If it is said that for the grassroots and middle levels in the military rank system, they still have the idea of pursuing a higher level of military rank, then for the generals who have entered the general level, this pursuit is not clear in the past.

In other words, their pursuit at this level has directly pointed to more food and status in Liu Bei's heart.

In the past, generals were only distinguished according to their positions, and there was no too clear distinction between ranks, so after an officer broke away from the rank of lieutenant general and entered the rank of general, there were not many ways to be promoted, and there were generally only differences and differences within the scope of responsibility.

After that, in order to further motivate the generals at the general level to accumulate military merits and have the courage to fight, instead of lying on the merit book and eating the old book, to avoid degradation and decay, Liu Bei decided to divide the generals at the general level into four levels.

From the second rank of the major general, from the second rank of the lieutenant general, from the first rank of the general, and finally from the highest first rank marshal.

These four ranks are the military ranks of senior officers who belong to the general level, and the promotion and leapfrogging of any level require the merit of the national destruction level to be fulfilled.

Generally speaking, at least in Liu Bei's design, after reaching this level, the military merit pursued by the general must be the military merit at the level of destroying the country and destroying the race, and if ordinary military merit wants to accumulate and be promoted, it will be very difficult to leap over.

This can also be regarded as an incentive for the senior officers of the general group.

In addition, Liu Bei also cooperated with the general's military rank and designed a specific military title.

For example, miscellaneous generals belong to the rank of major general.

In principle, the rank of major general is determined by the number of troops, because the lieutenant general and the miscellaneous general were both positions that could be held by the leader of the army in charge of an army, so the actual number of miscellaneous generals belonging to the rank of major general also fluctuated with the number of troops.

As long as the Zhonglang general is promoted to the rank of major general, he can naturally become a miscellaneous general, so theoretically, the Han army can have as many miscellaneous generals as there are armies, and the holder of the major general rank is also an unrestricted existence at this level.

Of course, there is no restriction on the title of general of the miscellaneous general, no matter how crazy and cool the general is, even if you are a cosmic general, as long as the imperial court allows it, you can call it like this - but at the same time, even if you are a cosmic general, you are also the most basic major general-level general.

Starting with lieutenant generals, the number of positions is limited.

First of all, Liu Bei set the generals of the expedition to the south, the general of the expedition to the north, the general of the expedition to the west, the general to the east and the general of the expedition as the generals of the five expeditions, which belonged to the rank of lieutenant generals.

With the Five Marches, then the Five Towns are also indispensable, the east of the town, the south of the town, the north of the west, plus a general of the town, the general of the five towns, Qi Huoer, is also set as a lieutenant general level of military numbers.

In terms of specific duties, General Wuzheng and General Wuzhen are set as the chief general and the second chief general of the five external military regions, and they are important generals at the leadership level of the military regions.

In addition to the five major military regions, in the Central Military Region, Liu Bei set up the four most simple and traditional general titles as the lieutenant generals of the Central Military Region in accordance with tradition.

In this way, there are a total of 14 lieutenant generals in the entire Han army, and if there is no increase or decrease in the level of military regions in the future, then there will be so many lieutenant generals that cannot be increased or decreased at will.

In principle, it is possible that the number of lieutenant generals will increase with the increase of the territory and the increase of the military region, and the number is not constant.

At the level of generals at the level of first-class generals, the restrictions are even greater.

Liu Bei stipulated that only General Wei, General Che Cai, General Hussar and General belong to the rank of general, and do not follow anything and change, that is to say, no matter what happens, there can only be four people in the rank of general.

Marshal Zhengyipin, who is further up, theoretically has no restrictions.

A marshal is a marshal, a marshal has no corresponding military position, just an honorary title, in Liu Bei's design, it is basically awarded to those old generals who have fought for the country all their lives and have been widely respected for their hard work.

That is to say, in this system, the highest position of real power is at the level of general, and the four generals stand at the military apex of the country.

The marshal, on the other hand, is the honorary rank given by a veteran general at the rank of general during the period before and after leaving the army, the last national-level recognition of a veteran soldier who has fought all his life and dedicated everything to the country, and the existence of a lifetime achievement award for retirees.

After that, Liu Bei also took into account the special circumstances.

Because considering that the army will produce a large number of capable people and a large number of fierce men in the future, the limit of 14 lieutenant generals and four generals may cause many generals who are very capable of fighting to stay at the rank of major generals for the rest of their lives, which will also dampen the enterprising spirit of the generals to a certain extent, and even cause some very bad situations.

So Liu Bei designed a supplementary clause.

That is, after the accumulation of military merits to a certain extent, those who have been promoted to the rank of lieutenant general and the rank of general, even if they cannot be promoted to the corresponding military positions because they cannot vacate their military positions, but the military ranks can be promoted by the trend.

That is to say, the military position may still be a miscellaneous general, but after the conditions are met, you can first be promoted to the rank of lieutenant general, and then queue up, waiting for the vacancy of the lieutenant general position, and then fill it in turn.

The rank of lieutenant general is the same, after meeting the requirements for promotion to the rank of general, you can also upgrade the rank, queue up, wait for the specific military position to be vacated, and then fill it in turn.

To make this design, Liu Bei mainly considered it for the purpose of controlling military spending and some hidden worries in the future.

It is difficult to say that the state finances have always been maintained at a very good level, and he must take into account the possibility of the deterioration of the country's financial situation in the future.

Lieutenant generals and generals, as the highest-ranking group of senior officers, have a considerable amount of military expenses and military expenditures for them, and the military resources contained in the position of lieutenant general can occupy a considerable share of a region's finances.

It is such a great responsibility and authority that it is necessary to limit the number of positions, not too many.

Liu Bei designed corresponding military duties for each general position, which could basically cover the specific military needs of the Han Empire, and the layout design of fourteen plus four was enough to meet the needs of the entire military situation.

If it is arranged too much, it is meaningless except to waste military spending.

In terms of specific military power, there is also a limit to the military power corresponding to a military position, and it is impossible for a military position to be expanded indefinitely, and military power cannot be expanded indefinitely.

These 14 generals with the rank of lieutenant general are the principal responsible persons of the major military regions, and they are scattered in charge of the daily work of the major military regions, and they will also be responsible for the dispatch of troops to combat in the major military regions.

Basically, every military region has an operational demand, that is, an officer with the rank of lieutenant general will lead the expedition as the main general.

Lieutenant general-level generals are equivalent to the mainstay of the imperial military, but whenever there is any major event, they must lead the army in front and become a barrier to the empire, even if they die in battle, they will not hesitate.

And the four generals at the rank of general are even more special.

Limited to the high status, so they do not serve in the local area, nor do they have direct contact with the army, they serve in the central government, like court officials, they can go to the court, the main scope of activities is under the emperor's nose, responsible for the military tasks of the whole world.

In peacetime, they may counsel military affairs and have the right to participate in deliberations and votes at military meetings of the Privy Council.

As for the war, after being promoted to general, they basically bid farewell to the front-line battlefield, their main duty is to be a counselor, as the emperor's military senior staff, and directly participate in the daily teaching tasks of the imperial military academy that Liu Bei will set up.

Naturally, they, as the four best military strategists of the empire, will not completely become mascots.

Whenever the local military district had a major military task that could not be handled alone, the emperor would allow the general with the rank of general to lead the soldiers of the central military district to support, and take over all military command, taking full responsibility for the conquest.

In short, in this new system of corresponding military ranks and ranks, the miscellaneous generals of the major general rank are the high-level cornerstone of the army, and the most important are the fourteen generals of the lieutenant general rank, who are the breakwaters of the imperial military, and the generals are the emergency rescue teams after the collapse of the levees.

Finally, at the knighthood level, Liu Bei decided to make a big move.

He wanted to restore the traditional five-level titles of princes and princes before the Qin, and each level of titles should also be set up with a third class, from a third-class male to a first-class duke, a total of fifteen titles and titles, all of which were open to the use of ministers.

Of course, Liu Bei also completely stripped the relationship between the title and the fief in this design system.

Traditionally, titles and fiefs are closely related to the euphore, and even if they do not have the right to govern, they still have the right to tax and enjoy the reputation of a place.

However, in Liu Bei's design, the titles of the Third Reich were only related to the number of euphemias.

Each level of the title corresponds to a different number of euphoria, representing different income levels, and even does not have to do with the name of the place, each title does not carry the name of the place, and the euphoria does not refer to the euphoria of a certain place, but is just a symbol.

Specifically, the amount of economic benefits of a household is determined by the imperial court, and the final economic benefits are also directly allocated by the imperial court, and the titles of the Third Reich that do not have any connection with the local area will be completely stripped of other attributes, and will only produce economic benefits, and have a certain symbolic significance for personal honor.

Others, nothing.

This was a great impact on the social environment and traditional concepts at that time.

But it doesn't matter, the underlying operating logic of the Third Reich has been changed by Liu Bei, and now he wants to do these things, there is no difficulty, and all the forces that can directly oppose him have been swept away by him.

Even if the existence of the two dukes of Song and Duke Wei under the traditional system of two kings and three kes, there is no problem on Liu Bei's side, he directly announced that Duke Wei and Duke Song are special [dukes of ceremonial system], not dukes of military merit, they are both dukes, but the two do not belong to the same system.

For these two dukes, the original honorific titles can be maintained, but for these two people, Liu Bei also ordered them to move from their original fiefdoms to Luoyang, and from then on they lived in Luoyang, and no longer went to the fiefdom to be sealed.

So in October of the third year of Zhenguan, when Liu Bei officially announced that he would carry out a series of changes to the military system, many people were surprised, but no one objected, and everyone accepted this new reality without much effort.

As a result, Liu Bei naturally launched a reform of the military system.

(End of chapter)