A rebellion ended in blood. Liu Yan relied on Dai Jingbin's stupidity to wipe out almost all the old forces in Qianhusuo in front of Xiahe Village. Now, except for the new army, there is no old army anywhere in Qianhusuo in front of Xiahe Village. .
After Dai Jingbin, Zhang Xueyi and others were executed, Lingshan Guard Officer Hu Zongming also sent an official document ratifying all the decisions made by Liu Yan and asking Liu Yan to strictly manage the army to prevent similar things from happening.
Liu Yan then ordered Zhang Lei to be appointed as the officer in charge of the Thousand Households Office in front of Xiahe Village, and Zhao Min, the copywriter director of the Hundred Household Office in Wangjiazhuang, was appointed as the magistrate of the Thousand Household Office in front of Xiahe Village. All civil service duties inside and outside the institute.
Yue Ming, a member of the Hundred Household Office of Wangjiazhuang, was appointed as the money and grain officer of the Thousand Household Office in front of Xiahe Village, and was in charge of the money and grain reserves of the Thousand Household Office.
At the same time, Liu Yanping transferred Song Gongming from a hundred households to be the commercial officer of the Thousand Households Office in front of Xiahe Village, specializing in business operations.
After some personnel adjustments, Liu Yan completely took control of the Qianhu Office in front of Xiahe Village. In the Qianhu Office City, there were only one Hundred Household officials left, who took the initiative to join the Hundred Households, Tian Huixu.
Seeing that he was in power, Liu Yan took the next step and began to reorganize the military discipline of the new army.
Liu Yan was determined to build the new army into a modern army, different from the old army at this time. The biggest difference between the new army and the old army is that the soldiers of the new army must know why they are fighting and must have iron-clad discipline.
Therefore, after Liu Yan completed the personnel transfer, he did not rush to summon a group of subordinates to meet. Instead, he stayed in the Qianhu Hall and began to draft military regulations for the new army.
At this time, Wang Yunhe's body was already a little inconvenient, but under the service of Shang Shan and Ruoshui, he was living comfortably.
That day, I saw that Liu Yan did not go to the office to do his work, but stayed in Nuan Pavilion and wrote hard, so he opened the door curiously and came in.
"What are you writing, husband?"
Liu Yan watched his three wives and concubines enter the house, smiled and invited them to warm themselves over the fire, and then said: "I am formulating military regulations for the new army."
Shangshan helped Wang Yunhe sit down, while Ruoshui went to prepare the stove.
At this time, Wang Yunhe came over and looked at what Liu Yan had written, with curiosity in his eyes.
When Wang Yunhe was at Wanfu Youfang, he was literate and enlightened, so it was not difficult to read.
"Three major disciplines and eight points of attention?"
Wang Yunhe asked doubtfully: "What does this mean?"
Liu Yan directly borrowed the disciplinary requirements of later red armies, but the specific content was modified.
"This is the new military discipline I have drawn up."
Liu Yan pointed to the written draft and said: "The three major disciplines are the three iron rules of our new army in Xiahezhai: obey my command in all orders, do not take people's property, and return all seizures on the battlefield to the public!"
"No matter whether you are a soldier or an officer, if you violate these three iron laws, you will be killed without mercy!"
Wang Yunhe said with a smile: "You are too general. You should be more detailed. For example, you will be beheaded if you disobey any orders, how much property a soldier takes from the people before he is beheaded, and how much confiscated possessions are on the battlefield before he is beheaded. .How can the soldiers in the army be convinced by your generalization?"
Liu Yan said: "Madam, do you think the imperial army should obey orders?"
"It should be."
"Then should the soldiers of the imperial court take the people's property?"
"Of course this shouldn't be done."
“Should the seizures on the battlefield be confiscated?”
"This is also not allowed."
Liu Yan asked with a smile: "In that case, what's the difference between taking more and taking less? There is no point in not obeying any orders. As long as you violate it, you violate the principle and you will be beheaded!"
"Madam, I don't know, most of the soldiers in the new army are illiterate and don't know the basic principles. The military regulations are too complicated. Not only will it be difficult to implement, but it will also be very difficult to implement."
Liu Yan said: "So everything must be simple. I only need to draw the red line. As long as anyone crosses the red line, it doesn't matter whether he steps over with one foot or the whole body. Just be beheaded according to military law!" "33
Wang Yunhe was stunned when he heard this. It turns out that running an army can still be like this.
So Wang Yunhe asked again: "Then what do these eight points of attention mean?"
The eight points of attention of the Red Army in later generations refer to: speak kindly, trade fairly, return borrowed things, compensate for damaged things, do not beat and curse people, do not damage crops, do not molest women, and do not abuse prisoners.
At this time, Liu Yan basically revised it and changed it to: do not bully the people, do not buy or sell by force, do not destroy property, do not beat or scold soldiers and colleagues, do not damage crops and livestock, do not molest or rape women.
The first seven points of attention were all revised based on the original, but Liu Yan directly canceled the eighth item: do not mistreat prisoners.
Who will the new army face in the future?
Are they rogue thieves and grassroots bandits inside the Pass, or Manchu and Qing Tatars outside the Pass? These enemies are all heartless beasts, so why treat them preferentially? Liu Yan’s brain is not rusty yet!
So Liu Yan directly removed the eighth item and added one: Proud to be a Han warrior.
At this time, the status of warriors in the late Ming Dynasty was very low. There was a saying that a good man should not be a soldier and would rather starve to death than go into battle.
Liu Yan wanted to use this article to always remind his new army officers that being a warrior of the Han family was not only not a bad thing, but also a very honorable thing.
Of course, this sense of honor is also based on material, so Liu Yan gave the New Army officers and soldiers enough farmland, sufficient money and food supplies, elite military equipment and high military pay. Each of these items is telling the New Army officers and soldiers, You are the elites who are superior to others!
After listening to Liu Yan's explanation, Wang Yunhe felt that he didn't recognize the husband in front of him. How could he see all these things so thoroughly?
"certainly……"
Liu Yan was still talking: "The original military laws will not be abolished, but I will modify them, remove some unreasonable clauses, and add some new contents."
"These three major disciplines and eight points of attention are the general outline, which are required to ideologically require the officers and soldiers of the new army. The other military laws are specific rules and regulations, allowing the officers and soldiers of the new army to know what they can and cannot do."
“What does thought mean?”
Liu Yan looked at the studious Wang Yunhe and said with a smile: "The idea is, what kind of principles a person should know."
"Then what should these new army soldiers know?"
Liu Yan also fell into deep thought. After a long time, Liu Yan said firmly: "They should know, no! It's us who should know. Soldiers should defend China and save the common people!"
Wang Yunhe was infected by Liu Yan's aura, and his heart skipped a beat, and then asked: "What will your husband do when he leads the new army?"
Liu Yan chatted with Wang Yunhe for a while, and it seemed as if the clouds were clearing, and he understood the direction of his future struggle: "That is to suppress the bandits internally, destroy the Tartars externally, improve the government at the top, and bring peace to the people at the bottom!"
At this time, Liu Yan wrote down these sixteen words while talking, hugged Wang Yunhe, and said with a smile: "Haha, from today on, as a husband, I will work hard for these sixteen words." Tired!"
Wang Yunhe looked at Liu Yan infatuatedly, his heart full of pride and admiration. Although Shang Shan and Ruoshui on the side did not speak, their eyes towards Liu Yan were also full of admiration and tenderness. There was no words in the Nuan Pavilion, but Full of tenderness.
Three days later, Liu Yan summoned all the generals, as well as Baihu Tian Huixu, who was in charge of military camp operations, and Xun Jingyun, the town governor, to discuss matters in the Qianhu Hall.
Liu Yan took out the new military regulations he had drawn up and distributed them to everyone.
"From today on, this new military law will begin to be implemented. Everyone from the commander-in-chief to the commander-in-chief down to the soldiers must strictly abide by it."
"I will give you one month. Everyone must learn the new military regulations by heart and memorize them all. After one month, the governor will lead people to check one by one. If the soldiers fail to memorize them, the captain will fine him three months' pay. , the captain did not memorize it, and the flag commander will fine him three months' military pay. As for you generals, as long as someone under your command fails the random inspection, you will all be fined three months' military pay, and you will be given twenty military sticks!"
As soon as these words came out, there was a sudden cry.
But this is not over yet, Liu Yan continued: "In one month, I will inform the official Zhao Min and ask him to teach you how to write military regulations. It will take you two months to be able to write military regulations proficiently. , when the time comes, the town governor will still lead people to conduct random inspections one by one, and the punishment regulations are the same as above!"
At this time, everyone was about to cry without tears. Although Chen Xun, Wang Yue, Wang Bo, Zhang Yi, Shen Tuo, Miao Shao, and Xu Ming all knew some words, they didn't know too many words. If you want to One can imagine how difficult it is to memorize and write down thousands of words of military regulations.
But Liu Yan's attitude is unquestionable: "I ask you to recite and write, so that you can remember the military discipline in your heart. You can consciously act in accordance with the military discipline when you are practicing and going out on weekdays. If you can't do it, you won't be able to memorize it in three months. , If you can’t write it down, no matter who it is, you will be expelled from the New Army, your farmland will be recovered, and your family members will be driven out of the Thousand Households in front of Xiahe Village!"
Then Liu Yan added: "Including officers at all levels, no matter who they are, we will never tolerate it!"
Chen Xun, Wang Yue, Wang Bo, Zhang Yi, Shen Tuo, Miao Shao, and Xu Ming immediately cheered up and clasped their fists to take orders.
"Tian Baihu is responsible for the specific implementation of military discipline, and Xun Zhenfu is responsible for inspection matters."
Tian Huixu and Xun Jingyun clasped their fists together to accept the order.
But then Tian Huixu and Xun Jingyun looked at each other. They both saw that Liu Yan was trying to rectify military discipline, and they both wondered: "Is this going to be a war? What is the defense master going to do?"
But before the two of them could figure it out, Liu Yan took out another piece of paper and said to everyone: "This is a military song I wrote. The tune is also marked with the five tones of Gong Shang Yu Hui Jiao. Each commander will go up to the hundred commanders." , down to the soldiers, they must also learn to sing, and the governor will be responsible for checking, and the time and punishment are equivalent to military discipline!"
After speaking, Liu Yan even demonstrated and sang for everyone:
"Don't you see, the Han Dynasty's army has weak crowns, and the prisoners are asking for long tassels.
I don’t see you, Ban Ding is far away, Jueyu Qingqi urges Zhan Yun!
A man should be in a dangerous career, why should he let a scholar's crown ruin his life?
Kuang Nai's country is in danger as if it were full of eggs, and the feathers and feathers are racing without stopping!
Abandon my old pen and keep my wartime pen,
At one call, more than 100,000 comrades sang war songs and joined the army.
Anbang country, clean up the dust, vow to sweep away the slaves in the East without caring about themselves! "
After listening to the song "The End of the Han Dynasty" sung by Liu Yan, everyone here was excited. Although everyone could not sing it, at the end, they all sang along with the melody. Xu Ming and Miao Shao even waved their hands. The arms beat the rhythm vigorously.
"After I return, I will immediately teach this song "The End of the Han Dynasty" to the soldiers. A month later, I want to hear the whole army singing the war song in unison!"
Some people died, but not completely...
