New Shun 1730

Liu Yu thought to himself, you can do whatever you want, anyway, what you want to do does not rely on military power.

The war against Japan has not started yet, but in Liu Yu's opinion, it has actually ended.

The purpose of the war, in addition to economic and political, the most important point is the deepening and completion of the Dashun military reform.

In Liu Yu's opinion, this war is no less important to Dashun than the Franco-Prussian War in terms of its war significance.

Moltke the Elder was the first to discover the role of railways in war, and used railways to complete rapid mobilization and rapid mobility.

Dashun was the first in East Asia to discover that the navy is not a navy, and the navy can be used for low-consumption supply and rapid mobility.

This is the real strategic significance. Once successful, it will directly break the fear of the sea for Dashun, a land power for thousands of years, and the direction of expansion will inevitably be towards the sea.

The economic center of gravity is originally in the southeast. The supply consumption of fighting Japan is actually lower than that of sending troops from the capital to Zhangjiakou, because the capital does not produce grain, and the grain is also transported from other places.

The navy completely seized the initiative in the war by seizing control of the sea, using limited forces and relying on mobility to always ensure that the navy outnumbered the enemy in battle.

Now that the emperor mentioned this issue, Liu Yu repeated the same old tune.

"Your Majesty, I think the word 'talented' is a bit too much. Most of the naval officers are just average. It's just that they know the significance of the navy and the situation outside the vassal states earlier than others. It's like a duel between me and someone. If someone practices swordsmanship for ten years, I can beat him with a musket. If this person practices muskets for ten years, how can I beat him?"

"Therefore, I have long hoped that the Privy Council will have some staff officers who are proficient in naval warfare, and these staff officers will have to learn more than before."

"Your Majesty, please open courses in geography, astronomy, economics, etc., and select the best from the military academy to practice in the Privy Council, such as copywriting, drawing, intelligence, etc. After three to five years, they will serve in the army to familiarize themselves with the actual situation of the army, and then be transferred back to the Privy Council to serve as staff officers."

He always said that whether it was himself or those who opened their eyes to the world first in the navy, they were all a group of third- and fourth-rate talents.

And the third- and fourth-rate talents can plan things that are difficult to plan in the court, not because they are smart, but because they look at problems from a different perspective.

The navy knows that the navy is the navy, not the navy. The navy staff knows about the feudal system, the disunity of the daimyo, the high taxes, etc. in Japan, so they can make different strategic plans.

All the ministers in the court are outstanding people. Those who can kill their way to the palace examination among thousands of troops have better memory and thinking ability than the first batch of officers recruited from the small circle of good families.

The more you say this, the more it proves that new perspectives and ideas can produce a dimensionality reduction effect.

Therefore, new ideas and new knowledge are more important.

The emperor has heard Liu Yu's old tune more than once. It was not until the navy of this war against Japan figured out the strategy by itself that he really understood what Liu Yu meant.

People in the old era can no longer adapt to the combat strategy of the new era, especially in the general environment where the future strategic direction of Dashun can only go south.

At this time, the emperor was in a very relaxed mood. The temple calculations have already won a complete victory, and the rest are nothing more than details.

In the past ten years, the most tense time was when Liu Yu was allowed to go out and lure the enemy into a decisive battle when the Western Regions were recovered.

Compared to this time, that time was much more thrilling and tense, and since the victory was so easy that time, the emperor didn't care at all this time.

He said he was in charge of the war against Japan, but he didn't talk about the details of the war against Japan. Instead, he talked about these things that seemed unrelated to the war, which made Lu Zhilei a little dizzy.

So he said: "Your Majesty, the responsibilities of the Privy Council should be discussed after the war against Japan. Although Japan is weak, we should not underestimate the enemy."

The emperor laughed and said: "The responsibilities of the Privy Council are closely related to the war against Japan. For example, logistics, stockpiling of food and grass, and the number of warehouses, that is the responsibility of Tianyou Palace and the Household Government. But how to transport the baggage and supplies to the army is the responsibility of the Privy Council."

"Since there are responsibilities, they must be established. In the past, a general must be responsible for the management of food and grass when going on an expedition. Now there are many changes, and there is no need to send a general to lead the battle."

"The Navy There are many talented people, and Ying Suobo should quickly draw up a list. First, some people should be assigned to the Privy Council to serve, and second, someone should be responsible for the coordination of logistics and transportation. "

"In the future, I think the Privy Council should be responsible for setting strategies, preparing for preparations, regulating training, and transporting supplies."

"Victory over Japan is like a strong man beating a three-year-old child. Victory is not worth celebrating."

"By using the war against Japan to set rules, clarify responsibilities, and complete the system, so that the government will not stop without people leaving, then it can be celebrated. What Ying Suobo said just now makes a lot of sense."

The war against Japan is very important to both the emperor and Liu Yu.

Although the emperor's focus is not completely the same as Liu Yu's, they still have the same views on deepening military reform.

Everyone has his own specialty, and the emperor has felt that he needs a group of professional "war control" people. Just like the strategy against Japan this time, the plan made by this group of people, as Liu Yu called them, was better than those people in the court who fought their way to the center with thousands of troops.

However, this group of people could only control the war and make plans, but they could not have the jurisdiction over personnel, military pay, and logistical supplies. Power and responsibility must be separated.

In order to speed up the military reform, no system was established before.

The powers and responsibilities between the Privy Council and the Military Government have not been fully clarified until now. In addition, the navy that Liu Yu had been in charge of before has become like the eunuch Sanbao.

Now that Liu Yu has taken the initiative to hand over power, the emperor feels that some things that were originally planned to be done after arriving in Nanyang can be advanced.

From the beginning of the Northern Expedition to Luosha and the Western Expedition to Junggar, the emperor's mind was very clear.

Either he can lead the army in person or provide strategic guidance to ensure his prestige in the army, so that he can rest assured that the nobles can lead the army.

This is a continuation of the wisdom of the previous dynasty. Until before Tumu Fortress, the emperor of the previous dynasty would try his best to lead the army in person to maintain his prestige in the army, to calm down those nobles and generals, and at least provide strategic guidance.

Li Gan also knew what level he was at. If he wanted to provide strategic guidance and maintain his prestige, he would need a Privy Council with special powers and responsibilities to assist him in providing strategic guidance.

In Liu Yu's words, Bai Qi, Han Xin, Li Shimin, Li Jing and others do not need a staff, but only need military assistants. They can provide strategic guidance, command on the battlefield, and serve as a staff.

Li Gan compares himself to the Han and Tang dynasties all day long, but he also knows that his level, at least on the battlefield, is far behind that of Emperor Taizong of Tang, and he is absolutely not capable of strategic guidance.

The Privy Council should be a department that seems to have great power but cannot make a big wave.

In other words, it is a department with little power but heavy words.

Once Li Gan thinks that there is no need to fight, this existence with low power but heavy words can be marginalized at any time.

The Privy Council has low power, but the emperor has high power, so as long as the emperor wants to fight, the Privy Council will seem to have high power.

But in fact, this is a tiger that lets the fox take advantage of the tiger's power, and in turn the fox gives advice to the tiger.

For example, the logistics supply this time.

How much is needed, roughly calculated, this is the task of the Privy Council.

The Privy Council has no control over where to allocate food, gunpowder, medicinal materials, etc. and where to use the granaries. All they have to do is report the numbers to the emperor, who will then hand them over to the Tianyou Palace and the six governments.

Formulating a transportation plan and how to deliver it to the front line is the Privy Council's task.

For example, after the battle, the Privy Council has absolutely no right to control the rewards for meritorious service, the promotion of officers, and personnel changes. It cannot interfere at all.

The Privy Council is responsible for the training of soldiers, but not their salaries.

It is responsible for the research and equipment suggestions of new weapons, but not the money to buy weapons.

It is responsible for how to fight when fighting, but cannot interfere with whether to fight or not.

The staff of various departments in the army are affiliated with the Privy Council. They assist the commander in formulating plans for marching, camping, supply, training, etc. They have the right to advise but not the right to decide on command.

However, the staff are not attached to the commander. They are nominally subordinates of the commander, but in fact they are under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council and can report to the Privy Council across levels.

This kind of checks and balances will create contradictions, but the emperor likes contradictions and does not like being inseparable. On the contrary, he prefers this kind of control that mediates after contradictions appear.

Li Gan thought that after the war against Japan was over, the navy would become an independent army and have a place in the court, but it must not be under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council. Instead, it should be placed above the court like the six governments, and stand side by side with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of the Army.

The Privy Council is neither under the jurisdiction of the Tianyou Palace nor consistent with the six governments, but directly under the jurisdiction of the emperor. The Privy Council can directly report to the emperor without going through the six governments and the Tianyou Palace.

When the emperor trusts and is ready to expand the territory and fight, the Privy Council has great power and its words are very important.

If you don't want to fight and think it's time to close the door and face the court, this is a retirement home, and meritorious generals can be thrown in.

There is no personnel power, only command power. Whether the words are effective depends on whether the emperor trusts or not. As long as the emperor wants to abolish it, it will be easily swallowed up by the six governments, Tianyou Palace, and the Ministry of Army and Navy to be established; if the emperor does not want to abolish it, the Privy Council will be roughly equivalent to the deputy prime minister during the war.

The emperor has already selected the candidates, and Jiang Chen himself knows that he is just a transition.

And those things whose rights and responsibilities are temporarily unclear, the emperor is also ready to throw them into the Privy Council.

For example, in the eyes of the emperor, it is an academy of sciences where craftsmen study new armaments; for example, the military government’s Zhifangsi was abolished and the Privy Council was asked to survey and map; for example, the power and responsibility of the Lifanyuan and the Li Government to obtain intelligence on foreign vassal tributary countries was handed over to the Privy Council; for example, the newly established Ministry of Foreign Affairs, when stationing envoys to the West, the Privy Council can select and recommend deputy envoys as spies; for example, the textbooks of the new practical learning and the textbooks and tutorials of the military academy were also handed over to the Privy Council.

In the eyes of the emperor, these things are both useful and useless.

It seems that there are a lot of power and a lot of things to manage, but in fact, they don’t care about big money or adults, and they manage everything and nothing.

When fighting internally, one finger can be used to suppress it, and each department will divide and eat it.

Without the trust and support of the emperor, the Academy of Sciences will not even survive the next day.

He wanted to promote Liu Yu to the position of Deputy Privy Councilor after the war against Japan.

But the reason for the promotion is definitely not that Liu Yu acted conveniently after leaving Ryukyu and figured out the strategy of the war against Japan by himself. It is not allowed to encourage such things as arbitrarily deciding strategies and even attacking Tosa without authorization. Not only can it not be rewarded, but it must be punished, otherwise there will be a big incident in the army in the future.

As for the establishment of the Navy Department, its Shangshu will definitely not be Liu Yu, and this can just be a punishment.