Finally, the time has come to reorganize the Beijing army.

Taking advantage of the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity when the original Beijing battalion was almost completely lost, Zhu Qiyu decided to completely streamline the organizational structure of the Beijing army.

There are a total of twenty-six guards in Beijing, except for the four guards of the Jinyi Guard and the Imperial Horse Guard. The remaining twenty-one are rather mysterious, and in major historical events, they never show their faces or show off; They also never appear as independent guards in major wars.

The most important thing is that, according to historical experience, when it comes to critical moments, these people cannot be counted on at all.

When it really came time to seize the door, these so-called Shangzhi pro-guards, the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, should not lead the party even if their conscience found out.

Do you want them to do their duty and defend the emperor? Don't be stupid, what are you daydreaming about.

As an emperor, you can't be offended by anyone, Zhu Qiyu was ruthless this time, and directly transferred all the 21 Beijing Shangzhi guards to Nanjing, and mixed them with Nanjing's 17 Shangzhi guards.

This total of 38 Shangzhi guards were merged and reorganized into 24. In the future, it will be collectively referred to as Shangzhi Qinwei, and no longer distinguish between Beijing Shangzhi and Nanjing Shangzhi.

Nanjing's Beijing camp also had to be reorganized.

The Xinjing Battalion consisted of five military battalions, three thousand battalions, a mountain battalion and a twelfth regiment battalion.

The 12 regiments and battalions are all composed of the upper direct guards, and every two upper direct guards form a regimental battalion.

Most of the main Ming army led by Wang Ji and Chen Mao had to stay in Nanjing and be reorganized into the Nanjing camp.

In addition, there are many mountainous areas in the south, and Zhu Qiyu decided to set up a mountain battalion to train specifically for mountain operations.

As for Beijing, the Beijing camp is composed of the Shenji Battalion, the Xiaoqi Battalion, and the Shenshu Battalion.

The Daning Metropolitan Division was renamed the Fengtian Metropolitan Division, and jointly governed the pro-army of Zhu Qiyu in Beijing with the Imperial Horse Supervisor.

The four guards of the Imperial Horse Prison were merged into the Tiance Guard. In the future, Duoyan Sanwei will be collectively referred to as Duoyanwei.

In this way, the military structure of the capital is simple and clear, which can be summed up in four words: three battalions and three guards.

The Xiao Cavalry Battalion, the Shenji Battalion, and the Shenshu Battalion are the three battalions.

Yingzhou Wei, Tiance Wei, and Duoyan Wei are the three guards.

The three battalions were commanded by the Governor's Office of the Later Army, assisted by the Ministry of War, and supervised by eunuchs close to the emperor.

The three guards are under the control of the Fengtian Division, the assistant management of the imperial horse supervisor, and the eunuchs of the emperor's cronies supervise the army.

Zhu Qiyu explained his arrangements in detail with the generals and eunuchs of the imperial horse eunuch present.

The feedback of the crowd can also be summed up in four words: the Son of Heaven Shengming.

Of course, the same thing, if the commanders and envoys of the Shangzhi Guards are evaluated, the words in their hearts can also be summed up in four words: Shang Xuan Xia Ji.

It's a pity that all the people present are Zhu Qiyu's cronies, and they are also the beneficiaries of this army reorganization, so they naturally want to enthusiastically support the emperor.

For example, Chengshan Hou Wang Tong, who was originally in charge of Tiance Guard, was a standard guard, with more than 5,000 people.

Now the four guards of the Imperial Horse Prison have been merged into the Tiance Guard, and the Tian Ce Guard has a total of five guards in the east, west, south, north, and middle, and the soldiers under the command of Chengshan Hou have become nearly 30,000 in the blink of an eye.

Hao Yi, the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, was also very happy, he originally supervised the four guards of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, a total of more than 20,000 people. Now he supervises the entire pro-army three guards, close to 100,000 people.

Originally, the eunuch who was in charge of the seal of the imperial horse supervisor could be ranked in the top five or even the top three in the inner court.

As soon as Zhu Qiyu made such an adjustment, Hao Yi's power became even hotter.

The Imperial Horse Prison is a little different from other prison bureaus, and the general prison bureau is a palm seal eunuch.

In addition to the eunuch with the palm seal, there is also a eunuch who is admiral.

The Imperial Horse Eunuch has a palm seal eunuch, a commander eunuch, and a supervising eunuch, a total of three great eunuchs in power.

To put it simply, in the Imperial Horse Eunuch, the palm seal eunuch is the first leader, the admiral eunuch is the second in command, and the supervising eunuch is the third in command. The three of them are all great eunuchs, supervising each other, checking and balancing each other, and they can't be the only one.

Although Hao Yi was Zhu Qiyu's confidant, according to the usual practice, Zhu Qiyu still appointed Zhang Yong as the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor and Ruan Xi as the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor.

In the future, in the defense of the imperial city, Ruan Xi was responsible for leading the clean army to ensure the peace in the harem. Hao Yi was responsible for guarding the part of the imperial city except for the harem.

Zhang Yong, as the double commander of the inner factory and the imperial horse supervisor, was responsible for monitoring the entire imperial city for Zhu Qiyu.

and Wang Qin, who was appointed as the young eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, became Hao Yi's deputy, and was trained as the future commander of the West Factory.

Zhu Qiyu also felt that he had promoted Wang Cheng, Shu Liang, Zhang Yong, and Wang Qin too quickly.

But there is no way, the selection of civil and military ministers requires meritocracy. But for the inner court, there can only be cronyism. Which emperor comes up is also such an operation process.

Especially when it comes to the core military power, the Imperial Horse Supervisor can only be cronyistic. Ability is not so important, loyalty is the first.

Since then, Wang Cheng has served as the master of ceremonies, Shu Liang has served as the commander of the East Factory, Zhang Yong has served as the Governor of the Inner Factory, and Wang Qin has been appointed as the Governor of the West Factory.

Zhu Qiyu completely controlled the two key points of the ceremonial supervisor and the imperial horse supervisor.

Eunuchs are different from ministers, and Zhu Qiyu has now also replaced the cabinet bachelors and the six books with his own people, but he still can't control the middle and lower-level officials.

As for the eunuchs, there is not so much persistence, and it is the norm to tend to be inflammatory, and to see the wind and rudder.

The most direct manifestation is that Empress Dowager Sun just made two moves with Zhu Qiyu, and after some setbacks, the eunuchs below completely defected.

At least on the surface, there is no eunuch who will go against the emperor for the sake of Sun and Zhu Qizhen.

The bad thing is that the prince also received a cold reception. Although Zhu Qiyu didn't say anything, the palace maids and eunuchs in the inner court had already decided that it was only a matter of time before the current crown prince Zhu Jianshen was deposed.

The world is hot and cold, and people are warm and cold, all of them, without exception.

After arranging the affairs of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, Xu Heng, the Duke of Anguo, asked, "Your Majesty, how should the Jingying be arranged?" Will the Xiaocai Battalion and the Shenji Battalion continue to fight at the border pass, or will they be reorganized and repaired in the capital?

Do you want to set up a martial arts school and choose talents? ”

Zhu Qiyu shook his head when he heard this: "The matter of martial arts is not urgent. This is too taboo for Wenchen, basically it is set up by the emperor and abolished by Wenchen; The next emperor will be set again, and then the Wenchen in the back will be abolished.

Every change of imperial power will be accompanied by the rise and fall of martial arts.

Not only was this the case before, but even the Ming emperors after me couldn't escape this law. ”

When the generals heard this, they all smiled helplessly.

Zhu Qiyu also smiled bitterly twice, and then continued: "The main force of the Shenji Battalion is now in Xuanfu. I am going to transfer another part of the Xiaoqi Battalion and the Shenji Battalion to Xuanfu and Huailai.

So as to improve the deterrence of Xuanfu and Huailai.

An Guogong does not need to be in a hurry, tomorrow's court meeting, the ministers will also participate, I want to merge the Beijing Five Armed Forces Governor's Mansion and the Nanjing Five Military Governor's Office, and redraw the jurisdiction of the five major Metropolitan Governors.

Later, the military capital governor's office was in charge of Beizhili, Shanxi, Shandong, and Shaanxi. Except for the pro-army Sanwei, the rest of the entire Gyeonggi army, I will hand it over to An Guogong. ”

(End of chapter)