At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Anyway, Zhao Yun couldn't find it, and felt that he was a bit passive and sabotage, so he directly discussed the matter with the emperor, how easy it was to get it right in one step?

Those in charge of the guards have such an idea.

Therefore, Guo Jin further confirmed the existence and significance of the green channel. He called on the four generals and the logistics staff to discuss any problems with him directly through the green channel.

Don't look for the general, the general is very tired and needs to rest.

I'm not tired, I don't need rest.

All come to me.

Guo Jin wants to empty Zhao Yun and turn the General of the Guards into a purely honorary position, so that this honorary position can no longer affect the army, it can only exist symbolically, and then act as a firefighter when necessary.

This trend appeared when Zhao Yun was away on an expedition.

Now, Zhao Yun's voluntary retreat has accelerated this trend.

The existence of the emperor has gradually replaced the meaning of the existence of the general. Everything can be communicated with the emperor through the green channel, so it is no longer necessary to need the general as an intermediary.

What's more, the general himself rarely appears in the army.

Therefore, the power possessed by the position of general is actually controlled by Guo Jin through the green channel.

In a sense, Zhao Yun's political wisdom far exceeds that of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, but his desire for power is far lower than that of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

What an excellent general.

It's nothing more than Guo Peng likes him so much.

Guo Jin thinks so.

It's just that Guo Jin's desire for power is not weaker than Guo's. When the throne is handed over, the real power of the guards that Zhao Yun once held must be in his hands, otherwise he will not eat well and sleep well.

But now the establishment of the green channel and Zhao Yun's active retreat have actually confirmed the result of Guo Jin's victory over Zhao Yun, and Guo Jin has become the actual "General of the Guards".

And Zhao Yun took the initiative to enter a semi-retired state.

Guo Jin admired Zhao Yun's courage and political wisdom very much, so she didn't plan to torment Zhao Yun further, but planned to let Zhao Yun spend his old age in peace, and he was more comfortable than Cao Ren.

Because Zhao Yun still has a position, in the event of an accident, Zhao Yun can still take command and go out.

It's just that Zhao Yun can't have actual power in his daily life.

Guo Jin's plan to seize power has initially succeeded, and his next target is the Fourth General of the Air Guard.

The four generals of the Wei Army are also the positions of the permanent generals in the Wei army. The power of the permanent general position is very important and cannot be changed casually.

One Zhao Yun is easy to deal with, but the four standing generals are not easy to deal with.

At present, although the generals of the guard army have no possibility of threatening the government, these four generals can have them.

Once the situation in the court changes, the four generals will inevitably become roles that all forces are vying to win over, and right now they themselves have the background of all forces.

Cao Chun, Li Dian, Guo Dong, Xia Houyuan.

Guo Dong naturally listened to him, because he was one of his own and was very loyal to the Guo family.

One of Cao Chun and Xiahou Yuan represents the Cao family, and the other represents the Xiahou family. Under certain circumstances, the two may even form a strategic alliance.

Li Dian is outside, which actually represents a force in the military that is outside the royal family and relatives and generals. It is a third-party force, and it is also a force that is very easy to win over in the event of an accident.

They each already represent different interest groups.

When Guo Peng was still there, of course they all listened to Guo Peng.

No matter what weird power group behind them needs to be represented, how dare they say anything when Guo Peng orders them to hand over their military power?

Now Guo Jin does not have such prestige, so the power group behind them can actually be a monster. If this possibility is not eliminated, the problem will be very serious.

This kind of permanent general position that can concentrate power must remove real power.

The highest can only allow the existence of the school lieutenant.

There are too many school lieutenants, hundreds of thousands of guards, and at least a few hundred school lieutenants. Let the interest groups fight for it and see how many they can win to stand on their side and help them with their affairs.

Moreover, there are too many people, so many thoughts, complicated and chaotic, difficult to control, each has its own needs, each has its own ideas, how can we influence the court situation through them?

As far as the four generals are concerned, as long as two are won, there is a possibility of shaking the political situation. Even if the two confront each other, the outcome is uncertain.

Imagine that one day in the future, there will be a political struggle in the imperial court, and the emperor will not notice, and the four generals will be wooed by a powerful minister, or two of the four generals will be wooed, then this powerful minister will actually have the possibility to dominate the government. The emperor is in danger.

If the emperor cannot fully control these four people, it will easily lead to the fall of military power and the birth of powerful officials, thus threatening the centralization of the Wei Empire.

So this kind of possibility is unacceptable to Guo Jin.

It is not impossible for the four generals to exist, but they cannot become permanent generals. To become the same honorary position as the generals of the guard, the real power cannot be entrusted to them.

In the army, the school lieutenant should be the main commander. Only the school lieutenant can lead troops in daily life, and no higher position can lead troops in the guard.

There is no such rank as Zhonglang general in the Wei army.

In other words, there used to be, in troubled times, but when Guo Peng's army evolved from the nominal Han army to the Wei army, there was no such thing as a Zhonglang general.

Jump directly from the captain to the general.

This is Guo Peng's art of commanding the army. Minimizing the army's hierarchy and reducing the middle part can highlight the authority of the supreme ruler, facilitate leadership, and enhance the presence of the supreme ruler.

It can be said that Guo Peng was also paving the way for Guo Jin's actions in the future.

The Han army is different from the Wei army. In terms of system, the Han army also implemented the principle of employing people in the Han court.

Whether the power is heavy or not is not important, the important thing is that the position should not be high.

The higher the position, the more troublesome it is to clean up, and the lower the position, even if the power is great, it is easy to clean up. This is the emperor's mind.

Being humble is definitely a good idea.

Therefore, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, even in the era of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, General Zhonglang was the highest position in command of the army.

How high can a group of Zhonglang generals be?

During the crusade against the Yellow Turban Army, Lu Zhi led the army as General Bei Zhonglang, and also won the victory. After the victory, he was relieved of his position and became a Taiwei with ease.

If this is a high-ranking military position, you try it?

Compared with the great generals, hussar generals, and chariot generals in the Western Han Dynasty, Zhonglang will be a typical lowly position. It is easy to appoint and equally easy to remove, and there is no way to struggle.

Therefore, Guo Jin felt that after he fully controlled the guards and further fully controlled the military power, it was necessary to change the military rank system established by Guo Peng.

After the founding veterans withered one after another, the honor of generals could not be given casually.

Moreover, the generals should not just be given a general title, just Zhonglang General, Southeast Northwest Zhonglang General, or a mighty title, which is the same as the title Guo Peng gave to his subordinates when he founded the army in the early days.

To implement the method of employing people with humble positions, no one will be given the title of general unless he is a senior veteran.

Guo Peng came from troubled times, and the military ranks he established took over the troubled times when the general was worthless, not the era when the general was extremely valuable.

But when the troubled times passed and the governing came, the general's status and authority were too high, which did not meet the requirements of the emperor's control of military power in the peaceful era.

Guo Jin felt that it was necessary for her to change this trend.

Not only in the military, but also in the political circles. Thoroughly implement the law of appointing people with low status and power that Guo Peng has been implementing all along, and continue to replace those who have achieved fame and power with people with low status but great power, so as to achieve political harmony. The dynamic balance of the military world.

Guo Jin firmly remembered the concept of dynamic balance that Guo Peng told him. He must not let a certain department remain stagnant. Soon, this department will become corrupt.

They have to move, keep moving, keep tossing, so that they don't have a comfort zone to toss something.

If my technique is not yet mature enough, then use this action to exercise this technique, and if you become more mature, you will be able to do more things in the future.

Guo Jin secretly made up his mind.

Then he ordered the holding of a big contest of middle-level officers in the whole army.

Under the banner of "Testing officers is testing the army", all the school lieutenants, mid- and lower-level officers at the level of military commanders, and tough soldiers who have accumulated more than five beheads are called to participate in this big contest.

The competition is divided into multiple events, and each person can sign up for up to five events. The top three in each event will be rewarded, and there will be even more generous rewards for No.1.

As the news spread, the middle and lower-level officers of the entire guard and the soldiers who had accumulated more than five beheads were a little puzzled.

They don't know what it means.

They didn't know the significance of this strange activity by the emperor.

Chapter 1485 Promotion Mechanism and Elimination Mechanism in Peacetime

Most of the middle-level officers of the Wei army were not of high background, and most of them were the children of Li Shu who fought with Guo Peng all the way.

They were able to get into the position of school lieutenant and army commander, and they were able to run around the barracks with five heads, and they themselves also relied on military merits.

After many years of fighting and accumulating meritorious service and being promoted to this point, it is not easy for everyone to win military status and welfare benefits for their family members.

But right now, as the empire is becoming more and more stable and there are fewer and fewer wars, there are very few opportunities for meritorious service and promotion that are visible to the naked eye.

You can't rely on military merits to be promoted, so if you want to be promoted next, you can't just rely on war merits.

In addition to qualifications, personal performance should also be included in it, or to put it more vulgarly, it is to gain profits.

Some people don't think much about promotion. They feel that they are satisfied with being a mid-level officer after all their battles, and that they can enjoy peace and peace without having to dig in.

Anyway, to this extent, the family is also a military family, and there is a lot of benefits. There is no problem of survival. The family members are very satisfied, and they are also very satisfied.

As for promotion, it's purely a matter of qualifications. If you can get promoted, you can get promoted, and it doesn't matter if you don't get promoted.

But there are some who still want to get promoted and have a look, to live a general's addiction.

Well, he can be regarded as an iron-blooded soldier, even if he has the rank of the lowest general, it's okay to say that he is a general, how nice it sounds.

It's just that under the current situation, the number of wars is getting less and less, the possibility of promotion through military means is getting lower and lower, and the possibility of promotion through other means is getting higher and higher.

So during this period of time, some people who wanted to be promoted, he was not so peaceful.

This trend has been noticed.

Before the Western Expedition, Zhao Yun had written a report to Guo Jin, telling Guo Jin that some people in the army were restless recently, trying to get promotion opportunities.

They don't hesitate to give gifts to senior officers or people related to senior officers, or find some special channels to get involved with some people on the staff desk, trying to get the priority of promotion.

Naturally, military dispatching has nothing to do with the civilian government, but the promotion of military ranks and military ranks is managed by the Taikaogong Division of the General Staff. They will make a comprehensive judgment based on the military's record, who can be promoted, who can only wait, and who will be demoted some type of.

They issued written statistics and handed them over to the emperor, who made the final approval, but basically the decision-making power rested with the staff desk.

Some people who want to be promoted look for opportunities to try their best to test the merits of the staff station, hoping to get a promotion.

Zhao Yun pointed out that after the number of wars has decreased, those in the military who are eager to be promoted will inevitably take actions. There are many such people. The combat effectiveness of the army.

At the same time, it is also necessary to prevent some people on the staff desk from using this relationship to have unnecessary connections with the army and interfere with the purity of the army.

After Guo Jin received the report, she tried her best to launch the Western Expedition, and barely appeased those who wanted to be promoted.

But this is not a long-term solution after all.

If the army is to maintain combat effectiveness and maintain fundamental order, it is necessary to have an open and transparent peacetime promotion mechanism and elimination mechanism.

War alone cannot appease those soldiers who are eager for promotion. After all, there are no enemies around the Wei Empire.

So I thought a lot during the Western Expedition, and consulted Guo Peng a lot, and got some conclusions that he thought were very meaningful.

He wants to plan a more open and transparent promotion mechanism for the army.

The elimination mechanism is actually written in the military regulations and laws. As long as you don't abide by it, you will be beaten back to your original shape at any time. Guo Jin is not worried about this.

But there must also be a promotion mechanism. It is indeed more inhumane to have only elimination without promotion.

After a period of thinking and consulting, Guo Jin decided to develop some daily activities and daily military merit models, and provide the army with a promotion mechanism through daily activities and daily military merit.

For example, war drills and military competitions, which provide opportunities for the army to compete by simulating wars and confrontations. The winners will of course be credited. The better the performance, the greater the possibility of promotion. This is clearly for you to see. Not playing tricks with you.

There are too many modes of war games.

Field battles, city defense battles, street battles, etc., in various situations, in various terrains, and in various ways, can be performed for you at any time, and such large-scale exercises can be held at every turn to maintain the combat effectiveness of the army.

The whole army contest is a stage for officers and soldiers with super strength to show off.

Guo Jin consulted Guo Peng, and Guo Peng suggested that officers and powerful soldiers compete for various honorary titles such as "Soldier King" by competing for their respective military qualities. job treatment.

This stimulates the motivation of officers and soldiers to practice military skills and strengthen their physical fitness.

The so-called great reward must have a brave man, if you want a horse to run fast, you must feed the horse.

Guo Jin likes these two very much.

Then there is the daily military exploits.