Daming kill

Chapter 92 Zhao Jin is also troubled

At the end of October in the 15th year of Daming Chongzhen, Li Ping, who recovered from his injuries, set off for Xiangyang City again.

Going to the city this time, Li Ping only brought Hu Zhongshan, He Zhuzi, six officers and soldiers of the reconnaissance company and a small amount of packages. There were not many people, but they were all riding horses and wearing armor.

They left as soon as it was dawn, and hurriedly, halfway through the hour of Chenshi (7:00-9:00), they had already entered the city.

After entering the city, Li Ping asked He Zhuzi to take two people from the reconnaissance company to the city to inquire about news, while he took the rest of the people straight to Zhao Jin's residence.

Zhao Jin is his old superior, and it is obviously right to go to him first when you arrive in the city in this age of rules, otherwise it will be easy to be criticized if you go to Zuo Menggeng first.

He Zhuzi is now a warrant officer, equivalent to a platoon leader, and works as an assistant in Hu Zhongshan's logistics department (the officers in the staff department are called staff officers, the officers in the teaching department are called officers, and the officers in the logistics department are called assistants).

This guy had never been very happy in the company, and he didn't make a name for himself. The main reason was that he couldn't stand the heavy training, and all the assessments were low except for culture.

But He Zhuzi had a more lively mind. Although he hadn't read any serious books, he could read characters and do arithmetic.

Unexpectedly, this time, the situation was very fast, and the several tasks he received were done with great vigor, and he quickly secured his position as an assistant and was awarded the rank of warrant officer.

Li Ping brought him here this time mainly because he was interested in his ability to observe words and make friends when he was a waiter in a big car shop.

Originally, Li Ping did not intend to start the military rank system so early, but after implementing the military rank mark, he soon discovered a more troublesome problem.

That is, when there are too many people, many people don't know each other, they just know each other.

It is no problem for people who are not familiar with each other to call the officers of the company according to the rank arrows on the uniforms, but it is troublesome how to call the officers of the agency. It is obviously inappropriate to call the platoon commander and the deputy company commander.

In the end, Li Ping had to introduce the military rank system in advance, and use the simplest comparison relationship to clarify.The warrant officer corresponds to the platoon leader, the second lieutenant corresponds to the deputy company commander, and the lieutenant corresponds to the company commander.

Since the establishment of military ranks from the warrant officer, it is afraid that this corresponding system will lead to insufficient military ranks. As for his time-space one rank corresponding to multiple ranks, it will be unacceptable here, and it is a bit complicated for most people in this era.

But when he arrived at Zhao Jin's place, Zhao Jin was not there.

Zhao Jin rushed to Li Ping's original camp located in the southern suburbs of the city early in the morning to organize troop training. The field there was large enough for the troops to spread out.

As a last resort, Li Ping had no choice but to go out of the city to the original old camp.

Because there is still a small part of the security battalion here that has not been completely moved, and because Zhao Jin's soldiers all know Li Ping's name, Li Ping entered his old camp without being blocked.

It was still the training ground that Li Pingping built, and Zhao Jinguo really organized the training himself.

The entire training field was full of people, probably nearly a thousand people, walking in line, practicing assassination, and other training subjects.

Although the clothes he wore were various, most of them were still emaciated, and the weapons were not sufficient, but his aura was quite good and he was very well-mannered. Zhao Jin's military training skills were as good as ever.

Seeing Li Ping coming, Zhao Jin welcomed Li Ping into the small courtyard on the slope where he used to live.This small courtyard has not changed much, and now it has become a place for Zhao Jin to rest between training sessions.

After the screen retreated left and right, the two brothers greeted each other warmly, and then they lit the new and improved cigarette that Li Ping brought to Zhao Jin.

After only taking a few puffs, Zhao Jin straight to the point said that he hadn't been to Li Ping's place since he really didn't have time, and he felt that it was meaningless to find time to meet the two of them in a hurry.The two have been brothers for so many years, he was too lazy to pretend to be polite, so that Li Ping would not have other ideas.

Of course, Li Ping would not have any opinion on this.

After briefly asking Li Ping why he came, Zhao Jin didn't say anything else, but suddenly asked about Li Ping's basic ideas and methods of military system reform.

Of course Zhao Jin knew about Li Ping's military system reform, but it was limited to that.Because Li Ping has been working in the villa by himself for more than a month, and others really don't know the details.After all, everyone is generally not interested in this, and everyone has their own way.

Although a little astonished and puzzled, Li Ping explained to Zhao Jin the reorganization ideas discussed with Song Baolai yesterday in detail.

Say it again, not only fast, but also more organized.

Zhao Jin, who was smoking cigarettes one by one, pondered for a while after Li Ping finished speaking.Li Ping, who was used to this for a long time, didn't bother him, but waited quietly with his curiosity suppressed.

After a long time, Zhao Jin stubbed out his cigarette, took another sip of tea, and then talked to Li Ping.

It was only then that Li Ping figured out the reason for Zhao Jin's worry and his rare staring at the training ground.

It turned out that Zhao Jin encountered the same problem as Li Ping, that is, the control of the troops.

Zhao Jin's former pro-military battalion was only a few hundred people, and it was under his direct management. He also had no control over the troops of Shi Ming and Li Ping. The control of the troops was relatively easy and the problem was not serious.

However, when Li Ping was promoted and transferred out, and he received a group of supplementary personnel, Zhao Jin's direct subordinate strength also greatly exceeded 1000.

It is obviously inappropriate to turn these more than 1000 people into a pro-barracks. At the same time, Zhao Jin must also consider checking and balancing Shi Ming's growing power.

Therefore, it is necessary to establish a new battalion head (chief) and appoint a new general.

Initially, Zhao Jin set these troops into three totals, one personal army and one service battalion, and three of his most trusted personal soldiers were appointed as the new generals. He also adopted the method of suppressing the management of the new foreign army. .

Moreover, in order to prevent them from being too big and too strong, Zhao Jin did not assign them a total of five whistles, but chose a total of three whistles.

But soon the problem still appeared. Although there was no major problem, the signs made Zhao Jin, the old army leader, alert.

Because of Zhao Jin's lack of energy in the army, and because Zhao Jin was often not in the camp, the three newly appointed generals gradually showed a mentality of comparing with Wang Chengwu, Li Shengcai and Liu Shixiong, and some people even showed a clear friendship with Shi Ming. Propensity.

Moreover, these three new appointments have gradually increased the overall size of the guards, although it has only increased from four or five to a dozen or so.Then, there was even a situation where the General Manager adjusted some of his junior officers without reporting to Zhao Jin.

Although the three new generals still respect Zhao Jin very much, and Zhao Jin is now very sure of controlling them, but these signs still make Zhao Jin uneasy, and he knows very well that it is very dangerous to let them develop.

However, it is obviously inappropriate to change back to the original system and turn it into a large pro-military battalion, and adopt a method of five or six or even more sentries per battalion.This is not just a question of the size of the troops, he also has to consider the issue of stability.

People who have been promoted to officials will be demoted back without knowing why.No matter how close the relationship is, gaps are prone to appear.

Water can flow down, but people can only go up.

Therefore, after further reflection, Zhao Jin had to carry out some major reforms to his troops.That is, on the basis of the original framework unchanged, the command and management model has been reshaped.

Zhao Jin's method is actually very simple.

He first selected personnel to set up a staff department to help him manage and assist the command, and set up three departments under it: combat (full-time command and troop mobilization), military affairs (full-time management and deployment of troops), and commuting (full-time ordering and service).

It is really a normal move for a general to decide to establish a staff organization, and the reasons are very good, and most people will not think wrongly.

Then, Zhao Jin increased the number of deputies in the general battalion and the service battalion from one to three on the grounds that the officers were promoted too quickly and might not be able to adapt to the complicated affairs. The deputies of sentinels have been increased from 1 to 3.

The general deputy adopts a division of labor method in which one person is responsible for training (the service battalion is responsible for production), one person is responsible for management, and one person is responsible for logistics (food).

The deputies of the post adopt a division of labor method in which one person is responsible for administrative management and one person is responsible for logistics.

Then, Zhao Jin advocated and took the lead in reducing the personal army.

The corps was reduced to the size of only one standard corps, and in fact these compressed personnel almost exactly filled the vacancies caused by the adjustments made when the staff was established and the officer posts were added.

At the same time, Zhao Jin further took the opportunity to clarify the basic principle that each general can only have 2 personal soldiers, while the deputy general is not allowed to choose personal soldiers.

The number of officers has greatly increased, and each battalion has several lieutenants. Such a request seems reasonable.

With such an adjustment, most of the people were promoted, and it did not affect the original command structure much.Moreover, the addition of so many new officer positions will produce a series of incremental increases and more opportunities. The vast majority of officers and soldiers are obviously happy and supportive.

What's more, many people were just soldiers or refugees in the past, and they still don't understand power. Even those who have reached "high positions" are still in the stage of being cautious and adapting, and the changes in the strength of power still cause them huge contrast.

Therefore, the overall stability of the entire force can also be maintained.

However, such an adjustment is a major surgical adjustment after all. The troops need to adapt, and Zhao Jin also needs to advance the execution and grasp the effect, so the time is naturally very tight.

In particular, it is judged that the time for Li Zicheng to go south may not be far away, but Zhao Jin's troops are still far away from training and reorganization!This made Zhao Jin even more anxious.

This caused him to have to spend as long as he had time on the training ground and in the army, instead of running to Li Ping with no thought and energy.

He needs to get his one-acre three-point land in order first.

Moreover, conducting this kind of concentrated training on the outskirts of the city also reduced the opportunities for his little leaders to contact and compare with other Ming troops.

This time when Li Ping came, Zhao Jin also wanted to hear Li Ping's strategies and arrangements. He believed that Li Ping must have such problems, and he needed to learn from them.

After listening to Zhao Jin's statement, Li Ping immediately understood that Zhao Jin used the division of labor and responsibility system to achieve checks and balances. Its basic structure was still born out of the familiar environment, but it was simpler.

However, in terms of name and command method, Zhao Jin still wanted to be as close as possible to the habits of the Ming Dynasty's officers and soldiers at this time, but there were some fundamental differences in the inner management line and command line.

After savoring each other's structure for a while, the two looked at each other and smiled.

Zhao Jin smiled wryly and said, "I always thought that I could play something, but in the end it's not always the same. Grandpa Mao is Grandpa Mao. Li Ping, you still think ahead. Let's go our separate ways!"

Then, Zhao Jincai introduced to Li Ping that now he has to wait at Zuo Menggeng's place almost every day, and only when he knows that there is nothing wrong can he have time to return to the training of his troops.

Normally, Zhao Jin would arrive at Zuo Menggeng's place around 10 o'clock, and Zuo Menggeng only started to show his face from the backyard at that time.

Li Ping came early today, but now it seems that the time is coming soon, the two happened to go together, and he could tell Li Ping about the current situation on the way.

(End of this chapter)