and their assistance will also occupy the ship's capacity. In addition, the Chūn Season Offensive will be launched at the beginning of the year, although most of the non-commissioned officers and officers will be transferred from martial arts, but they will definitely have to be replenished from the soldiers, and if too many non-commissioned officers are transferred from the fourth battalion, it will affect the combat strength of the original battalion in southern Liaoning. Combined, these two aspects will affect the development of the offensive in the chūn season. ”

Chen Xin muttered: "There is no need to discuss the affairs of Dongjiang Town, since we want to control their military logistics, of course it will take some transportation capacity, but there is also an extra team of available men." As for the expansion of southern Liaoning, Li Donghua, has the winter training of the Liaonan reserve army been carried out? ”

Li Donghua said: "In October, a plan was issued to train the reserve troops in southern Liaoning during the winter slack period, and the effect is not yet known. ”

"The expansion of the southern Liaoning army was placed in the first batch, and the non-commissioned officers and officers of the martial arts gave priority to supplying the southern Liaoning, and the expansion of the southern Liaonan army was completed, and the second battalion of the guards was mobilized for the chūn season offensive, and the first general of the third battalion stationed in southern Liaoning in the winter and the first general headquarters of Jimo Qian also participated, and the fourth battalion formed the Liaonan Provisional Brigade, which was temporarily under the command of Zhu Guobin. Let the southern Liaoning side have sufficient forces to launch an attack. ”

Liu Minyou was still thinking about how to calculate the combat strength, Chen Xin had already transferred to the army establishment, and he said to the several officers present: "Everyone must remember that after the expansion of the battalion head in this step, we will have brigade-level troops, that is, the cooperation of the imperial court." Zhu Dai Chūn there is not much time to fight in a concentrated manner, but southern Liaoning is different, we have to change from a sabotage war to a formation battle in southern Liaoning, and there will be more and more large corps operations, and the establishment of brigades needs a new logistics, tactics, and dispatch system. The brigade commander of the Liaonan Brigade is Zhu Guobin, and the officer has confidence in him, but the department will also send cadres to Liaonan to help improve the brigade-level combat system. ”

"That'...... How should Zhu Guobin's rank be calculated? Li Donghua hesitated and asked, "He used to be a battalion officer, this ...... There is a division is also a battalion officer level, and later the martial arts set up a co-level, but the martial arts do not participate in the battle, but it has nothing to do with the command system, and now there are three battalions under the brigade level, maybe four battalions, that ...... How should the battalion officer call Zhu Guobin? ”

Chen Xin pondered for a moment and said: "Isn't there a martial arts rank or something like that in the imperial court, let's make a similar one, as an officer's rank, the title should be concise, not too complicated, and the soldiers should understand it at a glance." ”

After a few things were quickly said, after several officers left, Chen Xin turned his head and said to Liu Minyou: "Why did you mention the shares of the trading company to the retired soldiers, and what will we give to the new soldiers in the future?" ”

Liu Minyou said while packing up his things: "Which country's army has company shares?" We are not the East India Company, and we can rise in this way in the early stages, but after you win the world, is it possible that the army is still mixed in with the trading company? The other firms can't do anything. ”

Chen Xin frowned and said, "Then take it away like this...... It's not always quite right. ”

"What's wrong?" Liu Minyou sat down, "These soldiers have been discharged, but their combat skills are all there, and the shares have been taken away, they are still tied to us, and no one can replace the interests." When you finish fighting the world, the recruits we recruit will not issue shares, and the veterans will take away the shares when they retire, and these people will also be the people who support you the most, equivalent to an invisible army, which is also a reward for their support for your Wang Tu hegemony. With the retirement of these veterans, the Four Seas Trading Company can gradually become a decentralized joint-stock company, breaking away from the current way of being tied to the army, and can also hide the wealth from the people. ”

"Then these veterans won't rebel against me then?"

"They were all old then, and they were good enough to beat the recruits? And you still have a family and a room, and it's not that you can't afford to eat, who has nothing to do to rebel against you? ”

Chen Xin looked up at the roof and said, "But my original plan was to build an East India Company." ”

"That's external, we can't do it in China, the Four Seas Trading Company is still in the expansion period, with the rising vitality, if it comes to you to control the whole country, the monopoly profits will make him become an unenterprising behemoth, then what is the difference with the current Huangzhuang Huangdian and the vassal king industry? It is better to prevent the formation of a new monopoly aristocracy in the first place than to face a resistance to antitrust in the future. When you're in the world, it's time to break up the Four Seas Trading Company. When the time comes, the world will be yours, and you won't be able to look down on these three melons and two dates. ”

After Chen Xin thought for a moment, he looked at Liu Minyou and shook his head and smiled, "You haven't been greedy for money?" You have a lot of shares in Sihai Trading Company. ”

"Am I useful?". Liu Minyou put away the booklet, "I am your founding father, and I only have one wife...... No, there are only two wives, and they don't need a few pieces of silver a month. Anyway, I thought about it, retire at the age of fifty, and don't forget to give me the retirement salary when the time comes, at least one hundred taels a month, and we can't use the rest. Since it can't be used up, what are you doing in the cellar? (To be continued......)

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