Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 906: Restructuring of the Beijing Camp (2)

The next day.

The sky was grey and heavy snow was scattered in the cold wind. Outside the Wuying Palace, the imperial guards were in the wind and snow, yet each of them stood tall like a sculpture.

A solemn and murderous atmosphere enveloped the place.

An important court meeting will be held in the Wuying Palace today. If the content of this meeting can be successfully implemented in the future, it will have a significant impact on the entire Ming Dynasty!
Inside the palace.

In addition to the ministers of the Military Affairs Council, there were also the Minister of War Wang Xianggan, the Commander-in-Chief of the Beijing Camp's Military Affairs Zhang Weixian, the Assistant Manager of the Beijing Camp's Military Affairs Wei Guangxu, and others.

Zhu Youxiao, sitting on the throne, glanced at the ministers in front of the hall, but when he saw Wei Guangxu, he felt some strange emotions in his heart.

Since he ascended the throne, the position of assisting in the military affairs of the Beijing camp has been replaced by several people, including Sun Chengzong, Shi Yongan, Fan Jingwen, and Wei Guangxu. Among the first three, Sun Chengzong entered the cabinet to assist in government affairs and is still in Korea. Shi Yongan became the governor of Sichuan, and Fan Jingwen became the governor of Huguang. The above three have performed well in their respective autonomous positions.

"The policy of restructuring the Beijing camp is a major reform aimed at the long-standing problems and cancers in the military affairs of the Ming Dynasty." Chen Shiqi's voice made Zhu Youxiao concentrate. Zhu Youxiao looked in the direction of the voice and saw Chen Shiqi standing in front of the map, speaking with a serious expression.

This made Zhu Youxiao smile faintly.

The special Military Affairs Council, which has been in charge of the suppression of rebellions over the past few years, has not only grown in size but also increased in influence. This is exactly what he wants to see!

One Ministry of War cannot meet the national defense needs of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Youxiao wants to further build and improve the Ming Dynasty's military system in his own way, making the military an important component, rather than being suppressed and blocked by civil officials all the time. This is not the kind of army Zhu Youxiao wants.

"In the past few years, the imperial court has been corrupt in the garrisons, eating empty salaries and drinking the blood of soldiers, stealing and selling military equipment and firearms, and soldiers not recognizing their generals and generals not recognizing their soldiers. These various malpractices and cancers have been discovered in northern Zhili, Liaodong, Shandong and other places, which have posed an extremely serious threat to the Ming Dynasty."

Under the gaze of the Taoist priests, Chen Shiqi said with a serious expression: "In addition to the above mentioned, there are many bad habits, such as keeping servants. Because of this bad habit, they neglect the training of their own troops and even intercept the soldiers' pay, thus bearing the heavy burden of keeping servants. This is also one of the important factors leading to mutiny and rebellion!"

Wang Xiangqian, Zhang Weixian, Wei Guangxu, Zhang Guowei and other ministers all showed complicated expressions. They knew the situation better than anyone else.

"So the reform of the Beijing Army was an important trial to explore the abolition of the garrison system, the elimination of weak soldiers, the establishment of garrisons, the establishment of direct central government, and the strict establishment of the system."

Chen Shiqi said in a loud voice: "In view of the various departments under the Beijing Camp, the officials of the Military Affairs Council have successively conducted multiple audits and discussions and decided to clarify the restructuring and reconstruction of the Shenji, Shenshu and Wujun Camps, and to set up the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Armies of the Ming Army. In order to ensure the stability of the capital area, the restructuring and reconstruction will be carried out in batches. During this period, the Beijing Camp will be under full martial law. Without the emperor's will, no one is allowed to mobilize troops without authorization. Those who disobey this will be treated as treason!"

"During the period of restructuring and reconstruction, a comprehensive adjustment will also be made to the garrisons in the capital area. During this period, the garrisons in Xuanfu Town, Yanqing, Miyun, Jizhou, Zunhua, Santunying and other places will be dispatched by the Military Affairs Council, or transferred to the above-mentioned eight military systems, or reorganized into corresponding independent towns."

"The trial reform of the Beijing camp will affect the destiny of our dynasty and the stability of the country. If anyone dares to shirk responsibility or even resist during this period, he will be regarded as a treacherous traitor who disrupts the court order and deliberately plots rebellion!!" It finally came.

When Zhang Weixian and Wei Guangxu heard this, they both felt complicated emotions. After all, small-scale reforms had already been tried out in the Beijing Camp.

The various units of the Beijing Camp under the command of Qi Jin that were responsible for suppressing the Japanese pirates were reformed according to this system. The Yongwei Camp under the command of Cao Bianjiao was the first to be reformed. Based on this experience, the reform was tried out in the Beijing Camp.

This is Zhu Youxiao.

When doing something, it is necessary to make a lot of preparations, through continuous trials, expand the scope of the trials, summarize experiences, and improve the system during the period until the corresponding policies involving the whole country are implemented.

"When I established the Ming Royal Navy for maritime power and clarified the establishment of three fleets, I know that many people in the Beijing camp are envious of this."

As everyone was thinking about this, Zhu Youxiao said, "In my eyes, whether it's the navy, the army, or even the hot air balloon team under the Huben Army, they are all part of the Ming army. In my eyes, there is no distinction between legitimate and illegitimate troops. They are all the legitimate troops of the Ming Dynasty, and they are all my legitimate troops!!"

"In the past, the army was not given a name and its corresponding organization was not clearly defined because the time was not yet ripe. Apart from other things, there were not enough muskets and artillery for the army."

"But it's different now. There is an ongoing turmoil in the southeast, and some people want to use this to threaten the court and me. Well, let them know how powerful our Ming Army is!"

"As for muskets and artillery, we cannot fully deploy them at the moment, even in the next few years, or even longer. But I can still deploy them on a small scale in an organized manner!!!"

Clarifying the new military structure is to further standardize the military system, to crack down on those who eat empty salaries and suck the blood of soldiers, to integrate the chaotic promotion system, and to curb the so-called power of generals, the so-called self-reliance of soldiers and other long-standing evils!

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Under the new military system promoted by Zhu Youxiao, in addition to clarifying the number of troops at each level, there are also military chiefs at all levels such as generals and deputy generals, staff systems at all levels, and military supervision systems at all levels. In order to prevent a certain system from dominating or exceeding its authority, Zhu Youxiao also clarified the powers and responsibilities in wartime and non-wartime.

These will be written into the military law of the Ming Dynasty in the future. Zhu Youxiao will need five to ten years to make the entire Ming army obey this military law absolutely! !

"Without rules, there will be no order."

Looking at the ministers with different expressions, Zhu Youxiao continued: "Once upon a time, the Ming army was invincible and conquered all the disobedient people, from the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty, to the Tatars, the Oirat, or the Jurchens. There were rebellious chieftains and disobedient vassal states who wanted to challenge the power of the Ming Dynasty, but in the end, the Ming Dynasty still stood here, while they were either severely damaged or destroyed. This is the Ming Dynasty's heavenly army!"

"But now that the tradition has been passed down, the Heavenly Army is no longer around. I feel very sad every time I think of this. Why can't our generation accomplish what the older generation could? If our ancestors knew about this, how would they feel?"

(End of this chapter)