amaotonovel Chapter 960: New Military System Success
Chapter 960: New Military System Success
Chapter 960: New Military System Success
In this era, people still valued respect for teachers. With the lectures in the night school, Zhu Xiongying, Fang Xiaoru and Xie Jin won a certain amount of military morale and reputation among the soldiers. Everyone knew that there were three approachable "teachers" in the army.
After successfully establishing prestige in the hearts of the soldiers, Zhu Xiongying and Fang and Jie began to further integrate with the soldiers. Zhu Xiongying was very busy every day, busy going to various military camps to chat with the soldiers, visiting the wounded, mediating disputes between soldiers, and even helping the soldiers write letters home.
This was also good for Zhu Xiongying. In the past, he was the high and mighty Prince of the Crown Prince. Although Zhu Biao and Old Zhu also attached great importance to letting him experience the sufferings of the people, he had never experienced the bitter cold in the north and the difficult environment of the soldiers. In the process of talking with soldiers from all over the world, Zhu Xiongying learned about the situations and circumstances in various parts of the Ming Dynasty from their mouths. Combined with the teachings of the past masters and his grandfather, father, and fifth uncle Zhu Su, Zhu Xiongying's knowledge and accomplishments rose rapidly.
Zhu Xiongying learned something every day. When he discussed teaching with Fang Xiaoru and Xie Jin, his speed of progress surprised both of them. Zhu Xiongying also understood more and more why his fifth uncle once told him that "practice is the only criterion for testing truth."
The third generation crown prince of the Ming Dynasty is growing rapidly in this bitter and cold northern border.
Chang Mao and Chang Sheng also felt the changes in the army. In the past, as the commanders of an army, they often had to spend a lot of energy to enforce military law, boost morale, calm the grievances of the wounded and the soldiers who missed their hometown, and mediate the conflicts that occurred from time to time between soldiers.
As a commander, most of the time, he was doing these trivial things. On the contrary, commanding the army to fight only accounted for a small part.
If one can do these little things well, he can often be called a good general. After all, no matter how poor the combat effectiveness of an army is, it will not be that bad.
In today's Daning City, all these trivial matters are handled by Zhu Xiongying, the military inspector. Under the dual efforts of the "Political and Educational Department" and "Literary and Art Soldiers" under the military inspector, the ideological awareness of the soldiers in the army has greatly improved.
The soldiers have a growing sense of identification with their military identity, and their enthusiasm for work has also increased.
Military leaders such as Chang Mao and Chang Sheng can now focus all their attention on collating information from all parties and dispatching the Daningdusi army, without having to waste their energy on many trivial matters in the army. Their command efficiency is also greatly improved.
He had made the right decisions several times, mobilizing the army to encircle and suppress several horse bandit groups that moved like the wind on the grassland and attacked passing caravans.
When it comes to mobilizing troops, Zhu Xiongying, who was active in the daily affairs of the military camp as a military supervisor, strictly abided by the principle of the new military system that military supervisors should not interfere in military command. Even when faced with Chang Mao's deliberate inquiries, he did not express any opinions or views.
He just silently followed the instructions of the Chang brothers, who were the main coaches, and at most was responsible for giving speeches during the pre-war mobilization to boost morale.
This method of cooperation between the commander-in-chief and the military supervisor in governing the army was also highly praised by the Chang brothers.
"The last time our army attacked, we chased and killed 300 bandits, and our own casualties were few and far between. Such a victory was all due to our unity and the dedication of our soldiers."
"Moreover, most of the soldiers were very clear about the righteousness of the cause. Wherever the army passed, no one was harmed. There were even dozens of border residents who were grateful for our army's kindness and righteousness and personally brought food and drink to reward the king's army."
"This is the great achievement of the new military system! Who would have thought that such a large army could be educated by the methods of politics, religion, and literature! Such a royal army, the ancient benevolent and righteous army is nothing more than this!"
"Your Highness, our trip to the north this time can be said to have accomplished a great success!" Fang Xiaoru said excitedly as he looked at the battle report handed over by Zhu Xiongying from the military meeting.
"Yes, the 'supervision of the army' strategy proposed by the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the King of Zhou is indeed the best solution." Xie Jin also praised. Although they did it all by themselves, he was still impressed by the result. "There are tens of thousands of soldiers in the army, and their lives and deaths are mostly controlled by the commander... In fact, managing these tens of thousands of troops is as difficult as managing a provincial capital city."
"However, from ancient times to the present, no one has thought of managing the many affairs of a general in detail, just like governing a country, with the military being managed by civil and military offices... The military supervisors and generals should have cooperated with the civil and military officials in the court, so that they can better direct the army and unleash its strength."
"And give the military supervisor the responsibility of politics and education, so that the soldiers can understand the great principles and not worry about the danger of rebellion... Isn't this a hundred times better than just giving the military supervisor the power to interfere in military affairs? Although this policy may seem unremarkable, it only slightly changes the power of the military supervisor, but it has the effect of moving a thousand pounds with a little effort. It makes the court, the generals, and the soldiers become one through the military supervisor."
"Wonderful, really wonderful!"
Fang Xiaoru also nodded. He and Xie Jin were both scholars, and originally, they looked down on military men. But now he felt that even if he could not serve as an official in the court, being a military supervisor who assisted the generals in managing tens of thousands of troops and building a righteous army that could achieve great success would be very good. He turned to Zhu Xiongying and said, "Your Highness, the army has now succeeded."
"Should we return to Yingtian and petition to establish a military supervision office?"
He and Xie Jin both hoped that this new government office, the "Military Supervision Office", could be established as soon as possible. At that time, as they followed Zhu Xiongying in implementing the new military supervision system, they would also become one of the chief officers of this new government office and officially enter the court to show their ambitions.
"Not yet." Unexpectedly, Xie Jin shook his head. "It's just a few horse bandits. The officials in the capital and the Five Military Commands may not agree to reform the military system."
"This little bit of merit is still too small. We can see the changes in the Daning army, but without great merit, the masters in the capital may not be able to..."
"Mr. Xie is right," Zhu Xiongying said. "My father and my fifth uncle originally wanted to use the victory over the Tatars to demonstrate the excellence of the new military system, so as to promote the establishment of the Military Supervision Office and implement the reform of the Military Supervision Office to other armies."
"But, Ben Ya Shi Li has fled, I think he is a frightened bird... Trying to catch this beast in the vast grassland is like looking for a needle in a haystack."
"We must have other achievements that are sufficient to demonstrate the excellence of the new military system in order to push the court to set up a military supervision office and implement the new military system."
"Other achievements?" Fang Xiaoru asked puzzledly, "What achievements are you referring to, Your Highness?"
"I want to completely win over the hearts of the surrendered troops from all the grassland tribes to demonstrate the excellence of the new military system. What do you two gentlemen think?" Zhu Xiongying said.
(End of this chapter)