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Zhenming Palace, meeting hall.

After unveiling the plaque of the palace, senior military and political officials from the Governor's Palace came to the meeting hall in the front hall of the palace to discuss Lin Feng's arrangements after he proclaims himself king.

Lin Feng came to the desk and sat down in high spirits, and said: "Everyone, with the joint efforts of everyone, the development of our Zhenming Army can be said to be rapid, occupying a large area of ​​territory. This is how I, Lin Feng, can become the king on my own. Thanks for your hard work!"

"This is all under the wise leadership of Your Majesty, I am so ashamed!" everyone replied in unison.

"Okay, no more polite words. After establishing Zhenming Palace, I decided to make some adjustments to the relevant settings of the Governor's Palace."

Lin Feng was about to clarify the internal settings of the Governor's Mansion when Li Xiongzhen interrupted: "Your Majesty, I have a suggestion that I don't know whether to make or not."

"If you have any suggestions, feel free to say so. Our Zhenming Army has always encouraged an open voice, let alone Xiongzhen. You have suggestions to make," Lin Feng replied.

"Yesterday I had a few casual chats with Shun Nian and a few other brothers. Everyone felt that in the past, we mainly used the military to lead the government. Everything was focused on the construction and fighting of the Zhenming Army. It is also the same to set up the Governor's Office under the Zhenming Army to handle various military and political affairs. suitable.

Now that we have occupied several provinces, in addition to the military affairs of the Zhenming Army, the importance of civil affairs is increasing, and the prince has proclaimed himself King Zhenming. I suggest that a military and political staff department can be set up directly under the prince's palace to prepare for the establishment in the future. The central court laid the foundation. "

Lin Feng pondered for a moment and said, "What are the opinions of the rest of you?"

"Your Majesty, you have already established yourself as King Zhenming, and then you use the Governor's Palace to direct military and political affairs. I don't think it is suitable for the identity of the prince. It is better to be directly controlled by the Palace." Su Shunnian agreed.

"We also agree." Lin Jiakang, Jing Xiaoyan and others said together.

"What you are thinking is reasonable. It doesn't matter whether we call it the Governor's Palace or the Royal Palace. Then we can just set up a staff organization under the Zhenming Palace." Lin Feng agreed.

"Your Majesty is wise!" Several people praised.

"Our Zhenming Palace still has four major systems: military, government affairs, supervision, and intelligence. Now I will clarify the relevant settings one by one." Lin Feng announced.

He picked up the tea cup and took a sip before continuing: "First of all, let's talk about the setup of the military department. The Royal Palace has two agencies, the General Staff and the Fifth Army Commander's Office, to oversee military affairs.

The General Staff Headquarters has three departments: training, support, and logistics, which are responsible for the construction of the Zhenming Army, including recruitment, drills, management, mobilization, logistics, and payment of pay. In short, except for commanding operations, all military affairs are under the control of the General Staff.

The general manager of the General Staff Headquarters is awarded the rank of general, and is held by Wang Qin. The deputy general manager is awarded the rank of lieutenant general, and is held by Fang Tiezhu. One or two more can be added in the future as needed.

The heads of the various departments under the General Staff Headquarters were awarded the rank of major general. Li Yi was the head of the Training Department, Fang Tiezhu was the concurrent head of the Town and Fu Department, and Zhao Zhixin was the head of the Logistics Department. "

Li Yi was originally the commander-in-chief of the Yulin Guards. He joined the Zhenming Army very early and is currently the brigade general of the Taiyuan Combat Division. This time he was transferred to the central post.

"Thank you for your trust, Your Majesty!" Wang Qin thanked him very happily when he heard that he had been appointed as the head of the General Staff and promoted to the rank of general.

Lin Feng motioned Wang Qin to sit down and continued: "Considering the need to command large corps in future battles, I decided to refer to the Ming court's organization and set up a Five Army Commander's Office under the palace to take charge of commanding wars.

The Fifth Army Commander's Office consists of five commanders: left, right, center, front and rear. The Commander-in-Chief of the Central Army is the most respected, and all are awarded the rank of general. They are responsible for commanding the regiment-level operations of our Zhenming Army.

The Fifth Army Governor's Office is divided into two departments: combat and internal affairs, which are responsible for the planning of combat operations and the internal operations of the Fifth Army Governor's Office.

Lu Xiang was appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of the Central Army and took charge of the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army. Song Jilie was appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of the Left Army. Fang Xiaoyu was appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of the Right Army. The Commander-in-Chief of the Front and Rear Army were temporarily vacant.

Among them, Lu Xiangsheng is in charge of supervising the Northern Shanxi Corps, and Song Jilie is in charge of supervising the Henan Corps. Next, we will also discuss the formation of the Shaanxi Corps, with Fang Xiaoyu in charge of supervising the division.

Huang Hongchang is the head of the Operations Department of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, and the head of the Internal Affairs Department will be selected later. Huang Hongchang will take care of related matters first. "

As the scale of the Zhenming Army grew, Lin Feng decided to separate the military and political system responsible for building the army and the military order system responsible for commanding the war, so as to prevent some of the generals below from overestimating themselves.

"Your Majesty is very thoughtful in this. Separating the power of building an army from the power of commanding the army can not only achieve specialization in skills, but also prevent the army from being too large to lose its tail." Wang Qin immediately agreed.

"Of course I trust you, but people can change, especially as the Ming army continues to surrender its generals. We must systematically prevent the possibility of individual generals leading the army to rebel." Lin Feng explained the design. consider. "Your Majesty's consideration is very wise, and we have no objection!" others replied.

"Okay, then the military department is set up like this. Now let's talk about the government department.

The government affairs system is still the same as before. The Royal Palace has a Government Affairs Council, which is headed by the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister. Li Xiongzhen is still the Prime Minister and Su Shunian is the Deputy Prime Minister.

The Government Affairs Council originally had three departments: Civil Affairs, Judicial Affairs, and Construction. Now, according to the needs of the situation, a Department of Education and Education has been added.

The Civil Affairs Department is still headed by Su Shunnian, the Justice Department and the Construction Department continue to be headed by Jiang Yin and Hu Yanming, and the Education Department is headed by Wang Gongzhen. "The Government Affairs Council has not changed much, except for the establishment of a new Department of Education. Lin Feng nominated the former Taiyuan magistrate Wang Gongzhen as the director.

Wang Gongzhen is a traditional scholar, lacking in pioneering ideas, but his character is not bad. He was once considered Lin Feng's mentor. Now that he has accepted his surrender, it is more appropriate to arrange for him to be responsible for his education.

"I will obey the prince's order!" Li Xiongzhen led everyone in the Government Affairs Council to reply in unison.

Lin Feng announced the establishment of so many agencies in succession, and then continued after a short pause: "The fourth department directly under the Royal Palace is the original Secretariat Department, in order to distinguish it from the departments under the General Staff Headquarters and the Government Affairs Council.

I decided to follow the ancient system and change the Secretariat Department into the Zhongshutai, which was responsible for the drafting of edicts, document submission, instruction transmission, official appointment, and financial management of the Zhenming Palace.

The Zhongshu Desk is responsible for the Zhongshu Ling, and Lin Jiakang is still in charge of the Zhongshu Ling. It has four departments: Secretary, Personnel, Confidentiality, and Finance. The specific person in charge will be studied next time. "

From now on, the Zhongshutai will be equivalent to Lin Feng's general office. Sensitive matters such as human rights and financial rights are unified here, making it easier for Lin Feng to take charge of it personally.

"Understood, thank you, Ieyasu!" Lin Jiakang replied happily after hearing that he had been changed from the head of the Secretary's Department, who seemed low-ranking at first sight, to the obviously superior Zhongshu Ling, and further expanded his powers.

"The Supervision Department, the fifth department directly under the royal palace, was changed to the Supervisory Yuan based on the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, and the left and right supervisory censors were established. Jing Xiaoyan was appointed as the left supervisory censor, and Cui Zhixiao, the former Yan'an Prefecture governor, was appointed as the right supervisory censor. Jing Xiaoyan is in charge of the affairs of the Supervisory Council," Lin Feng continued.

"Thank you, sir!" Jing Xiaoyan thanked him. He also felt that Zuo Supervisory Censor sounded much nicer than the Supervisory Department Chief.

"The Intelligence Department, the last department directly under the royal palace, has also been renamed the Intelligence Department, with Guo Zheng as the director, Ma Ang, and Fang Qingshi as deputy directors. Two departments, namely foreign intelligence and domestic intelligence, will be established first." Lin Feng continued to clarify the palace's settings.

"Yes!" Guo Zheng simply accepted the order.

Lin Feng glanced at his subordinates and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. In less than three years, he had gone from a down-and-out civil servant to the powerful King Zhenming, with so many subordinates.

These people are only the heads of the departments directly under them, and with the addition of subordinates, the number is already quite large.

After sighing with emotion, Lin Feng continued: "After this restructuring, the Zhenming Palace has six direct agencies under its jurisdiction: the General Staff, the Fifth Military Governor's Office, the Government Affairs Council, the Zhongshu Taiwan, the Supervisory Yuan, and the Ministry of Intelligence. The responsible officials of each agency are Together with me, we will form the royal palace’s council, which will be responsible for making decisions on major matters.”

Lin Feng felt that it was still necessary to build a relatively complete decision-making mechanism from an institutional perspective, so as to ensure that he could monopolize power and fully listen to opinions.

"Your Majesty, how should we set up the local government offices under the jurisdiction of Prince Zhenming's Palace?" Li Xiongzhen asked.

“We have now occupied most of the land in Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Henan, and can already set up provincial-level government agencies.

For provincial government offices, the governor is in charge of the overall responsibility. He appoints one deputy to the governor and one person from the capital command department to serve as the governor's deputies. They must not only obey the governor's command, but also obey the leadership of the Royal Supervision Department and the General Staff Department, and have independent Before the memorial, the governor should be prevented from taking over the power and doing whatever he wants.

When I was in Kaifeng, I had already appointed Feng Ziming as the governor of Henan. After discussions with Xiong Zhen, Ieyasu and others, this time Yang Linting was appointed as the governor of Shanxi and Song Xian was appointed as the governor of Shaanxi. Other provincial-level officials and vacant positions in prefectures and counties were recommended by the Government Affairs Council, the General Staff Department and the Supervisory Yuan. The plan will be submitted to the Zhongshu Desk to summarize and submit it to the Royal Palace Council for approval. "

"Yes!" Lin Jiakang came out to accept the order.

"Regarding the establishment and deployment of the troops under the jurisdiction of the Zhenming Army, we will study it separately at the next military meeting. Military meetings are generally only attended by relevant generals from the General Staff Headquarters and the Fifth Army Governor's Office, so as to minimize the scope of knowledge and reduce the possibility of leaks." Lin Feng finally said.

"Yes!" the generals said.

(End of this chapter)