From the time the first batch of students graduated from the Central Military Academy in the third year of Longwu, Xiao Ruxun began to continuously arrange these military academy students, who had received strict military and political education, into the basic positions of the army.
The progress and maintenance of the army's combat effectiveness did not only lie in the upgrading of weapons, but also in the officers and military system. Xiao Ruxun had formulated many effective military systems for the Daqin, so the Qin Army's leap forward had never stopped.
From a traditional rebellious army to the current disciplined and fast-moving army, transcending the limits of the ancient army and advancing infinitely towards the modern army, the series of arrangements made by Xiao Ruxun was the main reason.
In order not to let the military's combat effectiveness degenerate, not to let the status of soldiers return to the Song Dynasty and the late Ming Dynasty, Xiao Ruxun established military academies.
Not only did he establish one in Beijing, at the beginning of the third year of Longwu, he established the Navy Military Academy in Tianjin, and also established the Nanjing Central Military Academy and Nanjing Navy Military Academy in Nanjing, expanding the number of military academies to four.
After that, Xiao Ruxun also had plans to expand the military academies, in order to raise the overall quality of the soldiers to the point where they would no longer be ridiculed by the literati as idiots.
At the same time, these young people who had received strict political education from the beginning were put into the army, and from the most basic level, the Daqin army underwent a silent blood change, fundamentally eliminating the possibility of the army generals holding military power for themselves to rebel.
From the ancient private army system to the end of the Tang Dynasty, the army generals holding military power for themselves had always been a worry in the hearts of the major dynasties. For this reason, the dynasty rulers did not even hesitate to abolish their own martial arts and castrate themselves, resulting in an extremely serious situation.
Xiao Ruxun himself was a typical example of a general holding military power for himself to rebel. After establishing the Daqin dynasty, many people secretly speculated that Xiao Ruxun would certainly learn from Ming Taizu to kill meritorious officials, or at least learn from Zhao Kuangyin to release troops after drinking wine.
But to their surprise, Xiao Ruxun did not kill meritorious officials, nor did he have the right to release troops after drinking wine.
The generals were still the same, with higher status, more power, more troops, no killing, no dismissal.
Some people still thought that it was not time to kill the donkey after the grinding was over. The emperor would definitely start to purge this group of senior officials after the northern expedition. Zhu Yuanzhang did not do it right after establishing the country, right?
To this view, Xiao Ruxun could only say that they thought too much. Xiao Ruxun would not kill people casually. As long as no one raised the flag of rebellion, he would not kill meritorious officials who followed him to rebel, because there was no need.
Since the establishment of the Zhennan Army, Xiao Ruxun had insisted on getting along with the soldiers at the bottom of the general to directly to give orders to the grass-roots troops, and cultivated the habit of the army to follow the highest command. Xiao Xiao Army of the Army had the habit of obeying.
In addition, he used the opportunity of educating the soldiers to read and write to instill the idea of loyalty to the highest ruler in the long run. Starting from every soldier at the lowest level, he told them who they should be loyal to, who gave them food to eat, clothes to wear, and never stopped.
In the early days of the country, Xiao Ruxun did not dare to say that he was so powerful that he could control the hearts of every soldier, but at least if the generals wanted to lead troops to rebel, it would not be on a large scale.
Many people's worries were unfounded from the beginning, because Xiao Ruxun had been very thorough in the ideological education of the army since the establishment of the country, and had never relaxed.
After the country was established, he used his power and status to establish a military academy. From the very beginning, he cultivated low-level officers who were loyal to the emperor and to the Daqin. He planned to use them to change the blood of the army. Batch by batch, they would enter the grass-roots of the army and gradually replace all the low-level officers.
Then, through their direct command of the ordinary soldiers, with literacy education and the leadership of low-level officers, the army would be completely cultivated into an army loyal to the emperor and the Daqin. No middle or high-ranking officers or generals could think about using them for personal matters, such as rebellion.
The reorganization of the Qin Army gave Xiao Ruxun the best opportunity. He broke up the army and reorganized it, incorporating one thousand military academy students into it. In the fourth year of Longwu, another one thousand military academy students were incorporated.
By the time the reorganization of the Qin Army was basically completed in the fifth year of Longwu, three thousand military academy graduates at the grass-roots level had already taken control of a considerable portion of the grass-roots officer positions in the regular army of the one million Qin Army, and the original old officers had been promoted, further isolating themselves from the grass-roots soldiers.
And starting from the sixth year of Longwu next year, every year, two thousand military academy graduates would enter the army, filling the positions of grass-roots officers and important positions in the army. While helping the Qin Army complete its modernization, it was enough to firmly control the army in the central court, in the hands of the emperor.
This army was definitely the Qin Army, not any private army. No matter where it was, it was the same.
It was the same for the navy. The graduates of the Navy Military Academy would also enter the Royal Daqin Navy, assuming the positions of grass-roots officers. First they would practice, then they would take up their posts. From the bottom up, the navy would be completely changed, and the influence of the old generals of the Zhennan Army, such as Jiang Dahai, would be completely wiped out at the grass-roots level.
Let the high-ranking generals become legends, become the symbol of honor, and not the existence of actual control of the army. This was the reason why Xiao Ruxun did not need to slaughter meritorious officials, and did not need to drink wine to release his military power.
Although the first few years were extremely busy, and the expenditure was considerable, when the most difficult period was over, when the success appeared, and the dividends appeared, it was unimaginably refreshing and carefree.
The modernization of the Qin Army was basically completed, and the standard construction of the Qin Army was progressing step by step from the bottom up. The Commanders of the eight major armies were respected, and had great power. But the key was, when there was no transfer order from the General Staff Department, they could at most mobilize a personal guard of fifty people to go out for private affairs.
Training?
No need to trouble, I will send them to you when they are done.
Lecture?
No need to trouble, the grass-roots squad leader and deputy squad leader would wake up every morning and lead the soldiers to face the flying dragon flag of Daqin and the emperor's handwritten 'Soul of the Daqin Army'.
Daily training?
No need to trouble, with the battalion-level army as the organization, the high-ranking general only needed to give a notice, and the various levels of the army would prepare themselves according to the rules and regulations.
The Daqin Army's rules and regulations were so perfect that it made people speechless. From big things like marching and fighting to small things like urinating and defecating, there were clear procedures and regulations.
When to do what, how to do what, how to do what, how to ask for help if there was a grievance, there were standard procedures.
Wake up, wash up, run laps, eat breakfast, take a bath, exercise in the morning, lunch, nap, exercise in the afternoon, dinner, study at night, and sleep. This was a set of standard procedures. All kinds of living rules and regulations were also very perfect. Everyone had to do it, and those who did not would be punished.
Under such detailed regulations, under the leadership of the officers who graduated from the military academy, the army began a comprehensive self-reform. Under the leadership of the officers and the strict punishment of the military rules, the Qin Army used a very short time to get rid of the old appearance, showing a new face.
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