Zhu Houzhao just wanted the General Staff Office to compete with the Cabinet. Of course, not for power, but for status. If the General Staff Office was overpowered by the Cabinet when it was first established, it would not take long for the General Staff Office to be completely overrun by the Cabinet.

This is something Zhu Houzhao will never allow. If the General Staff Office is really suppressed by the cabinet, then why should we set up a General Staff Office?

"Then let's put it in the Wenhua Hall!" Zhu Youtang pondered for a moment, nodded and agreed to the condition, then turned around and said, "What are your ideas about the candidates for the staff?"

Seeing Zhu Youtang asking His Highness the Crown Prince this question, the expressions of the three cabinet bachelors were a little hesitant, but they soon returned to their natural expressions. Apparently they still underestimated His Highness the Crown Prince's status in His Majesty's heart. Your Majesty is not cultivating a Crown Prince.

Instead, he treated His Highness the Crown Prince as the emperor.

"I thought that the General Staff Office has the power to advise people, so naturally the staff officers at the Military Aircraft Department must know the military." Zhu Houzhao had already prepared his words and spoke directly.

This sentence sounds like nonsense, but Zhu Houzhao knew that he had to say this sentence, because if you don't say it, you will definitely end up with staff officers who don't know soldiers. The so-called "know soldiers" is well understood in the Ming Dynasty, that is, military commanders

You have to be a general soldier and have fought in battles. As a civilian officer, you have to be a governor. Moreover, you have led troops and fought in battles in border towns.

"Of course!" Zhu Youtang didn't give the three cabinet bachelors a chance to interrupt. He nodded directly, and the father and son sang a double act.

The three cabinet bachelors did not object to this matter. They set up a staff office and hired a few people who didn't know how to fight. What's the point?

"The British Duke Zhang Mao and the Dingguo Duke Xu Guangzuo are in charge of the staff positions." Zhu Houzhao looked at his father and then said.

In fact, what are the abilities of these two people? Zhu Houzhao doesn't like it anyway, and it's out of the question to know the military, but these two people must have it. On the one hand, it's because of their titles and their ancestors.

For the sake of merit and to appease the nobles, Zhu Houzhao wanted to touch their farmland and reform the military system, and he needed their support.

As for when they grow old, the position of staff officer will definitely not be given to their descendants. At that time, it will be based on military merit.

As soon as Zhu Houzhao's words came out, Zhu Youtang nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "It should be like this, what else?"

In Zhu Houzhao's heart, he did not want to use anyone from the older generation, but now the staff office is dividing the cake. Zhu Houzhao wants to balance all parties and carry out reforms, so this step is indispensable. After thinking for a while, Zhu Houzhao said

He opened his mouth and said: "My son thinks that we can let Qin Hong enter the military aircraft office as a reward."

Both Zhu Youtang and the three cabinet bachelors were stunned by this candidate. They did not expect that Zhu Youtang would recommend Qin Hong.

But if you think about it for a moment, you will understand that Qin Hong has made great contributions to the three parties. This cannot be denied. The three-year agreement between His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Qin Hong has been spread, and it has become a good story between the emperor and his ministers.

In addition, Qin Hong is old, His Highness the Crown Prince wants to give Qin Hong the glory of his lifetime, and also sets an example for some veterans and border governors.

Of course, there is also the suspicion of standing in the position. This operation is not too atypical, it is basically a routine operation.

If the emperor wants to appoint someone who is neither qualified nor young, the emperor will arrange for an old man to take the position. He won't be able to hold the position for long anyway. Once he is gone, the person he likes can naturally take over.

.But who occupies the position of His Royal Highness? No one can guess this matter.

In fact, Zhu Houzhao really didn't occupy it for anyone. Zhu Houzhao wanted to use Wang Shouren, but he also knew that it was basically impossible now.

"In addition, Liu Daxia, Minister of the Ministry of War, should occupy a position." Zhu Houzhao added after thinking for a while.

Zhu Houzhao did this, on the one hand, naturally to appease the civil officials, and on the other hand, he actually wanted to bring the Ministry of War to the staff office. The military affairs of the Ming Dynasty must not bypass the Ministry of War. If the Minister of War is put aside, then the Ministry of War will naturally still be included in the cabinet.

Next, the authority of the General Staff Office will not be guaranteed at all.

As for whether Liu Daxia would collude with the civil servants after he entered the staff office, Zhu Houzhao was not worried at all, because his butt determined his head, and he would speak on which side he sat.

If Liu Daxia is really so blind, then he can be replaced. Then the Minister of the Ministry of War can be directly replaced by a military general. By then, the Ministry of War will completely become a yamen subordinate to the General Staff Office. Under such circumstances, the General Staff Office can be considered completely independent.

But this is definitely not possible now, it will have to wait until the military reform is completed.

In fact, Zhu Houzhao's favorite was not Liu Daxia, but Ma Wensheng. Ma Wensheng was also a civil servant, but he could fight very well. However, Ma Wensheng was now the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. This man still had great use. Zhu Houzhao could not bring him to the staff office, so he could only withdraw.

The second choice was Ma Wensheng. As for the last person, Zhu Houzhao wanted to choose a general who could fight.

However, Zhu Houzhao went through many rounds of selections, but could not select a suitable candidate. There really was no one with sufficient military exploits.

If this was placed in the Jiajing period, Qi Jiguang would have gone directly to him, but now there is no such person in the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Houzhao is also very desperate.

The general Zhu Houzhao wanted should ideally be from an orthodox military general background. He had served as a general, led troops in battles, and had outstanding military exploits. Only such a person could convince the public and set an example for other generals. But in recent years,

The military generals were suppressed so severely by the civilian officials that no one stood out. Zhu Houzhao couldn't find anyone even if he wanted to find one.

This also made Zhu Houzhao realize how far the generals were compressed. When the older generation of noble generals died, there was a gap in the Ming Dynasty's generals!

"I'll leave it to my father and the three elders to decide on this last candidate." Zhu Houzhao could only say helplessly in the end.

Zhu Youtang glared at his son, "You are really rude, but this can only be the case. As for the last person, there are no good candidates among the three. After pondering for a moment, Zhu Youtang tentatively said: "Why don't you just keep it?

Duke Zhu Hui, right?"

In fact, Bao Guo Gong is also a national duke, which is no problem, but this Bao Guo Gong is a little special. First of all, the title of Bao Guo Gong is not conferred by Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, nor by Emperor Taizong Zhu Di, but by Zhu Youtang.

His father, Chenghua Emperor Zhu Jianshen, was granted the title, and the title of Baoguogong was granted to Zhu Yong.
Chapter completed!