In the evening, Chongzhen returned from Changping City to the Asahi Temple station.

In the past half a month, Chongzhen has been living in the barracks of the Temple of the Sunrise, and has never planned to move back to the Forbidden City, and he has not even gone back to take a look.

Chongzhen has no plans to move back to the Forbidden City.

The Forbidden City is a masterpiece of classical architecture, but it is clearly more suitable for viewing than living.

In terms of living experience, the Forbidden City is actually very bad.

The first is that the yin qi is heavy, from the fourth year of Yongle to the present, I don't know how many people have died in vain here, so that a large amount of evil qi has accumulated and persisted, how can you live long in such an environment for a long time?

The second is that the space is open, and it takes half a day to go out.

Chongzhen, as a traverser, still prefers fireworks.

However, where to live in the future, Chongzhen has not yet thought about it.

So for the time being, I can only live in the barracks of the Temple of Asahi.

As soon as Chongzhen returned to the barracks, Jiang Tianyi submitted the new army's innovation plan.

Until now, the Ming New Army has not been regularized, and the Shizi Battalion is only a temporary group, and there has been no clear conclusion on whether it belongs to the military general sequence or the civilian official shift.

But this situation obviously cannot continue.

With the fall of Jiannu, there must be a clear statement.

Jiang Tianyi's plan for the reform of the new army was made along this line of thinking.

But the first version of the plan made by Jiang Tianyi made Chongzhen very dissatisfied.

The main thing is that it is too different from the military system envisioned by Chongzhen.

"Jiang Tianyi, I said, you remember." Chongzhen returned the innovation plan to Jiang Tianyi.

Jiang Tianyi hurriedly took out the wolf brush he carried with him and prepared to record.

Chongzhen pondered for a moment and then said: "In the future, the army of the Ming Dynasty will be divided into three major arms: army, navy and air force, and the Ming Emperor will be the generalissimo of the army, navy and air force. ”

"Abolish the old military positions such as the commander, the general soldier, the deputy general, the garrison, the thousand general, the general, and the sentry chief."

"Newly established commanders, division commanders, brigade commanders, regiment commanders, battalion commanders, company commanders, platoon commanders, squad leaders, etc."

"The infantry squad has a capacity of 15 men and is equipped with 15 rifles and 1 short gun; The baggage squad has a capacity of 15 people, equipped with 15 rifles, 1 short gun and several mules and horses or several carriages. ”

"The squad is changed to a platoon, 1 infantry platoon has 3 infantry squads, the main and deputy platoon commanders plus the trumpeter herald, each infantry platoon or baggage platoon has a quota of 50 people, equipped with 50 rifles and 8 short guns."

"The infantry artillery platoon has a capacity of 30 people, equipped with 4 2.5-inch tiger squat guns and 30 short guns."

"The artillery platoon has a crew of 20 people, equipped with one 2.5-inch mountain gun or one 4-inch field gun, 20 short guns, plus a number of mules and horses, or several carriages."

"The sentry was changed to a company, and one infantry company had three infantry platoons and one infantry platoon under its jurisdiction, with a capacity of 190 people."

"One artillery company has three artillery platoons under its jurisdiction, with a capacity of 70 people, and is equipped with three mountain guns or field guns."

"The total number is changed to battalions, 1 infantry battalion has 3 infantry companies under its jurisdiction with a capacity of 580 people, and 1 artillery battalion has 3 artillery companies under its jurisdiction with a capacity of 220 people and is equipped with 9 mountain guns or field artillery."

"The battalion was changed to a regiment, with 1 infantry regiment under 3 infantry battalions with a capacity of 1,750 people, and 1 artillery regiment under 3 artillery battalions with a capacity of 670 people and 27 mountain or field guns."

"The brigade is still a brigade, and a mixed brigade has 2 infantry regiments, 1 baggage regiment and 1 artillery regiment, with a capacity of 6,000 people, equipped with 4,520 rifles, 2,275 short guns, 72 2.5-inch tiger squat guns, 27 2.5-inch mountain guns or 4-inch field guns, plus a number of mules and horses or several carriages."

"The mixed brigade is the smallest independent combat unit."

"According to the type of artillery, it is divided into mountain mixed brigade and field mixed brigade."

"The town was changed to a division, and one division has three mixed brigades and medical teams directly under the divisional headquarters, with a capacity of about 20,000 people."

"There are group armies above the division level, and one group army has several divisions under its jurisdiction, with a quota of 20,000 to 100,000, and the specific scale depends on the needs of the campaign."

"The military commander is not permanent."

"Only in wartime will officers and soldiers go out as one."

"In peacetime, the soldiers return to the town, and the officials return to the government."

If the generals and soldiers are allowed to stay together for a long time, the generals can form a firm personal attachment relationship with the low-level soldiers through means such as showing favor or intimidation and coercion.

As a traverser, Chongzhen naturally will not repeat the mistakes of the past, so the officers and soldiers must be separated.

As for saying that the separation of officers and soldiers may lead to the fact that the generals do not know the soldiers, and the soldiers do not know the generals, it is indeed possible to weaken the combat effectiveness of the army, but for the current Ming Dynasty, this is actually not a problem.

Because after entering the age of firearms, the logic of the battlefield has been completely different.

As long as the discipline of the army is guaranteed, even if the generals do not know the soldiers and the generals, the combat effectiveness will not be bad.

Speaking of this, Chongzhen said: "When there is no combat mission, the soldiers need to return to the town to wait for the call-up, and the officers need to return to the internal affairs office to wait for selection. ”

"Also, the selection of officers should no longer be as random as it is now, but need certain rules."

"In the future, a military rank system can be introduced, and military ranks can be divided into non-commissioned officers, lieutenants, colonels, generals, and marshals."

"Except for the marshal, which is not graded, the other four ranks are divided into upper, middle and lower ranks, from low to high, they are corporal, sergeant, sergeant, second lieutenant, lieutenant, captain, major, lieutenant colonel, colonel, major general, lieutenant general and general, a total of five orders and thirteen grades."

"The rule is that Nanjing Guozi students are not allowed to be squad leaders, non-lieutenant officers are not allowed to be platoon commanders and company commanders, non-colonel officers are not allowed to be battalion and regiment commanders, non-generals are not allowed to be brigade commanders and division commanders, and non-marshals are not allowed to be commanders."

"Finally, according to the military merits of the soldiers of the Shizi Battalion and the first phase of Guozisheng in the war of extermination, the corresponding military ranks and levels can be assessed one by one for future selection, among which the soldiers of the Shizi Battalion are mainly school officers, and the proportion of generals does not exceed 10%, and the first period of Guozijian in Nanjing is mainly non-commissioned officers, and the proportion of lieutenants is not more than 30%.

Jiang Tianyi recorded them one by one, and finally asked: "The minister has something unclear, please show the saint." ”

Greeting Chongzhen's inquiring eyes, Jiang Tianyi then asked: "If the soldiers return to the town and the officials return to the government, how can the training of the soldiers in each town be guaranteed?" And how to maintain the weapons and equipment of each town? ”

Compared with cold weapons such as knives, spears and bows, the maintenance of firearms is more frequent and more important.

Generally speaking, cold weapons such as knives, spears, bows and arrows are enough to be maintained once every ten days and half a month, but firearms must be wiped and tested every day, and there should be no slackness.

That's why Jiang Tianyi deliberately raised this question.

However, this matter is difficult for Chongzhen, he has already made corresponding arrangements.

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs regularly sends a group of lieutenants to each town as instructors and is responsible for training in each town."

"As for the maintenance of weapons and equipment, we can set up separate arsenals in the walled forts of each town to store weapons and equipment, and let the town soldiers do a good job of maintaining weapons and equipment during daily training."

Regularly send junior officers to various towns to take charge of the training tasks of the town soldiers, so that there is no longer any need to worry about the risk of warlord secession, first, the junior officers do not have that appeal, and second, even if a very few low-level officers have a strong appeal, there is no time for him to establish a personal relationship with the soldiers.

The reform of the military system was thus decided.

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When Jiang Tianyi returned to the staff department, Zheng Sen and several other scholars were having a heated discussion with more than a dozen national students.

"What are you discussing, so lively?" Jiang Tian smiled and asked, "I'll listen to it too." ”

"Hey, what else can we discuss, isn't it just a matter of military merit." Zheng Sen said, "Before launching the Northern Expedition, the Holy Lord clearly said that when the Northern Expedition was victorious and Jiannu was destroyed, a new military merit system would be formally established, and I don't know what kind of military merit system this new military merit system is?" When will it come out? ”

The reward for post-war merit was said early on.

The reward is divided into two parts, one part is the reward, which has already been issued, whether it is a scholar, a national student or a soldier at the bottom, the standard is the same, and 55 yuan will be rewarded.

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In addition to rewards, there is also the military merit system or the title system.

Many scholars look forward to the military merit system, but they are also afraid of the title system.

The reason for this is also very simple, whether it is the commander of the Shizi battalion or the first phase of the country, they all think they are scholars, so they disdain to be with the military generals and are resistant to the knighthood.

Xue Zongzhou said: "In my opinion, most of them are to follow the Qin and Han dynasties to establish a military merit system. ”

The rest of the scholars and Guozisheng also echoed it, and they all agreed with Xue Zongzhou's judgment.

However, Jiang Tianyi said with a smile: "It's a coincidence, it's a coincidence." ”

When Zheng Sen heard this, he suddenly came to his senses, and asked urgently: "The military merit system has come out?" ”

"It's out." Jiang Tianyi smiled and said, "But it's a little different from what you said. ”

"What does that look like? Brother Wenshi, say it quickly. Zheng Sen hurriedly said, "Don't sell it." ”

Jiang Tianyi: "The military merit system set by the saint is not the twenty-level military merit system of the Qin and Han dynasties, but is divided into five levels and thirteen levels, from low to high, it is corporal, sergeant, sergeant, second lieutenant, lieutenant, captain, major, lieutenant colonel, colonel, major general, lieutenant general, general and marshal, and above the marshal there is also a generalissimo of the army, navy and air, but this is exclusive to the emperor. ”

"Taxi? Officer? School? General? Fifth Order Thirteenth Rank? Zheng Sen and the other scholars and Guozisheng looked at each other.

This military merit system set by the Holy Lord is indeed somewhat unexpected by them, and it is simply unheard of.

Jiang Tianyi continued: "What the saint has set is not actually a military merit system, but a military rank system, but the meaning is almost the same, the commander of the soldiers and the son of the country need to accumulate military merits to achieve the promotion of military ranks, and the more military merits or military merits are accumulated, the greater the promotion of military ranks." ”