At the beginning of the military reorganization meeting, the composition of the various legions of the Runing Army and the appointment of chief officers were announced. The armed forces of the Runing Army were divided into combat troops, militia groups, and village, road, and mine protection teams. Wu Shigong will become
The supreme command of the armed forces.
Xue Yongli will be the orthodox leader of the entire Runing Army, and Zhou Xun will be the deputy commander. However, they can only command the military legions in peacetime. In modern terms, they can only command field troops. Only in wartime,
Only with Wu Shigong's authorization or in a state of emergency can they command other armed forces of the nearby Runing Army.
And here, the soldiers will be all off-duty, paid soldiers, with the best weapons and equipment. They will be the main force in future battles. This time, the number of soldiers in the Runing Army will increase to 15,000;
The militia has also been upgraded to a second-line force, which is also fully off-duty. However, the weapons and equipment are inferior and the military pay is lower. The main task of the militia is to defend the fortress and maintain the local area, and also play a transportation and auxiliary role in combat. Visually.
To describe it, it is like a modern armed police force. This time, it was finally discussed and twelve militia groups were established, each with 500 people, for a total of 6,000 people.
But one of the militia groups will be special, that is, the militia group where Yu Zilian is the county magistrate. How to deal with this militia group will be decided after discussion between Wu Shigong and Zhang Xuebin and Yao Yuanwai, the local gentry who have returned to Germany;
The village protection, road protection and mine protection teams are composed of semi-off-the-job militiamen. They will be led by retired veterans and use weapons eliminated by the Runing Army and simple weapons to play a role in the control of the place by the Runing Army. Of course
, it can also assist in combat during combat.
Due to the increase in the number of refugees taken in by Wu Shigong, the Runing Army will allow all male men of school age, a total of more than 53,000 people, to participate in military training, and will require each person to serve in the village protection, road protection and mine protection teams for one month each year. Therefore, in
In peacetime, this militia team will have about 4,500 people. But in wartime, it can even be mobilized.
In addition, there are 1,500 troops from the Department of Internal Affairs led by Xue Qiang. They will usually be responsible for maintaining local security and suppressing bandits. Of course, during the process of suppressing bandits, when authorized, the Department of Internal Affairs can let
Cooperate with other armed forces of the Runing Army.
There are also nearly 500 members of Xue Zhinong's Shanchuan Division Action Team and peripheral combat units. This time Wu Shigong will also formally put this armed force under the management of the Runing Army.
As for the military households under the command of Zhao Ming of the Guide Guard, Wu Shigong planned to let Yu Ji and other military households who had originally returned to the Guard Guard to infiltrate through their connections and win the support of as many military households as possible.
There are also allied forces, but now the only allied forces that can be said to be under the command of the Runing Army are the more than 300 soldiers led by Nanyang garrison Li Lu and the more than 1,100 private soldiers recruited by the owners of Nanyang's private iron mines.
Ding.
But this alliance is quite loose. Only with common interests will these allies be under the command of the Runing Army. And except for Li Lu's personal soldiers, the combat effectiveness of the other allies is better than bullying the people.
, simply unreliable.
The five major legions of the Runing Army remain unchanged. Wu Shigong announced the list of chief and deputy legion commanders and main army officers at the military meeting:
The main commander of the Teaching Corps: Li Sanhe; the deputy commander: Yu Ji;
The main commander of the Nanyang Army: He Fei; the deputy commanders: Zuge and Wu Shumo;
These two are full regiments.
The main commander of the Guided Army: Xue Qiang; the deputy commander: Qian Qi;
The main commander of the Runing Corps: Yang Rusong; the deputy commander: Liang Hui;
These two are half an army.
The main commander of the Cavalry Corps: Zhang Biao; the deputy commander: Xue Cunzhuang (former Xue Mansion guard, promoted and appointed);
Directly affiliated artillery team commander: Xiong Zhengen; deputy commander: Gong Benshi;
Xiong Zhengen was the deputy commander of the original artillery team. Gong Benshi was the most skilled gunner in the original artillery team. This time he was promoted exceptionally.
Directly affiliated engineering corps commander: Xue Cunyi (former Xue Mansion guard, promoted and appointed. Xue Cunzhuang’s cousin); deputy commander: Guo Ming (former Qianhusuo Fortress military household, promoted and appointed);
Tao Xin was appointed captain of the Guards Brigade.
The appointments of the following officers are not listed in detail. However, in this reorganization, basically all officers have been promoted by one level. However, the fastest promoted are Zhou Xun, Qian Qi and other four people, as well as these people from Liang Hui's artillery team
.
It can also be seen that in the Runing army, officers who participated in more battles were promoted faster. Officers in the cavalry and artillery were also promoted faster. Of course, the happiest person was Yang Goudan who was watching at this time. He was his son and son-in-law.
The reason why the Nanyang Army established two deputy army commanders was mainly because Shu Mo still had to preside over the construction of the Longyan Village and Luojia Town camps, and also established an effective frontline defense line for the Runing Army. Therefore, he remained in office for the time being.
As for Gonzalez and other Portuguese officers, except for several craftsmen who made cannons and ammunition who were transferred to the Workshop Department, nearly twenty others remained. They are temporarily serving as consultants to help with the reorganization and will not be given actual duties.
This appointment has left about fifty officers above the deputy company commander level vacant. Only after this reorganization is completed, outstanding officers in the Runing Army, including Portuguese officers, will be promoted and appointed.
The next step is to arrange the training of the reorganized army. These days, the senior officers of the Runing Army, combined with the income from the expedition recorded and compiled by Chi Ming and others, plus the professors of the Portuguese officers, have initially formulated the new form of the Runing Army.
Drill code and new tactics manual.
In the next few months, the Runing Army will train soldiers according to this new drill code and new tactical manual. This time, there will be a large increase in tactical content from ten-man teams to joint operations of the entire legion. Of course, during training
If problems are found during the process, the contents of the new operation manual and new tactical manual will also be modified, added or deleted.
This is basically the content about the military. Under Wu Shigong's arrangement, except for senior officers above the deputy commander of the directly affiliated troops and above the deputy commander of the foreign troops, Wu Shigong asked other officers to participate in the military conference.
Rush back to your army as soon as possible, start recruiting new soldiers, and intensify training.
Wu Shigong confessed that he will leave the Runing Army Camp in one month to conduct a comprehensive inspection of all units to check the training effects, so all officers must pay attention to this reorganization.
Wu Shigong then began a high-level meeting of civil and military officials of the Runing Army. First, Wu Shigong proposed to Deng Qifan that local control should be strengthened.
Wu Shigong and Deng Qifan have discussed several times these days and found that there are many local gentry children who have joined the Runing Army, but it is difficult to arrange for them. However, it is a pity to give up these literate people with some background. In addition, with the rapid development of the Runing Army,
With the expansion, the number of domestic slaves Wu Shigong recruited increased, and many civil affairs needed people to handle them, so this time the civil affairs system of the Runing Army was simply established.
In order to strengthen local control, the entire civil affairs system will be divided into four levels: township - county - government - Runing Army. Compared with the Ming Dynasty, where the most basic bureaucracy was at the county level, the control of the Runing Army will be greatly
Ground enhancement.
This time, the Runing Army can be said to have completely independent of the Ming Dynasty official system and established a new civil affairs system. Once there is any problem, it will immediately become a major treasonous event. Therefore, Wu Shigong particularly emphasized that, except in the northern part of Runing Mansion,
Except for these special places in mountainous areas, the entire civil affairs system of the Runing Army is temporarily contracted within the farming villages, mining areas and gathering places of the Runing Army, and is not allowed to expand or penetrate.
The officials in the civil affairs system implement a two-chief and five-officer system. The chief executive is responsible for overall management, and the deputy chief is responsible for finance. There are also three officials responsible for farming, academic propaganda, and an official who concurrently serves as the chief of the local internal affairs department. Major local matters will be handled by these officials.
Five officials voted to decide.
Although it seems that the number of officials is larger, on the one hand, it can appease and win over the local gentry, and on the other hand, it can train a large number of civil affairs officials. After all, Wu Shigong's ambitions are not limited to his own farms and farms.
within the mining area.
However, Wu Shigong also had requirements for the places where those officials should serve. Among the five officials, at least three should be appointed in other places to prevent the emergence of independent local kingdoms.
Wu Shigong's requirement for the performance of civil affairs officials is that they must first be stable. In these troubled times, stability is overriding. Wu Shigong does not want to see any fires in the rear.
The second is fiscal revenue. In the agricultural society of the Ming Dynasty, agricultural income was definitely the largest part, but Wu Shigong also asked these officials to pay attention to forestry and animal husbandry, especially industrial and commercial taxation. In this regard, in fact, Wu Shigong and modern
The situation is similar in that officials attach great importance to attracting investment.
The finances of the Runing Army are very tight. It is always difficult to rely on Wu Shigong to earn income, and war wealth is also a matter of one thing. But if they dangle their official hats in front of those local officials, they will also
It will exert huge energy and increase a lot of financial resources for Wu Shigong's Runing Army.
Of course, Wu Shigong also asked Zhang Xuebin to cooperate with these local officials to attract investment from the local gentry, and even use Zhang Xuebin's connections to attract investment to areas with developed industry and commerce such as South Zhili and Zhejiang to comprehensively promote the development of Runing's military industry and commerce.
To this end, Wu Shigong will also formulate a series of laws and regulations to encourage industrial and commercial development, including the "Patent Law", so that businessmen can safely make money in Wu Shigong's territory. Of course, these businessmen will also serve for Runing's army.
We cannot pay taxes like the Ming Dynasty government, which basically could not collect industrial and commercial taxes.
In addition, Wu Shigong also emphasized to all civil and military officials that those who jealously seize the property of merchants are strictly prohibited, and those merchants are free to come and go with their persons and property and cannot be blocked at will. In a word, the core of the current Runing military and civil affairs is
:Comprehensive development of agriculture, industry and commerce.
Wu Shigong didn't know that these measures of his had pushed the political system of Runing Army onto the path of capitalism. (To be continued...