Looking at those words, many people in the conference room felt that the meeting outline in their hands suddenly became heavy, as if weighing a thousand pounds. Although everyone had been mentally prepared, no one expected that this change would be so thorough. This could be seen by just looking at the table of contents of the meeting outline.
"I'll talk about it briefly first, and then we can discuss it one by one. Let's look at the first topic first. After pacifying the seven tribes of Shatu and the Black Jie tribe, the Qiyun Protectorate is actually no longer necessary. In addition, the area and territory we actually control have expanded at this moment, so I decided to formally abolish the Qiyun Protectorate and then re-divide the administrative areas of the territory we have. The specific new administrative areas are divided into three parts. The area that used to belong to Pingxi County, that is, the area from Pingxi City to Baishi Pass, is still under the jurisdiction of Qiyun County. The part that belongs to Ganzhou will remain unchanged, while the administrative division outside Baishi Pass will be divided into two parts. In Gulang Grassland, I plan to set up Gulang Province, which will have eight new administrative regions, namely the Zhenghuang Banner, Zhengbai Banner, Zhenghong Banner, Zhenglan Banner, Huangqi Banner, Baiqi Banner, Hongqi Banner, and Lanqi Banner. The general boundary division of these eight banners follows the previous division of the seven tribes of Shatu. It is only necessary to divide the territory of the largest Wuli tribe into two. At the same time, the administrative level of these eight banners is the county level, and they are directly responsible to the Pingxi Palace! "
"And in the original Black Jie tribe's territory west of Qiyun Mountain, I plan to set up the Black Jie Province. Under the Black Jie Province, just like the Gulang Grassland, I will set up the Black Jie Eight Banners. At the same time, I will set up the post of Black Jie Governor to lead the Black Jie Eight Banners. This is the general plan for the new administrative division..."
"Regarding the new organization of the Dragon Tooth Army, it will be changed from the current five, squad, squad, small flag, group, battalion, regiment, etc. to ten levels: group, squad, platoon, company, battalion, regiment, brigade, division, army, and corps. There will be huge adjustments in the number of staff and officer configuration. One group has five people, two groups form a squad, the squad leader and the deputy squad leader each lead a group, three squads form a platoon, a platoon has about 32 people, three platoons form a company, a company has about 100 people, and the position of the company commander is probably at the same level as the previous small flag. The rest of the battalion, regiment, division, and military discipline are, in principle, the same. Three lower-level units make up a higher-level unit. Except for special organizations, leaders of all levels are called "chang". Platoon leader, company commander, battalion commander, regiment commander and so on. The officers and soldiers in the army adopt a unified military rank system, which is divided into 15 levels in total. Ordinary soldiers are privates, elite soldiers are corporals, deputy squad leaders are sergeants, squad leaders are sergeants, and officers above platoon leaders are second lieutenants, company commanders are lieutenants, battalion commanders are captains, regiment commanders are majors, brigade commanders are lieutenant colonels, division commanders are colonels, army commanders are major generals, corps commanders are lieutenant generals, above corps commanders are generals, and the highest is the grand marshal!"
"The military merit system is an old system of the previous dynasty's army. Although it has some drawbacks, its effect on motivating soldiers is extraordinary. Therefore, after careful consideration and weighing, I decided to change the military merit system into the military merit honor system in the Longya Army, and introduce it into the army in an all-round way. The military merit titles are retained in the army, including Gongshi, Shangzao, Zanniao, Bugeng, Daifu, Guan Daifu, Gong Daifu, Gongcheng, Wu Daifu, Zuo Shuzhang, You Shuzhang, Zuogeng, Zhonggeng, Yougeng, Shao Shangzao, Da Shangzao, Siche Shuzhang, Da Shuzhang, Guanneihou, Chehou, etc. The military merit titles of the Longya Army soldiers in the army are directly linked to the promotion of military ranks. After they retire, they will also receive many social benefits according to their different military merit titles. You may still be a little unfamiliar with the honor system, so I won't say much here. You can see its specific explanation in the meeting outline in your hand. We can discuss it in detail later!"
"In addition, there will be two changes in the Dragon Tooth Army in the future. The first is that the Dragon Tooth Army will be fully equipped with medical soldiers. Medical soldiers are equivalent to doctors on the battlefield. After training, these medical soldiers can master the first aid skills on the battlefield, deal with the damage caused by swords, guns and arrows, and reduce the casualties of the Dragon Tooth Army soldiers. The second change is that the Dragon Tooth Army will set up a military affairs office and a general staff. In the next two years, the Dragon Tooth Army will start with the archers and gradually complete the comprehensive replacement of equipment..."
"In addition to the military system, the biggest change I plan to implement is the talent recommendation and training system. In terms of talent recommendation, I plan to fully implement two sets of talent selection mechanisms, civil and military examinations. As long as they are useful talents in the Han Empire, they can be used by me through public civil and military examinations. In terms of talent training, in addition to the Heijie Province, the education system of public schools at the township and county levels in Qiyun County and Gulang Province will become a custom. Children over the age of six can go to school to study. The content of the school is both civil and military. The foundation is literacy, mixed with literature and history, classics, mathematics, geography, and various basic skills of martial arts training, horsemanship, archery, etc. All children will use unified textbooks, which I have already identified, among which mathematics and geography I will write the textbooks for local subjects myself. The martial arts halls in each county will be reformed into county schools. The basic education is six years, and the intermediate education is nine years. The cost of education is free, and the six years of basic education will be paid by local governments. The cost of intermediate education will be shared equally by the government and the people. In a few years, if conditions are ripe, I will establish a Northwest University. The university is the advanced stage of public education. Here, those with outstanding talents can learn advanced martial arts and various knowledge and skills without joining a martial arts sect or entering a wealthy family. Taking the Qiyun Guardian Mansion as an example, the power and responsibility of the etiquette room in the Guardian Mansion can no longer cope with the educational reform measures I mentioned above, so a new institution will be established in the government at all levels in the future to be responsible for education..."
"The last thing to change is the tax system. The idea of tax system reform is to gradually abolish the head tax without increasing the current burden on the people, legislate to unify the maximum limit of land rent paid by tenants in each county, merge tax types, simplify the collection process, encourage industry and commerce, and gradually transition all taxes to monetary collection in stages..."
Yan Liqiang spoke nonstop for more than ten minutes before he roughly described the measures for this reform. After Yan Liqiang finished speaking, he realized that everyone in the Purple Light Hall was looking at him with an unprecedented gaze. Everyone was stunned by Yan Liqiang's reform measures...
"Your Highness... so... so many reform measures, how did you come up with them?" Wang Naiwu swallowed and looked at Yan Liqiang as if he were a monster.
Yan Liqiang understood as soon as he saw the expression on Wang Naiwu's face. Many of the things he said were things he took for granted. They were the trend of history and the direction of the future. Once started, these reform measures would have an increasingly greater impact over time. However, for many people present, these things were the first time they had heard of them. Everyone thought of the legends about Yan Liqiang almost at the same time, thinking that this was what the "grandfather" Yan Liqiang met in his dream told him...
But it’s better this way. These reform measures are naturally endowed with a divine aura. It should be easy to implement them, and I won’t have to explain anything, Yan Liqiang said to himself!
Yan Liqiang's silence and the mysterious expression on his face made everyone more resolute in their judgment...
(End of this chapter)