At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Therefore, every time there is a war, the staff desk will definitely quarrel with the military department in charge of logistics and transportation.

Chapter 1069 One thousand and seventy-nine Prince, what do you think?

The scale of this battle, which was fought by the emperor himself, was expected to last for a long time, and the horror of the consumption of supplies was unprecedented.

Therefore, both the staff desk and the Ministry of War attach great importance to it, concentrating all the elite personnel to take charge of this matter.

The staff desk wants to show off its skills and let the emperor fight a hearty victory, so it has a lot of requirements for the speed of the combat troops.

And all of this is based on the desperate work of the logistics force.

Although the logistics troops don't directly go to the battlefield to fight, but in order to let the frontline troops go to the battlefield to fight, the logistics troops also have to work hard, otherwise the frontline troops can't eat, so why fight?

Although it is the responsibility of the logistics troops to provide food, your front-line troops must also consider the limits of logistics.

However, in order to win faster, the staff department really put forward high requirements for the logistics personnel.

Dong Zhao, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, was so angry that he rolled his eyes when he learned that the staff station had set super high standards for the logistics troops, and he led people directly to the staff station to find trouble for the staff station.

Inside the staff desk, Dong Zhao slapped the table and spit, and constantly reprimanded the staff at the staff desk for losing their minds because of the war and not treating the logistics troops as human beings.

Xi Zhong was furious, and scolded Dong Zhao and other support staff for their incompetence.

The so-called raising soldiers for a thousand days and using them for a short period of time, Jizhou and Bingzhou have not been mobilized on a large scale for several years, and the people's strength has been stored for a long time. Isn't this the time to use it on a large scale?

If it's not useful now, where did the money you spend on the meals you usually eat go to?

Embezzled? !

What is the use of raising you guys?

Do you eat dry food and do nothing? !

Dong Zhao was furious, blushed and quarreled with Xi Zhong.

Xi Zhong had a rare chance to vent his anger, and he also vomited at Dong Zhao. The two cursed more and more vigorously, as if they had escalated to the point of personal attack.

Then Guo Peng came and brought Guo Jin.

After dealing with the matter at hand, Guo Peng routinely came to the staff desk to discuss military aircraft with them, discussing tactics and tactics and the main points of marching and fighting.

During this period of time, every time Guo Peng came to the staff desk, he usually brought Guo Jin with him to let him listen and learn more.

Guo Peng did not ask him to learn how to fight, but asked him to learn how to make overall plans and organize logistics for the frontline troops.

And we must really understand what it is like to march and fight, so that we can ensure that we will spend less money when we fight in the future, and not be cheated of our hard-earned wealth.

After studying for a period of time, Guo Jin also mastered a lot of small skills. As a result, as soon as he arrived today, he saw Dong Zhao arguing with Xi Zhong.

"What do you think we are? Do you think our bodies are made of iron?! Don't we eat or rest? We are exhausted, are you responsible?!"

Dong Zhao pointed at Xi Zhong and scolded him angrily.

"Frontline soldiers fight with their lives! Of course, the sooner this kind of thing ends, the better. The sooner it ends, the less things the logistics auxiliary soldiers and civilians have to do! I'm thinking about you! Why are you so ignorant? "

Xi Zhong in turn accused Dong Zhao of ignorance of good and evil.

"I don't know what to do? You are the one who doesn't know what to do! Let me tell you, Xi Zhicai, if someone is exhausted in logistics, I will fight with you!"

50-year-old Dong Zhao was no less angry than 40-year-old Xi Zhong when he quarreled.

Xun You hesitated, not knowing who to persuade.

Guo Jiazuo took a look around, took out a handful of small pastries from somewhere, and watched the two quarrel while eating, looking very contented.

Guo Jin watched this scene and didn't know how to express his emotions.

A group of people were arguing, and when they saw the emperor coming, they quickly ended the quarrel and bowed down one after another.

"His Majesty."

"Ah."

Guo Peng stepped forward a few steps, and said with a straight face: "Why are you arguing? Military and state affairs are not child's play. What results can you quarrel with? As a chief officer, you must pay more attention to your words and deeds. In the future, you will not be allowed to If so, both of you will be fined for one month!"

After ending the quarrel without pain or itching, Guo Peng began to understand the situation.

It turns out that in order to end the war as soon as possible and reduce the consumption of national power by this war, Xi Zhong requested to speed up the progress of the war and the marching speed of the army.

And this has higher requirements for the logistics force.

Dong Zhao, who is in charge of logistics, finds it difficult to accept this, thinking that the logistics department is basically difficult, and continuous acceleration will put the logistics in danger of collapse, so he came to the staff desk and Xizhong theory.

Then the two quarreled.

"Your Majesty, the auxiliary soldiers and civilians in charge of logistics are also flesh and blood. They also need to eat, drink water, and rest. If they are excessively asked to speed up, something may happen and they will be exhausted."

Dong Zhao said: "During a major war in the past, there were occasional incidents when the army advanced too fast and the logistics could not keep up. At that time, the army and the staff always blamed the logistics for being too slow.

But Your Majesty, logistics transportation itself cannot be faster than marching, so there is a saying that the three armies will go first without using food and grass. They have a good idea, and they can eat wherever they go. "

Guo Peng nodded and looked at Xi Zhong.

"Gongren is right. The logistics and transportation are very difficult. It has never been easier than marching. Zhicai, your requirements should not be too high."

Xi Zhong bowed and said: "Your Majesty, this matter is also a request made after consideration by the minister. The scale of this battle is huge and the cost is huge. Hebei's accumulation for several years is likely to be exhausted after this battle. It may also require Qingyan Er of Henan State support.

I am thinking about the future inventory needs, and the disaster relief that may be needed under natural disasters and man-made disasters. I hope to leave some inventory for Hebei, so that when the inventory is needed, the inventory has already been consumed. I have no selfish intentions. I hope your majesty will see clearly. "

Guo Peng nodded again.

"There is nothing wrong with what Zhicai said. It is right to have such a thought."

After speaking, Guo Peng looked at Guo Jin.

"Prince, what do you think?"

All the ministers turned their attention to Guo Jin who was standing beside Guo Peng and never spoke.

Guo Jin was taken aback for a moment, realizing that this was also Guo Peng's test, and immediately started thinking about it.

"Your Majesty, my son thinks that what Xi Lingjun and Dong Butang said is reasonable, but Your Majesty said a long time ago that if the food is gone, you can replant it, but after a year or two, you can accumulate a lot. No, without more than ten years of work, it cannot grow.

My Wei has developed so far, all thanks to the four words [people-oriented]. No matter when, we should stick to these four words. If it is not necessary, we should not give up on people. As long as people are still there, there is still hope for everything. Yes, it's really gone. "

After hearing this, the officials all felt that what the prince said made sense.

Guo Peng also nodded.

"Have you heard what the prince said? This is what I want to say alone. Today is not a troubled time. There is stable food production in all parts of the world. If there is a shortage in one place, it is not difficult to recruit another place to store food for support.

But if people are gone, they can’t grow up without more than ten years of effort, so I have repeatedly asked you to take pity on the power of the people and not overuse the power of the people when you think about strategies. You must remember. "

All the ministers nodded.

"According to the order."

"Well, in this regard, we should follow what Gongren said. The staff station must cooperate with the Ministry of War, and the soldiers must cooperate with the logistics force. The marching speed must not exceed the limit set by the Ministry of War."

Guo Peng set the tone for this matter.

The dispute over this matter was thus resolved, and the Ministry of War in charge of logistics gained a certain sense of dominance. When the staff planned strategies and tactics, they had to formulate according to the limits set by the Ministry of War.

On this basis, consider other things, such as how to conduct wars, how to plan tactics, and so on.

However, for Wei Jun, there is no need for any very creative planning. Wei Jun is invincible in the world, and many people view it this way. The only thing that limits Wei Jun is logistics.

Therefore, Xi Zhong felt that the tactics had basically taken shape, and that was it, and the rest should depend on how the logistics troops arranged.

It mainly depends on Dong Zhao.

Dong Zhao was very upset about Xi Zhong's statement, but both the emperor and the crown prince spoke for him, and Dong Zhao couldn't say anything, so he could only honestly explain his preparations.

Dong Zhao has indeed done a lot of work, sending out all the people around him who can be sent out.

Not only more than half of the people from the Ministry of War were sent out, but also the officials from the cabinet and the Ministry of War were sent out to help. This was not enough, and a group of people was temporarily seconded from the relatively idle Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which was enough to meet the demand.

They traveled extensively among the major warehouses in the land of Hebei, constantly comparing the storage data in various places to see if there is any shortage in these places, and then recorded them in the record for preparation for recruitment.

After recording for a period of time, they have already collected quite a lot of data. Basically, the storage in every warehouse has been arranged by Dong Zhao. Several counties in Jizhou and Bingzhou, including Youzhou, have also made mobilization notices. .

"Are there any numbers that don't match?"

Guo Peng is more concerned about this issue.

"Have."

Dong Zhao didn't hesitate. If he said no in this situation, the emperor might find it strange.

Is the administration of officials under my command really so clear, and all the bureaucrats under my command are law-abiding and clean as water?

Guo Peng nodded.

"How many?"

"Not many, about [-]% of the warehouses have a situation where the recorded figures and the actual figures do not match."

Dong Zhao told the truth.

"Well, it seems that it is necessary to conduct a comprehensive inspection before the war. If we don't do a thorough investigation, I'm afraid many people will be killed by then."

Guo Peng sneered, stood up, and said to Xi Zhong and the others: "Okay, these things are not what you need to manage, you have to do the things in your hands well, and the rest of the things have nothing to do with you .”

After speaking, Guo Peng got up and left the staff desk with Guo Jin, Dong Zhao and others.

Chapter 1070 One thousand and eighty

It is not surprising that Guo was found out about storage corruption in this period.

If it can't be found out, someone Guo will find it very strange.

That's the big problem. Maybe someone Guo will send Guo Jin out to investigate and see what the hell the officials from the three states of Hebei have done to the warehouse.

Now [-]% of the warehouses have problems, which proves that the situation is still under control.

The local governments have no right to intervene in the warehouses in various places. All the food, money and military supplies in the strategic warehouses are managed by the Central Military Department.

The local government just put the things that need to be put into the warehouse according to the order of the imperial court, and then it has nothing to do with them. Whether it is damaged or consumed naturally, it is all the matter of the Ministry of War.

But if there is too much deviation in the data, it is basically certain that something is wrong.

When the time comes to check to the end, if there is a problem before entering the warehouse, then the local government will be held accountable, and if there is a problem after entering the warehouse, then the Ministry of War will be held accountable.

The government established by Mr. Guo has regulations on many levels that the central government directly delegate to local governments. Many local powers are controlled by the central government and will never be delegated.

Whether it is the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Officials, or the Ministry of Punishment, they all hold power in many matters, clamp down on localities, and limit local powers. This is the characteristic of the Guowei Empire since its founding.

Guo Peng drew lessons from the weak central power and local strength in the former Han Dynasty, expanded the power of the central government on a large scale, and restricted the power of local officials on a large scale, strengthening the centralization of power unprecedentedly, allowing the emperor to grasp more power.

In order to cooperate with the expansion of the power of the central government, the number of bureaucrats in the central government has also expanded unprecedentedly. Compared with the period of the former Emperor Huanling of the Han Dynasty, the number of officials in the central government of the Wei Empire was several times larger.

With this as a background, the Ministry of War in charge of military logistics naturally also controlled a large number of warehouses at the local level, and was in charge of all the logistics and military supplies of the Wei Empire.

This is the biggest fortune of the Wei Empire.

The local government is only responsible for transporting the materials to the warehouse for handover according to a certain ratio. After the handover is completed, the remaining matters are the affairs of the Ministry of War and have nothing to do with the locality.

But if it is found that there is a problem with the stored materials in the warehouse, the search is indiscriminate. Once the investigation is completed, it will be very dangerous if the problem is found in the local area.

Unsurprisingly, the problem still arose. [-]% of the warehouses had material data that did not match up. They were all over Jizhou, Bingzhou and Youzhou, and the warehouses in the three states were found to have problems.

Bingzhou governor Xia Houdun, Jizhou governor Han Hao, and Youzhou governor Xianyufu were all questioned by officials from the Ministry of War and officials from the third department sent by Guo Peng to investigate corruption.

"For the specific situation, your Ministry of War must hand over a complete and detailed report to me as soon as possible. Although I didn't think about immediately leading the troops to attack Xianbei, the preparations that should be made are the same. The food and grass that should be moved must be moved. This matter must be seized."

Guo Peng looked at Dong Zhao who was following him: "Before the Northern Expedition, I want a group of heads to land, so that the Northern Expedition can be stable. Some people will not do their best until they see the heads landed."

Dong Zhao trembled in his heart, and immediately obeyed.

The preparations for the Northern Expedition and the large-scale anti-corruption investigation were counted together, and they fell on the three states of Hebei.

In the past, a large number of officials from the third department went to investigate the case, and later, a large number of officials from the Ministry of War went to inspect the warehouse.

However, it was not Hebei Sanzhou that broke the big case first, but Liangzhou. Chen Zhen, the leader of the Liangzhou investigation team, reported the matter of salt water bibimbap to the Luoyang Third Division, and then went to Datian to listen.

At that time, Guo Peng broke the teacup in his hand.