Zhu Mu's promotion of Sima Mingwei was, of course, also based on his considerations. When the www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun" Pavilion took advantage of the ministers to circulate the telegram, he also weighed the promotion and placement of Sima Mingwei in his heart. After thinking about it, he personally considered three aspects and decided to promote Sima Mingwei to general.

The first is because he must give an explanation to the meritorious heroes, and he must also establish a wise image that meritorious service must be rewarded. Although Sima Mingwei's merits in Liaodong are not as good as Wang Jue's, he can definitely be regarded as a great achievement, this kind of person is not rewarded, it will inevitably chill the hearts of countless soldiers, Zhu Mu is unwilling to see such a result.

The second point is that Zhu Mu is selfish as the emperor. He has always wanted to restore Wang Jue, his best friend, at least to restore Wang Jue to the position of commander of the group army, which can influence the situation of the war. But moving Wang Jue at this time is a little too conspicuous - the ministers will obstruct it, and even push Wang Jue to the forefront again. Therefore, Zhu Mu first promoted Sima Mingwei, and then promoted various meritorious officials in the new army, which naturally made Wang Jue's point hidden.

On the third point, Zhu Mu also moved his mind to monitor and control the new army. There should be no problem with the loyalty of the old general Sima Mingwei, and the system is closer to Ge Tianzhang's faction. With such a person in charge of a part of the new army, the imperial family is not afraid of a situation where the new army will be dominant.

With these three considerations, Zhu Mu made the decision to promote Sima Mingwei, and sure enough, he saw a smile on Ge Tianzhang's face, which achieved his goal of temporarily easing the relationship with the military department. At this time, the Ministry of War has obtained substantial benefits, and it will naturally adopt a supportive attitude in the reform of the new army, after all, as long as Wang Jue is removed, the Ministry of War will still be happy to see the matter of strengthening the army.

"Since everyone has no opinion on Sima Mingwei's promotion to general, then this matter has been passed!" Zhu Mu waved his hand at his secretary and instructed: "Draft a holy decree, the content is simpler, Sima Mingwei is also my favorite general, and then draw up a reward and send it to his home!" ”

After ordering this matter, Zhu Mu began to act so vigorously that all the ministers followed the rhythm of their hearts. His Majesty, the new emperor, who had been feared by everyone since he ascended the throne, finally showed his green fangs after a few minutes of normalcy.

He paused slightly, and then continued to speak to Wang Jianfeng and other ministers: "Since the promotion has rewarded General Sima Mingwei, you can't favor one over the other. I heard that in the battle of Liaodong, the generals of the new army, Zhang Jianjun, Guo Xing and Wang Yan, all made great contributions, and although they were promoted to major generals, they should always be promoted by some ranks...... Let's do this together. ”

Suddenly, several ministers looked like they had eaten flies, with constipated expressions. Although the generals of the New Army mentioned by Zhu Mu did make great contributions in the battle of Liaodong, after all, less than two years ago, they were only unpopular officers such as battalion commanders, and now they have become powerful generals one by one, is it not fast enough to be promoted?

A month ago, they had just been promoted to major generals, and now it is obviously impossible to be promoted, but the emperor himself is fighting for the rank and treatment of these generals, can a few ministers still desperately stop them? After all, it is only a grade promotion, and there is no change in the position, and the ministers can only pinch their noses and recognize it after thinking about it.

I don't know for what reason, this time Wang Jianfeng took the lead in expressing his attitude, so that Ge Tianzhang, who was still hesitating, was immediately isolated. He smiled and nodded, and agreed with Zhu Mu: "Your Majesty intends to promote young generals, of course we should support this kind of thing!" Raising the ranks of these three people, I, as the first assistant, agreed. ”

Shoufu agreed, Ma Siyuan naturally nodded and agreed, he has always partnered with Wang Jianfeng to deal with national economic affairs, and the two have already formed a tacit understanding in some way. Although the two people often have slightly different political views, most of the time the two people still have a cooperative attitude.

Then the other ministers expressed their positions one after another, and Ge Tianzhang had to agree to this promotion that seemed a little too fast. Zhang Jianjun, Guo Xing, Wang Yan and others are too young, and most of the officers who are young enough to be of their age are still squandering their years on regiment-level staff officers, how can they achieve the position of army commander?

"The minister agrees to raise the grade of these people......!" Ge Tianzhang's reason for finally making a compromise was actually very simple, he knew that it would be difficult for Liaodong to have the opportunity to let these young officers be promoted again, so after this promotion, as long as he and Cheng Zhixin paid attention to it, it would be impossible for these officers to have such a chance to "advance" in a short period of time.

Who knows, using these officers as a foreshadowing, the incident made by His Majesty the Emperor is just the beginning, I saw that Zhu Mu had a smile on his face even better, watching the six ministers continue to speak, but the words he said made everyone change their faces: "My Praetorian Guard is invincible on the battlefield in Liaodong, this is all the credit of Wu Yan, since he is no longer subordinate to the Jinyi Guard, then I have to give him a future no matter what." ”

Without waiting for the shocked ministers to open their mouths and rush to interrupt him, Zhu Mu directly said his thoughts: "I am going to set up a separate Praetorian Guard system, which will be subordinate to the new army but will not be arranged by the Ministry of War...... Wu Yan served as the commander of the Praetorian Guard, expanded the Praetorian Guard by 10 divisions, and trained in coordination with the New Army! ”

"Your Majesty! Never! Ge Tianzhang swallowed his saliva at this time, and hurriedly shouted out such a sentence. It is one thing for the Praetorian Guard to be a temporary force installed by the emperor in the new army, but if it is formed according to the permanent system and continued, it will be the fate of the military department.

There is no country in the world where the armed forces belong to two different personnel bodies. If the Ming Empire had set this first example, wouldn't the Ministry of War and the Praetorian Guard become parallel organizations in the future? If this premise is confirmed, which department will be more important in the future will not be a matter that His Majesty the Emperor can decide on a momentary preference?

So before Wang Jianfeng and the others could speak, Ge Tianzhang immediately jumped out and opposed Emperor Zhu Mu's personnel arrangements for Wu Yan of the Praetorian Guard. He had even figured out in his heart that when he went back, he would give Cheng Zhixin a death order, and no matter what, he would not allocate a copper coin of military expenses to the Praetorian Guard, let alone think about weapons and equipment!

However, he only shouted out such a sentence, and was interrupted by Zhu Mu, the emperor stood up suddenly, stared at Ge Tianzhang and asked word by word: "What?" Master Ge thinks that Wang Fu has been powerful and blessed in the Liaobei Army for so many years, and finally cheated my henchmen and loved the general, and I haven't looked for you yet? ”

When he said this, Zhu Mu slapped the table suddenly, and his momentum even startled Wang Jianfeng and other ministers. This is the first time that the emperor has been so violent in front of many ministers, and it is also the first time that he has slapped the table and yelled at a court official of this level as a cabinet minister.

Ge Tianzhang was also frightened by this sudden side, he didn't even know whether he should excuse himself or continue to fight with reason. It's just that he was stunned, and Emperor Zhu Mu roared even more angrily: "You arranged for Wang Fu to go to Liaobei together, what did he do there?" Things that everyone in the world knows, but you don't get the things that you say on the surface, but you force me to dispose of the countrymen and maintain your dignity! Now that I have moved your plate, you have spoken up? In the long time since I ascended the throne, if you have ever said anything about the disposal of Wang Futong, I will give you dignity today! ”

Ge Tianzhang is an old man in his eighties, where does he have the confidence to quarrel with a twenty-year-old boy? Before he could take a breath, Zhu Mu had already shouted several words with a gun and a stick, so angry that Ge Tianzhang was only there to gasp for breath and couldn't say a word.

This old minister who has gone through three dynasties, which emperor is not respectful and forbearant? Zhu Changle even relied on him as his arm, and when he was in power, he always supported his policy of first the south and then the north, and according to his advice, he promoted Cheng Zhixin, Sima Mingwei and even Wang Futong.

Over time, he no longer had the agitated mentality when he was in the Ministry of War and handed over the "Book of Petitioning for the Rejuvenation of the Nanyang Sailors". He just sat firmly in the position of the secretary of the military department, managing the established strategic direction that he had put on the Ming Empire many years ago.

For this matter, he has done a lot of commendable things, and he has also done a lot of inappropriate things, but because of his prestige, because of the commendable things he has done, successive emperors have acquiesced in what he did. However, now suddenly an emperor seized his sore foot and attacked him violently despite his contributions, and the old man could not resist it.

"I ...... I ......" He tried to get up from his chair, but found that he was already showing some signs of exhaustion. The other ministers had already stood up from their chairs, thinking that when the emperor stood up, all the ministers had to keep standing to show respect, Bai Fei beside Ge Tianzhang stretched out his hand and pulled him, but was thrown away by the angry Ge Tianzhang: "Don't help me!" ”

In all dynasties, how can there be a flawless minister? How can there be a perfect policy? If you just grasp the flaws of the minister to judge a minister, how many people dare to do things in their own position? In fact, the emperor will generally tolerate certain problems of the ministers, and the ministers will consciously restrain themselves to consolidate the emperor's tolerance for themselves.

However, Zhu Mu had no scruples this time, he directly fired at Ge Tianzhang, and used his absolute power as His Majesty the Emperor to directly beat Ge Tianzhang, the master of the military department, into the abyss that he could never turn over: "Don't help him!" This is my minister! This is the pillar of the empire! I announce the dismissal of Ge Tianzhang, and the secretariat will draft a holy decree! (To be continued.) )