Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 87 Reforming the Military System
Allied with the invaders and the captives.

Zhu Youjian finally determined the basic military strategy of Ming Dynasty in the future.

"I don't care what your views were before, or how much you hated the thieves, but from now on, as officials of the court, you can only agree on one thing, that is, the Tartars who enter the customs are our greatest enemies, and we will not drive them away. Tartar, we never want to sit on half of the country!"

Zhu Youjian looked at Gao Hongtu, Zhang Shenyan, and Lu Daqi as he spoke: "I know you hate bandits, hate them for being cruel to gentry, and hate them for ruining your family business, but do you think I don't hate you? I hate them, my ancestors' tombs have been destroyed by them, my capital has been occupied, I can't wait to swallow Li Zicheng alive!"

"But this is our own fault. We annexed the land and exploited too much. The people rebelled and became thieves. We had no choice but to do so. A boat can be carried or capsized. We have learned a lesson, so we should learn from it. Things that cannot be tolerated with the heart of being tolerant to all rivers and rivers, after all, they are also the people of my Ming Dynasty. Now the Tartars are facing the disaster of the Jinmeng going south. You can't take it lightly. Lord!"

"I would like to obey the decree!" The ministers hurriedly began to express their views.

Zhu Youjian nodded: "Okay, how to appease and resist, Ma Shiying, Minister of the Ministry of War, will stay and discuss with me later. Next, we have to mention the matter of army restructuring and training. Li Banghua, a scholar of the Wuyingdian University, is right. Yes, my imperial court’s army is useful for bullying the common people now.”

Ning Wu Bo Zhou Yuji, who was born in the army, was already dissatisfied when he heard Li Banghua say that the officers and soldiers could only bully the common people.

Today, Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian also said the same.

Naturally, Zhou Yuji couldn't bear it anymore, and came out to argue with a blushing face, "Your Majesty, Mr. Li Ge's words are absurd. The officers and soldiers are not only able to bully the common people. What are thieves? A group of guys who can only wield hoes. I have fought bloody battles against the Manchus in both Beijing and Shandong, and the Tartars are not three-headed and six-armed, so I still killed him seven in and seven out!"

"What's the air? Didn't you run away when Li Zicheng entered Shanxi? You were still the commander-in-chief of Shanxi at that time?"

Although Liu Fangliang, the former senior general of the Chuang army, joined Zhu Youjian, he did not pay much attention to the Ming army. Now that Zhou Yuji was dissatisfied, he went back directly. There was no shortage of ridicule in the implication. On the court.

As a military officer, Zhou Yuji was naturally not polite, and he rushed forward and raised his fist as big as a bowl: "Die kite, what do you know, this officer was ordered by His Majesty to enter Jingqin King, aren't you a right-handed general who broke into thieves? How about a [-] army, why were they captured by our army in Baoding Mansion!"

"That's your trick!"

Liu Fangliang yelled at Zhou Yuji on the spot. If he didn't know that he was in the court, he would have drawn his sword and killed Zhou Yuji on the spot. Immediately, he had to restrain himself: "Besides, it was His Majesty's personal consolation, and he gave it as a gift from a high-ranking official. It has nothing to do with you, Zhou Yuji, if you have the ability, let's go to the battlefield to compete, believe it or not, I can subdue you with three punches!"

"Bijibi, I, Zhou Yuji, have never been afraid of anyone in my life, dead kite!" Zhou Yuji replied.

"You!" Liu Fangliang was about to roll up his sleeves and start a fight with Zhou Yuji.

"Okay!"

Zhu Youjian yelled at this time, and hurriedly asked Huang Degong and Gao Jie to restrain the two of them: "This is a matter for the court to discuss the army, not a martial arts training ground. Are there any rules?"

The two fell silent.

"The country has a good general, and the nation is very lucky. Why should the two lovers fight? You, Zhou Yuji, used the Tartars to make meritorious service and entered the guerrilla army. In Shandong, Yangliuqing fought a beautiful battle with Houjin Tieqi. He was brave and good at fighting, so he was naturally different from Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo's generation;
You, Liu Fangliang, were able to grow from an ordinary citizen to a right-battalion general commanding an army of [-]. Naturally, your strength should not be underestimated. Both Da Sima Ma Shiying and Jingnan Hou Huang Degong have suffered in your hands. After you entered Henan, even more Even if the officers and soldiers are defeated, I will naturally not underestimate you, but you can't be arrogant, ask Zhou Yuji for advice on how to kill Tartars, but you have never cut down a Tartar. "

What Zhu Youjian said left Zhou Yuji and Liu Fangliang speechless.

But at the same time, the two were quite happy in their hearts. After all, His Majesty valued them very much and remembered their great achievements so clearly.

Both Ma Shiying and Huang Degong smiled awkwardly, and didn't argue that they would suffer in Liu Fangliang's hands back then, after all, they were more self-cultivated than Zhou Yuji and Liu Fangliang.

But Liu Fangliang still couldn't help poking his mouth, thinking that His Majesty mentioned that he hadn't even chopped off a tartar's head just now, which made him feel ashamed as being laughed at by others for being a virgin.

Liu Fangliang wished he could go to the north to kill a few Tartars right now.

"The military strength of the officers and soldiers is not strong. It's not because their swords are bad, nor their weapons are not strong, but because of their people. The lack of military discipline and the arrears of military pay are two major drawbacks. The officers are empty, and the soldiers are empty. Such an army What fighting power can there be!"

As Zhu Youjian spoke, he pointed to the markings on the map himself, and brought up the disadvantages of the current military system of the Ming Dynasty, the Weisuo system, and then mentioned the issue of generals raising private soldiers.

The group of officials also spoke one after another, pointing out that the military system of the Ming Dynasty was too complicated. The military affairs of a province, the civil affairs had the governor-general, and the military had the commander-in-chief.

In the end, Zhu Youjian decided to divide the Ming army into two systems, one is the field army system based on the guards, and the other is to form the gendarmerie based on the original guards. The former is responsible for foreign operations, and the latter Responsible for internal suppression of bandits and maintenance of law and order.

Naturally, the Guards adopted a recruitment system, selecting outstanding individuals from the military police of each guard station or recruiting outstanding individuals directly from the conscription for field training.

The military police of the guards are based on the existing guards, and all the old and weak of the officers and soldiers are arranged in the guards. In the future, those in the field army who are injured or unable to participate in field missions for other reasons will also be arranged. to the guard.

The so-called conscription is the latest military service system proposed by Zhu Youjian.

Zhu Youjian intends to ban the centuries-old system in Ming Dynasty that divides various occupations into various places of origin, such as military registration and craftsman registration.

In this way, the hereditary inheritance of officers and soldiers will be banned. For the soldiers and civilians at the bottom, their freedom will undoubtedly be liberated, allowing them to do business, even study, become officials and take the imperial examination, avoiding continued exploitation by officers.

And officers also lost the power to exploit soldiers for a long time and control them as domestic slaves, which could avoid the emergence of warlords and military landlords.

Regarding the source of troops for the Ming army, Zhu Youjian adopted the conscription system, that is, any citizen of the Ming Dynasty has the obligation to join the army and serve the country for three years after reaching the age of sixteen.

　We will soon need to establish a military command center, similar to the military aircraft department or the study room in the Qing Dynasty, but we don’t want the vocabulary of the Qing Dynasty. Do you have any suggestions, such as military affairs hall, military department, military department and so on.The one mentioned the most will be adopted. The future power of this institution should not be underestimated. He will stand against the cabinet and control the military power. His subordinates include the staff department, equipment department, political department, logistics department, and intelligence department. Come in.Therefore, it cannot be named casually.

　　
　
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