I want to be emperor

Chapter 736 The Death of Guo Quanshu

After finalizing the rewards for the main meritorious generals in the Indian War, Luo Zhixue decreed to set up the Indian Garrison Command to take charge of the local defense affairs of the 26 colonies in the Indian region and the directly-administered territory of Ceylon.

In the army, the Indian Expeditionary Army was reorganized into the No. 20 Fourth Army of the Army. This is the No. 20 Second Army in the Nanyang area and the No. 20 Third Army in the Fusang area in the past ten years. Three field armies.

In the future, the No.20 Army will be the main field force of the Army in India, and it will have a first-class division, namely the No.70 Second Division.

The original Indian Expeditionary Force had more than 8000 troops, plus a mixed regiment transferred from the Nanyang region to form the 170th Division, which is a standing second-class division.

Another No.18 Mixed Regiment of the First Class Division, which was reinforced from Nanyang, was upgraded to the No.18 Mixed Brigade of the Army, and its strength was expanded to 8000 people. This brigade is also the establishment of the First Class Division.

In addition, there is a No.20 Seventh Heavy Artillery Regiment that was previously transferred from China, and will continue to stay in India and join the No.20 Fourth Army.

Luo Zhixue also decided to transfer a cavalry brigade from China to India to ensure that the No. 20 Fourth Army has sufficient cavalry strength.

The above-mentioned expansion and reinforcement of cavalry units are actually mainly to fill the vacancies of the guards after returning home, because after the local war is over, the guards will transfer their troops back to the country.

This is also the tradition of the guards being dispatched to fight abroad. When it is time to fight, they will temporarily line up to fight and return home after the fight.

Among the remaining people who are still alive, some have also lost their power, or they have released their power cores one after another after their normal official career. Even if the title is still there, they actually don't have much contact with Luo Zhixue.

The immigration affairs of the Great Chu Empire have always been under the jurisdiction of the Immigration Department under the Ministry of Civil Affairs. It is not only responsible for domestic immigration flows, but also for overseas immigration flows. The local policy has been very successful.

And taking over the Kur City arsenal, it is the Tomsk arsenal and the more front-line Tobo arsenal (Tobolsk) that are responsible for the current ammunition consumption of the army on the western front of Siberia.

Because of the long distance and difficult transportation, the Chu army has always had a tradition of setting up small emergency arsenals on the front line to supply the large army nearby. For example, the Jiayuguan arsenal established in the early days was a typical front-line arsenal, mainly producing ammunition and repairing firearms. The gun mount is the main one.

If anything happens, be sure to let him know as soon as possible.

However, in order to ensure subsequent troubles, the full immigration of Ceylon Island is necessary, and the Great Chu Empire does not want the natives to make trouble every few days.

50 years old may be a rare year for people in the lower class, but for people in the upper class with better living conditions, 50 years old is not too old.

Before leaving, Luo Zhixue also asked the Guo family to take good care of Guo Quanshu.

In Malacca, Java, Borneo, Luzon and other places, they have achieved relatively great success. In quite a few places, there are no indigenous figures, only the hard-working immigrants of the Great Chu Empire.

As the Great Chu Empire defeated Zhungeer and its troops moved further westward, the Jiayuguan Arsenal was also relocated to Yining and renamed Yining Arsenal... Although the site and name were changed, the actual technology The personnel and workers are still the same batch, and even the machinery and equipment are the original machinery and equipment.

Tuobo is the closest strategic base of the Great Chu Empire to the western front. It is only more than 200 kilometers away from Tyumen, and the two are connected by rivers. Relocating the Hetong Armory Factory here can provide ammunition supplies for the local garrison nearby.

Regarding the establishment of a more complete administrative agency in the Indian region and the dispatch of corresponding officials, the Ministry of Civil Affairs has long had plans and has rich experience.

Guo Quanshu is already the last founding hero to retire.

After all, although guns and artillery are also consumables, their consumption is limited. It is impossible for a soldier to change a gun after a battle!

Seeing Guo Quanshu like this, Luo Zhixue looked a little uncomfortable. If Guo Quanshu died too, then a group of old subordinates from back then would completely disappear from his sight.

But looking at Guo Quanshu's current appearance, it is said that he has a heart at the age of seven or eighty... This disease directly tossed Guo Quanshu out of human appearance.

At present, the urban area and surrounding suburbs have a permanent population of more than 20, and the industrial development is quite good... almost relying on its own power to supply the entire Lena River Basin and the Yenisei River Basin. Immigrant settlements demand for most industrial products on

In February of the 26th year of Chengshun, Guo Quanshu, who had been bedridden for half a year, formally begged for bones. Luo Zhixue followed the procedure to retain him and then approved it. .

Those people back then, those things back then!
Today, more than 20 years later, there are only a few people who hang out with him in Funiu Mountain and are still by his side.

Looking at Guo Quanshu, Luo Zhixue couldn't help but sighed, and remembered the scene in Funiu Mountain more than 20 years ago.

In time, Ceylon Island will surely become the unsinkable battleship of the Great Chu Empire in the Indian Ocean, um, it is also an arsenal by the way...

After he formally became an official, Guo Quanshu still stayed in bed every day. After the winter of last year, he didn’t spend much time in waking up as much as sleeping. Although relying on top-level resources to barely hang on to his life, everyone knew that he would not live long.

Marquis and Yuanjue have been inherited for three generations, followed by reduced succession, even if the Guo family's children don't do shit and just lie down, this title alone can at least keep their wealth for a hundred years!
Of course, if you act stupidly and do things yourself, especially if you participate in some political struggle and play in teams, then it is hard to say whether you can keep your wealth. If you do this kind of thing right, you may go further, but if you lose, the ending will be particularly miserable.

After finalizing these basic Indian affairs, Luo Zhixue let the courtiers disperse to work on their own affairs, while he himself left the palace in the afternoon to visit Guo Quanshu, the former Minister of Counseling, Grand Master, and Minister of Civil Affairs.

Front-line arsenals are engaged in the production of ammunition, and it is enough to supply them to the front-line army nearby. The domestic production and transportation of guns and artillery will not increase the cost much.

There is also a part of the Marine Corps that needs to fill the vacancies, as is the Marine Corps. They will be transferred to fight with the Army when they need to land operations. After the landing operations, the Navy will often transfer the Marine Corps to other places.

In addition, there is the Kur arsenal next to Lake Baikal. This arsenal was the main supply arsenal for the Chu army when it fought against Russia. It almost supplied more than [-]% of the ammunition needed by the local army.

Previously, the imperial doctor of the Imperial Imperial Hospital reported that Guo Quanshu's health had reached its limit, and it would only take a few days.

But when he arrived, Guo Quanshu had fallen into a coma. Luo Zhixue waved his hands to tell Guo Quanshu's family members not to wake him up, and just stood by the bed and watched.

From the establishment and cancellation of a series of small arsenals in the border areas of the empire, we can also understand that the Great Chu Empire has made a lot of painstaking efforts to solve the supply problem of the front-line army. The establishment of an arsenal on the island of Ceylon is based on the same consideration.

It is mainly the weapons production of the Chu army. With the advancement of technology, the requirements for technology have become higher and higher. Today's standard rifles and artillery are relatively difficult to produce and require the support of an entire industrial system.

After all, the navy has a limited number of marines, and the tasks are relatively heavy. The dozen or so marine regiments of the navy are transferred around all the year round. It is difficult to be stationed in a certain place for a long time like the army.

In the past 20 years, some people have died of old age, sickness, and battles, and some people have lost their political struggles and had their heads chopped off.

Except for Guo Quanshu, other civil servants have never won it. This is also the unique honor given to Guo Quanshu by Luo Zhixue.

Immediately, the Ministry of Civil Affairs suggested that the official immigration to Ceylon Island be increased this year, and that Indian activities in the direction of India should be focused on Ceylon Island in recent years, and strive to completely complete the Ceylon Island within three to five years. The expulsion and purge of the natives ensured that only the people of the Great Chu Empire would be left on Ceylon Island five years later.

He is not a person who likes nostalgia, otherwise he would not let the second or even third generation of civil servants and generals continue to challenge the first generation of founding heroes.

However, considering the large number of scattered coastal colonies in Ceylon Province and the Indian Peninsula, Ceylon Province will not have a single governor for the time being, but will continue to be governed by the Indian governor.

Because of the existence of the New North Arsenal (Novosibirsk) and the Tobo Arsenal (Tobolsk, which later belonged to Tyumen), the strategic role of the Kur City Arsenal in the rear has gradually declined. In addition to maintaining small-scale weapons production capacity, it has begun Switch to civilian industry.

Guo Quanshu looks skinny, with disheveled and white hair... But in fact Guo Quanshu is not very old. He was only 23 years old when he was a dragon in Funiu Mountain, and he is only 50 years old now.

There are a bunch of officials in their 60s and [-]s in the court!

After receiving the imperial doctor's report, Luo Zhixue took the time to visit him today.

Shi Deyi, who had just served as Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs not long ago and was also the second minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs in the history of the Great Chu Empire, suggested that Ceylon Island should be directly established as a province, following the example of Malacca and Java Island.

Discuss the governance of the colonies in the Indian region and the directly subordinate territory of Ceylon Island, as well as the follow-up immigration and reclamation issues.

After finishing the military affairs, Luo Zhixue focused his energy on government affairs in the direction of India. For this reason, he called the heads of civil officials from the Ministry of Ethics and Education, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs to a meeting.

After standing beside Guo Quanshu's bed and watching for a long time, Luo Zhixue left with a calm expression.

However, as the war gradually moved westward, because the supply line was stretched step by step, in order to solve the problem of ammunition supply difficulties, the Ministry of Industry of the Great Chu Empire moved the production capacity of the Kur City Arsenal to the west, more than 200 kilometers south of Tomsk. A new New North Arms Factory (Novosibirsk) was established in the city of Novosibirsk kilometers away.

It made him feel bad!

Then let the Guo family feel at ease, don't worry about Guo Quanshu's death, as long as you don't be stupid, your Guo family's wealth can be preserved for at least a hundred years.

But anyone can tell that Luo Zhixue is in a bad mood right now...

He has always been very sensible when dealing with his courtiers!
But it doesn't mean that he likes to see familiar faces disappearing before his eyes!
Once Guo Quanshu dies, who will be able to lament with him the hardships of starting a business on Mount Funiu and brag about how he personally led the army to fight in the north and south, raided Xiangyang, and captured the bravery of the entire northern Chu?
There is no one left!

Subsequently, Ji Dehua, the person in charge of the industrial department, said that at the invitation of the military, the industrial department will also prepare a series of defense industries on Ceylon Island, mainly to set up several ammunition factories, warship repair factories, gun repair factories and other front-line troops. Desperately needed by the defense industry.

In short, only one governor will be set up in the Indian region for the time being, and at the same time, the province of Ceylon and several colonial states and counties, such as Mumbai, Guoa, Gehe, and Surat counties, will be set up.

It is very difficult to set up such a large arsenal in an overseas territory...or the investment is too large, so it is not necessary.

The more than 5000 guards are not weak in combat effectiveness. After they return to China, the army will naturally deploy troops to fill their vacancies.

Although Luo Zhixue did not practice the method of purging the heroes of the founding of the country, many of the heroes of the founding of the country disappeared as time went by.

At the same time, in the 25th year of Chengshun, the Hetong Arsenal was moved to the north and rebuilt in Tobo City (Tobolsk). That is, the Hetong Arsenal disappeared and was replaced by the Tuobo Arsenal.

After simply adjusting the military strength in the Indian region, there are not many Indian military affairs that need to be handled by Luo Zhixue himself. Some more detailed things will naturally be handled by the generals at the Military Affairs Academy, and Luo Zhixue does not need to worry about them.

Luo Zhixue and Guo Quanshu have been getting along very well for more than 20 years. After Guo Quanshu fell ill in the fall of Chengshun 25, Luo Zhixue cared a lot, and even gave him the title of Grand Master in advance.

At the same time, due to cost and technical problems, arsenals established on the frontier or overseas generally produce ammunition and repair firearms, and do not have the ability to mass-produce rifles or artillery.

This is the first civil servant to be granted the title of Marquis in the history of the Great Chu Empire!

At present, the city of Kuer has become the largest city in the vast northern Siberia region of the Great Chu Empire.

After all, guns and artillery are not ammunition, and they will be gone when fired!
Because of the need to establish a Colombo arsenal locally, the expulsion of the indigenous people on Ceylon Island must be accelerated, and at the same time, the intensity of immigration must also be increased.

Due to the good development of the city of Chur and the large area of ​​Xiaobeihai Mansion, the high-level empire has considered separating Xiaobeihai Mansion from Mobei Province, with Xiaobeihai Mansion as the core, plus several other states The province has been established together with the government, and even the name has been chosen, that is Xiao Beihai Province.

Of course, to put it another way, it can actually be regarded as turning the governor of India into the governor of Ceylon, and then the governor of Ceylon is also in charge of many colonial affairs on the peninsula.

This time, they are going to do the same on Ceylon.

Relying on this arsenal that has been gradually converted to production, coupled with the good natural conditions here, it is not only the confluence of the two major rivers in Siberia, but also the surrounding natural resources, especially mineral resources. At the same time, the end of the planned grassland railway is The city of Chur on the shore of Lake Baikal, so this city is still relatively popular with imperial immigrants and business circles.

In the Great Chu Empire, the political struggle among courtiers was very cruel!

Not long after Luo Zhixue visited Guo Quanshu, Guo Quanshu's son reported that his father, Guo Quanshu, died on the night of February 27, [-] Chengshun.

After Luo Zhixue heard the news, he was silent for a long time, and finally personally drafted Guo Quanshu's posthumous title: Wenzheng!
This is the highest posthumous honor that civil servants can obtain, and none of them.

This posthumous title is also the conclusion of Guo Quanshu's official career in the past 20 years:

The No.20 civil servant of the Great Chu Empire for more than 1 years!
(End of this chapter)