Chapter 11 Military System Reform (VI)

Military system reform is also very important. Although its complexity is far less than that of politics, it involves a very wide range of areas. The army is the pillar of the country. Without the army, there will be no security. If there is no security, it will be slaughtered. It is only a matter of time before the destruction of the country.

Therefore, the reform of the military system must be carefully planned and strictly kept confidential. It is not possible to disclose any rumors to the outside world. It can only be discussed secretly between a few ministers who are absolutely caring, and everything is carried out in secret.

First of all, the first step is to weaken the power of the nobles and relatives in the army. The army is most likely to form factions, but they are relatively scattered. Moreover, the Ming Dynasty was civil servants commanding military generals, and even eunuchs held the real power of the army. In addition, the military was abolished and weak, and there were no founding generals like Xu Da, Chang Yuchun and Lan Yu. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty's army went from strong to weak to extremely weak. Otherwise, Yuan Chonghuan had an army of more than 200,000 to take the strategy of perseverance against Huang Taiji, who had only tens of thousands of people. There were also borers in the army, eating empty wages, reselling the arsenal warehouse, etc., and there were soldiers who were not in the military camp for many years and did not practice. There were also people who ran out to protect the house and guard the house. They went out to sell business on the streets and did things to play tricks. Therefore, the first thing to do in the military system was to cut off redundant and retain essence and eliminate the bad apples.

So Zhu Yinglong ordered the Military Museum to issue an edict of "National Military Preparation and Remediation", ordering that all military officers in the country must return to their camp within three days after the arrival of the edict. Those who fail to return to the camp within the time limit will be deprived of all positions and titles by the officials, and the circumstances will be different, and a certain criminal law will be imposed. Soldiers who fail to return after the time limit will be chosen by thirty and will directly become civilians and find their own source.

After this "military rectification and rectification" edict, the army was suddenly in an uproar. No matter how stupid people were, they could see that the emperor had shifted his target and was about to take action against the army. Since Zhu Yinglong had previously continuously strengthened the basic national policy of separation of military and political affairs, Yang He, Zhou Tingru and others were determined to interfere in the military affairs, and there was no appropriate reason, because they were all civil officials. If they rashly interfere in the military affairs, wouldn't it be equivalent to telling the emperor and telling the world that they want to be powerful ministers?

Since Zhu Yinglong came to power, he first established the military and political separation based on the establishment of the military and mechanical cabinet. The army has become relatively independent system. The innate nature of civil servants is incompatible with the military generals. In the eyes of those arrogant literati, military generals are just vulgar martial artists who can dance swords and guns. There is no righteousness of the saints and ancestors who "suppose people with virtue". The wise emperors all believed that military generals were unyielding, so it was safest to appoint some loyal and patriotic literati to command the army. Through his own efforts, Zhu Yinglong controlled at least seven levels of armed forces in the country through nepotism, and completed the control of these forces. This is the most basic reason why Zhu Yinglong dared to issue this "martial preparation rectification and rectification" edict.

There is also the edict of "military rectification and rectification" that ordered some black sheep from the army to clear out the army, reorganize the army, organize a new roster, and resume camp operations.

As soon as the imperial edict was issued, many military generals and military officers did not accept it. They had the mentality of being lucky and had the mentality of being in the court. As a result, they were unconditionally cleaned out of the army with these mentality, and replaced by them for a long time and were suppressed by them. The lower-level military officers who had made meritorious service were brought to power one after another. The first round of purge of the army began, and the impact affected hundreds of military officers. Because the purge was quite gentle, they were only cleared out of the army, and those who were guilty were detained. Those who had the courage to take all their money were controlled at the first time. The contributions of the Shadow and the Eagle Guard should not be underestimated.

The first round of cleaning was filled with mud and sand, and it was not ruled out that some low-level military officers who were depressed and distrusted by the imperial court were buried. With the edict of "Military Preparation and Remediation", Zhu Yinglong issued another decree, ordering that five hundred lower-level officers were selected from the whole country to enter the Tongzhou Military Academy. At the same time, the expansion of Tongzhou Military Academy and the first batch of military officers who entered the military academy from Liaodong and Jiubian successfully entered the graduation internship stage. They will replace these military academy from all over the country. The position of Xi's lower-level military officers, this decree was passed to various armies, and it caused a violent shock in the army in an instant. Many passionate tough guys who were determined to serve the country shed tears of excitement. For a long time, civil servants have suppressed military officers tightly. Sometimes those birdless and egg-free castrated goods can ride on their heads and shout. Just as their bodies and spirits are becoming increasingly numb and they can only do things against their will for survival all day long, the new emperor succeeded to the throne, and the new emperor established the Tongzhou Military Academy. What is this Is this a signal, this is a signal that the emperor wants to improve the status of military officers. Two years have passed, and many of them are envious of watching their colleagues being selected to study in the military academy. Due to the limit of the quota and the lack of teachers, there are less than 200 people in the first batch of military academy to study. Now, not only has the selection and renegotiation been relaxed, but there are also 500 places. Now, even Yuan Chonghuan and Xiong Tingbi, the sworn brothers, have been carried on, and have fought for their respective subordinates to enter the military. The quota of the academy was returned to Beijing under the name of congratulating Wanshou Festival, and almost fought, which became a temporary interesting story in the history of new military reform in later generations. Of course, the others were not weak. Even the governor of Anbangyan, Qin Liangyu, who was far away in Sichuan to suppress Shu King and She Chongming in Guizhou, was anxious and wrote a letter to ask for fifty places for the Sichuan Army. She sold her old bones to the emperor. Hong Chengchou of Fujian, Chang Yanlin of Guangzhou, and even the Duke of Qian, Mu Tianbo, who was worried about the rebellion of the chieftain, also wanted twenty places.

This is in the army, among the people, in order to reserve middle and low-level military officers, the Tongzhou Military Academy issued an edict to recruit students from the people. Although there are only one hundred places, this is enough to break the selection system of military officers in the Ming Dynasty and establish a new selection system for military officers, which also gives many young people who are willing to join the army a better choice, and at the same time, it also invisibly improves and gives respect to imperial soldiers.

Yang He and others were determined to pull the emperor back to the "right path", but the emperor did not seem to have understood their painstaking efforts. Instead, they went further and further on the "evil road". They kept making noise in Zhu Yinglong's ears, just like Yuan Chonghuan, Xiong Tingbi and others were comparable to Han Xin of Emperor Gaozu and Lan Yu of Emperor Taizu. The military officers were more and more powerful. Mastering military power was definitely a threat to imperial power. Yang He and others even had a word in their hearts that did not dare to say it. It would be better to have the emperor's confidant eunuchs to command the army!

If Zhu Yinglong had not been constantly streamlining the army, the censor who was afraid that he would have strong points would be thunder to say that he would be powerful and powerful.

In the army, Zhu Yinglong has absolute prestige and control. Many officers who followed him to the south had a blind admiration for him. Although he did not fight the victory himself, he won by his employing people, selecting commanders and generals, and winning thousands of miles away. How many emperors in ancient and modern times can do it?

Of course, Zhu Yinglong himself was a little complacent when he won the Southern Expedition, but he was still clear-headed and was about to command the war. He was afraid that he was not even as good as a captain under Yuan Chonghuan. However, he could not say that the victory of the Southern Expedition was a lucky one and the will of God. From beginning to end, he used three people right, one was the commander of Yuan Chonghuan, the second was Hong Chengchou, and the third was Xiong Tingbi who was steady and steady. These three people were the most direct commanders of the Southern Expedition, and they won, so he established supreme prestige in the army.

This historically known new military change quickly swept the world, and Zhu Yinglong's summary of the four "rejuvenation, specialization, regularization, and firearm" of the new imperial army became the most dazzling words in the global historical military change in this time and space.

I wonder if historians in later generations would know that in fact, these four "transformations" were just what Zhu Yinglong said casually, but he did not want to be recorded by the eunuch who recorded the emperor's daily life, and finally turned into four military reform programs that shocked the world.
Chapter completed!