The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 156 The Emperor's Three Thousand Disciples

In the lecture hall, Zhu Cihong temporarily set it up in the Hall of Martial Arts, and has successively recruited nearly three batches of students, with a total of about [-] students.

Most of these 3000 people are ordinary soldiers and low-ranking officers. They practice in the morning, learn to read and write in the afternoon, and receive an hour of loyalty and patriotism education in the evening. After half a year, they have already been reborn.

At this moment, under the leadership of the first batch of 3000 veteran students, [-] people are divided into ten teams, and they are conducting queue training on the empty school field.

"All together..."

"Look to the right!"

"Look forward."

"Standing!"

"Take a break!"

"Report Your Majesty, Your Majesty, all the students in the Martial Arts Hall have assembled. There should be 100 people, but there are actually 100 people. Please give instructions!"

Looking at the more than [-] people in full armor, they quickly assembled and lined up in just a moment, and the process was orderly, without any chaos. .

"Continue training and rehearse all subjects."

"Yes!"

The officer on duty immediately replied, and trotted down, and then the 3000 people disbanded immediately, returned to the dormitory, took off all the armor and weapons and put them away.

With an order, the timer started, and the 3000 people quickly began to dress, then came to the playground to assemble, and then trotted around the playground in full armor.

"How is Aifei?"

"Your Majesty, just based on the speed of assembly and the orderliness of the team, these 3000 people may not even be able to compare with the Qi family army back then."

Hong Niangzi heard the sound of the orderly footsteps when she trotted, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion. Today, she finally understands the meaning of Qi Jiajun's saying that tens of thousands of people are like one person.

Just now, the 3000 people from disbanding, gathering and running, really acted like one person.

"Hehe, it seems that my concubine also knows the Qi family army quite well. It's not that I'm exaggerating. My three thousand disciples are indeed far stronger than the Qi family army and Wei Wuzu."

Zhu Cihong said with some pride, and then explained to him the food, daily training and study of the 3000 people.

First of all, the food is not comparable to that of Qi Jiajun and Wei Wuzu. In the morning, there is enough fried dough sticks and soy milk, plus an egg for each person. At noon, rice is enough, as well as mutton and some vegetables. In the evening, steamed buns and bone soup are also enough.

So at this moment, the more than [-] people are all fierce and fierce, and there is no such thing as night blindness and physical weakness.

Then there is the aspect of physical fitness, armed cross-country for 60 miles every morning, required to carry 10 catties of heavy loads, plus its own armor and weapons, a total of [-] catties, and it takes about four to ten minutes to finish the run within the time of a stick of incense. After more than half a year of training, almost everyone has met the requirements.

It is much better than Wei Wuzu each carrying sixty catties of heavy loads and marching eighty miles a day on foot.

Then there is the cultural aspect. Nowadays, almost everyone can know and write [-] Chinese characters and simple arithmetic. Qi Jiajun and Wei Wuzu can't compare to this.

The last is willpower and belief. Every night, there will be storytellers telling some ancient and modern battles and stories of heroes in the past, such as Huo Qubing, Wen Tianxiang, Zhuge Liang, etc.

Telling about Huo Qubing is to encourage everyone to have the heart to expand the territory and to have great ambitions.

Telling about Wen Tianxiang is to explain the concept of the nation-state to everyone, and encourage everyone to rather die than be a traitor, and to keep their loyalty and history.

And talking about Zhuge Liang naturally encourages everyone to learn Kong Ming's thought of loyalty to the emperor, and at the same time uses the negative teaching material Sima Yishu as a model.

On the point of loyalty to the emperor, Zhu Cihong also made a decision after careful consideration and combined with the actual situation of this era, but he did not put the emperor first.

Instead, the Chinese nation is put first, and then the emperor, which means that the interests of the nation are higher than the emperor. When the interests of the nation conflict with the emperor, the soldiers must be loyal to the former.

For example, when the emperor betrayed the overall interests of the nation, ceded the land to foreign tribes, or made indemnities and marriages, proclaimed ministers and paid tribute to foreign tribes, etc., which damaged the prestige of the nation, the soldiers must resolutely resist.

Zhu Cihong believes that as long as this concept of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism is deeply rooted in the army, future emperors will never dare to do things that damage the prestige and interests of the nation.

The above patriotic and loyal education, plus 3000 people are all the emperor's direct disciples, so compared with Qi Jiajun and Wei Wuzu, who are purely for fame and fortune or military exploits, the vision and pursuit of these 3000 people are several times higher grade.

After listening to Zhu Cihong's narration, the red lady was stunned. She didn't expect that 3000 people not only had eggs and meat to eat every day, but also learned to read and write, and even had stories to listen to at night.

"Your Majesty really treats these people as his own disciples to teach! Such treatment makes all the concubines want to be His Majesty's disciples."

"My concubine, these 3000 people are my kindling, the whole army's new drills, military law can be counted on them."

These [-] people are indeed Zhu Cihong's treasures, and they are the cornerstone of his reform and control of the army. In the past six months or so, he has put in a lot of effort, just telling them stories and teaching them personally, no less than dozens of times.

At this time, the stick of incense had already been burned, and the more than [-] people who were running also stopped running.

Although they stopped running, they did not rest. Instead, they immediately launched a series of queue training and order drills, which lasted for half an hour, and then they disbanded and rested for half an hour.

"Your Majesty, this is definitely a peerless and powerful army. After a short jog, it will cover at least twenty miles. After running, it will immediately go into battle, and it can still gather quickly and maintain a strict formation. It will last for half an hour. If there are ten Wan, no, as long as [-] soldiers and horses like this, coupled with excellent equipment, they will truly be invincible in the world!"

Looking at the soldiers sitting on the ground resting, the red lady's pretty face was flushed with excitement, and her eyes were shining with gold.

Obviously, compared to Zhu Cihong, she understands how powerful these 3000 people are, and how difficult it was for them to complete a series of operations just now.

"With my Ming's current productivity, I'm afraid I'm still a bit out of reach if I want to train [-] soldiers like this!"

Zhu Cihong said helplessly, although he is not short of money now, but money does not represent productivity, it is not omnipotent, everything can be bought.

Not to mention other things, the food for 5 people, according to his standards, would be a huge waste.

"Your Majesty, then use these people as officers and practice [-] first. By the way, in addition to the running queue, Your Majesty also needs to join the Qi Family Army's Yuanyang formation, Sancai formation and other formations to maximize the combat power."

The red lady said eagerly.

In Jiangnan, he wanted to train Qi's army, but unfortunately there were no suitable officers. After seeing the performance of these 3000 people, she knew that these 3000 people were the best officers.

Each person brings ten recruits, and within half a year, a peerless and powerful army that is not inferior to Qi's army can be born.

"My concubine, I'm afraid this won't work. These 3000 people will be sent to the various armies, so I haven't practiced those complicated formations. Compared with [-] elite soldiers, the improvement of the overall combat power of the entire army is more important." Zhu Cihong explained.

"Your Majesty is right, it's just a pity."

The red lady is not stupid, she understands that the little emperor is relying on these three thousand personal disciples to keep the army firmly in his hands, she is very supportive of this, and at the same time admires his methods very much.

At this time, the more than [-] students had had enough rest, and after gathering again, Zhu Cihong announced that the graduation ceremony would be held tomorrow.

In fact, he really wanted them to study for another half a year, but time waited for no one, and they could only barely graduate. After arriving in various armies, they would slowly learn advanced knowledge such as culture and art of war by themselves.

(End of this chapter)