Then the adjutants in the middle and lower ranks of the army cannot control zhì, and the senior generals cannot really control an army.

Coupled with the age limit for retirement, before the generals take control of the army, they have already reached the age of retirement, which also puts an end to the privatization of the army caused by being in charge of the army for too long.

On the one hand, these generals with a lot of practical experience can serve in the school, so as not to cause dissatisfaction caused by the sudden resignation of their posts, and on the other hand, these practical experiences can be passed on through the way of the school, so as to change the situation that the famous generals come from the family.

In order to appease the retired generals, Baili Wuji discussed with Xu Shiming and others to establish the Ming State Staff Council.

As a parallel institution of Zhongshu Province, the General Staff Committee did not belong to the leadership of Zhongshu Province, but was directly under the direct jurisdiction of the emperor. In other words, it is an institution that stands side by side with the province of Zhongshu.

In this way, it also constituted a political pattern under the emperor of the Ming State, in which the Zhongshu Province and the General Staff Yuan stood side by side.

Zhongshu Province was in charge of the people's livelihood, economy, officials, and diplomacy of the Ming Dynasty, and controlled the garrisons of the local prefectures.

The General Staff is in charge of all matters relating to the New Army and the armies stationed in the vassal states.

The Imperial Forest Army and the Military Intelligence Agency, as the emperor's secret agencies, were separated from the two.

At this point, the political pattern of the Ming State has been clear, that is, the emperor, Zhongshu Province, and the General Staff Yuan are separated from each other, and they contain and restrain each other.

This also satisfies and solves the sense of loss of those Ming generals who have made great achievements in war once they lose their military positions, after all, the General Staff is the actual commander of the most powerful regular army of the Ming State, the New Army, and the armies stationed in various vassal states. With great power and prestige.

However, this power was subdivided, and the General Staff had one decree, six courts, and no upper limit on the number of envoys, and the real power to mobilize troops was to vote.

The court ordered three votes for one person. One person in the court has two votes, and the court envoy has one vote, and only when the number of votes exceeds two-thirds can a resolution be formed and the army can be mobilized.

In order to use troops abroad, diplomatic authorization from the Zhongshu Province is required.

In other words, it is really necessary to start a foreign war. It is necessary for the Zhongshu Province to submit an application for the use of troops, and then it will be voted on by the General Staff to form a resolution. Make a plan to dispatch troops, and then report to the emperor for approval.

The emperor did not mention the right of veto, but he had the right of veto.

In other words, the emperor could not mention the use of foreign troops. However, they can veto the plans that have been reported. And the emperor's veto power is supreme.

In this way, the real controller of the Ming army, the General Staff, had two kinds of clamps, as long as the Zhongshu Province did not submit an application for the use of troops or the emperor vetoed it, the General Staff could not send troops outward.

In addition, Baili Wuji still felt uneasy, and he decided to put a cage on the new army and the troops stationed in various vassal states in addition to this.

That is, the iron law of the General Staff was formulated -- the new army and the army stationed in the vassal state were not allowed to fight against the Ming country, and they were not allowed to participate in the civil war for any reason.

And it can really be used for domestic operations. For example, to suppress rebellions and crack down on bandits, we can only rely on the local garrisons of the state capitals under the Zhongshu Province and the yamen under the state capitals to arrest them.

After these days. The outline of the political pattern of the Ming State was basically determined, and Baili Wuji ordered Xu Shiming to participate in the political affairs of the people, refine and improve it according to this outline, formulate a complete law, and then submit it to himself.

Just after Baili Wuji finished these few days.

The bad news came that Sun Guangxian, one of the three prime ministers of the Ming Kingdom, had passed away.

Although Baili Wuji was prepared in his heart, he was still shocked.

The Imperial Physician Order has been reporting Sun Guangxian's illness to Baili Wuji every day, although the Imperial Physician Ling has always said that Sun Guangxian will leave at any time, but Baili Wuji has always thought that there is no problem with delaying the diagnosis and treatment for more than ten or twenty days after the Imperial Doctor's order.

As a result, Sun Guangxian passed out in only six days from his death.

Baili Wuji had no choice but to make Feng Dao the funeral envoy and be responsible for taking care of Sun Guangxian's afterlife.

and ordered Xu Shiming to choose a nickname for Sun Guangxian.

Baili Wuji sent Gao Rongrong to Sun's mansion to take the ten-year-old Sun Siming back to the palace, sleep and study with Baili Jingbei, and take him as a partner.

At this time, the ship that Sun Shixu was on had just encountered one of the ships that was ordered by Baili Wuji to sail eastward to deliver a message.

In order to ensure the emergency, there were three communication ships sent to the east.

When Sun Shixu and Peng Xiao saw Baili Wuji's handwritten letter, they were shocked.

Especially Sun Shixu, who has been thinking about seeing his father for so many years, and now the flight can only be reached in a few days, but the news that his father is critically ill comes here, how can he not be anxious?

Peng Xiao immediately gave the order to the fleet, drive at full speed, and sail westward.

But it was always too late, and by the time Sun Shixu stepped off the board at the Jinling Fu pier, it was already the fourth day after Sun Guangxian's death.

I don't know why the weather this year is hotter than usual, and although Baili Wuji ordered to use ice storage to cool Sun Guangxian's body, the complexion of the corpse still began to change.

In desperation, Baili Wuji can only make people go into the funeral first.

When Sun Shixu arrived quickly, the burial ceremony was underway.

Sun Shixu didn't even have time to say a word to Baili Wuji, so he wept bitterly and fell down in front of his father's corpse.

This meeting, which was supposed to be a joyful meeting, turned out to be a farewell to heaven and man forever.

Sun Shixu cried like a wolf, venting the feelings in his heart.

The son wants to raise but the parent is not there, and there is nothing more painful in the world than this.

Baili Wuji was full of guilt, and he couldn't find the words to comfort this little man who hadn't seen him for more than ten years.

The last time he met Sun Shixu was on a ship off the coast of Goryeo.

It's been more than ten years this time, and looking at Sun Shixu, who is already close to being confused, Baili Wuji is not only sorry in his heart, but also sorry.

Baili Wuji waved his hand and signaled Yiying to retreat, so that Sun Shixu had a chance to get along with his father quietly, which was already the last chance in this life.

……。

The next day, Baili Wuji issued an order to posthumously crown Sun Guangxian as Taifu and Jiangling Gong, and posthumously give him the nickname Wenzheng. gave Sun Guangxian a great honor behind him, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, only Mr. Liang Zhen, who is unscrupulous, has had this honor.

Two days later, Baili Wuji pressed Sun Shixu's shoulder, who was kneeling in front of Sun Guangxian's tomb, and comforted him softly: "Yuan Zhijie mourns, Ling Zun walks very peacefully, don't be too sad." ”

Sun Shixu pursed his thirsty lips and said, "Ziqing, I feel so guilty in my heart, my father raised me alone, but I didn't even see him for the last time, how can I feel at ease?" Under Jiuquan, my father will definitely blame me for being unfilial. ”

Baili Wuji said: "Yuanzhi, you are wrong. On the day Ling Zun fainted, he talked to me privately, and he didn't blame you in the slightest, and even took pride in you. (To be continued......)