Chapter 774 Don't think too much about my personal sponsorship
"New Army?"
Governor Zheng expressed that he did not understand Prince Rui's intentions.
Prince Rui explained to him that the Hubei Green Camp was now in name only. Although there were thousands of remnant soldiers, they were filled with the old, weak, sick and disabled, and their combat effectiveness was seriously insufficient, so they had to be rectified.
On the other hand, there are nearly 40,000 troops in the rebel army. Not only is their combat effectiveness low, but the quality of their personnel is also uneven. Therefore, it is necessary to centralize the rectification, remove the old and weak, select the best, and form a new army with the Hubei Green Battalion.
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In this way, the combat effectiveness of the Qing army can be improved, and secondly, it can also fundamentally solve the hidden danger of turning troops into chaos.
Zheng Dajin asked in confusion: "Your Majesty, what you mean is that the Jiangjun Army will join forces with Hubei Green Camp to form a new army?"
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Jia Liu picked up the tea bowl and said, "The official name of the New Army is the Hubei New Army. However, the war is at the forefront, so it is under the direct command of the king. However, the matter involves local areas. You, the governor of Hubei, must also serve as the Assistant Minister of the New Army."
Zheng Dajin basically understood that it was a good thing to reorganize the surrendered troops and reorganize them, but he didn't know how Prince Rui would reorganize them.
"Take a look at this plan."
Jia Liu dug out the drawer and took out a document called "Preparatory Plan for the New Army" and threw it in front of Zheng Dajin.
Zheng Dajin quickly picked it up and looked through it carefully.
According to this plan, General Wang Xingyuan will establish the command structure of the new army - two divisions and four bureaus.
The two offices are the Supervisory Office and the Teaching Office.
As the name suggests, the Supervision and Training Office is the place for supervising military training.
Here, General Wang himself serves as the supervisor and also serves as the President of the newly established army.
The Supervision and Training Department consists of the Inspection Department, the Staff Department, the Battalion Affairs Department, and the Law Enforcement Department.
The officers of each division have the general rank of Zheng and Second Grade.
In addition, there is a Food and Rating Bureau, an Ordnance Bureau, a Military Medical Bureau, and a Transport Bureau.
The officers of each bureau have the title of third-grade general.
The Teaching and Learning Office is mainly a reorganization training institution, and the person in charge given in the plan here is Zheng Dajin, the governor of Hubei.
It has specialized departments such as the Teachers Department and the Training Department.
"In the past, whether it was the Eight Banners or the Green Battalion, the military system was relatively chaotic. The responsibilities of horse, infantry, and artillery were unclear. Each battalion had more or less soldiers. Some were capable of fighting and some were not. The official system was also chaotic and uncoordinated with each other, so that wars often happened.
The command is not effective, and the battalions are fighting independently. Therefore, the king intends to integrate the newly-established army into four branches: infantry, artillery, and cavalry."
According to Jia Liu, the new army will no longer use the past green camp military system as its basic training, but will use the town as the highest level unit.
It consists of associations, regiments, battalions, teams, sentries, etc.
One Shi is ten people, three Shi is one sentry; three sentries are one team, three teams are one battalion; three battalions are one regiment, three regiments are one association; three associations are one town.
In addition, each town is also equipped with an artillery regiment, a cavalry regiment, and an engineer battalion directly under the town.
It is to combine the artillery and cavalry, which used to be organized separately, into one organization called the town, and put forward the concept of engineers.
Engineers are actually troops that lay bridges and roads. They appear to be second-line troops, but road repairs are a very important task during wars. Having a specialized unit to undertake this task will undoubtedly reduce the non-combat tasks of combat troops.
According to the plan, the quota of officers and soldiers in a town is 10,500.
The highest military officer of the town is called Tongzhi, the highest military officer of the association is called Biaotong, the regiment is called Guandai, the battalion is called battalion commander, the team is called captain, and the sentry is called sentry commander. Shishichang.
"Town Association?"
Zheng Dajin was a little surprised. In the past, the Eight Banners were organized with assistant leaders and counselors as the organization. The Green Camp had the battalion as the highest organization. It was never known that there were towns, associations, and regiments.
Moreover, the quota of soldiers for a town in Wangye's town reaches 10,000 people, which is about the same as an army of Tongxing Han bandit army.
"I intend to reorganize the three new army towns in Hubei. During the period of peace, these three towns will be under my control. After the chaos is over, these three towns will be handed over to you in Hubei."
According to Jia Liu's plan, not only Hubei must form a new army, but Hunan and Jiangxi must also form a new army. Whenever Prince Tarui comes, a new army must be organized and trained, and finally it will be unified with his Zhili New Army to form a new army loyal to Lord Jia.
huge military group.
The salary of the newly-established army was directly allocated by General Wang Xingyuan. Whether it was officers, soldiers, or clerks, the salary was institutionalized to every position and every person. Even the oil for artillery, the socks for infantry, and the food for war horses were all paid.
There is a quota.
Regular soldiers are paid 4.5 taels of silver per month, captains are paid 5.5 taels per month, sentry officers are paid 10 taels per month, captains are paid 20 taels per month, and an additional 10 taels of public money are given;
The battalion commander is given 40 taels per month and 20 taels of public-financed silver; the regimental leader is given 80 taels per month and 40 taels of public-financed silver; the cooperative leader is given 150 taels per month and 80 taels of public-financed silver; the commander is given 300 taels per month and 150 taels of public-funded silver.
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Calculated in this way, the annual salary of a regular soldier is as much as that of a county magistrate without taking into account the maintenance of honest silver.
The salary of deputies at all levels is three-quarters of the full-time salary. Clerks above the battalion are paid as sentry officers, and below the battalion are paid as deputy chiefs.
The artillery team is a technical arm, and the pay for officers and soldiers is one-third higher than that for the infantry.
Horse soldiers' pay was increased by another third on the basis of artillery.
Because of their heavy tasks, engineers are paid according to artillery team rates.
"Half of the current troops in the Hubei Green Camp will be eliminated. I think 2,000 people will be selected. All the surrendered troops will be selected uniformly. A quarter or even a third of the original number of troops will be eliminated. Each of the laid off personnel will be given 30 taels of severance money."
Township, the rest are all joining the new army."
Jia Liuchu calculated that according to this method, actual soldiers from three towns could eventually be selected, trained and equipped with equipment, and within half a year they would be a capable division.
It just costs too much.
A regular soldier earns 4.5 taels per month and an annual salary of 54 taels.
Excluding official pay, a town alone needs more than 540,000 taels for regular soldiers' pay every year. If it includes official pay, equipment and baggage, food, vegetables, rice and oil, military uniforms and daily necessities, war horse feeding fees, etc., the annual budget expenditure is about 1.2 million taels.
This figure is half the difference from the six-town new army that Jia Liu trained in Zhili. The main reason is that the quota of soldiers in the six towns of Zhili is 6,500.
But the recruits in these six towns are completely trained according to the new army, and their equipment will be the best. Therefore, their combat effectiveness is higher than that in the towns with ten thousand people. They are the prototype of the Royal Guards in Jia Liu's mind.
The military reorganization of three towns in Hubei has been completed, and the annual expenditure is 3.6 million taels.
Jia Liu felt that he could afford this amount because he would soon be rich.
It's easier to do things if you have money.
Upon hearing that Hubei Province would not be responsible for the money and food expenses for the reorganization of the new army, Zheng Dajin was of course happy and asked Prince Rui when he planned to start the reorganization of the new army.
"It's the eighth day of the first lunar month."
Jia Liu gave a time point and said that an officer training group would be established in Xingyuan. All descended generals of seventh rank and above would take turns to be trained in Xingyuan. Prince Tarui would then personally give the training, so that the surrendered troops could be fully used by the Qing Dynasty.
The details were actually included in the plan, on the last page, but Zheng Dajin didn't see it.
However, the governor quickly realized an important issue, which was whether the approval of the imperial court was required for the establishment of the new army.
"In principle, of course, the court must agree. I would also like to let you know about this first and say hello. You must be aware of it."
Speaking of this, Jia Liu suddenly took out a stack of banknotes from the drawer and handed it to Zheng Dajin, "This one hundred thousand taels is my personal sponsorship for you, the governor. It's less, but it's my heart.
Just put it away and don't think too much, I just want you to better share the worries of the court."