Chapter 794 New Army, Personnel Appointment and Removal, Water Transport Reform
As soon as Sun Chuanting's theory of "encroachment" was released, everyone in the palace, including Zhu Youjian, fell into thinking.
In fact, with Zhu Youjian's original intention, he wanted to follow the famous assault battle in later generations and send heavy troops to attack the northern part of Jiaozhi with thunder. In a short period of time, he crippled the main force of the Zheng family in one fell swoop, and then quickly retreated to the territory, leaving a mess for the Zheng family, so that he could not get enough time for ten or eight years. However, after listening to Sun Chuanting's strategy, compared with the two, it was obvious that Sun Chuanting's strategy was more appropriate.
If one of the Yongwei Camps was dispatched to the south and counted by 10,000 people, it would not be as convenient as the transportation in later generations. The thousands of miles from the capital to Guangxi were calculated at 60 miles a day, and it would take several months to march alone.
There is no modern means of transportation at this time. Long-distance marching depends entirely on your legs. The food and supplies consumed along the way are not a small amount. Once you encounter bad weather, such as heavy rains and floods, the time will be extended. Moreover, long-term marching will reduce injuries and illnesses. If an epidemic occurs, the consequences are difficult to imagine.
Furthermore, even if these 10,000 troops arrived at the border smoothly and attacked Jiaozhi, terrain, distribution of the main forces of the Zheng army, where important assets gather, city defense, etc. How to solve a series of key factors in the war?
In terms of combat effectiveness, there is no problem with the Ming Dynasty's official army crushing the "monkey", but the "monkey" soldiers who have always been cunning will definitely fight with you. They will definitely use the complex terrain to deal with the official army, so that you have no place to use your energy. What should you do if the official army that is heavily dependent on logistics supply after the rainy season arrives?
During the Xuande Dynasty, the army led by Liu Sheng, the Marquis of Anyuan, was defeated by the Jiaozhi soldiers. Liu Sheng himself died in Jiaozhi. The dignified Marquis of the Ming Dynasty died so unhappy.
Sun Chuanting's strategy was to change the iron rule of military strategist, which is the key to speed, and instead adopt the method of forced and slow down the plan, using a blunt knife to cut the flesh and blood on Jiaozhi bit by bit until it is completely taken for himself. In this process, the consumption of the Ming Dynasty's financial resources was minimized, and a strong army that was powerful to suppress the countries in South Asia was also created.
The Langci soldier in Guangxi is a well-known strong soldier. During the Jiajing period, he was dispatched to the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas to fight against the Japanese pirates, and the killing made the Japanese pirates frightened. His leader, Mrs. Wa, was once named a second-rank lady, and was a female hero who was comparable to Qin Liangyu.
The wolf clay soldiers are composed of the young people in the northwestern Guangxi and southern Guizhou. They are good at using long-drawn machetes. They are brave and fearless in their lives when fighting and are extremely loyal to the court. Their combat methods are very similar to those of the Baika Soldiers. They are mainly composed of small teams and are most suitable for fighting in the mountainous southern regions. The famous general Qi Jiguang's mandarin duck formation was formed by the combat methods of the wolf clay soldiers.
If the governors in Guangxi were set up according to Sun Chuanting's strategy, then the wolf-civilian soldiers were recruited into the army, and then the commanders of military generals at all levels were dispatched from the capital to equip more powerful firearms, it would be much easier than the transfer of the Northern Army to the south, and the consumption of money and grain would be saved by half.
With the strong military strength of the Ming Dynasty, it is not difficult to destroy the Zheng family entrenched in the northern part of Jiaozhi. However, if you want long-term stability and turn Jiaozhi into a springboard for the Ming Dynasty to manage the Southeast Asian countries, then Sun Chuanting's strategy is the most appropriate and safest.
Sun Chuanting's strategy was to make a major modification to Zhu Di's strategy of sending troops to several battles, but the strategic intentions were still in line with each other.
"Sun Qing has a good strategy for making a strategy for Jiaozhi. What other supplements do you have?"
After pondering for a while, Zhu Youjian looked at the ministers and asked.
His words had actually set a tone, and Sun Chuanting's plan could not be said to mobilize troops and consumed national treasury. So after Zhu Youjian spoke, a brief silence appeared in the hall. Then Lu Xiangsheng took the lead in expressing his agreement. Everyone agreed and decided on Jiaozhi's strategic plan.
"The emperor said that the Prime Minister had just said that the Chief Minister had split up Guangdong and Guangxi and abolished the position of governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. How should the former governor Xiong Wencan be placed? Who should be the position of governor of Guangxi? How should the former governor Li Defan be placed? How many members should the new army be placed? What is the standard for the distribution of food and wages?"
After the vote, Yang Sichang stood up and bowed and said.
In the original history, Xiong Wencan, the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxiong, served as the Minister of War in the tenth year of Chongzhen due to the recommendation of Yang Sichang, and served as the military affairs of Wang Jiazhen in Nanji, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Huguang and Sichuan. The following year, he surrendered Zhang Xianzhong and Liu Guoneng. However, due to the 12th year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong surrendered and rebelled again, and the camp swept across Huguang. Xiong Wencan's contribution became a crime. After being taken to the imperial prison by Jinyi, he was beheaded and abandoned in the 13th year of Chongzhen.
Xiong Wencan is still living a good life as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. Although his political achievements are not outstanding, because he surrendered Liu Xiang and Zheng Zhilong one after another, and there was nothing wrong with it, Zhu Youjian did not send anyone to replace him.
But since the position of governor of Guangdong and Guangxi is to be cancelled, we have to find a place for Xiong Wencan? If we change to governor, it would be equivalent to being demoted. This is indeed a bit unfair to Xiong Wencan, who has not made any mistakes, and it will also cause dissatisfaction among the court officials. But where is the right place to place him?
Guangxi Governor Li Defan is easy to say. Although Zhu Youjian has never paid attention to him, he vaguely remembers that Li Defan is old, so just give him a title to retire.
"Xiang Wencan was removed from the position of governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and was renamed as governor of the grain transportation, and was added to the title of Grand Secretary of the Dongge; Li Huaipu was removed from the position of governor of the grain transportation, and was renamed as governor of Guangxi, and was renamed as governor of the right deputy chief imperial envoy.
Guangxi Governor Li Defan retired as the Minister of Rites and returned home.
Guangxi provinces will reduce and exempt money and grain for three years!
The new army recruited 10,000 people, and the food and salary were the same as the entire army!
The new army is called Danglu Camp, and Huang Zhen, the deputy general of the Yongwei Battalion, was appointed as the general officer of the Danglu Camp. His generals were selected by the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Five Army!"
After a little thought, Zhu Youjian issued the relevant decree.
Li Huaipu has been serving as the governor of the canal transport for four years. Under the instruction of Zhu Youjian, the governor of the canal transport office carried out major reforms. The canal transport system has changed from the original system of taking self-profits and losses, relying solely on entrainment to a traditional system of cheating people to complete the transportation of important materials such as grain, the canal transport has no model of fully liberalizing the charges for the market.
This major policy change made more than 200,000 Cao army and their large number of families happy. In just one year, most of the poor Cao army families have improved at a speed visible to the naked eye, the efficiency of the canals and other rivers has also experienced a blowout development.
Simply put, the reform of the canal transport is just like most of the assets of the state-owned transportation companies in later generations became personal ownership. The remaining canal troops were paid on a monthly basis, and most of the canal troops and ships were converted to individual operations.
Under Zhu Youjian's instructions, these people only paid a little money and grain to symbolically as the cost of purchasing the ship.
Zhu Youjian believes that even if this is the so-called loss of "state-owned assets", the majority of people who benefit from this loss are not the small number of people taking the opportunity to obtain huge benefits from it, so he did not feel that something was wrong.
Zhu Youjian had already sent people to investigate the miserable situation of the Cao army, and the reform of the Cao transport was based on the idea of allowing the vast number of people at the bottom to live a good life.
Chapter completed!