Chapter 40: Military and Political Conference (2)

In terms of politics, Ouyang Xuan's ideas are mainly in several aspects, the first aspect is to occupy Wanjiaping as soon as possible. The location of this Wanjiaping is too important, if the terrain in the mountains is compared to people, then Wanjiaping is the throat position, and the Thunderbolt army can only attack and retreat and defend in an invincible position only if it controls Wanjiaping. In addition to the important geographical location, there are thousands of acres of grain fields around Wanjiaping, and there are many wastelands that can be reclaimed, as well as iron and coal resources, especially the quality and reserves of coal are the best in this mountain. As for the three villages of Yanfeng, they only need to take a political offensive, as long as they capture Wanjiaping, these three villages will definitely come to ask for attachment. At present, the young and middle-aged people who have fled from Yanfeng Sanzhai are very enthusiastic about military training, and according to them, the mountain people of Sanzhai are secretly looking forward to the Thunderbolt army to drive Xiong Ben's minions Zhong Hammer from power.

The second aspect is Ouyang Xuan's decision to adjust the management structure and management personnel of economic development. In the two months since entering the mountains, the Liuliba industry and mining industry has expanded very rapidly, and many problems have arisen in management, in addition to the problems of the management structure, but also because of the fire captains of the original grain collection team in charge of industry, mining and commerce, there is no problem in marching and fighting, but it is impossible to manage the economy. Ouyang Xuan plans to upgrade the industrial, mining and trade teams to companies, and then subdivide them into specialized factories or workshops, and combine the adjustment of the personnel of the Thunderbolt Army to adjust the management together, so that professional people can do professional things. Specifically, the industrial team was promoted to an industrial company, with Li San'er, the former deputy captain of the industrial team, as the manager, and there were artillery foundries, gunpowder workshops, pottery workshops, carpentry workshops, and farm tool workshops, and ...... mining companies. This Dang Shijian, who is nearly 50 years old, has been a miner for generations, and his family has run an iron ore cave himself, and this time he has taken the initiative to take a stake in the mining company. The trading company is managed by Zhu Zhuozi, the deputy captain of the trading team, and is divided into short-distance business branch and long-distance trade branch. The engineering team was upgraded to an engineering company, and there were multiple construction teams below, and Lu Wenan was still in charge.

In addition, Ouyang Xuan proposed that the training team be included in the Perak Army garrison battalion, and the militia military training originally undertaken by the militia should be changed to low-level officers such as squad and platoon commanders; Expand the scale and authority of the guard force, which is directly led by Ouyang Xuan, mainly responsible for the security of important institutions and personnel, military intelligence collection and counter-espionage, and the captain is Dong Hu; Set up a council that stood side by side with the military and political council, and the council was composed of the owners and elders of the villages, with Rude as the chairman, and its main function was to collect the opinions and suggestions of the people and regularly negotiate the development of the mountain; In addition, the Institute of Education was established, which consisted of two institutions, a school and a research institute, with Lu Dezhi as the principal, and provided much-needed knowledge and technical training in literacy, arithmetic, manufacturing, mining, etc. The president of the institute is mainly to study the technology required by the military and industrial and mining industries, and the president is served by Du Daquan, and the relevant incentive mechanism is supported. Ouyang Xuan, the candidate for the dean of the research institute, originally planned to let Yang Xiucai serve as the director, but because he was in charge of various affairs, he was really inseparable from Yang Xiucai, so the newly joined Du Daquan took the position. In the process of purchasing salt in Qiongzhou, Ouyang Xuan saw that Du Daquan was knowledgeable, quick-thinking, practical and practical, and he was really a usable talent, so he secretly remembered it in his heart.

Regarding Ouyang Xuan's proposal in politics, everyone did not have any opinions. On the issue of occupying Wanjiaping and restoring the Lang Lang and Tranquility in the mountains, it is natural in the eyes of everyone, and even some people who are anxious think that they should raise troops to fight against the Xiong Ben bandits now. As for the personnel adjustment, Ouyang Xuan took it for granted, one of these company commanders, managers, council chiefs and the like, Ouyang Xuan only called them management positions, not high-ranking officials recognized by the imperial court, and from the perspective of others, they could be regarded as Ouyang Xuan's staff. The appointment of someone as his staff is within the scope of Ouyang Xuan's authority as the inspector of Liulizhai, and he did not violate the laws of the imperial court without authority; Second, in the eyes of everyone, especially the mountain people, Chongqing Mansion never gave the Thunderbolt Army any funds and food, but let it live and die on its own. It was Ouyang Xuan who led the artillery grenades to repel the mountain bandits, and went out to Qiongzhou to solve the problem of salt shortage, so that they gained a firm foothold in this mountain. If it weren't for Ouyang Xuan's whimsical ideas and correct decisions, where would there be today's good situation? In short, what Brother Xuan did would not be wrong.

This meeting is known as the "Liuliba Conference" in history. This meeting further established Ouyang Xuan's position as the leader of the Thunderbolt Army. It was also after this meeting that the Thunderbolt Army officially appeared on the political stage in the late Southern Song Dynasty as an emerging force.

"It's hard to get started." After the meeting, another round of "large-scale production and large-scale military training" arose in the mountains. The handover of posts, the deployment of personnel, the transfer of materials, and the management of production have kept the newly appointed officials and responsible persons very busy. Ouyang Xuan is no exception, his time is also full, in addition to going to the industrial and mining companies during the day to study the improvement of artillery and production problems in the industrial and mining industry, he also has to go to the school to teach at night. In order for the Thunderbolt Army to defeat the Mongol army, which was at the peak of the Cold Weapons Era, it must rely on advanced science and technology such as firearms to win.

Of course, in addition to vigorously developing the military industry, Ouyang Xuan attaches more importance to the establishment and improvement of the scientific research mechanism. There is no difference in IQ between people in the Southern Song Dynasty and people in the 21st century, only the difference is in vision and vision. As long as the research direction is given guidance and key knowledge is imparted, when the conditions are right, the people of this era will do as well as modern people. At the critical time when the Institute of Education was established, Ouyang Xuan needed to do it himself. In addition to grasping the research direction and explaining the key technical points, he also needs to train the personnel and teachers of the Institute of Education and Research through words and deeds, and cultivate "seed" personnel. The staff of the institute are all according to Ouyang Xuan's requirements, recommended by industrial and mining companies and various cottages, all of them are flexible and literate young personnel, only 10 people were selected in the first phase, and Du Daquan took the whole process with Ouyang Xuan to study. In addition to the part-time teachers of the literacy class, Lu Dezhi and Yang Xiucai, the rest of the teachers of manufacturing, industry and mining courses are selected from the industrial and mining companies to be part-time teachers. Since both the trainees and teachers work part-time during the day, the training of the school's various courses takes place at night.