New Shun 1730

"Is it that simple?"

Liu Yu felt a little unbelievable. He thought that this matter must be extremely difficult, but in his father's view, this matter seemed to be just a matter of a word from the emperor.

Thinking about his father's words, it seems that there is some truth.

No matter how strong the navy is, as long as there is an army stationed in Weihai, the navy will be watched closely and dare not move.

And the high military expenditure means that the navy cannot be established without a powerful empire.

There is no Taiwan Strait, no English Channel, and no Atlantic Ocean between Weihai and the capital.

So such a military force, as long as it can bring enough benefits to the emperor, the emperor will definitely support it.

Liu Yu has already told the emperor how much wealth the navy can bring. So when Liu Sheng said this, Liu Yu was relieved.

"As my father said, your majesty should agree."

Liu Sheng didn't know the subsequent plans, didn't ask, and didn't even want to know.

"You will be tied to the navy for the rest of your life. You fought so fiercely in the battle of the Western Regions. You intimidated the tribes of the Western Regions, Mongolia, the snow-capped mountains, and the Rakshasa, but it also made His Majesty feel uneasy."

"Although you always say that training is the best and fighting is the worst. It's fine to say it, but who dares to really believe it? Remember one thing in the future, don't touch the army."

It's a warning, but in fact, I'm relieved and praised him a lot.

After the praise, he said: "Even if there is a war in the future, remember one thing. The navy is only responsible for the sea. Even if His Majesty asks you to take charge of the overall situation, you must decline. Let a special general lead the army."

"Just remember this point, how capable you are, use your ability. His Majesty wants to use us, such a noble family, but dare not use it, but has to use it. But don't worry, the nobles will definitely support you."

"It's not that I support you as a person, but I support your military reform method. When it comes to building a navy, His Majesty will not allow civil officials to intervene; and the reform of the army will give the nobles a new life. You have thought about this matter carefully, so I don't need to say more."

Liu Sheng read Liu Yu's suggestions on military reform. From the perspective of the nobles, he supported it after weighing the pros and cons.

The entire military reform revolves around three things.

Set up a training office.

Set up special training grounds in the capital, Jinling, Shandong, Xijing, Jingxiang and other five places to recruit soldiers and conduct centralized training.

The training department is directly under the jurisdiction of the central government, and the governors and generals of various places are not allowed to interfere.

The officials of the training department are of low rank, that is, small military officers of the sixth or seventh rank. They are not qualified to lead troops to fight, nor are they qualified to mobilize troops.

They just change their flintlock rifles and bayonets and concentrate on training formations, bayonets and firing.

Set up a staff department.

The staff department is directly under the emperor and is filled by young staff officers and military leaders.

For military leaders, the staff department is a retirement home.

For young staff officers, the official position is not high, but the power and responsibility are extremely heavy. All power comes from His Majesty, so that the emperor can obtain the right to command troops in various places by controlling the staff department.

On the one hand, the military power can be grasped more firmly, and on the other hand, it can also maintain a sense of presence in the army.

Under the staff department, there are also staff officers of various troops, similar to the Qingzhou Army, and the staff officers are in charge of camping, marching, pre-war preparations, etc.

On the one hand, it allows the generals to focus on commanding on the battlefield, and on the other hand... it is still the same saying: a well-organized army and an incompetent general should not be defeated easily.

Some commanders do not need any advice from their subordinates. They plan and make decisions alone, and their staff are only responsible for implementing their plans. However, such great commanders are rare in the world. In most cases, the commander of an army cannot but listen to advice when making decisions. Such advice is usually the result of the joint thinking of the staff team, and their knowledge and experience enable them to make correct judgments.

Especially when the nobles are in charge of the army, most of them are mediocre. In this case, the role of the staff becomes more and more important.

As Prussia believed: Generally speaking, it is impossible to simply remove incompetent generals, and most generals are incompetent. But we can at least arrange some capable assistants for them. The chief of staff is those who help incompetent generals perform their duties. They provide the leadership and command talents needed by the army.

The establishment of the staff is very suitable for the characteristics of the court of Dashun.

On the one hand, the emperor held on tightly to the military power, relying on the nobles and good family sons to control the military power.

The nobles were the power that the emperor could trust, but they had to ensure the eldest son inheritance system, which made each generation worse than the previous one. Occasionally, there would be two capable fighters, who became the pillar of strength.

It was necessary to ensure that they could win and that the leader could control the situation in the army, so the nobles were the most suitable.

The General Staff assisted the nobles in fighting, but it was impossible to have control over the army, because they could not compete with the nobles. They could only make suggestions or, in appropriate circumstances, replace the nobles in command in the battle.

The General Staff should take over the power and responsibilities of the Military Government’s Office, draw maps of various places, survey and map the surrounding areas of Korea, Myanmar, Vietnam, etc., and formulate a series of combat plans at any time.

At that time, the emperor would issue these plans and provide strategic guidance, which could also ensure the emperor’s prestige in the army.

In this way, the nobles do not have to worry about the emperor's suspicion of them because of their military power, and they can also ensure that they can lead the army from generation to generation. This is a long-lasting benefit for the noble class.

Otherwise, it is likely that the nobles will become useless in the end, just like the previous dynasty.

If the civil officials are incompetent in leading the troops, the nobles will only have to occupy land, have children, and host banquets on behalf of the emperor.

In the end, they can only become marginalized people in the court.

This is a situation that the third and fourth generation nobles of Dashun do not want to see.

The third thing is the military school system.

Dashun abolished the military examination as early as after Jingxiang and adopted the camp school system of the three-house method. Although this is not a military school, it at least transcends the category of the painful military examination.

The military examination selected brave generals who can fight ten people with one, but the times have changed, and being brave and unparalleled is useless.

The camp school and the three-house method of Wude Palace can be seamlessly switched to military schools, as long as the textbooks and examination weights are changed.

Reduce the weight of riding and shooting; replace the commander books such as the Seven Military Classics with drill manuals and camp tactics; increase the weight of arithmetic and geometry.

Under the military school system, good families have more room for promotion, and can take up a large number of officer positions by relying on the advantages of military school.

Because the things that the military school has to test determine that even if the restrictions are temporarily relaxed, there are actually not many people other than good families who can be admitted.

The military school system guarantees a lower limit, guarantees the combat effectiveness of grassroots officers, and also ensures that this is a place where civil officials from the imperial examination system cannot intervene.

The size of Dashun only needs a sufficiently high lower limit, not famous generals.

When the imperial examination occupies an absolute advantage in the court, the imperial power can be manipulated in the middle, making the officers the most loyal subordinates of the emperor.

At the same time, it allows civil officials to maintain the power of supervision and prevents military generals from being too domineering.

The military rank system after graduation from the military school can guarantee the income and honor of officers. Military rank is military rank, and military position is military position, which cannot be equated.

The military reform around these three things is actually the three parties of good families, nobles, and the emperor, working together to divide the military government and completely take back the military power.

In this way, those who support military reform and those who oppose it are clearly divided.

The training department ensures the quality of new recruits, and standardized management makes the tactics the same.

The training department is full of small officials. They can train soldiers, but they can never lead them in battle. There is no need to worry about rebellion in the training department.

The staff department controls the command of battles and strategic decision-making. Professional staff can allow incompetent nobles to take charge of the army, and nobles can suppress the entire army with their noble status.

The military academy controls a promotion route outside the imperial examination, and can ensure that there are qualified officers in the battles of the new era.

The power of the military government will definitely be invaded.

Once the military reform is completed, the position of the military government will be very embarrassing. What functions are left?

The emperor has obtained complete military power and guaranteed absolute control over the army. Even if the military government is not abolished, it is actually a rubber stamp.

At the same time, taking away military power from the military government controlled by the imperial examination civil servants is also conducive to the expansion of Dashun.

This is a very suitable era for expansion. If you take the first step, you can use your size to form a crushing advantage over the surrounding areas.

Civil officials who came from the imperial examination system are limited by their three views and do not support "militarism", but the General Staff has to consider military merit, military merit and military merit.

Moreover, the military government's Zhifangsi is simply too bad.

The map is not clear, the military strength of the surrounding countries is not understood, and the intelligence of Myanmar, Vietnam and Japan is unknown.

Relying on this group of people who only know the words of the saints, it is not impossible to govern the country, but it is really impossible to fight, especially foreign wars.

If you don't use military force these days, you will wait for the national awakening a hundred years later, and you can't control it even if you want to use military force.

Liu Sheng both recognizes and supports this set of military reform ideas, and is sure that the nobles will also support it.

At the same time, the idea of ​​setting up the Navy Department by taking this opportunity will have a lot of room for operation.

The emperor must ensure that he can fully control the army, so that he can be assured of the navy. As Liu Sheng said, if he stationed 10,000 army troops in Weihai, then the navy will always belong to the emperor.

A navy without ports, shipyards and repair shops, gunpowder replenishment, logistics, and cannot dock is useless.

The final decision-making power is naturally in the hands of the emperor, because the good family sons and nobles support this military reform, and the emperor can balance the situation and use the power of the good family sons and nobles to regain power.

After Liu Sheng analyzed the matter to Liu Yu, he said: "The pacification issue will surely make His Majesty firm in his determination to reform the army. Because the Qingzhou Army you trained gave His Majesty a reason to convince the court officials."

"The Westerners' military formations and tactics are so powerful. If there is no military reform, if the Westerners or the surrounding small countries invade in the future... You must know that the biggest lesson of our dynasty is that the 200,000 people of the Later Jin Dynasty almost made China sink."

"Just because you don't use it doesn't mean that others won't use it. Western forces have already established themselves in the Nanyang countries. You fought too well in the Western Regions, and His Majesty will not be afraid. Therefore, military reform is inevitable. You can fish in troubled waters by writing a petition to establish the Navy Department at this time."

"If it succeeds, the Navy Department will be established."

"If it doesn't succeed, then take a step back and get the silver. Let's talk about it later."

"You can embellish this memorial again. When I go back this time, I will present it to His Majesty. His Majesty will also print it out and distribute it to the ministers for the great court discussion."