I want to be emperor

Chapter 147 Established County
Hearing Yuan Gaofeng's words, Luo Zhixue frowned slightly: "Based on this, by July, there will be at least one brigade and one artillery post lacking equipment?"

Yuan Gaofeng wanted to remind Luo Zhixue that the infantry was short of not just one brigade, but at least one brigade and one battalion!

But seeing Luo Zhixue's frown, he consciously closed his mouth.

But soon he heard Luo Zhixue say again: "Since Li Qingdian's production capacity has reached its limit, what about the ordnance workshop in Xiangyang?"

"Didn't you say that you have taken over the government ordnance workshop managed by Xiangyang Prefecture? Is this part of the production capacity filling the vacancy?"

Yuan Gaofeng said: "We are indeed taking over the ordnance workshop in Xiangyang City, but this workshop is still completely at the original hand-made stage, and the output is extremely small. If we want this workshop to produce our army's ordnance in large quantities, I am afraid it will take more A lot of manpower and material resources have been invested in the reconstruction.”

"The cost of this kind of reconstruction is almost the same as rebuilding a new arsenal, and the workshops in the city are far away from the river, and there is no way to build various hydraulic equipment on the spot."

Luo Zhixue continued to ask, "Where are the craftsmen?"

Yuan Gaofeng said: "There are some craftsmen. Although some craftsmen were separated due to the war, after we took over the workshop, we searched for them one by one according to the roster. At present, we have recruited more than 100 craftsmen."

Luo Zhixue said: "Since there are craftsmen, then things are simple. We will directly recruit construction, machinery and other craftsmen to build various types of machinery and equipment, and then recruit all kinds of craftsmen from Xiangyang and surrounding areas. We will directly build an arsenal in Xiangyang City .”

"After the factory is completed, senior craftsmen will be dispatched from the Liqingdian Arsenal to go south to guide local craftsmen in production."

"In the future, we will use the Xiangyang Armory Factory as the main production capacity, so the design capacity of the new Armory Factory should be appropriately relaxed, but don't eat it all at once, come in batches, and start the first phase of the project first. Everything must be produced as soon as possible."

Li Qingdian is still too remote. Although it is much better than the previous Songshan Village, it is still a remote place, and the transportation is far from convenient.

At the same time, a large amount of raw materials for the rural protection army to manufacture ordnance were basically transported from the south, and it was easier to transport to Xiangyang City than to Li Qingdian.

As the rural protection army gradually went south and took control of Xiangyang City, it was also necessary to establish an arsenal in Xiangyang City.

When talking about this, Luo Zhixue looked at Yuan Gaofeng: "It's the fifth day of May, and I'll give you a month to start the construction of the Xiangyang Armory. During this period, you need money and people to give!"

"But I don't dare to do anything. On June [-]th, no, I'll give you five more days. By June [-]th, the factory must be put into operation, and the designed production capacity of the first phase must not be lower than the current production capacity of the Liqingdian Arsenal. "

"In any case, by July, the [-]th and [-]th brigades will have to acquire their equipment and become operational."

"can you do it?"

After Yuan Gaofeng heard this, he didn't speak immediately, but took a deep breath and said: "This subordinate will definitely complete the task."

Luo Zhixue has already said his words to death, and he also said that he wants money for money and people for people, but Yuan Gaofeng has no other way.

He can only bite the bullet and promise to complete the task.

But it will be very difficult to really complete this task, much more difficult than when the Li Qingdian Arsenal was built.

This difficulty does not lie in the construction of the factory itself.

If he only builds a factory building, he can recruit a large number of craftsmen and young adults locally for construction if the money and food are sufficient.

As long as there are enough people, he dares to repair all kinds of workshops in the arsenal even in a month.

As for mechanical equipment, the problem is actually not too big. The machinery factory under the Industrial Department has a large number of skilled craftsmen, and has accumulated a lot of experience in the previous arsenal construction. They can manufacture all kinds of hydraulic and power storage processing equipment.

However, the processing of ordinary parts of many equipments is not technically difficult, and ordinary workers can complete them under the guidance of craftsmen.

Therefore, the construction of the factory itself is not a big problem.

He is confident that it will be done within a month.

The real problem lies in subsequent production.

Ordnance production is not something that can be done with a factory building and equipment. In particular, the ordnance production of the Baoxiang Army still adopts the assembly line production of the split process. The production process is very different from traditional production.

At the same time, the rural protection army has always had relatively high quality requirements for ordnance.

In order to go into production smoothly, the industrial department still needs to train a large number of skilled workers in the early stage. Even the workers on the assembly line must be trained first, otherwise they will not be able to operate various mechanical equipment, so how can they play.

And technical staff is even more difficult to solve.

The operation of various ordnance production lines in the Rural Protection Army is based on a group of middle and senior technical backbone personnel.

Some of these technicians are transformed from old-fashioned craftsmen, and some are trained and promoted from ordinary workers who are savvy and hard-working.

But no matter which one, it is actually not easy to cultivate.

If the Xiangyang Armory is to be put into production, it is conservatively estimated that there must be at least ten senior craftsmen and more than one hundred intermediate and junior craftsmen.

Well, basically the number of craftsmen in the Liqingdian Armory is about the same.

But Yuan Gaofeng can't just transfer all these technicians from Li Qingdian Armory, can't he? In this way, Li Qingdian Armory will have to stop working...

There is only one solution for the time being, and that is to increase efforts to train and strive to train more than 100 craftsmen within a month.

Select people from various traditional craftsmen for learning and training, and select people from ordinary workers in the Liqingdian Arsenal for learning and training, so as to serve as junior craftsmen of the Xiangyang Arsenal in the future.

At the same time, higher-level training will be given to some of the existing junior and intermediate craftsmen in the Liqingdian Arsenal, and they will serve as intermediate and senior craftsmen in the Xiangyang Arsenal in the future.

While Yuan Gaofeng was thinking about various methods, Luo Zhixue had already skipped the topic of military expansion and ordnance, and instead discussed it with Guo Quanshu, the director of the Civil Affairs Department, in Nanyang Mansion and Xiangyang. The government set up various administrative agencies.

This matter has been discussed for a long time, and it has nothing to do with the military for the time being, so Luo Zhixue simply let them go out first, leaving only Guo Quanshu from the Civil Affairs Office and a few other internal affairs officials.

Guo Quanshu took out the plan he had prepared a long time ago: "When going south, my subordinates have already started to formulate a plan for our army to control the county-level government offices in the territory according to the general's instructions."

"In order to avoid confusion in the jurisdiction, our preliminary plan is that the county and state-level jurisdictions will continue to use the jurisdictions of the Ming Dynasty."

"In Nanyang Prefecture, which is already under the control of our army, or has controlled some areas, it is planned to set up Nanzhao County, Nanyang County, Zhenping County, Xinye County, Dengzhou, Yuzhou, and Tang County."

"There are also five places in Neixiang, Xichuan, Biyang, Wuyang, and Yexian that have not yet set foot in them. After our army advances and controls them, we will follow up and set up county offices simultaneously."

"Xiangyang Prefecture has not yet controlled too many other areas, so it is expected that only Nanyang County and Fancheng County will be set up. After the follow-up army advances to other counties, we will follow up and establish counties."

"There are towns in each county and prefecture. The towns are rebuilt from the old townships. The towns can be located in some markets and large villages. Taking Nanzhao County as an example, it is estimated that there will be twelve towns under each town. There are villages under each town, such as Liqingdian Town, which has a total of nine villages, large and small.”

"As a result, a complete three-level administrative organization at the county, town, and village level has been formed, allowing our rural protection army to extend its tentacles to all villages and increase its control over various regions."

There is nothing special about Guo Quanshu’s three-level administrative organization plan of county, town, and village. County does not.

Now, the biggest change is actually the establishment of county-level institutions.

Guo Quanshu flipped through the plan and continued: "In terms of the institutional setup of the yamen at all levels, we based on some problems that occurred in the previous township yamen, and also referred to the institutions in our general's mansion. According to your instructions, the general, we made a preliminary plan It has been approved by the agencies at all levels of the yamen, and we will try it out first, and then we will adjust it if we find that the problem is not suitable."

"Currently, the preliminary plan is that each village will have one chief Jiupin village chief, and one junior Jiupin tax officer."

"Each town has one person from Zhengqipinzhi Township and one person from Congqipinxie Township. There are town affairs department, agricultural and commercial department, finance department, inspection department, and tax station. The heads of each section are Zhengbapin, and the head of the tax station is Congqi Taste."

"Each county has one official Liupin magistrate, one Congliupin county magistrate, and one Congliupin master book. At the county level and above, we will set up according to the existing general organization, and temporarily preset agriculture and forestry, industry and commerce, Inspection Section, Finance Section, Clerical Affairs Section, General Affairs Section, Taxation Bureau, each section chief is Zheng Qipin, and deputy section chief is Cong Qipin. The director of the tax bureau is Cong Liupin, and the deputy director is Zheng Qipin.”

"The grassroots staff are awarded from the ninth rank to the eighth rank according to their positions and years."

"In this way, it will be able to do as you ordered, General. Except for grooms, cooks, waiters and other hired personnel in the yamen, the rest of the official staff and above will all be officials, and they will be promoted as usual, and the old-fashioned bureaucracy will be completely abolished. .”

"In the future, if we still set up government offices, we will also follow this charter, and there will be various places under the government."

"In addition, according to your instructions, General, tax officials, tax stations, and tax bureaus are not under the jurisdiction of administrative offices at all levels, but directly under the jurisdiction of the grain collection office."

Guo Quanshu just briefly talked about the organizational setup this time. In fact, this time the township organizations were changed, county and state organizations were set up, and the foundation for the follow-up government organizations was laid. It can be said that there are many aspects involved. of.

Guo Quanshu only gave a brief summary, but the actual documents consisted of several volumes, at least 100 pages in total, all of which were written in small script, and Luo Zhixue felt dizzy looking at the densely packed characters.

But even if he was dizzy, Luo Zhixue read it in detail. These contents were basically set by Guo Quanshu according to Luo Zhixue's ideas.

And Luo Zhixue's ideas are set up based on the experience of later generations.

Therefore, an official system that seemed a bit nondescript to the contemporary Ming Dynasty and was very different from traditional official positions was created.

The establishment of an official system below the county level also means that Luo Zhixue has already planned to formally establish a system.

Even if Luo Zhixue did not proclaim himself king and emperor, and continued to bear the title of general, it is undeniable that a system such as the Rural Protection Army has actually been established.

(End of this chapter)