Chapter 1183 Military Reform - Beginning: Civilian and Military
"Your Majesty, Xu Huizu, has met." "Mei Yin/Li Jinglong/Chang Sheng/Qi Tai/Chen Xingshan... have met Your Majesty." In the dining hall of Qianqing Palace, many ministers saluted Yunxi and said.
"My dear friends, you don't have to be so polite. Sit down, sit down." Yunxi pointed to the seats next to them and said to them.
"Thank you for your grace." Xu Huizu and others bowed again, greeted Bao Zhao, Guo Zhen, Xie Jin and others who were already sitting in the room, and then took their seats separately.
"Xu Qing, sit next to me." Yunxi greeted Xu Huizu with a smile.
Suddenly, countless eyes flashed on him. Xu Huizu felt a lot of pressure, but he did not dare to disobey Yunxi's order and agreed to sit on Yunxi's left hand side.
"Xu Qing, how is Yiwu's situation?" Yunxi asked.
"Your Majesty, before I left Yiwu, all the troops had left Yiwu and returned to their bases eastward. The local people have also recovered from the pain caused by the war and are preparing for the coming year."
"When I passed by Shaanxi Xingdusi, His Royal Highness King Su was in charge of suppressing bandits and commanding the soldiers to destroy the surrounding bandits. Many of them had been eliminated. But they should have stopped at this time."
"Most of the merchants who followed the army to Yiwu this time also returned eastward. Due to His Majesty's previous instructions, they were allowed to use rail carriages to transport goods back, but they were asked to pay a freight fee."
"It's thousands of miles from Yiwu to Samarkand. Even if you migrate, you can't do it in one year. You have to prepare for the coming year. It's already snowing in the northwest. You can't stay outside when it snows. It should have stopped."
"As for merchants transporting goods, Xu Qing, do you think it is good or bad to let them use rail carriages to transport goods?" Yunxi asked.
"Your Majesty, I think," Xu Huizu said cautiously, "the cost of building a tram carriage is high, but it is not used much on weekdays. It can be used by businessmen."
"It's a good thing that you can think like this." Yunxi smiled and said that he would not talk about this topic again. He turned to everyone and said, "My dear friends, you are all eating. There is a table full of delicious food in front of you. Why don't you eat?" He said, raising his soup bowl: "I have already started eating, you don't have to wait for my words."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Everyone agreed, and after Yunxi took a sip of soup, they began to eat.
Afterwards, Yunxi had dinner with them, chatting about some light topics, occasionally including some government affairs. Some ministers accidentally made a fool of themselves, such as getting rice grains on their lips. Yunxi made fun of them, and the minister himself also laughed. Answer a few words and the atmosphere is very relaxed.
When everyone was almost full, and some people had put down their bowls and chopsticks to drink soup and chat, Yunxi said: "My dear friends, I have been away from the capital for more than seven months, thanks to my dear friends who have handled everything for me. Thank you for your hard work."
"This is all the responsibility of the ministers. I dare not take it as your Majesty's hard work." Everyone said quickly.
"Hey, I'm not in the capital, and I've drafted officials from various ministries to follow me to Yiwu. You have more things to deal with. How can you say it's not hard work?"
"I will definitely reward you all. When I go to court tomorrow, I will issue a decree to reward you all." Yunhe said with a smile.
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty." Everyone said in a very formal manner.
Yunxi didn't care what they were talking about. Anyway, the emperor's rewards and the ministers' words were all the same. At most, some words were slightly adjusted. So he immediately said: "But today I am calling all my dear friends to come.
It’s not for this reason.”
"Firstly, I have not been in the capital for more than seven months, so I want to chat with you all, and secondly, I have something to discuss with you, whether it is appropriate."
Yunxi asked the eunuch to remove the table, bring pastries and tea, took a sip from the tea cup, glanced at the officials present, and continued: "I heard that many officials in the capital talked about my expedition to Annan last year, and this year
There was no supervision of the army during the battle of Samarkand?"
"Your Majesty, it's true." Bao Zhao replied. He knew that Jin Yiwei or Zhen Si must have told Yunxi this, but he didn't think it was anything. This was not a scandal that needed to be hidden. "Your Majesty, these two expeditions to remote places
, with Your Majesty personally commanding, there is no need to set up a supervisory army, but as the Emperor, Your Majesty should rule from the top, how can you personally go to command every expedition? Not to mention that Your Majesty, who is rich in gold, cannot take risks again and again."
"If the war is not directed by His Majesty himself, I believe that a supervisory army should be set up." Bao Zhao said.
"Your Majesty, I also believe that if there is another war and your Majesty does not personally command it, a supervisory army should be set up in the army. Your Majesty, you must be on guard against the disasters of the feudal towns in the Tang Dynasty!" Xie Jin also said.
Afterwards, all the civil servants present spoke in support of the two of them, including Chen Xingshan, who serves in the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion. Although he is now stationed in the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, he is still a civilian official, so naturally he has to consider the issue from the perspective of a civilian official. What's more, he really thinks that
It is good for Ming Dynasty to set up a supervisory army.
Faced with this situation, the military commander rarely refuted it. The emperor suddenly raised this topic. No one knew what he was thinking. He was probably partial to setting up a supervisory army. Wouldn't he be asking for trouble if he refuted it in words?
Yunxi listened to their words quietly, and after everyone had finished speaking, he smiled and said: "Of course the words of the beloved ministers are reasonable. But there are also disadvantages in sending a supervisory army. The power of military generals in the Song Dynasty was extremely low, and they were all controlled by civilian officials.
He commanded and defended well against the enemy's attacks, but when he attacked the enemy, there were few successes after the death of Song Taizong. The Ming Dynasty could not fall into the situation of the Song Dynasty."
Faced with Yunxi's words, the civil servants had nothing to say. Because the Song Dynasty was the first dynasty in history to be completely wiped out by other ethnic groups, its evaluation was very low in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasties when Han culturalism was on the rise. No one here
I dare to speak for the Song Dynasty at one point. What's more, this is not the middle and late Ming Dynasty, which has been peaceful for too long, but the early Ming Dynasty. Some people have experienced the era when the Mongols oppressed the Han people, and they despise the Song Dynasty from the bottom of their hearts, let alone refute Yunxi.
These words.
However, someone soon reflected: ‘Since Your Majesty has called us here, he must have some idea of how to balance this matter.’ The person then said: “Your Majesty, Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, please make it clear.”
Yunxi looked at this man and said with a smile: "Xie Aiqing, I do have some ideas. I will discuss it with you all."
"My idea is to establish civilian military attachés."
