Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

After Lin Yi put forward his idea, the civil servants thought about it, and after calculations by the Taxation Department of the Ministry of Household Affairs, they found that it was indeed as Lin Yi expected, and this national policy was approved.

At the same time, officials from the Taxation Department also said that after the implementation of this national policy, the people of the empire will soon become rich. This is good for both the empire and the people.

After all, when people have money in their hands, they will support the empire more, and the empire can also hide wealth among the people, making the empire more stable.

Therefore, this national policy was adopted.

At this time, Lin Yi also discovered how refreshing it was to have his own power in the court.

If this matter had been done in the past, even if Zhao Xu agreed, these officials would have tried their best to oppose it. Unlike now, if I just raise it, someone will naturally explain the reasons and find as many advantages as possible.

I have to say, this feeling is really cool!

In terms of people's livelihood education, Lin Yi has successively proposed the separation of powers, exempting agricultural taxes, building new schools, realizing compulsory education, encouraging women to study, and improving the treatment of some grassroots (such as teachers, etc.).

At the same time, Lin Yi proposed to build two comprehensive universities in the Imperial Capital. Various localities also need to build new comprehensive universities to cultivate a variety of talents for the empire.

He also stated that after graduating from university, hundreds of people will be selected from newly built universities in each province to be sent to Europe for further study.

At the same time, it was stated that the number of talents selected each year will determine the financial allocation for the university in the second year.

Moreover, the comprehensive university mentioned here is not the so-called Imperial College in the past, which only teaches classical Chinese, but includes mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other subjects.

What Lin Yi wants is for a hundred flowers to bloom and a hundred schools of thought to contend in all disciplines in the empire.

Regarding this point, some civil servants supported and some opposed it, while the military attachés were watching the show.

Among the civil servants who expressed support, apart from those who supported Lin Yi without any brains, there were also some knowledgeable officials.

They are well aware that modern subjects are no longer what they learned when they were young. If you want the empire to have long-term stability, you must learn these Western learnings.

The officials who opposed it were much simpler than those who agreed. They were worried that the empire's support for Western learning on such a large scale would make the people of the empire forget the treasures passed down by their ancestors.

Finally, after combining the opinions of both parties, Lin Yi proposed to create a comprehensive university unique to the Daxia cultural circle with middle school as the backbone and Western learning as the backbone.

That is to say, regardless of small, medium, or large schools, all levels must learn Daxia culture, deepen patriotism education, and then choose the subjects that interest them.

This means that no matter what subject you choose as your main subject, Daxia Literature is a must-learn.

At the same time, in line with the empire's intention not to raise idle people, Lin Yi asked Zhao Xu to restructure the Imperial College from a mere state institution for people to study into an institution that supervises education at all levels of the empire (elementary, middle and large).

Their main tasks are firstly to prepare the teaching syllabus, and secondly to inspect the education situation in each province.

And this situation will be included in the annual annual assessment.

Lin Yi felt that among the people in the Imperial College who had become stupid from studying, none of them knew how to adapt, but there were some nerds who were very knowledgeable, so they were very suitable for this job.

This not only prevents these nerds from staying in the capital and discussing court affairs when they are full, but also allows them to give full play to their strengths. It can be regarded as making the best use of everything.

However, this group of people seemed to be only familiar with Daxia literature, and only half-understood those Western studies. So Lin Yi considered whether to send more people who understand Western learning to Guozi Prison.

In the face of people's livelihood, in addition to these, Lin Yi also encouraged individuals to set up factories, and at the same time asked the court to give up some industries with simple craftsmanship to be produced by private capital.

In this way, private capital can be used to absorb the extra labor force.

Those factories controlled by the empire were all converted into military factories, dedicated to producing materials for the army, with dedicated personnel in charge to ensure quality.

The advantage of this is that it ensures that these factories have enough funds for research and development and production.

Regarding the military, Lin Yi also has some methods.

The first step was to start implementing the restructuring he had already prepared.

He integrated all the armies of the empire and divided them into three levels.

The first step is naturally the elites of hundreds of battles like Longxiang Army and Jingying.

The total number of troops at this level is approximately 80. At present, Lin Yi is satisfied with the size of the number of people and has no plans to expand them in a short time.

Their mission will be to serve as the sharp knife of the entire army, tearing apart the enemy's defense lines and defeating the enemy head-on.

It is the main force in the empire's foreign wars. It is a bit like the field army of later generations. It is the elite among the elite and the ace among the aces.

Their bases were also moved directly from the original vicinity of the capital to the capital cities of each province, or to newly divided war zones. (War zone issues will be discussed later)

The second level is the local garrison troops. These troops were integrated from the original armies held by warlords in various places.

Kick out some old and young, leaving only the strong and strong, and send a group of instructors in to train them.

Their mission is to act as a reserve force for the first echelon, occupy the city during wartime, and maintain law and order.

The total number of people in this echelon is approximately two million.

The third echelon can no longer be regarded as a regular army. If you have to find an appropriate metaphor, it is a bit like a security regiment or a militia.

His weapons and equipment are the worst, and most of them are only equipped with some artillery such as mortars.

But the rifle can still ensure that everyone has one.

Of course, their mission is not to go to the battlefield. Their mission is mainly to maintain local security. Therefore, Lin Yi felt that these weapons were enough.

However, this does not mean that these three classes and weapon equipment remain unchanged. Once a war breaks out, the empire has the strength to fully arm the third echelon.

Moreover, the third echelon has the largest number of people, with a total of 300 million people.

However, when it was announced, the empire still had only 280 million troops.

Of course, military reform is only a small part of Lin Yi's military reform.

Lin Yi then proposed to build three new military academies. In addition to the one in the capital, there are two others, one in Hankou and one in Fuzhou.

In addition to the group of military academies in Hankou, the military academies in Beijing and Fuzhou need to pay for naval military subjects.

In addition, Lin Yi hopes that the empire can introduce Western medicine to various places, and at least ensure that every province has a school dedicated to cultivating talents in Western medicine.

It is worth noting that the medical schools mentioned here do not only teach Western medicine, but also Chinese medicine.

At the same time, the military is required to provide some positions to these outstanding medical graduates. To put it bluntly, Lin Yi wants to recruit some field doctors.

It can be said that the military fully accepted some of Lin Yi's requests.

They were not stupid either, so they could naturally see that Lin Yi and these were all requirements that could improve the combat effectiveness of the army. So they were naturally more willing to follow Lin Yi's request.