The strongest emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

Chapter 895: The Reform of the Military System of the Tang Dynasty (Three Changes)
"Master Kong, the contradiction between you and the emperor is well known in the world. I am afraid that no one is more suitable than Lord Kong to complete the emperor's plan." Xu Mao said openly.

"If it's someone else, of course I'm not suitable, but what if it's my son Kong Zhixuan?" Kong Yingda said to Xu Maogong with a smile.

"If Kong Zhixuan replaces Kong Aiqing, he should have an advantage over Kong Aiqing herself to some extent." Li Tai said.

"The emperor is right. You can let Kong Zhixuan release the news. It is said that the minister was coerced by the emperor to read the false edict."

"When Kong Zhixuan stands up with the slogan of reorganizing Confucianism, there must be many people willing to believe it." Kong Yingda said.

"Then do as Kong Aiqing wants, but this will be a little wronged to Kong Aiqing and his son." Li Tai said to Kong Yingda.

"Your Majesty, as a subject, it is a blessing to be able to share the worries of the Emperor. It is even more of an honor to be able to endure humiliation for the Emperor." Kong Yingda saluted Li Tai.

Li Tai stretched out his hand to help Kong Yingda up, and then said to Changsun Wuji and the others: "Today I have something to discuss with everyone."

"Nowadays, the military system of the Tang Dynasty is in the form of Zhechong Mansion. Every state capital has its own mansion soldiers."

"Although this ensures the ability of each state capital to respond to the enemy, it is also easy to be controlled by people with intentions. The possibility of rebellion has also increased."

"So I'm going to change the military system of the Tang Dynasty now. I'm going to be in the Guannei Road, Henan Road, Hedong Road, Hebei Road (including Li Tai's land in Liaodong, etc.), Shannan Road, Longyou Road, and Huainan Road. , Jiangnan Road, Jiannan Road, and Lingnan Road, each with a military region."

"Then ten commanders of the military region will be in charge of commanding the garrison of ten provinces. There will be no more government soldiers in the state capital. I wonder if you think it is feasible?"

"Your Majesty, although this has achieved the purpose of weakening the military strength of the state capitals, it will make it difficult for them to support their own self-respect."

"But in this way, the ten commanders of the military region will have heavy troops in their hands. If these ten commanders of the military region have a heart of rebellion, I'm afraid it will be even more troublesome." Changsun Wuji said.

"Uncle is right, so these ten military commanders must be trustworthy people. At the same time, each military commander must be in office for no more than three years."

"After the three-year term expires, he will be transferred back to Chang'an City to serve. Or go to another military region to serve as the commander of the military region."

"At the same time, I am going to make some adjustments to the soldiers of the ten major military regions. That is the transfer of soldiers from the south to the north. That is to say, the soldiers who serve are not in their hometown." Li Tai said to Changsun Wuji.

"The emperor's method is indeed the best way to reduce the occurrence of rebellion. In addition, the military region to which the soldiers belong is not their hometown."

"Then even if the commander of the military region is going to lead them to rebel, they may not be willing to follow their general and kill their own family members." Xu Mao said openly.

"Your Majesty, if the military region where the soldiers serve is not their hometown, then the soldiers may feel homesick, which will lead to a decline in our army's combat effectiveness." Yu Chigong said to Li Tai.

Li Tai nodded and said: "This is also the key point of this military system reform, that is, all school-age youths must serve in the military for two years."

"After two years of military service, you can leave the army and return to your hometown. Of course, for some capable soldiers, after obtaining their consent, they can be transferred to professional soldiers..."

Then Li Tai explained the detailed military system reform plan to everyone present in detail.Everyone present couldn't stop nodding.

In fact, Li Tai has nothing new, he just moved the military system of the 21st century to the Tang Dynasty.So let everyone hear it, it is very worthy of scrutiny.

One year in the army is a low-ranking soldier, and the second year is promoted to a high-ranking soldier.Once transferred to the professional military, the service period of each rank is three years.

The ranks of professional soldiers are divided into six levels, namely, from the sixth-level sergeant major to the first-level sergeant major, and the first-level sergeant major is the highest level of professional soldiers.

At the same time, Li Tai also modified the titles of officers, canceling all the original generals, and directly changing them to the third rank and nine ranks.

The third class is general, school, and lieutenant, and each class is divided into upper, middle and lower ranks.They are second lieutenant (school, general), lieutenant (school, general), and captain (school, general).

And above these three levels, the rank of marshal is set up, and veterans with outstanding merits will serve as marshals.However, the rank of Marshal is a bit more of an honor.

In a word, Li Tai is absolutely brazen plagiarism.There are even some places that don't even bother to modify.

Even the units of various arms are divided into army, division, brigade, regiment, battalion, company, platoon, and squad as in the 21st century.

At the same time, Li Tai also set up political commissars in the major military regions and combat units.In order to be responsible for the ideological education of soldiers.

After listening to Li Tai's detailed statement, Xue Rengui said happily: "Your Majesty, since ancient times, the two armies have fought, and as long as the main general dies, the soldiers will be scattered."

"However, according to the classification of the emperor, even if there is only one soldier left in the end of the battle, the soldiers will not lose their command."

"This is just one of my ideas, and it's you guys who finally put them into practice." Li Tai said.

"Your Majesty, Cheng Yaojin should be given the rank of marshal this time. After all, I have been a soldier for the Tang Dynasty all my life, and the rank of marshal should not be too much." Cheng Yaojin said with a smile.

"By relying on Duke Lu's military exploits, he is naturally eligible for the rank of marshal. It's just that this marshal is different from the previous marshals." Li Tai said to Cheng Yaojin with a smile.

"It doesn't matter if it's different, the main reason is that I, Cheng Yaojin, have never been a marshal. Just get a marshal and have fun. As for what commanding troops to go into battle, I, Cheng Yaojin, don't think I have the ability." Cheng Yaojin said carelessly. .

"Your Majesty, the Tang Dynasty now implements the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System. If the emperor adopts the reform method, should the general post be separated from the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System?" Changsun Wuji asked Li Tai.

"The military and the government must be completely separated, and the officials who govern the local area must have no military power in their hands. They don't even have the slightest intersection with those who have military power."

"Only in this way can we truly prevent the emergence of great officials who feudalize the border and princes who disobey the imperial court." Li Tai nodded and said to Changsun Wuji.

"In this way, the military and government will be completely separated. Coupled with the emperor's restrictions on the military regions, I believe that there will be no rebellion by the princes in this world." Xu Maogong nodded happily and said.

(End of this chapter)