You can't only love the Qing Dynasty when you're eating the fruits of others' labor.

Chapter 214 My Great Qing Dynasty finally has its Blue-Tasseled Warm Hat Imperial Guards

In late autumn, the cold wind was biting.

The South City Training Ground was filled with people standing neatly in rows.

A captain ran to the platform and knelt on one knee.

"Reporting to the commander, all soldiers in the training department have assembled and are awaiting your instructions."

Jiang Qingyun:
"From now on, all the soldiers in the training department will be called 'Tiqi'."

"As ordered."

"Remember, as a member of the Imperial Guard, loyalty comes first, and there is no retreat unless death comes."

"We swear to defend the Qing Dynasty to the death, to protect the Emperor to the death, and to support you to the death."

The 500 teenagers at the scene shouted in unison.

Jiang Qingyun nodded in satisfaction; the morale of the troops was high.

He walked down the platform unhurriedly, went into a nearby house, and when he came out again after a while, everyone was stunned.

We saw that our Lord Jiang was wearing a blue-tasseled warm hat, a red cotton-padded jacket, black riding breeches, black riding boots, a gray coarse cloth overcoat that went past his knees, and a wide leather belt around his waist.

……

Jiang Qingyun patted his new official robes:

"Brothers, to highlight the uniqueness of the Training Office, the uniforms of the Imperial Guards will be the only ones of their kind in the Qing Dynasty. From now on, no matter what rank an official is, they will tremble in fear whenever they see these uniforms."

"All personnel, listen to my command: Change into your uniforms!"

The origins of these 500 young men were complex: soldiers from the Five Cities Garrison, soldiers from the Tongzhou Green Standard Army, Manchu bannermen on the southern expedition, Han bannermen on the southern expedition, Mongol bannermen on the southern expedition, and officials and students who accompanied the southern expedition.

The only thing they had in common was that they were all young.

"Isn't this just our old warm hat, with the red tassels dyed blue?"

"No way, didn't you notice that this hat is a bit too big and a bit too thin?"

The crowd chattered for a while, saying that although the gray coarse cloth coat covering them was rather ugly, it was warm enough.

The most unfamiliar thing is the tight belt, as traditional Qing dynasty clothing never had a waist-cinching design.

"The general has arrived!"

Everyone immediately fell silent and stood ramrod straight.

Jiang Qingyun nodded slightly:
"Very good, very energetic!"

"Unifying official uniforms is for the purpose of unifying thought. Unifying thought is for the purpose of unifying stance. Unifying stance is for the purpose of unifying action. In the Training Office, there is no distinction between Manchus, Mongols, Han soldiers, or Green Standard Army; there are only the glorious imperial guards and only trustworthy brothers."

"have you understood?"

"As ordered."

Jiang Qingyun was very serious:
"What are the duties of the Discipline Office? What are its objectives? What are the key points? I'm sure you don't know. I will personally give you four lessons."

"The first lesson: The significance of political tutelage."

"The second lesson, our enemy."

"The third lesson: Our methods."

"Lesson Four: The Empire's Goals."

……

The members of the Imperial Guards were of mixed backgrounds, and their levels of education varied greatly. Jiang Qingyun tried his best to explain the most profound principles to these uneducated men in the simplest language, which really tested his basic skills.

The "Chiang Kai-shek ideology," which incorporates the essence of many ideas, is highly persuasive, and the audience listened with great enthusiasm.

If young people under the age of 20 don't get excited when they hear his theory, they can basically conclude that he is a eunuch.

Finally~
He concluded the long course with the statement that "there are many traitors lurking within the empire, and upholding the emperor and eliminating traitors is the primary mission of the disciplinary office."

After Jiang Qingyun left.

Hailin, a student at Jingshan Official School, and a dozen or so literate young people were responsible for leading everyone in reciting "Jiang Xun".

A leader—Jiang Qingyun.

Two kinds of loyalty—loyalty to the Qing Dynasty and loyalty to the Infantry Commander's Office.

Three vows to the death: to defend the Qing Dynasty to the death, to protect the Emperor to the death, and to support Lord Chiang to the death.

The four unifications are: unified official attire, unified ideology, unified stance, and unified action.

Five things that must be killed: traitors, internal collaborators, corrupt officials, tyrannical foreigners, and dissidents.

Hailin told everyone with deep emotion:

"The Emperor's grace is boundless, and Jiang's favor is magnanimous. All the guards in the Training Department can enjoy the salary and benefits of a fifth-rank official from the court, as well as special internal benefits, ensuring that we have no worries when we are on duty."

We attend classes and read aloud every day.

In the classrooms, a large portrait of Emperor Shunzhi hung in front, and a small portrait of Jiang Qingyun hung in the back.

Morning: Reading aloud, reciting, and volunteering to go up to the podium to share their thoughts with the public.

Afternoon: Various physical training exercises to enhance team spirit.

Evening: Take a cold shower, have a snack, and learn to read and write.

……

Emperor Shunzhi was in a great hurry, extremely impatient. Jiang Qingyun was in a very awkward position.

This is like joining a new corporation with an operations team. You need to produce results as soon as possible, or you'll be fired by an extremely short-sighted board of directors.

The board of directors didn't want to hear anything about long-term interests or laying a solid foundation.

Your operations team needs to come up with a complete adjustment plan this month, it must be fully launched next month, and results must be visible the month after that!

Otherwise, all operations will be shut down.

Obviously, operations are not a god.

Then we'll have to lie.
Nine out of ten operations staff are liars, and the tenth is a master liar. Through various manipulations, the data team first achieves a breakthrough, then presents the good news to the board of directors.

How similar the world is! While training the Imperial Guards, Jiang Qingyun ordered the Archives Department of the Infantry Commander's Office to carry out a massive task—archiving documents!
Create files for all Manchus in the capital, regardless of gender or age!

The information in the banner soldiers' files in the original Ministry of Revenue archives was too rudimentary, so it was improved and updated.

The Infantry Commander's Office notified each Zuo Ling (military commander), who then brought people from their respective Niu Lu (military unit) to record the information.

……

"Name?"

"Suhotai".

Which flag?

"True white flag."

"Official position".

"Commander (佐领)".

"age."

"32."

"address?"

"The second house in Dengcao Hutong".

"Place of origin."

“Shuipao Village, on the outskirts of Shengjing City.”

Have you been to school?

"I studied at the official school for half a year, learned some characters, and could barely write them."

Who else is in the family?

"Gone."

"But the Ministry of Revenue's records show that you have a wife and three children?"

"All dead."

"died?"

"Yes."

"Wulinzhu? That name sounds familiar. Oh, so she was your wife. Oh dear, hahaha, I understand, she really is dead."

The clerk's smile was ambiguous.

"I will continue to ask you, Suhetai, what battles have you participated in? What military achievements have you made? What punishments have you received for your crimes? Who was the officer in charge of rewarding or punishing you?"

"Please note that you must answer truthfully, and the time and place must be correct."

Half an hour later~
A brand new file has been completed.

"can I go now?"

"No rush, there's one last step. Please follow me~"

……

The two walked into the next room one after the other, and there were three portraits of people wearing dragon robes hanging on the wall.

"Do you know Suhetai?"

"Is it the Emperor, Taizong, or Taizu of our Great Qing Dynasty?"

"That's right, kneel down."

Suhetai immediately knelt obediently on the prayer mat.

Clerk:

"Since you can read, you don't need me to lead you in reading. Just put your right hand on your chest, read it aloud, and when you're done, sign your name and put your fingerprint on the back, and then you can leave."

Suhetai:
"I swear, I will always remember my duties as a bannerman, always put the court first, and always put the Emperor's decrees first. I swear to defend the Qing Dynasty to the death, to protect the Emperor to the death, and to support Jiang Qing to the death!"

Suhetai was furious; a strange name had infiltrated the group.

"This...this is overstepping my bounds!!"

"Really? Let me see what's going on." The clerk snatched the paper away and said calmly, "I gave you the wrong one. Here's a different one."

The oath-taking ceremony has ended.

Before Su Hetai left, the clerk loudly asked, "Commander Su, is Wulinzhu's famous instrument really winding and curving?"

(End of this chapter)