Lord of Ming Dynasty

Now the corps, the corps, only a few people, Xuanyuan Longfei, Xiao Fei, Feng Wuyu are all at the corps level, Li Dingguo is at the corps level, because he commanded the battles in Southeast Asia, he commanded the Annan Corps Ma Sanli, Liu Liangzuo of the Lao Corps, and Li Chengdong of the Burmese Corps. Now Li Chengdong has been away for many years. He has suffered a crime and has become ill. However, no one wants to replace him, because the place is too remote, wild, dangerous, and difficult to do work. Even if Li Chengdong is sick, no one can replace him, but the corps he owns is different. They are all elite divisions, and they are still near the center. Where the leaders see them, who would not want to Come up to get some credit, get promoted and get rich.

So Jin Qi gave a military salute to Zhang Qiang, and said loudly: "The task must be completed, no one can be arrogant in front of the Huaxia Army, and stubbornness will not end well." After he finished speaking, he left without looking back, to deal with emergencies , Zhang Qiang turned around and said to Xiao Fei: "It seems that we don't need it. Please remember the first domain name of this book: .. 4 mobile version reading URL: m.

Chapter 654 After the Storm

The battle that lasted more than ten years and took a month of actual combat finally ended. The newly established Lu Kingdom and Hong Chengchou’s Lu Kingdom were destroyed, and the remaining forces fled to the Ryukyu Islands. Since then, they have withdrawn from the Chinese hegemony stage. The use of troops, the confrontation with Hong Chengchou's Qing army and later the Lu army for more than ten years, also exhausted manpower and material resources. Many irrelevant battles have been stopped, and I will concentrate on restoring production and recuperating.

Since its own defense against the Qing Dynasty and the Dajin Kingdom in the north has already been formed, and there are two corps defending, and later the Jinqi Corps was transferred up, and the Fengwuyu Corps attacked Bashu again, so it is not possible to maintain the current situation. Under the changing circumstances, the Huaxia Army tried to maintain this state as much as possible, but the wars in other places have already stopped, and local officials have been dispatched to carry out administrative management.

Henan Prefecture, Hubei Prefecture, Suzhou Prefecture, Anhui Prefecture, Shandong Prefecture, and Yunnan-Guizhou Prefecture began the normal administrative governance of the Huaxia Army, which was transformed from military control to local governance, and the army began to be transformed into ordinary militias managing local security. Elite militias cooperated with field troops to fight. The garrison company guards important passes, the garrison battalion is stationed in the county, the garrison regiment is stationed in important areas to manage the garrison battalions in various places, and the garrison command is stationed in the capital cities of each state to establish a garrison system for each state.

Zhang Qiang returned to the Jinhua Center, reorganized the Guards Brigade, and truly merged the Guards Brigade into a Guards Division, because he felt that the Guards Brigade was no longer enough to protect himself in a big battle, and he carried out a long-distance attack, and the strength was too small.

After several discussions with Wei Wuji and Zhou Porridge, the Guards Brigade was abolished and the Guards Brigade was reorganized into the Guards Division.

The Guards Division consists of the Guards Artillery Regiment, the Guards Infantry Regiment, the Guards Cavalry Regiment, the Guards Division's direct regiment, and the Guards Regiment.

The Guards Artillery Regiment, organized as a regiment, is equipped with twelve 24-pounder field guns, twelve 24-pounder field guns, and 800 200-pounder field guns, with a total strength of 200 men, of which 120 are The total strength of each battalion is 80 troops directly under the regiment headquarters. The troops directly under the regiment headquarters include [-] scout cavalry pairs, [-] regiment logistics teams, [-] regiment security companies, and [-] regiment civilian personnel. Paperwork.

Guards Infantry Regiment, organized into three regiments, each with 200 troops, three battalions, each with 120 troops, three companies of 180 men, one cavalry company with 100 troops, and one artillery company 50 troops, the remaining 30 people are directly under the battalion headquarters, 20 people are the reinforced guard platoon, [-] people are the battalion logistics platoon, and [-] people are the civilian platoon.

The Guards Cavalry Regiment is organized as a regiment, with 200 cavalrymen and [-] troops directly under the regiment headquarters, mainly guard platoons, supply companies, regiment headquarters civilian staff, and a total strength of [-] troops.

The regiment directly under the Division Headquarters of the Guards Division, the 1000-strong Guards Regiment supply battalion, the 800-strong Guards Division directly under the combat battalion, responsible for the encirclement work of the regiment directly under it, and also a teaching battalion, the 200-strong Guards Civilian staff is responsible for managing the entire The personnel dispatch of the guard division, the personnel honors are obtained and issued, the combat plan is issued, and the division commander is assisted in strategic command and tactical guidance.

Needless to say, the personal guard group is responsible for the dispatch, replacement, and protection of Zhang Qiang's safety around generals and senior officials at all levels, the palace guards, the safety of Zhang Qiang, the governor, when traveling, and the final combat troops. Manage and coordinate the garrison work of the regular center of the garrison command headquarters, the promotion and management of the personnel of the garrison command, and the garrison coordination of various high-level yamen.

It has been a month since the reorganization of the First Guards Division was completed. The First Guards Division entered the center of Jinhua, garrisoned in the barracks in the city, and was responsible for the protection of the palace and the inner protection of the high-level yamen. Protect.

The First Guard Division has a total strength of 2 troops.

The Second Guard Division was transferred to Jinling Mansion. After reorganization, they had the same strength. At the same time, they supervised the [-] troops of the Yangtze River Defense Navy and surrounded Jinling Mansion. Because according to the proposal of the ministers in the court, the Jinhua Center will no longer be suitable for possession. For the operation of Huaxia Kingdom with such a large piece of land, Jinling Mansion will serve as the new center, or it may be upgraded to the capital of the country.

In fact, Zhang Qiang really didn’t want to build the capital in Jinling, because that place was not suitable for defense, and it was too laborious. If the economy was developed, it would still be possible, and the transportation would be convenient, but historically, it was a place full of disasters. The dynasty basically did not have good results, or was broken by the enemy every time. As a northerner, Zhang Qiang still hopes to establish his capital in Yanjing.

Now that Yanjing is still in the hands of the enemy, Zhang Qiang can only follow the public opinion and use it as a temporary capital.

This work has not been done yet and is under discussion. The current work is to restore order in the area occupied by Lu State in Suzhou Prefecture, stabilize the people, and at the same time reorganize and mobilize the guards.

The Jinhua Center is busy with such work, and it also has to take into account the Southeast Asian campaign. At present, Huaxia Kingdom is concerned with these two major events.

But another big thing is that Zhu Yujian is old and no longer suitable for the post of deputy prime minister. At the same time, Zhu Dadian is also getting old and on the verge of retirement.

Zhang Qiang entrusted all the work to other people. He personally took care of the retirement work of the two, and ordered people to build two mansions for them in the mountainous area behind Jinhua Mansion. The mansions were under construction, but their work required After the cabinet's economic deliberations, Tiao Jinsheng and You Haibo entered the center to serve as the two deputy prime ministers respectively.

Zhang Huangyan was sent to Guangdong, and Guangxi Prefecture served as the governor of that place, responsible for the civil affairs there. Li Guangxiong was continued to serve as the governor of Guangdong Prefecture, and Zhang Huangyan concurrently served as the governor of Guangxi Prefecture and the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.

Li Guangdi continued to serve as governor and cabinet of Fujian Province concurrently.

After some adjustments, Huaxia changed two deputy prime ministers.

Wei Wuji came to Zhang Qiang, "The governor, the prime minister and the officials hope that you will become the king, and then you will become the emperor after the recovery of Yanjing, so that our Huaxia army can gain the name of unifying the country in the righteousness, otherwise many places will be difficult to govern, and the people It’s also not easy to manage, after becoming king, it will benefit the people on the land of the original Lu Kingdom in Suzhou Prefecture, what do you think about this?”

Zhang Qiang nodded slightly. After Hong Chengchou was wiped out, the biggest threat to the Huaxia Army is gone. As for Hong Chengchou’s in the Ryukyu Islands, it has not been completely wiped out. There are no new dynasties at all, so Hong Chengchou's Lu State is no longer a big deal to the Huaxia Army and Huaxia Kingdom.

As for Wei Wuji's proclaiming the king, it has actually been going on for a long time. Many people have actually regarded him as the king. There have been some announcements before, but no formal ceremony was held. In the hearts of the people, it is not a big deal. If you spread the word to the world in the form of a call to arms, then you will be officially the king.

"Okay, yes, you can discuss it with Prime Minister Zhou Porridge. Don't make it too complicated. The main thing is to let the ministers and people, as well as the people and officials in the Chinese territory outside our country, know." Zhang Qiang gave him an affirmative answer.

Wei Wuji nodded quickly, but he didn't intend to leave yet.

Zhang Qiang raised his head and asked, "Anything else?"

Chapter 655 Abandoning the Army 1

Wei Wuji looked at Zhang Qiang and said, "Commander, let's fight the Battle of Henan Prefecture, the Battle of Yunnan-Guizhou, and the Battle of Treasure Island. At that time, our military strength has expanded a lot. The field brigade alone has grown from eighteen The number of field brigades expanded to 22, and then they fought against Wu Sangui and Hong Chengchou. The number of field brigades expanded to 26, and then they fought against small countries in Southeast Asia. The number of field brigades expanded to 32. Later, although some D-level and C-level field brigades were abolished brigade, there are 28 left in the field brigade, but the strength has not been reduced, it is just placed in other troops——”

Zhang Qiang tapped his fingers on the table and asked in a peaceful tone: "You mean we have too many troops? Why didn't I feel that there were too many? I felt that there were not enough troops during the Shandong battle. There was a shortage of troops everywhere. Otherwise, Hong Chengchou would not have been allowed to flee back, and he would have been dealt with in Shandong Province."

Wei Wuji said: "But my governor, my majesty the king, the military expenditure of the Ministry of National Defense alone has exceeded the budget, ten times more than that. Earlier, Zhu Dadian and Master Zhu complained to me, saying that our This year's military budget is twenty times that of previous years, and all the money in the local and central areas has been spent. Now Treasure Island has basically been developed, and all the natives have been wiped out. We lost our immigrants, but then we can’t do anything except the roads developed by the captives, and there is no money.”

Zhang Qiang looked at him in surprise, "As a military general, you should be thinking about how to spend money, why should you be thinking about saving money for the cabinet?"

Wei Wuji smiled wryly and said, "It's true that I am the Minister of the Ministry of National Defense who controls the soldiers and horses of the Huaxia Army, but with so many troops, they can spend too much money, and the people who spend it are distressed, mainly those militia troops. However, the Ministry of National Defense spends all the military expenses, and everything is spent by the Ministry of Defense. In fact, our field brigade can’t spend that much money, and the wartime expenses of your Guards brigade also cost our Ministry of Defense. Look, right? ?”

"Oh, let me tell you, you don't care about money, but you tell me about money, so you are waiting for me here!" Zhang Qiang pointed at him and smiled.

The Huaxia Kingdom stipulates that all military expenditures during wartime belong to the Ministry of National Defense. You can use troops from all over the country to assist field brigades in attacking cities, and materials will be allocated free of charge. All expenses incurred in attacking the starting point from the rear of the battlefield, as well as the militia's salaries after arriving at the battlefield, replacement of weapons and equipment, maintenance, burial of soldiers' dead and wounded, and pensions are all expenses of the Ministry of Defense.

I don’t care about the funds allocated to the Ministry of National Defense by the cabinet. In the end, we need to calculate with them the cost of the materials and transfer fees provided to them by the local government. These will be included in the military expenses, and the next allocation will be directly deducted, and then returned to the local government or various departments. , the rest is the military expenditure of the Ministry of Defense.

We have fought so many wars this year, and the spread has become bigger. The Ministry of Defense's funding has been rising again and again. The cabinet has complained to the Ministry of Defense many times and warned them to save money.

Originally all the militia troops were paid by the local government, but at that time when they were fighting or stationing in the local area and performing various tasks, they went out of the local area, except for the taxes handed over to the central government and the special war funds allocated to the Ministry of National Defense. The government will no longer bear military expenses.

The military expenses of the garrison regiment and the garrison battalion are part of the local burden. For the most part, the central garrison headquarters uses the military expenses allocated by the cabinet to bear a part. The military expenditure of the battalion, the garrison headquarters, which had little military expenditure, did not send garrison troops to enter when it attacked Shandong Province, so the Fifth Field Brigade could only use the militia troops from Henan Province to carry out the mission, and the strength of the troops in the early stage was stretched. .

But the funds for the garrison company are where the guards are, and where the towns are spending this part of the military expenses. Anyway, there is at most a 200-man army, and the expenses are definitely not big. There is not much expenditure when stationed. Everyone needs to stay in the barracks When you don’t need it, there is not much cost, at most it is small expenses such as maintenance, military pay, transfer fees, etc. A town can still support 200 regular army troops.

Faced with Zhang Qiang's ridicule, Wei Wuji was very ashamed, but he still insisted: "So, I discussed it with the Ministry of War, and at the same time held a meeting with the cabinet. The deputy prime ministers of the cabinet, Jin Sheng and You Haibo, are very supportive of us. This initiative to reduce military spending, I mean:

For the current 29 field brigades, the eleven field brigades behind will be withdrawn, such as the temporary No.20 Ninth Field Brigade, No.20 Eighth Field Brigade, and No.20 Seventh Field Brigade. The state capitals where these battles have become the garrison regiments and garrison battalions there, replacing the ordinary militia stationed there.

All these ordinary militias will be abolished, and only one militia brigade will be left in each state, and there will only be one militia brigade in each border state in the future.

The internal state capital will no longer set up such a finely graded militia brigade. All militia units, except those who are old, weak and retired, are under the management of the local government and the county government. There is no militia. "

Speaking of which, Wei Wuji looked up at Zhang Qiang, Zhang Qiang nodded slightly, and asked, "A lot of troops will be abolished in this way?"

Wei Wuji lowered his head and took out a document from his pocket, opened it and looked at it, "According to what Weichen said earlier, it will not have much impact on the state capitals in the core areas. There are no or not many ordinary militia brigades in those places. It's just symbolic. In fact, it means that some old and weak garrison companies are still there, and they have become actual militia companies. My suggestion is that these should also be abolished. The core area is already very stable and there is no need for these people.

There are more than 50 of these militia companies and garrison companies, about [-] people. Letting these people return to the ranks of the common people can increase local tax revenue without affecting local security and reduce local expenditures. Everyone is happy. "

Zhang Qiang nodded, "Well, let's abolish the tune... Wait, wait, we can't abolish the tune so easily, reorganize it, remove the old and the weak, and implement the voluntary principle for the young. How many people are willing to go to Southeast Asia and Treasure Island? Just reorganize it, and then transfer it to these places, which can increase the level of security in these places, suppress the riots of the people in various places where they live together, and increase the strength of the troops there.

There are as many people as there are, so how big is the establishment, if there are 200 people, set up a militia company, if there is a battalion, set up a militia battalion, if there are 2000 people, set up a militia regiment, if there are 6000 people, set up a militia brigade, I think at least 4000 people will be abolished and transferred, so the brigade already has the largest establishment. If the establishment is small, it will be thrown to Baodao. If the establishment is large, it will be transferred to Southeast Asia. "

Wei Wuji smiled wryly, "Then we still have to use the funds of our Ministry of Defense, and we still have to pay, but it's just less."

Zhang Qiang looked up at him, Wei Wuji touched his nose, "Well, you are the king, you have the final say."

Zhang Qiang continued to knock on the table and asked, "Continue."

Chapter 656 Abandoning the Army 2

Wei Wuji has no choice, who made our king have no money, but insisted on exploding soldiers, his love for the army is a kind of soldiers, look at the crazy explosion after he failed to attack the enemy and was almost hanged Soldiers, the first naval division was transferred from the center, and a field brigade, two militia brigades, four garrison regiments, four garrison battalions, and the second guard brigade were also transferred from other places. Eight militia brigades and a few field brigades, from less than 20 troops, burst into 45 troops at once. Don't be crazy, and then simply recruited Xiao Fei Corps and a part of Xuanyuan Longfei Corps The strength of the troops, as well as the two field brigades on the Yangtze River defense line, soared to [-] troops. In the end, the Jinqi Corps was allowed to attack in an all-round way, and the Yangtze River Guard Navy cooperated.

Well, this king can't be messed with, or he will crush you.