“… There are 2 400-material war-mounted ships, 10 large-scale war-catching ships, 16 medium-sized war-catching ships, and 32 large and small sand ships, all of which are ships that can go to sea for combat transportation. The officers and men of the Tianjin and Denglai Naval Divisions were rated at 7,200, but the actual number was 3,120..."

Wang Chengen read it while holding a document, and peeked at Chongzhen's face from time to time from the corner of his eyes. Zhu Youzhen just frowned, and finally didn't hold back his temperament, and listened to Wang Chengen finish reading this document about the Northern Water Division.

Zhu Youzhen rubbed his eyebrows and said, "Let the General Staff give an order, and the Tianjin and Denglai naval divisions will be merged." Let the chief officer of the two sailors each submit a plan for the rectification of the sailor, and the winner will be the main position, and the inferior will be the deputy.

In addition, cadets were selected from the Army Military Academy to survey the terrain near Tianjin and produce detailed topographic maps.

In addition, he ordered the Tianjin Navy Division to send people to survey the hydrological data near the Haihe River and the Tianjin estuary, and let the Denglai Navy Division survey the hydrological data of Denglai, Bohai, Lushun and Phi Dao, and to map the topographic map, location and resources of each island..."

When Zhu Youzhen came to the camp in the northern suburbs again, he immediately found that the appearance of the entire camp had finally changed slightly.

The barracks were finally separated from the family and civilian areas. A group of workers are busy building a dividing wall, and glutinous rice lime slurry is boiling next to them, which is then mixed with the configured yellow mud river sand, which is the ancient building adhesive used to replace cement.

Looking away from them, there were more workers busy in the camp in the distance, repairing the barracks that had not been repaired in a long time.

Zhu Youzhen stopped and watched outside the south gate of the camp for a long time, until Yu Zhigao, Wu Fangyuan, Wan Ming and others got the news and rushed out to greet him.

Only then did Zhu Youzhen retract his gaze and asked them, "How is it, are there any difficulties in building barracks and materials?" ”

Wan Ming hurriedly said: "Other materials are enough, and there is no shortage of manpower." It's just that this brick can't be helped. Now the land is still frozen, and it is not suitable to burn bricks, so we can only use some of last year's stock, and we can only use some broken walls to use first. ”

Zhu Youzhen thought for a while and said: "I see that most of the walls in the inner city are useless, and after you discuss with the Shuntian Mansion, everything that can be demolished will be demolished." ”

Yu Zhigao, who was in charge of the defense of the capital, didn't dare to listen to Chongzhen, he immediately advised: "Your Majesty, the wall of the inner city is a defensive facility used to continue to resist the enemy's attack after the outer wall is broken by the enemy, which is related to the safety of Your Majesty, and it cannot be demolished." ”

Zhu Youzhen smiled and said, "The enemy can break through the outer wall, and will they be afraid of this small wall?" What's more, when that moment really comes, will anyone be able to resist? I don't believe it. If you go and tell Shuntianfu, you will say that I said it. ”

After Zhu Youzhen finished speaking, he didn't wait for Yu Zhigao to respond, he took Sun Chengzong and others into the camp gate, and then turned to the big church field to the west.

The 697 recruits belonging to the Yingzhou Zuotun Guard stood in the southeast corner of the Great Sect Field, looking like a fly on a piece of white cloth from a high vantage point. About two-thirds of the recruits standing here are from the original Huangzhuang Zhuangke.

After the restructuring, they changed from Zhuangke to military households under the name of Weisu. Although they had eaten enough for the first time in the New Year, the rumors of the miserable life of the sergeants that they heard at home on weekdays made them still full of resistance and fear after accepting the draft.

In the mouths of those Zhuang Ke who have seen the world, joining the army is equivalent to giving up their lives. Needless to say, death on the battlefield is not to be said, even if you drink raw water in the field on the march, you will get sick and die; Death penalty for violating military law; Offending Shangguan is also a dead end.

In addition to these horrific ways of death, the usual military salaries and rations had to be deducted by the officials, and the recruits had to be bullied by the old soldiers. In fact, although these recruits stood on the colonel's field, they all cowered and were lifeless.

Although when they arrived at the barracks yesterday, each of them ate a bowl of noodles. This makes people feel that the military camp here is not the same as the legend.

But many more people feel that this bowl of noodles is the same as the last meal on the execution ground, which is to let them eat a good meal so that they can go to hell.

In the eyes of Sun Chengzong, Yu Zhigao and other officials, these recruits were no different from the soldiers of the Beijing battalion. If anything, it should be that these recruits look more timid and wooden. They had some doubts in their hearts, could such a soldier be better than the Beijing battalion that was dismantled?

The 697 recruits were lined up in 7 rows, which was the result of half a day spent by several military discipline officers under Wu Fangyuan. For the first time in their lives, these recruits who had left the village so far away always wanted to be huddled with acquaintances from the same village, so as to get rid of the fear of coming to an unfamiliar place.

They didn't understand why the soldiers in military uniforms always had to separate them and make them stand on a ridge like they were planting wheat in a field. However, under the threat of the bamboo whips in the hands of these military discipline officers, they were finally aggrieved to arrange the wheat in rows.

Zhu Youzhen watched these recruits very carefully, and he inspected in front of each platoon, not caring about the uneasiness of standing outside the array.

It took nearly half an hour for him to finally walk back to where the officials were standing, which finally relieved Lian Shanxiang and Wu Huai, who were guarding.

Zhu Youzhen's face was a little solemn, and he was a little worried. These peasant children, who seem to have just come out of the eggshell and can't find their mother's chicks, can really train to be warriors to fight the Houjin bandits?

Zhu Youzhen watched silently for a while, and these recruits who had not yet changed into red fat jacket uniforms immediately opened their mouths and said to them: "I am Zhu Youzhen, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and I am very happy that you can obey the orders of the imperial court and come to serve the country.

The term of your service is five years, and a person may be less than 10 five years from birth to death. In other words, you will spend a tenth of your life in the military.

What exactly is the point of military service? Perhaps in the minds of some of you, you think that joining the army is to go to the battlefield for the court and kill the enemy, so as to get the reward of the court and change your life.

Some people may think that joining the army is another form of imperial conscription, and as long as they can get through the service period as soon as possible, they can go home to reunite with their families and live a stable rural life...

Before your military service, it is normal to have these thoughts. But if I still think this way after 5 years of service, then it will be a failure and a shame for me and for this country.

I believe that the army should not only train you to be invincible warriors on the battlefield, but also to educate you to be warriors who build your homeland.

We don't just have to learn the skills to fight, we have to understand why we go to the battlefield and who we're fighting for. ”

Zhu Youzhen's impassioned speeches to these recruits did not receive much response. The soldiers could not even write their own names, and they did not understand what the emperor was saying at all.

However, the Great Tomorrow, who had been rumored in their ears for a long time, was the same as the heavenly immortals, and was out of reach with them, actually spoke to them in front of them and encouraged them.

The children of peasant families who had never even seen the county lord in their hometown finally felt that it seemed that the life in the military camp was not as terrible as the legend said. There was less cringe on their faces and more smiles, and it seemed that the whole team had become a little more lively.

After seeing that the recruits in front of him were no longer like silent stakes, Zhu Youzhen smiled and said to them: "You all already know me, now you all report your names one by one in order, from left to right, so that I can also get to know you, okay?" ”

With the help of several officers, the recruits, after a while of scrambling, finally learned how to call their names in order.

They had never encountered this kind of thing at home, which made it feel new to them, and it seemed like a fun game. For this group of 18-20-year-olds, this is the first time they have experienced the joy of collective life.

During the registration process, the recruits began to get to know each other, and the barriers between the different villages seemed to have weakened, and for the first time they introduced themselves in a certain row, not a certain village.

Sun Chengzong and Yu Zhigao seemed to turn a blind eye to the emperor's nonsense, and they tossed with Chongzhen's temperament, this group of peasants who could not be called soldiers.

Lu Jishan and Yuan Chonghuan carefully observed the emotional changes of these recruits, and they seemed to be thinking about something in their hearts.

Mao Yuanyi was somewhat unimpressed by Chongzhen's behavior, believing that the emperor's current behavior completely violated the regulations.

Before the Wuyingdian Conference, Mao Yuanyi believed that a strong army should first train military formations, as well as improve ordnance and equipment, which was the truth he read from the training records of the Qi family's army.

However, after he was speechless by the young emperor's refutation at the Wuyingdian meeting, he began to revise various military regulations.

As this work continued to deepen, he suddenly became aware that if the army could train and fight in full accordance with the regulations, then the irreproducible Qi family army would be able to reappear in the army sequence of the Ming Dynasty.

The more Mao Yuanyi revised the regulations, the more he felt that the current regulations were too vulgar. Even some of the regulations that he had just amended himself, when he looked at them again a few days later, he felt that there was room for further additions and amendments.

Mao Yuanyi's actions really did not conform to the tradition of famous religions, and even Lu Jishan and Yuan Chonghuan felt that his behavior was a bit crazy.

Mao Yuanyi expanded the regulations on marching 30 miles a day in enemy-occupied areas from the conditions of terrain, weather, distance of enemy troops, and grain and straw carried by our side.

Lu Jishan once took Mao Yuanyi's regulations to evaluate, "These regulations formulated by Shi Min completely treat the army as a group of thoughtless idiots..."

However, for this ordinance to guide idiots, the emperor supported it, and began to try it out in the capital camp.

However, Mao Yuanyi knows very well that the emperor is the only one who supports the regulations he compiled. Sun Chengzong and Yu Zhigao remained silent on this issue, while no one else, including the officers of the Beijing camp, liked this regulation that even eating and had to be managed.

In order to ensure the implementation of the regulations in Beijing, he finally kept his mouth shut and did not comment on the emperor's behavior.