I Am the Crown Prince in France

Chapter 136 With the army in hand, I own the world! (happy New Year)

The selection of ordinary soldiers is relatively easy. Priority will be given to those with good performance on resumes, and those who have violated military discipline or criminal records will be eliminated. An infantry regiment and a cavalry battalion, a total of more than 1,700 soldiers, were picked up in a few days.

What is more troublesome is the screening of officers.

In accordance with the instructions of the Crown Prince, Berthier eliminated all school-level officers, leaving only the captain.

There is no need to worry about the lack of mid-level and high-level commanders, because many of the captain officers have the capabilities of mid-level officers, but they have been stuck in the lieutenant rank just because of their background or lack of money.

Discover some outstanding ones from these people and improve them to have far greater combat capabilities than the original hereditary officers.

Among the remaining officers, no one from a noble family was left behind, and some of the officers with low moral character had to be eliminated. The entire selection process lasted for more than ten days before it was completed.

When Joseph received the report that Berthier's team had been compiled, he immediately "miraculously" got off the hospital bed and took off the bandage on his arm - in fact, the wound had healed long ago, leaving only a small scar.

The next day, he came to Paris and visited the public trial of Theodore, the mastermind of the shelling of the farmhouse, and several of his men.

The so-called trial was just a show. In order to appease public anger, the verdict was actually decided a few days in advance.

Theodore and Chemour, who ordered the cannon at the scene, were sentenced to beheading, while several other accomplices were given different sentences such as imprisonment or hard labor.

When the judge of the military court announced the verdict, loud cheers suddenly erupted in the square in front of the Paris City Hall.

Many people shouted "Revenge for the Axels" and raindrops of stones were thrown at Theodore. If the gendarmes hadn't blocked them with shields, the murderers wouldn't have had to go to the execution ground and would have been killed directly.

Then, amid the cheers of the crowd, Joseph climbed up and announced:

"The injuries I suffered during the attack have healed. After review, the 'pests' in the French Guard have been eliminated, and the other officers and soldiers are innocent. I hope everyone will stop disturbing them."

People immediately shouted again:

"Thank God, the crown prince is safe."

"Praise be to the Crown Prince for his kindness."

"May God grant the Crown Prince good health."

"Long live the Crown Prince!"

At the same time, the newspapers controlled by Joseph also began to cooperate, focusing all the blame on Bessonval, or Théodore and others, propagating that other members of the French Guard were not responsible.

It only hurt the officers who were reported in the first place. Their crimes of corruption or beating soldiers were found out, and they were used as sacrifices to calm the public anger.

Less than a week later, the review by the French Guard was completed. The public opinion that once caused an uproar quickly forgot about this matter.

The officers and soldiers of the French Guards who had escaped the disaster were overjoyed. They wanted to celebrate, but suddenly they thought that the responsibility of defending Paris had been handed over to the two regiments sent by the Flanders Brigade - which had been renamed " Paris Legion".

And they were deprived of the title of the French Guard and changed to the "Marette Corps", and could only be stationed in a remote town...

However, some of them soon saw the light - their new regiment commander, Lieutenant Colonel Berthier, took them, and Odolik's cavalry battalion, to leave the Maret Corps station and go to Paris, which they were familiar with. Mars School Ground in the southern suburbs.

These more than 2,200 people are basically the most elite part of the original French Guard.

The newly appointed commander of the Marat Corps, Marquis Marat, looked extremely helpless when he looked at the remaining more than 1,500 officers and soldiers.

At present, any officer who has the ability or background is willing to take over the French Guards mess? Marrett is the weakling who was sent to wipe his ass.

Before he came to take office, he had heard that Captain Berthier was extremely powerful, and it was he who resolved the crisis in the French Guard. Therefore, Maret did not dare to say anything about the behavior of Berthier and Odoric, completely treating them as if they were not his subordinates.

On the Mars campus, more than two thousand officers and soldiers brought by Berthier lined up neatly and looked toward the viewing platform in front of them with anxiety, not knowing what instructions their new regiment leader would have.

However, the first person to walk up to the viewing platform was a young man wearing a blue and white military uniform. Their regiment leader and several officers surrounded the young man.

Joseph looked at the dark soldiers in the audience, and his heart was filled with excitement and relief.

After coming to this world for so long, he finally has an army that is completely at his command!

Although there are not many people, not even officers, this is a starting point with special significance - the integration of royal power and military power. From then on, he truly has the ability and means to change the future of France!

No, maybe the whole of Europe will be completely changed from this moment!

Under the stage, a trumpet sounded, and an officer shouted: "Gun salute!"

The flag whisperer immediately waved the small flag quickly and performed several movements. Two thousand soldiers raised their guns and saluted at the same time.

Joseph raised his hat and nodded secretly to the level of training of these soldiers. After all, they were elite troops defending Paris.

The officer in the audience shouted again: "Stand at attention!"

Joseph then said loudly: "I believe everyone knows me. Today, on behalf of the royal family, I come to visit His Majesty the King's most loyal troops."

The flag bearer immediately waved the flag to convey the order, and the soldiers on the school field immediately shouted in unison: "Long live His Majesty the King!"

Joseph continued: "From now on, you will become an example for all French soldiers and become a new type of army that is different from any previous army!"

The officers and soldiers below were all extremely surprised. They thought that because of the attack on the crown prince, their military career would be hopeless, but they did not expect that the crown prince suddenly arrived and said that he would set an example for French soldiers?

However, after the Crown Prince only talked about the new promotion mechanism and military pay mechanism on the stage, everyone could no longer keep calm. For a while, they even forgot about discipline and started whispering.

"Can you be promoted to mid-level officer without being a noble?"

"His Highness said, 'can be promoted to any position', that is, including senior military officers."

"You can be promoted based only on ability and military merit! Thank God, we all have the opportunity to become officers!"

“You don’t have to pay any fees for promotion, that’s the most important thing!”

"Did you hear it? His Highness said that from now on, military pay will not go through the officers, but will be paid directly to us by the military pay officer."

"I heard that! Military pay officers are directly assigned by the Minister of War. You no longer have to worry about being deducted from military pay!"

"His Royal Highness also said that military pay will be increased. Oh, thank God, thank His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Joseph did not ask the officers to maintain order. He knew that with these two changes alone, he had won the absolute support of more than two thousand officers and soldiers.

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