Make up for the real shortage, that is called "thousands of troops and horses crossing the single-plank bridge", there are more monks and less porridge, more wolves and less meat, and the more you go up, the fewer the seats, the commander and the general soldier are all a radish and a pit, and the whole of China is gathered together, and there are just so many positions, all of which are prepared for the leaders of the army, ordinary generals, the rank of admiral makes up for the real lack of the admiral, and the rank of the general soldier makes up for the real lack of the general soldier, and it is impossible to do anything. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

As a last resort, "demotion and replacement" are required, and the rank of admiral makes up for the vacancy of deputy generals and staff generals, and the rank of general officer makes up for the lack of staff generals and guerrillas. However, the deputy general from the second rank, the staff general from the third rank, and the guerrilla from the third grade, all of them are considered "big officers", and like the commander and the general soldier, they are also a radish and a pit, and they are all numerous, even if they are "demoted and replaced", there is no one out of ten who can make up for it, and if they really make up for it, they all have to be regarded as green smoke from the ancestral tomb.

As a result, the lack of the commander rank to fill the capital division and garrison, and the general rank to fill the garrison and the lack of a thousand generals, also appeared.

No matter how "demoted and replaced", no matter how far the missing points are from the same rank, as long as they are filled, they should be increased by hand; More people, from beginning to end, can't make up for any real shortcomings, wearing red tops and blue tops on their heads, and what they get in their hands is still a salary for a big soldier.

If it is among the retrenchment, then the so-called rank of admiral is actually not as good as the big head soldier in service -- people still have a salary to get, and what about you, after the abolition, there will be nothing but the bright red crown on the head.

Disarmament generally means "cutting troops but not cutting generals," but this "general" refers to the "generals" who have already made up for the real shortage, and those who have not made up for the real shortage have no choice but to receive enough arrears of salary, plus two months' "favors," and then roll up and leave.

The vast majority of these red-topped and blue-topped people are from farming, and they have nothing else to do except farm work, but in this place of Jiangning, you don't need to farm, "serious livelihood", in fact, it is not easy.

If the real shortage has been filled, the court should think of placement.

Zeng Guofan changed the Hunan Army Naval Division into the Yangtze River Naval Division, a very important consideration is to "install meritorious generals", then the people of the Yangtze River Naval Division are superficial, which can be imagined; And this group of "meritorious generals" regards the Yangtze River sailors as their "retirement home", and it is "natural" that they do not want to make progress and their military discipline is corrupt.

However, even so, only a part of it can be placed, and there are many who have already filled the real vacancy, and there is really no suitable place to place, so they have to be eliminated together with those who have not filled the real vacancy.

For this group of people, the court has compensation, which is equivalent to breaking the rice bowl, and when they leave the barracks, they are holding back a wave of resentment in their hearts.

As soon as Peng Yulin was on the bullet and Huang Yi was promoted below, almost half of the "generals" of the Yangtze River Navy Division were forced to leave their posts, and they all complained. These people have been in the jurisdiction for a few years, and they have become authentic "land snakes", three mountains and five mountains, black and white roads, all of which are colluded, and have great energy.

However, the reason why Zeng Guofan said, "The difficulty of things is here" does not refer to the so-called "energy" of these "stragglers". Say a thousand, say 10,000, "the difficulty of the matter is to do", it is still difficult to wear it on their heads, so that the court will throw a rat bogey, and they must not go down with heavy hands.

"It's really difficult to do," Kwan said, "but it's hard to do, it's not impossible, and once you know the crux of the problem, you can prescribe the right medicine." ”

After a pause, "There are two crux of the problem: first, the eunuch bag is empty, don't say 'close to the hometown cowardice', that is, the entanglement of returning home, can not be made up; second, with the name of the top, the name of the cowardice, thinking that the criminal code of the imperial court can not be added to one's body, two times together, naturally, began to blatantly harass the place, looking for 'quick money', so, as a traitor, all kinds of lawlessness, rampant. ”

Zeng Guofan was silent for a moment, and nodded slowly: "Yes." ”

"Since I think," Guan Zhuofan said, "the various situations of the Hunan generals who stayed in Jiangning and were exiled in the rivers and lakes, to a certain extent, can be compared to the flag attachers, so they came up with an idea from the 'buyout of the flag age' of the 'Eight Banners Reform'. ”

Buyout flag age?

Zeng Guofan's heart jumped.

"After buying out the flag age," Guan Zhuofan said, "although the flag status is retained, the money and food that will not starve to death and eat will be gone; At the same time, there is both the permission to make a living, and the capital to make a living, but all individuals can't help but work hard to make a living! ”

This......

"People are of the same mind, and things are of the same mind!" Guan Zhuofan raised his voice slightly, "I think, if this group of stragglers has the capital to establish themselves and make a living, and at the same time, without the 'talisman' to be exempt from criminal responsibility, they will not succeed, will they dare to continue to do evil and have no scruples?" ”

Zeng Guofan's heart jumped big, "......What does the prince mean?"

"Needless to say," Guan Zhuofan said, "this class of Hunan generals, since they have been dismissed and dismissed, there is absolutely no possibility of filling the vacancies, and the crown on the head and the fame on the body will no longer have any serious use except for not worshipping the officials——"

After a slight pause, "In this case, it is better to imitate the example of 'buying out the age of the flag', and the imperial court will take out a sum of money and 'redeem' it back, so that this group of Hunan generals who are in a foreign land will have money in their pockets, and they can go home happily!" As for the imperial court, there is no need to worry about whether to bring it to justice! If so, public and private, water is clear and river, Jiangning ...... It's really called 'Jiangning'! ”

This-

It's truly incredible!

Before that, only individuals "donated" officials to the imperial court, where was it reversed, and the imperial court "ransomed" officials to individuals?

That's it, the key is that if this matter is successful, as Prince Xuan said, "Shui Qinghe Yan" and "Jiangning is really good to call Jiangning", but-

The roots of the Hunan system in Jiangning have also been pulled out since then.

For a while, Zeng Guofan's heart fluctuated and he couldn't speak.

Seeing that Zeng Guofan didn't speak, Guan Zhuofan smiled slightly and said: "Just assume that this group of people is still in service, well, and then cut back to the army - 'secondary disarmament'." ”

Secondary disarmament?

"Lord Wang," Zeng Guofan said with difficulty, "Withdraw Yong and send out, the rule is to pay off the arrears in addition to two months' salary, and now, naturally there is no arrears at all, if you compare the standard of two months' salary...... Uh, 'ransom officer', I'm afraid of this generation, uh, may not be enough ......"

If you can't make up for the real shortage, you can only pay according to the standard of ordinary soldiers, only four or five taels of silver a month, and only eight taels or ten taels for two months -- this is already more than double that of the ordinary green battalion -- compared to the end of the Pinghongyang War, the Hunan army will rely on looting the bulging pockets, which is really nothing, so a few taels of silver, they want to "redeem" the people's crowns back, and send them back to their hometowns, this, not realistic, right?

Guan Zhuofan laughed, "Where did Di Weng think?" When I say 'secondary disarmament', it's just an analogy, where can we really compare the rules of withdrawing and dispatching? ”

After a pause, "My initial idea is that the highest rank of Admiral is five thousand taels of silver, and then, three hundred taels of silver, and so on, the lowest ...... Well, I'm not sure which level it is, in short, nine grades and eighteen levels, the lowest level, no less than three hundred taels! ”

Zeng Guofan was taken aback, "Lord Wang, this is a ...... That's a lot! ”

"Yes!" Guan Zhuofan nodded, "I have roughly calculated an account, the court wants to 'redeem' the crown, there are always a thousand or several hundred amounts, put together, it will cost about ...... Two million taels of silver! ”

Zeng Guofan opened his mouth slightly, but he couldn't say anything.

His mood was extremely complicated, very guilty, very uneasy.

The guilt is that many years after the Hunan army was dismantled, it was still creating big trouble and adding a big burden to the imperial court; What is uneasy is that if the imperial court is forced to take out a huge sum of two million taels of silver to "redeem the officials", the Hunan line, including himself, will be deeply ridiculed by the government and the opposition.

"The Hunan system is rooted in Jiangning, and it has been pulled out since then", but it is not the focus of his attention at the moment.

Others don't say it, Zuo Zongtang, who loves to make trouble the most, will never let go of this good opportunity to attack himself, and he will definitely be cynical and do everything.

Zeng Guofan is the person who cherishes feathers the most and is the most worried and fearful, and when he thinks of Zuo Jigao's tirade and endless talk, his head begins to hurt!

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