Huang Zicheng was thinking about how to limit the power of military generals at this time, but he never realized that he had unknowingly fallen into Zhu Yunxi's calculations.

He's in the middle of now.

"The Military Affairs Department acts as an agent for military affairs, is in charge of the world's army, and its authority is very heavy, and it should not be favored."

"The lower officials think that all ministers of military affairs, unless they are new officials who are simply promoted, have never had any other ranks, and there is no salary, and they can be graded according to the seventh grade."

"In addition, the rest will not be graded, nor will they receive additional money."

The civil servants nodded their heads.

Originally.

The rank of military generals and nobles has always been much higher than that of civilian officials.

Some are even several times higher.

Of course, this is also the practice of all dynasties.

Even the Song Dynasty, which was known for its emphasis on literature over military force, was the same.

At the beginning, Song Taizu just said that he would give heavy rewards and generous treatment to the generals, so that they would give up their military power, buy more good land and beautiful houses, buy more singers, and enjoy their blessings.

Therefore, in terms of political status, military generals are not as good as civilian officials.

A seven-rank county order can scold a four-rank military general angrily.

But when it comes to Yulu, military generals are much higher than civilian officials.

The same was true of the Ming Dynasty.

However, the Ming Dynasty used a different method.

The Ming Dynasty improved the treatment of military generals by assigning higher grades to them.

For example, the thousand households in the guard house are the five products, the hundred households are the six products, and even the small banners that command the ten soldiers are all from the seventh rank.

And the civil officials know the county, and they only have seven grades.

Comparing it with the army of later generations, that is, the squad leader in the army is the seventh grade, and the senior county officials of the local government are also the seventh grade, and the two are counted as the same grade.

However, the rank and authority are not equal.

The county order can mobilize the resources of a county, and its actual energy, not to mention a small flag, is a thousand households of the five products, and it is far less than the county order.

Even the commanders of the three grades who have more than 5,000 people, except for the internal guards with special powers such as Jinyiwei, many of the commanders of the three grades may not be as powerful as the actual power of the county order.

After all, in the later period, the soldiers were basically no different from the peasants to a large extent.

The larger counties of the Ming Dynasty also had a population of hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands, far more than the number of guards.

And in this day and age, mastering more people means mobilizing more resources.

To put it bluntly, the generals and nobles are rich, and they are not like civil officials, who flaunt themselves as "incorruptible" and poor.

If the battle is won, the rewards given by the imperial court are even more generous, and many civil officials cannot compare with the sum of their lifetimes.

At this time, I heard that there was no additional money to enter the Military Affairs Department, so the generals and nobles naturally didn't care.

They don't look down on that little bit of money.

Next, the civilian officials stepped forward one by one and came up with plans to limit the power of the military affairs department.

"The subordinate officials believe that all military affairs and military affairs, regardless of matters big or small, should be reviewed and approved by three or more military ministers, and if there is a dispute, please ask Your Majesty, and no one person should make the decision without authorization."

"The subordinate officer thinks that the military affairs office must not be like the governor's office of the five armies, and then set up a separate yamen and work alone. It is still the same as before in the Wenhua Palace, there is a toilet in the palace, and the office can be done in front of the palace. If you have something, you can also hear about it with Your Majesty immediately. ”

"The subordinate believes that in addition to the secret music system, the Military Affairs Department should be mainly responsible for the daily affairs of the military intelligence recital, and for the important recitals, it is still necessary to play with His Majesty."

"The lower officer believes that the main duty of the military affairs department is to serve as an adviser to His Majesty, in case of consultation. Other than that......"

"The lower officials think that the Minister of War is not allowed to leave Beijing without a holy decree......"

"The subordinate officer thinks that the Military Affairs Department should only draft opinions, not ......"

……

The civilian officials laid down one rule after another for the Military Affairs Department, limiting its authority to a lesser and smaller scale.

In the end, it basically became a pure secretarial office, with almost no real power left.

The crowd worked together and came up with all kinds of methods, which were much more thoughtful than Zhu Yunxi had thought before.

After all, when a person thinks about this kind of thing, there are always unexpected places and omissions.

And now the civilian officials are racking their brains to limit the power of the Minister of Military Affairs, and there is no blind spot at all.

In the end, the first step of the chapter is to be sent to the emperor or His Royal Highness the crown prince, and then to the military affairs department.

This completely cut off the possibility of the Minister of War withholding any of the pieces.

Because they had no way of knowing whether the emperor had seen the recital before the devolution.

After the draft is submitted, it is presented to the emperor.

Classified processing, some daily movements, the emperor will not read them, or only pick some to see, and then send them back and hand them over directly.

And the secrecy system that Zhu Yunxi wanted was also logically decided.

After all, secrecy is a must for military affairs.

……

And so on, it's complete

Zhu Yunxi was very satisfied.

Sure enough, the civil officials are still very good, and in the end, they are also talents selected by the state.

These ideas of limiting the powers of the Military Affairs Department and allowing the Military Affairs Department to play the role of secretary are very good.

He asked the eunuch to record it, and after sorting it out, he read it in the hall.

Naturally, the civil servants had no opinion, and this was their idea.

The military generals and nobles also accepted it in their entirety without objection.

By now, the generals and nobles have also seen that Zhu Yunxi has allowed the generals with high prestige and heavy military power to enter the military affairs office, which is to seize their military power and "raise" them.

But for this method, the generals and nobles can fully accept it.

While handing over military power, you can neither be suppressed by civilian officials, but also not arouse suspicion, and enjoy glory and wealth forever, what is there not to want?

Both parties were overjoyed and reached an agreement.

Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai and others are even more proud.

Unexpected!

Everything went so smoothly.

Almost effortlessly, he seized the military power of the military generals and nobles.

Although it did not reach the hands of civil officials, they were quite satisfied with this achievement.

After the eunuch finished reading, Zhu Yunxi asked: "The matter of the Military Affairs Department has been decided like this, do you think it is appropriate?" ”

"The regulations are meticulous and the ownership is clear, which can not only help His Majesty act as an agent for military affairs, but also have no worries about autocratic power, and the lower officials think it is very good."

"His Royal Highness Taisun is wise and powerful, and his intelligence is extraordinary, so he can come up with this good strategy."

"There is neither the authority of the military attache to exercise power, nor the laxity of military affairs, and the worries of military affairs, and the subordinate officials think it is wonderful."

"Hahaha, our generals don't have any opinions, that's good."

……

The military generals of Wenchen expressed their positions one after another, and they all agreed.

Zhu Yunxi nodded.

"This matter has been discussed by the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, and everyone agrees, and Lone has been sorted out into a document, and when the imperial grandfather is invited, it will be officially implemented."

An agreement was reached, and the atmosphere in the court became a lot more relaxed.

"The Military Affairs Department has been decided, but the Advisory Office ......"

He paused, his gaze slightly shifting.

"Lone's opinion, the method of the Military Affairs Department, is ready-made. Both the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty agreed. ”

"The Advisory Office might as well follow the statutes of the Military Affairs Office, what do you think?"

Hula.

Outside the main hall, a gust of wind blew in.

The clothes of all the officials fluttered uncertainly.

In the main hall, Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai and all the civil officials showed horror in their eyes.

I just searched my intestines and scraped my stomach, and I hollowed out my mind to think about the method of limiting the power of the generals, do you want to use it on yourself?

Is this a cocoon, or is it a shot in the foot?

The civil servants stood there one by one, as if they were petrified.

(End of chapter)