Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, civilian households and military households have been strictly distinguished. When the country was first founded, soldiers had land and paid very little taxes, so their social status was not low. But with the development of the times, the land in the hands of soldiers

After being annexed, not only did he become a serf-like existence, he also had to serve as a soldier and fight in the war - this was a job with only obligations but no rights, so naturally no one was willing to do it.

And starting from the Northern Song Dynasty, because the literati completely overwhelmed the military people, the Chinese Empire had a very bad punishment: being imprisoned and sent to the army. Military service became an important means for criminals to cleanse themselves of their sins. As a result, soldiers were economically and

Their political status plummeted, and they naturally became discriminated against in society.

As a time traveler, Zhu Youdong must of course reverse this situation: after the military reform is completed, in the country's regular army, officers will be professional soldiers, and although soldiers have service years, they are guaranteed to be adequately paid. At the same time, a military rank system will be implemented

, in addition to combat uniforms, all officers and soldiers are also provided with formal uniforms and regular uniforms, so that officers and soldiers can wear their military ranks with their heads held high and appear openly in various places. Then coupled with vigorous publicity in public opinion——

From then on, the military will gradually become a profession that the young people of Ming Dynasty admire and yearn for.

Of course, as an amateur history buff, Zhu Youdong also knows very well why the status of soldiers was high in the Han and Tang Dynasties, but declined sharply in the Northern Song Dynasty: This was really the time of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and the Qiu Ba people were so outrageous that they changed the emperor whenever they were unhappy.

, there have been more than a dozen emperors in more than sixty years, and no one who becomes emperor can bear this.

Therefore, the status of military personnel must be improved, but control must not be relaxed at all - in the foreseeable decades, the Ming Dynasty will be fighting wars. During wars, the expansion of military power is inevitable. If not given in advance,

If you install a tappet, there will be big problems.

To solve this problem, a single method is not enough; a multi-pronged approach is required.

The first is to strengthen education. In Zhu Youdong's plan, this military reform will completely abolish and divert the generals, and select the best of the best and add their best parts to the new army to form 20 divisions. The next step is to establish a complete

Military education system: Now there are only two military schools in the Ming Dynasty, the Royal Military Academy and the Royal Naval Academy. This is absolutely not possible - if this continues for a long time, won’t all officers be classmates?

Therefore, in the fourth year of the Apocalypse, there will be a number of new academies for infantry, cavalry, artillery, engineering, military medicine, engineering, logistics support, etc. that will be completed and open for enrollment. From then on, existing field army and garrison army officers can go to further training.

, ambitious young people in society can also register for admission. The original two military academies will become advanced training courses for generals.

In addition to dispersing the over-concentration of officers produced by the two military academies, these newly built academies will of course also include courses on loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. Moreover, Zhu Youdong also plans to have these schools organize annual exercises to form an appropriate competitive relationship.

Of course, because he knew that the Showa staff in the 1930s and 1940s were all a bunch of shit in the historical realm, Zhu Youdong was not prepared to run a juvenile military academy: soldiers still need to understand society. If they just conduct military training since childhood,

, which will eventually cultivate a group of idiots who know nothing but fighting - future students of various military academies, in addition to absorbing outstanding officers and soldiers in the army, facing society, can only recruit those who are over 16 years old and have some cultural knowledge.

outstanding young people.

As for how to train these outstanding young people over the age of 16? Well, although the court is still unable to fully roll out compulsory education, it still has a lot of money. People like Zhu Youdong who have money can't spend it.

Comfortable with Sky's urine, he can see that tens of millions of silver dollars are not lying in the warehouse and sleeping. Therefore, in each province, the state funds the construction of a middle school and two to three primary schools. This is still okay - Fang

After so many years of development, Fangshan has already reserved enough teachers. Moreover, Fangshan must be split up today, otherwise all civil servants will come from Fangshan in the future, which the emperor cannot tolerate.

In addition to adding insurance to basic education, Zhu Youdong also absorbed a lot of the essence of later generations in the top-level military structure.

He planned to establish a separate Privy Council in addition to the six cabinet ministries. The responsibilities of this Privy Council were largely close to those of the General Staff in later generations: training, combat readiness, recruitment of troops, army establishment, specific combat powers such as specific operations, and foreign intelligence work, all

Handing it over to the Privy Council - in fact, it means that the soldiers have independent command power before and after the battle. From then on, civil servants will no longer have the possibility to dictate to the soldiers about war matters, except for Zhu Youdong's special designation.

The former responsibilities of the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War were taken over by the Royal Horse Supervisor: Of course, it is extremely unscientific to completely hand over the personnel power of generals to eunuchs. Therefore, with the sudden increase in power of the Royal Horse Supervisor, its internal

The power structure has also been reorganized. The new Royal Horse Supervisor and the eunuch in charge are Liu Shimin, but it is inevitable that the Privy Council will send a deputy envoy to the Privy Council and the Ministry of War will send a minister to sit in the Royal Horse Supervisor for a long time. At the same time, the four guards of Tengxiang and all the Beijing Camp

When abolished, the relevant personnel must either be replenished into the newly established field army and garrison army, or be diverted. It can also prevent the overexpansion of the power of the Royal Horse Supervisor.

After the operational power and personnel power were divided, what was left in the Ministry of War was logistics support and equipment manufacturing. In order to appease the officials of the Ministry of War, Zhu Youdong also promised that all the arsenals newly built by the court in the future would be assigned to the management of the Ministry of War - of course

, you are responsible for making the equipment, but the people who use it are not satisfied. After the lawsuit comes to me, if it is really the Ministry of War that is at fault, I will still slap you.

In short, after such a split and reorganization, the generals who directly led the troops wanted to rebel. First of all, they were unable to place their cronies in key positions according to their own ideas during the preparation stage of the rebellion. Secondly, once they rebelled, their military pay and ammunition were all cut off: now

We have entered the era of hot weapons. Without guns, ammunition, money and food, how can you rebel?

And those in charge of officer promotions, logistics supplies and equipment want to rebel? Come on, they don’t have any soldiers!

As for what you said if the officials of these three yamen colluded to rebel? Hey, if being an emperor failed so much that the officials of these three yamen united, how failed would it be? Such a failed emperor would need others

Come to rebel?

In short, there is no perfect system, only a relatively suitable system. In Zhu Youdong's view, the current adjustment is the limit of what he can do: Fortunately, the chief assistant of the current cabinet, Fang Congzhe, and the Minister of War, Wang Xiangqian, are old, and the military

After the yellow register is cleared and the military reform is completed, he will become an official. Therefore, he did not argue with the emperor at this time. If he encounters those strong orders, even these systems may not be able to be established.

"Mangui."

"I'm here."

"That's what I think. As for the first privy envoy, let Ma Chengzhao do it. After all, all the new armies of our Ming Dynasty are actually born out of Henghaiwei. And Ma Chengzhao is my Henghaiwei after all.

His first commander."

"Your Majesty, I am very impressed with Commander Ma. I have no objection to this arrangement."

"Well, next, it's about your arrangements. After the reorganization of the twenty divisions of the field army is completed, I plan to place three in the Gyeongsang region. One in Liaoning, Shanxi, and Shaanxi. One in Gansu, Qinghai, and Xinjiang. One in Henan and Shandong.

, one in northern Zhili, one in the three southwestern provinces, one in Hunan, Hubei, and Jiangxi, one in southern Zhili, Zhejiang, and Fujian, one in Guangdong and Guangxi, and one in Nanyang. In this way, there are still twelve mobile divisions.

I plan to leave three of these twelve divisions near the capital as mobile forces in the north. I will take six out and give them to Cao Cao to fight against Luzon. I plan to give the remaining three to you and take them back to the northwest.

.”

"The emperor means that the northwest is still unstable and does it need to be deterred by force?"

How do you say this... After saying this, the emperor will probably be cut off by a huge pliers falling from the sky.

"Mangui, that's what I think. In addition to these twenty divisions of field armies, the imperial court will also establish garrison troops ranging from one thousand to five thousand in each province. In the future, when there are troubles in various places, the garrison troops will be dealt with first. If the garrison troops cannot handle it,

Only the local garrison takes action. If the local garrison cannot handle it, the imperial court coordinates the reinforcements from all walks of life... Relatively speaking, the number of garrison troops in inland provinces is smaller, such as border provinces like Xinjiang.

The number of garrison troops should be larger. The current plan of the Ministry of War is to first set the garrison troops in Xinjiang at 5,000 people. In the future, I will gradually increase it, even to 100,000, or 200,000 people. It is also possible. You

My task is to first take three divisions and station them there for a period of time, so that I can allocate enough manpower and material resources to build a strong garrison army in Xinjiang."

"I understand. Although it is a pity that I cannot participate in the Luzon Campaign, as long as the emperor needs me, I will be willing to sit quietly in Xinjiang."

"Hahaha, Mangui, I understand what a man wants to do to make a great contribution. Don't worry, you won't have nothing to do in Xinjiang. In this way, in addition to giving you the rank of general, I will also give you the title of admiral of the northwest.

Commander-in-Chief of Military Affairs. In this way, you can take charge of and mobilize the field armies of four divisions in the four provinces of Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, and Xinjiang and the garrison troops of no less than 20,000 in the four provinces. In addition to sitting in Xinjiang, you can also send small troops

Large-scale troops, from north to south, explore the passage into Tibet."

"Going to Tibet? Does the emperor want to go to Tibet?"

"Of course, this Tibet is my territory of the Ming Dynasty, but my officials of the Ming Dynasty basically cannot enter, and people there rarely come out, which is not possible. My plan is that in the next five to ten years, the Ming Dynasty must

Realize the garrison of troops in Tibet, and have real ministers stationed in Tibet permanently. Only in this way can we truly bring this place under the control of China."

After saying this, Zhu Youdong smiled playfully: "How about it, Mangui, you conquered Xinjiang. If we take Tibet again, one-third of the Ming Dynasty will be conquered by you Mangui."

Okay. How can such an achievement of opening up new territories not go down in history?"

"I understand. Your Majesty is so kind to me, and I am so grateful! Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will be fully prepared when I am in Xinjiang. As long as the Emperor gives the order, I will lead my troops into Tibet!"
Chapter completed!