Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 859 Military Academy
In addition to the capital school and the general, there is also the lowest level of the captain, which corresponds to the ninth-rank military attaché, and refers to the lowest-level officers in the army, mainly platoon leaders and low-level staff officers.

In addition, soldiers who have not entered the ranks below the officers are divided into senior non-commissioned officers, intermediate non-commissioned officers, low-level non-commissioned officers, upper class soldiers, and lower class soldiers, a total of five levels.

In Shunzhou, the dormitory of Class [-] of the [-]st Battalion, [-]st Battalion, [-]nd Infantry Brigade, Qinglong Legion.

Squad leader Liu Daneng is conveying and studying the information on the reform of the honor system just issued.Xin Ruishan, Gao Debao and seven other comrades in the same class sat upright on a small stool, listening to news related to themselves or directly related to their status and salary in the army.

Liu Daneng glanced at everyone, checked whether everyone was sitting properly, and then said: "The implementation of the military honor system this time is His Majesty's will, and it was finally decided after research by the Military Hub. The whole reform is from top to bottom. Yes, so there are still big changes. There are not many things related to us little soldiers. I will only say what I said next, and you all listen to me. If anyone has not heard clearly, or has any questions to ask, ask One does a set of push-ups. Do you understand?"

The whole class of soldiers shouted: "Understood."

Liu Daneng coughed lightly, and said: "Our soldiers are divided into five levels, namely senior non-commissioned officers, middle-level non-commissioned officers, junior non-commissioned officers, upper-rank non-commissioned officers, and junior non-commissioned officers. I am a middle-rank non-commissioned officer, and the deputy squad leader is a junior non-commissioned officer. Ma Laoqi and Bao Siwa are low-level soldiers, and the other four are high-level soldiers."

Xin Ruishan couldn't help but said: "Squad leader, why are we low-level soldiers, and they are high-level soldiers."

Liu Daneng glared at him and said, "Do a set of push-ups first, and I'll tell you later."

Xin Ruishan groaned inwardly, how could he forget about this fork, he climbed down and did fifty push-ups.

Only then did Zhang Daneng say: "Actually, Xin Ruishan didn't ask, but I was about to say it too."

"Hahahaha..." The others burst out laughing, while Xin Ruishan scolded her inwardly.

"Don't laugh." Zhang Daneng shouted, and the person who laughed shut up immediately. Then Zhang Daneng continued: "A soldier is a low-ranking soldier in the first two years of enlisting in the army, and a senior soldier in the third to fifth years. The eighth year is a low-level non-commissioned officer, the eighth to tenth year is a middle-level non-commissioned officer, and the tenth to 15 years is a senior non-commissioned officer. It is also specially stipulated that after soldiers enlist in the army, they only need to pass the training and do not violate military discipline and military laws. Merit or performance appraisal, etc., will be promoted in advance according to merit. The salary difference between each level is still very large, so as to encourage soldiers to make progress."

The eyes of all the soldiers were bright, and their hearts were full of high spirits, but this time everyone became smarter, and no one asked.Seeing that no one said anything for a long time, Zhang Daneng was a little disappointed, and said: "Okay, okay, if you have any questions, just ask!"

"Squad leader, so the soldier's service period is 15 years?" Deputy squad leader Huang Lei asked first.

"Yes, after 15 years of service, if you can't be promoted to the captain and become the youngest officer, you will be retired. The Military Council will also issue a law on the retirement of soldiers from the Imperial Army, or they will be transferred to the local Xiang army and local inspection troops, or Just send money and send them back home.”

"Squad leader, I have a cousin who also wants to join the army. I want to ask if the recruitment of soldiers has changed in this reform?" Gao Debao asked immediately.

"This reform of the military system will temporarily keep the recruitment law unchanged, and recruit directly from the whole country. One year after soldiers enlist in the army, if the troops they belong to find that the conditions do not meet the requirements, they will be sent back to their original places and the recruiting officials of the military system will be punished."

"That's fine, look at that old man Li from the Sanlian is almost 50 years old, he has all kinds of problems, he can't do it on the battlefield, he can't cook well in the cooking class, and he relies on his old man to sell his old man all day long, you say he is paid for nothing What's the use. I think His Majesty has made up his mind this time, to keep the soldiers in the army always young and strong under the age of 35."

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The second major content of this military reform is Xia Jing's establishment of the Xiangfu Kingdom Military Academy.In fact, since the second military reform more than half a year ago, the training department of the Military Central Department has already started to prepare for the military academy in terms of venues, facilities, teachers, teaching materials, and management models.

According to Ye Chen's instructions and the plan of the Military Central Department, after the establishment of the military academy, there are two main aspects of officer training.The first is to serve as generals, platoon commanders, company commanders, battalion commanders, and brigade commanders. Officers at four levels are recalled in batches for three months of training.The second is to conduct enrollment assessment, selection and political review for students who graduated from middle schools in all states across the country. After three years of study and training in military academies, those who pass all the graduation assessments will directly become military officers.

Xia Jing, right prime minister's office, meeting hall.

Although the wind was howling outside, the four iron stoves placed in the four corners of the house made the house as warm as spring.

Han Xizai sat at the head, took a sip of the high-quality Longjing tea transported from Hangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River, and said quietly: "Your Majesty is right to propose a reform strategy, but who will be the dean of the Military Academy? Gao, Your Majesty has a broad mind, so you won't have any worries, but I, the courtiers, want to think of this for Your Majesty. But if the prestige is not high, how can we convince the public? Yang Jiye's delay in recommending suitable candidates must be due to Doubt about this candidate."

Wang Dongyang, Minister of the Ministry of War, who sat at the bottom, thought for a while and said: "The military system of our Xiangfu Kingdom is mainly led by the Military Department, and our Military Department is only auxiliary. The Military Department includes the General Staff Department, the Equipment Department, and the Logistics Department. The Ministry, the Military Judicial Department, and the Training Department each have their own responsibilities. The division of labor is clear and the efficiency of the organization is the highest in history. Moreover, all institutions are subject to the supervision of the Overwatch Council. There is also a Military Judicial Department system within the army, from the legion to the battalion Even, there are military judges with aloof status, who are responsible for military discipline inspection and verification of military achievements, and also have the right to supervise the corruption of officers at all levels. In addition, once the military academy is established, people from the Overwatch Council and the Military Law Department will definitely be indispensable, so I instead Think that the power of the dean of the military academy may not be as great as we think."

Han Xizai nodded, thought for a while, smiled, and said, "Hearing what you said, I can guess who His Majesty will appoint as the dean of the Military Academy."

Wang Dongyang said curiously: "Who is Mr. Han thinking of?"

Han Xizai said: "There is a seventy-eight out of ten possibility that Zeng Shangfei, chief of the general staff, will also be in charge."

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Zhong Sanhe, Chang Podao, and Shi Lang have already received the specific notice of entering the military academy for training. The three of them heard that the military academy is very strict, and they thought that they would not be able to leave the academy gate for three months, so they came here again today. Go to Chunying Tower to have a good time.After the three of them found a beautiful lady to refresh themselves, they asked for a private room, sat together and began to drink and eat meat.

"Brother Zhong is now the vice-principal of Zhongdu, but the two of us are the principal of Shaodu!" Shi Lang touched Zhong Sanhe's uniform logo representing the vice-principal of Zhongdu, and said with an envious smile.

Zhong Sanhe took Shi Lang's big hand away, and said: "I paid for this with my life. It's not like you two have brothers and subordinates to help you. Besides, you only need to enter the top three in the final evaluation ranking of the study and training. Isn't the honor rank the same as me?"

Chang Podao sighed and said: "I heard that the first batch of training in the whole army consisted of 600 people. In addition to the top 500 volunteers on the charity list this time, the other nearly [-] people were all from the major armies and the relatives of military officers above the school. The martial arts of these people are naturally not as good as you and me, but in the final assessment, let alone whether there is a personal martial arts competition, even if there is half of it, it will not account for much points. Therefore, it is too damn difficult for the two of us to stand out and enter the top three It's hard!"

Shi Lang sighed even more, and said: "I don't know a few fucking words, and I am most afraid of studying, and even said to be in the top three. What I am most worried about now is that if I fail the final assessment, my salary will be reduced." Not to mention the halving, stay in the military academy to continue training for a period."

Zhong Sanhe's expression suddenly became solemn, Shi Lang couldn't read a few words, except Chang Podao's family background is good, and he has been educated since he was a child, he is not much better than Shi Lang: "I heard that the first round of assessment failed. Guan stays to continue training, if you are eliminated in both periods, you will be dismissed as a citizen if you are over 45 years old, and it will not be fun if you are over 45 years old and drop two levels."

Chang Podao said: "What are you afraid of? You haven't read much. You think that everyone else has read books. I have already asked someone. Less than one tenth of the junior officers in the army have read books, so this You can rest assured about one thing. However, they are veterans in training and fighting, and in arranging troops, while we are newcomers, and this disadvantage is inevitable."

"Brother Chang's words are reasonable..." Chang Podao finished his sentence, and then he heard voices coming from outside the box door, and then he was pushed away from the outside, and a person walked in.

Chang Podao and the three of them unexpectedly heard what they said in a low voice, and the three of them approached the box, so the three of them didn't notice the person's eyes and ears before he spoke. But it was a young man in his 20s who had already walked into the box.

When the three of them saw this person clearly, they were surprised at the same time, because the three of them had just met this person at the New Year's Day meeting more than half a month ago, and they were surprised because they didn't know him before. Knowing that this person's martial arts strength is so superb.

That's right, the person who came was none other than Tang Xingwu, who was in the limelight in the official circles of Tianxiang Fuguo.

Tang Xingwu first made great contributions in the battle with the Liao army, and later made great contributions in the negotiation with Xu Xuan and Song State.These credits allowed him to be promoted to four ranks in a row, from a military officer of the ninth rank to the seventh rank, so that he, like Zhong Sanhe, was conferred the title of Baron of Founding County at the Zhengdan Great Court Meeting more than half a month ago. Apart from Kou Zhun, the two youngest nobles.

(End of this chapter)