"Your Majesty, Liu Daxia, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Xiong Xiu, the left waiter, ask to see him. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info "Wang Yue walked in at this time.

"Oh, I wanted to find them, but I didn't expect them to come to the door first." Zheng De, who was watching the song, raised his head when he heard this, and ordered, "Let them in." ”

"Minister Liu Daxia and Xiong Xiu see Your Majesty." The two of them came in and bowed, but they didn't bow down, and they seemed to know Zheng De's rules.

"Sit down."

When I saw the emperor pointing to the seat in front of the imperial case, Xiong Xiu, who came to meet the new monarch for the first time, was a little unsure of what to do. However, when he saw that his boss sat down in front of the imperial case, he also bowed, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for sitting." "Sit down.

Zheng De looked at the two, but he was not in a hurry to ask, but wanted to know the purpose of the two of them, "I don't know what the two Aiqing came here today?" ”

"The 12th Regiment Battalion rushed north to aid Xuanfu, resulting in the emptiness of the Beijing Division, and I also ask Your Majesty to transfer the army into Beijing in advance to defend."

"Banjun?" Hearing Liu Daxia say this, Zheng De remembered something. In order to make up for the serious shortage of troops in Beijing, Shandong, Henan, and Jiangxi elite soldiers were specially ordered to be the squad army, totaling 250,000 people, and they took turns to garrison Beijing in the spring and autumn, which is the origin of the squad army. Fortunately, he made up for the relevant political and military system of the Ming Dynasty this month, otherwise he really didn't know what a squad army was.

"I know about this, and I will send a decree to let the squad army enter Beijing later." Zheng De nodded, and then looked at Xiong Xiu, the squire of the military department on the other side. Through the search system, he also knew that this person's ability was no worse than Liu Daxia on the side. I don't know why he came, "Is there anything else?" ”

Seeing the emperor looking at him, Xiong Xiu got up and bowed and said, "Back to Your Majesty's words, when the first emperor was alive, he ordered his ministers to check the four guards of Tengxiang, and found that there were 30,000 or 40,000 people, but 14,000 people were fictitious, and they cost hundreds of thousands of money every year, most of which went into their personal pockets. The leader is the eunuch Ning Jin and other eunuchs, and he also asks His Majesty to deal with it. ”

"Teng Xiang Four Guards, one of the twenty-six guards of the Ming Dynasty's pro-army, is in charge of the guards, and is not under the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, but under the control of the Imperial Horse Supervisor. Unexpectedly, not only did the border army have a shortage of soldiers fleeing, but even the pro-army around him also had a serious problem of empty salaries. Since Teng Xiang's four guards have such a serious problem, don't the other twenty-two guards have one? Zheng De thought of this and greeted the outside world, and Wang Yue quickly walked in, "Find Min Jue, the secretary of the Criminal Department." ”

Seeing Wang Yue leaving, he looked at Xiong Xiu again, "Except for Teng Xiang and the four guards, are there any similar problems with the other twenty and twenty guards?" ”

Xiong Xiu didn't expect the emperor to ask about this, and he didn't dare to go to the inventory casually without the emperor's order, "The first emperor didn't order Weichen to investigate, so he didn't know."

Zheng De nodded, "Then work hard Xiong Qing a little more and help me check the remaining twenty-two guards of the pro-army." As for the matter of Teng Xiang Siwei, I will hand it over to Min Jue, the secretary of the Criminal Department. ”

"Commandment." Xiong Xiu saw the emperor and motioned to sit down.

Zheng De thought about it, but still felt that there were too many pro-army twenty-six guards. In the Ming Dynasty, there were 5,600 people in one guard and nearly 150,000 in the twenty-six guards. There was a Beijing army outside to guard the entire Beijing Division, and he felt that there was really no need to use so many people to guard a small imperial city.

"There are also too many of the 26 guards of the pro-army, I want to restore the scale of the 12 guards of the pro-army during the Taizu period, what do you think?"

Liu Daxia was speechless when he heard this, and the emperor disliked too many of his own soldiers? He really couldn't understand it, so he could only persuade, "Please also ask the emperor to think twice, this will easily lead to the palace guards being too weak, which is not conducive to protecting Your Majesty's safety." ”

"During the reign of Taizu, the twelve guards guarded the imperial city and were fine, how could there be something wrong now?" Zheng De looked at him and waved his hand indifferently.

Liu Daxia shook his head, "Your Majesty, this time and that time. Nanjing is located in the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, and Beijing is adjacent to the borderland, which is not the same. ”

"There are more soldiers than in the fine! The pro-army only stayed in the imperial city, not to defend the capital division, so the matter was decided. Zheng De didn't bother to entangle with him more about this matter, turned his head to Xiong Xiu and said, "Xiong Qing, this matter has to be left to you." At the same time as the 26 guards of the pro-army were checked, in addition to the Jinyi Guard, the Banner Guard, the Wugong Middle Guard, the Wugong Left Guard, and the Wugong Right Guard, the elite soldiers were selected from the remaining 21 guards to form the 12th Brigade. ”

"Each brigade is reduced to four thousand and fifty men, with one brigade commander and two brigade deputies; 1,000 households were changed to regiments, and each brigade had three regiments, with 1,350 regiments, one regiment commander and two regimental deputies; Each regiment has three battalions, each battalion has 450 people, with one battalion commander and two battalion deputies; Each battalion has three companies, each with 150 people, one company commander and two company deputies; Each company has three platoons, each platoon has 50 people, with one platoon commander and one platoon deputy; There are five teams under each platoon, with ten people in each team and one team leader. You should reorganize the pro-army according to this formation. ”

"Your Majesty, is there too much of such an official name?" Xiong Xiu hesitated and said.

"No, this is specially set up by me to implement the military rank system in the future." Zheng De glanced at the two of them, and finally said the decision he had already envisioned in his heart.

"Introducing a military rank system?" The two glanced at each other, a little curious about what the military rank system was in the emperor's mouth.

Zheng De didn't sell it, and said directly, "The so-called military rank system is similar to a grade, but it is only designed to distinguish the rank of a soldier or a military attaché. The rank of general is divided into six classes and seventeen grades, which are divided into six classes: marshal, general, colonel, lieutenant, non-commissioned officer, and soldier, of which the marshal is the highest military rank; The generals are divided into four levels: general, general, lieutenant general, and major general; The school officers are divided into three levels: colonel, lieutenant colonel, and major; Lieutenants are divided into three grades: captain, lieutenant, and second lieutenant; Non-commissioned officers are divided into three levels: sergeant, sergeant, and sergeant; Soldiers are divided into three classes: private, private, private, and private. Military rank corresponds to military rank, if there is no corresponding military rank, the corresponding military rank cannot be awarded, and if there is no corresponding military merit and ability, the military rank cannot be promoted. ”

"Isn't this the Qin Dynasty's military merit knighthood system?" Liu Daxia couldn't help but exclaim in surprise when he heard this, and then immediately reacted, he was now in front of the emperor, and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, it's the minister who lost his word." ”

"It's fine." Zheng De waved his hand, and naturally knew about the historical compulsory thing of "awarding military merits". He said with a smile, "This is not a military merit award, except for the distinction between an officer's rank and the corresponding rank, there is no such thing as land and property." ”

"In this case, why does Your Majesty have to set up military ranks many times, after all, military attachés have different ranks, and they can be distinguished." Liu Daxia asked a little strangely, so it seems that there is no difference between the rank and the rank of military attaché.

Zheng De simply wanted to implement the military rank system, and the overlap with the military attache rank was not within his consideration. However, since he was asked, he couldn't help but answer, and after a moment of silence, he thought of a good excuse, "I want to completely separate the military rank from the official rank, the civilian official uses the official rank, and the military attache uses the military rank." In this way, it is easier to distinguish and more conducive to the management of the army. ”

When Liu Daxia heard this, he felt that the emperor's reason was a bit far-fetched, and there was another question that he didn't vomit unpleasantly, "Your Majesty, if the military attache can only be awarded the rank of military attaché, then what is the use of the rank and grade of the military attaché?" ”

"If the military rank system is implemented, except for the retention of official posts, the official grades of military attachés will be abolished." Zheng De did not hesitate to reveal all the thoughts in his heart.

Liu Daxia was also shocked by the emperor's idea when he heard this, "Could it be that Your Majesty is now preparing to implement the rank system in the army?" ”

"The time is not yet ripe." Zheng De directly vetoed this proposal, after all, the epaulettes of the military uniform and anything are not ready yet, and the title of just issuing a military rank really feels a bit child's play, and it is not very formal. Thinking of this, he looked at Xiong Xiu again, "Xiong Qing, you will first reorganize the pro-army according to what I explained, and then talk about the military rank." ”

"Obey the order!" Xiong Xiu nodded, and asked again, "Your Majesty, the number of the twelve brigades?" ”

Zheng De thought for a while, "According to the 1st Brigade, 2nd Brigade, 3rd Brigade, and so on, to the 12th Brigade. Except for the chief and deputy commanders of each brigade who submit their names to me, all other officers at all levels are appointed by you. ”

Numbers as numbers? The two of them were stunned by the emperor's strange idea, but after thinking about it, they felt that it was nothing, but it was easier for people to remember than the current place named after the guard.

Hearing that the emperor did not implement the military rank system, Liu Daxia was also secretly relieved when he heard this. After all, the new emperor has just ascended the throne, and the imperial court really can't withstand too much toss. But what he didn't know was that Zheng De didn't want to, but felt that the time was not ripe and put it down temporarily. Thinking of this, he mentioned another matter, "Your Majesty, when the military households of the guard station are seriously fleeing today, please also ask Your Majesty to send the Qing army to check the military registration and household registration." ”

"That's what I want to say to you."

"I haven't mentioned it yet, but this one has brought it up first." Zheng De looked at Liu Daxia and said in an unkind tone, "To be honest, if it weren't for the invasion of the little prince in Xuanfu this time, I wouldn't have known that my Ming army would have fled so seriously. A Xuanfu originally had as many as 150,000 soldiers and horses, but he didn't expect nearly half of the soldiers to flee. A nine-sided important town is still like this, and the escape of the soldiers of the Tianxia Guard can be seen how serious. I don't know what Liu Qing wants to say to me? ”

No wonder Zheng De was a little angry, the escape of the military household was so serious, this military secretary didn't think about doing anything beforehand, and didn't think about it until after the accident, who would he show this drama to?

Liu Daxia was also aggrieved when he heard this, "Back to Your Majesty's words, and since the orthodoxy, the law of the military tun has become increasingly corrupt, the military field is occupied by internal supervisors, officers and powerful people, and the sparse military salary is also more than half of the marshal, and the livelihood of the military households is unsustainable, so that the military households have fled in large numbers, and the prohibition has not stopped." Since there is no good way, the Qing army can only be sent every year to investigate, make up, and make up for it. ”

"The solution hasn't been figured out by anyone, isn't it because you're too incompetent!" Thinking of this, Zheng De looked at him with suspicion, and asked with some puzzlement, "Why don't you clean up the occupied military land, if the military households own the military land to make a living, will the soldiers flee in large numbers?" ”

"This ......" Liu Daxia looked at the emperor with a look of embarrassment, and hesitated to tell the truth, "Your Majesty, the Tuntian register has been lost and disappeared, and there is no way to find out if you want to check it." ”