On the third day of the second month, Zhu Cixuan first made major adjustments to the army.

The system of garrisons was abolished, and the Governor's Office, which managed the national garrisons, naturally remained in name only and had no effect.

Zhu Cixuan re-divided the functions of the governor of the Five Armies and arranged for troops to be stationed in various places.

The Governor's Office of the Five Army was founded during the Zhizheng period of the Yuan Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang initially set up the Grand Marshal's Office, but later it was changed to the Privy Council, and eventually it was changed to the Grand Governor's Office to control military affairs between China and abroad.

In order to consolidate the imperial power, in the 13th year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, divided the Grand Commander's Office into five on the grounds that "the power is not exclusive to one department, and the matter is not left behind." It was divided into five front, back, left and right offices. Since then, it has become custom-made and has continued to this day.

At first, the Governor's Office of the Five Army was very awesome and was in charge of the world's military power. The Ministry of War was just a nameless person and was willing to be a younger brother.

Later, gradually, the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Five Army restrained each other, and in the end, the Ministry of War completely surpassed the Governor's Office of the Five Army, becoming the highest military management structure in the country.

This change process was also a game between civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty, because the officials of the Governor's Office of the Five Army were basically nobles, while the Ministry of War was civil servants.

Even though his power is not as good as before, the accusations of the Governor's Office of the Five Army have basically not changed. They are mainly responsible for the military registration, management of local garrison stations' military farming, recruiting troops, and transporting military rations.

There were 140 prefectures, 193 prefectures and 1138 counties in the Ming Dynasty. The military was governed by 493 guards and 259 guards. This was the system of guards.

The Governor's Office of the Five Army is in charge of the command departments of each province. The command departments of each province manage several guards, and the guards have a certain number of thousands and hundreds of guards under the jurisdiction of the guards.

The Governor's Office of the Five Army is divided into the Governor's Office of the Central Army, the Governor's Office of the Left Army, the Governor's Office of the Right Army, the Governor's Office of the Front Army, and the Governor's Office of the Back Army, which are divided into local garrisons.

When encountering war, the Governor's Office of the Five Army must obey the arrangements of the Ministry of War and lead the army to fight.

Of course, the Governor's Office of the Five Army can elect generals, and the hereditary assessment and official election of military officers shall be jointly chaired by the Ministry of War and the five governments.

In other words, the generals of the Governor's Office of the Five Army were responsible for managing the local garrison troops, recruiting, training and fighting.

The civil servants of the Ministry of War are responsible for dispatching troops.

After discussion with several nobles from the Military Affairs Department, Zhu Cixuan officially changed the Left Army Governor's Office, Right Army Governor's Office, Front Army Governor's Office, and Back Army Governor's Office to the East Army Governor's Office, Western Army Governor's Office, Southern Army Governor's Office, and Northern Army Governor's Office.

In addition to the unchanging Central Army Governor's Office, the Five Army Governor's Office has been reset, and the jurisdiction has also changed.

The Central Army Governor's Office leads and commands all armed forces in Zhili, Zhejiang and Fujian. The Governor's Office is set up in Nanjing, Zhili, and is harassed by the three armies of Tianwu.

The Eastern Army Governor's Office leads and commands all armed forces in Huguang, Henan and Jiangxi. The Governor's Office is set up in Wuchang, Huguang, and is stationed by the Anwu Army.

The Southern Army Governor's Office leads and commands all armed forces in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and Guizhou. The Governor's Office is set up in Kunming, Yunnan and stationed by the Jingwu Army.

The Western Army Governor's Office led and commanded all armed forces in Shaanxi and Sichuan. The Governor's Office was set up in Xi'an, Shaanxi and stationed by the Dingxi Army.

The Northern Army Governor's Office leads and commands all armed forces in Northern Zhili, Shandong, Shanxi and Daning. The Governor's Office is set up in Northern Zhili, Beijing, and is stationed by the Tianxiong Army.

The new Five Army Governor's Office is responsible for defending the borders and also for attacking all directions, just like the five major war zones...

The Central Army Governor's Office, which led to the Eastern Federation, Nanyang, Qing, Japan, and Australia, is the entire South China Sea, East China Sea, Pacific Ocean, and the development towards the Americas.

The Southern Army Governor's Office guided Southeast Asian countries, India and other places.

The Northern Army Governor's Office led the Northern Army to the North, cooperated with the Northern Protector's Office and the Eastern Protector's Office, led the Qing Dynasty and Siberia, and ranged to the Arctic Ocean.

The Western Army Governor's Office, which guides Moxi Mongolia, Junggar Khanate, Yarkand Khanate, and Hoshuot Khanate, etc., ranging from Central Asia.

The Eastern Army Governor's Office is responsible for restocking and will send troops to assist any side if there is any war.

In order to mobilize the enthusiasm of soldiers to expand their territory, Zhu Cilang implemented the territorial fief system. As long as he had outstanding military achievements and those who had expanded their territory for the Ming Dynasty could reward territory and give land use rights.

For example, if Zhou Yuji could conquer a Khanate in the west of the desert and expand one million square kilometers for the Ming Dynasty, he would obtain a territory of a county, with all the land use rights, economic autonomy, and personnel appointment and removal rights in the territory.

Under the conditions of paying taxes and fulfilling other obligations, Zhou Yuji's descendants can also inherit the territory, but cannot be transferred. Until the title is inherited, the court will take back the land use rights.

If Zhou Yuji's descendants have made a fortune and make merit again, the court will give priority to the Zhou family to renew the land use rights of the territory.

In order to prevent the emergence of the ban, Zhu Cilang stipulated that the enfeoffed territory shall not exceed one county, and the land limit shall be five million mu of land.

The private soldiers in the family territory must not exceed one thousand, and must follow the "Ming Dynasty Law" and be subject to the ruling of the imperial court.

In other words, in the fiefdom, no matter how much you make money, politically and military, you should make less trouble, enjoy happiness honestly, and cultivate more descendants to become talents and re-climb the cup.

Since ancient times, China has been weak in its external expansion in all dynasties, and it has become the main focus by defending itself.

Even if there were several dynasties that like to expand, they did not know how to convert the profits and they all lost money, which made everyone unwilling to go to war and expand.

Unlike the West at this time, after the voyage, the whole world ran everywhere, fighting wars and grab territory, creating colonies, trafficking in humans, and making money from dig gold.

One side gets benefits, everyone around them follows the trend, actively engages in colonization, and influences dozens of generations in future generations in all aspects.

The rewards for small and medium-level soldiers are carried out in various provinces under the jurisdiction of the governor's offices, and land and silver are rewarded according to the size of military merits.

After years of war and a large amount of land was deserted, the imperial court now has too many land resources allocated, especially in the north.

In the south, except for Zhili, Zhejiang, Huguang and other places, the rest of the land is also vast and sparsely populated, with a large amount of land not being used in place.

For some retired soldiers, Zhu Ciyang also provided them with employment opportunities and independent choices, and could be a grassroots cadres such as a village chief or a village chief, or enter a military factory.

You can even enter the armed forces of the Royal Group and become mercenaries who have ocean trade and colonize overseas.

In order to enhance the combat effectiveness of the army under the Governor's Office of the Five Army, Zhu Cixuan considered repeatedly and combined the power of training and military command into one, and the court only retained the power of military transfer.

Although the battles in the Northern Expedition were beautiful, they also exposed many problems of the Ming army.

For example, the running-in between the generals and soldiers of each division, the combination of firearms, the logistics, etc. all need to be strengthened again.

Some troops almost experienced a situation in which "the soldiers do not recognize generals, and generals do not recognize soldiers" in the Northern Song Dynasty, which affected the combat effectiveness of the army.

The army should be a highly centralized and unified armed group, because only with a high degree of centralization and unity can it have strong combat effectiveness.

From this perspective, the power of the Five Armed Forces Governor's Office before the Ming Dynasty was weakened and the power of the Ministry of War was strengthened. This was actually a kind of progress and was beneficial to enhancing the combat effectiveness of the army. The Ministry of War was controlled by civil servants and would not pose a threat to imperial power.

It can be said that in the late Ming Dynasty, a central military leadership system was basically established that could not only enhance the combat effectiveness of the army but also not hinder the centralized power.

However, this leadership system is not perfect, and the civil servants of the Ministry of War intervened too much in front-line command is one of them. The layman commands the insiders and makes all the troubles!
Chapter completed!