Chapter 665: Nationalization of the Army

Lu Xiangsheng is a stubborn temper, if he doesn't understand, he asks, and he is not ashamed to ask, and Chen Xie is too cunning, except for the affairs of the new army in the cabinet, he is always dumb. It's rare that he is willing to say something genuine, Lu Xiangsheng naturally refused to let him go, not only that, but also invited Hong Chengchou who passed by the door.

"Chen Gebu said well, listen to it below." The guy came in and gave up, and then found himself a chair to sit down. Without waiting for him to sit down, Shi Kefa also came in, and with a smile on his face, he also sat down. Feelings, these two were at the door just now, and they were half listening, and they couldn't help but come in and listen.

Chen Xie looked at these two, and said in his heart that a sheep is a drive, and a group is also a drive, so give them a science popularization. In fact, the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty did not want to change, but they did not know how to change, and at the same time they were worried about the negative impact that the change might cause, and even cause violent turmoil. The changes in history have all had lessons, successes and failures. There are many things that are good with good intentions and bad things, such as Wang Anshi's change, and the good Qingmiao Law has become a law that harms the people. The changes in these years, because of Zhu Youzhen's strong promotion, have been implemented, in fact, the process below is not fast, and the turmoil brought to Daming is not too great.

Now when it comes to the reform of the army, these people are naturally concerned, this matter is too bad, the army has guys, and if it is not good, it will be a mutiny. Over the years, there have been a lot of mutinies. Especially in the year of Chongzhen, the mutiny is like playing.

Therefore, the idea of change is urgent in everyone's heart, but how to change, whether it will bring unexpected turmoil, and then impress the stability of the situation, as the actual managers of the country, do not care about that is nonsense.

These two come in and toss. After a few minutes of delay, after sitting down, everyone looked at Chen Xie, waiting for his amazing words. Chen Xie's face was like sinking water, and he raised a finger and said: "There are too many shortcomings in the Ming army, and the root cause is it." Nothing more than two words: private soldiers. That is to say, there will be soldiers, which is the fundamental reason for the backwardness of the combat effectiveness of the Ming army. It was also a breeding ground for feudal towns. ”

In a word, the scene was silent, everyone here was a literati who had a lot to do with the army, and Lu Xiangsheng was a fierce man who personally the guys. When Chen Xie said this, everyone understood in their hearts, but no one accepted Cheng Dù differently. When it was Hong Chengchou, he said, "Sihua, not so strict, right?" A group of martial artists. ……。 "Shut up halfway through, don't dare to say the rest of the words, what's behind?" It can't be extinguished between the hands of the hand." Chen Xie is a martial artist, and he scolded people to his face.

Chen Xie could guess his words, but he didn't take it to heart, and said without changing his color: "Lord Hong, don't underestimate this phenomenon, after Yuan Chonghuan, Guan Ningjun is actually a warlord." It's getting closer. Why did I kill Zuo Liangyu, because he is also a warlord. And he is also a warlord who has stepped into the ranks of feudal towns with one foot. ”

Isn't it a shame to say this? That's what everyone here thinks. But no one said it, the biggest warlord in the Ming Dynasty, in front of everyone, actually said that others were warlords. Isn't it ridiculous? The problem is that when Chen Xie said this, everyone really didn't think it was ridiculous, but felt that this thing was a bit weird, a warlord who started with the army. When talking about the danger of warlords to the country, this feeling is too wrong.

At this point, the expressions of everyone present were wrong, even if someone came in at the door again, everyone didn't notice. They are all thinking, they are all hesitating, the problem is clear, how to solve it? Chen Xie was unhurried, and bowed his hand to Zhou Yanru who entered the door, and the others were still meditating there, Zhou Yanru waved his hand at Chen Xie, and found a place to sit down by himself, meaning not to disturb everyone. Chen Xie was not in a hurry, he sat still, and waited for them to think for themselves. The scene was quiet, and coincidentally, there were people at the door again, Zhu Cihong in front, Jiang Fengyuan and Lao Zhou in the back. When he came in, Jiang Fengyuan wanted to shout, but he was calmed by the atmosphere of the scene. Zhu Cihong's smiling expression was startled when he saw this scene.

Chen Xie had no choice but to stand up and give his hand: "Your Majesty!" One sentence called everyone back to their souls, and they all stood up to salute. After Zhu Cihong greeted them one by one, he asked curiously: "Ladies and gentlemen, what kind of class is this?" Are you so fascinated? "Everyone looks at it, isn't it? Chen Xie sat alone facing the door, and the others were facing him with their backs to the door.

The office room is a little small, and the meaning of not being able to show it is obvious, Zhou Yanru coughed and said: "Your Majesty is a coincidence, it is better to meet by chance, you may as well move, it should be a feast." ”

Zhu Cihong agreed, and everyone moved to the conference hall, this is not the Guozijian, naturally there are not so many people, all the ministers present are the ministers, and the only outsiders are Zhu Cihong and the eunuch Lao Zhou.

Chen Xie couldn't help but repeat the meaning of the previous words, and after letting Zhu Cihong understand the process, he continued: "Everyone has been thinking about it for a long time, I see that you haven't figured out how to solve this problem? Since His Majesty is here, don't waste time, everyone is very busy, I'll just say the answer. ”

So, what's the answer? How can we solve the problem that the army does not become a private soldier? Chen Xie paused, and in the expectant eyes of everyone, he slowly spit out: "The army is nationalized!" ”

"Nationalization of the army?" Everyone asked themselves in their hearts, how to nationalize the law? Zhu Cihong didn't listen to the gang of people in the East Palace, what a feudal town, what a history as a mirror. The rapid overthrow of the Tang Dynasty was the Anshi Rebellion, which was a typical representative of the disaster of the feudal town. These people are all familiar with history, and it is natural to think that since the Song and Ming dynasties, they have been trying to avoid this problem, and the ministers have lost their hair, and they haven't figured out what to do.

The practice of the Song Dynasty, everyone can see it very clearly, it is just a little longer, and everyone knows the problems of the Ming Dynasty. Seeing problems and solving problems are two concepts, a country is very big, there are many problems, and when problems are found and raised, this thing is easy to do. But to solve such a problem, it is too complicated. Pull a whole body! This is not a reform of the imperial examination, and the knife is used in terms of age and examination content, although the trouble is not small, in fact, it does not hurt the interests of the current officials, and there will not be too much chaos.

There are so many troops in the Ming Dynasty, it is not good to fight, and they are very good at mutiny. And this mutiny has always been a very useful move. No food, mutiny, bad treatment, mutiny, the most typical of which is Kong Youde's Wuqiao mutiny. It was because he was angry that he harmed half of Shandong in a fit of anger.

How to restrain the army is what the civil servants have always been most concerned about. Suppressing and restricting the martial arts is something that every civil servant regards as his own responsibility. Except for Chen Xie, a special case that cannot be suppressed, the military generals of the Ming Dynasty, when it comes to the real sense of loss of control, it is after the Southern Ming Hongguang, because with the help of the power of the four towns to ascend the throne, the Southern Ming Dynasty has no control over the four towns in Jiangbei. plus a Zuo Liangyu, none of the entire Nanming military group listened to the court's greetings. This is the feudal town! Compared with the nature of the Guanning Army, it is stricter, after all, the Guanning Army is still sent to fight in Guan, and it is still hardworking.

There is another problem, it is not appropriate for anyone to talk about this topic, only Chen Xie will talk about it, so as not to cause too much misunderstanding. Objectively speaking, no one expected Chen Xie to take the initiative to raise this issue, and they couldn't afford to offend him. However, looking at the problem from Chen Xie's standpoint, the phenomenon of private soldiers in Chinese history has been continuing, and until the founding of New China, private soldiers have not disappeared.

The way Rabbit solves this problem is that the party has absolute leadership over the army, and the branch is built on the company. We must not underestimate this move, because this move has doubled the combat effectiveness of the entire army, and the party's control over the army is absolute.

There is no doubt that you can't play this in Daming, so what should you play? Chen Xie habitually walked to the middle of the conference hall, leaned against a blackboard on the wall, picked up chalk and wrote five words: "Nationalization of the army." In Daming, it's hard to play this, Chen Xie feels that he is really too hard, but he can only play like this, and use this reform to promote other reforms.

"This is a complete set of military reform plans, and I can only talk about them in general terms here." As he spoke, he drew a triangle and pointed to the corner above: "This is the top, that is, the highest military institution of the entire country, and all major military affairs will be decided in this body." This body is the Cabinet Council. Any major military affairs will be decided by the cabinet meeting, and even if His Majesty wants to start a war, it must be supported and approved by more than half of the members of the cabinet. His Majesty is a saint, but even if he is a saint, there will be mistakes. How can I minimize the occurrence of errors? And then lead to wrong decision-making? That is, the more people work together, the more people think, the more comprehensive the consideration, and the results that come out after synthesis may not be the best, but it is certainly not the worst. As long as it's not the worst, there's room for the worst. This is the role of the Imperial Council. ”

"On the second level, there are two components, the military department and the general logistics department, and the role of these two departments is not what everyone thinks. Everyone has a general impression of how the new army fights. In fact, it is not what everyone thinks, and before the new army fights, it must draw up a plan of action in light of the operational objectives and the actual situation on the battlefield. My requirements for the planning of military operations are in just two words: rigorous. Before the war, all problems had to be taken into account, including logistics. Don't think about the art of war, those who have read a few books on war will not be able to fight the current war. The repeated failures of the Ming Dynasty's foreign and internal wars were very important because the people who led the troops were unprofessional, and they thought that after reading a few military books, Sun Wu was alive, and such people were counted as one, and they were all scourges. (To be continued......)