Finally, when it comes to the problem that tactics have fallen behind, this is exactly a point that the military government Shangshu wants to grasp.

Is there a problem with the military system in Dashun?

Or is it just a tactical lag?

If it was just a tactical backwardness, it would have been enough to replace it with flintlock pistols and bayonets, and there would have been no such drastic changes at all.

Isn't it just a new musket? Is there any difficulty?

Taking advantage of Liu Yu's remarks on this issue, the military government Shangshu asked again: "Since Ying Suobo also believes that the military system of the National Dynasty is only tactically backward, then as long as the new guns are popularized." The so-called military training offices, military academies, staff officers, and so on are actually unnecessary. ”

Liu Yu asked rhetorically: "If you don't use the training office, how can you select qualified new soldiers?" If you don't select qualified recruits, how can you get rid of the old? ”

"Local garrisons are deeply entrenched, and unless the central government comes forward to manage them, it will be difficult to change. If there is no change, how can all employees learn new formations? The staff officers sent were soft-spoken, so how could they train in new tactics? This training is also necessary. ”

"Second, there are many changes in new tactics and new tactics. When marching, how far apart are the columns? Why are there so many intervals? How does it change when it is unfolded into a horizontal team? Which company will go first, and which company will be behind? How do I evacuate when I retreat? ”

"Doesn't all this require military school study? In the past, the generals had their own methods, so that the soldiers and generals were separated, and the soldiers could not be used. ”

"Originally, the military general used A, and the other person used B. Soldiers trained by two people may be available. However, once the general is changed, it cannot be used. ”

"Now the tactics are unified and the orders are unified. In this way, even if the soldiers are separated, or the generals are changed in battle, the order can still be used. ”

"In order to achieve unity of tactics and orders, it is necessary to have military academies and training offices."

"How can Lord Shangshu say that this is useless?"

Just now, the secretary of the military government used a very realistic question of "retrenchment" to interrogate Liu Yu, and now Liu Yu is drawing a gourd in the same way, and he also uses a very realistic question to ask rhetorically.

The mind of the military government Shangshu is still sober, knowing the advantages of the flower team becoming a pure team, and he has also witnessed the achievements of the Qingzhou Army in the Western Regions, and he does not oppose the change at the tactical level.

Or think that there is no way to refute Liu Yu at this point, so he jumped away from these and asked directly about some very realistic things.

Then Liu Yu also asked a very realistic question.

If there is no training office, how can we ensure that the soldiers of the new army can select qualified soldiers?

If local generals are allowed to train and dismiss on their own, how can we ensure that all the people they dismiss are old and weak?

This offending thing should have been borne by someone. Who's going to do that? Who can afford it?

Naturally, the government of the court will bear the responsibility, and the emperor will bear it, if the emperor does not want to bear the infamy, but also wants to save military expenses and dismantle the old army, then there is no need to discuss it.

If the emperor is willing to bear this infamy, then the training office must be set up, so as to bypass the intricate local relations.

This is actually the same reason as Liu Yu scaring people at the beginning, "The emperor trained a group of cadres to parachute into the place to check the acres of fields".

Rely on airborne to solve the intertwined resistance.

Neither the accounts nor the ordnance were checked, only the selection of soldiers.

Everything before, the past is not to blame, and I don't care about drinking the blood of soldiers or paying airspace.

If it is not reined in after the military reform, it will be disposed of again.

Dare to touch those who are airborne, even if the petty officer in this training department is only seven or eight grades, daring to touch them is a rebellion.

Unless you lose your mind.

The emperor had just finished fighting the Rakshasa and Dzungaria, and it was the time when his prestige was at its highest. Who would dare to rebel at this time?

We must first weigh whether we can beat the Qingzhou Army, which has created miracles, and the Beijing camp, which has always been the most capable of fighting, and the field troops in Xijing?

Liu Yu said: "In addition, the military academy system and the Wude Palace camp learning method are in the same line, and it is not difficult to change. ”

"In the future, the selection of materials for military schools can be like the imperial examination. The number of posts for Liangjiazi to enter the Wude Palace remains unchanged, and the Wude Palace is still both literary and martial, but the military academy only trains specialized officers. ”

"The new military academy, coupled with the official school of Jinghai Palace, actually allows the good family to have more outlets, and can also select more talents from all over the world."

"In the past, when the nobles were in charge of the army, they were all the first to be knighted, and after training in the Beijing camp, they were knighted. After attacking the lord, the position is high, and after going out, he will have to go out of the town, and he often does not know the essentials. ”

"The staff system and the training department can ensure that a controlled army and even incompetent generals cannot be defeated lightly. In the future, the Beijing camp will be reformed, and the sons and daughters of the lords should also start as battalion commanders and be familiar with military affairs. In this way, it can avoid the disadvantages of the previous dynasty and nobles. ”

"Honorable and noble sons, you can join the army again, and there is one more way, so as not to be unproductive all day long."

"Abolishing the assessment and selection of bows, archery, guns, etc., can allow more poor children to study arithmetic, etc., and then learn guns after entering military schools. In this way, there is one more way for civilians. ”

"Isn't it a good thing that the change in military ranks has made serving as an officer a profession? Those who came out of the military academy did not follow civil politics, and they did not have to worry about robbing the quota of the imperial examination. ”

"As for the General Staff or the Privy Council...... That is not for the courtiers to decide. ”

At this point, Liu Yu can't talk about the rest of the topics.

He can only talk about the benefits of change and the general process, and answer some detailed questions.

But the re-construction and distribution of power is what the emperor and the Heavenly Blessing Hall have to consider.

It doesn't matter if it's called the General Staff or the Privy Council, does the head of this Privy Council have added a level to the rules?

How should the powers and responsibilities between the Privy Council and the military government be divided?

Since the Privy Council is in charge of the staff and military strategy, the powers and responsibilities of the Faculty Division, such as maps and peripheral intelligence, must be obtained.

This is exactly what the military government has done very poorly.

I don't know about the surrounding military situation.

I don't care at all when I don't fight, and when I fight, I just prepare in a hurry, and I don't have any plan at all.

It is said that the situation of Dashun and the surrounding situation should be understood. Burma, Vietnam, Japan, Mughal, Russia...... But no.

The thinking of the military government is not the thinking of the army, but the set of "world view" under the imperial examination system, and the eyes are staring at the inside.

It's not that you have to be reckless, but you must do a plan for the surrounding areas. It's one thing to fight or not, it's another thing to have a plan when you want to fight.

Those few people in the military government were not enough to do these things. Moreover, they have a specialization in the art industry, and they can't understand the military strength of the surrounding countries.

The General Staff or the Privy Council must have this in their hands, and the full-time department is responsible for the planning in different directions. At the very least, roads, maps, towns, and borders should be clear. And to do this, you need people who have learned real studies and understand surveying and mapping.

These things are not at all possible in a military government that relied on the imperial examination.

As for the Wuxuan Division, a high-level military attaché, the emperor and the Heavenly Blessing Hall could have intervened.

The emperor wanted to centralize power, and the military power of the military government was also in jeopardy.

The establishment of military academies is fundamentally different from the imperial examination, and it cannot be grasped even if it is wanted.

Take away these items, what is left of the military government?

There may be some rights and responsibilities left, but the rest are dispensable.

These issues involving the redistribution and balance of power can only be agreed between the emperor and the core personnel, and Liu Yu can't be the master anyway.

In fact, these things are all leftovers in Liu Yu's opinion.

The real core of military reform is the military rank system and the regular discharge system.

Officers who retire from the military remain in reserve and continue to receive one-third of their military pay.

After the veterans are discharged, either the state will arrange for them to be reclaimed in the frontier according to the cost of about 70 taels per person; Either a salary of about thirty taels for two years is directly given as a settlement fee. Whether it's to buy land or do small business, the rest doesn't matter.

But once the country is in dire need of soldiers, it can quickly recruit them into the army and maintain enough soldiers.

Taking the 200,000 standing army as an example, after the seven-year service period is formed, the number of retired servicemen is 30,000 every year. 30,000 people will be compensated at a one-time price of 40 taels, that is, 1.2 million taels, and the imperial court can still squeeze out this money, especially after the military reform reduced the number of troops from 450,000 to 200,000.

Seven years of service and 15 years of reserve service can ensure that the imperial court can pull out 600,000 trained troops at any time when it is really in crisis.

This is where the military reform is most meaningful for the Li dynasty, or for a possible invasion by foreign enemies.

Otherwise, the military system of Dashun, once the elite is reimbursed, it will be over.

The newly recruited troops have no combat effectiveness at all, and the army is a disposable army.

The 600,000 trained line soldiers can basically guarantee that they will not have to worry about external troubles.

As for the internal uprising, it is the people who carry the weapons after all, and the more veterans with military experience, the better.

Moreover, Liu Yu also has his own small plans.

In the future, we will go through Nanyang and recruit hired personnel, and veterans will definitely be preferred. With military experience, he can exert his might in the South Seas where he needs to be stationed.

On the whole, the military rank system and the resettlement of discharged soldiers have made the military reform look like the number of troops has been reduced from 450,000 to 200,000, and the actual military expenditure has not been reduced.

Only by being willing to spend money can we raise a strong army.

The soldiers are fine, not many.

In the entire military reform plan, the old soldiers who benefited were the combatable soldiers in Beijing, Shaanxi, Gansu and other places.

Because they're not going to be laid off, they're just going to be retrained. And according to the length of service, the military salary will continue to increase, although it is not much, but it is also profitable.

The road for the sons of good families to become Lang officials in Wude Palace has not been blocked, on the contrary, the opening of military academies has made some people who cannot be admitted to Wude Palace have a new way out.

Especially in the short term, when there are not too many new-style practical schools, it is equivalent to eighty percent of the officers who are from good families.

The emperor did not want to see this, so he wanted to open a new school of practical learning. In the short term, the sons of good families will not see the competition, but feel that the military school has given a better way out, and when the real school has sprung up, their advantages will be canceled.

When the time comes, either accept it honestly or be cleansed...... Or, if you have the ability, you will engage in mutiny, clear the king's side, and retain your hidden privileges.

And once there are more practical schools, more people will begin to learn practical learning that has nothing to do with the words of the sages, and this atmosphere can prompt more outstanding science talents.

As a matter of fact...... The things learned in the military academy can actually be learned by those who come from the imperial examination, and it is not very difficult, unless you go to be an artillery or navy.

But since the Wude Palace Sansha Law itself has reserved a route parallel to the imperial examination, it is natural to pretend that you have to learn enough practical studies to be admitted to the military academy.

It's not just a selection.

Just like Dashun changed from eight shares back to the policy theory before, and then changed from the policy theory back to the eight shares, just picking out people who are not so stupid, and the real knowledge is slowly learned from practice in the future.

After the establishment of practical schools, the base number is larger, and there may really be so many ten or eight who are addicted to mathematics and physics, leading the academic frontier of the times.

Moreover, without the brainwashing of monarchs, ministers, fathers, sons, and sons, it is easier to spread some ideas in the future.

The cost of printing books is not high, and the pamphlets that can be read and understood are the most suitable for inciting this group of literate and learned people, but they are regarded as uneducated by the imperial examination.

For Liu Yu, what he really cares about is practical learning. By borrowing the shell of military reform, what we want to promote is practical learning.

As for whether the emperor should make a big determination to reform the military, his attitude is to take three steps, but in fact he only wants to take one step forward.

The navy allowed it, as long as it could guarantee a new army of more than 20,000 men within five years, which could win the war against Japan and capture Batavia and Malacca. That's the bottom line.

As long as the emperor has the idea of military reform, there are a few places that cannot be bypassed at all, and there is always one that is the result that Liu Yu wants.