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Chapter 774 My King's Personal Sponsorship, Don't Think Too Much
"A new army?"

Governor Zheng expressed that he did not quite understand Prince Rui's intentions.

Prince Rui explained to him that the current Hubei Green Camp exists in name only, although there are thousands of remnants of soldiers, they are full of old, weak, sick and disabled, and their combat effectiveness is seriously insufficient, so they must be rectified.

On the other hand, there are nearly [-] people in the army that came to surrender. Not only is the combat effectiveness low, but the quality of personnel is also uneven. .

In this way, it can improve the combat effectiveness of the Qing army, and secondly, it can fundamentally solve the hidden danger of surrendering troops into chaos.

Zheng Dajin asked suspiciously: "Your Highness, you mean that the general will join forces with our Green Camp in Hubei to form a new army?"

"good,"

Jia Liu picked up the tea bowl, "Officially, the Xinjian Army should be called the Hubei Xinjian Army. However, since the battle is at the head of the war, it is under the direct command of my king, Xingyuan. However, if the matter involves localities, you, the governor of Hubei, should also serve as the Deputy Minister of the Xinjian Army."

Zheng Dajin basically understands that it is a good thing to rectify and reorganize the surrendered army, but he doesn't know how Prince Rui will reorganize.

"Take a look at this plan."

Jia Liu picked from the drawer, took out a material called "Preparation Plan for New Army", and threw it in front of Zheng Dajin.

Zheng Dajin quickly picked it up and looked through it carefully.

According to this plan, General Wang Xingyuan will set up the command organization of the new army --- two offices and four bureaus.

The two places are the supervisory office and the teaching office.

As the name suggests, the Supervision and Training Department is the Supervision and Training Department.

Here, General Wang himself serves as the training supervisor and concurrently serves as the president of the new army.

The Supervision and Training Department consists of the Inspection Division, Staff Division, Operations Division, and Law Enforcement Division.

The chiefs of each division are all with the rank of the second-rank general soldier.

In addition, there are food and payment bureaus, ordnance bureaus, military medical bureaus, and supply bureaus.

The heads of each bureau are the ranks of generals and generals.

The teaching office is mainly a reorganized training institution, and the person in charge given in the plan here is Zheng Dajin, the governor of Hubei.

There are full-time institutions such as the Department of Teachers and the Department of Training.

"In the past, no matter whether it was the Eight Banners or the Green Battalion, the military system was relatively disordered. The division of responsibilities for horses, rifles, and supplies was unclear. The command is not effective, and the battalion and soldiers are fighting separately. Therefore, the king intends to integrate the new army into four arms: infantry, artillery, and horseman."

According to Jia Liu's meaning, the newly-built army no longer uses the green battalion system as the basic training, but the town as the highest-level unit.

There are associations, regiments, battalions, teams, sentries, and even.

One assemblage is ten people, three assemblages are one post; three posts are one team, three teams are one battalion; three battalions are one regiment, three regiments are one association; three associations are one town.

In addition, each town is also equipped with an artillery regiment, a cavalry regiment, and an engineering battalion directly under the town.

It is to combine the artillery and cavalry, which were formed separately in the past, into the formation of the town, and put forward the concept of engineers.

Engineers are actually troops laying bridges and building roads. They seem to belong to the second-line troops, but road repairs are a very important task during a war. Having a special unit undertake this task will undoubtedly reduce the non-combat tasks of combat troops.

According to the plan, the number of officers and soldiers in a town is 10500.

The highest military officer of the town is called the control, the highest military officer of the association is called the standard, the regiment is called the belt, the battalion is called the battalion commander, the team is called the captain, and the sentry is called the sentry chief.

“镇协？”

Zheng Dajin was a little surprised. In the past, the Eight Banners were organized by Zuoling and Shenling, while the green battalion was organized by battalion. I have never heard of towns, associations, and regiments.

Moreover, the number of soldiers in a town here of the prince reaches [-], which is about the same as an army of the Xinghan Bandit Army.

"My king intends to reorganize three towns of the new army in Hubei. During the quelling period, these three towns will be under the command of my lord, and will be handed over to you in Hubei after the quelling."

According to Jia Liu's plan, not only Hubei will form a new army, but also Hunan and Jiangxi. Whenever he visits Prince Rui, he will form a new army, and finally form a unified army with his Zhili new army to be loyal to Lord Jia. huge military group.

The salary of the newly-built army was directly paid by the general Wang Xingyuan. Whether it was the official, soldier, or book office salary system, it was accurate to each position, each person, and even artillery oil, infantry socks, and horse food. There is a quota.

Regular soldiers are paid 4.5 taels of silver per month, chiefs are paid 5.5 taels of silver per month, post chiefs are paid 10 taels of silver per month, captains are paid 20 taels of silver per month, and an additional 10 taels of public money is paid;
The battalion commander pays 40 taels per month and 20 taels of public money; the regiment leader gives 80 taels a month and 40 taels of public money; the co-leader gives 150 taels a month and 80 taels of public money; two.

Calculated in this way, the annual salary of a regular soldier can catch up with a county magistrate without counting the maintenance.

The salary of deputies at all levels is three-quarters of that of the principal. Clerks above the battalion are paid according to the sentry officer, and those below the battalion are paid according to the deputy chief.

Artillery is a technical arm, and the pay of officers and soldiers is one-third higher than that of infantry.

The cavalry pay is increased by another third on the basis of the artillery.

Due to the heavy task, the engineers are paid according to the salary of the artillery team.

"Half of the existing soldiers of the Hubei Green Camp will be abolished. I think 2000 people can be selected, and the surrendered ministries will be uniformly selected. A quarter or even a third of the original number of troops will be abolished. Township, the rest are all in the new army"

Jia Liuchu calculated that according to this method, the actual soldiers from the three towns could be selected, trained and equipped, and within half a year there would be a division capable of fighting.

Just spending too much money.

A regular soldier pays 4.5 taels per month and 54 taels a year.

Excluding official salaries, a town alone needs more than 54 taels of regular military salaries every year. If it includes official salaries, equipment, food, vegetables, rice oil, military uniforms and living materials, and horse feeding expenses, the annual budget expenditure is about 120 million taels.

This data is half the difference from the new army of the six towns that Jia Liu trained in Zhili. The main reason is that the number of soldiers in the six towns of Zhili is 6500.

But the recruits from these six towns were trained completely according to the new type of army, and the equipment would be the best, so the combat effectiveness was higher than that of the ten thousand towns, and it was the prototype of the Royal Guards in Jia Liu's mind.

The reorganization of the three towns in Hubei was completed, and the annual expenditure was 360 million taels.

Jia Liu felt that he could afford this amount, because he was about to make a lot of money.

It's easy to do things when you have money.

Hearing that the reorganization of the new army's money and food expenses does not need to be borne by the Hubei region, Zheng Dajin is of course happy, and asked Prince Rui when he plans to start the reorganization of the new army.

"It's the eighth day of the first lunar month."

Jia Liu gave a time point, and said that Xingyuan will set up an officer teaching group, and all surrendered generals above the seventh rank will take turns to receive training in Xingyuan. At that time, he, Prince Rui, will personally teach the training, so that the surrendered army will be completely used by the Qing Dynasty.

Specifically, it is actually included in the plan, on the last page, but Zheng Dajin did not see it.

However, the governor quickly realized an important issue, that is, whether to obtain the approval of the imperial court for the new army.

"In principle, of course the imperial court must agree. This king will first communicate with you and say hello to you. You must know it well."

Speaking of this, Jia Liu suddenly took out a stack of banknotes from the drawer and handed them to Zheng Dajin, "These 10 taels are personally sponsored by you, the governor. Just put it away, don't think about it, this king just wants you to better share the worries of the court."

(End of this chapter)