Chapter 309: The Situation of Jiangning Camp
The influence of the Zhongxing Academy began to spread at an astonishing speed.
Sun Chengzong, Lu Shanji, Huang Daozhou and Liu Zongzhou have their own advantages. Once they join forces, they will form a huge force.
Sun Chengzong had extraordinary prestige and the oldest qualification in the court. He was a teacher from Emperor Xizong of Ming Dynasty Zhu Youzhai. Even the emperor Zhu Youjian was very respected. Liu Zongzhou and Huang Daozhou were recognized as great scholars and academic achievements. Needless to say, the key was that both of them were hard and were role models respected by many scholars. Although Lu Shanji had a smaller influence, he was a Mongolian and was committed to the spread of Han culture. The influence formed among many tribes was also quite large.
Liu Zongzhou and Huang Daozhou were believed to be the ones who supported the Donglin Party and the Fushe, or even the Donglin Party members. Their attitudes, due to the establishment of the Donglin Academy, had undergone great changes. They began to clearly criticize some of the views and practices of the Donglin Academy and the Fushe. This was a bombshell that caught the Donglin Party and the Fushe off guard and could not resist.
The key support force of the Donglin Party and the Fushe Society was still in the court. What they rely on was the great bureaucrats and the landlords. Zhang Pu could easily avoid danger, which was also a reflection of the power of the Fushe Society. Unfortunately, in the early days of the establishment of the Zhongxing Society, he thought of such a problem and withdrew from Sun Chengzong. Some people in the court had a lot of opinions and dared not take action easily.
Since the establishment of Zhongxing Academy, the voices of Donglin Academy and Fushe have gradually weakened. In the first lunar month, the streets and alleys mentioned in the streets and alleys of Zhongxing Academy were all Zhongxing Academy. Such influences have gradually begun to spread to Nanzhili, Zhejiang, and even the entire south.
From the twelfth lunar month to the first lunar month, the Zhongxing Academy was very busy. Every day, gentry came to visit and ask for advice. Jingsi Hall was often crowded with guests. All the gentry and wealthy families who came to the Zhongxing Academy, including the literati, accepted the two clearest views. The literati and wealthy families of the Ming Dynasty should take the lead in taking responsibility, actively pay taxes, and enjoy the favors given by the court, while also making due contributions. Second, we should have a clear purpose in doing things, be able to see the results, advocate doing practical things, and avoid empty talk.
Many wealthy gentry, including some Imperial College students and juren, have accepted the task. After returning to their hometown, they went deep into the fields to understand the actual situation and see what difficulties ordinary people and farmers have. What kind of help do they need.
This influence was so great that the court began to pay close attention to the Zhongxing Society.
The training in Jiangning Camp is in full swing.
After Yan Zizhang arrived in Jiangning County, Su Tiancheng's main energy was completely focused on Jiangning Camp. Of course, he did not need to participate in training, nor did he need to supervise or supervise. Sun Chuanting is very good at these things. Since he is responsible for military affairs, he should not interfere.
What Su Tiancheng thought of was the silver issue.
Jiangning Camp requires huge expenses and must be maintained. It is definitely unrealistic to rely entirely on Jiangning County to support it. Once Jiangning Camp leaves Jiangning County, this support will soon disappear.
The revenue of Maritime City is huge. In theory, the income here can maintain the expenses of Jiangning Camp. With the increasing popularity of Nanjian's business, Maritime City has become a gold-sucking doll. A large amount of gold and silver is put into the warehouse every day. Jiangning County can get 40% of the revenue. This is a large sum of silver, but such a source is even more unreliable.
Su Tiancheng knew that Hou Xun, the Minister of Revenue, had already submitted a memorandum to the emperor. It said that Nanjing Maritime Warfare was originally a tax agency sent directly by the court, and should be directly under the jurisdiction of the court. As for the officials and yamen runners who had entered Jiangning County, they could be ordered to digest the Maritime Warfare Department by themselves. There were many things in Nanjing Maritime Warfare Department, and the original staff was not enough.
The meaning of this remark from Hou Xun is very clear, and all the income from the Maritime Bureau must be directly attributed to the court.
As the Minister of Revenue, it was expected that such a memorial was written. In the past, the Maritime Warrior Office had to exploit silver from the court. Of course, he could ignore it. But now he has become a money-sucking baby and must have been taken back. Conservatively, the annual silver revenue of the Nanjing Maritime Warrior Office can reach more than 4 million taels. It is estimated that Hou Xun's eyes will be green. If it weren't for the contributions made by Jiangning County, he would have sent people to the Nanjing Maritime Warrior Office long ago.
Zhu Youjian would definitely approve this memorial, and there was also a shortage of silver in the court's treasury.
With an optimistic estimate, Jiangning County can still get the annual income of the Maritime Bureau, but with a pessimistic estimate, it will not be available in the second half of the year.
Su Tiancheng cannot be in a hurry.
Sun Chuanting already knew that after the first month of the year, Jiangning Camp was preparing to continue recruiting 10,000 soldiers, and he was also considering the issue of silver expenditure. After Su Tiancheng entered Jiangning Camp, the first thing the two discussed was to temporarily postpone the recruitment of soldiers.
There are already 20,000 soldiers in Jiangning Camp. After the first month of the year, a grand military competition will be held. Through this competition, a group of lower-level officers will be promoted.
The establishment of officers in Jiangning Camp is somewhat different from other garrisons. Apart from commander, deputy commander, Qianjia, deputy Qianjia, etc., all are of a rank and rank treatment. That is to say, even though the court appointed you as Qianjia or Deputy Qianjia, if you have no specific positions in Jiangning Camp, you are just an ordinary soldier.
The Jiangning Camp has a personal military camp, a scout camp, a cavalry camp, a vanguard camp, a vanguard camp, a Jianrui camp, an infantry camp, a Shenji camp, a law enforcement camp, etc. The number of people in the scout camp is not limited. The personal military camp is one thousand, and the law enforcement camp is two hundred, and the rest of each battalion is two thousand.
The first and second battalions were established in the Xiaoqi Camp, the forward battalion, the Jianrui Battalion, and the infantry battalion.
In this way, there are twelve battalions within Jiangning Camp.
Su Tiancheng proposed a new set of ideas for the establishment of the internal organization of Jiangning Camp.
Each battalion has one battalion commander, who is the highest in charge and two deputy battalion commanders, assisting the battalion commander in his work.
Except for the personal military battalion, scout battalion and law enforcement battalion, each battalion has five companies under its jurisdiction, each company with four hundred people, with one company commander and two deputy company commanders. Each company has five platoons, each platoon leader, one platoon leader and one deputy platoon leader. Each platoon has five squads, each squad leader is established with one squad leader.
The battalion commander and deputy battalion commander implement a system of direct appointment. In principle, the company commander and deputy company commander are appointed. As for those who are platoon leaders, they rely entirely on their own military merits to select. Those who have outstanding military merits can even be directly promoted to company commander.
Personal treatment is also related to positions. The battalion commander has a salary of 200 taels, the deputy battalion commander has a salary of 180 taels, the company commander has a salary of 100 taels, the deputy company commander has a salary of 80 taels, the platoon chief has a salary of 50 taels, the deputy platoon chief has a salary of 40 taels, the squad leader has a salary of 30 taels, and the deputy squad leader has a salary of 20 taels.
The salary of ordinary soldiers is five taels.
After the first month of the year, the military competition will be held immediately, which is to select the squad leader and the deputy squad leader. There are also some positions of platoon leaders and deputy platoon leaders, which will be clarified in the middle of this competition.
Therefore, the soldiers in Jiangning County are all trained desperately. Such a competitive mechanism is very fair. If you rely on your ability to speak, no one should think about taking advantage. Of course, educated people have gained an innate advantage.
What are the striking points are the law enforcement camp and the personal military camp.
The responsibilities of the law enforcement battalion are mainly to record military merits and record the soldiers' wishes. Officers and soldiers violate military rules and regulations and impose punishments. Moreover, they have direct advice on the promotion and dismissal of soldiers.
This camp is obviously a job for scholars.
The law enforcement camp established one battalion commander and three deputy battalion commanders.
The battalion commanders are Sun Siming, and the deputy battalion commanders are Sun Sizong, Lu Taibing, and Lu Taibo.
Needless to say, the personal military camp is the main responsibility of protecting the head coach's safety and always following the head coach.
The personal military battalion established one battalion commander and one deputy battalion commander.
The battalion commander is Luo Chang and the deputy battalion commander is Wang Dazhi.
This kind of establishment is very interesting. Luo Chang is a veteran of Jiangning Camp and has sufficient qualifications. He has worked as a personal soldier in the past, so he naturally knows how to command the personal soldier. He serves as the battalion commander of the personal soldier. He is very competent. The strange thing is that the deputy battalion commander is set up, which is actually Wang Dazhi.
Wang Dazhi has always been Su Tiancheng's personal guard. Wang Dazhi's sister Wang Furong is Su Tiancheng's personal maid. It won't take long to become Su Tiancheng's concubine. It can be said that Wang Dazhi is Su Tiancheng's closest person. Wang Dazhi's most important responsibility is to protect Su Tiancheng's safety. Such a person who is always by Su Tiancheng's side has become the deputy battalion commander of the personal military camp, and everyone supports it.
This also shows that Su Tiancheng has absolute authority in Jiangning Camp. To be honest, the influence of Fan Jingwen and Sun Chuanting cannot surpass Su Tiancheng.
The gap for officers in Jiangning Camp is very large, because training new sergeants is not equipped with so many officers for the time being. As training becomes more and more normal, the equipment of officers has become an imminent matter.
The current situation of Jiangning Camp is that the officers from the personal military camp, scout camp and law enforcement camp are basically ready, and the rest of the camps are missing a lot of officers, and even the battalion commanders and deputy battalion commanders are not fully equipped.
It is definitely unrealistic to think about reliing on military competitions to promote the battalion commander and deputy battalion commander. Just kidding, the battalion commander and deputy battalion commander are with two thousand soldiers. If they do not have rich combat experience and cannot adapt to the situation and go to the battlefield, wouldn’t it be a cause of trouble? Conquest is not a joke, and it cannot be taken for granted. The battalion commander and deputy battalion commander still have sufficient experience.
Jiangning Camp lacks such talents.
Sun Yuankun, Liu Shiliang and Luo Chang have certain practical experience and certain qualities, and are fully competent. Although Liu Tiehan is from a rash background, he has experienced a lot of fighting and has trained it, so there is no problem. Ma Huabiao will not have too many problems in charge of the Shenji Camp, and he is competent.
Chapter completed!