Zhu Jinglun approved some of the officers' suggestions, such as publishing military journals and encouraging military research and writing, which is to create a benign system for independent research and learning and evolution of the army, and the army is an organization that must continue to improve in order to maintain its vitality. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

However, Zhu Jinglun did not approve of what they described, the most important thing, the establishment of various military schools.

Because these officers suggested that a complete set of military schools should be established from primary school to university, this kind of military education system developed under the influence of Western militarist culture was very common in this era, and it was sought after by the aristocracy in the West, and many children of the nobility studied in military schools from elementary school to university, and finally became officers.

Later, Japan imitated this education system and established a whole military education system in Japan. During the Republic of China, China introduced this system from Japan, and a large number of military primary schools and universities were established during the Yuan Shikai period.

However, Zhu Jinglun believes that military education should not be separated from ordinary education, it should not be a system of its own, let military culture be out of touch with the outside world, and completely form a closed culture, and this kind of culture is easy to breed tumors, Japan is an example, and military personnel do not obey the government's mobilization at all, and go their own way, and involve the country in a war; just imagine that if the Japanese army was not in a hurry at that time, but in accordance with the policy set by the civilian government a long time ago, it encroached on China step by step and did not fight against the United States, then Japan might really be able to get involved in the East Asian continent.

In the same way, if it were not for the introduction of such a complete military education system by the Republic of China, it is difficult to say that the warlord melee would have been so serious later. You know, at that time, the vast majority of the major warlords came out of these schools.

Zhu Jinglun told the officers that military academies can be built, and several more can be built, but they can only be at the university level, and then they can be connected with civilian education and attract talented people from the huge social education system, so that the thinking of the army and the people is communicated, and this is conducive to the military personnel to remain close to the people, otherwise it is easy to form a militarist ideology.

The second is the staff system, which Zhu Jinglun has done before, but has not formed a system. It can be said that the fundamental reason is that the general staff has not formed prestige, and sometimes the formation of a system has a lot to do with a certain heroic figure, if Prussia is not such a powerful chief of staff as Mao Qi, it is difficult to imagine that Prussia will become a model of chief of staff to manage the army, you must know that France, Britain and other Western countries have staff departments set up, but the staff departments of other countries have basically become vassals of the army. And in Prussia, it was the General Staff that had the final say. Mao Qi made this system come into being, and it was also through struggle, because of his strong personal ability, and because of him, the Prussian General Staff had more and more power.

Imagine that a marshal like the French Marc Mahon could have accepted a group of students who had graduated from a military school to command him?

The same is true of the Ming Dynasty, staff officers with a high theoretical level can't suppress veterans like Hou Jin and Heigou at all, and the staff officers have become vassals.

But the chief of staff couldn't hold it down, Zhu Jinglun couldn't hold it down, and the way to change it was to make the General Staff directly responsible to the emperor.

In terms of weapons and equipment, Zhu Jinglun has always attached great importance to it, and he does not need to be reminded by these professional officers, he also knows the role of weapons and equipment, and to the surprise of these officers, equipment reform has taken place in the Ming army.

Needless to say, Krupp's cannons are now being fully reequipped.

As for the rifle, the Mauser Arsenal was established three years ago, and last year the Mauser brothers put into production the rifles they designed in Germany a few years ago, but the scale of the two men's arsenal was still too small, and so far a total of more than 10,000 have been produced, which can not meet the requirements of the Ming Army for redressing.

But after all, it's going on, and it's just a matter of finding a way to get them to expand production.

There is also the reform of transportation, Zhu Jinglun built a railway before, under the guise that it was also military, and used military value to prove the rationality and legitimacy of land acquisition.

But the depth was far from enough, and the construction of the Prussian railway, to a certain extent, was even promoted by the army.

Mao Qi became interested in the military value of railways at an early age, and as early as 1842 he was promoted to major, and while serving in the staff of the Fourth Army in Berlin, he took part in the management of the Hamburg railway, and carefully studied the role that railway technology could play in the war.

Later, when he became chief of the General Staff, he began to promote the construction of the entire North German Railway, a large number of railways were not considered economic value, but military value as the most important reference, as a result, Prussia's railway line developed ahead of time, even exceeding the railway mileage of the whole of France, and Prussia's population and economy are obviously no longer on the same order of magnitude as France. The construction of railways, in turn, boosted economic development, but that was a collateral effect, not the main goal.

And the railway standards must be unified, not only the standards of railway construction, but also the standards of railway management, all railways must use a unified timetable, which is of great significance in the fragmented Germany, so that the time is accurate to each train, so that when the war breaks out, only need to check the timetable, the army can grasp the location of each train, so that they can make plans to transport troops.

At the same time, the army should be highly involved in rail transportation, and in the event of a war, the railway will be under the management of the army, and the army needs to have the ability to manage the entire railway network.

In short, the construction of the railway was built under the impetus of the army, which was connected with militarized management, and when necessary, it was directly managed by the army.

The militarization of transportation involves a lot of things, but it is not the most difficult, the most difficult is the mobilization system.

The army of the Ming Dynasty was recruited, which is equivalent to the conscription system in the West, and Britain and Austria in Europe are two typical conscription countries, the problem is that Britain is not an army power, and Austria was completely defeated by Prussia with compulsory military service.

However, if a country with a large population like the Ming Dynasty implements compulsory military service, the number of troops will exceed that of all countries in Europe, which makes the officers who put forward this proposal feel a little unrealistic.

However, Zhu Jinglun accepted it, and he felt that militarization was of extraordinary significance to the transformation of an agrarian nation into the industrial age.

Think about it, is it realistic to give birth to a huge scale of industrial management capacity under the system of small farmers?

A very important factor in the reason why Western countries were able to thrive in the industrial age and quickly develop strict and complex industrial management methods is their military system, because wars often break out, and most people have military knowledge.

In the agrarian era, the only thing that could give people access to large-scale, fine-grained management was often military organization.

However, how to implement the compulsory military service system in the Ming Dynasty is a big problem, and a reasonable method must be found, otherwise the finances will not be able to afford it at all, and the Ming Dynasty will not be able to become an Asian military camp like Prussia.

After the conversation with Zhu Jinglun, a large number of officers began to formulate reform plans.

These officers were huge in number, and included all levels, from the highest commanders to the lowest brigade commanders and even battalion officers, numbering more than 3,000 people, scattered in France, Germany, and Denmark to study, because no one country could accommodate them.

Now, after they returned to China, they quickly formed a trend of reform at all levels, they had the idea of reform, and Zhu Jinglun provided them with support. In addition, the army of the Ming Dynasty did not form any traditions, and the organizational system was relatively scattered, and senior generals could lead up to the army level, that is, 10,000 people.

Peacetime stationed in various places, when fighting, temporarily appoint a certain officer as the commander to control the overall situation, which is a bit similar to the general military system in the early Ming Dynasty, the general army was not a permanent position at that time, the general military officer was temporarily set up, at the beginning, were Chang Yuchun, Xu Da and other veterans in the war, and later became worthless and became a permanent officer.

Because there is no permanent commander-in-chief and commander-in-chief, it is impossible to form a certain general or warlord in the army. Therefore, if Zhu Jinglun promotes reform, it is basically difficult to have the strength to oppose him. Coupled with the infiltration of reformists from top to bottom, there is even less opposition to the reform.

In fact, the most important thing is that this reform has not affected anyone's interests, and there is no need to demote anyone's position or take anyone's power.

Therefore, the military reform was carried out very smoothly, and there was not even a hot spot for discussion, and the people did not care much about it, because everyone did not understand this, and what about the officialdom, because the military was always in charge of Zhu Jinglun himself, and the civilian clique did not care about it, so this was a reform behind closed doors.

Wen Yuan was appointed as the general office, the reform committee was prepared, and a comprehensive organizational adjustment should be carried out within a year.

Soon a reform committee was formed, which consisted of senior and senior officers.

Wen Yuan is the general office, Deng Shicai and other senior officers are the general office, and other officers are co-organizers.

During their studies in Europe, they learned a lot of theoretical knowledge, had many discussions with each other, and took a lot of notes, and now they are starting to put them into practice, and they are enthusiastic one by one, discussing almost all night, hoping to implement all the ideas overnight.

The general statute was quickly taken out.

The military system of the Ming Dynasty was obviously unable to cope with large-scale wars, which they believed were similar to the previous military shortcomings of France, that is, they were too centralized.

Before the Franco-Prussian War, France was mainly faced with colonial wars, and in the course of years of colonial development, it had become a security army dominated by scattered guerrillas.

The main characteristic is that, with the exception of the Guards, there is no establishment at the army and division levels in peacetime, and in wartime it begins to hastily organize the army and divisional levels, and it is absolutely impossible to ensure the proper coordination of the troops, which is a major mistake of the French military leadership organ.

Because there was no standing corps, France did not draw up a careful war plan for the operation of the large corps in advance, and there were many mistakes in the hastily formulated plan, such as the improper time limit for mobilizing and assembling troops, and the French army, which lacked experience in large corps, made many mistakes in the assembly and movement, and did not operate smoothly.

It can be said that the French army before the war was not at all an army that had been preparing for a full-scale war, and it was experienced in small-scale battles, and it was impossible to command large-scale operations, which was the biggest reason for their defeat.

Therefore, the Ming Army needs to form a large corps, and the method adopted is the military region system.