Chapter 080: The Establishment of the New Army

"The rest of the commanders, the same knowledge, the matter, because you belong to the guard army sequence, the reward is different from the border army, according to the practice is to reward your descendants for hereditary military positions, however, Ben Bo has won an opportunity for you, that is, like Wang Xiaojie, to Guangning to guard, in the future, you will no longer be the guard troops, but the border army, everyone must think about it clearly, and after thinking about it, just tell Zhao Xin, and Ben Bo will write to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies in Nanjing."

The eyes of the officers of the guards at the bottom were round, and Pang Zhihuan was the first to stand in line: "Uncle, the last general is willing to go to Liaodong." ”

With him taking the lead, Weng Linzhi also reflected on his identity with Chen Cao, although Liaodong was hard, he couldn't lose his little sister's face: "Uncle, the last general is also willing to go to Liaodong." ”

Lin Guodong was about to come out of the ranks, but was stopped by Chen Cao: "You don't need to, your Guanhaiwei will stay in Zhejiang for the time being, and I will be of great use in the future." ”

Lin Guodong nodded with his hand, and the rest of Han Shun's Zhenjiangwei expressed their reluctance to go to Liaodong, and Chen Cao was not angry, and after praising him for his actions in Liaodong, he let these commanders retreat one after another.

The rest are Chen Cao's real henchmen.

"The new army has completely changed the military system, which is different from the old military system in the past, because it is modeled after the Taixi military system." Chen Cao said and asked Zhao Xin to distribute the booklet to others: "There are ten people in a squad, and there is one squad leader, who is compared to a small flag officer, but there is also a deputy squad leader, which is to directly replace the position of the squad leader after the squad leader dies in battle, and there is no comparison;

Three squads are a platoon, each platoon is thirty-two, with one platoon leader, one general flag officer, and one deputy platoon leader, whose duties are the same as those of the deputy squad leader, not controlled;

Four platoons are a company, each company has 120 people, a separate company commander, a test hundred households, and a deputy company commander, who is not controlled, and has the same position as the squad leader;

Every five companies are a battalion, each battalion has 600 people, a separate battalion commander, a hundred household officers, and a deputy battalion commander, with the same duties as above;

Every three battalions are a regiment, each regiment has 1,800 people, and there is a separate regiment commander, and the comparison is a deputy thousand households, and there is a deputy regiment commander, and the duties are the same as above;

Each three regiments are a brigade, each brigade has 5,400 men, and there is a separate brigade commander, and the comparison is a thousand-household officer, and a deputy brigade commander, whose duties are the same as above;

Each of the three brigades is a division, each with 16,200 men, and a separate division commander, and a deputy division commander, whose duties are the same as above;

Every three divisions are a corps, each with 48,600 men, and there is one army commander, who is the general soldier, and one deputy army commander, who is the deputy general soldier or staff general. ”

After Chen Cao finished speaking, he said: "This military system is temporary, and it will be slowly improved in the future, the first thing we have to do is to recruit soldiers, soldiers, I still like the untouchables in Zhejiang or the displaced people in Shaanxi and Shanxi, what do you think?" ”

Song Che said: "Actually, it's okay, since our right guard has become an all-firearms unit, the training results and wartime performance are obvious to all, according to your ideas, uncle, there will be very few places to really fight bayonets in the future, as long as a qualified soldier shoots his gun, I believe that even one person can kill five or even ten people on the other side." ”

Chen Cao nodded, and then said: "That's what I mean, I am the chief soldier of the new army, you are the deputy chief soldier, the two of us together will at least not let my subordinates suffer, besides, the whole army wants me to feed myself, to be honest, with my current financial resources, it is impossible at all, at most one year, I will not be able to make ends meet." ”

"Hahaha..."Several people in the hall laughed.

"Moreover, I am going to mobilize those thousands and hundreds of households from the right guard to be officers in the new army, and then transfer those non-commissioned officers to the new army as low-level officers, they have been on the battlefield, know the tactics of the Tartars, and in addition to luck, personal courage is still inseparable, so that they can also increase some experience and knowledge, so that they will not be cowardly as soon as they go to the battlefield."

"I agree with this," Song Che nodded: "The method is feasible, I agree." ”

Chen Cao nodded, then looked at Bi Maokang and said: "Master Bi, in the future, the workshop will be subordinate to the Dingwu Army, you are the general system of the workshop, the official residence is the fifth grade, Lord Xu is the chief consultant of the workshop, the official residence is the fifth grade, Song Yingxing becomes the ambassador of the workshop, the official residence is the seventh grade, and then like Wu Liangju and Li Maocai, they are all promoted to the eighth grade, and the manpower is enough?" ”

Bi Maokang, who had just been promoted, arched his hand and said: "Uncle, there are still enough manpower now, if you want to produce enough flintlock pistols for 50,000 people, I'm afraid it will not be enough, now the workshop can produce up to fifty flintlock pistols a day, and the rest of the various ordnance is still second." ”

"By the way, I still thought of something," Chen Cao handed the drawings to Bi Maokang: "Find a powerful tailor, let him make a lift, set up a workshop for me to make military uniforms, according to the clothes I painted, our Ming standard military uniforms have gradually fallen behind in the era of muskets, if the musketeers wear heavy armor to fight, the shooting accuracy will be greatly reduced, ease is the first priority, no matter how many tailors you are looking for, or hundreds of embroiderers, You must get me enough uniforms for a regiment within the first month. ”

"Yes, the lower officials will do their best."

Song Che waited for Chen Cao to finish speaking before he said: "Uncle, I've thought about it for a long time, our army is close to 50,000 people, and the number has already exceeded the number of leading troops of the total army, maybe the imperial court agrees?" ”

Chen Cao smiled, Song Che didn't know about his deal with the emperor, and said lightly at the moment: "Don't worry, if I dare to do this, I won't worry about accidents, you can be the deputy commander of your Dingwu Army with peace of mind;

Okay, I won't tell you any more, but go your own way. ”

"Yes..."

Everyone left, Chen Cao left a few of Zhao Xin's cronies, and then stared at Liao Yaowen and said: "Old Liao, give you a task, take a brother from a hundred households, and let Zhao Tianlin escort you to the Wa Kingdom, and give me news, I will use you in the near future." ”

"It's Uncle..."

After speaking, he stared at Han Shizhong and said, "You stay in the Zhenfu Division." ”

"Yes..."

Then he looked at Gao Chong: "Take a thousand people from the house, go to Zhejiang first, and look for those Japanese people who have come ashore from various ports in Zhejiang along the coast, and none of them can be left behind. ”

"Yes..."

The three of them left, Chen Cao looked at Xu Kaixian and said: "You take a thousand people to Zhejiang to recruit those untouchables, just say that the conscription of the right guard of Nanjing, the amount is set at 30,000, or the old requirement, over eighteen years old, under thirty-five years old." ”

"The subordinates are clear, so let's act."

After Xu Kaixian left, Chen Cao looked at Zhao Xin and said, "You take my letter and go to Longjiang Shipyard in person, and tell them that the more big ships you can build me with 3,000 materials, the better." ”

"Yes..."

Everyone received the task and left, and when there were only Chen Cao and Song Che in the hall, Chen Cao asked the maid outside the door to invite Li Xiang.

"I've seen Mrs. Chen..."Song Che saw Li Xiang coming, and hurriedly saluted.

Li Xiang said very enthusiastically: "Brother Song has seen the outside, now we are the only ones here, and we are all our own people." ”

Song Che didn't know what to do, so Chen Cao said directly: "Shi Xiu, we are our own people, I don't say secret words, the old saying is that the eldest brother is like a father and a sister-in-law is like a mother, my little sister Chen Qing is not young now, and all the noble families in Jinling have come to propose to me, but I always feel that the fertilizer water can't flow into the fields of outsiders." ”

Song Che somewhat understood what Chen Cao meant: "Yew Chung, what do you mean?" ”

Li Xiang saw that Song Che was stunned, so he smiled and said: "Brother Song, let me tell you, I discussed it with my husband and wanted to give you my little sister, I don't know if you agree?" ”

"Ahh This... This—" Song Che stammered.

Chen Cao grabbed Song Che's shoulders and said: "You and my brother don't have to see each other, my little sister is not ugly, and your sister is not ugly, you and I are brothers, now it's better to kiss and kiss, I will marry your sister, you will marry your sister-in-law to me, how about it?" ”

"Huh?"

It is better to choose a day than to hit the day, the tenth day of the first month of September, and it is auspicious

The Chen and Song families became in-laws, and because of Chen Cao's identity, the Nanjing nobles led by Wei Guogong came to congratulate them, and the two families got married at the same time, which was extremely lively.

Chen Cao has liked Song Yin for a long time, and Chen Qing's marriage is all decided by Chen Cao, although his personality is not very good, but at least he listens to Li Xiang's words.

The rest of the things are not listed...

After the marriage, Chen Cao slept with Song Yin for three days, in order to sow seeds, after this major event was completed, Chen Cao still had to get married, but he took it twice this year, and Li Wan'er married her wife, plus her title of Tieling Township, she had to find a good day and an auspicious day to be married by the emperor.

So Chen Cao promised Li Wan'er that when the new military was over, he would write to the emperor at the end of the year and ask him to marry Li Wan'er.

The relationship between children and daughters was not allowed for a long time, and Chen Cao had to go to the barracks to arrange things after resting at home for less than ten days.

"Uncle, this is an official document from the Nanjing Military Department, as well as an official document from the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies." Zhao Xin handed Chen Cao a series of official documents that he needed.

Chen Cao didn't even look at it, then threw the official document aside, and handed the booklet with some names written on it to Zhao Xin: "The people on the booklet, first, ask what they are doing, second, no matter where they are, they must find a way to get the new army here, and third, if they don't want to, hehe, you can do it yourself." ”

Zhao Xin smiled evilly: "Subordinate provinces, please be good, just use the method used to deal with Song Yingxing back then?" ”

"You can do it yourself, but don't go too far with me, it's all your own people in the future." Chen Cao instructed.

"Yes, from the lower province." Zhao Xin nodded.

"Let's go, accompany me to the residence of the Duke of Qianguo."

Xuanwu Street is relatively lively, because it is close to Xuanwu Lake and Qinhuai River, if you look carefully, the distance between the Duke of Wei and the Mansion of Qianguo is only two streets, but even if it is two streets, it takes half an hour to walk.

The stone lion at the door shows the identity of the family, and the four big characters of 'Qianguo Mansion' are given by the emperor above the door, showing that this is the noble home of the Ming Dynasty second only to the Wei Mansion. Mu Rong

"The Mu family guards the southwest border all the year round and has great power, but when Jiajing Ye wants to clean it up, he has already found it difficult to reach the sky." Zhao Xin accompanied Chen Cao to stand in place, and then said: "The military and political affairs of Yunnan are all handled by the Qianguo Mansion, and the local three divisions and the governors sent by the imperial court are all decorations, and the imperial court has not even sent a governor until the middle of Wanli. ”

"I heard that Annan and Siam in the southwest and the surrounding Lancang Kingdom are invading the border, and the Mu family is using troops?" Chen Cao frowned.

Zhao Xindao: "Uncle is right, the Mu family guards Yunnan all the year round, Annan is restless, in addition to the Mu family can live in the town, Lin Tiangu, the governor of Yunnan during the Jiajing period, was beaten by Annan in order to seize power with the Mu family, and the Mu family came forward, and the matter was calmed down, for which he was also dismissed and imprisoned." ”

"It seems that this trip is not easy to say," Chen Cao shook his head: "What about the matter I asked you to investigate?" ”

"Today's Qianguo Duke Mu Changzuo, Longqing five years of raids, the first year of Wanli, Yunnan Yao'an local Tusi rebelled, killed the Xuanwei Division, the Zhao Division and other officials and people, the Mu family not only did not send troops to suppress it, but also sat back and watched its development, and later the Mu family felt that the situation expanded, can not be covered, so they sent troops to conscript, it took a full year to quell the rebellion, at that time the court did not ask;

However, in the eighteenth year of Wanli, there was a royal history to sue him, many people participated in the impeachment, the court issued an edict to hold him accountable, and in the twenty-third year of Wanli, he said that he was sick and retired from the title, and let his son take the title of duke of Zhenqianguo; Saying that, Zhao Xin said mysteriously: "Mu Changzuo is actually very powerful, he participated in the suppression of the local rebellion in Yunnan, and I heard that he was ready to give him a county prince at that time, but Mu Changzuo beat the people of the imperial history when he went to Beijing, and he was domineering, so he issued an edict to reprimand, and then asked him about the first year of Wanli." ”

"And such a Mixin?" Chen Cao likes to gossip.

Zhao Xin came to the heart, and said: "His son Mu Rong fled in battle when there was a rebellion in Yunnan in the 37th of Wanli and commanded the army, resulting in a great defeat of the official army, and the court was angry and dismissed his title, imprisoned and died, and then let the current Duke of Qianguo Mu Changzuo attack the lord, and the old guys are all sixty-eight. ”

"The Mu family still has such a coward?" Chen Cao frowned.

"Hey," Zhao Xin said more and more energetically: "He is not the only one who cowards the bag, their family is genetic, last year Guizhou An Bangyan rebelled, the imperial court let Mu Changzuo and his grandson Mu Qiyuan lead the army to conscript, good guy, you push the two grandsons and I push over, but I don't go, and in the end thousands of Guangxi Tusi wolf soldiers were mobilized to go." ”

"Did you see it, the further back the Xungui family becomes, the more corrupt it becomes, and it's just a scourge for these people to keep the court." Chen Cao said and said, "Who is the person in charge of staying in the mansion?" ”

"Mu Rongzi, Mu Qilin." Zhao Xin replied.

"Walk in and meet this Mu family son for a while." Chen Cao said that, and then raised his feet and walked towards the gate.

Because he was wearing an earl's suit, the subordinates who stayed in the mansion were extremely eye-catching, and they arched their hands towards Chen Cao: "I don't know which uncle came to my Qianguo Mansion, and the little one is good to go." ”

"Ben Bo Ding Wu Bo Chen Cao, I want to see Mu Qilin..."