Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 338 Seeking development amidst changes

Habits are behaviors that are difficult to change, ranging from countries to individuals. Once certain habits are formed, it is difficult to change unless there is a major change.

What Zhu Youxiao is doing now is to base on the highest level, to expose as many of the well-dressed dregs as possible, so as to change the so-called inertial thinking. This is destined to be a protracted struggle!

Xiyuan.

"It's getting hotter today."

Zhu Youxiao stopped at Yuhe Bridge and looked at Chen Ce who was accompanying him with a smile, "The Qing family has been running around all the way. From being ordered to aid Liao, to rectifying the guards in eastern Liaoning, to being ordered to enter the pass, it can be said that every moment There is no pause, so you won’t be resentful towards me, right?”

"I have never thought of it this way!"

After hearing this, Chen Ce hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted: "As a minister of the Ming Dynasty, your Majesty's minister, your Majesty issues an edict, and the only thing I can do is to act in accordance with the edict, do my best to complete the job, and not let your Majesty down!"

"No need to be so nervous."

Zhu Youxiao smiled and waved his hands and said: "There are no outsiders here. We are the emperor and ministers here. I will also tell you some personal words. Letting you serve as the capital's security admiral is a decision I made after careful consideration. I know that the Qing family will take this position." If you hold a position, you will definitely be under great pressure and even be watched by many people.”

"After all, the safety of the capital has been controlled by the Security Admiral's Office in the capital. Many ministers in the court are opposed to this matter. That's because they have not turned around. However, I don't want the Qing family to think too much about other things. At the moment, the Qing family wants to What we have to do is to work with the Rong government to implement garrison and security matters as soon as possible!"

Chen Ce's expression became serious.

Before returning to Beijing, Chen Ce didn't know about his transfer of positions, let alone the award of a title. At that time, he was busy working with Tong Zhongkui to organize and appease Xuanfu Town. After all, Xuanfu Town's location was very prominent, so It is an important place to defend the capital, and any mistakes may lead to bad things happening.

As the main general of the main force to aid the Liao Dynasty, he had no other thoughts about Tong Zhongkui's appointment as the chief military officer of Xuanfu Town, because his intuition told Chen Ce that this time the emperor secretly issued a decree and dispatched them to secretly enter the pass, something big was bound to happen, otherwise The emperor would never do this.

After all, even though all military fields under the Liaodong rule were clearly awarded and registered, and the Liaodong garrison posts were reorganized and the garrison system was redefined, all this was done too hastily and too quickly. It was launched in only two months, and there are bound to be many hidden dangers. If you want to ensure the stability of order in Liaodong, it is actually best for them to station their aiding guest troops in Liaodong for a while.

After rushing back to Beijing from Xuanfu Town and knowing all the circumstances, Chen Ce was relieved of all the doubts in his heart, but he was also shocked in his heart! !
The emperor's arrogance is too great! !

"Your Majesty trusts me so much that he has entrusted me with the responsibility of being the security commander of the capital. The only thing I can do is to do my job well and ensure the absolute stability of the capital!"

Chen Ce calmed down, clasped his fists and saluted, "If anything goes wrong in the capital, I will commit suicide and apologize! But... I have an unkind request, and I hope your majesty can grant it."

But as he spoke, Chen Ce changed the subject, but Zhu Youxiao had already guessed something.

"If you let me take back the reward to you, there will be no need to mention this matter again."

The smile on Zhu Youxiao's face disappeared, and he said with a straight face: "I have said it more than once before, merit will be rewarded, and fault will be punished. No one will be an exception. In my opinion, some old practices in the past It is extremely bad. If it is not good, then it must be changed. It is impossible for me to know that it is bad but just turn a blind eye."

"Each of the titles awarded this time was drawn up by me based on the battle reports from the front line. You guys have worked hard to get it. There is no luck. After the matter is over, I will give you these new titles. Jin Xun has given me a house to help you establish a firm foothold in the capital."

Chen Ce felt a warm current in his heart.

Compared with the position of earl, what Chen Ce was more grateful for was the emperor's trust, because after so many years of leading the army in war, their generals had not treated him like this for a long time.

"Let's not talk about these digressions." Seeing that Chen Ce was a little excited, Zhu Youxiao flicked his sleeves and walked forward slowly, "Let's talk about the adjustment of the Mingbei Zhili garrison. The Qing family is at the military level. Consider, are there any flaws in this? What areas need improvement?"

The adjustment of the security and garrison in Beizhili is a step that will take a long time to be implemented gradually. In particular, it involves the dismantling of some garrisons and guard posts and clarifying the policy of better troops and simpler administration. This is by no means something that can be implemented in the short term. It must be done at all costs. If you push it, it will be counterproductive.

"In fact, it is a good thing for the imperial court to evacuate the three major battalions from various places inside and outside the capital and station them in Xishan, Fengtai and other places."

Following closely beside the emperor, Chen Ce pondered for a moment and said with a serious expression: "In the past, the lax armaments of the Beijing camp had some reasons for himself, but it also had something to do with the close proximity to the capital. After all, after organizing a drill, there would inevitably be consequences. It’s quite a reputation, and it will affect the daily life of the capital to some extent.”

"I was previously ordered to aid the Liao Dynasty and fought against the invading Jianlu forces on the left front of the Liao Dynasty. I deeply understood the truth that if a strong army wants to maintain combat effectiveness and maintain deterrence, it must pay close attention to drills and does not pay attention to daily drills. Then on the battlefield, it will be difficult to compete with a strong enemy!"

Zhu Youxiao nodded in approval.

He originally decided to evacuate the three major battalions from the capital and go to different places to prepare for the establishment of garrison camps. In addition to improving the overall security and garrison system, he also wanted the three major battalions to strengthen their training.

What is an army?

That is, if you encounter a war, you can fight it if you pull it out, and you can win if you fight the enemy. If you can't even make these guarantees, then what's the use of an army?
Either you are preparing for war or you are fighting!
As for other things, it is not something that the military should consider.

If you can fight the battle well and do this thing well, then you are considered very good.

"...But the only thing I am worried about is that your Majesty must clarify the organizational structure of Xuanfu Town, Jimiyong Sanxie, and Shanhaiguan. From now on, there will only be one chief military officer."

After chatting about some good things, Chen Ce expressed his worries, "The northern Xinjiang defense line built around the capital and Gyeonggi has an extremely long and narrow area. There are many key passes that need to be defended, and there are even some areas that have been in disrepair. If the scale of this establishment is smaller, there may be loopholes and hidden dangers along the border."

"That's the point after all."

Zhu Youxiao smiled slightly and said: "This is because the Qing family did not understand the relationship between guard maneuvers and garrison. The general military officers like those mentioned by the Qing family will no longer participate in the daily garrison of the armies under their command from now on. Drills and rotation training are conducted in the camp, and no large-scale departure from the camp is allowed without a fight.

The root cause of implementing the responsibility to defend the territory is to enable them to clearly respond to combat deployments based on the actual situation when encountering unexpected war situations to ensure the safety of the garrison lines within their jurisdiction.

In my established overall concept, after all these powerful troops are stationed in place and their corresponding responsibilities are clearly defined, I will supervise the military affairs academy to reform the military preparations, re-clarify their duties and responsibilities, and let them shoulder the daily garrison duties. Establish a security and garrison system with clear responsibilities and powers. "

Chen Ce looked surprised when he heard this. These were things he had not expected.

In Zhu Youxiao's eyes, the overall framework of the Ming Dynasty is relatively clear, but when it comes to concreteness, whether it is at the central level, local level, or military level, some of the powers are seriously confused, which breeds confusion. Corruption has further contributed to the blame-shifting culture.

This is absolutely not allowed for Zhu Youxiao.

Therefore, for a long time to come, Zhu Youhui will use Beizhili as a model to rebuild clear system frameworks from various fields such as politics, military, law, economy, culture, etc. to ensure the future plans of the Ming Dynasty. Change can lay a solid foundation.

There is no need to carry out reform reforms with great fanfare. First, they should be piloted in a certain area, expose all kinds of problems, and try to solve them all, so as to sum up the corresponding experience and lessons, and then gradually expand the scope of implementation. This is the best choice...

(End of this chapter)