It turned out that Zhu Youzhen wanted to discuss military issues, but at present, Li Zicheng was still very arrogant, and Jianyu could enter the fortress at any time, and if he did not defeat Li Zicheng and did not study a way to deal with Jianyu, he would not know how to eat and sleep.

Li Banghua, Fan Jingwen, and Ni Yuanlu, the three cabinet bigwigs, and Wang Jiayan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, have already arrived, and they are all waiting in the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Youzhen pointed to the chair and said, "Cixuan, I know that you have gone to see the Queen Mother, sit here, let's discuss military issues." ”

Zhang Ping sat down, and Li Banghua said: "The emperor is thinking very much, the biggest problem we are encountering at present is the lack of troops, and we must hurry up to recruit and train troops. ”

Fan Jingwen then added: "The minister seconded the opinion of the first assistant, now, we are not short of silver, recruiting soldiers is relatively simple, the key is to train soldiers." ”

Speaking of which, Fan Jingwen also led troops, is no stranger to the military, think that year, the first time Jianyu entered the fortress, Fan Jingwen served as the right capital of the imperial history, governor Henan, led his own 8,000 soldiers to the capital, not to mention the salary of the soldiers, when they arrived in Zhuozhou, most of the reinforcements from all sides were looting, only his troops did not commit any crimes in the autumn, it can be seen that Fan Jingwen has the skill to govern the army, and later, Fan Jingwen also served as the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department.

Zhu Youzhen agreed with the two people's statement, "Today we will discuss how to recruit troops? How to train soldiers? Zhu Cixuan, do you have any good suggestions? ”

Zhang Ping didn't think about it and said: "The minister thinks that in order to establish a team that has always been called upon and can fight, the first thing is to redetermine the military establishment. ”

"Oh!" , Zhu Youzhen looked at Zhang Ping, "You say it carefully." ”

Zhang Ping said: "The system of guarding the post that was practiced in the previous period of our dynasty is thought to have passed in time, and this military system can no longer meet the needs of the current war. ”

Several people were surprised, because no one wanted to make any changes in the formation of the army.

Seeing everyone's surprise, Zhang Ping said: "The system of guards is more suitable for peacetime, its advantage is that the national defense is more reasonable, the country's military expenditure is small, the biggest disadvantage is that the army is too slow to assemble, and then the army has to cultivate the land, lack of training, the combat skills and basic quality of the soldiers are difficult to guarantee, and the country has no way to assess the combat effectiveness of this army, generally such a team can only fight a tailwind battle, once the battlefield situation is unfavorable, basically there is no chance of winning, I think the army can not farm, the army's daily life is training, The task of the field army is to fight wars, which are managed by the central authorities, and the local guard armies are managed by local military and political chiefs, and the main tasks are to guard the localities, be responsible for local public security, rescue and disaster relief, undertake the most basic military training for young people of appropriate age, or undertake temporary tasks in the localities. ”

Zhu Youzhen asked, "What about those tuntians?" All of a sudden, the country's military expenditures have increased considerably. ”

Zhang Ping said with a smile: "Rent it to the people to plant!" Isn't it the same as collecting rent to feed the army? ”

Li Banghua thought for a while, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what the commander said is really reasonable, the army does have problems that affect the combat effectiveness of the army, if something happens, it is not easy to mobilize, the action is slow, and there are not many soldiers." ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at Wang Jiayan, "You are the secretary of the Ministry of War, what do you see?" ”

Wang Jiayan said with a smile: "Your Majesty, let's listen to the commander of the governor, the minister knows that the commander of the governor has a good move." ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at Wang Jiayan, your mother! Wang Jiayan, I know that you and my nephew drank a lot of wine, and just one time, Zhu Cixuan threw your fanned five bodies to the ground?

"Go on!" , Zhu Youzhen looked at Zhang Ping and said.

Zhang Ping said: "The minister thinks that the highest establishment of the army is better for the army, the first army has a strength of 20,000 people, two subordinate divisions, a division has a strength of 9,500 people, two brigades under the division, a brigade of 4,200 people, roughly equivalent to the current one guard, a brigade has three brigades, a brigade of 1,300 people, two squadrons under the brigade, a squadron of 400 people, three squadrons under the squadron, each squad of 110 people, a platoon under the squadron, a row of 35 people, a squad of 11 people, The squadron will be the most basic task unit of the army, and it is also the most basic food unit; when the troops are fighting, the large units should be equipped with professional support units to be responsible for logistics, so it is necessary to establish logistics support units, and the logistics units are under the management of the army level, so the army can increase several logistics support brigades. ”

"In the future, the army will be the most basic establishment of the troops, and it is also the highest establishment of the army, and when it is time to organize a large-scale campaign, several armies can be temporarily formed into group armies as needed, and there is a command regiment appointed by the imperial court to command the operation, and after the battle is over, the command regiment will return to the imperial court, and the armies will be stationed in various places according to the instructions.

Zhu Youzhen was happy when he heard it, it seems that this kid has already thought about this matter, and after thinking about it carefully, this establishment is quite reasonable, and it really meets the needs of performing various tasks, and when it comes to the prevention of warlords in his heart, he immediately said: "Not bad!" Not bad! ”

Of course, he knew that the reason why Zhang Ping said this must have been borrowed from the military establishment of his time.

What Zhu Youzhen didn't know, however, was that Zhang Ping not only referred to the establishment of the armed forces of that era, but also considered the operational characteristics of this era and the problems existing in the operation.

Zhang Ping went on to say: "Professional reconnaissance squadrons should be set up at both levels of the corps and divisions, and in small-scale operations, the specialized reconnaissance teams at the two levels of the corps and divisions can be sent to the brigade to assist in reconnaissance and intelligence, and units below the brigade level can also assign a small unit to undertake reconnaissance tasks. ”

Li Banghua and others have a problem, that is, the command of the group army, just now Zhang Ping said about the military command group, Wang Jiayan asked: "How is this command group formed?" ”

Zhang Ping looked at Zhu Youzhen, "Your Majesty, the minister suggested that the Generalissimo Mansion be established to replace the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies actually has no value at all, and the minister suggested that the emperor should serve as the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses." In the future, the generalissimo's office will be under the unified command of the generalissimo's office, which may set up a general staff department, a political and educational department, a logistics department, and an ordnance department, and each of the four major departments will assume its own responsibilities and take charge of all kinds of military affairs; among them, the general staff department will be the core department of the generalissimo's office, which will be responsible for the daily training and management of the troops in peacetime, formulate operational plans according to the situation in wartime, and form a campaign command regiment to command large-scale campaigns on the front line. The Ministry of Political and Educational Affairs is responsible for the education of the troops in peacetime, the assessment of officers' appointments, the management of military discipline and the support of the army and the preferential treatment of family members, and the formation of law enforcement teams in wartime. In the future, don't send those who don't have a long commander to supervise the army, those things don't have the courage to lead the charge, nor do they understand military common sense, the only thing they will know is to play with power, causing the army generals and the emperor to deviate from morality. What about the logistics department? In peacetime, it is responsible for the logistics support management of the army, including the management of combat readiness materials, daily necessities, barracks and production, health and medical care, etc., and is responsible for the corresponding logistics support affairs under the command of the General Staff in wartime. The Ordnance Department is responsible for the research and development, manufacturing, and storage management of military weapons in peacetime, and mobilizes weapons and ammunition in accordance with the requirements of the General Staff in wartime to ensure that the units participating in the war have the highest firepower index. ”

Zhu Youjian took a look, Zhu Cixuan's suggestion is very novel, the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies is indeed outdated, if the army carries out such a reform, all aspects will indeed be compliant, but Zhu Cixuan, this kid, you have already said about sending eunuchs to supervise the army, and I also know, can you not say it in front of Li Banghua and others, you kid doesn't slap me in the face for a day, isn't it uncomfortable?

Li Banghua and the others didn't notice the change in the expression on Zhu Youzhen's face, and they were all thinking about what Zhang Ping said, as if it was really good to change it like this, at least the army of the whole country could be under unified command, and the various affairs of the army were also clearly divided and managed, this is indeed a new way of thinking.

After a while, Li Banghua asked, "Isn't the function of this Generalissimo's Mansion overlapping with the Ministry of War and the Industrial Manufacturing Bureau to be established?" ”

Zhang Ping smiled: "Not bad! There are overlaps and differences, for example, the secretary of the military department can concurrently serve as the chief of the general staff of the general staff, the director of the industrial manufacturing bureau can concurrently serve as the minister of ordnance, and the minister of health can concurrently serve as the head of the military medical and health department, it seems that the management of various ministries and the generalissimo's office has overlapped, but in fact there is no contradiction at all, the purpose of this is to improve the combat effectiveness of the troops, and the war has a suddenness, so it is very necessary for the army to always maintain a good combat condition, and with such an organization, the quality of the army will not decline. When your army is always in good shape, others will not dare to attack your idea. ”

"I think that the country's wealth does not mean that the country is strong, a strong country must first strengthen the army, without such a department, the country's army can not remain strong for a long time, the reason why the rogue has been in trouble for a long time is that the national team army lacks a decent unified command, the national army has not formed a joint force, this place is in a hurry, the rogue will run to other places, and other places are not prepared to intercept the rogue coquent, is the lack of unified command, think back then, a Cao Wenzhao will chase the rogue running around, if someone intercepts, Li Zicheng had died eight hundred times a long time ago, and it was estimated that it was time to reincarnate. ”

"Moreover, with such an organization and command structure, some major mistakes can be avoided, such as the fiasco in the battle of Sarhu and the battle of Quang Ninh, which was caused by the lack of decent command. Speaking of this, I can't help but talk about the lessons of the past, I think our biggest lesson is to put the victory or defeat of the war on one person, isn't the defeat of Salhu because Yang Gao doesn't know how to command blindly? Was the defeat of Quang Ninh caused by Wang Huazhen soon after? If there was an organization like the General Staff, brainstorming and formulating a realistic combat plan, where did the two fiascos come about? How can today's Jianyu be so arrogant, aren't they honestly staying in the broken ravine and praying for alms from the imperial court? Otherwise, they will all starve to death and freeze to death. ”

This was to the point, and everyone fell into deep thought, yes! We can't afford to make the same mistakes as we did in the past.

"Then I think that the army should become an independent system, the task of training troops in peacetime, the task of wartime is to destroy the enemy, to implement the professionalization of soldiers, to obey orders as their duty, to formulate military regulations, clearly stipulate that military personnel are not allowed to interfere in politics, and the army's training, management, supply and security must be formulated regulations, all aspects must be regulated by regulations and regulations, even in small places, there are also regulations, such as the establishment of regulations, queue regulations, internal regulations, discipline regulations, The regulations on the management of military training and evaluation, the regulations on logistical support, the regulations on the evaluation of combat merits, the regulations on the selection and promotion of officers, the regulations on the maintenance, management, and maintenance of ordnance, the regulations on the storage and destruction of ammunition, the regulations on the livelihood of disabled servicemen, the regulations on preferential treatment for the families of servicemen, the regulations on the protection of military marriages, the regulations on reserve training, the regulations on the management of conscription, and so on. ”

After Zhang Ping's words were finished, he directly shocked Li Banghua and others, my mother! Commander, military expert, how did you come up with these ways? Only Zhu Youzhen knew how Zhang Ping came up with so much, "Cixuan, it seems that you have been appointed as the commander of the Zhengliu Guard, Qu Cai, I am the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and it is best for you to serve as the deputy marshal." ”

Zhang Ping immediately shook his hand, "Don't!" Don't! Your Majesty, the minister has long said that the minister will be the person in charge of the intelligence bureau, do a good job in intelligence work, and provide a basis for the emperor's decision-making. ”

Now Zhu Youzhen has a new understanding of Zhang Ping, "How can I do that?" You have to serve in the army, what do you want to do? Go ahead! ”

Zhang Ping was a little stunned, I wiped it, I can't come up with an idea, if you're not careful, this Zhu Youzhen is going to give you a promotion again, I tell you Zhu Youzhen, you can't do this, when I really do something, you can't reward me, what's the matter? Can you finally give me the throne? What are you doing? "Hey, hey! Your Majesty, when there is a war in the future, the minister will definitely go to the front line, usually, it's good to do some intelligence work, and you can't do anything else, right? Wang Shangshu is the chief of the general staff, and I will be the deputy chief of the general staff, let's say okay, I am just in name, if the emperor wants to pay me an extra salary, I don't want to refuse. Actually, I'll come up with some small ideas, nothing else, don't think too highly of me, you'll regret it in the future. ”

As soon as Zhang Ping said this, he immediately made Li Banghua and the others laugh, if you have a small idea, then what are we doing?

Zhang Ping continued: "Your Majesty, the minister feels that the military reform must be carried out quickly, it won't be long before Li Zicheng is dishonest, and Jianyu will also make moves, we all have to be ready, don't say that they are looking for us, we will come to find them!" And then the emperor must not reward this Zuo Governor and that Governor in the future, as soon as they meet, talk about errands, heh! All of them are at the level of a general, in fact, they can't do anything, and the people in the army must be people who know how to fight and dare to fight, otherwise, the blood of the soldiers cannot be cultivated, and a bloodless army is a group of little sheep. ”