Chapter 866: Fengtian Carriage

Today's Jianji Hall Dynasty Meeting is different from the previous dynasties.

First of all, there are fewer people who are qualified to participate in the court meeting, and those who can come are all the senior officials above the deputy position of the five armies of the Beijing Division, as well as the senior officials above the deputy position of each prefecture and temple.

If these people sell their direct invitations, they will have to think carefully about the consequences that outweigh the losses, so they will not easily confront the emperor.

Secondly, the officials who were able to attend the meeting could only discuss matters within the scope of their respective duties, and could not chase after the wind and attack the ministers indiscriminately.

This has reduced the risk of partisanship to a minimum.

Moreover, now that the palace has set up the imperial history, no matter which yamen and temples of the five armies and six departments have something to report, if there is any problem that cannot be solved by themselves, it needs to be brought to the court meeting to discuss and solve it together, so they need to report their own issues to the cabinet and the palace in advance, and send them to the emperor to read them, and set the topics of the Shuowang Dynasty in advance.

The meaning is that the affairs that the emperor can decide directly are decided by the emperor directly, and do not need to be taken to the court.

Only those things that the emperor can't make up his mind and can't decide directly, or if the emperor feels that they should be brought to the court for discussion, are allowed to be discussed and decided together at the court meeting.

Emperor Chongzhen did this, the purpose was very clear, that is, to completely control the rhythm of the Jianji Palace, and not let others lead the way.

That is to say, all the things that can be brought to the court meeting of the Jianji Palace to openly appeal to the court should be things that have been basically finalized outside the court meeting.

Of course, it is not easy to do this, and now it is just the beginning, and there is still a long way to go to form conventions and rules.

And when it came to the Jianji Hall on July 15, Emperor Chongzhen determined the content of this court meeting as soon as he opened his mouth.

Immediately afterwards, Emperor Chongzhen looked at Li Guoyi, the first minister of the cabinet, and Sun Chengzong, the minister of military aircraft, who were also kneeling on the ground, and said to them:

"Cabinet Li Aiqing, Sun Aiqing, let's start!"

The first time he came to Beijing to be an official, and it was also the first time he went to the Jianji Hall to participate in the court meeting, Dingyi Bohou Liangzhu, kneeling in front of a group of nobles and military ministers of the old and new five military capitals, secretly looking at everything new in the Jianji Hall with the afterglow of his eyes.

When the platform was called, many of Emperor Chongzhen's thoughts and arrangements, Hou Liangzhu already knew, and kneeling in the Jianji Hall at this time was just to formally listen to the imperial decree with the same content again.

While thinking about his own affairs, Hou Liangzhu saw Sun Chengzong, the Minister of Military Aircraft kneeling at the forefront of the civilian officials, stand up first next to Li Guoyi, the first assistant to the cabinet.

I saw Sun Chengzong stand up, bow to Emperor Chongzhen, and then turn to face the civil and military ministers who were still kneeling on the ground in the hall, and took a holy decree from Cao Huachun, the eunuch who walked quickly, and then slowly unfolded it and read it out:

"Fengtian carried the emperor, and the edict said: From now on, the old system and old name of the three major battalions of the Beijing Division will be abolished, and the Shenji Battalion will remain as the Beijing Battalion, which is still directly led by the Son of Heaven, and Liu Wenbing, the eldest son of Xinlehou, is still the commander of the Shenji Battalion, and the current general soldier Zhu Guoyan is still the chief soldier.

"The five military camps that originally belonged to the Beijing camp were reorganized into the third town of the Huangming Guards from now on, and the headquarters is still stationed in Yongguan.

"Wu Wei Bojiang, the former chief officer of the Fifth Military Battalion, should be edicted, and from now on, he will be reappointed as the commander of the third town of the Huangming Guards, and the former Admiral and Honorable Ministers will be appointed separately, and Wen Zhenmeng, the former superintendent of the Beijing Battalion, will be reappointed as the third town supervisor of the Huangming Guards.

"The 3,000 battalions of the original Beijing camp will be reorganized into the fourth town of the Huangming Guards from now on, and the headquarters is still stationed in Miyun.

"The former 3,000 battalion commander-in-chief, Wu Anbo, Wang Tingchen, will be reappointed as the commander of the fourth town of the Huangming Guards from now on, and the former commanders and ministers will be appointed separately, and Ni Yuanlu, the imperial history of the Xuanfu Town Guards, will be reappointed as the fourth town supervisor of the Huangming Guards Army from now on.

"The third and fourth towns of the newly formed Emperor Ming Guards, and the first and second towns of the original Emperor Ming Guards, will be under the control and command of the Governor's Mansion of the Guards from now on! Chin this! ”

The Minister of Military Aircraft, Ningcheng Bosun Chengzong, calmly and forcefully read out this holy decree, immediately closed it, then turned around, faced the emperor's throne, knelt down, and continued:

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Some of the other ministers in the palace had known for a long time, and at this time they knew it in their hearts and remained silent, while some of them did not know it but were shocked.

But whether he knew it in advance or not, when Sun Chengzong, the Minister of Military Aircraft, had already expressed his attitude, after that, the others could only follow Sun Chengzong and shout long live.

Speaking of which, although the content of this holy decree is very simple, it is something that Emperor Chongzhen has wanted to do but has not been able to do in the past two years.

The three major battalions of the Beijing Division have existed for more than 200 years, and they have involved the vital interests of a large number of nobles from families who were born as heroes of the Jingjing Martyrdom.

If you put it on the back burner, whoever wants to change it will probably run the risk of losing your official position, resigning, or even losing your head.

However, now, with the 30,000 strong divisions of the first and second towns of the Guards, and the emperor's constant placement of the imperial attendant military attache and the graduates of the martial arts, at this time, the old system was abandoned and changed to the Guards in one fell swoop, and no one could stop it.

As for the Shenji Battalion, as one of the three major battalions of the original Beijing Division, a pure firearms army with outstanding combat achievements, it is now given priority to equipping all the advanced firearms produced by the Armament Institute.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen did not change this Shenji battalion, which was of great significance to the Ming Imperial Family, into the Guards Army and handed it over to the command of the Guards Governor's Mansion in the New Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, but continued to use it as a guard pro-army guarding the Imperial City of the Beijing Division.

Listening to the Minister of Military Aircraft Sun Chengzong personally finalize the holy decree read out in public word by word, although Emperor Chongzhen still had some excitement in his heart, but his face was still expressionless, and when the hall was quiet again, he didn't say anything, just quietly watched the first and auxiliary minister of the cabinet, Li Guoyi.

Sure enough, when the hall was quiet, Li Guoyi, the first assistant of the cabinet who was kneeling in the forefront, stood up, and like Sun Chengzong, the minister of military aircraft, faced the kneeling ministers, and took another holy decree from Cao Huachun, the eunuch who bowed down to the seal of the celebrant supervisor, and then slowly unfolded it and read:

"Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says: From now on, the five military governors of the front army, the rear army, the left army, the right army, and the middle army will be abolished, and all the functions and powers of the original front and rear left and right central five army governors will be handed over to the guards, border troops, internal guards, navy and reserves, etc.

"As soon as it was said, the commanders of the towns of the Ming Border Army and the capital of the border provinces will be transferred to the Imperial Ming Border Guards on the day of their arrival!

"Second, the Ming Guards have organized the towns, and the day of the order will be immediately transferred to the Imperial Ming Guards Governor's Mansion to control the command!

"Three, the Ming Dynasty north and south of the city of the guards, not along the border and coast, the day of the decree will be under the control and command of the Emperor's Ming Internal Guard Army!

"Fourth, within the territory of the Ming Dynasty, from the Dongjiang River, Yingzhou to Dongfan and Qiongya, all the naval divisions and coastal defense posts along the north and south coasts will be immediately transferred to the control and command of the Navy Governor's Office on the day of arrival!

"Five, the provinces within the territory of the Ming Dynasty under the jurisdiction of the township soldiers and people training and the Emperor Ming New Army Zhuozhou training camp and the subsequent training camps in various places, from now on to the Emperor Ming Reserve Army Governor's Office control command!

"Today, there is a new statute of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, and the decree is issued to the governors and ministers of all parts of the world.

"I order this decree to be published at home and abroad, and to announce it to the world! On the day of the decree, the decree will be forbidden! Dare to hesitate and violate, and those who violate the yang and yin will be guilty of seeking danger to the society! Chin this! ”

Li Guoyi, the first assistant of the cabinet, finished reading this holy decree, and the same as the practice of Ningcheng Bosun Chengzong, the minister of military aircraft, did not leave any room for discussion among the ministers in the palace at all, and directly turned around and knelt on the ground, shouting Your Majesty Shengming, long live our emperor.

On July 15, the Midyear Festival, the Jianji Hall Wangri Dynasty Meeting ended in a decisive way.

On the basis of all the functions of the original Five Armed Forces Governor's Office, the new regulations of the Five Military Governor's Office were established by Emperor Chongzhen, and the jurisdiction and authority of each of the newly established Governor's Offices and the functions and powers of each of the second-level departments under them were determined.

In addition to the original Judgment Division, the Experience Division, the Suppression Division, the Shoma Office, and the Counseling Office, each of the Governor's Offices has unified the newly established General Affairs Department, Military Orders Department, Teaching Department, Merit Examination Department, Quartermaster Division, and Salary Division.

At the same time, under the different governors' offices, there are one or two different institutions, such as the border guard military governor's office, which has set up a special border army horse administration department, which is in charge of the border army's own military horse farm.

Another example is the Navy Governor's Office, which has set up a special naval shipping department to take charge of the affairs of the navy's own ship purchase and shipbuilding and even ship maintenance.

In addition, the Qingzhang Military Tun Division was specially set up under the Governor's Office of the Internal Guard Army, and the New Army Selection and Recruitment Division was specially set up under the Reserve Army Governor's Office, which specially recruited and trained soldiers, and so on.