coobybook Chapter 456 Army Reform
Chapter 456 Army Reform
Xianyang City, the Imperial Palace, Yingzheng's bedroom.
"Adjustment of the military system?"
Looking at the draft that Ying Yu sent up, Ying Zheng couldn't help but feel slightly moved.
"Exactly, now our Great Qin territory is thousands of miles away. If we continue to follow the original military system, we will need at least 200 million troops. This will be too much of a burden on the treasury, and it will also take up a lot of production labor. It's time to adjust."
Ying Yu spoke slowly.
"Be more specific!"
Ying Zheng waved his hand, motioning for Ying Yu to continue.
"Daqin's current army is mainly composed of three types, namely the imperial guards guarding the internal history (Xianyang City and its surrounding areas), the local soldiers guarding the local counties, and the frontier troops guarding the frontier."
"Among them, the imperial guards and the frontier army are standing troops. The local soldiers are temporarily recruited and expanded during wartime, and only a few backbones are kept at ordinary times. They maintain local law and order together with the yamen servants. They were originally under the command of the chief officials of counties and counties. After the establishment of the three provinces and six departments , transferred to the Privy Council for unified command, and the Ministry of War is responsible for the establishment and management."
"The important factor of this change is to remove the power of the local officials to command the army, and to completely separate the military administration, so as to avoid the situation where the power of the local officials is too large and the tail cannot be lost."
Ying Yu said in a deep voice.
"That's true. According to your reform plan, the Privy Council only has the function of planning campaigns. The Ministry of War is responsible for the specific staffing management and assessment during non-wartime. The money and food belong to the Ministry of Households. Even if a few people have different ideas, they cannot easily succeed."
"However, the dual management has also brought about many new problems, and it is time to make proper adjustments."
Ying Zheng thought for a moment.
Since ancient times, the reason why emperors have been more afraid of military officers than civil servants is that military officers have the power to lead troops, especially some highly prestigious generals, who are completely responsive. Once there is a disagreement, it will pose a huge threat to the entire dynasty.
Especially those important officials guarding one side, military and political commanders who wanted soldiers, money and food, and money and food. If they had different intentions, the threat would be too great.
After Ying Yu's reform, the army and the local government were completely separated. The Privy Council was only responsible for campaign planning during non-war times. The distribution and preparation of money and food were managed by the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of War under the Ministry of Shangshu.
In wartime, the Privy Council only assists the emperor in commanding the army to fight, and the real power is still in the hands of the emperor.
In the local area, the army and the government are separated and supervise each other, and the possibility of chaos in the local area will be much smaller.
Coupled with the fact that military officers need to go to the Daqin Military Academy in turn to receive patriotic education, this has strengthened Xianyang City's control over the armies in various places.
However, this also brought new problems, that is, the local soldiers that could be managed only by the locality, now need to be managed by three departments, and the procedures are much more cumbersome.
And as the territory of the Great Qin became larger and larger, and the military establishment continued to expand, the cost also increased, and it was indeed time to improve.
In particular, although the number of managers has increased, the management model has not been optimized, and the efficiency has not only not improved, but has regressed.
Among them, there have been many incidents of corruption and perverting the law, enriching one's own pockets, or delaying and delaying. There are dozens of incidents that were investigated and dealt with by Yushitai alone.
"Thus, after thinking for a long time, I am going to directly integrate the three current arms of Daqin into two, namely the main force and the inner guard."
"The main force is transformed from the original imperial guards and border troops. It is the most elite combat force of the Great Qin. It is responsible for defending the safety of the Great Qin's frontiers and forging ahead with the outside world."
"The Internal Guard Army is transformed from the original local soldiers. It is also divided into a standing army and a reserve army. It is responsible for the maintenance of public security in Daqin, emergency response to emergencies, rescue and disaster relief, and rear defense during wartime."
Ying Yu opened his mouth and said.
"The name has changed, but the function doesn't seem to have changed much?"
A look of surprise flashed across Ying Zheng's face.
Just changing the name doesn't make much sense.
"It seems that there is no change, but in fact there is still a big gap."
"First of all, after the local soldiers were changed to the internal guard army, the requirement to fight with the main army during the war was cancelled, and they were only responsible for the second-line defense work, so there was no need to equip large-scale equipment such as continuous crossbows for field operations, which could save a lot of expenses. .”
"The training content should also be adjusted accordingly to better perform tasks such as security maintenance and emergency rescue and disaster relief, and be more professional."
Ying Yu introduced with a smile.
Ying Zheng nodded slightly.
An important reason for the continuous increase in the expenditure of the Great Qin army is that although the new equipment is easy to use, the price is also getting higher and higher. If all the troops of the Great Qin are replaced, it will indeed be a huge expense.
Under the new system, only the main army needs to be equipped with main battle equipment, and the inner guard army only needs to be equipped with defensive equipment, so the expenditure can indeed be much smaller.
The money saved can be used to focus on strengthening the main army, making the main army stronger and more smoothly conquering the city.
Moreover, if the inner guard army is mainly defensive, the potential threats will be much smaller, and it will be easier to control.
"The name change has another meaning, which is to cancel the title of XX County Soldier, and instead change it to the XX Field Army or the Internal Guard Corps of the Great Qin Dynasty, which is directly under the management of the Privy Council and the Ministry of War."
"This is not only more de-localized and de-generalized, but also has the advantage that the imperial court can flexibly arrange the internal defense army according to the different defense needs of the states and counties, which can save a lot of staff again."
"And after the unified training is completed, it can be the same as the current rotation system of local officials in Daqin. The internal guards and even the field army can also implement measures such as stationing in different places and regularly adjusting the garrison."
Ying Yu said slowly.
A look of deep thought suddenly appeared on Ying Zheng's face.
The reason why the official rotation system was implemented before was that some officials had served in one place or department for too long and had too deep contacts with local powerful people, which would eventually affect the fairness of their governance.
In fact, if a legion stays in a certain place for too long, it will also be affected.
Especially in the current situation where the local soldiers of the Great Qin Dynasty are basically sourced from the local area, it is inevitable that there will be partial burdens.
The enlistment in different places and regular defense changes proposed by Ying Yu can solve this problem very well.
Moreover, it can also strengthen the field army's understanding of the different regions of Daqin, and once it enters the war, it does not need to adapt for a long time to be able to exert its strongest combat power.
"If it's just like this, the soldiers will be far away from home, I'm afraid they will feel resentful!"
Ying Zheng pondered for a long time.
Old Qin people have always paid the most attention to family values, and it doesn't matter if they are a little bit tired, but if they want to stay away from their parents' homes, many people are afraid that they will not be willing.
This will definitely affect morale and combat effectiveness.
"This is the next topic of military system reform that I will raise."
"That is, the Daqin army must be fully formalized and professionalized!"