Great Tang princess

Chapter 437 The Future of the Army

It was already mid-afternoon when Geng Yunqiang finished [-] laps. After returning home, he didn't eat any food, so he quickly wrote a self-criticism, and taught it in Li Yuechen's office before dinner.

She sat on the chair, looked at the review in her hand, and looked up.

Standing in front of him was Geng Yunqiang with a guilty expression on his face, and slightly lowered his head, not daring to look at her.

"Old Geng, what do you think I should say about you?" Li Yuechen put down the review book in his hand, leaned on the back of the chair and said, "It's been a few years since Qianniuwei was reformed? How can you make such a low-level mistake?"

Geng Yunqiang looked guilty: "This subordinate knows his mistake!"

"I also know that this new type of army, you are responsible for a lot of things to manage, and you are somewhat tired and uncomfortable. But this will be the case with the army in the future." Li Yuechen said earnestly, "In the past, the high combat effectiveness of an individual could control the war to a large extent. However, with the emergence of grenades and artillery, the army of the past will eventually be eliminated."

"Forget it, in short, pay more attention in the future, now that you are a senior colonel, don't always make such low-level mistakes!" Li Yuechen waved his hand.

"Yes!" Geng Yunqiang agreed, "Thank you Your Highness..."

Li Yuechen interrupted him by raising his hand: "Speaking of which, do you plan to let your son join the army?"

"Of course! To be able to fight for His Highness is..."

"Okay, okay, less flattering." Li Yuechen waved his hand, "Then write a letter to the family and let the children of the family come to the military academy after the Chinese New Year, but let's talk about it first. Let’s start with low-level military officers. You don’t shy away from your relatives, but you can’t open the back door blatantly!”

Geng Yunqiang nodded again and again: "Don't worry, Your Highness! This subordinate understands!"

While speaking, there was a happy smile on his face.

"Well, you can go back and ask them. If your son is willing to join the army, he can come to the military academy next year." Li Yuechen nodded.

This is actually an experimental policy.

After all, it is a low-grade in everything, only in the era of high-level studies, these military officers are now able to let their heirs ask their husbands to study culture.

But thinking about it, there are still many people who think that they should take the imperial examination after studying culture, and they may not be willing to be sent to serve as soldiers.

So Li Yuechen wanted to see how many of these officers were willing to let their children into the army.

……

Originally, she didn't have much hope, but a large group of officers rushed to her office early the next morning, expressing their willingness to let their sons join the army.

Only then did Li Yuechen realize that because of her existence, these officers had unconsciously changed their minds.

Before, they really wanted to let their children rely on the imperial examination, but with the gradual establishment of Qianniuwei and the navy, they also saw another way out besides the imperial examination!
In addition, now that I have learned culture, my brain is much brighter than before, and I can see more things clearly.

Compared with taking the imperial examination, it seems that going to a military academy is better. First of all, as a father, I can take care of my son more or less, and in addition, the promotion system of the army has always been very intuitive.

Now Her Royal Highness has not only raised the social status of soldiers, but also raised the status of craftsmen.

The most intuitive thing is the craftsmen in the Academy of Engineering, each of whom is a military officer. Although they have no power in their hands, they are paid well.

……

After asking the officers about their wishes, Li Yuechen asked them to write letters to their families, and then continued to prepare for the New Year.

Now that the Academy of Engineering has produced a batch of new grenades, the ones brought over from Dongdu might as well be set off as firecrackers.

Just during the Chinese New Year, the soldiers can have fun while learning about new weapons. This thing is much more enjoyable than firecrackers when blown up.

It's just that you have to tell the engineering institute first to remove the prefabricated fragments that are set outside, which can save a lot of cost.

After all, Li Yuechen is a princess, once she wants to be willful, she is very arrogant.

While processing the documents, suddenly a report sounded outside the door, Li Yuechen agreed, and Wang Wuqiong walked in.

Those who came in together were Wang Xiaojie who followed behind.

Seeing the father and daughter coming in together, Li Yuechen guessed that something must be wrong, so he put down the writing brush in his hand and leaned on the back of the chair: "Sit down and talk, if you want to drink tea, pour it yourself."

"Thank you, Your Highness." The two agreed, and sat down on the opposite sofa.

"Tell me, what's the matter?" Li Yuechen asked, holding up his teacup.

Wang Xiaojie asked tentatively: "This... I heard that His Highness intends to let the offspring of military officers enter the military academy..."

Li Yuechen raised his eyebrows slightly, but he didn't expect that he came here for this.

She thought for a while: "You seem to only want one son and one daughter? Wuqiong is now serving in the army. Are you planning to send your only son to the army?"

"Yes!" Wang Xiaojie replied with a nod.

"Old Wang, you have to think about it!" Li Yuechen reminded, "Although the country is peaceful and the people are safe now, it is not completely free of war. You send your son here, and you will go to the battlefield in the future. If something goes wrong, you will be the last one." !"

In this era, family succession is very important. For a single-line family like Wang Xiaojie, even if you become a soldier, you will have a lot of preferential treatment. You can apply to only be in charge of logistics and not go to the battlefield.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, this subordinate has already thought about this matter." Wang Xiaojie replied, "Anyway, he will not be sent to the battlefield while he is studying in the military academy. Energy, go back and see my mother-in-law to see if I can..."

"All right, all right, you don't need to tell me about this!" Li Yuechen waved his hand and interrupted his speech, "Since you have this idea, let him enter the military academy after the next year."

Wang Xiaojie didn't take concubines, so he brought his wife and son with him when he came to Shandong this time, and they are currently placed in Qingzhou City.

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Wang Xiaojie stood up and saluted, "Don't worry, Your Highness, the dog is also well-informed by me, and his skills are very good!"

"En!" Li Yuechen nodded, "That's just right. Call your family over during the Chinese New Year, and I will take a look."

"Yes!" Wang Xiaojie happily agreed.

Wang Wuqiong next to her was also very happy. From now on, she and her younger brother will work under the princess's errands, so it will be more convenient for the siblings to meet each other.

If you can get His Highness's respect, you don't have to worry about it in this life!

……

The Chinese New Year is half a month away, and the army is full of Chinese New Year atmosphere.

Li Yuechen received the report the next day, and the surrounding villagers sent a lot of smoked fish, saying that they thank His Highness for taking care of them.

Now every household in the nearby villages has lighted kangs. This year, no one died of freezing happened at all, but a few died of death.

With this kindness, many people took advantage of the New Year and sent gifts one after another.

Wang Wuqiong ran into the office to report the situation to Li Yuechen: "Your Highness, the villagers are very enthusiastic. Senior Colonel Geng hopes that His Highness can give you an idea."

To be honest, the gifts sent by the villagers were not too expensive, but Li Yuechen's army had a death order, and he would not take a single needle from a hundred letters. If anyone dared to violate it, he would be dealt with directly according to the military law, without any sympathy.

Li Yuechen thought about it, but he still felt that this hole should not be opened, and it didn't matter if he poured a glass of water or something, but he still couldn't agree to things like giving gifts.

"Go and tell him that discipline is discipline, there is no sympathy to talk about!"

"Yes!"

Although some didn't understand why His Highness was so firm, Wang Wuqiong didn't hesitate, and went out to spread the message as soon as he agreed.

Li Yuechen was leaning on the back of the chair, watching the snowflakes falling slowly outside the window, lost in thought.

I remember seeing it on the Internet before, Yue Fei, a famous general in the Song Dynasty, ordered his soldiers to freeze to death not to demolish houses, to starve to death not to plunder!

As a future person who came to ancient times, I should do better than him!

After a while, Geng Yunqiang followed Wang Wuqiong back and reported: "Your Highness, the people have already asked the people to take the gifts back."

"Yeah!" Li Yuechen nodded, "This hole must never be opened, and don't ask such questions in the future!"

"Yes!"

……

Time passed day by day, and it was New Year's Eve in a blink of an eye.

A lot of candlesticks have been added to the canteen of the military camp. Li Yuechen said half a month ago that they will hold a party tonight, with the platoon as the unit, and each π will have a show.

The people in the cooking team have been busy since early in the morning, and they have never heard of the pedal-type box sealing under the stove. The smell of food almost permeates the entire camp.

And Li Yuechen was writing letters to his family and Shangguan Wan'er in the office, recording his mood at this time.

Just after finishing writing, Wang Wuqiong came in: "Your Highness, my father and younger brother have returned. My father wants to bring my younger brother to greet Your Highness..."

"Oh, bring it here. Speaking of which, I haven't seen your brother yet." Li Yuechen smiled.

She has only heard of Wang Wuqiong's younger brother, who seems to be 17 years old this year, and his name is Wang Wuzhi.

After a while, Wang Xiaojie walked in with a young man who had not yet grown a beard.

The father and son quickly saluted as soon as they came in: "I have seen Her Royal Highness."

"Excuse me, let's all sit down!" Li Yuechen smiled and waved his hands, giving the little boy in front of him a large amount.

Generally speaking, the family conditions are good, people who can eat enough and exercise enough will not have bad skin.

This is the case of Wang Wuzhi in front of him, at the age of 17 years old, he looks very sunny, his face is not handsome, but he is very tough and masculine.

There is still a circle of fine fluff around the mouth, and I think it will start to grow a beard after a while.

While Li Yuechen was looking at him, he secretly raised his eyes and glanced this way.

He used to always hear his elder sister say that Her Royal Highness is the most beautiful woman in the world at home, but he has never been able to imagine how good-looking she really is.

In his opinion, his elder sister could already be called a rare beauty. As for Her Royal Highness, he only knew that she was tall, but he really couldn't imagine what her face looked like.

After all, the legends of the princess are all about how powerful she is, how powerful she is, how heavy her hammer is... There are very few descriptions of her appearance.

But when he actually saw it today, he froze in place for a moment.

(End of this chapter)