"Order Song Guogong Feng Sheng, Ying Guogong Fu Youde and others to the north to prepare for the border. Its Shanxi belongs to the school of guards, and listens to the temperance of the king of Jin. Beiping belongs to the school of guards, and it is controlled by today. All the troops should have organic affairs, a play in the court, a revelation of the king's knowledge, and always in the order. ”

The holy decree of the ninth year of Hongwu.

It means that the guards in Shanxi all listen to the temperance of the king of Jin, and the guards in Beiping must listen to the emperor's moderation.

All the affairs of the army, in addition to the court, must also pass through the prince, and always abide by this order.

In this year, King Jin's power reached its peak, and King Yan had all the right to know about Beipingwei, that is, the right to participate.

And the power of the King of Qin was greater than that of the King of Jin, and the whole of Shaanxi obeyed the orders of the King of Qin and became the primary target of attack by officials.

More than ten years have passed.

The king of Qin was defeated, and the civil officials were victorious.

If the situation remains unchanged, the three divisions of the northern provinces will form a practice and control the military and political power, and the situation in the north will change.

And caught people off guard, a big blue jade case occurred.

At the end of the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, this old order was re-issued, in addition to reaffirming the rights of the king of Jin, about Beiping was changed to, Beiping belonged to the guard general school, and listened to the temperance of the king of Yan.

At the end of the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, the members of the three divisions of Beiping were transferred to Beiping, just to pave the way for King Yan to control military power.

Since the ninth year of Hongwu, Ye Boju, the Confucian instructor of Pingyao, said with "star change", pointing out that the emperor's grandfather was too divided, and he would inevitably kill each other in the future. ”

Zhu Gaochi was in the Changshi Mansion, in front of everyone, his words were skillful and his tone was powerful, which made people think deeply.

Thirteen-year-old Zhu Gaoxu is fourteen years old.

is the most sensitive age, trying to learn from the eldest brother to make himself look calmer, but he is still a little angry.

Zhu Di looked at the eldest and second.

The eldest has the talent of governance, the second is brave and brave, the two brothers are one inside and one outside, just like nature, if the brothers are harmonious, why worry about Beiping is not prosperous.

The eldest is a little strict with the second and third children, but as the eldest son, he should maintain his authority in front of his younger brothers.

And whether he can have this mind, Zhu Di hesitated.

"Since that year, for more than ten years, the court's theory about the scourge of the vassal king has never been broken, and the imperial grandfather has also been angry at the beginning to the final calm treatment, which shows that the imperial grandfather has been affected after all."

Zhu Gaoxu looked at the figure of his eldest brother, his eyes showed envy and a hint of admiration.

When the gap becomes huge, people's minds also change.

Twelve-year-old Zhu Gaoxu was not convinced by his eldest brother, and often quarreled with his eldest brother, and the eldest brother at that time never punished him.

Thirteen-year-old Zhu Gaoxu no longer dared to mess around in front of his eldest brother, and even admired his eldest brother.

Even this year, he is still growing, his strength is greater day by day, and he is skilled in all eighteen kinds of martial arts, he can ride a horse-drawn bow and shoot arrows, and he can fight on foot without an enemy.

But the gap is too big, so big that everyone can ignore Zhu Gaoxu's growth, and even Zhu Gaochu himself feels that it can't be compared.

The eldest brother dared to wrestle with his father before, and Zhu Gaoxu began to worship the eldest brother.

A teenager of this age, after all, is innocent.

"Cannibalism."

Hearing the eldest brother's words, Zhu Gaoxu's eyes showed doubts, what does the eldest brother think of these remarks?

People listened quietly to the little prince's discussion.

If the little prince wants to change the military system in Beiping, he must first convince everyone, not just the prince.

"But at the end of the day, these are just rotten opinions."

Zhu Gaochi swiped down with his right hand, making his language more powerful and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

His gaze swept over the faces of the people one by one, the commanders of the guards, the left and right of the Changshi Mansion, the companions, the wardens, and the cronies outside the Changshi Mansion.

No matter what people think in their hearts, in the eyes of the little prince, they return with a look of approval.

The little prince is not a prince yet.

Even if he is a son, he does not necessarily have any rights.

But no one dared to ignore the little prince.

The title of people, from the eldest prince to the little prince, has said it all.

There are two princes in Beiping, the eldest prince and the little prince.

"No matter how much the Western Han Dynasty tosses, the emperor is still surnamed Liu. Although the Western Jin Dynasty was deaf, the emperor who fled to Jiangnan was still surnamed Sima. ”

Zhu Gaochi directly revealed the truth that people dare not mention and cannot avoid: "And all the great unified dynasties such as the Great Qin and the Great Sui, which are weak in the clan, died, this is what the imperial grandfather thinks!" ”

The Ming military system relied on the vassal kings to establish several lines of defense.

The more the outer layer of defense, the greater the strength of the vassal king, and it is precisely because of the older sons of King Jin and King Yan that Zhu Yuanzhang can sleep peacefully in Yingtianfu.

It also gave Zhu Yuanzhang the confidence to launch major cases such as the "Li Shanchang case" and the "Lanyu case".

And this strategy did not disappoint Zhu Yuanzhang.

Outside the Great Wall, the Ming Dynasty expanded thousands of miles, and successively established the Shaanxi Xingdu Division, the Northern Parallel Division, the Liaodong Division, and the Wusi Tibetan Division.

The Western Domain, the hinterland of the grassland, and the Northeast Nuergan were all controlled by the Ming Dynasty.

The remnant Yuan forces can only flee far away, not to mention the Great Wall, even the hinterland of the grassland does not dare to approach, which is the advantage of the vassal king's expansion.

The rapid population growth in the north and the smooth development of acres of land can not only supply the army for long-term operations, but also maintain the development of national strength, which is precisely based on the situation of invincible harassment in the territory and the strength of the country and the security of the people.

If the place is unstable, it will be a great damage to the local production.

For example, Liaodong, such a fertile land, because of the unstable external environment, only reached 4 million people in the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, at the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, in addition to more than 100,000 coats who were ordered to enter the customs, another 4 million people disappeared into the historical materials, leaving only sporadic information.

Later generations of scholars also looked for traces from the history books of North Korea to prove that this group once existed.

Regardless of the future, at least at this stage, the feudal monarchy has made a great contribution to the early Ming Dynasty.

"The prince's defense of the border is an effective national policy of my dynasty." Zhu Gaochi emphasized to the commanders of the guard and the officials of the Changshi Mansion.

Fight for hearts and minds.

Convince people to stop hesitating.

King Yan had already obtained the military power of Beiping, which was personally ordered by Zhu Yuanzhang, but many people always had doubts because people were worried about the court.

It's not just people who are swaying, even Zhu Di himself doesn't dare to act on his rights.

It may be that scruples will cause Zhu Yuanzhang's dissatisfaction, or it may be scruples about the power of the courtiers.

The courtiers went forward and succeeded, and no one dared to ignore it for ten years.

"Whether it is in the desert or Liaodong, Xichuan or Yunnan, Yunnan or Jiaoluan, the guards of my Prince of the Ming Dynasty are invincible."

"Why are the officials hostile to the prince, because they can't restrain it?"

"They can't even tolerate Wu Xun sitting on the throne, let alone the prince of the clan."

"And the vassal king's guarding of the border is a national policy formulated by the emperor's grandfather himself, and no one can change it, and whoever violates the will set by the emperor's grandfather is a traitor!"

Zhu Gao said righteously.

The people's expressions were different, and finally the sound of conversation began to be a little noisy.

Is it good for the vassal king to defend the territory?

Zhu Gaochi doesn't care, he is now a clan, this is what he cares about, as for the future, then wait for the future position to change.

You can't talk with your ass.

Just like in later generations, he will never speak for the capitalists of 996,007, and those reasonable customers who don't care about their ass look very smart, but they are actually stupid.

……

Peiping Political Division.

Zheng Yuncheng was worried, he thought that King Yan was different from other vassal kings, and it was not an exaggeration to say that he had the potential to be a Ming monarch.

Some time ago, when he came to visit the palace, King Yan knew how to advance and retreat as he expected, so the conversation between the two was very pleasant.

Until the eldest prince of the palace made a move.

The discord between the eldest prince and King Yan, the boiling of Beiping, also made him secretly speechless.

Really.

A few days ago, the palace ordered to summon the commanders of the Beiping guards, and Zheng Yuncheng immediately felt bad, it must be the eldest prince who is a moth.

"Domain."

Su Guan asked to see him outside the door.

"It's Su Guan." Zheng Yuncheng smiled.

Su Guan said cautiously: "The capital of Beiping resigned from the post on official business. ”

The Beiping Metropolitan Division has the right to manage the guards, and the political envoy wants to win over the Beiping Metropolitan Division and join forces to block the royal government.

And the Beiping Dusi avoided this matter, and Su Guan had to worry that the political envoy would be angry with him.

Everyone knows that he is close to the palace.

"There are no surprises." Zheng Yuncheng said calmly.

Su Guan breathed a sigh of relief.

The people below them were really embarrassed, and they didn't dare to get angry at both ends of the middle, for fear of getting on fire.

Su Guan hurriedly explained: "The predecessor of the Beiping Dusi was Yanshan Duwei, and it was inextricably linked with the palace. ”

"The commander of the Beiping Metropolitan Division has been transferred out of Beiping, and none of the remaining officials are willing to come forward to offend the palace."

The Beiping Metropolitan Command Department was not established at the founding of the country, and its predecessor was the Duwei, that is, in the selection of the most important military guards in a large region, so that they have the ability to lead the region, and ordered other guards in the region.

Beiping Dusi is no exception, its predecessor was Yanshan Duwei.

And Yanshan Duwei was also established in the third year of Hongwu and after the situation around Beiping stabilized.

Previously, Xu Da divided the Pixiu Tigers he brought from the Southern and Northern Expeditions into six military guards, the so-called six guards of Yanshan in the early Ming Dynasty.

They are Daxing Left Guard/Former Flying Bear Guard, Daxing Right Guard/Former Huai'an Guard, Yanshan Left Guard/Former East Anwei, Yanshan Right Guard/Former Jining Guard, Yongqing Left Guard/Former Qingzhou Guard), Yongqing Right Guard/Former Xuzhou Guard, and the six guards are all in Beiping City.

The six guards of Yanshan were all troops brought from the south and stayed in Beiping, and later in order to expand the number of troops, they absorbed the former Yuan and Han armies and some Mongols.

With the changes in each guard over the years, a lot has been added, which does not prevent the command of the envoys in Beiping and the communication with the palace.

The two have historical origins, and if it weren't for the rise of the political secretary and the strength of the prince's lineage, the two would not have been separated at all.

Zhu Biao is a qualified heir, he treats his younger brothers well, and he is also politically effective.

It is precisely because of Zhu Biao's reasons that in more than ten years, the imperial court gradually gathered the rights of the vassal king, and Zhu Yuanzhang acquiesced and did not oppose Zhu Biao.

The highest performance in Beiping, such as plotting to seize the left guard of Yanshan, has been able to scrape away the guards of the vassal king, and this behavior is against the national policy, just as Zhu Di acquiesced to Zhu Gaochi is a reason.

(End of chapter)