The first graduation ceremony of the Martial Arts Hall arrived as scheduled and was held in the square of the Imperial Palace. It was very grand.
Not a single one of the civil and military officials in the capital was left behind, and all were present to watch the ceremony. The five generals and some senior generals of the fifth army were also present.
Even the general military officers stationed in various towns in the northern provinces had all arrived in the capital three days ago, including Qin Liangyu's niece and grandson who came from Shizhu.
Originally, Zhu Cihong wanted to announce Qin Liangyu's visit to Beijing, but considering that she was too old, over seventy years old, he specifically allowed her to send her nephew to Beijing to meet the saint in her stead.
However, almost all Qin Liangyu's husband, sons and daughters-in-law died for the Ming Dynasty, and now only one niece and grandson are left. It can be said that the whole family is loyal.
Although Zhu Cihong originally canonized Zhang Xianzhong as the King of Shu, the stone pillar guarded by Qin Liangyu was not assigned to him, and he promoted the stone pillar Xuanfu Division to a pure military town like Xuanfu.
At this moment, the square in front of the Emperor's Palace was filled with stars. Almost everyone knew that His Majesty, with so much effort and effort, was not just holding a graduation ceremony for these more than 3,000 disciples. He would definitely make another big move on the army.
Three thousand one hundred trainees, wearing brand-new military uniforms and armor, stood upright in the square. Everyone was full of energy, and their faces were full of determination and confidence.
Looking at these three thousand people, almost all the generals' eyes glowed green and were full of affection. This was a subconscious reaction of a general who had experienced battles for a long time.
All the civil servants had solemn expressions on their faces, and they were very worried that if things continued like this, the civil servants would never be able to get ahead.
The graduation ceremony was very simple. Three thousand people all knelt down with a bowl of wine, toasted to the emperor, thanked him for his teachings, and kowtowed nine times after drinking.
Although there were many court ladies, eunuchs, and some storytellers who taught them how to read and write in the entire martial arts hall, these people could only be called teaching, and the only real teacher was Zhu Cixang.
Usually in private, Zhu Cixiang allowed them to call him teacher, but no one dared to call him that. They all called him Your Majesty.
Zhu Cixi did not force this, but stipulated that students must call the emperor "teacher" at the opening and graduation ceremonies in the future.
After all, there will be more students in the future, and it is impossible for him to teach in person. At most, he will be there in person at the beginning and end of school to encourage them, or occasionally take a class on a whim.
Even though he is just a teacher, his role is huge and it truly establishes the teacher-student relationship.
Otherwise, how could he be called the emperor's disciple if he was never even called "teacher"?
Zhu Cixiang sat on the Taishi's chair. After drinking the wine and thanking his disciples, three thousand people came to him one after another and knelt down to accept the emperor's personal teachings.
Zhu Cixiang just gave everyone a word of encouragement, and then each of them was given a sword as a gift.
The swords are all of the same style, made of fine steel, with a dragon pattern engraved on the hilt, and the four characters "loyalty, bravery, wisdom, and martial arts" engraved on the sword body, as well as small characters such as the date number and the gift from the mentor Emperor Shenwu.
This is definitely a treasure that can be passed down from generation to generation, so when every student took the sword with both hands, they were so excited that they trembled all over.
All the generals who were watching the ceremony had their eyes red when they saw this scene.
This is the first issue, so everyone in Zhu Cixiang was given a sword. In the future, they will definitely be tested and only the best ones will get it.
Without a certificate, soldiers don't need that stuff. This sword is the best proof that they are the emperor's disciples and students of the martial arts hall.
There were more than 3,000 people, and although each person only said a word or two of encouragement, the event continued from morning to afternoon.
Not all of the 3,100 people were sent to the various armies, but 100 were retained as teachers.
The next day, Zhu Cixi held a joint military and political meeting in the Imperial Palace and carried out a thorough reform of the Ming Dynasty's military system.
The first is to completely abolish the Five Military Governor's Office and re-establish a Metropolitan Governor's Office with five supervisors, namely the Military and Political Supervisor, the Royal Horse Supervisor, the Ordnance Supervisor, the Military Legal Supervisor and the Du Si Supervisor.
From now on, the Metropolitan Governor's Office will take charge of the mobilization, personnel, military law, logistics, equipment, training and other related matters of all armies in the world, as well as manage the various garrison headquarters.
The Grand Governor's Office has one Grand Governor, one each on the left and right, and one person each on the left and right of the Fifth Governor's Office.
The post of Grand Governor was held by Zhu Cihong himself, while Hong Niangzi served as the Left Governor and concurrently as the commander of the Chinese Army. The right Governor of the Grand Governor's Office was temporarily vacant.
The title of the chief officer of the Fifth Army was also changed from the original Commander-in-Chief to the Commander of the Army.
The Red Lady's Commander-in-Chief of the Central Army was also completely abolished. Even the Commander-in-Chief of the Left who concurrently served as the Commander of the Central Army was a special case. This situation will not happen again in the future.
Then there is the reform of the army's organization. From now on, the Ming Dynasty's army will be divided into four types: the Royal Forest Army, the Field Army, the Standing Army and the Reserve Army.
Needless to say, the Imperial Guards are the emperor's own army and are responsible for guarding the palace and imperial city. They consist of ten battalions with about 50,000 people, one of which is a female battalion.
The field army is temporarily organized into five legions and several towns.
The five legions are the original five armies in the front, rear, left, right, and center. Each army has ten battalions, each battalion has more than 6,000 people, and one battalion leader. Among them are two sword and shield battalions, two short spear battalions, one long spear battalion, and one bow battalion.
Each battalion has five teams under its jurisdiction, each with more than 1,200 people, and a total of one team leader.
Each bid consists of five teams, with more than 240 people in each team and a team leader.
Each team has five flags, each with 48 people, and a flag general.
Each banner has four subordinates, each with 12 people, including one chief and two corps commanders.
The new military system consists of seven levels from top to bottom: army, town, battalion, standard, team, flag, and even.
Each legion has about 60,000 people, with a total of 12,000 sword and shield soldiers, 12,000 short spearmen with one-foot long spears, 6,000 pikemen with two-foot spears, 6,000 crossbowmen, and two thousand powerful crossbows.
and 3,000 ox-horn bows, 6,000 cavalry, 6,000 firearms, 12,000 craftsmen auxiliaries, 2,000 carts, and 6,000 mules and horses.
With this kind of organization, each legion can carry three months of food and fight independently.
The army and the town are directly under the governor's office. The difference is that the town's establishment is smaller and the number of people is smaller, but it can still fight independently.
Each town has a general military officer, with about 20,000 to 30,000 people depending on the situation, and four to six battalions under its jurisdiction. The other establishments are the same, and are mainly used to guard various areas.
Liu Zeqing's tribe in Shandong is classified as the first town, Gaojie's tribe in Henan is the second town, Liu Liangzuo's tribe in Shanxi is the third town, Liu Fangliang's tribe in Xuanfu is the fourth town, Wu Sanfu's tribe in Datong is the fifth town, and Tangtong's tribe is the sixth town.
, Nanyang Zuomengeng tribe is the seventh town, Shizhu Qin Liangyu's white pole soldiers are the eighth town, and Nanjing's more than 80,000 troops are tentatively designated as the ninth and tenth towns.
There are five armies and ten towns in total, with about 500,000 field troops.
As for the standing army and reserve army, the remaining officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who were not included in the Five Armies and Ten Towns were re-registered, and all were organized into the standing army, and their positions and grades remained unchanged.
Including reforms and unabolished garrison stations in various places, all are temporarily in the reserve army and remain unchanged.
The two armies will definitely be reorganized and reformed in the future, but for the time being, Zhu Cixiang has no energy to care about them.