eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 872: Government affairs on the left and military affairs on the right

After the reform of the memorial system, the emperor had "private calls" with ministers across the country with secret edicts.

Sensitive information such as the successive arrivals of military officers from the border town in Beijing had been kept secret before.

This can temporarily delay it for a month or two.

Although the Nine Borders are now stable, Zhu Houzhao has become accustomed to being rigorous in doing things, and cannot be careless or casual when it comes to the military.

This also made every general soldier think that the emperor secretly announced their arrival in Beijing, and had no idea about the situation in other border towns.

This small change in the memorial system was unprecedented in strengthening the monarch's power.

Including the ministers in Beijing, they were completely unaware that the emperor suddenly announced that many general soldiers would be sent to Beijing until these people appeared in the capital.

This incident shocked many ministers.

The emperor governs the country in this way, and the situation of the whole country is in the hands of the emperor alone.

Although the attendants in the chamber assisted the emperor in some literary work, those few people did not have the political energy of the cabinet elders.

In other words, the monarch's power has no checks and balances.

For anyone who wants to confront the emperor, they must join forces to plot, and even go through long-term preparations and planning.

You cannot suddenly jump out and say that the emperor has no virtue and is against him.

Nowadays, even if it is to impeach a minister, it is only after Zhu Houzhao asked him to make a move that he made a move.

Because he could choose not to make the memorial public,

In this case, a letter of curse will lose its meaning.

No minister dared to announce that everyone should come and take a look, I reported this to the emperor...

Of course, there is still one way to impeach in court in the end, but if it reaches this level, the matter will be huge, so the number is not very large.

After all, the little things that the literati were scolding and scolding were finally cured.

Regarding this military reform, the ministers in the DPRK and China felt this way,

The general soldiers have entered the capital, the Duke has also entered the palace, and the emperor has already discussed a general direction.

It's equivalent to bypassing them.

Forget it, but this military reform, which is divided into large military regions, each with strong strength, has always poked the courage of the literati.

The news only broke out a day ago.

Gu Renyi hurriedly handed the note into the palace.

When they met, he said to the emperor in a panic, "I have heard that your majesty wants to divide the army and build hundreds of thousands of elite troops along the border! Your majesty, I think this move is absolutely impossible!"

Zhu Houzhao dipped his brush in his hand and said calmly: "The system of the Ming Dynasty Guard has been ruined. Although I try to maintain it, the combat strength of the frontier army will definitely be weak for at least thirty years. I divided the arms, concentrated money, weapons, and training Elite soldiers. Only in the future can we be invincible in disputes between countries."

"I understand what your Majesty means. But has your Majesty ever thought about it? If your Majesty does not set up many military regions, then these three or two military regions will be strong due to the concentration of a large amount of resources, and it will be difficult to lose. But if your majesty sets up more military regions, the national treasury will be overwhelmed. , and it cannot last long. What worries me even more is that once the national treasury cannot support it and forces the court to let each military region handle part of the money itself, there will be a danger of the Anshi Rebellion reappearing! Your Majesty!"

Gu Renyi knocked her head on the ground.

It should be said that it is very sincere.

"Yi Shan, I know everything you said. Even if I haven't studied the past and the present, I have still read the history of the collapse of the Tang Dynasty's military system and the An-Shi Rebellion that brought chaos to the world."

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the feudal towns were divided.

The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were farmers. They farmed when they were busy and fought when they were free. They had no military pay and even had to prepare their own armor and weapons.

This resulted in local vassals no longer relying on the central government, and their control was weakened.

So in the Song Dynasty, no matter how difficult it was for Zhao Song, he still had to supply his own army.

But if the Song Dynasty learned this lesson, would it last forever?

"Then why does Your Majesty still do this? I really can't understand!"

You Zhi was anxious, "Mr. Gu Ge, I don't dare to talk to the emperor like this."

"It doesn't matter." Zhu Houzhao raised his hand, "I will not make Li Tang's mistake. From now on, the food and salary of each military region will be provided by the imperial court. At the same time, I will not let a general be stationed in the same military region for a long time, generally for five years. Once adjusted, it can be established as a rule to prevent the soldiers from being united and ignoring the court. Through this method, the control of the army by the military generals can be greatly restricted.

Third, I will also select civilian officials to join the camp. Educate soldiers on politics, history and world situations. Civil servants and military generals are at the same level and are not subordinate to each other, but have different divisions of labor. "

Gu Renyi said anxiously: "There is no harmony between civil and military affairs, and because of the trouble caused by people, wouldn't it make it even more chaotic?"

"I said that there is a different division of labor. Each other is not allowed to interfere with the other's scope of authority. Although there will be pushback, in order to make you feel more at ease, I have to make this sacrifice."

"How does Your Majesty want to divide the work?"

"The military generals are responsible for leading the soldiers in war, and the civilian officials are responsible for teaching the soldiers how to live. Simply put, training and combat belong to the military generals, while loyalty education and logistics supplies belong to the civilian officials. Such mutual restraint prevents one person from controlling the entire army." Gu Renyi calmed down a little ,

In this way, those in charge of logistics cannot mobilize the army, and those who can mobilize the army cannot be good at raising supplies.

wrong!

"Your Majesty, what if the traitors work together and collude with each other?"

Zhu Houzhao asked: "They usually have the same official position. If they are linked together, who will be the master? This is a question. As for two people who really have the same temperament, there is nothing you can do. There is no perfect system in this world."

"Why are there no supervisors?"

He was talking about eunuchs.

Zhu Houzhao looked at You Zhi and said, "How about you guys also send someone?"

"Slaves naturally listen to the emperor."

In fact, he doesn't really like eunuchs as supervisors, but the Ming Dynasty has always had this tradition, and such a change is actually risky. To be honest, if it is a large military region with 15 troops under its jurisdiction, it will still be very troublesome once it is pushed across the Central Plains.

Of course, he would strictly limit the eunuch's power.

There are three parties in such a military region. It is not easy for one person to coordinate the other two parties to follow him in rebellion.

It’s also rare,

A civil servant actually took power for the eunuch.

This is actually politics.

After that, Gu Renyi gradually became quiet and said, "Your Majesty always considers his actions carefully. It was the impulsiveness of a humble minister. I ask Your Majesty to punish him."

"Get up. I can't tell who is good for me and who is bad for me?"

Gu Renyi's heart warmed slightly, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

"This restructuring will start with the Beijing Camp. From now on, there will be no Beijing Camp. There will only be the Capital Garrison Military Region. There are five armies in total, which are divided into different directions. In my imagination, this is the largest military region in the world. The military region's total troops The military commanders of each garrison are all from the Army Academy. They usually command the troops, but they are not allowed to mobilize troops at will, nor are they allowed to leave the defense area at will. If the capital is not lost, the world will not be in chaos, don't worry. "

In addition to the Beijing Garrison Military Region, there are currently three military regions that have been established. They are the Hetao Military Region, which has two corps with 60,000 people under its jurisdiction; and the Xinjiang Military Region, which has two corps with 60,000 people under its jurisdiction.

The other one is the navy, which is also the size of a military region and has a troop control limit of 60,000.

Calculated in this way, the size of the army is already 33, which is a very large scale.

If calculated based on 10 taels of silver per person per year, the military salary alone is 330 million taels.

Coupled with the supply of weapons, ammunition, food, grass and horses, the annual military expenditure will directly exceed 600 million taels.

This does not include the B and C level troops stationed in other parts of the country.

In other words, Ming's military expenditure will reach about 800 million taels in a short period of time, accounting for about 20% of the current annual income.

It is affordable and can be tolerated when a war breaks out and the investment increases.

In fact, the combat effectiveness of the army is ultimately controlled by finance. A feudal financial system cannot support a modern army. You can still talk about fighting ability when you are broke, but the person who does it is already close to a god.

Therefore, the places where military regions should be established in Liaodong, southwest, and south have not yet been considered, because these places are not in danger of high-intensity war for the time being.

Then just keep it as it is now and don’t increase investment.

There is even a possibility that some health centers will be abolished.

In fact, for military regions such as Hetao and Xinjiang, which are respectively responsible for the north and west directions, once troops are sent out, their military strength will not be limited to these. According to the current court system, tribes from a few tribes must send troops to cooperate with the Ming army in combat.

Even if 30,000 people are sent to transport food and grass, it will be a great help.

In addition, with such heavy troops in the north and the continuous expansion of national borders, the importance of the Nine Borders will naturally decrease.

For example, Yulin is still within the country two hundred miles away. What's the point of stationing heavy troops here?

However, Zhu Houzhao has not yet planned to completely cancel it. At least the two capital portals of Datong and Xuanfu will be retained, but other border towns will definitely face a situation of declining troops.

But this is not recession.

Zhu Houzhao has already planned that the first test location will be in the Kazakh Khanate. It will be changed from now on. It will take more than a year for all 60,000 people to be in place, and then necessary training will be carried out to straighten out the relationship between the superiors and subordinates.

Then it’s up to them.

In the court room,

After Gu Renyi, ministers came to the palace one after another to persuade the emperor.

The emperor tried his best to be patient and let him know what made sense and what didn't make sense.

Opposite the cabinet, a sign for the Military Aircraft Department was also hung up.

This is a symbol,

From then on, government affairs were on the left and military affairs were on the right.

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(There was something wrong with the previous chapter, which is under review.)

(End of this chapter)