Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 374 Military and Political Innovation
After returning to Liaoyang City, there was only three days of silence before Li Fei made another big move.

He wants to establish an additional military and administrative system unique to Anton.

In terms of military system, Datang's current military system undoubtedly has serious drawbacks.Take the post of "Jiedushi" as an example. In addition to being the highest local military officer, Jiedushi also has certain official appointments, control over money and food, and the right to transfer soldiers at will. Three powers in one body.

To become the Jiedushi of a place is like becoming the "Emperor of the Earth" of that place, building a place into his own "Kingdom" with almost no restrictions.

Unrestricted rights are bound to expand.

Why did An Lushan dare to rebel, and he was able to rebel.

Even if he is the Jiedushi of Hedong, Fanyang, and Pinglu, he has the right to mobilize the troops, money and food of the three towns. The three towns are like his own kingdom. No one can restrain him, and his ambition to rebel It's not something difficult to understand.

Although the Jiedushi system brought the heyday of military power to the early Tang Dynasty, when the authority of the central court was still there, no Jiedushi dared to fight against the central court with the strength of a town, but once the authority of the central court was gone, it would be a vassal town Lin Li, each feudal town is like a kingdom.

After the Anshi Rebellion, the separatist rule of the Tang Dynasty was like this. Jiedu envoys supported their own self-respect and did not listen to the jurisdiction of the central court. They fought against each other and rebelled constantly.

Can you blame after the Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty emphasized civility over military affairs, and strictly guarded generals.

You must know that the one of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms was not the result of the military generals supporting their own troops. Even Guo Wei in the late Zhou Dynasty and Zhao Kuangyin in the Song Dynasty in the late Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms were all rebelled by military generals. Zhao Kuangyin managed to dominate the world. How can he allow his Great Song Dynasty to follow in the footsteps of the Great Tang Dynasty's demise, so he has the power to release soldiers with a glass of wine.

In the end, the root cause is nothing more than not being able to find a perfect military system.

Force is the foundation of a strong country. Blindly restricting and guarding against the leading generals, and in the extreme, only appointing literati as the main generals may have curbed the rebellion of generals and maintained the unity of the dynasty, but it also lost the spirit of pioneering and enterprising. The force is not strong. If you can't be hard, Li Fei won't do that.

The modern military system of later generations may not be perfect, but at least it takes into account all aspects, which can not only allow the general to maximize his military command ability, but also restrict the general's ambition to support himself.

All levels of the entire army perform their own duties, forming a smooth-running war machine.

Li Fei planned to learn from the superiority of the military system of later generations to reform Anton's military.

Although Anton is not an independent kingdom now, Li Fei has always firmly controlled Anton's military, government, money and food, and it is not much different from an independent kingdom. Li Fei's words are clear, Li Fei wants to reform, no one has the ability to oppose Li Fei.

Li Fei's reform not only requires the formation of power constraints in the army, but also divides the army into independent small and medium-sized combat units.

Anton now has [-] regular combat troops, including [-] cavalry and [-] Modao troops.

Li Fei first divided the 2 troops into five armies, three pure cavalry armies, and two combined cavalry armies, each with 1 troops.There are two brigades under the army, each with 5000 people, and two regiments under the brigade, each with 1000 people, and five battalions under the regiment, each with 100 people, and ten troops under the battalion. Each company has 50 people, and there are two platoons under the company, with [-] people in each platoon, and five seniors under the platoon.

Military officers above the platoon have deputy positions, such as deputy platoon leader.

Military divisions and political commissars are added above the battalion. The political commissars are at the same level as the military commander, and the military divisions are at the next level. They are all subordinate to each other and perform their duties.

Take the battalion as an example. The battalion commander has the absolute right to make military decisions and command operations on the battlefield, and the military division only serves as a staff officer to assist in command.The political commissar is the host of daily training, life, political supervision, and military salary distribution during non-war times, and also assists in command during wartime.

There are three or more military divisions above the brigade.

In this way, there are mutual constraints, that is, the ambition of the military chief is eliminated, and the military talent of the military chief is not restricted.

Li Fei also set up a private rank.

The lowest length is from the ninth rank to the highest rank of the second rank army commander.Above the commander of the second rank, there is the general of the first rank, and the general of the first rank.Above the general, there is also the post of super marshal.

Five armies, of which Lu Xin is the general and commander of the first army, Wu Sheng is the commander of the second army of the second rank, and Luo Ying is the commander of the third rank of the third army.Zhang said that he was the commander of the second rank of the fourth army, and Yuan Kui was the commander of the second rank of the fifth army.

Divided into five armies, with strict ranks, the entire Anton Army became clearer, and the mobilization and operation became more flexible. Li Fei no longer needed to gather all the [-] Anton Army in the area around Liaoyang City and dared not send them out at will. , he used the battalion as a unit to disperse and station all the troops in various states and counties, and usually only trained and served as a deterrent force for each state and county.During the war, the recruits were quickly gathered together.

The military aspect is clear, and the political aspect must also be reformed.

As early as when Li Fei first came to Andong and took control of Andong, he had split up the powers of the original county magistrate and government magistrate, and set up a police station.The police are responsible for investigating cases and arresting people, while county magistrates and government magistrates are responsible for trials and implementation of administrative affairs.

Now Li Fei has split up again, splitting the power of trial from the hands of the county magistrate and government magistrate, and setting up a trial office. The original county or government magistrates are independent and specialize in adjudicating and enforcing cases.Li Fei also advocated the post of private full-time 'lawyer', as long as he passes the examination, he can participate in the defense of the case at trial.

In this way, the rights of the county and the state are split, and the departments are not under each other, and each performs its own duties. The county magistrate and the government decree no longer focus on promoting administrative affairs, arresting people, and judging cases. It is possible for an official to speak with one word.

Li Fei also ordered the abolition of the posts of Jiedu envoy and governor, and the addition of a governor.

Political matters have also become clearer. When something goes wrong, the people will know exactly who to turn to.

However, although Li Fei's reforms have clarified Anton's military and political affairs, and the government is more flexible and efficient than before, some additional troubles are inevitable.

"Abolishing the posts of Jiedushi, Inspector, and adding other official ranks, etc. without going through the court. This is treason and immorality, and the ambition is obvious. This Beiping County King Li Fei really wants to rebel like An Lushan. "Some old scholars, and some people whose interests were touched by Li Fei's reforms, accused Li Fei of wanting to rebel, and called on the people to rise up against Li Fei.

Some people even really 'revolted' to make trouble.

For example, there were two tyrannical uprisings in Cangyan Prefecture, which is close to Bohai State, and Dahang Prefecture, which is close to Silla State. Unfortunately, within half a day, they were dispersed by Li Fei to the Andong Army in Cangyan Prefecture and Dahang Prefecture. Regular army soldiers put out.

Even the 'uprising' in Daxing Prefecture was directly defeated by the local police station and soldiers of the garrison camp in Daxing Prefecture. When a regular battalion soldier from the Anton Army stationed in the past arrived, there was almost no soup left Down.

In Anton's territory, the voices of opposition were not loud, and the raindrops were even smaller. They did not make any waves at all.

The main thing is that the people absolutely support Li Fei. Even the people think that Li Fei wants to rebel or establish a country on his own, but Li Fei's governance of Anton, the affluent and stable life Li Fei brought them, and Li Fei's various events over the years Their invincible record made them prefer to remain silent, or simply support Li Fei firmly.

All in all, no one is willing to leave Li Fei's rule and return to the rule of Datang.

Ordinary people don't have any sayings about loyalty. They will support whoever is loyal to whoever feeds them and gives them a stable life. But precisely these, Datang can't give them, only Li Fei can give them.

After extinguishing those unfavorable opposition and chaos, Li Fei's control over Anton became more stable, and he had formed an absolutely independent kingdom.
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