Chapter 455: Shi Da Kai Changed the Law
When Guo Ye tossed and turned in the United States and made a fortune, in China, Shi Dakai, the Twist Army, and the Qing Court were already in chaos.
Since Shi Dakai completely occupied the northeastern part of Jiangxi and most of Anhui, he began to settle down to rectify the new Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
The change of Tianjing is too great for Shi Dakai's stimulation, the arrogance and lasciviousness of the Heavenly King, the East King, the North King and others also make Shi Da's happy head like a fire and frying, the good situation is completely destroyed by the life of a drunken gold fan, it is easy to fight the country, it is difficult to defend the country, the entire Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has been played bad by Hong Xiuquan, if you don't start again, it is impossible to succeed, you can only face the encirclement and suppression of the Qing demons again and again, absolutely unable to support it!
Now Shi Dakai's biggest advantage is that there is no other people's constraints, starting from the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan, all the way to the loyal King Li Xiucheng, all of them have died, and no one in the entire Taiping Heavenly Kingdom can compare with himself in terms of prestige, qualifications, and ability, and he has already obtained the full strength of his words at this time, no one is qualified to refuse the decision he made, and no one is qualified to compete with himself, this is also the time for him to promote change!
Moreover, the disarmament and erosion of the Hunan army today have given the Taiping army a chance to breathe, the most peak Hunan army has become a thing of the past, gone forever, the elite soldiers of the Taiping army have been swept away, the elite soldiers of the Hunan army are not, not to mention the ordinary backbone, just say that Hu Linyi, Jiang Zhongyuan, Li Xubin and other famous generals have died in battle or died of illness, it has made the Hunan army much worse than before, and the decline is inevitable, and at this time, whether it is Zuo Zongtang or Li Hongzhang, although it is famous, But the strength in his hands is still a lot. At least it has not reached the peak of the Hunan army!
Then this opportunity, Shi Dakai's first rectification is the military force, the Taiping Army has been from all over the country to take refuge in the complete integration of the various units, at this time Shi Dakai's outstanding military ability is fully demonstrated, in a short period of time, a large number of young outstanding generals were promoted by Shi Dakai again. Occupying various important positions, these people are the most prominent elites in the process of fighting the Hunan army.
In order to be able to change the current situation in which each department is fighting independently, Shi Dakai began to vigorously change the military system, and set up the entire Taiping Army into five armies, which are responsible for military defense in four directions, of which the Chinese army is directly controlled by himself and sits in Anqing. Each army has 15,000 soldiers, and its own Chinese army has reached 30,000! Military towns were set up under each army, and three towns were under the jurisdiction of the armies in the four directions. Each town has three brigades, each with four battalions, each with a full strength of 500 men. As for the six towns directly under the jurisdiction of the Chinese army!
The commander of each army is named General, the commander of the military town is called the lieutenant general, the brigade commander is called the brigadier general, and the battalion officers at all levels are called the Captain Huben.
However, Shi Dakai ordered the cancellation of the titles of all military generals. All the original princes, dukes, and marquis were all canceled. From the date of the change, if you want a knighthood, then let me go to the battlefield to earn, in a word, you can't receive a knighthood if you don't have military merits, and you can't get a knighthood if you don't have military merits. As for the princes, grandfathers, and marquis who were originally filled with various armies, except for a few people, they were all transferred out of the army and entered the localities to serve as local commanders.
Shi Dakai knows very well that these people have already eroded their ambitions by spending all their time and drinking, and they have long lost the enterprising characteristics of the year, and how eloquent the Dongwang was back then. Don't you still indulge in wine and completely abandon it? Not to mention others?
Shi Dakai's steps to promote the change are very clear, first of all, the military reform, almost all the military power in the hands, the original departments have almost all been broken up, no one still has a strong influence in the army, because the middle and lower military generals, all of them were promoted by Shi Dakai, and the senior officers are Shi Dakai's henchmen.
After dealing with the military issues, Shi Dakai looked at government affairs, Shi Dakai hated the various titles that were now chaotic, starting from his departure from Tianjing, all the titles that were promoted were canceled, and they were restored to before he left Tianjing, if he wanted a prince, a duke, a marquis, yes, that military merit in exchange! Conquer the land of a mansion, you can be promoted to a lord, capture a province, you can directly promote the duke, who can restore the old capital of Tianjing, can be canonized as the prince of the county, if anyone can take Beijing City, that is the real word prince waiting for him, if he does not take Beijing City, he will definitely not be canonized again!
Shi Dakai's reform was a bit radical, some of the original princes and grandfathers below were all demoted, and some were even demoted by three or four levels, from the prince to the marquis, even Shi Dakai only retained the title of the Wing King, and the rest of the various rewards were all cancelled!
Not only that, but Shi Dakai also began to strictly restrict the lords of each family to build buildings and mansions at every turn.
Shi Dakai himself is a simple and accustomed person, it turns out that because the East King, the North King and even the Heavenly King are arrogant and lascivious, he can't do his best to rectify it, this time, he must not be soft!
Shi Dakai conveyed an order, from now on, all the hinterland of the prince shall not exceed ten acres, the duke's mansion shall not exceed eight acres, the marquis' mansion shall not exceed six acres, and all the officials of the marquis, the mansion shall not exceed five acres! Anyone who violates the law will be severely punished!
Many lords secretly complained, all of them originally thought that they could continue to enjoy the blessings by relying on the Wing King, but they didn't expect that the Wing King would be so strict! Not only is he strict with others, but he is also extremely strict with himself! Now Shi Dakai has not prepared a mansion for himself, he is all living in Anqing's political envoy Si Yamen!
Even if these people are dissatisfied, it is useless, now Shi Dakai is in full swing, he is in power, and the entire Taiping Heavenly Kingdom can leave anyone, but he can't leave him, what can you do?
And the newly promoted young generals, but one by one are waiting for meritorious service to be knighted, there will be motivation with hope, with motivation, the battle will be desperate, meritorious will be rewarded, there will be punishment, this is Shi Dakai's biggest experience in controlling the following generals, from the beginning of joining the Taiping Army, Shi Dakai's army is the strongest army in the Taiping Army, and it is thanks to the strict reward and punishment system!
Shi Dakai's reform has been carried out for nearly a month, and the area controlled by the Taiping army has gradually stabilized, Shi Dakai has been waiting for the journey, but not far from him, now the Hunan army, the Huai army, and the Chu army have also been silently licking and licking their wounds after the defeat, preparing for a new round of encirclement and suppression.
(To be continued.) )