After Li Guo canonized Li Laiheng as the crown prince and oversaw the country, His Royal Highness the King of Jin began to reorganize the central court of Dashun. At this time, Tian Jianxiu was exiled to Wuchang, Niu Jinxing committed suicide, Zhang Nai died in battle, and Yuan Zongdi also surrendered
As for Li Laiheng, except for the Guangzhong Emperor Li Guo, who was ill and unable to govern, there was no one else in the Dashun Army whose status could match those of Li Laiheng, the false Jie Yue, Ping Zhang, the important military affairs leader, and Li Laiheng, the great president of the various marching armies.
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What's more, in Li Guoce's imperial edict to the King of Jin as Huang Taiji, it was clearly stated that from now on, all major military affairs and employment matters in Dashun would be decided by Li Laiheng at his own discretion, without having to be sent to the palace to wait for the judgment of Emperor Guangzhong.
Li Laiheng's small Jin Prince's Palace was really not large enough to accommodate many ministers, nor could it serve as the real core of Dashun's central court.
So under the persuasion of the ministers, Li Laiheng chose Pingyang Gongfu, where Tian Jianxiu originally lived, as the prison for the country. It is worth mentioning that the Yihou Mansion where Zhang Nai originally lived continued to be managed by his widow Tian and his wife.
The heir Zhang Xuanlang lived there, but after Wu Ruyi's Taiping Mansion was confiscated, Li Laiheng rewarded it to Fang Yiren, who had made great contributions in "praising paintings to quell the rebellion".
The original Central Court of Dashun was headed by Niu Jinxing, who was in charge of Pingzhang affairs, with the Grand Scholar of Tianyou Palace as the core, and the Six Governments and Liu Jianyi as the auxiliaries. Among the six governments, Song Qijiao, the Minister of Li Government, and Gong Yan, the Minister of Li Government, all took refuge early.
Li Laiheng, so his official position is still stable, and Yang Wangxiu, the household government minister, was replaced by Bai Wang.
The remaining ministers of the criminal government, An Xingmin, the minister of the labor government, Xu Shangde, and the minister of the military government, Li Zhigang, were all allies of Niu Jinxing, so most of them moved to the left.
The newly appointed Minister of the Criminal Government was Chen Kexin, the Minister of the Industrial Government was Bai Jiuhe, and the Minister of the Military Government was Gu Junen. At the same time, the Department of Military Affairs was upgraded to the Military Academy, and Gu Junen, the Minister of the Military Government, was appointed as Bai Wanglu, who also served as the president of the Military Academy.
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In addition, the Wenyu Yuan under the jurisdiction of the Li Government was the most important institution for the selection and assessment of officials in Dashun. Therefore, Li Laiheng also transferred Xie Zheng from Huguang, who had been in charge of examination affairs in Suizhou, to serve as the president of the Wenyu Yuan.
Xie Zheng's uncle, Xie Sheng, a former bachelor of the Ming Dynasty, surrendered to Hauge in Dezhou, which had a very negative impact on the Shun army's defense in Shandong. However, Li Laiheng did not blame Xie Zheng for this, but promoted him to serve as a key edict.
The position of President of the Academy moved the Wenyu Academy quite a bit.
Among these important central civil servants, as no one expected, they were Gong Zhuo, a surrendered minister of the Ming Dynasty whom Li Laiheng trusted more, and Gu Junen, a confidant of the King of Jin, who held the title of Tongping Zhangshi and Tianyoudian University Scholar.
Finally, it was Li Laiheng's most trusted mastermind Fang Yiren. He naturally replaced the position of "Master Niu" and became the Prime Minister under Dashun and more than ten thousand people.
He was the head of the civil servants of Dashun, enough to be respected as "Fang Taishi" by everyone.
However, the civil servants are secondary. Now is the time of trouble, and the Donglu are ready to go south at any time. The generals and ministers estimate that by the end of the first year of Yongchang, once the weather turns cold and the Yellow River freezes, it will be the time for the Donglu to go south with all their strength. By then, the Yellow River will
A decisive battle will inevitably break out between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait to determine the fate of Dashun.
Therefore, the importance of military attaches is still higher than that of civil servants.
The most important of these is naturally the main field force of the Dashun Army - the Fifth Battalion Field Army.
Among the five battalions of Dashun, the core of the middle battalion has suffered a heavy blow due to the collapse of Tian Jianxiu and Zhang Nai, as well as the losses in the battle of harvesting deer;
Although Yuan Zongdi's right battalion lost most of it in the rebellion of Yang Chengzu and Ji Gui, the most elite core force is still there, the backbone is still there, and it has recovered a lot of strength after withdrawing from Shaanxi;
Liu Fangliang's left battalion has fought hand in hand with Li Laiheng's front battalion many times since the Northern Expedition, and did not participate in the battle of harvesting deer. Its military strength is even stronger than that of Yuan Zongdi's right battalion;
The rear camp originally controlled by Emperor Guangzhong Li Guo, like the middle camp, suffered heavy losses in the battle of harvesting deer, and the core backbone suffered a heavy blow;
Finally, there is Li Laiheng’s front camp, also known as Chu Chuang. After the major and minor battles since the Northern Expedition, the front camp has undoubtedly become the most powerful, most powerful, and undisputed strongest among the Dashun Five Battalions Field Army.
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Therefore, Li Laiheng decided to reorganize the strength of the fifth battalion:
In the past, when Li Zicheng organized five battalions, the total strength of the Dashun Army was just over 100,000. However, now Chu Chuang's battalion alone has more than 100,000 troops. The old five-battalion organization can obviously no longer adapt to the current situation of the Shun Army.
Therefore, Li Laiheng renamed the fifth battalion as the fifth army in terms of organization. The names of the five armies were the Zhongjingbiweidian center army, the Zhongqiduweidian front army, the Zhongyisuweidian rear army, the Zhongzhengjingweidian right army, and the Zhongyong Yulindian army.
The left army is usually referred to as the five armies in the palace, in front of the palace, behind the palace, on the right of the palace, and on the left of the palace.
Under the Fifth Army, between the original battalion and standard two-level establishments, a new division was added. The army in the center of the palace has five divisions. There are three divisions in front of the palace, behind the palace, on the right of the palace, and on the left of the palace. The name of the division,
Gu Junen originally suggested using the name of the Twelve Guards of the Tang Dynasty's military system, but Li Laiheng thought that the names of the Twelve Guards, such as the Left and Right Military Guards and the Left and Right Weiwei, were too similar to remember, so he simply decided to use the divisional establishment of the Shun Army in addition to the Imperial Guards.
They are all named First Division, Second Division, Third Division, etc. and recorded in sequence.
The specific organization of the Fifth Army is as follows:
The sentry is the most basic combat unit. Every ten infantrymen are organized into one sentry, and there is a total of one sentry;
Four pike posts (pikemen are equipped with bows and arrows), three sword sentries (the swordsmen are equipped with firecrackers or bows and arrows), and two firecrackers sentries form an infantry team with one person in charge;
Four infantry teams and one artillery team (which has five artillery posts, mainly light and medium-sized Huguang-made Hongyi artillery, which can be used centrally in wartime or dispersed to various infantry teams) form an infantry brigade, with a commander
One traveler;
The cavalry brigade has a small organization, with three cavalry teams, a total of 300 cavalry, all equipped with horse guns, waist knives and handguns; the artillery brigade has five artillery teams, with ten to more than twenty guns depending on the ratio of light and heavy artillery.
light and heavy artillery;
Four infantry brigades, one cavalry brigade, and one artillery brigade (the general artillery used in the past will all be replaced by the heavy Hongyi artillery made in Huguang) are one infantry mark; four cavalry brigades, one artillery brigade are one cavalry mark; all are
Suppose there is one mighty general and three captains (the captain of flags and drums, the captain of the left, and the captain of the right).
The above-mentioned infantry standard is 3,000 people, and the cavalry standard is 2,000 people. They are all basic tactical corps. The original special high-power standard was 3,000 troops. It was expanded to the point where each of the five armies has a high-power standard for breaking through civil engineering works.
Under normal circumstances, each division is composed of two infantry units, one cavalry unit and several units directly under the division. Each division has about 10,000 people. Each division is equipped with one general and one general, General Guo Yi.
The final strength and organization of the troops are: Army (30,000 to 50,000 people, under the control of General Quan), Division (10,000 people, under the control of General Zhi, under the command of General Guo Yi), Biao (2,000 to 3,000 people, under the control of General Guo Yi)
The mighty general is in charge, and the captain is his deputy), the brigade (from three hundred to five hundred people, the brigade commander is in charge), the team (one hundred people, the general is in charge of the department), the sentry (ten people, the sentry is in charge).
As for the five armies, they are all naturally commanded by General Quan.
The middle camp of the original five battalions was renamed the Dianqian Army, and the front camp of the original five battalions was strengthened into the Dianzhong Army. The specific generals of the five armies are as follows:
The army in the palace: General Quan Guo Junzhen, General Zhi Hao Yaoqi, Zhang Pili, Chen Yongfu, Miao Lichen, Li Shiwei;
The army on the left side of the palace: General Quan Liu Fangliang, General Liu Rukui, Ma Shiyao and Niu Chenghu;
Palace Right Army: General Quan Yuan Zongdi, Liu Tichun, Yuan Zongdao, and Li Polu (incorporated into the Chu soldiers under Li Polu to strengthen Li Laiheng's control over the Palace Right Army);
Dianqian Army (formerly Zhongying): General Quan Gu Kecheng (concurrently serving as Shandong Economic and Strategic Envoy), Dang Shousu, Ma Bao (received as Shandong Jiedu Envoy by Guo Sheng), Ren Jirong;
The rear army: General Quan Gao Yigong, General Ma Chongxi, Zhao Yingyuan (the last general-level figure in Cao Ying), and Zhang Hong.
The rest include He Zhen, Ma Jinzhong, Yuan Shitai, Lu Yingbiao, Feng Yangzhu and others who are the commander-in-chief of the local guard system. The establishment of the local guard is weaker than that of the field army, and its commander-in-chief is half a level lower than the grade of the field army of the Fifth Army.
Liu Xiyao and Lin Chengcheng were naval generals, commanding the Dongting Lake Navy and the Yangtze River Navy respectively.
After the reorganization of the Huguang reinforcements, the total strength of the five armies of Dashun Field Army reached more than 170,000; after the reorganization of various green forest heroes and the mobilization of the Huguang militia, the total strength of the local guards also reached more than 60,000 to 70,000.
In this way, despite the defeat of Huolu, the total strength of Dashun Army still remained at a relatively large scale of more than 200,000. Compared with the total strength of 250,000 after the Qing army incorporated the northern Ming army and the armed gentry at this time,
It is slowly gaining the advantage in military strength.
Moreover, as time goes by, the Dashun Army's strength advantage will be further expanded due to its mobilization efficiency and advantages in manpower and material resources.
The important changes in governorships were mainly that Chen Xin replaced Gao Yigong, who had been the military general behind the throne, as the Huguang Economic and Strategic Envoy, and Li Laiheng took charge of the Huguang headquarters. Niu Quan, the original Yin of Kaifeng Prefecture, was promoted to Henan Jiedu Envoy, and his official career continued.