"Emperor, Minister of War Liu Daxia, Left Minister Xiong Xiu asked for a visit." Wang Yue walked in at this time.

"Oh, I still want to find them, but I didn't expect them to come to the door first." Zheng De, who was reading the memorial, raised his head and ordered, "Let them come in."

"My minister Liu Daxia, Xiong Xiu will meet His Majesty." The two of them came in and bowed, but neither of them knelt down and bowed. It seemed that they knew Zheng De's rules.

"Sit all."

When he saw the emperor pointing to the seat in front of the imperial case, Xiong Xiu, who came to meet the new emperor for the first time, was a little unaware of what to do. However, when his boss sat down in front of the imperial case, he bowed and bowed, "Thank you for your Majesty to give him a seat." He sat down.

Zheng De looked at the two of them and was not in a hurry to ask questions. Instead, he wanted to know the purpose of their arrival. "I wonder what the two beloved ministers are coming today?"

"The 12th Regiment Battalion went north to assist Xuanfu, which led to the empty force of the capital. You also asked His Majesty to transfer the troops to the capital to defend in advance."

"Pan Army?" Zheng De remembered something after Liu Daxia said this. Since the Tumu Fort Incident, the 500,000 Beijing troops were almost wiped out. In order to make up for the serious shortage of troops in the capital, he specially ordered Shandong, Henan and Jiangxi elite troops to be the Pan army, with a total of 250,000 people. He took turns to Beijing to garrison in the spring and autumn. This is the origin of the Pan army. Fortunately, he made up for the relevant political and military systems of the Ming Dynasty this month, otherwise he really didn't know what Pan army was.

"I know this, and I will send an order to let the squads enter the capital later." Zheng De nodded and looked at Xiong Xiu, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War on the other side. Through the search system, he also knew that this person's ability was no worse than that of Liu Daxia on the side. I wonder why he came, "Is there anything else?"

Seeing the emperor looking at him, Xiong Xiu stood up and bowed and said, "When you say to your Majesty, when the late emperor was alive, he ordered his ministers to investigate the four guards of Tengxiang. He found that there were 30,000 to 40,000 people, but 14,000 people were false, and he spent hundreds of thousands of dollars every year, most of which were in his pocket. The leader was Ning Jin, the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Prison, and asked His Majesty to deal with it."

"The four guards of Tengxiang, one of the twenty-six guards of the Ming Dynasty, were in charge of the escorts, and did not belong to the Governor's Office of the Five Army, but to the Imperial Horse Supervisor. Unexpectedly, not only did the border army have a vacant escape, but even the personal guards around him have serious problems with empty wages. Since the four guards of Tengxiang have such serious problems, are there no other twenty-two guards?" Zheng De thought of this and greeted the outside world, and Wang Yue quickly walked in, "Come Min Gui, the Minister of Justice."

Seeing Wang Yue leave, he looked at Xiong Xiu again, "Does there be similar problems except for the four guards of Tengxiang, do the other twenty-two guards have any similar problems?"

Xiong Xiu did not expect the emperor to ask about this, and he would not dare to investigate it casually without the emperor's order. "The late emperor had not ordered the minister to investigate it, so he was not aware of it.

Zheng De nodded, "Then let's work harder Xiong Qing and help me investigate the remaining twenty-two guards of the personal army. As for the matter of the Tengxiang Four Guards, I will hand it over to Min Gui, the Minister of Justice."

"I received the order." Xiong Xiu saw the emperor motioning to sit down.

Zheng De thought about it and still felt that there were too many 26 guards in his own army. In the Ming Dynasty, there were 5,600 guards, and nearly 150,000 guards. There were Beijing troops outside to protect the entire capital, and he felt that there was no need to use so many people to guard a small imperial city.

"There are also too many personal guards. I want to restore the size of the personal guards of the Taizu period. What do you think?"

Liu Daxia looked speechless when he heard this. The emperor disliked the guards who had too many soldiers. He really couldn't understand and could only persuade him, "Please think twice. This will easily lead to the guards who are too weak in the palace, which is not conducive to protecting His Majesty's safety."

"During Taizu's reign, the twelve guards and imperial cities were fine, so why would there be something wrong now?" Zheng De looked at him and waved his hand indifferently.

Liu Daxia shook his head, "Your Majesty, this is the time and that is the time. Nanjing is located in the heart of the Ming Dynasty, and Beijing is adjacent to the border, so it cannot be said in the same way."

"The key to soldiers is to be elite, and no more! The personal army is just the imperial city of Guards, not defending the capital, so this matter is decided." Zheng De was too lazy to get involved with him in this matter, so he turned his head and said to Xiong Xiu, "Xiong Qing, this matter must be left to you. While investigating the twenty-six guards of the personal army, in addition to the Jinyiwei, the flag bearer guard, the Wugong Central Guard, the Wugong Left Guard, and the Wugong Right Guard, the remaining twenty-one guards selected elite soldiers to form the 12th Brigade."

"Each brigade has been reduced to 4,050 people, with one brigade commander and two brigade deputy; thousands of households have been changed to regiments, each brigade has three regiments, one 1,350 people, one corps, and one corps commander and two corps deputy; each regiment has three battalions, with one 450 people, with one battalion commander and two battalion deputy; each battalion has three companies, with one brigade commander and two brigade deputy; each company has three ranks, each rank of fifty people, with one platoon leader and one corps deputy; each rank of five ranks, with one rank of ten people, with one rank of captain. You can rectify your personal army according to this organization."

"Your Majesty, are there too many official titles like this?" Xiong Xiu said hesitantly.

"No, this is specially designed to implement the military rank system in the future." Zheng De glanced at the two of them and finally said the decision he had already imagined in his heart.

"Implement the military rank system?" The two looked at each other, curious about what the military rank system the emperor said was.

Zheng De did not keep an eye on him, and said directly, "The so-called military rank system is similar to that of the rank of soldiers or military officers. The rank of generals is divided into six grades and seventeen grades, divided into six grades, marshals, generals, lieutenants, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers. Among them, the first grade of marshals is the highest rank; generals are divided into four levels: generals, generals, lieutenants, and majors; school officials are divided into three levels: colonels, lieutenants, and majors; lieutenants are divided into three levels: captains, lieutenants, and second lieutenants; non-commissioned officers are divided into three levels: sergeants, sergeants, and young lieutenants; soldiers are divided into three levels: upper corps, first grade, and private lieutenants. The rank corresponds to military positions. If there is no corresponding rank, the corresponding military position cannot be awarded, and if there is no corresponding military merit and ability, the rank cannot be promoted."

"Isn't this the Qin Dynasty's military merit system?" Liu Daxia couldn't help but exclaim, and then immediately realized that he was in front of the emperor now, and said quickly, "Your Majesty, I'm a mistake."

"It's okay." Zheng De waved his hand, and naturally knew about the historical compulsory thing such as "military merit award" and said with a smile, "This is not a military merit award. Apart from distinguishing the level of an officer and obtaining a corresponding salary, there is no land or other award."

"Why did Your Majesty set military ranks in one fell swoop? After all, military officers have ranks, which can be distinguished." Liu Daxia asked a little strangely. It seems that there is no difference between military ranks and military officers.

Zheng De simply wanted to implement the military rank system, and the overlap with the military officer was not within his consideration. However, since he was asked, he had to answer. After pondering for a moment, he thought of a good excuse, "I want to completely separate the military rank from the official rank, civil servants use official rank, and military officers use military rank. This will make it easier to distinguish and more conducive to the management of the army."

Liu Daxia felt that the emperor's reason was a bit far-fetched when he heard this, and he had a question that he didn't say goodbye, "Your Majesty, if you can only be granted an official position by military rank, what's the use of the official rank of military rank?"

"If the military rank system is implemented, except for the retention of official positions, the ranks of military officials will be cancelled." Zheng De expressed his thoughts without hesitation.

Liu Daxia was also shocked by the emperor's idea when he heard this. "Is Your Majesty ready to implement the military rank system in the army now?"

"The time is not yet ripe." Zheng De directly rejected the proposal. After all, the military uniforms and epaulettes are not ready yet. It feels a bit ridiculous and not very formal. Thinking of this, looking at Xiong Xiu again, "Xiong Qing, you will reorganize the personal army as I have told you. Let's talk about the military ranks later."

"I obey the order!" Xiong Xiu nodded and asked again, "Your Majesty, the number of these 12th Brigades?"

Zheng De thought for a while, "According to the First Brigade, Second Brigade, Third Brigade, and so on to the 12th Brigade. Except for the chief and deputy brigade commanders of each brigade submitted a list to me, you will be appointed by you."

Using numbers as numbers? The two were stunned by the emperor's strange ideas, but after thinking about it, they felt that nothing was wrong. Instead, it was easier for people to remember than the current ward with place names as numbers.

Liu Daxia was relieved when he heard that the emperor did not implement the military rank system. After all, the new emperor had just ascended the throne, and the court could not withstand much trouble. But what he didn't know was that Zheng De didn't want it, but felt that the time was not yet ripe and let it go temporarily. Thinking of this, he mentioned another thing, "Your Majesty, when the military households in the Xiawei District are seriously fleeing today, please send the Qing army censor to check the military household registration."

"This is what I want to tell you."

"Before I mentioned this, I mentioned it first." Zheng De looked at Liu Daxia and spoke in a bad tone, "To be honest, if it weren't for the invasion of the Xuanfu this time, I wouldn't have known that my Ming army was so severely fled. A Xuanfu originally had as many as 150,000 troops, but he didn't expect that the military officers would actually flee nearly half of them. Even if a nine-sided important town is like this, can the army officers of the Tianxia Guards escaped so seriously. I wonder what Liu Qing wants to say to me?"

It’s no wonder that Zheng De was a little angry. The military households escaped so seriously. The Minister of War did not think about doing anything in advance. It was not until the accident that he remembered to remedy it. Who would he show this drama?

Liu Daxia was also full of grievances when he heard this. "Reply to Your Majesty's words, since the orthodox, the law of military camps has become increasingly corrupt. Military fields are internal supervisors, officers and powerful people have invaded them, and the military pay they have been robbed by his commander. The military households have been unable to survive, resulting in large numbers of military households fleeing and repeated bans. Since there is no good method, the Qing army censors can only be sent to investigate, replenish and follow up every year."

"The solution was not something that people thought of. Could it be that you are too incompetent?" Thinking of this, Zheng De looked at him with a suspicion and asked in confusion, "Why don't you clean up the occupied military fields? If the military households own military fields to make a living, will the military personnel still flee in large numbers?"

"This..." Liu Daxia looked at the emperor with a embarrassed look and hesitated to tell the truth. "Your Majesty, the military farm registration has been lost, and there is no way to investigate it if you want to investigate it."
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