Lord of Ming Dynasty

In fact, some soldiers from the Lu army were transformed within three months, and they were soon sent to the reform camp for preliminary training like those civilians who joined the militia. About half a month later, they were assigned to the No.20 Third Field Brigade, No. .20 The Sixth Field Brigade, Jinan Prefecture, Qingniaofu and other places filled the vacancies of the four militia brigades originally transferred to Shandong Prefecture that were severely damaged due to the battle, and the elite and ordinary troops of the original militia brigades continued to train them Of course, the training is the same as the militia. The guards brigade and field brigade, the garrison regiment and the garrison battalion need to be supplemented by the elite militia units and recruit battalions in the rear, not from the ordinary militia.

These militiamen will be the reserve personnel of the local reserve forces in the future, and they can only maintain local law and order.

As time went by, Zhang Qiang felt that there were already too many militia brigades. In addition to the four militia brigades transferred in earlier, five more militia brigades were transferred in later, and another militia brigade was formed. Ten militia brigades were all crowded together. Shandong Prefecture, it’s really not a problem. These militia brigades have almost emptied the militia brigades of all nearby states, which is not good for the security of nearby states, so two militia brigades were transferred back to Henan Prefecture, one militia brigade returned to Guangzhou, and one militia brigade returned to Guangzhou. The brigade returned to Hubei Province, and another militia brigade was directly transferred to Southeast Asia to support it.

Of the remaining five militia brigades, four were placed in the middle of the north and south defense lines to maintain local law and order, and one was placed behind the Fifth Field Brigade as a mobile brigade to attack Geng Quanli.

Su Zhiqing was dismissed from the position of brigade commander of the No.20 Ninth Field Brigade, and was sent to Jinan Prefecture in the name of the garrison commander of Shandong Prefecture to command the five militia brigades. The No.20 Ninth Field Brigade was split into two parts, one part 20 soldiers, still No.[-], the number of the Nine Field Brigade, dispatched by Geng Quanli's Fifth Field Brigade, part of which was divided into four garrison battalions, each with [-] troops, placed in the four central prefectures and counties for garrison, and at the same time directly He commanded and mobilized the militia brigade and became the superior leader of the militia brigade, while Su Zhiqing commanded the garrison battalion.

Just when Zhang emphasized the dispatch of troops, in fact, Fan Zhi's Ninth Field Brigade had conquered Jining Mansion, and successfully captured Ma Degong, Ma Deli, and restored the operation of Jining Mansion. The troops have been rebuilt, and the cavalry dismantled from Su Zhiqing's No.20 Ninth Field Brigade formed the new Fourth Cavalry Brigade and conquered the Zaozhuang defense line.

The Ninth Field Brigade is stationed in Zaozhuang, and the Fourth Cavalry Brigade is stationed in Jining Prefecture. While restoring the organizational system, they will draw elite cavalry from other garrison regiments. Help the punishment battalion to hunt down some deserters, and assist the militia brigade when the militia brigade is clearing up local bandits.

At this time, the troops in Zhang Qiang's hands were already very rich.

The fifth field brigade has regained its strength and combat effectiveness. The elite garrison regiment drawn from the rear has been added to the fifth field brigade, with the assistance of the 29th field brigade and a militia brigade.

After the Second Guards Brigade was transferred, Zhang Qiang merged the First Guards Brigade, and after the merger of the First Guards Brigade and the Second Guards Brigade, it became a Guards division with [-] troops. Will take it apart again.

So many troops are enough for him to launch a campaign.

Chapter 645 Report of the Punishment Battalion

"Ma Degong and Ma Deli were captured. Ma Degong has been crying for three days and wants to see you every day." Lin Chengcheng walked into Zhang Qiang's tent and said to Zhang Qiang.

Lin Chengcheng was forced to do so. The situation in Shandong Province was severe. Everything had to be done by him, the director of the punishment camp. Although he did a good job, it was too tiring. He is now the director of the punishment camp in the whole country, and his management is amazing. Not only the captives and hard labor in Shandong Province, but also the criminals all over the country. He also has to manage the natives and enemy prisoners captured in small Southeast Asian countries, as well as the enemy prisoners in Baodao. It can be said that he is the most exhausted in the entire Huaxia Army. people.

Even Zhou Porridge, who handles government affairs every day, is not as hardworking as him. Zhou Porridge has experienced ministers from various ministries of the entire cabinet, and cabinet bachelors to help him handle government affairs. He is busier than Wei Wuji.

Wei Wuji's Ministry of National Defense seems to be fighting every day. There is not a little friction in the periphery of the country, but there are battles with tens of thousands of troops, and battles with a scale of 10,000+ people happen once a month or every three months. Then one time, the things that need to be done during the period were overwhelmed, but this is not the reason why Wei Wuji was busy, because Zhang Qiang established the General Staff Headquarters, and each direction has a staff branch to conduct staff, dispatch various armies, coordinate local areas, and do To make a plan, he only needs to manage some daily affairs and listen to the chief of staff report to him.

And Lin Chengcheng has to run everywhere, as long as there are more prisoners in large-scale battles, he will run there to deal with these prisoners. Hometown, resettlement, sent to the prisoner camp, and find a place for the prisoner camp, contact the surrounding local military forces to deliver food and supplies to the prisoner camp, and dispatch experienced punishment camp officials and thugs, instructors, supervisors, etc. from other places He has to arrange the work.

In fact, the most important thing is the two major battles currently taking place in two directions. One is the war of destroying the country of a small Southeast Asian country. The manpower and material resources used, the army, the militia, and the people exceed tens of millions. Moreover, a country that has developed for many years is a big thing that takes a long time to accomplish. What's more, the Huaxia Army is not a complete or stabilized country now. It is good at the stage of formation and is still growing.

In the past, Lin Chengcheng was the most useless general in the Huaxia Army, but now he is the busiest official, the busiest in the whole country.

Without the cooperation of his punishment battalion, the national road network would not have been completed. Without his cooperation, there would not have been so many converted militias to maintain local law and order, and to send so many cold weapons soldiers in the early stage to the army. Among the low-level soldiers, low-level officers, and even many middle-level officers and elite soldiers, 30 of the country's current army of one million were transformed from prisoners in his punishment camp.

These soldiers are aging, retiring, and becoming a burden to the local government, but also a helper, because they form the local militia defense team, controlled and managed by the yamen, and have made great contributions to maintaining local stability.

Punishment camps are actually equivalent to the prisons and reeducation-through-labor systems of later generations. Those militiamen who cannot fight and retired soldiers are actually the policemen of later generations. As for the yamen servants and arresters, they are equivalent to law enforcement agencies and judicial agencies, while militia brigades are equivalent to armed police soldiers, garrison battalions are equivalent to garrisons, garrison companies are equivalent to remote areas, temporary garrisons in key areas, and garrison regiments are equivalent to Police Command, Reserve Forces.

The field brigade is equivalent to the combat troops of the military regions across the country, and the guard brigade is the garrison force of the capital, the ace force.

Of course, the punishment battalion is far more than that function. They are also equivalent to the engineering brigade and construction corps in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and they are also equivalent to the transport and supply troops and engineering troops on the battlefield.

Lin Chengcheng sat wearily on the chair next to Zhang Qiang and reported the situation to Zhang Qiang. Zhang Qiang smiled and said to him, "You're tired. In fact, it doesn't have to be so hard. Just leave everything to the people below. It's too much to take care of. , It is not conducive to the development of the talents of the people below, it is not good for their growth, what are we working so hard for, enjoying the blessings, you don’t know how to enjoy the blessings, I am afraid that others will take your credit, I am afraid that my credit is not enough, and I will not be able to be promoted , As for it? You are already considered a founding hero in the Huaxia Army, and you are a veteran, so why care about that little credit, let it go."

Lin Chengcheng was already a little old, but when he heard Zhang Qiang's words, he immediately stood up, "Great Governor, ever since I followed the Great Governor, I have been on the saddle, I know that I have no skills, if I want to be promoted and get rich, I have to I have worked hard, and now maybe my official position has come to an end, but I dare not slack off, as long as the governor orders things, I, Lao Lin, will definitely go through fire and water."

"Don't talk about it, how many prisoners, criminals in jail, and convicts are there in the whole country? How many people are there in custody?" Zhang Qiang waved his hand, signaling him to leave this topic behind and talk about the current issue.

Lin Chengcheng thought for a while, finally shook his head, took out a booklet from his sleeve, read it carefully, and then said: "At present, there are [-] criminals in the core area, and [-] hard labor prisoners in the past ten years. These convicts are all the main generals of the Qing army that we have arrested since Wuyi County. They suffered a lot at the beginning, and the rest of them survived. Later, there were some who did not agree with us ideologically. We were afraid that they would run away. , the heavy-duty convicts who are not easy to look after, the captives were escorted one after another, these people were detained in isolation after Shang Kexi, Ma Bao and others escaped, and they were not working, and they were closely guarded. Later, everyone forgot They died, so they are still being held in custody."

Zhang Qiang rubbed his chin and said while thinking: "It's too cheap for them. Send them all to the mine to dig a hole. Just detain them and waste food. There is no output yet. We will occupy our troops and let those criminals To guard the convicts, those who committed minor crimes guarded those who committed serious crimes, and those who committed serious crimes guarded those convicts.

Well, that is to say, for example, in a mine, our militia guards on the outskirts, and the gates inside the mine are guarded by soldiers from the garrison company stationed in the camp. Those people commit crimes in the mine and are arrested by the Yamen, but the prison time is not long, about half a year and one year. They go to guard those who have served and committed crimes heavier than them. These criminals who have not been around for a long time are responsible for cooking in the mine, building barracks, and counting the minerals produced every day, and managing the camp.

The garrison battalion and the militia brigade dispatch one to five chief officers to cooperate with the management officials of the mine punishment battalion appointed by the punishment battalion. The thugs, supervisors, and ordinary logistics management personnel use these criminals who have not been around for a long time to move materials, do miscellaneous work, and transport mines. The minerals in it use severe punishment prisoners, and they are arranged step by step from the time served to the character and character. The longer the time, the more serious the crime, the worse the character, and the heavier the work. Criminals do it.

Under the mine, under the mine pit, all are handed over to hard labor prisoners, but the management rights cannot be given to severe prisoners.Every once in a while, the chief officer of the mine's punishment battalion and the criminals who have served the shortest time will conduct elections and votes, allowing them to score and evaluate the serious criminals. .

The same is true for convicts, but this time the top 20 commutation personnel who have been evaluated are allowed to participate in the assessment of convicts. Every mine and every punishment camp implements this method. The top [-] convicts in this camp For severe criminals, the commutation time is divided into ten days, [-] days, one month, three months, half a year, and one year.

As for criminals with minor crimes, they will be judged and commuted according to the time they have served in prison. However, if they do not do well or make mistakes, they will be punished more heavily, or they will be transferred to a more difficult position, or they will be given an additional ten days to one month. Unlimited. "

Lin Chengtian listened to Zhang Qiang's words patiently, and when Zhang Qiang stopped, he quickly picked up the teacup on the table and handed it over, "Governor, please drink tea."

"Don't wait passively when dealing with work. You should think of ways and coordinate with other yamen. Otherwise, you won't know why you are exhausted, and your superiors will not consider whether you are exhausted. But what I want to be sure of is that you In the work of the punishment camp, the work was done quite well, without any major mistakes, he worked hard, and cooperated with the work of our Huaxia Army in a comprehensive and timely manner, for which I want to thank you." Zhang Qiang smiled and said to Lin Yang Cheng said.

Lin Chengcheng blushed a little, and said humbly in a low voice: "It's all taught by the governor and arranged by the governor. The subordinates just follow the arrangement of the governor and don't dare to take credit. If they want to claim credit, it must be the governor. thanks to that."

"Haha, it seems that you have been the director of the punishment battalion these years, and your character has changed. The carefreeness of the military general has changed to the shyness and shyness of a civil servant. You have also learned the lip service of a civil servant. It seems that the environment changes your life. "The words Zhang Qiang and Lin Yang raised were a bit exaggerated. Lin Yang's rest and recuperation must not be understood. He could only understand a general meaning, and there may be errors. To tease myself, because of these words, future generations will understand after listening, because Zhang Qiang always involuntarily speaks in the tone of future generations.

"Hehe, hehe," as soon as he said that Lin developed the habit of becoming a general again, stood up, scratched his head, and couldn't speak.

"Forget it, although there are still many things that have not been reported, but I don't want to listen to them anymore. You can do it according to your method. I am relieved to have you sitting in the punishment camp." Zhang Qiang waved his hand and let Lin develop into it. , he still has a lot of things to do.

Now the Huaxia Army has assembled a lot of troops, and the cavalry brigade has surrounded Linyi Mansion. Although the siege is not very tight, it also made the Lu Army want to send troops to Linyi Mansion several times. There are a lot of troops, but there is no obstacle to those Lu army troops who want to break out.

Zhang Qiang just wanted to take down this line of defense, and then push the line of defense to the border area between Suzhou and Shandong. As for the defense in the east, the Huaxia army in Anhui was in charge.

Where there are more troops than here, and they have been defending the enemy for more than two years, the Lu army has nothing to do with them. In addition, the two salient parts of Jining Mansion and Zaozhuang Mansion have been flattened. Surrounded on three sides.

6Chapter 16 Hong Chengchou's Self-Knowledge

Hong Chengchou, Feng Quan, Ma Bao, Kong Youxing and other Lu officials gathered in the lobby. The outside was heavily guarded, and the guard force alone reached two thousand soldiers. The police patrol the streets, although the people on the streets are not driven home, there are still people walking, doing business, looking for relatives and friends, eating and shopping, but all the people feel that there is a depressive atmosphere in the capital city of Yangzhou, the capital of the State of Lu. Different from the past.

"How many warships do we have now?" Hong Chengchou glanced at the navy commander and asked.

Huang Shiren, the commander of the navy, cupped his hands and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the navy currently has 170 warships of 580 materials, [-] warships of [-] materials, [-] warships of [-] materials, and [-] ships of [-] materials. , [-] warships, [-] warships, and [-] merchant and fishing boats."

Hong Chengchou turned to Feng Quan and said, "Gather all the equipment, craftsmen, and materials in the arsenal. I'll give you three hundred warships, one hundred merchant ships, three thousand green battalion soldiers, two thousand civilian husbands, one month's time. Ship these things with the artisans and their families."

He turned to Kong Youxing and said, "Master Kong, is your injury better?"

Kong Youxing lowered his head in shame, and said in a low voice, "Thank you for your care, the general's injury has probably healed by [-]%. Fortunately, he didn't hit a vital point, otherwise the general can only be loyal to your majesty."

"Okay, that's enough. Now I appoint you as the vanguard general, lead the officers and soldiers of Xinjun Town No. 12 to land on Ryukyu Island, wipe out the enemies wherever, control where, and wait for my army to arrive there."

"Ah," Kong Youxing was taken aback for a moment. He originally thought that Hong Chengchou called them together for a discussion today because of the increasingly pressing military actions of the Huaxia Army. On board the ship, he thought that Hong Chengchou was going to flee to the Qing Dynasty and join the Qing Dynasty again, but he didn't expect that he would use troops against the Ryukyu Kingdom.

Others also looked at Hong Chengchou in surprise, while Feng Quan's face was watery, unhurried, it seemed that he knew about this a long time ago, but this is not surprising, because he himself is the prime minister of Lu State and Hong Chengchou's first brother. For a staff member, it is impossible for two people to discuss such a big matter without discussing it, and it is also impossible for Hong Chengchou to make up his mind on such a big matter without discussing it with one person.

Hong Chengchou is not the kind of decisive monarch. He is an official who was born as a counselor. He is indecisive, considers many ways, compromises with many parties, discusses with many parties, looks left and right, and finally makes up his mind and comes up with a good idea.

A group of three people, hiding and shimmering, walked on the country road, walking on the paved stones from time to time, and poured a layer of earth-lime glutinous rice cake and other local method cement on the stones.

This makes the road have the appearance of cement and the hardness of stones. Although it is not very beautiful, it is stable and firm when walking on a cart. The key is to accelerate the speed of pedestrians running on the road, which is far faster than Dirt roads are much faster and much cleaner than dirt roads, because Daming does not have cars that weigh dozens of tons like later generations. Even if there are carriages for transportation, they will definitely not exceed a few tons in weight. As far as the road is concerned, it is more than enough. This is the change that Zhang Qiang brought to this era.

It can't be said how advanced or advanced it is, but it is absolutely convenient.

And with the increase of R&D personnel, it is mainly because the Huaxia Army has added other industry exams on the basis of the imperial examinations, 360 lines, and there are exams for all walks of life. Low-level personnel can get a government-certified industry qualification certificate. With these certificates, you can engage in research in related industries, and sell the research results to the government, and the government pays a certain amount of money to buy the research results.

This is the qualification certificate for all people in the industry. It is an honor to have this certificate, just like a scholar who has been admitted to Tongsheng. In the village, you can also get the reception of the village head, the head of the security, or the head of the township, and let everyone look at you highly. In these low-level administrative positions, you can also get a good income and a basic monthly salary.

People in the village read a letter, recognize a character, or build something, find an authority to authenticate it, and they will come to you, or the price of what you come up with is higher than the price of other people who have not been authenticated. I have to find you when dealing with the government.