After the Guang Shiheng case, less than a month later, the new city was basically built and all plans were implemented step by step.

In the past month or so, a lot of things have happened in Daming.

On May 13th, Yansui Commander-in-Chief Yu Chongxiao attacked Li Zicheng in Anding and was defeated and died. Later Li Zicheng invaded Yulin and was defeated by He Renlong.

On May 30th, the imperial court exempted the capital city from taxes owed for five years.

On June 26, the commander-in-chief Xie Jinzhong was in Xichuan to appease the bandits, but he was killed by the bandits.

Zhu Cixiang had no time to worry about so much. His current affairs were to put an end to the refugee issue.

Zhu Cixiang first appointed Ren Guangyu as the county magistrate of Xincheng. He was a poor official in trouble. Otherwise, he would not have become a refugee.

Juren is qualified to serve as a low-level official, but it is just a qualification, and the actual possibility of holding the position is very small. In the eyes of some high-ranking people, it is almost worthless, but to some ordinary people, it is high and high.

Because of his status as a judge, and Ren Guangyu's usual approach to others, without putting on airs, and often helping other refugees, he soon gained a reputation among the refugees. Zhu Cixiang sent someone to investigate and conduct a test, and felt that Ren Guangyu had good character.

He also had some potential to be an official, so he was appointed magistrate of Xincheng County.

After everything stabilized in the new city, Zhu Cixi sent someone to post a notice in the new city, announcing that he would recruit some soldiers from the young and strong to guard the new city. Those who performed well could also join the brave guard camp.

The Yongwei Battalion's camp outside the city is not far from the new city. Many people saw the daily training of the Yongwei Battalion when the city was built. This army was an eye-opener for them, and the treatment was the best among the Beijing camps.

Many young adults want to join.

Especially after knowing that the Yongwei camp was the personal army of the crown prince who gave them a way to survive, more people responded to the call and were willing to join the army.

Of course, Zhu Cihong welcomes those who surrender to the army, but he does not reject all those who surrender. The regulations only accept men who are over fifteen years old and under thirty-five. At the same time, there are certain height, strength, and physical fitness requirements for those who surrender.

requirements restrictions.

In this way, many people were eliminated, and the new camp finally admitted more than 15,000 people. There were more than 6,000 people who were within the appropriate age, but who could not meet other requirements. Zhu Cixiang did not give up and temporarily transferred all of them.

Organized into a civilian army, responsible for maintaining public security in the new city.

Naturally, Zhu Cixiang was angry with Emperor Chongzhen first about recruiting troops. It was a serious crime for the prince to recruit troops privately, and it violated the emperor's red line.

Because Zhu Cixiang was still young, Emperor Chongzhen was not so wary. In addition to the reputation of the land tax, Chongzhen approved it at the time. However, he said it was very difficult. After all, if you have soldiers, you need military pay, and Chongzhen is now a pauper.

Zhu Cixiang immediately said that you don't need to pay a single coin for the money, and it is the same as the way to care for the people. It will be handled by your ministers, and it will not cost the country a penny.

Although I don’t know what means the crown prince, a fortune-seeking boy, used to get the money, but as long as he didn’t spend money, Emperor Chongzhen naturally had no objection. He wished that all the soldiers in the world did not need military pay.

It's just that Emperor Chongzhen didn't know. He thought Zhu Cixiang only recruited a few thousand soldiers to defend the city, but he didn't expect that this guy recruited tens of thousands of soldiers.

Zhu Cixiang re-adjusted the establishment of the Yongwei Camp and the New Camp, appointing Huang Degong to continue to be in charge of the Yongwei Camp, with Lu Jiude as the supervisor. Sun Yingyuan was in charge of the new camp, with Liu Yuanbin as the supervisor.

Everyone knows the purpose of the imperial court to arrange supervisory troops for each army. Although Zhu Cihong thought it was unnecessary, he would not be stubborn enough to ask for the abolition of the supervisory troops. That would simply cause trouble for himself.

Zhu Cixiang would not let the two supervisors sit idle. He redefined the supervisor's responsibilities and would later be responsible for the ideological guidance of the soldiers, as well as purchasing military supplies and distributing military pay.

In order to prevent officers from deducting military pay, Zhu Cixi unified the military pay by the supervisory army. The number of personnel in the army was fixed, and the military pay was fixed. The phenomenon of deduction was basically eliminated.

Zhu Cihong divided the 15,000 new soldiers in the new camp into four parts: musketeers, pikemen, cavalry and artillery. He also sent 1,500 veterans of the Yongwei Battalion, each with ten recruits.

Originally, Zhu Cihong asked people to go to the Ministry of War to ask for some armor and weapons. The Ministry of War said that supplies were difficult and could only distribute 3,000 pieces of armor and weapons from the armor factory.

Zhu Cixi could also understand this. The Ming Dynasty's national power was deteriorating, and the military households and officers and soldiers in various guards did not even have decent armor. The fact that the Ministry of War could squeeze out 3,000 pairs was because of the face of the crown prince.

After the new recruits were reorganized, Zhu Cixiang immediately ordered the entire army to begin training.

According to Zhu Cixiang's requirements, just like the training in the Yongwei Camp, they started with queue training, usually doing push-ups, carrying weights for five kilometers of cross-country, etc. When the physical training was almost complete, they practiced military fighting skills and tactical training.

Zhu Cixiang believes that group combat capability is more important than a soldier's individual combat capability. Qi Jiajun's Yuanyang Formation is a team of several people, capable of both offensive and defensive coordinated operations. In large-scale operations, the team is used as a unit, regardless of offense or defense.

Just like an iron bucket.

These recruits were transformed from refugees into soldiers, and they were trained in such weird things. The most important thing was that they were very tired every day. Many of them found it too much, so they started to play tricks, be lazy, waste time, etc.

For this kind of situation, the veterans of the Yongwei Battalion are naturally familiar with the situation. They have all been there before, and they can see clearly at a glance. Without saying a word, they will be beaten with a stick.

"You're still playing tricks on me. That's what I did in the beginning. Get up and keep practicing!"

"Every one of you will die on the battlefield!"

The veterans of the Yongwei camp cursed and hit him with sticks. Under this kind of violent coercion, the situation improved a lot.

Seeing everyone's reluctance, Sun Yingyuan directly announced that anyone who could not complete the training amount every day would have one dollar of military pay deducted and ten military sticks, which would be implemented on the same day.

After this order was announced, the recruits were immediately treated obediently. Their monthly military pay was only two taels of silver. If one penny was deducted every day, they would still have military pay after one month.

Zhu Cixi suddenly thought that most of these recruits were originally simple farmers, and he might be able to do some ideological work for them. So he arranged for some older veterans with higher ideological consciousness to chat with the recruits during their breaks after training, and try to

Do some ideological work.

At the beginning, the lectures were all about big principles, and although many people could listen to them, they got tired of them as time went by, and some of the new recruits were still in a state of watching a show.

As the saying goes, the devil is as high as the Dao. Some veterans who have been in the army for several years are all veterans. When the new recruits complain about the pain, they will tell the new recruits: "A Tatar's head is worth fifty taels of silver.

Do you want to make money?"

"Fifty taels?! Of course I want to make money!" Many recruits were excited. The Tatar's head was so damn valuable. If they cut off their heads, they would be rich!

"If you want to make money, stop cheating, practice your skills, and go to the battlefield to make money!" These veterans took the opportunity to incite: "We usually strictly supervise your training for your own good. If you want to survive on the battlefield,

After you come down, you have to practice hard every day. If you want to become an official and make a fortune, you have to practice your skills and kill more Tatars!"

After the veterans did these "special" ideological work, the recruits' emotions gradually stabilized and their training initiative increased greatly.

Although the training is a bit tough, the soldiers' meals are not ambiguous at all. Needless to say, the veterans, the recruits also have two large bowls of white rice, one vegetarian dish, and three ounces of meat for lunch.

These recruits were refugees before. They basically gnawed tree bark on the way to the capital. They usually couldn't even eat a bowl of clean porridge. Now they have meat to eat every day. This is simply the life of an official. Many people think

Here, everyone started to get serious.

The new recruits' training enthusiasm increased, but Zhu Cixiang frowned and was worried about another thing.

The lack of equipment will have a great impact on subsequent tactical training. Musketeers need muskets, cavalry needs horses, and artillery needs artillery.

After thinking about it for a few days, Zhu Cixiang transported all the inferior quality firearms from the Yongwei camp to familiarize the new recruits with the steps of filling them proficiently.

Fortunately, the training time for fire gun shooting does not take too long and can be mastered within a month. Therefore, Zhu Cixiang is not in a hurry and will wait for the battle to be completed slowly.

At present, the firearms produced by the Bingzhan Bureau are given priority to be equipped with the Yongwei Battalion, and the remaining firearms produced by the Yongwei Battalion and eliminated by the Bingzhan Bureau are equipped with the new battalion.

After the infantry training was solved, the cavalry and artillery encountered difficulties. How could they train without horses?

In this regard, Zhu Cixiang could only find a way to find Cao Huachun to get some war horses from the Royal Horse Prison. No matter how strong or weak they were, as long as they could ride.

Zhu Cixiang did not expect these recruits to be able to gallop on the battlefield on tall horses in a short period of time. Many of them had never even ridden a horse. In the early stage, as long as they could run on the horse without falling off, that would be enough.

As for artillery training, Zhu Cixiang could only let them learn the theoretical knowledge of artillery first, then go to the artillery camp of Camp Yongwei to observe, and finally get a few small and medium-sized Franco machine guns for them to practice.

In addition to training new recruits, Zhu Cixiang also did not relax at all for the veterans of the Yongwei Battalion. Of course, the focus of training for veterans now is no longer queueing, but usually focuses on actual combat training.
Chapter completed!