Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen turned his gaze to the British Duke Zhang Weixian, who was kneeling in front of the noble and military ministers, pondered for a moment, then smiled slightly, and said to him:

"Britain said this, and Cheng Lao Cheng Cheng said the words of the country! The ancestors had the original intention of separating the north and the south, and I should also follow the ancestral system!

"However, in order to seek the unity of the military orders of the world, I intend to set up a large governor and a protector on top of the governor's palace of the five armies in the north and south.

"As for the position of the governor of the five armies, it will be held by the British Duke Zhang Qing, and the upper guards will be led by the military department from now on. What about the British public opinion? ”

After Emperor Chongzhen finished saying this, the British Duke Zhang Weixian was stunned, and a group of noble and military ministers kneeling behind him immediately kowtowed together and said:

"Your Majesty! Long live my emperor, long live, long live! ”

At this time, the British prince Zhang Weixian also reacted, knowing that the emperor was making a small concession to him and the noble military ministers led by him.

It can even be said that this is a big face that the emperor gave to his British Duke Zhang Weixian.

As soon as he thought of this, the British public Zhang Weixian didn't dare to say anything more, but followed the voice of praise behind him, kowtowed and said: "The minister is grateful!" Long live my emperor, long live, long live! ”

Since the British Duke Zhang Weixian and the nobles and military ministers of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies in the palace accepted the emperor's arrangement and agreed to such a so-called military system innovation, then the ministers in the palace naturally had nothing to say.

For some of them, although this kind of military system innovation, which is a bit of a change of soup but not medicine, has not reduced much food expenditure for the imperial court, and has not reduced much military burden for the people of the world, and even depending on the emperor's intentions, I am afraid that this navy in the future will also be a money-burning thing, but this kind of thing of military reform has little to do with them after all.

Moreover, the emperor created this protector army at the same time as restoring the post of governor of the capital, but it is a position specially arranged for civil officials!

With the Grand Governor, there is the Upper Protector, so with the Left and Right Governors of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, there can be no left and right Protectors.

Originally, the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, which was controlled by the hereditary noble family, could not be splashed, will it also have the position of a civilian official in the future?

Li Guoyi, the first assistant of the cabinet, Xu Guangqi, the cabinet minister, Sun Chengzong, the minister and minister of military aircraft, and Nan Juyi, who inexplicably won the title of the protector, although they all had some ideas in their hearts, but at this time, they only led the civil ministers behind them, kowtowing and shouting long live the saints.

For Emperor Chongzhen, this was of course a compromise, both with the hereditary nobles and military ministers who held hereditary positions in the capital of the five armies in the northern and southern capitals, and also with the Chinese officials and ministers of the dynasty.

It stands to reason that with his authority in the government and the opposition and in the Ming army today, he can completely make no compromises and does not need to make any concessions to the powerful ministers of the DPRK and China who have opinions.

But from later generations, he had heard a very reasonable saying that politics is an art of compromise.

If you want something to go smoothly involving all parties, then you can't allow yourself to be the only one who can profit from it.

Especially when you are promoting something that will harm the interests of some vested interests, you must know how to compromise when it is critical.

In particular, when the smooth implementation of this matter still requires the support or cooperation of these vested interests, appropriate compromises and concessions are all the more necessary.

In the words of the Chinese ancestors, that is: if you want to take it, you must give it first.

This is another consistent routine of Emperor Chongzhen's work today.

Even when everything is laid out and overwhelmingly predominant, it is important to leave a little leeway for stakeholders.

In fact, it's also leaving a certain amount of leeway for yourself.

As the saying goes, stay a line, see each other in the future, one step is refreshing, but there are many hidden dangers.

Most of the people who engaged in law reform in Chinese history did not end well, and the example that was a little farther away from the end of the Ming Dynasty was Shang Ying, and the example that was closer to the end of the Ming Dynasty was Zhang Juzheng.

And the reason why they didn't end well is because in the process of changing the law, they have harmed the interests of too many people.

Shang Ying was a little better, people died, but the results of the reform were largely left.

And Zhang Juzheng is a person who walks away from tea and cools, and people die in politics, not only does he not end well after his death, but the changes he implemented are also abolished.

Now this Emperor Chongzhen doesn't want to implement the new policy by himself, and in the end, he gets such a result.

Therefore, he would rather slow down everything a little, even if the effect is not so immediate and not so obvious, he must be down-to-earth, let it take root in this era, and finally blossom and bear fruit.

The Wangri court meeting on May 15 of the third year of Chongzhen was soon ended in the praise of the Manchu civil and military ministers who attended the meeting.

Although he only set a general framework and ideas, many specific things were not involved, and there was still a big gap between him and the real thoughts in his heart, but Emperor Chongzhen was already very satisfied with the current result in the great court that was building the pole hall.

After coming out of the Jianji Palace, Emperor Chongzhen, who was in a good mood, asked Wang Chengen to invite Sun Chengzong and Zhang Weixian, the two ministers of military aircraft, as well as Nan Juyi, the secretary of the military department, to his own imperial study in the Qianqing Palace.

When these three people came to the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Chongzhen was already sitting and waiting in the study, and after the three people saluted, Emperor Chongzhen gave the three people a seat, and asked the chamberlain to serve tea for the three people, and the three thanked them again, after that, Emperor Chongzhen said:

"In this world, anything is easier said than done, and this time the imperial court redefined the military system, which is a big matter and involves a lot of things, let alone one that can be achieved overnight.

"What I said today on the Great Dynasty of the Great Hall of the Pole is just to give Qing and others a clear direction, set a frame, how to do it, and ask Qing and others to come up with a statement as soon as possible.

"I called the three Aiqing here again, just to say a few of the main points to the Qing and the others for consideration!

"One of them is the designated office. In addition to the Metropolitan Governor and the Upper Protector that I am talking about today, the existing functions of the Governor's Office, such as the Division, the Division, and the Division, are retained, and there are separate divisions according to the time.

"The second is to determine the candidate. The governors of the five armies of the north and the south, and the governors of the same prefectures and the affairs of the governors can be selected from among the ministers appointed by the existing governors, and the chief military officers of the border armies and the hinterland can also be appointed if they are suitable!

"As for the newly established left and right guards, left and right military officers, etc., they can be selected and appointed from the existing local care, border town supervision, hinterland deputy envoy of the army, deputy military envoy, and even the competent soldier of the science and technology officer!

"The third is to be stationed, and the garrisons of the five armies in the north and south do not need to be limited to two capitals, like this naval governor's mansion, it should be set up along the coast, and I think Tianjin and Denglai can also be!"

On such an occasion as the imperial study of the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Chongzhen talked eloquently with Sun Chengzong, Zhang Weixian, and Nan Juyi, and revealed some of his thoughts and dishes.

Important officials such as the left and right governors, governors and governors, governors, and officials of the five armies, and even middle and low-level officials such as joining the army, suppressing and pacifying, experience, and capital affairs, of course, are all the original settings of the five military governors' offices.

For these original official positions, Emperor Chongzhen respected and retained, and in addition, the purpose of setting up a left and right protector army parallel to and equal to the left and right governors of each province is also obvious.

It is to introduce the dualist system or the dual military and political chief system that has been effective in the later world into the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, the highest military command organization in the Ming Dynasty.

The establishment of the guard army and the supervision of the army was originally very similar to the political commissar system of later generations.

This is also something that has existed in the Chinese tradition since ancient times, and there will be no unadaptability.

This set of checks and balances may indeed increase the influence of civilian officials on the military to a certain extent, but it can also fully guarantee that the new Governor's Office, which is bound to become more and more powerful in the future, will not develop into a behemoth that is out of its control.

The fact that the Donglin Party can't use it doesn't mean that all civil officials can't use it, and now the Chongzhen Emperor can still distinguish it.

The small-scale summoning and deliberations in the Qianqing Palace did not end until dusk.

Next, Emperor Chongzhen handed over these things he had set to Ningcheng Bosun Chengzong, the British Duke Zhang Weixian, the two ministers of military aircraft, and the three people of the Ministry of War, Shangshu Nan Juyi, and together led the personnel of the Military Aircraft Department, the Ministry of War and the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies to discuss the remaining specific details.

However, whether it is to redefine the functions of the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army, or to appoint the Left and Right Governors, the Left and Right Protectors, and other candidates, even if he has the insight to understand the general trend of history and advance 300 years ahead, he cannot do everything by himself.

Because it is neither possible nor necessary to do so.