Chapter 206: Flickering
Li Jiancheng's words were simply a wave of thousands of followers, Fang Congzhe, Han Kuang and others never thought that the emperor would actually talk about this matter anyway.
As soon as he opened his mouth, Li Jiancheng also opened the skylight and said something bright. He said: "I have been studying my military history of the Ming Dynasty recently, and I have made a discovery. After the change of Tumubao, the military strength of our Ming Dynasty has been in a declining stage. Today, I have been suffering from constant internal worries and external troubles. ”
Li Jiancheng pointed directly to the Tumubao incident, which was a shame for the Ming Dynasty in any case. After Yingzong was captured, it was also the time of the collapse of the Ming Dynasty's noble group, and since then, the Ming Dynasty's civil officials have flourished, which is the beginning and end of the Ming Dynasty's emphasis on literature and light on military force, and the status of literati has risen to the bottom of the status of soldiers.
At this time, Li Jiancheng said that there were constant internal troubles and more external troubles, and all the ministers did not dare to speak out, and they had nothing to say about the collusion between officials and businessmen and the traitor to the enemy. Li Jiancheng continued: "Before the civil fort, I was a military guard of the Ming Dynasty, in order to set up garrisons in important military places throughout the country, there were 5,600 guards, and there were thousands of households, hundreds of households, general flags and small flags and other units in order, each guard was subordinate to the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, and also belonged to the Ministry of War. But over the years, there has not been one out of ten troops in the Duowei Station, and all those who have been left behind are the old, weak, sick and disabled. I investigated this reason carefully, and found that the source of my Ming army is hereditary military households, and hereditary military households cannot leave the country if they obey the orders of the military department for life. Each guard house sent one person to serve as a soldier in the guard station, and the soldiers took turns guarding the guard and tuntian in the guard station, and the income from the tuntian was used to supply the needs of the army and generals, but most of the military household officials and generals were rigid for their own use. Exploitation and enslavement of subordinate soldiers. Turning the income of the tuntian into private property. As a result, the livelihood of soldiers is difficult. On the one hand, they were enslaved, and on the other hand, they could not get rid of the household registration, which also caused many deserters. This phenomenon has occurred all over the country in our Ming Dynasty, and the result is that the soldiers have fled in groups, the tuntian has been deserted, and the guards who protect the country have become synonymous with slaves. In this way, plus some of you who smuggle and betray the country, I have not lost the country until now, and all of you are indispensable! ”
Li Jiancheng's cynicism seems to have become commonplace in the court, and although most of the ministers are dissatisfied, there is no way for him to take advantage of it every time. Li Jiancheng said that some of these ministers were shocked by the slavery of soldiers, and naturally some people were clear.
Li Jiancheng then said straight to the point: "I know that since the Tumu Fort, my Ming literati have been treated heavily and the warriors have been despised and despised by the warriors, and what has been caused for a long time is the rest of the country's military machinery, with no one to protect the family and no one to defend the country. ”
Li Jiancheng stopped here when he said this, but everyone knew what Li Jiancheng was going to do, and Li Jiancheng's recent actions all indicated his purpose of improving the social status of martial artists. At this time, Zhang Heming, the squire of the military department, said: "The minister agrees with what His Majesty said, and my Ming military department must indeed be rectified. However, since ancient times, most of the warriors violated the ban with disorderly power, and the change of the civil fort had to be prevented. ”
This crane song was tested in the 14th year of Wanli (1586). Because of his father's illness, he returned and did not take the palace test. In the twentieth year of Wanli (1592), Fang became a jinshi. He served as the magistrate of Licheng County, Shandong, and was worth "the mine envoy to disturb the people everywhere, and the public to resist Chen Jue." "Anything that is convenient for the people and profitable, Heming will do everything." After leaving office, the people of Licheng cherished their virtue and built the "Immortal Shrine" to worship him, which can be said to be a loyal minister, but after all, he is a literati and he is dedicated to speaking for the literati.
The world' began with Jane; Sheng Yu Fan; Finally, there is really nothing wrong with this, a single thing likes to think that it is right, and the narrow thinking of 'not my race, its heart must be different' in Chinese academia has been implemented very thoroughly.
Li Jiancheng said: "I agree with the statement that martial artists violate the ban, but speaking of which, how many examples of literati violating the ban and succeeding in a certain right in this history? If so, who should I trust? ”
Li Jiancheng's voice was not loud, but his words were heartfelt, and the people who agreed with Zhang Heming just now were dumbfounded.
"Humph!" Li Jiancheng snorted coldly, and he continued: "I take it as my responsibility to rejuvenate my Ming Dynasty, and I don't doubt that I should use people, and I don't need to use suspicious people." Don't you all think I'm the kind of monarch who is suspicious of his abilities? ”
Li Jiancheng asked loudly, Zhang Heming knelt down and said: "Weichen is guilty, please punish Your Majesty!" ”
Li Jiancheng ignored him and said: "All affairs have two sides, there are good and evil. Today, there are those who collaborate with the enemy and betray the country, and there are also warriors who are not afraid of death; In ancient times, there was Yue Fei, a loyal general, and Qin Hui, a traitorous minister. We can't kill a boatload of people with a single rod. In particular, all of you here are the people in power in the entire country and society, and one of your arbitrary decisions can affect the fate of the people below. Therefore, the political pattern advocated by me cannot be completely defined in certain forms and reasons. First of all, its first priority is to solve the problem as the foundation. ”
Li Jiancheng paused and continued: "This time, with the help of the opportunity of Liaodong, I just thought of a plan, that is, the separation of military and government that I just mentioned. The so-called separation of the military and the government is to completely cut off the inertia of military-political exchanges, and to completely separate military posts and political posts into two categories; military posts are not allowed to be in the co-ordinator posts, and the same political posts are not in the unification and co-ordination military posts, and the military and the government will be completely turned into two departments, and they will not be able to interfere and guide each other from promotion to inauguration. ”
Li Jiancheng's words really shocked everyone this time, he is going to split the Ming Dynasty in half! For a while, the opposition of the ministers was overwhelming, but Li Jiancheng waved his hand and said quietly: "I didn't say that I will implement the whole country now, this is an immature reality." To be honest, the main purpose of this is to prevent the military and the government from colluding with each other so that there will be a situation like Shenyang again. This time, we set up the defense of the entire northern Liaoning region as a special military zone, set up a military and political staff department, and set up a professional military school in Beijing. In addition, I will also convene old generals from all parties to participate in the formation of the military and political staff and serve as instructors and instructors in military schools. ”
Li Jiancheng said this, but the ministers did not express their relief. Although, as Li Jiancheng said, it takes a lot of steps and practical things to realize this plan, but this emperor is a man who does what he says. What he said at this time was to make it clear that he would do it again and again. This time, Li Jiancheng wanted to carry out the separation of military and political affairs on the grounds of collusion between officers and soldiers in Shenyang, and they could not say any reason to stop it.
In short, this time the emperor wants to start a new round of military generals, and it is already unstoppable, and it is understandable to oppress the emperor by Jiannu. Naturally, there are people who understand him, but understanding is understanding, but it does not mean that they are willing to share power. At this time, the separation of military and political affairs proposed by Li Jiancheng was not a guarantee from Li Jiancheng to the imperial court, which may mean that no matter how the military develops, it is not allowed to affect the central government, so as to reduce the opposition of the imperial court.
Many ministers are not breathless, at this time it is only involved in the military of Liaodong, and it is not the separation of the military and the government in the whole country, please think about the countermeasures, and it is not the time to sing the reverse drama at this time, after all, I don't know what the emperor is talking about. Anyway, the emperor of the military power in Liaodong will not let go, and Li Jiancheng will let him do it for the time being.
Thinking of this, Fang Congzhe glanced at Han Kuang, but the other party did not react, Fang Congzhewei smiled and said: "My Emperor Shengming, it is undoubtedly a groundbreaking thing to recruit old generals and open military dogmas into a school garden, and the growth of a hundred schools into one, which will strengthen my Ming armament, and Weichen supports His Majesty's decision!" ”
Fang Congzhe's words and the people below are different, Han Kuang also looked at him differently, the political zhì is only an eternal enemy and no eternal friends, the teammates who have just cooperated a few times have different political concepts in the end, the people led by Fang Congzhe and Donglin are very different, Donglin Chongwen grasps the central government very tightly, and the people represented by Fang Congzhe are more miscellaneous, at this time, the advantages of supporting Li Jiancheng outweigh the disadvantages, I am not afraid that Donglin will not come to him in the future, Li Jiancheng will not really implement the separation of military and political affairs for one or two decades, it is simply impossible, Even more opportunities are needed than just time, which is also the reason why Fang Congzhe did not hesitate to agree with the emperor. This old and spicy politician always knows when to play the cards that are most interesting to him, and he believes that the emperor must have had other purposes in proposing this thing that has not been easy to do for decades!
Han Kuang was annoyed and naturally knew Fang Congzhe's thoughts, and Li Jiancheng certainly knew what these old foxes were planning. As Fang Congzhe thought, Li Jiancheng proposed that this thing that could not be completed in the short term was to attract attention, and it was not easier to completely strip the military power from politics than to break it and rebuild it. Military rights are absolute here in Li Jiancheng, as long as he has money, no matter how he builds, it will not be the turn of others to gossip about him. Attracting the attention of these people to the military side will also facilitate Li Jiancheng's next actions.
When Jiannu was engaged in construction in Liaodong, he Li Jiancheng also began to develop in a big way, and when these fools were attracted to the military aspect, it was when he changed the environment of the Ming Dynasty from industry to culture. (To be continued......)