In the main hall, after the new military structure was read out, the civil servants were silent collectively, while the generals in charge of each town were secretly calculating the gains and losses.
The four generals and other senior generals of the Fifth Army were not too surprised, because all the armies had completed their reorganization according to the new organization, and all they lacked was equipment.
Only Lord Dingguo and all the distinguished nobles were devastated. Even the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army was laid off, and there was no place for them in the new Governor's Office. Will they really have to do business in the future?
Duke Dingguo was very thoughtful about the vacant right-hand governor in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, but since His Majesty refused to accept his fate, he couldn't recommend himself!
The other four generals were also very coveted for this position. Wu Sangui secretly clenched his fists. He was bound to get this right governor.
What's more, besides Wu Sangui, who else is qualified to be on an equal footing with the imperial concubine?
Almost everyone understands that the power of this Metropolitan Governor's Palace is definitely greater than that of the Five Army Governor's Palace in the early Ming Dynasty.
Although His Majesty has appointed himself Grand Governor, it is impossible for His Majesty to actually take charge of affairs personally. Specific military affairs must still be handled by the left and right Governors.
These are simply the first and second people in the army, and they are not subject to the constraints of civilian officials. They are only responsible to the emperor. It is easy to imagine how heavy their powers and responsibilities are.
However, if everyone knew that the emperor did not plan to appoint the right governor within ten years, I wonder what they would think.
If the red lady had not been his own woman, Zhu Cixiang would have left the left governor vacant and would not have appointed him.
Only when the students from the Jiangwu Hall are completely spread throughout the army and the five major military supervisors are complete, will he appoint the left and right commanders to be responsible for daily military and political affairs.
At that time, no matter how powerful the two of them were, they would be like the first and second assistants among civil servants, and could be easily dismissed by the emperor at any time.
The commanders of each army, the general officers of each town, and even the future commanders of each capital division, can also be sent home to retire or be sent to prison to question their crimes with just a piece of royal order.
Because at that time, all soldiers will be loyal only to the nation and the emperor, not to their respective generals, and there will be no private soldiers.
Immediately afterwards, the eunuch began to read out the new military rank system, new military laws and disciplines, as well as the military's powers, relevant regulations, etc.
From now on, military generals will no longer have grades, but will be replaced by military ranks. There are fourteen levels of military ranks. From high to low, they are: grand marshal, general, general, lieutenant general, major general, colonel, and lieutenant colonel.
, major, sergeant, corporal, left pawn, right pawn, veteran, recruit.
Among them, the Grand Marshal is an exclusive military rank for the emperor and will not be awarded to others. The left and right governors are respectively awarded the rank of General. At the same time, the General will also be given an exclusive title, which is the highest military rank and honor that a military general can obtain.
The commanders of each army are awarded the rank of general, but since the commanders of the four armies have already been canonized as generals, they can only be granted the rank of general as an exception. This will not happen again in the future.
The chief military officer of each town is awarded the rank of lieutenant general, the commander of each battalion is awarded the rank of major general, the general commander is awarded the rank of colonel, the commander of the team is awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel, the commander of the flag is awarded the rank of major, the commander is awarded the rank of sergeant, the commander of the corps is awarded the rank of left and right pawns, and ordinary soldiers
Confer military rank to new veterans.
The new military law and discipline are also very simple. There are only seven articles of military law, but there are dozens of military disciplines.
Due to the lack of professional personnel, standardized management is currently not possible, and relevant powers also overlap.
Among the three thousand cadets, 20 outstanding officers were awarded the rank of colonel, more than 100 were awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel, and the rest were all awarded the rank of major.
More than 20 colonels will serve as military and political officers in various armies and towns, responsible for the daily training of soldiers and the education of loyalty and patriotism, as well as the supervision of military law and discipline.
Logistics such as military pay, food and fodder are also in charge of eunuchs sent by the Royal Horse Supervisor, while the generals of each army are responsible for military command and personnel.
For the time being, each town will only send one colonel and ten lieutenant colonels and majors. The main purpose is to help each town reorganize as soon as possible, and other aspects will not be taken care of for the time being.
However, each battalion and battalion of the Fifth Army will dispatch a lieutenant colonel, and each team will dispatch a major lieutenant to serve as an instructor.
In this way, basically a team of 240 people can have one cadet, who can be fully responsible for their daily training and supervise the new military law and discipline and ideological education.
So when the eunuch finished reading, the four generals and the generals of the five armies were secretly shocked.
In the past, food, grass, military equipment, and military equipment were controlled by eunuchs, but now daily training and military law are controlled by the emperor's disciples. In this way, the emperor will truly have direct control over the five armies from now on.
The commander-in-chief of each town was frightened and at the same time relieved. Compared with the Fifth Army, their influence was not great. A dozen or so students could not play a big role. At most, they could only supervise on the surface, and work with those sent to the towns.
The eunuchs are almost the same, and the soldiers and horses in their hands are still under their control.
But everyone is not stupid. They know that if this continues, it will be a matter of time before they lose control of the army.
Zhu Cihong saw the expressions of the generals and understood their mentality. After all, no one would willingly hand over his military power.
So I planned to give a consolation prize, so I said slowly: "From today on, the Martial Arts Hall will be officially renamed the Ming Dynasty Royal Military Academy, and the first batch of kindergarten students will be officially admitted early next year.
The quota is tentatively set at 100, and the age requirement is eight to ten years old. There are ten recommended quotas for generals every year, five for generals, two for lieutenant generals, and one for major generals. At that time, there will be unified assessment and selection of the best!"
The generals were immediately overjoyed when they heard this. Almost everyone understood that from now on, only military attachés from the Martial Arts Hall, no, the Royal Military Academy, would be able to gain the emperor's complete trust and importance.
There are recommendation quotas, which means that their descendants can directly participate in the selection in the future.
No one cares about the size of the official position. What everyone cares about is the status of the emperor's disciples. With this status, no matter who wants to deal with him, he has to be careful. Without the emperor's nod, who dares to deal with the emperor's students without authorization?
Even if something is wrong, it must be reported to His Majesty first.
Just like civil servants, even the lowest magistrate or governor-general of a county does not have the right to remove him directly. He can only be removed from office after approval from the Ministry of Personnel, then to the Cabinet, the Supervisor of Ceremonies, and His Majesty.
As for killing civil servants, that was the exclusive right of the emperor. No one dared to overstep it. Anyone who exceeded it would be finished. Even if the chief minister killed a minor official without permission, the emperor would have the chief minister's house confiscated and his family exterminated.
Because all civil servants have passed the palace examination and are nominally disciples of the emperor, others have no right to deal with them and do not dare to deal with them.
It was precisely this system of civil service examinations that enabled the emperors of all dynasties in China to still firmly control a huge territory in ancient times when communications were underdeveloped.
Although the civil servants were corrupt, they had to admit that they were still unswerving in safeguarding the imperial power. If someone from a large local family wanted to plot rebellion, they would report it immediately.
Compared with the family politics before the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the imperial examination system of the Song and Ming Dynasties was undoubtedly a level more advanced.
Because compared to the selfish aristocratic families, the class of scholars who replaced the aristocratic families at least claimed to be loyal to the emperor and patriotism, and under this atmosphere, many scholars who were truly selfless and loyal to the emperor and the country did emerge.
The key point is that compared with the longevity of aristocratic families for thousands of years, the new scholar class has its ups and downs. As soon as they reach high school, the family rises. If there is no Jinshi for three generations, no matter how great the family is, it will be lonely. If it can't even produce a scholar,
Then you have to become a civilian.
Therefore, the civil servants naturally understood that the so-called Royal Military Academy created by Zhu Cihong had almost the same purpose and effect as the original imperial examination.
Now that His Majesty has finally come up with a plan to transform the Nalaoshizi Lecture Hall into a Royal Military Academy, Shi Kefa, who is the Minister of the Ministry of War, can no longer bear it.
He stood up, knelt down and worshiped with tears: "Your Majesty, as the ancients said, no matter how big a country is, if it is warlike, it will perish. Your Majesty's emphasis on military force and neglect of civility will definitely lead to a warlike trend in the army. In the long run, it will not be a blessing to the country. I hope that your Majesty will
Think twice!”
After Shi Kefa finished speaking, there was a sudden silence in the hall. At this moment, almost all the generals looked at him with murderous intent, wishing to cut him into pieces.
"Bah, Shi Kefa, you still have the nerve to say this, I ask you, in the past you always valued culture over martial arts, right?
Military generals will call themselves lackeys in front of your civil servants, and military officers of the third and fourth grades will kneel down and salute when they see the magistrate of the seventh grade. Everything is decided by you civil servants, but what will be the result?
You have made the world miserable for the people, rebels and bandits are everywhere, you have established slaves and destroyed customs, just like walking in a garden, and finally the great Ming Dynasty is almost destroyed by you.
Now that your Majesty is reorganizing the country, reforming the military system, and attaching great importance to military affairs, you still have the shamelessness to say something that is not a blessing to the country. It is simply shameless.
Is it true that His Majesty still wants you to continue to reuse your civil servants, let you take charge of money and food, lead troops to fight, and let everyone be your lackeys, and eventually the country will perish? Is this the blessing of the country?"
The other generals did not dare to speak easily, but the red lady was furious. She stepped forward and pointed at him and cursed loudly.
The military generals were all excited and wanted to cheer loudly, but the civil servants lowered their heads in shame. Shi Kefa was even blushing with shame and was speechless.
"Okay, the investiture ceremony will be held tomorrow at the Huangji Palace. Everyone has to get up early. Come here today and retreat from the court!"
Zhu Cixi stood up and said, then returned to the harem.
Everyone hurriedly knelt down to see him off.
After Zhu Cihong and the red lady left, all the military generals laughed loudly and cursed and taunted Shi Kefa and the civil officials.
The civil servants, on the other hand, were scolding and taunting, and fled away with their official robes in hand. Shi Kefa was not convinced and wanted to argue, but was sprayed with saliva all over his face and body, and his ears were deafened. Finally, he was beaten by Hou Xun and
Several other officials forcibly dragged him away.
"Haha! It's so happy, so damn happy!"
"Damn it, today I finally let go of the bad breath in my heart."
"Your Majesty and your Majesty are so wise."
Qin Lihua and her nephew had been watching carefully. Seeing this scene, both of them were stunned.