Chapter 17 Building a New Army
Liu Ji has been involved in the formation of the new army.
com During the ten days of recruiting soldiers, Liu Ji felt the huge population pressure at that time. In the past, he saw in the book that the population had reached 400 million during the Daoguang period, but Liu Ji only felt a lot of numbers. These days, he often traveled between Xiangshan and the Forbidden City, and often saw beggars and groups of applicants on the road, so Liu Ji had a personal feeling.
Due to the surplus of the remaining population, notices posted near the capital soon attracted many young and middle-aged people. According to Liu Ji's requirements, this recruitment was loyal and reliable, and only talent was the only one. Yang Luchan faithfully carried out Liu Ji's will, and most of the people hired were strong and literate people. The number of 5,000 people was recruited in just ten days.
On the day when the Qi New Army was summoned, Liu Ji personally attended the military ceremony. This was a brand new army. When Liu Ji finished his morning court and arrived at the playground of Yuan Jianrui Camp, it was the moment when the morning glow was rising. Seeing the sun in the east rising on the mountain, Liu Ji's heart was full of longing for the future. He climbed up the Yuewu Tower and looked at the neat new army lined up under the Chaoyang. These newcomers were not completely affected by the old habits of the military camp at that time. Liu Ji, the officer used, did not intend to be dispatched from the original army. He wanted to train a brand new army.
According to Liu Ji's idea, this army should be equipped with the latest weapons, but the weapons problem cannot have more advanced ones before Thackeray returns. Liu Ji decided to train in queues, physical fitness and political education first. The training content is the modern military textbooks that Liu Ji took the time to compile these days, and some military disciplines were adapted and used here.
After Yang Luchan finished commanding under the banner, Liu Ji stood in front of the Yuewu Tower. When the recruits on the playground saw His Majesty the Emperor speaking in person, they immediately clapped vigorously in the audience. Ten thousand slapped in unison, making a huge and loud sound in the camp, like a waterfall rippling down.
Liu Ji smiled and raised his hands to signal everyone to stop. He made a loud voice from his chest and said, "My brave soldiers, soldiers are the most noble profession. You have forged peace in China with courage and loyalty. If you are in the army under my command, no one will be allowed to withhold your military pay. I will solve all your worries for you. The officers I need are not flattering people who are brave enough to fight. Whoever is brave enough to fight will be promoted. I will ask the Ministry of Revenue to reduce taxes from your family and send a list of honor to everyone's homes."
Liu Ji's last words mentioned that all the internal force in his dantian burst out, and it seemed like a thunder was blowing on the playground, which shocked the recruits for a long time, making them unforgettable for life.
After the speech, Liu Ji walked to the printing room of Jianrui Camp, which is now the office of Xinjun.
There is a set of coffee tables in the small room, and two large tables arranged side by side by window. The style is naturally the old Qing Dynasty style. The junction of the table legs and drawers has complex carving patterns, which are both beautiful and firm, and the table top is painted with vermilion earth paint.
Seeing Liu Ji come in, Yang Luchan welcomes him. Then he pulls open the copper ring hand in the drawer and takes out a piece of paper from it.
Liu Ji looked at the new army organization that asked Yang Luchan to summarize according to his own wishes, and it said town, association, battalion, platoon, and shed in turn. Liu Ji thought to himself that this was about the organization of brigade, regiment, battalion, company, platoon, and squad.
Liu Jie sat down at the table next to the coffee table and greeted Dong Haichuan in.
Dong Haichuan was wearing a guard uniform, wearing a jacket on his upper body, and holding a brocade bag in his hand. He saw Yang Luchan half-joking and shouted half-enviously: "Master Yang, he is so majestic now."
Liu sent the brocade bag and looked at Dong Haichuan with a deep sense and said, "Why don't you want to be by my side?"
Dong Haichuan laughed and replied, "Long live the lord there."
Liu Ji laughed for a while and asked Dong Haichuan to go out first. He then took out a newly bound thread-bound book from the brocade bag.
This is a textbook written in traditional Chinese based on memories that Liu Ji wrote about what he knew in the army. The textbook covers military construction, military discipline, military training and other contents.
Seeing Yang Luchan take the textbook and quickly browse the topic, Liu Ji thought to himself that the popularity of literacy in China in this era should not be inferior to Europe, although the popular content is too bad.
After Yang Luchan looked at it for a while, Liu Ji said to Yang Luchan, "Luchan, I will leave this book to you. I have sent another person to help you. In the future, you should discuss with him more and make decisions when you encounter any problems." After that, Liu Ji called out outside the house, and saw a middle-aged man in his thirties walking in. The man dragged a thick and shiny braid, wearing a lake blue silk suit, and holding a folding fan in his hand. When he came in, he bowed to Liu Ji first, and then said to Yang Luchan: "I don't have the surname Gong, the name is Zizhen, and the name is Yuren. I will ask the commander to give me some advice in the future."
The reason why Gong Zizhen was transferred to the new army was that Liu Ji attached great importance to the construction of the new army, fearing that Yang Luchan would not be able to understand his military training materials that surpassed the times, and the other was that Liu Ji wanted to provide a civil service system in the army to reduce the chances of warlords. Before coming, Liu Ji had already talked about his intentions with Gong Zizhen. This talented hero completely understood Liu Ji's meaning. Liu Ji's instructions to Gong Zizhen were to hand over the command of the army to Luchan, and the army must be arrested.
After Yang Luchan and Gong Zizhen were polite, they became familiar with each other. Liu Ji clarified the responsibility of the two in the army to Yang Luchan, and he temporarily left the new army camp and returned to the palace.
After that, Liu Ji asked Yang Luchan and Gong Zizhen to assess and select the new army's cooperative commander, leader, platoon leader, chief and deputy director from the new recruits. After the officers came out, all the officers formed a study group to train the new recruits' queue and physical fitness while learning Liu Ji's military training materials. As soon as Liu Ji had free time, he came to explain the military training materials to them. In this way, Liu Ji was busy handling government affairs and maintaining the existing stability, and training the new army. Before he knew it, more than half a month passed.
Chapter completed!