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Seeing Tan Ning's lonely expression, Zhu Cihong decided to talk about the military rank in advance, so as to prevent the talents under his command from losing enthusiasm for work.

"I have read the Bingbutang newspapers for more than ten years, and found an interesting thing." Zhu Cihong breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "In any battle, either defeated or victorious, it is rare to retreat completely after a stalemate What do you think is the reason for this battle?"

This time the question was more technical, and everyone expressed their opinions, mostly focusing on morale.Although morale is invisible, it is indeed a very important hidden factor.Once morale collapses, no matter how powerful an army is, it can only choose between surrendering or being annihilated.

After hearing what everyone said, Zhu Cihong smiled and said: "I think the collapse of morale is just an appearance, and the root cause is the loss of courage. What is courage? General soldiers! Soldiers practice with you officers every day. Obey your orders, once you are on the battlefield, fighting for your life, but suddenly you can't be found, you will naturally lose your courage. Once your courage is lost, the daily training will naturally be useless."

Everyone nodded when they heard the words. Although the crown prince spoke plainly, it was definitely not a scholar's opinion.

"However, the battlefield is changing rapidly, especially when the two armies meet, who can guarantee that the officer will be safe and sound?" Zhu Cihong said: "So I thought of a way to mark the officer's armor, even if the soldiers can't find their officer , and know whose orders to obey."

This method is military rank.

Strictly speaking, this is not Zhu Cihong's original system.

As early as the Warring States Period, Shang Yang established the [-]th-class nobility in the Qin State, mixed the entire civilian, army, and officials into one, incorporated soldiers into the rank system, and formulated a class system that prevailed throughout the Qin State.At that time, the different shapes of armor were used to show the differences in the ranks of the army.

"Embroider the ranks of the officials on the battle robes and helmets. As long as they are still wearing armor, they can be recognized by the surrounding soldiers, and they can quickly line up and continue fighting." Zhu Cihong said: "What do you think?"

Everyone didn't realize that this is a kind of title, and they didn't expect much.

"In the future, the position and salary will be determined by military rank, and salary will be determined by position." Zhu Cihong added.

As a result, everyone became tense.

Zhu Cihong had considered the military rank system in detail as early as in Ouchi.It's just that he is not a military fan after all, so he can't do it at his fingertips.Fortunately, his specialty is internal control of the enterprise, and formulating graded wages for internal employees is the foundation of the foundation.Coupled with the common sense popularized in military dramas, it is not difficult to formulate a military rank system.

"The specific military rank system will be issued by the trainer to the individual. After the integration of the three major battalions, the military officers at all levels will be full, and then the rank awarding ceremony will be held." Zhu Cihong announced.

The military discussion soon ended in everyone's anticipation. Everyone gathered together in twos and threes to discuss what the military rank would look like and whether it could be mixed with the rank of general.It's not that they are big-hearted, but that they interpret the prince's so-called military ranks as loose ranks.

According to the military system of the Ming Dynasty, military positions were awarded from the beginning of the sixth grade to Zhongxian Xiaowei, and Zhongwu Xiaowei was added.Go up one level, and when you reach the sixth-rank military position, you can be awarded General Zhaoxin and promoted to General Chengxin.In addition, most of the generals in the army are of the sixth rank, and the guards of the East Palace skip one level, so it is not impossible to confer a general Zhaoxin.

It's not that Zhu Cihuang never thought of using scattered officials as the parent of the military rank system, so that he could have a natural sense of intimacy with the generals of the Ming Dynasty.If it is just a boring and monotonous "upper, middle and lower" arrangement, it obviously lacks the cultural tradition of Emperor Ming.

However, for miners and trackers who have never been in contact with the officer class, all kinds of complicated general ranks will make them dizzy, let alone distinguish senior officers from the chaos and obey the leadership.

After much thought, Zhu Cihong still decided to use the third-rank and ninth-rank ranks of the school lieutenant as the rank of officers, and another five-rank non-commissioned officer, which is mainly awarded to squad leaders and soldiers of other technical arms.Regardless of whether it is an officer or a non-commissioned officer, the military rank is upgraded every three years. If the military rank cannot keep up with the speed of the rank increase, the officer will be transferred to a local miscellaneous position, and the soldier will be demobilized to become a farmer.

If you want to be promoted to the military rank, you have to meet the promotion requirements and make enough meritorious service, and at the same time, it also depends on whether there are vacancies above.So when the new military rank system was awarded to individuals, everyone was happy that their salary would be raised every three years, but worried about whether they could be promoted.

The guards of the Eastern Palace are all bachelors with no permanent property. They work hard for Taiwei Xingjun, eat enough and dress warmly. Who wants to go to mines and pull fibers?

It's just that if you want to make meritorious service, it's not just as simple as isolating the houses!

——I really want to go to battle to kill the enemy, maybe I can really seal a general and go back to the glorious family.

She An looked at the new regulations on military ranks, and for the first time, the idea of ​​going to battle and doing meritorious deeds came to her mind.

It is not uncommon for officers and even soldiers to think like She An, and they are really inspired.For a while, the morale of the army was boosted, and the morale during the training was obviously higher than before.From the news of the ten-member regiment to the training results reported by Dan Ning, they all urged Zhu Cihong to integrate the Beijing camp earlier, so as to win some battles like suppressing bandits.

Faced with such a situation where the morale of the army is available, Zhu Cihong is naturally very happy to see it.Those bachelors were selected when the soldiers were selected, and it really worked.If someone is dragged down by a small family, I am afraid that military rank alone is not enough to motivate them to go to the battlefield.

The situation in Daming is now so bad that it cannot be worsened.Under such circumstances, the sooner a new army can be trained, the more it can preserve Daming's vitality and seek recovery.As long as the Zhu family is still sitting in the world, Wu Sangui will naturally not lead the Qing soldiers into the customs, and Huaxia's tragic experience can naturally be avoided.In fact, although the current Manchu Qing Dynasty has just established grammar, it is still a barbaric nation, and it cannot be compared with the Liao and Jin in the Song Dynasty.

"Your Highness, the empress said that today is the end of the quarantine period for Duke Cheng's mansion. Please enter the palace to pay your respects." Yao Tao is not only Zhu Cihong's accountant, but also a channel for the ladies in the palace to convey unofficial wishes.

Only then did Zhu Cihong raise his head from the military grand map, looked at the desk calendar on the case, and said, "Is it today? So soon?"

"Your Majesty misses Your Highness, she has lost a lot of weight after eating one meal a day." Yao Tao lowered her voice, as if she was so moved that she was about to cry.

Zhu Cihong is very grateful to Zhouhou and Chongzhen for making this body for him, and has nothing to complain about his living environment.Although the two saints had hundreds of years of ideological estrangement from him, their love for their son was the same as that of later generations.

Zhu Cihong shook the written instructions on the case, handed it to Tian Cunshan for him to forward, got up and tugged the bell that summoned Liu Ruoyu, and said: "Then enter the palace now, and we can have a meal depending on the time."

Yao Tao finally breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly went out to prepare, and drove into the palace. ;