"Ladies and gentlemen, is there a suitable person to form a water division?" Emperor Xuande saw that Zhang Fu, Yang Shiqi and Jian Yi had agreed with Li Yuntian to form a water division, so he glanced around at the ministers in the hall and asked with a smile.

In fact, Emperor Xuande knew that his question was in vain, the only candidate to form the Daming Water Division had already been determined, and no one except Li Yuntian could resign competently, and the reason why he asked was just a routine matter.

Sure enough, when Emperor Xuande's words lagged behind, all the ministers in the hall looked at Li Yuntian, this is not to say that no one dares to compete with Li Yuntian for the position of the chief officer of the water division, but there is no way to compete with Li Yuntian.

The reason is very simple, it is easy to form a Daming naval division, as long as the manpower and ships are drawn from various coastal defense posts, but how to feed the troops is a thorny problem.

The military system of the Ming Dynasty is the cantonment system, which means that the garrison has to support its own troops, and the imperial court is usually only responsible for providing the cost of weapons, after all, the Ming Dynasty has implemented the policy of collecting taxes separately from the central and local governments, so that the treasury is not rich, where is there spare money to provide for the troops of the guard.

The naval division is a money-burning army, and daily training and maintenance require strong financial support, and the cantonment system obviously cannot achieve this, and it is impossible for the imperial court to deliberately allocate funds to the naval division, otherwise how to explain to the governors? You can't choose one over the other.

This is also an important reason why the Ming Dynasty did not have a naval division in the official sense, like the guard troops of the major governors, only when the war was fought, the treasury would bear the expenses of the troops.

Therefore, after the formation of the naval division, the cantonment system could not be adopted, so the only way to implement the compulsory military service system of the Xiaowu army was to be implemented, and the lecture martial arts hall was responsible for the daily expenses of the naval division.

It is precisely because of the compulsory military service system of the Xiaowu Army that the soldiers of the Xiaowu Army can devote themselves to daily training with peace of mind, which makes them have strong combat effectiveness.

In other words, although it seems that the formation of the Daming Water Division is a beautiful difference, it is actually a hot potato, and no one except Li Yuntian can take on this task.

Don't look at Li Yuntian's ability to call Zheng He's treasure ship to deliver supplies to Pyongyang Prefecture in Xijing, North Korea, when the Mongol army invaded Liaodong, he usually did not invest money in the fleet under the command of Jiangwutang, which could work at a critical moment.

"Your Majesty, the minister recommended the Zhenguo Gong to form a sailor, and the Wutang has a lot of ships under its jurisdiction, and in recent years, under the dispatch of the Zhenguo Gong, he has made a lot of contributions to my Ming Dynasty, so the minister feels that the Zhenguo Gong can take on this important responsibility." As the first assistant of the military pavilion and the imperial master of the dynasty, Zhang Fu was naturally the most suitable person to answer Emperor Xuande's inquiry, so he didn't want to say in a deep voice.

"The minister seconded the proposal!" Subsequently, the civil and military officials in the main hall spoke one after another, all of whom agreed with Li Yuntian to form a water division.

"Zhen Guogong, since the Zhongqing family is optimistic about you, then I will hand over the matter of the sailor to you, and the personnel and ships of the coastal defense post will be at your disposal." Emperor Xuande smiled slightly when he saw this, and said to Li Yuntian while coughing, it seems that Li Yuntian will be busy next, and the formation of the navy is complicated, and it will not be completed overnight.

"Obey." Li Yuntian couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, bowed down to Emperor Xuande, he felt that he had nothing to do, he originally planned to prepare for the matter of the water master in a few years, but he didn't expect that things happened to meet such a good opportunity, so he prepared for this matter in advance.

After the court meeting, Li Yuntian was left in the palace by Emperor Xuande to accompany Empress Dowager Zhang for dinner, in addition to Empress Sun and the deposed Empress Hu, Zhou Yuting, the lord of Yingrui, Zhu Yuxin, the lord of Ruixiang, and Nuo Min, the lord of Dexin, were accompanied.

Since Nuo Min is a descendant of the Northern Yuan royal family, and Halbara was named the King of Anyi by Emperor Xuande, Nuo Min was also named the lord of Dexin, in order to show the kindness of the Ming Dynasty to the three tribes of Mongolian Dayan, Huite and Wuliangha.

Unlike Zhou Yuting and Zhu Yuxin, Nuo Min wore a Mongolian costume with many decorations, which was very conspicuous at the banquet.

What Li Yuntian did in Liaodong Empress Dowager Zhang saw it in her eyes, and there were too few important ministers of the court like Li Yuntian, who were both civil and military and loyal to the Ming Dynasty, so she naturally wanted to express her praise to Li Yuntian.

The atmosphere of the banquet was very festive, but Emperor Xuande's cough from time to time made Li Yuntian feel a little worried in his heart, he knew that Emperor Xuande had fallen seriously ill on the way back to Datong City because of the defeat of the Yinmahe, and now it seems that he has not fully recovered.

When he left the Forbidden City, it was already dark at night, and in the four-wheeled carriage driving, Li Yuntian was chatting and laughing with Zhou Yuting, Zhu Yuxin and Nuo Min, and the atmosphere was harmonious.

"Xianggong, recently it has been rumored in the market in the capital that the emperor wants to abolish the Liaodong Metropolitan Division, Shanxi Xingdu Division, and Wanquan Division, and let the Xiaowu Army take charge of local military affairs, I don't know if this news is true?" While talking and laughing, Zhou Yuting suddenly remembered something and couldn't help but ask with interest.

Due to the bravery of the Xiaowu army in Liaodong and Northern Zhili, rumors spread in the capital that Emperor Xuande was ready to abolish the Liaodong Metropolitan Division, Shanxi Xingdu Division, and Wanquan Division, which had performed poorly in the war with the Northern Yuan Dynasty, and let Li Yuntian take over the military affairs of the three places to stabilize the northern frontier of the Ming Dynasty.

Although this will damage the interests of the Ming nobles and even shake the foundation of the cantonment system, the combat effectiveness of the Weisuo army in the war with the Northern Yuan Dynasty is far inferior to that of the Xiaowu army, and it is almost about to lose the Liaodong capital, so those nobles of the Ming Dynasty will have no other way to fight than to use the cantonment system as the ancestral system set by the Ming Taizu.

However, the ancestral system can only restrain those weak emperors, and for those strong emperors, it is tantamount to a dead letter, the simplest example is that Emperor Hongwu once forbade eunuchs to interfere in politics in the palace, but Emperor Yongle broke this ancestral system and appointed eunuchs around him to go out to military towns as lieutenant officials.

Although Emperor Xuande does not have the prestige of Emperor Yongle as the emperor of the world, he is one step further than Emperor Yongle in the matter of eunuchs, not only let the eunuchs of the celebrant to help him review the folds, but also set up a school in the palace for the little attendants to read and learn characters.

Therefore, the ancestral system is sometimes indeed useful, but sometimes it is just a dead letter, just a prop in the game between the monarch and the minister.

After hearing Zhou Yuting's question, Zhu Yuxin and Nuo Min looked at Li Yuntian curiously, if the rumors are true, it will be a great event for the Ming military circles, which means that the current military system of the Ming Dynasty will be severely impacted.

"I didn't expect the gossip to spread so quickly." Li Yuntian couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and did not deny the rumors on the market, Emperor Xuande did have the intention of replacing the Liaodong Dusi and Shanxi Xingdu Si Mingjun with Xiaowu Army, but this matter has not yet been put on the agenda, and it has been leaked out without thinking.

Emperor Xuande did not want to replace the guards of Liaodong and Shanxi Xingdu with Xiaowu troops on a whim, but now he has the conditions to dismiss the guards of Liaodong and Shanxi.

As for the Wanquan Division, since the Tatars and Warat were defeated by the Ming Dynasty this time, they had also lost the meaning of saving zài, so they would naturally be merged into the Shanxi Xingdu Division.

First of all, in this battle with Tatar and Warat, the main force of the Ming army's guard army can be said to have suffered heavy losses, as the most fierce battle, the Liaodong Metropolitan Division and Shanxi Xingdu Division's garrison troops were even more vigorous, so some of the garrisons had to be reduced.

Moreover, although Zhang Hao is the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, the actual control of the Liaodong Ming Army is in the hands of Li Yuntian, the deputy commander-in-chief of Liaodong.

As a result, Li Yuntian has the troops of Jiaozhi and Liaodong in his hands, and the troops of these two places are the most elite troops of the Ming Dynasty, which is enough to deter and suppress the guards in the north and south of the Ming Dynasty, and Emperor Xuande does not have to worry about some nobles wanting to take advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble.

What is particularly important is that Li Yuntiantong's great victory in Liaodong and Northern Zhili has gained high prestige, and his status in the army has surpassed Zhang Fu, Zhou Zheng and Zhang Hao, and he has become the first person in the Ming army.

"Xianggong, does the emperor really want to abolish the Liaodong Capital Division and the Shanxi Xingdu Division?" Zhou Yuting was slightly stunned when she heard this, her eyes showed a shocked look, and she looked a little uneasy, although this has increased the military power in Li Yuntian's hands, but how to deal with the nobles and generals of the Ming army involved, she doesn't want Li Yuntian to become the target of the Ming lords because of this matter.

"Emperor Taizu's original intention of setting up the military tun is good, and he wants the local garrison to be self-sufficient, but now it seems that the situation of the guards has deviated from Emperor Taizu's original intention, so it is time for the military tun to change."

Li Yuntian knew that Zhou Yuting would definitely have to worry about this matter, so he didn't tell her, and explained with a smile, "The Liaodong Capital Division and the Shanxi Xingdu Division will not be abolished, and the emperor will reorganize them according to the model of the Xiaowu Army, and all the military households under their jurisdiction will be changed to civilian households, and the number of garrisons will be reduced." ”

"Do they belong to the Warriors?" Zhou Yuting nodded thoughtfully, and then asked with a concerned expression, this is related to Li Yuntian's role and role in this matter.

"The reorganized army is under the jurisdiction of the Liaodong Metropolitan Division and the Shanxi Xingdu Division, except that they are no longer subordinate to the major governors, but are directly governed by the military cabinet." Li Yuntian knew what Zhou Yuting meant, and shook his head with a smile, "However, the Xiaowu Army will reorganize some troops from it, and these armies will be under the jurisdiction of the Martial Arts Hall." ”

In this way, the troops on the boundary between the Liaodong Metropolitan Division and the Shanxi Xingdu Division were divided into two parts, one part was under the jurisdiction of the Military Pavilion, and the other part was under the jurisdiction of the Jiangwutang.

Although the lecture hall is under the name of the military pavilion, in fact, the military cabinet does not have the authority to mobilize the Xiaowu army under the jurisdiction of the military pavilion, because the lecture hall is actually the forbidden army of Emperor Xuande, which is directly commanded and transferred by Emperor Xuande.

In other words, the local troops under the command of the military cabinet are the second-class troops responsible for maintaining local law and order, while the Xiaowu troops under the jurisdiction of the Jiangwutang are the first-class troops used to conduct field battles with the enemy, and the duties of the two sides will be significantly different, making them more professional.

Although the duties of the first-class troops and the second-class troops are different, their establishment and training are the same, and their officers have to be trained in the martial arts, but the requirements of the first-class troops are higher, and the treatment is correspondingly better.

As for the military expenses of the second-class troops, Emperor Xuande's inner treasury, the treasury of the household department, and the lecture hall will each contribute one-third, because of the reduction of the number of people and the fact that the imperial court has gained a lot in the Lianghuai Yandao case, it is enough to bear the military expenses of the second-class troops of the Liaodong Metropolitan Division and the Shanxi Xingdu Division.