Chapter 617 From now on, scholars will be ordinary people!
"General Sun, can the more than 10,000 captured Shaanxi troops be used for anything?" After a chaotic battle, he not only successfully rescued Pingliang City, but also defeated the main force of the Shaanxi army in northern Shaanxi. Zhang Tielang cleared the battlefield
Finally, I have a new idea!
"What does General Zhang mean?"
"My idea is to give these more than 10,000 captured soldiers a chance to reform and let them join the general's army. Then with these more than 10,000 people, we can recover Qingyang City and open up the connection with the main force of Yan'an.
aisle!"
"Is this appropriate? I heard that the imperial court seems to have written regulations on the placement of surrendered soldiers and captured soldiers."
"General Sun, His Majesty's imperial edict has asked you to temporarily act as the commander-in-chief of the Sichuan-Shaanxi war. Before the imperial court issues formal orders and personnel arrangements for the Sichuan-Shaanxi war, you have the right to act expeditiously. The current fighting opportunity is fleeting.
We must first open up the channel to connect with the main force, so that the war situation in northern Shaanxi and even all Shaanxi will be beneficial to us. We must obey the authority in urgent matters and hope that the general will put the overall situation first."
After listening to Zhang Tielang's persuasion, Sun Shoufa pondered half of his salary. From the bottom of his heart, Sun Shoufa really didn't want to do this at this time. He finally returned to the order of the imperial court, and making his own decisions was contrary to the imperial policy. It seemed very
It's not appropriate. But what Zhang Tielang said makes sense. If these more than 10,000 captured soldiers are used, the situation can indeed be opened up in a short period of time and completely reverse the strategic situation of northern Shaanxi.
"If the matter is urgent, I will listen to your suggestion, General Zhang, and organize the more than 10,000 captured soldiers into the Sichuan-Shaanxi Regular Army. But I have a request. All our Sichuan-Shaanxi Regular Army will be put under the command of General Zhang. I will only
Let's start." Sun Shoufa handed over the command to Zhang Tielang mainly to avoid suspicion. He did not want to be greedy for power now, so as not to create a gap with the court.
"A general is a superior general, and a general is just a brigadier general. The command of the entire army should be held by the general. I would never dare to take over!"
"General Zhang, you must agree to this matter! Otherwise, I will not be able to comply with your order regarding the incorporation of captured soldiers into the regular army."
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In the first month of the 25th year of Chongzhen, Zhu Youjian and a group of civil and military ministers took the battle report from northern Shaanxi and excitedly discussed the next war plan.
"The defeat of the Shaanxi army in northern Shaanxi, I guess Sun Chuanting will be angry and vomit blood, right? The main force is almost completely gone. Yan'an, Qingyang and other important cities in northern Shaanxi have been recovered, and now only a few cities such as Yulin are not in the hands of the imperial court. Now, the entire Shaanxi
The situation in North Korea should be completely controllable." Zhu Youjian made a concluding speech with great interest.
After Wu Sheng stroked his beard, he said: "Northern Shaanxi is certain, and the overall situation of Sichuan and Shaanxi has been drawn up. The military and political officials of Ningxia and Gansu towns have sent people to discuss with the court the takeover and reorganization. This year, Sichuan will be completely pacified.
Shaanxi, it shouldn’t be a problem.”
"Well! As the Prime Minister said, we will indeed take advantage of the situation to pacify Sichuan and Shaanxi this year! Let Ma You forgive you, divide some troops, and use one to two months to liberate Yulin and other unrecovered areas in northern Shaanxi first, while the main force rests for a while
time, and then transfer a new fully organized army from the Central Plains into northern Shaanxi. By April and May, the army can move south to pacify Guanzhong. Cao Ruohai and Ren Shuangyou cannot be idle during this period. They must move forward in early May.
Shaanzhou and Tongguan were restored, thus forming a trend of two armies marching into Guanzhong."
"Your Majesty, after the Battle of Guanzhong is over, should we slow down the momentum? Or start the next war immediately?" Huang Degong saw that everyone was beginning to think about the Battle of Guanzhong, and hurriedly asked if the Battle of Guanzhong was over, whether the large-scale battle would continue immediately.
fighting.
"After the Battle of Guanzhong, we will not open up other battlefields for the time being. This year, we will prioritize the pacification of Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu. The Governor's Office of the Fifth Army and the Ministry of War will cooperate with the Ministry of War to add more troops. By Mingxia, we will launch efforts on several fronts and it will take one to two years.
Time has determined the major provinces in the world. In other words, this year and next, the Military Command Hall and the Political Affairs Hall must complete the work of determining the world. Now, there are almost enough soldiers and horses to undertake the main military tasks, and they can be stationed
There is a huge gap in the security brigade to fight against bandits and chaos, so we have to come up with a quick solution for the security brigade. At the same time, there is also a huge gap in the government system officials. Although graduates from various universities can fill part of it, the fresh graduates are still in charge of political affairs.
Experience is scarce, and you cannot suddenly take up important positions as soon as you arrive at the place. The Political Affairs Hall must straighten this matter out."
"Your Majesty, there is another hidden worry. In recent years, there has been a serious shortage of official positions in various places, and the large number of college graduates has not been enough to fill the vacancies. However, in five or six years, the vacancies will be filled, and there will be too many college students and retired soldiers. What should we do then?
"As the leader of government officials, Wu Sheng naturally has to take a longer-term view when thinking about policies, so he put forward a very contradictory crux.
When there is a shortage of people, there is no one available. But after the war in Pingtianxia ends and everything becomes normal, the supply of talents seems to be too abundant, and how to arrange them becomes a problem. Not to mention the matter of college students, the placement of retired soldiers is as planned.
Judging from the size of the soldiers and the current system, in three to five years, the number of soldiers who will retire from active service every year is likely to exceed 100,000. It is very unrealistic to place 100,000 soldiers in local government affairs departments every year.
"Overall, with the current scale of college students and the in-depth advancement of improving the functional structure of yamen at all levels, in the next ten to twenty years, yamen at all levels will still have the conditions to absorb most of them. After 20 years, combined with retirement and employment,
The policy can still be digested by most people. For this reason, the arrangement of college students' ministries is not a big deal. Of course, there are still some contradictions and details. For example, there may not be so many official positions for them to take up positions in the future, and for example, there may be some areas where
There will be short-term staff gaps in the government and government agencies. These matters can be solved by extending downwards and extending to colleges, technical secondary schools, junior high schools and high schools. College students can also take up jobs in more basic-level positions, and there will be shortages of staff.
The positions may not only be filled by college students.”
"Your Majesty, you may not be willing to let college students become ordinary officials of the eighth or ninth grade, right?" In Wu Sheng's mind, although college students are not as good as Jinshi, they can at least be regarded as scholars and scholars, right? Let them do what is originally a lowly job.
The work done by the officials is really hard to imagine.
"What we have to do now is to enable most people in the world to read, so that in the future, scholars will be just ordinary people! For ordinary people, the treatment of officials in the eighth and ninth grades is not bad, right? Real talents are honed through practice.
Yes, you don’t automatically have to be a leader after going to university. As for university education, we must establish a principle of strict entry and strict exit. In school, we must rate the completion of academic studies. If the rating is not high, you have to do it now.
Divert to some low-level ministries, and even some who perform too poorly will be expelled from school, or let them find their own jobs. In short, the purpose of the imperial court to open schools is to give people in the world a chance to make progress, rather than letting them naturally rely on it.
The imperial court! When studying or serving as an official, you must have the attitude of swimming against the current and striving upward. If you don’t forge ahead, you will give opportunities to other people who are striving forward. The imperial court will not take care of the bottom line."