The regular army of the Qing Dynasty was the Eight Banners Army and the Green Camp, but it also allowed the civil gentry and some nobles to recruit soldiers, which is the so-called brave camp, which began during the Yongzheng and Qianlong periods.

At that time, the White Lotus Sect Uprising broke out, and the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners Army and the Green Camp had been opened. They could not suppress the rebellion at all. They could only ask the gentry to form recruits to form the village brave armed forces, and the brave camp came into being.

It was only developed during the Xianfeng period and eventually became the main body of national defense in the late Qing Dynasty. Zeng Guofan’s own Hunan Army was the Yongying Camp, which destroyed the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Wu Yan has obtained the power to recruit his soldiers by himself.

And in the end, he did not take the name of "destroying beggars", because Wu Yan thought this would alert the enemy.

After "there was a sudden idea", he also felt that this level of naming was detrimental to his emperor's majesty, Emperor Xianfeng, naturally took back his life and replaced it with the top scholar camp.

When the first camp of the priest camp was first established, Wu Yan no longer had to stay in the palace every day to stand guard for Emperor Xianfeng. He only needed to report the situation every five days, which means he still retained the opportunity to meet the saint. This is also an authority that many people envied in this era.

"The name of the 1st century camp is very good."

Although Wu Yan sighed so, he was not in a good mood because the Qing Dynasty military system was too chaotic.

The Eight Banners Army is completely different from the Green Camp. The Eight Banners Army is divided into the Manchu Eight Banners Army and the Han Eight Banners Army. The military system is also different. The Green Camp's military system is also very different because of its different functions and garrisons.

The highest organization of the Green Camp is a town, followed by bidding, association, camp, flood, shed, etc. Some towns are not as many people as others who have one bidding, one association.

Wu Yan wanted to change the messy military system directly. The setting of the squad of the military advisor brigade battalion and company squads, combined with the corresponding military ranks, was simply clear.

But he is now the leader of the first battalion. Emperor Xianfeng gave him a quota of 360 people. He now has only 37 people, including 15 of them from Senggelinqin. The rest are those recruited by Hua Tong, and there are more than 20 boys, who are also Wu Yan's secret weapon. It is impossible to lead him to join the army in the top scholar camp.

If Wu Yan dared to change the military system at this time, he would be impeached and confiscated his family and exterminated his family every minute. Although he had no clan to destroy him, he still had one family. Although in a strict sense, he was the only one in his family now.

"Hua Tong, I like you very much, so don't let me down."

Wu Yan decided to capture the big and let the small. As long as he caught Hua Tong, and with the main helpers who ate the Sanzi Brain Divine Pill led by Hua Tong, the messy things in the Zhuangzi Camp did not need to be paid attention to, just give some suggestions.

Hua Tong was so excited that he really didn't expect that in such a short time after he switched to Wu Yan, he would have been able to practice the peerless divine bow and become a military general.

Sure enough, it is better to add icing on the cake to help you in time. Staying with Senggelinqin, you can naturally be useless if you catch a lot of people like him.

The other original guards were also grateful to Wu Yan and worked hard.

However, how could the people sent by Senggelinqin have any real talent? It would be great to have a Huatong. Wu Yan is not short of ordinary soldiers, and joining the army these days is also a good place to go.

What he lacks is talent.

So, after he finished the arrangement, he found the former master of the Su family who was looking for a job in the capital.

The capital is far away from Guangzhou, and it is not very peaceful these days. Without the Su family father and son and a bunch of guards, how could he, a weak scholar, dare to bring money back with money?

I just want to find a good job in the capital. If it really doesn't work, I have to spend most of the wealth I have accumulated over the years before going back.

If there is more money, there will be more disasters. If there is more money, it will be a blessing for people to lose money.

"Zhao Wuji?" The master was shocked. He knew that Su Can's martial arts were deposed by Wu Yan himself, and he also knew that Wu Yan threatened the Su family's father and son at that time. Thinking of his idea of ​​helping the Su family to deal with Senggelinqin, he said in extreme horror: "The Su family and I are purely in employment relationships, and each of them is their own masters. I don't know how to do martial arts. If the prince is dissatisfied, I am willing to work hard."

Good guy, still want to take the opportunity to find a job in the face of danger?

Wu Yan was very satisfied with the Master's performance and asked with a smile: "Master Zheng, who gave you the confidence that makes you feel that you can get into the prince's eyes?"

Master Zheng also realized this truth.

Although he was the top scholar and helped Su Can take the strategy of martial arts, he knew the opening exam after the exam, so he was actually very considerate.

As we all know, the imperial examinations in ancient times could not select real talents. Those who could get into the top scorer were not necessarily more talented than scholars. A scholar who claimed to be a talented person but was not met with a talent, and even if he really became the top scorer, he might not be better than the top scorer.

But the same thing is said, others don’t lack it, but Wu Yan is lacking it.

Master Zheng thought for a moment, then asked with surprise: "Zhuangyuan, is he going to find a magistrate for the magistrate camp?"

Wu Yan did not pretend to be profound and said directly: "Yes, Master Zheng was able to argue with the prince in the brothel at that time. I, Zhao Wuji, have a deep impression of me. I, don't know if Master Zheng, would be willing to give me Zhao Wuji a face?"

If you don’t give you face, will your martial arts be ruined?

No, I don’t know how to do martial arts. Will I be like the father and son of the Su family, now I am forced to be a beggar. I want to help and I am threatened to steal 300 taels of silver?

Master Zheng said directly without hesitation: "From today, my low life will be the top scholar."

Wu Yan nodded with satisfaction and took Master Zheng to his barracks to meet people.

There must be some barracks. Outside the city, it was originally an abandoned schoolyard, and the conditions were a bit simple, but it was Wu Yan's first territory.

On the way, Master Zheng and Wu Yan each rode a horse, and there were several guards following him. Some people who had seen Wu Yan, the new top scholar, who had "parked the streets" before, were also impressed by Wu Yan's extremely beautiful appearance. When they saw Wu Yan again, they either kowtowed in the street or shouted endlessly.

There are also many young ladies throwing flowers, purses, handkerchiefs and other things on Wu Yan’s street. They are not very harmful, but they are very provocative.

This is not the first time Wu Yan has seen this situation. When the East Star Crow goes out, it is even more glorious than this.

I have always responded with a smile. In this era when officials are not ruled by the people, I have earned all my favors.

After leaving the city and calmed down, Master Zheng, who had just joined Wu Yan's subordinate, asked: "Zhuangyuan, I wonder which battalion is built in our top scholar camp?"

There were many camps of the Qing army, including cavalry, vanguard, guards, infantry, firearms, Jianrui, etc., as well as the so-called three camps, Tongzhou camp, Tiger Gun camp, and Fengtai camp. The three camps had a total of 170,000 people at their peak, and each camp also had 500 people.

There is also a Shenji Camp that follows the Ming Dynasty.

Speaking of which, the Shenji Camp was equipped with muskets and muskets in the Ming Dynasty, and later it was equipped with a coercive gun, which was ahead of the Western powers for many years. However, by the time of Emperor Xianfeng of the Qing Dynasty, the structure of the Shenji Camp was still not the main structure of the Qing army.

When others play with guns, they are mainly cold weapons and muskets as supplements. Some military towns have thousands of men, but only dozens of muskets, and they can kill a chicken.

Wu Yan said: "Master Zheng, do you think if I imitate Shenji Camp, can the Principal Camp withstand it?"

If you can withstand it, you will naturally be targeted from the pressure from the court, or from Emperor Xianfeng.

At this time, the control of firearms was quite strict, but at least it was better than when Jiaqing and Daoguang, because the Opium War was scared by Western powers.

Master Zheng pondered for a moment and asked, "I don't know what the functions of our top scholar camp are?"

Wu Yan smiled and said, "Beat the Beggars' Sect."

Master Zheng was stunned for a moment and suspected that he had heard it wrong, so Wu Yan repeated it and said again what he said to Emperor Xianfeng.

Master Zheng pondered for a longer time before saying: "I heard that there are many masters in the Beggars' Sect, and ordinary military soldiers are not opponents at all. If they want to catch them in one go when they elect the gang leader, it is not enough to rely on 360 people. They cannot break through with one blow and lose their courage. It will only make the fish that escape the net continue to revenge. Whether it is directly revenge on the top scholar or creating chaos, it is not a good result. So I think that as long as you understand it with emotion and reason, the top scholar camp wants to refer to the standard musket of the Divine Machine Camp, it is not a big problem."

"The top scholar of the good teacher knows that the current situation is different from the past. The Su family... There were also a battalion of soldiers equipped with muskets before, which is not considered overwhelming. However, the Su family is located in Guangzhou after all. If they want to imitate Shenji Camp in the capital, the resistance will be greater and it will be easier to be impeached. If the top scholar has a good relationship with the prince, I suggest saying bluntly that if the prince speaks, all problems can be solved."

Wu Yan was quite satisfied with Master Zheng’s analysis. Although he was looking for Senggelinqin after all, he seemed to be talking nonsense, but it was already very good to say some things.

Wu Yan still lacked enough understanding of this era. When he visited Emperor Xianfeng in a private visit, he said the wrong thing.

When facing Senggelinqin, people like Master Zheng were also needed to remind me that they would not be influenced by the thinking of modern people, and would be kicked hard by the thighs that need to be held temporarily.

"Okay, Master Zheng, then you think about it carefully, how should I talk to the prince?" Wu Yan said with a smile: "I have a beggar Huatong under my command, Master Zheng wants to communicate more."

After saying this, Wu Yan also took Master Zheng to the barracks.

Looking at the camp where there were already a large scale and many people were working on it, Master Zheng said with great emotion: "The top scholar is really a favored by the holy people. It is not easy to want military expenditure elsewhere."

Construction will definitely cost money, and everyone can know this. Even if there is a Ministry of Industry, people may not pay attention to your new camp.

It is even more difficult for the Ministry of Revenue to give money, even if it is the money you should give.

In Master Zheng's opinion, Wu Yan had the emperor's imperial edict.

But Wu Yan said directly: "The money was not given by His Majesty, but I earned it from Su Can before. It's 100,000 taels, which is enough to spend a while."

Of course, Master Zheng knew about the 100,000 taels, but he never thought that Wu Yan used his money to build the top scholar camp, but he also said it so openly. Would the people next to him really not tell me about it?

It seems that Zhao Wuji is very popular.

He also knows how to win people's hearts. The subtext is to tell the people in the Zhuangyuan Camp: your food, drink, defecation and urination are all my money, not the emperor's money.

But after all, it involves his former employer, so Master Zheng could only smile embarrassedly and said, "One hundred thousand taels, if it were an ordinary family, it would be impossible to spend ten lives."

Wu Yan looked at Master Zheng and asked with a meaningful expression: "Master Zheng, do you think I am an ordinary family?"

Master Zheng was stunned. He felt that Wu Yan's words meant to make him afraid. Combined with the words that just now attracted people's hearts, Master Zheng was as smart as Master Zheng, and suddenly felt that the more promising job he had found seemed to have huge risks.

Probably...no?

He is just a top martial arts scholar, not a child of the royal family. Although the situation in the world is chaotic at this time, the court is still orthodox and has enough suppression on the whole country.

Yes, probably not.
Chapter completed!