If the grassroots and middle-level people in the military career system still have the idea of pursuing higher-level military positions, then for generals who have reached the general level, this pursuit was not clear in the past.
In other words, their pursuit at this level has directly pointed to more food and status in Liu Bei's heart.
In the past, generals were only distinguished by position, and there was no clear distinction between ranks. Therefore, after an officer leaves the rank of general and enters the rank of general, there are not many promotion paths. Generally, there are only differences and differences within the scope of responsibilities.
Later, in order to further encourage generals at the general level to accumulate military merits and have the courage to fight, instead of resting on their laurels and avoiding degradation and decay, Liu Bei decided to divide the generals at the general level into four levels.
From the second-rank major general, to the second-rank lieutenant general, to the first-rank general, and finally to the highest rank, the first-rank marshal.
These four levels are the military ranks of senior officers belonging to the general level. The promotion and advancement of any level requires the merit of the country-destroying level to be realized.
Generally speaking, at least in Liu Bei's design, after reaching this level, the military merits pursued by generals must be the military merits of the level of annihilation of the country and the genocide. If you want to accumulate ordinary military merits and be promoted, it will be very difficult to overcome.
This can also be regarded as an encouragement to the senior officers of the general group.
In addition, Liu Bei also designed specific military titles based on the general's military rank.
For example, General No. 1 belongs to the rank of Major General.
In principle, the rank of major general is determined by the number of troops. Because Zhonglang general and miscellaneous general were previously positions that could be held by the leader of an army, so the miscellaneous general who belongs to the rank of major general is actually a general.
The number will fluctuate with the number of troops.
As long as the Zhonglang general has made military exploits and is promoted to the rank of major general, he can naturally become a general with a mixed number. Therefore, theoretically, the Han army can have as many generals with a mixed number as there are armies. Holders of the rank of major general also belong to this level.
Unlimited existence.
Of course, there are no restrictions on the general title of a general with a random number. No matter how cool and cool the general's title is, even if you are a space general, you can call it that as long as the court allows it - but at the same time, even if you are a space general
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Starting from Lieutenant General, the number of positions is limited.
First of all, Liu Bei set General Zhengnan, General Zhengbei, General Zhengxi, General Zhengdong and General Zhenglu as the five generals, which belong to the rank of lieutenant general.
With the Five Expeditions, the Five Towns are also indispensable, Zhendong, Zhennan, North, Zhenxi, plus a Zhenlu General. The five town generals work together and are also set to the rank of lieutenant general.
The specific responsibilities of the Wuzheng General and the Wuzhen General are set as the chief general and the second chief general of the five external military regions. They are important generals at the military region leadership level. At this level, they are already in a high position of authority.
In addition to the five major military regions, in the Central Military Region, Liu Bei followed tradition and set up four simple and traditional general numbers as the lieutenant general number in the Central Military Region.
In this way, there are only fourteen lieutenant generals in the entire Han army. If there is no increase or decrease at the military district level in the future, there will only be so many lieutenant generals and they cannot be increased or decreased at will.
In principle, it is possible for the number of first- and second-grade lieutenant generals to increase with the increase of territory and military regions, and the number is not constant.
At the general level from the first-grade general level, the restrictions are even greater.
Liu Bei stipulates that only Generals of Guard, Generals of Chariots, Generals of Hussars and Generals belong to the rank of General, and they will not change with anything. In other words, no matter what happens, there can only be four people in the rank of General. Are there more?
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Further up to the rank of first-grade marshal, there are no restrictions in theory.
Marshal is a marshal. Marshal has no corresponding military position and is just an honorary title. In Liu Bei's design, it is basically awarded to veteran generals who have fought for the country for a lifetime and are widely respected for their hard work and merit.
In other words, in this system, the highest position of real power is at the general level, and the four generals are at the top of the country's military.
Marshal is an honorary military rank determined by a veteran general at the general level before and after he leaves the army. It is the last national level recognition to comfort a veteran soldier who has fought all his life and dedicated everything to the country. It belongs to retirement.
Lifetime achievement awards for personnel exist.
Later, Liu Bei also considered special circumstances.
Considering that in the future the army will be full of talented people and strong men, the quota of fourteen lieutenant generals and four generals may cause many generals who are very capable to stay at the major general level throughout their lives. This will also affect the situation to a certain extent.
To a certain extent, it dampens the enterprising spirit of the generals, and may even lead to some very bad situations.
So Liu Bei designed a supplementary clause.
That is, after accumulating military merit to a certain level, those who are qualified to be promoted to the rank of lieutenant general or general, even if they cannot be promoted to the corresponding military positions because their military positions are not available, their military ranks can be promoted.
In other words, the military position may still be that of a general, but after meeting the conditions, you can first advance to the rank of lieutenant general, then queue up, wait for the position of lieutenant general to become vacant, and then fill it in turn.
The same goes for the lieutenant general level. After meeting the requirements for promotion to the general level, you can also upgrade your military rank, queue up, wait for specific military positions to be vacated, and then fill them in turn.
In making this design, Liu Bei mainly considered it to control military expenditures and to avoid certain hidden worries in the future.
It is difficult to say that the national finances have always been maintained at a very good level. He must take into account the possibility of the country's financial situation deteriorating in the future. Military expenditures, as the bulk of the expenditure and an important expenditure to maintain the state of the country, can be called a place of life and death, a way of survival.
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Lieutenant generals and generals are the highest-level senior officer groups, and the military expenses and expenses they need to spend are quite huge. The military resources contained in the position of a lieutenant general can be calculated in a region.
It occupies a considerable part of the financial share.
It is precisely because of such important responsibilities and authorities that the number of positions must be limited to not too many.
Liu Bei designed corresponding military responsibilities for each general position, which can basically cover the specific military needs of the Han Empire. The layout design of fourteen plus four is enough to meet the needs of the entire military situation.
If there are too many arrangements, it will be meaningless besides wasting military expenditures.
Regarding specific military power, the military power corresponding to military positions is also limited. Military positions cannot be expanded indefinitely, and military power cannot be expanded indefinitely.
These fourteen lieutenant general-level generals are the main persons in charge of each major military region. They are distributed locally and are in charge of the daily work of each major military region. They are also responsible for the dispatch of troops to combat operations in each major military region.
Basically, when every military region has operational needs, officers at the lieutenant general level will serve as the chief generals to lead the expedition.
Generals at the level of lieutenant general are the mainstay of the empire's military. Whenever there is any major event, they must lead the army and become a barrier for the empire, even if they die in battle.
The four generals at the admiral level are even more special.
Due to their high status, they did not hold local posts and did not have direct contact with the army. They held posts in the central government and could go to court just like court officials. Their main scope of activities was under the emperor's nose and they were responsible for the military tasks of the entire world.
In peacetime, they can counsel on military affairs and have the authority to participate in discussions and votes at military meetings of the Privy Council.
As for war, after being promoted to generals, they basically bid farewell to the frontline battlefields. Their main duty is to be counselors, as the emperor's senior military counselors, and they are directly involved in the daily teaching tasks of the Imperial Military Academy that Liu Bei will establish.
Naturally, as the four best military strategists in the empire, they will not completely become mascots.
Whenever the local military regions have major military tasks that cannot be handled alone, the emperor will allow generals at the general level to lead soldiers from the central military region to support them, take over all military command authority, and be fully responsible for the battle.
In short, in this new system in which military ranks and military positions correspond to each other, the miscellaneous generals at the rank of major general are the high-level cornerstone of the army, and the most important ones are the fourteen generals at the rank of lieutenant general. They are the foundation of the empire.
The military breakwater, the general is the emergency rescue team after the levee collapses.
Finally, at the level of title, Liu Bei decided to make a big move.
He wanted to restore the traditional five-level titles of princes, uncles and men before the Qin Dynasty. Each level of title would also have three levels, from third-class male to first-class duke. There would be a total of fifteen levels of titles, all of which would be open to ministers.
Of course, Liu Bei also completely stripped away the relationship between titles and fiefs in this design system.
Traditionally, titles are closely related to fiefs and towns. Even if one does not have the right to govern, he still has the right to enjoy taxes and enjoy the reputation of a place.
However, in Liu Bei's design, the title of the Third Reich was only related to the number of food fiefs.
Each level of title corresponds to a different number of restaurants, representing different income levels. It is not even related to the name of the place. There is no place name in front of each title, and the restaurant does not specifically refer to the food of a certain place.
Yi is just a symbol.
Specifically, the amount of economic benefits a household can have is determined by the imperial court. The final economic benefits generated are also directly allocated by the imperial household department. They do not have any connection with the local area. The title of the Third Reich will completely strip away other attributes and will only produce
Economic benefits and a certain symbolic significance to personal honor.
Others, nothing.
This was a huge impact on the social environment and traditional concepts at that time.
But it doesn't matter. The underlying operating logic of the Third Reich has been changed by Liu Bei. Now it is not difficult for him to do these things. All the forces that can directly oppose him have been eliminated by him.
Even if the two dukes, Duke of Song and Duke of Wei, exist under the traditional system of two kings and three lords, there is no problem for Liu Bei. He directly announced that Duke Wei and Duke of Song are special [ritual Dukes].
], not [Military Duke], they are both Dukes, but they do not belong to the same system.
For these two dukes, they can maintain their original titles, but for these two people, Liu Bei also ordered them to move from their original fiefdoms to Luoyang. From then on, they lived in Luoyang and no longer went to the fiefdoms.
So in October of the third year of Zhenguan, when Liu Bei officially announced that he would carry out a series of changes in the military system, many people were surprised, but few objected. Everyone accepted this new reality without much effort.
As a result, Liu Bei naturally launched reforms to the military system.