Amid war and turmoil, the land of Nanyang also ushered in the end of the fifteen years of Chengshun.
With the arrival of the Spring Festival, various places in Southeast Asia have also gained rare peace.
The war between the Kingdom of Aceh and the Da Chu Empire has ended. The Portuguese have also reached an armistice agreement with the Da Chu Empire. Even the merchant ships of the Da Chu Empire have begun to help the Portuguese transport more than a thousand prisoners of war and a large amount of supplies to the island of Ceylon. .
Even the Dutch, who were originally on tenterhooks and had not lived a stable life for most of the past six months, finally took a breath and started preparing for next year's spice trade and trade with Chu.
It's not that they ignore the threat of the Chu Empire, but that life has to go on and business has to be done.
War and business are not in conflict.
By the way, there is also the Kingdom of Johor... Sorry, the Kingdom of Johor no longer exists.
In Nanyang in the 16th year of Chengshun, the word Kingdom of Johor no longer exists.
In the spring of the 16th year of Chengshun, Lion City.
With several months of continuous construction, the Chu Empire built a series of buildings in the Lion City, mainly port terminals, military camps, and office buildings for many military and political institutions.
Among them, the Nanyang Governor's Yamen has also completed some major buildings after several months of emergency construction. Although many buildings have not yet been completed, the foundation is already in place for a large number of administrative staff to work.
Therefore, it was in March of the 16th year of Chengshun that the Nanyang Governor's Yamen went to the Lion City.
In the past few months, a series of other administrative agencies have moved into the Lion City together with the Nanyang Governor's Yamen, including the Nanyang Inspectorate, the Nanyang Tribunal, the Nanyang Taxation Department, and the Tangkop Prefecture Yamen.
There are also a series of military agencies, such as the Army Nanyang Garrison Command, the Army's 22nd Corps Headquarters, the Army's Fifth Division Headquarters, and the Navy's First Fleet Headquarters.
Before the Malay Campaign was officially launched last spring, the top brass of the Chu Empire's army and navy made certain adjustments to the military command structure in the Nanyang region. The most important of these was the establishment of the Army's 20th Division based on the 5th and 14th Divisions. Second Army, which will be responsible for the war in the Nanyang region for a long time.
However, the troops under the jurisdiction of this army are not fixed establishments, but are dispatched on a rotating basis. This kind of overseas deployed troops is not suitable for long-term deployment of fixed troops and requires a certain amount of rotation. This is doomed to the twenty-second The army cannot have a fixed organization.
The 22nd Army can actually be regarded as the headquarters of the Nanyang Expeditionary Force.
As for the other organization linked to the Nanyang Garrison Command, this organization, like the garrison headquarters of various provinces in the country, is only responsible for internal suppression and defensive operations, and is only equipped with some second-class troops with low combat effectiveness.
Strictly speaking, during the necessary war period, the 22nd Army Headquarters will be the main ground war in the Nanyang region, with the Nanyang Garrison Command playing a coordinating role.
This can be seen from the ranks and titles of the commanders of both sides. The commander of the 22nd Army is the well-known senior Lieutenant General Huang Jinkui in the Army. He is also one of the most senior experts in sea crossing and landing operations in the Army.
The Nanyang Garrison Commander is just an ordinary army major general. In addition, Huang Jinkui also has another title.
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And it is a title higher than the commander of the 22nd Army, which is 'Governor of Army Military Affairs in Southeast Asia'.
To put it bluntly, he is the boss of the Army in the Nanyang region. All the Army's forces in the Nanyang region are under his control, not only the 22nd Army, but also the second-class divisions in the Nanyang Garrison Command.
Huang Jinkui is naturally not an ordinary person who can hold such a position. He served in the 10th Division in his early days. Later, part of the troops of the 10th Division were reorganized into the 15th Mixed Brigade to conduct cross-sea landing training and operations. Huang Jinkui During this batch of adaptations, he, who was still a lieutenant at the time, participated in a series of sea crossing and landing operations with the army, and was promoted to major based on meritorious service.
He then continued to be promoted, and when the 15th Mixed Brigade was expanded into the 23rd Infantry Division, he was promoted to colonel commander and finally to brigadier general and deputy division commander.
When the Chu army dispatched the 23rd Division to cross the sea and land in Liaodong, he led the army to land and fight as a brigadier general and deputy division commander. He personally led the team to fight against the Eastern Capture many times and made many achievements.
Just more than half a year later, Huang Jinkui was promoted to Army Major General based on meritorious service, and served as the commander of the 23rd Division. He led the army to continue fighting against the Dongji people on the Northeast battlefield until the Dongji people were destroyed.
After the East-Japanese War, he was transferred back to the Army Staff Department and began to be responsible for the construction of the Army's amphibious operations force.
He was deeply involved in the reorganization and reorganization of the 5th, 13th, and 14th divisions, and was naturally promoted to Army Lieutenant General and served as the Army's Deputy Director of Amphibious Operations.
It can be said that he is one of the few senior generals in the Dachu Empire Army who is proficient in amphibious warfare and has been in the field of amphibious operations for a long time. Moreover, he has extremely high qualifications and prestige. He is the next batch of candidates in the army who are expected to be promoted to generals. One of the people.
Considering that the troops in the Nanyang region, especially those field troops, are most likely to be responsible for external attacks, this kind of attack operation process still belongs to the field of amphibious operations.
In addition, the Fifth Division, the main force currently deployed in Nanyang, is a first-class combat readiness force and has achieved a great victory in the Malay Peninsula. From the division commander to the regiment commander, everyone is arrogant. The army needs a person with deep qualifications and prestige. Senior generals with outstanding experience in the field of amphibious warfare serve as commander-in-chief to suppress these arrogant soldiers.
In addition, Huang Jinkui himself also needs a resume as a military commander to clear the way for subsequent promotion to general.
It does not mean that in order for Chu army generals to be promoted to generals, they must have served as army commanders. There is no such rule within the Chu army, and many generals have not served as army commanders. For example, the famous elder in the army, former military commander Minister of State, Minister of General Staff, has now retreated to the second line, and only holds the title of "Royal Military Advisor", Army General Xu Zhixian, Duke.
He has never held the position of army commander, not even division commander. The biggest position he has held in the field force is battalion commander, but this does not affect his role as an army commander for the past ten years. The top boss.
Although now he has retired to avoid suspicion and to protect himself, his prestige and influence are still full!
There are also many generals who have never held the position of army commander, and some have not even held front-line command positions, but this does not prevent them from becoming one of the generals of the Da Chu Empire Army.
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In the ever-large army, it is impossible to have only front-line troop commanders. There are also many other fields that require senior talents, including logistics, military administration, ordnance and other fields.
There are specialties in martial arts, and officers in different fields also have their own promotion channels.
However, as a typical commanding general, Huang Jinkui's essential job is to lead troops to fight, and it is also what he is best at.
If he wants to surpass a large number of competitors and become one of the next batch of generals of the Chu Empire Army, he needs to achieve results in the field in which he is good at and be able to outdo others.
Therefore, it is also Huang Jinkui's personal wish to come to Nanyang to serve.
The top brass of the Army also supported it. With Huang Jinkui as a senior lieutenant general who was a candidate for general in Nanyang, he would not let the Army suffer in the conflict between the army and the navy.
You must know that the person in charge of the navy in the Nanyang region is Admiral Wang Kui'en, the "Governor-General of Naval Affairs in Nanyang" and the commander of the First Fleet.
Although Wang Kuin was promoted to admiral only half a year ago, well, this person was actually promoted to admiral when he was the commander of the First Fleet, but he is still an admiral after all, and he is also the first in the navy. A first-class real-power general.
If the people sent by the army do not have enough prestige and qualifications, they may fall behind.
If it were not for the fact that the Army did not have many troops in Nanyang, and the Army did not have the tradition of letting generals serve as regional military commanders and command tens of thousands of people, otherwise, the Army would have directly sent a general to oversee the military affairs of the Nanyang Army.
Well, the Army actually mentioned it, but it was rejected by Luo Zhixue.
Are you kidding me? The main force in the Nanyang region is only two divisions; the second-class divisions are only two, with a total of only 10,000 men. It is enough to send a lieutenant general with such a small force, and a general... then... What a nonsense.
You must know that the Great Chu Empire fought against the Jungar people in the Western Regions, and the commander of the First Army who coordinated all army affairs in the Western Regions, Shaanxi-Gansu and other places was just a general.
In the Dachu Empire Army, only the commander of the group army, ministers of various departments, and deputy ministers have the military rank of general.
Things like military ranks and positions cannot be messed with, otherwise it will easily appear that the commander who commands thousands of people is a marshal... This is ridiculous.
Therefore, Luo Zhixue has relatively strict control over military ranks and positions. In most cases, positions and military ranks match. For example, the commander of the army is a lieutenant general, and the deputy commander and chief of staff of the army are major generals.
The division commander is a major general, the deputy division commander and division chief of staff are brigadier generals, the regiment commander is a colonel, the deputy regiment commander is a lieutenant colonel, and the battalion commander is a major.
Occasionally, there will be mismatches between military ranks and positions, such as a lieutenant colonel serving as the regiment commander and a colonel serving as the deputy division commander. There are also situations where a lieutenant general is the division commander and a brigadier general is the regimental commander. However, these are often temporary situations.
For example, when promoting a lieutenant colonel to the position of regiment leader, because the time accumulation is not enough, the officer is first given the rank of lieutenant colonel to assume the position of regiment leader, and usually in an acting manner. After a few months, he will be promoted to a full-time officer. Promoted to colonel.
When high-ranking military officers assume low-level positions, it is often the case that frontline officers are promoted after meritorious service, but are temporarily unable to be transferred to new positions due to various reasons. For example, the combat mission is too tight and cannot be transferred, or there is no suitable position.
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So it will take a while to be arranged separately.
But in principle, the military ranks and positions of the Dachu Empire are standard.
This is not only for the purpose of controlling senior military ranks, but also for the soundness of the entire command system, because in the Da Chu Empire Army, the succession of command rights is strictly passed on in accordance with military ranks.
When the major general division commander is unable to command the army due to an accident, the brigadier general deputy division commander takes over the command, and then the brigadier general chief of staff.
If none of the above three generals are able to command the troops, then the colonel with the highest military rank will take over. If the military ranks are the same, then the commander with the higher rank of the unit will take over the command, the first regiment, the second regiment, and the third regiment. , cavalry regiment, and artillery regiment were postponed in this way.
Because military rank is directly related to the issue of command authority, this is the first reason why the Chu Empire's military strictly controls military ranks and positions.
It was against this background that Army Lieutenant General Huang Jinkui officially assumed the post of commander of the 22nd Army of the Army, and was ordered to oversee the military affairs of the Army in Southeast Asia.
After Huang Jinkui took office, he commanded his troops to capture the Malay Peninsula and capture the city of Malacca with very limited losses. This can be regarded as a high-scoring answer for Jinling.
Now he is leading many personnel from the headquarters to the Lion City. He will then use the Lion City as the center to command and radiate the army forces in the entire Nanyang region.
It's just that when they moved, everything seemed to go wrong... As soon as they arrived, Huang Jinkui found out that he had been tricked by the navy...
They were on a naval transport ship, but when the ship docked, the Navy used the excuse that the temporary dock was not enough and pushed the transport ship transporting a group of army officers to the side, and then used a small boat to connect it ashore.
Although this was just a small matter, it made Lieutenant General Huang Jinkui very unhappy, and made him more determined to let the army have its own transport ships and even battleships.
In the past, when the army was in China, it had little impact without various ships. However, after going deep into Southeast Asia, it was discovered that ships were indispensable for both troop mobilization and supply transportation.
As for this kind of transportation, although there is an "Army-Navy Joint Transport Fleet" jointly coordinated by the Army and Navy, it is actually the Navy that is in charge.
This makes the Army very passive. If you want to do anything by ship, you have to look at the Navy's face.
Therefore, Huang Jinkui, who came ashore in a small boat with a dark face, had just stepped onto the dock land and was already thinking about how to write a strongly worded report and strongly suggested to the bosses that he should establish the army's own fleet. .
He even thought of the name "Army Naval Warfare Division"
Their Navy can build a Marine Corps, but there is no reason why our Army can’t build an Army Naval Division!
Huang Jinkui left with a dark face, while on the other side of the port, several naval generals were holding binoculars to watch Huang Jinkui and a group of army officers landing in embarrassment, while holding wine glasses and laughing loudly!
Major General Lin Xiujie, chief of staff of the 11th Squadron of the First Fleet, put down his telescope and said meaningfully: "This time should be able to make them remember a little longer. They must know that in this part of Nanyang, our navy belongs to our navy." On this territory, it’s okay for the army to come over and make a living, but they must not overwhelm the guest!”
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"Damn it, I get so angry when I think of them pocketing most of what they captured in Malacca!"
"The Portuguese have been operating in Malacca City for more than a hundred years, and there are many indigenous merchants there. As a result, the army only gave us a measly one million worth of loot."
"You also said that a total of more than two million was seized, and the rest were military supplies and were used directly. This is a lie. Malacca City is so rich, just scraping a layer of oil will cost more than a million, let alone They turned the city of Malacca upside down and even had them pull out the gold teeth of the Portuguese prisoners of war, but they actually said they only had more than two million!"
"The number of seizures in Malacca is at least five fingers. They swallowed at least two million!"
"Someone down below saw that bastard Bai Zhen of the Fifth Division personally sealing up an entire warehouse of spices, and then moved them into the military camp. He said that the spices were directly included in the military ration management."
"That was a whole warehouse of spices, and they swallowed them alive. This happened more than once!"
Rear Admiral Lin Xiujie became angrier as he spoke, while the admirals beside him also had gloomy and angry faces.
This time in the Malay Peninsula Campaign, the Army went too far.
It was agreed that the loot would be divided in half, but as a result, their army relied on their own ground attack, and their navy's personnel were unable to arrive in time for a while, and as a result, a large number of people stole the loot.
After this is done, let alone splitting the spoils half and half, the navy won't even get 30%.
At first, the Navy was wondering why there was so little loot this time. It would be better to attack the Kingdom of Siam directly. However, upon inquiry, especially some reports from the Marine Corps, senior Navy officials got the idea. Bad taste.
Damn it, there was a lot of loot, and the reason why the navy took less was purely because the army had a huge appetite and swallowed most of it.
They tried to negotiate with the Army, but in the end, the Army didn't give them any face at all. There was so much to say, and if you didn't believe it, there was nothing they could do. If they talked too much, they would just kick people out...
This matter must not be tolerated. Admiral Huang Kuien, the governor of Nanyang Naval Affairs, wrote a report and sent it back to Jinling.
This is not tens of thousands, but involves the distribution of millions of spoils. It is enough for Admiral Bai Yangrong, the Minister of Staff who represents the overall interests of the Navy and the Director of the Naval Command Department, to definitely not sit idly by and go to the imperial court. It's a high probability.
Let’s leave aside the domestic aspects, but here in Nanyang, since their army has bullied their navy, their navy is naturally not a soft stumbling block.
You can't make small moves in official combat matters, but don't expect the Navy to look good on the Army in other matters.
When the army's generals and entourage were transferred to the Lion City before, although the navy arranged warships for escort, the army was not allowed to ride on these warships with better living conditions and higher ride performance. Instead, it arranged several additional ships. An ordinary transport ship for the army.
After arriving in the Lion City, we didn’t even arrange a pier.
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That's why Lieutenant General Huang Jinkui had a black face the whole time when he came ashore.
However, the navy's retaliatory move also confirmed the army's idea of forming an army fleet.
The phrase 'It is better to rely on yourself than to rely on others', these words of Lieutenant General Huang Jinkui when he suggested the establishment of an Army Naval Warfare Division quickly attracted the attention of the Army's top brass.
Duke Xu Zhixian, the former military adviser to the imperial court, who had retired from the position of minister of staff and chief of the army staff and transferred to reserve service, said this to several army generals who came to visit him: "If your backer falls, you can't rely on others." Yes, you have to do things like sea transportation yourself!”
Then these things inevitably reached Luo Zhixue's ears... Luo Zhixue laughed after hearing this, but did not interfere in any way.
He was not prepared to get involved in the conflict between the army and the navy, nor was he prepared to mediate, so let them just let it go!
Because there are currently many conflicts between the army and the navy, which are basically all caused by his connivance. There are not only conflicts between the army and the navy, but also between the army, the navy and the Guards.
The Army, Navy, and Guards dislike each other and have conflicts with each other, so Luo Zhixue can sleep peacefully at night.
If the three major military services were of one mind, Luo Zhixue would have to worry about whether he would die young!
Playing with factions and balancing is what Luo Zhixue has been doing for more than ten years, and the more he does it, the more skilled he becomes and the more he learns.
Regarding the new round of contradictions and conflicts between the army and the navy, Luo Zhixue thinks this is good!
Luo Zhixue was not involved, so the Army and Navy naturally started to make a fuss. At one time, the Navy accused the Army of embezzling the spoils of war. At another time, the Army accused the Navy of deliberately neglecting operations and not cooperating in the Nanyang war. As a result, the Army suffered many unnecessary losses. Loss.
After a while, the navy also said that several generals of the army fighting in Nanyang were engaging in public affairs for personal gain and wantonly embezzling the spoils of war.
After a while, the Army directly released a lot of documents, saying that a large number of generals made profits from the Navy's shipbuilding process, and the amount reached an astonishing hundreds of thousands of Chu Yuan.
In short, you accuse me, and I accuse you... How much truth or falsehood are there in these accusations is a matter of opinion.
True is also true, false is also false...
Especially when it comes to corruption, getting some money for oneself within the scope of power is a common thing. Luo Zhixue has a lot of top-secret reports on various officials, including those generals who are corrupt and making money.
And it involves a wide range of things... How can I put it this way, if we strictly follow legal standards, none of the nine ministers and more than twenty co-organizing ministers in the Chu Empire have been unjustly accused... they are all corrupt officials!
Including Xu Zhixian, the army veteran, who has retreated to the second line.
You don't even need to investigate, just go to Xu Zhixian's luxurious manor on the outskirts of Jinling City and find out.
The pair of white jade lions at the door alone are priceless!
There are more luxurious treasures in the manor. With rewards and his own salary, he cannot build such a luxurious manor.
Does Luo Zhixue know this?
He must know it. There is even a lot of concrete evidence. For example, he knows exactly how the pair of white jade lions came about. Otherwise, what do you think the Internal Affairs Department of the Hanlin Academy does?
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Under the sun, every high-ranking official, including generals, has secret agents from the Internal Affairs Department of the Hanlin Academy lurking around them to monitor their every move.
These evidences of corruption were just something they collected conveniently.
But will Luo Zhi learn to deal with these corrupt officials?
This depends on the situation and will be dealt with when necessary. For example, Luo Zhixue feels that a certain official has made too much money and has a bad influence; or maybe he is unlucky and accidentally exposed it, causing attacks from others; the most important thing is Luo Zhixue felt that this person was no longer of use, so he would deal with it naturally.
Killing corrupt officials from time to time is beneficial to the physical and mental health of the people and contributes to the long-term stability of the empire.
If it doesn't come out, and Luo Zhixue feels that this person is easy to use, then just treat it as invisible!
As for dealing with corrupt officials when they see them, then Luo Zhixue will not be able to find anyone to do things for him.
But don’t think that things will get better if you remove the current officials and replace them with others. In fact, it won’t.
Because everyone wants to slay the dragon, and everyone wants to become a dragon... everyone is a dragon!
And Luo Zhixue doesn't need to slay the dragon, nor does he need to become an evil dragon.
He is a dragon rider. As long as the evil dragon is obedient and strong in combat, that's all.
If you are disobedient or your fighting ability is no longer good, then change to another evil dragon and continue riding!
This time the conflict between the army and navy was not too intense and everything was within control, so Luo Zhixue had no intention of intervening and left them to their own devices, while he sat on the dragon chair eating melon seeds and watching the show!
After eating the melon, Luo Zhixue was still in the mood to comment: In recent years, the army and navy's means of attacking each other have improved greatly, but they are still not as good as the civil servants in the cabinet.
The commotion has been going on for more than half a month, but the turmoil is big and the rain is small. If it were replaced by a civil servant from the cabinet, in this case, at least a co-organizing minister would have to work!
I just want to be the emperor
