In the first year of Chenghua, in February, Jingshi.

At the beginning of the new Yuan Dynasty, the court was unusually calm, and the Marquis of Dingxiang, the scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, and Liu Juntao, the secretary of the military department, had become the de facto rulers of the court.

Emperor Chenghua also showed the posture of a Ming monarch in just a few months, and even issued four holy decrees to reduce taxes in various places, which was unanimously praised by the ministers of the court and China, but it also inevitably reduced the taxes of the Ming Dynasty.

Now, after several months of efforts by all parties in the DPRK and China, the situation in the DPRK has gradually stabilized, and Liu Juntao contacted 28 military generals and 7 civil ministers, and took the lead in playing Emperor Chenghua, suggesting that the law on the separation of civil and military routes should be formulated in the DPRK and China.

According to Liu Juntao's recital, from now on, the civil officials will be in charge of internal affairs, and the warriors will be in charge of the conquest, and the two will not belong to each other and shall not govern each other.

Of course, if a certain minister in the DPRK and China can be as civil and military as Li Jing of the Tang Dynasty, he can enter and exit the prime minister according to the situation.

However, Liu Juntao understands that in the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, there will be famous generals and famous ministers, but in a short period of time, there will never be a talent who is both civil and military, and can enter the prime minister.

Moreover, Liu Juntao also made it clear in the recital that from now on, the Ming Dynasty will no longer set up civilian officials to serve as superintendents, and directly abolish the post of superintendents, which has completely changed the situation in which military generals are suppressed when they go out to fight.

Of course, this does not mean that in the future, military generals will be unlimited, and they can act recklessly, Liu Juntao stipulated that military generals are also not allowed to interfere in local government affairs (including finance and politics), and only have the right to command troops and conquests, and the right to transfer troops is firmly controlled by the military department.

However, as soon as Liu Juntao's proposal was proposed, it was strongly opposed by the civil officials of the Manchu Dynasty, and almost all the civil officials jumped out and stood on the opposite side of Liu Juntao.

Originally, the rise in the status of military generals was only formal, and it was not clearly stated, let alone written into the Daming Law, so the Korean Chinese official still had a chance to turn the situation around, which was also the basis for the Korean Chinese official to stabilize the situation with Liu Juntao at this time, after all, the struggle for power also had to wait for the right time.

But now Liu Juntao actually wants to write the separation of civil and military into the Daming Law, and wants to use the Daming Law to restrict civilian officials from fighting for military power and suppressing the killer weapon of military generals, and the Chinese officials of the DPRK cannot accept it in any way, so they instantly formed an alliance and began to attack Liu Juntao.

Even many civil officials began to fold, thinking that the reason why Liu Juntao refused to allow civilian officials to get involved in military power was to take charge of the military power of the Ming Dynasty alone, and to let the military generals of each town be the head of the horse, and to become the largest feudal town in the Ming Dynasty!

Some civilian officials believe that once Liu Juntao's move is successful, it will inevitably make the arrogance of the generals of the towns soar, and it will even make the soldiers and horses of the towns lose control one after another, and even repeat the tragedy of the division of the feudal towns in the late Tang Dynasty.

What's more, some imperial historians also openly shouted that Liu Juntao's move was to cultivate forces for himself, and it would definitely cause chaos in the Ming Dynasty in the future, and even once it lost control, Liu Juntao was very likely to rebel!

One after another, the impeachment of Liu Juntao flew in front of Emperor Chenghua like snowflakes, and at the same time, the military generals and warriors of the central government and various towns also played one after another, fully supporting Liu Juntao's performance, and the Chinese military ministers of the DPRK divided into two factions, began to attack each other, and began to argue fiercely.

Emperor Chenghua was also a little caught off guard when he saw this, but he did not expect that the attitude of the Chinese official of the dynasty would be so tough, and he had a posture of not giving up until he reached his goal, and he was also a little worried in his heart.

Just when Emperor Chenghua hesitated, Liu Juntao played a twist and turn again, and Emperor Chenghua immediately made up his mind after reading it!

“…… Since the Jin Dynasty, the Han family has been in many difficulties, the five chaotic Chinese clothes have crossed to the south, the shame of Jingkang has lost the Central Plains, and the naval battle of Yashan has sunk in China, why? It's not Tartar strong, it's not strong if it's not Huaxia, it's just that the literature is prosperous and the martial arts are declining! At that time, the literati were rampant, the military generals were lowly, the soldiers were subject to scholars, and the military might was inferior to the articles, even if the army was tens of millions and the golden iron horse, they would be defeated......"

“…… Weiwu Taizu, with the body of cloth, rose up Huaiyou, took the world's heroes under his command, overlooking the situation in the south of the Yangtze River, there is the Yangtze River, Jinling, and then the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, expelling the Tartars, restoring China, the shame of Xue Jingkang, in order to sacrifice the national disaster of Yashan Mountain, the foundation of the three generations of light, and restore China in the Han and Tang Dynasties! This civil service? What can be done with articles? Definitely! This is the strength of force, the life of soldiers, and the power of soldiers and horses! ……”

“…… Therefore, it is called: the prosperity of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and the gentlemen must carry bows and swords; China is dying, and it will be prosperous and bullying ......"

Seeing this, Emperor Chenghua's heart was also full of pride: "Marquis Dingxiang is right, I should respect literature and martial arts, and I must not let civil officials hold power alone, otherwise I will be a weak Song Dynasty!" ”

The Ming generation was deeply touched by the demise of the two Song dynasties, after all, the Ming Dynasty was established after the expulsion of the Mongols. The monarchs and ministers of the Ming Dynasty still have a fresh memory of the various anti-human ~ crimes such as the Mongols ravaged China, killing people and destroying cities, enclosing land and running horses, destroying fields and planting grass, killing men and insulting women, etc., so the final Ming Dynasty is avoiding the surrender route of the two Song Dynasty, which is also the ideological basis of the Ming Dynasty not to cut the land, not to pay compensation, not to make peace, not to surrender, the Son of Heaven to guard the country, and the king to die in Sheji!

Even civil officials, even the softest ones, will never and dare not propose surrender or negotiate peace when a foreigner comes to invade, at best, they will just shout to move the capital, and then they will be beaten into rebels by their colleagues and ruined.

Therefore, Emperor Chenghua, under the encouragement of Liu Juntao, tried his best to eliminate public opinion in the court meeting, and issued an order to implement the proposal proposed by Liu Juntao as approved.

Seeing this, more than a dozen Chinese officials immediately jumped out to oppose it, and even began to openly rebuke Emperor Chenghua for being mediocre, and Emperor Chenghua was not relentless, and directly ordered these civil officials to be dragged out and killed, and at the same time dismissed 23 civil officials, all of whom were filled by noble ministers.

The ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee were immediately startled when they saw this, but they didn't expect that Emperor Chenghua, who had just ascended the throne not long ago, turned out to be a ruthless character, and there were a few lives in a wave of his hand!

Moreover, Emperor Chenghua is also skillful, and in a blink of an eye, he arranged for twenty-three noble ministers to enter the court, you must know that these noble ministers are all on Liu Juntao's side, and they are very loyal to Emperor Chenghua, and they are full of hostility to civil officials, Emperor Chenghua is going to change the political pattern of the court!

At this time, all the civil officials understood in their hearts that Emperor Chenghua was going to start supporting the noble forces, while comprehensively suppressing the civil official group, and at the same time forming a constraint on the martial arts group, and establishing a three-legged posture in the court.

In this way, even if the civilian clique in the DPRK and China continues to suppress the warriors, they will never monopolize the government again!

Thinking of this, the civil officials in the court were suddenly deflated, and most of them became speechless, standing there stunned and sighing.

Liu Juntao was silent when he stood in the court, which was also expected, any emperor, as long as he was not an idiot, would never let any of the forces in the court and China become bigger, and maintaining balance was the most basic political means.

Of course, the later Emperor Chongzhen was an exception, he was not an idiot, but he had not received systematic political training, and was brainwashed by the literati and trusted the Donglin Party too much, which led to the evil consequences.

After Emperor Chenghua turned his hand over and took care of a group of civil officials for the clouds and rain, he glanced at Liu Juntao, and saw that Liu Juntao's face was calm, without the slightest surprise and dissatisfaction, and he was also relieved in his heart.

Emperor Chenghua was very worried that his support for the noble forces would make Liu Juntao dissatisfied, and once Liu Juntao came forward to oppose it, the situation in the DPRK and China was very likely to get out of control. Now it seems that Emperor Chenghua's own worries are superfluous, and Liu Juntao did not come out to oppose it.

In this way, a few days later, Liu Juntao's recital began to be implemented, and the status of the military generals in the Ming Dynasty rose sharply in an instant, and the civil officials in the Ming Dynasty wailed, and at the same time, the civil officials' dissatisfaction with Liu Juntao was also accumulating, Liu Juntao's move completely excluded the civilian officials from the military power of the Ming Dynasty (after all, there are almost no civil officials with both civil and military skills), and there were more and more criticisms of Liu Juntao for a while.

And the military generals of the Ming Dynasty praised Liu Juntao more and more, even if the commander of the Beizhen Fusi made Menda deliberately press these unfavorable remarks and situations to Liu Juntao, Emperor Chenghua also heard a lot of unfavorable remarks against Liu Juntao.

Even the palace maids and eunuchs in the palace know that the Dingxiang Marquis of the Ming Dynasty is already above 10,000 people under one person at this time, and sometimes even speaks more effectively than the Son of Heaven!

But Emperor Chenghua is not a fool, whether Liu Juntao is loyal or not, whether he monopolizes power, is very common in his heart.

What's more, Emperor Chenghua was grateful for Liu Juntao's great kindness in his heart, if Liu Juntao hadn't worked hard to protect himself, it is estimated that he would have become a handful of loess.

As a result, Emperor Chenghua always turned a blind eye to these unfavorable remarks against Liu Juntao, and continued to obey Liu Juntao's words, which made the civil officials in the court very frustrated.

During this time, Liu Juntao didn't pay much attention to the criticism of civil officials, and at this time Liu Juntao had already put his mind on how to recover Hamiwei.

Liu Juntao wanted to go up to Emperor Chenghua to send troops to Hamiwei, and still reorganize the soldiers and horses and abandon the weapons, but he was worried that the rear would catch fire when the army was conscripted, and when the time came, the Chinese officials would plot to make a change in the civil fort, and it would be too late to regret it.

So Liu Juntao prepared to rectify the Ming officialdom in advance, and also cleared the obstacles for the comprehensive reform of the Ming Dynasty that he planned.

At the same time, he secretly ordered Hu Dexing, the governor of Shandong, and Yan Hu, the chief military officer of Taiyuan Town, to start rectifying the soldiers and horses in Shandong and Shanxi, and ordered Tang Yu, the minister of commerce, to start raising money and grain, and to prepare in advance for the recovery of Hamiwei.