Chapter 221 Decided to move the capital
After the military aspect, it will be about professional logistics forces.
During the last war, Yang Ren had already reported to Yang Song on this matter, and Yang Song had already issued a preparation order to Li Jing to make plans for his logistics forces.
After the war, Li Jing, as the commander-in-chief of the army, knew of the problems of logistics, so after the war ended, he submitted a complete plan to Yang Song.
According to Li Jing's suggestion, a division has more than 40,000 people. After considering the logistics of cost and practicality, it is recommended that the logistics force be divided into two parts.
Part of it is based on the previous mobilization model, usually militia, and wars are conscripted into logistics and transportation units. This part will occupy most of the military's logistics and has no technical content.
The other part is to enter the army like ordinary soldiers to serve. This part will be composed of the most professional part, including but not limited to material management, equipment maintenance, medical care, military horse maintenance, engineering construction, and meal supply...
The first part of the recruitment of militia is easy to say, and the corresponding number of people is recruited according to the number of troops dispatched.
The second part is to have an organization. Li Jing has two suggestions for this: First, each division will add a logistics engineer battalion, with a battalion of people, and then a rear security regiment will be established under the Housing Security Department of the Court of the Court for unified allocation.
The second is to set up a logistics support division directly under the Housing Security Department of the Court of the Court, and then delegate it to each division, and directly commanded by the court.
The advantage of the first suggestion is that it has a small number of people and is flexible and timely behavior, while the disadvantage is that it is inconvenient to the court to control the army.
The advantage of the second suggestion is to facilitate the unified planning of the Military Department and enhance control over the front-line army. The disadvantage is that it is inflexible and has a large number of people.
When there was no general rotation system before, Li Jing and Yang Song both preferred the second one, but now of course, we have chosen the first one.
The organization of a Houbao battalion is the same as that of an infantry battalion, with one of one engineer company, medical company, maintenance company, military and horse company, and comprehensive company.
The establishment of the Housing Security Regiment is the same as that of a standard infantry regiment, with one engineer battalion, medical battalion, maintenance battalion, military horse battalion, support battalion, as well as a comprehensive company, a guard company, and a standard 300 regiment headquarters.
In this way, the troops of the First, Second and Third Divisions became 48,000, and the troops of the Fourth Division and the Imperial Guards became 46,800.
The combined force of these five divisions alone has reached 237,600!
If we include the city guards, navy, marines, and the remaining Jinyiwei stationed in various places, the total strength of Xia Kingdom will exceed 300,000!
However, for the total population of more than 25 million in Xia Kingdom, the military-civilian ratio has only reached one or two percent.
This proportion is not high at all. Only twelve out of a thousand people are in the army. Moreover, with the continued growth of the total population of Xia State, this number will continue to decrease, while the number of troops will remain unchanged for a long time in the future.
The Xia Kingdom has just occupied more than 1.5 million square kilometers of land. It can be expected that the Xia Kingdom's population will usher in a new peak of growth.
After the military department was completed, Yang Song ordered Li Jing and the generals: "Integrate the army as soon as possible, and then immediately send troops to clean up the foreigners on their land so that the people of their country can live in peace!"
"I will obey the order!"...
"Report to the king, I have something to say!" Xun Yu saw Yang Song talking about the new station land outside the immigration clearance, and reported it: "I suggest moving the capital!"
Xun Yu's suggestion made the government hall quiet suddenly. After a while, Yang Song looked at him in confusion and asked, "Wen Ruo, how can you explain this?"
Xun Yu did not report to him in advance about the suggestions for moving the capital, which surprised Yang Song. Why did the idea of moving the capital suddenly appear?
"Return to the King." Xun Yu replied: "After the expansion of the country's territory, it has become a narrow and long shape with a long north and a short east and west, and there are more in the north and less in the south. Tianqi City is located in the south of the country, which is not conducive to the rule of the northern territory!"
After Xun Yu said this, Yang Song immediately looked at the map of Xia Kingdom in the system, and it turned out to be as Xun Yu said.
The other important officials, especially Zhang Juzheng, were preparing to refute Xun Yu's suggestion, but after hearing this, they did not refute it because they all knew that Xun Yu was right.
"With Wen Ruo's meaning, where is the best place to move the new capital?" Yang Song's question already showed his attitude of approval.
Xun Yu bowed and replied: "Report to the king, I suggest moving the capital to the middle of the Linhai Basin."
Before everyone could ask, Xun Yu continued to explain: "The Linhai Mountains in the north, the Tianqian Mountains in the south, the Shanhaiguan in the north, and the Tianqian Pass in the south, and the Tianqian Pass in the south, has become an easy-to-defense and difficult-to-attack place."
"It is also located in the heart of the country's territory, outside the North Control Pass, and the rise of the southern system can help the imperial court rule over various places."
"In addition, the climate is pleasant, and the seasons are like spring and are well connected. The king lives here to stay away from the scorching heat and frost!"
"Finally, if the news that the king moved the capital northward was informed by the people, it could encourage the people to move out of the pass, which would be conducive to the development of land outside the pass."
When Yang Song heard Xun Yu's rustling comments, he had to praise his reasoning, especially regarding climate. Yang Song was not pretentious, but he was still very uncomfortable with most of the summers a year.
"Then will you choose a city to change it, or build it in another place?" Yang Song agreed with Xun Yu's suggestion again.
As Yang Song's question fell, before Xun Yu could speak, the other ministers made a statement, either changing or building, and the hall of Political Affairs was very lively.
The move to the capital is such a major matter. If the ministers don’t participate in it, they will not be able to say anything. If they don’t show it, there will be no chance to show it!
People like Zhang Juzheng and Zhu Xi all agreed to choose a city and change it in order to save money.
People like Chen Ping and Shen Kuo just thought they would choose a place to build it in order to re-plan a new capital.
After some discussion, Yang Song finally decided to build a new capital. Although it would take a little more and take longer, it would save a lot of trouble such as demolition and resettlement of the people.
More importantly, the newly built capital can disrupt the checks and balances of the original forces. To put it bluntly, it is a reshuffle of the people.
After making up his mind, Yang Song finally asked, "Well, is there a place to build a city?"
"Report to the King!" Xu Xiake, director of the Department of Resources, responsible for land and resources and geographical information under the Administrative Department, stood up and replied: "I know there is a place for building a capital!"
After Yang Song asked Li Jing to take out the map of Linhai Basin, Xu Xiake stepped forward and looked at it, pointing to a person in the picture, saying: "This place is located in the middle of Shanhaiguan, 210 kilometers close to the East China Sea, and 90 kilometers north is the Dai River. Here, a small river in the north is the northwest and into Huichuan Lake, 81 kilometers northwest. The terrain here is open and convenient for building the city. It can also lead the Beigui River into the city, for drinking or as a moat."
The ministers raised their heads and wanted to see the map displayed in front of them, but they never saw a single point. However, Yang Song found the place Xu Xiake mentioned on the system map.
Looking down from top to bottom makes Yang Song more objective and see this place clearly at the macro level, but as Xu Xiake said, this place is a suitable place for building a city.
However, there is already a small town in this place, and people plant rice on both sides of the river. If they want to build a city here, demolition and resettlement are still indispensable.
Think about it, after years of development in Xia State, Linhai Basin has been developed very deeply, so how could there be an open space waiting for Yang Song to build the city?
This is also the reason why Yang Song is above the high hall. Even if he knows about the major events in Xia Kingdom, how could he know about something like this?
Yang Song finally made a decision: "Build the capital here, called 'Zhongjing'!"
Chapter completed!