In the second year of Tianwu, the Ming Dynasty carried out comprehensive military reforms and formally linked military positions to the ranks of civil servants to achieve the goal of equality between civil and military officials.

The regular military positions of the Ming Dynasty were from low to higher: Captain, Shou Zong, Bai Zong, Battalion General, Regiment General, Brigade General, Division General, and Military Commander, which corresponded to the ninth rank to the second rank respectively.

The military commander in Beijing generally serves as the Minister of War or the Minister of War, and the one who is Xu Qingshan is the Minister of War.

Most of the military commanders outside serve as the chief commander of the Five Army Governor's Office or the chief commander of the Four Major Protectors. For example, Huang Degong's adopted son Li Yu is the chief commander of the Central Army Governor's Office.

The military commander and above are the Minister of Military Affairs, who is the first rank of chief military affairs. He is currently the Chief Military Affairs Minister of Military Affairs, Cao Bianjiao, Duke of Xiangguo, and also serves as the Minister of War.

Of course, there are many nobles in the Tianwu Dynasty. Basically, those who serve in the army have titles. Moreover, the rank of the Count or above is superb, so the rank of the official position is of little significance, mainly depends on the power.

This situation was very common at the beginning of the founding of the country. During the Hongwu Dynasty, Xu Da, Duke of Wei, was the prime minister of the head of civil servants.

The officials in the imperial center were basically ministers who were particularly trusted by the emperor and had the merit of following the dragon.

The officers of the Huangming Military Academy were treated as the ninth-rank captain when they entered the school gate. After graduation, they entered the army and were directly promoted to the chief magistrate, with the eighth-rank magistrate, and the deputy chief magistrate was treated as the eighth-rank magistrate.

The teaching at the Huangming Military Academy was treated as a seventh rank, with the work content equivalent to an instructor, and also served as a political counselor, teaching advanced military concepts and correct political ideas.

The army is the lifeblood of the court, and officers who graduate from military academy must be absolutely loyal to the court! Otherwise, the court will shoot themselves in the foot.

To ensure the loyalty of officers, the teachers of those officers must be loyal!

Therefore, officials and teachers at all levels of the Huangming Military Academy were selected from the military through the Military Affairs Department.

They are naturally rigid and unaccommodating, and some are top students who graduated from the Imperial Ming Military Academy and stay in school to teach.

After listening to his brother's patient explanation, Xu Mingwu suddenly said, "What's wrong with Li Shangyong? How can such a silly be a teacher? Isn't this a slander for the Huangming Military Academy?"

Xu Mingde chuckled and said, "Don't underestimate him. He joined the army at the age of fifteen. When our father was conquering Japan, Li Shangyong also joined the war. He followed his father to kill a Japanese daimyo to the Duke."

Oh? That guy actually beat Japan!

Xu Mingwu's hostility towards Li Shangyong was slightly eliminated.

At this time, Xu Mingde suddenly looked stern: "The thing you played in Dongchang is beautiful, it's not easy for me! Don't pretend to be crazy and stupid in the future, be a good person, and don't embarrass our father!"

Outsiders say that his younger brother is crazy, but Xu Mingde doesn't care. On the contrary, he knows his younger brother very well. This kid is a little introverted, but he is still smart!

I just don't know why this meeting looked like a different person. It feels really abnormal

Xu Mingwu smiled and said, "Brother, I am really not suitable to join the army. Why don't you find a way to get me out?"

In his opinion, in peacetime, joining the army is the most unwise choice. It is better to rely on three hundred years of knowledge to make money and enjoy a lot of wives and concubines!

Xu Mingde smiled: "Our father finally tricked you into it, how could he let you go again?"

Xu Mingwu was stunned and suddenly realized a serious problem.

He pointed to his brother and said, "Last year of the final monthly exam, did you secretly tamper with my transcript and just pass the exam?"

Xu Mingde nodded undeniably: "Well, you're pretty smart!"

"You are cheating, using your power for personal gain!"

Xu Mingwu stood up naked and said righteously: "Xu Mingde, I strongly ask you to treat the students' achievements with a realistic attitude and be honest in your life. Otherwise, you will be deceiving your superiors and concealing your subordinates as a teacher!

Xu Mingde was calm and said, "Brother, you should be the one who deceives his superiors and subordinates. If you blame him for such accusation, you may not be kind!"

Xu Mingwu was hit by his elder brother. Seeing that the cow was not compatible, he played a rogue and continued to accuse Xu Mingde:

"Brother, as a teacher, how can you use your power for personal gain, so that I, the last student who is not carved, will continue to hang out in the imperial elite institution? You are wasting national military resources!"

As he said that, Xu Mingwu stuck his waist and continued, "I'll call you brother now. Our brothers' relationship is still there. If you are stubborn again and again, don't blame me for being a good person to supervise you! By then, my brother's future will be unfavorable!"

"Everything is the only one!" Xu Mingde didn't care at all, and glanced at his lower body.

"Okay! You wait!"

Xu Mingwu took a long walk, but came back in shame because he forgot to wear clothes.

"Where are my pants?"

Xu Mingde pointed to Chishui in front of him: "I just threw it in, you can go down and catch it yourself."

Xu Mingwu beat his chest and stamped his feet in anger, and had to plunge into the pool in a beautiful rotating and diving posture.

Xu Mingde pulled out a ball of clothes from the grass beside him and said with a smile: "You guy doesn't even have all the hairs, and he dares to threaten to destroy his relatives for the sake of justice!"

In this way, Xu Mingwu's life fell into endless troubles. Whenever he was about to skip classes or slacken in training, his brother Xu Mingde always appeared suddenly.

During my spare time, my brother came over to talk about the mountains with wine and meat, and he always talked about the general trend of the world.

Xu Mingwu was angry, but Xu Mingde was a teacher in the military academy after all, and he was his brother. He couldn't confront him in person, so he had to be silent and let the elder brother talk loudly and bow his head to drink.

Xu Mingde didn't care about Xu Mingwu's coldness, and just talked to himself. When he spoke, he was full of energy and sang loudly, chanting Xin Qiji's, expressing his desire to kill the enemy and serve the country.

Over time, the brother's anger and enthusiasm infected Xu Mingwu. He chatted with him a few words and took the opportunity to learn about the various situations of the Tianwu Dynasty from this elder brother.

Seeing that my brother reacted, Xu Mingde became even more excited. Xu Mingwu was very angry. From the civil war to the battle to destroy the Qing Dynasty, from the Netherlands to England and Giriya, from Tsarist Russia to France, from the sluggish Ming Dynasty in the Chongzhen Dynasty, and year-on-year defeats, and from the Tianwu Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty in the military power and invincible in the world!

Speaking of the intense part, Xu Mingde slapped the table and was very excited, which made Xu Mingwu applaud and shouted a few times.

Gradually, the two really developed some brotherly feelings.

In fact, Xu Mingwu still recognizes Xu Mingde very much. This big brother is a person with a temperament, and his straightforward personality is calm.

The only disadvantage is that Xu Mingde likes to be an official too much and always talks about glorious family and conferring his wife and children.
Chapter completed!