Su Yonglin once believed that talents were the most important and particularly precious.
But later he understood that talent is important, but platform is even more important.
Without a suitable platform, talents cannot grow.
In other words, there are talents everywhere whose potential has not yet been discovered, but the platforms that can explore the potential of talents are always limited and very scarce.
It is the saying that a thousand-mile horse always exists but a bole does not always exist.
Give them enough resources and room for growth, and they can realize their potential and become great talents. However, most people fail on the road to advancement, or simply don't have the platform to advance.
Only by following the winner and finding the right platform can we survive to the end, stand out, become the final winner, and become a super famous official and general.
It is true that he does not have any historical celebrities to recruit or get their help, but relying on his continuous improvement and training, and relying on the population base of his group, someone will eventually stand out and become a famous minister or general.
Personal efforts require the cooperation of time and luck, both of which are indispensable.
Didn't Su Yonglin himself gradually become determined, quick-thinking and ruthless through study and experience day after day and year after year?
These officers, who are still very young now, will eventually stand out and leave their names in history.
When the time comes, future generations will feel that they are extremely lucky, and every one of the people they bring up are all talented.
And probably no one will care about the investment behind this.
In the flames of war, how many of these people will persevere to the end and achieve great things?
Su Yonglin was very interested.
With the further expansion of the military establishment, the establishment of civilian officers specifically responsible for ideological work has become urgent.
The ideological work of the army must be advanced simultaneously in the flames of war to ensure that the victorious army will not deteriorate due to the increase in the number of troops and the harsh environment.
With this thought, Su Yonglin found Tian Guizi and decided to give him a new appointment.
"It is a good thing that the number of troops in the army is increasing, but these recruits come from the Jin Army, and they inevitably have some bad habits, such as liking to drink, gambling, robbing, bullying, being rude and not understanding communication, etc.
These are all problems we need to face. In response to this situation, we used to let officers at all levels be responsible for teaching soldiers and explaining our ideas and ideals. But now it seems that when there are more people, many officers themselves do not understand it. Well, let alone educating soldiers.
What I think is that officers are responsible for leading troops to fight, and the work of guiding soldiers should be left to a specialized department, responsible for educating soldiers why we resist the Jin Kingdom, why we must strictly restrain military discipline, and why we fight to the death. . "
After listening to Su Yonglin's words, Tian Guizi realized Su Yonglin's intention.
"Alang, do you mean to put me in charge of this department?"
"My opponent, you take charge of this department and split the military law department you were originally in charge of into two. One half will continue to be responsible for the enforcement of military law and be handed over to others to manage, while you will be responsible for guiding the soldiers. What do you think?"
Tian Guizi thought for a moment and nodded.
"Alang trusts me and I am willing to take on this responsibility."
Tian Guizi understood Su Yonglin's concerns quite well, and he also understood why the Shengjie Army was able to maintain a relatively pure army in this chaotic situation and was determined not to disturb the people or plunder.
Military law alone will not work.
If the soldiers themselves do not have that awareness, once military law is relaxed, problems will arise in the army. The once invincible iron army will degenerate at an extremely fast speed and become vulnerable.
Such armies abound throughout history.
In the early days of the establishment, the fighting power was extremely strong. After the results were stable, it collapsed and fell at an extremely fast speed, making it vulnerable to a single blow.
Therefore, relying solely on strict military discipline is not enough, at least it is not enough.
Su Yonglin added another firewall in addition to military law, using the contradiction between superiors and cows and horses to arouse the empathy of all soldiers.
He made the soldiers realize that they are the same as all civilians, and they are miserable existences that are jointly exploited by the superior people. Their tragic experience is due to the cruel exploitation of the superior people. If you want to change this situation, you must take all-round measures. of resistance.
All civilians are our friends and people who can help us, not our enemies.
With such empathy, educated soldiers will change. They will not treat civilians who are obviously inferior to themselves in combat effectiveness as natural prey just because they have weapons and are armed. Instead, they will treat them as the same as themselves. people.
They will realize that their existence and fighting are so that the poor people in the world can have enough food and clothing, so that they can no longer suffer the cruel exploitation of the superior people, so that they can’t even have a full meal after a year of hard work, and they have to eat a piece of meat. Look forward and backward.
With this kind of awareness, this army is different. It is no longer an imperial thug that exists simply for promotion and wealth.
When the military has this awareness, coupled with strict military regulations and laws, it can create an iron army with unprecedented cohesion and will never decline easily.
There is no need to spend money to boost morale before going to war.
When fighting a war, there is no need to spend money to keep soldiers moving forward.
After a war, no soldier would hold up the enemy's head and ask for a reward from the commander, otherwise there would be trouble.
The Victory Army was really out of tune with most other armies of this era.
Tian Qiuzi didn't know where Su Yonglin learned this method, but this did not prevent Tian Qizi from supporting Su Yonglin and his ideas from the bottom of his heart.
Because he could really feel the difference between the Shengjie Army and other armies.
That kind of vigorous vitality and that kind of passionate fighting spirit was something he had never felt in other armies.
So he nodded in agreement and accepted the task.
This new department was named the Guidance Department by Su Yonglin. The person in charge was the Director of the Guidance Department. It consisted of two Guidance Department Doctors and civilian military officers as the instructors.
The guidance department officers are responsible for going deep into the grassroots of the army to assist officers in providing ideological guidance to new soldiers who join the Shengjie Army, giving political classes, grasping the political atmosphere of the entire army, controlling the ideological direction of the entire army, and preventing the army from going astray.
Su Yonglin expressed great hope and trust in Tian Guizi.
In addition, the increase in military personnel has led to a sharp increase in pressure on logistical supplies.
In order to somewhat reduce the burden on some of the logistics departments, Su Yonglin specially approved the transfer of more than 100 captured Jin Jun Han civilian officials and gave them to Lin Jingchun to take charge of the leadership work. This finally relieved the tension caused by the lack of manpower.
Lin Jingchun finally stopped scolding his mother.
Although everyone is working hard for the prosperous Shengjie Army, they are also very motivated when working. Many people work while eating, and even work in their dreams, and they still enjoy it.
But working too long and too stressful can indeed lead to breakdown, which is not good for your health.
Taking this into consideration, Su Yonglin decided to split the Logistics Department into two, change the Logistics Department to the Food and Rating Department, and add an Ordnance Department.
From then on, the Food and Pay Division was responsible for military economic work.
The manufacturing, storage, dispatch and transportation of military weapons and equipment are all handed over to the Ordnance Department, thereby reducing Lin Jingchun's work intensity.
Lin Jingchun was in his forties, and he couldn't handle such a high-intensity work, so he had no objection to it, and recommended Shi Zheng, a very capable subordinate, as the chief secretary of the Ordnance Department.
As a result, in addition to combat troops, the civilian officer system in the Shengjie Army also gradually matured.
The Guidance Department, the Military Law Department, the Food and Pay Department, and the Ordnance Department, the four major civilian departments, began to take full responsibility for the non-combat work of the Shengjie Army, and the professionalism of the Shengjie Army once again climbed a level.
As the number of troops increases, the logistical pressure will also increase.
After Lin Jingchun received Su Yonglin's burden-reducing care, his responsibilities were still heavy.
The Food and Rating Department is fully responsible for the logistics work other than military weapons and equipment. He is also the chief steward of the army, and everyone relies on him to arrange food and clothing.
As a result, the military's economic work, which is responsible for overall planning, is facing a more severe test.
Not only manpower is needed, but more money is also needed.
You can train the manpower yourself and add external input, and it can be done in a short time. Su Yonglin is not worried about this.
But money definitely requires a lot of external sources, but this internal income is really stretched.
Shengjie Army does not engage in excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes. All taxes are collected through the coordination of farmers' associations and farmers. Without the commission of middlemen, although the proportion collected is small, it is a large sum of money that falls into Shengjie Army's warehouse.
Su Yonglin was once worried that cutting too many tax items would make the military's daily operations unsustainable, but now it seems that this worry is completely unfounded.
Eating is no longer a problem. Shengjiejun's survival problem has been basically solved. There is no need to rely on others, but of course it would be better if someone is willing to give.
But if the army wants to develop and grow, it is not enough to just eat. It must have sufficient military expenditures.
Su Yonglin immediately thought of Su Changsheng who went south to discuss business with Yao Hongfang.
I don’t know how the talks between him and Yao Hongfang are going now, and whether the deal can be concluded.
If this deal is negotiated, Shengjiejun's financial problems will be greatly alleviated, and he can relax to expand his territory and operate his base.
Otherwise, those famous calligraphy, paintings, treasures and antiques left in Shengjiejun's warehouse would just eat dust and be of no use at all.
As the saying goes, antiques come from golden times in troubled times. The Jin Kingdom is obviously in a mess. It is a small troubled world and cannot afford these valuables.
Only the [Fake Prosperous Age·Southern Song Dynasty] can eat these priceless treasures.
The negotiation must be successful. If the negotiation is not successful, the problem will be really big.
At the stall where Su Yonglin was worried about this matter, Su Changsheng was having his second contact with Yao Hongfang.
