After Liu Ze's brand-new grouping plan was discharged, everyone had a heated discussion and thought that it was very good, that the core of command had been established at every level, that the cohesion of the army could be greatly enhanced, and that the combat effectiveness was naturally incomparable.

In order to improve the sense of honor and mission of soldiers, Liu Ze proposed the use of military rank system in this bill.

In Liu Ze's plan, the military ranks are divided into six levels: soldier, sergeant, captain, colonel, general, and marshal. The reason for the opposition is actually very simple, that is, this taxi should not be used lightly. In the Han Dynasty, the scholar had a special significance, the first class of the twenty ranks of the Qin and Han dynasties was the gongshi, that is to say, the scholar was the lowest level of nobles, and it was the dividing line with the ordinary people. As a class, the scholars are different, the scholars are in a dominant position, and Liu Ze mixes the soldiers into one category, which seems to be very faceless to the scholars.

Liu Ze's explanation for this is that since the pre-Qin period, Shi has had different meanings, and Mozi. The Miscellaneous Guards divide the soldiers into 'strategists', 'warriors', 'skillful warriors', and 'messengers'. Zhuangzi. Xu Wugui" divides scholars into 'knowledge', 'debaters', 'inspectors', 'people who recruit the world', 'people of China', 'people of strength', 'brave people', 'soldiers of military revolution', 'people of withering', 'people of law', 'people of etiquette', 'people of benevolence and righteousness', etc., and now people have narrowed the definition of scholars. In a broad sense, a soldier can be divided into a scribe and a samurai, and a soldier in the army is naturally a samurai. In the army of the Han Dynasty, there were many examples of good families and scholars joining the army. The establishment of the rank of non-commissioned officer in the army is precisely tailored for them, so once they join the army, do they also start as recruits like ordinary people? This is of course impossible, as soon as they enlist in the army, they are in the non-commissioned officer class, which can also be fully in line with their status.

It is difficult for ordinary civilian soldiers to be promoted to non-commissioned officers if they do not have great military merits, and once they cross this hurdle, they can also enter the samurai class, and after retiring, they can also enjoy the treatment of samurai. Emphasizing literature over military force is one of the shortcomings since the Han Dynasty. On the one hand, the establishment of the rank of non-commissioned officer guarantees the status of the non-commissioned officers as soldiers. On the other hand, it also made ordinary soldiers see the hope of being promoted to the rank of soldier, as long as they accumulate enough military merits, they have the opportunity to change their situation, and if they have dreams, they have motivation. Such an incentive mechanism will be more conducive to the improvement of the combat effectiveness of the army.

Jia Xu and the others were quickly persuaded by Liu Ze. The sixth-class, twenty-third-class military rank system was quickly established.

Level 1; Soldier grade. Liu Ze was originally planned to be divided into recruits, third-class soldiers, second-class soldiers, and first-class soldiers. Recruits enlist in the training camp for the first time, which lasts for half a year, and after the end, they are awarded the rank of third class and officially join the army. In the future, according to the military merit, the soldier level can be promoted to the highest first-class soldier. Recruits and third, second, and first class soldiers enjoy the three, fourth, fifth, and sixth monthly salaries respectively.

Second rank: non-commissioned officer rank. Set up as a fourth class, corporal, sergeant, sergeant, sergeant. The corporal's moon is equivalent to Zuoshi, and the moon is eight. Don't underestimate this Zuo Shi, although it is the lowest level in the official system of the Han Dynasty, but no matter how low it is, it is also an official, that is to say, as long as you enter the corporal class, you will become a small official under the command of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, so the non-commissioned officer class has a special significance, no matter how high the first-class soldier is, it is also a soldier and a civilian, and no matter how low the corporal is, it is also a soldier and an official. The sergeant is fighting food, the moon is 11 stones, the sergeant is 100 stones, the month is 16 stones, the sergeant is more than 200 stones, and the moon is 27 stones. According to the official system of the Han Dynasty, there was a seal ribbon - a copper seal yellow ribbon - more than 200 stones, which can be regarded as an official position with a rank and rank.

However, Jia Xu and others read poetry and books, and seem to feel that it seems too straightforward to divide the hierarchy into one, two, three, upper, middle and lower, and it is a shortcoming of cultural connotation. Therefore, they quoted scriptures and re-applied the scholars and soldiers with nicknames. The corporal is called "Ruishi", the sword is the privilege of the scholar and the son of the good family, and the commoners and untouchables are not qualified to wear the sword, so called it to reflect the superior status of the children of the scholar's family, and the second is to reflect the qualification of the civilian soldier to enter the corporal class and have the saber. No one would have thought that just for the name of a "sharp soldier", how many soldiers will fight to the death in order to change their fate on the battlefield in the future.

The sergeant called it "Jianshi", iron armor was not widespread in the Han Dynasty, except for senior officers and heavy troops, most of the soldiers wore cowhide armor or even linen military clothing, this Jian character means that the non-commissioned officers who have reached this level have the qualification to equip armor.

The sergeant is called a "warrior", and a non-commissioned officer who can be promoted to this level must be a brave and good fighter with outstanding military achievements.

The sergeant commander called it "Yi Shi", and the non-commissioned officer at this level is no longer an ordinary soldier, but bears the responsibility of commanding a soldier, and can serve the public with loyalty and perseverance.

Together, these four-level non-commissioned officers are stubborn and resolute, Liu Ze can't help but sigh, cultural people are different, and the simple and clear division of the upper, middle and lower divisions in later generations has to be made famous here.

After chewing the words, Jia Xu and Chen Deng finally gave the name of the non-commissioned officer level they were most concerned about, and they still couldn't get enough of it, and renamed the new, first, second, and third class soldiers gorgeously: training pawn, healthy pawn, brave pawn, and martial pawn.

Fortunately, Jia Xu didn't raise any objections to the later ranks. Non-commissioned officers and above are real officers, and the captain was still a relatively large official position in the Han Dynasty, and the court did not lightly confer the post of general, so the fifth lieutenant of the Northern Army and the eighth lieutenant of the West Park were all heavyweight soldiers in charge of the court successively, but I hope that with the process of the troubled times, a large number of people with military merits have been awarded the title of general and miscellaneous general, and the captain has become an insignificant lower rank. This time, Liu Ze split the lieutenant and made it a mid-level and low-ranking officer.

Level 3; Lieutenant rank. There are three lieutenants, captains, and captains, respectively, 200 stone (30 times the month), 300 stones (37 days of the month), and 300 stones (40 days of the month), all of which are copper seals and yellow ribbons. The base rank of platoon commander is lieutenant, the base rank of squad deputy is captain, and the base rank of captain is captain. The rank of all official positions can fluctuate within the next rank above and below the base rank, for example, the rank of lieutenant can be lieutenant or captain.

Level 4: Officer. There are three classes of deputy school, main school, and colonel, respectively, compared to 400 stone (45 times the month), 400 stones (50 times the month), and 600 stones (60 times the month), all of which are black ribbons with copper seals. The benchmark rank of the deputy marquis is lieutenant colonel, the benchmark rank of the marquis is the full colonel, and the standard rank of Sima is colonel.

Fifth level: general rank. Brigadier generals, generals, partial generals, deputy generals, generals, generals, etc., the rank of brigadier general is 600 stone (70 times a month), and the bronze seal is black ribbon, which is the benchmark military rank of the captain. The general will be more than a thousand stone (month 俸 eighty hundred), the silver seal blue ribbon (this than the Han system than two thousand stone silver seal down two ranks), partial will be a thousand stone (ninety hundred), the deputy will be than two thousand stone (one hundred hundred), the main will be two thousand stone (one hundred and twenty hundred), the general will be really two thousand stone (one hundred and fifty hundred), and the general will be two thousand stone (one hundred and eighty hundred). The base rank of the deputy general is the general, the standard rank of the general is the partial general, the base rank of the deputy governor is the deputy general, and the base rank of the governor is the general. If you are above the above, you can be promoted to general and general according to meritorious service.

Sixth level: Marshal class. There are two classes: marshal and generalissimo. The rank of the marshal is the same as that of the three dukes, for ten thousand stones (three hundred and fifty hundred), and the gold seal is purple. The rank of the generalissimo is over 10,000 stones, and he is the same as the princes and kings. The marshal level cannot be lightly awarded unless it is a contribution to the world.

In the East Point Military Academy, the rank of warrant officer is also specially established, and all cadets who enter the military academy are awarded the rank of warrant officer. Warrant officer is not included in the formal military rank system, it is higher than the sergeant, soldier two levels of storage, warrant officer is divided into three classes, all military cadets, the first entry into the military academy are awarded the third class warrant officer, during the school according to academic merits, and then promoted, when graduation, the third class warrant officer is awarded the rank of lieutenant, the second class warrant officer is awarded the rank of full lieutenant, and the first class warrant officer is awarded the rank of captain. Cadets with excellent grades at the East Point Military Academy can directly serve as captain or equivalent to captain after graduation.

The reorganization of the armed forces, with more than 2,000 graduates of military academies entering the grassroots level of the army, has injected fresh blood into the old-style army, and will completely change the long-standing problem of the low-level officers and personnel of the middle- and lower-level officers in the old-style army. They will surely become the backbone of this army.

The collapse of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops has been common in history, and the root cause is not because of the lack of outstanding leading generals, but because of the lack of a large number of outstanding middle- and lower-level officers. When the main general is killed or unable to command, the entire army, whether it is 10,000 people or hundreds of thousands of people, immediately has a habitual collapse, because the huge army has only one core, and all the generals and all the soldiers revolve around this core, and once this core is lost, the army immediately loses its cohesion, and the annihilation of the whole army or the rout of the whole army is already unstoppable.

Liu Ze has been thinking about this problem, and the East Point Military Academy came into being to solve this problem, and it can effectively solve the problem of the army's loss of its main general and the collapse of the whole army by cultivating a large number of high-ranking officers. Of course, talent is the foundation, and if we really want to realize the cohesion of the army, we must start by changing the military system. (To be continued......)