Chapter 176: Twenty Military Merit Title System
As for the reform of the military system, Li Zuoche and Taiwei Xiang Tuo are naturally happy to see it come to fruition, because in this way, their power will be further increased.
Similarly, both of them are resourceful and shocking, especially Li Zuoche, who lives in the land of Yan Zhao, and has seen the strength of the Qin army and the Qin army.
He had long wanted to persuade Xiang Tian, the prince of Chu, to reform the military system and keep up with the Central Plains countries.
Li Zuoche knew in his heart that the strength of the Chu army lay in the fact that it had experienced countless baptisms of war, and that the personal abilities of Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, and Xiang Tian, the prince of Chu, were extremely good.
But as a soldier, he knew in his heart that the military system of the Chu State was extremely immature, and the truly mature military system should be like the Great Qin Empire.
The thought flickered in his heart, Li Zuoche raised his head and looked at the crown prince Xiang Tian, and said: "Prince, it is inevitable to reform the military system. ”
"A truly mature military system should be the same as the military system of the Great Qin Empire, any general who leads the army to go out on an expedition can return with a big victory."
"Only in this way can it be regarded as a mature military system, because the elite of the army and the strong combat effectiveness do not come from the generals, but from the army itself."
"If our country wants to defeat the princes of the world and sweep the world, we must follow the military system of the Great Qin Empire and train the most elite army in the world."
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"Hoo ......"
Exhaling a deep breath of turbidity, Xiang Tian, the prince of Chu, was silent for a while, he knew in his heart that what Li Zuoche said was not wrong.
Throughout thousands of years of history, the only military system in the true sense of the word is the military system of the Great Qin Empire, the military system of the Sui and Tang dynasties, and the military service system of later generations.
In his opinion, the military service system and military rank system in later generations were equivalent to copying the military system of the Great Qin Empire, but it was just changed to a name later.
The most important feature of the government and military system is the integration of soldiers and peasants. In peacetime, the government soldiers were farmers who cultivated the land, trained in agricultural gaps, and fought in the army in wartime.
The government soldiers are equipped with their own weapons and horses to participate in the war, and there are Zhichong prefectures responsible for the selection and training of government soldiers throughout the country.
Xiang Tian, the prince of Chu, knew in his heart that although the government military system could effectively prevent local generals from sitting on the throne, this effect was not very obvious.
On the contrary, in the late Tang Dynasty, a large number of separatist forces with land occupation as the king appeared.
The biggest disadvantage of the government military system is that the combat effectiveness of the army is not strong, after all, farming in peacetime, being a soldier in wartime, and providing weapons and horses by themselves, is simply child's play.
In his opinion, a country should have at least a standing army, they are professional soldiers, they do not need to farm, do not need to worry about food, clothing, shelter and transportation.
The only mission of the standing army is war, and once war breaks out, the standing army needs to respond quickly to the battlefield to defend the country.
Perhaps under the influence of later generations, the army that Xiang Tian, the prince of Chu, wanted to establish was never a government military system, but a standing army of a certain size.
It is used to defend the state of Chu, as well as to resolve disputes, and deter the young people in the country.
The thought flickered in his heart for a moment, Xiang Tian looked at Li Zuoche, and said: "Shang Luo and Xu Jie are responsible for reforming the official system, and you are responsible for reforming the military system, so this matter must be guaranteed to be foolproof." ”
"No."
Nodding in agreement, Li Zuoche and Taiwei Xiang Tuo's faces showed a touch of solemnity, they all knew that there was an accident in the reform of the official system, and there was also a large army to suppress it.
In this troubled era, the army is the foundation that supports a person's confidence, but if there is a problem with the reform of the military system, there will inevitably be turmoil in the Chu State at that time.
Once such a thing happens, the two of them will be sinners in the Chu State.
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Watching the two of them leave the palace of the King of Chu, Xiang Tianhu, the prince of Chu, flickered his eyes, was silent for a while, and picked up a roll of bamboo slips under his hand.
This is something that Shang Luo presented, but he was busy for a while, and he didn't have time to look through it.
At this moment, everything was arranged, Xiang Tian was finally idle, and he couldn't help but think of it, so he opened it casually and looked at it.
"The 20-level military merit title system is a military merit system that rewards military merit and encourages the killing of the enemy to win, and it is a measure taken by the emerging landlord class to improve the combat effectiveness of the army, and it is also one of the ways to adjust the social relations at that time."
Seeing this, Prince Xiang Tian's expression also changed slightly, and he suddenly became solemn.
As a person with a vision far beyond the world, he naturally knows that the core of the military system of the Great Qin Empire is the twenty military meritorious title system, which is also the core factor for the Qin State to become the Great Qin Empire.
Xiang Tian knew in his heart that the 20-level military merit title system of the Great Qin Empire was divided into 20 levels, namely first-class gongshi, 2 Shangzao, 3 hairpins, 4 non-changes, 5 doctors, 6 official doctors, 7 public doctors, 8 public passengers, 95 doctors, 10 left chiefs, 11 right chiefs, 12 left guards, 13 middle watches, 14 right watches, 15 Shao Shangzao, 16 good ones, 17 chariot chiefs, 18 grand marquis, 19 Guan Nei Hou, and 20 Che Hou.
This is also the core content of the cultivation and warfare system, when Shang Ying stipulated that as long as the soldiers of the Qin State captured a head of the enemy's armor, they could obtain a first-class public soldier, a field of land, a house and a servant.
The more heads you kill, the higher the title you get, as evidenced by the enemy's head.
The 20-level military merit title system was established by Shang Ying in the Shang Dynasty Reform Law, with the purpose of improving the combat effectiveness of the Qin army.
In order to reward military merits, Shang Ying stipulated that all people in the army, regardless of their family background, should receive rewards according to the size of their military merits.
Even the clans of the Qin State were like this, and those who had not made military merits in the clan were not allowed to be included in the clan books and were not allowed to have titles.
What really shocked Xiang Tian, the prince of Chu, was that all people in the army, regardless of their background, would receive rewards according to the size of their military exploits.
This change of Shang Yang can be said to have given hope to the rise of the Hanmen and made the famous people of Kanto enter Qin one after another.
Xiang Tian knew in his heart that the biggest effect of this change was to introduce foreign talents, which could be used to flood his own country and weaken other countries.
The purpose of the Great Qin Empire's 20-level military merit title was to greatly improve the combat capability of the Qin army, thus establishing an invincible army of tigers and wolves that were rampant in the world.
In the same way, as an honor, the title of military merit basically has the characteristics of a modern military rank.
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Xiang Tian knew in his heart that it was this kind of rich reward and the glory of the title that made the Qin army more and more belligerent, and Xiang Tian, the prince of Chu, knew in his heart that as long as the twenty military meritorious titles system was implemented, the belligerent heart of the Chu army could be aroused.
Once the belligerent heart of the soldiers of the Chu army is awakened, and Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, is personally in charge of Jiangdong, in this way, there will never be Peng Yue disturbing Chu again.
This means that the soldiers of the Chu army are fighting ahead, and the people of Chu land are plowing the fields with peace of mind, and only in this way can they combine farming and warfare and thoroughly tap the war potential of Chu State.