Wei Wuji looked at Zhang Qiang and said: "Governor Dadu, before, let's fight the Battle of Henan Mansion, the Battle of Yungui, and the Battle of Baodao, at that time, our strength has expanded a lot, the field brigade alone has expanded from eighteen to twenty-two, and then Wu Sangui, Hong Chengchou Qing Army, the field brigade has been expanded to twenty-six, and then it has fought small countries in Southeast Asia, and the field brigade has expanded to thirty-two, and later, although some D-level and C-level field brigades have been abolished, there are twenty-eight field brigades left, but the strength has not decreased, it's just put in other troops——,"

Zhang Qiang tapped his fingers on the table and asked in a calm tone, "You mean we have more troops?" Why didn't I feel too much? When I fought the Battle of Shandongzhou, I felt that the troops were not enough. There is a lack of troops everywhere, otherwise Hong Chengchou would not have been allowed to flee back, and he would have been dealt with in Shandong Prefecture. ”

Wei Wuji said: "But my Grand Governor, my Majesty the King, the military expenditure of the Ministry of Defense alone has exceeded the budget, ten times more, before Zhu Dadian Zhu appealed to me, saying that our military budget this year is as much as 20 times that of previous years, and all the money in the local and central areas has been spent, and now the treasure island has basically been developed, and all the indigenous people have been eliminated and replaced by our immigrants, but then nothing can be done except the roads developed by those captives, There's no money. ”

Zhang Qiang looked at him in surprise, "As a generalissimo of soldiers and horses, you should be thinking about how to spend money, how to save money for the cabinet?" ”

Wei Wuji smiled bitterly: "It is true that I am the Ministry of Defense who controls the soldiers and horses of the Huaxia Army, but so many troops are too able to spend money, and the people who spend it are distressed, mainly those militia units, when they were with the army in wartime, the Ministry of Defense paid for the military, everything is the Ministry of Defense expenses, in fact, our field brigade can't spend so much money, and the wartime expenses of your Guards Brigade also cost our Ministry of Defense money, you see, isn't it?" ”

"Oh, I said, you kid doesn't care about money, but you told me about money, so you're waiting for me here!" Zhang Qiang pointed at him and smiled.

The Huaxia State stipulates that all the troop expenses for wartime operations belong to the expenses of the Ministry of National Defense, and you can transfer troops from all over the country, assist field brigades to attack cities and conquer cities, and materials will also be allocated free of charge, but the transportation costs, troop transfer costs, and all expenses incurred at the starting point of the offensive in the rear of the battlefield, as well as the military salaries, weapons and equipment replacement, maintenance, burial of the dead and wounded of soldiers, and bereavement expenses for the militia after arriving at the battlefield, are all expenses of the Ministry of National Defense.

In the end, it is necessary to calculate with them the cost of materials and transfer fees for local support to them, and they will be counted in the military expenses, and the next appropriation will be directly deducted, and then returned to the local government or various departments, and the rest is the military expenditure of the Ministry of Defense.

This year, so many wars have been fought, and the spread of the spread has become bigger, and the Ministry of Defense's funds have risen again and again, and the Cabinet has complained to the Ministry of Defense many times and warned them to save money.

Originally, all militia units were paid for by the local government, but at that time, when they were fighting wars or garrisoning in their own localities and carrying out various tasks, they did not bear military expenses in principle, except for the taxes handed over to the central government by the localities and the special war funds allocated to the Ministry of National Defense.

During the war, the garrison headquarters needs to bear the military expenses of the garrison regiments and garrison battalions that are going to the theater or are fighting, and the garrison headquarters, which has little military budget, did not send garrison troops into Shandong when it attacked Shandongzhou, so the Fifth Field Brigade could only call on the militia units in Henan Prefecture to carry out the task, and the troops in the early stage were stretched.

Anyway, at most, it is a 200-strong army, and the expenditure is certainly not large, and there is not much expenditure when it is stationed, and everyone stays in the barracks and comes out when they need it, and when they don't need it, there is not much spending, at most it is a small expense for maintenance, military salaries, transfer costs, etc., and a township can still support a regular army of 200 people.

Wei Wuji was very ashamed in the face of Zhang Qiang's ridicule, but he still insisted: "So, I discussed it with the Ministry of War, and at the same time held a meeting with the cabinet, and the deputy prime ministers of the cabinet, Jin Sheng, and You Haibo, were very supportive of our proposal to take the initiative to reduce military spending, I mean:

The current 29 field brigades, the 11 field brigades behind the rear, such as the provisional 29th Field Brigade, the 28th Field Brigade, and the 27th Field Brigade, were all disbanded, and they were supplemented to these state capitals in the frontier to become garrison regiments and garrison battalion units, instead of ordinary militia garrisons.

The ordinary militia will be abolished in all these places, and it will be enough to leave one militia brigade in one state, and there will only be one militia brigade in each border state in the future.

The internal state capital will no longer have such a detailed hierarchy of militia brigades, and all militia units, except for those old and weak and retired nominal militia who are under the management of the local government and the county government, will have no militia. ”

Saying this, Wei Wuji looked up at Zhang Qiang, Zhang Qiang nodded slightly, and asked, "Right, have you laid off a lot of troops like this?" ”

Wei Wuji lowered his head and took out a document from his arms, opened it and looked at it, "According to what Wei Chen said before, it has little impact on the state capital in the core area, there are no or not many ordinary militia brigades in those places, and there are only symbolic ones, in fact, it is equivalent to some old and weak garrison companies are still there, becoming actual militia companies, my suggestion is that these are also abolished, the core area is already very stable, and there is no need for these people."

There are about 50 or so militia companies and garrison companies, about 10,000 people, and allowing these people to return to the ranks of the common people can increase local tax revenues, not affect local public order, and reduce local expenditures. ”

Zhang Qiang nodded, "Well, then let's abolish the transfer...... wait, you can't be so easily retrenched, reorganized, remove the old and weak, the young implement the principle of voluntariness, how many people are willing to go to Southeast Asia and treasure islands, just reorganize it, and then transfer to these places, which can increase the level of public security in these places, suppress the people in various places where they live in mixed places to make trouble, and strengthen the troops."

If there is a battalion, a militia battalion will be set up, if there are 2,000 people, a militia regiment will be set up, if there are 6,000 people, a militia brigade will be set up, and I think it will be possible to reduce and transfer at least 4,000 people, so the brigade is already the largest establishment, if the establishment is small, it will be thrown to the treasure island, and if the establishment is large, it will be transferred to Southeast Asia. ”

Wei Wuji smiled bitterly, "Then we still have to use the funds of our Ministry of Defense, and we still have to pay for it, but it's just less." ”

Zhang Qiang looked up at him, and Wei Wuji touched his nose, "Okay, you're the king, you have the final say." ”

Zhang Qiang continued to knock on the table and asked, "Go on." ”

(End of chapter)