Chapter 287 Performance of the Prime Minister (Twenty-eight)
Don't look at it. Gao Jingjing has already discussed the military reform in detail with the senior military officials in 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
Explaining the reform strategy, there was no exchange of views with important figures from the other faction in the military, which was naturally politically undesirable.
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 among the major A and B armies, then the requirements of the nobles are quite different. The nobles have been very pragmatic since the reorganization of the Beijing Camp many years ago.
Knowing their own positioning, 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 financial 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, Army A is the main force for external operations, and Army B is the main force for internal counter-insurgency. Both of them 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 decisive battles in the field, the direct management power or the power to command 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, in addition to this, there is also a large C-type army.
As mentioned before, in addition to the only 66,598 Imperial Guards, the Ming Dynasty's army consists of the A-type army with a strength of about 500,000, and the B-type army with a strength of about 675,000. In addition, there are other remaining troops.
All belong to the C-type army.
Some people may be wondering, the above "three armies" already exceed 1.24 million, does the Ming Dynasty have "other forces"? Of course there are. During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, the country's theoretical military strength was as high as 2.8 million, and the current paper strength is only 2.3 million
More than 10,000 - of course, if you want to discuss the shortfall, that's 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 gap is - no matter how big the gap is now, 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 cannot afford it at all!
So his solution is very simple: copy the Beijing camp system. In other words, after the "three armies" are eliminated from the national military force, the remaining "Type C Army" must be fully converted into the "Production and Construction Corps". The only difference is one thing: Type C Army
It is necessary to undertake the reserve task of "replenishing the strength of Type B Army in critical moments".
This is actually to give sweet spots 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 servants of major generals who still had a certain combat effectiveness.
The border army was formed, and the guard posts in the interior can only be described in two words: sloppy. If not for this, how could it be possible that dozens of Japanese pirates dared to kill Nanjing City?
Now, high pragmatism requires them to be able to replenish the B 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 formations, 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, and it is not difficult to control the Beijing production and construction corps. However, after all the 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 tribute" and "ice tribute" to Beijing officials. Can your local production and construction corps pay tribute to the nobles in charge of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion? So, as long as
Gao pragmatically confirmed that the Fifth Army Governor's Office had the power to lead the production and construction corps across the country, and all of the above were actually 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.
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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 simple, Gao Jingshi
The supervision aspect is indeed a bit tight.
According to Gao Pragmatic's statement, supervision is not carried out by one person, but directly to the "three departments' joint review" - the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household each send permanent officials at the guard station level to supervise, and they are also dispatched irregularly every year.
Commissioners conduct random inspections, and the supervision system of patrolling censors that the imperial court had in the past must also be implemented as usual.
When it comes to deceiving supervision, the best situation is to centralize the supervision power, because the more centralized the supervision power, the lower the cost of bribery or collusion. On the contrary, if the supervision power is very dispersed and the specific executor keeps changing, it will be very difficult.
It's 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 be honest and not do anything.
Besides, although there are few Hai Rui in the world, there are still some. If one day you meet a guy who can't be bribed to come 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 up.
In fact, this aspect is not difficult. You can still copy it, and you are copying it yourself - just bring 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, it is not the same as
Just like the Production and Construction Corps in Beijing, they can make a profit, and among the profits, the vast majority of the profits belong to themselves, and only about one-fifth needs to be turned over to the national treasury.
So this matter is easy to handle: after the health offices at all levels have completed the military camps and corvee required by the court, they 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 your home is confiscated and executed.
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, you will really lose your head.
Of course, it’s not easy to lose your head in business. No matter how poorly an average person does, he or she will probably be fired at most. If you do it to the point where your house is confiscated, it means there’s a big problem. For example, you can’t pay back money after losing a lot of money.
wages, which resulted in riots, riots, and beheadings among the military households under the rule, not to mention beheadings. The riots among the military households caused serious harm.
In short, highly pragmatic reforms will never go to extremes. On the one hand, they must solve the problems left over from the original history, and on the other hand, they must also allow those who work seriously to gain significant benefits. It is necessary for the horse to run and the horse not to eat grass.
It can't possibly work.
After these general ideas were told to the nobles, Gao Jingshi judged from the expressions of the nobles that they were probably acceptable. But after all, the matter was a big one, and although the nobles relied on Gao Jingshi, after all, they were more powerful than the generals.
Having the status and confidence, he finally said that it would take some time to discuss. Gao Pragmatic expressed his understanding and said that we would discuss it in detail in three days.
Of course, the nobles would not allow Gao Pragmatic to make such a business-like trip, and then hold 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 knew very well that the so-called "certain time" for deliberation did not actually take as long as three days. The main reason for the nobles was that they could not discuss in front of him. Once Gao Yuanfu left, it is estimated that the nobles
It takes less than an hour to come up with a rough idea.
After all, being pragmatic here still leaves a lot of profits. It’s just that those commanders, thousands of households, and hundreds of households below need to have some business acumen. As for the nobles, they are simply winning! What’s the matter?
You don’t even have to do anything, you can enjoy one-fifth of the profits of the national health centers every year just by sitting in the Governor’s Mansion of the Fifth Army!
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 various places
The Production and Construction Corps, if it makes profits, can’t match the performance of the Governor’s Office? There are some words that don’t need to be pointed out.
What the nobles really need to discuss is how to distribute the profits. Gao Pragmatic guessed that they probably want to discuss how to allocate the appointment and dismissal rights of health stations across the country. For example, if your Chengguo government assigns the appointment and dismissal of commanders to various parts of Shandong
The British government assigned the power of appointment and dismissal of envoys to various places in Henan, and so on.
Of course, some appointment and dismissal powers 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, he is pragmatic and has no interest in thinking about these matters in detail, because there is no need. For him, it is enough to carry out the reform smoothly. After the general framework of the system is set, he does not care about the specific details unless there is something wrong that needs to be corrected.
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When he returned to the Nanning Marquis Mansion after finishing his duties at the Household Department that afternoon, an unexpected piece of news shocked him.
The Japanese Civil War began.
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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, using a method similar to Liu Xin’s letter to abbreviate it.
