After the reform of the system, the emperor had a secret decree with the ministers of the whole country to have 'private calls'.

Sensitive information, such as the successive arrival of the chief military officers in border towns in Beijing, was previously kept secret.

This can be delayed for a month or two.

Although the nine sides are now stable, Zhu Houzhao has become accustomed to being rigorous in doing things, and he cannot be so-so and casual when it comes to the army.

This also made each general soldier only think that the emperor secretly announced their entry into Beijing, and did not know the situation in other border towns at all.

It was this small change in the system that strengthened the power of the monarch that was unprecedented.

Including the ministers in Beijing, they didn't know that the emperor suddenly announced that many general troops were sent into Beijing, until these people appeared in Beijing.

This incident shocked many ministers.

The Son of Heaven ruled the country in such a way that the situation of the whole country was in the hands of the Son of Heaven alone.

Although the chamberlain assisted the emperor in doing some writing work, those people did not have the same political energy as the cabinet elders.

In other words, there is no balance to the monarchy.

For any person, if they want to confront the emperor, then they must join forces to conspire, and even have to go through long-term preparation and planning.

You can't suddenly jump out and say that the Son of Heaven has no virtue and is against him.

Now, even if it is to impeach a minister, it is Zhu Houzhao who makes him move, and he has movement.

Because he can choose not to make the recital public,

In this way, a scolding note loses its meaning.

No minister dared to publicize it, saying that everyone came to see, I played these for the emperor......

Of course, in the end, there is still a way to impeach in court, but to make a fuss to this extent, the matter will be big, so the number is not very large.

After all, the trivial things that those literati scolded and scolded were cured.

Regarding this military reform, the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee have such feelings,

The general army has entered Beijing, and the prince has also entered the palace, and the Son of Heaven has already discussed a general direction.

It's the equivalent of bypassing them.

That's it, but this military reform, which is divided into large military regions, is all strong, and it has always hit the courage of the literati.

It's only been a day since the news got out.

Gu Renyi hurriedly handed the slip into the palace,

When they met, they panicked and said to the emperor, "The minister has heard that Your Majesty wants to build an army in a division and send hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers along the border!" Your Majesty, Weichen thinks this move is absolutely impossible! ”

Zhu Houzhao dipped it with a brush, and said lightly: "The system of the Great Ming Wei has been corrupted, although I encourage it to be maintained, but at most thirty years, the combat strength of the border army will definitely be weak." I divided the troops, concentrated the money and weapons, and trained the elite soldiers. In the future, we will be invincible in the disputes between countries. ”

"Wechen understands what His Majesty means. But has Your Majesty thought about it? If His Majesty's military regions do not have many military regions, these three or two military regions will be strong and powerful because of the concentration of a large amount of resources, and it will be very easy for them to become larger. However, if Your Majesty sets up more military districts, the treasury will be overwhelmed and will not last long. What worries the minister even more is that once the treasury cannot support it, forcing the imperial court to let the military regions settle part of the money and salaries themselves, it will be the danger of the reappearance of the Anshi Rebellion! Emperor! ”

Gu Renyi slammed her head on the ground.

It should be said that it is very sincere.

"Yishan, I know what you said. Even if I haven't studied the past and the present, I have read the history of the collapse of the military system of the Tang Dynasty and the chaos of Anshi. ”

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the feudal towns were divided.

The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were peasants, who were busy farming, fighting in their spare time, without military salaries, and even had to bring their own armor and weapons.

As a result, the local feudal towns were no longer dependent on the central government, and their control was weakened.

So in the Song Dynasty, no matter how difficult it was for Zhao Song, he had to supply the army by himself.

But the Song Dynasty learned this lesson, will it be for thousands of generations?

"Then why does Your Majesty still do this, the minister really can't understand!"

You Di was anxious, "Elder Gu Ge, don't you dare to talk to the emperor like this." ”

"It doesn't matter." Zhu Houzhao raised his hand, "Li Tang's mistake will not be made, and in the future, the food and salary of all military regions will be provided by the imperial court." At the same time, I will not let a general be stationed in the same military region for a long time, which can be adjusted every five years, which can become a rule, so as not to be the same general and ignore the imperial court. In this way, the control of the military region generals over the armed forces can be greatly restricted.

Third, I will also select civil servants to join the camp. Educate soldiers on politics, history, and the world situation. Civil officials and military generals are at the same level and are not subordinate to each other, but have different division of labor. ”

Gu Renyi hurriedly said: "The civil and military discord is not harmonious, because of the trouble of people, wouldn't it be even more chaotic?" ”

"I said, there is a different division of labor, and each other must not interfere with each other's terms of reference, although there will be prevarication, but in order to make you more at ease, I have to make this sacrifice."

"How does Your Majesty want to divide the labor?"

"Military generals are responsible for how to lead soldiers to fight, and civilian officials are responsible for how to teach soldiers how to live. To put it simply, training and combat belong to military generals, and loyal education and logistical supply belong to civilian officials. In this way, they do not allow one person to control the whole army. ”

Gu Renyi calmed down a little,

In this way, those in charge of logistics cannot mobilize the army, and those who can mobilize the army cannot move materials, grain, and grass without permission.

Wrong!

"Your Majesty, what if traitorous ministers are embarrassed and collude with each other?"

Zhu Houzhao asked: "They usually have the same official position, and when they are linked, who is the boss?" This is a problem. As for really encountering two people who smell the same thing, there is no way, there is no perfect system in this world. ”

"Why aren't there any overseers?"

He's talking about eunuchs.

Zhu Hou took care of You Di, "Why don't you send someone too?" ”

"The slaves and maids naturally listen to the emperor."

In fact, he didn't like eunuchs as eunuchs very much, but the Ming Dynasty has always had this tradition, and it is actually risky to change it like this. To tell the truth, if it is a large military region with 150,000 troops under its jurisdiction, it will still be very troublesome once it pushes horizontally to the Central Plains.

Of course, he would have severely limited the power of the eunuchs.

There are three forces in such a military region, and it is not easy for one person to be able to coordinate the other two sides to rebel with him.

It's also rare,

A civil servant actually took power from the eunuch.

This is actually politics.

After that, Gu Renyi gradually quieted down, "Your Majesty has always acted thoughtfully, it is the impulse of Weichen, please ask Your Majesty to punish the crime." ”

"Get up. I can't tell who is good for me and who is bad for me? ”

Gu Renyi's heart warmed slightly, "Your Majesty." ”

"This restructuring started with the Beijing camp, and there will be no Beijing camp in the future, only the Beijing Division Garrison Military Region, a total of five armies, divided into different directions. In my vision, this is the largest military region in the world, the general army of the military region is served by the national prince, and the commanders of the guards are all from the army academy. If the capital is not lost, the world will not be chaotic, you can rest assured. ”

In addition to the Beijing Garrison Military Region, there are three other military regions that have been established at present, namely the Hetao Military Region, which has two armies under its jurisdiction of 60,000 people; The Xinjiang Military Region has two armies under its jurisdiction and 60,000 people.

The other is the navy, which is also the size of a military region, with 60,000 soldiers.

In this way, the size of the army is already 330,000, which is a very large scale.

If calculated according to 10 taels of silver per person per year, the military salary alone is 3.3 million taels.

Coupled with the supply of weapons and ammunition, grain, grass and horses, etc., the annual military expenditure will directly exceed 6 million taels.

This does not take into account the troops at the B and C levels stationed elsewhere in the country.

In other words, the military expenditure of the Ming Dynasty will reach about 8 million taels in a short period of time, which is about 20% of the current income.

It is a level that can afford to raise it, and it can be tolerated when there is a war that increases the investment.

In fact, in the final analysis, the combat strength of the armed forces is controlled by finance, and a feudal financial system cannot support modern troops. One poor and two white still talk about combat effectiveness, and the person who did it is already close to the gods.

Therefore, the places where military regions should have been established in Liaodong, southwest, and south have not yet been taken into account, because there is no danger of high-intensity warfare in these places for the time being.

Then maintain the current status for the first time and do not increase investment.

There is even a possibility that some guards will be abolished.

In fact, for military regions such as Hetao and Xinjiang, which are responsible for the north and west respectively, once they send troops, their troops will not be limited to these, according to the current imperial court system, a small number of tribes and tribes must send troops to cooperate with the Ming army to fight.

Even if 30,000 people are sent to deliver grain and grass, it will be a great help.

In addition, with such heavy forces in the north and the continuous expansion of national borders, the importance of the nine sides will naturally decline.

For example, Yulin, two hundred miles out is still domestic, what's the point of your heavy troops here?

However, Zhu Houzhao has not planned to completely cancel it, at least the two Jingshi portals of Datong and Xuanfu will be retained, but other border towns will definitely face a situation of decreasing soldiers.

But this is not a recession.

Zhu Houzhao has already planned that the location of the first experiment will be in the Kazakh Khanate, and from now on, it will be changed to 60,000 people in place in more than a year, and then the necessary training will be carried out to straighten out the relationship between the upper and lower levels.

Then it's up to them.

In the court,

After Gu Renyi, there were still ministers entering the palace one after another to persuade the emperor.

The emperor tried to be as patient as possible, and he made good sense, and let him if he didn't make sense.

And opposite the cabinet, the sign of the military aircraft department was also hung up,

It's a symbol,

From then on, the left side was government affairs, and the right side was military affairs.

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