But from the beginning of the alliance, there must be supervision by the Jinyiwei. The three additional places are for the Jinyiwei.
There are many benefits to doing this. First of all, it can largely avoid being deceived by lower-level officers and generals.
And they falsely reported military achievements, losses and casualties, and killed good people while claiming credit.
These are all major characteristics of the army in the late Ming Dynasty. To be precise, they are the characteristics of the army of the feudal dynasty.
Whether it was the prosperous Tang Dynasty with its powerful Han Dynasty, or the early Ming Dynasty when its reputation was far-reaching and its country was founded by force of bows and horses.
Generals embezzled food and supplies, deducted military pay, killed good men and took credit for their merits, and even smuggled arms. These were all common occurrences.
As for the Kongxiang thing, let alone it. People like Emperor Taizu just turned a blind eye. It can be seen that it has become an unspoken rule, and people up and down have long been used to it.
It just depends on which dynasty or period it is more serious.
Obviously, the late Ming Dynasty was a relatively serious period, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty took over the Central Plains, which undoubtedly magnified this shortcoming and bad habit.
Zhu Youxiao, who transcended the limitations of the times and his thoughts, naturally wanted to change.
Therefore, he would spare no effort to improve the treatment and status of sergeants and military attaches.
As their status and benefits have increased, they will naturally have to pay a price accordingly. This is a very simple exchange of benefits.
As long as these issues are strictly controlled and qualified training is provided, building an elite field army is not a problem at all.
Of course, he doesn't think that after such an arrangement, those bad habits will no longer occur. This is simply unrealistic.
People all have desires. As long as we can't live without people, those bad habits will definitely not disappear, especially in this era.
But you can also control it to the greatest extent, and that's enough.
The other group had 20,000 people, all of whom were converted into city defense troops to make up for the lack of troops.
Although Zhang Shize selected thousands of people from the Wucheng Military and Horse Division and the original direct military guards, it was still not enough.
Moreover, the city defense military has the important task of guarding the capital. The military system must have generals and sergeants who are loyal to the emperor.
After Zhu Youxiao stabilized the north, he naturally made a southern tour and personally went to the south of the Yangtze River to deal with the interest groups composed of the gentry and wealthy families.
The stability of your own rear area is very important, otherwise it would be embarrassing if your hometown is raided after you have finished your work.
Emperor Yingzong ignored this point back then. After the Tumu Fort Incident and the news of the defeat came back to the capital, the civil servants reacted quickly and immediately began to find reasons to fight for military power.
At that time, Jiao Jing, who was the admiral of the Beijing camp and in charge of the defense of the capital, and was also the uncle of Emperor Yingzong, actually honestly handed over his military power under the suppression of civilian officials.
From then on, the three major battalions of the capital were no longer under the jurisdiction of the Fifth Army Governor's Office, but under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War.
Although there are still many nobles serving in the army and leading the army, the power to appoint and remove personnel and mobilize troops has nothing to do with them, and the emperor has since lost the support of military power.
After seizing the military power, the civil servants naturally became more courageous. In front of Zhu Qiyu, they beat the commander of the Jinyiwei Ma Shun to death on the spot in the court.
A person who can become the commander of the Royal Guards, regardless of his ability, is at least a confidant whom the emperor trusts greatly.
And Wang Zhen was also killed by nine clans, and the large group of eunuchs who were attached to him naturally suffered as well.
Without the support and support of eunuchs, royal guards, and the army, Queen Mother Sun's right to speak would be gone.
Therefore, the civil servants directly avoided Zhu Jianshen, the crown prince, and easily established Zhu Qiyu as emperor.
The shrinkage and decline of the emperor's power in the Ming Dynasty began from then on.
Therefore, this city defense army is very important. Just like the Yulin personal army, it must be under his own control so that he can feel at ease.
What's more, he has already offended most of the gentry and wealthy families in the world.
Sometimes, Zhu Youxiao actually envied the Manchu slave chieftains.
Because they naturally have the absolute support and support of the Eight Banners, a political and military group.
Although there will also be power struggles within them, it is only within the Eight Banners.
Once the Han or Mongols threaten them, they will not hesitate to unite and fight against the outside world.
This is also the reason why the Manchu slave chiefs had such high power and deep-rooted rule.
After the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, because the Eight Banners were really unusable, they had to improve the status and power of Han generals and officials.
It is precisely because of this that the country in the late Manchu Qing Dynasty began to be turbulent and on the verge of collapse.
Although Zhu Youxiao did not have the Eight Banners, he could follow suit and create a new interest group to absolutely support him.
The British public family is naturally the leader of this interest group. They are representatives of noble generals.
Zhang Shize's personal ability is considered to be above average, so there is no problem in letting him lead 40 to 50 thousand people and be responsible for garrison and defense.
As soon as everything is ready, he will send troops out of Liaoshen to conquer Jiannu.
The construction of the new city did not stop because of the cold weather, but was in full swing.
There is no other reason. Winter is coming, and every household must prepare, so that the people in the city can survive.
For most people at the bottom, the food harvested in the autumn is barely enough to cover the mouth of the lake, and may not even be enough to fill their stomachs.
Nowadays, the imperial court is actively recruiting craftsmen and civilians to build new cities. Not only do they take care of the food, but they also receive wages every day. Naturally, there is no shortage of people.
There are three types of workers in the construction of the new city: workers recruited by the government, criminals arrested and imprisoned, and residents involved in housing renovation.
Only the workers recruited are paid.
For criminals, their sentences are commuted through labor. The government only cares about your food and clothing, and it is a free labor force.
Those residents are also free labor, but they are different from criminals.
Because the court has issued a notice that if your house is demolished, the government will return you a new house of the same size.
Of course, this new house is not given for free. First of all, the land is no longer owned by individuals, but belongs to the court.
As for this house, they only have the right to live in it or rent it out, and have no right to buy, sell or demolish it.
At the same time, they need to participate in the construction. Every household must send people to work on the construction site, but they only care about food and have no money.
And how can these uneducated ordinary people understand the twists and turns involved?
They only knew that the imperial court demolished their old house and gave them a new house to live in. They were all very happy.
In the two years since Zhu Youxiao took the throne, he has killed countless corrupt officials. Some time ago, he even killed a large number of nobles and arrested many bullies and hooligans.
With newspaper publicity, Zhu Youxiao's reputation and prestige are still very good in the hearts of the people.
In this way, the pressure and resistance to the transformation and construction of the imperial court will be much smaller.
Some people even look forward to it day and night, hoping that one day the government will demolish their homes and they can move into new houses.