Everyone immediately stood and looked at Su Chengyu.

"First of all, I, the commander of the Longwei New Army Corps, with the rank of lieutenant colonel." In order to make the system clear, Su Chengyu had to give himself a position first, and then continued, "From now on, as long as I am in the army, I will only be the commander of the legion, and I will no longer be the king of the county." You can only call me a commander in the barracks. ”

Since it is an army, it must completely comply with the management method of the military system. Da Ming has always liked to intervene in the military by administrative means, and he also made some preparations in advance to put an end to this evil.

The officers looked at each other, and then said in unison, "Yes!" ”

Su Chengyu continued his personnel appointment, "Yu Xin, appointed as the commander of the first infantry battalion, and the captain of the rank. ”

"Yes!"

"Huang Qishou, Li Ying, Liu Chang, Wei Hua, Qian Dapeng, Xia Fuxian, the commander of the first to sixth companies under the jurisdiction of any battalion, and the rank of lieutenant."

"Yes!"

"Brother Zhu, temporarily serving as the company commander of the 11th and 12th companies of the cavalry, and the captain of the rank."

"Yes!"

"Liu Guoxuan, the commander of the independent infantry company, and the rank of lieutenant."

"Yes!"

"Chen Xiongfei, the commander of the 31st Independent Artillery Company, with the rank of lieutenant." Although Chen Xiongfei was born as a showman, he has always been interested in the military and has read a lot of military books. Let him be in charge of artillery, mainly because he has some knowledge, which is helpful for learning the necessary mathematical and geometric knowledge of artillery.

"Yes!"

"Shi Lin, the general manager of Ren Ren's soldiers, a lieutenant in the rank." The pro-soldier company is basically composed of the former royal guards, and naturally it is still led by Shi Lin.

"Yes!"

After arranging the main officers above the company level, Su Chengyu said: "As for the junior officers of your own department, the candidates for each draft will be submitted to me for approval, and in principle, the officers will not choose those who have been recruited for crimes. After a month of training, adjust according to performance. ”

"Yes!" Several people said in unison.

Su Chengyu looked at several foreigners and said, "Macedo, as the chief instructor of the whole battalion, the captain of the military rank." Faro, Vicente, chief instructor of infantry, rank second lieutenant. Pastore, chief instructor of cavalry, rank lieutenant. Colloé, chief instructor of artillery, rank lieutenant. ”

After several foreigners heard the translation, they immediately said yes.

It's just that when the Ming officers heard that several Yiren soldiers were of such a high rank, they couldn't help but be a little unconvinced, but Su Chengyu personally gave the post, and they could only suppress the thoughts in their hearts.

"Let's talk about the officer." Su Chengyu's words immediately drew everyone's attention, "Captain officer, 45 taels per month." Lieutenant officer 30 taels. Ensign officer 20 taels. The third rank of non-commissioned officers is 8 taels, 6 taels, and 4 taels. ”

As soon as his words fell, the eyes of the following people were about to pop out - 45 taels a month, 540 taels a year! Even if Li Ying, Liu Chang and a few other former generals or hundred generals, who are now second lieutenant officers, they can get as much as 240 taels a year. This is four or five times higher than their previous income, and it is impossible for them to earn so much with the empty salary they ate before.

When several officers of the Dragon Guard Battalion inquired about the commissions of foreign mercenaries, they finally found some balance in their hearts.

Su Chengyu knew that if he wanted officers not to be corrupt and not to eat empty salaries, they had to pay them military salaries that matched their abilities and official positions, otherwise they could only "figure out their own ways" everywhere. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, a large amount of military expenditure was invested, but the combat effectiveness of the troops was low, and the soldiers lived in hardship, and the biggest reason was that more than eighty percent of the salary was embezzled by the officers!

"The whole battalion is assembled on the school grounds according to the new formation." Su Chengyu ordered.

"Yes!"

About a quarter of an hour later, Su Chengyu came to the school and found that except for the pro-soldier company and Liu Guoxuan's clan bravery, the other soldiers were still in a mess and didn't even stand in line.

You must know that these soldiers were originally practicing all over the school grounds, and the farthest distance was only fifty zhang.

He sighed in his heart, these half-peasant and half-army guards are almost to this extent, and there is still a long way to go if they want to train them into an invincible and strong army.

However, when the more than 1,000 people finished the team, the army green uniforms that were brushed together were very spectacular at a glance, and they were quite a bit of the spirit of a mighty army.

"Maybe you already know that I am the king of Chenzhou in the current dynasty." Su Chengyu stood on a wooden platform more than two feet high and said loudly, "But from now on, I am only the commander of the New Army of the Dragon Guard. There is only one thing I want to do - attack Jianyu in the north and restore the Daming rivers and mountains! May you join me in your efforts! ”

"As a welcome gift, I will announce the good news first." He continued, "I asked the Holy Lord some time ago to cancel the military membership of all the soldiers of the Longwei New Army. The Holy One has been allowed to play. ”

All the non-commissioned officers, including the officers, looked at each other, knowing that it is extremely troublesome to cancel a person's military registration, and now more than 800 military registrations have been canceled at once! But after a moment of silence, the soldiers were in an uproar.

"Really? No military status?! ”

"I'm not a military household anymore! I have to worship my ancestors! ”

"My kid won't have to be a soldier in the future! Ha ha! ”

The officer immediately stood up and reprimanded, and the team quickly fell silent. However, almost all the soldiers could still be seen with excitement, their eyes lit up, and even their hands and feet trembled a little.

Military status, in the Ming Dynasty, was an inferior status. Now that they have taken off their military status, they can finally go home as farmers with their heads held high! Even many people are thinking in their hearts that they have to find a way to leave the army.

Su Chengyu was not surprised at all by the soldier's reaction, and then said in a loud voice: "The military salary standard will be announced below."

"In the future, the monthly salary of a senior soldier is three taels and five cents, the first class soldier is three taels of silver, the second class soldier is two taels and one dollar, and the third class soldier is one or four cents."

There was an uproar on the school field again - compared with the previous military salary of only four coins, the senior soldier has increased nearly eight times! Even the lowest privates were paid more than three times as much as before.

The soldier who was still thinking about how to leave the army just now instantly threw the thought of leaving into the clouds. At present, it is possible to get a monthly salary of three or five cents, and the fool will leave.

Nowadays, a county magistrate is only converted to more than four taels per month, and many of them are issued with treasure banknotes that often depreciate a hundred times. is a big-headed soldier himself, and this salary is almost about to catch up with the magistrate.

Su Chengyu dared to pay such a high military salary with confidence. First of all, he pursued the strategy of a small number of elite soldiers, unlike the traditional feudal army, which often numbered hundreds of thousands, so even if everyone's salary was very high, the total amount was not much. Secondly, he has opened the overseas market for crucible steel, and Guang Jiliang buys 10,000 catties of steel every month, which is enough for him to feed ten battalions of troops. Moreover, he believes that with the quality of crucible steel, sales should increase exponentially in the future. In fact, he still has a lot of ways to make money in his head, and he is confident that there will definitely be no problem in the economic aspect in the future.

Su Chengyu did not stop there, and continued to "bomb" the soldiers' little livers, "In addition, those who have been in service for five years and have not violated discipline can get one and a half acres of land, and ten years, they can get another two acres." Meritorious service recipients may also be given additional land according to the size of their merits. ”

People in this era love land, and it is best to use land as a reward, and in addition, having land at home can also enhance their sense of belonging to the country.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty court allocated a lot of land to the military households of the guards, but most of them were occupied by officers, and the low-level soldiers did not have land, which was also an important reason for the poor centripetal force of the army.

In fact, even if the 400,000 army is divided into four or five acres of land per person, it will not exceed two million acres. And the Ming Dynasty guard station tuntian 40 million acres! On the contrary, the soldiers had no land in their homes.

At this time, even the officers couldn't suppress the bullets, and the soldiers couldn't suppress the excitement in their hearts, and they turned their heads and ears one after another.