Daming Yuanfu

Don't look at the fact that Gao Jingjing has discussed the military reform in detail with the senior military officials at the Beijing North Camp of the Imperial Guard, but that is actually just with the powerful generals of the border military department - they also basically represent the generals from all over the country - roughly He explained the reform strategy without exchanging opinions with important figures from the other faction in the military. This was naturally not advisable politically.

Therefore, early the next morning, Gao Pragmatic took advantage of the fact that today was not the day when the cabinet was free to write, and made an appointment with the Jingnan Clan in Beijing to meet at the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion.

If the main thing that the border army generals have to convince lies in the distribution of interests between the A and B armies, then the requirements of the nobles are quite different. The nobles have been very clear about their positioning since the reorganization of the Beijing camp many years ago. They have now consciously not participated in the specific military affairs of the "frontline field troops". The projects they are mainly responsible for now are almost all logistics and finance. Work.

In this case, if Gao Pragmatic wants to convince them, he will naturally tend to make them understand that this military reform will not damage their interests in finance and logistics systems - at least not seriously.

According to the new classification of military units, Type A Army belongs to the core field army and is the main force of the Ming Dynasty's external operations, while Type B Army is divided into two levels.

The Type B Army, which is closer to the border, needs to be able to cooperate with the Type A Army in attacking overseas, while the Type B Army, which is located in the vast hinterland, is the main combat force for suppressing rebellions - of course, the Type A Army can also be mobilized internally if necessary. Counterinsurgency, but generally speaking this shouldn't be needed.

To put it simply, Type A Army is the main force for external operations, and Type B Army is the main force for internal counterinsurgency. Both actually require the ability to win decisive battles in the field, but the former has higher requirements and the latter has slightly lower requirements.

Since both of these require a decisive victory in the field, the direct management power or the power to command the troops must of course be taken away by the generals. The nobles are self-aware that they will not participate and indeed are incapable of participating.

However, besides this, there is also a large-scale C-type army.

As mentioned before, in addition to the only 66598 Imperial Guards, the Ming Dynasty's army consists of the Type A Army with a strength of about 50, and the Type B Army with a strength of about 67.5. In addition, all other remaining troops belong to the C Army.

Some people may be wondering, the above "three armies" already exceed 124 million, does the Ming Dynasty have "other forces"? Of course there is. During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, the country's theoretical military strength was as high as 280 million, and the current military strength on paper is more than 230 million - of course, if you want to discuss the shortage, that is another matter.

However, one of the reasons why Gao Pragmatic wants military reform is to solve the "shortage" problem, so he doesn't care how big the current shortage is - no matter how big the current shortage is, there will be no shortage in the future anyway.

Of course, Gao Pragmatic does not mean that the remaining eight or nine million people will really become off-duty soldiers. If he does this, then he, the Minister of Household Affairs, will have to grow old overnight, and he will not be able to support him at all!

So his solution was very simple: copy the Beijing camp system. In other words, after eliminating the "three armies" in the country's military strength, the remaining "Type C armies" must be fully transformed into "production and construction corps." The only difference is that Army C has to undertake the reserve task of "replenishing the strength of Army B in critical moments".

This is actually giving sweetness while raising demands. Before Gao Pragmatic participated in politics, ordinary military households in the Ming Dynasty actually had little combat effectiveness. The main combat forces were basically the retainers of major generals and the border troops who still had a certain combat effectiveness. The guard posts in the interior could only use two Word description: pulpy. Otherwise, how could it have happened that dozens of Japanese pirates dared to kill Nanjing?

Now, high pragmatism requires them to be able to enrich the B-type army when necessary, which means that they must conduct a certain intensity of training more or less every year - at least they must be able to understand simple military orders, simple formation, aiming, You need to have a good posture when shooting. As for physical fitness, you should be pragmatic and don't worry about it. A group of people who are usually responsible for "construction" tasks should be able to make do with whatever their physical fitness is.

This is raising the requirements, so what is the sweetener? The nobles are all in the capital, so it is not difficult to control the production and construction corps of the capital camp, but after the various military stations are converted into production and construction corps, they cannot control it.

But this is actually not a problem. Local officials still have to pay "charcoal respect" and "ice respect" to officials in the capital. Can your local production and construction corps pay tribute to the nobles in charge of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion? Therefore, as long as Gao pragmatically confirms that the Fifth Army Governor's Office has the power to lead the production and construction corps across the country, all of the above will actually be solved.

Of course, high pragmatism cannot rely on the moral integrity of nobles and local military commanders. Therefore, the dispatch of financial supervisors is essential. Otherwise, letting these people serve as both referees and athletes will definitely be the same as no reform. .

Although the honorable nobles have been Gao Jingshi's "loyal allies" for many years, they still value their own interests. They really understood the regulatory issues raised by Gao Jingshi, and then they all showed embarrassment. The reason is very simple. Gao Pragmatic is indeed a bit tight on supervision.

According to Gao Pragmatically, supervision is not carried out by one person, but directly to the "three departments joint review" - the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households each dispatch station-level permanent officials to supervise, and they are also dispatched irregularly and irregularly every year. Commissioners conduct random inspections, and the imperial censor supervision system that the imperial court had in the past must also be implemented as usual.

When it comes to deceiving and supervising, the best situation is to centralize supervisory power, because the more concentrated the supervisory power is, the lower the cost of bribery or collusion will be. On the contrary, if the supervisory power is very dispersed and the specific executor keeps changing, it will be difficult to handle. You can't bribe all the links, even the people who may be sent in temporarily, because no one can bear the cost, so you might as well just stay quiet. Besides, although there are few Hai Rui in the world, there are still some. If one day you encounter a guy who can't be bribed to patrol, wouldn't all the money you spent on bribery in the past have been spent?

Therefore, although Gao Pragmatic's system of permanent supervision and temporary inspections cannot be said to be perfect, it will definitely significantly increase the cost of corruption, thereby effectively improving the level of corruption.

At the same time, after all, Gao Pragmatic has worked at the grassroots level in his previous life, and he also knows that when the water is clear, there will be no fish. If the commanders at all levels really can’t make any money, then don’t expect them to have any career enthusiasm. . Therefore, reasonable incentives must also keep pace.

In fact, this aspect is not difficult. You can still copy it, and you can also copy it yourself - just take over the "performance system" of Jinghua in business. Anyway, although the Production and Construction Corps has to bear the imperial court's military camps and corvee services, like the Production and Construction Corps in Beijing, it can make a profit, and of the profit part, the vast majority of the profits belong to themselves, only about one fifth. One needs to be turned over to the national treasury.

Therefore, this matter is easy to handle: in addition to completing the military camps and corvee work required by the court, health offices at all levels can also choose to undertake various production and construction tasks from the private sector (including local yamen), and finally hand over one-fifth It will be given to the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army, and the excess will be spent by itself.

At the same time, the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War will jointly formulate reward standards for officers at all levels of guard posts, that is, the profits will be divided among the officers in proportion, just like dividends - if you do well, you will get more. If it's bad, you'll get less.

As for you saying you're losing money, I'm sorry, Gao Yuanfu has also arranged a punishment mechanism waiting for you: demerit, probation, demotion, expulsion, until home confiscation and execution.

This is the Ming Dynasty. Don't expect the tenderness of the "civilized era". There is no such thing as reprieve. If you say beheading, your head will really fall off.

Of course, it’s not easy to lose your head in business. No matter how bad the average person does, they will probably be fired at most. If they ransack their homes, it meant something was wrong. For example, they could not pay their wages after losing a lot of money, and as a result, there were riots and riots among the military households under the rule. Not to mention beheading, the military household riots caused serious harm.

In short, highly pragmatic reforms will never go to extremes. While solving the problems left over from the original history, they should also allow those who work seriously to gain significant benefits. It is impossible to have a horse run and not eat grass.

After these general ideas were told to the distinguished guests, Gao Pragmatic judged from their expressions that they were probably acceptable. But after all, the matter was a big one, and although the nobles relied on high pragmatism, they still had more status and confidence than the generals. In the end, they expressed that they needed some time to discuss. Gao pragmatic expressed his understanding and said that he would discuss it in detail in three days.

Of course, the nobles would not let Gao Pragmatic make such a business trip, and then held a banquet in the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army. After the guests and hosts had a good time, they all respectfully sent Yuan Fu off.

In fact, Gao Pragmatic knows very well that the so-called "certain time" required for discussion does not actually take as long as three days. The main reason is that the nobles cannot discuss in front of him. Once he, Gao Yuanfu, leaves, it is estimated that the nobles can come up with a rough idea in less than an hour.

After all, being pragmatic here still leaves a lot of profits. It just needs the commanders, thousands of households, and hundreds of households below to have some business acumen. As for the nobles, they simply won! You don’t have to do anything, just sit in the Fifth Army Commander’s Mansion and enjoy one-fifth of the profits of the national health centers every year!

Although it is impossible for them to divide all the money themselves, Gao Pragmatic made it very clear that there are "performance awards" at "all levels"! What's the matter, our Fifth Army Governor's Office arranges suitable commanders to manage the production and construction corps in various places, but the profits are not as good as our Governor's Office's performance? There are some words that don’t need to be spoken.

What the nobles really need to discuss is how to distribute these profits to each company. Gao Pragmatic guessed that they would probably discuss how to distribute the power of appointment and removal of health offices across the country. For example, your Chengguo government was assigned the power to appoint and remove commanders in various parts of Shandong, and the British government was assigned the power to appoint and remove commanders in various parts of Henan, and so on.

Of course, some appointment and dismissal rights of local guards must be reserved for free allocation, because the imperial court sometimes promotes meritorious veterans to serve in the Governor's Mansion. For example, Liu Xian came to serve in the Governor's Mansion.

However, I am very pragmatic and have no interest in thinking about these things in detail, because there is no need. For him, it is enough to carry out the reform smoothly. After the broad framework of the system is set, he doesn't care about the specific details unless something goes wrong and needs to be corrected.

When he returned to the Nanning Marquis Mansion after finishing his work at the Household Department that afternoon, an unexpected piece of news shocked him.

The Japanese Civil War began.
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Thanks to book friends "o Shangshu Ling" and "doni" for their monthly ticket support, thank you!

PS: The banquet in the countryside is too lively. There are so many people playing cards and singing karaoke in front of the door. It’s really hard to write.

In addition, based on feedback from readers, I plan to write the content of the Japanese Civil War in one chapter, abbreviating it using a method similar to the letter from Liu Xin in the previous chapter.