Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 907 Watershed

Inside the palace.

The ministers who were standing there all had complicated expressions on their faces after listening to what the emperor said. The Ming Dynasty army had once made countless glorious achievements.

Without even mentioning the distant past, let’s just talk about the recent past. The three major expeditions during the Wanli reign brought great military might to the Ming Dynasty, shocking everyone inside and outside the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Xiangqian was particularly touched by this.

Military innovation did not occur in a certain period. In fact, it had been going on for many periods in the Ming Dynasty. But without exception, they were like a flash in the pan, brilliant for a time, but soon faded away.

The glory of the three great expeditions corresponds to the decline of Sarhu.

There may be conspiracy and calculation involved, but there is one fact that cannot be changed, that is the corruption in the military!!
"Your Majesty, I have something to say."

Thinking of this, Wang Xiangqian walked forward and bowed.

"Please speak, my dear old sir."

Zhu Youxiao respected Wang Xianggan. After all, his existence prevented many things in the past from expanding their impact and delaying his plans and deployments.

It can be said like this.

The fact that the Military Affairs Council has been able to grow to its current state is indeed related to its own strength. After all, the people transferred in were all carefully selected by Zhu Youxiao.

But on the other hand, it was also related to the cooperation of the Minister of War Wang Xianggan. If there was no Wang Xianggan, how could the civil servants in the court sit idly by and watch the Military Affairs Council grow bigger and stronger step by step.

Because of this incident, Wang Xiangqian's reputation was attacked and criticized, and even the post system reform he led affected the interests of many people.

"I have nothing to say about the reform of the Beijing Army."

Under the gaze of the Taoist priests, Wang Xiangqian said calmly: "Reform will be of great benefit to the current Ming Dynasty. The harm caused by the corruption of the army will shake the foundation of the country, because those accumulated problems and tumors have caused instability in the borders and frequent mutinies, which is too harmful to the Ming Dynasty."

"But what I want to say is, Your Majesty, have you thought about how to ensure that these accumulated problems and cancers will not occur again after the reform of the Beijing Camp?"

Wang Xiangqian said it very bluntly.

Because Wang Xiangqian knew very well that if large-scale corruption occurred after the Beijing Army was restructured, or even if various old problems and malignant tumors reappeared, the harm caused would be immeasurable.

Apart from anything else, the ministers in the court will not miss this opportunity.

"Da Sima, let me explain it."

At the emperor's signal, Zhang Guowei stepped forward and said, "At the same time as the Beijing camp is being restructured, the Military Affairs Council will also implement another new system."

besides?

Zhang Weixian, Wei Guangxu and others looked surprised.

"Looking back on all the accumulated problems and cancers in the past, they are all related to military regulations and discipline. Your Majesty has mentioned this matter more than once." Amidst many doubts, Zhang Guowei said with a serious expression.

"If we want to solve this problem, we must solve it from the root. Just like the imperial court, in order to control the local areas, it made laws and then asked the local areas to implement them. Not only the people, but even the officials must abide by them."

"Military and political affairs, military and political affairs. Since the Ming Dynasty has made a complete system for solving various problems in terms of politics, should the system also be clarified in terms of the military?"

Wang Xiangqian's face changed slightly, and he seemed to know what Zhang Guowei meant. "Right now, the Military Affairs Council is compiling the military law for the Ming army. There are many things involved, and the rules and regulations are very clear."

Zhang Guowei continued: "Not to mention the rules, if anyone violates military law during this period, they will be punished by the relevant officials."

"For this reason, during the reform of the Beijing camp, the Daming Military Court, the Daming Military Procuratorate, the Daming Military Censorate, the Daming Military Supervisory Office, and the Daming Military Court will be specially established to take charge of the corresponding powers. These departments will be temporarily established in Beijing, and when the reform is continuously implemented, we will prepare to build branches at all levels to ensure that the various armies in various parts of the Ming Dynasty will not encounter the kinds of things mentioned by the Grand Marshal."

"Even if it does happen, the above-mentioned institutions will exercise their corresponding powers to ensure that the impact and harm are minimized, thus preventing corruption in the military from becoming rampant!!"

A word stirred up a thousand waves.

Wang Xianggan, Zhang Weixian, Wei Guangxu and other ministers all showed shocked expressions, especially Wang Xianggan. He had thought of some things, but he did not expect it to be so detailed and the powers to be divided so meticulously.

This is not just about governing the military on the basis of governing the government. Once this is implemented, the military and politics will be completely separated in the future.

“This is my attitude.”

Looking at the shocked ministers, Zhu Youxiao said, "Perhaps the structure of the Ming army is still very different from the population under the Ming."

"But the army is extremely special. It is a violent armed force that is responsible for defending the borders, ensuring stability, and even conquering all disobedience. It is precisely because of this special nature that it should be treated in this way."

"There are ways to govern the people and ways to govern the army. In the past, the Ming Dynasty had managed the army and had once returned to its peak, but without exception, it did not last long."

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"Where is the root of the problem?"

"It's not that there is no continuity. If the various military management concepts can be passed down and keep pace with the times, do you think that the Ming army will be changed and then become rotten, and then changed and then become rotten?"

"Your Majesty is wise."

The ministers bowed without a doubt.

Zhu Youxiao's words hit the root of the problem. Many emperors of the Ming Dynasty, especially after the Battle of Tumu, wanted to reform the army, but the final results were unsatisfactory, and even things that should not have happened happened.

Zhu Youxiao was well aware of the difficulty of reform, especially when it came to the military, so he was patient, waiting for a new group of nobles to appear through military rewards and for the size of the army under his control to increase. This way, he would have a buffer for reform, allowing the new group to confront the old forces, while keeping himself in a detached position. During this period, he would continuously increase the size of the new group, thereby forming an overwhelming advantage.

Zhu Youxiao just didn't believe that the reform would fail.

When the new military system is fully implemented, there will inevitably be a group of newcomers who are unwilling to continue the reform. In this way, the power they have obtained will be divided away again.

Zhu Youxiao also had a solution to this problem.

Or you can go overseas to establish a fiefdom.

Or you get knocked down.

There is no third option.

This will also prevent most people from feeling discouraged. As for those who have fallen and become corrupt during this period, it is their own fault. After all, what we have always done in the past is to enforce strict military discipline. You took action yourself and now you have been caught. Who can you blame?

At the moment, Zhu Youxiao is thinking about one thing: when the military reform reaches this stage, to what extent will the military strength of the Ming Dynasty be improved, and how much territory will be opened up outside the mainland?
Doing these things will also have a positive impact on civil affairs, greatly easing conflicts and buying time for the court to carry out local reforms more calmly.

The military and politics are two legs, and if either one is lame, it will not work!

(End of this chapter)