The seven-day holiday soon passed, and the ministers began to deal with various political affairs. Li Shimin also began to prepare for war.
The weapons and equipment of the left and right guards had been completed much earlier than expected. This was because the number of craftsmen had increased, and the proficiency of the craftsmen had also increased over time.
Apart from that, he gave 1000 to Chai Shao of Lingzhou and another 200 to Qin Qiong's right-back to train the army according to the new training method.
He also told Chai Shao to pay close attention to the Turks because Li Shimin was about to attack Yuan Junzhang of Heng 'an, and Yuan Junzhang was currently attached to the Turks.
The armed guards were fully equipped. Due to the use of new steel and the terrifying production of basic machinery, every soldier had a set of armor. Li Shiming would not give up armor just because he had guns. What if they fought in close combat?
Every Tang soldier was a treasure to Li Shiming. This set of armor was thinner and tougher than the original armor, and was much lighter. However, its defense had been greatly improved. The original sabers could not cut through it. The cavalry had new sabers and crossbows, and the infantrymen were comparable to pikemen and archers. However, this archer was too scary. After the bayonet was equipped on the rifle, it was a shining spear formation.
When the generals saw Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong's guards, they all shouted that Li Shimin was biased and wanted him to give them equipment.
Cheng Yaojin did not need to show off. When he saw people, he would say," Your Wei is too scumbag. If you're not satisfied, let's fight?”
The generals looked at Cheng Yaojin and gritted their teeth.
Li Shiming told them that the weapons and equipment were being produced at full capacity, and asked them to train their own guards first. Even if they didn't have Tang rifles, they could still train first.
When the time came, he would see the results. He would equip the guard whose training results were outstanding first. In the end, with a swish, all the generals had disappeared and gone to train.
The army now was filled with this general and that general. Their clothes were all the same. Soldiers who were not familiar with each other would not know who they were.
If the commander died on the battlefield, this battle would be a failure.
Li Shimin had already completed the military reform of the Left and Right Guards. He used the military rank system as a reference.
He formulated a complete military system and various military regulations. First, he made it clear that the army was the army of the Great Tang, the army of the Emperor.
No one was allowed to have a private army, which meant that your servants could not enter the army. It was clearly stipulated that servants could not enter the army, and soldiers could not be servants of others.
The country would assign high-ranking military officers with service personnel and arrange for security personnel. However, when you were transferred to another army, another group of people would be in charge of your security guards. The personnel could not be taken away.
If a military court was established, other than those who disobeyed orders or fled, you could be directly punished by military law. Usually, the military law would not care about you because you had no right to care. You were only responsible for leading troops to fight during wartime. If the soldiers violated military rules, they would naturally be dealt with by the military law department. You did not need to give orders.
Usually, the military pay was distributed by the Law Enforcement Office and directly to the soldiers.
Any promotion in the army had nothing to do with the general. Military merits were recorded by the people in the military law office and then reviewed by the military.
Therefore, the power of the Commander-in-chief was much smaller now. Li Shiming wanted to solve the problem of the past. The Commander-in-chief could easily lead the army to rebel, and the soldiers could also follow others to rebel.
Li Shi Min was now changing a guard after equipping it.
As for the epaulets of military ranks, the armor was directly made of a small strip of steel plate, then painted with red paint. Different stars were embedded on it according to different ranks. The general officer had brass gold-plated stars, and the lower generals had steel stars. On the epaulets, there was a horizontal line that indicated a lieutenant and two lines that indicated a colonel.
The military uniform that he usually wore was not a good one in Li Shimin's eyes. However, he did not have any cotton or woolen material, so he used the material of the clothes to make the epaulets. He dyed them and embroidered them with patterns.
After the reform, the military ranks were second lieutenant, first lieutenant, captain, senior captain, major, lieutenant colonel, colonel, major general, lieutenant general, and general. The honorary ranks were general, marshal, and grand marshal. The emperor himself was the grand marshal.
During wartime, they could be temporarily granted the title of general or marshal according to their needs in order to command more troops.
The smallest unit in the military was a squad of 10 people. There was a squad leader and a deputy squad leader each. The second lieutenant and first lieutenant were the deputy platoon leader and platoon leader, leading five squads. The second lieutenant and first lieutenant were originally the platoon leader and were not ranked. Now, they were respectively ranked from the seventh rank and the seventh rank. It was unknown how many ranks they had been promoted. One had to know that the lowest civil servant was the ninth rank, and the number of people was 50.
The captains and senior captains were the vice-captains and company commanders. They led five platoons and served as the original team leaders. They were originally from the ninth rank, but now they were from the sixth rank and the sixth rank respectively. The number of people was 250.
The major and lieutenant colonel were the deputy battalion commander and battalion commander, leading five companies. Compared to the original commandant, there was not much change. They were from the fifth rank and the fifth rank respectively, with a total of 1250 people. The colonel was the regimental commander and led two battalions of Rank-4 soldiers. The total number of soldiers was 2500.
The major general was the brigade commander, leading four regiments of Rank-4 with a total of 10,000 soldiers. The lieutenant general was the division commander, leading two brigades, starting from Rank-3, with a total of 20,000 people. The general was the commander of the army and led two divisions of the third rank. The number of people was 40,000.
The basic combat unit of the army was the regiment, and the regiment commander was in charge of the usual training.
In battle, different infantry regiments and cavalry regiments could be combined according to the needs.
Li Shiming wanted to equip the infantry with horses, but it was not possible for the time being. When the conditions allowed, Li Shiming prepared all the troops to use horses to move quickly.
When Li Shimin was carrying out the military reform, the left and right military guards announced the various reform measures and various appointments. The soldiers were overjoyed and cheered loudly," Long live Your Majesty."
This military reform had opened up a path for ordinary soldiers to rise. Of course, other than military merits, you also needed to be cultured. This was a must. Otherwise, you would be finished if you could neither understand nor write orders.
Therefore, while training, the soldiers also had to learn how to read. When they had enough military merits, they would go to the Royal Military Academy for training before being officially promoted.
On this day, there was a group of Li Shimin's most important subordinates in the side hall of Taiji Palace. Among them were Zhangsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Tang Jian, Li Jing, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Gong, Niu Jinda, and so on.
There was a sand table in the middle of the hall, and everyone was surrounding it. He clicked his tongue in wonder. It wasn't that he didn't have a sandbox, but he had never seen one so detailed.
However, this was not the main point.
"Everyone, what do you think of Yuan Junzhang's military operation this time?”Li Shiming pointed at Yuan Junzhang's location with the wooden stick in his hand.
"Your Majesty, what is there to say? You just need to send Old Cheng over, and I'll immediately bring Yuan Junzhang's dog head back for you.”Cheng Yaojin immediately shouted.
"Why should we let you go? We right guards can do it too.”Yuchi Gong immediately refused. The two guards with new equipment were the left and right martial guards, and both wanted to take the lead.
"Alright, what are you arguing about? His Majesty has his own judgment." Boss Qin Qiong said.
The current Qin Qiong was different from the Qin Qiong in history. After the treatment of the two great divine doctors, Qin Qiong's body was completely fine now. Although he could not charge forward like before, he was completely fine like a normal person.
Moreover, there was no need for the commander to charge into the battle now. In history, Qin Qiong was Li Shiming's loyal follower, not to mention now. A loyalty of 99 was no different from a full value.
"Your Majesty, there are no military problems.”Li Jing said. In the early Tang Dynasty, the Great Tang army had been very powerful.
Now that he had changed his equipment and was armed to the teeth, what else could he say? If they still couldn't win, they wouldn't need to lead troops anymore.
"Duke of Ju, is there a problem with the Ministry of Revenue?”Li Shimin turned to Tang Jian and asked.
"Your Majesty, the treasury is still quite full. There are no problems at all.”Tang Jian replied calmly, completely unlike the way he spent money in the past.
Li Shiming turned to Zhangsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling.
Zhangsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling shook their heads, indicating that there was no problem.
"Since everyone thinks that there's no problem, is there a problem if we attack Yuan Junzhang and Liang shi at the same time?”Seeing that everyone agreed, Li Shimin pointed at Liang Shidu's seat and asked.
Originally, Li Shiming had planned to deal with Yuan Junzhang first before dealing with Liang Shidu. However, since it had come to this, Li Shiming wanted to give it a try.
It was not a military problem, as there was no problem at all. The Left and Right Military Guards had no problem dealing with Yuan Junzhang and Liang shi, but their military strength was simply too weak. The Great Tang was far stronger than them, and both sides were talking about surrendering.
It was mainly about logistics and civil affairs after the war. It was easy to fight a war, but post-war reconstruction was not a simple matter.
After the war, they needed to arrange for civil officials and appease the people. Their people were very poor, and their civil administration was backward. They needed the support of the Great Tang, and this was no simple matter.
Li Shi Min didn't say anything, and neither did the generals. They knew that this wasn't their problem, so they just looked at the civil officials.
"Your Majesty, there are currently less than seven hundred officials in the capital. If it's just Yuan Junzhang alone, it's barely enough, but if we add Liang Shidu, I'm afraid it won't work. Your Majesty's Enke will have to wait until June or July, which means that it will take at least half a year before the problem of the lack of officials can be resolved.”Zhangsun Wuji said.
In ancient times, there was nothing they could do about this. It would take a few months for a decree to spread throughout the country. Otherwise, it was needless to think.
In addition, he had to give those officials time to enter the capital to take the exam. It was already early to say that it was June or July. The results would have to wait until at least September.
Wasn't this helpless?
"Wuji, after the battle, I will give you a list of available personnel. At that time, the Ministry of Personnel can send an assistant minister and an imperial censor to supervise and implement the new policies.”Li Shiming had the system, so after the war, those two places would become the Great Tang's. At that time, he would know which officials were available in those two places.
"Your Majesty, if that's the case, then there's no problem.”Zhangsun Wuji shook his head and said. He still didn't understand how Li Shiming knew so much while sitting in the palace. However, he thought that Li Shiming had another intelligence system, so he didn't pay much attention to it.
"Your Majesty, there is no problem during wartime. If it is to appease after the war, the national treasury will not be able to take out so much food reserves.”Tang Jian answered before Li Shimin could ask him.
It was only January, and they were eating last year's grain. They had some grain reserves, but not much.
"Can you buy some? After all, winter wheat had been planted in the Guanzhong region last year. There was no need to wait for the new grain in June. Now, it was almost in April. In other words, the people had two months of extra food. No, the last two months of the previous years, the people didn't have that much food, sigh…" Li Shimin had completely forgotten that the last two months of the previous years, the people had only eaten porridge mixed with wild vegetables dug out from the ground. They could eat whatever they wanted without even thinking about it. They basically survived the last two months.
This year might be much better than the previous years, but it was unlikely that there would be extra new grain.
"Your Majesty, there's actually no need to think so much.”Fang Xuanling said.
"Hmm? What do you mean?" Li Shi Min asked.
"Your Majesty, even if we don't fight, will the people under Liang Shidu's rule be better off than if we took over? Moreover, after the war, our Great Tang will be able to provide a portion of it, and Liang Shidu's treasury will be able to take out a portion as well.”
Li Shimin slapped his forehead. He was a perfectionist and always wanted to settle the people in one step. Then, he looked at Du Ruhui.
In history, Du Ruhui was very reliable in making decisions.
Du Ruhui nodded.”
"Alright, since that's the case, we'll send troops on the night of the Heavenly Yuan Festival.”Li Shi Min immediately ordered.
In ancient times, there was a set of procedures for sending out troops, such as the emperor sending them off, but Li Shimin did not want to do that. This time, he wanted to take down these two places before the Turks could react.
Therefore, they chose to send troops secretly. Of course, it was impossible to keep it a secret, but it would be kept a secret for as long as possible.
Following Li Shi Min's order, the generals were all beaming with joy.
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