On the fifth day of June, outside Pizhou City, nearly 100,000 Qi troops held a massive military parade on the campus.
After the peace talks between Mongolia and Song Dynasty, the people of Shandong still had doubts about resuming production and going to the plains for farming.
Therefore, in February, Wang Wentong, in the name of the Secretary for Production and Construction, called on the people to return to their hometowns to resume production. Many people who hid in Yimeng Mountain did not obey the order and came out.
After all, although life in the mountains is hard, the best thing is safety. There is no need to worry about Mongolia suddenly attacking and suffering annihilation.
Not only the people, but also businessmen were worried that the war would cause their investments to be lost, and they did not dare to invest too much in reconstruction.
The land in the mountainous area is barren, and the people's income from farming can barely survive and cannot provide food for Zhao Tai.
If Shandong wants to develop, it must develop the plains. Only by reclaiming the land on the plains can Zhao Tai collect taxes and the people have enough food to raise more children.
Facing the concerns of the people, Zhao Tai directly ordered to expand the scale of the military parade.
Originally scheduled to review thousands of people, it turned into a large-scale exercise involving nearly 100,000 people from the four armies of Zhongyi, Wuwei, Ninghai and Guiyi.
In the early morning, the dilapidated Pizhou city wall was crowded with people and businessmen. They all watched together as the soldiers of the Qi army, who had just defeated the Mongols, marched with high morale and changed their formations.
Such a big scene is rare, and some people will never encounter it once in their lives.
Just waving a hundred thousand troops there, with flags like clouds and spears like a forest, is enough to shock people.
What's more, the Qi army's uniforms and armor were neat, and their footwork was neat. Tens of thousands of infantrymen laid down their spears and marched forward in unison. The sound of their feet stepping on the earth was soul-stirring, which opened the eyes of the people and businessmen and shocked them greatly.
The cavalry galloped on the school grounds. The mighty knights and the shining spear heads made the people in the city scream in surprise.
"Master Tiger and Ben!" Everyone on the city wall watched and clapped their hands in admiration, feeling filled with a sense of security in their hearts.
"With such a powerful army, why should we be afraid of Mongolia?"
"If the Tatars dare to come, the king will tell them that they will never come back!"
Among the crowd, the plainclothes Jin Yiwei arranged by Zhao Tai took the opportunity to set up the rhythm, making everyone full of confidence.
For a time, the people in the city were thinking about whether they should cultivate more acres of land, while the merchants were thinking about decorating their shops and buying more goods to avoid running out of goods to sell.
Zhao Tai's grand review had three purposes. One was to calm the people's hearts and make them feel that Qi's army was strong enough to protect them.
The second is to deter external forces and let them know the strength of the Qi army, so that the enemy will not dare to provoke for the time being, and buy time for Shandong to recover.
The last point is to unite the morale of the military and improve the pride of the soldiers.
The content of this review is relatively simple, including marching, formation, and formation changes. The focus is on the general worship ceremony after the review.
During this period, Wang Wentong and Wang Bin integrated Shandong's military system according to Zhao Tai's instructions.
It turns out that each of the three towns in Shandong has its own military system.
The Li Fen Army was the establishment of the Mongolian Han Army Shihou, the Wuxian Army was the establishment of the Jin Kingdom, and the Zhongyi Army was the establishment of Zhao Tai based on the Ming Army.
Now for the convenience of management and to control the army, the establishment of the Loyalty Army is uniformly adopted.
In order to control the various armies, Zhao Tai established the Five Army Governor's Office outside the Zhizhi Department to control the entire Shandong army.
The official positions of the army are small banner, general banner, hundred households, thousand households, battalion commander, and military commander. Each army has 10,000 people.
The Grand Governor is usually in the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion. If there is a war and multiple armies are required to fight at the same time, the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion will dispatch the Grand Governor to command tens of thousands or even more than 100,000 people to fight.
The advantage of doing this is to guard against the emergence of military leaders who can control tens of thousands of people at the same time and ensure the small court's control of the army.
For such a big change, Zhao Tai naturally had to discuss it with Wu Xian and Li Fen first.
In order to persuade the two men, Zhao Tai not only gave them a lot of money, but also promised to make them the governors of the Fifth Army Commandery. They also commanded their troops and divided them into three armies each, and they recommended the military control.
In addition, the achievements and qualifications of Zhao Tai's direct line are not enough, so the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion actually only has two chief governors this time. Zhao Tai's direct line generals can at most serve as left and right deputy governors, which is equivalent to recognizing the two of them in the Qi Army. status.
Therefore, although the reform of the military system weakened the two men's control over the army, Zhao Tai's direct subordinates were all inferior to them, so they could still accept it.
At this time, on the temporary high platform, the red flag was fluttering. Zhao Tai, wearing a dragon robe, glanced at the generals. All the generals in the audience were nervous.
Wu Xian glanced at Li Fen next to him, and then looked at Zhao Tai.
Although both of them will be named Grand Governors, there are differences between the Governors.
"Wuxian, pay my respects to the former military commander!" Zhao Tai announced loudly.
Upon hearing this, Wuxian came to the stage happily, received the letter of appointment, and received the tiger talisman and official seal handed over by Zhao Tai.
Many generals of the Wuwei Army immediately cheered, but General Ning Haijun had a sullen face. He was quite dissatisfied that the former military governor was the first to be awarded the title of Wuxian.
Zhao Tai smiled and said: "The Armed Guards were split into three armies! You still have to submit the army rules and the list of officers at all levels as soon as possible for approval and appointment!"
The list was provided by Wuxian, but it was approved by Zhao Tai.
This time, Zhao Tai will definitely not refute Wuxian's reputation. He can be appointed as an officer later, and it is Zhao Tai who has the final say.
Wuxian had nothing to say about this. He knew very well that if Qi Army wanted to become stronger and bigger, this was a necessary reform.
Now Zhao Tai also asked him to recommend his subordinates, which was already giving them face. As for the appointment of officers in the future, it would depend on whether they could make meritorious service.
Wuxian doesn't want to be a warlord, he just hopes that Zhao Tai will achieve great things, that he can go to Lingyan Pavilion and earn a hereditary duke for his descendants.
Immediately afterwards, Zhao Tai called Li Fen to the stage again.
Li Fen was originally the largest warlord in Shandong and Zhao Tai's uncle. In terms of territory and strength, he could not compare with Zhao Tai, but he would definitely bet on Wuxian.
Zhao Tai said in a deep voice: "I want Li Fen to be the Commander-in-Chief of the Right Army!"
In his heart, Li Fen wanted to be the Commander-in-Chief of the Left Army, or closer to being the Commander-in-Chief of the Central Army. Now he only got the Commander-in-Chief of the Right Army. He was a little disappointed, but fortunately Wuxian was not better than him, so he accepted it happily.
Next, Zhao Tai awarded the loyal army generals, deputy governor, military commander and other official positions. After the general worship was over, he held a banquet for the entire army, which was barely satisfactory to everyone.
Shandong was destroyed by the war, and supplies were relatively expensive and scarce. It was difficult to buy chicken, duck, and pork even if you had money. However, in order to reward the soldiers, Zhao Tai shipped a large amount of salted fish from Haizhou, and added pickled horse meat to the banquet. There is fish and meat.
For a time, all camps of the Qi army set up flowing banquets, including rice, steamed buns, noodles, salted fish, horse meat, and strong shochu.
Zhao Tai was enjoying himself with the soldiers, and each general came to propose a toast. Those who drank were so happy that they fell on their backs.
Zhao Tai drank a few drinks and became a little tipsy. He looked at the drinking generals and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, "Only by controlling the Shandong army, Gu is the real master of Qi, and the small court of Qi can be truly established!"
