It is not difficult to determine the candidates for the governor, but under the governor, there are still candidates for generals at all levels that need to be determined. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The establishment of the three new armies means that many new posts are vacant, and these posts are relatively low in rank and involve relatively few relationships, so Yang Wu vigorously uses new people in the selection of commanders and commanders, especially young generals like Li Chengding, He Jingzhu, Chai Kehong, Liu Chongjing, Zhou Ye, and other young generals who have already performed well on the battlefield, and this time they have been vigorously promoted.

In fact, Yang Wu could have expanded his troops a long time ago, and the reason why he waited until now to implement it was to give these young generals a chance, so in the previous expedition to Jeju Island, Jiangxi, and the Northern Expedition, Yang Wu tried his best to give those young people the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, so that they could accumulate enough merits.

In addition to expanding the army, Yang Wu also made another reform to the army, which was the rank system of military generals.

However, unlike the Western system in later generations, Yang Wu's military rank system is somewhat similar to that of the Han Dynasty.

According to Yang Wu's regulations, the position of the governor will be awarded the titles of Zhenbei General, Zhendong General, etc., and similar titles include the titles of Sizheng, Siping, Si'an and other generals, which are equivalent to the rank of lieutenant general in later generations.

The governor has higher seniority and prestige, more merits, and is qualified to become a metropolitan governor, and the general who commands several armies is awarded the titles of chariot general, hussar general, former general, rear general, and Wei general, which is equivalent to the rank of general in later generations.

As the title of the highest-level general, Yang Wu does not intend to canonize it easily, this title is similar to the marshal of later generations, and he doesn't want to get this title without enough merit and prestige.

For now, the most promising person to win the title of general should be Li Shenfu, but now Yang Wu doesn't want to canonize him as a general, maybe he will be posthumously crowned after Li Shenfu is named or dies of illness in the future.

The commander of the capital under the governor is responsible for commanding the 10,000 troops of a division, and the corresponding military ranks are miscellaneous generals such as general of destruction and rebellion, which is equivalent to the rank of major general in later generations.

The commanders under the command of the capital are responsible for commanding 5,000 people, and the corresponding military ranks are unified as Zhonglang General, which is equivalent to the brigadier general of later generations.

As for the lower positions, the head of the capital commanded a thousand men, and the rank was captain; The battalion commander commanded 500 men with the rank of cavalry lieutenant; The commander of the box commanded 250 people, with the rank of captain; The captain commanded fifty people, with the rank of lieutenant.

Further down is the commander of the ten men, with the rank of sergeant, sergeant, etc.

At this level, you can no longer be counted as an officer, only a non-commissioned officer.

Of course, in order to prevent some people with greater merit from being promoted too quickly during the war, Yang Wu deliberately stipulated that each position required a corresponding service time.

That is to say, even if you have enough credit, if your qualifications are not enough, then unless there is a special order from Yang Wu, you can only slowly improve your qualifications before you can be promoted.

This may hinder the promotion of those who have talent to a certain extent, but in the era when Huainan has gradually stabilized, everything must gradually get on the right track, and it is obviously not advisable to rise to the position as quickly as in the past.

In addition, Yang Wu is not without some room for operation, if he really finds a young seedling worthy of vigorous cultivation, he can also be quickly promoted by issuing a special purpose.

Therefore, when Yang Wu announced the military rank system he formulated, it caused great controversy among the generals, especially this promotion system, which made many people feel unfair.

Most of those who oppose this attitude are still those low-level military generals, who may have ambitions in their hearts to show their skills in the future and then soar to the sky, but as soon as the current system comes out, most of them have made their dreams come to naught.

However, while many people oppose this promotion system, many more people strongly support it.

After all, with this system, the promotion of generals is no longer carried out haphazardly and randomly.

Most of the people who support this system are already in high positions, and many of them are veteran generals of Yang Xingmi's era, all of whom have deep qualifications, and they are not worried about the constraints of this promotion system, but can use this system to prevent others from quickly replacing themselves.

Even Li Chengding and other young generals also do not oppose this system, after all, their positions are high enough at present, and further promotion is not something they can afford at their age, at least they have to work on their qualifications a little more.

In the face of this coexistence of opposition and support, this promotion system was finally adopted.

In addition, Yang Wu also ordered that in the future, military generals will no longer talk about grades, only military ranks, and only civilian officials will talk about grades.

The purpose of this is to completely separate the civil and military forces so that they do not interfere with each other.

Once the rules are made, the next natural step is the time to confer military ranks.

The highest-level general was temporarily vacant, and among the second-class military ranks, it was naturally headed by Li Shenfu's hussar general, followed by the veteran Zhang Xun's chariot general, Li Chenghe's Wei general, Zhou Ben's former general, Zhu Jin's left general, Wang Maozhang's right general, and the remaining rear general was not awarded for the time being.

As for the other governors, including Shi Yan and Hou Zhan, two cavalry generals with greater merits, relatively speaking, their qualifications and merits are somewhat insufficient, so they have been awarded the titles of Zhenbei General and Zhengbei General for the time being.

However, they all command generals at this level, because of the large number of people, the title of miscellaneous general needed is really difficult for the relevant personnel of the military department, so that they racked their brains to come up with enough titles, so that there will be no duplication.

And the generals at this level of command, on the contrary, are unified into the rank of Zhonglang general, which is very convenient.

As for the rank of the head of the capital at a lower level, there is no need to bother.

However, after the military rank was awarded, Yang Wu added another order, that is, from now on, only those who have the rank of lieutenant general and above are eligible to be called generals, and those who have military ranks below such as lieutenants cannot be called generals, but can only be called their positions or ranks.

The purpose of this is to make the status of a general more prominent, so that any battalion commander will dare to call himself a general, as in the past.

Generally speaking, the main purpose of the implementation of the military rank system is to further standardize the army and change all kinds of bad habits left over from the previous feudal town army.

Once the rank is awarded, the most important part begins: the knighthood!

It stands to reason that if it is undecided today, Yang Wu is only the king, and has not yet directly claimed the emperor, and it is still a little too early to divide the title, but Yang Wu can afford to wait, but many people can't afford to wait.

Veterans like Li Shenfu and Zhang Xun are now in their fifties, and they are already standard veterans in this era, and it is difficult for them to guarantee that they will live until the time when Yang Wu will dominate the world and ascend the throne and become the emperor in the future, so for these people, they can only be canonized now.

Compared with the military position, which cannot be directly passed on to future generations, the title can be directly passed on, so veterans such as Li Shenfu now hope to obtain the title to pass it on to future generations.

Yang Wu naturally understood their thoughts, so he generally did not skimp on the titles of these elderly veterans.

However, for those generals who are still relatively young and have a large number of meritorious opportunities in the future, Yang Wu will naturally not give too high a title, otherwise there will be no reward in the future, and the slaughter of meritorious heroes will often be inevitable at that time.

In the end, after comprehensive consideration, Yang Wu decided that the title of Wu State was modeled after that of the later Ming Dynasty, and for the time being, it was only set as the three ranks of duke, marquis, and uncle to canonize meritorious heroes, and hereditary replacement.

Among them, the duke is divided into two ranks, the duke of the country and the duke of the county, which is the highest title that can be obtained by non-clan meritorious persons.

As for the lower titles, viscount and baron, they will exist as temporary non-hereditary titles, to be used to confer on those who have some merit but are not sufficient to obtain hereditary titles; or similar to the emperor's father-in-law, brother-in-law, etc.

As the highest title of a non-clan meritorious hero, Guogong naturally needs to be very cautious in his canonization, and at present, Yang Wu has decided to only canonize Li Shenfu, Zhang Xun, Liu Wei, Tao Ya, and Gao Miao.

Among them, Li Shenfu, Liu Wei and Tao Ya will basically not lead troops to go out again, so their titles can be canonized to the highest level.

Although Zhang Xun still has the opportunity to lead the troops, it is not much.

Among these generals, Zhang Xun is the oldest, and he is now in his sixties, so it is enough to give him this title.

As for Gao Miao, he was originally the first scribe to follow Yang Xingmi, and now he is the first auxiliary scholar, so he naturally has to give him the title of duke.

In addition, Yuan Xi and Tai Meng, two important ministers who had passed away, were also posthumously crowned as dukes of the state, and their descendants inherited the title of duke.

As for Zhou Ben, Wang Maozhang, Li Chengsi and others, although the merits and qualifications are almost enough, because they are relatively young, they should still have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions in the future, so they are only named county princes for the time being.

In addition, Li Yu, Li Tao and others have been turned into civil officials, but the merit is enough to be crowned as county dukes.

The deceased Liu Jin was also crowned a county duke, and his son Liu Rengui inherited the title of marquis.

Among the many governors, the remaining Li Jian, Qin Pei, Liu Cun and others were relatively lower in their titles, and they were only marquis for the time being.

These people are indeed a lot worse than those before them in terms of merit and qualifications, plus they still have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions in the future, so they are only made marquises.

In addition, there are many meritorious generals who have been named hereditary earls, which can be regarded as an affirmation of their achievements.

Relatively speaking, Yang Wu gave these people titles, not only taking into account their past achievements, but also taking into account the room for improvement in the future, so that under the same position of governor, several people received titles are very different.

This is also something that can't be helped, after all, Yang Wu didn't start a business from nothing, but inherited his father's foundation, so those old ministers who laid the foundation for his father must be given a generous knighthood reward.