"I bow to your Majesty, long live your Majesty! Long live your Majesty!" In the Fengtian Hall, earth-shaking shouts rang out. More than a thousand ministers knelt down at the same time, facing the throne due north, and knelt down and said.
"My dear friends, I am safe." Yun said with a smile. The generals of the Han Dynasty immediately shouted loudly and spread these words to every corner of the palace.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." All the ministers present thanked him again and then stood up.
"This year, I thought that although the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the official day of the Shangyuan Festival, the lantern festival of the Shangyuan Festival lasts for five consecutive days from the thirteenth to the seventeenth day of the first lunar month. I know that throughout the year, only the Shangyuan Festival is celebrated.
The most exciting thing is that I also know that both you and the people are willing to go out and hang out during the Lantern Festival Lantern Festival, so I have decided to open the office from the 18th day of the first lunar month this year. I don’t know what you guys think, 16th and 17th.
In the past two days, have you gone to the lantern market to watch the lantern show, bought a few lanterns, and come back to play riddles with your family?" Yun said with a smile.
"Your Majesty is considerate of me and others, and I feel deeply for you." Mei Yin, Minister of the Ministry of War, said: "I went to the lantern festival with my family the day before yesterday and the 16th. I bought a few lanterns and went home to play riddles with the princess."
Everyone was a little surprised that Mei Yin came forward to answer. According to the convention, the emperor's casual inquiry should be answered by the Minister of Rites. But after hearing it, they understood. Mei Yin is the emperor's consort, the emperor's uncle, and what he said just now is indeed more like
When family members talk to each other, it is normal for him to answer.
However, someone thought, "Why haven't I heard Mei Yin answer like this before?"
"Princess Ningguo talked about this when she entered the palace yesterday," Yun said with a smile: "Shang Shu Mei, you didn't get many of the lantern riddles right. I remember that you were very good at writing. In the past, when the late emperor was here, he summoned you to the palace.
Only the King of Shu can compete with you, why did you behave so badly yesterday?"
"Your Majesty, because I was going to court in two days, I was thinking about the errands of the Ministry of War, so I was a little absent-minded at the time, so I didn't guess much."
"Hey, since it's a holiday, why bother thinking about errands anymore. Just celebrate the holiday well, and it's not too late to think about errands after the office opens."
"Your Majesty, this minister did not suddenly think of it, but His Majesty noticed something before he returned to Beijing years ago. After returning to Beijing, His Majesty told Wei Guogong and others about last year's Western Expedition to the Western Regions and the war with the Kingdom of Samarkand.
I started thinking about it. Since I have to go to court today, I thought about it more in the past two days."
"Why is Mei Shangshu thinking so much?"
"Your Majesty, I have this memorial." Mei Yin took out a memorial from his pocket, handed it to the waiter, and said at the same time: "I have been in charge of the Ministry of War in the past few years, and I have found that the current system of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies is somewhat inappropriate."
He continued: "Since the end of Hongwu, the soldiers of the guard have been using firearms more and more, and firearms are different from other weapons. Every time they are used, they need to be loaded with ammunition. The amount is huge, and it is difficult to capture the enemy. Moreover, firearms are used in large quantities.
The gunpowder used in firearms also needs to be preserved with great care. If you don't pay attention to the explosion, it will cause huge losses and affect subsequent battles."
"Moreover, there are many loopholes in the current logistics transportation. It is just an ordinary small battle, such as the conquest of Annan the year before last, and the conquest of the Western Regions last year, which involved hundreds of thousands of troops. There are various problems in using civilians to transport food and grass. Wei Guogong once told his ministers that arranging food and grass in this way
If it were not for the large amount of grain stored in Yiwu City and the cities of Xingdusi in Shaanxi Province, we would never be able to supply the food and fodder for the 800,000-strong army with the help of civilian transportation."
"There are also some minor problems. Therefore, I think that the current system is slightly flawed, and I have put forward my opinions for your Majesty's review."
Hearing this last sentence, those who had just wondered why Mei Yin did not answer in the past but answered today were all convinced: This must be arranged by the emperor!
'It must be that the emperor wants to continue to reform the current military attache system, but the sudden proposal of reform is a bit abrupt, so he arranged for Mei Yin to sing a double act here, raise the issue of the current military attache system and the war system, and put forward his own opinions. He
As the Minister of the Ministry of War, it is necessary to put forward opinions, and no one can say anything. After that, the emperor said a few words and issued an imperial edict to carry out reforms.'
"A few days ago, I heard that His Majesty allowed Concubine Chen to return to the Duke of Wei's Mansion to visit relatives, and then went to the Duke of Wei's Mansion to pick her up. Now it seems that this is clearly an opportunity for His Majesty to talk to Duke Wei in an unobtrusive manner." Dong Lun, the Minister of Rites, thought in his heart
Thought to myself.
He turned his head and looked at the officials on both sides. Xu Huizu, Chang Sheng and others stood very calmly, without any signs of surprise. The same was true for Bao Zhao and other civil servants, who were more certain of their judgment.
'I just don't know how your Majesty will reform it. Your Majesty is probably worried that the generals will be in trouble, so when he reforms the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, he will probably use civilian military attachés to suppress the generals.'
The subsequent process was indeed as Dong Lun had guessed. His guess was absolutely correct, Mei Yin was the person he arranged to introduce the topic. Although Yun could have just thrown out the imperial edict when he went to court, he always felt that this was too blunt.
I thought it would be better to make some changes, so I discussed it with Mei Yin in advance and arranged for him to be the caretaker.
I only heard Yun say: "Mei Prince Consort and I thought of going together. This time I followed the army to the Western Regions. Although I did not interfere too much with Wei Guogong and others commanding the soldiers to fight, I also discovered some problems. After returning to Beijing, I went with
Several ministers discussed this matter, and they all believed that changes should be made."
"After discussing with several generals, I formulated the following decree to reform the Ming Dynasty's military attache system."
"According to the imperial edict of Emperor Tianyun, the governor's office of the five armies was withdrawn and the governor's office was re-established to control the world's military forces. Geng Bingwen, the Marquis of Xing, was enlarged to the Zuozhu of national honors and awarded the honorary rank of Dafu San. The Duke of Wei, Xu Hui, was added to the ancestral column.
The national honor is awarded to the rank of Ronglu Dafu San. Changxing Marquis Geng Bingwen and Wei Guogong Xu Huizu are the governors of the Dudu Mansion. I admire this."
Before the imperial edict had been read, there was a buzzing discussion in the hall. Just now, Yun was talking to the minister standing at the front. Most of the officials could not hear or see it, and they were not able to see it at all.
I know what they said just now; but the edict was read to all officials, so most officials had no idea what had happened before, and they immediately started talking about such a big change.
But after hearing the imperial edict, Xu Huizu and others immediately knelt down and said: "I obey the edict." The middle and low-level military officers who were originally at a loss saw the generals kneeling down to accept the edict, and no longer thought about whether this change was harmful or beneficial to the generals.