Xu Hongji saw that the Emperor of the Apocalypse had many small scars on his hands, all of which were left by the Battle of the Southwest, and he often went hunting on horseback on weekdays.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse often wrote with a sense of trepidation, just because what he held in his hand was completely different from the brush in the literati's hand, which was a knife and pen in the true sense.

Hearing this, Xu Hongji really wanted to pretend to be deaf and dumb in his heart, and he didn't say a word, just thirteen words in the mouth of Emperor Fangcai involved a major change that had never been seen since the establishment of this dynasty.

"Eliminate the Nanjing Ministry and reorganize the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies!"

This sentence was said in the past, Xu Hongji would definitely laugh at the person who said it, this is really whimsical, young and ignorant.

But what is being said now is the emperor who has already made a decision.

Xu Hongji had nothing to say, and in an instant, everything could be contacted [Bayi Chinese Network].

At the beginning of his accession to the throne, he hid behind the scenes, brought out Wei Zhongxian, repeatedly overturned major cases with the eunuchs, washed Donglin in blood, purged the court, and then drove his own expedition to pacify the southwest.

This southern tour, under the pretext of worshipping ancestors and inspecting, was actually a preparation for the emperor to personally suppress the opposition to reform and stabilize the locality.

Until yesterday's banquet in the palace of stability, the emperor took back the military power that the nobles of Nanjing had held in his hands for more than 200 years, and implemented the final preparations.

From the beginning of his accession to the throne, the Emperor of the Apocalypse has been brewing this reform!

It is bound to set off a wave across the country, and if nothing else, Jiangnan Shi will do his best to encourage the people and his protégés, and the cries of opposition will be higher and higher.

It is also unknown whether there will be a local rebellion.

Xu Hongji didn't react until now, because he didn't expect this layer at all!

Before the stability banquet, he guessed that the Emperor of the Apocalypse was jealous of the military power of the nobles of Nanjing, but he did not expect that he would take back all the military power in one piece.

This time he was summoned alone, and when he was on the road, Xu Hongji thought of all the possibilities from entrusting him with a heavy task to unloading the mill and killing the donkey, so as to deter the nobles.

But he still didn't expect that it would be such a thunderous reform, which required great decisiveness and perseverance, and few emperors in the past and present could do it.

This reform was different from the reform that Zhang Juzheng gradually carried out during the Wanli period, and Emperor Fangcai's words made Xu Hongji understand that his purpose was to carry out a short-term, one-time change in Nanjing.

Actually, he was at least right.

Zhu Youxiao came down with the Yongwei battalion, that is, he had the heart to quell the rebellion, and resolutely suppressed the opposition that might occur in the future!

As for how future generations will say that he is the emperor of the Apocalypse, it is to strengthen the imperial power, brutally suppress the opposition voice, whether it is wise and martial, or whether it is Zhongxing Daming.

This reform is imperative!

Yongle Emperor Zhu Di moved the capital to Beijing after the Battle of Jingjing, but at that time it was only called "Xingzai", and when the system of north and south Beijing was really established, it was in the sixth year of Emperor Yingzong's orthodoxy.

Although the Sui and Tang dynasties also had Chang'an and Luoyang, it can be clearly seen that the "two capitals" of the Ming Dynasty are very different from them.

There is a set of "small imperial courts" that are almost the same as those of the Beijing court, and the eunuch system of the six ministries, the Imperial Procuratorate, the five mansions and the inner court are all available, which can be called the backup of the Ming Dynasty.

After the establishment of the "Two Beijing System" during the Orthodox period, Jingshi became the political and military center of the country, and Nanjing became the economic and cultural center.

From the orthodox period to the early Wanli Dynasty, the north and south of the Ming Empire reached a delicate balance because of this two-capital system.

However, in the Qi period today, this balance has actually been broken, and during the Chongzhen period in history, the tea tax of several provinces in the south of the Yangtze River was only six taels a year, which is a good proof.

Today, Jingshi is still the administrative and military center, and the prosperous and rich Jiangnan region has become a "drag" to the entire empire.

The entire court was in Beijing, and although the officials of the same position in Nanjing were on the same level as Jingshi in terms of rank, their actual power was very different.

The Liangjing system was established in the Yongle period, and was finalized in the orthodox period, and has been used to this day, but it has gradually lagged behind the times, and the disadvantages far outweigh the benefits, and a reform is urgently needed.

Most of the officials of the yamen in Nanjing have false titles, and their official duties are idle, and the officialdom also has a very vivid title for serving here, called "official hidden".

At this time, officials generally regarded Nanjing as a place for retirement, and officials were transferred from the Beijing Imperial Court to Nanjing, saying that they had gone to a rich and prosperous place, but in fact it was a tacit derogation.

In addition to all kinds of "officials", there is also a type of people in Nanjing, that is, honors.

The so-called nobles refer to the descendants of those who followed Zhu Yuanzhang to fight the world and Zhu Di's martyrdom, and these people were also known as the hereditary noble group in later generations.

Now Zhu Youxiao has summoned him to face the saint alone, who is the descendant of Xu Da, the first hero of the founding of the country, and the first person of the Xungui Group today - Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei.

At the stability banquet, there were also the descendants of Chang Yuchun, the first fierce general of the founding of the country, Chang Yanling, the marquis of Huaiyuan, the descendants of Liu Bowen, the first adviser of the founding of the country, and Liu Kongzhao, the sincerity of Bo Liu Kongzhao, etc.

These people are all members of the Xungui group who have many followers and are more prestigious.

All the nobles have a characteristic, their ancestors have established special merits in the process of following Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di.

Either in a certain battle, dare to be the first and establish military merits, or personally protect the lord to make a name for himself and seal his wife and son.

As heroes, these fathers themselves are either brave and ruthless, or good at fighting, and they are often wary of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di in their later years.

His family, since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, has been raised by the Ming Dynasty for generations, and the emperors of all dynasties have followed the ancestral system and have not given them any say in court politics.

Therefore, just like some royal relatives, there are occasionally some people who want to make a difference among the sons and daughters of the nobles, but they can only travel leisurely in the forest and springs, and they are extremely luxurious.

Up to now, these nobles in front of them, there are few people who are brave and proficient in military books, they are all pampered since childhood, pampered, and their brains and hands-on ability are not even as good as those officers of the Shuntian Martial Arts Academy who have just graduated.

Zhu Youxiao's reform of Nanjing's huge bloated political system was intended to eliminate a large number of redundant personnel who could only eat corpses, consume finances, and have no effect on the current situation.

Jiangnan, which has overdone the "prosperity", has really played some role in the northern provinces that have been suffering from famine for many years because of the Xiaoice River.

At the same time, it is also necessary to carry out a rectification from the inside out of the system of governors of the five armed forces, which has continued to this day, and the purpose of this rectification is to fundamentally enhance the status and rights of military generals!

The military power is in the hands of the emperor, and improving the status of the warriors is equivalent to strengthening the centralization of power.

As soon as the nobles lost their military power, they really became pigs and animals that were kept in captivity like the royal family, and there were many capable people among the nobles, and Zhu Youxiao couldn't let this happen.

Therefore, the rectification of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies will also involve some nobles who have made achievements and have the ability.

After this time, although the nobles as a whole have no military power, there will be a group of people who will enter the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and become generals who lead the army outside and serve the country.