Ming Dynasty: Domination of the World from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 300: The blood is boiling!

Zhu Biao hesitated for a moment before hesitating and said, "Father, do the ministers know about this?"

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said sternly: "Do we need to ask their opinions for any decision we make?"

Zhu Biao said, "Father, this is not what I meant. I just think that this is a serious matter and must be considered carefully. Since it is a war, the mobilization of personnel and the allocation of materials must be fully prepared. Of course, I agree with your idea and firmly believe that the Northeast should be pacified."

"It's just that war is no joke."

"This concerns the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers."

"We should be extremely cautious."

"I think that if we discuss this with the court officials in advance, we can make accurate allocations for specific deployments of troops, personnel, and materials. Isn't this better than announcing it on the spot?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Biao deeply, with a hint of contempt in his eyes.

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his sleeves and said, "Do you really think that I can't consider this? Do you know what Xia Zhibai also said to your brothers?"

"I tell you."

"He told our second and third sons that the imperial court would definitely send troops to the northeast in the next two years, and they would definitely send troops then. If they want to gain the upper hand on the battlefield and win the first place, they must prepare in advance and act with their minds prepared."

"You can think of it, and you can't think of it."

"Xia Zhibai has thought about you."

"He had long ago instructed the second, third, fourth and other princes to formulate combat strategies and tactics against Nahachu. Now the strategic documents of the second and third princes have been delivered to our desk." Zhu Yuanzhang turned around, went to the stage, rummaged through a pile of memorials, picked out a few, and threw them to Zhu Biao.

Zhu Biao took a look and quickly bent down to pick up the memorials.

He opened it and took a look.

It did describe in detail the Third Brother's combat tactics against Nahachu, with some details and some omissions, as well as specific deployments of troops and generals. However, without exception, the Second Brother was the main general, and the corresponding tactics were also extremely consistent with the Second Brother's style.

Zhu Biao shook his head.

He picked up another one, which was the third brother's.

The third brother was quite reserved, but he also hinted that he wanted to be the chief commander.

However, the third brother had a better view of the overall situation. He arranged the troops of other brothers in a relatively reasonable manner. He also predicted Nahachu's possible actions and even made corresponding countermeasures in advance.

It's basically a simulation of a major war.

Zhu Biao took a careful look and became more and more frightened.

Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly: "See, it's not that we are unprepared. Our sons and your brothers have been ready for a long time, and have already made arrangements for Nahachu. Do you think it's the turn of these ministers in the court to make decisions?"

"What do the ministers in the court know about war?"

"To put it bluntly, except for the commander who is leading the troops, who may not know about it, all the soldiers under him know the whole story."

"They are just waiting for us to give them orders."

Zhu Biao smiled bitterly, then asked in confusion: "Don't I remember that Xia Zhibai wanted to make friends with the Northern Yuan Dynasty? Why did he encourage and even instigate this war?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly: "The Northern Yuan is the Northern Yuan, and Nahachu is Nahachu."

“They are different.”

"Moreover," Zhu Yuanzhang paused and said slowly, "I feel that Xia Zhibai also intends to use this battle to intimidate the Northern Yuan Dynasty, and then make the Northern Yuan Dynasty agree to "befriend" us, and at the same time use this opportunity to make the ministers of the court reduce their influence on the army."

"He wanted the army to be the army and the court to be the court."

"Leave military affairs to the army and the Five Military Commands Office. The court does not need to intervene."

"All the court needs to do is provide food and supplies."

“The military, politics, and economy are separated.”

"And all this depends on the emperor alone."

Zhu Biao was thoughtful.

After reading the two memorials, he roughly understood what his father said. The Five Military Governors' Office decides the overall strategy, and then the subordinate guards make corresponding detailed choices. Civilian ministers are responsible for controlling money, food and supplies to control the army, but they are not involved in specific combat strategies to avoid outsiders interfering with insiders. The court is mainly responsible for deciding whether to fight or not.

Everyone performs their duties.

Avoid the military officers from falling into the hands of others or the civil officials from becoming too powerful.

In this way, the military generals were curbed to a certain extent and the civil officials were weakened to a certain extent.

Only the emperor's power was greatly strengthened, because no matter which side, the emperor had to speak.

Military officers cannot respect themselves without food and supplies, civil officials find it difficult to interfere in the internal affairs of military officers, and the court has no right to interfere in the army's combat strategy. However, this idea seems good, but it has a fatal problem, that is, the Ming Dynasty implemented the Wei Suo system.

The Weisuo system itself provided its own food and fodder.

To a certain extent, this strengthened the power of military officers.

He didn't believe that his father didn't see it.

He admitted that this was a good idea, but it was contrary to the existing system of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang stood with his hands behind his back and said indifferently: "You can see that Xia Zhibai's idea is contrary to the system we set, but he knew it and still pushed it forward, and also convinced your brothers. In the final analysis, they all think that the guard system has problems."

“It won’t last long.”

"They all believe that the court will definitely change in the future!"

Zhu Biao's expression changed slightly.

Zhu Yuanzhang said calmly, "I used to be very concerned about this, but recently I asked the Jinyiwei to check the garrisons in various places. I didn't know until I checked. I was shocked. The positions we set up in various places have now become the private plots of the garrison commanders. They intercepted the money and grain issued by the court and occupied the fields of ordinary military households. This kind of thing is shocking to me."

"But we didn't say anything."

"We know that now is not the time to move them."

"We are waiting."

"Wait till the battle in the north is over. Then we will settle accounts with them. We will make them vomit out everything they ate. We will tear out the tendons and skin these bastards and cut them into pieces!"

As he spoke, Zhu Yuanzhang became really angry.

His eyes were wide open as if spitting fire.

Zhu Biao was also startled.

Zhu Yuanzhang turned his head, like an angry lion, his pupils were wide open, and he said coldly: "I have also seen clearly that no matter how many policies we come up with or how many systems we formulate, these bastards below will ruin them completely, and in turn, they will scold us for being bad to them."

"We have already decided."

"Once the war in the northeast stops, we will abolish the guard system in the south."

"We must take back all the land that was distributed."

"We want to see how many evils are hidden under our guard system. We want to make these bastards spit out everything. We want to scare them to death and make them uneasy and restless. Finally, we will make their evidence of crimes public one by one and skin them alive in front of the whole world!"

"Otherwise it will be hard to resolve the hatred in our hearts!"

Zhu Biao hesitated for a moment and nodded.

He had heard it.

My father no longer trusts the Wei Suo system.

It was believed that the Wei Suo system had become a place where local Wei commanders harbored corruption and iniquity, and that the original mission of maintaining soldiers and farmland could not be accomplished at all. Such an army could not be consolidated into a fighting force. If the Ming Dynasty really relied on these soldiers in the future, it would be the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Since it's rotten.

Then just start over.

Others may not dare, but my father certainly does.

And I will definitely do it.

But after the overthrow of the Weisuo system, what will happen to the military system of the Ming Dynasty? The money and food consumed to support a million soldiers is an astronomical figure. Even if the Ming Dynasty tried to raise money, it would probably not be able to raise the money to support a million soldiers.

However, Zhu Biao did not dare to say this.

He believed that his father would definitely consider it.

I won’t tell you now because the time is not right or my father hasn’t thought it through yet.

But no matter what, the military officers of the Ming Dynasty will face a bloody storm, but only after the extermination of Nahachu.

This battle is destined to be fought.

The cold wind was howling outside the window, but the father and son inside the house were filled with passion.

(End of this chapter)