"Your Majesty..."
The "new knight" who spoke was already crying with gratitude. In the martial arts arena in the Imperial City of Xi'an, the dozens of warriors who had just passed the examination and became the glorious knights in front of the tent, all looked like good people, and looked like they were crying with joy. They looked at their Mingjun Zhu with gratitude. By inspection.
Although this group of people were all gearing up a few months ago, preparing to join the Shaanxi No. 36 anti-king team to fight, and they had even joined the rebel team! But at this moment, they all deeply realized that the Ming Emperor was still good, and he still recognized and valued heroes! Being able to follow such a wise king as the little emperor is truly a blessing that they have cultivated over several lifetimes! The thoughts of rebelling, conquering the world, being a hero...these kinds of treasonous thoughts have all been thrown out of the sky.
"This brave man, what is your name? Where do you come from?" Zhu Youjian had already handed a large bag of heavy silver into the hands of the "Xinke Knight" who was kneeling in front of him, and also asked cordially about his name and place of origin. .
"Returning to your Majesty, my name is Liu Zongmin, from Lantian County... I was originally a blacksmith, but I also have martial arts skills!"
Zhu Youjian looked at this strong man, nodded with a smile, and thought to himself: Work hard, and I will have the opportunity to let you join the Jinyi Guard in the future, responsible for torture and the pursuit of stolen goods!
"What a strong man!" Zhu Youjian praised, and then walked to another "short man" standing next to Liu Zongmin. Whenever he asked a question, the short man would kneel down and report to the door.
"Long live my lord, my name is Yuan Zongdi, and I am a man from Suide."
"You are also a good man!" Zhu Youjian nodded with satisfaction and took a bag of silver and handed it to him, "You can take these silver coins first...Tian Tu will give them to me when I return to Xuan Mansion. It is indispensable. your!"
"Thank you, Lord Long Live, for the reward!" Yuan Zongdi kowtowed and took the silver happily.
After rewarding Yuan Zongdi, Zhu Youjian went to a strong man who looked very loyal and asked with a smile: "Strong man, what is your name? Where do you live?"
"If I go back to Lord Long Live, my name is Tian Jianxiu, and he is also a man from Suide."
Zhu Youjian nodded repeatedly and said to himself: You seem quite honest, but I didn't expect you to be a big thief too! Okay, now follow me and be an official honestly!
The person standing next to Tian Jianxiu was a "thief", a thief with a beard, triangular eyes, a fierce look, and a sinister face. He was not a good person at first glance.
But Zhu Youjian was very satisfied... This must be a big thief!
"Strong man, what is your name? Where do you come from?"
The strong man said: "I'm going back to the emperor, my name is Ma Jinzhong, and he is from Yan'an Prefecture... I have been a good citizen for generations, and I am also a good citizen. I have never been a thief!"
"Oh, Ma Jinzhong...well, you can tell by the name that he is Zhongliang!" Zhu Youjian nodded and said to himself: Aren't you just the horse thief who made a fortune! He also said that he had never been a thief...but you were a good thief in your previous life, and later you joined Zuo Liangyu, and then followed the fourth child (Zhu Cizhao) to Nanyang.
Zhu Youjian walked to a very handsome young knight of seventeen or eighteen who was standing next to Ma Jinzhong. When he saw this man's face, he started laughing. He has already recognized that person. Isn't it the Gao Jie who seduced Li Zicheng's wife?
Gao Jie also knelt down in front of Zhu Youjian. Before Zhu Youjian could ask any questions, he announced his family name: "My dearest minister, Mi Zhi Gao Jie, I would like to extend my sincere greetings."
"Okay!" Zhu Youjian nodded, "Gao Jie, have you ever studied?"
"I went to private school for a few years." Gao Jie replied.
"Sangui," Zhu Youjian turned back to Wu Sangui and said, "add him to my bodyguard... I will teach him personally!"
Zhu Youjian's bodyguard knights are amazing. Everyone is a reserve officer. Following the little emperor is not only a bodyguard, but also a way to learn real skills. Now most of the first generation of bodyguard knights have learned to be officials (in fact, they have not learned much skills, just the level of short-term training courses), and the bodyguard knights have also expanded into a bodyguard regiment.
However, the Guards currently only has one battalion, which is called the "outer camp". This is borrowed from the Song Dynasty Imperial Academy’s method of raising tribute from the Three Houses. The “Shangshe Camp”, “Inner House Camp” and “Outer House Camp” were set up under the Guards Regiment. However, now there are only two camps in the inner house and the upper house. Number, no personnel.
The knights who first joined the Guards all went to the "outer camp". In addition to duty and training, they also had to learn relatively basic military art, arithmetic, and physics - the textbooks for these three subjects were all "authorized" by Zhu Youjian. Not very esoteric, but very practical.
After one year of study, Zhu Youjian will send them out as apprentices to serve as grassroots officers in various departments of the Zhangqian Army. After one year of apprenticeship, he comes back to take the exam for promotion. If he passes the exam, he will go to the inner camp to continue duty, training, and study. He will still learn the art of war, arithmetic, and physics, but the difficulty is much more difficult than what he learned in the outer camp. I still study in the inner house for one year, and then go to the apprenticeship for another year after the expiration.
After the second probationary period, you will take the promotion test again, and after passing it, you will enter the upper camp. After completing one year of study in the dormitory camp, you will have to take an exam personally presided over by Zhu Youjian. After passing the exam, you will be able to hold a higher-level official position.
In addition, although the outer camp, inner camp, and upper camp are all battalions, the actual establishment is very different. The outer camp has four teams under its jurisdiction, with a strength of nearly 530 people. There are only two teams in the inner camp, with a staff of less than 300 people. There is only one team in the upper camp, with a staff of 160 people. In other words, only about a quarter of the recruits who enter the outer camp can become the elite of the upper camp. The rest will be eliminated by the apprenticeship assessment and promotion test and become ordinary knights.
In the end, there were only about 100 Shangshe knights who could pass Zhu Youjian's personal test!
Of course, this "three-partnership system for the Guards" is still just beginning, and it will take five years to completely complete the three-partnership and two-partnership process!
The first generation of personal guard knights that Zhu Youjian spent more than a year training can currently only serve as instructors for the lower knights - they have to be teachers and students at the same time, which is not easy.
However, everything is difficult at the beginning. After five years, the "three-house guard system" can provide officers in batches, and Zhu Youjian should have the strength to pacify Liao and destroy the captives.
In addition to this "three-quarters guard system", Zhu Youjian is also developing a "young army training system", which is to train elite soldiers in front of the tent starting from children. The orphaned young men from Jiubian were specifically recruited into the camp and spent five years raising them into an army. The elites among them can serve as alternate knights - cavalry who are not granted land. After meritorious service, they can be promoted to knights and then join the Guards.
Those with slightly less ability can serve as infantrymen in front of the tent. After meritorious service, they can also be promoted to alternate knights and knights. However, these knights and knights who are candidates for promotion from the infantry do not necessarily have to serve in the cavalry army. For them, knights are just an identity and treatment (becoming an official knight can get 500 acres of land).
And Zhu Youjian's direct officers must be knights in front of the tent, including artillery officers! The artillery of the Zhangqian Army will not be organized into an independent army, but will be divided into the Zhangqian Horse Army and the Zhangqian Infantry Army. The cavalry, infantry and artillery all have the status of alternate knights and knights.
So being an artilleryman is a shortcut to promotion, but it is not easy to get... You have to know arithmetic, and you have to be agile, responsive, and careful. A group of old thieves cannot do this. It is best to select people from the youth army and train them from an early age.
Zhu Youjian had already met the thieves at this time...oh, he had met the loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty! I have met a total of 50 people, which is today’s indicator. From today until New Year’s Eve, I will meet 50 thieves every day, oh, 50 loyal ministers!
The Ming Dynasty has so many loyal ministers! With so many loyal ministers, why worry about failing to achieve a great cause?
50 new loyal ministers, as well as several loyal ministers who had already joined the group, were now standing in a row, all with their chests and belly protruding, waiting for Zhu You to review.
Zhu Youjian's eyes swept over them one by one, Li Zicheng, Li Jin, Liu Fangliang, Wu Ruyi, Liu Tichun, Liu Zongmin, Tian Jianxiu, Yuan Zongdi, Ma Jinzhong, Gao Jie, Feng Shuangli, Bai Wenxuan, Wang Shangli... They are really more loyal than the other!
Zhu Youjian laughed and waved his arms: "Okay, you are all loyal ministers. With you, I will not be afraid of Western thieves! If you follow me, you will not have to worry about glory and wealth!"
