8th July, Shanhai City.
Although there were a lot of things waiting for Ouyang Shuo to deal with in the capital, after returning, Ouyang Shuo did not summon a group of ministers in the morning and a group of ministers in the afternoon. He was so busy that he felt dizzy and disoriented.
This time, Ouyang Shuo only summoned the First Minister of the Cabinet Jiang Shang, the Inner Cabinet Elder and Grand Secretary of the Treasury Zhang Liang, and the Grand Council Minister and Minister of Military Affairs Du Ruhui to the Imperial Study to discuss matters.
First, Jiang Shang reported the cabinet's opinion on the arrangement of Dali.
"The cabinet suggested that the Dali Kingdom be stripped of its title and the former Dali Kingdom's Crown Prince Duan be conferred the title of Marquis of Dali instead. In view of the special relationship between the Duan family of Dali and the Dali City, they could be allowed to stay in the Dali City. The only thing is that the current Dali Imperial Palace needs to be remodeled and downgraded to a marquis's manor, "Jiang Shang said concisely.
Prior to this, the title of nobility in Great Xia was only reserved for one generation and could not be inherited. Bestowing the title of Marquis of Supreme Court to Duan Yu could be considered as breaking the convention, and it was the first time since the founding of Great Xia.
Only in this way could the Duan family of Dali be moved.
Ouyang Shuo nodded and added, "That's good. The former Emperor of Dali, Duan Zhengchun, should also be conferred posthumous titles. Great Xia should personally come forward and bury him according to the Marquis ceremony. "
Ouyang Shuo still had a good impression of Duan Zhengchun, this emperor whom he had never met before.
"Your Majesty is wise!" Jiang Shang nodded in agreement. This way, he could also win over the hearts of the people of Dali. "The Cabinet has two proposals on how to settle down Dali City. Your Majesty, please decide."
"Tell me about it!"
"First, put the Supreme Court Commandery under the direct jurisdiction of the Imperial Court. Second, incorporate the Supreme Court Commandery into the Yunnan Province, and move the provincial seat from Lingxi City to Dali City."
There were nearly ten million people in Dali, which was equivalent to the population of a province. The cabinet's hesitation was because they were worried that incorporating Dali County into Yunnan Province would cause the governor-general's yamen to grow in power and subsequently fight for power with the imperial court.
Of course, there were benefits to the second plan.
Everyone knew that the Governor of Yunnan, Bai Hua, was originally the Feudal Lord of Lingxi City. His influence in Lingxi City and Kunming County was unparalleled. Now that he was the Governor of Yunnan, he could be said to be a feudal lord.
This time, he had seized the opportunity to openly transfer Bai Hua out of Lingxi City. This would also help the imperial court balance out Bai Hua's influence in Kunming County.
Even if Bai Hua was unwilling, he could only obey.
At the end of the day, Dali was a royal city. No matter how one looked at it, it was more suitable to serve as a provincial administrative center than Lingxi City. There was no reason for the outside world to say that His Majesty was indirectly suppressing his former ally and causing any negative effects.
Because it involved the question of the King's trust toward the Yunnan governor-general, it was an extremely sensitive matter. Before clearly understanding the King of Chu's intention, naturally Jiang Shang did not dare to make a decision on his own.
Ouyang Shuo naturally saw through the intentions of the cabinet. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Let's implement the second plan."
"Yes, sir!"
Jiang Shang's eyes flashed.
Ouyang Shuo sat on his seat, but his thoughts weren't what Jiang Shang had guessed.
Towards Bai Hua, Ouyang Shuo not only trusted him, he even had high hopes for him. Leaving Lingxi City would only be beneficial to Bai Hua, and if he couldn't break free from the current barriers, how would he be able to improve further in the future?
It was just that even an old official like Jiang Shang had misunderstood his intentions. It was unknown whether or not Bai Hua would misunderstand.
"I hope she can understand!"
However, Ouyang Shuo did not intend to explain anything to Bai Hua. Some things would be meaningless if they were explained clearly.
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"What does the Bureau of Military Affairs think about the 800,000 Imperial Guards of Dali?" Ouyang Shuo asked Du Ruhui.
With Dali's surrender, the 800,000 Imperial Guards would naturally be incorporated. Great Xia had never reorganized an army of such a scale, so the Bureau of Military Affairs had to come up with a creative plan.
After all, Great Xia had won many battles in Dongying, Goryeo, Nanzhang, and Chenla, so they did not lack soldiers.
Furthermore, the Imperial Guards of the capital who had not experienced a war were only slightly better than new recruits, but there was still a huge gap between them and Great Xia's field army. It was not suitable for them to be incorporated into the regular army.
The battle in Dongying was a clear proof. In just one day, 200,000 of the 500,000 Imperial Guards of Dali were defeated. Although Han Xin had done this intentionally, it was enough to show that the Imperial Guards were barely satisfactory.
Only like Great Qin, Great Han, and Great Tang, after the emperor had settled in, could they use famous generals to remodel the Imperial Guards. It would be best if they could experience the tempering of war before they could be tempered into a truly strong army.
In any case, the roots of the Imperial Guards were good, and the quality of the soldiers was also the best choice.
As for Dali, firstly, Duan Zhengchun had just settled in Dali, and secondly, Dali lacked famous generals, so the Imperial Guards were naturally not satisfactory.
As for how to reorganize the army, Du Ruhui, the Minister of Military Affairs, was considered experienced. She replied, "The Bureau of Military Affairs suggests that the 800,000 Imperial Guards be divided into three parts. One part will be refined into the regular army, one part will be integrated into the city defense force, and the last part will be arranged for transfer."
"City defense force?" This was a new term.
"The Bureau of Military Affairs believes that for large cities such as the capital and the former capital, it is impossible to deal with large-scale violent incidents by relying on bailiffs to maintain law and order. It is necessary to equip a city defense force to surround and protect the safety of the city."
Du Ruhui's statement was similar to the Federal Armed Police Force, but it was not complete. After thinking for a while, Ouyang Shuo said, "The name of the city defense force is not appropriate. It is better to call it the garrison force. Its responsibilities should include internal defense, gold, forest, water conservancy, traffic, security, border defense, fire control, etc.
"The garrison force is not under the command of the Grand Council, but is under the dual leadership of the Bureau of Military Affairs and the local yamen. Cities above the county level should be equipped with the corresponding garrison force according to the actual needs. "
This caused Du Ruhui to be a little confused.
According to the king, if every city was equipped with a garrison force, the number of garrison forces needed would be massive.
More importantly, every responsibility of the garrison force was linked to the yamen, including but not limited to the Public Security Bureau, the Bank of the Four Seas, the Forestry Department, the Water Conservancy Department, the Tax Department, and so on. It needed to be coordinated by the Bureau of Military Affairs.
Seeing this, Ouyang Shuo said to Jiang Shang, "This matter will be jointly handled by the Cabinet and the Bureau of Military Affairs. Draw up a detailed system of rules and regulations and then implement it. Don't cause any trouble."
"This old subject receives the decree!"
Only the Cabinet could handle such a huge amount of coordination. Fortunately, Jiang Shang was not afraid of trouble. He said with a smile, "This old subject suggests that we can first use the capital as a pilot. After landing, we can expand it to the level of the provincial administration and further summarize and refine it. Finally, it will be passed down level by level through the provincial governor. "
This was the words of an experienced strategist.
Du Ruhui naturally had no objection. If the garrison forces of each city were to be set up one by one, the total scale would not be less than five hundred thousand. If they were all under the command of the Bureau of Military Affairs, it would only greatly improve the status of the Bureau of Military Affairs.
Ouyang Shuo continued, "The eight hundred thousand Dali imperial guards will only be reorganized into two field corps. One will be the fifth imperial guard corps, with Yue Yun as the corps commander."
The imperial guard corps was the only one that had not reached full strength. Using this opportunity, Ouyang Shuo not only replenished the imperial guards, but also promoted the young general Yue Yun.
Du Ruhui nodded and noted it down.
"The other place will be reserved for the imperial guards to form the first imperial guard corps." After the imperial guards and city guards, this was the third corps directly under Ouyang Shuo's command. Its significance was extraordinary.
Just from the name, one could tell that the imperial guards were the same as the imperial guards, the trump card of trump cards.
The positions of the two were completely different.
"Oda Nobunaga is appointed as the corps commander of the first imperial guard corps. This corps only has gunmen, and it is also equipped with an artillery brigade and a flying squadron. It is the dynasty's first pure firearms corps." Ouyang Shuo continued.
With the acceleration of the dynasty's industrialization, the army's use of firearms was the general trend.
Before the large-scale transformation, Ouyang Shuo needed to set a benchmark for the entire army. With this as the starting point, he would slowly expand it to the entire army and complete a historic transformation.
The imperial guards were this benchmark.
After Oda Nobunaga was captured, Ouyang Shuo had a deep conversation with him in Edo. At that time, Ouyang Shuo revealed the idea of forming the imperial guards to Oda Nobunaga.
It was precisely because of this that Ouyang Shuo successfully persuaded him to surrender.
Jiang Shang, Zhang Liang, and Du Ruhui listened to this and each of them fell into deep thought. There was no doubt that for the Great Xia, this would be a historic moment.
From this moment on, the Great Xia would undergo great changes.
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