In fact, before this, the huge territory occupied by the Northern Army included the area of several counties. In this area, there was actually no so-called "local government affairs".
Since the invasion of the Odins, the war started, and then the northern army group rose in the war and actually controlled a large area of the northern Byzantine Empire. First, it called itself the northern theater, and then it was officially renamed "Northern War Zone" through Xia Ya's imperial capital King Qin and his party. garrison".
However, no matter whether it is in the former Northern Theater or the later changed garrison area, there is no such thing as "local government affairs" in this piece of land.
The entire territory controlled by the Northern Army has always implemented a mixed rule model similar to the unity of the military and the government. The group of the Northern Army here is equivalent to a military-style government, governing the land in a militarized model of rule.
Or to put it more directly, before this, the entire area occupied by the Northern Army actually ran local government affairs, and was in charge of local taxation, finance, and many other real powers. In fact, it was another person: the logistics chief of the Northern Army, nicknamed "Smuggling The dealer's Cato.
Yes, the Logistics Headquarters actually took over all local government affairs in the entire Union-controlled area: finances, taxes, local labor, collection and distribution of supplies, and so on. After the original local government of the Byzantine Empire was smashed by the Odins, after the Northern Army recovered, it did not re-establish the local administrative government, but simply replaced it with the army.
The dark clouds of the previous war have not yet dissipated. The entire Northern Army, both inside and outside, ruled the areas under their control based on the idea of "everything is prepared for war, and everything serves the army". The local finances are basically collected directly by the logistics headquarters of the army, and all the fiscal revenue is directly managed and distributed by the commanding headquarters of the Northern Army. There is no so-called local government at all.
Fiscal taxes, all financial resources and resources, and all materials must be allocated by the military.
It can even be said that before this, the logistics headquarters was actually the real "Ministry of Government" of the territory occupied by the Northern Army. In fact, Cato's chief logistics officer spent a considerable part of his time in charge of local government affairs and finance of several counties.
Green is in charge of the army, and Chief Cato is in charge of finances and taxes. These are the real distribution of the two real powers within the Northern Army.
As for Sophie... The chief of staff actually played the role of a staff member.
Now, however, the situation has changed.
The four military regions in the north were pacified. It can be said that this battle played out the prestige and domineering of the northern army, making the northern army leap into the No. 1 power of the entire Byzantine Empire. Under such circumstances, it seems that the cloud of temporary war can be dissipated, and the Northern Army urgently needs a period of stable development in order to properly integrate and digest the huge territory it has swallowed.
At this time, it is obviously no longer appropriate to continue to use this "military management" model to control such a huge and hugely populated territory.
In any case, military control is definitely not a long-term solution, and even from the perspective of power structure, it is by no means a good choice to replace the local government with the military for a long time, and to mix government affairs with military affairs.
And Sophie's development program for Char Ya has long proposed that if the military continues to take charge of local government affairs, and all rights such as local taxation and finance are left to the military to take charge of, then in the long run, I'm afraid there will be more Hidden dangers exist! There is no doubt that the "military government" is definitely not a healthy existence. In the long run, it will raise a group with deformed rights!
Xia Ya also fully agrees with his chief of staff's point of view. In Tu Bie's opinion, it is better to have a pure army.
Therefore, the re-division of rights has become a necessary step in the reform of government affairs.
Establishing a group to manage local government affairs and stripping these rights from the army is also the first Sufi program for government affairs.
The bunch of officials sent by the imperial capital just happened to give Xia an excuse to reform government affairs.
Of course, the Northern Army has long been accustomed to the implementation of the so-called "military control" and that all rights are controlled by the military. For example, military expenses, in the Northern Army, are directly collected by the logistics headquarters. Fiscal tax revenue, and then directly convert these fiscal revenue into military expenditure - and if the money is used elsewhere, it has to be spent in the budget of the General Logistics Headquarters.
Now, the sudden division of power will inevitably make the military, who is used to controlling everything, have some dissatisfaction. It is easy to understand that this dissatisfaction has nothing to do with the loyalty to Xia Ya, but whoever is used to the power When you are used to holding it, you can get money by reaching out your hand, but suddenly it becomes a bunch of procedures, and no one can stand it when someone gets stuck in the neck.
However, Char still made up his mind to innovate.
Just because of Sophie's words.
"If your lord doesn't mind turning the Northern Army into a warlord group, then just keep the status quo."
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In order to alleviate the military's dissatisfaction with the loss of rights, Char has given the military some compensation in advance.
For example, in order to deal with the officials dispatched by the imperial capital this time, the military has, under the connivance of Xia Ya, scavenged all the fiscal and taxation warehouses in various places in advance, and all the materials, money and taxes have been transported to the logistics headquarters. This is equivalent to a little sweetness and compensation from Char Ya to the military.
And then, he will start to establish a new ruling team headed by Sophie to take charge of government affairs in various places on his own site.
In the future, government affairs and military affairs must be strictly separated!
However, it is not so simple and easy to let the party in power suddenly give up the power in his hand.
The question asked by Sophie happened to be the most sensitive topic at the moment!
What if the military still intervenes in local government affairs according to habit
As a rising northern tyrant, it seems that a military leader like Char can rise in the north. The army is the foundation of all his career and his capital.
If the military continued to habitually intervene in local military affairs, or caused some internal conflicts, Sophie was not sure who the supreme leader of Xia would favor! I'm afraid that at that time, in order to stabilize the heart of the army, Xia Ya will probably make some compromises or tolerate the army.
This was not Sophie's unfounded speculation.
In the process of gradually implementing the separation of government affairs these days, Sophie, who pursued this plan, has found some dangerous signs.
In some places, the military seems to be accustomed to taking charge of everything, collecting local taxes by order of the logistics headquarters, and then directly attributing the money to military expenses - even if the local construction or all other places need money, it is difficult to get it from The military needs more money.
In some places, when Sophie sent people to liquidate the local treasury, they were rejected by the military. From the point of view of these military leaders, the military and political power are now grasped with one hand, and they have nothing in their hearts. The difference between local finances and military expenditures, in their opinion, everything belongs to the military, and the local finances and taxes should all belong to the military. Want to check accounts? joke!
These dangerous signs were suppressed by Char's strict military orders. But it's hard to guarantee that something like this won't happen again.
If then when I was integrating local government affairs, the army sent people to pay taxes or collect materials, at that time, would the people listen to local government affairs or the military
Looking at Sophie and Green's different expressions, Green's face in particular seemed a little ugly - the old mad dog's mood was very complicated at the moment.
On the one hand, he agrees with Sophie's point of view that continuing to use the army to hold all power will sooner or later turn this group of the Northern Army into a warlord group.
But on the other hand, as the second commander-in-chief of the Northern Army and the number one deputy under Xia Ya's command who has always been in charge of military affairs, he must also take into account the will of the army. The sudden loss of power will inevitably lead to dissatisfaction, and how to balance all aspects of the relationship will especially give him a headache.
But he is not easy to express his opinions on this matter casually: if he is biased towards the military, it will inevitably lead to suspicions that he deliberately pleases the military, and even has the suspicion of bribing the military's self-respect.
If he prefers Sophie's New Deal, it will make many people in the army cold, thinking that he is disregarding the interests of the army.
And Sophie obviously understood Green's concerns and did not force the military butler to make a statement.
"The established strategy remains unchanged." Xia finally gave the answer Sophie wanted: "Military and government affairs must be separated without delay!"
As he said that, he looked at Green, then sighed softly, and said slowly: "Green, in fact, I have also thought about these days, our Northern Army has lived a very happy life. It can be said that the entire Byzantium In the empire, I am afraid that no army can live better than our northern army. In other places, whether it is the central capital of the imperial capital or those big warlords, the military expenditure and ordnance materials of the army must be approved by the government. Then the budget of the financial department is finally allocated to the army. It is better for us here. The army directly leaves everyone else behind, levies what it needs, and gives concessions to the army for all local construction. Such days are naturally cool. But it is too dangerous. If these comfortable days continue like this, I am afraid that some people will not know who they are. "
"With this person's words, I feel a lot more relieved." Sophie sighed deliberately and smiled slowly: "After the separation of government affairs, military spending will no longer be directly controlled by the military, but will be changed to a normalized budget system. And the appropriation system. Also, there is always a lot of fiscal revenue, even if our fiscal revenue will gradually increase gradually, but after the implementation of the New Deal, local construction and development are needed, so a considerable part of the fiscal revenue must be reserved for For local use, the part that can be reserved for the military budget will naturally be much less than before, and then…”
"The headquarters will naturally worry about this issue." Xia Ya waved his hand, but a flash of determination flashed in his eyes: "In any case, the military must no longer interfere in government affairs, and military expenditures must be budgeted by the logistics headquarters and then submitted to the high command for approval before the revenue is collected from the government. You can’t just take as much money as you want. In the future, we will always have to make an appearance, um… Green has drawn up a timetable, and all 'military regulations' must be lifted within a month!”
Greene responded immediately.
"Okay." Xia Ya smiled again and said slowly: "Since everything has been negotiated, then it is up to the two of you to implement it. As for me, I will return to the imperial capital this time..."
Xi Ya only told the two that he was going to the emperor and had important things—he naturally didn't dare to say that he was going to that holy city of Babylon. You must know that the Holy City is in the midst of chaos, and the journey is long and full of mountains and rivers. And to go to the Holy City from the Byzantine Empire, you must pass through the hinterland of the Chaos Territory. The Chaos Territory is a place where various races are entrenched. There are countless monsters in the huge forest and ocean, as well as elves, dwarves, giants And so on the legendary races, and these races have a characteristic, that is, they are not very friendly to human beings.
All, going to the holy city of Babylon, in people's opinion, is a long journey and comes with considerable risks.
Green's dissatisfaction has been aroused by Xia Ya's desire to go out. If he tells the old mad dog that he is going to such a distant and dangerous place, how can the old mad dog agree to take risks
"... I will return to the Imperial Capital this time, and the time will be at least one month, and as long as three months." When Xia said this, she noticed that there was a hint of mockery in Sophie's eyes, as if this clever girl Having seen through his nonsense long ago, he couldn't help but feel guilty, and he speeded up: "For family matters, the military affairs Greene decides alone, and the government affairs Sophie decides! If there is any important matter, the two of you will do it together. already."
"I have another request," Sophie said suddenly.
"Um?"
"You are the leader of the Northern Army. Your Excellency, you are not here. If there is something important, if Green and I disagree with each other, we both insist on our own words and cannot negotiate. Wouldn't it be bad?" Sophie shook her head and said. : "So, I ask the lord to leave an arbitrator. If I disagree with Mr. Green, who will listen to it, it will be decided by the arbitrator."
"The arbitrator? Who will take on this role?" Xia frowned.
Green also nodded: "It's a good idea. If the chief of staff and I have a dispute, we really need an arbitration. As for the candidate... I think the logistics chief, Mr. Cato, can be trusted. Mr. Cato has been in charge of logistics for a long time. You have always been in charge of government affairs, you are even more loyal to adults, and you are also capable and shrewd, so you can take on this responsibility."
Sophie immediately shook her head: "Lord Cato is not suitable, Cato is smart and capable, but he is a member of the army, and his military rank is under Mr. Green, if he is the arbiter, I am afraid he will not dare to dismiss Green. Lord's decision, hehe..."
Green snorted: "Okay, then let Reinhardt play this role. Reinhardt is upright and decisive, and he is very principled in doing things. He has always been fair, and he will never favor me just because he is my subordinate."
"Not even Reinhardt." Sophie shook her head again and said lightly, "He is also a member of the military. No matter how upright Reinhardt has always been, it is inevitable that he will subconsciously stand more in the military's position to do things. ."
"Ha, Cato can't do it, and Reinhardt can't do it either, so who are you going to go to?" Green was a little dissatisfied, and said coldly: "Just find someone from your Lord Sophie's side, then I will help you with everything. ."
Sophie was not annoyed and smiled lightly: "Since I said that, naturally I won't find someone to favor me. It's just that this candidate, whether it's from the military or from here, will be unfair. I However, there is an excellent candidate. This person's identity is neither a military person nor a government person. And this person's identity is even more convincing. As an arbiter, no one will object. It is really the best. selected."
"Who?" Green glanced at Sophie.
Sophie blinked her eyes deliberately and said with a smile: "Didn't your lord just get married? Then, Adeline is our Duchess, and now she is the mistress of our entire Northern Army! When your lord is out, if If we have any disagreement, please ask the mistress to come forward to arbitrate and preside over the overall situation, and everyone will be convinced."
Green was stunned for this candidate, but after thinking about it, he also felt that Sophie was right. Adeline is now Xiaya's wife, and she is the righteous mistress. She is indeed a candidate who can convince everyone.
"Adeline hasn't dealt with these things." Xia shook her head.
"Mrs. doesn't have such experience, but don't forget Mrs. Yulia. Mrs. Yulia is smart and capable, and has dealt with financial matters." Sophie seemed to be sure that Xiaya must push his wife Come to the front desk: "When necessary, ask Mrs. Yulia to serve as a staff counselor. As for the mistress, you only need to be a symbolic arbiter. After all, if you are not at home, except for the mistress, you really need to look for it. There is no second candidate who can convince everyone in every way."
Seeing that Sophie insisted, and Green agreed, Char had to nod.
After the three of them discussed it, the sky was already bright.
At the wedding last night, the guests were very happy, most of them were drunk, and most of them were still hungover in bed the next day.
There was still a festive atmosphere inside and outside of Denzel City. Yesterday, the whole city celebrated, and it didn't take long for the prohibition of alcohol to be lifted. In the morning, many streets inside and outside Denzel City were still full of maddened nights. After drinking the aroma of wine, you can still see drunk passers-by walking on the street.
Only the patrols of the city defense are still lined up to patrol in strict accordance with the military orders.
Xia Ya personally met many guests who came to congratulate him at noon. After thanking them one by one, he sent someone to send everyone away, and took time to meet some representatives of the officials who came to the imperial capital. After a while, I did enough scene work.
Then he secretly summoned several important subordinates, Cato, Sharba, and Reinhardt. That's how things are settled.
But the most difficult one is facing the poor new wife of his own.
On the first day of their wedding, they are going to go away from home. No matter who they are, they will not be able to relax.
Adeline is naturally reluctant. After all, she is only a young woman. She has just married the man she loves the most, and has not really enjoyed the sweetness of the wedding. Her husband is going to go away, so she is naturally unhappy.
Xia Ya's good words to comfort her, but she exhausted all her means, and finally coaxed Adeline to show her face a little, but of course she didn't dare to tell his wife where he was really going. Day, let Adeline play the role of mistress and arbiter.
That night, Xia Ya naturally hugged his new wife and took good care of him. In the early morning of the next day, he got up early, and his subordinates brought horses and everything he needed to go out, and then brought several people with him. Servant servant, this is gone.
No one in the city knew that the commander had left quietly, and no one even knew the real whereabouts of Lord Xia Ya.
Although Xi Ya brought some guards and servants with him, these people only followed him from Denzel City and rode to Xincheng, and he was assigned a so-called "secret mission" to send all the people around him. Go out, and Xiaya quietly left Xincheng alone and headed east.
It's just that Xiaya walked out of the new city and headed east for only a few miles. Seeing the fork in the road ahead, one direction went south to the main road to the imperial capital, and the other direction went east to the Corsica region.
But at this fork in the road, there was another person standing there early, waiting quietly for Xia Ya to arrive.
From a distance, as soon as Xia Ya saw the figure in black and the eye-catching three-edged gun, she couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"Hmph, take it slow, I've been waiting for you here for two days. I thought you should have arrived the day before yesterday, but I didn't expect you to be so slow."
Hasting's voice was cold, with a bit of dissatisfaction.
"Why are you here?" Xia Ya rolled over and dismounted, looked at Hastings, and frowned: "Yi? You look like you are going to go far?"
"Nonsense, you're going to Babylon... Hmph, can you beat Saint Laurent Garros?" Hastings sneered.
"I can't beat it, can you beat it?" Xia Ya said with a haha, "You really want to go to the holy city with me?"
"I naturally have my reasons." Hastings looked indifferent.
"Ha!" Xia Ya couldn't help but said: "I see, you heard from that woman that there is a way to detoxify the poison of the elf race on you, right?"
"..." Hastings stopped talking this time, just looked at Xi Ya coldly.
"Hey, you are so cold and uninteresting to talk, why do you think I will agree to go on the road with you?" Xia Ya glanced at his mouth.
Hastings laughed, this time, with just one word from him, Xiaya completely shut his mouth.
"Little Xia, do you recognize the way to the Holy City? Humph!"