"How much does it cost, the minister really hasn't calculated, but the minister suddenly thought of something." Zhang Nan said.

"What did you suddenly think of again?" Li Er also said helplessly, sometimes Zhang Nan's ability to draw inferences from one another really makes Li Er love and hate.

"The minister thinks that if you take advantage of this time today, reform the military system, we will establish a full range of sea, land and air forces, so that the military strength of the Tang Dynasty will look at the whole world, and it will be absolutely invincible. Zhang Nan said with a smile.

Zhang Nan spoke easily, but his words were like dropping a bomb on the water that had been silent for a long time. Isn't it a question of going to sea? How did it directly involve such a big matter as military reform?

Li Er also straightened up when he heard Zhang Nan's words and said, "Qingquan, isn't it a bit presumptuous to start the military reform now?" ”

After hearing this, Zhang Nan was unimpressed, and said: "Your Majesty, we are crossing the river by feeling the stones now, if we don't change it, when we really want to use it, isn't it too late?" Besides, it's not a way to drag it around. ”

"As the saying goes, tomorrow after tomorrow, tomorrow is so much, tomorrow is tomorrow, everything will come to naught." Zhang Nan said.

"Tomorrow waits for tomorrow, everything is in vain? Okay, that's a good point, since the issue of the reform of the military system has been raised today, let's discuss it, Qingquan is right, this drag on and on, it's not a thing, the military system must be changed. "Li Er is also a resolute figure, for him, as long as he can strengthen the power in his hands and enhance the national strength of Datang, he will support it no matter how he changes.

"Then let's talk about it briefly? Chen's initial idea was that since we now have sea ships that can sail far away, and hot air balloons that can take to the skies for combat, then we should simply establish our Datang Navy and Air Force to correspond to our Datang Army, that is, our existing troops. ”

"The three armed forces set up the commanders and political commissars of the three armed forces, and the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces, of course, this is the emperor's responsibility." Zhang Nan said.

As soon as Zhang Nan said this, Li Er nodded with satisfaction, as the emperor, the most gratifying and reassuring thing is to firmly grasp the military power in his own hands.

"As for the assignment and functions of commanders and political commissars, your emperor knows them, and when the time comes, you can appoint them when you consider a good candidate."

"In addition to the three major departments of the General Political Department, the General Staff Department, and the General Security Department, which were proposed by Guo Chen, the minister also wants to set up a new military procuratorate and military tribunal to ensure the purity and fairness of our Tang army." Zhang Nan said.

"Well, that's right, if an army wants to have combat effectiveness, in addition to strict discipline, it is also necessary to ensure that the generals are clean." Li Er nodded, it seems that Li Er simply regarded the procuratorate and military court as a means of preventing corruption.

However, this did not affect Li Er's willingness to establish these two departments.

"The functional ministers of these departments will give the emperor a detailed excerpt, and the emperor will consider the candidates at your discretion. There is also the reform within the army, and you also know that the centurion and thousand-commander in our army are too unclear and detailed, so the minister thinks that it should be subdivided. ”

"As the basic unit of the army, a squad with ten people, a squad leader and deputy squad leader are set up to facilitate the management of the higher level, a platoon, with three squads and a total of 30 people, and a platoon leader and deputy platoon commander. One company with three platoons, counting the cooking class, a hundred people. Establish a company commander, deputy company commander, and instructor. A battalion has three companies, a regiment has three battalions, a division, three regiments, and an army has three divisions, and so on, so that an army is about 40,000 or 50,000 people. Zhang Nan said.

"You go on." Li Erdao.

"Yes, since there is a detailed internal division, there must be a detailed rank. Platoon cadres are awarded the rank of second lieutenant, and company cadres are awarded the rank of captain and lieutenant. Battalion cadres are awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel major, regimental cadres lieutenant colonel colonel, divisional cadres colonel major general, army cadres lieutenant general and general rank. Zhang Nan continued.

"As for this distinction between military ranks, it's even simpler, Your Majesty, remember the military uniforms in our military academy."

Li Er nodded.

"There will be a military rank on the shoulders of the military uniform, and tomorrow the minister will take out a formal military uniform to show the emperor, the design of the military rank." Zhang Nan said.

"That's what the general military system looks like, what do you think, Your Majesty?" Zhang Nan saw that he had been talking for a long time, but Li Er didn't raise the slightest objection, which surprised Zhang Nan.

"Well, I have memorized it, what you said sounds much better than the current military system, and it seems to be cumbersome, but when you really want to talk about war, it must be easier to manage than the current army." Li Er listened to it for a long time, although he had never been in contact with such a military system before, but as a general from the army, Li Er could know what kind of benefits such a military system would bring.

"That's definitely good, how many times has the military system of the army been changed to change like this, can it be bad?" Zhang Nan said silently in his heart.

"In addition, our military academy can recruit students from the army after the reform of the military system, and all the grassroots officers of the army must come to the military academy for training for half a year, although their command ability is not as good as that of the students who graduated from the military academy in four years, but the set of orders and prohibitions in the military academy is still strict discipline, and they must study and promote it."

"After all, there are too few cadets in our current military academy, and it will be useless to scatter them into the existing wrong, so we can only do this for the time being." Zhang Nan said.

"Well, yes, I agree to this, but the military reform you mentioned will not be continued until I have seen the functions of all military departments and determined the candidates, but we can first select veterans from the army to study in military schools." Li Erdao.

"Yes, that's what the minister thinks." Zhang Nan arched his hand.

"What about the voyage? Is it possible that there is no need to look for crops without a water master? Li Er asked.

"That's definitely not going to work, just let some of our Datang sailors go with us, Chen guesses that there is no country with the strength of our Datang yet, even if we meet Haikou at sea, we can let the hot air balloon rise into the air, and then strike in the air, what we have to pay attention to is the bad weather at sea." Zhang Nan said.

"Well, that's right, in this way, Qingquan, you go back today and prepare to present everything to me tomorrow." Li Erdao.

"Minister, obey the order."