"Your Majesty, Sun Chengzong, has met!"
"I am happy for the moment, please forgive me for being rude!"
Several figures entered Dongnuan Pavilion. Sun Chengzong saluted Chongzhen, and others followed suit.
"Haha, Sun Aiqing said something serious!"
Sun Chengzong raised his hand towards Chongzhen again and looked at Sun Chuanting: "Bo Ya, I didn't expect to meet here!"
"Mr. Sun Ge!"
Sun Chuanting was also very excited. Although the two were not related to each other, they were both officials in the same dynasty and they both liked military affairs. They could be regarded as close friends.
"Okay, let's get down to business first, and we'll talk about it later!"
Chongzhen smiled: "Sun Aiqing, let me introduce you. These five are all my ministers. Sun Chengzong doesn't need me to say more!"
"These three are cabinet ministers Li Guopu, Han Huang, and Li Biao."
"There are currently five members in the cabinet, and there is another Yuan Keli who is in charge of disaster relief in Shaanxi. He will join the cabinet after the disaster relief is over!"
"This is Li Banghua, the inspector of the Military Discipline Inspection Department of the Ming Dynasty, the temporary minister of the left minister of the Ministry of War, and the admiral of the Five Cities Inspection Department!"
"You should have heard of all of these people!"
"I heard it!"
Sun Chuanting was very excited: "The student has met several gentlemen!"
Not only had he heard of it, he had heard it like thunder.
Sun Chengzong, Xizong’s teacher, the builder of the Jinning Defense Line, and the founder of the Liaodong Army;
Han Huang was in the cabinet of Guangzong and Xizong, and he dared to arrest the generals Li Rubai and Li Ruzhen even though the eunuch ordered forgiveness;
Li Banghua's ten opinions on following the ancestors' employment methods caused a stir in the government and the public, and he dared to directly criticize Wanli and Wei Zhongxian.
The weakest one was Li Guopu, who was also the cabinet of the Tianqi year. He had to endure humiliation. If it weren't for his protection, some ministers might have been killed directly by Wei Zhongxian and others.
Li Banghua looked at Sun Chuanting: "It's a pity. If the other one is here, you two can communicate and we can feast our eyes on it."
"Meng An (Li Banghua's nickname) must be talking about Tianxiongjun Lu Xiangsheng. Don't tell me, they are really similar. They are both Jinshi.
But they all like to practice martial arts on the battlefield, and their martial arts skills are also outstanding, and they were all recruited back by His Majesty. "
Sun Chuanting was a little confused. He had never heard of Lu Xiangsheng or Tianxiongjun, but on this occasion, he could only remember them in his heart.
"Hahaha, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future, let's get down to business first!"
Chongzhen interrupted the conversation between Sun Chengzong and Li Banghua: "Dear ladies, when Sun Chuanting comes back, I have three arrangements. You can listen to them first."
"First, I will provide the funds. Just like Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting will recruit and train his own troops!"
"Second, I am planning to establish a capital command department for the Forbidden Army, with Sun Chuanting as the capital commander and in charge of the twenty-one guards!"
"Third, go to Shaanxi to take over as the governor of the three sides and sit in the northwest!"
Chongzhen also thought about these three kinds of thinking for a long time.
The first one recruited his own troops. The three powerful armies in the late Ming Dynasty were Yuan Chonghuan's Yiding Tuqi (Guan Ning Iron Cavalry), Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong Army, and Sun Chuanting's Qin Army.
The Yi Ding cavalry are strong because of their mobility, the Tianxiong army is good at fighting because of their unity, and the Qin army is strong because of their individuality.
The third choice is because historical records indicate that the successive major disasters in Shaanxi since the first year of Chongzhen required a strong person to take charge. From the current point of view, Sun Chuanting is the most suitable.
Everyone was shocked. It was difficult to say what grade the commander of the new army was, but the commander-in-chief and the governors of the three sides were both full-grade and second-grade.
Especially the governors of the three sides, who are real officials of the border areas. If they hold the title of Zuo Governor, they will be of the first rank.
Before Sun Chuanting left office, he was a doctor in the Ministry of Personnel's Ceremony Department, with a rank of 5, and now he has become an important minister of the rank of 2. His promotion speed is unimaginable.
"Everyone can understand the first and third points. Let me explain the second one."
"Everyone knows that I am reorganizing the 21st Guards. The purpose is to build a strong army that will be invincible on the battlefield in the future.
But there is a fatal flaw, that is, it cannot achieve a high degree of unity and coordination.
Each guard has its own commander and its own training methods. Hundreds of thousands of troops are fighting on the battlefield. If there is a flaw, the entire situation can be reversed. "
"So, I want to merge the twenty-one guards with the same names. For example, the four guards in front, back, left and right of Jinwu will be merged into Jinwu guards, and so on.
In the end, the twenty-one guards only had nine guards, including Jinwu, Yulin, Fujun, Huben, Yanshan, Daxing, Jiyang, Jezhou, and Tongzhou. Each guard had two to thirty thousand people under its jurisdiction.
After the merger, the training venues of each guard were together, but the training subjects, assessment standards, combat coordination, etc. were jointly formulated by the Forbidden Army Command Department and the Military Discipline Supervision Department of the Ming Dynasty.
With one command and one command, thousands of troops will be mobilized. "
PS: The guard system is not fixed with one guard and five guard posts. This is just a standard. The Jinyi Guard has seventeen guard posts, the Fujun Vanguard has twenty-five guard posts, and the Huguang Dusi has five guard posts and sixteen guard posts. According to the geographical location and the nature of the guard post. Settings are not fixed.
By doing this, Chongzhen was not only preparing for a large-scale war, but also preparing for the future elimination of provincial guard posts and military households, and the introduction of professional soldiers.
Nowadays, the guard posts in various provinces have become rotten and rotten, and the ideals of war for the army, peace for the people, hereditary officers, and hereditary military households are no longer satisfactory.
Moreover, the Ming Dynasty had too many troops, less than 200 million people, but there were 2.8 million troops, which was a shockingly high proportion.
Everyone's eyes lit up after hearing this. Chongzhen's idea was good, but it was also prone to problems.
"Your Majesty, Taizu formulated the guard system because he was afraid that centralization of power would lead to the generals having too much power. Now..."
"Mr. Li Ge, our Military Discipline Inspection Department of the Ming Dynasty is not a decoration."
Before Li Guopu finished speaking, Li Banghua retorted, and then added: "I think the Imperial Army Command Department only has the power to command troops and propose proposals, and is responsible for daily training, assessment, and selection.
The power to command troops is left to the Ministry of War, the Cabinet, or His Majesty himself. "
"It seems that Li Aiqing has been thinking a lot during this time!"
Chongzhen smiled and said: "I am personally responsible for the deployment of troops for the Forbidden Army. Any transfer of more than 500 people must be approved by me before mobilization. The mobilization of less than 500 people must be jointly confirmed by the Capital Command Department and the Ming Dynasty Military Discipline Supervision Department. "
"In addition, Li Aiqing, the Military Discipline Supervision Department of the Ming Dynasty established another department called the Loyalty Department.
Responsible for the ideological education of sergeants in peacetime, instilling and emphasizing the idea of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. They are loyal to the royal family and imperial power, not to a certain general. "
Everyone frowned when they heard that Chongzhen was personally responsible, and then their eyes lit up when they heard about the responsibilities of the Zhongyi Division.
If the work of the Loyalty Division can be fully carried out, then there is really no fear that a certain commander will support his troops.
Sun Chengzong looked at a few people
"Your Majesty is wise, I agree to establish the Imperial Army Command and Envoy Division, merge the guards, and deploy them in a unified manner!"
After Sun Chengzong finished speaking, several others also followed suit.
Seeing that Sun Chengzong and others agreed, Chongzhen also breathed a sigh of relief, saving him a lot of trouble.
Chongzhen looked at Sun Chuanting: "Sun Aiqing, which one do you choose?"
