Chongzhen Undergraduates

Jiang Dingzhen, another minister of the Ministry of Rites, was just an innocent person killed by Zhang Xianzhong after his illness. Maybe Zhang Xianzhong didn't remember knowing him afterwards.

The only thing Zhang Xianzhong can keep awake is his control over the army and property, so that the Onishi regime has not completely collapsed.

Chapter 293: The New Equipment of the Xinchuan Army

Whenever it was late at night, the entire Daxi Imperial Palace immediately turned into a gloomy castle.

A strange cry resounded throughout the palace.The sound came from the small temple in the imperial palace, it was like this every night, the sound was heart-piercing.

At the beginning, many people thought that the grief caused by the death of someone's relatives and someone who missed them too much was like this.Afterwards, no one dared to mention this matter again, and everyone could only hide under the covers every night and listen to the voice trembling.

The small temple was brightly lit, like daytime, and the whole house was brightly lit.In the center behind the shrine at the back of the temple sits a portrait, with a helmet on top and armor, which is the attire of a military general in the former Ming Dynasty.The material of the portrait is neither clay sculpture nor wood carving, and the beard, hair, eyebrows, nose and mouth are as real as they are, more like a flesh body.

Zhang Xianzhong knelt in front of the portrait, his whole body was icy cold with fear, and his clothes were already soaked with sweat.Zhang Xianzhong, who claims to be fearless, is terribly afraid at the moment, and he dare not even look at the portrait.

More than 200 years have passed, and the sapphire has been standing here without any corrosion.

Zhang Xianzhong was horrified, he always wanted to think about this matter again, but it was always accompanied by the figures of those who died beside him for more than ten years.

"Don't kill me, don't kill me!" Zhang Xianzhong kowtowed like garlic, terrified.The voice hummed at first, then sharply, and finally became heart-piercing and piercing.

At night, Zhang Xianzhong always saw the house full of ghosts haunting him, and he could only avoid those haunting ghosts by praying in this small temple.Only in front of Lan Yu's portrait can he get a little normal, otherwise Zhang Xianzhong might have gone completely crazy long ago.Sapphire's portrait has thus been preserved until now.

During the daytime, Zhang Xianzhong became a devil. He was afraid of all unfamiliar people in his heart, as if these people were all Yan Luo who came to ask for his life.

kill!Zhang Xianzhong wanted to kill them so that he could live more safely.

Did King Xi kill or not?Killed, no doubt, and killed a lot.Zhang Xianzhong himself is a murderous demon king, how can he not kill people.

But there are some differences between him and Hou Jin, who also killed people.Judging from the post-gold massacre of the city, the entire city was killed, leaving no one behind.Zhang Xianzhong focused on killing officials, then killing gentry, and then killing civilians with a punitive nature.

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After not seeing each other for another year, Qin Liangyu looked even older, and even his eyes were a little dim.

The stone pillar is a mountainous area, and the largest military camp playground is not big. There are hundreds of people standing on the playground. Qin Liangyu was carried and sat in the hall of the barracks early.

"Mr. Qin, I came to Shizhu personally this time." Zhu Youjian didn't let Shizhu welcome you with great fanfare, but came here quietly.

"Your Majesty forgive me, the old man has already been unable to travel long distances, and he has never been far away." Qin Liangyu has been too worried in the past year, and he is nagging, which is a normal behavior of an old lady.

Zhu Youjian's eye circles turned red, but he was actually very uncomfortable.If it weren't for the fact that he really didn't have anyone he could rely on, he really didn't want to bother this woman.

"Sir, please sit down." Zhu Youjian supported Qin Liangyu to sit on the chair, then personally took the tea bowl brought by the maid and handed it to Qin Liangyu.

"From today onwards, you can always rest at ease. I will take care of the affairs in Central Sichuan." Zhu Youjian held Qin Liangyu's wrinkled hands and patted them.

"Your Majesty, do you despise old women for being useless?" Qin Liangyu suddenly burst into two tears from the corners of his eyes, and said with a sob.

"No, I hope that my husband will protect the Great Ming Dynasty for a few more decades." Zhu Youjian said with a smile, "You can live here, or you can go to Wanli Rivers and Mountains, I agree with both."

In fact, Qin Liangyu has worked all his life, how can he still have the strength to travel thousands of miles of rivers and mountains.

"The old man lives here, and he doesn't want to go anywhere." Qin Liangyu turned to look at her husband's spirit card, feeling a little lost.

"Then you sit here and watch how the juniors clean up this broken country." Zhu Youjian stood up and walked to the door.

Deng Zhirong was waiting outside. There were already 17 young generals lined up behind him. These people were all young people who had been trained by Zhu Youjian since Shandong.From the end of [-], he received pure military training for one year, and then followed Deng Zhirong to Sichuan last year to experience actual combat for a year.

These 500 people have already entered the ranks of middle-level officers and have not yet grown into generals. There are still 2000 grass-roots officers outside, and they can't stand here.

Zhu Youjian looked around at these people. They were all wearing new-style military uniforms, leather boots on their feet, and even the hats on their heads were very simple.There is no gorgeous decoration on the whole body, and the only thing that can distinguish the military rank is the same as the later generations.

"Report your achievements this year." Zhu Youjian looked at Deng Zhirong very seriously.

"Commander-in-chief, the Xinchuan Army has experienced more than 210 battles since its establishment. It has now controlled the six major Xuanfu Divisions and Shizhouwei, Kuizhou, Wanxian and other places. There are 5000 firearms in total. There are 5000 white soldiers, 300 artillery, and [-] heavy soldiers. Please review!" Deng Zhirong shouted excitedly.

"Stand at attention!" Zhu Youjian took a whistle and blew it.

"Wow!" The movements of the 500 people were quite uniform, and they lived up to the success of the one-year training in General Mountain.

This kind of military appearance caused Qin Liangyu, who was sitting on the chair, to pause slightly, and his mouth moved.Maybe she remembered the white soldiers she personally led, or maybe she had never seen such an army.

This year, Qin Liangyu didn't touch the army. She knew in her heart what Zhu Youjian sent 2 people to do, and she just tried her best to make it easier for Deng Zhirong.Qin Liangyu never thought about what this army would be like, and this was the first time she saw the true face of the Xinchuan army.

"I'm here today, first of all, I'm not here to praise you, I'm here to send you officials. Don't be proud, but learn from them better." After Zhu Youjian finished speaking, he waved his hand. A team of generals of these people entered the field.

Hao Yaoqi, Liu Tichun, Yuan Zongdi, Gao Yigong and others walked up to the stage and looked at these officers curiously.They are not very familiar with the new military uniforms they are wearing, and walking in them is a bit awkward.But seeing that Zhu Youjian also wore this suit, he didn't dare to say more.

The Xinchuan Army with more than 6 people can be regarded as the most elite first-class army in Ming Dynasty. Zhu Youjianguang hopes that the officers he has trained are not enough, he must have generals.The Xinchuan Army will form five brigades, the acting commander will still be Deng Zhirong, and the chief of the general staff Zuo Maodi will directly command the operations.

Why did Ming Dynasty produce warlords?The reason is nothing more than that the generals can directly control the promotion of officers and the power of life and death. On this point, Yuan Chonghuan's death is not wronged at all.

"Second, the rewards and punishments for the merits and demerits of the Xinchuan Army will be carried out by the gendarmerie. Now let the gendarmerie go on stage."

This time, everyone in the audience was not calm. Everyone was a little curious, what is a military police?Supervising the army?

I saw a large group of people wearing white helmets with the words "Gendarmerie" and "Pickets" lined up on both sides of the field.

"The functions of the military police will be delegated in the form of manuals, and I will not repeat them here."

For the control of an army, the gendarmes are indispensable, if nothing else, of commissioners.Gendarmerie is the necessary standard equipment of the new army and the maintainer of military discipline.

During the Hundred Years' War between Britain and France, the French army had the first military police, a captain led several cavalry, and was responsible for dealing with soldiers and mercenaries who violated military discipline.

Later, Napoleon swept across Europe, and the gendarmerie system also directly and indirectly affected other European countries.It can be said that the military discipline of the French Army was maintained by the Gendarmerie, and then there was Napoleon's genius command.A disorganized army was handed over to Napoleon, and he could not win any battles.

If Zhu Youjian can't change the generals of an army frequently, then he should change the military police with fewer numbers frequently.

After the simple military parade, the generals and officers read the manual carefully, and the generals found that their power had been reduced, and they could not even directly appoint their own subordinates.The brigade commander cannot arbitrarily appoint, remove, and dispose of regiment and battalion commanders unless there are good reasons.

Strict officer management system is an important way to prevent warlords. What's more, the middle and low-level officers of the Xinchuan Army are all direct descendants of Zhu Youjian.Under this system, the general at the brigade level only has the right to command operations, and all other matters are taken care of by the military department.

As for Deng Zhirong's military headquarters, Zhu Youjian began to have a hundred civilian staff at the first level.

However, in this era, Zhu Youjian did not expect to require his approval even for first-level military operations. At least for battles below the regiment level, there is still a certain degree of freedom.As for the actions at the military level, it is impossible not to report him.

Chapter 294: Kuimen Force

Around Sichuan, Ming actually had two armies.

In addition to the Xinchuan Army, there is also the original Sichuan garrison led by Wang Yingxiong and Fan Yiheng. Their number is far greater than that of the Xinchuan Army.Among them, Yang Zhan and Zeng Ying directly commanded the army.

Due to the establishment of the Xinchuan Army, the original Kuidong Shisan Family no longer existed, but Wang Yingxiong of Zunyi was not interested in Lu Daqi and Qin Liangyu, and he had no intention of accepting Qin Liangyu's leadership.The Xinchuan army even clashed with Zeng Ying's men in Fuling.

Fan Yiheng, governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and a minister of the Ministry of Rites for six years in Chongzhen and a scholar of Dongge University, they pulled up a team in Zunyi (Zunyi was under the jurisdiction of Sichuan at that time) to fight against Zhang Xianzhong, and no one obeyed.

Lu Daqi hid in Kunming and did nothing but help Mu Tianbo maintain Yunnan. He never dared to take office in Zunyi.If Zhu Youjian hadn't sent 2 people to Shizhu, I'm afraid Wang Yingxiong and the others might still be able to snatch Qin Liangyu's military power.