Li Laiheng was shocked by the crude and sloppy material management of the camp. He had heard from Bai Wang that everything seized by the camp was returned to the public, and the finances were centralized and all expenditures were collected. He also felt that this approach was advanced and simple.
It was only then that I discovered that this so-called centralized management was actually still full of the original style of the King of Mountains weighing weights and dividing the money. Like Liu Zongmin, Liu Fangliang, and Li Shuangxi, they all often withdraw materials from the old camp at will. They do not use it for personal enjoyment, but also for viewing.
The soldiers trained hard and gave it to the soldiers to enjoy.
However, this approach actually severely undermined the policy of unified expenditure and centralized management of all seizures and centralized financial management, turning the management of the old camp into a smoky mess.
Logistics is really a big subject, and Chuangying is seriously lacking in experience in this aspect.
Li Laiheng thought that in some historical records of later generations, it was believed that during the process of marching into Beijing, the Chuang army looted about 30 million to 70 million taels of silver. However, it seems that the Chuang army did not really make good use of this huge amount of silver.
Wealth, this problem is very likely due to the primitive, backward and chaotic logistics management of the army.
In fact, with the current personnel structure of Chuangying and the lack of a large number of literate people and managers, it is simply impossible to implement a thorough financial concentration policy like that of the Eighth Route Army in later generations.
In Li Laiheng's opinion, considering the specific conditions of the camp itself, a hierarchical management structure for materials and logistics is more reliable, but he cannot make the final decision on these matters.
But no matter what, Li Laiheng thought that when he saw Li Zichen himself later, he would try to put forward these suggestions. Logistics is really the most important and most easily ignored issue for the camp.
Logistics is a university subject. How to manage the withdrawal of materials, how to define and allocate the rights and responsibilities of material management, and what authority the leaders at each level have when decentralizing materials... It would be too complicated to sort out these issues one by one.
, and also exceeds the current ability to break into the camp.
But it is precisely now that the number of people entering the camp is relatively small and the overall size of the dishes is relatively simple, we need to formulate good rules and build a basic system.
Otherwise, it will be very difficult to establish a properly balanced and efficient system when we rush into Henan in the future and join a large number of peasant armies from other hills.
Therefore, Li Laiheng emphasized to Bai Wang: "How should I put it... Bai Guan team, I think it is a bit wasteful to manage grain like this now."
He was arranging words in his mind. Li Laiheng thought that what he wanted to do was equivalent to reforming the entire old camp system. I'm afraid it wouldn't be that easy. Even convincing Bai Wang might not be successful. What's more, to really implement it, it would definitely have to be done.
Convince Li Zichen to be the right one.
"Team Bai Guan, I still feel that after finally getting so much food this time, it is better to be careful and cautious in handling it."
Li Laiheng thought a lot. He thought that the old camp system might have been formulated by leaders such as Li Zicheng or Tian Jianxiu. Bai Wang might also be involved in a lot of management. If he was too negative, would it cause Bai Wang's displeasure? He
I have just joined Chuangying, is it necessary to be in the limelight so quickly and deny the practices of some predecessors?
But Bai Wang was not as complicated as Li Laiheng thought. After all, the generals who broke into the camp were so incompetent that Bai Wang admired the talent shown in Li Laiheng's words.
He patted Li Laiheng on the shoulder and said: "Little Tiger, I have never thought of the points you mentioned. I think we still need to explain it directly to the old boss."
Li Laiheng looked embarrassed. He regretted it now. He was new to the camp, so he really shouldn't have been so quick to talk and deny Li Zicheng's plan.
Li Laiheng was a little worried, so he said: "Didn't the eldest lady say that the old boss has a fever and is in very bad health? I think there is no need to disturb the old boss."
"Well..." Bai Wang pondered for a while and replied, "Then I think we will wait until General Liu and Yihu finish visiting Lao Zhangpan, and then we can talk to them about this matter. If Lao Zhangpan's body
If things get better, I’ll give you a complete explanation.”
"Okay, okay!" Li Laiheng nodded fiercely and made it clear to his adoptive father Li Guo first. It should be more appropriate.
Bai Wang added: "Anyway, we can't mess around now. I think it's just like what you said. Let's roughly separate things and take inventory based on the classification of this statistical table."
"That's okay. I think we should first separate the bulk grain and military supplies and the small gold, silver and soft goods."
There is no need to do too much now, everything still has to wait until Li Zicheng is persuaded before proceeding.
But Li Laiheng's thoughts and ideas have extended to far away places.
Later history summarizes the failure of the Chuang Army, and most believe that it was because the Chuang Army always maintained "rogue banditry" and had no base for construction.
However, according to Gu Cheng, the author of "History of the Peasant War in the Late Ming Dynasty" and "History of the Southern Ming Dynasty", after the Chuang Army was established in Xiangyang, it actually put a lot of effort into building the base area. It not only recruited many scholars to be responsible for local administration, but also built
He took many guards and stayed in Jingxiang.
However, after the disastrous defeat in the Shanhaiguan Battle, a large number of rebellions broke out in these places. The guards who stayed in the places were defeated one by one, causing the intruders to suffer serious losses.
Later generations often attributed this to the Chuang Army's torture and plundering policy, which caused them to lose the support of the gentry class. But now Li Laiheng discovered that this seemed to be partly due to the management of the Chuang Army itself.
Their abilities were too crude, which meant that although they built local guards, they lacked their own team and people for administrative management, and needed to borrow from the gentry class to do administrative work.
After the gentry abandoned the rebel army, their local guards broke away from the administrative structure and became a floating and vacuum army, which was naturally easily defeated by the enemy one by one.
So what Li Laiheng is thinking about now, in addition to reforming the logistics management system of the old camp, is also hoping to take advantage of this opportunity to cultivate a group of management talents in the old camp.
In the future, when Chuangying develops greatly, these management talents will give Chuangjun a more solid advantage and confidence in the games and battles with the gentry class.
In short, food must be eaten one bite at a time, and things must be done step by step. After all, the current Chuangying is just a strand of thieves. It will take a long time to transform it into a king master who dares to fight with women and children.
But compared with the Ming Dynasty official army, the Manchus and other forces, the difficulty of reforming the camp is undoubtedly the lowest.
Chuangying itself has a vigorous vitality and vitality, which is its biggest advantage over the Ming Dynasty official army. The only problem in transforming Chuangying is to gain the approval of Li Zicheng and other peasant army commanders, without being criticized by the bureaucracy.
, the constraints imposed by the gentry class are truly worlds apart in terms of efficiency.
On the day when Luzuo became the lord, Yuyang was banished to the garrison.
Is it true that the princes and princes would rather destroy Qin?
Great righteousness calls out heroes and takes the lead in fighting ghosts and gods.
Who is the best in exorcism? Who will be worthy of the Han general?
Li Laiheng believed that Chuangying, which truly originated from Luzuo, was the best successor to Emperor Hongwu. Chuangying's own qualifications, in the general environment of the late Ming Dynasty, already possessed a special qualification for victory, but it still needed more
strength.
Li Laiheng will try to completely transform Chuangying so that it will no longer be an example of failure in later history, but a successful case that turned the tide and saved the day from collapse.
Wang Houning has the guts!
"Okay! General Liu and his adoptive father are out. Let's go and have a look."
Li Laiheng saw Liu Zongmin and Li Guo walking out of the inner house, and called Bai Wang to come forward with them to ask about Li Zicheng's specific condition.