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v12 Chapter 56: Ideological education should be strength

We should train troops horizontally and vertically, not just spend money on artillery and warships, but also ask the shogunate to spend more money on the investment in infantry and cavalry, and make a little more money.

Tokugawa Keibao's meaning is also very direct. He has known Chuemon for many years, and even his position as the head of the Owari family is arched up by Chuemon. Talk to Chuemon, even if you go straight, say whatever you want. As long as you're right, it doesn't matter if you don't agree with Chuemon.

The shogunate has the intention to reorganize the army and military, which is a good thing, but be sure to ask a bowl of water to level it. So that in the end the navy and army will feel that they have suffered some grievances, what will happen in the end.

This kid looks a long way...

Chuemon nodded silently, agreeing with what he said, and immediately followed suit. Said that it could be negotiated to increase the annual salary of the soldiers of the training team from 15 taels or 22 taels to one year, and the cameras would increase by 2 taels or 3 taels. As for the non-commissioned officers, a certain amount is also increased according to the level.

In the past, the shogunate did invest a lot in the navy. This is not only because of the fact that the British, Japanese, Japanese, and Mighty animals come from the sea, but also because Japan itself is an island country.

Historically, it was not until Tokugawa Keiki came to power that he fully realized that there seemed to be an uneven development between land and sea. The navy has bought ironclad ships, but the army still has two or three kittens. So he signed a betrayal treaty with the French, loaned 6 million francs to the French in advance, and formed more army units.

It's just that he discovered it too late. The shogunate had the largest naval force in the country, but the army force was quite ordinary. The combat power can only be said to be mediocre, similar to the troops of the foreign princes. In the battle of Fushimi Toba, he was defeated in the first battle, and then he never won any dazzling records in the land battle.

At present, Tokugawa Keibao has indeed reminded Chuemon, although the shogunate of this plane continues to invest in the training team, but it mainly invests in weapons and equipment, and the personnel simply hire foreign instructors to come and practice. The salary given is naturally better than that of ordinary town people, but it cannot be regarded as generous.

Who knows whether the biggest threat to the Shogunate in the future will come from the sea or from within?

Keibao Tokugawa, who has been in Kyoto for a long time, obviously has his own unique views on certain issues. Since he said so, the ministers of the shogunate cabinet must think carefully.

After saying this, Tokugawa Keibao said that he had said everything he had to say, and the rest was loyal and brave. Anyway, General, just call me if you have anything, and I'll be there whenever I call. After only resting for one night, I caught the early bus and went back to Kyoto.

What a loyal servant!

Since what he said makes sense, Zhongemon will naturally have to continue to gather his confidants to discuss it. The shogunate's navy has grown to a certain size, and its development is on the right track. It just needs to keep the momentum going, and the shogunate now has to turn its attention a little bit to the army training team for possible future challenges.

How to strengthen the army?

Chuemon looked at the ministers under his seat, following what Tokugawa Keibao thought. You give the soldiers of the training team some salaries, so that their families can live more decently, this is the minimum.

Don't be like some places, what "little red guy", "thief with army" and so on. It is absolutely impossible to make it look like being in the army is very low in social status. At the very least, let the soldiers live better than ordinary people, and make ordinary people envious to a certain extent, so that it is easy to unite the soldiers around the shogunate and the generals.

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That's right, the current finances of the shogunate can afford a small salary increase, and naturally no one will refuse. Plus, give him a raise.

After that, we have to find a way to enhance the sense of honor of the army, so that they have the tendency to crush the old-fashioned feudal army. It is best to have a certain degree of contempt and confidence in the semi-feudal and semi-modernized armies of some foreign princes.

"It is necessary to make all the sergeants know that they are loyal and brave to serve the public, and everything is about defending the shogunate." Matsudaira Qixuan's meaning is very clear, is there any way to strengthen the ideological education of the army.

He was clearly not referring to the continental single nation-states, armed with nationalist ideology. Although Matsudaira was exposed to various cultural knowledge in Europe and the United States, he was more aware of those modern military and scientific knowledge. For ideological things, I know less.

If the idea of ​​nationalism is used, then to some extent, it is easy to incite the soldiers' fighting ability and the sense of honor of being united.

But it's not that Japan is not actually unified. One vassal is one country, so what if they are all Japanese? Those college students who study abroad may still have a sense of the whole country as one. Ordinary people can't imagine so much.

It is not so appropriate to engage in nationalism in Japan at the moment, and the effect may not be very good. Some people may think that this is conducive to promoting the unity of the country. But unifying this thing is also contrary to the shogunate system under Chuemon's buttocks. At least many lords and daimyo will have a feeling of resistance.

In short, this matter may not be suitable for the shogunate to use for the time being, and it is better to use another method.

"Then how to teach the soldiers of the training team?" Suke Liu heard Matsudaira Qi Xuan, but he didn't have a clue for a while.

"Well..." Songping Qixuan opened his mouth, but didn't say anything.

About the salary increase, Tokugawa Keibao said. The rest of the ancient books say that it is nothing more than teaching soldiers to be loyal and inspiring them to fight bravely. Then reward and punish, and strictly enforce military discipline. But this is a set of things of the feudal army. The shogunate is a feudal shogunate, but the shogunate hopes that the training team is a modern army.

The size is also a paradox. UU reading www.uukanshu.com The shogunate means that the brain and the **** are not matched. No way, in times of great change, something like this will always happen.

However, Matsudaira Qixuan's words reminded Chuemon. Strengthen ideological education, right? How did the new government army in the history of this thing do?

"Soldier's Edict"!

How to say this thing, it's okay to use it. It is nothing more than changing the main content to the ancestors of the Tokugawa clan, the ancestors of the Tokugawa clan, the ancestors of the ancestors, and the ancestors.

In addition to this set of things, there is another set of things that everyone may be more familiar with. The set that is often used in later generations is called something. Chuemon's mind flashed through the appearance of Chang'e.

Dear sincere!