In the conference room in the Wuying Palace, the routine staff meeting was being held nervously. After everyone reported to the emperor on the progress of the staff system and logistics organization in the Gyeonggi Prefecture, the Jizhou Army, and the Liaodong Army, Yuan Chonghuan asked the emperor to speak.

After obtaining the emperor's consent, Yuan Chonghuan suddenly got up and said, "Your Majesty, the minister wants to report to Your Majesty on the training of the new army in Beijing.

Since Mao Shimin formulated the regulations and put them into effect, the new army in Beijing has entered daily training and has not rested for nearly half a month. In the past, the Beijing camp practiced once every five days, which was already regarded as diligent, but now the Beijing camp has one exercise every day, and they have to learn the written language, and all the sergeants think it is hard.

The minister would like to ask His Majesty to revise the regulations, slightly relax the training of the new army in Beijing, and no longer force the study of writing, so as to appease the dissatisfaction of the sergeants. ”

Before Yuan Chonghuan finished speaking, Mao Yuanyi couldn't wait to refute: "What Yuan Ziru said is not all the truth, but some of the remaining sergeants in the old Beijing camp, who are not angry that His Majesty prohibits gambling and calling prostitutes in the camp, so they just complain." I thought..."

Seeing the tense appearance of Yuan Chonghuan and Mao Yuanyi at the meeting, Sun Chengzong had to speak out to stop the two, "Enough, in front of Your Majesty, what kind of system are you two like, and what is your etiquette as a vassal?" ”

Zhu Youzhen, who had been watching coldly, saw Sun Chengzong come forward to cheer, and finally spoke to comfort him and said: "Mr. Sun doesn't have to be like this, there is nothing to quarrel at the staff meeting, as long as there is no word at the meeting, and opinions are issued indiscriminately after the meeting, I think this is a good thing." ”

After appeasing Sun Chengzong, Zhu Youzhen said to Yuan Chonghuan and Mao Yuanyi: "How is the daily food of the new army in Beijing arranged now?" Has the medical station been set up? Can the monthly salary be paid in a timely manner? ”

Yuan Chonghuan was suddenly a little dumbfounded, after he served as the chief of staff of the Gyeonggi Governor's Office, he was busy building relations with the officers of the old Beijing Battalion of the Third Battalion. I didn't pay much attention to the food, medical care, and distribution of food and salaries for ordinary sergeants.

In his heart, he believed that the sergeants of the three battalions selected by the old Beijing camp were the main force of the new army in the future Beijing camp. These sergeants, selected from tens of thousands of soldiers in the Beijing camp, are all physically strong, and have undergone several years of training, and have a certain understanding of the affairs of the military formation, the only thing they lack is that they have not been on the battlefield.

Compared with the honest and timid farmers who had just been recruited by the first and second battalions, Yuan Chonghuan believed that these old troops of the Beijing camp could easily defeat them on the battlefield. Therefore, he spent all his energy on the old army of the third battalion.

According to Yuan Chonghuan's previous understanding, if you want to master an army, you must first have a good relationship with the commanders in those battalions. But the army officer academy opened by the emperor also changed his mind slightly.

Now he believes that in order to master an army, in addition to the main general in the battalion, it should also master a part of the mid-level military attachés in the barracks. Becoming an instructor at the Army Military Academy, he obviously has the advantage of doing so.

These days, he has indeed encountered no obstacles in integrating the three battalions of troops left behind by the old Beijing camp, but the effect is not as good as he thought before.

Although the commanders and many military attachés in each battalion obeyed him, more middle- and lower-ranking military attachés and ordinary soldiers were closer to the missionary officers of each battalion. The third-ranked missionary commissioner in the Gyeonggi Governorate's office, Wu Fangyuan, has even more power in his hands than he as chief of staff, which obviously makes him very angry.

After the disturbance against the canteen in the Beijing camp army, the newly established Soldiers' Committee and the Joint Propaganda Committee supervised the food in the canteen, which made the middle and upper officers in the battalion quite uncomfortable.

Yuan Chonghuan felt that perhaps he could take this opportunity to crack down on the mission committee members who were responsible for supervising the implementation of the regulations. Therefore, at today's meeting of the General Staff, the Emperor proposed to revise the regulations.

Mao Yuanyi didn't think as much as Yuan Chonghuan thought, and he attached great importance to the regulations he had worked so hard to establish. When Yuan Chonghuan accused the regulations of being too strict, he did not care about the personal friendship between the two at all, and immediately stood up to defend the regulations he formulated.

Regarding Chongzhen's question, because of the formulation of regulations, he who often came into contact with the sergeants of the Beijing Battalion immediately replied familiarly: "The new army under the Governor's Office of the Five Armies and the new Jingying Camp under the Governor's Office of the Gyeonggi Metropolitan Government are now provided by the Gyeonggi Governor's Office for unified logistics management.

The food standards of the two are the same, three meals a day, divided into three standards: large, medium and small, the daily food of ordinary soldiers: one catty of six taels of rice plus vegetable gold, a total of 2 cents, ordinary officers eat 4 points per day, and each battalion commander and sick number eat 6 points per day.

The Jingying Army Hospital has been established, and there is still a two-thirds shortage of medical personnel. The payment of salaries to the non-commissioned officers of the new army in Beijing has been completely transferred to the logistics management office of the Beijing camp, and no arrears have been found at present.

However, the minister heard that some of the generals' family members could not enjoy the benefits of ordinary sergeants because they were not included in the logistics management system, but they were dissatisfied with this. ”

After Zhu Youzhen finished listening, he asked calmly: "Since the imperial court has issued food and salaries on time and guaranteed all kinds of treatment stipulated in the regulations, why are there still soldiers dissatisfied with this?"

I believe that in addition to the habits of these soldiers, what is important is their lack of understanding of their mission. As a sergeant, the main task is to fight on the battlefield, if they don't practice in peacetime, how can they fight on the battlefield?

In addition to conducting drills in accordance with the regulations, the officers of the battalions should also inculcate a sense of combat. It's not like you can become a soldier if you walk right on the playground and can set up a good formation according to the regulations.

In addition to training combat skills, the most important thing is to develop the mentality of a soldier, not a civilian. I'd rather need a flock of sheep with a lion's heart than a flock of lions with a sheep's heart.

In addition to teaching the written language, the members of the mission committee at all levels also had to explain to the soldiers the role of various regulations on the battlefield. At the next staff meeting, the mission commissioners of the Gyeonggi Governor's Office and the Fifth Military Governor's Office will also participate. ”

Sun Chengzong and Lu Shanji's faces suddenly changed slightly, Wu Fangyuan, a member of the mission committee of the Gyeonggi Governor's Office, and Zhou Fang, a member of the mission committee of the Fifth Army Governor's Office, were originally unknown middle and lower-level officers of the Jinyi Guard.

Previously, because of the lax military discipline of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and the Jingying Army, some scandals broke out in front of the emperor in a row, so when Chongzhen sent Jinyi Wei to rectify military discipline, few officials objected.

After the implementation of the military system reform, Chongzhen set up the General Staff of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies to sort out the Ming military system, and Sun Chengzong and others formed this general staff, so it was supported by the Donglin Party.

When the formation of the General Staff was just taking shape, Sun Chengzong and Lu Shanji found that although the General Staff had successfully mastered the military order system. However, the military and political system, which originally belonged to the Ministry of War, unwittingly fell into the hands of the propaganda commissioners at all levels.

It is different from the officers in the military department who are high up and indifferent to the sergeants. These missionary commissioners, who had been promoted from among the sergeants and junior officers, had broad support in the military.

Lu Shanji and Yuan Chonghuan had already reported to Sun Chengzong several times that the existence of these mission commissioners had threatened the status of the General Staff in the army. If this continues, the General Staff will become a foil to the mission commissioners.

After hesitating for a while, Lu Shanji opened his mouth and persuaded the emperor: "Your Majesty, this mission committee member has always been unclear. In his opinion, this was just a temporary setting before the establishment of the staff system in the army.

Now that the staff system has been created, shouldn't the mission committee return to its original duties and only be in charge of the military justice system? ”

Zhu Youzhen was silent for a while, and then spoke: "The Governor's Office of the Five Armies is in charge of military orders, and the Ministry of War is in charge of military affairs.

I propose to reform the military system, which is a form that does not meet the current needs externally, but the concept of separating the military from the government and the military order should not be reformed, but should be strengthened.

Now that the staff officer system at all levels of the General Staff Headquarters and the Beijing New Army has been established, the propaganda and education committees at all levels that have been established should also be integrated and unified into one organization, so that orders can be issued from the top and reported to the bottom.

Since I have said this today, it is necessary for me to explain to you my overall framework for the restructuring of the army.

In the future, the Governor's Office of the Five Armies will be the highest military command body of the Ming Army, and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies will command all the land armed forces of the Ming Dynasty through the General Staff Headquarters.

In addition to the operational command power of the army and navy, the military department is responsible for formulating the strategic planning of the army and navy, budgets, policies and decrees, the promotion of officers, logistics management, and all other affairs related to the army.

The General Logistics Department, the General Armament Department, and the Propaganda and Education Committee will all be placed under the management of the Military Department. The Governor's Office and the Military Department of the Five Armies can only be accountable to me, and I am also the only supreme commander of the Ming Army and Navy. ”

Yuan Chonghuan immediately turned his attention to his teacher Sun Chengzong, hoping that the teacher would stand up against the emperor's statement. When he came to the meeting today, he was bent on suppressing the excessive power of the mission committee members at the meeting, but now he found that it was the strength of the General Staff that had been damaged, and this was obviously a fact that was difficult for him to accept.

However, to Yuan Chonghuan's disappointment, after listening to the emperor's remarks, Sun Chengzong was silent until Chongzhen announced the end of the meeting, and did not question the emperor's statement.

Yuan Chonghuan felt very depressed, if it weren't for the fact that he knew that his weight was insufficient, and raising objections would only meet the emperor's disgust, he would definitely not help but get up and persuade the emperor to give up this idea of being the supreme commander of the army and navy.

But as soon as a few people stepped out of the courtyard gate of Wuying Palace, Yuan Chonghuan finally couldn't help but ask Sun Chengzong: "Teacher, why didn't you stop Your Majesty's idea of wanting to be the commander of the army just now?" In the past, the Ying Temple and the Wu Temple were in battle, and the old things that caused the world to be shaken, can't it still make Your Majesty wake up? ”