In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 210 The proportion of standing army is more terrifying than that of the Qin Dynasty

With Zhang Han in charge of the official department, Lin Rui doesn't need to worry about it at all. With Zhang Xiuying in the household department, he can completely let go. In the commercial department, the outside world is temporarily dispensable.

So after arranging the affairs of the Ministry of Completion, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Punishment, Lin Rui recruited the newly appointed Minister of Rites to come over alone and prepare to touch her bottom.

"I, my concubine, Hou Yazhi, the Minister of Rites, bow to the King. Long live the King! Long live the King!"

Hou Yazhi was about the same age as Mrs. Lu, and her appearance was slightly better than that of Zhang Xiuying. After arriving at the tent, she didn't look sideways and bowed uprightly.

The clear voice and standard movements made the lazy Lin Rui sit up straight, cleared his throat and said: "Hou Aiqing is worthy of being the Minister of Rites. I have indeed chosen the right person. Come on!"

"Thank you king!"

After Hou Yazhi thanked him, he got up from the ground, his movements still looked very elegant and dignified.

"Well, Hou Aiqing, don't be restrained. Someone will give me a seat!"

Lin Rui wanted to wave to her and ask her to kneel down next to him so that he could talk more easily, but when he saw her serious look, he had to shout outside.

After waiting for a long time, two Lin Jiajun, who were sweating profusely, found a piece of wood and hurriedly moved it into the tent and set it up.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for sitting down!"

Hou Yazhi then sat down slightly next to the wooden pile.

"Hou Aiqing, what are your views and arrangements for the Ministry of Rites?"

"Also ask the king to show you!"

"Well, you must be aware of the future functions of the Ministry of Rites, so I won't go into details. Now let's talk about the specific tasks. From now on, the Ministry of Rites will formulate a series of standard etiquette, and will be responsible for teaching literacy to soldiers in the army.

In the future, I will build cities and set up schools near each tribe, and the Ministry of Rites will also be responsible for teaching Mongolian children Chinese characters, Chinese language and related etiquette..."

When Hou Yazhi heard this, her expression on her face could no longer remain dignified and calm, but she opened her mouth in shock. She did not expect that the king would teach those Mongolians Chinese culture.

"Does Hou Aiqing have anything to say?"

"Back to your Majesty, no, no." Hou Yazhi quickly stood up and replied.

"Well, in addition to this, the Ministry of Rites will also vigorously promote these simple numbers and simple Chinese characters in the future..."

As Lin Rui spoke, he took out the two books on arithmetic explanations and comparison of traditional and simplified Chinese compiled by Mrs. Lu and others from the desk.

Originally, an attendant should have taken the book at this time and handed it to Hou Yazhi who was sitting on the stool, but there were only two people in the tent, so Hou Yazhi hurriedly got up and took it.

"You take a look first!" Lin Rui waved his hand.

After burning the incense, she read it all, and then asked: "Is there anything you don't understand or have any questions? If you have any, you can ask them now."

"Go back to your Majesty, I have no doubts."

Hou Yazhi shook his head.

Obviously the booklet has been explained very clearly, and anyone who is literate can read and understand it.

"It's fine if you don't have one. After the selection of each department, the remaining ladies and maids, as long as they are unable to do heavy work, will be temporarily assigned to the Ministry of Etiquette to study. They must master the calculation of ten numbers as soon as possible, and all the The books should be copied in simplified Chinese and vernacular Chinese. In the future, I will build a library in the city so that everyone can borrow them!"

Lin Rui nodded, still very satisfied with her attitude. What he wanted was to say what he said and his subordinates to carry it out without compromise.

Rather than like the Ming Dynasty, no matter what the emperor wanted to do, a group of civil servants would babble with a lot of reasons to refute the persuasion.

This one goes against the ancestral system, and that one strives for profit by the people, and always uses the words of saints to make matters worse. In the end, even if he agrees in words, he goes against it in practice. What can such a minister do except add trouble? ?
According to what Lin Rui said, the Department of Etiquette will undoubtedly be the department with the most idlers from now on.

But there is nothing that can be done. There are nearly [-] pampered Han women in the entire Lin family army.

Among them, [-] are illiterate vases. Apart from being good-looking, they are useless. It is unrealistic to force them to do heavy work.

Therefore, in addition to serving those literate ladies and ladies, the rest can only be thrown into the Ministry of Etiquette to learn first, so that in the future, rewards can be given to meritorious Han soldiers.

After dealing with the affairs of the Ministry of Rites, Lin Rui finally began to set up his own Metropolitan Governor's Palace and reorganize the army.

There are only two departments in the Metropolitan Governor's Office. The Military Justice Department can directly select one or two hundred well-trained people from the infantry battalion to serve as military judges.

They will study collectively for a period of time. After they become familiar with the military laws and regulations, some of them will stay at the headquarters and some will be transferred to each battalion and brigade. They can also be rotated once a year.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs needs too many people. In order not to affect the combat effectiveness of the army, Lin Rui only plans to remove more than 100 young soldiers who have learned to read and write, and then remove a group of ladies, maids, and strong women.

From now on, whenever there is a war, the young soldiers will go out with the army and be responsible for managing logistics and counting military achievements. The strong women will be responsible for treating the wounded and sewing their wounds. The ladies will stay at the headquarters and be responsible for filing documents and allocating food, grass and military supplies.

The promotion of all soldiers is first nominated by the commander-in-chief of each battalion and team, and then reported to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for inquiry. Low-level generals can be directly promoted after their files are checked by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. If their military merit and qualifications meet the standards, they can be directly promoted.

For mid-level generals, after the Ministry of Internal Affairs checks the files, they need to send someone to the battalion to conduct an inspection. Only after passing the inspection can they be promoted.As for senior generals, after the inspection, they still need to report to him for approval.

Compared with the more than 100 scholars, Lin Rui was more confident that those helpless ladies would be in charge of the internal affairs of the army, especially the assessment.

The reorganization of the army is actually very simple. The first step is to expand the eight infantry battalions to 5000 men each.

It would take more than 1 years to replenish all the boys under the age of 20 who were directly exchanged from the slaves into each camp, and the difference would not be much different.

Forty thousand is enough for the field infantry for the time being, and it is estimated that they cannot afford more. In the future, the main focus will be on strengthening their cultural education and riding training.

Then there is the tank battalion and the firearms battalion. Lin Rui plans to expand the tank battalion to 5000 people. Next, the Ministry of Industry will build a thousand real tanks.

The firearms battalion planned to increase to 1 people and [-] red cannons. He planned to melt down [-] of them to build a [-]-[-] kilogram furlong rapid-fire cannon. After all, the red cannons were too bulky and could not be used at all. Not suitable for field battles with the army.

In addition to equipping the firearms battalion with red cannons and French cannons, Lin Rui also plans to build [-] firecrackers to form [-] firecrackers.

The five thousand Longbow Battalion remains unchanged and the two thousand trapped camp has no plans to expand for the time being. He plans to select some veterans to serve as guards for each thousand households and production brigade for one hundred households. The remaining people will be reorganized into personal guard battalions to be responsible for guarding. Outside the palace.

The 1 traitor soldiers will be organized into seven garrison battalions, each with [-] people. These people will mainly work and train as a supplement in peacetime. They will be used as second-line troops in wartime.

If there is a battle to attack the city, these garrison camps will be the first to attack, and the fittest will survive. Those who survive can be used to form the real trap camp.

For the Mongolian cavalry, Lin Rui only planned to retain two battalions of 1 people, namely the cavalry left battalion and the cavalry right battalion, each with [-] cavalry, commanded by Takuyan and Ebutu respectively.

The remaining more than 7000 horsemen were born in the Tumut tribe. After being rewarded, they were returned to their respective tribes. Those who were not from the Tumut tribe were placed in Neitao together with the [-] people from the Tuxietu tribe. .

These cavalry lead the tribes to herd cattle in peacetime, and can be recalled at any time during war to reduce the burden on China.

After all, they are one person and three horses. If the cavalry scale of 8 is maintained, that will be nearly 8 war horses. More than [-] war horses. If they are not grazed separately but stay together, then the daily forage consumption will be The number of grains is absolutely terrifying.

Ten thousand cavalrymen usually have one person and two horses, so the pressure is much less. In the face of emergencies, more than [-] cavalrymen are enough to deal with it.

Lin Rui did not completely disband the female cavalry battalion and the female military battalion. Instead, he planned to select a thousand Mongolian girls and a thousand strong Han women from them to form a guard battalion, with Habeer as the commander and Xiaocui as the deputy commander.

Han female soldiers are responsible for guarding the harem, and if any lady wants to visit in the future, she can also apply for escort battalion and personal guard battalion to accompany her for protection.

The remaining Mongolian female cavalry and Han female soldiers were directly disbanded. Those who were married to Han people were left to be naturalized and rearranged to work. Those who were not married to Han people were sent to Neitao with them.

However, Lin Rui did not confiscate the bows and arrows and scimitars of these female cavalry. After all, they could be recruited to fight in emergencies.

In this way, China's standing troops in the future will include eight infantry battalions, one firearms battalion, one chariot battalion, one longbow battalion, one guard battalion, one guard battalion, and two cavalry battalions, totaling [-] More than four thousand people.

For China, which has a total population of only about 60, the ratio of standing troops to total population has exceeded ten to one, which is even more terrifying than the Qin State back then.

Once the general mobilization and recruitment are carried out, the infantry will reach a terrifying 15. Except for craftsmen, almost all men will be soldiers. If the cavalry includes the Tumote tribe, it can easily reach [-] string control men.

So in the next few days, after reorganizing the army, Lin Rui focused all his attention on settling the retired cavalry and the [-] Tuxie Tu tribe members.

Lin Rui first selected more than 1000 Tumut cavalrymen who were to retire from various tribes in the Wuyuan area.

They were all canonized as knights, and then each of them was rewarded with some materials, gold, silver, food, and two or three Jurchen girls, and then they were allowed to go back after giving some instructions.

In fact, Lin Rui has been thinking about how to manage the Mongolian tribes in the Hetao area. If he manages them directly, first of all, there is not enough manpower. Secondly, the tribes have no fixed settlements and are not easy to manage. Finally, if they manage them directly directly, it is easy to cause problems. Resistance and resistance may be counterproductive.

So after weighing it again and again, he decided to boil the frog in warm water and take his time, learning from the Jurchens' routine first.

According to the size of the tribe, each tribal leader is conferred a title. Small tribes are granted the title of baron, medium-sized tribes are granted the title of viscount, and larger tribes are granted the title of earl.

The affairs of each tribe are decided by the leaders themselves. Tribes are not allowed to annex and attack each other. Once King Hua recruits them, they must lead the warriors of the tribe to fight.

During the campaign, Mongolian warriors who have made military exploits will be canonized as knights. Although knighthood is not a title, it is a symbol of identity and honor. The knight's personal property and family will be protected by Chinese military law.

Although these knights would still return to their tribes after fighting, the leaders of each tribe could no longer control their life and death and deprived them of their property, cattle and sheep.

If the knight achieves greater military exploits, he can obtain a title, be given his own pasture, and form his own tribe.

Although the cavalrymen of the left and right battalions who were still serving were envious of the fact that the retired Tumut cavalry returned with women's supplies, they didn't pay much attention to it.

Because now that you retire, you can only get the title of a knight. If you continue to stay in the army, you will have more opportunities to perform meritorious services. In the future, you will have more opportunities to be knighted, get your own pasture, and form your own tribe.

As for the Han soldiers, they were even less envious. Although they all pursued their own land and titles, it was obvious that the land they pursued was within the Ming Dynasty, not on the grasslands.

Lin Rui, a Han soldier, would naturally not treat them badly. He promised that after he conquered the world in the future, he would give everyone titles and land. Anyway, there was plenty of land in Northeastern Nanyang, so he would never be stingy when the time came.

And all the Han soldiers are working hard to achieve more military exploits and exchange them for higher titles and more land in the future.

(End of this chapter)