Chapter 686: A Martial Artist Rules the Country! The Opposition of Civil Servants and Gentry!

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Qianqing Palace, Imperial Study Room.

All the court officials are here.

It's just that most people don't look good at this moment.

Just now, His Majesty the Emperor convened a meeting with ministers and proposed military reform.

In fact, the crown prince Zhu Gaoxu ordered the Ministry of Punishment to thoroughly investigate Liu Zhong's case, which led to the officials understanding the corruption of the military system of the guard station.

As expected, a large number of court officials began to impeach the military attaches and ministers, hoping to use this matter to bring down these evil military attaches and ministers!

The dispute between civil and military officials has existed since ancient times. The civil servants and gentry looked down on Qiu Ba, a vulgar and vulgar warrior, while the military officers and nobles also looked down on these rotten Confucian scholars who were only interested in intrigues and effeminate manners.

There are inherent irreconcilable conflicts between the two sides, especially which side controls the right to speak in the court, which means it has more power and interests, so civil and military disputes have been common in all dynasties.

Civil servants generally look down upon generals. It is said that those who work hard govern others, and those who work hard govern others. This is how it is.

In the early years of Yongle, the status of military officers was generally higher than that of civil servants and gentry. This was because the court was always at war, and the generals' abilities were fully utilized, while the civil servants were dormant in secret, waiting for an opportunity.

Now that we have finally stopped fighting, we can only conquer the world immediately. How can there be any reason to rule the world immediately?

Look at Meng Yuan for a living example.

The Meng Yuan conquered the world immediately, but their rulers never got off their horses.

As a result, the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty only had a lifespan of less than a hundred years before it suddenly collapsed and fell apart!

A country ruled by warriors is destined not to last long!

So how can we make the Ming Dynasty last forever?

It must only be governed by talented officials like us who have read the books of sages!

So it’s time for the civil servants and gentry to show their talents. The court always needs these civil servants and gentry to replace the emperor, emperor and herdsmen!

And the fact is just as the civil servants and gentry expected, everything is developing in a good direction.

His Majesty the Emperor and His Highness the Crown Prince even gave them the power of government, which is enough to prove that the Emperor's ideological concept of emphasizing military force over literature is changing!

However, the civil servants and gentry never expected that just when they were feeling proud, a slap in the face would come so quickly!

It is true that because of their own efforts, His Majesty the Emperor also saw the corrupt military system of the garrison.

Therefore, His Majesty the Emperor took action, but instead of targeting military attaches and ministers, he directly carried out a thorough reform of the Ming Dynasty's military system with a wave of his hand!

Reforming the military system is actually not a big deal.

The Ming Dynasty has been at peace for a long time, and His Majesty the Emperor is still powerful. If he wants to reform the military system, it is just a matter of words!

But this new military system is too outrageous and extreme!

Not only did all officers and men adopt a recruitment system and were given generous salaries and monthly salaries, but the Ming Dynasty also established a United Front Bureau, which was directly responsible to the royal family. No foreign ministers were allowed to interfere in military affairs!

This new military system even stipulates that the three judicial departments of the Ministry of Justice, Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, are not allowed to interfere in military affairs. If a military attache commits a crime, the military review department will interrogate and punish the crime, and the three judicial departments can assist. But don’t interfere randomly!

What is this behavior?

The military headquarters directly became a huge, transcendent existence!

The Military Inspection Department, to put it nicely, isn’t that the Military Attache Honorable Minister’s own?

If one of their own makes a mistake, how can they deal with it? They just turn a blind eye!

If this new military system were to be implemented in accordance with this, the civil servants and gentry would never be able to compete with the military attachés, let alone the gentry, and have the right to speak in the court, let alone completely overwhelm them!

Even if there is an imperial examination held every three years, even if the imperial examination provides a steady stream of fresh blood to the civil servants and gentry, with the transcendent existence of the military department, the civil servants and gentry will never be able to get involved in it and get involved in military and political power!

Therefore, many people were a little panicked.

However, facing Emperor Yongle, all the civil servants and gentry could only speak tentatively.

Chen Qia, Minister of the Ministry of War, was the first to raise objections, "Your Majesty, the Ministry of War is responsible for the selection and appointment of military attachés, the conciseness of conquests, and the biography of Ma Zhengyi. If a military department is established, the powers of the two parties will conflict. How should the Ministry of War handle itself?"

No wonder Chen Qia was worried, the news was really shocking.

Chen Qia, the Minister of War, has not yet secured his position as the Minister of War. The royal family wants to divide the powers of the Ministry of War. Isn't this putting him on the fire?

The Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies was reorganized into the Military Headquarters to command the world's soldiers. What would the Military Headquarters do?

In the past, the Governor's Office of the Five Armies commanded the world's troops and directed national wars, while the Ministry of War was mainly responsible for supplying logistics, building ordnance, and handling paperwork, which were some government affairs tasks.

In other words, the Ministry of War serves the Fifth Military Governor's Office and does clerical and logistical work for them.

But now, the military department wants to set up its own logistics department, so what does the military department need to do?

Isn't this unnecessary?

Why don't you just abolish the Ministry of War?

Zhu Di glanced at Chen Qia and explained in a deep voice: "The military headquarters was reorganized by the Fifth Army Governor's Office."

"In the past, the Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armies had the power to command troops but not to deploy them. The Ministry of War had the power to deploy troops but not to command them. It is the same now. The group armies in each major war zone only have the power to command troops. The power to deploy troops lies with the Ministry of War. Whenever a war occurs, it is up to me. I ordered the general to dispatch the group armies under the jurisdiction of the seven theaters to go out."

Hearing Zhu Di's words, Chen Qia's heart suddenly returned to his stomach.

It's okay, okay, as long as you don't destroy the Ministry of War.

Before this, the Governor-General's Office and the Ministry of War of the Five Armies were directly under the emperor's orders. The Governor-General's Office of the Five Armies had the power to direct troops but not the power to mobilize troops. The Ministry of War had the power to mobilize troops but not the power to command troops. The Governor-General's Office and the Ministry of War of the Five Armies controlled each other but did not subordinate each other. UU Reading www.uukanshu.net In order to achieve the purpose of civil and military checks and balances and prevent military commanders from monopolizing power.

Now the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion has become the Military Headquarters. Fortunately, the emperor has not forgotten the hidden dangers of military generals' exclusive power, and still leaves the power of troop deployment to the War Department.

But no matter what, many conflicts of authority are bound to break out between the Ministry of War and the Military Logistics Department.

As soon as he thought of this, Chen Qia raised the matter.

Zhu Di nodded after hearing this, "Don't worry. In the future, all the departments of the Ministry of War and the Logistics Department of the Ministry of War will cooperate with each other. It would be best if the two can form a competitive relationship. All major armies hope to get the best quality ordnance and equipment!"

In fact, Zhu Di also had the idea of ​​abolishing the Ministry of War.

Because the powers of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Military Affairs have already conflicted, it may be possible to directly change the Ministry of War to the Logistics Department of the Military Ministry.

However, Zhu Di simply thought about it and then gave up the idea.

If the Ministry of War is really abolished, the Ministry of War will really become a behemoth with no checks and balances!

So Zhu Di killed this idea in the cradle.

"Abolish the guard military system and implement a new military system. The Ministry of War must fully cooperate without any neglect!"

"I accept the order!" Chen Qia bowed to accept the order, with a bitter taste in the corner of his mouth.

Little does he know that once the military department is established, it will really turn into a Qingshui Yamen that handles paperwork.

However, His Majesty the Emperor was so arbitrary that there was nothing he could do.

Chen Qia stopped talking, but Xia Yuanji, the Minister of Household Affairs, raised objections.

"Your Majesty, I object to changing the guard system to a recruitment system!"

"There are millions of soldiers fighting in the garrison in the Ming Dynasty. What an astonishing number is this?"

"According to the monthly pay stipulated in the new military system, how much money does the court have to invest in order to complete the reform of the military system?"

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