The Ming Dynasty originally had only a compulsory military service system, that is, military households. The military household system was very famous in later generations, and when it came to mention it, it reminded people of beggars and bankrupt farmers. However, it was highly respected at the beginning of the country. Until the Xuanzong Dynasty, there were still people who asked for relationships and asked for favors to change from civil servants to military officials and become military officials.

Under Zhu Cixuan's rule, Zhu Cixuan abolished a large number of garrisons and changed them to the jurisdiction of prefectures and counties, releasing a large amount of land and population resources. However, in this way, the military service personnel left by his ancestors were gone. At the same time, in order to reduce the people's exclusion of re-registering household registration, the Eastern Palace announced the abolition of corvee service as early as Shandong.

Corvée is a chronic disease for thousands of years, and the abolition of corvée can be regarded as a good policy that has been recorded in history. It is impossible that before the cheers are over here, a military service has been created without any medicine. If so, how can the country's credit be rebuilt? A government without credibility is basically not far from collapse.

However, the recruitment system has reached a bottleneck. Even though the recruitment scope has been expanded to the Jiangnan area and preferential policies for enlisting in the army to re-register and enroll in the army, the prospects are still a bit bleak. At the beginning, a large number of young and strong slaves who lost their household registration joined the army, but as time goes by, the number of recruits has dropped sharply.

Fortunately, such a headache is not something You Shiwei needs to consider.

"Your Highness, this is the scope of power of recruiting new recruits. I dare not argue with you." You Shiwei smiled, and for some reason, a breeze seemed to blew in his heart.

Zhu Cixuan realized that the stall is getting bigger and bigger now, and it is no longer the case when he just asked someone to ask questions.

"So what about the migration work of military academies at all levels?" Zhu Cixuan asked: "Can the school start in September?"

Military academies are different from other schools and formal troops, so they are under the jurisdiction of the Grand Governor's Office and do not belong to the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War.

"Your Highness, the school starts in September will not be delayed, but the navy has not reported the progress yet. I have sent someone to ask," said You Shiwei.

"Huh? What are you asking?"

"The matter of moving Huangming Naval University to Beijing and Tianjin." You Shiwei took it for granted.

Zhu Cilang suddenly realized a problem: In this era, the Ming Dynasty did not have a clear naval theory. Although the school was named Navy, in fact, no one regarded the navy and the army side by side. The order he issued to the General Staff only mentioned the military academy and did not specifically mention the Naval University.

"Shen Tingyang didn't tell me about this... I don't think there is any need to move." Zhu Cixuan said.

"Duke Shen has replied that he will relocate as soon as possible..."

It turned out that Shen Tingyang also felt that it was natural that he was responsible for admiring the Shandong Navy and obeying the orders of the Grand Governor's Office.

You Shiwei also realized something was wrong and emphasized: "Your Highness. Since this university is named "Huangming" country, we should naturally follow the capital. Moreover, there are ports in Tianjin, so we can still practice in the sea."

"Don't waste the previous school building investment." Zhu Cixuan thought about it and made sense. Tianjin's sea conditions were better than those in Denglai Weihai. Moreover, after the main school moved to Beijing, it could be used to train in Shandong, Zhejiang, and Fujianli Branches, just so that students could do long-distance training.

You Shiwei didn't expect that the crown prince would establish a branch, but he knew that Zhou Yuji had made a huge profit in Zhangjiakou, so money would definitely not be a problem. Let his subordinates give a report first. He originally wanted to talk to the crown prince about the revision of the training outline of the new army, but Qin Liangyu had already arrived to take over.

"It seems that it's time for the old minister to meet you." Qin Liangyu smiled apologetically when he saw You Shiwei, then turned to Zhu Cilang and said, "Your Highness, your new military uniform has already appeared. Please check it out."

Zhu Cixuan was almost walking to the study and said, "Let them come in."

The new military uniform adheres to the spirit of "solid, durable, affordable and beautiful", and has made three styles: spring and autumn clothing, winter clothing and summer clothing. The clothes look like at any time, regardless of gender.

Three soldiers who were no less tall than the Han general of the Jinyiwei came to the order. They walked into Zhu Cixuan's study neatly, stood there, without looking sideways.

"This is the regular clothes of soldiers." Qin Liangyu introduced.

The military uniforms of ordinary soldiers are still mainly based on the original style of the Ming Dynasty, including cloth shoes, leggings, belts, and military ranks on the shoulders. Because they were originally using narrow sleeves, it was impossible to be narrower. However, the hem of the clothes was received at the waist and became a "short clothes" that manual laborers often wear.

"According to the data provided by the General Staff, not only does the skirt and armor restrict the soldiers' walking, but also has no protective effect. It is better to cut it off to seek benefits." Qin Liangyu stepped forward and explained.

Zhu Cilang nodded. In order to save fabric, Emperor Chongzhen issued a special order to limit the width of the sleeves. This outfit is exactly the same as the above. In traditional concepts, the soldiers in the army were originally equivalent to "labor" and the short clothes were not an insult. Before, the fat jacket was long enough to protect the thighs, so it was indeed not necessary.

The only improvement is the metal buttons on the right armpit and the right side of the round collar.

Metal buttons were more used in women's clothing in the Ming Dynasty, but men did not use them much. However, the buttons were obviously faster than laces. Before the zipper was invented, the buttons might be used for a long time.

"Why don't you use copper?" Zhu Cixuan said: "Our military uniform is mainly red, and it looks better with copper buttons."

"Your Highness, copper can be used to mint coins." Qin Liangyu reminded.

"The military appearance can enhance morale."

"I'm afraid that some soldiers will take buttons to exchange for money..."

"That's because your instructor's job was not done well." Zhu Cilang tried to make his tone sound kinder. Qin Liangyu was so old.

Qin Liangyu took the order and said, "I understand."

"Also," Zhu Cixuan asked the soldier to raise his arm: "Look, this button is not easy to use with one hand under the armpit."

According to the aesthetic view of Ming people, the buttons are hidden in inconspicuous places. However, in this way, when wearing clothes, the right hand must be raised, and can only be moved by one left hand to affect the speed. Moreover, the wrapped left lapel still needs to be tied to offset the speed brought by the buttons.

"Use copper buttons and press the pattern on it, so it looks pretty good when exposed outside." Zhu Cixuan drew a flat button shape on the paper, and then said while drawing: "How about moving it out and put it in the middle? It looks symmetrical. In this way, you don't need to wrap too much right lapel, which can save more fabric."

The tailor who was serving the side quickly took out a charcoal pen and recorded it, preparing to go back and rectify it. Zhu Cixuan didn't know what others thought about this. But he was the biggest here. As long as he spoke about the appearance, no one would dare to object to it.

"Is the neck tied up here?" Zhu Cixuan pulled the neckline that looked like that man, worried that the round neckline would hold its breath. The round neckline of ordinary clothes was not upright, but now in order to hold the buttons, it became a high round neckline. It would be fine if it was tailored. But the soldiers only chose the clothing with a grade of one to five or five, and it is very likely that the collar would be inappropriate.

The military uniforms in later generations were only worn normally, and there were combat uniforms or camouflage uniforms during combat. However, the Ming army's regular uniforms are usually shared with combat, so the practicality requirements are also high.

"Go back to Your Highness, I'm a little..." The man looked a little frightened and tried hard to stay calm.

"Change it into a transaction collateral." Zhu Cilang immediately made a decision: "If you take the transaction collateral frequently, you will still use the round collar for public clothes."

The tailor quickly wrote it down and prepared to go back and make changes.

"During the freezing season, or in the bitter and cold place, regular clothes are equipped with a scarf. Add a big cloak for winter clothes." Zhu Cilang said: "But the cuffs of the big cloak must be put away, and do not have the opposite collar. It is still a pair of collars like regular clothes. However, you can wrap the right lapel more and try to use more cotton."

Qin Liangyu nodded slightly, thought about the description of the crown prince in his mind, and felt that it was also considered spiritual.

Soldiers only have regular clothes, and it will be fine after watching three sets.

When you reach the level of the Wei School, the hem of the regular suit is placed above the knee, which is somewhat similar to a short coat. It looks obviously more majestic than the soldiers. In addition to the regular suit, there are also public suits. Because public suits are required to attend etiquette occasions, the format is customized, and it is impossible to use a surprising product like buttons, and it is impossible to make suggestions for improvement.

When it comes to the level of generals, in addition to regular clothes, public clothes, and court clothes. The court clothes are also called garments. They are clothing worn during the imperial court ceremony. They have slightly changed from the Zhou Dynasty to the Tang and Song dynasties, and they are not allowed to be interrogated by Zhu Cilang. The only thing that needs to be determined is the connection between military ranks and official ranks.

"The marshal is the highest rank, corresponding to the duke." Zhu Ciyang said: "The general corresponds to the marquis, the lieutenant general corresponds to the earl, and the major general corresponds to the first rank."

Qin Liangyu inadvertently said "Huh" and said intimately: If this happens, wouldn't I be wearing a marquis' court uniform?

In the original historical time and space, Qin Liangyu was named the title of Zhongzhen Marquis, which corresponds to it. Those who were named Dukes at the beginning of the country were also commanders of the front line, which was also in line.

There are four levels of clothing from generals to soldiers. In addition to their differences, the materials used are also different, and the differences in grades are reflected everywhere.

Zhu Cilang was very optimistic about wool materials, and since the Qin and Han dynasties, there was a relatively mature wool textile industry called weaving, mainly using wool, and also has rabbit hair, camel hair, yak hair, etc. However, due to the quality of the raw materials, today's wool textiles are lining and felt blankets, but it is very difficult to make wool garments. At this time, the Spanish Merino fine wool sheep had been successfully cultivated, but it was a national treasure that did not go abroad and could not be done in the Ming Dynasty.

After reading the military uniform plan, Zhu Cixuan still remembers the issue of military recruitment.

Qin Liangyu said to this: "Now in Shandong, it is still mainly used to promote recruitment. The news from his subordinates says that the people are very vigilant about 'military service'. In many places, some people even cheat and cancel their household registration. Prefectures and counties also hope that the military can refute the rumors to settle the people's hearts."

Zhu Cixuan couldn't help but sank and asked, "What are the countermeasures for the General Training Department?"

"Now, in addition to promoting the benefits of joining the army, our troops can't think of a way out." Qin Liangyu paused and said, "Your Highness, there are still many places where there are not households and people in Qi. Can the revival of Shenjing be the boundary? In the areas where the revival was previously revived, they would be exempted from corvee service when they log in to their household registration. Then they would have to serve in the military."

Zhu Cilang shook his head slightly: The officials and civilians in this era misunderstood that household registration is to collect labor service and collect capita tax, but they do not know the significant impact of population data on local management, resource allocation, and national policies. If the demographic speed is slowed down just for recruitment, it is really a matter of buying a box and returning a pearl, and it is not important to buy a box and pay a pearl. (To be continued...)
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