Perhaps Xu Wenbi was unable to hold on physically, so he only discussed the matter with Gao Pingshi, and then left Shangshu Mansion and went back to rest.
However, Zhu Yingzhen and others stayed and chatted with Gao pragmatically about the recent operations of the Production and Construction Corps.
Gao Pragmatic's reform of the Beijing Camp is very interesting. Its biggest feature has already been mentioned, which is the separation of the Royal Guards, the real combat force, and the Production and Construction Corps, the "logistics department."
There is nothing to say about the imperial guards. The emperor has the highest power to command the army, command and appoint and remove all personnel. However, these powers are usually "delegated" to the Minister of Rongzheng of the Ministry of War, who exercises most of the powers on his behalf, especially
The right to command troops. The real command power is still reserved in the hands of the commander of the Praetorian Guards, but the commander of the Praetorian Guards can only command, but does not have the power to mobilize troops - the power to deploy troops is the power to command troops.
At the same time, another important guarantee for the loyalty of this army is the separation of logistics to the Production and Construction Corps.
The so-called logistics refers not only to the supply of military rations, but also other materials such as barracks and marching tents, including clothes, armor, quilts and other materials, which are all provided by the Production and Construction Corps. Moreover, major consumables such as military rations are usually provided by the Guards
You can only receive half a month's necessities, and no excess will be allowed. This is similar to Gao Pragmatic's method of controlling the garrison forces in southern Xinjiang.
The above is regarded as military supplies, in addition to ordnance. The ordnance warehouse of the Guards adopts the "Imitation Tiger Talisman System", that is, the warehouse key is divided into two, and the warehouse management personnel of the Guards and the Production and Construction Corps each hold half, leaving only two pieces.
Only when the keys are unlocked can the warehouse be opened smoothly.
As for the regular training of the Guards, there are also regulations on the distribution of weapons. Four-fifths of them are cold weapons and one-fifth are firearms. Why are there fewer firearms? It is to prevent changes, but this is not in line with the high standards.
The requirements for increasing the proportion of firearms are pragmatic, so the firearms training of the Guards adopts a rotation training system - there are so many things, everyone takes turns to train, and the guns are not changed when changing people.
Of course, not replacing the guns is just a saying. In fact, they still need to be replaced. However, after this batch of guns is used, they must be handed over to the Production and Construction Corps and replaced with another batch.
Of course, there are many details in this. For example, the Guards must carefully inspect every time they receive ordnance, otherwise the damage during training will have to be recorded; the same goes for the Production and Construction Corps, every gun must be carefully inspected.
Otherwise, once it is not accounted for in person, and the next time it is given to the Imperial Guard, they will find something wrong and refuse to accept it, and then the account will be charged to the Production and Construction Corps.
Since the two parties now have no real superior-subordinate relationship, they will of course keep an eye on each other for their own benefit. In this way, they will achieve high and pragmatic expectations and form the "mutual supervision" he hopes for.
In this era, the driving force of interests is obviously a hundred times greater than the so-called "responsibility" and "honor". Gao Pragmatism would rather let them supervise each other because of interests, and does not expect them to realize any national responsibilities and national justice.
The production and construction corps is controlled by the nobles, and the nobles themselves are an extension of the imperial power. Of course, any appointment or dismissal of the Fifth Army Governor's Office is also decided by the emperor, so the emperor is the real source of power for them.
The emperor gave them power, and they rewarded them with loyalty, but also with money - that which was given to the Praetorian Guards.
However, Gao Pangshi, as the "assistant in charge of the military affairs of the capital camp" at that time, certainly could not forget himself, so the minister of military affairs was supervising the production and construction corps on behalf of the emperor.
The word "supervision" is very interesting, especially in the Ming Dynasty.
The governor supervises the officials of a place, and gradually becomes the territory of a place; the admiral of the East Factory supervises the Jinyiwei, and gradually becomes the superior of the Jinyiwei.
The Minister of Rongzheng supervised the production and construction corps, and of course he actually became the "top leader" of the Production and Construction Corps. In this way, coupled with the fact that the Minister of Rongzheng exercised various powers on behalf of the emperor over the commander of the Imperial Guard, the two sides of the Beijing camp
All parts are actually in the hands of Rongzheng Minister.
However, the Minister of Rongzheng was only a civil servant, and his position was appointed and dismissed by the emperor. Like other imperial decrees, such appointment and dismissal required the approval of the cabinet and the six departments, so the civil servant group also held important power.
Why is such a big thing like the restructuring of Beijing Camp met with very little opposition within the civil service group? The reason is here - the civil service group is the beneficiary. Through this restructuring, the civil service group has completely overtaken the military officials, including the Xungui Group.
on the head.
But there are two things that are very strange: First, Gao Pragmatic himself does not agree with the model of "literacy treats martial arts as dogs", why would he do this?
The second is why Xungui and the Wuchen group did not object.
The first question is actually not that complicated. There are only two reasons: First, the reason why Gao Pragmatic did this is because he knows that he cannot let the civil service group think that he is a "rebellious boy". He must insist on showing that he is always doing something for
Only when the civil servant group seeks profits can the officialdom continue to develop.
Secondly, although the Minister of Rongzheng has such great power, the fact is that it varies from person to person. In other words, if he is pragmatic and down-to-earth, the Minister of Rongzheng can completely override the Imperial Guard and the Production and Construction Corps.
If you say east, you will be east, and if you say west, you will be west. But once the person is changed, it is difficult to say whether the uniformed servant can still do this.
What are the reasons? One is that the Holy Family are different, and the other is that they have different control over the nobles. The Holy Family does not need to be explained at all, and the control over the nobles does not need to be explained too much: the Beiyang Sea Trade Alliance is on the one hand, and the Production and Construction Corps
On the other hand, many of his transactions are constantly involved with Jinghua.
This is Gao Pragmatism's influence on the Production and Construction Corps. He actually also had an influence on the Imperial Guards - among the officers of the Imperial Guard, starting from the commander Qi Jiguang and down to the battalion level, who is not selected by Gao Pragmatism?
?
No matter how powerful the next Minister of Rongzheng is, he can just ignore Gao Pragmatic's existence, beat up the Imperial Guards from top to bottom, and then replace him with his people?
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! If there is no change, Gao Pragmatic's influence will definitely still be there, because he is not returning to his hometown as an official. His future is very good, Gao Sinong.
The guardsmen are not stupid either.
On the whole, the highly pragmatic reform of Beijing Camp has only left a small "back door", that is, according to his current practice, the Production and Construction Corps itself has achieved basic financial independence, and this independence is from outside the court.
of the financial system.
Gao Pragmatic was not a saint. He also had his own interests: at that time, he needed the Production and Construction Corps to be financially independent and not be influenced by the Ministry of Revenue - because being influenced by the Ministry of Revenue was also influenced by the cabinet, and the chief minister of the cabinet was Shen Shixing after all.
However, Gao Jingshi did not expect that he would actually become the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, so some things had to change a little bit. For example, the financial power must now be returned to the Ministry of Revenue.
This matter was quite troublesome at first, but now it has turned out to be a blessing in disguise - honorable men and women have taken the initiative to ask for help.
Because they were worried that the emperor would be deceived by Shi Xing, a guy who was most likely to be a traitor, the nobles were afraid that their own interests would be damaged, so they took the initiative to tell them what they knew, and at the same time hoped that Gao Pragmatic would rescue them.
The opportunity has come.
After listening to Zhu Yingzhen and others' sighs of concern, Gao Yingshi said with a solemn face: "Your worries are justified. The mausoleum project is nothing like the others, but no official of the Ming Dynasty dares to push back on this matter.
"
Zhu Yingzhen, Zhang Yuangong and others looked at each other and said cautiously: "But to be honest, this system was set by you..."
Gao pragmatically spread his hands: "There's nothing we can do. No matter how much face I have, it can't be greater than going to the emperor. What's more, my Gao family has been deeply favored by the emperor for generations. If the emperor's longevity palace is really in need, even if I have to pay the donation myself,
, also needs full support, not to mention making slight exceptions to the established system?”
"Yes, yes, this is the truth. If necessary, any one of us would be willing to share the emperor's worries..." Zhu Yingzhen said, paused, and said awkwardly: "But the Production and Construction Corps
If we open this hole, things will be difficult in the future."
Gao pragmatic looked at him, then suddenly smiled and said, "I heard that the Production and Construction Corps made more than one hundred thousand taels last month?"
Zhu Yingzhen knew that Gao Pragmatic could check the accounts before, so he naturally did not dare to hide it. He smiled dryly and said: "Yes... Last month, the total profit was 113,700 taels."
Gao Pragmatic smiled: "Based on this calculation, the Production and Construction Corps' annual profit will be more than 1.3 million taels. No wonder you are afraid of returning to a situation where you may be beaten at any time in the future."
Therefore, it is very important to liberate the productive forces. According to the previous practice, the Beijing camp was "exploited" by the imperial court, and the nobles held their own military status, and the military camps secretly enriched their own pockets. First, we must maintain the old
Secondly, they dare not put it on the table to make special efforts, and the people below have no enthusiasm for production, which naturally leads to low efficiency at all levels and extremely low returns.
The current situation is somewhat similar to the implementation of the share dividend system at the top of the Production and Construction Corps, and the implementation of the "joint production contracting system" at the grassroots level. There is motivation from top to bottom, and they are all trying to find ways to increase production and income. Efficiency will rise immediately, and income will increase.
Naturally, the sesame flowers are blooming steadily.
At this time, nobles and nobles suddenly realize that their good days may be coming to an end, so who can bear it? Destroying a person's wealth is like killing his parents, let alone such a huge sum of money? It is really unbearable!
However, Zhu Yingzhen misunderstood Gao Pragmatic's meaning at this time. After hearing what he said, Zhu Yingzhen immediately exchanged glances with Zhang Yuangong and others, and then said with a smile: "This is actually all the credit of you, Qiuzhen. We and
Some people are different. Repaying kindness is written in their bones... So we have discussed that Qiuzhen should have your share of all the money."
Gao Pragmatic was startled for a moment, and then he realized that this group of people planned to use a dividend to bribe him to help deal with this trouble, and he couldn't help but feel dumbfounded.
To be honest, although he, Jinghua, is now in a period of financial stress, he really won't be bribed by this little money - so what if the Production and Construction Corps earns 13.4 million a year, they have so many people, they can give
How much do you want to share? If you give him a tenth of it, it will only be 130,000 to 40,000 a year.
A hundred thousand taels is not a small amount of money anywhere, but in front of Jinghua's boss, Gao Pragmatic, it really is just that.
For example, let’s take the three-level battleship project that Jinghua planned to build recently but has temporarily stopped. What are the standards and prices of the three-level battleships?
Jinghua's internally scheduled third-class sailing battleship has a design displacement of 1,600 tons, adopts a two-layer deck gun specification, has 72 guns of various types, has a crew capacity of 460 people, and the cost of a single ship is as high as 240,000 taels of silver.
Although Jinghua's previous construction plan was only three ships, and the plan was temporarily suspended, that is not the key. The key is the total cost - 240,000 taels per ship!
This kind of battleship, which is completely built for combat, has such a terrifying ability to swallow gold. Therefore, the navy is really not something that weak countries can afford. This shows that for such a large trade volume as Jinghua, once the finance is tight, it will have to suspend construction.
Problem.
But having said that, Jinghua had such a plan before, and it can be seen that Gao Pragmatic will definitely not care about the "small income" of more than 100,000 taels of silver every year.
Gao pragmatic smiled and said: "I'm kindhearted, but it's not necessary." Then he reached out to stop Zhu Yingzhen who was about to speak, and comforted him: "Actually, although this matter is difficult, but by coincidence, I have gone to the Ministry of Finance now, so there is a way.
It can be used, but..."
"Just what?" All the nobles sat upright, leaned forward slightly, and asked these four words in unison, and then waited for Gao's pragmatic answer.
Gao pragmatic smiled slightly: "I just don't know if you can trust me."
"What's this?" Zhu Yingzhen looked surprised: "If we can't even trust you, who can we trust? Ji Bu's promise is only a thousand pieces of gold, but your promise... that's three hundred thousand taels!"
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Zhang Yuangong also nodded repeatedly and said with great certainty: "There is no need to ask this kind of thing. The person we trust most in the world is your high pursuit of truth. Let's not talk about the friendship of more than ten years, let's just talk about the things we have done with you in these years.
In business, when have you ever made us suffer? If you can't understand this, I think this person is hopeless."
Gao Jingshi then looked around at the other nobles. If everyone still didn't understand anything, they naturally expressed their complete trust. We trust you Gao Qiuzhen more than we trust our biological father.
Seeing this, Gao Pragmatic nodded, with a solemn look on his face, and said: "This method is that the financial income of the Production and Construction Corps will be handed over to the Ministry of Household Affairs first, and then the Ministry of Household will return it to the Corps according to the needs of the Corps and the Imperial Guard. But the only way
In this way, I can have a reason to push back the request of the Ministry of Works for you. In other words, if this happens, if the Ministry of Works wants to use the Corps, it must first pass the Ministry of Revenue - even if the emperor wants to use it, he must first
Come talk to me."
The nobles could not oppose the emperor. They could only do what the emperor said. But the civil servants were different. It was not unusual for the civil servants to push back the emperor's wishes.
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