Invincible Zhengde

Chapter 253 Staff Candidates

Zhu Houzhao just wanted the staff office and the cabinet to compete, of course, not for power and profit, but for status.If the staff office was overwhelmed by the cabinet when it was first established, it would not take long before the staff office would be completely suppressed by the cabinet. This is absolutely not allowed by Zhu Houzhao. If the staff office is really suppressed by the cabinet, Then set up a staff office to do?
"Then put it in the Wenhua Palace!" Zhu Youtang pondered for a moment, nodded and agreed to the condition, then turned his head and said, "What do you think about the candidate for the staff officer?"

Seeing Zhu Youtang asking His Majesty the Crown Prince this question, the expressions of the three cabinet scholars were a little hesitant, but they quickly returned to normal. Obviously, they still underestimated the position of His Majesty the Crown Prince in His Majesty's heart. Your Majesty is not cultivating the Crown Prince. Instead, His Royal Highness is being educated as an emperor.

"My son thinks that the staff office has the right to give advice, so naturally the staff officer in the military aircraft office must know the soldiers." Zhu Houzhao had already prepared his speech, so he spoke directly.

This sentence sounds like nonsense, but Zhu Houzhao knows that this sentence must be said, because if you don't say it, you will definitely end up with an ignorant staff officer.The so-called knowledge of soldiers is well understood in Ming Dynasty, that is, you have to be a general and have fought in battles, and you have to be a governor in civil servants, and you have led soldiers and fought in battles in border towns.

"Of course!" Zhu Youtang didn't give the three cabinet scholars a chance to interrupt, and nodded directly, and the father and son sang the oboe.

The three cabinet scholars did not object to this matter. They set up a staff office and recruited a few people who didn't know how to fight.
"British Duke Zhang Mao and Dingguo Duke Xu Guangzuo, these two are going to be staff officers." Zhu Hou looked at his father and said.

In fact, what are the abilities of these two people?Anyway, Zhu Houzhao doesn't like it, and Zhibing or something is out of the question, but these two people must be there.On the one hand, it is because of their titles, which is due to the merits of their ancestors.In addition, to appease the nobles, Zhu Houzhao needs their support if he wants to move their Zhuangtian and reform the military system.

As for when they get old, the position of staff officer will definitely not be given to their descendants. At that time, it will be based on military merit.

As soon as Zhu Houzhao's words came out, Zhu Youtang nodded in satisfaction, and said with a smile: "It should be like this, what else?"

In Zhu Houzhao's heart, he doesn't want to use anyone from the older generation, but the current staff office is dividing the cake. Zhu Houzhao wants to balance all parties to carry out reforms, and this step is indispensable.After pondering for a while, Zhu Houzhao said, "My son thinks that Qin Hong can enter the military plane as a reward."

Whether it was Zhu Youtang or the three cabinet scholars, they were taken aback for this candidate. They didn't expect Zhu Youtang to recommend Qin Hong.

But after thinking about it for a while, you can understand that Qin Hong has contributed a lot to the three sides, which cannot be denied. The three-year agreement between His Highness the Crown Prince and Qin Hong has already been spread, and it has become a good story about the monarch and his ministers.In addition, Qin Hong is getting old, His Royal Highness is trying to give Qin Hong a glory in life, and also setting an example for some veteran officials and governors of the frontier.

Of course, there is also a suspicion of standing in this place, and this general operation is not too atypical, it is basically a routine operation.

The emperor wants to appoint a person who is not qualified or old enough. At this time, the emperor will arrange an old man to take this position. Anyway, he will not be able to work for a long time. When he goes down, the person he likes will naturally be able to take over. .But who is the seat of His Highness the Crown Prince?No one can guess this matter.

In fact, Zhu Houzhao is really not for anyone to occupy. Zhu Houzhao wants to use Wang Shouren, but he also knows that it is basically impossible now.

"In addition, Liu Daxia, Minister of the Ministry of War, should occupy a seat." Zhu Houzhao added after thinking about it.

Zhu Houzhao did this, on the one hand, naturally to appease the civil officials, on the other hand, he actually wanted to bring the Ministry of War to the staff office.The military administration of Ming Dynasty must not be separated from the Ministry of War. If the Secretary of the Ministry of War is put aside, then the Ministry of War will naturally remain under the cabinet, and the authority of the General Staff Office will not be guaranteed at all.

As for Liu Daxia's entry into the staff office, Zhu Houzhao is not worried about whether he will collude with the civil servants, because the ass determines the head, and he will talk on which side he sits on.

If Liu Daxia is really so blind, then he can be replaced. At that time, the Minister of the Ministry of War can be directly replaced by a military general. At that time, the Ministry of War will completely become a yamen under the General Staff Office. Under such circumstances, the General Staff Office can be considered completely independent. out.But this is definitely not possible now, we have to wait until the military reform is completed.

In fact, Zhu Houzhao's favorite is not Liu Daxia, but Ma Wensheng. Ma Wensheng is also a civil servant, but he can fight very well. It's just that Ma Wensheng is now the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. Ma Wensheng was the next best choice. As for the last person, Zhu Houzhao wanted to choose a general who could fight.

But Zhu Houzhao picked and chose, but he didn't choose a suitable candidate. It is really not enough for that person's military exploits.

If this were placed in the Jiajing period, Qi Jiguang would be the one directly, but now there is no such person in Daming, and Zhu Houzhao is also very desperate.

The military commander Zhu Houzhao wanted had better be an orthodox military general, who had served as a general, led troops in battle, and had outstanding military exploits. Only such a person could convince the crowd and set an example for other generals.However, military generals have been suppressed by civil officials so hard these years that there is really no one in his early years, and Zhu Houzhao couldn't find anyone he wanted to find.

This also made Zhu Houzhao realize how compressed the military generals have been. When the noble generals of the older generation died, there was a fault in the generals of the Ming Dynasty!

"For the last candidate, I ask my father and the three elders to decide." Zhu Houzhao could only say helplessly in the end.

Zhu Youtang glared at his son, you are really impolite, but this is the only way to go. As for the last person, there are no good candidates for the three of them. Duke Zhu Hui, right?"

In fact, the Duke of Bao is also the Duke of the state, so there is no problem at first, but this Duke of Bao is a bit special. First of all, the title of Duke of Bao was not conferred by Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, nor by Emperor Taizong Zhu Di, but by Zhu Youtang His father was conferred by Chenghua Emperor Zhu Jianshen, and the title of Duke Bao was conferred on Zhu Yong.

Of course, if Zhu Yong is still alive, Zhu Houzhao will definitely let him into the staff office, and even Zhu Houzhao will jump up happily.

(End of this chapter)