Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Great Xia Military System II

Luo Yulong listened to Zhang Xuan's words and nodded slightly in his heart. Then he sighed secretly.

In Zhang Xuan's planning, the forbidden army and the border army are just because of the different places where they are stationed. But in reality, this is not the case.

Not to mention that Gao Jie and the Zheng family are similar to feudal towns, even within Great Xia, there are such and such situations.

There is no possibility of one at all. At least not yet.

"Yes." Zhang Xuan's voice changed and said, "If this is the case, the financial pressure is too great." ”

"During the Chongzhen period, the soldiers were paid eighteen taels a year. If the forbidden army is treated the same as the border army, I am afraid that the military expenditure will be more than 15 million taels a year. ”

Military spending is not only about military salaries, but also about ordnance and materials. Zhang Xuan's fifteen million taels is still undercounted.

In particular, among the sailors, the cost of ships far exceeds the number of military salaries, and the large-scale use of firearms has led to an explosive increase in military expenditure.

When he thought of military spending, Luo Yulong also felt a toothache.

Can you not have a toothache?

Nowadays, there are more than one million soldiers and horses in Great Xia, but many of them are indiscriminate, and even so, military spending has a feeling that it cannot make ends meet.

South Zhili Jiangnan Province, plus Zhejiang Province. The tax accounted for one-third of the entire Ming tax, and it was also about 1,000 taels.

And during this period of time, Luo Yulong supported left and right, coupled with the collection of clean from the treasury near Wuchang, which was able to support the consumption of the first battle of Xiangyang.

And if there are many people, they may not have combat effectiveness.

"Disarmament." A thought suddenly popped up in Luo Yulong's heart. Or it is an imminent matter to rectify the Xia army.

Otherwise, such financial pressure will make Luo Yulong breathless.

In fact, now, the three regimes, the Qing Dynasty, the Great Xia, and the Ming Dynasty, all bear a heavy financial burden. But to a certain extent, the financial situation is that Daxia is still superior, and Daming is the worst.

But that's just the episode. Luo Yulong continued to listen to Zhang Xuan.

Zhang Xuan continued: "Therefore, the minister thought that he should grant land to the border army. The land was used to subsidize military salaries, and more locals were recruited as soldiers. In wartime, the forbidden army can be stationed in various ministries and controlled by the generals of various places. This is the difference between the border army and the forbidden army. ”

In a word, the border army has a stronger independence.

Although the border army granted land to fill the military salary, it actually increased the independence of the border army. But there is no way around it.

The Emperor of China is supreme in his words. But in fact, it is impossible to rule the world with one person.

Luo Yulong was noncommittal. In fact, his current control over Huai'an and Fujian is worse than the border towns planned by Zhang Xuan.

Zhang Xuan continued: "The specific situation of the border town will be talked about later, and the minister will continue to talk about the Privy Council. ”

"The minister thought that the Privy Council should have a member of the Privy Council, and several members of the Privy Council, which were comparable to the members of the Cabinet of Ministers. The Privy Council consists of five departments, military administration, logistics, armaments, and operations. Military. They are led by the Vice-Counsellor of the Privy Council. The military administration is in charge of checking the merits of the war and promoting the personnel. The minister also set up a military academy department under the Ministry of Military Affairs to lead it with a veteran general. There are three levels of military schools. ”

"The law of setting up classes in the army is to take less than 100 households as soldiers. More than 100 households, below the battalion officer is a lieutenant. The battalion officer and above are the colonels, and the miscellaneous battalions are an army, led by the general. The generals are divided into miscellaneous names, four towns and four expeditions, generals, and commanders in charge of the world's soldiers and horses, or the crown prince. ”

In fact, in Zhang Xuan's design, there are also military levels, such as the previous Runing Army, Xuzhou Army, etc., and several battalions were merged. for an army. However, it is not yet certain whether the military level will be permanent or a temporary institution. If the system of the Anming Dynasty, one guard, is only about 5,600 people. It is already the basic unit of the military strength of the Ming court.

"Officers, promoted from sergeant to lieutenant, from lieutenant to colonel, from colonel to general, will study in the military academy for a period of time, and then serve as His Majesty's bodyguard, or as an officer of the Privy Council, and after the appointment, go down to lead the troops."

This is Zhang Xuan's originality.

It can be said that Zhang Xuan's original pro-military system has been clarified and institutionalized, and the authority of the Privy Council has also been emphasized. Eliminate the independence of generals at all levels in the system. Under Zhang Xuan's arrangement, the resume of a Great Xia general who was born as a pawn is likely to be like this. Joined the army as a pawn, spent about three years, climbed to 100 households, and then entered the military academy to study, about a year of study, and then transferred to the Privy Council as a grassroots official, or as a royal guard in the palace. Then he served for a year or two, and then delegated to 100 households. If you successfully climb from 100 households to the battalion officer. Repeat the previous process. However, it is likely that he will serve as an officer in the Privy Council, and in a year or two, he will be relegated to the rank of battalion officer. Then, after accumulating the rank of general over several years, he studied for a while and was transferred to the Privy Council.

At this time, it was the head of a certain department of the four headquarters of the Privy Council. It's quite the role of a squire in a certain ministry of civil officials.

When it comes to this position, many people come to the end of their lives. Unless you are particularly capable, you are qualified to compete for the titles of General of the Four Towns, General, and General. Especially the generals, whoever brings the generals. In Zhang Xuan's planning, at least it is the responsibility of the aspect.

Behind this kind of unified arrangement above personnel is the unity of military training, supply, military discipline, and conscription. Otherwise, one general is transferred from one to another. It takes a long time to get acquainted with all aspects of the military.

It is simply impossible to move each other.

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For example, if one hundred households of the Qi family army are suddenly transferred to the Liao army, it can be said with certainty that these hundred households must not be able to adapt, although there are various personnel reasons. But in fact, the two armies, although they were Ming armies, were almost completely different in all respects. Even in language, I am afraid that it may not be the same.

Zhejiang dialect and Biansai dialect, I am afraid it is really a chicken and a duck.

Zhang Xuan has an ambition in this design, and perhaps this ambition can be called the modernization of the army. From top to bottom, a self-contained military system can compete with the civilian system. It has its own talent training channels. Even if the founding dignitaries die in the future, this system will confront the civilian officials for its own interests.

"The logistics department is handed over to the military department, and all the supplies and even military salaries of the military department are handed over to the logistics department. The logistics department set up warehouses in dangerous places and set up troops to guard them, and the box army was also subordinate to the logistics department. The logistics department is responsible for the transfer of military supplies and the supply of all armies. ”

"The Ministry of Armaments will be handed over to the Ministry of Industry, and all equipment in the army will be provided by the Armaments Department."

After Luo Yulong heard this, he immediately said secretly: "These two departments are to seize the power of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry. ”

In Luo Yulong's view, the first armament section does not need to be listed separately at all. You only need to be subordinate to the Logistics Department, after all, the technical content of ordnance in this era is not high. It's not too fast. There is no need to list them separately at all.

It's just that Zhang Xuan is used to seeing the technological revolution of later generations, so he naturally wants to list the military department separately.

However, although Luo Yulong had other thoughts in his heart, he didn't say much. Wait for Zhang Xuan to continue.

"The War Department, which is the most central part of the Privy Council, plans all military operations. All generals with the rank of general in Beijing are under the management of the War Department. In all cases of war, the War Department put forward the battle plan in front of the Imperial Court, and the Privy Council envoy and deputy envoy deliberated with the cabinet elders. It is to be decided by His Majesty, and then by the Privy Council, the order is drawn up and issued to the armies for execution. ”

"The Department of Military Justice, as the name suggests, is the department that enforces military law, and the ministers plan to set up military judges at the post level, which are managed by the military judges at the higher level, and the military judges are also the chief officer and the captain of the personal guard. He is also in charge of intelligence services. At the town level, it is the prison army. Make sure that the army is in the hands of the imperial court. ”

"That's it." Luo Yulong said: "Is it that among the battalions below, are there a lot of Zuo Officers to be added?" ”

Zhang Xuan said: "Your Majesty has seen thousands of miles. ”

Luo Yulong said: "Sigh slightly, although the plan is good, it is not easy to implement. ”

Of course, Zhang Xuan knew that it was not easy to execute.

If nothing else, it is difficult to find so many civilian soldiers. People who are literate in the army are rare. Even if Zhang Xuan has been cultivating, he does not dare to guarantee that every grassroots officer is literate. Not to mention the thousands of civilian officers who built this system.

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