Chapter 113: The Beginning of Military Reform
Whether Nie Wenjin can change is still a question mark on Liu Chengyou's side, but I only hope that after his intimidation and deterrence, he can really restrain himself, otherwise, if he can kill a Guo Yunming, he will not be worse than a Nie Wenjin.
is also a noble Yuancong, the same way of sitting, and there are more people who impeach Nie Wenjin, but Liu Chengyou's attitude is very different. Although Nie Wenjin was degraded, he still had the right to know the affairs of the military state, and became the first official in the Han Dynasty to try out the state knowledge system, which can barely be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.
The reason for such a difference in results is that the nature of the two offenses is different. Guo Yunming is regarded as the private servant of the Son of Heaven, but what he does is to despise the monarchy and ignore the monarchy.
Now at the time when Liu Chengyou's big tree is majestic and the monarch's power is strengthened, in Liu Chengyou's place, the crime of bullying the monarch is temporarily heavier than everything.
And what Nie Wenjin committed is also a common disease of the civil and military in the world, relatively speaking, the nature is not so "serious", before, Liu Zhiyuan was connived, and Liu Chengyou was tolerated after he ascended the throne.
Up to now, Liu Chengyou has begun to rectify the unhealthy tendencies in the court, Guo Yunming was killed, and Nie Wenjin was degraded, which was the beginning.
The Son of Heaven used a spicy hand, Guo and Nie died and degraded, the effect was remarkable, and for a time, the inner and outer courts were all solemn. From the perspective of the identity and power of the two, it is also just right, and it has a very intuitive deterrent effect on the upper and lower elites.
And in the court, those close ministers of the Son of Heaven such as the Treasury Envoy, the Flying Dragon Envoy, the Pavilion Envoy, and the Lu Book Envoy all constrained their actions with visible changes, and Guo Yunming's death had the greatest impact on them. Since Gaozu, who has been more favored than the Guo family?
In the following three or two days, the outer court successively disposed of more than a dozen noble or derelict officials, many of whom were seized of office and demoted, and those who were serious were immediately beheaded. This is the first time since Liu Chengyou succeeded to the throne that the bureaucratic system of the Han Dynasty has been stabbed.
In the Renming Palace, Liu Chengyou asked for peace every day, and personally supported the Li family to walk in the garden, surrounded by a bleak scene. The snow in the first two days was really just an accident, and after the snow melted, the weather became more and more cold.
"Although the population in the city is not abundant, but recently, the palace seems to be too cold and lonely......" Looking at the scene full of autumn deaths, Li sighed to Liu Chengyou meaningfully.
Hearing this, Liu Chengyou had a calm expression on his face, and softly echoed: "Since ancient times, there have been many lonely autumns, mother, you are sad to touch the scene." ”
"I'm old!" The sigh in Li's tone was even stronger.
Seeing this, after taking a few steps, Liu Chengyou directly asked: "What makes my mother so sentimental?" ”
Fengmu glanced at Liu Chengyou, turned his head, thought for a while, sighed, and Li said: "Yesterday, the old man summoned Guo Yunming's wife and wife into the palace, and he couldn't cry silently, and he couldn't help but be sad when he heard it! ”
Hearing what Li said, Liu Chengyou's brows were subconsciously locked, thinking about the Queen Mother's intentions. Guo Yunming killed all of them, and Li made this statement again, which must have been considered.
Seeing Liu Chengyou's expression, Li continued: "Guo Yunming has been serving left and right since the time of the first emperor Longqian, and he has served for a long time, and he can be regarded as sincere. Now that he is punished by the law of the country, leaving orphans and widows with nothing to rely on, the old body will inevitably move some compassion. ”
The Queen Mother looked sentimental, as a filial son, Liu Chengyou was of course distressed, and before he could think about it, he immediately said: "Guo Yunming violated the national law, and I can't tolerate it, but I remember that he served the first emperor and had a lot of hard work." Not...... His wife, who I raised herself, was rewarded with money and food with internal funds, and her son became an adult, and she was an official! ”
In the face of Liu Chengyou's statement, Li was finally satisfied, and soon revealed the matter and discussed Liu Chengxun's matter with Liu Chengyou. Regarding whether to let the third child out of the palace and open the mansion, the Queen Mother was also a little hesitant.
With Liu Chengyou's reward to Guo Yunming's wife and children, this small rectification turmoil, although it has not completely ended, people's hearts have slowly stabilized.
Liu Chengyou, too, realized the Queen Mother's intentions. This mother is always so wise and generous, thinking about him.
On the bright side, although Liu Chengyou acted in the name of national discipline and law, and severely punished Guo, Nie and others, he always inevitably treated the reputation of the old ministers, even if they should be killed and punished, the atmosphere of this era is like this.
But the follow-up kindness to his wife and children, more or less, can eliminate the invisible resentment in the court, after all, it is already the "benevolence" of the Son of Heaven to achieve this point.
The Empress Dowager Li obviously saw that Liu Chengyou had become more and more impatient in managing politics and doing things recently. The matter of rectifying the forbidden army has just begun, and I can't wait to adjust the political style.
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The atmosphere in the Privy Council became more and more solemn, and if Nie Wenjin was arrogant, he was already on his way west to Tongzhou. And as Wang Jun entered the government, the upper and lower subordinates were even more suppressed and did not dare to gasp more.
Since Liu Chengyou returned to the capital, the Privy Council, in addition to daily affairs, has only one thing: the whole army.
Led by Prime Minister Guo Wei, and the senior generals headed by Shang Hongqian on the side of the Guard Division, they had already met and discussed several rounds, and in the midst of constant disputes and compromises, they finally perfected a draft of the army.
In the hall, Liu Chengyou personally came to inspect and held the second imperial meeting in response to the matter of the whole army. The meaning of putting the enemy here as a platform for the Privy Council is obvious.
The Privy Council is dominated by Guo Wei, Wang Jun, and Wei Renpu, and there are many people in the Guard Division, including Shang Hongqian, Uncle Sanli, and senior generals such as Sun Li, Ma Quanyi, Han Tong, Wang Quanbin, and Du Hanhui.
In front of Liu Chengyou, there was an album of the whole army, which he was studying and reading. At the bottom, Wang Jun was standing, full of spirits and high spirits, and the plan for the whole army was very clearly said from his mouth, which seemed to be an explanation to Liu Chengyou, but in fact it was said to the generals of the forbidden army attending the meeting. Before this imperial meeting, the proposal of the Privy Council to organize the army was perfected under the guidance of Liu Chengyou, and the emperor had a lot of private goods.
"Under the command of the front of the palace, there are two armies of horses and infantry, the horse army takes the iron cavalry as the military number, and the infantry army takes the crane as the military number. The Iron Cavalry Army is under the jurisdiction of 10,000 cavalry, divided into left and right compartments, ten armies and twenty commands, and the elite cavalry of the forbidden army is selected to fill it; Under the control of the crane army, there are three armies of the inner hall, Longqi, and Xiaodi, and the old and weak are eliminated, and the strong are selected to make up for them, with a number of 25,000 soldiers......"
"Under the Guards, the Ma Army takes Long Jie as the military number, and the Infantry Army takes Hu Jie as the military number. The Longjie army is under the control, such as the iron cavalry army. Under the Hujie army, there were four armies, Wujie, Xingjie, Husheng, and Fengguo, and the rest of the army numbers were all eliminated, with a number of 40,000 soldiers......"
Wang Jun introduced the general situation, the generals who heard it for the first time, they couldn't help but change color, although the details have not yet been reported, it can be seen from their descriptions that the strength of the army this time is huge.
Previously, the Han Tokyo Forbidden Army, counting the miscellaneous cards of various armies, totaled about 140,000 people. Among them, there are almost 20,000 soldiers, who have been stationed in Huazhou, Lanzhou and the capital of the Daimyo Mansion for a long time.
In addition, there were more than 10,000 troops in Xijing, Bishui, Zhengzhou and other important places in Gyeonggi. There are only a few people in Tokyo who are actually in their early 100,000s. According to Wang Jun's report, counting the selection of elites from other states to enter Beijing, at least 20,000 soldiers must be cut, and I am afraid it is more than that.
And the newly established palace front division is a little strong. The original Crane Control Army and the Inner Temple belonged directly to it, and then assigned the two strongest armies under the Xiaodi and Longqi Divisions to belong to it, and if it was done, the influence of the guards would plummet.
Liu Chengyou didn't react, still staring at the album, Wang Jun saw this, and continued to report the specific steps of the army, starting from the construction of the structure of the palace front division, first starting from the reorganization of the original inner temple and the control crane army......