Chapter Ninety-Four: A New Structure Inside and Outside

Li Xian said: "All provinces have already appointed water envoys. It's just that now the water divisions everywhere are still an empty shelf, and if they want to perform their duties, they will have to pay back for a while. ”

Zhu Qizhen nodded in understanding and said, "Have local regulations been formulated?" ”

Li Xian said: "No. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "This is not good, is it possible that I will be in the next place, only the capital division and no other provinces?" This point will be added next. ”

Li Xian said: "Yes." ”

While speaking, he secretly complained in his heart.

The information of the various departments of the Beijing Division is easy to handle, after all, they are all in the Beijing Division, and they are all archived, but the provinces and counties are different.

If you simply come up with a prefecture and county structure, Li Xian doesn't need to think about it, he knows that it won't work. Listening to the emperor's voice, you know that what the emperor wants to know is the division of responsibilities of each official, which is very detailed.

Most of the prefectures and counties have archives in Beijing, but not all of them. Moreover, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and these officials may not come in accordance with various regulations.

All in all, it's a very troublesome thing.

Zhu Qizhen said: "There is one point, I want to explain first, the third local department, no, the fourth local department, the political department, the judicial department, the water department, and the command department, and in the future, the household department, the criminal department, the military department, and the industrial department will be more responsible." ”

Li Xian didn't know what it meant for a while.

What does it mean to be more responsible? Therefore, he cautiously asked, "What does Your Majesty mean?" ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "In the future, the power to appoint and dismiss governors of various provinces will be the right to recommend and dismiss ministers, while the power to recommend, appoint, and remove the evaluation of provincial governors will be in the ministries. ”

"Of course, the right of review is still there."

Zhu Qizhen is to establish a new system.

Internal and external checks and balances, and the division of power between the capital and the locality, is an eternal proposition, from ancient times to the present, even in later generations, this matter will not be summarized.

Unless there is a day when transportation can bridge the distance, this proposition may have a time to die.

Zhu Qizhen appointed governors from all over the country and made the governors full-time power.

Almost in one step, the evolution of the official position of governor has been completed for nearly one or two hundred years.

But Zhu Qizhen also had to think about one thing, that is, whether the local power was too great.

The governor controls the three divisions and is almost entirely responsible for the civil, criminal, and military affairs of a province. In case of trouble, there is also the power to call up the army. If yes, etc.

The power is not small.

Just look at Han Yong.

Many of the soldiers and horses used by Han Yongye when he fought against Datengxia were not the army of the imperial court, but the conscripted people.

That is, if necessary, the governor could be in charge of a large army.

Although Zhu Qizhen felt that the governor had great power, he was unwilling to restrain it, and the reason was very simple, that is, the reality of the Ming Dynasty was determined.

Because of the transportation problems of this era, the power of the governor was weakened, and it was simply a matter of choking.

Of course, Zhu Qizhen can't help but take precautions.

Zhu Qizhen easily thought of the system of dual leadership in later generations. Find a top boss for the local three divisions, and in this way, the local three divisions will become the central dispatch agency.

In fact, this idea is also reflected in the Ming system.

It's like the Metropolitan Command Division, but in fact, you can see the dispatch agency of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies. So Zhu Qizhen put the military department in charge, and Yang Hong was immediately dissatisfied.

Yang Hong said: "Your Majesty, the governors of this dynasty, as well as the governors, if you enter the Jingshi, you will control the commanders of the capitals, this is the story." Why did the Metropolitan Command Division be under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War? ”

"The minister thinks that according to the story, the Governor's Office of the Five Armies is responsible."

Luo Tong immediately said: "No, there are internal and external divisions, the five armies are all in charge of the Beijing Division, and they have already been in charge of the nine sides of the general army, and they have to be involved in the command divisions of all places, but I don't know what it means?" ”

Luo Tong's words were ruthless and vicious.

When Yang Hong heard this, he immediately apologized and said, "What does the minister mean? ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Okay, why are they all colleagues? Zhu Qizhen turned his gaze, but found that there was no opposition in the cabinet.

First of all, Zhu Qizhen's idea is to increase centralization in this matter. None of the Cabinet members have any objections.

Secondly, Zhu Qizhen is just an idea. It's hard to say how much has been effective.

In many cases, some practices are not that the ancients did not know how to do this, but are limited by realistic conditions, even if the departments are included in the dispatched agencies of various ministries, so that they can directly connect.

In this way, some policies in favor of the center are rolled out.

For example, if a policy is the responsibility of the Ministry of Households, it can be sent directly from the Ministry of Household Affairs to the political envoys.

In this way, the power of the governor would be greatly limited.

However, due to the distance, the county officials did not take care of it. It's hard to say what kind of effect it will have.

Naturally, there will be no objections.

If it doesn't look good, Li Xian will naturally find a way to clean up the mess for the emperor.

Zhu Qizhen said: "On this matter, I was going to say it in the regulations of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, but since I said it, I will say it together." ”

"The system of the Governor's Office of the Five Armed Forces is no longer in line with reality, and it needs to be overhauled."

Yang Hong said: "What does Your Majesty mean? ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "This matter, you shouldn't ask me what I mean first, but ask what you mean, and you are the one in charge?" What do you think should be done? ”

Yang Hong was silent for a while.

While figuring out Zhu Qizhen's meaning in his heart, he slowly organized the language and said: "Your Majesty's words are very true, and now the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies is no longer the original Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies. ”

"In the past, the Governor's Office of the Five Armies was in charge of the Guards of the World, but now most of the Guards are in the hands of the Ministry of War, and the only things that the Governor's Office of the Five Armies can control are the Jingwei and the Beijing Camp."

"After the first battle of Maoerzhuang, the Jingwei was disbanded, and His Majesty revitalized the Beijing camp, and since the dissolution of you, the five military governors have respectively commanded the Beijing camp. Ignore the general affairs anymore. ”

"Therefore, the previous regulations of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies are no longer out of date."

Yang Hong elaborated on a series of changes in the Governor's Office of the Five Armies.

The predecessor of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies was the Privy Council, which later evolved into the Governor's Office, and then divided into five, that is, the Governor's Office of the Five Armies. Front, back, center, left, right. In fact, the governor's office of the five armies is not directly in charge of the army, but more like the five military regions, which are in charge of the local guard post and the guard post in Beijing.

And the three battalions were gathered together by the elite warriors selected from the Beijing Guard.

In other words, the Governor's Office of the Five Armed Forces is the institution that manages the army, and the three battalions are the wartime establishment.

And as the Ministry of War gradually encroached on the power of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies once became a place for generals to retire, and the real power became smaller and smaller. The official positions of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, such as the Governor of the Five Armies, the Former Governor, the Rear Governor, the Central Governor, the Right Governor, the Left Governor, and the Governor of the Governor's Office, have become the additional titles of generals.

It's just an honor, and it doesn't have any power, and it doesn't even take a penny.

And all this changed after the defeat of Maoerzhuang.

Zhu Qizhen directly reformed the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, so that the Governor's Office of the Five Armies changed from virtual to real, and made the official position that was originally an additional rank become a real military leader.

The Beijing battalion was also divided into five armies and six battalions.

Of course, now, the Daming Beijing Battalion, especially with the newly recruited army in Guangxi, the Beijing Camp Army is no longer the five armies and six battalions, but it has been limited to the framework of the five military governors.

That is to say, under the current situation, the Governor's Office of the Five Armies is responsible for the positioning of the previous three battalions, and the Military Department is responsible for specific military affairs, and the logistics and other miscellaneous affairs of the five armies and six battalions are all in charge of the Military Department.

Zhu Qizhen also understands this.

This time, Zhu Qizhen's focus is to sort out the Beijing system.

Although Zhu Qizhen relied on the newly formed Beijing camp to win the tile spur, won victory and prestige, and still had a lot of political initiative.

But Zhu Qizhen understands very well.

Although the reform of the Daming Guard has continued, the contradiction between the Beijing camp and the original military system of the Ming Dynasty has not ended.

Zhu Qizhen didn't mention it before, because the restructuring of health centers in various places is still continuing. Today, this reform is nearing its end. Zhu Qizhen felt that it was time to draw an end to Zhu Qizhen's military reform for many years.

Of course, this is not to say that after that, there will be no need for military reform. Instead, the general framework has been completed, and even if there are things that need to be changed in the future, it will only be a minutiae.