Chapter 137 Abandoning the Guards and Forming a Military System
The establishment of the Jinyi Guards is limited, and the positions are limited. It can be said that there is a carrot and a pit.
It is impossible to arrange these talents perfectly, no matter how you think about it.
Perhaps we should improve the overall quality and stop letting some people who are not good enough to be promoted due to rapid expansion.
Guo Bujing, Weng Taibei and others had to think of this.
After deciding to go back, he discussed with Zhang Fengfu.
The main team of factory guards moved very slowly. After all, there were too many of them, thousands of them, and there were even more prisoners to be escorted, more than six thousand.
These prisoners are either high-ranking officials or selected masters among the more than 100,000 martial arts people.
There are still more than 60 million taels of real gold and silver left, so we must not be careless at all.
Even the powerful Grand Masters are extremely cautious and always pay attention to the movements in all directions.
After the main force of the factory guards withdrew from Jin, the remaining martial arts forces and people from all walks of life breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally gone!
Although the purges have ended long ago, the two major purges in the past six months have really scared people from all walks of life in Jin.
As long as the main force of the factory guards is still in Jindi, it will be like a butcher's knife hanging over everyone's heads.
Even if it doesn’t move, it’s too scary.
Even the newly arrived officials are frightened.
It’s good to go, it’s good to go.
Of course, the main force of the factory guards is gone, and no one from all walks of life in Shanxi dares to be presumptuous.
The land of Jin is already the private territory of the Ming Dynasty, a country within a country, so who dares to act arrogantly?
In this land of Jin, there are too many eyes and powers of the Ming Dynasty.
Just like the Commander-in-Chief Wang who was still reorganizing the army in Jin.
In the past six months, one of the biggest changes in Jin has definitely been among the army.
Jin's nominally more than 300,000 troops have undergone earth-shaking changes little by little.
First, more than a hundred high- and mid-level officers, and about three hundred low-level officers, were either beheaded, sentenced, or replaced.
The middle and high-level generals, centered on five hundred dragon riders, firmly controlled the entire Jin army.
It is also true that despite the second such large-scale purge, there was no major turmoil.
That time, Jin dispatched more than 100,000 troops.
After the second great purge, Wang Shouren began to change the Jin army's system and train an elite army.
Wang Shouren, the latter, is too busy alone and continues to believe that Longqi is the best choice.
The former is the really difficult thing to do, and it is what Wang Shouren has been preparing for for half a year.
After being captured, the Jin army increased from more than 300,000 to about 180,000, which was directly reduced by nearly half.
This is normal. It is too common to eat military pay, drink military blood, and run away from military guards.
The nominal quantity is nominal only.
Then, Wang Shouren did something that shocked the Jin army.
He directly abolished the guard system.
All military households were converted into civilian households.
All soldiers will be recruited.
Once recruited successfully, the whole family will be exempted from corvee and given military pay.
This naturally greatly increased the burden on the court.
But after repeated discussions, Zhu Houzhao and Wang Shouren made this decision.
The life of a military household was too hard, and it was too easy to breed corruption and drink the blood of soldiers.
Another point is that it is almost impossible to unify the world by relying on the guard system.
The Ming Dynasty needs an elite army of one million people who are hard-working and willing to sacrifice their lives.
The health center system must be abolished.
Of course, we cannot abolish them all at once, we have to do it bit by bit.
No matter how many drawbacks there are in the health system, at this time, there are more than 500 health houses spread across the territory of the Ming Dynasty. They are the cornerstones of the Ming Dynasty, guarding various parts of the Ming Dynasty like mainstays.
This is also the basic foundation of the Ming Dynasty. It cannot be abolished immediately, otherwise there will be chaos.
It can only be implemented in Shanxi first, which is also an experiment.
After the abolition of the guard system, civilian officials were busy for a while. They had to take over hundreds of thousands of military households, as well as corresponding field statistics, divisions, etc.
The army is equally busy.
This kind of treatment is unimaginable to the original military households and border troops.
The number of soldiers who want to join the army or stay in the army suddenly increases.
The 180,000 troops were too much for the Jin region, and the burden on the court was too great.
So the Select Soldiers begins.
There are still more than 100,000 martial arts people and bandits. Although there are no masters anymore, it is also very difficult to deal with so many people. We can only take our time and disperse them bit by bit.
There are too many things to do. In the past two months, they have only completed the beginning. Wang Shouren and Gu Xichao cannot leave at all.
In short, after the main force of factory guards left, Jin Land continued to change.
Civilian governance and military reform.
Looking full of enthusiasm.
But Mu Kun has already led two hundred dragon riders on the way back to Yunnan.
An imperial edict also came into his hands.
Order him to take charge of the Yunnan Capital Command and Envoy Department and rectify all the troops in Yunnan.
Following him was a team of royal guards to help him. Leading these Jin Yiwei were acting commanders Qian Shi and Ye Gucheng.
Time passed little by little, and in early October, the main force of factory guards was about to return to the capital.
On this day, Zhu Houzhao was having a conversation with Li Jing, who had finished two months of training.
"You also understand the situation of Emperor Wu's Dragon Cavalry. How is it? What kind of army do you want to bring out?" Zhu Houzhao asked directly and expectantly.
Li Jing did not hesitate and directly expressed all his thoughts in the past two months.
Compared to before joining Emperor Wu's Dragon Cavalry, his thoughts on the army have changed significantly.
“Your Majesty, your Emperor Wu’s Dragon Cavalry has established the thinking of the soldiers with the core of protecting the family and the country.
I think this is excellent.
A thoughtful army is the most terrifying army.
However, this must have good treatment guarantees and a relatively fair and just military environment.
If I want to train an army of 20,000 people, I can basically copy Emperor Wu's Dragon Cavalry.
However, all members of Emperor Wu's Dragon Cavalry practice martial arts. Even an ordinary soldier is at the eighth level. This cannot be extended to other armies.
We can only carry out some weakening in various aspects..."
Li Jing spoke in one breath for more than an hour, but Zhu Houzhao listened with great interest, and from time to time, he suddenly realized in his clear eyes.
< br>That’s what I thought!
It turns out that this rule has such a purpose!
That’s right, that’s what I thought.
After listening, Zhu Houzhao felt that his understanding of all aspects of Emperor Wu's Dragon Cavalry seemed to be clearer.
Originally, he and Lao Wang discussed and established all the rules of Emperor Wu's Dragon Cavalry.
Now, he feels that Li Jing's views are actually clearer and more complete than Lao Wang's.
This is definitely a great talent.
Zhu Houzhao suddenly reacted and looked at Li Jing with bright eyes, as if he were a treasure.
"Hahaha, I have another general. Li Jing, you will definitely become my future general." Zhu Houzhao suddenly laughed.
Li Jing's heart warmed, he bowed respectfully and said solemnly: "Your Majesty has given you the reward, and I will never live up to your Majesty's kindness."
"Okay, Li Jing, I don't want you to train 20,000 people. The army is here," Zhu Houzhao said expectantly.
Li Jing was stunned, did I hear it wrong?
"I want you to train the 001 Army of the Ming Dynasty, which is also the first army of the Ming Dynasty." Zhu Houzhao said firmly.
Li Jing immediately felt at ease and looked at His Majesty with some confusion and even more enthusiasm.
Zero Zero One Army!
First Army!
Sounds great. Does your Majesty want to use me more seriously?
"I have discussed a lot of the new military construction of the Ming Dynasty with Lao Wang. Now that Lao Wang has abolished the guard system in Jin and recruited all soldiers, he is implementing the new military system I decided." Zhu Houzhao saw Li Jing puzzled. , immediately started explaining with enthusiasm.
"When soldiers join the army, they are exempted from all corvee duties and are also given military pay.
In the army, there are ten-man small banners, fifty-man general banners, one hundred men and one hundred generals, and three hundred men and one battalion. A regiment of one hundred people is called a regiment commander.
Five regiments are called a guard, and they are called a guard commander.
Five guards are called an army, and they are called a military commander. They are also called commanders. The first army has nearly 30,000 people, starting from the second rank."
"After the Ming Dynasty, all armies will be organized into military systems and named with numerical numbers.
Those who guard the capital start from the 001st Army, also called the First Army.
Li Jing, what do you think? ”
After speaking, Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Jing expectantly, wanting to hear his opinion.
Although what he said was not too detailed, it was enough for Li Jing.
A feeling of boiling blood arose.
I am excited about the army that has been recruited and will be trained into a tiger and wolf army.
I am even more excited about the words "First Army".
Thinking quickly, Li Jing quickly expressed his opinion.
Zhu Houzhao nodded repeatedly, and the two started a heated discussion.
The military system that Zhu Houzhao thought had been improved has been improved and become better.
He was very happy and said seriously: "Okay, just do this. Lao Wang will establish five armies in Jin: the 10th Army, the 11th Army, the 12th Army, the 13th Army, and the 14th Army.
Li Jing, you are in the capital. First build the first army.
I will give you three hundred dragon cavalry. You can choose the soldiers from the guard station and the capital camp, or recruit new people.
What else do you want? Just say it."
"Your Majesty, the middle and high-level officials of Emperor Wu's Dragon Cavalry are arrogant and will never surrender.
Therefore, I only want low-level generals in the dragon cavalry, and I cannot have noble sons.
In addition, I also want Han Shizhong, Lu Da, Lin Chong, and Wang Jin to help me. "Li Jing was not polite and said directly and calmly.
"Okay, I'll give it all to you. "Zhu Houzhao said very happily and without hesitation at all.
He can understand this.
Li Jing came from the Sui Dynasty. He had not made any achievements and was only in the realm of the day after tomorrow. Emperor Wu Long The middle-level and noble disciples in the cavalry will definitely not obey him
Then give him a lower level, plus Han Shizhong and other personnel from the Song Dynasty, which will help Li Jing lead the army.
"Thank you very much, Your Majesty. I swear to my death that I will never let Your Majesty down." Li Jing couldn't help but take a breath and bowed solemnly and firmly.
He could only repay this trust and the kindness of knowing and meeting him to the death.
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