Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 1028 Northwest Military Situation
The discussion on the trial implementation of the new military reform in Sichuan and Guizhou was quickly sent from Yuxi Palace to the Military Affairs Council, because this matter required corresponding adjustments and improvements to the decisions already made in the past.

The reform of the new army is not as simple as re-designating the numbers and clarifying the organizational structure at all levels. It involves a series of changes.

Such as adjustment and clarification of defense zones.

Such as the size and proportion of various arms.

Such as the expansion of the military-industrial system, etc.

The reform of the Beijing Camp that was promoted and implemented in the past clarified the organizational structure of the First to Sixth Army of the Army, which brought about a revolutionary change to the entire Beijing, the surrounding areas and the northern Zhili garrison.

Up to now, there are no garrisons in the capital or northern Zhili, and the Wanquandusi has been abolished. Instead, there is a garrison system of the First to Sixth Army. The rectification of Miyun, Changping, Tongzhou, Yongping and other places has also been promoted. Some of them have been eliminated, and some have been allocated to the First to Sixth Army.

With such a big adjustment, Zhu Youxiao also set about selecting a group of elite men from the first to the sixth army, and added them to the sequence of the emperor's ten personal armies and the mausoleum guards, which caused quite a stir at the time.

Zhu Youxiao didn't even pay attention to these.

After all of the above were done, Zhu Youxiao also began to adjust and improve the Beijing Garrison Commander, Tianjin Garrison Commander, and Baoding Garrison Commander.

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The army in the Northern Zhili area was completely under the control of the emperor. Without the imperial decree, anyone who dared to interfere in the adjustment and promotion of this part of the army would have only one end: death!

However, the current military reforms are far from meeting Zhu Youxiao's expectations.

According to Zhu Youxiao's overall idea, the Ming Dynasty would build two systems in the military, one at home and one overseas, both of which would be directly under the imperial power.

On the home front, we must clearly define the Military Affairs Council, the Five Military Governorates, and the various services and arms as an integrated warfare system. This system only has two things to do: prepare for war and fight.

In addition to this system, there is another system in the local area, namely the standing system of the Ministry of War and the provincial governors. This system has a lot to do, including recruiting new soldiers, establishing a militia mechanism, solving military affairs, providing pensions and a series of other matters.

As long as these two systems on the local soil can be built according to Zhu Youxiao's idea, the history of civil officials wanting to interfere in the military will be a thing of the past.

The army is the army.

Administration is administration.

Within each person's own little corner of the world, no one should think of crossing the line to interfere. Anyone who dares to do such a thing will have only one outcome: death!
Just trying to implement this system will inevitably lead to turmoil.

And here it happens.

Xiyuan.

Ok Hee Palace.

"Your Majesty, situations have arisen in some places in the towns under the jurisdiction of the Nine Frontiers in the northwest." Xiong Tingbi, who was then the chief assistant of the Military Affairs Council, came uninvited and brought a piece of military intelligence that was not big, but definitely not small.

Zhu Youxiao, who was handling government affairs, immediately took over the military report.

By the end of the fifth year of the Tianqi reign, Zhu Youxiao, after assessing the situation and based on the changes in the central and local areas of the Ming Dynasty, decided to transfer Xiong Tingbi from the position of Governor-General of Liaodong to the position of Assistant of the Military Affairs Council in advance. In the past, Zhu Youxiao wanted Xiong Tingbi to stay in Liaodong longer to support the Pan-Northeast strategy.

But in these years, the Ming Dynasty has changed too much, both internally and externally, which has also changed some of the decisions made in the past. Since Xiong Tingbi took office as the assistant to the Military Affairs Council, the Military Affairs Council has a solid foundation in the center. Even if some people are very dissatisfied with this, they can't change anything.

The transfer of Wang Zaijin, the Governor-General of Northern Zhili, to the position of Minister of War enabled the effective promotion of some division of powers between the Military Affairs Council and the Ministry of War.

Wang Xianggan, former cabinet minister and Minister of War, retired. This old minister had shouldered too much and was under too much pressure. Zhu Youxiao was unwilling to see this old minister not enjoy his old age and eventually die in office.

"Affected by disasters in many places in the northwest, life in some border towns has become difficult, and this has led to riots?" Zhu Youxiao's eyes turned cold.

"Even if we look for the reasons, we can't find them one by one. If this really affects all of us, shouldn't we be the first to bear the brunt of it in the northwest?"

"Your Majesty is wise."

Xiong Tingbi bowed and said, "This is from a town in the northwest. Some officers are afraid that their dirty deeds will be discovered, so they deliberately messed with this."

"Ever since Qin Bangping took office as the Grand Commander of the Rear Military Commandery and worked with the people sent to the Northwest Courts to jointly review the military affairs of the Nine Frontiers, some people have become restless."

"However, at that time, given the complex situation in Liaodong and other places, this matter was progressing slowly, which also made some people have a fluke mentality."

"The Ming army was ruined by these parasites!!"

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But before Xiong Tingbi finished speaking, Zhu Youxiao said in a stern voice: "You think I am a fool, and you think the whole world is a fool. After so many years, there are still such a group of self-righteous guys who think that the Ming Dynasty will not be able to ensure the stability of the border without them."

"Your Majesty, calm down."

Xiong Tingbi stepped forward and said, "This is a serious matter. According to the Military Intelligence Bureau under the Military Affairs Council, there are some officers and commanders in Gansu and Ningxia who are secretly connected not only with the various tribes on the grassland, but also with countries such as Yarkand. During this period, some smuggling has been going on."

In the eyes of the world, it was the Shanxi merchants who betrayed the Ming Dynasty and sold out the Ming Dynasty's interests, at least that was the case in the northern border, but the actual situation was far more complicated than this.

The Nine-Frontier system, influenced by the hereditary garrison officials, had long been rotten, and this had also spawned a number of vested interest groups.

Zhu Youxiao has always wanted to solve the Northwest issue, but, from a higher level, there must always be a priority. After all, the Northwest is too barren today.

If we want to solve this problem, we must eliminate some hidden dangers.

So there was a large-scale migration in the northwestern provinces.

The landless groups and the groups wandering around were transported to Liaodong and other places in batches. In this way, even if any situation really occurred, it would not lead to a situation of collective rebellion.

“So the disaster is not the reason.”

Zhu Youxiao's eyes were sharp as he asked, "What really caused all this? What did the officials find out?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Xiong Tingbi nodded and said, "Some people have even begun to secretly collude with grassland forces, intending to disrupt the northwest by attacking the border. This will force the court to make concessions. This matter must be resolved quickly."

(End of this chapter)