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Chapter 692 Why ask me

Zhu Yicheng nodded: "The Jiangbei Army is an elite force, and has always made outstanding achievements in Jiangbei. Now that the Jiangbei Army has returned to our Ming Dynasty, it is not only the general trend, but also the army of a hundred battles left for the world. This reorganization, my original intention is not to break up the Jiangbei Army, but to build it into a stronger army that is more powerful and more adaptable to advanced tactics. I wonder what General Yue thinks?"

"When I return to the emperor, I admire the arrangements of Jiangbei Army. As the emperor said, although Jiangbei Army is strong, it has its shortcomings. Such reorganization is of great benefit to the Jiangbei Army. Moreover, the court did not lose the Jiangbei brothers, and the soldiers in the army all thanked the emperor for their grace."

Waving his hand, Zhu Yicheng smiled and said, "The so-called grace is not something to be said. This is my selfish intention, but in your opinion, is there anything wrong with the reorganization of the Jiangbei Army? Today's dialogue between the monarch and the ministers is not the court. I want to hear what you think, so don't worry."

Yue Zhongqi hesitated for a moment. After surrendering to the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty reorganized his Jiangbei Army. It was impossible to say that there was no idea at all. However, the Ming Dynasty or Zhu Yicheng valued it, and the reorganization of the Jiangbei Army was still going smoothly.

But one thing is the future of the army. As a surrendered army, Yue Zhongqi has been considering the positioning of this army in the future. Although he is still the commander of this army at present, is Zhu Yicheng really confident that he will still hand over this army to his hands?

After entering the Ming Dynasty, Yue Zhongqi naturally understood the structure of the Ming army. After entering the capital, Zeng Yishu explained in detail the situation of the various departments of the Ming Dynasty with him, among which the Ministry of War and Military Departments that he was most concerned about were naturally among them.

The Ming Dynasty was different from the Qing Dynasty. In addition, Zhu Yicheng has now reorganized the original Ming army, and created the Army and Navy headquarters independently from the Ministry of War, plus the three major departments of the General Staff. As for the original Five Army Governor's Office, it still exists, which leads to the Ming army system being very different from before.

According to Zhu Yuanzhang's ancestral system after the Ming Dynasty, the Five Army Governor's Office was actually the highest authority of the military. However, after the decline of the nobles, the Five Army Governor's Office became a false title, and the real power gradually fell into the hands of the Ministry of War.

Later, in order to compete with civil servants for military power, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty gradually divided the rights of the Governor's Office of the Five Army with the Imperial Horse Supervision and other institutions, which eventually led to the strange situation in which the Beijing camp was directly controlled by the emperor, while the local troops were under the control of the Ministry of War.

By the end of the Ming Dynasty, the world was in chaos and the military head began to rise. The court also lost its direct control over the local area, and the power of the Ministry of War was also much worse than before. As for the so-called Beijing camp, it was even more useless. It sounded good, but it had long been an empty space.

Zhu Yicheng's military reform seemed to be a reform on the original basis, that is, a re-dividing control of the army, and there seemed to be some signs of Emperor Taizu. One of the things was very prominent, that is, Zhu Yicheng had already served as the Grand Governor of the Five Army Governor's Office before he formally supervised the country, and officially opened the government and built a yamen in the name of Grand Governor.

From this we can see that Zhu Yicheng's personal appointment as the Grand Governor not only improved the status and rights of the Governor's Office of the Five Army, but also the emperor still serves as the Grand Governor's Office until now, which further demonstrates the importance of the Governor's Office of the Five Army.

In addition, the reform of the Ministry of War and the establishment of the Ministry of War, the Navy and the General Staff have given the military a total of four major military institutions, but the intelligence of these military institutions is different, and they are both related and restrained.

In other words, from the perspective of later generations, the Governor's Office of the Five Army is equivalent to the headquarters of the Three Army, or the headquarters of the Supreme Command, similar to the headquarters of the San Dezi. Zhu Yicheng is also the head of the headquarters of the headquarters of the Supreme Command.

The Ministry of War is naturally the Ministry of War or the Ministry of National Defense in later generations. As for the Ministry of Army, the Ministry of Navy and the General Staff, there are different explanations. The scope of authority of these departments can be seen from their own perspective.

These reforms were exactly the adjustments made by Zhu Yicheng with reference to the military institutions of later generations. Judging from the current situation, it is still good. If everything goes well, perhaps more than ten years later, Zhu Yicheng can proceed step by step and completely complete the determination of the military structure of the entire Ming Dynasty, thereby completely eliminating the previous drawbacks.

When Yue Zhongqi understood the military structure of the Ming Dynasty, as an excellent military general, he had to admit that the arrangement that Zhu Yicheng had done was indeed unique. More importantly, the Ming Dynasty not only eliminated the possible signs of warlords in this system, but also strengthened the central government's control over the army.

However, in this way, it would be much more difficult for Yue Zhongqi to continue to take charge of the military power of the Jiangbei Army, so this is also what he was concerned about. Although he knew that as a surrendered general, the Ming court would very likely transfer him to other positions, and even no longer lead troops directly, Yue Zhongqi was mentally prepared for this, but he still wanted to lead troops deep down, but these words could not be said. Once the emperor misunderstood that he had ambition, it would be bad.

"I don't think it's wrong to reorganize things. As I said just now, I have my own rules of the Ming Dynasty, but I just want to ask the emperor for a grace." After careful consideration, Yue Zhongqi finally spoke.

Seeing that Zhu Yicheng did not have an unhappy expression, Yue Zhongqi continued: "My subordinates are pure soldiers. Some of them are not high-ranking positions, but they dare to kill and fight on the battlefield. Although they did some wrong things under my command back then, the crime was in the crime. They just obeyed the orders. Therefore, I dared to ask Your Majesty to give them a way out in the army to make the best use of it."

"This..." Zhu Yicheng hesitated for a moment, looked at Yue Zhongqi with confusion, and then shook his head and said, "It's very difficult for General Yue to ask me..."

Yue Zhongqi's heart suddenly sank and she quickly stood up and said, "The criminal knows that this matter has made Your Majesty embarrassed, but the criminal still dares to ask for it. I hope Your Majesty will beg you."

Zhu Yicheng still shook his head, which made Yue Zhongqi's heart sink to the bottom. He couldn't help but feel bitter. Could it be that as he imagined, when the reorganization was completed, his subordinates would be driven out of the army one by one and end up in a bleak end?

If this is the case, as their general, what if he holds a high position in the court? Yue Zhongqi has never been a person who betrays his brothers for glory and wealth. Just as he was determined to be willing to ask the emperor again, even if he used his future to exchange for the future of these brothers, Zhu Yicheng finally spoke.

"General Yue, I am the emperor. Although I am now the chief general of the Five Armies, I cannot ask about the use of these people one by one. I naturally cannot destroy the rules I set. The Ming military system has the rules of the Ming Dynasty. How they are placed and how they are used is naturally their chief officer. As the chief general of the Jiangbei Army, this matter should be settled by the general himself. Why ask me?"
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