Some time ago, everyone had already discussed the matter of counterinsurgency at the border between Guizhou and Sichuan, and afterwards, everyone in the Military Affairs Yuan had discussed it privately many times, because counterinsurgency and the rectification of the army were directly related to the Military Staff Department and the Military Administration Department, so the people in these two departments were thinking about it carefully, knowing that the Apocalypse would have to intervene sooner or later, so everyone was fully prepared.

The main reason why people in the Military Affairs Yuan like to think stems from the reward system of the Apocalypse, in terms of rewards for individuals, the Apocalypse is not determined by a person's age, qualifications, and grades, because he knows that doing so will bind people's imagination and creativity. The age, qualifications, and grades of people have been reflected in the salary, and rewards can only be distinguished by contributions, so that they can be considered fair, and only then can they stimulate the passion of young people and enterprising people. The people in the Military Affairs Yuan are not people who play sword dance and focus on strength, their strength is personal wisdom, so the Apocalypse stipulates that the reward should be determined according to who has more ideas and good results.

Driven by this system, every time it was everyone's turn to come up with an idea, everyone knew that the opportunity had come, and everyone was holding back their strength to show their hands ∠ Ni Yuanlu came up with an idea to make a grenade, and after several months of research, he finally made it, and made a meritorious contribution at the critical moment of the Battle of Ningyuan, and Ni Yuanlu came back and was rewarded with three thousand taels of silver. Three thousand taels is equivalent to Ni Yuanlu's fifteen years of money, which makes many people very red, it is said that the reward of this new type of cannon is more, as long as it does not explode, does not deform, and has a long range of uniform inner mouth, the reward of 10,000 taels will not be less than one point, which makes several military ministers very envious.

Because everyone was relatively well prepared, Sun Chengzong was cold when he asked everyone to speak, you look at me and I look at you are all smiling and watching. Seeing that everyone was smiling and not talking, Huang Daozhou said: "Since everyone doesn't speak, then I'll throw bricks and lead the way." I believe that since we want to reorganize the army through counterinsurgency, we should take our time and do something solid, not necessarily in a certain place, but only where it is suitable, and we must follow certain principles. For example, the reason why we want to reorganize the army in Guizhou this time is because there are rebels there, and we are doing so to counterbalance the rebellion and rectify the army. ”

Tianqi nodded and said, "What Lord Huang said is extremely true, one step at a time is the long-term solution. Since it is said that Guizhou is a peaceful judgment, I will first announce that this time Lord Gao Di will be in Guizhou to coordinate and command, please do not shirk Lord Gao. ”

Gao Yi heard Daxi and said: "The minister obeys the order!" Thank you for the emperor's attention, the minister will definitely live up to the emperor's trust! ”

Tianqi nodded and said: "Lord Gao is cautious and steady, the reason why the battle of Ningyuan won is inseparable from Lord Gao's personal presiding, I believe that this time Lord Gao will also be able to succeed in quelling the rebellion in Guizhou, as long as you remember to know people well and appoint people without suspicion." After speaking, he turned his head to Huang Daozhou and said, "Lord Huang began to say that there are certain principles to follow, I don't know what principles Lord Huang thinks need to be followed?" ”

Huang Daozhou said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that since the army must be reorganized, it must be prepared for war, and the principle that should be followed in fighting a war should be to keep the war away from the people. The war will weaken the national power and the people's strength, and the minister believes that in the future, we should find ways to keep the war away from the people. ”

Tianqi thought for a while and said: "What Lord Huang said makes sense, if you don't say it before, you can say that now, the rebellion of Xuan Chongming and An Bangyan has affected several provinces such as Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Huguang, etc., and the grain output of Sichuan, which is rich in grain, has declined as a result. Lord Huang said that I agree with keeping the war away from the people, but I don't know if Lord Huang has a specific approach? ”

Huang Daozhou said: "Yes! The minister had been thinking about this problem for so long, and later found that if a buffer zone was set up between the border army and the people's residential areas, and the war would be fought and the crops would be planted, then it would be possible to produce and fight the war at the same time. ”

Tianqi said: "I understand, Lord Huang means to divide the inside and outside, the border areas around the Ming Dynasty should have a military isolation area, or a military warning area, and now there is no military isolation area, a military isolation area will be expanded forward, isn't that so?" ”

Huang Daozhou nodded and said: "Yes, like the Japanese Plague back then, that is, we did not set up a military warning area on the island, so that the Japanese invaders directly landed on the shore and plundered the people. The north side is the same as the Great Wall, which is the people's residential area, and the people will suffer as soon as the Mongols cross the Great Wall, but since the emperor built two side walls in a row from the mouth of the two rivers to the mouth of Xifeng and Gubeikou, the minister heard that the people on the side of the Great Wall have a large defensive force in their hearts, but it can play a warning role so that the people are still in a dream when the Mongols fight. ”

Tianqi nodded and said, "Lord Huang is reasonable, the Military Affairs Yuan will have a good discussion, who will make a good suggestion?" ”

Chen Qiyu said at this time: "Your Majesty, Lord Huang has always admired the far-reaching ministers, and the minister's method may be a supplement to Lord Huang's suggestion. At present, only the three major military regions of Liaodong, Jizhou, and Bohai have both garrison troops and mobile troops, and the minister wondered whether it is possible to set up several more mobile units independent of the garrison troops of the provinces according to the region, and these troops are specially used for field operations and are under the direct command of the emperor. Field combat units under the direct command of the emperor can increase the combat effectiveness of the Ming army, and can also allow them to monitor each other with local garrison troops to avoid the emergence of rebels like Hao Chongming, An Bangyan, and Nurhachi. ”

Tianqi smiled: "At the beginning, I was discussing with Mr. Sun whether to set up a place in Jizhou outside Guizhou to rectify and train the army, Lord Chen actually said that field troops should be formed according to regions, I don't know how many field troops should be formed in which regions Lord Chen thinks?" However, these field troops are all under my personal command, I am afraid that I will not be able to keep busy, and I do not have the military talent, and I do not want to repeat the mistakes of Yingzong. ”

Chen Qiyu said: "It is certain that there will be one in each of the north and south of Beijing, and four branches in the northwest, southwest, northeast, and southeast must be formed to stabilize the four directions. The emperor is too busy to do it, the minister remembers that the emperor originally mentioned to add the word royal in front of the tested troops, and these seven troops must be selected from the tested elite army, and when the time comes, the word royal is not only deserved, but also equivalent to the emperor's personal command. ”

After listening to Chen Qiyu's words, Tianqi was still thinking, and Hong Chengchou said at this time: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Lord Huang of the Zodiac Zhou and Lord Chen Qiyu and Lord Chen are reasonable, and it is very important to form field troops and expand the warning area, and the minister's idea is that this process can be completed through layer by layer selection and handover." ”

Tianqi looked up at Hong Chengchou and asked, "What specific method does Lord Hong have to accomplish?" ”

Hong Chengchou said: "First of all, we will select the current border troops, divide the current cantonment troops into combat units and production and construction units, and then select them again from the combat units and divide them into garrison units and field troops. After the three units have been trained in a targeted manner, the field troops will be allowed to expand outward and occupy dangerous points, and the main purpose of their actions will be to annihilate the enemy, and they will fight in the area to drive the enemy until no more enemy dares to come and make trouble. When everything is stabilized, the field troops can hand over the occupied area to the garrison troops, and at the same time let the production and construction troops come to the tuntian. ”

Tianqi thought for a while and said, "What you mean is that the field troops are pioneering in front, the garrison troops are stationed behind, and the production and construction troops are coming to Tuntian to make long-term plans. What if we want to move forward? ”

Hong Chengchou said: "The three troops perform their duties and are arranged in three layers, which can increase the scope of vigilance to meet the needs of Lord Huang to keep the war away from the people, and if there is a need in the future, we must advance again, and we can hand over the tuntian fields to the people to cultivate, so that we can continue to expand the territory for the Ming Dynasty." ”

Tianqi approvingly: "It seems that the trip to the northwest a while ago has inspired Lord Hong a lot, such an idea should be tried, who else can talk about suggestions?" ”

Zhang Xiangan said at this time: "Your Majesty, the previous adults have said very well, but there is a fundamental matter that is not solved, I am afraid it will be all about the water and moon mirror." ”

As soon as Zhang Xiangan said this, he offended many people at once, and many people looked at him coldly, and his son Zhang Weiying frowned when he heard it, thinking to himself, why did this kid still talk like this?

Tianqi was also happy in his heart, and asked, "What good advice does Lord Xiao Zhang have?" Why do they say that they are talking about the moon and the mirror? ”

Zhang Xiangan ignored the eyes of others, and only said to Tianqi: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that in order to rectify the army, the military household system must be abolished first. A person's physical strength, energy, and endurance are the best at about 20 years old, and they will go downhill if they are more than 30 years old, and now there are many veterans in the army who are forty or fifty years old, and it would be good for such an army to defend the city, and it should stop and breathe if it can't run two miles in the field, how can it have combat effectiveness? ”

At first, everyone was dissatisfied with Zhang Xiang'an's open-mouthedness, and when they heard him mention the proposal of abolishing the military household system and making the army younger, they still admired him a little in their hearts. Tianqi also nodded and said, "Lord Xiao Zhang said this well, but how are you going to abolish the law?" Even if the military household system is abolished, how will those old veterans be settled? Where should so many young warriors be gathered? ”

Zhang Xiangan said: "The minister has long thought about it, the old ones go to the production and construction troops, and let them go home if they are too old and weak to be used, and if there are not enough people, the general conscription system will be implemented, and it is announced that every person of appropriate age in the country should serve in the military." ”