I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

A few days later, a memorial was delivered to Wu Changqing's desk.

[Disarmament disarmament. 】

It discusses the necessity of disarmament, and proposes to halve the number of troops, reduce expenditure, and use the money to develop the economy and improve people's livelihood.

There are generally two types of memorials sent to Wu Changqing, one is public. This will be reviewed by the cabinet first and then handed over to the emperor. After the cabinet, it will basically be known to all officials.

The other is the secret fold, which will be sent directly to Wu Changqing.

This disarmament briefing is not a classified matter, so it is public.

Therefore, the military also knew right away that someone in the civil service threatened to cut the army, and immediately became half-dead.

They had just won big battles in the north and south, and they had just returned to Nanjing to rest, thinking about getting some rewards and consolidating their power.

As a result, Wenchen has come up with such a trick, which is really hateful.

Less than a day after the disarmament proposal was delivered to Wu Changqing, several military leaders discussed the importance of maintaining the number of troops in the memorial.

Some, relying on their good relationship with Wu Changqing, also asked to meet and discuss in person.

They all said that disarmament was premature at this time. There are Dorgon in the northeast, the Mongols in the north, and the Yarkand Khanate in the northwest.

There are He Tengjiao and Zhang Xianzhong in the middle, Can Ming in the southwest, and Fusang and Westerners in the overseas...

In short, Dahua still has a lot of people to clean up and needs so many troops.

The arguing between the civil officials and the generals was in vain. Wu Changqing had his own plans in mind, and he would not easily shake his plans because of their arguing.

A million troops is not a lot for a big empire.

Of course, the current proportion of military expenditures is indeed too high. The proportion of a country's military expenditures should preferably not exceed 10% of tax revenue.

This year's military expenditures accounted for 40% of tax revenue.

The key reason is that the current weapons and equipment manufacturing is still in the high-tech field, and the cost is very high.

Although with the development of science and technology, the technology of grenades and bullets is constantly improving and maturing, and their manufacturing costs are also falling sharply.

However, with the development of science and technology, various more advanced and expensive weapons are also being equipped with troops, such as various large-caliber cannons, motorized bicycle teams, and iron-clad warships.

Therefore, if military expenditure is to be reduced in a short period of time, other solutions must be found.

Wu Changqing thought of the Weisuo system. Although the Weisuo system that Zhu Yuanzhang came up with had various drawbacks, it was not useless.

Making the military self-sufficient is a good starting point. As for why it didn't work, it was mainly due to lack of supervision, which led to military attachés wantonly exploiting lower-level soldiers.

As long as the power of the generals is limited, the soldiers are given the power to supervise the chief, and then the central government establishes a perfect supervision system, then the field system of this guardhouse will work.

Let them usually do their own production and be self-sufficient, so that military expenditures can be greatly reduced.

After thinking of this method, Wu Changqing held a court meeting.

Since he ascended the throne, this kind of court meeting has rarely been held, mainly due to inefficiency.

However, this time, how to arrange the army and reduce military expenditures has something to do with the officials. Gathering together to discuss it can also give the officials a sense of participation.

Otherwise, everything is decided by Wu Changqing in one sentence, and those officials may not have the experience of being an official, and have completely become specific executors.

Moreover, everyone gathers together to discuss, can also brainstorm, check for leaks and fill in the gaps, more or less useful.

Wu Changqing certainly has extraordinary insight, but when he thinks about problems, he can't cover everything.

On the meeting.

The first to fire was Dai Li, who listed a series of figures in an attempt to prove that the military was wasting a lot of military spending.

His data is not fabricated out of thin air, and some of it is true.

For example, when attacking a small county, nearly a thousand shells were used.

Another example is that some old military uniforms that have not been worn are thrown away, and they are frequently changed. Another example is the high salaries of some special arms, even close to eighth-rank officials.

"Sir Dai, I should have sent you to the battlefield and let you charge and climb the city wall. Only then will you understand what kind of psychological pressure the soldiers will face when breaking the city.

Then you won't stand here talking without backache. The enemy's morale is smashed down by our army's artillery shells, and it is not just one of our army's names that can scare the enemy away. "

Li Shaobin retorted.

If it wasn't for the powerful firepower, how could they be so easy when they attacked the city.

In the past, when a fortified city was attacked, it would be surrounded for several months at every turn. When the Chinese army was attacking the city, it had never encountered such a situation.

Basically, after a mad bombardment, the enemy was frightened, and then collapsed with one blow.

"How can you justify the military uniform? Such a good uniform was abandoned by you even without a patch. You can't say that with the new uniform, the soldiers are even more afraid of death and bulletproof."

Inspector Shi Huawu asked.

"The image of the army is the face of my Dahua. What's wrong with dressing better? Mr. Shi, you wear patched clothes, it won't affect your work, and it won't affect your loyalty to His Majesty. Why do you wear so bright and dazzling clothes? Woolen cloth?"

Dai Zhijun retorted.

Hearing that Dai Zhijun compared ordinary soldiers to himself, Shi Huawu's beard trembled with anger. To his dismay,

He couldn't refute it yet.

Although he looked down on ordinary soldiers in his heart, he couldn't show it. It is like a dumb person who eats Coptis chinensis and can't tell the pain.

When discussing a major event in the court, this kind of controversy often occurs.

However, this is just an appetizer.

First strive for a tone, determine a direction, and then follow this direction to solve the problem.

For example, this time, after a heated debate, the civil servants had the upper hand.

It is an objective fact that the proportion of military expenditure is too high.

The most important thing is that Wu Changqing spoke in person. He said: "The current proportion of military expenditure is indeed a bit higher, and everyone's minds should be on how to solve this problem. Don't focus on relying on the simple and rude method of disarmament, I need to A more subtle solution.

It is best to achieve small-scale disarmament, and to significantly reduce military expenditures, while maintaining the military's combat power. "

His words are equivalent to setting the tone, to cut the army, but the scale should not be too large, it is absolutely impossible to cut 500,000.

Moreover, to disarmament, to reduce military expenditure, and to maintain combat power, this is the most troublesome place.

Civilians are not particularly satisfied with this tone, but they can still accept it. After all, Wu Changqing said that he would cut the army, and it can be regarded as a little result.

The military is similar, and at the same time of being depressed, it can be reluctantly accepted.

After all, what the civilian officials called out was to cut 500,000 people. Now that Wu Changqing said that there is no large-scale reduction of the army, it can be considered that they have saved a little bit of their positions.

The tone has been set, and the next step is to brainstorm and find a solution together.

And this is the time to test the ability of officials.

Anyone can do that shit before.

If you don't have good suggestions and opinions when solving problems, you will be angry, and you will definitely not please the emperor.