In the capital, in a military camp on the outskirts, Zhu Youxiao was reviewing the newly formed nine infantry divisions.

In the sound of war drums, the infantry divisions of the Beijing camp successfully completed various changes with the rhythm of the drums, and Sun Chuanting said happily to Zhu Youxiao: "Your Majesty, it seems that the Beijing camp has initially achieved combat effectiveness. ”

"Not bad, not bad." Zhu Youxiao smiled and said, seeing that the army in front of him had combat effectiveness, he was extremely happy, and said to Sun Chuanting: "The next military system reform can also be launched. ”

Sun Chuanting nodded, the reform that Zhu Youxiao said is actually the establishment of the 'Supreme Command', after the establishment of the 'Supreme Command', military matters will not be discussed in the court, all handled by the Command Department, and listed as confidential, no longer as it is now, major military resolutions are openly discussed in front of a group of civil and military officials, as long as someone pays to buy one or two officials, the military resolution will be immediately leaked to the wild boar skin.

So in the middle of July of the second year of the Apocalypse, the 'Supreme Command' of the Ming Dynasty was established, and Zhu Youxiao served as the commander of the Command, with a staff department under it, and Sun Chuanting as the chief of staff.

The payment of military salaries, the appointment of military attachés, the transfer of troops, and the command of the armed forces were all vested in the 'Supreme High Command,' and after the establishment of the Supreme High Command, a system of military ranks was quickly formulated. The military ranks are divided into 3 classes and 11 grades, which are general, colonel, and lieutenant.

General: First Class General, Admiral, Lieutenant General, Major General.

Schools: Colonel, Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major.

Lieutenant: Captain, Lieutenant, Ensign.

Corresponding to the position, the platoon commander is the rank of major.

The new rank system is used only for the new army. The old style of the army and military attachés of the past. It is still used in the nine-grade system.

Soldiers are divided into privates, privates, and privates. At the same time, the number of non-commissioned officers was increased. Non-commissioned officers are not ranked. It is not counted in the ranks of officers, it belongs to reserve officers, and when there is a shortage of junior officers, they will be transferred from non-commissioned officers.

At the same time, the 'Central Military Region' was established in the Beijing Division, and all the Beijing Battalion troops were incorporated into the Central Military Region to become the 'Central Army', and the Central Army at this time had 14 infantry divisions, numbered 001~014. Tengxiang Cavalry Division. and the Wuxiang Cavalry Division, which is also under the establishment of the Central Military Region, is set at 015 and 016, and during the transfer of troops, all written words are used to avoid leaking military secrets. It is also difficult for the enemy to distinguish between the classes of troops by virtue of the number.

In terms of military salaries, the salary for private soldiers was 2 yuan per month. 2.5 yuan for a private, 3 yuan for a private. $5 for non-commissioned officers. 20 yuan for ensign, 30 yuan for lieutenant, 40 yuan for captain, 60 yuan for major, 100 yuan for lieutenant colonel, 150 yuan for colonel, 200 yuan for colonel, 260 yuan for major general, 350 yuan for lieutenant general, 500 yuan for general, 1000 yuan for first class general.

This kind of military salary is definitely very generous. At the same time, Zhu Youxiao also came up with a brief to distinguish the rank of the officer, and the officer's military uniform is the same style, only the brief is different.

After some reforms, the Ministry of War is only responsible for military budgeting and other work, and no longer interferes in specific military operations.

Everyone can see that Zhu Youxiao's reform is a military centralization. But at this time, there is no one in the court who can stop Zhu Youxiao's reform behavior of 'striding forward'.

Ye Xianggao, who was always paying attention to the political situation, had to sigh after learning that the emperor had established a supreme command: "The emperor has trained another 100,000 Beijing camp, which can be said to be full-fledged, and no one in the north can disobey the imperial power. ”

After the ups and downs, Ye Xianggao already understood that Zhu Youxiao was not something they could control. The Donglin Party itself is a civilian interest group and has no military power. If you run into a stupid emperor, you can also manipulate the imperial power through brainwashing. But when today's son Zhu Youxiao, benevolence, righteousness and morality can't fool him, so he stares at interests.

Fang Congzhe, who lives in Beijing, saw that the current emperor was engaged in military centralization, and he was completely relieved to retire at home. When Shen Tong visited him, Fang Congzhe sat leisurely in the courtyard basking in the sun, drinking tea, and said to Shen Yun: "If today's governance is so clever, and there are nearly 160,000 troops in hand, the Ming Dynasty is worry-free, and the old man doesn't have to worry about any national affairs, just spend his old age at home." ”

"The Son of Heaven is indeed the King of Wisdom, who not only understands the suffering of the people, but also knows how to solve it. Especially good at developing business, now the business of Beizhili is prosperous, and people's livelihood is no longer a problem. Shen Yan couldn't help but sigh with emotion, and then said with a worried face: "It's just that the Son of Heaven has been wantonly fighting recently, I'm afraid that he is going to make up his mind to make a big deal in Liaodong and Jiannu, I'm afraid that the finances won't be able to support it at that time!" ”

"What did the Emperor do again?" Fang Congzhe asked.

"The emperor wants to buy horses, and he wants a large number of war horses, and he himself said that it is best to have twenty or thirty thousand, as long as they can be bought, it doesn't matter if the silver is available. This silver is estimated to not be able to withstand such a toss. Shen Yan said with some pain, the price of the war horse is really expensive! Twenty or thirty thousand war horses, if you buy them, it will cost at least one or two million taels. The next expansion of cavalry is another large amount of money.

"The emperor's character is still very cautious, otherwise he will not wait until he controls the military power before carrying out a major reform. Since the emperor did this, then you don't have to worry about the silver. Fang Congzhe said calmly, since Zhu Youxiao ascended the throne, he has made a lot of 'out-of-line' moves, and now people are not surprised.

Zhu Youxiao really wanted to buy horses, and after forming the 'Supreme Command', he immediately asked the General Staff to go to Wusizang (Tibet), the ground (Xinjiang Yarkand Khanate), and the Mongolian departments to buy war horses.

At this time, the diplomatic environment of the Ming Dynasty was still good, and Tibet often paid tribute, although it was to be able to purchase tea at a low price. The Yarkand Khanate also traded with the Ming Dynasty. Although the Mongol tribes still went south to plunder from time to time, the official relationship was still gone, and at this time the Mongols were also threatened by the wild boar skins, and they were not embarrassed by the wild boar skins and went south to plunder together.

The imperial court lacked war horses, firstly, the tribute was too frequent, so that Tibet and other regions could exchange tea for tea through tribute, so they were unwilling to accept the tea and horse trade pricing of the imperial court. Another reason is the private smuggling trade, which broke the unequal trade status of these ethnic minorities in the Ming Dynasty.

But it doesn't matter, as long as they are willing to sell war horses, it's a big deal to spend a little more silver. Daming doesn't have much anything, just a lot of money.

In the past, the court had no money, which does not mean that Zhu Youxiao has no money at this time.

And Daming really lacks war horses, so he has to buy them with his nose. Anyway, let's buy war horses first, and then grab those vast grasslands in the future.

There are no cavalry, and it is obviously a bit of a fool's dream to capture those steppes. (To be continued......)

PS: The second update is here! There should be another chapter in the evening