In the past few years, soldiers and horses from the Beijing camp have been continuously transferred to local areas, and have been gradually classified into local establishments.
However, Beijing Camp is also constantly expanding.
During the Nanjing period, at least half of the soldiers and horses in the Beijing camp were from Shaanxi.
Regardless of the soldiers and horses he brought from Shaanxi, the Chuang Army and the Western Army that were later incorporated added a large number of Shaanxi people.
Nine out of ten generals are also from Shaanxi. In this way, they are similar to the Huaiyou Xungui Group during the Taizu period, forming the Shaanxi Group.
This relationship of unified place of origin and language was extremely beneficial for conquering the world in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, but it was very dangerous when it came to conquering the world.
Therefore, over the years, the Beijing camp recruited elite troops from the four towns of Huaibei when it was in Nanjing. After returning the capital to Beijing, it recruited troops near the capital of Shandong.
Today, the number of Shaanxi people among the troops in the Beijing camp has dropped to about 30%, and the emperor finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Today, half of the soldiers and horses in the Beijing camp are his elite foundation for conquering the world, and the other half are new recruits who have been training for two years.
As for the officers, they rely on the training of the martial arts hall to continuously enrich the Beijing camp, thus laying a solid foundation for the Beijing camp.
The old lead the new and officers are trained and replaced, so the combat effectiveness of the Beijing camp rises instead of falling.
"Your Majesty, if you let your hands and feet go freely, we can expand the army by another fifty thousand."
The Chief of Staff actually had no command authority over the Beijing camp, but was only responsible for matters such as logistics and supplies. All personnel appointments were basically made by the emperor himself.
Wei Shen was only in his thirties, and was in the age of passionate admiration. As the emperor's advisor and close minister, the Chief of Staff could be said to have a low and powerful position.
The emperor also regarded the Staff Department as a place to cultivate the backbone of the army. In recent years, it has been gradually transferred to other places, and at least it is also a battalion chief.
"One hundred thousand, that's enough."
Zhu Yixi said softly: "Xuanda has 20,000 people, and Ji Town has more than 10,000 people. Too many troops and horses will make it bloated."
Since it was the founding period of the People's Republic of China, there were a large number of soldiers and horses in the country. There were patrol camps in each county and general troops under the jurisdiction of the army. Each province had more than 20,000 people, and there were even more in border towns such as Gansu and Shanxi.
The total number of local soldiers and horses is about 500,000, plus the 100,000 in the Beijing camp, the national total exceeds 600,000.
These soldiers and horses were not military households, but were all recruited soldiers. The military pay, grain and grass they consumed accounted for half of the total tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty.
A hundred thousand Beijing camp would cost four million yuan in military pay per year. Adding firearms, arrows, armor, grain, war horses, clothing, etc., it would easily exceed eight million yuan.
And we need to know that last year there were more than 100,000 civil and military officials, and the total cost was only more than 5 million yuan.
During the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, the Eight Banners alone consumed tens of millions of taels per year, and the 600,000 green battalions in the world also consumed tens of millions of dollars. The annual military expenditure was always as high as half of the tax.
The treatment in the Beijing Camp was very good, the monthly salary was more than two silver dollars, meat was served every now and then, weapons and armors were provided by the court, and two sets of clothes were provided for summer and winter.
Three meals a day, one exercise every five days, no limit on food intake, even landlords do not have such a good life.
If the Beijing camp expands its troops, it will be really difficult for the court.
"The Chief of Staff will make statistics. If the Beijing camp participates in the war, how much material supply will be needed, how much money will be needed, how many civilians will be needed, etc. All the needs will be recorded in detail."
"At the very least, stick to it for half a year."
"yes!"
Wei Shen nodded slightly excitedly.
This is going to be a war, and it will be a big fight.
No need to think about it, this is Liaodong.
Zhu Yixi is quite relieved about Beijing Camp.
In addition to the Chief of Staff keeping an eye on him, the Military Judge and the Judge Advocate were also inspecting the Beijing camp for him.
After thinking about it again, Zhu Yixi felt that the biggest factor in determining victory, whether at this time or in later generations, was logistics.
Food is the most important part of logistics.
Regardless of the cold weather and the cold wind in late autumn, the emperor left the comfortable Yuquan Villa and started patrolling around the capital.
The first to be favored by the emperor was the military grain factory.
As early as the Huguang period, Zhu Yixi had pioneered the production of military rations.
That is, in one liter of military ration, 70% is rice flour, wheat flour, and 20% is cereal flour, and the rest is mixed with diced meat, diced fish, salt, oil, soybean cake and other things to become special military ration.
Not only does it have a long shelf life, it can be eaten by mixing it with water, tastes good, and is easier to transport.
Someone has done statistics and found that one bag of fried noodles can hold up to three bags of rice or wheat.
Sometimes, when the military situation is urgent, some sugar will even be added to the military rations to replenish the soldiers' physical strength.
Even war horses can be fed with military rations.
As for ordinary days, the soldiers ate steamed buns and rice.
Upon entering the military grain factory, what came into view were huge iron pots and huge stoves.
The rows of stoves and iron pots are impressive.
"Your Majesty, these iron pots are seven feet deep and can fry hundreds of kilograms of military rations at a time. Most of what is burned in the stove is honeycomb briquettes, and the speed is extremely fast..."
Looking at this large iron pot with a diameter of two meters, Zhu Yixi couldn't help but marvel.
If you want to stir-fry this, you have to stand on the stove and stir-fry with a shovel, which tests your physical strength and endurance.
"There are about 500 such stoves in the factory. If people don't change the stoves, they can cook up to 10,000 shi of military rations in a day."
"As long as there are enough manpower and enough food, we can still build a stove..."
The ambassador of the military grain factory bowed and reported, his face full of pride.
In fact, the main restriction on military grain production is grinding grain into powder, which consumes too much material resources.
"I want to start large-scale production of military rations starting today, producing tens of thousands of dan per day."
As the emperor walked along the road, he saw that the military grain factory, which had about 2,000 people, was already in half operation, producing military grain for the Xuanda army.
The place is as dirty and messy as ever, but production is in order.
"I obey!"
After leaving the military grain factory, Zhu Yixi felt satisfied.
Then, he strode to the nearby military horse farm.
In fact, the military horses here are mostly draft horses as well as donkeys, mules and other transportation vehicles. Really high-quality military horse farms can only be found in grasslands, Hetao, etc.
Even so, the number of military horse farms is increasing day by day, and the total number of draft horses, mules and other livestock that facilitate rapid marching has exceeded 30,000.
The emperor came here mainly to see the camels he had trained previously.
Compared with draft horses and mules, the number of camels is even rarer, with only more than 3,000, but they are extremely powerful.
His tall physique and striking hump are very impressive.
It is not picky about food, can withstand hunger, cold, water shortage, and has a large load capacity. This desert boat is also suitable for grassland transportation.
"Your Majesty, from this point of view, camels are more suitable for cavalry."
Yan Guochao was huge in size and loved this camel very much. He couldn't help but mutter.
"Camels have a docile temperament and are not suitable for charging. Moreover, they are only suitable in the north and cannot tolerate moisture."
Zhu Yixi explained, touched its soft down, and a smile appeared on her face.
Camels are naturally suitable as transportation vehicles, but if they are not suitable, they can also be used as cavalry.