Zhu Youxiao said: "The Guards are my pro-army, and they are also my guardians of China, and I order: Implement the rank system in the Guards, implement a new military system, and after the restructuring is completed, send troops to Liaodong and capture the slave chieftains." ”

All the soldiers shouted together: "Send troops to Liaodong and capture the slave chieftains." Long live my emperor, long live, long live. ”

At this time, Huang Kezhang, the new secretary of the Ministry of War, came to the stage to read out the holy decree: "The emperor's edict said that those who died in state affairs in the Southwest Guards will receive a pension of 1,000 yuan each, 50 acres of land at home, and no taxes will be collected for 20 years. Each meritorious service member will be given a reward of up to 500 yuan according to the size of the meritorious service, and this will be used as the basis for promotion to military rank. In the future, the national war will be handled in this way, and this is true! "Such a high pension can be said to have never been seen in history, which fundamentally solves the worries of the soldiers and greatly improves the morale of the soldiers.

After all the soldiers shouted long live, Yang Guangkui received the holy decree on his behalf, and then everyone came to the festival hall with Zhu Youxiao to discuss the specific matters of changing the military system and implementing military ranks.

The Guards did not change much below the battalion level, and the division was still the basic combat unit, except that a number of units directly under each infantry and cavalry battalion were added: the special service team, the herald team, the medical officer team, and the small artillery team. The armament of the artillery battalion has been greatly changed, and the Ordnance Bureau has classified the artillery, which varies from three-pound guns to fifteen-pound guns according to the size of the muzzle and the weight of the shells. The small three-pound cannon is only more than eighty catties, while the fifteen-catty cannon is more than eight hundred catties, which is still cast with steel instead of copper, otherwise it will be heavier.

However, above the battalion level the change was great, and a new unit was added to the battalion: a brigade, three battalions of soldiers and a baggage battalion were one brigade, each brigade had two quartermasters, one for the supply of food and grass, and one for the supply and maintenance of weapons. There are three deputy quartermasters under each quartermaster, who are responsible for each battalion. Each brigade is responsible for its own food, grass and armament.

There is a new unit above the brigade: the division. The number of brigades under the jurisdiction of the division varies, and three divisions are now temporarily established. The commander of the first division, Lu Xiangsheng, the deputy commander, Cao Wenzhao, the commander of the second division, Yang Guanggao, the deputy commander, Zhao Shujiao, the commander of the third division, Lu Qin, and the deputy commander, Zhou Yuji, the deputy commander. And set up an independent brigade, the brigade commander Mangui.

More importantly, a general staff department was set up, and officers of the Guards who had participated in the battle and had read the military books were appointed as staff officers, and Yang Guangkui was appointed as chief of the general staff.

Yang Guangkui was a little embarrassed, feeling that he was only afraid that he would not be able to do the position of chief of staff, Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "Don't worry, you will be assigned a deputy chief of staff soon, and you can learn from him at that time." ”

Yang Guangkui said curiously: "Who is it?" ”

Zhu Youxiao smiled mysteriously and said, "I won't tell you now." Yang Guangkui was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks, but he didn't dare to ask again.

The logistics department was also established at the same time, when the Ming army marched, the grain and grass were supplied by the locality, and when Lu Qin went to the southwest, they tried to play the white strip of grain requisition, the result was very good, Zhu Youxiao wanted to go further on this basis, directly by the logistics department responsible for the supply of the army's grain, grass and weapons, no more white stripes, directly with money to buy, anyway, now he has a lot of money, appointed Yang Sichang of the new salary of the Nanjing household department as the logistics minister of the guards, Liu Boze as the deputy minister, specifically responsible for the management of the guards of the grain and weapons of the army, and the quartermaster is directly managed by the logistics department. All logistical accounts should be copied in three additional copies, one to the bank, one to the Household Department, and one to the Ordnance Bureau.

The next thing is the matter of military ranks, the Guards military rank system is divided into six grades, namely, marshal, general, colonel, lieutenant, sergeant, soldier, handsome is the first level, general, captain, sergeant, and soldier are divided into three levels, upper, middle, and less. The minor sergeant was changed to a corporal, and the names of the soldiers were different, which were private, private, and recruit.

Each soldier will be issued an epaulette according to his rank, the soldier is one to three straight bars, the soldier adds one star, the lieutenant has two stars, and the school has three stars, and the general has no straight bar, only one to three stars plus a dragon, and the handsome is a dragon plus four stars.

After listening to Zhu Youxiao's lecture on the basic situation of the military rank system, the generals of the guards exchanged glances with each other. Yang Guangkui motioned to Lu Qin, Lu Qin raised his hand, and Zhu Youxiao said, "Deputy General Lu, you say." ”

Lu Qin stood up and saluted a military salute and said, "The minister requests that one more level be added to the military rank system." ”

Zhu Youxiao originally formulated the military rank system of the Ming Dynasty according to the military rank system of the United States and China in later generations, and he thought it was already very good, but Lu Qin, a guy with thick nerves, still felt that there was something to add? So he smiled and said, "How to add?" ”

Lu Qin said: "Please add another level of generalissimo to the handsome." ”

Zhu Youxiao smiled: "Now your highest can only be a lieutenant general, and there are no generals and marshals for the time being, so why do you have a generalissimo." ”

Yang Guanggao stood up and saluted the military salute and said: "The minister thinks that the emperor should also join the military system, and the minister asks the emperor to take up the post of generalissimo." ”

All the generals stood up together and said: "The ministers ask the emperor to take up the post of generalissimo, and the ministers and ministers will raise the prestige of our country." ”

Seeing that they were so neat, Zhu Youxiao understood that it should have been discussed a long time ago, but he didn't expect this, and now when he heard them, yes, he is also the supreme commander of the army, and it is a good thing to add the title of generalissimo, so he smiled and said: "It's okay, then add a first-class generalissimo, five stars and one dragon." ”

The generals are overjoyed, as a military general, they are most afraid of two things, one is that the merit is high, and the other is that the civil officials do not treat the generals as people. They discussed that the best way was for the emperor to also serve in the military, so that both things could be easily resolved. Now that the emperor has promised to increase his rank, the life of a soldier will be much better in the future.

Since there is a military rank system, the previous first-class and second-class assassination medals are no longer retained, and all soldiers who only have the first-class assassination medal are directly privates, and those with second-class assassination medals are privates. Depending on merit, the captain is a corporal or sergeant or sergeant, the flag commander and deputy flag commander are sergeants or sergeants or ensigns, the division chief and deputy chief are second lieutenants or lieutenants or captains, the chief and deputy chief are lieutenants or captains or majors, the battalion commander and deputy battalion commanders are captains or majors or lieutenant colonels, the brigade commander and deputy brigade commanders are lieutenant colonels or colonels or major generals, the division commander is lieutenant generals, and the deputy division commanders are major generals.

As for the medal system, Zhu Youxiao is not ready to abolish it, and the medals in the army are divided into three levels, bronze star, silver star, and gold star, with a total of three categories: the Medal of Courage, the Medal of Wisdom, and the Medal of Righteousness, which correspond to three aspects: combat bravery, proper command, and rescue of compatriots. Below these medals is a Medal of Honor, which is awarded to soldiers who have won in foreign wars. All medals can only be awarded by the emperor.

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