If we say "punishment camp" and "supervision team", they are the big sticks prepared by Zhang Cheng for his subordinate governors, but they are also appropriate. Although there is only one punishment camp set up now, it will definitely be able to deter people after it is established. The whole army.
The Supervisory Team is made up of the main cavalry in each battalion. Although it is an unconventional organization temporarily established on the battlefield, its power to execute deserters without trial is still prohibitive.
However, Zhang Cheng believed that these methods alone were not enough. In his mind, in addition to playing the role of intimidation, the governor should also be good at soothing the inner emotions of the soldiers in each battalion, so that they would be fearless on the battlefield in order to win. key.
Although, the governors of various towns still control the power of "testing merit". With a pen in their hands, they can write down the military merits of tens of thousands of soldiers of the Yongyi Army. As long as they are recorded in their records, rewards will naturally not be far away. .
Therefore, while they forced the soldiers of each battalion to fight for their lives on the battlefield, they also truthfully recorded their achievements and fought for the soldiers' fame and rewards. This really made the whole army hate and love them.
But Yongningbo Zhang Cheng felt that these alone were not enough. In order to boost the morale of the Yongyi Army, so that the soldiers could gather their hearts together, twist them into a rope, and work together to achieve their benefits. The ability to break gold.
He specially established a new department-the Military Propaganda Department!
Military Propaganda Department - as the name suggests, it is a department that specializes in promoting the Yongyi Army. This is actually a department created by Zhang Cheng based on the art troupes of later generations.
The reason why he named it "Military Propaganda Department" instead of an ordinary propaganda department was naturally due to the word "military" in front of the name.
Zhang Cheng discovered a little trick. No matter what kind of organization or department he creates, as long as it has the word "military" in front of it, he can avoid the false accusations of those local sycophants.
No matter what they think, Zhang Cheng only admits that these departments are necessary for the Yongyi Army to win the war, and they were all created to enhance military morale.
As for the situation in their bones, it is a different story. They can act outside in the name of Yongyi Army, and even intervening in the affairs of the local health department is normal.
Not to mention that in a place like Xuanfu Town, where there is a solid military base, even if we enter Henan in the future, where the war is in chaos and the court has already lost its prestige, won't we still do whatever we want?
So what if we do some extraordinary things in Datong and Shanxi in the future?
Let me ask you, among the current group of generals in the Ming Dynasty, which one of them is not exhausted, not to mention doing something out of the ordinary, and which one of them slaughters the people of a city to make up for his military achievements? Those who are short-sighted dare to poke holes in the sky!
In fact, even if they broke the news, so what? Did Emperor Chongzhen really dare to capture and kill them?
If that's the case, a little carelessness could force a demon king to slaughter the world. Now Chuang, Cao, Xian and other bandits are almost unable to exterminate them.
If there are a few more powerful bandits, the Ming Dynasty may really change hands!
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The Military Propaganda Department consists of the collection, compilation, and propaganda bureaus.
Harvesting naturally means going deep into the soldiers of each battalion to collect outstanding figures and deeds in the army, or going deep into military households and common people everywhere to collect their history of persecution and slavery, as well as their current good life.
Of course, the tragic famines and plagues raging in various places were also within the scope of their harvest. Even how the bandits enslaved the people, drove the refugees to raid the city, and the looting and kidnapping of the slaves when they invaded. All the tragedies in the world are all It is the target of their harvest.
Compilation is to perform in-depth artistic processing on the content collected by the collection team, so that it can not only be understood by ordinary people, but also allow them to see through the truth behind the incident and make them feel the same, so that they can have the same hatred and hatred. Come.
Not only did they have to process the heroic deeds of those brave soldiers who risked their lives to kill the enemy, but they also had to contrast the peace and tranquility of Xuanzang with the famine, plague and war outside, and they also had to vividly portray the evil and evil of the bandits and slaves. displayed in front of everyone.
According to Zhang Cheng, the compiled content must be easy to understand and catchy, so that ordinary people can understand it.
Finally, there is the Propaganda Bureau, which is further subdivided into storytelling, drama, folk arts and other departments. They use different performance forms to directly interpret the content produced by the editing bureau for the soldiers and civilians in Xuanzhen to watch.
There is even a new performance form in the propaganda bureau - sketch.
Yes, it’s a “skit”.
This form of performance was popular in Zhang Cheng's original era. Now that he wants to engage in propaganda and mobilization, he will naturally not let go of such a highly provocative performance.
Although Zhang Cheng has no talent for acting, it does not hinder his determination to bring sketches to the Ming Dynasty stage.
Even the military drama of this era was made necessary improvements by Zhang Cheng, making it almost identical to the cross talk of later generations. The Nan Opera, which was popular in the Jiangnan generation, was also improved by Zhang Cheng according to the situation of the model opera.
There is also drama. This brand-new performance form was also brought into his military propaganda department by Zhang Cheng.
With Zhang Cheng's qualifications and level, it is impossible for him to act as a director and directly guide the arrangement and rehearsal of various programs. He just lists out the brand-new ideas in his mind, and he no longer needs to worry about the rest. There are various officials under his command to try to solve it.
According to Yong Ningbo, the program of his Military Propaganda Department is not for the high-ranking officials and nobles, but for the soldiers of the Yongyi Army and the civilians in the area controlled by Zhang Cheng.
What he wants is not nobility and elegance, but resonance!
But as long as the soldiers under his command and the civilians under his command can resonate with each other after watching these performances, develop the will to defend their beautiful homeland to the death, and develop the belief to resist the invasion of rogue bandits and Tartars to the death, it will be considered a success.
On a deeper level, the officers and soldiers under his command and the people under his rule must sincerely support Uncle Yongning and Zhang Cheng, and firmly believe that Uncle Yongning is the savior who can protect them.
Only in this way can we achieve the purpose of spiritually controlling the army and the people, and only in this way can we have a powerful army that is both absolutely loyal to ourselves and invincible.
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The Military Propaganda Department is now under the Suijun Town Fu Division and is managed by Fu He Biao, the commander-in-chief of the Yongyi Army. The other five battalions only have "Military Propaganda Departments", which are also managed by the town Fu officers of each battalion. .
The "Military Propaganda Department" established in the other five battalions only has the function of performance and publicity. It has departments such as storytelling, rap, folk art, and sketches, and is responsible for various performance projects.
Only in the Military Propaganda Department of Weiyuan Camp, there are two special bureaus of "Collection" and "Compilation". The Propaganda Bureau of the Military Propaganda Department hardly undertakes performance tasks. Their main responsibility is to arrange programs. .
After all, after the editing bureau collects various themes and writes manuscripts, programs that cannot be directly turned into performances are rehearsed by the Propaganda Bureau. After the program is completed, it will be announced and distributed throughout the army. Perform promotional performances.
It can be said that the Military Propaganda Department as a department is actually responsible for the function of political propaganda, but this statement cannot be made openly. Therefore, for the time being, the role of the Military Propaganda Department can only be described as boosting morale.
According to Zhang Cheng's vision, he would inspire people to be positive by showing the stability and prosperity under his rule, and at the same time, by publicizing the tragic situation outside, make them grateful to him and want to defend everything they have.
On the other hand, through the publicity of the brave models in the army, we can inspire the general officers and soldiers to be motivated and create a good atmosphere in which everyone moves forward and strives for merit.
Furthermore, through skits, dramas, military dramas and other performances, the brutality of the rogues and Tartars was deeply ingrained in the hearts of the brave soldiers, causing them to have a kind of heartfelt hatred and hatred for them, and even a deep-seated hatred. .
In this way, the spiritual power armed with hatred is invincible. Once on the battlefield, they will move forward bravely and kill all enemies in front of them at all costs.
After the Zhenfu Division had a military propaganda department, it also began to evolve into a modern political department. With Zhang Cheng's full support, this evolution process was gradually accelerating.
In order to further improve the status of Zhenfu Si and Zhenfu Officers in the Yongyi Army, Zhang Cheng also formulated a detailed military rank awarding system for them.
According to the provisions of the "Yongyi Army Military Rank Regulations", when the military ranks are initially awarded to the governors at all levels, they will be awarded based on the military rank of the commander-in-chief of the unit. In principle, they should be higher than lower.
Each battalion of the Yongyi Army has a military governor; each thousand headquarters also has a number of full-time governors and sergeants; in each of its divisions, the position of governor is also set up.
However, in each bureau and team further down, there is no longer a post of governor. However, in order to better control the troops, Zhang Cheng still insisted on posting a sergeant in each bureau and team to serve as the governor. The Fuhe team calmed down Fuhe.
All town governors and town governors stationed in troops below the battalion level do not occupy their combat positions. In other words, the posts of all town governors and town sergeants are independently approved and completely independent of each combat unit. .
In order to resolutely and thoroughly implement this concept of his, Zhang Cheng also created a town-fu academy to specially train town-fu sergeants, and all town-fu officers will be selected from outstanding town-fu sergeants. Appointment.
In this way, there is a training institution for sergeants and governors, which can continuously train sergeants and governors for themselves, and it is almost completely independent from the military system.
From now on, as long as he can completely control the entire army's pacification officer, he will almost control the main force in the Yongyi Army. However, the other generals will never be able to control this pacification force with an independent system.
Even if they have some ulterior motives, at most they can only control the pacification force in their own camp, not to mention it is difficult to control everything in their hands, because the pacification officers at all levels supervise each other, and under special circumstances have the privilege of reporting beyond the level. .
The Yongyi Army is getting bigger and bigger. Today there are only tens of thousands of troops in the six battalions. It is already very difficult to control. In the future, there will be more, stronger and more complex troops.
Zhang Cheng cannot always control each battalion so directly. He will inevitably have to let go of his hands in the future. He can only control the command of the Yongyi Army by seizing some key people and things.
Therefore, he vigorously cultivated the Zhenfu Division as a starting point. In his view, the current Zhenfu Division is like a collection of agencies such as the Military Law Department, the Military Intelligence Department, the Political Department, and the Art Troupe. Although it is too complicated, it is also ineffective.
Nothing can be rushed!
The Zhenfu Division is Zhang Cheng's bright line for controlling the Yongyi Army in the future. Before it becomes extremely complex, it can be split into several departments.
What's more, Yongning Bo and Zhang Cheng also have a secret line lurking in the dark night, and they are also monitoring all key people and events at all times.
Such an overt and dark relationship is both complementary and can restrain each other. No one dares to be too presumptuous, and the two of them cannot meet, so there is no fear that they will unite into a whole and threaten their own status.
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After everything was agreed upon, Yongningbo Zhang Cheng felt a lot more relaxed and his mood instantly relaxed.
Although he had a good drink at the General's Office last night with all his close friends and loved ones, and was really intoxicated, it seemed that he had not felt this way for a long time.
Once upon a time, he and his soldiers did not talk about singing and dancing every night, but they would come here every now and then and never run away. But now as his status continues to improve, this kind of fun has become more and more a luxury.
"General, Madam Tang has warmed up the sobering soup for you. She has been waiting in the room for a long time. General, please come in quickly."
A graceful voice came, and Zhang Cheng withdrew his eyes from the moon in the night sky. He turned around and saw a very beautiful little face with two particularly cute eyes.
Zhang Cheng looked at the lovely maid in front of him and asked with a smile: "Are you the two people from Xiaodu who followed Madam Tang out of the palace?"
"Come back to the general, this is my servant."
Zhang Cheng looked at her carefully. She had an exquisite figure and looked similar to Tang Chunru. She was also sixteen or seventeen years old. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, how come he had never noticed this shy and cute Xiaodu native before?
"What's your name and how old are you?"
Facing Zhang Cheng's question, although this native of Xiaodu looked a little shy, he came out of the palace after all, had seen the world to some extent, and had received professional training, so he could handle such a scene with ease.
After giving a brief salute, she replied softly: "My name is Li Qing'er. I am sixteen years old this year."
"Twenty-eight beauties have a body as soft as a puff, and a sword at their waists to kill the foolish man..."
Zhang Cheng recited a poem casually, and Li Qing'er's pretty face turned red, looking so shy and cute.
She entered the palace two years earlier than Tang Chunru. She also knew some words and read some books in the palace. She also had a vague idea of the meaning of this poem. How could she not be blushing and enthusiastic?
But after all, there is a difference between superiority and inferiority. Even if she comes from the palace, she is still just a maid in front of Yongning Bo Zhang Cheng.
In fact, Li Qing'er's heart was extremely bright. She was extremely excited to be able to follow Tang Chunru out of the palace and escape from the gloomy and dark inner courtyard of the forbidden palace, especially while serving such a brave and handsome general.
Since ancient times, "beauties love heroes", especially young, handsome, mighty and handsome generals. How come they are not loved by everyone?
"General, please follow me into the house."
"Okay, lead the way."
Li Qing'er was holding a palace lantern, lowering her head in front of her to lead the way. Yongning Bo Zhang Cheng followed behind, looking at the graceful figure in front of her through the slightly dim light, and unexpectedly rushed into her nose. The delicate body fragrance of a girl made him slightly intoxicated.
(End of chapter)
