Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 32 Governor
The military generals may prefer the troubled times of the late Ming Dynasty. After all, the Ming Dynasty was rich in culture and military, and military officials were suppressed by civil servants for many years.Only at the end of the dynasty, these warriors can be regarded as a hero.

What imperial edict, what emperor's decree, what supervisor and governor, what official censor, as long as there are soldiers in hand, in this troubled world, no one can do anything.

Just like Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zeqing, Gao Jie, Zuo Liangyu and other army leaders, no matter how ineffective they were in fighting against bandits, as long as they have enough soldiers, the court will have to endure.

Even after the death of Chongzhen, these warlords immediately became heroes of Dingce by virtue of their support, and all of them became earls and marquises, and they ruled a town.

At any rate, Wang Zhiren was also Su Song's commander-in-chief of the Chongzhen Dynasty and the general who suppressed the Japanese in the Hongguang Dynasty. Although he was not able to seal the Marquis Fanzhen, he had seen it before.

In the current situation, if Lu Jianguo came to the door himself, would he still push it away?

I haven't read many military books, but I have always seen and heard of the storytelling stories of Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Who knows the allusion of Cao Cao coercing the emperor to command the princes?
Back in the Hongguang Dynasty, Zuo Liangyu had the largest number of soldiers in each army, but why did Huang Degong, Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo, and Liu Zeqing seal the four towns, Jinhou Bo, and Zuo Liangyu didn't get this treatment?
It's because he didn't make a plan to support him at the beginning.

There is nothing greater than support.

What did the generals of the Ming Dynasty pursue?
Their greatest pursuit is actually to hope that one day they can earn a hereditary military position, or even a generational duke title shared with the country.

It's just that the titles that the courtiers with different surnames in the Ming Dynasty can only get are third-class Duke and Duke, and they are very rare.Even the founding of the country was only known as the title of the Six Kingdoms. Although Zhu Yuanzhang actually conferred more than 20 dukes of the state, the first great seal of the founding of the country indeed only conferred six dukes of the state, and many of them were added later.

When Zhu Yuanzhang was alive, he conferred a total of 25 dukes, 79 marquises, 23 earls, 150 viscounts, [-] barons, and more than [-] people.It's just that later only the third class of Gonghou Bo was retained.

After the death of Zhu Dijing, a large number of them were granted, and successive emperors also granted several titles, but the title of Daming is still very valuable.

Before Chongzhen died, the situation collapsed, and he could only take out the titles that his ancestors were reluctant to confer easily. When Li Zicheng approached Beijing, in order to let Wu Sangui give up the area outside the pass and bring the Guanning soldiers back to Beijing to help Beijing, he named Wu Sangui Ping Xibo and called Shandong Liu Zeqing, the commander-in-chief, served as the king's guard and was granted the title of Bo Dongping.

The situation was critical, and Chongzhen was in a hurry to go to the doctor. Huang Degong, Zuo Liangyu, Tang Tong, etc., who were in charge of the army, were named earls.

He sealed more than a dozen titles in one breath, but the last one can come to save his life.

After Fu Wang proclaimed himself emperor in Nanjing, he became even more polite to those military generals who held soldiers and horses in their hands, and conferred many titles in one breath. For example, Huang Degong was conferred the title of Jingnan Bo by Chongzhen, and he was also conferred the title of Jingnan Hou, and even perished Before that, he was promoted to the Duke of Yasukuni again.

Zuo Liangyu was promoted to the Marquis of Ningnan.

Even Wu Sangui, who had surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, was conferred the title of Duke of Ji by Hongguang.

Although the Hongguang Dynasty was only a little over a year old, eleven nobles had already been conferred.

Although titles are becoming more and more excessive, at least they are still quite valuable now. Wang Zhiren, the commander-in-chief of the Suppression of Japan, failed to get a title even though he had been appointed as the commander-in-chief twice before.

It is said that after the establishment of the Hongguang Dynasty, there were still 25 descendants of Duke Houbo in Nanjing who inherited the title and still enjoyed wealth and honor.

Regardless of whether Wang Zhiren really supports him or just wants to support him, Zhu Yihai is very satisfied with his performance. He is now called Jian Guo, but he is actually self-reliant.

Daming is now in peril, but there will still be people fighting for the throne. In terms of the right to succession, he is far inferior to King Gui. Even if King Gui died suddenly, Zhu Di's children and grandchildren would still be in front of him.

Therefore, Zhu Yihai, the self-proclaimed supervisor of the country, now also needs the endorsement of the ministers of the court.

Wang Zhiren holds soldiers and horses in his hands, has a high position and authority, and his qualifications are not low, which is exactly what he needs.

Zhu Yihai did not directly accept the persuasion in front of everyone, but just said that he must lead everyone to repel the Tartars first, and at least return to Nanjing, and then worship the Taizu in front of the Xiaoling Mausoleum, and only then dare to advance and proclaim himself emperor. .

But as soon as Zhu Yihai entered the hall of Weiyuan Fort, he immediately announced in public that Wang Zhiren was appointed as the Zuo Dudu of the Zuojun Commander's Mansion, and worshiped the Prince Shaobao.

Theoretically, the army of the Ming Dynasty was under the control of the Dudu’s Office of the Five Armies. The Ministry of War invaded, and most of the positions in the Five Army Mansions belonged to one rank or title.

Think of Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang, they are both officials and left governors.

Qi Jiguang was also named Prince Shaobao back then, and later he was also named Shaobao.

The title of Gongbao of Sangu Sanshao was very important in the early Ming Dynasty, but in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, it was also reduced to a gifted official title, without real power, but very honorable.

The small court of Lujian State was newly established, and Zhu Yihai only appointed a bachelor, and also appointed a bachelor of Hanlin and a bachelor of poetry as assistants.

As for the military ministers, only two chief soldiers were appointed, plus three guerrillas, and one Jinyiwei commander.

Now Wang Zhiren is granted the position of Zuo Dudu and Prince Shaobao, and he indeed belongs to the position of the first military general of the Lu Jian Dynasty.

"Confer the title of Uncle Wu Ning, and promote him to the governor of Jingying Rongzheng."

"Wang Mingqian bestowed the hereditary brocade guards on thousands of households, and joined the Jinding Haixie battalion."

"Give Wu Ning Bo Shang Fang a sword, below the commander-in-chief of the army, you can cut it first and then play it!"

"General Wang, I want to entrust the Beijing camp to the public. The public will rebuild the three major camps of the Beijing camp and restore the old system of the three thousand camps, the five military camps, and the Shenji camp. You are the governor of the Beijing camp. Ke Xiaqing said that he will be in charge of the military affairs of the Beijing camp, and you will work together civilly and military to restore the Beijing camp, how about that?"

Wang Zhiren was a little surprised by the series of arrogance of Jian Guo.

Before he could react, Jian Guo was going to promote him to the governor of the Beijing camp again.

"Gu also knows that there is only one newly-built Shenji Battalion in the Beijing Battalion, with only [-] Franji soldiers, and [-] new recruits have been recruited in Haimen, and they have not yet entered the camp. It is not easy to rebuild the three major Battalions of the Beijing Battalion, but it is Because of the difficulty, we need a loyal general like Fang Gong even more."

Zhu Yihai took advantage of the situation and proposed that Wang Zhiren could select backbones from Dinghai's own town standard battalion and take them to the Beijing camp as the backbone of the Fifth Army Battalion and the Three Thousand Battalion. Wei Ying and others were instructors and officers.

"Then Dinghai here?" Wang Zhiren didn't immediately agree, the Zhejiang General Army is his current foundation, and the thousands of troops here are his capital.

"I feel that General Xiao Wang is young and brave, and he is very like a general of Duke Fang. Therefore, I plan to promote General Xiao Wang to be a general of the Dinghai Association Battalion, and then General Zhang Mingzhen will be temporarily appointed as the commander-in-chief of Zhejiang Town. Or, the prince will directly send Xiao If General Wang is brought to the Beijing camp, he can directly serve as the deputy commander-in-chief in the Fifth Army Battalion or the Three Thousand Battalion."

Zhu Yihai's intentions are also obvious. He is a bare-bones supervising country, and he has to ensure that his power is stable. It is not enough to rely on the loyalty of his generals for everything. Checks and balances must be balanced.

He now has the [-]st and [-]nd Battalion of Yongwei, Shenji Battalion, Haimen Battalion, Linhai Battalion, and Shipu Battalion in his hands. There are only a few people in total. Haimen has recruited thousands of people, but they are still a group of strong men.

Wang Zhiren has 5000 troops here, especially many of these troops were brought south from Su Song by him, they belong to the old confidants, Zhu Yihai must take precautions.

Confer Wang Zhiren an official title, promote him to the governor of the Beijing camp, and ask him to take away the Zhenbiao Battalion in Zhejiang to rebuild the 5000 and [-] Army Battalions. , it was divided into two, Xieying and Tongchengying stayed, and he took Zhenbiaoying to leave.

To promote Wang Mingqian to be a member of the joint battalion, and then let Zhang Mingzhen, who is obviously more loyal and patriotic, be the general of Zhejiang, is not only to make the best use of his talents, but also to divide and weaken Wang Zhiren's military power.

Although the Governor of the Beijing Camp has a higher status and more power than the Zhejiang General Army, but now the Beijing Camp is just an empty name, and Wang Zhiren, the few battalions managed by the Zhejiang General Army, are the real deal.

Not only are there good care and generous rewards, but at the same time, arrangements are made in advance to prevent the future from being too big.

Wang Zhiren can be regarded as an old man in the officialdom, and he roughly guessed what Lu Jianguo was thinking almost instantly. He was a little surprised that this young man had such thoughts, but he agreed without hesitation.

From his point of view, Jian Guo gave him enough money. Now it is equivalent to handing over three battalions of soldiers and horses under his command, and handing over one battalion. The deal is still a good deal, not to mention that he went to the capital to be the governor. .His son stayed behind and was promoted to a general, but he was still in charge of the Haixie battalion. Zhang Mingzhen was his old brother, and now he took over as the chief soldier of Zhejiang. He believed that he still had great influence on the Zhejiang army.

So it's a good deal.

Wang Zhiren lifted the hem of his robe again, and thanked Jun En, "Your kindness is like a mountain, and I can only repay it with death!"

"Wang Qing's words are serious, hurry up and save yourself from courtesy." Zhu Yihai stretched out his hand to support Wang Zhiren.

The transaction between the monarch and his ministers was quickly concluded, and Wang Zhiren was granted the title of Prince Shaobao, Governor of Jin Zuo, Governor of Jingying Rongzheng, and Earl of Wuning.

His son Wang Mingqian was promoted to the Zhejiang Dinghai Association Battalion General, hereditary Jinyiwei Qianhu.

Then Zhang Mingzhen, who stabbed his back and served the country with a heart, is now deeply trusted by the supervisor. He was only awarded the title of Shipu General Soldier yesterday, and today he was promoted to Zhejiang General Soldier General Gu Zhenwa, and the governor is the same.

Wu Kai, the chief soldier of Haimen, was transferred to the chief soldier of Shipu, and then the guerrilla Wang Chuang of the Yongwei Battalion was appointed as the deputy chief soldier of Haimen to act as the chief soldier.

The three major battalions of the Beijing Camp will each have a chief military officer, and each will have an admiral, food and payment minister.

The Beijing camp has not yet been rebuilt, but Zhu Yihai has given the general framework first. Wang Zhiren, the first earl of the Lu Jian Dynasty, will serve as the governor, and Ke Xiaqing, Conglong Dingce's father, the minister of military affairs, will serve as the assistant The Jingying Rongzheng, and what Zhu Yihai didn't say was that he would definitely send another trusted eunuch to serve as the admiral of the Jingying eunuch as usual.

Although Wang Zhiren, the governor, is in charge of the Beijing camp, he has assistant civil servants and admirals and eunuchs to supervise him, and there are three general officers and three admirals who are responsible for the three battalions. He actually controls the military power of the three battalions. This is also a constraint on Wang Zhiren. In order to prevent the Beijing camp from being rebuilt, the power will be in Wang Zhiren's hands, and instead he will make a wedding dress for him. It is necessary to ensure the mutual restraint of civil and military affairs, and even the mutual restraint between the governor and the general soldier, so that the Beijing camp can listen to Zhu Yihai.

Of course, this is only a framework. After all, it is not easy for Jingying to recover.

Now there are only three hundred Franji mercenaries pulling up the Shenji Battalion, and five hundred strong men in Haimen. Now, Wang Zhiren will pull over 3000 people from the Town Standard Battalion, divide them into two, and become Five Army Battalions and Three Battalions. Among the thousand battalions, the three major battalions have only 800 people, and the first battalion has less than [-] people. Even Wang Zhiren's Zhenbiao battalion, Zhu Yihai plans to recruit some veterans from it to serve as instructors and backbone officers in other battalions.

So in fact, Wang Zhiren, the new governor of the Beijing camp, will only have 3000 people left, and Zhu Yihai, the commander of the third battalion under him, will definitely arrange for his own people instead of Wang Zhiren's old troops.

There is also a very special arrangement. Zhu Yihai did not arrange the Yongwei Battalion into the Beijing Battalion sequence, but still directly under the emperor, plus another Jinyiwei directly under the emperor, so now the several groups under him can be divided into Zhejiang for the time being. The sequence of the General Soldier, the sequence of the Beijing Camp, the sequence of the Yongwei Battalion, and the sequence of the Jinyiwei are four parts.

Do not belong to each other.

When the agreement was reached, the monarch and his ministers were very happy.

While excited, Captain Ding of Wang Zhiren's family came in to report, "At the military gate, two groups of people came outside begging to see him, and they ended up fighting."

"What kind of villain came to the door to fight, there is a reason for this, don't see it."

"Junmen, the two groups of people fighting, claiming to be servants of Xie Sanbin, Shaoqing of the former Taipu Temple in Yincheng, Ningbo, and protégés of Qian Sule, a former member of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. They both said they wanted to borrow troops from the Junmen."

"No." Wang Zhiren snorted coldly.

Zhu Yihai heard these two names beside him, but thoughtfully, he said, "Your Majesty might as well meet and hear what's going on."

"What Your Highness said is true, I will call them in now."

(End of this chapter)