Chapter 0260: The Dream of Blue Water
Xu Maogong's seven people are worthy of being capable people, not only are they superior in wisdom, but they are also extremely good at internal affairs. It only took them five days to turn the several general directions put forward by Li Yi into flesh-and-blood, practical and specific provisions, which are so many, even if they use the new paper written by Cai Yong and only recently, the font is still small, and it is enough to have a book as thick as an adult's palm, as well as Xu Maogong's endless explanations, plus all kinds of instructions.
"Tuntian, Anmin, one and the same, is also the basis of the entire new policy, Juntian, Bo Fu is good governance, but can not be overdone, the intention is to achieve overnight, in the view of performance, the restoration of the military system and the maintenance of soldiers, also need to fall on this...... The same is true for the things of Tuntian and Shangwu......"
Li Yi's concept of martial arts was actually based on the militia system of later generations. As a soldier of the republic, I naturally have some understanding of the military service system of the republic.
However, Xu Maogong and the others did not know this, but they were all erudite people, and they quickly found a basis from the previous dynasty. It turned out that there was a similar system in the Qin Dynasty and the Western Han Dynasty.
In the early days of the pre-Qin and Western Han dynasties, due to the limited population and the frequent wars, in order to cope with this situation, the military service system from the Qin Dynasty to the early Western Han Dynasty was dominated by the general conscription system of counties and counties. After the unification of Qin, the household registration system under the county system was implemented throughout the country, and the state directly controlled the "household and people" with "households" as the unit, and managed them according to the level of Wu, Shi, Li, Township, and County. The people of the household who were subordinate to Shiwu were the main targets of conscription. The Han followed the Qin system, with a slight profit or loss.
Under this military service system, all adult men throughout the country are obliged to serve in the military, and each county recruits them to serve in the military every year according to their age, and the county lieutenants are responsible for recruiting and training. The soldiers recruited in this way are county soldiers in the county and are responsible for public security in the territory.
Furthermore. There is also the obligation to take turns to guard the Jingshi and the Tunrong border, and the two are combined, and the ordinary people are each two years, and they are replaced regularly. When they stayed in the Beijing Division, it was the Central Army; When they guard the border, they are border guards.
Except for the standing Imperial Forest Army around the Son of Heaven, there was not much difference in the training and equipment of the troops in the country at that time, only there would be a gap in actual combat experience.
None of these soldiers were professional, after the end of military service. It is just ordinary people, so during the Qin and Western Han dynasties, the folk martial arts were extremely strong, and in the border area, a group of ordinary people were organized casually, and they could form an army to resist foreign invaders.
After Emperor Wu, foreign wars were frequent. Individual small peasants, who were the main targets of conscription, went bankrupt one after another, the household registration system was also undermined, the military supply was insufficient, and the conscription system gradually declined.
Starting from the Eastern Han Dynasty. Due to the loss of national strength and the collapse of the military system, the system of capital trials was abolished, and the county soldiers were replaced by recruitment and selection from prisoners. The martial spirit of the people still exists, but the combat effectiveness of the army has greatly declined.
In troubled times, Li Yi proposed to restore the military system of the Qin and Han dynasties. For people like Xu Maogong and Jia Xu, who have great ambitions and are committed to finding the male lord and assisting them, it is tantamount to a booster, and they naturally have to do their best to improve the political strategy.
"It shouldn't be the beginning of the field and the thin endowment, there are millions of homeless people and thieves in Youzhou, although most of them are innocent and are coerced, but after all, they cannot be regarded as ordinary people, and they must be differentiated, and they think that where they are tuntian, they can be set to sixty percent ......."
"Sixty percent?" Li Yi was slightly stunned.
"According to the original intention of the lord, the newly selected officials, from the county order to the pavilion chief, are directly under the jurisdiction of the general's office and the state pastoral office, so that the intermediate links are omitted, and the people of Tuntian, in addition to paying the taxes of the state pastoral government, do not have to pay any expenditure, and the tax burden looks heavy, but in fact it is much lighter than before."
The biggest difference between Xu Maogong's strategist and Zheng Xuan, Cai Yong and other celebrities is not IQ or talent, but their practice and familiarity. Replaced by those celebrities, after listening to Li Yi's new policy strategy, eighty percent of them also applauded, but it was impossible to put forward a truly effective strategy, let alone the difference between the land endowment and the actual burden of the people.
"I see." Li Yi nodded.
"Youzhou has been ruled by chaos, and for the people who have just changed their identities, they are already grateful to have a way to live. Of course, the people's hearts are insufficient, and after two or three years, there may be complaints from the people, but the lord can also set up a charter for reducing and reducing year by year. ”
When he first came in, Xu Maogong still looked tired, but as he spoke, his face flushed red, and he didn't know whether he was talking about it or he was excited because the strategy was fully adopted.
"The strategy of strengthening the army and raising the soldiers should also be coordinated with the policy of Tuntian. If those who serve in the military can be exempted from taxes, is the lord still worried that the people are not enthusiastic about joining the army? In addition, the lord can also set a policy of conferring military merits to motivate the sergeants and soldiers, and in addition, the lord can also make a fuss about tax reductions and exemptions......"
"Since the lord wants Youzhou University to be famous all over the world and exert influence, the early propaganda cannot be less, and now the rebellions in various places, except for Xiliang, have basically been wiped out, and the Han Dynasty can be regarded as entering a relatively stable period. The Li Chamber of Commerce, which was established by the lord, travels all over the country, so that they can carry propaganda when they do business. ”
"Mr. Benyi." Li Yi let out a long sigh, sure enough, he has a specialization in the art industry.
With Xu Maogong and other strategists, in terms of internal affairs, he can completely worry about it, and be a hands-off shopkeeper, as long as he says a general strategy, he will automatically improve the details, which is the treatment of a prince.
The troubles in internal affairs were solved, and I was finally able to focus on military affairs.
After returning to Youzhou after the extermination of the Yellow Turban last year, although a relatively comprehensive arrangement was made for the military in the winter, there was no unified system at that time, and coupled with the development of this year, the previous system could not keep up with the development of Youzhou.
Especially when he went to Liaodong this year, Li Yi felt that the Youzhou Army had a big shortcoming, that is, logistics and transportation.
As a traverser, Li Yi knows very well that what is fought in a war is comprehensive strength. And when it comes to a specific war, it's logistics.
When going out to Liaodong this year, the Youzhou army fell into the embarrassing situation of lack of grain and grass several times, which caused great trouble to the army.
Originally, with Youzhou's savings last year, he was able to support his Eastern Crusade. However, the poor road from the five western counties to Liaodong has seriously dragged down logistics and transportation.
It can be said that transporting grain and grass from the five western counties to Liaodong, transporting one catty, and consuming two catties or even more on the road. After all, they can only rely on people to move Mato, and the consumption is too great.
In the past year, Li Yi has also considered this issue many times. In fact, the most convenient and economical way to transport grain and grass from the five western counties to Liaodong is by sea. If there are enough transport ships, the grain and grass can be transported to Liaodong very conveniently through Gushui and Bohai Sea, and then it can be transported to Changli along the White Wolf Water (Yushui), and can be transported to the Liao team along the Great Liaoshui, and then it can even be directly transported to Liaoyang and Xiangping by small boats.
Li Yi has calculated that if this mode of transportation is used, the loss of grain and grass in the transportation process can be reduced by 95%!
This is a very scary number. Especially given the huge volume of transport, the potential is enormous.
It's just that Youzhou does not have a large-scale fleet, let alone a navy that can escort the fleet, so Li Yi can only abandon the convenient and fast mode of transportation by water, and transport it by land.
But Li Yi knows very well that the development of water transportation is necessary, which is a major plan related to his future hegemony.
Not only water transportation, but also the formation of a naval army, to be precise, a navy, is also necessary. Although it is said that a large-scale water war is unlikely to occur within three to five or even ten years, the navy is, after all, a technical branch of the armed forces, and it is very difficult for it to form combat effectiveness in the short term. This army is different, pull up a team of men, and after three or five months of training, you can barely pull it to the battlefield. An excellent navy is simply impossible without a decade or more of accumulation.
Therefore, when Li Yi convened a meeting of military personnel this time, the establishment of the navy was raised by him as a top priority.
Li Yi directly designated Cheng Pu as the commander of the soon-to-be-established navy, and Han Dang as his assistant.
There was no doubt about such an appointment, because apart from these two, the others did not understand water warfare at all. Tai Shi Ci knows a little, but he is now Li Yi's personal guard general, and Li Yi doesn't want to let him out until he finds another person to replace him.
For the development of the navy, Li Yi adheres to the strategy of running in small steps. The Youzhou Navy, which was originally established, was not large, with only 3,000 people. All the elite soldiers selected from the entire army of Youzhou Army, especially some soldiers who are proficient in water, were selected first.
According to Li Yi's decision, the base camp of the Youzhou Navy was established in Piaoyujin, which will become the center of the Youzhou Navy in the future.
Although Li Yi's plan was very grandiose, the reality in front of the Youzhou Navy was that there was a serious shortage of ships, and they could only use some small boats for training for the time being.
However, Li Yi's investment in the navy is completely cost-conscious. He not only directly invested 200 million yuan in the manufacture of the Drifting Chongqing Naval Base, but also planned to invest more money in the manufacture of naval ships and other weapons and equipment.
As for the ships of the Youzhou Navy, Li Yi did not intend to use the ships of this era at all, he directly spent 500,000 merit points to find a system to exchange the design drawings of the sail warships of later generations. This made his merit points almost clear again.
The reason why Li Yi is so cost-effective is entirely for the blue water dream of the Chinese in his previous life, and in this time and space, he decided to start changing the thinking concept of the Han people from now on. (To be continued.) )