Chapter VII: The Transformation of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies

The reason why Zhu Qizhen did this was to appease Wang Ji.

Wang Ji, an octogenarian man, is an old man, especially after the defeat of Maoerzhuang in the fourteenth year of orthodoxy, he set off the clarion call for an attack on the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.

As the backstage of the military department, he returned the military department to the aggressive state of the early years of orthodoxy.

It seems that the military department is in charge, and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies is just a pension institution.

Wang Ji even recommended Luo Tong of the Ministry of War.

In the matter of suppressing the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, Luo Tong was more active than Wang Ji.

When Wang Ji supervised the northwest, Luo Tong was in Wang Ji's curtain, but Wang Ji didn't like Luo Tong, and even impeached Luo Tong and demoted Luo Tong to the ambassador of Hebo, a nine-grade official.

The reason is that Luo Tong is a person who can be literate and martial, but he is lustful and greedy for money.

Needless to say, Nengwen was born in Jinshi, his name is not low, Nengwu is Xuande years, he served as the magistrate of Jiaozhi Qinghua Prefecture, trapped by Jiaozhi soldiers, isolated, stuck to the lonely city, and finally waited for reinforcements.

Not everyone can survive such a thing.

At that time, Zhu Qizhen transferred Wang Ji to the cabinet because of the war with the tile spur, Wang Ji looked at the people in the military department, and felt in his heart that these people could be the military secretary of the Chengping period, but they could not bear the military appearance of a country.

So Wang Ji immediately reinstated Luo Tong, and Luo Tong was also old at this time, and he was already a little old man in his fifties. There is still a problem with greed for money, but lust is no longer good.

Wang Ji let Luo Tong do the most difficult work, and Luo Tong completed it well.

Whether it was because the Tile Spur army suddenly went south and urgently prepared logistics for the Chengguo Army, or immediately after the Battle of Maoerzhuang, prepared various supplies for Meng Ying's army.

In particular, the chariots used by Meng Ying were all modified from galloping carriages, which was Luo Tong's suggestion, and he set out to complete it.

One or two hundred thousand horse-drawn carriages were transformed in just a few days.

After that, at the risk of being intercepted and killed by the tile thorns, he inspected all parts of Xuanda and inspected the warehouses in various places. He also participated in the Tile Spur's attack on Juyong Pass.

This series of credits was finally recommended by Wang Ji as the secretary of the Ministry of War.

In fact, Wang Ji still doesn't like Luo Tong's stinky problems, Luo Tong is very talkative, talks about military affairs with others, and can talk endlessly.

However, Wang Ji did not find a talent among the juniors who could be used to suppress the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.

Just as Yang Rong chose him, his political mantle must also have an heir.

When Luo Tong is the secretary of the Ministry of War, he will definitely advocate the power of the Ministry of War to the extreme. He can take advantage of the defeat of Maoerzhuang and the replacement of the old and new Xungui Group to retain the power he seized.

He knows that, too

The Tao is hard.

Because Zhu Qizhen's plan for the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies is not just a noble retirement home, nor is it just a military command agency.

But Zhu Qizhen didn't have the heart to resist Wang Ji.

But because of this, the defeat of Maoerzhuang is a stain on the military, not just a battle of Montenegro that can save face, it is this imbalance of political forces that gives Wang Ji the confidence to be aggressive.

Wang Ji has the support of most civil officials behind him.

Therefore, Zhu Qizhen will not move against the tide.

Second, Wang Ji is already old, he can live a few years, there is a saying in the political arena, called people go to tea and cool, even if Wang Ji does it today, wait for Wang Ji to be gone.

It is not easy for Zhu Qizhen to change back.

Not everyone is an old minister like Wang Ji.

When Zhu Qizhen retreated step by step, he also took the opportunity to exchange with Wang Ji.

What kind of exchange, that is, the re-establishment of the five military governors' offices.

As the highest military command organization in the country, what should Zhu Qizhen think of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies? Of course, there must be a large number of Ming troops, and there must also be countless subordinates, who are in charge of all aspects of the situation in different categories.

Now, the Ministry of War has been expanding its power and increasing the number of small officials, but there are many people in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and even if there are only some small officials, they are also idle.

Zhu Qizhen thought about it carefully, in the need of power checks and balances, it was appropriate for the military department to be in charge of the military quartermasters, and under his direct leadership, the Shaofu was in charge of the ordnance, and the Jinyi Wei was in charge of intelligence. There is a roster of the army and the guards of all sides in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, but it is impossible to say how accurate it is.

But there is one thing that makes Zhu Qizhen feel uncomfortable, that is, who will supervise the army?

If it is said that the control is too much and the power of the supervising army is too great, it is naturally not right, but if there is no supervising army at all and it is left to its own devices, it will not work.

And the system of the Ming Dynasty has reached Zhu Qizhen, which is actually very sound.

Who does the overseer in the military? It's a eunuch.

Almost all the armies of the Ming Dynasty have eunuchs to supervise the army, but the eunuchs are more than loyal, but their ability is very insufficient. Almost every eunuch in the prison army made a fuss.

If you also lose it, there are very few eunuchs like Liu Yongcheng.

Especially in the smuggling case at that time, the main force and the most daring were the eunuchs.

Although Zhu Qizhen has not completely removed the eunuchs and supervising the army, Zhu Qizhen has carefully investigated every eunuch who went out, and found some eunuchs who were honest and peaceful, and did not dare to resist if they were bullied.

Although these eunuchs have limited abilities, and if they really encounter any rebellion, they may not be able to turn the tide, but he has never seen any rebellion that the prison army can suppress.

As long as they're honest.

But the military superintendent, the eunuchs could not win

Ren, Zhu Qizhen can only find a new way.

When he found out that civilian officials interfered in the biggest and most things in the army, it was the judicial power, that is, the criminal department that broke the law in the army, but the criminal department was the presiding judge.

In such a situation, the slightest inclination of a civilian official can make a general live or die. The military general bowed his head in front of the civilian officials.

Unless Zhu Qizhen comes forward and goes to prison for personal trial.

But as far as Zhu Qizhen is concerned, he doesn't like this kind of rule-breaking situation.

In his opinion, any case that wants Jin Yiwei to come forward is either particularly significant, it can be a significant impact, it may involve some big people, or it is particularly sensitive, the internal situation is complicated, and it is related to some things that cannot be known.

In addition, Jinyi Wei should not get involved.

And there are so many troops in the Ming Dynasty, there are probably cases every day. It is impossible for Zhu Qizhen to be in charge of everything, so an independent military law system is very important.

First, it is an important way to cut off civilian officials' indirect interference in military affairs, and second, it is an independent and sound military law system, which is also a form of supervision in the military.

In his opinion, it is much more reliable than the eunuch supervising the army.

And this military law system, in fact, existed in the Taizu period, that is, the judge system.

During the Taizu period, the cases in the army were all classified as the judges of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, but this judge was reformed in the reform of Emperor Jianwen, and for unknown reasons, he was reformed.

After Taizong's success, all the new policies of Jianwen were changed, but this one thing has not been changed.

This also made Zhu Qizhen very puzzled, he still couldn't guess what Emperor Taizong meant. However, in Zhu Qizhen's view, Zhu Qizhen is the biggest beneficiary of a sound military law system and their maintenance of military law.

Because Zhu Qizhen is the formulator of military law.

And Zhu Qizhen wants to judge the official, in fact, it is also to increase the functions of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, this time the reform of the Beijing camp, in fact, Zhu Qizhen almost ended up in person, and many things are directly communicated with the cabinet, this is because the Beijing camp is too important.

There can be no mistakes.

But what about the future?

There are more than 300 guards in the Ming Dynasty, and they can't let Zhu Qizhen deal with them one by one, and they can't let the military department do it.

Zhu Qizhen needs to be a pair of happy enemies between the military department and the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and they both look at each other unpleasantly, but in many things, it is difficult for them to get rid of each other alone.

It's not a monopoly.

If we want the Governor's Office of the Five Armed Forces to become such an institution, the general service capacity of the Governor's Office of the Five Armed Forces must be strengthened, and increasing the number of adjudicators is one of the means.

Sooner or later, Zhu Qizhen will improve the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and become an office that is no worse than any of the six yamen in terms of administrative ability.

And not a pension facility.