Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 253 Reorganization of the Twelve Guards of the Emperor’s Personal Army

The first year of Qianxi, the sixth day of April.

In the evening, the sky is full of red clouds.

Longevity Palace, in the front yard.

Zhu Di and Zhu Gaoxu sat around the mahogany coffee table. Kang Ping, Li Xing and other eunuchs and maids stood at the entrance of the courtyard dozens of steps away.

As for Queen Mother Xu, she was chatting with Queen Qianxi Li Yao in her room.

"Gao Xu, the people on this list are all the chamberlains and maids who have been secretly inquiring about my current situation recently."

Zhu Di took out a folded piece of paper from his sleeve pocket and handed it to Zhu Gaoxu.

Zhu Gaoxu took the piece of paper as thin as a cicada's wings and did not open it on the spot. Instead, he put it away quietly and asked in a low voice: "What do you mean, dad?"

"Check, check carefully, we must find out who these people are exchanging information with outside the palace."

Zhu Di said with murderous intent in his eyes: "If anyone intends to spy on my physical condition or collude with foreign vassals to plot evil, they will be killed without mercy."

Zhu Gaoxu respectfully agreed.

After a pause, Zhu Di continued: "Now that the rectification of the Beijing camp is in full swing, and the trial recruitment system has been supported by the vast majority of soldiers, the next step is to rectify the emperor's personal army."

"What suggestions does dad have for rectifying the pro-military army?"

Zhu Gaoxu asked respectfully.

In the 15th year of Hongwu's reign, Emperor Taizu Gao of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, dismissed the pro-military Duweifu and Yiluan Division and renamed them Jinyiwei, responsible for escorting guards, inspections and arrests.

Subsequently, twelve guards were formally established to protect the pro-army, namely, the Jinyi Guard, the Banner Guard, the Kingo Vanguard, the Kingo Guard, the Habayashi Left Guard, the Habayashi Right Guard, the Fujun Guard, the Fujun Left Guard, the Fujun Right Guard, the Fujun Vanguard, and the Fujun Guard. Military guard, tiger and left guard.

This is the famous Imperial Guards of the Emperor who are responsible for guarding the left and right sides and guarding the palace, that is, the Twelve Guards of the Royal Guards.

All the sergeants who serve as the emperor's personal army are all strong and strong soldiers with extraordinary martial arts skills who have been selected and rigorously trained.

The twelve guards of the emperor's personal army all have a strict organizational structure, and their treatment is also higher than that of other soldiers.

In terms of responsibilities, the pro-army can be divided into the escort pro-army and the guarding pro-army. In terms of region, it can be divided into the palace guard pro-army and the imperial city guard pro-army.

The Imperial Guards are the highest-status Imperial Guards that serve the emperor and directly take orders from the Emperor. They usually select strong, heroic and courageous guards to act as them.

The Jin Yiwei and Flag Bearer Guards are members of the escort bodyguards. They have two main responsibilities. One is to protect the emperor and ensure the absolute safety of the emperor and his party, and the other is to carry out secret missions according to orders.

The main duties of the guards and guards are to guard the palace and the imperial city, such as preventing theft, fire, and bandits from invading.

The Imperial Guards are the Imperial Guards who guard the Forbidden City, including patrolling, guarding palace gates, city gates, and miscellaneous tasks. They are responsible for the absolute tranquility of the Imperial Palace.

As for the Imperial City Guards, they guard the Imperial City, are responsible for the entrance of the Imperial City, inspect all hidden dangers in the Imperial City, and ensure the safety and security of the Imperial City.

However, as time went by, many problems arose in the emperor's army.

For example, the vacancies left by old and deceased sergeants could not be filled in time, resulting in the number of the Twelve Guards being reduced by more than [-]% compared to the early years of Yongle.

Furthermore, as the world was at peace for a long time, military discipline gradually relaxed, and sergeants often did things that damaged the image of the Imperial Guards.

For example, some sergeants who are responsible for various guard tasks will leave their duty posts without permission to do private matters and find others to temporarily take their place. Some will carry burdens and things to buy for their families while standing guard, and some will lean against the city wall or city walls. People were lazy to rest, and some people even lay down on the bridge.

In the 25th year of Yongle reign, Zhu Gaoxu's older sons discovered this phenomenon when they went on a tour incognito. After returning to the palace, they reported the matter to Zhu Gaoxu.

Zhu Gaoxu reported to Zhu Di, who issued an edict at that time, allowing the above-mentioned laziness to be severely punished. Those who committed the above acts would be sent to the Fusi of Jinyiwei Town for questioning.In this way, the above-mentioned laziness of the pro-military forces was controlled to a certain extent.

"What do you think?"

Zhu Di asked instead without answering.

Zhu Gaoxu said seriously: "My son plans to select a group of outstanding people from the active pro-army, properly place the rest of the elderly, sick and disabled, and select elites from the guards all over the world to reorganize the pro-army according to the new soldier system to protect the country." On the left and right, patrol the palace, guard the palace, and guard the imperial city to divide the pro-army into twelve guards."

Later, he slowly unveiled a new set of emperor's personal military system that he roughly conceived by referring to the historical capital garrison system of the Ming and Qing Dynasties and combining it with the forbidden army system of the Qin and Han Dynasties.

The original twelve guards of the pro-army army were reorganized according to the "battalion" level of the new soldier system. Except for the Jinyi Guards, Banner Guards, Fujun Guards and other guards who maintained their original powers and names, the remaining nine guards were renamed Yulin Guards, Hu Ben Guards, and Long Xiang Guards. , Zhong base guard, Hussar guard, Yingyang guard, Leopard guard, Tun cavalry guard, Xuanjia guard.

Among them, the Jinyi Guards, Banner Guards, and Fujun Guards are still responsible for escorting the emperor, performing other secret tasks according to orders, and are responsible for the guard of honor and security when the emperor travels.

The Yulin Guards, the Tiger Guards, and the Longxiang Guards took turns guarding the palace gates entering and exiting the palace and the imperial city. They were responsible for the gate guards of the palace city and the imperial city, the guards of various ministries and offices in the imperial city, and the day and night operations of the palace city and the imperial city. Patrol police and prosecutors, such as anti-theft, fire prevention, and prevention of bandit invasion.

The Zhonglu Guards, Hussars Guards, and Ying Yang Guards take turns guarding each palace within the palace, that is, the Palace Guards. They patrol and guard the palace gates and city gates. They are also the so-called imperial guards among the people, ensuring the absolute tranquility of the palace.

Leopard Cavalry Guards, Tun Cavalry Guards, and Black Armor Guards took turns guarding the imperial city, responsible for the entrance of the imperial city, inspecting all hidden dangers in the imperial city, and ensuring the safety and security of the imperial city.

In addition to daily patrols, any one of the twelve guards must have a one-to-one tiger talisman to mobilize any one of the twelve guards to perform other tasks. This tiger talisman is usually in the hands of the emperor.

The Beijing Camp is responsible for the security of the capital outside the palace city and imperial city, including the city gates and suburbs. It is a garrison force of the Ming Dynasty's capital.

"Gao Xu, according to your wishes, the Beijing camp is also responsible for guarding the gates and suburbs of the capital. Doesn't this overlap with the responsibilities and powers of the Shuntian government office?"

After listening to what Zhu Gaoxu said just now, Zhu Di discovered a problem.

Zhu Gaoxu nodded slightly and said, "Dad is right. My son didn't think about it carefully, but he didn't expect it."

Zhu Di comforted him and said: "As for the overlapping responsibilities and powers of Jingying and Shuntian Prefecture, it will not be too late to wait until the pro-military army completes its restructuring."

In fact, when Zhu Gaoxu was conceiving the pro-military restructuring, he not only discovered this problem, but also thought of a solution.

He planned to separate the guard forces of the various gates of the capital that were originally under the responsibility of Shuntian Mansion and expand them into the patrol and guard force of the gates of the capital, or the city gate army for short.

Then he appointed his close confidants as the admirals of the capital gate, responsible for the guards and access control inside and outside the gates of the capital, as well as important duties such as night patrol, fire fighting, banning, and signaling cannons.

The Chengmen Army is divided into five groups: southeast, northwest, and middle. Each group has a full complement of 2000 people. It is divided into three camps on the left, middle and right, with more than [-] people in each camp.

Among the five qus, except for the middle qu who had a separate guard post in the city, the other four qus were stationed in the east, west, north, south and four outskirts of the capital.

Although the title of the Jingmen Admiral contains the word "Admiral", his rank is half a level lower than that of the Jinyiwei Commander.

However, the Jingmen Admiral is directly responsible to the emperor. In terms of actual power, he is on the same level as the commander of the Jinyiwei. It can be said that he has a high position of authority.

After the establishment of the Jingmen Admiral, the power in the hands of Shuntian Prefecture Yin will shrink, and the redistribution of power will definitely lead to a series of personnel changes.

Although it is not difficult for Zhu Gaoxu to seize the power of Shuntian Prefecture, the most important thing at the moment is to implement the pro-military restructuring first.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "The restructuring of the pro-military army is of great importance, and my son decided to let Xue Lu, Wei Xian and Geng Xuan be responsible for this matter."

Zhu Di knew that these three people were all old men who had followed Zhu Gaoxu for many years, so he subconsciously nodded and said, "I have no objection."

He changed the topic and said: "However, I have decided to go out on a cruise after the trial of the giant sea ship "General" is successful. Of course, before that, I will cooperate with you to catch all those with bad intentions in the government!"

(End of this chapter)