I saw that the Tang newspaper wrote: On June 26 of the second year of Longwu, Fang Guoan took the name of Yue Guogong in Shaoxing Mansion to welcome the return of King Lu to Zhejiang, and was still called the prison country. Twenty-eighth, Fang Guoan proclaimed himself the general of Dingguo, guarded Qiantang, and took Zhang Huangyan and Xu Fuyuan as deputy generals, leading more than 10,000 troops to attack Quzhou. Lu Zhi, the prefect of Quzhou, and Liu Guoxuan, a guerrilla general, complained to the imperial court and asked for aid to Quzhou.

"Fang Guoan actually re-enshrined Lu Fan?!"

Zhu Linmiao rubbed his forehead and sighed: "There have been many changes in my Taizheng Dynasty recently, and I am the young lord of the country, so it is not surprising that Fang Guo can rest assured that he is in mind." It's just that I don't know what high position King Lu promised him, so he made up his mind so quickly.

"Hey, why does Da Ming always fight infighting......

Zhang Jiayu put away the Tang newspaper and said a little anxiously: "Your Highness, Quzhou only has hundreds of people in the tourism department at the moment, plus the rebel army under Lin Yaotian, there are only more than 1,000 people, so we should transfer troops to Quzhou as soon as possible to reinforce them." ”

Quzhou is the southernmost state capital of Zhejiang, and it is also the only foothold of the imperial court north of Fujing, if Quzhou is lost, it will have a very adverse impact on the Northern Expedition to Nanjing.

Zhu Linmiao knew the importance of Quzhou, but at the moment, the Longwei Army still had to maintain order in Tianxing Mansion, and could not go north for the time being. And the defenders of Xianxia Pass can't be easily transferred, although it is unlikely that Fang Guoan's people will turn their heads to attack Xianxia Pass, they also have to guard against it.

He thought about it for a long time, and instructed Zhang Jiayu: "Send someone to order Gu Yanwu's troops, turn eastward, and assist in the defense of Quzhou, hoping that it can still catch up." ”

The Broken Camp had just fought a big battle with Liu Guangbi's subordinates, and it should have been repaired for a period of time, but now that the situation is urgent, they can only hold on a little longer.

In addition, tell Liu Guoxuan that he can follow the rules, and if the enemy is too strong, he will give up Quzhou. It would be a pity if such a general as a tourist was to fight in a civil war. ”

"Yes!"

The two discussed some details of the troop transfer, and Zhang Jiayu immediately turned around and left, and rushed to the military headquarters to make specific arrangements.

Zhu Linmiao looked at the map on the case, and couldn't help but shake his head slightly, it seems that this military reform must be carried out faster.

Just like the situation in Quzhou, there is not even a garrison nearby that can be mobilized, and the entire Ming Dynasty can't rely on the Dragon Guard Army and the Broken Camp to go back and forth for defense. Moreover, if there are military situations in many places at the same time, even if they are exhausted, it is impossible to take care of them.

In fact, the army on the books of the Ming Dynasty is at least more than 100,000, but in addition to the Dragon Guard Army and the Broken Battalion, the real ones that can be used to fight are probably the people under Yang Tinglin.

The rest were either guards like peasants or warlords who relied on private soldiers.

The former just wants to farm at home, and even if they are forced to go to the battlefield, they are all cannon fodder. The latter, on the other hand, only thought about preserving his troops, and his mind was on how to get more military salaries, so that he would never move without fighting.

At the same time, the imperial court spent a lot of money to feed these "wastes". The guards occupied a large amount of fertile land, and many of them were occupied by the officers and became their private property.

Not to mention the warlords, who were asked for by the local government when they did not have enough money, and most of the magistrates were tasked with supporting the local army. If the local area is unable to make ends meet, the warlords will even plunder their troops, and the harm is comparable to that of the captivity.

As for the strength of these warlords when they gather to a certain extent, they will not be able to lose their tails, and even threaten the imperial court in turn. Like Zuo Liangyu, the situation of leading the army to approach Nanjing without saying a word, and finally indirectly bringing down the Hongguang Dynasty is the "pinnacle" of the warlord's private soldier system.

Zhu Linmiao's main idea for the restructuring of the armed forces is to learn from the military region system of later generations, and to professionalize the armed forces, supplemented by military academy training and staff officer systems.

The state established a standing army based on conscription, which, of course, would gradually transition to conscription. These standing forces are no longer engaged in agricultural production, and all their tasks are military training and fighting.

A professional soldier who exercises with a gun all day long will definitely have a combat effectiveness far greater than that of a person who works as a farmer on weekdays and is a soldier in wartime. You must know that the Jianzhou Eight Banners, who are known as the most elite soldiers in Asia nowadays, also want to farm when they return home, but their training is much higher than that of the Ming army.

Raising a professional army may seem like a huge expense, but in fact, because the army is more professional, it has strong combat effectiveness, and it is enough to complete the national defense task by maintaining a small but fine number of troops. In terms of actual spending, military spending will be much lower.

At best, there were only 80,000 soldiers and horses when Jianyu entered the customs, and the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Ming Dynasty could not find the north, which is the evidence that the combat effectiveness of a few elite troops is far superior to that of a large number of miscellaneous armies.

Of course, Zhu Linmiao also knew that if he wanted to complete the transformation from the system of guards and private soldiers to the professional military system with the military region as the unit, he would definitely encounter very huge resistance.

The first is how to deal with these armies. Don't look at these people to fight Jianyu, you have to say that you will smash their jobs now, their ability to make trouble is first-class.

Zhu's strategy was to convert these old armies into police use. Although the Ming Dynasty had such an organization as the Inspection Department, it still preferred the former between the army and the police, and there was no clear police function and organizational structure.

The establishment of a professional police agency will be an important guarantee for the social stability of Daming. And the cost of raising a police officer is much lower than that of the army.

Of course, building a sound police system is not a simple matter, but it can be divided into several steps. First, the old army was abolished and replaced by the police. After that, an independent police administrative system was established to improve the division of police functions. Then there is continuous training, which can consider building some police academies.

When the way out for the current soldiers to retire is paved, it will be much easier to disband the old army.

Among them, the guards are the simplest, after all, they are basically some peasants with military registration, and as long as the problem of private land occupation by officers is properly handled, the transformation should be completed soon.

Warlords who have a large number of private soldiers are more troublesome.

Because Yang Tinglin's management in Jiangxi is quite good, there are no big warlords, and the "small shrimp" of hundreds to more than 1,000 soldiers can be solved with only a piece of official paper from the imperial court.

However, Fujing left a lot of self-respecting guys in the hands of Zheng Zhilong before, and it is estimated that there are at least fifty or sixty thousand troops in the entire Fujing, at least half of which are warlords. How to reduce the military power of these people is not a small challenge.

Once the old army is dealt with, it is time to start recruiting new professional troops.

First, it is necessary to reorganize the current military department and look at it in the light of the modern national defense management method, and the details involved in this have been listed in detail by Zhu Linwei in his "Development Outline."

Second, it is necessary to vigorously develop military academies, because after all, fighting a war is also an extremely professional matter, and it is necessary for professionals to constantly study and summarize and systematically teach it to future generations to study.