The Prime Minister's duties in Shandong Military Affairs are not the work of the Prime Minister of the Cabinet or the Prime Minister of the Qing Dynasty.
It is a temporary assignment, with the same nature as the leading minister and the counselor.
There is no fixed level matching. A person with the first level can be the team leader, and a person with the sixth level can also be the team leader. It depends on the nature of the mission and the commander.
Strictly speaking, Jia Liu's first stock-level position in his official career was "Butha Baitang'a", also called team leader.
If you want to brag to others, you can say that I am the prime minister of this team.
Compared with the previous Ming Dynasty, the appointment of officials in the Qing Dynasty was very casual and free to use.
In certain areas (battlefields), the third-class imperial guards can preside over the overall situation and command the governor as long as they have the emperor's sacred scroll and are given a false title.
Therefore, the title of Prime Minister of Shandong Military Affairs is a virtual title and is not included in the official establishment.
But without this temporary assignment, Jia Liu would not have been able to become the commander-in-chief of Shandong's bandit suppression.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Forward Battalion sounds like a high-ranking official. In fact, the highest military position in the Frontier Battalion is the Commander-in-Chief of the Left and Right and the Minister of Management and Battalion. Therefore, the Commander-in-Chief is also a political honor and is a temporary conferment of higher rank.
If he really wanted to take charge, Jia Liu had only 300 Eight Banners soldiers in the vanguard battalion under his command, which was the work of a captain.
The same goes for yellow mandarin jackets.
The only real thing is the imperial envoy's customs and defense seal. With this seal, the three provincial-level officials, namely Cathay, the governor of Shandong, Xu Ji, the governor of Tianjin, and Yang Jingsu, the chief envoy of Zhili, all had to politely accept that they were one rank lower than them.
Prime Minister Jia Jia gave orders.
Without resistance.
Because in addition to the Imperial Seal of Customs and Defense, the Prime Minister also has the "Supporting Long Sword" that is specially designed to bite the Lord.
Whoever holds this sword will die.
The two things added together are as good as the governor's royal flag.
Jia Liu was deeply grateful for the emperor's love and appreciation, and also thanked Lao Tie and Shen for their strong support.
Obviously, without He Shen whispering in the emperor's ears, could Jia Jiashikai become the commander-in-chief of the Shandong Suppression Campaign as he wished?
It's really easy to do things with someone in the DPRK.
In the future, if the great cause is accomplished, Hezhongtang cannot be lost.
After being given power and political honor, Jia Liu had to work next.
We can no longer be like before, working hard but not doing our best.
On the way from Beijing to Shandong, Jia Liu had been thinking about how to suppress bandits.
In the end, there is only one conclusion that can be drawn, that is, the command power of the leadership team must be strengthened.
It is the unification of military and political power.
The facts are obvious. People from Shandong are suppressing, people from Zhili are suppressing, and people from Hedao are also suppressing. They are all in a group and have the same goal, but no one listens to the other. How can we suppress these bandits?
Moreover, two governors, a chief minister, two general soldiers and him as the team leader were all suppressing the bandits, and there was also a governor of Zhili who commanded by remote control. After the bandits were suppressed, who got the credit?
Jia Liu doesn't eat from the big pot.
Although he doesn't like having fun alone as much as having fun with everyone, at the critical moment, he wants them all.
After the joint meeting ended, Jia Liu carefully submitted a detailed plan to suppress the bandits to the old man.
The plan is very detailed and cannot be made without a commander who has led troops for decades.
As long as this plan is implemented seriously, the Ever-Victorious Army will be able to be uprooted within one year.
"After I came to Shandong, it was true that most of the religious bandits were a mob, and their weapons were mainly swords and guns, so it was not difficult to suppress them. However, I saw that the green flag soldiers had low combat effectiveness. Some people say that those who run away when they see thieves are considered brave, and those who run away looking for the wind are called middle.
Courage, it is said that those who flee after mishearing are brave. Such soldiers have no courage and are useless against the rabble.
Among the Eight Banners of the Forbidden Army under my command, nine out of ten of them are unable to draw a bow, and half of them have never practiced shooting. When they are in battle, they do not wait for the thieves to approach, but they swarm in and shoot indiscriminately."
As a loyal minister, Jia Liu must not hide from his superiors and bully his subordinates. He must truthfully report the problems of the Qing army. Not only did he truthfully report to Qianlong the low combat effectiveness of the Qing army, he also pointed out the muskets, mountain cannons, and small Buddhas equipped by the Qing army.
Firearms such as the Langji had problems such as short range, poor accuracy, and low power, which greatly reduced the Qing army's ability to attack difficult targets.
If this series of self-problems are not solved, if we continue to attack Linqing City, there will be no benefit except the loss of troops and low morale of the officers and soldiers.
Therefore, Jia Liu put forward the eight-character policy of "mainly siege, supplemented by attack", that is, no longer blindly attack, but do a good job in defense and "let the thieves attack me."
"The minister ordered all ministries to clear out the small groups of religious bandits in the periphery, cut off the communication between the religious bandits in the city and the outside world, and use the old and new cities as the basis to dig deep ditches on the roads outside the city, set up forts, deploy guns, and fire artillery.
, surround all the thieves in the city and prevent them from leaving. In this way, no matter how many thieves there are, they can only trap the ears of the beast."
Based on the reports of officials who escaped from Linqing City about the food storage situation in the city, Jia Liu concluded that Linqing City would definitely run out of food in three to five months at least, and in seven or eight months at most. By then, the city would be conquered in one fell swoop with minimal losses, without any effort.
This siege is the main thing.
Offensive as a supplement means not only defending, but also pursuing the bandits as they come, so as to maximize the effectiveness of the enemy and the bandits.
It can be summarized in four words: defense and counterattack.
In this way, not only can thieves be trapped, but also each unit can take turns training troops. Over time, low courage can become medium courage, medium courage can become superior courage, and superior courage can become fierce courage.
In addition, considering the complex composition of religious bandits, including determined rebels, half-way rebels, coerced rebels, and opportunistic rebels, Jia Liu believed that religious bandits could be bribed with large sums of money, thereby "controlling bandits with bandits."
In order to ensure the implementation of the eight-character policy, another order was requested to urge Sauron outside the pass, and it would be best to mobilize another Mongolian horse team to cooperate in the battle.
The guards who came to announce the decree also brought Qianlong's oral instructions: "There must be no more wandering wars before Sauron arrives."
Therefore, Jia Liu believed that Qianlong would definitely approve his eight-character policy, because the old man was well aware of the problem of the Qing army's combat effectiveness.
If they try to attack these crooked melons and cracked jujubes outside Linqing City now, they will probably still be unable to attack them. It is better to be more cautious and surround them.
After writing it, sealing it, and ordering it to be sent to Beijing immediately, Jia Liu, who had been elected Prime Minister through his own efforts, happily took people to the canal to fish.
The official term is called reconnaissance of the enemy.
Looking at Linqing City from afar with a telescope across the river, I found that the city gates were closed and there were no signs of human activity. The Prime Minister could not help shaking his head secretly, thinking that the last chance had been given to him and you still didn’t know how to seize it. Then don’t blame me, Jia Jiashikai, for being ruthless.
, dye my crown red with your blood.
Putting down the telescope and looking at the Grand Canal, which had no watercraft on the river due to the blockade by the bandits, I couldn't help but feel poetic and recited on the spot: "A big river has wide waves, and the wind blows the rice flowers on both sides."
Looking left and right towards the canal, the wind and waves are calm, and one can reach the other side with just one shot.
There is no smell of rice, and the rice has not yet headed.
But everyone deeply felt the artistic conception described in the Prime Minister's poem.
"If you want to pass through my camp, you will need at least 80,000 taels of gold."
After chanting, he took out the Bilong sword and thrust it hard into the ground. He said majestically to the left and right: "Where this sword is, the camp is located!"
Construction has started and the construction of the Hebei camp will begin immediately.
If you don’t have money, who the hell will work for you?