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The two generals and the general soldiers of the 22 towns gathered in Nanjing, which was the biggest event of the Ming Dynasty in Longwu for three years.

It's just that such a grand gathering has nothing to do with the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. So much so that later people have always regarded this incident as a sign of King Jin's arbitrary power and self-reliance.

The generals who followed Zhai Zhe to the north included Xiao Zhiyan, Zuo Ruo, Feng Qin, Li Zhi'an, Yuan Qizhou, Meng Kang, Bao Guang, Che Feng, Meng Kang, Wen Linzhu, and Gong Chen, and subdued the commanders of the naval division Chen Huwei and Zhang Cheng in the town of Ningshaojun

Those who followed Zhai Zhe during the anti-shaving order included Wang Zhiren and Fang Yuanke, the former Ming generals, and Zheng Zunqian and Sun Zhijing, the leaders of the Eastern Zhejiang Righteous Army.

Those who surrendered from the Qing court anyway included Yang Shouzhuang, Jin Shenghuan and Zhang Tianlu.

The generals of the loyal battalion attached to it were Li Guo, Li Laiheng and Yuan Zongdi, and only Chen Youlongyi came to the two general soldiers of Hunan

There are only two people missing above the military general army of the Ming Dynasty, one is Yan Yingyuan who is stationed in Taixing, and the other is Liu Chengyin, the general soldier of Changsha, who is sick.

Jin Xiaoding, the governor of Nanjing, was responsible for receiving the generals.

Because the generals more or less brought some accompanying soldiers, all of them were arranged to be stationed in the western camp of Nanjing.

After Jin Xiaoding returned from Shanxi with the righteous army, he did not serve as the chief soldier, and embarked on the road of civil official with his cloth clothes, showing that Zhai Zhe attached great importance to him. The appointment came as a surprise to all. This was the result of the assassination case, when the courtiers did not dare to disobey the general's will, and he returned to Huguang with the credit of luring Shanxi Jiang Pai and leading 30,000 Shanxi rebels to the south. Zhai Zhe couldn't find a suitable candidate for the general army of the Beijing camp for a while, and he was lucky.

After the generals arrived, the familiar generals got together to tell interesting stories after the separation, and it was indispensable to tell some meat jokes for fun. Unfamiliar generals are deliberately making friends, hoping to make connections in the army.

Three days later, Zhai Zhe went to Xiying, accompanied by Jin Xiaoding.

The generals came to greet Zuo Ruo and Feng Qin, and Xiao Zhiyan, the number two person in the original army, was implicated in the assassination case and was not named a general, and he was behind the two.

After seeing it before, they were all familiar faces, and Zhai Zhe suddenly pointed at Chen Youlong and said, "You are General Chen of Wugang?" "Because there is only this man he has never seen.

Chen Youlong was flattered, bowed and saluted, and said, "See the prince, it is the last general."

Zhai Zhe said: "Xu Yiyang once told me about your prestige in Hunan"

Chen Youlong didn't even dare to say it. Only then did he wake up that Xu Yiyang had been prepared to come to Nanjing at the instigation of him, and he had more closeness to Xu Yiyang in his heart.

Zhai Zhe restrained his smile and suddenly asked, "Liu Chengyin didn't come to Nanjing, is he really sick?" ”

His demeanor in front of him was gentle and like a spring breeze, and when he asked this, his tone suddenly became stern and cold.

Chen Youlong chuckled in his heart, secretly calling Liu Chengyin bad, he didn't know how to answer.

Zhai Zhe didn't wait for him to speak, and continued to walk forward. The generals followed, and the group entered the big tent of the Chinese army.

Zhai Zhe sat on the tiger skin chair in the middle, Jin Xiaoding accompanied him on his right hand side, and the generals sat down separately.

There was silence in the tent.

"You are all the pillars of my Ming Dynasty, and you must be guessing why I summoned you all to Nanjing" Zhai Zhe's voice was very calm, and his posture was as calm as the stone wall of Nanjing City.

"The Huguang generals have made great contributions to the recovery of Xiangyang this year, which is the end of the Huguang War and the starting point of the Northern Expedition."

The generals in the audience were in high spirits, Zuo Ruo was aiming at Feng Qin, and Feng Qin was looking at the ground.

"As soon as next year, the Ming Dynasty will send troops to the Northern Expedition, and everyone here may have to fight against the Qing captives.

Zhai Zhe's eyes were like torches, and he glanced at the tent, because he wanted to control the soldiers and horses under the general's mansion, so the Ming army had not set up a civilian supervision army. Military generals in various localities are not under the control of civilian officials, nor are they supervised by the supervising army, so they have great authority. He gathered the generals to Nanjing this time, not only to do important things, but also to use this to deter the generals.

He beckoned gently to Jin Xiaoding, who took out an edict and presented it.

"I just asked the Holy Lord for a holy decree" Zhai Zhe sat on his seat and unfolded the edict, which did not look like a holy decree, but like his family letter.

"Xiao Zhiyan, General Feng Yulin, Li Zhi'an, General Feng Guangping, Jin Shenghuan, General Feng Taiping, Li Guo, General Jingzhou; Li Laiheng, Yuan Zongdi, Zheng Zunqian, Sun Zhijing, Che Feng, Gong Chen, Chen Huwei, and Chen Cheng were all promoted to the general army" He put away the holy decree, his face was stern, and said: "From today on, the general army will not add the name of the place, and there will be other orders to guard the towns. ”

The people whose names were read were all happy, and they already had a premonition in their hearts when they received the order to participate in the military conference, but when they heard the order, they still couldn't suppress the excitement in their hearts.

Xiao Zhiyan and Li Zhi'an were canonized as generals after Zuo Ruo and Feng Qin, and both of them were surprised.

Xiao Zhiyan was demoted to Jingzhou because of the assassination case, at least he thought so, and he could even be promoted. When Li Zhi'an went south, his real power in the army was second only to Zuo Ruo and Feng Qin, but after the battle of Hangzhou to defend the city, he no longer had the opportunity to lead an army alone. Jin Shenghuan took it for granted. He dedicated Nanchang and spared no effort in the Huguang campaign, and his credit Zhai Zhe saw it in his eyes. Li Guo was a representative of the Loyal Battalion and deserved the position of a general.

Xiao Zhiyan looked up at Zhai Zhe, but Zhai Zhe didn't look at him. Although he didn't care about the name of this general, a warm current still surged in his heart.

Zhai Zhe's tone changed, and then said: "Everyone, don't be happy too early, the bigger the official position, the more things you have to do, don't be a person who only leads the army and doesn't do practical things."

"All the generals are my Ming soldiers, from now on, the total army has a quota of 10,000 soldiers and horses, and the general has a quota of 20,000 soldiers and horses, and it is not allowed to expand the recruitment of soldiers and horses without permission. The soldiers, uniforms, and weapons of the regular soldiers were all uniformly placed by the General's Mansion. From now on, the military salary will also be verified by the General's Office, the military department will be released, and the military generals above 100 in the army will be reported to the General's Office and the military department for roster records. The general soldier or above can be transferred to another place with a maximum of 300 personal soldiers, so all of you who originally raised the family members will either be returned to the regular soldiers or disbanded. ”

Zhai Zhe's voice shook like thunder, and the big tent instantly fell silent.

The Ming Dynasty was often deducted because of military salaries, and it has become a common practice to introduce the family system in the army, and the soldiers and horses in each town are equivalent to the private soldiers of the general army, and the imperial court has always suffered from it. Zhai Zhe also seized this loophole to raise troops from Ning Shao, but he must not tolerate the continuation of this chaotic system.

Everyone is calculating in their hearts the advantages and disadvantages of the general's strategy for themselves. For example, Li Guo had more than 60,000 loyal battalions stationed in Jingzhou, and according to the new system, he could only command 20,000 soldiers and horses. There are also more than 30,000 people under Jin Shenghuan's command, so what should be done with the extra soldiers and horses?

Zhai Zhe quickly relieved their doubts.

"Each general soldier selects capable soldiers, and the rest of the soldiers and horses are either returned to the peasants and placed by the local government, or assigned to the local government soldiers"

The government soldiers are under the jurisdiction of the governors and governors of each town, ploughing the fields during agricultural time and practicing in leisure time, which belongs to the semi-conscription system, and the regular soldiers belong to the full conscription system.

At present, the finances of the Ming Dynasty cannot afford the salaries of the existing soldiers and horses, and instead of making the soldiers and horses in various towns chaotic, it is better to divide those who are messing around in the army. After the restructuring, the generals of the six towns of the Ming Dynasty, the general soldiers of the eighteen towns, and the 300,000 regular soldiers, have been the limit of tolerance for Huguang and Jiangnan. This is not counting the soldiers and horses under the command of Liu Chengyin and Yan Yingyuan.

The advantage of such a restructuring is that the regular soldiers can be justifiable and not under the control of local governors and governors, and only have contact with the general's palace and military personnel. From now on, military generals are not suppressed by local civil officials, and they are still very tempting to some people here.

Zhai Zhe looked at the tent and said: "This time the reform of the military system started in a hurry, and it is inevitable that there will be omissions. ”

Military reform has been running in his mind hundreds of times, and he has actually been waiting for the moment to recover Xiangyang.

He also took great pains to gather all the generals, and first rewarded four generals and eight general soldiers to reduce resistance. In this restructuring, the greatest impact should be on the loyal battalion, but he even made a general of the loyal battalion, and the two general soldiers can be regarded as very gracious.

As Zhai Zhe expected.

Li Guo was the first to stand up and ask: "What if the county can't accept so many soldiers?" He didn't want to be a rafter, but tens of thousands of people in the loyalty camp have survived with him until today, and he has to find a way out for the soldiers in the tent no matter what.

Zhai Zhe said: "There are no government soldiers in Huguang and Jiangxi, tens of thousands of people can still be settled, and some old and frail people, don't let them live the days of licking blood with knives"

Since he has made a decision, he has already considered all aspects. In this way, the loyal battalion will be scattered in various places, and it will not be possible to form a force entrenched in Jingzhou.

"I give you three days, and if you have any difficulties, just raise them. Three days later, if there is no objection, the general's palace will send a military envoy to urge the towns to complete the restructuring, and before the end of this year, the rectification of the armies will be completed, and next year the Northern Expedition will be carried out."

Zhai Zhe sat on a chair like a stone carving.

Some diseases should be prevented in advance. After Wu Sangui was anyway, no one inside and outside the Ming Dynasty dared to question his prestige

This reorganization of the army is only half of what he envisioned, because he has never been a radical person. Radical restructuring will kill a lot of people, although he has killed many people with his own hands, but he is not a person who likes to kill

Whether it is military and political affairs or civil affairs, he has been waiting for the right time and carefully operated on the rotten system of the Ming Dynasty. This military reform is only a further step on the previous military reform, for example, Zuo Ruo has only 20,000 soldiers and horses under his command.

After the completion of this policy, the generals in the army can only command 20,000 soldiers and horses at most, and then authorize a general to command the generals and general troops of the towns in wartime, which can eliminate the hidden danger of the military town. After perfecting the regular soldier system, it is also possible to enhance the combat strength of the army. canonizing four generals in a row is not only a reward for the merits of those people, but Zhai Zhe also doesn't want Zuo Ruohe Fengqin to be too prominent in the army.