New Shun 1730

The emperor was already considering future military reforms, and the accompanying ministers were still discussing practical issues.

The meaning of Liu Yu's memorial was that he hoped that the imperial court would treat Ling Dunduobu with sincerity, and it was obvious that he was inclined to appease the quasi-bubble.

But this appeasement is not the previous appeasement, but requires that the quasi-department must be within those unchangeable frameworks.

The accompanying ministers also showed two completely different opinions.

Quasibu is like a flash in the pan, but after all, there are civil fortresses from the previous dynasty as examples.

Liu Yu knew that the era of nomadic tribes had passed, and history could serve as a guide. No one could guarantee whether these nomadic tribes would make a comeback, because the era of nomadic tribes had not yet passed in "known history".

Faced with the opposition, Li Gan was afraid that the discussion was not intense enough, so he said: "Please be quiet, gentlemen. It is said that you should not doubt the people you employ, and you should not use them if you doubt them. Since the great strategist Lingdun Duobu revealed this intention, I am willing to discuss it in detail with him. , personally untie him, and let him return to the headquarters and persuade Galdan Celing. If this matter can be solved, it will be a blessing from God and save millions of military expenses for the treasury."

"Besides, if the Western Region wants to be stable in the future, the current balance must not be interrupted. Liu Yu also said that the strength of the Quasi-Bubu is not only the main army and horses of the Quasi-Bubu, but more importantly, the Yarkand south of the Tianshan Mountains. The oasis there It’s a land where food is grown, there’s industry and commerce, and there’s gold mines.”

"In the past battle at Lake Amesh, the army captured many Westerners. Westerners were not only good at forging cannons and mining, they were also able to weave woolen cloth. There are now many workshops for weaving woolen cloth in Yarkand and other places. Exchange money to buy firearms.”

"If the Quanbu is just nomadic, there is nothing to fear. If the Quanbu surrenders, the Yarkand, Kazakh, Uzbek and other tribes will no longer obey the orders of the Quanbu. There are not many soldiers and horses in the Quanbu headquarters. Liu Shouchang If you can defeat it once, you can defeat it several times. If the army is here, even if you let it return and rebel, what's the point of fear?"

"The great strategist, Ling Dun Duobu, is a famous general. Liu Shouchang is a junior who has just started his career. He puts training as a priority and fighting as a second priority. Since he can win, how can others not win? What do you have to worry about?"

Li Gan was very inclined to Liu Yu's opinion, mainly because he was familiar with the Mongols, and the capital was very close to the Mongolian tribes in Monan.

I am very unfamiliar with those people from the White Mountain Sect and the Black Mountain Sect.

After asking Hanafi officers in the Shaanxi-Gansu area or some Jinshi officials in the DPRK, they didn't have a good impression of those Baishan and Heishan sects.

After the ministers considered it, someone commented: "I believe that although the Mongolian tribes are divided, they can eventually unite as one. The Khalkha tribe, Junggar tribe, Monan Mongolia, plus the Turghut in the west of Rakshasa If these departments are combined into one, they will be the greatest threat."

"As for the Yarkand, Kazakh and other tribes, although their heads are entangled and their customs are different from those of the Central Plains, they cannot be twisted together. There is no need to worry about the reappearance of most of Mongolia across the Volga River, the Western Regions, Mobei, and Monan. ”

"In the long run, it seems that the best option is to exterminate the Quasi tribes and introduce Yarkand, Kazakh, Bukhara and other tribes to enrich the Western Region. In this way, the Western Region can be divided and balanced, and Mongolia can be divided to make it difficult to grow."

"If the Western Region is in my hands, Mongolia will not be able to gain power. The Western Region is always in danger in the hands of the Mongolian tribes."

Liu Yu's memorial was extremely opposed to this, and it also cited many examples.

Although I was worried about Mongolia, I also made it clear that it was the lesser of two evils.

The Yellow Sect is easier to control, and Buddhism has been introduced to the Central Plains for a long time, so they can still communicate with each other.

Of course, there is a more extreme method, that is, the court spends tens of millions of taels of silver to immigrate from Huguang, Shandong, Henan and other places to enrich the people.

This is definitely better, but the court cannot afford so much money, so this method is just a fantasy, so it is better not to mention it.

The ministers also spoke with maturity. Li Gan thought about what Liu Yu often said, "The times have changed," and smiled and said, "You all learn from history, but you don't know how things change."

"The Western Region that I want is not the land of Ji, not the Protectorate, but the provinces that will be settled in the future. Among the Mongolian tribes, Monan has surrendered for a long time, and the Khalkha tribe surrendered due to the threat of the Quan tribe and the Rakshasa. "

"Since I allowed him to continue to believe in the Yellow Sect, but I did not make him believe in the Eastern Orthodoxy like a Rakshasa, and I gave him a reward every year, and I did not like the Rakshasa to recruit the cavalry of the Turgut tribe to fight in Europe, why did I refuse to accept it? What can the Rakshasa give me? I can give you whatever you want; I can give you whatever Rakshasa can’t give you.”

"The affairs of Mongolia are no longer Mongolia's affairs from now on, but a matter between the dynasty and the Rakshasa. If the dynasty is strong, Mongolia will be stable; if the dynasty is weak, Mongolia may be in chaos. If the dynasty is weak, it will be more than just Mongolia. Will it cause chaos? So there’s no need to think about it.”

"Besides, even if they are dissatisfied, times have changed. If there are 20,000 Qingzhou troops and the Mongolian grasslands are rampant. Several bastions are built from the Onan River to the Altai Mountains, what is there to fear?"

If it were in the past, the emperor felt that the opinions of the ministers were still reasonable.

But now the Qingzhou Army has achieved a result that no one can believe, and the leader of the battle is still a young man who always says that he is the first to train troops and is the worst in battle. He has always said that "a well-organized army can change generals at will" ".

Judging from the battle report in the memorial, this battle was fought uneventfully.

To sum up, the great strategy Ling Dunduobu made no mistakes. His early strategic deception, tactical mobilization of troops, and timing of the assault can all be called superior.

However, if you can't break through the square formation, what can you do?

This is like a child who has practiced countless techniques, facing a 200-pound strong man who has never learned martial arts. He sees flaws everywhere, but what's the use?

The emperor has the intention of military reform, and the future is also based on the strength after the military reform.

The Luosha people are poor and have a small population, but they can occupy so many bitter and cold places and suppress the Torghut tribe. Why can't the Guochao do it?

With bastions as locks, trunk roads as chains, and pure firearms troops like the Qingzhou Army that can fight on foot and march fast, they maintain an absolute advantage of suppressing whoever is stronger.

Instead of worrying about Mongolia's re-emergence as a big threat spanning the Volga River to the Heilongjiang River, it is better to worry about the speed of missionary work after the balance of the Western Regions is broken.

After considering this, several ministers who supported this said: "We second the proposal. If Your Majesty insists on doing so, then the Altai Mountains should not be used as the boundary between Khalkha and Junggar. If it is like the provinces in the world, there should be no natural obstacles as provincial boundaries."

"Khalkha and Junggar have been enemies for a long time. If the Altai Mountains are used as the boundary, the contradictions between the two sides will be reduced, and they may become closer after many years. If the Altai Mountains are not used as the boundary, some pastures will be given to Junggar to the north, so that they can interweave with the Khalkha and check and balance each other."

"In addition, build cities and settle in places such as the Buyantu River and the Kobdo River, and station three or two thousand combat-capable soldiers to make this the boundary between Khalkha and Junggar."

Li Gan nodded and said: "This is a wise and prudent statement. In the past, it was difficult to harvest crops in those settlements. Now Liu Yu has visited those Russians and sorted out crops such as rye and oats that can survive and grow in the bitter cold. This can be done. Garrison and reclamation. "

"According to the experience of the previous dynasty, this guard system is not suitable for fighting, and it will inevitably decay over time. If it is like the soldiers of the Songhua River, Liu Yu once said that there is no guard that can fight for a hundred years. But it can be used to reclaim wasteland and guard the border. "

"They don't have to fight, as long as they have some training. And the elite soldiers stationed there will be rotated every five years. "

"In the past, there were not enough elite soldiers. Now if they are fully trained into the Qingzhou Army, there will be no shortage of elite soldiers. After the Mongolian tribes are divided into feudal territories, they can also pull out a few thousand herdsmen, and the strength of a regiment is enough to suppress them. "

"My lords, remember that the threat to the northern border of this dynasty is no longer Mongolia, but Rakshasa. Mongolia cannot train the Qingzhou Army, but the Qingzhou Army is a disciple of the Western Barbarians! The border area must not be empty. Otherwise, it will be the business of Nurgan again. "

It is indeed necessary to consider that the Altai Mountains cannot be used as the boundary.

The guard system of the previous dynasty does have a lot of experience to learn from.

They are definitely not good at fighting, but they are good at guarding the border and reclaiming wasteland.

The problem with the Weisuo system is that hereditary soldiers have become serfs. It's not that hereditary soldiers can't fight, but they have to be made into small nobles. For example, the Fubing of the Tang Dynasty, the good family sons of the Han Dynasty, and the old five battalions of Dashun, the most common ones only have a few dozen acres of land. Economically, they are far inferior to the nobles, not to mention the gentry.

But politically, they are nobles. Good family sons of the Han Dynasty can serve as Langguan, and Fubing of the Tang Dynasty can make military achievements. They don't have to take the imperial examination, but have another shortcut outside the imperial examination, which is privilege.

What Li Gan is considering is to open a school to expand the base and talent reserve, so he can imitate the camp school of the good family sons of the five battalions.

But the treatment is definitely much worse, that is, learning to read and count, reusing the three-house method, running practical schools, even saving the education of the separate rooms, and not spending much money a year.

This makes the frontier Weisuo army also have a "shortcut" to become a Langguan, or a way to become an official outside the imperial examination.

Considering that the five battalions are made up of good families, this should be done slowly.

Liu Yu's memorial means that officers of arms such as artillery, navy, and engineering should be selected from civilians other than good families. Wude Palace should still reserve enough quotas for good families to avoid too much opposition, and it will be done slowly in the future.

Raise the military pay of grassroots officers so that officers in charge of hundreds of people such as sentry chiefs can be considered a decent profession, rather than a soldier, so that more positions can be provided.

With more positions, people will study and think about becoming officials.

Change the honor system to the military rank system, retain a part of the honors that soldiers can get, and take out another part to change it into military ranks, so that the treatment is linked to the military ranks.

In this way, officers above the regiment level are appointed from good families and children of nobles; officers below the regiment level are mainly civilians who have learned practical knowledge, new guards, and government soldiers, which are infantry and cavalry.

Artillery and engineering are mainly civilians, and the best talents are selected.

In the future, we will open practical subjects and select some officials, such as customs, to gradually break the monopoly of the imperial examination. With the attitude of boiling a frog in warm water, we will use the existing gap of Wude Palace to break through it little by little, just like a dam bursting.

Do not occupy the original carrot pit, and dig a new carrot pit.

First dig a pit for officers, spend some money, so that being an officer is also a decent job, rather than a derogatory name like a soldier.

In the future, there will be more talents, whether it is to check the land or strictly check the tax, this money can definitely be earned back.

Just like now, if it can be solved smoothly, the military expenditure can save several million taels. After the reform in the future, there will be fewer soldiers than before, and the money will be the same, so the treatment will be improved.

This is a complete set of military system reforms, and it is also the root cause of Li Gan's belief that the surrender of the Junggar tribe is completely acceptable.

The Qingzhou Army has demonstrated its strength, which means that the military power comparison between the Central Plains and the border will become greater and greater in the future.

Since most of the Qingzhou army has been trained for two years, such "elite soldiers" can be mass-produced in the future, and the Central Plains' advantage can only grow.

Soldiers with energy production are the best soldiers.

Moreover, in order to save money, there may not be too many soldiers, but not too few officers.

As long as there are enough qualified officers and enough money, a large army can be raised in two years. If Dashun is short of soldiers, then the European countries will not have to fight.

Li Gan considered that the quasi-department matter should be resolved as soon as possible, so he spent some of the saved military expenses.

Part of it is to fulfill the original promise to Liu Yu, invest a sum of money to trial a new school in Jiaodong, and invest a sum of money to the navy.

The rest can be used for immigration expenses.

Don't exterminate the Quasi tribe first, but keep them to balance the power of the Western Region. After ten or twenty years, there will be more immigrants, so there is no need to worry.

If we can smoothly transition through these most dangerous ten years, we can save a lot of money.

After such a calculation, it seems that it is more cost-effective to surrender the quasi-ministry, which is more beneficial in the long run and saves money in the short term.

Who knows if the Quan tribe is dead, Yarkand and other tribesmen will take the opportunity to rebel.

They didn't just oppose the Quanbu, but everyone in the Western Regions. Li Gan's mind was still clear on this point.

After the supporting and opposing ministers argued for a while, someone finally showed his "international perspective." In view of Qi Guogong's Rakshasa, the news brought back from his trip to France, and Liu Yu's brief survey of the countries of Europe, he said : "I think there is some truth in His Majesty's idea of ​​letting the quasi-subordinates surrender without causing any harm to their muscles and bones."

"If the Zhun tribe falls, in addition to the Yarkand, Kazak and other tribes, we must also consider the Torhut tribe far away from the Rakshasa tribe. If they learn that the Quan tribe has fallen, and the Rakshasa oppression is fierce, they are also members of the Oara tribe. Maybe he can come back. If he comes back, he may be a quasi-department."

"If the Quasi-Ministry is here now, it can not only ensure that the situation in the Western Regions will not be in chaos and balance the situation, but it can be controlled by the garrison of the country and the DPRK; it can also prevent the Torgut troops from returning eastward, and seeing our DPRK's 'magnanimous' move, in the future It's very painful to be suppressed by Rakshasa, but you can turn your heart to me."

"Liu Shouchang fought in the Altai Mountains, and the Rakshasa people also accompanied him to observe. After this shock, although they did not dare to make a move against our court, and there was a chaotic war in Europe over the Polish throne, they would definitely give in on the matter of demarcation of the Western Front. However, he can also see that the nomadic tribes are vulnerable and will be squeezed even more in the future, which is also beneficial to our government. "

"Rakshasas are a serious problem in the north. It is also a good thing to make those within them want to pay homage to me."

Li Gan felt greatly comforted and praised: "This is a sincere statement. In the Three Kingdoms, there was a story about Wu Hou capturing Meng Huo seven times, and I can also imitate it."

"Since I was able to defeat him once, now the army on the West Route is marching out to Luntai to build the city, and Liu Yu is crossing the Altai Mountains to look for opportunities in the Irtysh River. Even if Lingdun Dobu, the great strategist, changes his mind after returning, why should I be afraid?"

"This matter has been settled. When the great strategist Lingdun Duobu arrives, he will greet him with courtesy and show his sincerity. Untie him and ask him to return to Ili to convince the army."

"You have to talk, but you can't stop fighting."

In the end, the decision was made, and the accompanying ministers no longer objected. According to the emperor's wishes, he prepared to welcome and prepare for various alliances after the quasi-troops surrendered in the future.

Whether it can be done or not, first sort out the regulations and make preparations in advance.