"Your Majesty, why was it established in this way?" Li Linfu wondered in his heart, could this Military and Political Council be the product of the emperor's attempt to alienate himself? After all, everyone here except himself belongs to the emperor.
"Because the current military service system is very bad. It is too complicated and is not conducive to command. It is not maneuverable and hinders combat effectiveness."
"But what is this firearm?"
"You will know by then. After reorganization, the Shence Army will have 690,000 people. This is not enough. It must be expanded to 800,000 to 900,000 people, including infantry, cavalry, firearms, and sailors, of which 40 are infantry. Fifty thousand men, 250,000 cavalry, 60,000 firearms, and 100,000 sailors.”
At this point, Gao Buyi swallowed his saliva and continued: "One hundred thousand sailors, set up a navy general, appointed by Ge Shuhan. The general will be stationed in Yangzhou. In addition to Yangzhou, three naval vessels will be built in Lingnan, Ryukyu and Bohai counties. The military base includes 25,000 troops stationed in Yangzhou, 25,000 troops stationed in Lingnan, 30,000 troops stationed in Ryukyu, and 20,000 troops stationed in Bohai Sea. There must be no mistake."
"yes!"
"The ten major military governors were revoked and war zones were established. The fourteen provinces in the country were divided into five war zones. Longyou Road was the western war zone. The general of the war zone was Gao Xianzhi. The deputy general was named Changqing and governed Yizhou; Jiannan Road and Lingnan Road. Dao and Central Guizhou Road are the southern war zone. The war zone general Huangfu Weiming and deputy general Guo Ziyi are in charge of Shu; Jiangnan East Road, Huainan Road, Hebei Road and Hedong Road are the eastern war zone. The war zone general Wang Sizhong is concurrently in charge, and deputy general Li Guangbi is in charge. Youzhou; Guannai Road, Shannan East Road, Shannan West Road, Jiangnan West Road, plus Jingzhao and Henan Prefectures, are the central theater. The theater general Chen Xuan and deputy general Fu Meng Lingcha are in charge of Chang'an; Hebei Road is the northern theater. , the theater general An Lushan, and the deputy general Shi Siming, govern Chongzhou. These five theater generals will first form the general mansion under the command of the Military and Political Council, and then slowly deploy them according to the military types, and they can be completed within five years. "
"yes!"
"Didn't we already set up a navy general just now? Now we have four more generals for the infantry, cavalry, firearms and garrison. The palace guards are the garrison. There is one general, and the same level as the military general is the subordinate. For the second rank, if you add the Minister of War, it will be the second rank; for the general of each war zone, it will be the second rank, and if you add the minister of the Ministry of War, it will be the first rank."
"yes!"
"The theater general is responsible for commanding all the troops and horses in the area under his jurisdiction, and is responsible for the tasks of defending the country and foreign operations. However, without the emperor's order, he is not allowed to mobilize more than 1,000 to 5,000 troops at a time, depending on the specific situation; the military general is responsible for The daily training and recruitment of soldiers of the same branch of the country do not have the right to mobilize a single soldier; with the exception of the navy general, he can mobilize all sailors according to the order; the theater general and the service general general obey the orders of the Military and Political Council, and the Military and Political Council directly obeys the orders To the emperor, military orders from the Military Council must be signed by everyone and have the emperor’s signature or a gold order to be valid.”
"May I ask Your Majesty, where is the Ministry of War?"
"The Ministry of War is responsible for establishing military support bases across the country, making unified deployment to ensure the supply of the entire army. It is also responsible for external reception, management of retired soldiers, etc. It is still one of the six ministries. It should be mentioned here that the Military and Political Council has the same status as the Zhongshu Province, and they both directly take orders. To the emperor."
"yes!"
"Since the establishment of the Military and Political Council, Zhongshu Sheng is not allowed to interfere with military affairs, and is solely responsible for internal affairs and diplomacy. The garrison generals and their subordinate troops are not allowed to quell chaos, nor are they allowed to disturb local areas, let alone interfere with local administrative affairs; local officials are also You are not allowed to interfere with military affairs, and military areas are all restricted areas, and anyone who enters without permission will be severely punished; however, the local military affairs department is under the dual leadership of the Ministry of War and the local government and is responsible for military-local liaison and coordination."
"yes!"
"From now on, the highest chief executive of a line will be the governor, the prefecture will be the governor, and the county will be the county magistrate. Above the governor are the six ministries, then the Zhongshu Province, and the emperor at the top."
"yes!"
"Okay, this is a big deal. According to what I said, you can see what else needs to be improved."
"Your Majesty, although the division of five major theaters and five major arms can mobilize the army more effectively, the area under the jurisdiction of the commanders of each major theater is very wide, and it is extremely difficult to upload and issue orders." Li Shizhi said.
Look, this is an expert. He is worthy of being a soldier. He can see the crux of the problem at a glance.
Gao Buyi nodded and said with a smile: "What Ai Qing said is true. Let's talk about the people's livelihood projects in the five-year plan. Now there are no less than 400,000 refugees in various places. Therefore, I am planning to carry out large-scale construction and build several roads connecting various war zones. Of course, the western theater and the northern theater are too far away, so we won’t consider them for the moment. All major theaters in the pass need to be repaired. When repairing, we can’t imitate the Qin Dynasty. Anyone who participates in road construction will be paid and paid, and the construction period can’t be too rushed. Construction will be normal. That’s good.”
“Then where does UnionPay come from?”
"The Ministry of Household Affairs will take part of it, and the inner government will provide part of it."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"I dare to ask Your Majesty, now that the post of Inspector is a permanent official position, how is Pinyi?"
"If you are a third-level official, the governor will be demoted one level to a fourth-level official."
"yes!"
"Your Majesty, how should these soldiers be recruited and how should they be rotated?"
"Adopting the system of standing army and reserve army, new recruits can retire in four years. Those who can not retire are selected as standing army. Standing army can serve until the age of forty-five. Whether it is standing army or reserve army, in addition to military pay, there are retirement allowances and military service time. The longer it is, the higher the allowance.”
"As for the rotation, the Military and Political Council is responsible for formulating the plan and submitting it to me for approval."
"yes!"
. . .
For this reason, Gao Buyi stayed in Zhongshu Province for ten days to finalize everything. Then Li Linfu, Pei An and others clearly divided the work and acted separately. Soon one after another government orders were issued across the country. Since this time it was mainly for the government and military regulation, so the impact on the people is relatively small.
However, such reforms have aroused dissatisfaction among many local officials. They either wrote petitions to express their opinions, or acted in secret, and acted slowly. Compared with local officials, the army moved much faster. In less than two months, all war zones and military branches The top-level institutions are fully established and begin to extend to the next level.
In mid-June, Chang'an Prefecture reported that since May and June, the weather has been dry and there has been little rain, and the crops have tended to become underripe and yellow, indicating that disaster has occurred. If there is no rain for another ten days, the food supply will be in decline. Production will be reduced on a large scale, and if there is another locust plague, the consequences will be disastrous.
Gao Buyi was very concerned about this matter and ordered the officials of Hongnong Temple to go out of the city to investigate in person to find out the disaster area. At the same time, he asked Lishi to hand over the grain from the field to Chang'an Mansion for disaster relief.
In order to alleviate the possible disaster, Gao Buyi also ordered to summon the refugees in central Guanzhong and immediately began to repair the Chi Road from Luoyang to Chang'an. Although the steam engine had not yet arrived, petroleum oil had been continuously brought by businessmen from various countries three months ago. In Chang'an, the Lux petroleum distiller was also successfully manufactured. Now it can produce thousands of kilograms of asphalt every day. With the current level of road construction tools, supply is not a problem.
