ebookland Chapter 390: Establishment of Two War Zones
Chapter 390: Establishment of Two War Zones
The topic of this meeting was changed halfway through and it became a braid-cutting conference!
But it was really good, Yining was so happy, damn, it was an unexpected success.
he said,
"Since all of you have cut your hair in the hope of achieving this, I will grant your wish!
Master Du, I hereby issue an imperial decree: from now on, the imperial court will not make any regulations on whether or not to keep a braid; it is entirely up to personal choice!"
Although the Bannermen ministers were not very supportive in their hearts, things had come to this point and there was no point in saying more, so they chose to remain silent!
From then on, fewer and fewer people wore braids, and finally there were none left!
Why? There is no benefit in keeping this thing. Keeping a short flat head is clean and neat, and it also shows patriotism. Why not do it!
After this little episode, Zaiyuan returned to the topic of the Royal Academy.
"Your Majesty, the students of your Imperial Academy have become very famous in the capital recently!
They've done so many jaw-dropping things, and now everyone in the capital is praising them!"
Yining Road,
"It is society that has raised them. They should give back to society when they are able. This is also the purpose of the Royal Academy!"
Zaiyuan said,
"Your Majesty, many Hanlin scholars have jointly submitted a petition requesting the establishment of more schools like the Imperial Academy!
Furthermore, all schools must prioritize patriotic education from now on!"
Yining had known about this for a long time, and he asked,
"What do you mean?"
Zaiyuan Road,
"It is the responsibility of the Ministry of Rites to teach and educate people. The Imperial Academy has set a good example before us. I suggest that the Hanlin scholars' ideas are feasible!"
Yining smiled and said,
"Since that's the case, you should make the arrangements. From now on, all schools must put patriotic education first!
There is one more thing related to education, which I was going to talk about later, but since we are already here, I will talk about it now."
"Your Majesty, please give your instructions!"
Yining Road,
"I have decided to change the Ministry of Rites into the Ministry of Education, with Zaiyuan serving concurrently as Minister.
Temporarily, there will be three deputy ministers. The candidates for deputy ministers will be considered by Lord Lin, Lord Du, and Zai Yuan and reported to me!"
Zaiyuan Road,
"Your Majesty, what is the responsibility of the Ministry of Education?"
Yining handed him a piece of paper.
"The functions are written on it. Basically, to establish an education system, all levels of government must set up education agencies.
At the provincial level is the Department of Education, and at the prefecture and county levels is the Education Bureau.
Then it’s time to build schools at all levels!
Universities, high schools, junior high schools, primary schools, and kindergartens are all within your construction and management scope!
My intention is to first build a People's University of Science and Technology, a Marine University, a Military University, and so on, to train the talents that the country urgently needs!"
Zaiyuan was very happy. Doing education is a very clean thing. The promotion of education will go down in history. What scholars care more about is reputation!
"I will definitely live up to the emperor's trust!"
This matter has also passed, Yining continued the above thread and said,
"Let's continue with the previous topic. We just mentioned that General Luo Shixin has deployed 3,000 men around Jintian Town!
I said, he put too many things there. I think as long as there are a thousand people watching, they won’t dare to move!
If we say that people wanted to rebel in the past because they were living in poverty, then it could barely be considered a reason.
Now we can say that the people can live and work in peace and contentment. Any rebellion will be an unforgivable crime!
If there are still some people who are blind, they are just a mob. General Luo's thousand men can wipe them out in an instant!
If you are not convinced, let them come and try, but I don’t think they dare to try!
If they don't dare to try, I will put an end to the war without anyone dying, and I will have done a great deed!
What is this? This is defeating the enemy without fighting!
Where does my confidence come from? Let me tell you, my confidence comes from the people’s recognition of the court, right?
Of course, the people's recognition of the court is earned through the hard work of everyone present here, and I sincerely want to thank you all! "
Let's answer together.
"Your Majesty, this is what a slave should do!"
Yining took a breath and continued,
“Having said that, I established township-level governments so that I could understand the sufferings of the people and solve their problems immediately!
Let them own the land where they till the land, have enough food and clothing, and live and work in peace and contentment!
If their livelihood is guaranteed, they will never rise up against the imperial court. Don't you agree?"
On the first day of the meeting, Yining had already discussed this matter with Lin Zexu and the others, and they had agreed. Now it was time for them to express their opinions. Lin Zexu was the first to speak.
"I agree!"
Du Shoutian was the second to raise his hand.
"I agree!"
Chen Fuen also agreed without hesitation.
Senglinqin was also poor since childhood. His family was poor and he made a living by herding for others. He deeply understood what the emperor said and had no reason to object.
Not to mention others, there is no point in opposing it, so just agree!
Passed unanimously.
Yining said,
"That's it for now. From now on, please ask the Ministry of Personnel to select capable officials to establish township governments!"
Next is the second topic, military reform.
The specific content is:
1. Establish the Chinese People's Field Army.
2. Establish the Chinese Armed Police Force.
3. Establish the Ministry of Public Security.
Yining Road,
"Let's talk about the field army first. The country has established four major war zones: Central, Southern, Northwestern, and Northeastern.
The total military strength reaches two million!
The troop's personnel were expanded on the basis of the Royal New First Army and the New Second Army, and all future troop training would follow the New Army's training methods.
The ranks of field army officers are divided into marshal, general, general, lieutenant general, major general, senior colonel, colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain, lieutenant and second lieutenant.
Soldiers' ranks are divided into three grades and seven levels.
Non-commissioned officers, sergeants-major, and specialist sergeants.
Sergeants are divided into sergeants, corporals and privates.
New recruits are enlisted as privates, privates and corporals.
The Central War Zone included Beijing, Tianjin, Zhili, Shandong, Henan, Anhui, and Shanxi.
It has a field army of 500,000, divided into 200,000 navy and 300,000 army. Its main task is to defend the capital.
Yining himself served as the commander of the theater.
Lin Zexu served concurrently as the first deputy commander.
The second deputy commander was transferred from An Yiquan, with the rank of third-rank colonel.
An Yiquan is responsible for the specific training and combat affairs of the army.
The Southern Theater Command includes Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Hunan.
It has an army of 500,000, including 200,000 navy and 300,000 army.
The commander of the theater was Zeng Zhenfan, a second-rank lieutenant general, and his deputy commanders were Wu Wenrong and Luo Shixin.
Wu Wenrong holds the rank of lieutenant general of the second rank and is in charge of logistics support.
Luo Shixin, with the rank of second-rank major general, is responsible for all training and combat tasks of the troops.
The Western Theater Command includes Hubei, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang and Tibet.
It maintains a field army of 500,000 men, but does not have a navy for the time being.
The commander was Chen Fuen, who was a high-ranking official with the rank of first-class general.
You Zongtang served as deputy commander with the rank of second-rank major general.
You Zongtang was actually responsible for all training and combat missions of the troops.
Hu Linyi, the prefect of Zhenyuan, Guizhou, was transferred to serve as deputy commander with the rank of third-rank colonel, in charge of logistics support.