Xinshun 1730

Chapter 396

Liu Yu thought in his heart that you can toss and toss as much as you like, anyway, what you want to do doesn't depend on military power.

The war against Japan has not yet begun, but in Liu Yu's view, it is actually over.

The purpose of the war, in addition to the economic and political, is the most important point is the deepening and completion of Dashun military reform.

In Liu Yu's view, for Dashun, this battle was no less than the Franco-Prussian War in terms of its warfare significance.

Old Moltke was the first to discover the role of railways in war, and used railways to complete rapid mobilization and rapid maneuvering.

Dashun is considered to be in East Asia. It was the first to discover that the navy is not a navy, and that the navy can be used for low-consumption supplies and rapid maneuvering.

This is the real strategic significance. Once it succeeds, it will directly break the fear of the sea in Dashun, a thousand-year-old land power, and the direction of expansion will inevitably go to the sea.

The economic center of gravity was originally in the southeast, and the consumption of supplies to attack Japan was actually lower than that of sending troops from the capital to Zhangjiakou, because the capital did not produce grain, and the grain was shipped from other places.

By seizing the dominance of the sea, the navy has completely grasped the initiative in the war, using limited forces and relying on maneuverability to always ensure that more can be fought against less in battle.

Now that the emperor mentions this issue, Liu Yu is still repeating the old tune.

"Your Majesty, I think the word "talented" is too heavy. Naval officers are mostly mediocre. It's just that they know the meaning of the navy and the situation outside the foreign domain earlier than others. It's like a minister. In a duel with someone, if someone has practiced swordsmanship hard for ten years, and I pull out a musket, I will be able to win; if this person has practiced hard with musket for ten years, how can I win?"

"Yes, I have long hoped that some staff officers who are proficient in naval warfare will be added to the Privy Council, and these staff officers will have to learn more than before."

"I also ask Your Majesty to open courses such as geography, astronomy, economics, etc., and select the outstanding ones from the military academy to enter the Privy Council for internships such as copywriting, drawing, and espionage. Staff."

He kept saying that no matter whether he himself or those in the Navy who first opened their eyes to see the world, they were all third- and fourth-class talents.

However, third and fourth-class talents can plan things that are difficult for the court to plan, not because they are smart, but because they see problems from different angles.

The navy knows that the navy is a navy, not a navy. The naval staff members know the feudal system of the Japanese country, the inconsistency of the daimyo, and the excessive taxation, etc., so they can make different strategic plans.

Those ministers in the court, all of them are outstanding people, who can pass the palace examination among thousands of troops, and any one with the minimum memory and thinking ability is better than the first batch of officers recruited from the small circle of good families.

The more you say this, the more it proves that new perspectives and ideas for looking at problems can produce a dimensionality reduction effect.

Therefore, the significance of new ideas and new knowledge is even more important.

The emperor had listened to Liu Yu's old tune more than once, and it wasn't until the navy of the war against the Japanese figured out the strategy that they really understood what Liu Yu meant.

People from the old era can no longer adapt to the combat strategy of the new era, especially in the general environment where Dashun's future strategic direction can only go south.

At this time, the emperor's mood is very relaxed, the temple calculation has been completely won, and the rest is nothing more than trivial details.

For more than ten years, the most tense time was the time when Liu Yu was allowed to lure the enemy to a decisive battle when the Western Regions were recovered.

Compared to now, that time was much more thrilling and nervous, and since the victory was so easy that time, the emperor didn't care much this time.

He said he was in charge of the war against Japan, but he didn't say a few words about the details of the war against Japan. Instead, he talked about these things that seemed to have nothing to do with the war, and Lu Zhilei, who was watching, was a little dizzy.

So he said: "Your Majesty, the Privy Council's powers and responsibilities should be discussed after the Japanese are defeated. Although the Japanese country is weak, the enemy should not be underestimated."

The emperor laughed and said: "The Privy Council's powers and responsibilities are closely related to the war against the Japanese. If it is logistics supplies, hoarding grain and grass, and mobilizing the number of warehouses, it is the business of the Tianyou Temple and the household government. But how to transport the supplies to the army?" That is the duty of the Privy Council.”

"As long as there are responsibilities, there must be a system. In the past, it was necessary to send a general to take charge of the food and grass. Now that there are many changes, it is really unnecessary to send a general to lead the battle."

"There are a lot of talented people in the navy, and Ying Suobo quickly draws up a list. One is to send some people to serve in the Privy Council, and the other is to coordinate the logistics supply and transportation, and someone needs to be responsible."

"In the future, I think the Privy Council should be responsible for planning strategies, making preparations, planning training, and transporting supplies."

"To win a Japanese, if a strong man beats a three-year-old child, the victory is not enough."

"By taking advantage of the war against the Japanese, we can set rules, clarify powers and responsibilities, and complete the system. Only then can people be happy if people are not allowed to go and the government rests. What Ying Suo Bo said just now makes a lot of sense."

The war against the Japanese was very important to both the emperor and Liu Yu.

But what the emperor valued was not exactly the same as what Liu Yu valued, but they still had the same point of view on deepening the military reform.

There is a specialization in the art industry, and the emperor has already felt that a group of professional "war manipulation" people are needed.Just like the strategy against the Japanese this time, this group of Liu Yu's middle-of-the-road attitudes formulated a plan that was better than those in the imperial court who crossed the single-plank bridge to kill the central government.

However, this group of people can only control wars and make plans, but they cannot have jurisdiction over personnel, military pay, and logistics supplies. Powers and responsibilities must be separated.

Before the military reform, in order to speed up, the system was not established.

The powers and responsibilities between the Privy Council and the military government have not been fully clarified until now. In addition, Liu Yu has been in charge of the navy before, and it has become like an eunuch for three guarantees.

Now that Liu Yu took the initiative to hand over the power, the emperor felt that some things that were originally planned to be done after arriving in Nanyang could be advanced.

From the very beginning of the Northern Expedition to Rakshasa and the Western Expedition to the Quasi-Ministry, the emperor's mind was very clear.

Either personally conquer, or be able to provide strategic guidance to ensure prestige in the army, so that you can rest assured that you can lead the army.

This is a continuation of the wisdom of the previous dynasty. Until the civil fortress, the former emperor would lead the army as much as possible to maintain the prestige in the army, and at least give strategic guidance to those noble and powerful generals.

Li Gan also knew in his heart what level he was. If he wanted to provide strategic guidance to maintain his prestige, he needed a Privy Council with special powers and responsibilities to assist him in strategic guidance.

In Liu Yu's words, people like Bai Qi, Han Xin, Li Shimin, and Li Jing don't need a staff department, they only need military assistants.

Li Gan compared himself to the Han and Tang dynasties all day long, but he also knew in his heart that his own level, at least on the battlefield, was more than eight blocks behind Tang Taizong, and he absolutely did not have the level of strategic guidance.

The Privy Council should be a department that seems to have a lot of power, but in fact cannot afford to make big waves.

In other words, it is a department with light power and heavy words.

Once Li Gan thinks that there is no need to fight, this low-power but serious existence can be marginalized at any time.

The power of the Privy Council is not high, but the emperor's power is high, so as long as the emperor wants to fight the Privy Council, it will look powerful.

But in fact, this is the existence of a tiger who makes the fox pretend to be a tiger, and in turn the fox advises the tiger.

For example, the logistical supply this time.

How much is needed, roughly calculated, this is the task of the Privy Council.

The Privy Council has no control over where food, gunpowder, medicinal materials, etc. are allocated and where the warehouses are used.As long as the number is reported to the emperor, the emperor will hand it over to Tianyou Hall and the six governments.

It is the task of the Privy Council to formulate a transportation plan and how to send it to the front line.

Another example is the rewards for meritorious service after the war, the promotion of officers, and personnel changes. The Privy Council absolutely has no power to manage it, and it cannot intervene at all.

The Privy Council is in charge of the training of soldiers, but not their pay.

Take care of research and equipment recommendations for new types of ordnance, but don't care about the money to buy them.

You should control how you fight when you fight, but you can't intervene in the fight.

The staff officers of various departments in the army belonged to the Privy Council, and they assisted the general in formulating plans for marching, camping, supplies, training, etc. They had the right to make suggestions but not the right to make decisions on command.

However, the staff officers are not attached to the chief general, they are subordinate to the chief general in name, but they are actually under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council, and they can report to the Privy Council by leapfrogging.

This kind of check and balance will create contradictions, but the emperor likes contradictions, and doesn't like inseparable. On the contrary, he prefers this kind of control after the contradictions arise.

Li Gan thought to himself, when the conquest of Japan is over, if the navy wants to become an independent army, it must also have a place in the court, but it must not be under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council, but it will be placed above the court, just like the six governments, with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Army. department side by side.

The Privy Council is neither under the jurisdiction of the Tianyou Hall, nor is it consistent with the Six Governments, but directly under the jurisdiction of the Emperor. The Privy Council can directly face the Emperor Chen without going through the Six Governments or the Tianyou Hall.

When the emperor trusts and prepares to expand the territory and fight, the Privy Council has great power and strong words.

If you don't want to fight and think it's time to close the door and go to court, this is a nursing home, and the meritorious generals can just throw it inside.

There is no personnel power, only command power, and whether the speech is good or not depends on the emperor's trust.As long as the emperor wants to abolish it, it will be easily eaten by the Six Governments and the Temple of Heaven, as well as the Ministry of the Army and the Ministry of the Navy to be established;

The emperor had already selected the candidate, and Jiang Chen himself knew that he was just a transition.

And those things whose rights and responsibilities are temporarily unclear, the emperor is also ready to throw them into the Privy Council.

For example, in the eyes of the emperor, it was an academy of sciences where craftsmen researched new armaments; for example, the abolishment of the military government’s staff made the Privy Council survey and map maps; For example, in the newly established Ministry of Foreign Affairs, when sending envoys to Western countries, the Privy Council can select and recommend deputy envoys for detailed work; for example, textbooks for new learning and practical studies, textbooks and tutorials for military academies, are also handed over to the Privy Council.

These things, in the eyes of the emperor, were both useful and useless.

It seems that they have a lot of power and manage a lot of things, but in fact they don't care about big money or adults, they control everything and nothing.

When fighting internally, one finger can knock it down, and the parts can be divided up and eaten.

Without the trust and support of the emperor, the Academy of Sciences would not even survive the second day.

After the war against the Japanese, he thought of promoting Liu Yu as the deputy envoy of the Privy Council.

But the reason for the promotion is definitely not that Liu Yu acted cheaply after leaving Ryukyu, and he has settled the strategy of the war against the Japanese by himself. He must be punished, otherwise there will be major incidents in the army in the future.

As for the establishment of the Ministry of the Navy, of course, it is absolutely impossible for its secretary to be Liu Yu, and this can also be used as a performance of punishment.

(End of this chapter)