The Ming Dynasty started with saving the eldest grandson

Chapter 280 Your heart is so dirty
This time the military system is quite comprehensive, including the reserve system, military service law, military management regulations, retirement system, etc.

The civilized military management that Chen Jingke attaches special importance to falls within the scope of military service laws and management regulations.

The Military Service Law also includes the rotation system, ordnance management, internal reward and punishment measures, etc.

In the past, the management of the army was very simple and crude, emphasizing that one person did not treat others as human beings.

Whether a soldier can live a good life depends entirely on the conduct of his superiors.

The new regulations provide detailed provisions on rewards and penalties.

Officers can no longer punish people at will, let alone set punishment methods according to their own ideas.

Although somewhat idealistic, it would be difficult to implement.

But again, having regulations and not having regulations are completely different.

And if you can improve a little bit, it's better than doing nothing.

Chen Jingke said pointedly: "This is the effect we want."

"If the prefect and the chief envoy can also command, it means that they can mobilize tens of thousands of reserves in their jurisdiction, which would be terrifying."

These words successfully persuaded Zhu Yuanzhang and others not to establish government-level management agencies.

"The prefect at the higher level, and even the chief envoy at a higher level, have no right to give orders."

If you can't go left or right, then go left and right together.

Chen Jingke naturally understood this truth and replied:

Then Chen Jingke put forward a second suggestion: "Adopt a dual management method. The county captain accepts the joint leadership of the superior unit and the local administrative chief."

The biggest adjustment is related to the reserve management system.

If everything is handed over to the military, it would give the military an opportunity to intervene in civilian affairs.

Zhu Yuanzhang was confused: "Didn't you say that army management requires simple and convenient management? Why do you need dual leadership?"

At the provincial level, the Metropolitan Command and Envoys Department is responsible, and at the government level, a new position is set up to be responsible for this matter.

If the chief envoy or prefect does not have the authority to order county captains and they want to mobilize reserves, they must go to the county captains through the county magistrate.

"What if the order from the Metropolitan Commander's Office conflicts with the order from the local government?"

There is a deeper reason. Although the reserve force has military attributes, it has more civilian attributes.

It's too cumbersome to set up such a complicated management organization for just such a small thing.

"The addition of government-level agencies will make information transmission complicated and cumbersome, which can be fatal at critical moments."

Chen Jingke objected: "There is no need to set up a separate government-level agency, and the county commanders should be directly managed by the capital commander."

The reserve system is a strategy that has been formulated before, but fine adjustments have been made this time.

But the reserve force is a violent organization after all. If it is all handed over to local management, it will be equivalent to letting local officials take control of the army.

The overall framework has not changed, only minor adjustments have been made in some places.

It is a serious waste of the country's human and financial resources.

Zhu Yuanzhang and others originally intended to implement hierarchical management according to provincial, prefectural and county levels.

"It needs to be emphasized that it is the local chief executive, that is, the county magistrate."

"The reserve force in a county can range from a few hundred to a few thousand. It is not a big problem for them to be under the command of the county magistrate."

Who is Zhu Yuanzhang? He immediately understood the reason and said with a smile:
"You boy, you are treacherous."

If the province directly manages the county, it will be very inconvenient and the provincial officials will be too busy.

"So, it's best not to set up a government-level agency. At worst, we can assign a few more officials to the Command and Envoy Department."

In this way, the hierarchy is clear and management is convenient.

With his wisdom, he had already seen through the reason, and he asked this question to take care of Lan Yu and others.

The government established three levels of administrative agencies because it has too many things to manage.

"Moreover, military management requires speed and convenience. An order must be conveyed in the shortest possible time."

The basic unit of the reserve force is at the county level, which is headed by the county lieutenant. The higher-level unit is the provincial capital command department.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked again: "Why do we emphasize that the county magistrate must be the commander, and the prefect and the chief envoy do not have the right to command?"

Occasionally conduct patrols to help maintain law and order.

There is a conflict between the civil servants and the military. In order to compete for the management rights of the county captain, this conflict will become deeper and deeper.

Then at the county level, the county captain is responsible for this matter.

Dual management, this problem is easily solved.

At the same time, it also gives Chen Jingke a chance to show himself.

However, the task of the reserve force is very simple, which is to organize the people to participate in military training and carry out ideological education.

This is obviously conducive to national governance.

It's a very simple truth. Dual management will inevitably lead to disputes over 'whose direction to listen to'.

We also need to consider whether the county captain will agree.

Because the county captain could use the pretext of "asking the capital commander for instructions" to prevaricate.

In short, if you want to mobilize reserves without direct management authority, the process will become very complicated.

If they dared to take up the idea of ​​​​reservation, the cost they would pay would be even greater. They would probably be reported as soon as they took action.

Moreover, this can effectively prevent military-political collusion.

The administrative superior of the county captain is the county magistrate of the county.

At the higher level of the military is the Metropolitan Command and Envoy Department, which is a provincial-level organization with the same status as the chief envoy.

It is not easy for the county magistrate and the capital to collude.

A simple dual leadership can basically solve these hidden dangers.

After thinking about all this, Feng Sheng, Fu Youde and others looked at Chen Jingke with fear.

This kid has such a dirty heart.

You have to be polite to him in the future, so as not to accidentally offend him and not even know you were tricked.

Chen Jingke was very calm. This matter itself was a conspiracy, and there was no need to hide it from anyone.

And there is no need to worry about the anger of these military bosses. Everyone has vested interests in Ming Dynasty.

Only when the Ming Dynasty becomes strong can everyone's interests be guaranteed.

This truth is not complicated. It is understandable because the founding team of Ming Dynasty has not been corrupted.

Moreover, dual leadership is not all about protecting someone, there are also benefits.

If the reserve force is completely owned by the military, then why should the local government support your work?

Without local support, the reserve force cannot be established at all.

Now that the local government has certain management rights, in order to expand its power, it will inevitably support the formation and operation of the reserve force.

This is also a conspiracy.

In his previous life, Chen Jingke couldn't play with these things at all, and he couldn't understand them even if they were shown to him.

I was lucky enough to sneak into the palace in this life, and I learned a lot from what I heard and saw all day long.

There is nothing much to say about the Retirement Law. It mainly stipulates who needs to retire.

The first is age. Only those who are over 18 years old can serve. Ordinary soldiers are automatically retired when they are over 50 years old.

Regarding the age for joining the army, Zhu Yuanzhang and the others originally thought of being sixteen, but Chen Jingke rejected this.

"You are still not married when you are sixteen, and some of them are married but have not yet had children."

"It's so inhumane to send people to the battlefield without an heir."

"By the time you are eighteen, you will almost have children. Even if you die in battle, you will have descendants to inherit the legacy."

"The main reason is that Ming Dynasty has no shortage of soldiers now, so there is no need to send half-grown teenagers to the battlefield."

This last sentence successfully convinced everyone. The Ming Dynasty had a population of more than 70 million, and there was indeed no shortage of soldiers.

Therefore, the age for joining the army was set at eighteen.

The second is injury and disability, and you can retire.

Some other diseases, such as confirmed chronic infectious diseases, epilepsy, etc., can also be retired. There are also those who serve in particularly distant places and serve for more than ten years at a time. Regardless of whether they have military merit or not, they will be awarded the title of seventh-class cavalry captain and be allowed to retire.

This is a lesson learned from the collapse of the Tang Dynasty's military system.

It was agreed that the army would be rotated every three years, but it turned out that the Anxi Army would be away for ten, twenty years, or even a lifetime.

The imperial plan destined the Ming Dynasty to station troops in more distant places in the future.

It is unrealistic to rotate these troops every three years.

He might as well serve for ten years at a time and be given the special title of seventh-class cavalry captain.

It is to use high-ranking officials and generous salaries to attract soldiers to take the initiative to serve in other places.

Those who have served for ten years, have not been promoted or received any honors, and are still ordinary soldiers can also retire.

If you haven't made any meritorious service for such a long time, you either offended someone or it was inappropriate.

No matter which one it is, it will be torture for him to stay in the army. Retiring is the best choice.

There are also some other standards, and you can retire if you meet them, but in general, these are the ones.

After retiring, he did not leave the army, but transferred to the reserve force.

If you are an officer, you may also have the opportunity to transfer to a local area to serve as a police agent or anti-theft agent, or join the tax inspection department, customs inspection and other departments.

In short, this military system is quite complete.

At least in Chen Jingke's opinion.

Compared with the modern military system, it is naturally far inferior, but in ancient times, this thing was definitely epoch-making.

After Zhu Yuanzhang read it, he immediately approved its implementation.

And this time he did not give this credit to Zhu Biao, but implemented it in his own name.

As for the reason, it is naturally to complete the military reform as quickly as possible.

Zhu Yuanzhang was afraid that Zhu Biao would misunderstand, so he explained in person:
"This is already the third military reform in the Ming Dynasty, and the move is so large that it will inevitably cause turmoil in people's hearts."

"If it's not good, it may cause instability in the army."

"You are too prudent in your actions and too gentle in your methods. I'm afraid that all the officials will violate you."

"Your father and I have a reputation for being evil. With me presiding over the reform, no one will dare to mess with it."

Zhu Biao also understands this truth, and naturally there will be no misunderstandings.

And he also knew very well that the reform of the military system must be fast this time. If it is delayed for a long time, variables may arise.

If we want to complete the military reform quickly and steadily, only Lao Zhu can do it.
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When Zhu Yuanzhang, who had disappeared for half a year, suddenly appeared in the court, you can imagine the shock caused.

Seeing that angular face, he felt the blade-like gaze sweep across his body.

At that moment, the ministers once again recalled the fear of being dominated by Emperor Hongwu.

Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied with the effect, but instead of reminiscing with everyone, he said coldly:
"We are very angry."

The ministers couldn't help but trembled: "I am guilty."

"The prince wants Daming to rest and recuperate, not to let you be lazy."

"A good government order can be completed in one day, but you can delay it until three to five days."

"Things that can be solved once are deliberately delayed and have to be turned around ten or eight times before they are completed."

"You think we don't know anything, do you?"

The crowd was hunched over, their heads hung lower than the others, and many people were sweating coldly.

"We are just resting for a few days, not dead."

"Wow..." All the ministers knelt down in unison: "Your Majesty, please calm down."

Zhu Xiongying rolled his eyes, this old man really knew how to put on airs.

Chen Jingke pretended not to see it and quietly moved behind the pillar next to him.

If you don't kneel down when everyone else is kneeling, it's too abrupt, so it's better to hide away.

However, I kept thinking in my heart, what is the face of cards?

This is.

Just a few words made the officials tremble with fear.

Fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang was just scaring everyone, and did not catch typical people to scare the monkeys.

Even so, it scared the officials quite.

Lian Lian said that he would work hard and not slack off in the future.

Zhu Yuanzhang then got off the donkey along the slope and exposed the matter.

Then he announced military reform.

He also asked people to bring several sets of new military regulations and circulate them to all officials.

The ministers were surprised that they wanted to reform the military system again?

Can this thing be modified at will?
After reading the specific content, I was even more shocked.

There are too many, mainly too comprehensive.

And many systems are unheard of.

Everyone immediately remembered what happened some time ago, when the emperor and the prince suddenly summoned the military boss.

Then Xu Da and others became mysterious and stayed in the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion every day.

At first, everyone was curious about what they were doing, but now the answer is revealed.

They must be working on these new systems.

Then many people who responded quickly began to look for Chen Jingke in the crowd.

It is rumored that Ming Dynasty's national policies in recent years are basically his hands, and recently he has frequently visited the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion.

All this proves that the rumors are very true.

Even if he did not do all of them, he must have participated in these reforms.

For a teenage boy to participate in such a national event, what a monster.

No wonder people like Xu Da and Feng Sheng treat him as equals.

With such ability, who dares to despise him?

At this moment, Chen Jingke's status in the hearts of everyone has once again risen several levels.

After everyone had almost seen the new military system, Zhu Yuanzhang asked:
"Do you have any different opinions?"

The ministers were silent.

Different views?

I do, but I dare not say it.

Seeing no one answered, Zhu Yuanzhang asked again: "If you don't speak, does it mean you don't agree?"

The ministers no longer dared to remain silent and said bravely:
"I have no objection."

As a result, the major reform of the military system, which should have aroused fierce reactions and even opposition from the ministers, was passed unanimously.

"Half a year, we only give you half a year to complete the military reform."

"Don't blame me for being ruthless if we find out who is working against the changes."

"Yes." The ministers responded in unison.

This is not over yet. In order to cooperate with this military reform, Zhu Yuanzhang will also send his trusted generals to various places.

Feng Sheng went to Yingtian to take charge; Fu Youde went to Sichuan and Shu, and was responsible for quelling the local Nanman rebellion.

Tang He went to Lianghu to take charge; while Jin King Zhu Fan was still halfway there, he was ordered to return to the base camp in Jiangxi to take charge.

Tang Shengzong, the Marquis of Yan'an, was in Shaanxi; Lu Zhongheng, the Marquis of Ji'an, was in Shandong...

All over the world, there are military generals on duty to ensure the smooth progress of military reform.

This series of personnel appointments also highlights the importance Zhu Yuanzhang attaches to this reform.

Let the ministers dare not show any signs of slacking off.

(End of this chapter)