250 Letter from Gongsun Zhan
At the same time that the establishment problem was almost solved, the training of new recruits was also officially launched.
While the officers are educated, the soldiers are also educated.
Liu Bei took the "Infantry and Cavalry Drill Manual" compiled by himself as the blueprint for military training, and began to conduct very strict and scientific training for the recruits, training the soldiers' physical fitness, queues, military formations, basic culture and other aspects.
Physical fitness is mainly based on long-distance running, obstacle running, and certain strength training.
Queues and military formations are mainly trained by slogans, flags, and drums.
The basic culture is to be familiar with military regulations and military law and the army's welfare regulations as a starting point, stipulating that military law in the barracks is like a mountain, and no one is allowed to violate military law, and no matter who violates it, even Liu Bei himself, he must be punished by military law.
In addition to the strict rules and regulations, there were also daily life benefits that were quite generous for the military in this era.
For example, change two meals a day to three meals a day.
In peacetime, when they were stationed in the camp, they ate meat once every three days, and they ate one meal a day, and in wartime, they could eat one meal of meat every day, and two meals of dry and one thin meal.
During the march, thick pancakes were used as the main ration, eggs were added to the dough of the pancakes to increase nutrition, and the soldiers were each given military pickles to accompany the food.
After entering the barracks, in addition to regular military salaries, all other expenses can also be waived.
Each person will receive two sets of military suits free of charge every quarter, including all the clothes inside and outside, all of which are sewn and made by Liu Bei, and if there are holes in the military uniforms, they can be directly handed over to the military logistics department for replacement or sewing.
There is a free military medical battalion in the army, and the military doctor is hired by Liu Bei in the land of three rivers and inside and outside the city of Luoyang with a high salary, if a soldier is sick, he can go directly to the military medical camp to see a doctor, and the cost of medication and treatment is borne by the army, and the soldier himself does not need to bear any costs.
Liu Bei also equipped the military medical battalion with a considerable number of "nurses", who could play a great role in learning simple cleaning, medicine, and bandaging skills from military doctors.
There are many other benefits to be reckoned with.
For example, in the hot summer, there are black beans and mung beans to cook soup and drink, and each soldier can get two bowls every day.
In the cold winter, there is a fuel subsidy, and every soldier can receive enough fuel for heating to keep out the cold.
In addition, there are sick leave, family leave and other holidays, which can be arranged by the logistics management department if applied for in advance, and the military salary during the family visit period will be paid according to 70% of the weekdays.
The benefits are readily available, which perfectly makes the big-headed soldiers stunned.
Even some veterans who had not followed Liu Bei to fight were full of emotion, and they all sighed why they couldn't meet Liu Bei earlier and follow Liu Bei earlier, in that case, their lives should be much better than now.
Zhen Yan once expressed concern about Liu Bei's setting up so many welfare systems, saying that this would not only cost a lot of money, but also that there seemed to be no great need, and he was more worried about Liu Bei's own living standards declining than this.
Liu Bei shook his head.
"If the soldiers eat well, they can fight well, they can fight well, Liangzhou can be good, Liangzhou can be good, Liangzhou can be good, and the big man can be good, so that I can be good, if there is no such premise, no matter how luxurious my personal life is, can I feel happy? I can only hate. ”
Zhen Yan was speechless about this.
If all the money, food and materials that the big guys gave Liu Bei were really used for the army, plus the money and food of the 22,000 people paid by the imperial court, then the army under Liu Bei would definitely become the army with the best treatment in the entire Han Dynasty.
And even if there is no input, it can be maintained for a considerable period of time.
It can only be said that after Liu Bei fought the autumn wind of a hundred families, he was really very, very, very, very, rich.
Liu Bei's recruitment plan and training plan were in full swing, and all the recruitment work was completed in mid-April of the third year of Zhongping, and the army also carried out basic training for a period of time, and the army was initially formed, and it could follow Liu Bei into Liangzhou to take up his post.
During this time, Liu Bei received several letters.
First of all, Lu Zhi's letter, learning the news that Liu Bei was going to be the pastor of Liangzhou, Lu Zhi was very worried, and immediately wrote to Liu Bei, while asking if this matter was a conspiracy of the modern literary school, and then wrote a lot of tips for being a state pastor with anxiety, teaching Liu Bei the trick of how to be a state pastor.
This is his experience as a state pastor for almost a year, and he wrote seven or eight volumes of bamboo slips.
In the current period, there is only one state pastor in the world, Lu Zhi's experience as a state pastor is very valuable, and Liu Bei directly inherited this experience, which is a bit cheap.
After Liu Bei studied it carefully, he felt that it was very rewarding, and planned to collect it and read it from time to time, and then he wrote a reply letter to Lu Zhi, telling Lu Zhi not to worry, this matter has something to do with the modern literary school, but he thought about it carefully and felt that it was not bad to do so.
As long as he succeeds in governing Liangzhou, then when he returns to Luoyang, there will be no one who can stop him, and he thinks that Lu Zhi will return to Luoyang soon, and there will be a teacher in Luoyang at that time, and he is not worried that he will not be able to return to Luoyang.
Then there are the letters of solicitation.
In the letter, Zhao Zhao told about his longing for Liu Bei, and said that he was very willing to come to help Liu Bei, and then also obtained understanding from Lu Zhi, but when Lu Zhi had one last thing left to do, he resigned and rushed to Liangzhou.
I hope that when the time comes, Liu Bei will still have his place under his command, and he will definitely do his best to help Liu Bei govern Liangzhou.
After reading the letter, Liu Bei was very happy, and wrote a reply to the guide, telling him not to be in a hurry, and to be cautious when he was in a hurry.
From the words and sentences in the letter, Liu Bei could almost feel that he was indeed in a hurry to come to Liangzhou, thinking about it, he chose to follow Lu Zhi and become an official as soon as possible in order to make meritorious contributions and not leave Liu Bei too much, but how could he have thought that Liu Bei would establish such a meritorious career?
Liu Bei felt that he must have been very entangled during this time.
However, the result is good, and Lu Zhi's administrative ability has been highly praised by Lu Zhi during this time, and Liu Bei's plan to govern Liangzhou in the future is indispensable for the efforts of Zhaozhao.
The third letter is a bit special, from his good eldest brother, Gongsun Zhan, the content of the letter is that Gongsun Chan hopes that Liu Bei can help him make a breakthrough in his position, preferably a military position, and also vaguely mentioned the oath that he would not forget the rich and noble.
The arrival of this letter made Liu Bei feel that Gongsun Chan was probably facing some political difficulties now, otherwise with Gongsun Chan's temper, he would not have taken the initiative to write to himself for help in this regard.
Although the two said that wealth should not be forgotten, Gongsun Zhan's machismo psychology is estimated to be very complicated in the face of his former younger brother who is younger than him and used to call him the eldest brother.
After thinking about it, Liu Bei wrote a reply to Gongsun Zhan, saying that he would help him maneuver around Luoyang and strive to change him to the military position he wanted.
Gongsun Chan still helped Liu Bei in the end, and it was not difficult for Liu Bei to help him change positions, so Liu Bei was willing to help him with this, but Liu Bei felt that Gongsun Chan was not suitable for working with him, and it was better to distance the two a little.
Otherwise, he will be awkward, and Gongsun Chan will also be awkward.
So Liu Bei took a free time, and Liang Hu, the elector of the monk Shangtai, met him and invited him to dinner, planning to talk to him about Gongsun Zhan's transfer.
PS: I ate Kang Shuaibo's scallion braised pork rib noodles in the morning, and I felt that the taste was average, but it was still not as good as the traditional braised beef noodles, and I was very depressed, so I added a more chapter.