The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 158

In the main hall, after the announcement of the new military system, the civil servants were collectively silent, and the commanders of the towns secretly calculated their gains and losses.

The four generals and other senior generals of the Fifth Army are not too surprised, because all the armies have completed their reorganization according to the new organization, and all they lack is equipment.

Only Duke Ding and the other nobles were devastated. Even the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies was laid off, and there was no place for them in the new Governor's Mansion. Could it be that they can only do business in the future?
Duke Dingguo is very thoughtful about the vacancy of the Governor-General of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, but if His Majesty refuses to accept his fate, he can't just recommend himself!

Similarly, the other four generals were very greedy for this position, and Wu Sangui secretly clenched his fists. He was bound to win the right governor.

What's more, apart from him, Wu Sangui, who else is qualified to sit on an equal footing with the imperial concubine?

Almost everyone understands that the power of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is definitely greater than that of the Five Armies Commander's Mansion in the early Ming Dynasty.

Although His Majesty is the Chief Governor, it is impossible for His Majesty to take charge of affairs in person, and the specific military affairs must be in charge of the Left and Right Governors.

This is simply the number one and number two in the army, and they don't have to be restricted by civil officials, and they are only responsible to the emperor. One can imagine the heavy power and responsibility.

However, if everyone knows that the emperor does not intend to appoint a right governor within ten years, I don't know how they will feel.

If it weren't for the fact that the red lady was his own woman, Zhu Cihong would also make the Zuo Dudu vacant and would not appoint him.

Only when the students in the lecture hall are all over the entire army and the five major military supervisors are complete, he will appoint the left and right governors to be in charge of daily military and political affairs.

At that time, no matter how powerful the two were, they would be like the first and second assistants among civil servants, and they could be easily dismissed by the emperor at any time.

And the regimental commanders of the armies, the commanders-in-chief of the towns, and even the commanders of the capitals in the future, can let them go home for the elderly, or go to prison for questioning.

Because at that time, all soldiers will only be loyal to the nation and the emperor, not to their respective generals, and there will be no private soldiers.

Immediately afterwards, the eunuch began to announce the new military rank system, the new military law and discipline, as well as the military's authority and related regulations.

From now on, generals in the army will no longer have grades, but will be replaced by military ranks. There are four grades and fourteen ranks, from high to low, they are Grand Marshal, General, General, Lieutenant General, Major General, Colonel Lieutenant, Lieutenant Colonel Lieutenant , Major lieutenant, sergeant, corporal, left pawn, right pawn, veteran, recruit.

Among them, Grand Marshal is the exclusive military rank of the emperor, and will not be awarded to other people. The left and right governors will respectively award the rank of general, and at the same time, the general will be given an exclusive title, which is also the highest military rank and honor that a military general can obtain.

The commanders of each army conferred the rank of general, but since the commanders of the four armies have already been canonized as generals, they can only be granted the rank of generals as an exception, and this situation will not happen again in the future.

The commander-in-chief of each town is awarded the rank of lieutenant general, the commander of each battalion is awarded the rank of major general, the head of the standard is awarded the rank of colonel, the head of the team is awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel, the head of the banner is awarded the rank of major lieutenant, the chief of the division is awarded the rank of sergeant, the chief of the army is awarded the rank of left and right pawns, and ordinary soldiers Awarding ranks to new veterans.

And the new military laws and disciplines are also very simple. There are only seven military laws, but there are dozens of military disciplines.

Due to the lack of professional personnel, standardized management cannot be achieved at present, and relevant functions and powers must overlap.

Among the 100 trainees, [-] outstanding officers were awarded the rank of colonel, more than [-] were awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel, and the rest were awarded the rank of major lieutenant.

More than 20 colonels and lieutenants will serve as military and political officers of each army and town, responsible for the daily training of soldiers, education of loyalty and patriotism, and supervision of military law and discipline.

The eunuchs dispatched by the Imperial Horse Supervisor are also responsible for logistics such as military pay, food and grass, and the generals of each army are responsible for commanding the army and personnel.

For the time being, each town will only send one colonel, ten lieutenant colonels, and major lieutenants. The main purpose is to help the towns reorganize as soon as possible, and other aspects cannot be managed for the time being.

But in each battalion of the Five Armies, each standard will send a lieutenant colonel, and each team will send a major lieutenant as an instructor.

In this way, basically a team of 240 people can have one student who can fully take charge of their daily training and supervise the new military discipline and ideological education.

So when the eunuch finished reading, the four generals and the generals of the five armies were secretly startled.

In the past, food, grass, military pay and equipment were controlled by the eunuchs, but now the daily training and military law are controlled by the emperor's disciples. In this way, the emperor will really completely and directly control the five armies in the future.

The chief soldiers of the towns were shocked and relieved at the same time. Compared with the Fifth Army, their influence was not great, and a dozen or so students in the district could not play much role. The eunuchs are almost the same, and the soldiers and horses in their hands are still under their control.

But everyone is not stupid, knowing that if things go on like this, they will lose control of the army sooner or later.

Zhu Cihong saw the expressions of the generals and understood their mentality. After all, no one would willingly hand over his military power.

So I decided to give a consolation prize, so I slowly said: "From today, the Lecture Hall will be officially renamed the Daming Royal Military Academy, and the first batch of junior students will be officially recruited at the beginning of next year.

The number of places is tentatively set at [-], and the required age is eight to ten years old. There are ten recommended places for the generals every year, five for the generals, two for the lieutenant generals, and one for the major generals. There will be a unified assessment and admission will be based on merit! "

The generals were overjoyed when they heard this, and almost everyone understood that only military officers from the lecture hall, no, military officers from the Royal Military Academy, would be able to gain the emperor's complete trust and reuse.

Having a recommendation quota means that their descendants can directly participate in the selection in the future.

Everyone doesn't care about the size of the official position. What everyone cares about is the status of the emperor's disciple. With this status, no matter who wants to deal with it, he has to be worried. Also, without the emperor's nod, who would dare to deal with the emperor's students without authorization?
Even if you commit a crime, you must first report it to His Majesty.

Just like civil servants, even if it is the lowest magistrate, the first and auxiliary governors do not have the right to dismiss them directly. They have to go through the Ministry of Officials, and then go to the cabinet, supervisor of ceremonies, and His Majesty's approval before they can be dismissed from office.

As for killing civil servants, that was the exclusive right of the emperor. No one dared to overstep it. Whoever overstepped would be finished. Even if the chief minister committed suicide by a small official, the emperor would have to confiscate the chief minister's family and exterminate his family.

Because all civil servants have passed the palace examination, they are all disciples of the emperor in name, and others have no right to dispose of them, and they dare not dispose of them.

It is also this kind of imperial civil service system that allowed the emperors of all dynasties in China to still firmly control the huge territory in ancient times when communications were underdeveloped.

Although the civil servants are corrupt, they have to admit that they are unswerving in safeguarding the imperial power. If someone in a local big family wants to rebel, they will report it immediately.

Compared with the aristocratic politics before the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the imperial examination system in the Song and Ming Dynasties was undoubtedly a step ahead.

Because compared to the selfish family, the class of scholars who replaced the powerful family, at least called the family and the world, loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and under this atmosphere, there were indeed many literati who were truly selfless and loyal to the emperor and the country.

The key point is that compared with the age-old family, the new type of scholar class has its ups and downs. Once in high school, the family rises up. Three generations do not produce Jinshi, and even the most powerful family will be lonely. Then you have to become a civilian.

So the civil servants naturally understood that Zhu Cihong's establishment of the so-called Royal Military Academy had almost the same purpose and effect as the original imperial examination.

Seeing that His Majesty finally found out that he wanted to change Naluoshizi Lecture Hall into the Royal Military Academy, Shi Kefa, who was the minister of the Ministry of War, finally couldn't bear it anymore.

He stood up, knelt down and sobbed and worshiped: "Your Majesty, the ancients said that although a country is big, it is bound to perish if it is warlike. If your majesty puts so much emphasis on martial arts and despise culture, it will definitely cause belligerence in the army. If things go on like this, it will not be a blessing for the country. I hope your majesty Think twice!"

After Shi Kefa finished speaking, there was a sudden silence in the hall. At this moment, almost all the generals looked at him with killing intent in their eyes, wishing to smash his corpse into thousands of pieces.

"Fuck, Shi Kefa, it's a shame that you still have the face to say such a thing, I ask you, did you value civility over martial arts in the past?
In front of your civil officials, military generals have to call themselves lackeys, and military officers of third and fourth ranks have to kneel and salute when they see the magistrates of the seventh rank. Everything is up to the civil officials, but what will happen?

The world has been made miserable by you, rebels are everywhere, building slaves to break through customs, such as visiting a garden, and in the end the dignified Ming Dynasty is about to be wiped out by you.

Now that His Majesty is reorganizing the country, reforming the military system, and attaching importance to military affairs, you still have the shame to say that it is not a blessing for the community, it is extremely shameless.

Do you want His Majesty to continue to reuse your civil servants, let you manage money and food, lead troops to fight, and let the big guys serve as lackeys for you again, and finally the country is destroyed, is it the blessing of the country? "

The other generals didn't dare to speak easily, but Hong Niangzi was furious, and stepped forward to point at him and yelled at him.

The generals were all excited, eager to applaud loudly, but the civil servants all bowed their heads in shame, Shi Kefa was even more ashamed and blushed, speechless.

"Okay, tomorrow will be the conferring ceremony in Huangji Hall, everyone has to hurry up, come here today, and retreat!"

Zhu Cihong got up and said, and then returned to the harem.

Everyone hurriedly knelt down to send them off.

After Zhu Cihong and Hong Niangzi left, all the generals burst out laughing, cursing and mocking at Shi Kefa and all the civil servants.

The civil servants fled with their official robes in the midst of scolding and taunting. Shi Kefa was unconvinced and wanted to argue, but he was sprayed with saliva all over his face and deafened his ears. Finally, Hou Xun and Several other officials forcibly dragged away.

"Haha! Have a blast, what a fucking blast!"

"Damn it, I finally let out the bad breath from the bottom of my heart today."

"Your Majesty and Your Majesty are really wise."

Qin Lihua and her nephew had been watching carefully the whole time. Watching this scene, both of them were stunned.

Zuo Menggeng in the corner also dropped his jaw in shock.

(End of this chapter)