My Daming New Empire

Now that Zhu Di is going on an expedition, the major generals of the North Route Army have also been confirmed, but this does not mean that the civilian officials have given up their extravagant hope of controlling military power.

After all, they control the logistics of the army.

In this regard, even Zhu Di has nothing to do, because it is impossible for him to let the civil servants give up the restraint on the generals, that would be too dangerous.

The yellow robes of the former Song Dynasty were added to the body, and only a few hundred years have passed.In the hundreds of years after this incident in history, even the emperor did not dare to allow military generals to hold too much power, and civil restraint was necessary.

Therefore, Zhu Di's arbitrariness is only within a certain range.He still has to rely on civilian officials to control logistics, and he refuses to let generals control the power to lead troops, deploy troops, and economic power.

Generals need to be restrained, so they give civil servants a chance.

At the court meeting, they gave various plans for the mobilization of the garrison in the northwest.And after arguing for a while, they came up with a compromised plan.

The Ministry of War will mobilize 5 people from various military guards in the northwest to be responsible for guarding the grain and grass in Jiayuguan after the cavalry set off.

During this round of disputes among the generals, Zhu Zhanji was a little disappointed.None of them, including Zhang Fu, realized that this decision should not be made by civil servants, even if the decision was correct.

Tactically, even strategically, this resolution is correct.

Politically, this resolution turned out to be a huge mistake.

So when this matter came to Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Zhanji just said no, which immediately disappointed everyone.

As the speaker, Jian Yi bowed his head and asked, "Your Highness, now that the Northern Route Army is about to go on an expedition, and a large amount of food and grass have arrived at Jiayuguan, Hamiwei and other Northwest Army Guards alone cannot fully guarantee the deterrence of all ethnic groups in the Northwest."

Zhu Zhanji nodded with a smile and said: "Gu is very aware of this matter, and also knows that adding infantry to Jiayuguan will help reduce the pressure on the cavalry. But... Gu has decided that he will draw ten full soldiers from Xuanfu and Datong. Military guards, stationed at Jiayuguan."

Jian Yi was shocked, and quickly said: "Your Highness, please think twice, the Xuan Mansion is in the Datong area, and guarding the Beimo Pass is the most important thing."

Zhu Zhanji said loudly: "The military and guards in the Northwest have transferred 5 people. These people are in a mess and lack training and cooperation. How can they follow orders? Who can lead the army? All your lovers are civil servants. Don't treat those who understand each other Soldiers are regarded as literati, and they think that they can lead the army by going alone.

Secondly, this time Zheng Heng led the army to go out, and now he is in Mobei to contact the tribes of Wala and Tatar, and each of them will send troops to go out.After all their forces were withdrawn, the defensive pressure in the area around the Xuan Mansion would naturally ease.

In addition, although the Ministry of War has the right to deploy troops, it has to make decisions based on the actual situation. This matter should be based on the opinions of generals.In the court, you did not understand the specific situation, so you made the decision to deploy troops as civil servants. "

The civil servants looked at each other, and the generals headed by Zhang Fu realized it. He immediately said: "Your Highness is wise, this fact should be decided by the Governor's Office of the Five Armies and implemented by the Ministry of War."

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said: "Also, give Guyuan Guard an order to lead his troops to rescue the victims and maintain law and order."

In today's era, it is an exaggeration to use local troops in the event of natural disasters, and it is even more impossible to deploy troops from other places for rescue.

First of all, today's military households are restricted in their identities. They regard being a soldier as a profession, just to make a living.

The bureaucrats in the local health office are chaotic, and they only care about their own one-acre three-point land, and they want them to risk their lives to save people, unless they are local people.

They are not soldiers of the people, they have noble sentiments of serving the people.

It is still beneficial for the locals to save the locals. If troops are dispatched from other places to provide disaster relief, I am afraid that they will rob the affected people when they go there.

Therefore, Zhu Zhanji did not consider letting the army rescue people at all, and could only arrange to deliver supplies to the disaster relief.

Zhang Fu immediately agreed, and looked at Wu Kezhong, the right governor of the right army governor's mansion, and nodded silently.

This time, the military forces of the Central Military Governor's Mansion and the Right Military Governor's Mansion were the main forces, and most of the governors of the two governments went out with the army.

Wu Kezhong, the right governor of the right army, is currently the largest general of the right army in the capital.And he will return to the Liangzhou garrison after autumn to prepare for the official expedition of the North Route Army next year.

Wu Kezhong was the eldest son of the late Uncle Gongshun Wu Yuncheng, who was the first Mongolian Yuan nobleman to belong to Ming Dynasty.

After he defected to Daming, he was loyal and became the vanguard of Daming's conquest of the Northwest.With his efforts, all ethnic groups and tribes in the Northwest surrendered to Daming one after another, and those who refused to accept were wiped out one by one by him.

As a result, Wu Yuncheng was promoted all the way from commanding affairs to the left governor of the right army governor's mansion, in charge of the Northwest military administration.

In the 15th year of Yongle, Wu Yuncheng died of illness in Liangzhou. Wu Kezhong's son inherited his father's honor. Even his duties were only reduced from the left governor to the right governor, and he was still stationed in Liangzhou.

Liangzhou, also known as Yongzhou, is the Wuwei of later generations.During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it was an important town in the northwest, and its geographical location was very important.

The Wu Kezhong family is loyal, brave and good at fighting, and is recognized by all ethnic groups in the Northwest because of their identity as Mongolian people. They are a rare family of generals.

However, because of his identity as a Mongolian man, he also kept a low profile.Although he is in the capital now, he seldom participates in political affairs. Even if he attends the court meeting, he seldom expresses his opinions, let alone argue with others.

The other ministers knew his nature and would not provoke him for no reason. In short, he was a transparent person in the court.

Zhu Zhanji saw the silent communication between him and Zhang Fu, and asked, "Wu Aiqing, Liangzhou is an important military town, and now it is guarding the military arteries in the northwest. Are there any difficulties now?"

Wu Kezhong, an upright Mongolian man, heard Zhu Zhanji's question, stood up and bowed and said, "Your Highness, now that a large amount of grain and grass have arrived in Jiayuguan, the minister's territory has benefited a lot from it. Now there is enough grain and grass, and there is nothing to ask for."

Fortunately, he is a man from Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. If he is an ordinary general, he is probably trying to get more benefits at this moment.

In the early days of Ming Dynasty, one of the important reasons why he liked to use subdued generals was because of this.

Generals of the Han people want titles, benefits, and family prosperity.

But whether it is Tubo, Mongolian Yuan, or Jurchens, their requirements are very low. As long as they have something to eat, they can work hard for Daming.

Now there is only the concept of nationality and no national consciousness. In order to survive, these people are more ruthless than anyone else in killing their own people.

But as the signboard of Meng Yuan's surrender, Zhu Zhanji certainly knows the importance of their signboard.He said: "Aiqing is high-minded, but Gu will not be ashamed of you. I heard that the Green Sect is flourishing in the northwest, and the suppressed Tibetan Buddhism can only retreat to Mobei. I will allocate 2000 taels of money for you in Liangzhou. The golden body was rebuilt in the capital and transported to the northwest as a missionary tool."

In recent years, due to the economic plunder of Ming Dynasty, all parts of the Northwest have been seriously short of gold.Be it Tibetan Buddhism or Green Sect, they all like to use goldware to show their strength.

But through trade, Daming turned their gold into spices and silk in exchange.

The Green Sect has a stronghold in Central Asia, and they can still transport gold from there, but Tibetan Buddhism is sad, and many of them can only use copper to cast ritual vessels.

With the experience of later generations, Zhu Zhanji is very clear that the combat effectiveness of Green Cult and Buddhism is not the same.Buddhism can still be controlled, but the Green Sect is simply a scourge.

Therefore, in order to suppress the Green Sect, Zhu Zhanji would rather support Buddhism to fight against them.

Before the appearance of the train, Ming had limited control over the Northwest, and the cost of doing it directly was too high, basically relying on various ethnic groups to spontaneously resist the invasion of the Green Cult.

So at this stage, it is still necessary to use the power of the Northwest to deal with the Green Sect.

This Western Expedition is mainly aimed at the Green Sect forces. With Zhu Di's suppression, it is necessary to support the Buddhist forces in order to eliminate them fundamentally.

Upon hearing this, Wu Kezhong bowed down and kowtowed: "Thank you, Your Highness, for the reward!"

Seeing that Zhu Zhanji immediately cut off the idea of ​​civil servants meddling in military affairs, Jian Yi had no choice.

Now that the Ming Dynasty is strong and the food from Nanyang is continuously being transported in, he has earned more than 2000 million in wealth from going to sea this time.

The more important thing is that the bank is controlled by the royal family, and he can transfer money and food directly without relying on the Ministry of Accounts.

The current household department can only intervene in military affairs by uniting with the imperial power.

Taisun Yuan was smarter than he thought and didn't give them a chance at all.

If the royal family does not support it, there is nothing they can do.