Obviously, Zhang Shenyan has also foreseen the hidden worries of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
If the status of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is raised to a level that can compete with the cabinet, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs holds military and financial power, if there is another person with outstanding ability and prestige, it will be easy to repeat the situation of Song Taizu wearing the yellow robe.
The story of Chen Qiao.
"Mr. Zhang Ge, you are serious."
Chongzhen said: "Originally, I thought about mentioning this matter to the cabinet in a few days, but since Mr. Zhang Ge mentioned it today, I might as well say a few words first."
"After the commander-in-chief soldiers were separated, they had nothing to do with the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
"Furthermore, the grades of the various departments of the House of Internal Affairs can be set as the seventh grade, and the grade of the head of the House of Internal Affairs can also be set as the sixth grade by referring to the six chiefs. These two points can be written into the ancestral instructions of the Emperor Ming at the next court meeting.
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"Ah? This!" Zhang Shenyan, Meng Zhaoxiang and the other three people looked at each other for a moment.
Chongzhen's statement was indeed beyond their expectations. This was really unexpected.
At that moment, Liu Lishun asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, will all the more than 3,000 people from the Military Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs be transferred from the incident?"
"That won't happen. There should be more than a thousand left for Shizhong to be responsible for the training of soldiers in Beizhi, Nanzhi (Xuzhou), Huguang and Yunnan."
"That is to say, more than two thousand were transferred to Shizhong?"
"Yes, more than 2,000 people will be transferred to Shishizhong, so the Ministry of Internal Affairs will only have more than 3,000 people left."
Speaking of this meal, Chongzhen turned his attention to Zhang Shenyan: "Mr. Zhang Ge, it is best to maintain a balance between the number of civil servants in Wenhua Palace and military ministers in Wuying Palace. Now I have reduced the number of Wuying Palace by more than 2,000, and Wenhua Palace
Should we also lay off employees?”
"It should be like this." Zhang Shenyan said with emotion, "The old minister will turn around and ask the officials to conduct an inspection of the officials in the capital. Those who are greedy, cruel, incompetent, careless, old, sick, impetuous, talented and weak will be eliminated, and the number of eliminations will definitely increase.
Wuyingdian should keep in line and ensure that the positions of Wenhuadian and Wuyingdian are balanced."
In fact, Zhang Shenyan had opposed Lu Zhenfei's plan to expand the number of civil servants.
However, Lu Zhenfei is the chief minister, and a good thing like expanding the number of civil servants will definitely be more popular with the officials below, so this proposal was passed smoothly in the cabinet.
Now that Zhang Shenyan has become the chief minister of the cabinet, even if Chongzhen did not mention layoffs, Zhang Shenyan's first strike after taking office would be to target redundant, mediocre and corrupt officials.
"Okay, Shou Kui should take this responsibility!"
Zhang Shenyan's statement made Chongzhen very satisfied.
This is much better than Lu Zhenfei's good-guy style.
After saying that, Chongzhen turned around and waved, and Lu Jiude immediately brought a few young eunuchs in with a few food boxes, and took out a lot of wine and food from the food boxes, placing them on the table.
"The army is shabby, with only bad wine and coarse food."
"I hope the elders won't dislike it, haha."
He smiled and said: "This is what I ate at Wuying Palace just now."
"Your Majesty can eat it, but I can't eat it?" Zhang Shenyan said, picking up the bowl and taking a big mouthful of rice. Well, the texture was indeed not good, and the sand was not filtered out, so it made your teeth clutter.
Meng Zhaoxiang and the other two quickly followed suit and picked up their rice bowls.
"The elders will use it slowly, I will take the first step."
Chongzhen smiled and turned around to return to Wuying Hall.
When they returned to Wuying Hall, Jiang Tianyi, Xu Yingwei and others had already finished their meals.
"Jiang Tianyi, come here." Chongzhen waved to Jiang Tianyi to come forward and speak, and then asked, "How is the staff department doing with the military rank evaluation?"
Jiang Tianyi said: "The evaluation of general officers, field officers and lieutenants has been basically completed. However, there are too many non-commissioned officers and it will take a few days to complete the evaluation."
"Where's the list?" Chongzhen stretched out his hand and said, "Let's take a look."
Jiang Tianyi immediately took out a small notebook from his sleeve and handed it over.
Chongzhen turned to the first page, which contained the list of generals.
I counted 22 people in total, namely Xu Yingwei, Yan Yingyuan, Jiang Tianyi, Wang Jiaqin, Zhang Mengxi, Dong Zhining, Mao Jukui, Xu Fuyi, Lin Zhiyuan, Lu Xiangtong, Xu Yan, Han Shi, Chen Chengce, Wang Fuzhi, Guan Siqiu, Xia Rubi,
Lu Yuding, Hua Xia, Li Daochang, Zhang Yuanzhen, Li Zhonggeng, Zheng Sen.
Behind each person are listed the reasons for evaluating generals.
It was either the Battle of Dagukou or the Battle of Hunhe, but more often it was the Battle of Baliqiao. Most of the above 22 people held the position of headquarter in these three battles.
There are also those who serve as brigade commanders and are rated as generals because of their outstanding military exploits.
Of course there are exceptions, such as Zheng Sen, who is neither the commander-in-chief nor the brigade commander.
Chongzhen immediately crossed out Zheng Sen's name and said with a snort: "Forget it about Zheng Sen, I can only rate him as a colonel."
While saying this, Chongzhen turned his head and looked at Zheng Sen thoughtfully. Zheng Sen's handsome face suddenly turned into a monkey's ass with shame, wishing he could find a crack in the ground to crawl in and embarrass himself.
However, in Zheng Sen's heart, he secretly vowed to make a splash in the next war.
Chongzhen also drew a cross under each of the six names: Xu Yingwei, Yan Yingyuan, Jiang Tianyi, Wang Fuzhi, Lu Xiangtong, and Huaxia, and said: "These six people are less likely to be in Jinzhong."
Jiang Tianyi said with some shame: "Your Majesty, Youzhen, Jianheng and the others are worthy of being named lieutenant generals, but forget it, I am only making plans in the staff department, and my merits are not significant."
"Is it really a small feat?" Chongzhen joked, "Then why are you rated as a major general?"
"This..." Jiang Tian was speechless for a moment, but secretly thought in his heart, of course it was based on the bloody battle of Hunhe.
"Okay, I said a lieutenant general is a lieutenant general." Chongzhen smiled, waved for Xu Yingwei and others to come around, and then continued, "I have something to tell you."
More than twenty military leaders quickly gathered together, all looking forward to it.
They thought that Chongzhen would be awarded the title now. Although it was a little hasty, it was still a happy event.
Chongzhen said: "Before, the Northern Expedition was not successful and the capital was not restored. In order to facilitate things and reduce the quarrel between the parties, the new army was placed under the Ministry of Internal Affairs. But now the Northern Expedition has been victorious and the Jian slaves have been exterminated.
It is imperative that the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the New Army are separated."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Yan Yingyuan, Jiang Tianyi and others were stunned when they heard this.
However, this is reasonable and anyone with a bit of political savvy can imagine it.
The only thing they care about now is their whereabouts. Should they stay in the Ministry of Internal Affairs or go to the New Army?
It can only be said that each has its own advantages. Although the rank in the Ministry of Internal Affairs is not high, the salary is generous, and there will be a large amount of pension money after becoming an official. If you go to the New Army, you can lead troops, fight in battles, and continue to perform meritorious services.
, and if you are promoted further, you will have the opportunity to be promoted to general or even marshal. It is said that there may be a young marshal or marshal between the general and the grand marshal.
After a pause, Chongzhen continued: "My opinion is that all of you who have evaluated the generals should go to my headquarters. You are equivalent to the generals who command the troops under my command."
Having said this, he said to Zheng Sen: "Zheng Sen, you go too."
"Headquarters?" Zheng Sen said, "Is it the Supreme Marshal's shogunate?"
"Yes, it is my Generalissimo Shogunate." Chongzhen said, "The General Headquarters consists of the General Staff Section, the Army Section, the Navy Section, and the Air Force Section. The General Staff Section is responsible for formulating the overall strategic plan. Not to mention the Air Force Section, the Navy
The branch is responsible for commanding each fleet, and the army branch is responsible for commanding each division."
"Arrest Master?" More than twenty military leaders were all confused.
"Yes, the shelf division." Chongzhen said, "The so-called shelf division, as the name suggests, is the skeleton of the division, that is, the officer team, from the division commander down to the company and platoon squad leader."
"But the soldiers are not fully equipped yet."
"Only when there is a combat mission, it will be ready."
"The 1st Division corresponds to Beizhi Zhentai, and soldiers will be transferred from Beizhi Zhentai."
"The 2nd Division corresponds to Nanzhi Zhentai, and the soldiers are drawn from Nanzhi Zhentai, which is also Xuzhou Zhentai."
"The 3rd Division corresponds to the Huguang Zhentai, the 4th Division corresponds to the Yunnan Zhentai, and the 5th Division corresponds to the Sichuan Zhentai. Only the Cavalry Corps does not have a corresponding Zhentai for the time being."
The cavalry corps is still in its infancy and there is obviously no way to formalize it.
The navy and air force are just putting up a show, and only the army must be regularized.
The reason is also very simple. The Ming Army already has the conditions for regularization.
Of course, in the future, we do not rule out the addition of new platforms, and there will be the 6th, 7th, and even the 8th Division.
Immediately afterwards, Chongzhen began to order generals: "Jiang Tianyi, as the chief of general staff, you are equivalent to the chief of staff beside me."
"Xu Yingwei, commander of the 1st Division; Yan Yingyuan, commander of the 2nd Division; Lu Xiangtong, commander of the 3rd Division; Wang Fuzhi, commander of the 4th Division; Huaxia, commander of the 5th Division."
Jiang Tianyi said: "Your Majesty, is the army of 5 divisions too small?"
"This is exactly what I want to say." Chongzhen said, "Each position of the five shelf masters must have backup personnel. In this way, in the event of an emergency, the five shelf masters can be expanded to 10 shelf masters in an instant.
If enough reinforcements are added, we will immediately have 10 full divisions, and 10 full divisions will definitely be enough."
Jiang Tianyun immediately stopped saying anything. 10 divisions must be enough.
The Battle of Baliqiao only used 7 army divisions and cavalry divisions.
After a pause, Chongzhen said again: "One more thing, I also know that you must be very concerned about salary and benefits. Can you still receive the salary you were given after leaving the Ministry of Internal Affairs? And will you get a career pension after you retire? I am now
I can tell you clearly that this worry is unnecessary."
"The salaries, year-end bonuses and career bonuses of general officers and colonel officers of the General Headquarters are compared to those of the sixth-rank chiefs, colonels, and non-commissioned officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In addition, there are different amounts according to the military rank and the length of military service.
Subsidies, subsidies when there are combat missions, and bonuses for winning battles. In short, I will never treat meritorious soldiers badly, reputation, status, money, beauties, whatever you want will be given to you."
The twenty or so military leaders around him suddenly chuckled.
However, Chongzhen suddenly continued with a straight face: "But there is a saying that Grandfather Taizu sent to Huaixi nobles back then. I also send this sentence to you today. You will drink from the golden bottle together and will not spare anyone with a bare sword."
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Yan Yingyuan and more than 20 people suddenly looked solemn.