Faced with the letter jointly issued by the three dukes, Zhu Di also made him laugh and cry.

He just wanted to take the opportunity to purify military discipline, but he never expected that he had tried too hard. His generals proposed to completely reorganize the army and submitted a very good plan, which made Zhu Di quite moved.

To be honest, the reason why military discipline is confusing is also related to the complex composition of the people.

Originally, Zhu Di's three guards of Yan Wang were a clean system, very simple and convenient for officials. From top to bottom, there was no problem with one whip.

But because of the Jingnan Campaign, Zhu Di absorbed too many other troops.

There were subordinates of the kings, troops from Yunnan, and militia from local areas. During the process of invading Jinling, they also surrendered and rebel. At present, almost 90% of all the troops were not Zhu Di's direct line.

Although the situation has improved after a year of rectification, so many people are of varying quality and complexity. Even the originally obedient soldiers and horses of Peking have been infected with bad habits, otherwise they would never have fallen so quickly.

Zhu Di saw it, how could he not be in a hurry?

You should know that this team is the most important tool for him to realize his ideal of sweeping the world, establishing an unparalleled achievement and achieving the emperor forever, relying on them!

If it weren't for this, Zhu Di wouldn't have heart-to-heartedly and would have made great contributions to a large group of dukes and marquis.

Now, it is inevitable to consolidate the army.

"Liu Chun, what do you think of this plan?"

After taking the memorial, Liu Chun just looked at it symbolically, because the content above was not unfamiliar with it. This was something he once drank and bragged with his father-in-law.

Liu Chun never expected that several upstarts could go to ask Lan Yu for help, and Lan Yu revealed his plan. Liu Chun felt that he had to pretend to be confused, otherwise, he might be suspected by Zhu Di, thinking that it was a plan he had set up deliberately.

It's a pity that although Liu Chun advocated the army's reorganization, he felt that the time was still a little worse and was not the best time.

But the matter has come, and he can't let it go.

"Your Majesty, this military plan is good, but are you too big?"

Zhu Di pondered for a moment, "Are you talking about abolishing military households?"

"This... Your Majesty, military households are the system of the ancestors of the late emperors, and it is not appropriate to abolish them rashly. Moreover, the abolition of military households will immediately face the problem of insufficient military sources. Moreover, although military households are in trouble, they still have fields and one stone of military rations every month, which can barely support their families. If they rashly abolish them rashly, how should the livelihoods of these soldiers be solved?"

Zhu Di listened to Liu Chun's words and snorted, "It's true that you are right, what are you going to do? Just leave it alone and be conservative?"

"This...of course not."

Liu Chun said: "I think it's enough to change the rules a little."

“How to change it?”

"Generally speaking, military households must join the army according to the actual situation of the family and must pass the assessment. As for the current situation, the proportion of children of military households who directly join the army is reduced year by year, and within ten years, comprehensive assessment and selection will be implemented to join the army."

Zhu Di frowned, and after a little thought, he understood what Liu Chun meant.

I have to say that this kid is cunning enough. He didn't say it openly, but in fact he emptied out the military household system.

Based on the actual situation, that is, if there is really no male at home, or there are real difficulties, you can apply to stop military service.

This is the first level.

The assessment is the second level. Some people want to inherit their status in order to join the army, or their parents are leaders and generals. This will lead to some playboys who are obviously playboys who are bullshit, but they are fucked into the army and even steal important positions.

Liu Chun’s idea was to pass the assessment and win the unqualified ones.

In this way, the proportion of military households who were originally in the army would inevitably be greatly reduced.

The so-called ten-year period is the time limit for completely abolishing the military household system.

"Your Majesty, there is another important thing to change the military household system, that is, to increase the military pay of soldiers. I think that while the military households are removed, the soldiers will be given treatment. One stone of food per month will be increased to two stones, one stone will be distributed in kind, and one stone will be sold into banknotes and distributed according to the local market price."

"In addition, the situation in the mainland and border troops is different. I think I can focus on cutting the number of military households in the mainland first. By the way, I have another idea." Liu Chun smiled and said, "Your Majesty can publish a decree. If you need to abolish the identity of military households in advance, you can pay 20 stones of grain and redeem yourself to the court."

Zhu Di frowned, "Liu Chun, are you kidding? Will anyone be willing to hand over the food? Didn't it mean that all the military households are quite poor?"

Liu Chun laughed, "Your Majesty, after decades of development, according to my investigation, most military households are still poor, but there are also many military households who have good business operations and accumulated a lot of wealth. They even need to hire young and strong people to act as military households for them. Instead of doing this, it is better to give them a way to hand over food, abolish their military household status, and get some money for His Majesty to spend it."

Zhu Di was quite happy to hear it before, but when he heard the last sentence, his face turned dark again.

What is this? Do I love money so much?

Besides, if the identity of a soldier can be traded, is it too much fun? If the morale of the army is shaken and the combat power is affected, it will be more than worth the loss.

Seeing Zhu Di's doubts, Liu Chun smiled and said, "Your Majesty, even if these military households join the army, they can only serve as local garrison forces, and the real elite must be placed on the imperial guards."

Zhu Di nodded, "It is indeed the imperial guards who are crucial, and this is also the most hesitant thing for me."

According to the memorials of the three dukes, it is necessary to build a powerful imperial guard with firearms as the core, and to cultivate military talents, a school is added.

But Zhu Di was born as a Mongol. Although he valued firearms, he still preferred to riding and shooting. What's more, the firearms themselves consumed too much and had high logistical requirements. With the current national strength of the Ming Dynasty, they could not support hundreds of thousands of full firearms.

"Your Majesty, I think it's better to divide the imperial guards into three parts, first of all, the Five Military Camps. This part needs to absorb the elite soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, train strictly, and be able to fight and dare to fight. This is the cornerstone of the entire imperial guards. The number of people is between 150,000 and 200,000."

"The second part is the Three Thousand Battalions, which is mainly cavalry, which can also collect the cavalry of Peking, the three guards of Duoyan, and some cavalry from Liaodong. The total number is about 30,000 people, which can ensure that 10,000 elite cavalry can be mobilized to fight at any time."

"There is the Shenji Camp. As the name suggests, the Shenji Camp is mainly based on firearms. This part temporarily has 50,000 people. According to future situations, the Shenji Camp can be expanded, or the imperial guards of the other two camps can be replaced in batches."

"I think the goal of reorganizing the army this time should ensure that the fifth army camp can resist the grassland cavalry and win it in battle. The Three Thousand Battalions and Shenji Camp are the surprise soldiers in the army. As long as they are spread out, they can determine the world in one fell swoop!"

...

Zhu Neng hid in Duke Cheng's mansion. To be precise, he was hiding. No matter how many people came outside, he would not see him, even if he had his former subordinates ignored him.

Zhu Neng called his precious son Zhu Yong in front of him.

He felt sad when he saw his son's silly look. Your father was not like this either. I was so clever, smart and had a good vision when I was a child. More than ten years ago, I knew that Liu Chun was a character, and the three guards of the Yan Palace were the best for me and him.

My stupid baby, why don’t you look like your father at all?

"Yong'er, Dad has seen it. Don't think about being both civil and military, you should be honest and be a martial artist! This time, the army is just an opportunity... Dad asked you, what do you want to do?"

Zhu Yong did not hesitate at all, "Riding a horse!"

"What is riding a horse?" Zhu Neng was so angry. "The focus of the army in the future is on firearms, you have to learn firearms!"

"Riding a horse!" Zhu Yong still had these two words.

"No! Be careful I will beat you to death! Listen to my father and learn firearms." Zhu Neng said fiercely,

Zhu Yong tilted his head and thought about it seriously, "Dad, I'll give you a question. If you answer correctly, I'll listen to you."

"You're giving me a question?" Zhu Neng simply wanted to laugh out loud. This silly boy, you are the last one every time. Liu Chun's girl is less than three years old, she is more sensible than you. Why is I, Zhu Neng, better than a three-year-old child, right?"

"Father, you chased second place in the race. Which one are you?"

"I've chased second, of course it's the first..." The word almost said, Zhu Neng thought seriously for a while before gritting his teeth and said, "It's the second place!"

He was sweating secretly. This question must have been written by Liu Chun, which was full of immorality. Fortunately, his country's father was smart and not deceived.

Zhu Yong tilted his head and said, "Dad, how could he surpass the last one in the school race?"

Zhu Neng laughed, "Silly boy, change direction, do you think dad doesn't know? If he surpasses the last one, of course he is the second to last!"

Zhu Yong suddenly widened his eyes and said, "Dad, are you saying true?"

"nonsense!"

At this moment, Zhu Yong danced excitedly, dancing and joking, so happy.

"I got it, I finally got it. It's not that I'm stupid, it's that they are too smart!" Zhu Yong said seriously: "Dad, you'd better find more than a dozen people and let them race around the school field to see what's going on if they surpass the last one?"

After Zhu Yong finished speaking, he ran out and shouted while running, "My father is a big fool, big fool!" At this moment, Zhu Neng's old face was even more terrifying than the bottom of the pot!
Chapter completed!