With the arrival of Liu Bei and others, the military reform of the Han Empire in the second year of Guangxi gradually began.

Since he had just become pro-government, Liu Bian's reform this time was confined to the military, and only introduced some modern concepts in military positions and military establishments.

At this time, the army of the Han Dynasty was mainly divided into departments, songs, and tuns, and according to the military ranks, they could be divided into: Wu Chang, Shi Chang, Bai Chang, Yamen General, Cavalry Governor, Ministry Qu Governor, Sima of Other Divisions, Cavalry Captain, Ministry Captain, Zhonglang General, Pi General, Partial General, Miscellaneous General, Four Zheng Generals (Zhengnan, Zhengbei, Zhengdong, Zhengxi), Four Towns (Zhennan, Zhenbei, Zhendong, Zhenxi), Left and Right Generals, Wei Generals, Hussar Generals, Che Cavalry Generals, and Great Generals.

In order to better control the army and enhance the organization and discipline of the army, Liu Wei reformed the existing army establishment and redivided the army into four levels: Shi, Bai, battalion, and army. Ten of them are one tithe, and one is the chief; 100 people are one hundred, and there are two people in chief and deputy; 1,000 people for a battalion, with two lieutenants and lieutenants; 10,000 people for an army, set up two generals, the deputy army Sima, each army has a military division, as a staff officer in the army, the number is about one to five people, and set up a military division commander to lead the army staff officer.

The military title of each army or battalion is named after the military title, for example, Jiang Qi's military title is Xiyuan Army, and Jiang Qi's military title is Xiyuan Zhonglang General.

The army is stationed in various places, and the highest commander who is responsible for administering all the armies in the area is the general, for example, the highest commander who manages the army of the Sili Prefecture is called the Sili General.

In addition, the Four Expeditions, the Four Towns, and the various miscellaneous generals became temporary military positions when the empire was fighting wars or maintaining local stability.

In order to distinguish the size of the military rank and rank, Liu Wei designed a new military uniform, imitating the modern clothing design, abandoning the original inconvenient wide sleeves and adopting a tight-fitting clothing with narrow sleeves and narrow trousers, and the whole army wore soap.

Lu Zhi, Xun Yu and others once suggested that the military uniform should be red on the grounds that the Eastern Han Dynasty was a fire virtue, but Liu Wei refused on the grounds that it was too dazzling on the battlefield.

However, in the end, Liu Wei listened to Lu Zhi's opinion on the military flag, which was designed as a yellow rectangle, with a red dragon holding a shield sword embroidered in the center. The red dragon represents the emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Underneath the dragon are thirteen auspicious clouds, representing the thirteen states of the Han Empire.

At the same time, Liu Wei also abolished the post of Tai Lieutenant, and merged the generals, hussars, chariot cavalry, Wei generals and the generals before and after them into the Great General's Mansion (after Guangxi's political reform, it was renamed the Military Aircraft Department. and under the control of the generals.

However, the rights of the great general were much weaker at this time, not only lost the right to come and record the affairs of the book, but also became a simple military governor, Liu Wei also stipulated that the general was only responsible for managing the other generals of the general's palace, convening military meetings, and formulating military policies, but any military activities must be reported to the emperor for decision-making. Not only was the General's Mansion cut off from its influence on government affairs, but its control over the army was also subject to Liu Wei's consent, and in the end it only became the decision-making body of the empire under Liu Wei's leadership.

At the same time, Liu Wei also specially set up a stipulation in the edict of military reform that "the army does not care about the government, and the government does not care about the army," and extended this stipulation to the localities. Governors and governors were appointed only as local governors, while military governors were held by state generals. The state pastor and the general are at the same level, not under each other's control, the two sides only cooperate in wartime, the general commands the operation, and the state pastor provides logistical support.

Although this provision can effectively weaken the rights delegated by Emperor Ling to the state pastors and assassins, but now those state pastors and assassins in the Han Empire who have tasted the sweetness of power will not easily comply, and they have shirked the prevarication for various reasons. And Liu Yan, who went to Yizhou to be the emperor of the soil, went too far, and sent Zhang Lu to guard Hanzhong, killed the envoys who passed the edict, cut off the contact with the imperial court, and seriously cut the land to defend himself.

Only Liu Yu of Youzhou showed obedience to the imperial decrees, took the initiative to give up the military power in his hands, and expressed Gongsun Zan as the general of soldiers and horses in Youzhou. And in order to reassure the imperial court, he also specially proposed to leave his son Liu He in the capital as a proton. Liu He is now serving as a servant in the capital, and Yuan Kui and others also think that Liu Yu, as a member of the imperial family, has been entrenched in Youzhou for many years, and they are afraid that he will have different intentions, so they persuade Liu Wei to detain Liu He and contain Liu Yu in the capital. Liu Wei was moved by Liu Yu's sincerity to the Han Dynasty, rejected Liu Yu's proposal, and despite the opposition of Yuan Kui and others in the court, he worshiped Liu He and sent him to Youzhou to help take care of the elderly Liu Yu. And he also personally wrote a letter for Liu He to give to Liu Yu, in which he not only called Liu Yu the emperor's uncle at the beginning, but also sincerely praised Liu Yu for guarding the border for the Han Dynasty for many years, and worked hard and made great achievements, and was the pillar of the country. He also ordered Wei Yi to highly praise Liu Yu's high style and spirit of loyalty to the country on the front page of the new issue of "Luoyang Times", and said that Liu Youzhou's naked heart is the meaning of the country, which is enough to make the world embarrassed by selfish people.

It is said that after Liu Yu saw Liu Wei's letter and the "Luoyang Times" specially brought by Liu He, he was moved by the old tears, bowed down in the direction of the capital, and even said that the old minister was willing to die for His Majesty.

Liu Wei has long been prepared for the attitude of the local state pastor and the assassin history, the strength of the current Han Empire is at best equivalent to one of the princes, and the influence is only as great as Sili Prefecture, carrying the surrounding Yingchuan, Chenliu and other counties, and the local warlords whose strength is gradually increasing will naturally not take the imperial court in their eyes.

However, compared with those local warlords, Liu Wei still has a certain advantage. For example, although these state and county guards are obedient to the imperial court, no one dares to openly rebel against the imperial court. Maybe they can attack each other and annex territory, but no one dares to use force against the imperial court until they have achieved absolute superiority. This not only gave Liu Wei the opportunity to develop himself steadily, but also used the righteousness of the imperial court to attack others to expand his territory. At that time, the strength and prestige of the central court will become stronger and stronger, and the local forces will naturally not dare to act rashly, and obediently bow their heads and ears.

Because of the non-cooperation of most local forces, Liu Wei's military reform was limited to three places: Sili Prefecture, Bingzhou, and Youzhou. For the military reform of the state, Liu Wei originally wanted Ding Yuan to serve as the pastor of the state, and Lu Bu was promoted to the general of the state, but Ding Yuan, who was born in the army, felt that he was not the material of the ruling party, so he wrote to Liu Wei that he did not want to serve as the pastor of the state and wanted to serve as the general of the state.

Liu Wei understood his thoughts and agreed to his request. and sent another person to serve as the governor of the state, the ruling party - the servant Wang Yun.

Wang Yun, as a representative of the Qing Dynasty doctors of the scholar clan, was always unaccustomed to the practices that violated Confucian concepts since Liu Wei came to power, and always made stern accusations, and Liu Wei was tired of listening to them. Anyway, now Dong Zhuo has now become a prisoner under house arrest in the mansion, and he no longer needs Wang Yun's beauty tricks to save the Han Empire. Moreover, Wang Yun has always been very close to Yuan Kui and others, and for Liu Wei, transferring Wang Yun is also weakening the strength of the Shidafu group headed by Yuan Kui.

After arranging the issue of merging states, Liu Wei set his sights on the west side of the imperial court - the Western Liang Army has always been a confidant of the imperial court.

After receiving the edict, Li Wei, Guo Yan and others rushed to Liangzhou non-stop, but in the end, it turned out that Guo Yan arrived in Liangzhou first. However, because Guo Yan was afraid of Li Wei's strength, he had to give Liangzhou Mu to Li Dao. But at this time, the mustard between the two has been produced from this.

Li Dao and Guo Yan can be humble to each other, but it does not mean that Niu Fu, Dong Yue and others, the old generals of the Western Liang Army who originally stayed in Liangzhou, will coexist peacefully with Li Dao, Guo Yan and others, especially Li Dao Guo Yan was originally under Niu Fu and others, and now he climbed on his head naturally caused the dissatisfaction of Niu Fu and others. The contradictions between these old and new Xiliang warlords have become more and more intense.

The Xiliang army is full of contradictions, and there will inevitably be a fight, which gives the imperial court a good opportunity. After Lu Zhi's recommendation, Liu Wei worshiped Huangfu Song as the general of Sizhou (after the military reform, Liu Wei abolished the post of Sili Lieutenant, and changed Zhang Wen to be the pastor of Sizhou, in charge of Hongnong, Hanoi, Hedong, Henan and Sanfu regions. ), recruited soldiers and horses in the Sanfu area, and stationed in Chang'an. Monitor every move of the Xiliang army.

Huangfu Song himself is a stable person in Liangzhou, not only in the suppression of the Yellow Turban Uprising, but also in the long-term rebellion against Liangzhou, has a wealth of experience in dealing with the Liangzhou issue, and the loyalty to the Han Empire is also visible from the sun and the moon.

After the suppression of the Yellow Turban Uprising, Huangfu Song's fame shocked the world. At that time, the imperial court was weak, and Yan Zhong, a native of Nanyang, advised him to seize the opportunity and weigh the system in the south. (Move the treasure to the general, push the dead Han Yu has fallen.) ）

However, Huangfu Song, who was loyal to the Han Dynasty, rejected him, saying that even if the government was dark at this time and the Han Dynasty would fall, he should also give him the duty of a courtier. Even if the court listens to slander and kills itself, he still has a clean reputation, and he will die immortal.

Huangfu Song, like Lu Zhi, has never lost hope in the Han Empire, firmly believing that the Han Dynasty will eventually see the blue sky through the clouds.

Putting Huangfu Song in Chang'an to monitor the movements of the Xiliang Army, Liu Wei took out his own and began to transform the two garrisons in Luoyang, the Xiyuan Army and the Northern Army.

The current Xiyuan Army is still the situation where each captain leads an army, but Jiang Qi has the strongest strength among the captains, and there is a special edict from Liu Wei to control other soldiers and horses.

Among the eight captains in the West Garden, Jian Shuo, the captain of the upper military academy, and Bao Hong, the captain of the lower military academy, have died, Yuan Shao, the captain of the middle army, has gone to Jizhou, and the right captain Chun Yuqiong has also gone to follow Yuan Shao. Zhao Rong, the left lieutenant of the remaining garrison, Liu Wei worshipped him as a counselor, transferred him to a civilian position, and then obtained the military power in his hands. And Feng Fang, the right lieutenant of the garrison, because of his bad character and the son-in-law of the eunuch Cao Jie, once framed the famous man Huan Bin. Liu Wei put Feng Fang in prison on the grounds that Huan Bin overturned the case and deprived him of his military rights.

In the end, only Cao Cao, the captain of the military academy, remained. How to solve the military power in Cao Cao's hands has become a difficult problem in Liu Wei's mind.

For Cao Cao, Liu Wei has always had a ready-to-use and defensive attitude. After all, Liu Bian's familiarity with the history of his previous life and Cao Cao's extraordinary talent from time to time made Liu Bian deeply jealous of him, and Liu Bian wanted to build the Xiyuan Army into his own lineage and strong army, so naturally he didn't want Cao Cao to participate in it. But Cao Cao is not Feng Fang and the like, he is not only Liu Bian's own person, but also has a contribution to Dong Zhuo's plan, if Liu Biao rashly seizes power, it really makes people feel like crossing the river and demolishing the bridge.

When Liu was arguing about this matter, Cao Cao suddenly applied for him to be transferred to a civilian position. In the face of Cao Cao's "empathy", Liu Wei himself became a little embarrassed.

Therefore, Liu Wei did not transfer Cao Cao to the civil service, but gave him an important job - Tuntian, and worshiped him as a pawn farmer Zhonglang General, responsible for the work of Tuntian in the court.

After Cao Cao left, Liu Wei completely mastered the Xiyuan Army and began to transform the Xiyuan Army.

Liu Wei divided the Xiyuan Army into eight battalions, each with more than 1,000 people, and the whole army of nearly 10,000 people, and appointed Jiang Qi as the lieutenant general of the Xiyuan Army, and Zhao Yun as the military commander and captain of the military camp. The rest of the lieutenants Chen Wei, Guo Wen, the lieutenant of the lower military academy, Liu Yu, the lieutenant of the dian, Zhang Lei, the left lieutenant of the garrison, and Ma Qing, the lieutenant of the right lieutenant of the garrison, were promoted to two lieutenants who were loyal to Liu Wei and had military merits, Li Fei and Shi Liang, who were respectively appointed as the left lieutenant and the right lieutenant.

The Northern Army was still divided into five battalions by Liu Wei, and merged with part of the Xiliang Army, expanding the original 700 men per battalion to 2,000 men. Lu Zhi, who has been changed to a general, concurrently serves as the lieutenant general of the Northern Army, Liu Bei is the commander of the Northern Army, Wu Kuang is the military Sima, and Zhang Zhang is the captain of the Tun cavalry; Guan Yu is the captain of the Yue cavalry; Zhang Fei is the captain of the shooting sound; Duan Xuan, the former general of the Xiliang Army, served as the captain of Changshui and the infantry captain of Hu Zhenren.

As for the treatment of the army, Liu Wei still arranged it according to the high salary and high benefits that Jiang Qi implemented when he was training the army. Although this move costs a lot of money and food, it can improve the enthusiasm and centripetal force of the soldiers, and obtain more and better soldiers. With so much property left in the inner palace after Emperor Ling's death, it should be enough for Liu Wei to support him for a while.

In terms of control over the army, Liu Wei introduced an independent system of rewards and punishments for military merit in the army. Each army has a military justice, and all of them are under the direct jurisdiction of the General's Office, and the commanders of each army have no right to interfere. In addition, Liu Wei set up a military merit point system, which was awarded according to the size of the merit, and the promotion of soldiers was carried out according to the number of points. If you really want to be promoted exceptionally, you must not only have the nomination of a general from the General's Mansion, but also the consent of all the incumbent generals in the General's Mansion, and then Liu Wei must sign the edict to be effective.

These strict measures have made the rewards and punishments in the military clear, just and equitable. Commanders in the army can no longer promote a certain person according to their own preferences and interests, and the possibility of military generals abusing their power for personal gain and forming cliques to cause chaos has been eliminated.

At the same time, Liu Wei also sent Wei Yi to set up a mentor post in the army, specifically to educate the generals and soldiers of the army on patriotism and publicize the idea of being loyal to Liu Wei. and set up a propaganda club headed by Wei Yi to manage the mentor team. The Propaganda Agency was directly accountable to the Emperor.

Through pyramid scheme brainwashing, the soldiers were in awe and worship of Liu Bian. Then, by linking it with the vital interests of the officers and men, the promotion of the generals of the army is linked to the ideological evaluation of the instructors; if the ideological assessment fails, even if the military merit points meet the promotion standards, they will not be promoted.

However, in the early days, the Propaganda Society was only a loose organization, and the role of the mentor was not fixed. In some cases, the instructor was also responsible for teaching the soldiers to read and carry out literacy work in the army. Later, Wei Yi realized the huge power of the Propaganda Society, institutionalized and hierarchized the Propaganda Society, and the mentor began to penetrate all strata of the empire, and gradually became a political group that influenced the whole country. Because they propagandized loyalty to Emperor Guangxi Liu Bian, these people were uniformly called "Guangxi Party members" by later history.

In addition, Liu Wei also built a martial arts lecture hall near the Ming Hall to teach the art of war and cultivate military talents. Although the initial scale was not large, it still attracted many good men who were aspiring to a career in horses.

Regarding Liu Wei's military reform, the scholars and doctors in the court did not have any opinions. Most people believe that the military system of the Han Dynasty has been in use since the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and that Liu Bian's unauthorized change is against the ancestral system.

However, because Liu Wei's reform was only limited to the army, it did not violate the actual interests of the court scholars and doctors. In their eyes, Liu Wei tossed those vulgar martial artists, and it had nothing to do with them, so he didn't take this matter too seriously.

Moreover, when the new monarch ascends the throne, the first thing to grasp is military power, which is also the proper meaning of the question. If you get too entangled in the army, it seems a bit like you have bad intentions. Therefore, the powerful ministers in the court, such as Yuan Kui and Yang Biao, kept a silent attitude, and only some small characters were on the table in order to gain a clear image, and as a result, Song Shu was quickly thrown into the trash can and forgotten in the corner.

Without the obstruction of the sergeants and doctors of the DPRK, the military reform in the second year of Guangxi began to be carried out vigorously.

(To be continued, stay tuned for the next chapter)