Chapter 538: Military and Political Council
The monthly military-political joint meeting is the most innovative form of meeting since Li Yi took charge of Yunnan. The greatest advantage of this form of meeting is that both military and civilian affairs can find a meeting point here, and no matter what differences and conflicts there are between the two sides, they can be resolved and handled here in a timely manner, so as to avoid causing deeper contradictions.
In ancient times, the military and civil administration often coexisted with each other, and even confused, most of the time the local military chief often overrode the local civil chief, which is also one of the main reasons why the local feudal towns continue to grow, and the situation is even more serious in the current Five Dynasties period.
However, Liu Yan, the emperor of the Southern Han Dynasty, adopted the suggestions of Zhao Guangyi, the prime minister, and Yang Dongqian, the secretary of the military department, and stipulated that in addition to directly facing the important passes and important military places of the hostile country, the chief officials of other places must be civilian officials, so as to avoid the dangerous situation of military generals supporting troops and self-respect, which was also a major initiative of the Southern Han Dynasty and was directly used by the Northern Song Dynasty court in the future.
However, in this way, although the possibility of separating feudal towns was greatly reduced, this practice of emphasizing literature over military force undoubtedly made it difficult to transform economic strength and civilization achievements into military aspects.
No matter how strong a country's economic strength is, it will not necessarily be transformed into national defense strength. In addition, the literati bureaucracy has a strong ideology, there are many internal factions, and the phenomenon of redundant officials and redundant personnel is very serious, which makes it difficult for the economy to support the huge bureaucracy, which will eventually erode all aspects of the country, making the country gradually move towards the abyss of defeat.
This will be vividly reflected in the later Northern Song Dynasty.
The military-government joint conference system created in Yunnan has given military generals a certain opportunity to speak, and they can also speak their minds as freely as civilian officials. Whether it is military construction, equipment construction, or military-civilian integration, they can put forward their own opinions and propositions, and have the opportunity to communicate with local officials, which greatly reduces the possibility of contradictions between the two sides, so the effect is still very obvious.
The main topic of today's meeting on the military side of the meeting was the construction of the Ningzhou battalion and the garrison of Yunnan's newly acquired territory. The construction of the Ningzhou camp has come to an end, and the new Ningzhou camp is built as a city, with a length and width of only about 600 meters.
However, although the sparrow is small and has all kinds of organs, under the design of Li Yi and Jian Zheng, drawing on the experience of European castles, the city walls are tall and sturdy, and the light and dark castles correspond to each other, and the shooting angle and defense are impeccable.
Because it is built on Niutou Mountain, although the terrain is not very high, the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Moreover, there is an abundance of water, so there is no need to worry about being completely cut off from the outside world by the enemy. Moreover, it is at a horn with Ningzhou New Town, and it can be used as Olympic aid for each other.
After Jian Zheng's report, Li Yi focused on the construction quality of the Ningzhou battalion, and demanded that both the army and the construction team should attach great importance to the construction of the Ningzhou battalion, and must do a good job in construction and supervision on time, according to quality and quantity, and must meet the strictest control standards to create a high-standard defense with tight defense and excellent quality.
As for the issue of garrisoning the newly acquired territory in Yunnan, Li Yi made a special statement to the people: Although there are only three newly acquired territories, the area is very large, more than one-seventh of the current area of Yunnan.
Moreover, this place is of great strategic significance, playing the role of a bridge connecting the territory east of the Han Dynasty, and according to the geographical conditions of the mountainous area of high in the front and low in the back, it has become the most important screen domain in the eastern part of Yunnan facing the country of Qiqi and Kunming.
Therefore, it is imperative to station heavy troops in this place to protect Yunnan's economic lifeline from being cut off, and it is also conducive to the formation of a deep and vast buffer area.
However, according to Yunnan's plan, the number of military personnel has been being reduced, and if new soldiers are rashly recruited, military spending will undoubtedly be very large. Even if it is paid now, it is the war reparations won after the victory in many wars last year, and the total amount of reparations received has already exceeded the fiscal revenue of the whole of last year, so that it can support four consecutive wars.
But after this village, there will be no such shop, and if you want to sit and eat empty, you will not have enough stamina. Because according to Li Yi's estimate, this year's fiscal revenue will undoubtedly drop by more than half, and it would be good if it could reach 3 million, and the expenditure will continue unabated, and the construction of Ningzhou New City and the new Ningzhou camp alone will cost more than 10 million yuan.
In addition, there are various expenditures for military pensions, poverty alleviation projects, free education, expenditures for Yunnan Jinjuan Institute in Beijing, start-up funds for the development of Yunnan Commercial Bank in Beijing, and so on.
Therefore, Li Yi still said that the number of personnel in the Yunnan army must not be increased again, and it must be controlled within 7,000 people, and not a single soldier will be increased on the basis of making up for the losses in the four battles. The garrisons needed for the newly acquired territories had to be drawn from the existing armies.
Therefore, Li Yi decided to downgrade the Pingyang Pass Inspection Division to the Pingyang Outpost, from which about 200 people could be transferred, 200 people from Baiwu Pass, 200 people from Songyang Pass, and 200 people from the Ningzhou battalion.
Set up Weilong Pass in Weilong Town, which directly faces the Qiqi Kingdom and has the most dangerous terrain, and Wei Jing serves as the defense envoy of Weilong Pass, who is fully responsible for the military deployment and defense of the newly acquired territory.
In addition, Li Yi appointed Jianghua as the county magistrate of Yihe County, responsible for managing the civil affairs and household registration affairs of the newly acquired territories such as Yihe County, Weilong Town, and Dewo Town. The county is now the largest in Yunnan in terms of size, and its importance is unquestionable because it is located on a major transportation route and is a crowded area. Therefore, Li Yi put the most trustworthy Jiang Hua here, so that he could completely put his mind at ease.
Qian Cong was appointed as the envoy of the Yunnan Concert Academy in Beijing, and Ling Feng was appointed as the deputy envoy of the Concert Academy, taking overall responsibility for the preparation of the Concert Academy in Beijing and striving to make the Concert Institute work again within three months. The Dongchuan County Order, which was vacated after Qian Cong's departure, was temporarily represented by Wang Fang, the current chief secretary of Dongchuan County.
On the issue of the expansion of Ningzhou New Town, Yunnan is now also encountering some new problems. Since the roads, canals, drainage facilities and other public facilities in the new city have long been completed, it is only waiting for the residents to build their own houses in the planning area. ()
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