Lord of Ming Dynasty

Now except for the retreat of tens of thousands of soldiers from Xiao Fei Corps, 50 troops of Xuanyuan Longfei returning to the defense line, and tens of thousands of troops from Jin Qi Corps advancing to take over Shandong Prefecture, the entire Shandong Prefecture and half of Suzhou Prefecture are still on the territory. There are nearly [-] troops piled up, and the processing and deployment of these troops still needs to be intervened by himself, and he will solve it for him, which is a headache.

Hundreds of thousands of captives, millions of civilians, hundreds of thousands of troops, and nearly [-] casualties, all of which need to be handled by themselves, and all of them need to be spent.

Although this battle wiped out Hong Chengchou's Qing army and destroyed his Lu State, the military expenditure and the cabinet's financial expenditure reached [-] million Huaxia Yuan, which was almost half of the Huaxia Kingdom's income this year, last year, and two years ago. The sum is more.

As a king, he would not care about these things, but as ministers, this is what they do every day. They do what they care about, and they don’t care. Instinctive reaction, this is Wei Wuji's experience over the years as Minister of the Ministry of Defense.

This kind of concern urges you all the time, making you feel uneasy.

When Zhang Qiang asked him, he continued to answer: "Well, well, there are still about 3 ordinary militiamen in the core area, and most of these people are old. I think they can be abolished and transferred directly to the reserve militia in the county government. Let’s turn the team into the militia on the account books for the elderly, which can save 90.00% of the expenses.”

"That's right, let's abolish the transfer. By the way, analyze how many militias of this type exist in the country at present, abolish them all, and let them gradually disappear in the future. There is no need to recruit such militias, and at the same time let the local government abolish them." Some of the same old and weak yamen servants should be arrested quickly to save local expenses."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Qiang looked at Wei Wuji and said, "You worry about the affairs of the local government. The garrison company and ordinary militia are the affairs of the local government, and they are not under the control of your Ministry of Defense. Part of it will be allocated by the local government, the garrison regiment will be assigned to the garrison headquarters and the headquarters of the garrison commander, and the headquarters of the garrison commander will be dispatched by the Ministry of War, which is not your business."

Wei Wuji smiled and said, "I'm not going to make overall arrangements, report together, and solve the provincial cabinet military department together, and the local governors' offices at all levels will consult with you."

Zhang Qiang patted his forehead and said with a smile: "You are afraid that people won't agree, so you came here to ask for an imperial decree. I don't know about those local governments, especially the low-level local governments. They are afraid that they will have to transfer many accounts from them. You can I usually don’t care about personal profit, and when the water is clear, there will be no fish, but now you have to make decisions for them, and you have also consulted the Ministry of War, the Cabinet, and the Garrison Command, so I promise you, anyway, for the sake of Good luck to our country, I guess all the yamen above will agree with you, especially the Ministry of Household Affairs, the less money they spend, the better."

"Okay, you continue to talk, I think you can talk about from ordinary soldiers to guards, and even my personal guards." Zhang Qiang waved his hand with a smile.

Wei Wuji smiled and said: "That's exactly what I mean, uh, uh, slow down, don't fight, without your personal guards, what's the matter with the guards, anyway, those are not money from the cabinet and the country, they are your internal treasury Who doesn't know that your Huangshang Group is making a lot of money every day... Well, let's talk about the militia brigade after the ordinary militia.

As I said before, all ordinary militias will be abolished, and I decided to do the same for the old, weak and remnant soldiers in areas other than the core areas. Let them enter the roster, but they will no longer become actual militias, and form a militia team with garrisons and high military salaries. So, what about ordinary militias in other areas?

I think His Majesty mentioned that they voluntarily immigrate to uninhabited areas in Southeast Asia, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Baodao, or our mixed villages, towns and other places with few Han people. Although the militiamen of the state capitals in the original fringe areas had been mobilized in several battles, there were still about 30 such militiamen.

I think most of the militias can be disarmed and returned to the fields, become common people and businessmen, contribute taxes to the local government, and then select some elites to be incorporated into elite militia brigades and send them to Yunnan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Henan, Shandong, where the fighting has just been resolved The northern half of Suzhou Prefecture is stationed. Also in view of the fact that the small half of Anhui Prefecture has just resolved the fighting and needs militia brigades to suppress and wipe out some hidden hostile elements who oppose us, Anhui Prefecture can also put one. "

Zhang Qiang nodded slightly, "In this case, we will need a lot of elite militia brigades. There are only two field brigades in Baozhong Prefecture, and many places are still townships with mixed establishments. Where there may be more disputes, let's put three militia brigades, Yunnan and Guizhou Put two, two in Yunnan, two in Henan, two in Shandong, one in Anhui, one in the northern half of Suzhou, one in each of the three Southeast Asian countries, where there are already many ordinary militia brigades, There are also militia companies within the establishment, there is no need for many elite militia brigades, one of them is used as the militia corps, and it is enough to manage the militia teams there.”

While listening, Wei Wuji wrote down what Zhang Qiang said with a pen. The pen was invented by Zhang Qiang a long time ago. This kind of thing has been promoted in the Huaxia Army, and even the Lu Army that was just wiped out. Some people use them, and own several imitation factories, which sell this kind of pens, and make a lot of profits for them, especially in their contacts with Thai and Western people, they sell a lot of pens to Thai and Western people.

It made the Thais who were still using quills use pens that were more advanced than their quills.

It is rumored that this small object has spread to the West. The West is very satisfied with this small object, agrees, and accepts this kind of object. However, it encountered a lot of problems when promoting pens in this land of China, even in China. Less resistance. At present, many scholars are still writing with brushes and refuse to write with this convenient and practical object.

However, the Huaxia government and officials stipulate that they must use a pen to write articles and write various documents.

After Zhang Qiang finished speaking, Wei Wuji stopped to count and said: "Your Majesty, after this calculation, we have to reorganize and dispatch. There are a total of fifteen elite militia brigades, not too many or too few. The nearby militia brigades and militia The reorganization of the elite brigade can completely meet the needs of these places, and a small amount needs to be adjusted."

"Well, if there are too many, they will be laid off, let them retire, and implement voluntary. Those who are willing to emigrate can emigrate. Those who don't want to settle the resettlement work in the state, and those who are willing to return to his hometown can contact the local government of his hometown to arrange. Anyway, we have so many government offices and many newly established workshops, let them work in the workshops.

If they cannot support themselves within three years, the local government will pay and provide subsidies. After three years, they will find jobs by themselves, or go to some new places to become immigrants, and give them land, houses, and let them become common people and farmers. , feed themselves.We don't care.

However, there will always be some people who will become homeless and unable to support themselves. This may cause some social turmoil, but our army will not stop expanding. When the time comes, they will be recruited back to supplement the militia brigade, or become immigrants in new places. "

Wei Wuji nodded as he recorded, and continued to report after Zhang Qiang finished speaking: "The combat effectiveness of the fifteen elite militia brigades has surpassed that of the garrison battalions, and some of our inland garrison battalions have already abandoned their martial arts. I want to wait a while. In time, the garrison battalions in the interior will be pulled out to practice for a while, those elite soldiers who have made meritorious service in the battle and have shown that they are capable of serving as garrison battalions will be transferred back and replaced with garrison battalions to replace those garrison battalions that have neglected their martial arts skills."

Zhang Qiang was very satisfied, "Okay, if you don't fight as soldiers, you will become a herd of sheep after a long time. If they develop a certain inertia, no matter how advanced weapons they have in their hands, they will not be able to win battles. Let them go Fight the war, let the elite soldiers who have fought come back to rest for a few years, the old ones will be retired, and the young people who have been recruited will be taught by their experience, so that the old garrison battalion can relive the cruelty and skills of fighting, and the new garrison battalion will return to the spirit Fullness, not forgetting combat skills, combat power will not be reduced, such a proposal is good."

Wei Wuji did not talk about the militia brigade and the elite militia brigade, but continued to talk about the garrison battalion, "Your Majesty, our original garrison battalion is not enough to adapt to the current situation. The core area does not need many troops, but every county has a garrison battalion. , Each prefecture has a garrison regiment, so there are too many troops in the whole country.

I suggest that it is enough to arrange a garrison regiment for each prefecture, which is enough to deal with everything. The total strength is 3000, or a little more than [-]. Even if there is some resistance, such a force can attack quickly and cooperate with the field battles stationed in the interior. Brigade, even a state rebellion can be extinguished quickly.It can also reduce the military expenditure of troops and garrisons. "

Chapter 657 Abandoning the Army 3

"That's right, the strength of one garrison battalion in each county is reduced to the strength of one garrison regiment in each prefecture. A prefecture has several counties, and some prefectures have more than a dozen or twenty counties. The expenditure of the army is also huge, and as the war gradually recedes, too much military expenditure is not good for development. This proposal is fine, so that every province has soldiers to use. If there is a big rebellion in a province, the neighboring provinces The strength of the army and the field brigade stationed nearby can quickly reinforce and suppress the enemy's rebellion through our extensive roads."

Wei Wuji followed Zhang Qiang's words and said: "I have calculated that there are about a dozen mansions in a state, and some have only five or six big mansions. States with more mansions can reduce the strength of the garrison regiment. A mansion with 500 people can be three big mansions. A regiment of 300 to [-] people, each state has a garrison command, a continent can have two to three garrison brigades, a small continent can have a garrison brigade, plus one or two garrison regiments.

After this allocation, all our garrison battalions can be disbanded, promoted to garrison regiments, garrison brigades, and garrison headquarters can be established. The total strength of the garrison headquarters may reach the size of a division, or slightly exceed the size of a division. "

"We now have Zhejiang, Suzhou, Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Lake Guangzhou, Hubei, Henan, Jiangxi, Shandong, Yunnan, Guizhou, Baodao, Yunnan, Qiongzhou, a total of Fifteen states, each with 22 soldiers or 30 to 60 soldiers, the total strength of the garrison will be about [-] to [-]. Compared with the previous continuously expanding garrison The military strength has been reduced from about [-] to [-] today, and the military strength has been reduced by about half to more than half, which can save at least half of the military expenditure."

Zhang Qiang was very satisfied with Wei Wuji's idea. He said to Wei Wuji: "It can reduce half of the army and half of the military expenditure. I think it is okay. This is passed. You can adjust it, but it seems that the cabinet military department needs to adjust it. You give them It’s enough to convey your ideas to them in a document, and let Li Guo take responsibility.”

"Okay, let me talk about the adjustments to the field brigade: I think the field brigade has too many troops. In the future, we will fight in the form of a corps. A corps is responsible for one direction, and the general staff will control all troops in this direction. The war situation is summarized, troop strength, material mobilization, road conditions, who is the enemy, and the enemy's troop mobilization and material situation will be summarized and handed over to a special staff group, which will then report to the chief of staff, who then reports to the Ministry of National Defense Approved, the Ministry of National Defense will report the situation to the cabinet and His Majesty the King, and after receiving the imperial decree, start preparations and launch combat attacks according to the plan, and the specific combat operations will be decided by the admiral of the corps in charge." Wei Wuji reported to Zhang Qiang.

Zhang Qiang listened, nodded, and thought, this way of fighting is more and more like the fighting style of the army of later generations. The battle plan is drawn up by the staff department, and the battle plan is approved by the Ministry of Defense. The Ministry of Defense needs to accept the cabinet and the emperor or The supreme leader in power of a country decides to deal with various political factors that may arise.

This may limit the authority of combat generals and the display of various abilities, but a country always has the overall situation to look forward to, and there are always some balance factors to consider. The high-level people always have various concerns. The bigger the ship, the less It's a good turn around, the Huaxia Kingdom has already owned nearly half of the land of the later generations. These lands are almost the total land area of ​​the previous Song Dynasty, and may be slightly larger, or almost the same.

At present, Yunnan Prefecture is actually not counted as the territory of the country, because it is the advancing base of the Southeast Asian campaign that is being conquered, and it belongs to the theater. For places that are not stable, the Huaxia Army generally does not count it as its own territory.

Yunnan-Guizhou and Sishan Prefecture were actually counted as the territory of the Ming Dynasty in the past, but they were actually occupied and divided up by the chieftains. They were not actually occupied in the previous dynasties of the Ming Dynasty, and they did not contribute much to the entire kingdom. The change of dynasties was killed, and then the new court emigrated again. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, whether it was done by the Qing Dynasty or by Zhang Xianzhong, in short, there are actually not many Han people in Sishan Prefecture, and most of them are the Han army. The chieftains, those self-governing Ming dynasty adherents.

Wei Wuji didn't care what Zhang Qiang thought, and continued to report: "My idea is this. The whole country is divided into 8000 field brigades, all of which will be upgraded to Class A field brigades, and the strength of each brigade will be [-] people. There are four field regiments, one brigade directly under the artillery regiment, one brigade directly under the cavalry regiment, plus the brigade and the troops directly under the brigade, the total strength reaches [-] troops."

Zhang Qiang felt inconceivable when he heard his plan to increase the strength of the brigade. In this case, it would be better to divide it into a division. Named after the division, the brigade is no longer suitable for accommodating such a force.

But he didn't interrupt Wei Wuji's report, and continued to listen, "Eighteen brigades form six regiments, except for the current Xiaofei Corps, Xuanyuan Longfei Corps, Feng Wuyu Corps, Golden Qi Corps, plus Bagya The Lu Corps, the Ma Sanli Corps, and the two Corps have a total strength of 32 troops. If you add 47 elite militia brigades, you will have 33 troops, and if you add the 80 troops of the garrison troops, the country will have a total of [-] troops. Thousands of troops..."

Zhang Qiang frowned, 80 troops, it will cost a lot of money to raise this 80 troops, "Can you reduce it?"

Zhang Qiang interjected and asked, Wei Wuji shook his head, "Your Majesty, this is the most suitable army strength I have calculated for the current situation. Now that our small Southeast Asian country has not been captured, there are still many militia troops on the account book, and the total strength is too small. With 20 troops, although it is on the books, the expenditure is not much, but the military expenditures for food, supplies, guns and ammunition to guarantee their needs are astronomical.

In addition, we still have eight ordinary militia units, five elite militia brigades, and a large number of garrison battalions and garrison regiments, so the total strength is actually more than 50. Of course, the 50 is the strength of several field brigades transferred Counting it in, it can be said that the establishments I have calculated have not yet added the establishment of the 50 troops.Perhaps in the future, there will be a need to maintain at least 20 troops.

There are also Sishan Prefecture, Yunnan-Guizhou Prefecture, and Kangding Prefecture. We have not yet defeated them. The main combat direction of our main force is now to go north. To the north, we need to recover Shaanxi-Gansu Prefecture, Shanxi Prefecture, and Hebei Prefecture. , North Zhili Prefecture (that is, the general name of the Qing army in Northeast Liaodong and other places,) has a long way to go. I calculate the strength of at least 150 million troops. Of course, we can also learn from now. When the rear is stable, we can send troops Transfer away, and then push forward repeatedly, but there must always be some field brigades behind to guard. As the territory expands, the garrison will increase a lot of troops, because the newly occupied areas need troops to guard. "

Zhang Qiang frowned and asked, "You mean that after the adjustment, our troops need to increase rather than decrease, especially the garrison?"

Wei Wuji said helplessly: "Yes, Your Majesty, that's what I think."

Chapter 658 A Strong Soldier and a Strong Horse

Zhang Qiang immediately stretched out his hand to stop him and said, "No, move forward, and then turn fifteen elite militia troops into garrison troops. I think so many elite militia troops can play the role of garrison troops when we unify the country. When a state is newly occupied, one to three elite militia units will be abolished. If they are not good at their business, civilian and professional officers will be drawn from the garrison regiments, and special government officers and arresters will be drawn from domestic yamen to join the new garrison brigade. The extra manpower of the brigade is merged into the troops that have not been abolished, or the wounded and voluntary discharges, or the elderly militia are converted into local account militia, and they become civilians."

"That's a good idea. Even the elite militia brigade can be abolished gradually. In this way, there will be only garrison troops, field brigades, and guard divisions left in the country. The garrison troops are armed government officials, and the field brigades are local garrisons. Guards National Mobile Force, Your Majesty's plan really saves military expenses." Wei Wuji sighed.

Zhang Qiang smiled happily, very proud.

Wei Wuji smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you really have the nature of a profiteer. It would be a pity not to be a businessman."

"Haha," Zhang Qiang raised his head and smiled, and Wei Wuji laughed along with him. The two of them have had a good relationship for many years, and they are very casual in private, not judging it as a monarch or a minister.

"The field brigade needs to be adjusted, but don't affect the war. You can start with the Golden Qi Corps. How do you think it should be adjusted?" Zhang Qiang picked up a cup of coffee seized from Lu Guohong Chengchou's mansion and drank it full. Xiaokou asked casually.

Wei Wuji quickly looked down at the document in his hand, flipped through it a few times, "I think it is appropriate for each corps to have three first-class field brigades, three elite militia brigades, and a 6000-strong army directly under the corps. This distribution is just right. Take care of the strength of the six corps, and distribute the eighteen field brigades equally."

"What about the cavalry brigade?" Zhang Qiang asked.

Wei Wuji slapped his head, "Oh, look at me, then distribute the six cavalry brigades equally among the six regiments."

A group of three people, hiding and shimmering, walked on the country road, walking on the paved stones from time to time, and poured a layer of earth-lime glutinous rice cake and other local method cement on the stones.

This makes the road have the appearance of cement and the hardness of stones. Although it is not very beautiful, it is stable and firm when walking on a cart. The key is to accelerate the speed of pedestrians running on the road, which is far faster than Dirt roads are much faster and much cleaner than dirt roads, because Daming does not have cars that weigh dozens of tons like later generations. Even if there are carriages for transportation, they will definitely not exceed a few tons in weight. As far as the road is concerned, it is more than enough. This is the change that Zhang Qiang brought to this era.