Gaizhou Donghai Town commanded the embassy.

The fundamental core of ensuring the consolidation of a party's power is to protect the benefits of your followers, because only by doing this can you ensure that your followers can follow you firmly.

People are more selfish groups, because they have the concept of family inheritance, which also makes them slowly progress by continuing the family in the process of obtaining benefits.

Although the people from all sides of Donghai Town have been together for a very short time, as short as only a few years, because of the existence of Zhao Zongwu, they have the opportunity to experience the situation that can only be condensed according to more than ten years.

On the one hand, this is due to the series of victories won by the army of Donghai Town in foreign wars; On the other hand, it also benefited from the various reforms made by Zhao Zongwu in this process.

The two complement each other to ensure the powerful town of Donghai today.

Abandoning the family system, solving the problem of troop sources, and dealing with inconsistent military orders, Zhao Zongwu used his own way to truly achieve the essence of the unification of the army in Donghai Town.

In the process of continuous expansion of Donghai Town, the four departments have started from scratch, step by step, to reach the position they are today, and they have established the authority of the four departments with the most practical and effective actions.

To this day, there are still some departments that have not yet been fully equipped, this part is related to the continuous war, and the other part is related to the rapid expansion of its own team.

It's just about to be on the blade.

It was said that it was the meeting of the four departments, but in fact, the three divisions also participated in the military meeting.

Chen Qiyu, director of the General Staff Department, and Li Yun, director of the Navy Division, were all present, and Zhao Zongwu also came up with a plan that had been prepared.

"Today, Ben Hou called everyone here to brainstorm ideas to solve the serious problems that the army in Donghai Town is currently facing." Although Zhao Zongwu was successfully promoted this time and became the first martial marquis of the Apocalypse Dynasty, this did not affect the problems encountered by Donghai Town.

Originally, there was a smile on his face, after all, his own Hou Ye was successfully promoted, but after hearing what his Hou Ye said, the smile on his face gradually disappeared, and was replaced by a dignified, serious, and slightly confused.

"Being an official, being promoted, this is definitely a good thing for everyone, but Ben Hou doesn't think so, the greater the power obtained, the greater the responsibility on you, the net worth of millions of people is maintained on you alone, if you only know how to be happy, but don't know how to sort out your subordinates, I am afraid that disasters will follow."

"You are all the core group of Donghai Town, I am afraid you all know very well in your hearts what is the position of the army in Donghai Town, no matter how the local development of Donghai Town, if the army cannot ensure stability, then all development is nonsense."

"Wanting to ensure the development of the army and ensure the demands of every meritorious person is the problem that our four departments are currently facing, if we say that we fought to the death on the battlefield and worked hard to obtain the merits, and in the end did not get the rewards and promotions they deserved, what impact will this have on the future Donghai Town?"

Through the questions made to everyone, Zhao Zongwu explained in order that the main idea of his military conference this time, the issue of internal promotion of the army in Donghai Town needs to be solved urgently.

"Although the imperial court also gave certain rewards in the process of fighting against Jiannu in these few battles, for those who made meritorious contributions, the rewards they received in the imperial court were not worthy of their meritorious achievements on the battlefield at all.

Once or twice, it's bearable, but after three or four times, it's different. Those who should have been promoted did not get promoted, those who should have obtained knighthoods did not obtain knighthoods, and those who should have benefits did not receive treatment, which is not conducive to the future development of the army in Donghai Town.

In order to fundamentally solve this problem, Ben Hou combined with the actual situation of Donghai Town, and formulated the "Donghai Town Military Rank Promotion Mechanism", Ben Hou hopes to implement this set of mechanisms, which can meet the self-motivation of every soldier. Looking at the people who gradually had more thoughts on their faces, Zhao Zongwu threw out his final thoughts.

Yes.

Zhao Zongwu wanted to implement the military rank system commonly used in later generations in the army in Donghai Town, and through the implementation of this system, the model of linking military positions to military ranks was clarified, and the core of further implementation of military orders was essentially established.

Imagine a large-scale war, in order to achieve victory, both sides invested a large number of soldiers in this war, fighting must be inevitable, then casualties are also very normal.

If there is no military rank, such an intuitive and eye-catching command system, then most of the defeated soldiers will need a long period of reorganization before they can be put into the battlefield again, but if there is a clear reference of military rank, it is not difficult to start a war again.

Zhao Zongwu said solemnly: "Since the rewards given by the imperial court are not enough, then we must give corresponding rewards within the army of Donghai Town, the process of fighting against Jiannu is far from over, and we can't snub the military spirit that has been gathered together with great difficulty because of some external factors!" ”

Li Yun nodded sympathetically and said: "Master Hou, you are right, most of those officials in the court, including local officials, do not have it from the bottom of their hearts, and treat these soldiers who are fighting outside as human beings, and it is simply unrealistic for the soldiers to get the rewards they deserve!" ”

Although in Donghai Town, Li Yun and they can be treated equally, but as long as they leave Donghai Town, they will not be without this kind of treatment, in the eyes of those Ming officials, they are just reckless people, and they don't get the slightest respect at all.

When Li Yun talked about this, it caused a more extensive discussion, it is too common, this kind of thing is really too chilling, why are you literati on top? Why did Lao Tzu fight bloody battles on the battlefield, but they couldn't get what they deserved?

The group of generals has been suppressed for too long!

For such a fierce discussion, Zhao Zongwu did not stop it, he needed this kind of discussion, because in this way he could achieve the goal he wanted.

"Your feelings, Ben Hou understands in his heart, but what Ben Hou wants to say is that iron still needs to be hard, if you want to get the respect you deserve, then you must be tough, we can't change the general trend at this stage, but we can do it within Donghai Town!"

Then following this situation, Zhao Zongwu took advantage of the situation to launch the "Donghai Town Army Rank Promotion Mechanism".

"General", "Rank", "Captain", "Sergeant"

Combined with the unique system of the Ming army, Zhao Zongwu formulated the above-mentioned four-level military rank system, each rank is subdivided into four levels.

Ranks: General, Lieutenant General, Major General, Brigadier General.

Ranks: Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Colonel.

Rank of lieutenant: captain, lieutenant, second lieutenant, warrant officer.

Sergeant ranks: Sergeant, Sergeant, Corporal, Brigadier.

The promotion mechanism is clear and clear, and the promotion of meritorious service is simple and direct, through this way, to unite the military spirit and ensure the fighting heart of the soldiers, this mechanism proposed by Zhao Zongwu has solved the existing problems very well.

Since the court does not solve practical problems, and officials do not value the soldiers of the army, then Lao Tzu will carry out a set of promotion mechanisms internally, and in this way, he not only solves a series of problems in the army, but also further establishes Lao Tzu's right to speak in the army.

People are a complex combination of emotion and reason, who is good to him and who is not good to him, then from the psychology will subconsciously appear to focus.

Zhao Zongwu believes that if he insists on the fundamental interests of the soldiers of Donghai Town, then he will definitely get the absolute support of the soldiers, and if he wants to ensure that the follow-up is profitable, then the key is to do a good job in every step.