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Chapter 1015 Military rank?

Looking at the mighty and majestic Xuanfu elite lined up southward, followed by the huge convoy slowly following, Yongningbo Zhang Cheng imagined in his heart that the three towns of Xuanda may be able to be completely twisted into one rope in the near future to form a single heart. , The real weal and woe are shared, and we are closely related.

If this is really the case, then your own great things can be accomplished, and the future can be expected!
However, right now he still has to deal with the affairs in Xuanfu Town first, as the saying goes, "If you fight against the outside world, you must first settle down inside." For now, Zhang Cheng's inside line is in Xuanfu Town.

The generals, officials, gentry, and merchants of all factions in the town must be properly rectified and appeased. Those who should be beheaded and ransacked will not be polite, those who should be recruited and appeased will not be let go, and those who should be beaten will not be lenient.

After all, "Forging iron requires one's own strength." If you can't even integrate one Xuanfu town, how can you talk about integrating the military, horse, officials, gentry and civilians of the three towns of Xuanda?

"General, Wang Pu is leaving now. I don't want to thank you for your kindness. Please wait and see our performance!"

After Wang Pu finished speaking, he still didn't forget to turn around and ask He Kuan, "Is that so, General He?"

Immediately, He Kuance clasped his fists and replied, "Please rest assured Wang Shuai, He Kuan will never disgrace his life!"

Wang Pu nodded with great satisfaction, and said to Zhang Cheng: "General, Wang Pu will leave now. After Pu returns to Datong, I will try to raise the money for the guns. I will not dare to short the General."

Zhang Cheng said to him with a smile on his face: "Why does Wang Zongbing have to be so polite? Since we are one of Xuan Da, how could Ben be watching the fire from the other side and watching Wang Zongbing's jokes.

As for the money for the purchase of arms, since Ruichangtai Wang’s boss has guaranteed it, Benbo is naturally the most at ease. Let’s think of some ways together in the future, so that we can make up for it if we get some gold and silver. "

"Hahaha……"

After Zhang Cheng finished speaking, he laughed loudly with Wang Pu, the chief soldier of Datong. There was an imperceptible evil in their eyes, and there was also a hint of treachery.

At this time, Li Fuming, the general soldier of Shanxi, also cupped his fists and said to Zhang Cheng: "General, although Fuming is a rough man, he is not ignorant of current affairs. We will keep all the kindness and righteousness today in our hearts, and we will definitely repay him with our lives in the future." .”

"What's the use of your life, Bumble?"

Zhang Cheng continued to say to him with a smile: "Benbo wants money. You just have to act with confidence, but as long as you secure the position of the commander-in-chief in Shanxi and develop a battalion of new troops, I guarantee you Lack of money makes."

"Okay, let's borrow a good word from the general. The last general will go to Shanxi to take over, and then recruit troops to practice bravery. No matter how difficult it is, we will train a battalion of strong troops for the general to drive." Li Fuming was obviously a little excited, he He echoed Yongning Bo's words loudly.

Zhang Cheng waved his hand to call Chen Dakuan, and shouted to him: "Chen Dakuan, you have not been following Ben Bo for a day or two, you should know the strict military rules and regulations, and you must follow Li Zongbing from now on as if you were serving Ben Bo No matter what, do your best.”

"Here."

After Chen Dakuan sang and greeted loudly, he clasped his fists again and said: "General, please rest assured, Da Kuan will do his best to assist Li Shuai, and will never fail the General's expectations, and will never embarrass my Xuanfu army!"

Zhang Cheng nodded in satisfaction, waved his big hand vigorously, and said, "Let's go."

"Take care, General, there will be a period later!"

After Wang Pu, Li Fuming and others hurriedly clasped their fists in salute, they got on their horses and rode south to catch up with the large army.

Looking at the back of their group going away, Zhang Cheng murmured in his heart with a stern expression: "Hebei, Henan, Shanxi, Datong, and Liaodong are all nails buried, and the places in Shandong, Huguang, and Jiangnan Already!"

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In the days that followed, Yongning Bo Zhang Cheng seemed to be busier than before, with various discussions going on every day, and he had to visit the more important castles and meet with thousands of guards, local merchants, representatives of military households, etc. wait.

For example, Yunzhou Fort and Dushi Fort are the focus of his inspection. After all, one is the main production base of military and civilian supplies, and the other is an important gateway for border trade. Go to inspect it and make some arrangements.

For example, Xu Jinyong, the guard of Dishuiya Fort, and Liu Shizun, the guard of Chang'anling Fort, have been transferred to Weiyuan Camp and Xuanwu Camp respectively. These two places are also very important. Take a look too.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to go to Chang'an Ridge Fort, Zhang Cheng also rushed to Yongning City to stay overnight. In fact, he only had one purpose for this trip, and that was to come for Liu Minshen, the county magistrate of Yongning.

Some time ago, Liu Minshen begged Zhang Cheng several times, willing to give up the official position of the county magistrate, and take up any idle position in the shogunate, to praise Zhang Cheng for painting military aircraft, and to help suppress thieves and expel captives.

But at that time, Zhang Cheng's power was just established, his wings were fledgling, and his foundation was not stable, so even though he was also a talent, he didn't dare to take it under his command.

However, today is different from the past, when he thinks that he is about to go to the town to take over the position of chief soldier, there may be more complicated affairs waiting for him, and it gives him a headache.

For this reason, he came to Yongning City to meet Liu Minshen for a while, to see if he had not changed his original intention, and if he was willing to follow under his command and do his best.

Liu Minshen, the magistrate, was deeply surprised by Zhang Cheng's arrival. When he learned that Zhang Cheng's trip turned out to be for himself, he couldn't help feeling that "a man dies for his confidant". Return to Chicheng.

But it was stopped by Zhang Cheng. He told Liu Minshen not to be in a hurry. He would not be able to go to town to take up his post until after the New Year's Eve, and that would be a month later.

And Liu Minshen will also use this time to finish handling all the affairs of Yongning County, and wait for the handover. As for other matters, Zhang Cheng will handle them all by himself.

At this time in the Ming Dynasty, it was completely impossible for a military officer to transfer to a civil official, but if a civil official wanted to transfer to a military post, it was a piece of cake, and he only needed to go through a few procedures step by step.

With Yongning Bo to handle this matter, is it still a matter?
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Under Zhang Cheng's rule, Xuanfu North Road and East Road have formed a very complete system. Even if some places are too strict, they are not outside the scope of the Ming Dynasty's regulations.

In fact, the laws of the Ming Dynasty were based on the foundations of the predecessors. In this era, they were considered to be very complete laws, and were even imitated by neighboring kingdoms such as Japan, Korea, and Vietnam.

The full name of "Da Ming Law" is "Da Ming Law Collection Interpretation Additional Regulations", which includes both laws and regulations.

For example, "Da Ming Law" has 30 volumes, including one volume of famous regulations, two volumes of official laws, seven volumes of household laws, two volumes of ritual laws, five volumes of military laws, eleven volumes of criminal laws, and two volumes of industrial laws. There are as many as 460 articles in total. .

The "Regulations on Inquiry and Punishment" promulgated by the Hongzhi Dynasty also had 270 nine articles, which were added and revised in the Jiajing and Wanli dynasties after that, so that laws and regulations were paralleled.

The legal system of the Ming Dynasty determined the legal status of the royal family, nobles, officials and gentry, military generals, scholars and common people, and covered administrative, military, economic, people's livelihood, and litigation in terms of content. It can be said to be all-encompassing.

It's just that since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the politics of the court has become increasingly corrupt, and the eunuchs' dominance has become more and more serious. Especially at this time, the social turmoil in the late Ming Dynasty, the law has also been trampled by the powerful central and local tyrants, and has become a tool for them to plunder. .

Yongning Bo Zhang Cheng did not formulate any excessive rules and regulations, he just resolutely implemented the original complete laws of the Ming Dynasty, nothing more than removing some outdated complicated content and slightly adding some military laws and laws.

After all, when Zhang Cheng first arrived on North Road, it was a decadent scene. The fields were barren, many military households fled and fled, the industry was almost zero, and the business was very sluggish. It can really be described as a waste of time.

What is urgently needed at this time is stability. Only by stabilizing the North Road area can the army and civilians be organized to re-measure the land and open up wasteland for reclamation. Therefore, the focus of this period is to suppress the bandits and calm the people, and suppress the rich to spit out the fields of corruption.

But when everything on the North Road is on the right track, there must be a certain system to protect the hard-won achievements, otherwise it will be "a waste of water with a bamboo basket"!
This is where Zhang Cheng's brilliance lies. He did not painstakingly create a legal system by himself, but based on the existing laws of the Ming Dynasty, he selectively made some deletions and strictly enforced them in the territory. Woke up.

Although in order to meet the needs of recruiting and training, some new military regulations and laws have also been formulated, but these contents only involve the soldiers in the barracks, and have little to do with the outside world, and their influence is naturally very limited.

As the North Road became more and more prosperous, until the East Road was gradually included in Zhang Cheng's sphere of influence, the construction of related administrative, military, commercial, agricultural reclamation, taxation, litigation and other systems was also more and more perfect.

And these complete laws and administrative systems are the cornerstones that can ensure the long-term stability of North Road, East Road, and even the entire Xuan Mansion. It is also the foundation for Zhang Cheng to develop his lifelong ambitions and usher in a new era in this world similar to parallel time and space. Base.

"23, after the stove sacrifice, the children clapped their hands and laughed. In five or six days, the new year will come. The evil box, playing with walnuts, Didi dot the cannon twice. The five sons ascended the imperial examination with a ping-pong sound, and the fire rose higher than the sky. "

It is the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month in a blink of an eye, and there are groups of children in the streets and alleys. They put on new clothes and sing nursery rhymes that have been handed down to this day. A festive atmosphere permeates every corner of Chi Castle.

In fact, not only Chi Castle is so festive and lively, but also all the forts on the North Road and East Road under the rule of Yongning Bo Zhangcheng. In addition to children singing nursery rhymes, there are many stilts, Yangko, lion and dragon dances, etc.

The arrival of the new year also means that people start to prepare for the new year. In addition, they have to sweep the dust and prepare for a good year, which means that the new year should have a new look. This is their good wish to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new year.

Yongningbo Zhang Cheng took his adopted son Zhang Chengfang for a stroll on the Chicheng Castle Street, experiencing the prosperity of this castle city, although there was a feeling of reluctance in his heart, but going to the town to go to a bigger stage, but he couldn't help it. Don't do it.

The people around easily recognized Zhang Cheng, and they stepped forward to greet Zhang Cheng enthusiastically, and gave way to the central road. Cheng knelt down and bowed down.

Zhang Cheng smiled at the officials, gentry, common people and various merchants on the left and right. He looked at the Zuixianju Restaurant not far in front of him. His son Zhang Mingyuan hurriedly chased after him.

"Father Commander, Staff Officer Wang and several generals have all arrived at the mansion, and are waiting for Father Commander to return to the mansion to discuss matters." Zhang Mingyuan rushed to Zhang Cheng's side and reported softly.

Hearing this, Zhang Cheng stopped in his tracks. He didn't speak immediately, but looked up at the Zuixianju not far away. After a long time, he slowly turned around and walked towards the general's office with a trace of regret.

It seems that this kind of military discussion has been going on for several days. In addition to further finalizing the clear strategy of expanding the sixth battalion and the candidates for each battalion's thousand generals, they are still discussing the rank system of the brave army.

This is actually a brand-new military rank system derived by Zhang Cheng following the military rank system of later generations, combined with the titles of generals and lieutenants at that time.

According to his vision, a three-level military rank system of "general, colonel, and lieutenant" was set up among officers, while four levels of "sergeant sergeant, sergeant, corporal" and private soldiers were set up among ordinary sergeants.

Regarding the rank system of sergeants, everyone does not have much opinion. After all, in the "Records of Military Training" written by Qi Shaobao, the god of the Ming Dynasty, there is a method for testing the skills of ordinary sergeants.

In the fourth volume of "Records of Military Training", there is an article "Practicing Brothers and Feet and Schooling Martial Arts", in which "bows and arrows, wolf machines, bird guns, quick guns, and all nine rounds are used as the forehead. Nine hits, quasi-superior. Eighth hits, Quasi-upper class. Seventh middle school, upper middle class. Sixth middle school, upper middle class. Fifth middle school, upper middle class. Fourth middle school, third middle class, middle middle class. Second middle school, lower middle class. One For those who are in the middle, the lower is the upper class. For those who are not in the middle, the lower is the middle class. For those who don’t know, the lower is the lower class.”

However, there is a problem with the rank of officers.

If you follow Zhang Cheng, you can just call them "general, lieutenant general, major general, colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain, lieutenant, second lieutenant", which is catchy and simple.

But at this time, given the national conditions at this time, everything can be changed slightly, but it is not good to be too unconventional, otherwise it will be considered deviant, and once it is not tolerated by the world, the loss outweighs the gain.

For this reason, he made some adjustments to the three-level military rank system to make it more suitable for this era. After all, Zhang Cheng was a pragmatist from beginning to end.

For example, the titles of the generals are "Guardian, Zuohujun, and Righthujun", while the school officers are "Habayashi School, Xiaoqi School, Yunqi School", and the lieutenants are "Habayashi Wei, Qiqi School". Du Wei, Wu Du Wei".

According to Zhang Cheng's vision, lieutenant officers correspond to the ranks of brigade chiefs and hundred chiefs; school officers correspond to officers at the ranks of generals and thousand chiefs;

If this military rank system can be implemented in the brave army, there will be four ranks and thirteen ranks in the army, and the treatment enjoyed by different ranks is also obviously different.

This difference is not only reflected in the salary and treatment of the soldiers, but also related to their high status in the army, and will greatly affect their future development and future in the army.

Of course, these are all issues that need to be considered after the "ranking system" is actually implemented, and it has not yet been finalized whether to implement this system now.

(End of this chapter)