Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 330 The Reform of the Military Rank System of the Ming Dynasty (Please subscribe!)

Shenwu four years (1685) January [-]st.

The Ministry of War's new military rank activation order was simultaneously issued to all towns of the Ming Guards and National Defense Forces.

Previously, due to the war, the National Defense Forces had no time to change their outfits and used old-style military uniforms. Taking advantage of this reform, the new military uniforms of the National Defense Forces are also on par with the Guards.

As a result, the new military uniforms will also be gradually distributed to the towns of the National Defense Forces.

As early as the end of last year, the Ministry of War had already placed orders with major garment workshops to start making new military uniforms.

Simultaneously with the new military uniforms, there are also related supporting items such as military rank epaulets, armbands, collar badges, and hat badges.

Of course, in order to show the difference, the colors of the clothes of the two are different. The uniform shirts of the Guards are white, and the uniform shirts of the Wehrmacht are blue.

The armbands are also different. Originally, the armbands of the guards were white tigers, but after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, they were changed to black dragon armbands!

So now the White Tiger armband is handed over to the National Defense Forces.

Today, the Ming army that implements the line of elite soldiers has basically maintained its front-line combat troops at a scale of 32.5, including guards in six towns and defense forces in [-] towns (originally eight towns, gradually expanding the army).

If civilian and supply troops are included, the total size of the Ming army has reached about 40!
In addition, the servant armies of various countries and the garrison armies of the newly occupied areas were not included.

However, compared to the thriving population of Ming Dynasty, the size of the regular army of Ming Dynasty is actually not large.

Not only is it not too much, but in the face of the complex world situation in the future, especially after the elimination of the Qing Dynasty, the size of the Ming army needs to be further increased in order to continue to expand foreign colonies.

As the king of speeches, Zhu Kezang will inevitably publicize the release of the new military ranks this time.

In order to fully publicize, Zhu Kezang even gathered six town guards in Yingtianfu!

It's a great posture!

Standing on the high platform of the school grounds, Zhu Kezang said in a restrained manner: "The guards are my soldiers, and they are also the defenders of the prosperity and prosperity of the Ming Empire. In order to make the soldiers feel more honorable, I ordered: implement After the reformation of the new military ranks is completed, I hope that you will have prosperous martial arts and abundant martial virtues."

When the soldiers present heard that Zhu Kezang valued them so much, they shouted together: "Long live the Son of Heaven, long live, long live."

At this time, Qiu Hui, the old Minister of the Ministry of War, came to the stage to read the imperial decree: "The emperor said, since the Northern Expedition, if the guards died in the war, each person will be given a pension of 200 silver dollars, and the land will be divided into 20 acres. No tax is charged, and children go to school free of charge. Each meritorious person will be given a reward of up to 50 silver dollars according to the size of their contribution, and it will be used as a basis for promotion to the military rank. In the future, this rule will be followed, respect!"

Such a high pension can be said to have never been seen in the past and present. This fundamentally solved the worries of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty and greatly improved the morale of the soldiers.

Everyone shouted long live again, and then Qiu Hui accepted the imperial edict on his behalf, and then the officers surrounded Zhu Kezang to the conference room to announce the specific matters of military rank.

This time the new military ranks are divided into five grades, which are Shuai, General, Colonel, Lieutenant, and Sergeant.

There is only one level of marshal, and the others are divided into three levels, upper, middle, and minor.

In addition, the minor soldiers of the soldiers were changed to corporals, and the titles of the soldiers were also different, namely, first class soldiers, private soldiers, and recruits.

Every Ming soldier's military uniform will wear new epaulets according to his military rank.

A soldier has one to three straight bars, a soldier adds one star, a lieutenant gets two stars, a school gets three stars, a general has no straight bars, only one to three stars plus a dragon, and a handsome man gets a dragon Plus four stars.

After listening to Zhu Kezang's explanation, all the officers of the Guards exchanged glances with each other.

Qiu Hui's eyes pointed to Pan Aqiang who was the closest to Zhu Kezang, and Aqiang understood.

Soon, he raised his hand, and when Zhu Kezang saw it, he asked, "Pan Guanzhen, if you have any questions, please tell me!"

Pan Aqiang immediately stood up, saluted a standard military salute, and said: "The last general requests that one more rank be added to the Ming military rank system."

Zhu Kezang originally formulated Daming's military rank system according to the future military rank system, and he thought it was already very good. It's really rare that a thick guy like A Qiang has a different opinion.

As for the loyal Pan Aqiang, Zhu Kezang was not angry, and said with a smile, "The plan will be safe?"

Pan Aqiang replied: "The last general requests to add a level above the general: Generalissimo."

Pan Aqiang continued: "The last general thinks that the emperor should also confer a military rank, and I will ask the emperor to take up the post of generalissimo."

All the officers stood up together and said: "I invite the emperor to take up the post of Grand Marshal, and the commander waits to show our country's prestige."

Seeing that they were so orderly, Zhu Kezang understood that it had been discussed a long time ago, but he hadn't thought of this. Hearing what they said now, yes, he is also the supreme commander of the army. Adding the title of generalissimo is a Good thing, so he smiled and said: "Alright, let's add a level of generalissimo, five stars and one dragon."

All the officers were overjoyed. As a military general, there are two things that are most afraid of, one is that the military commander is too powerful, and the other is that the civilian officials do not treat the general as a human being.

Although it was impossible for Emperor Zhu to use literature to control martial arts when he was in power, there is no guarantee that the emperors who will follow will start putting swords and guns into the warehouse, and the horses will be released to Nanshan. At that time, their generals will be sad again.

They have discussed that the best way is to let the emperor also serve as a military officer, so that both issues can be easily resolved.

Now that the emperor promised to increase his military rank, the life of soldiers will be much better in the future.

Of course, it seems quite reasonable for Zhu Kezang to consider himself a generalissimo.

Daming Son was originally the supreme commander of the Daming Royal Army, so it's only right to have a military rank!

At present, the highest rank in the Ming Army is Lieutenant General. The candidates are: Qiu Hui, Zhu Tiangui (Navy), Liu Guoxuan (Navy), Pan Aqiang, Qin Zhiguo, and Wang Xianwu.

The major generals are Huang Qing, Qian Yan, Lin Sheng and others.

As for the medal system, there are three levels of medals in the Ming army: Bronze Star, Silver Star, and Gold Star.

Below these medals there is a Medal of Honor, awarded to soldiers who have gained in foreign wars.

By the way, all medals can only be awarded by the emperor.

The "Regulations on Military Ranks of the Ming Dynasty" was released simultaneously with the military ranks.

The most important point is that those with lower ranks must obey those with higher ranks unconditionally, so that even if the chief officer dies during the battle, they will not be in chaos without command.

As for the adjustment rules of military ranks, there are two situations. In wartime, military ranks will be promoted based on merit.

In peacetime, soldiers are newly enlisted as recruits. After reaching the training standards, they are directly transferred to privates or privates. Privates can be promoted to a sergeant in three years, promoted to a captain in four years, and can be promoted to a colonel in five years. , and colonel and above must pass military merit to be promoted.

Such a recruit, if there is no special opportunity in peacetime, will take 36 years to be promoted to colonel!
This gave everyone a signal, if you want to advance to the military rank, then go to war and make meritorious deeds!

(End of this chapter)