Zhu Youxiao said: "The Guards are my own army and the protectors of China.
I have ordered to implement a rank system and a new military system in the Guards.
After the restructuring is completed, send troops to Liaodong and capture slaves."
Chief."
All the soldiers shouted together again: "Send troops to Liaodong and capture the slave chief.
Long live my emperor.
Long live my emperor."
At this time, the new Minister of War, Huang Kezuan, came to the stage to read out the imperial edict: "The emperor decreed that if the Southwest Guards died in state affairs, each person would receive a pension of 1,000 yuan, 50 acres of land at home, and no taxes for 20 years.
Each person has made meritorious service.
According to the size of the contribution, up to five rewards will be given.
Rewards ranging from 100 yuan to 100 yuan will be used as the basis for promotion to military ranks.
This will be done in future national wars.
It can be said that such a high pension has never been seen in history.
This fundamentally solves the worries of the soldiers and allows them to do so.
Military morale has been greatly improved.
After all the soldiers shouted long live, Yang Guangkui accepted the imperial edict on his behalf.
Then everyone gathered around Zhu Youxiao to the festival hall to discuss the specific matters of reforming the military system and implementing military ranks.
In fact, Zhu Youxiao had already made the decision and just announced That’s all.
There are not many changes in the military system of the Guards below the battalion level.
The division is still the basic combat unit, but some directly affiliated units are added to each infantry and cavalry battalion: special agents, messengers, medical officers, and small artillery.
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The weapons of the artillery battalion have undergone significant changes.
The Ordnance Bureau has classified the artillery.
According to the size of the muzzle and the weight of the shells, they are divided into three-pound cannons to fifteen-pound cannons.
The small three-pound cannon only weighs more than 80 kilograms, while the fifteen-pound cannon weighs more than 800 kilograms.
This is because steel is used instead of copper to cast the cannon body, otherwise it will be heavier.
But the changes are big above the battalion.
A new unit is added above the battalion: the brigade.
Three combat battalions and a baggage battalion form a brigade.
Each brigade has two quartermasters, one responsible for food and grass supply, and one responsible for Arms supply and repair.
There are three deputy quartermasters under each quartermaster, who are responsible for each battalion.
Each brigade is responsible for its own provisions and armaments.
There is a new unit above the brigade: the division.
The number of brigades under the division's jurisdiction varies, and there are currently three divisions.
The first division commander Lu Xiangsheng, deputy division commander Cao Wenzhao, the second division commander Yang Guanggao, deputy division commander Zhao Lijiao, the third division commander Lu Qin, deputy division commander Zhou Yuji.
And set up an independent brigade with the brigade commander Mangui.
More importantly, a general staff was established.
Guards officers who had participated in the battle and had read military books were appointed as staff officers, and Yang Guangkui was appointed chief of the general staff.
Before each battle, the general staff would formulate a battle plan.
Afterwards, the credits will be calculated for the Guards based on the degree of completion of the plan.
Yang Guangkui was a little embarrassed.
He felt that he was not qualified for the position of chief of general staff.
Zhu Youxiao smiled and said: "Don't worry, you will be assigned a deputy chief of staff soon.
Then you can learn from him."
Yang Guangkui said curiously: "Who is it?"
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Zhu Youxiao smiled mysteriously and said, "I won't tell you now."
Yang Guangkui scratched his head and head anxiously, but he didn't dare to ask again.
The Logistics Department was also established at the same time.
When the Ming army marched, food and grass were supplied from the local area.
When Lu Qin and others went to the southwest, they tried the method of collecting food for free.
The results were very good.
Zhu Youxiao wanted to go further on this basis and directly The Logistics Department is responsible for the army’s food, grass and weapons Instead of paying for it, he bought it directly with money.
Anyway, he now had more money.
He appointed Yang Sichang, a doctor in the New Pay Division of the Nanjing Ministry of Household Affairs, as the logistics minister of the Guards, and Liu Boze as the deputy minister, who was responsible for managing the food, pay and weapons of the Guards.
The Quartermaster is under the direct management of the Logistics Department.
All logistics accounts should be made in three additional copies, one to the bank, one to the account department, and one to the Ordnance Bureau.
Next is the matter of military ranks.
The Guards military rank system is divided into six levels, namely commander, general, colonel, lieutenant, sergeant, soldier.
Commander is the first level, and general, colonel, sergeant and soldier are divided into three levels. , upper, middle, less.
The title of the sergeant was changed to the corporal, and the name of the soldier was different, namely, the upper class soldier, the private soldier, and the new soldier.
Each officer will be issued an epaulette according to his military rank.
Soldiers have one to three straight bars, soldiers plus one star, lieutenants two stars, and colonels three stars.
Generals have no straight bars, only one to three stars plus a bar.
Dragon, Shuai is a dragon plus four stars.
After listening to Zhu Youxiao's basic information on the military rank system, the generals of the Guards exchanged glances with each other.
Yang Guangkui signaled to Lu Qin, who raised his hand, and Zhu Youxiao said: "You tell me, Vice-General Lu."
Lu Qin stood up and gave a military salute and said: "I request that one more level be added to the military rank system."
Zhu Youxiao originally formulated the military rank system of the Ming Dynasty based on the military rank systems of the United States and China in later generations.
He felt that it was already very good.
Lu Qin, a nervous guy, actually felt that there was something to add, so he laughed and said: "How to add it?"
Lu Qin said: "Please add a level of generalissimo above the commander."
Zhu Youxiao smiled: "Now your highest level can only reach lieutenant general, and you don't have generals or marshals for the time being, so why set up a generalissimo?"
Yang Guanggao stood up and saluted the military salute and said: "I think the emperor should also join the military system.
I will ask the emperor to take up the post of generalissimo."
All the generals stood up together and said: "I would like to invite the emperor to take up the post of generalissimo, and command me to promote the prestige of our country."
Zhu Youxiao saw that they were so neatly organized and understood that this should have been discussed long ago.
He had not thought of this.
Now when he heard what they said, yes, he was also the supreme commander of the army.
Adding the title of Grand Marshal was a good idea.
That's a good thing, so he smiled and said: "Okay, let's add a first-level marshal, five stars and one dragon."
The generals were overjoyed.
As a military general, there are two things that he fears most.
One is that his achievements will shock the master, and the other is that the civil servants do not regard military generals as human beings.
They discussed that the best way was to let the emperor also hold a military position, so that both matters could be easily solved.
Now that the emperor has promised to increase his military rank, life for soldiers will be much easier in the future.
Now that there is a military rank system, the previous first-class and second-class assassination medals are no longer retained.
All soldiers with only first-class assassination medals are directly classified as privates, and those with second-class assassination medals are superior soldiers.
According to different merits, the captain is a corporal, sergeant or staff sergeant, the flag commander and deputy flag commander are staff sergeant, sergeant or second lieutenant, the director and deputy director are second lieutenant, lieutenant or captain, and the director and deputy director are lieutenant or captain. or major, the battalion commander and deputy battalion commander are captain, major or lieutenant colonel, the brigade commander and deputy brigade commander are lieutenant colonel, colonel or major general, the division commander is lieutenant general, and the deputy division commander is major general.
As for the medal system, Zhu Youxiao is not ready to abolish it.
There are three levels of medals in the army, Bronze Star, Silver Star, and Gold Star.
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There are three categories: Medal of Courage, Medal of Wisdom, and Medal of Loyalty, which respectively correspond to bravery in combat and proper command.
Help our compatriots in three aspects.
Below these medals is the Medal of Honor, awarded to soldiers who have made achievements in foreign wars.
All medals can only be awarded by the Emperor
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