Chapter 533 Police Department and City Defense Force
The establishment of the police department is bound to encounter resistance and opposition from civilian officials.
Because this yamen is directly opposed to the Ministry of Punishment, all its powers can be said to have been wrested from the Ministry of Punishment.
Once the police department is established, the criminal department will be in similar condition to the military department, and it will be nothing but superficial.
Because Zhu Youxiao deprived the Ministry of Punishment of all arrest and prison powers.
From then on, the responsibilities and authority of the Ministry of Punishment were limited to the improvement and popularization of the Ming Dynasty Code, as well as the integration and division of eucalyptus documents.
Of course, the power of trial is naturally there, but when it comes to trial, the Ministry of Punishment is no longer in charge.
Instead, officials from the Police Department are the main ones, supplemented by officials from the Criminal Department, who are responsible for records, fairness and impartiality.
Of course, this is limited to ordinary cases. If it involves some large-scale or within-system cases, Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate still need to be involved.
However, it is the police department that takes the lead.
Therefore, in order to prevent the police department from falling under the control of civilian officials in the future, it would collude with the emperor like the six departments did.
The main official of the police department, Zhu Youxiao, will be a military officer.
As for other deputy positions and positions with less authority, they can be given to civilian officials.
After all, the country must be governed by literati who have read poetry and books. The military generals have little cultural literacy and are mostly straight-tempered and bad-tempered. Zhu Youxiao is really worried that they will not be able to shoulder this important task.
Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but lamented that the scale and subjects of Huangming College were still too few.
This military academy needs to be run quickly, as there are really not enough people to use it.
The City Defense Department, which was restructured from the Five Cities Military and Horse Division, is responsible for the defense of the entire outer city and suburbs.
All the personnel of the Military and Horse Division must be highly integrated, and suitable young men and women must be selected from them.
In the Habayashi Army, sergeants who were wounded in battle served as instructors and junior officers.
The auxiliary barracks transferred some sergeants to supplement the army, and it was not difficult to raise an army of 30,000 to 50,000 men in a short period of time.
The city defense army was led by a nobleman and formed a city defense army, which was directly under the command of the emperor and was not under the jurisdiction of the military department.
In this way, responsibilities are clearly defined.
The Imperial City has pro-army troops such as the Jinyi Guards and the Tengxiang Four Guards, as well as spies from the East and West Factory.
There are imperial guards in the inner city, and the outer city is in the hands of the city defense army. The three departments are not subordinate to each other, but all belong to him as the emperor independently, which can be said to be foolproof.
His Yulin Army is a powerful field army. It has spent so much money on food and time on training, and it is equipped with the best military equipment today.
If it is only used to defend the city, wouldn't it be overkill?
And it’s not just the capital city. This new system will be extended to the whole country by Zhu Youxiao in the future.
The city defense army replaced the garrison army to form a standing military armed force, which was stationed in some important cities and passes in the country.
All were placed under the jurisdiction of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, and all military power was completely taken back from the strength of the Ministry of War and civilian officials.
The separation of military and political affairs is not difficult.
The reason why Zhu Youxiao did this was actually because he was forced to do so.
Although he established a military department, it was nominally responsible for commanding and managing the country's military.
But that was limited to border troops and camp soldiers.
The traditional guard army is actually still controlled by local government agencies. This is not something he can change with just one word.
It is also impossible for him to abolish the guard system with a direct decree.
Regardless of whether he has his own army or not, and whether it is in peaceful times or not, he cannot do this.
What's more, with the current internal and external troubles, he has completely offended the civil servants and gentry.
If he rashly moves the defense base, he will encounter civil and military opposition from all over the world. In an instant, the world will be in chaos and wars will break out.
Because those hereditary officers would not accept it. If Zhu Youxiao was really stubborn and offended the guards officers across the country, the result would be to shoot himself in the foot.
Therefore, he pondered for a long time before he came up with such a way to find another way.
It can not only abolish the guard system in disguise, but also use this great resource to reintegrate it into a new military force for its own use and better control the country.
It is for this reason that today in the Wenhua Hall, the civil servants once again formed a tightrope and opposed it in unison.
But Zhu Youxiao's current prestige is no longer something they can shake.
As soon as he made the decision, and with the support of the royalist officials, the matter was immediately settled.
Liu Neng, the newly appointed bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, drafted the imperial edict on the spot, and then the cabinet sealed it and the emperor stamped it with the imperial seal.
It took less than half an hour to complete a set of procedures. Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but sigh again, he still had to be strong to get things done.
But he didn't know that the officials who opposed him, even those who had always been neutral, were gnashing their teeth and hating him to death.
The emperor challenged their bottom line again and again and deprived them of their power. Who can accept this?
It's a pity that they didn't dare to challenge Zhu Youxiao's authority, for fear that if they did anything wrong, they would go to the execution ground and be cut into pieces by a thousand knives.
After the matter was settled, Zhu Youxiao was in a good mood. After sending them away, he was thinking of going to Kunning Palace for a walk, but Wei Zhongxian suddenly arrived.
I saw him saying with a happy face:
"Long live my lord, Zhang Shize has returned to Beijing. The leaders of the thieves, Ye Zongliu and Deng Maoqi, have also been escorted into Beijing."
"Old slave, I wish you long live the Lord."
After hearing this news, Zhu Youxiao also gave up his intention of going to the harem and immediately summoned Zhang Shize in the Wenhua Hall.
"I am the deputy general of Nanjing Military Preparation, Nanjing garrison left to join the army, and Zhang Shize, the commander of the fifth army of the Central Military Governor's Office, went to Nandu to guard the city under the emperor's order. Fortunately, he did not disgrace his order and replied to His Majesty's order."
To be honest, I almost didn't recognize Zhang Shize and Zhu Youxiao when I first saw him. The change is really quite big.
However, he was also very pleased that Zhang Shize was no longer the new recruit he had been when he first joined the army. Now he had been fully trained and could be regarded as a general.
It’s not in vain that I took all the pains to train him.
"Get flat."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Seeing his impressive response, Zhu Youxiao also nodded secretly.
He added: "You have made great contributions to the chaos in Fujian and Zhejiang. You have also made great contributions to guarding Nanjing. You have earned face for your family and for me to come back."
"Your father and grandfather were so happy when they heard about it that they grinned widely. Of course, I was also happy. Who said that my noble honour, the Emperor's Ming Dynasty, can't be put to good use?"
"Your Majesty Miao Zan, I am only acting according to the emperor's orders and abiding by my duty."
"This time to quell the rebellion in the southeast, the commander-in-chief is General Li Zhilong. Most of the strategies and tactics are subordinated to General Li. I just act according to my subordinates. The first credit should be given to General Li. I dare not take credit."
Although the rebellion in the southeast this time was all a mob, it was considered a military achievement after all. For Zhang Shize to have such determination, it seems that the tempering of his character is almost in place.
"You are neither arrogant nor impetuous. You don't look like a young man. You are about to catch up with that old man in your family."