In ancient China and before the Napoleonic era in Europe, there were not people in the army who provided advice for the commander. Most of the West was served by nobles, while in ancient China it was slightly different.

In the pre-Qin wars, there were divination and questions about the ghosts and gods of heaven and earth, such as oracle bone inscriptions, and there were also consulting with scholars and officials, such as Cao Gui, and then many of them planned for officers or civil servants as the commander. For example, when Tong Guan attacked Yanyun in the north, Ma Kuo and Zhao Liangsi both psang paintings. Because Tong Guan was the envoy of Xuanfu, it was simply called Xuanzan. In the Ming Dynasty, there were also military positions such as Psang paintings, guerrillas, and Dushi in the army, either civil servants or officers as both.

However, before the emergence of the chief of staff system, officers and staff generally made suggestions based on personal experience to deal with changes. They are subordinates of the head coach. If the head coach does not ask about it or is unwilling to obey it, there is no way.

Later staff officers would conduct scientific analysis and research on a series of factors that affect the outcome of the war, such as weather, wind direction, terrain, differences in positions, military supplies, equipment, etc., as well as the enemy's movement trajectory and general intentions, to formulate combat plans, and serve the war rather than simply serving the commander.

The biggest difference between the two is that one is passive, purely from previous people and their own experience, and is completely affiliated with the head coach; the other is proactive, scientific analysis, and the service targets are the entire army or country, rather than the head coach.

Chen Wen wanted to take out the system of chief of staff for a long time, but the army was very small at that time, and there were surprisingly few officers who knew the words and could calculate. Moreover, he was still under the command of civil servants and military supervisors at that time, so it was not convenient to take out these things that were different from the times. He was just explaining how Sun Tzu's Art of War was a few times to analyze the importance of war, and that's all.

Before setting off on Tiantai Mountain, Chen Wen and his army team conducted a systematic analysis of Qianyue, luring the enemy, disguising in the battle, and possible unexpected situations. The Ming army benefited a lot from this battle, so Chen Wen decided to take this out at the moment when the war came to an end and prepare for the future war.

However, for the generals and staff in front of Chen Wen, the concept of military affairs of Zanghua is still in this era - without soldiers or power, and as an auxiliary to the commander, it is far less than that of the generals who lead the army. Even if Chen Wen strictly prohibits officers from enslaving soldiers, they are not allowed to interfere in military law and military supplies. It is much more powerful than this Zanghua.

When Chen Wen said that he appointed Lou Jiye as the chief of staff of Jinhua Town, everyone in his eyes showed a look of shock, and Lou Jiye was even more angry and aggrieved. At least in their opinion, Lou Jiye has been following Chen Wen for more than a year and has worked hard and has made great achievements in military construction and combat command, so why was he instigated to the "cold palace"?

Could it be that the descendants of the old Qi family army in the army were too many, so as the commander Chen Wen planned to refrigerate Lou Jiye, the highest class among them for a period of time? Or was it because Lou Jiye's use of troops during the Battle of Xiaoshun Town was disliked by Chen Wen? Or...

Just when these officers and staff were full of thoughts, Chen Wenquan thought that he didn't see it, but just continued to talk about it on his own.

"The chief of staff established by me is different from the Paintings in the military. The workload of this position is very large. It is not only to give advice to the head coach, but to constantly infer the opponent's intentions based on changes on the battlefield, and to put forward rational opinions and suggestions to deal with changes."

"In this way, the staff officers need to learn to draw maps, make sand tables, and analyze intelligence. They can be familiar with the military books and war books and the tactics used by the kings and the Tartars now, and know how to deal with them. This requires the staff officers to conduct systematic learning, rather than looking at the literati-style map, or even imagine it without even looking at the map."

Sand tables were not imported goods in ancient China that had never been seen before. It is said that as early as when Qin destroyed the six kingdoms, Qin Shihuang personally piled up and studied the geographical situations of various countries to facilitate the deployment of troops and generals. Even in the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang, there was a national geographical topography model built up, and mercury was used to simulate rivers and seas.

According to the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty? Biography of Ma Yuan" written by Fan Ye of the Southern Song Dynasty, in the eighth year of Jianwu in the Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu conquered Tianshui, and when the local tyrant Wei Xiang in Wudu area was invaded, Ma Yuan, the general, "gathered rice into a valley to point to the situation", Emperor Guangwu sighed and said, "The enemy is in my eyes", which can be called the earliest sand table operation.

It’s just that Chen Wen has not yet explained the concepts of the sand table and what he said that need to be positioned according to his understanding. These officers and staff have all focused on the meaning represented by the new military position of the Chief of Staff. Because this newly established Chief of Staff is far from being as simple as praising the aide, but as the brain of this army. Especially when Chen Wen said that the Chief of Staff of the Town General is in charge of the title of Deputy General, rather than praising the military position, the meaning here may be more profound.

But they didn't know that the chief of staff system Chen Wen brought out was still affiliated with the chief of staff in a certain sense, with the main purpose of fulfilling the chief of staff system as the commander's will, which is quite different from the chief of staff system of some military powers in later generations.

"Since I mentioned learning, I decided to completely rebuild the Jinhua Guardian Thousand Houses in Jiufang Lane and the Inspector Censorate into the Jinhua Town Martial Arts School. All sentry chiefs and officers above the sentry chiefs must be trained and studied in this round. In the future, all officers of our department must go through corresponding learning and be officially promoted after the assessment is reasonable."

In a word from Chen Wen, the inspector of the Censorate and the Jinhua Guardian Qianhu Institute completed the merger two hundred years ahead of schedule, but it changed from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's Palace to the so-called Jinhua Town Martial Arts School.

But when everyone heard this, they were stunned, and then everyone's appearances were different.

The bitterness in the hearts of the semi-illiterate Yin Yue and the quasi-illiterate Li Ruixin could probably seep out of their faces. Wu Dengke, who was originally 100% purely illiterate, was as normal as Lou Jiye, who had studied military tactics after his childhood, and Gu Shouli was stunned after hearing this, and he was obviously shocked, while Qi Xiufeng directly said what he thought.

"The Grand Marshal has set up a private martial arts school, and he still needs to occupy and rebuild the inspector's Censorate and the thousand households in Jinhua. How should the court explain it?"

Explain?

Chen Wen never thought about this problem, not that he didn't think about it, but that there was no need to think about it at all.

The Lu Jianguo is missing now, but if nothing unexpected happens, he will go to Xiamen to be an apartment official. As for the next Yongli court, there is no need to worry. The Emperor Yongli, who is in the southwest, has the energy to get some power back from Sun Kewang, or try to let Li Dingguo go back to serve the king. As for Zhejiang, located on the southeast coast, it is too late to win over the title, even if he knows these little things, he will pretend that he has not seen them. Who told the Emperor Ming to rely on the military leaders of Chen Wen and others to rebuild the Ming Dynasty?

Seeing everyone turning their eyes to him, Chen Wen just smiled slightly, then said, "The court has no time to pay attention to such trivial matters", and turned to the next issue. He listened to this matter as normal as eating and drinking water. It is not worth making a fuss.

"The detailed rules of the Jinhua Town Martial Arts School have been formulated. After the New Year, after the specific building layout is determined, troops can be sent to monitor the surrendered troops who need labor reform to start construction. In addition, there are some departments and new systems in Jinhua Town such as the Military Equipment Department, the Military Medical Department, and the Military Training Department, which will be improved one by one during the New Year."

The matter in Jinhua Town came to an end, and the establishment of Jinhua Wei, another component of the Zhejiang Ming army under Chen Wen, must also begin.

"The Jinhua Guard Commander's Office is responsible for managing the military garrisons and local military households in Jinhua Prefecture, and directly accepts the leadership of our commander. The military households usually work in the villages, practice their skills, and receive recruitment to supplement the army during wars. The Jinhua Guard Commander's Office is located in a military land outside the military camp where we are. The chief officer is the commander of the Jinhua Guard, and the commander's assistant is provided below to assist. Each county has thousands of household offices, and the county has a hierarchy of hundreds of household offices according to the region. As for military farms and military households, the general has his own methods."

"Master, is this Jinhua Guard only responsible for the military farming, camp and army inspection?"

This problem of Lou Jiye does exist. According to the Ming system, the garrison office is a military unit, and is also an administrative unit similar to the prefectures and counties under the Governor's Office of the Five Army. The garrison office is responsible for not only military farming, but also military inspections. It is also responsible for matters such as grain transportation, preparatory imperial guards, police, outgoing posts, entering the garrison, garrison, military weapons, etc., and it is not as simple as military farming.

However, Chen Wen did not intend to completely rebuild the garrison system. He only intended to use this as a management department similar to the People's Armed Forces Department and military farming, while other tasks were handed over to various departments in Jinhua Town to achieve the re-separation of the military town and the garrison in a certain sense.

"No, the Jinhua Guard Commander's Office is only responsible for military farming and camping. The military inspection is responsible for the military inspection. The military households are responsible for the military farming in the village and practicing their skills. The military officers are led by the responsible officers of the Jinhua Guard, while the military training department is responsible for the military inspection. The soldiers trained by the military station cannot meet the replenishment standards, so the military officers of the military station shall bear the responsibility. If the supplementary military households are not qualified, they will directly question the relevant personnel of the Military Training Department."

"You guys, our emperor, Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, established a garrison system. At that time, the land of China, which had been destroyed by the Mongol Yuan for nearly a hundred years, achieved a brilliant achievement of raising millions of soldiers without spending one meter on the people. However, time has passed, the garrison system has been completely corrupted. At present, the garrison system has become completely corrupted with the emergence of the family servant system, and the army has completely become the private property of military leaders at all levels, not owned by the state."

"So, our general decided to improve the military system during Emperor Chengzu, separate the garrison and the military town in parallel, to prevent the reappearance of the phenomenon of soldiers as generals, and to strengthen the cohesion and combat effectiveness of the royal army."

In fact, Chen Wen's so-called prevention of military force as a general was just to prevent his generals from gaining greater power, causing internal influx and external forces to infiltrate the army. In fact, under this system, Jinhua Town and Jinhua Wei were both led by him, and the entire Jinhua Prefecture army was controlled by Chen Wen, rather than Yongli, Lu Jianguo or the civil servant group of the court. It was clearly that he completed his institutionalized centralization of this army in the process of removing feudalization.

However, for these officers and staff, Chen Wen has always completely controlled military power and financial power, and his subsequent system has indeed effectively improved the cohesion and combat effectiveness of the army. Although this has indeed damaged their feudal rights and interests, the enemy is on the side at the moment, and Chen Wen has always given them generous rewards, so naturally no one will jump out to fight for anything.

The military town and garrison were the foundation used by Chen Wen to fight against the entire Zhejiang and even the Qing army in Jiangnan with this newly recovered ruined land. The specific details were even more weighed and considered since he was on Tiantai Mountain. It was not until recently that it was generally completed, but the specific results remain to be seen.
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