Just after the Beginning of Summer, both sides of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River began to become lively.
Although the emperor has not yet officially issued an edict for the Northern Expedition, the imperial camp has begun to fully mobilize. In order to ensure the success of the third northern expedition, the emperor also deliberately reorganized and reorganized the imperial camp on the basis of the original imperial camp's battalion affairs, grain station, editorial and other departments.
There are five headquarters: the General Military Command Department, the Royal Camp General Staff Office, the Royal Camp General Inspection Office, the Royal Camp General Logistics Office, and the Royal Camp General Equipment Office.
A large number of soldiers from the imperial camp began to mobilize, especially the three headquarters of the imperial camp that planned to cross the river this time. All officers and soldiers on leave received the summons and sent to Nanjing, Zhenjiang, Taiping, Yangzhou, Anqing, Chongming, Jingjiang and other places.
Assemble.
At this time, spring sowing began in various places, and almost everyone in the Jiangnan area had begun planting rice. This was the time when labor was needed. However, after the emperor gave the order, countless soldiers in the imperial camp immediately dropped everything, picked up their backpacks and picked up their weapons.
Start returning to camp.
Although spring plowing is important, the Tartars are now aggressively attacking on the western front. Even the Shandong and Henan fronts have begun to press into the Huainan front line, and the military pressure has suddenly become tense.
The emperor wanted to take the initiative and launch the Northern Expedition. There were still disputes between the officials in the DPRK and the Central Government, but the soldiers in the imperial camp obeyed the military orders without hesitation.
Zhenjiang.
In the camp at the foot of Beigu Mountain, countless soldiers gathered from all directions, with red flags waving and their armor shining.
From the general to the auxiliary soldiers, everyone was overflowing with joy and excitement. They did not look afraid of the battle. Soldiers were everywhere in the camp saying hello. The soldiers who had just returned from home immediately took out their weapons.
Some of the food I brought back was shared with my colleagues.
Zhao Gui and Zhao Fu returned together with several of their sons-in-law and the imperial soldiers who were also on the rooftop. They looked after each other along the way and did not cause any trouble to the local government. They maintained their imperial uniforms very well.
reputation.
They bid farewell to each other at the gate of the camp and returned to their respective groups.
Zhao Gui went to the grain counter at Xijindu Wharf in Zhenjiang. When he arrived, he found out that the grain counter had been renamed the General Logistics Office. After finding his boss, he took out some amigos made by his wife and a little bit of Tiantai Mountain.
Former tea leaves.
"Why did the grain station become the general logistics department?"
Their boss Zhang Cheng was the same one who brought them into Liangtai in Luqiao, Shandong. He dusted off his dark green official robe and said, "Did you see that the light green has turned into dark green? I have just been promoted to the sixth rank.
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"Congratulations, sir."
"We are all happy together. This time our grain department has also seen a rise. It has been renamed as the General Logistics Office, and the level has also been raised. Now the boss of our General Logistics Office has been promoted to the second-grade Governor General. Sun Jiaji, the Minister of War, has been transferred.
Prime Minister’s Logistics Office.”
The Grain Station was changed to the General Logistics Office, and its responsibilities remained unchanged. It was still responsible for the logistics construction and support of the Imperial Army, managing military supplies, food and wages, as well as baggage transportation, and even medical, engineering, financial, auditing and other departments.
At present, the logistics of the hundreds of thousands of imperial troops, especially food and salary, are still under the control of the General Logistics Department.
The chief officer of the General Logistics Department is the Commander-in-Chief of the General Logistics Department, and the Minister of War is the Prime Minister's Logistics Department. His high rank naturally leads to the improvement of the ranks of the entire General Logistics Department.
For example, Zhang Cheng was originally a seventh-grade light green, but now he has been upgraded to a sixth-grade dark green, or even directly upgraded by two levels.
"You are now a regular eight, and the light blue has turned into dark blue. Work hard and you will be able to wear toad green soon." Zhang Cheng said with a smile. People feel refreshed when happy events happen. Being promoted naturally makes people feel happy. Zhang Cheng used to be just a simpleton.
A poor scholar, now his fortune has turned around.
He also told Zhao Gui that with the appointment certificate just issued by Shilang Sun, he was to be transferred to the Logistics Department of the newly established Shenwu Town as the Logistics Director and in charge of the logistics of Shenwu Town.
"Old Zhao, I single-handedly recruited you into Liangtai. You are also very hardworking and very capable. This time I am going to Shenwu Town, so you have to follow me to help."
Zhao Gui was still a little stunned by his sudden promotion to the eighth rank. When he heard that Zhang Cheng wanted to take him to Shenwu Town, he said without hesitation, "I obey the order."
"Well, I have typed up the report and it will be approved soon. You should hurry up and make preparations. We have to recruit more capable people to go there. Shenwu Town was originally from Fujian. This time, they accompanied Duke Ping to the court.
Yes, now the two towns of Shenwu and Shenyong are newly formed based on them. It is a new force, and the logistics department is also brand new. If the higher-ups can give us this task, it is in our favor. We must take over this burden well. There cannot be any
There is no problem at all, especially since the Northern Expedition is about to start at any time, we must seize the time without delay..."
Zhao Gui was excited when he heard this, "My cousin Zhao Fu is hard-working, so I can take him with me."
"Zhao Fu, I know, is not as motivated as you, but he is indeed very dedicated and diligent. He is a trustworthy person, so take him with you."
When Zhao Fu was called, his face was still red. He had just received the notice and was officially awarded the official position of the ninth rank. Before, he was just a rank official, but now he became a rank official.
I couldn't wait to put on the light blue ninth-grade official robe. There was a patch on the front and back of the light blue official robe. It was embroidered with a quail with its wings spread out.
The little bird facing the sun seemed so small before, but now it looks so pleasing to the eye.
When Zhang Cheng and Zhao Gui told him to take him to Shenwu Town, he immediately agreed.
After this recall, he was still a little reluctant to come back. He even kept thinking about the tea workshop at home along the way, thinking about living a stable life through this tea business.
But now that I have put on the quail official robe of the ninth rank, I immediately forget all these things and officially step into the ninth rank. This is like starting my life again.
"This Shenwu Town is full of Fujian soldiers, can it be managed easily?" Zhao Fu asked.
"Shenwu Town is not all Fujian soldiers. You also know the rules of our imperial camp, but we will not let them stand randomly on the mountain. The eight thousand Fujian soldiers who have been included in the imperial camp must be reorganized and dispersed in various ways.
The establishment of Shenyong Town is 8,000, but now the actual establishment is 5,000, and the remaining Fujian soldiers are actually only 1,000, and they have to be organized with other troops into various standard battalions. Ten battalions of soldiers, and one battalion of Fujian soldiers is only 1,000.
one hundred,
Zhang Cheng said with a smile, "Besides, we don't have to worry about leading the troops. His Majesty has dispatched officers from other imperial camps and towns to take charge. We are from the grain station, so we only take care of the food, wages and logistics, and don't care about the rest."
I can’t care less.”
They work with the military director to provide logistical support. They cannot control the soldiers in Shenwu Town. Even the 900 auxiliary soldiers are not under their direct control.
Everything has rules and regulations, and Zhang Cheng, Zhao Gui and the others are considered experienced Liangtai elders, so they are quite confident about setting up the Logistics Department in Shenwu Town this time.
The troops and rations are separated, and everyone is in charge of their own affairs.
Even though Yan Keying was the chief military officer and was given the title of Earl of Fuqing, he led his troops and they were in charge of their money and food. Although they said they were subordinate officers, in fact they were not strictly directly subordinate.
Zhang Cheng took Zhao Gui and Zhao Fu and began to recruit people everywhere. He quickly organized his own team and reported the list to the General Logistics Department, which was quickly approved.
Then they rushed to the military camp in Shenwu Town, Zhenjiang, and set up the flag of the Logistics Department, which was regarded as official business.
After setting up the logistics flag, Zhang Cheng and Zhao Gui first met with officials from the military order, staff, supervision, and equipment departments. Basically, they were all officials transferred from the original battalion affairs, supervision, acquisition, and editing departments.
Among the five departments, the Military Command and Staff Office were actually split from the original Camp Affairs Office, while the Logistics and Equipment Office were split from the original Grain Platform Office.
When officials from the five divisions meet, it can actually be seen that there are differences in the grades of the chief officials.
The Military Command Department and the Staff Department are responsible for military affairs and military orders.
Yan Keying, the chief military officer of Shenwu Town, is not also in charge of the military command department.
The Military Command Department is responsible for military affairs, so it is also called the Military Affairs Department or the Commander's Department. The Military Command Department is similar to the military department of the imperial court, and the Staff Department is separated from it, and has some shadows of the Fifth Army Governor's Office.
The Staff Department is responsible for military intelligence, institutional combat plans, etc., but combat orders must be issued through the Commander's Department. In fact, the highest officer in Shenwu Town is the Chief Military Officer, so the Staff Department and the Commander's Department are both deputies who cooperate with the General Soldier.
One is in charge of military affairs and the other is in charge of military orders. To put it bluntly, one is in charge of military affairs and the other is in charge of military operations.
The previous camp office was actually the integration of military, political and military orders.
Each of the five divisions is specifically responsible for one area, but the commander and staff offices are relatively more important. However, the chief military officer is still the highest officer, and the five divisions all assist the chief military officer.
Zhang Cheng and the others talked to each other first, and then went together to see the commander-in-chief Yan Keying.
Yan Keying stood in her big tent, a little absent-minded.
Although Zheng Zhilong's reaction that day was beyond his expectation, after Zheng Zhilong went ashore to Beijing the next day, he still felt that there was a rift between the two of them.
These days, he stayed in Zhenjiang as the commander-in-chief, but he also found that the imperial camp commander-in-chief was not an easy job.
The 8,000 soldiers who went north from Fujian were dispatched to pieces. The most terrible thing is that Yan Keying is very good at water warfare, especially familiar with the southeast sea, but now the Shenwu Town Royal Camp is an infantry army.
There are 5,000 combat troops and 1,800 auxiliary troops, a total of 6,800 troops. The Fujian troops only have 1,500 left, of which 500 are his standard battalion and his most trusted retainers. The remaining 1,000 are
They are all drawn from various ministries.
"Uncle, all the officials from the fifth department are here to pay their respects."
Yan Keying felt even more headache after hearing the servant's report.
He had never thought before that the emperor had reorganized the royal camp so thoroughly, especially that the fifth division had such great power.
In addition to the deputy generals, staff generals and other major officers who were already in place, they were all transferred by the emperor from other towns in the imperial camp. He felt that he, the chief military officer, was even a little lonely and weak in Shenwu Town, not to mention his words.
a feeling of.
"Invite them over."
The servant had just taken a few steps, and he said again, "Forget it, I'll go and greet you personally."
When he went to meet the people, he discovered that several deputy generals and other officers had already been chatting happily with the five civil servants.
"I apologize for being late to greet you."
Although all the officials of the Fifth Division were wearing green robes, this uncle did not dare to neglect them.
Of course, the reason why he arrived later than the lieutenants was because he went back halfway to change his outfit.
He specially put on the python suit given by the emperor, a big purple python robe with jade leather belt and gold fish charm, and even wore a Thousand Ox Sword given by the emperor on his waist.
Although he was not an imperial guard, he was given this Thousand Ox Sword, so he also had the title of guard to show off to those around the emperor.
In the military camp, he deliberately put on such a suit. In fact, he had no confidence and wanted to suppress the scene.
"Greetings to the town uncle!"
When Zhu Wenwu saw him coming, he immediately bowed to see him.
Not to mention, this four-clawed python robe is still very intimidating once you wear it.
"You are welcome, gentlemen. Let's sit and chat. Shenwu Town is newly established. A certain man is a Nanman from Fujian. If we work together in the future, if there is any inconsideration, please forgive me!"
A group of people greeted each other and signed up.
Yan Keying chatted with them for a long time, and finally recognized him as the officers of Shenwu Town, divided into officers of each Xiebiao Battalion, and civilian officials of the Fifth Division.
It took a long time to figure out what the duties of these five divisions were. This Command Division is also called the Military Command Division, which is responsible for all aspects of Shenwu Town, such as town personnel, troop training, weapons and equipment, logistics supplies, and combat orders.
However, the Logistics Department is also in charge of logistics supplies, the Equipment Department is in charge of weapons and equipment, and the Staff Department is in charge of military intelligence, formulating tactics, etc.
Therefore, the Commanding Department is actually in charge of personnel and coordinating other departments.
The Chief of Staff is the staff who specializes in combat. This is also found in the Fujian Zheng family's army. Every ship owner, large and small, also has military advisers and masters. The emperor's imperial camp actually set up a department to be responsible for this.
I thought that these five divisions were just his staff, but after chatting for a long time, I realized that they were not completely under the control of him as the commander-in-chief, because the superiors of the five divisions in Shenwu Town, as well as the five divisions in each wing of the imperial camp, were under the control of the imperial camp.
Above the five compartments of each camp, there are also the five highest-level imperial camps.
Yan Keying cursed in her heart, "Am I, the commander-in-chief, just a decoration?"
Of course not, he is the highest military officer, and the five departments only perform their respective duties, but they still assist him.
But when Yan Keying saw these guys smiling, she still cursed her in her heart, because they added that each of the five departments performed their own duties.
Just like the General Staff Department, they specialize in intelligence, combat planning and command. That is, collecting intelligence, formulating combat plans, and mobilizing drills are all their responsibilities. They provide plans to the commander-in-chief on how to fight and march.
Of course the commander-in-chief can also veto it, but...
The director of the command department is equivalent to his adjutant. They are in charge of everything in the army. For example, they are responsible for the appointment and dismissal of officers below the battalion level. Officials above the battalion level are managed by the Xiang Military Command Office at the higher level.
It is managed by the military command department at the higher level. As for the deputy generals and soldiers at the town level, they are appointed by the emperor.
Yan Keying also recognized this personnel power, but actually money, food and equipment were not under his control at all.
The collection, distribution of food and wages, and even the awarding of military merits are all directly under the control of the Logistics Department. He, the commander-in-chief, and officers at all levels cannot interfere at all.
Although there is no need to worry about food and salary, food and salary have always been one of the best ways to control the army, and even one of the ways to make a fortune.