He Saburo slapped the table and said to the people beside him: "Straight thief, I'm here to learn how to manage grain and grass!" A few days ago, Lei Du hit my military stick on the head, and I will remember him for the rest of my life! In the future, I will take care of the grain and grass, and see which one dares to let the subordinate corporal buy this and that! ”

The thin man next to him said, "I don't want to learn anything." It's just that there's no way, it's much more comfortable to learn this than to practice under the sun outside. Besides, when you are no longer in the army, you can still do some small business when you go home. Isn't it just to manage the grain and grass—"

"Yes, yes, it's still brother Tai who is shrewd, why didn't I think of it!" He Saburo was very excited. "Learning this will be of great use when you go home! We have a village community in our village, so we can do things there! ”

After that day, various schools were opened in the army, and officers and non-commissioned officers could enroll. There are grain and grass officers in charge of logistics, engineering officers in charge of road and bridge construction, staff officers in charge of discipline and regulations, instructors in charge of non-commissioned officer training, and of course staff officers who study paper work. Commanders are at a higher level, and there is a specialized school to study military command.

The most important thing in specialization is not specialized personnel, but the division of power, which divides power into specialized departments. Generals are no longer autocratic, but specialized command departments, which only partially exercise leadership power in place of higher-level departments. On this basis, it is necessary to train professional personnel and transfer the authority outside the command from the generals to the specialized departments. They are more professional and should do better.

As for the military, later generations were too obsessed with whether it was better to be a professional mercenary or a conscription system, and ignored specialization. The armies of Europe were transformed from feudal armies to later armies, whether they were modernized or not, under any name, and most importantly, professionalized and strengthened step by step. In fact, it is not so important where the military comes from, but the professional ability of the officer is the most important thing.

To break the feudal pattern, the government used professional bureaucrats, and the army should correspondingly use professional officers. Professionalize, and everything is different from before. Even if the commander is still in charge of everything, he is actually a professional commander, not a small lord with a division of power at this level. It is not based on the operation of specialized departments, and there are professional officers with higher authority at the higher level.

When the room was full of people clamoring, Du Zhongxiao walked in.

Someone saw it and hurriedly got up and sang a promise. One after another, everyone stopped talking and stood up and saluted.

Du Zhongxiao looked at everyone and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, from today onwards, these schools have been set up in the army, and officers will be selected from among you. Among you who have studied well, and finally passed the exam, you can go to the army to be a deputy head and plan for food and grass. Unlike before, there is no accident, you have done a good job and have been promoted, you have been promoted from the capital to the battalion, and you are still planning grain and grass. If you are promoted one level at a time, you can still run rampant without commanding the troops to fight. What is it called? This is called specialization. In the past, Confucians said that they specialized in a certain scripture, and the army was for war, so it was naturally different. ”

After these words, the people below were extremely surprised. Originally, they thought that after learning these things, they would go to the army to be officials, not to be officers. I didn't expect to be an official, and the future is very ambitious, and I can run rampant just by planning grain and grass.

In fact, in order to inspire people, Du Zhongxiao is just talking here. Not to mention them, in the entire Jiaoyue Xiang Army, in addition to Liu Ji, Li Ji and Yue Zi, how many rampant officials are there? Only when this system is truly implemented throughout the world and the whole army can this effect be achieved.

Looking at everyone's expressions, Du Zhongxiao said: "Don't think that this is a trivial matter, it is useless to learn." The army has not moved, the grain and grass go first, and many times, fighting a war is the money and food to fight. Only when this matter is done well can the morale of the army be calmed in peacetime, and the army can be worry-free when it is in war. It's not easy to plan for grain and grass. First, it is necessary to ensure that the army's grain, grass and equipment are sufficient, and second, it is necessary to ensure fairness. In an army, there is a system for how much money is paid and where the money is spent, and you must ensure that it is implemented according to the system. ”

He Saburo remembered that he was beaten with a military stick a few days ago, and asked with his crossed hands: "Lift, the small thing is unknown." Although there is a system, what should the commander-in-chief do if he does not follow the regulations according to his own preferences? After all, it is still the subordinate of the commander-in-chief, and he should listen to the commander-in-chief. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "If the system is violated, of course the grain and grass officials must insist on following the system." Different from the past, now there are grain and grass officers at each level in the army, and the commander-in-chief officer presses each other with power, and has his own grain and grass officer at the upper level to make your decision. ”

He Sanlang still didn't understand, even if there was a higher-level grain and grass officer in charge, what if the commander of the army just didn't listen? In the army, the commander-in-chief covers the sky with one hand, and the grain and grass officer is not under their control, so how can they restrain the commander-in-chief?

Du Zhongxiao said: "In short, you remember that your promotion in the army is decided by the grain and grass officer at the higher level. In peacetime, rewards and punishments are decided by the higher level and the commander at the same time. The commander of the army at the same level has no right to punish you, and he can recommend the grain and grass officer at the higher level to deal with it. Your official position is generally the same as that of a lower-level commander, so it should be understood? Of course, you have to study well and pass the exam. ”

Hearing this, everyone understood a little. Commanding officers do not have the personnel power of specialized departments and the right to manage, but only have ordinary leadership power and the support of higher-level officers, so that these professional bureaucrats can gain a foothold in the army.

Du Zhongxiao said: "You start with the simplest arithmetic and the like, and pass this test first, and you will definitely stay." Later, I learned how to plan grain and grass in the army, and all kinds of regulations. You also have to train with the Instructor and Parade Army, and remember, whether you are planning food or grass or anything else, you are first and foremost a soldier. ”

After speaking, Du Zhongxiao tried hard again and left. Several samples started school together, and Du Zhongxiao had to go to each school to explain what he was going to do after learning and cheer them up.

It is difficult to say that it is difficult to say that it is difficult to change from a feudal army to a modern or modern army, and it is easy to say that it is easy to say. Easy, because the core is in professional management, professional officers. At this time, not to mention officers, even non-commissioned officers are professions, and this profession is mandatory for a lifetime, and there is no chance to change careers. First, it is difficult to train professional officers. Du Zhongxiao only has an idea, how many professional departments the army should be divided into, how to implement the functions and powers of each professional department, there is no bottom in his heart, everything must be started from scratch. Again, professional management, which has broken the stubborn feudal tradition in the army, will inevitably rebound. It is better to say that the battalion field army is not a regular army, and it will be difficult to implement it to the forbidden army. Not only would the officers at all levels oppose this, but it was even more difficult to say what the emperor thought.

The professionally managed official corps, where power is in the hands of military bureaucrats, is very different from what it used to be. The basis of the imperial power of the Great Song Dynasty was military power, and it is difficult to say whether the emperor could adapt to this change and find a new way to control military power.

However, if the management of the armed forces is professionalized and military bureaucrats are formed, the separation of civil and military affairs will become even more serious. At this time, the phenomenon of civilian officials using troops for their commanders and ministers, which had become a common practice, lost its foundation, and civilian officials gradually lost the opportunity to lead troops, which might even cause a backlash from civilian officials.

The use of civilian officials as commanders is in essence an effort by bureaucrats to grasp military power, rather than using civil affairs to control the military, still less is it advocating literature and suppressing military force, and these are all brought about by bureaucrats attached to their civilian status. The emergence of military bureaucrats, self-contained, of course, will not allow civilian officials to meddle in their own affairs, and from then on, civil and military officials will take a different path.