In fact, the so-called governors of the Five Armies are not necessarily the real people in power. But these people will not be straw bales, let alone military personnel with no background.

On the contrary, the people who can become the governors of the five armies are the descendants of the heroes who are inextricably linked to the emperors of the past dynasties.

Even if they themselves don't have the ability to lead troops, when it comes to the prestige of their predecessors, they can also suppress a group of people, especially the soldiers in the Ming army.

The main responsibility of the governor of the left army is to guard the frontier, that is, the former commander of the three passes. This position is not only important but also very powerful, not only has nearly 100,000 elite soldiers and strong generals in hand, but also supervises local affairs at the border gates.

If there is anyone who is the most reassuring and reused military general by the emperor in the past dynasties, it must be the commander of the Jinyi Guard and the governor of the left army.

Jinyiwei is the sword in the hands of the emperor, and it is also the most trusted by the emperors of all dynasties

"Killer feature". If Jinyiwei is a sword in the hands of the emperor, the governor of the left army is the emperor's most assured shield, guarding the north gate for the emperor.

The governor of the rear army is generally concurrently served by the commander of the Jinyi Guard, but in fact, the governor of the rear army is concurrently served by the emperor himself.

The army under the jurisdiction of the Later Military Governor was the most elite and the largest army in the Ming Dynasty. The Imperial Forest Army defending the capital, the Praetorian Guards guarding the Imperial City, the Great Internal Forbidden Army guarding the Imperial Palace, and the mysterious Jinyi Guard, who only obey the emperor at any time, total more than 300,000.

Among them, there is also an army that even the Jinyi Guards don't know very well, that is, the Dongchang Black-clothed Arrow Team personally commanded and led by the eunuchs of the Inner Palace.

It is said that the Jinyi Guard and the Black-Clothed Arrow Team are the two most elite armies in the Emperor's hands, and they have secretly done a lot of shady things for the Emperor.

The surname of the governor of the Chinese army is Zhu, but he is not a direct descendant of Zhu Yuanzhang. His surname is a given surname, which means that their ancestors were later changed surnames.

Their ancestor was the famous Zhu Neng during the Ming Dynasty and Zhu Di, that is, Zhu Di's cronies.

Zhu Neng was an orphan, his parents died during the war, and he was adopted by Zhu Yuanzhang's wife, who later became Queen Ma Xiuying, since he was a child.

Zhu Neng is about the same size as Zhu Di, and he has been with Zhu Di since he was a child, that is, Zhu Di's personal bodyguard.

When Zhu Di was young, with his father Zhu Yuanzhang going to the east and west, Zhu Neng also made great contributions.

Because Zhu Neng was too young, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't pay much attention to this young man, but just gave him the surname Zhu, which was regarded as a domestic slave of their Zhu family.

Zhu Neng later followed Zhu Di, and when he was martyred, he and another general, Zhang Ben, assisted Zhu Di in the uprising.

After Zhu Di became the emperor, Zhu Neng was reluctant to be a generalissimo, and only asked to help Zhu Di defend the south.

Zhu Diye felt that Zhu Neng was a good person who knew how to advance and retreat, so he gave him the title of Guogong, and let Zhu Neng and his descendants serve as the governor of the Chinese army forever to help the royal guard Fengyang and the Yangtze River.

The surname of the Metropolitan Governor of the Right Army Governor's Mansion is Zhang, and his ancestor is Zhang Ben, who is as famous as Zhu Neng. However, the later things were much more exciting than Zhu Neng's family, and the Zhang family once became the second family of the Ming Dynasty.

Because Zhu Neng took the initiative to assume the responsibility of guarding the south, Zhang Ben also proposed to help Ming Chengzu Zhu Di defend the northern frontier.

However, although Zhu Di has basically pacified Jiangnan, there are still many problems. First, his nephew, Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen, did not die.

Once Zhu Yunwen comes out and ascends to the heights, Zhu Di's emperor throne will not be too stable. Second, the dynamics of the vassal kings in various places are unknown, and it seems that they are not too obedient.

Thirdly, the army is a bit unstable after this war. Fourth, the Mongols in the north have always been ready to move, threatening the peace of the Ming Dynasty at all times.

The affairs of Emperor Jianwen and the royal family, outsiders can't interfere, and Zhu Diye has to face it himself. The security of the army and the north has become the biggest responsibility of Zhu Di's left and right men, Zhu Neng can sit in Fengyang, not only can help Zhu Di suppress the vassal kings, but also can control the instability of the army.

Zhang Ben proposed to go to the north and help Zhu Di control the Mongols. Zhu Di handed over the military power in the north to Zhang Ben.

However, Zhu Di stayed in Nanjing, and the palace in Beijing barely started, so Zhu Di needed a general to help him guard it.

Zhang Ben became the best candidate for this, becoming the de facto head of the northern army. For a certain period of time

"South Zhu and North Zhang" are the two major forces in the Ming army. The Zhang family not only has Zhang Ben, a famous ancestor, but also a cattle man Zhang Fu.

Zhang Ben guarded the north for Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, and he was just a prince, but his son Zhang Fu was much more beautiful than him.

Zhang Fu is Zhang Ben's second son, who grew up beside Zhang Ben since he was a child, and what he saw and heard was the affairs of the army.

After Zhang Ben's death, the two sons of the Zhang family were promoted to generals because of their military merits, and the eldest son of the Zhang family inherited Zhang Ben's status as a national prince, and Zhang Fu also became a marquis.

However, Zhang Fu came from behind, and repeatedly made military exploits at the border pass, killing the Mongols who trembled with fear when they mentioned Zhang Fu.

In Zhu Di's later years, Zhang Fu became Zhu Di's most effective cadre and quelled chaos for Zhu Di. Although Ming Chengzu Zhu Di was a little ruthless to his family, he was also a person who reused talents, named Zhang Fu as the prince of the country, and made Zhang Fu the governor of the rear army.

At this time, the Zhang family was a cow, the governor of the left army was the boss of the Zhang family, and the governor of the rear army was the second of the Zhang family, and the two brothers of the Zhang family almost controlled nearly half of the army of the Ming Dynasty.

The most beautiful scenery of the Zhang family is before the battle of Tumubao, when the Zhang family had two princes, five marquises, and more than ten lords, the Zhang family could almost walk sideways in Daming.

Zhang Fu was killed in the Battle of Tumubao, and the Zhang family's power in the Governor's Mansion of the Left Army almost collapsed.

Since the orthodox emperor was captured by the Warats, Emperor Jingtai ascended the throne. At this time, the Zhang family's forces in the capital opposed Emperor Jingtai and privately snatched the throne of his brother the orthodox emperor, and Emperor Jingtai cut his power.

It wasn't until after the orthodox emperor was released back that he was restored after six years of humiliation and stealing life in Nangong Chonghua Palace, and the Zhang family had a new beginning.

However, at this time, the strength of the Zhang family was not as good as before, not only did they lose control of the Left Army Governor's Mansion and the Later Army Governor's Mansion, but they also did not even have a few immediate family members.

They took the initiative to help the emperor guard the sea frontier, and from then on, their Zhang family served as the governor of the right army governor's mansion, helping the emperor to guard the east of the mountain.

Speaking of the former military governor's mansion, this person's family background is more majestic than Zhu Neng's family or Zhang Ben's family.

In the early days of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there was a big gap between civil and military officials, not only unequal but also very different.

This distinction is not like later, by the time of the Qintai period, civil officials looked down on military generals, and military generals did not dare to offend civilian officials.

However, in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, civilian officials did not dare to offend military generals, and military generals did not regard civilian officials as colleagues.

However, almost all military generals have military merits, and civilian officials have no merit in comparison.

Except for Prime Minister Li Shanchang, who has meritorious service in governing the rear, only a few Xiangzan military affairs such as Liu Bowen have meritorious service, and other civilian officials have almost no military merits.

There is a difference between civil and military officials of the same grade, and civil officials are not only inferior in status to military generals, but also obviously inferior in physical strength.

Zhu Yuanzhang is also a poor man, looking down on literati, and even more down on men without physique, relatively speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang likes military generals with upright personalities.

As a result, the military generals pressed the civilian officials everywhere, and the civilian officials dared not speak out against the rude behavior of the military generals.

There are only a few people such as Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen who dare to take care of the affairs of military generals. But among the generals, the sharpest ones are Generalissimo Xu Da and General Chang Yuchun.

Xu Da and Chang Yuchun are Zhu Yuanzhang's right-hand men, if there is no charge from them, there will be no Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Yuanzhang will not be the founding emperor.

Xu Da is the generalissimo, commanding the military horses of the whole country, commanding countless battles large and small, and is almost an undefeated general.

Chang Yuchun is a pioneer officer, he will not retreat when he moves forward bravely, and he forgets his life and death every time he fights. At the beginning of the founding of the country, Zhu Yuanzhang named them the prince of the country, and later named them the king with different surnames, Xu Da as the king of Zhongshan, and Chang Yuchun as the king of the mountain.

They are not only Zhu Yuanzhang's good brothers and subordinates, but also Zhu Yuanzhang's sons and daughters. Chang Yuchun is a fierce general, and he is also an honest person who is straightforward and fast-talking.

In order to get Chang Yuchun's full support, Zhu Yuanzhang married Chang Yuchun's daughter to his eldest son Zhu Biao early.

After Zhu Yuanzhang became the emperor, he officially appointed his son Zhu Biao as the crown prince, and Chang Yuchun was the father of the crown princess, the father-in-law of the future emperor, and the grandfather of the future emperor.

Xu Da's daughter is also married to Zhu Yuanzhang's son, and this son is Zhu Di, the ancestor of Ming Chengzu who later robbed his nephew Huang me.

Xu Da also knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was polite to himself on the surface, but in fact, he had already begun to target himself, so Xu Da chose to obey in selfishness, brotherhood, and the road of monarchs and ministers.

For this reason, after Xu Da's death, Zhu Yuanzhang not only did not target the Xu family, but also made Xu Da's three sons become two princes and a marquis.

Because Xu Dacong has been in power in the army for a long time, the Xu family has a very high status in the Nanjing army, and the Xu family has always controlled the peace of the palace.

After the Battle of Jingnan began, there were disagreements within the Xu family, Xu Da's eldest son and second son thought that they should support Emperor Jianwen, but the third son favored his brother-in-law Zhu Di.

The third son concealed the information from the eldest brother and the second brother to his brother-in-law Zhu Di, but the eldest son and the second son resisted desperately.

After Zhu Di occupied the southern capital, he originally wanted to kill Xu Da's eldest son and the descendants of his second son, but was stopped by his wife Empress Xu.

Xu Da's eldest son and second son had already died in the battle against Zhu Di's army, and if Zhu Di killed their descendants again, Xu Da would be cut off.

For the sake of her mother's nephew and the descendants of Xu Da, a meritorious minister, Queen Xu persuaded Zhu Di not to kill them all.

Zhu Di also wanted to calm everyone's instability as soon as possible, so he had to promise not to kill the descendants of the Xu family. The descendants of the Xu family are also very competitive, ignoring Zhu Di on the surface, but in fact, they still grow up under the secret suppression.

Zhu Di had no choice but to return the position of the former military governor to the Xu family, but the actual military power had been taken away by Zhu Di.

Therefore, the former military capital governor's office is the weakest among the five military capital governors. In addition, in recent years, the elite of the former military capital has almost all been used up.

But anyway,

"The skinny camel is bigger than the horse", the former military governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is still the most powerful person in Jiangnan.

This is an important person that Qin Tai wants to find, as long as he convinces this metropolitan governor and the eunuchs, Qin Tai will have enough confidence to deal with the other party.