Chapter 64 Privy Council

Xie Jin didn't know how to explain to Zhu Xiongying for a while, and said, "Your Majesty, how can he be magnanimous, and he never cares who is who? Since His Majesty appointed General Qu as the Privy Council Envoy, then He Xiang naturally wanted to give General Qu the power of the Privy Council Envoy. It's just that the Privy Council controls the world's soldiers and horses, and the system is even tighter. Therefore, even He Xiang is not allowed to make decisions without authorization. Therefore, the same is true of General Qu."

Zhu Xiongying recalled to the Privy Council Charter.

Then he pulled out a piece of paper from the side and read it carefully.

The Privy Council was established as the core of the military governor's office. However, the interior of the Privy Council was very different from that of the Governor's Office.

The Privy Council also made exquisite arrangements for the checks and balances of power. As the supreme officer of the Privy Council, the Privy Council envoy seems to hold great power, but in fact it is false. A lot of internal power has been divided into the following departments. For example, the General Staff. A battle plan must be submitted by the General Staff, and after the Privy Council has passed through the process, the Privy Council will make a decision and become a formal military order. Of course, the Privy Council can deny it, and call it back and let them do it again. But the Privy Council could not come up with a battle plan on its own.

The departments under the Privy Council are more or less the same as the General Staff. Moreover, the Privy Council envoy is in the cabinet. Let the Vice-Chancellor of the Privy Council take charge of the day-to-day affairs. The internal power is probably in the lower departments, and the obvious size is proportionate.

The Privy Council manages the world's soldiers and horses, and does not include the Beijing Division, which is in the hands of the emperor's pro-army, and is listed separately and does not take the accounts of the imperial court.

Of course, He Xi himself felt that this matter was a bit too much. The Privy Council envoy looks like the head of the generals, but in fact, he resembles a representative. All you can do is sit back. The Privy Council does not have decision-making power at the real strategic level.

In fact, He Xi made such an arrangement.

It has his intentions.

On the one hand, He Xi felt that the decision-making power at the strategic level should not be in the military part in the first place. For example, which country to fight, can the military department alone have the final say? Naturally not, it must be the collective opinion of the upper echelons of the imperial court.

The Privy Council is in charge of the need for a senior general, who does not care about things on weekdays, and if necessary, he must supervise the execution of orders by the Privy Council on behalf of the court.

The specific power of the Privy Council is divided between the generals and officials below, and although they hold great power, their identities are not equal to those of the outside generals. Even several levels lower. Nothing could have passed without the support of the top.

But even so, similar to the Showa staff officer in Japan, it can be regarded as bullish.

In this case, Daming does not have to worry about the possibility of the military department going alone or backlashing.

On the other hand, in a big war in the future, He Xi must firmly grasp military power. Therefore, he did not need a person to seize power with him, so he broke up the Privy Council, and he controlled the Privy Council by controlling these advisers.

So as not to let the world's major events out of their control.

At the same time, since He Xi has already formulated the rules, he is not afraid that Qu Neng will be able to make waves. Qu Neng can still have all the powers of the Privy Council, such as knowing all military secrets and research and development of cutting-edge military technology. In the center to fight for the interests of the military, major military affairs, and personnel adjustments, etc.

even denied the military plan secretly launched by He Xi.

So, Qu Neng has no power? His power is not small. If he didn't cooperate, he could paralyze the Privy Council. But there is not much real power.

Zhu Xiongying said, "Spread the old general Qu."

Overall, Qu Neng is relatively leisurely.

After all, military power is the top priority, and Xie Jin needs to start from scratch and establish the school department, the Ministry of Rites, and subordinate institutions, but Qu Neng doesn't need it, Qu Neng is below, He Xi has already arranged it.

So Qu Neng only worked hard for a while, and then arrived in the palace.

Zhu Xiongying asked, "What do you think of the victory or defeat of Hejian?"

Qu Neng was silent for a while, and said, "Your Majesty, the minister doesn't know how to explain to Your Majesty, the minister can only say that the situation of the battle between the rivers is incomprehensible, and the minister suddenly feels that he can't fight."

Zhu Xiongying was taken aback when he heard this, and said, "Do you mean that the situation in Hejian Mansion is very bad?"

Qu Neng said, "No, the minister simply can't understand. Please rest assured, Your Majesty, although the Duke of Yingguo is powerful, but how much he can understand, and the ministers don't know, in a battle between the rivers, the Duke of Yingguo will be defeated, but it is a crime of non-war."

Zhu Xiongying said, "How do you say this?"

Qu Neng didn't know how to tell Zhu Xiongying.

Zhu Xiongying's military knowledge is too shallow, and he doesn't understand many things at all.

In fact, Zhu Xiongying knows that the era of firearms will eliminate the era of cold weapons in the future, but he doesn't know what this means? Can't understand what's in it. Qu Neng has been in the army for two generations, and when Qu Neng was young, he followed his father, experienced the battlefield, and fought with a knife and a gun.

So he understands, so he frustrates.

Qu Neng said: "The minister has seen the latest equipment in the army with flintlock pistols, which have three-edged military thorns on them, and the flintlock pistol and military thorns can be used as a short spear, and shooting is very physically demanding, although the short spear is not resistant to war, but if you defend the city. It's enough to avoid that. This means that in terms of combat power alone, 10,000 firearms should be used as the previous 20,000 soldiers."

"If the gunpowder is constant, it can be used by countless crossbowmen."

"It is used to defend the city, and it is impossible to attack it without losing several times the number of soldiers. Not to mention, there are all kinds of artillery and firearms, some of which I have never seen before, and before I came to Beijing, I never thought that firearms would develop to this point."

"And on the defense line between the rivers, there are more than a dozen large and small cities, stuck in key places, and it is impossible to bypass them. It was necessary to attack the city and uproot these cities, and it was necessary to have tens of thousands of casualties. But Your Majesty, the morale of the army today is no worse than that of the people below when the country was founded. I don't want to fight hard."

"When the battle was fought, an order was given, it was all dead, and it was not allowed to stop, and the Song Guogong fought Yangzhou because he cherished his soldiers and refused to do his best, so he was set off by Taizu and walked from Yangzhou to Nanjing to ask for guilt."

"Now, with the loss of the growth of tens of thousands of soldiers, it is estimated that Yingguo Gong will not be able to fight."

Qu Neng said this correctly, but he didn't say it completely.

Without him, Nanjing's war with Beijing was a civil war. For stakeholders, it is impossible to lose, and if it is an enemy, there is still a possibility of forgiveness, but if it is an internal competitor. It is impossible to let go.

But for the low-level soldiers, there is something else.

The fight was so bad that the soldiers refused to fight.

After all, the Ming army is one, not to mention that it was in the south before, many of the troops on Beijing's side were transferred from the south, will it appear, the family belongs to the north and the south, this is unlikely. But it is very likely that he has been fighting for a long time, and when he rushes up to take a look, the guard on the opposite side will be his old friend, who stirred a horse spoon in a pot back then.

Even children and daughters, in-laws, and so on.

In this case, if you let the soldiers fight hard, you won't have that energy.

Therefore, both sides of the civil war, it is also very cruel to say cruel. Zhu Xiongying and Zhu Yunwen, under this situation, they can only live one. But the thinking of the lower classes is different from that of the above. They probably have so many thoughts.

There are not so many reasons to fight the battlefield.

The people below are unwilling to work hard, and no kind of famous general can do it.

Therefore, in the art of war, the one who wants the same thing from top to bottom wins, and the people above and the people below think the same as they can win. Now Fu Youde thinks the same as the soldiers below?

And this line of defense, in Qu Neng's view, is not impossible to break, but it is impossible to break through without tens of thousands of people, or even more. But does Fu Youde now have the ability to drive tens of thousands of people to die in the battle below, or even more?

After all, times are different. In troubled times, human life is not valuable, and even people in troubled times do not feel how precious their lives are. Death is death.

But after decades of peace, so many people have an expectation of their own lifespan. They don't want to fight hard. In this case, Fu Youde has nothing to do.

The most important thing about the inter-river line of defense is the cost.