Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

The Zide Palace seemed to be empty, and the entire palace was empty. In fact, after Guo Shao allowed some concubines and maids of the former dynasty to leave the palace, not many people left. There are still tens of thousands of people in the palace, which is a densely populated place.

Guo Shao came to Zide Hall and had dinner with Fu Ermei, during which he was a bit distracted.

In the past few years, the world was chaotic and wars continued. In fact, Guo Shao didn't spend much time with Jinzhan. But somehow, knowing that she was there, not far away from him, felt at ease. But now, he always felt that the whole palace was short of something, something was wrong.

The second younger sister said softly: "I'm going to see Hong'er, and come to accompany my husband at night."

Guo Shao smiled and said: "Go ahead. But you can't spoil him too much, the child should have a day of independence when he grows up."

The second sister turned her eyes upwards, she didn't seem to understand Guo Shao's meaning, she smiled, and said quietly: "I will give you a little princess in the evening, and I will be satisfied with a son and a daughter."

After finishing speaking, he gave Guo Shao a teasing wink. Guo Shao also laughed "hehe".

He is very satisfied with Fu Ermei. No matter in the past or present, it is probably a great blessing in life to have a "Bai Fumei" with a gentle personality to accompany her. But Jinzhan treats him... anyway, it cannot be measured by conditions.

...Guo Shao sat down in front of a case, took out a stack of files from his arms, and re-examined the upcoming reform of the military system. This is a plan he devised together with several Privy Council ministers and cabinet assistants, and he will bring it to the meeting hall to discuss with the generals tomorrow morning.

The most important thing after the founding of the country, so Guo Shao has been thinking about it all day long, and he has thought about it countless times.

This matter has one goal: to give titles and generous salaries, and to buy military power. Hope to reach an agreement with the generals.

Because the treasury does not have so much land and money, it is impossible to reward and "purchase" the military power of the imperial army at one time, so the plan of Guo Shaojun and his ministers is: to spread the benefits equally to future court expenditures.

First of all, all generals above the middle level of the Forbidden Army were granted titles of titles, such as Duke, Marquis, and Bo, collectively referred to as the nobles of the Daxu Dynasty.

The newly established nobles have substantial benefits from the treasury. (The previous title was just a status, and the actual benefits of salary are better than nothing.)

Those who benefit the most are the six princes: Li Chuyun, Shi Yanchao, Yang Biao, Han Tong, Gao Huaide, and Luo Yanhuan. They are the Founding Duke, Zhen Guo Gong, Fu Guo Gong, Jing Guo Gong, Feng Guo Gong, Hu Guo Gong.

The titles of these six princes are hereditary. As long as Da Xu exists, their descendants will always inherit the title, and the son with the most military merit will inherit the title. The saying on the table is "the founding hero and the royal family share the world".

The gold medal and imperial decree for exempting from death, except for rebellion, no matter how serious the crime is, the Duke will not die, and the title will not be revoked, at most it will only be passed on to the heir.

The salary is also very generous, and each family is roughly equivalent to the two-tax income of a state.

The marquises granted in the early days of this dynasty are collectively referred to as "Marquis of the Founding Kingdom", and they are mainly the commanders of Xiangdu and Jundu. It is hereditary for three generations, and after the third generation, if the family has made great military achievements to the country, it will be passed on for another three generations.

There is also a generous salary.

Marquis of Yu, the capital of the army, the generals of the inner palace, the outer temple, and the squadrons, as well as some commanding envoys with military merits, were named earls, which could be passed on to their sons.

... But titles are not given for free, the imperial court will take back all military power and reform the military system. The military power of these generals above the intermediate level will be taken back.

The Dianqian Division and the Mabu Division of the Guards were disbanded; the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies was changed to the Dadu Mansion, and the "Five Armies" established in it were disbanded, including the Dispatch Army, Command Army, Qianliang Army, Armor Army, and Reporting Army.

The original township army was renamed "Guowei Army". In the future, the Central Army will include two types: the Imperial Army and the National Guard Army, and will control most of the country's armed forces.

The country's main armed force has completely changed from the previous situation controlled by the Privy Council and the two major divisions to the division of powers by the Privy Council, the Ministry of War, the Metropolitan Government, and the Military Weapons Supervision.

The Privy Council controls the deployment of troops, the Ministry of War is in charge of military pay and food, the Metropolitan Government is in charge of military power, and the Military Weapons Supervisor is in charge of the storage and control of armor, weapons, firearms, and war horses.

...In this way, when there is no war, the largest unit of the army is actually the command of 500 people, and the commander of the army cannot mobilize the army, pay the military supplies, and control weapons.

The military generals at the army level no longer have real power, and are commanded by the "military division", which is mainly composed of civilian officials from various yamen.

The box-level establishment no longer exists.

In the event of a war, the power of the chief general is also restrained and supervised by multiple yamen, and a "Qianying Junfu" will be temporarily formed to establish a military power system. The order system of messengers and officials will become the most important part of the army of this dynasty.

In the next step, the imperial court will carry out similar changes to the frontier army. In addition to the decision-making power of the chief general, four divisions directly under the imperial court will replace the military power of the chief general.

... Guo Shao tested the attitude of the generals in the early stage, and he didn't seem to have any dissatisfaction. Because apart from military power, under the new military system, the benefits they get are far greater than before; the previous generals only had a little salary, or were waiting for the emperor to reward them, with little actual benefits and no long-term promises.

The role of military power is not only to gain actual benefits and status, but also to rebel! If you don't want benefits, but ask the emperor for military power, what does he want to do?

Once this military system is implemented, it will inevitably lead to a situation where "soldiers do not know their generals and generals do not know their soldiers" over time, which will lead to a decline in the combat effectiveness of the army; but because of the subdivision of military power, mobilizing the army to fight involves a lot, and it is almost impossible to suddenly rebel. This ensures that the imperial power will not be backlashed by internal force and increases security.

All the ministers believed that after Youyun's key territory was taken back, the national war might not be serious. Pros and cons cannot be taken into account. Under the general trend at this time, it is more appropriate to adopt a strategy of stabilizing political power.

And there are two reasons why Guo Shao can make up his mind: First, after many years of war among the current generals and soldiers of the Forbidden Army, even if a certain general is allowed to lead the troops temporarily, he can still gain the trust of the soldiers, because both the emperor and the general are well-known in Wufu. At least among this group of people, the change in military system will not have much impact on combat power.

Second, with the advent of firearms, organizational forms and tactics will gradually change.

... Guo Shao spent the night with a lot of worries.

In the early morning of the next day, in the meeting hall of the West Hall, according to the habit of the past few years, more than twenty most powerful civil and military ministers of the imperial court came to get together, talk about the recent general situation, and break up if there is nothing to do.

It's simple etiquette, all the ministers are skillfully finding the chairs they are used to sitting on.

At this time Wei Renpu came out, he brought a sword! It was very strange that the emperor had a sword in front of him, but he was just a civil servant, and everyone didn't say anything, just watching what Wei Renpu was going to do.

Wei Renpu waved his sword in front of everyone.

At this time, Shi Yanchao couldn't help it anymore: "What are you gesticulating? Don't even look where it is, your brain is broken?"

"Ouch!" Wei Renpu suddenly held his fingers pretendingly, and frowned, "This sword has no scabbard, I'm going to cut myself by accident!"

After he finished speaking, his eyes swept across the faces of Li Chuyun and others, but Li Chuyun didn't say a word.

Shi Yanchao said: "You can't finish loading the secondary sheath?"

Wei Renpu glanced at Shi Yanchao: "General Shi is right. Let's not use this sword for the time being. If it is left open like this, it is easy to cut yourself, and you may encounter something that will rust the blade, curl the edge, or even break it. It is not a good way. At this time, it is not to throw away the sword. You may not know when it will be used. The best way is to put it in a beautiful and precious scabbard, and then wipe it with oil. What do you think?"

Most of the civil servants knew what Wei Renpu meant, and the generals nodded thoughtfully in agreement.

Then Wei Renpu put the sword into the scabbard, put it back on a table, first bowed to Guo Shao with his hands clasped, and then "addressed" his and Wang Pu's propositions in public.

After Guo Shao and the generals listened silently, Guo Shao turned his head and looked to the right, "You are all brothers who fought side by side with me, what do you think of Deputy Envoy Wei's proposition?"

Li Chuyun said: "My minister seconded the proposal, Vice Envoy Wei's statement of 'keeping a sharp sword in a precious sheath' is very reasonable..."

As soon as the words fell, Shi Yanchao said excitedly: "Do you still need to ask the officials? Now, the Guo family has been the emperor for generations, and we have been the princes for generations! Where can we find such a good thing? Brothers are willing to give their lives to the officials. The officials are very kind, and the general will wait for thanks!"

Immediately, the generals agreed one after another, and they were all very happy.

The smoothness of the scene was a bit beyond Guo Shao's expectation, especially the six princes, whose faces were flushed with excitement, not pretending at all... At this time, Guo Shao came to his senses, his reward was indeed very generous, he wanted to be famous, he needed to be a noble duke, and he wanted to be profitable. It is true that the generals had no reason to be unwilling;

Under the general situation at this time, the generals present probably really don't have many thoughts of wanting to be emperor. Some things, if you can’t even see them when you jump up, you won’t think about them.

With this in mind, being a hereditary noble is more secure than holding military power! Because you have the military power in your hands, and there are still dangers, why not sit and enjoy everything in peace now?

This is simply a happy "spoils party". The faces of the generals were all laughing. Guo Shao observed carefully and found that Li Chuyun seemed to be relieved for a long time, and he looked very comfortable.

Shi Yanchao looked at Wang Pu and said, "I didn't expect you to speak for us martial arts."

Obviously it was Wei Renpu who made the suggestion, but he said this to Wang Pu, probably because Wei Renpu proposed that it was the reason for the two of them.

Wang Pu smiled and said: "You are also great heroes, and you are officials in the same dynasty. I have no grievances or enmity with you. How could it be unfair... I am also a little annoyed. If I knew this, I joined the army back then. Wouldn't it be possible to be rich for generations?"

Everyone roared with laughter... But the civil servants still have power now, so naturally they don't need to "redeem".

Yang Biao said: "The officials haven't agreed yet, are you happy too early?"

But everyone can almost guess that such a major event must have been planned by Guo Shao himself, and they all looked sideways.

Guo Shao said, "Vice Envoy Wei's 'sword in a precious sheath' will become a good story through the ages."

After hearing this, all the generals got up and kowtowed to thank you, shouting long live. Shi Yanchao said: "Officials treat their ministers very kindly. It's not like the Han Gaozu in the drama. When he conquered the world, he killed all the old brothers one by one!"

There was a sudden silence in the hall, and everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.