Chapter 82 Liu Jian believes that the Yueqi Camp needs to be reformed
Yueqi Xiaowei is one of the five schools of the Northern Army. He is subordinate to the Zhonghou of the Northern Army. He has no prime minister under his command. He has one Sima and is in charge of the guards. There are 127 officials and 700 leaders.
Regarding the Yueqi battalion member organization system, there have been two sayings since ancient times: "The Yue people are considered to be cavalry because of their inner strength" and "the Yue people are superior based on their materials and abilities".
When Yueqi was established in the royal camp in the early Han Dynasty, the meaning of the name was indeed specific. The Yueqi at that time was indeed a 'real' Yueqi.
The knights went over and over to join the army, and the strong ones were recruited as strong riders. To a certain extent, they were the same as the Hu riders and the Qiang riders, which demonstrated the greatness of the Han Dynasty that embraced all rivers and conquered all the barbarians.
However, with the passage of time, the single directionality of the word "Yueqi" has been eliminated. During Wang Mang's period, the Yueqi camp had become the "Forbidden Army" and "Suwei". By the time of Liu Jian, the Yueqi camp had
The meaning of the name of the cavalry camp is that its standard direction is to "take its materials and strength to transcend", rather than to use a legion composed of knights from across the country.
In other words, in this period, the meaning of the name of Yueqiying refers to the camp that is outstanding in the art of riding bravely. The meaning of the word "Yue" has become "transcendence", rather than simply "Yueqi" in general.
Two words.
Today is Liu Jian's first day in office. He took Yu Ze with him to the place where the Cavalry Camp is stationed.
On the way, Yu Ze and Liu Jian chatted about daily life and talked about the Yueqi Camp.
"Young Master has become the captain of the Yue Cavalry School. How do you want to manage this battalion?"
Liu Jian did not answer directly, but asked Yu Zedao: "In Brother Yu's opinion, what should I do?"
Yu Ze hurriedly said: "How dare I teach you how to do things?"
"It's okay. You have followed my brother Bogui for many years. You have been among the big families in the border counties for a long time. You are well-informed. Naturally, you have your unique insights into military matters. Although I participated in the conquest of Xianbei, I was just following you.
Master Lu is just learning how to fight. When it comes to military management experience, he may not be as good as Brother Yu. I just want to invite Brother Yu, but it’s okay.”
Yu Ze saw that Liu Jian was so courteous and polite to the corporal, so he stopped hiding him.
"If it were a border camp, it would be easier to say, but this Yueqi camp is a camp of the Gyeonggi Province Guards. There are dragons and snakes mixed in. If you want to control it, it will be difficult."
Liu Jian looked at him: "Can you please elaborate?"
Yu Ze said: "Most of the knights from the camps in the capital of the Han Dynasty come from Jincheng, Longxi, Tianshui, Anding, Beidi, and Shangjun. They are the 'good family sons of the six counties' and are elite cavalrymen. These ordinary cavalrymen stay here."
In the capital, although there are some people like Habayashi who inherited their father's legacy from their sons, fortunately they don't have a deep foundation, so it doesn't matter. The key lies in the one hundred and twenty-seven officials in the camp."
Liu Jian laughed when he heard this: "Yes, I have also thought of it. Each of the five battalions of the Northern Army has only 700 knights, but there are 127 officials. This number of subordinates can manage ten thousand people.
The army."
After all, Yu Ze had stayed in Gongsun's family in Liaodong, and he had heard about some things.
"What Shaojun said is that the fifth battalion of the Northern Army is stationed in the capital. Although the good knights among them are suspected of being passed down from generation to generation, they are not large in number and can be dealt with. However, there are only one-third of the officials in the management camp.
Just like Yu Linlang, they were passed down from generation to generation, and one-third of them were relatives of prominent officials in the court, and another third were people appointed by the eunuchs at that time."
Speaking of this, Yu Ze whispered: "After all, the fifth battalion of the Northern Army has heavy responsibilities. Whether it is His Majesty or others, it is impossible for him to only guard a captain in the camp. For His Majesty, the Northern Army who supervises the fifth battalion
A lieutenant in the middle is more trustworthy than a lieutenant in charge, and for the clan, among the hundreds of officials, they also need to have their confidants."
Liu Jian nodded, and he probably understood what Yu Ze meant.
Even though fourteen years have passed since the September mutiny of the Han Dynasty, when Wang Fu and others killed Dou Wu and Chen Fan, the lessons and warnings from that coup are still deeply imprinted in the minds of people in Luoyang today.
Even if you cannot control each camp, you must do your best to install some of your own forces in each camp.
Why is it said that the five schools of the Northern Army have "important positions but not many jobs"? This is partly because of this reason.
"From what Brother Yu said, I think it's not that easy for one person to completely take charge of the Yueqi Camp?"
"If it's a camp in a border county, the young master would have to take charge of not only 700 people, but also 7,000. However, the camp in the capital is somewhat complicated."
Liu Jian nodded, admitting that what Yu Ze said was not wrong.
In fact, whether he is in charge of this Yueqi battalion will not have any decisive effect on his future development, but...
After all, this was his first high-level position as a military officer, with a rank of two thousand stones. He was in charge of a battalion, and the court supported these people for him.
He didn't want to waste this resource.
The more than one hundred official positions in the Yueqi camp can be used by the emperor, eunuchs, and ministers from aristocratic families... Why can't he use them?
After the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the inland counties did not have standing troops. Only thirty-six border counties including Youzhou, Bingzhou, Liangzhou, and Jiaozhou had county soldiers. The number of soldiers in one county increased to thousands, and the number of soldiers in the thirty-six border counties increased.
A total of more than 100,000 people, plus the Duliao Camp, Yuyang Camp, Liyang Camp and the troops of the subordinate countries, the total number of troops that can be mobilized in the country should be more than 200,000.
How could there be no outstanding generals among these more than 200,000 soldiers who are skilled in military affairs and are heroic and heroic?
If you can use your existing power to transfer a few people to Beijing to assist you in taking charge of the Yueqi camp, then in a sense, you can not only share the pressure of managing the army in the middle of the capital, but also the people who were transferred to the middle of the capital by Liu Jian.
People, to a certain extent, can be regarded as his old officials!
Moreover, the Yellow Turban Uprising was coming soon, and the fifth battalion of the Northern Army was also participating in the war. He could not control others. At least the Yueqi Battalion could not live in panic during this final preparation period.
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Liu Jian took Yu Ze to the Yueqi Camp for a visit. He was greeted by the Sima of the Yueqi Camp and fifty-five of the one hundred and twenty-seven officials.
The Sima of Yueqiying, whose surname was Cheng Mingfu, was from Anping, Jizhou. He served as Sima of Yueqiying for three years. When Cao Poshi was in charge of Yueqiying, he had been assisting Cao Poshi in managing Yueqiying as a Sima.
Cao Paishi was incompetent and rarely paid attention to matters in the camp, so most of the military affairs in the camp were in the hands of this person.
Just seeing this superficial person, Liu Jian knew that he had to get rid of this person.
The other party's attitude was respectful on the surface, but the way he looked at Liu Jian made Liu Jian feel a little uncomfortable.
This kind of gaze might not seem insensitive to others, but Liu Jian was all too familiar with it.
Having been in the workplace in his previous life, he started from the bottom. With his high emotional intelligence and bold and enterprising business ability, he became the chairman's indispensable right-hand man, single-handedly taking on a department.
Of course, to be able to achieve that level, in addition to excellent business capabilities, you must also rely on stepping on others to a certain extent!
Sunlight and darkness have always coexisted in this world.
Liu Jian had seen too many of these looks of humility on the outside but hidden other eyes in his previous life.
But logically speaking, he is now the emperor's younger brother, and he is famous in Luoyang. Anyone with a bit of discernment will know that he is not something that ordinary people can offend.
There should be a background behind the other party.
However, people who are not envied are mediocre. Liu Jian, who has a good psychological quality and a thick skin, just smiled at Cheng Fu.
Afterwards, Liu Jian began to count the names on the slips and slips.
Only fifty-five of the one hundred and twenty-seven officials came, and it was still the captain's first day in office.
Naturally he wanted to understand the reason.
After counting the numbers, Liu Jian began to ask Cheng Fu: "Cheng Sima, today is the first day of my appointment as captain. Ignore the 700 knights in the camp for the moment. The subordinates of the Yueqi camp, including Sima, have not all arrived. This is
What’s the point?”
Cheng Fu was neither humble nor arrogant, and said: "Back to the school captain, the Yueqi battalion has four responsibilities. One is to guard the capital and also serve in expeditions. The second is to assist Yu Lin and guard Luocheng. The third is to cooperate with the fourth battalion and perform martial arts six times a month.
, the fourth is to obey the orders and hold regular ceremonial guards to show the power of the Han Dynasty. The fifth is to dispatch officers and soldiers from each battalion to patrol the counties under the jurisdiction of the department in turns. The subordinates have military affairs every month, some in the palace, some in the suburbs of Beijing, unable to
If you withdraw, you will not come together."
"oh."
Liu Jianzhuangruo nodded suddenly: "I heard that the soldiers of the fifth battalion of the Northern Army have no time to do their duties except for drills. So it seems that I have made a mistake?"
Cheng Fu bowed and clasped his fists, saying: "There are many rumors about the Fifth Battalion inside and outside the capital, and most of them are untrue. I also ask the captain not to listen to rumors, but to see it with your own eyes."
"Listen to your words, it is normal for the officers and men of the fifth battalion to be rotated and assigned on a regular basis. So no matter when I come to the camp, I will not be able to gather all the subordinates?"
Cheng Fu lowered his head and replied: "Everything in the camp has always been like this. Captain Cao has been in office for three years and has not been able to see all the officials in the camp in one day. This is normal."
Normal? Haha, this is the way to go, right?
"I see!"
Liu Jian nodded suddenly: "I don't know what you said just now. On weekdays, how did Captain Cao assign military duties such as guarding the capital, guarding Luocheng, and patrolling the division?"
"Captain Cao is the commander of the army and does not care about trivial matters. Military affairs have been mobilized. Over the years, the junior officials and assistants have taken care of the worries of the captain."
Liu Jian blinked: "You did everything, so what was Colonel Cao responsible for when he was in office in the past?"
Cheng Fu said very seriously: "The captain is the leader of an army. He doesn't care about the details. He just takes charge of the overall situation and randomly inspects the army... Oh, by the way, all the expenses of the fifth battalion come from Taicang. However, Taicang has been short of money and silk over the years.
If the income cannot make ends meet, at most 60% of the 100% of supplies that should be given to each battalion every month can be provided. The captain of the fifth battalion often needs to go to the Da Si Nong's office to collect military supplies for the men in the camp, and they also exchange with each other.
There is a dispute... The officers and soldiers of the three armies have two rations of food a day, and they all rely on the captain. This is a major matter for a battalion, and the captain must personally come forward to Da Si Nong."
Liu Jian raised his eyebrows: "As soon as I am the captain of the battalion, I will be responsible for this matter? Am I the captain of the Yue Cavalry or the grain officer of you guys?"
Cheng Fu was a little stunned when he heard this. From Liu Jian's tone, it seemed that this matter was not a big deal at all?
"Captain Lieutenant, the Yueqi camp is guarding the capital. There is almost no fighting. There are only routine changes every month. It is very simple... So shouldn't the rations and monthly rankings of the soldiers in the camp be the most important thing?"
Cheng Fu's words were still polite, but Liu Jian could tell that his words were somewhat rhythmic.
Sure enough, after listening to Cheng Fu's words, the fifty-five subordinates also advised Liu Jian not to underestimate the army's food supply. Taicang only allocated so much to the fifth battalion every month.
If it is obtained or not taken in time, it is very likely that the soldiers in the camp will receive less than the other four camps. The soldiers will be dissatisfied and may cause trouble.
"Boom!"
Just as everyone was admonishing, there was a loud noise, and all the officials in the tent who were chattering a moment ago fell silent.
Liu Jian pulled out the sword from his waist and placed it heavily on the table in front of him.
For a moment, there was silence in the tent.
The young man who had been smiling just now suddenly turned his face, with a fierce look in his eyes.
You know, Liu Jian is a man who is good at martial arts, and he also participated in the Northern Expedition to Xianbei, so he has experienced it among the dead.
Although the officials present were all members of the Yueqi battalion, they had only been defending the capital for many years and had never participated in a battle. Under the gaze of the men from Yan and Zhao like wild beasts, they all lost their momentum for a while.
Liu Jian raised his fingers at Cheng Fu and said, "Come here!"
Cheng Fu looked at the sword Liu Jian put on the table and was a little frightened, but under the other party's scrutiny, he had to step forward.
He carefully walked to Liu Jian's desk...
"Captain, please don't get angry..."
Before he finished speaking, Liu Jian saw Liu Jian pick up the long sword directly from the table and put the sword blade on Cheng Fu's shoulder.
Although he knew that Liu Jian would not and could not do anything to him, Cheng Fu was still filled with an unspeakable sense of nervousness in the face of the sharp blade that was within reach of his face.
"What are you doing, Lieutenant Colonel?"
Liu Jian gently rubbed his sword back and forth on the opponent's shoulder, and whispered: "Remember, I don't care how Captain Cao was originally in charge of Yueqi Camp? But Yueqi Camp will be in charge of Yueqi Camp from today on.
All the rules must be changed! Tomorrow, I will see all the subordinates in this camp. No one of the 127 people is allowed to be absent. Whoever does not come will pack up and leave. Do you understand?"
Cheng Fuyin had a sullen face and whispered: "Here."
Liu Jian turned to look at the other people in the tent: "From today on, all personnel in the Yueqi camp, all military exercises, and all guard rotations will be arranged by this captain. As for asking Taicang for food...
If you become a Sima, it's up to you to ask the chief minister on time. No matter what method you use, I must go to the Yueqi camp to pay 80% of the support! One stone less, I will give you a military stick, one hundred stones, it will be one hundred
Army stick, do you understand?"
"Here..."
"louder!"
"Here!!"
"Very good, you can go down now. Also, bring over all the resumes of the 700 people in the camp. I want to review them one by one!"
"Here..."
"louder please!"
"Here!!"
After all the subordinates went down, Liu Jian turned to look at Yu Ze: "Brother Yu, if nothing happens, Cheng Sima will definitely go find the master behind him tonight. Please help me keep an eye on him and take a look."