Ming Dynasty: I, Emperor Chongzhen, swear not to go to Meishan

Not all the young masters from the aristocratic families were eliminated. There were still more than twenty young masters from the aristocratic families who passed the simple physical examination. They were the ones who truly voluntarily signed up to join the army.

Perhaps for various reasons, perhaps because they were stimulated by the achievements of Xu Yu, Lan Fang, and Chang Buzhou, they had some thoughts in their minds.

However, one reason is basically the same, that is, they don't like the intrigues and intrigues in officialdom. They prefer a simple and straightforward military career. Some even like the exciting feeling of being on the battlefield with bullets and bullets raining down, and life and death.

Maybe this is due to personal personality?

In this recruitment, there were more than a hundred civilian officers, and there were four to five hundred scholars who signed up to join the army. They were all impoverished scholars whose wives and children were starving to death and had to bow to real life.

If you are laughed at by classmates and friends, just laugh at it. First fill your stomach and support your wife and children. But I don’t know if I can get admitted?

Civilian officers do not have high requirements for physical fitness, but they do have certain requirements for academic qualifications. Priority will be given to those who have passed the provincial examination and have a certain foundation in arithmetic, followed by those who have passed the county school examination. If there are not enough people, it is possible. Scholars who are considered to pass the provincial examination.

According to Zhu Youjian's original intention, primary school-level scholars were not considered at all, but there was no way. There were too many illiterates these days, and the Ming Dynasty had a culture of emphasizing literature over martial arts. He was also worried that there would be no scholars to sign up to join the army, which would be a headache. .

Promote universal education?

In the prosperous times, this was indeed a great thing that benefited people all over the world. But if you dare to do it in this situation now, it will be strange if the people don't hate you to death. Solving the people's food and clothing problem is the only way. Everything else is nonsense.

In this recruitment, 10,000 young men were recruited in seven days. Since the previous military camp could no longer accommodate these 10,000 new soldiers, Zhu had a way of buying land and exchanging fertile farmland for land, and purchased a large piece of wasteland in the east of the city. , plans to build a large military camp that can accommodate 100,000 soldiers for living and training.

No one's money comes from strong winds. Based on the principle of saving money when he can, Zhu Youjian temporarily changed the physical training method of the Royal Third Regiment and asked 10,000 recruits to cut down trees, clear wasteland, dig soil and fill pits, and just put a lot of money into it. Large areas of potholed and uneven wasteland were leveled.

Next, the construction workers came on stage, and 10,000 recruits helped build the new military camp. With the construction artifact of cement, and the strength of the large number of people, the new military camp was built in only one month, and the 10,000 recruits happily moved in. In the new military camp, formal and systematic military basic training began.

Zhu Youjian knew that transferring some officers from the Second Royal Regiment to serve as commanders of the Third Royal Regiment would seriously reduce the combat effectiveness of the Royal Second Regiment, which had not yet been tested in actual combat. Level commanders are also in short supply.

He bit the bullet and recruited more than 30 company-level officers from the Second Royal Regiment to serve as commanders of the Third Royal Regiment. He first set up the structure of the Third Royal Regiment.

Some outstanding company commanders were directly promoted to battalion commanders, such as Lu Yiming. Although he was not transferred, the commander of his first battalion was transferred away, and he was directly promoted to major commander of the first battalion.

It is said that in the army, frontline promotion is the fastest way for soldiers and officers to be promoted, but no matter how fast it is, it cannot be as fast as the officer transfer and promotion this time. Although it is a bit exaggerated, there is no way around it.

After building the framework of the Third Royal Regiment, Zhu Youjian breathed a sigh of relief. He only had one year left. He must train all the new troops within one year and form combat effectiveness.

The most ideal thing is that all the new armies can participate in several actual battles and accept the test of blood and fire before they can transform into real elites and have a chance of winning in a decisive battle with the Qing Empire in the north.

Zhu Youjian would sometimes have random thoughts, and he had reached this point. If he could not change the trajectory of history and lost to the Qing Empire, then God would destroy the Ming Dynasty. As the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he could only run to Meishan. Hanging from the southeast branch.

Your Majesty, something happened.