Chief of Staff Sun Liechen finally reacted at this time and asked the question he wanted to ask the most.

"Master, what is the specific organization of the National Defense Forces?"

Yang Xingguo immediately expressed his thoughts: "The largest unit of the border defense army is the brigade, which is equivalent to the deputy division commander of the main force. Each brigade is under its jurisdiction, the regiment is under its jurisdiction, and the battalion is under its jurisdiction, and the battalion is under its jurisdiction, and the force and firepower configuration of a combat company like the main force."

"That's not the same as the main division. Since that's the case, why not just call the border defense division?" Sun Liechen frowned and immediately asked Yang Xingguo.

"No, different!" Yang Xingguo answered very affirmatively.

"The main task of the border defense force is to defend the border and block all enemies who want to invade our territory. Therefore, even if the border defense force encounters a battle, it will be a defensive battle."

"The main combat mission of the main force is attack, so because of the different combat methods, their organization and firepower configuration will be different."

"The newly established border defense forces, light and heavy machine guns and mortars suitable for defense warfare, will be equipped with a large number of troops. However, heavy artillery suitable for attack will not be equipped. There are also reconnaissance troops, engineers, baggage troops... The configuration of technical troops will also be much less than that of the main force."

Seeing that Sun Liechen took out a notebook to prepare the record, Yang Xingguo continued to explain.

"The border defense battalion only has three main companies, one communication guard platoon and one heavy machine gun platoon and three heavy machine guns."

"A regiment of the border guards is under the jurisdiction of three main battalions, one guard company, one communication squad, one mortar company, and the baggage platoon, and no engineers and scouts."

"The brigade has three regiments, one guard battalion, one communication platoon, one mountain artillery battalion, one baggage company, one engineer platoon, and one reconnaissance cavalry platoon."

"Because the troops have reduced the proportion of artillery equipment and have also reduced a large number of technical troops, a border defense brigade has formed, with a total force of about 5,000. Just from the perspective of force, it is equivalent to half a division of the main force."

"The total garrison troops of the entire army have a total of about 150,000 people, leaving 30,000 people to be reorganized into police forces, leaving 120,000 people to be laid off and 30,000 people to be removed, and the remaining 90,000 people to form fifteen border defense brigades, each brigade is responsible for a section of the border defense line, and fifteen brigades should be able to replace all the main forces on the border.

Sun Liechen could see at a glance the great benefits of forming a border guard. Therefore, as soon as Yang Xingguo finished speaking, he was so happy that he brought the treasure he recorded to the General Staff to study how the entire plan was implemented.

Essential troops simplify administration, lay off garrison troops, and form border guards, which are definitely part of elite troops.

As for streamlining administration, it is a government issue.

When the government took over the local government in order to stabilize the local government, the defense force took over all the various institutions and regular officials established by the court.

As the National Defense Force completely grasped the three northeastern provinces, the imperial officials who were originally local tyrants no longer affected the stability of the government. To the National Defense Force, these imperial officials were left behind, which was a cancer that was harmful but not beneficial.

Therefore, it is necessary for Yang Xingguo to take advantage of the temporary tranquility of the three eastern provinces to completely remove this tumor.

After Yang Xingguo told Huang Xing, who was rushing over, as the Minister of Civil Affairs of the three northeastern provinces, Huang Xing knew the cancer better than anyone else, and then agreed without thinking: "Master, I have long wanted to deal with these people. You don't know that the total of these people in the three northeastern provinces is definitely 60,000. More importantly, these more than 60,000 people are dispensable. If they are cut off, the government will not be affected at all."

"After all, many of the institutions left by the imperial court have repeated powers, and they are not available in the current three northeastern provinces. If they are removed, the government can save at least seven million taels of silver every year."

"However, the government will lay off so many people at once, which will definitely cause a certain degree of panic. In order to ensure the stability of the good situation, I hope to get the support of the Ministry of Supervision and the military."

Huang Xing had this determination, which would definitely be good news for Yang Xingguo

After thinking about it, I answered: "There is no problem with this. I want to know what exactly you plan to deal with this matter!"

"These people are all officials of the court. As far as I know, few of them are clean. I plan to start from this aspect, and the Supervision Department finds out their corruption and then arrest people in the army."

"If the circumstances are serious, they will be sent directly to prison. If it is not serious, they will be fined a fine of silver based on the amount of embezzlement and let them get out of the officialdom. In this way, the entire abolition will become reasonable and evidence-based, and no one can say anything."

The smile on Yang Xingguo's face became stronger at this time, and he said very satisfied: "There is no problem, just follow your ideas. Through this sanction, all the cancers on the government will be removed."

"In addition, after the government has sacked and removed these people, the government will not have any money to pay, and all of them will go to the salary of government officials. From now on, I will pay high salaries to those who eat official grains under the Magistrate's Mansion, so that all the people in the three northeastern provinces will envy these people. However, with high salaries, if the Ministry of Supervision also finds that someone embezzles, I'm sorry, I will definitely increase the punishment."

Huang Xing, who was studying abroad, suddenly understood Yang Xingguo’s idea.

One of the important reasons why the Qing court was full of corrupt officials was that the salaries of officials were too low.

If you can’t even support your own family with a meager salary, what’s the point of becoming an official?

In order to live a good life for the best and to glorify the family, social reality forces them to embezzle them.

It was precisely when he saw this that he mentioned this to Yang Xingguo when he joined the National Defense Forces. Yang Xingguo also recognized his ideas at that time, and at that time he increased the salary of all government officials to twice that of court officials of the same level.

However, such a salary standard can only make officials live a worry-free life.

But if you want to shine your family and live a life that others envy, you obviously cannot achieve it.

After this salary increase, Huang Xing affirmed that it could be considered a generous salary, which was enough for officials to live a superior life and to glorify their ancestors.

Thinking of this, Huang Xing immediately said gratefully: "I am Xie Dashuai, the owner of the government. If there is still someone who embezzles such a generous salary, it is not a force of life, but a problem with character."

"For dealing with such people, not only the Supervision Department and the Grand Marshal will not let them go, even I, Huang Xing, will not let them go. Please rest assured that the Grand Marshal. I believe that even if there are tens of thousands of people in the government, there are very few people."

For several months, due to the continuous attacks of the Japanese Navy, the entire three northeastern provinces were shrouded in tension.

However, the newly established Supervision Department has developed rapidly under the management of Minister Zhou Zhongju. From the beginning, dozens of subordinates have now developed into more than two thousand subordinates.

Nowadays, the Ministry of Supervision has an inspection section in every county and ten prosecutors. Each city has an inspection department, more than 30 prosecutors, each province has an inspection department, and more than 100 prosecutors.
Chapter completed!