Can't say?
One word came directly to Gao Pragmatic's mind: interest groups.
The question is, which group?
The Zhu family royal family and clan group? Civilian group? Xungui Group? Or some other group that I didn't notice?
Gao pragmatic pondered for a moment and asked: "What is the current process of supplying weapons and equipment?"
Qi Jiguang thought to himself: This is really a prodigy. As soon as I said "I can't tell", he immediately understood that there must be interests involved, but he couldn't ask directly, so he asked about the process of supplying weapons. Once we talk about the process, wouldn’t it be clear which links in the process may have interests? This...is this a bit too amazing? To be called a child prodigy, it is not surprising that he has some fantastic ideas, and that he has a photographic memory of his reading and the ability to draw inferences from one instance to another. But for this issue of interest entanglements, isn’t life experience needed? At his age, how could he even innately understand such things? Are there really "people who are born knowing" in this world?
But no matter how shocked he was, after all, the two people's goals were the same at the moment. Qi Jiguang was shocked, shocked, and inspired. At that moment, he felt an inexplicable confidence in Gao Pingshi: What if the genius really has a way to solve it - or at least How about finding a loophole to avoid this trouble?
At that moment, he cheered up, sat up straight, and said: "When it comes to the supply of weapons and equipment, there are actually differences between the Beijing camp and the border armies and even local guards in various places. However, if we talk about it roughly, it is roughly the order of each army's report to the Ministry of War. How much armament is needed this year or within a period of time, the Ministry of War will issue a written reply to each army for approval or adjust the quota, and then the capital department of the area guarded by each army or the adjacent area will usually allocate military households to build it. After the building is completed, the local Arms Road will inspect and accept it on behalf of the Ministry of War. Then the governor or governor, the local guarding eunuch and the patrol censor will inspect and accept it for the second time, and finally it will be handed over to the general soldier for final inspection and acceptance."
Gao Pragmatic was stunned when he heard it - isn't it, so troublesome? So there are too many places to make a fuss here, right?
He had no choice but to use his later political experience and asked "focus on the key points, focus on the key points": "I have two questions: First, what kind of armaments are needed? First of all, are the requirements made by the local commanders, commanders, military and military departments? Second, in the end, these Does the manufacturing of weapons and equipment fall to military households in various places?"
Qi Jiguang was no longer too lazy to be shocked and answered directly: "Let me answer the first question first. Of course, the commander-in-chief can write a letter to ask the Ministry of War to allocate any military equipment needed, but the Ministry of War may not provide it according to this standard. Moreover, it is not what you want ten Yes, I will give 70% for such a simple 'bargain'. In fact, the final decision on how much each town and army can take rests entirely with the Ministry of War: if the Ministry of War thinks you are short, you will be short, and you will be short if you are not; If the Ministry of War thinks you are not lacking, you will not be lacking, and you will not be lacking."
understood.
Gao Pragmatic sighed secretly: No wonder the military generals at this time had almost no human rights in front of civilian officials. Not only were their food and salaries severely restricted, but even the supply of weapons and equipment was under the control of the Ministry of War. The commander-in-chief in various places was supposed to know the needs of his subordinates best. , However, their superiority is basically just a formality. The Ministry of War will listen if they like it, and if they don't like it, they won't. Anyway, you have to accept whatever I give you in the end. Even if I don’t give it to you, you can’t do anything about it. If it’s a dragon, you can coil it up for me. If it’s a tiger, you can lie down for me. If it’s a dog, you can wag your tail and stop barking.
How about making yarn? There is something fundamentally wrong with this damn thing. Unfortunately, I used to think that it was just the guardhouse that was rotten and the products made by the military households were substandard! If the officials in charge of the Ministry of War don't understand this at all, doesn't it mean that laymen command experts and lay leaders are experts? Later generations of Lao Tzu held countless meetings, saying things like "laymen are not allowed to command experts, and laymen to lead experts", and "we must fully solicit the opinions of experts and front-line practitioners from all walks of life", etc., which made our ears feel numb. Co-authored This idea did not exist in the Ming Dynasty? Oh, maybe this idea was completely treasonous in the Ming Dynasty!
This matter is a bit difficult to handle... Gao Pragmatic's brows suddenly wrinkled.
Qi Jiguang looked at him and knew that Gao Jingshi had seen the problem, but he could not predict what Gao Jingshi was thinking. He originally planned to continue answering the second question, but now that Gao Jingshi was frowning and thinking, he did not dare to speak immediately.
Fortunately, Gao Pragmatic only thought about it for a while and put down the problem first. Instead, he took the initiative to ask: "What about the manufacturing of weapons and equipment? Is it all done by military households in various places? The acceptance of weapons and equipment... is it easy? pass?"
This is an interesting question. The quality of weapons and equipment in the middle and late Ming Dynasty was really Wang Xiaoer's New Year. It was worse every year. If it weren't for the first acceptance inspection of military equipment in various places, how could it pass the test?
"This..." Qi Jiguang originally thought of a more roundabout and subtle explanation. Who knew that when Gao Pragmatic took the initiative to ask, he asked so straightforwardly. He suddenly had no room to retreat, so he had to say slightly awkwardly: "The military preparations in various places...After all, we have to give the local guards some face...Besides, it is indeed...well, it is indeed difficult for the local guards at the moment."
Well, such a Shandong man who is supposed to be straightforward and heroic, an invincible general, is almost stuttering when talking about this matter. It can be seen that it is not a certain link that is broken here, but the whole thing. Rotten.
It’s not like Gao Pragmatic has never been in the officialdom. You can guess some of the little ones here with your toes - they all benefit from it!
First of all, before the Ministry of War writes the document, someone must have "discussed" with them how much the national military expenditures will be discussed by the cabinet this year, and then how much weapons and equipment a certain army in a certain place will be equipped with this year, according to certain standards - generally taking into account the comprehensive consideration of a certain army and that army. The degree of contribution of the regional guard station - to determine a rough allocation quota, the Ministry of War passed the test.
Next, each health center will receive production requirements and start production, but silly production alone is not enough. You must immediately contact the acceptance leader of your product - the local military preparation road. The local military preparation road will be based on your contribution. Decide if the product you deliver is qualified, or how much of it is qualified.
However, since Bing Beidao was not the final decision-maker, he had to honor his leaders - from the governor-general (double leadership in some areas, but also a separate leader) and the guarding eunuch, to the local patrol censor.
One thing to mention here: Although the rank of the censor is not high, and his rank is much lower than that of the army, he has extremely amazing powers of inspection. Even the governor, governor, guarding eunuch, etc., can all be legally impeached. The Ming Dynasty also expressly stipulates that when the censor patrols the place, he represents the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so "big matters are reported and small matters are decided decisively." As for what is a major event and what is a small matter, it differs in each period. This involves the power struggle between the governor and the governor for at least a hundred years, etc. There will be a more detailed introduction in the future, so I will not mention it here for now.
All in all, from the Ministry of War to the final commander-in-chief, every layer and every level is a link in the chain of interests - there may be one missing piece: the direct leaders of each military post are the local military commanders, and the direct leaders of each local military commanders are The leader is also the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army, that is, the nobles.
Oh, it's over. The civil servants, military commanders, and nobles of the Ming Dynasty were all included. In other words, the emperor was kept in the dark, and the royal family members continued to be treated like pigs and could not be questioned.
In this corner of the Ming Dynasty, everyone except the Zhu family could dig him out.
Awesome.
