Chapter 188: The Forbidden Army System

But even with these dividends, He Xi has to face another problem, that is, how much money can be spent and how many things can be done? How to ensure that the money sent down will not be swallowed into your own pockets by the lower classes.

It is important to know that the circulation of information in this era is very difficult.

In many places below, it is really high and the emperor is far away. Regulation simply cannot be in place.

This is another reason why He Xi's reform is limited to the central government and the military, and has not yet carried out reform of local governments and counties.

On the one hand, it is because of the constraints of fiscal spending, and on the other hand, it is the distrust of the officials below.

After a series of discussions, the Jingying system was renamed the forbidden army system.

The reason for this is that the Beijing camp has been greatly expanded and has become the main force in future campaigns. However, the garrison army has been weakened, and in the future, except for the defense, there will probably be no garrison participation.

This is essentially the result of a redistribution of interests.

Almost all the generals who can fight have been transferred to the forbidden army, while those who can't fight, the older ones, the combat skills stay in the cold weapon era, and the soldiers and generals who can't adapt to the rhythm and changes of firearms combat are all assigned to the guard army.

This division did not cause any major problems.

Without him, the treatment of the forbidden army would have exceeded that of the guards. There is no doubt about that. The forbidden army is completely paid 18 yuan a year. When the garrison army was stationed, they had to farm the land, not only could they not lead the army's salary, but they also had to pay seed grain. And when they came out to fight, they only divided their monthly rations, that is, a few buckets of rice per month, which was only enough for food.

Overall, the garrison army is really the cheapest.

But the peak of the guard's combat effectiveness has passed. The future will fall faster and faster.

It was still the age of cold weapons, not to mention the age of firearms. Generally speaking, the age of firearms required higher quality of non-commissioned officers. This quality is not a hard quality such as physique, but a soft quality such as literacy.

The treatment of the guards is simply not enough to deal with such a war.

In the military, strength is emphasized, and those who are strong are treated well, and those who are weak are treated badly. Except for some complaints from some generals who relied on the old and sold the old, no one opposed this kind of reform.

Not to mention, there is still a connection between the forbidden army and the guards, and there are soldiers in the guards who are of good quality and will be selected into the forbidden army. Nowadays, there are also retired soldiers from the forbidden army, and generally speaking, after the soldiers of the forbidden army are forty-five years old, they will retire. One of the options for retirement is to be placed in the guards. Or gather together and settle in the frontier to open up wasteland. If the new settlement opened up in this way is in a relatively safe place, it is naturally an ordinary village, but if it is in a dangerous place after all, it is very likely to be zoned under a certain health center. It's also a return to the guards.

Of course, if you don't want to, you can take the money home.

In addition, the military system of the forbidden army is also distinguished from the military system of the guard.

The military system of the guard is 100 households, 1,000 households, the guard, the capital division, and the governor's office of the five armies.

And the military system of the forbidden army, platoon, battalion, regiment, corps, privy council.

The so-called platoon, as I said before, is actually a hundred households.

Because of the platoon of guns, among the three rows of horizontal columns, the officers and men in one platoon had to listen to the orders of one officer, and this officer was the platoon commander.

However, because of tactical needs, the number of people under the platoon commander is not a hundred. How much. This is still being discussed.

The so-called battalion is the establishment of 1,000 households.

Because, when fighting, the battalion is an independent combat unit, a complete military formation. Naturally, one person is responsible. If we talk about the number of platoon members, there is still controversy, but there is almost a consensus on the establishment of the battalion level. That's compression.

For a thousand households, the exact establishment is 1,200 people. Many people think that a battalion of 800 people is enough.

A battalion has three or six platoons, and then the battalion headquarters has a part of cavalry, a part of artillery, and a baggage team. One for eight hundred.

Of course, even so, there are suggestions to divide the camp. That is, one battalion is divided into two parts, the left and right. Or a small camp system. That is, three rows of horizontal lines, plus

The upper part of the cavalry and artillery with the command headquarters was probably three to four hundred men as a unit.

He Xi felt that this was probably the reason for the later establishment of Lian.

However, in terms of tactics, He Xi did not participate much.

In the end, I felt that it was better to be conservative. That is, a battalion of 800 people.

As for the regiment, it was transformed from the guard. The name of the regiment was determined by He Xi, but there was no disobedience from top to bottom, after all, the battalion was originally the traditional name of the squadron.

Even, even if there was no He Xi, the later Ming army also engaged in a regimental battalion system.

One regiment with five battalions. In addition to the regimental headquarters, there are also cavalry, artillery and other units directly under the regimental headquarters. In total, there were more than a thousand people. It's almost the same as the guard.

And above the regiment, it is directly the army.

It can also be regarded as the experience of this operation. At the level of the health center, a new establishment is needed. But there is one point that needs to be debated, and that is whether this establishment is fixed or temporary.

After all, in the guard system, there is a capital division above the guard station, and there is a commander above the commander of the guard station. But in reality, the guards are separated. It is impossible for the commanders to completely manage the guards. As long as there is a war, it is gathered.

And when the army goes out, the commander generally hangs the general's seal, and there are lieutenant generals below, and even there are lieutenant generals, deputy generals of lieutenant generals. These people each led tens of thousands of troops to listen to the orders of the commander.

This can be regarded as a means of checks and balances invented by Zhu Yuanzhang, and the power of the army cannot be put in the hands of one person.

How the army became a permanent establishment.

That is, there are tens of thousands of troops, about 30,000 people, and they have been in the hands of one person for a long time. That's pretty impressive.

At the end of the discussion, after referring to the staff system, it was finally decided that the army should be a permanent institution.

Six regiments of an army, plus the military headquarters, with a large number of baggage troops. It is also because of the place where it is stationed, and the target of the battle is different. The number of people is between 30,000 and 40,000, and the maximum will not reach 40,000.

As a result, twelve armies were formed, with a total of 600,000 forbidden troops.

Among them, the first army, and even the commander of Ping'an, have a super-large establishment. There were ten regiments and more than 60,000 people. Because the First Army is the Beijing garrison, it is Zhu Xiongying's heart. It is also Zhu Xiongying's power guarantee.

From the Second Army to the Ninth Army, there were a total of eight armies, plus the auxiliary forces of General Ye Shen Zhengnan, a total of 300,000 soldiers.

Almost all the soldiers of the whole country are in the hands of Ye Shen.

Of course, these armies were commanded by Ye Shen in the name of the Great General of the Campaign. It can be called the Southern Army. Once the war is over and Ye Shen does not have the title of the Southern Army, the Southern Army will be revoked immediately.

This is also quite normal.

The imperial court does not allow it, and there are other establishments above the army level. Even if there is a need, it must be a temporary establishment, and the officers who lead the army for a long time until the military command is completed. Above the military command system, they must be suspended from the Privy Council. He has the rank of Privy Council.

There are many deputy positions in the Privy Council, the Privy Envoy is the chief officer, there are the Deputy Privy Councillor, the Privy Councillor affairs, the same Privy Council Envoy, and so on. There are also ranks between these deputy positions, in fact, they are for the placement of generals above the military command.

When these generals were fighting, they were released to command several armies and stand alone in the field. When there is no war, if you can serve in the Privy Council, in one of the bodies under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council, it is naturally possible. Look at the book

But many generals, except for fighting, do not do much else.

Naturally, he was hung up as a deputy of the Privy Council and had the right to know about the military. But there is no right to govern. If there are major military affairs, they will also be present for discussion. Ensure that the commander does not lead the troops, and the troops do not lead the troops.

This has also formed a whole set of systems, and an officer has been crawling and rolling in the army in the early stage, and has risen to the military command step by step, which is already the limit of most generals. And there are a lot of people who are particularly powerful. It's about to enter the Privy Council system.

Since then, he has been leading troops on the front line.

The Ninth Army, placed in the direction of Datong. The 10th Army was placed in Liaodong, and the 11th Army was placed in Japan, under the command of Wu Gao. The Twelfth Army was placed in Monan. By the way, the Twelfth Military Full-fledged Cavalry Army. There were 50,000 horsemen in total. There was no artillery. The number of firearms and equipment is also insufficient. No more than fighting

The fighting power is also quite good. It can also be regarded as the general reserve of the Great Army. Once the war starts in the south, the 12th Army will be directly subordinate to the southern army. After all, there is nothing to defend against in the north either.