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.
, all knelt down and said: "I obey your order."
Seeing that the military generals who were in court today knelt down one after another, the civil servants also slowly stopped talking. The abolition of the Fifth Army Governor's Office and the re-establishment of the Great Governor's Office were completely changes in the military attaché system and had nothing to do with the civilian officials. Since all the generals present accepted it,
It is useless for them to continue to discuss. As for the future impact, it is not too late to discuss it after all the imperial edicts have been read out. Anyway, no one among the civil officials present believes that there is only this edict regarding the reform of the military attache system today. Standing in the middle of the hall
The fourth and fifth grade civil servants quietly raised their heads and looked at Yun Xi who was sitting high on the dragon chair.
"According to the emperor's edict, the system of lawsuits in the governor's office will be changed. In addition to the left and right governors, four governors will be established, and the second rank will be established; the general staff department, the general political department, the general equipment department, the general logistics department, and the branch will be established.
, the yamen of the Navy. The General Staff Department is in charge of the map, military system, city god, garrison, conciseness, expedition and other matters of the national defense post; the General Armament Department is in charge of the research, manufacture, storage of new weapons, and the preservation of talismans.
The General Logistics Department is in charge of the food and fodder required by the entire army, as well as chariots and chariots, records, ceremonial guards, imperial guards, post messengers, and stable animal husbandry; the Du Branch is in charge of the military's monetary expenditures; and the Navy Department is in charge of the entire army's monetary expenditures.
All affairs of the Navy: General Staff Department, General Political Department, General Armament Department, General Logistics Department, Du Branch and other five departments. The palm seal officer is named Shangshu, which is the second rank. The assistant official is called Shilang, who is the third rank. The palm seal of the Navy Department is
The official title is the Commander-in-Chief of the Capital, which is the second rank. The official title of Zuo Er is the Commander-in-Chief of the Dudu, which is the third rank. Among them, the General Political Department, the General Logistics Department, and the Du Branch are civilian military attachés. I admire this."
"According to the imperial edict of Emperor Chengyun, the responsibilities of the Ministry of War were changed. The Arsenal Department, Staff Department, and Vehicle Driving Department of the Ministry of War were abolished, and the Military Medical Department and the Political Department were established. The former Cultural and Propaganda Department of the Left Army Governor's Office was renamed under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War. The Secretary of the Ministry of War also served as the general political officer.
As Minister of the Ministry of War, the left and right minister of the Ministry of War also serves as the left and right minister of the General Political Department. I admire this."
"According to the imperial edict of Emperor Chengyun, the Jiangnan Capital Command and Envoy Division was established to take charge of all the Zhili Guards except the Forty-Nine Guards and Xiaoling Guards in the capital; the Yingtian Xingdu Command and Envoy Division was established to take charge of the Shangzhi Guards and Xiaoling Guards.
The rest of the capital's guard posts admire this."
"According to the edict of Emperor Tianyun, Liang Guogong Lan Zhen is appointed as the Minister of the General Staff, Chen Xingshan, the former governor of the Fifth Army, is appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of War and concurrently serves as the Minister of the General Political Department, Cao Guogong Li Jinglong is appointed as the Minister of the General Armament Department, and Zheng Guogong Chang Sheng
He is the Minister of the General Logistics Department, Mei Yin, the former Minister of the Ministry of War, is the Minister of the Du Branch, and He Rong, Marquis of Palembang, is the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy. I admire this."
"According to the imperial edict of Emperor Tian Chengyun, Geng Xuan, the former governor of the Zuo Army Governor's Office, is appointed as the commander of Jiangnan Dudu and Si Du, and Zhang Shu, the former Zuo Prime Minister of Yingfan, is appointed as the commander of Yingtian Xingdu and Si Du. I admire this."
"According to the imperial edict of Emperor Chengyun of Heaven, he ordered Zhang Fu, the Bo of Guazhou, Tongzhi Cao Xing, the former Commander-in-Chief of the Right Army Governor's Office, and Yang Feng, the former Commander-in-Chief of the Right Army, and Xue Ning, the former Commander-in-Chief of the former Army Governor's Office, to serve as the Commander-in-Chief of the Great Governor's Office. I hereby express my gratitude."
After that, several more imperial edicts were issued, appointing ministers and co-presidents of the five departments of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion except the General Political Department.
At this moment, if there are people like Yunxi who have traveled from later generations, even if they don't shout out, they must be saying in their hearts: 'This is clearly plagiarizing the four headquarters system of the Military Commission!' And what he thought was not wrong, Yunxi is indeed
Plagiarized four-headquarters system.
From a global perspective, the modern military command system was born in Prussia. Around 16xx AD, a Prussian king created the General Staff Department, which later became the most important military department in various countries around the world until now.
The King of Prussia founded this staff system when front-loaded flintlocks had just begun to be equipped, matchlocks had not yet withdrawn from the main battlefield, and it was still a long time before the breech-loading gun was invented. The staff adapted to the military technology and technology of the time.
The development of military command. Although when it was first born, it had different powers and responsibilities from the general staff of later generations, it was after all the starting point of a professional and independent command and advisory organization.
And the Ming Dynasty is also at this stage now! The Shangzhiwei has already realized the universal equipment of matchlocks, and even the proportion of equipment exceeds that of European countries in 16xx. The proportion and quantity of artillery equipment is far more. The Ming Dynasty's army is also allowing
A new phalanx was formed under the personal guidance of Xi, and it played a huge role in the just-concluded Battle of Yiwu!
Moreover, just a few days after the Chinese New Year, Yunxi received a report from the weapons research and development agency that the flintlock gun had been successfully developed! Yunxi would soon start equipping the Shangzhi Guards with flintlock guns and hand over the eliminated matchlock guns to the field guards.
equipped.
All of this was exactly the same as when the General Staff Department was created, so Yunxi made up his mind to make major changes to the current system and establish the General Staff Department. If he had not heard the news about the invention of the flintlock gun, although he would have made changes, he would not have
The scale will be so large. And he thought that instead of reforming one at a time, it would be better to set up a four-headquarters system in one step.
Of course, for the Ming Dynasty at this time, the system of the four headquarters of the Military Commission was relatively advanced, so Yunxi made certain changes. The responsibilities of each department were not exactly the same as those of the four headquarters of the Military Commission, and a separate branch was also established to manage
The finances of the entire ** team.
In addition, Yunxi also established the Jiangnan Du Commandery Department and the Yingtianxing Du Commandery Department, and changed all the armies except Shangzhiwei and Xiaolingwei from the direct jurisdiction of the Fifth Army Governor's Office to the jurisdiction of these two yamen.
The reason why Yunxi is like this is that firstly, although there are Dusi and Xingdusi in various guard posts in other places, the Governor's Office of the Five Armies still directly manages part of the affairs of these guard posts; and in his imagination, the newly established Grand Governor
The various ministries of the government no longer have direct jurisdiction over the health centers, but only manage the Dusi and Xingdusi in various places. As a result, the Zhili health centers that originally did not have Dusi or Xingdusi in charge were embarrassed. Therefore, these two yamen were set up to manage them.
Secondly, during the Manchu Qing Dynasty, nine admirals and other positions were set up to manage the armies near the capital. They were not directly managed by the central yamen, and there was no rebellion. On the contrary, it made the army management more orderly, so he was willing to move the army to
Most of the guard posts were handed over to the newly established yamen. However, he still kept a hand and still directly held the Shang Zhiwei in his hands.
'The four-headquarters system should be the most advanced military system in the world at this time. However, although I have made certain changes, it may not necessarily be able to adapt to the backward communication methods and transportation methods of this era, and adjustments will be made later.
But the general direction will not change.' Yunxi thought.
After he finished thinking, he raised his head and looked at the officials in front of him, and immediately felt a little surprised. 'I just carried out such a large-scale change, why is it that no one talks about it?'
How did he know that because his changes were so great, the civil and military officials present did not realize what kind of changes Yun Xi had made. This was completely different from the previous withdrawal of the Fifth Army Governor's Palace and the establishment of the Metropolitan Governor's Palace.
Regarding the disruptive changes in the current central military management system of the Ming Dynasty, everyone present had no idea what the role of these newly established yamen was. There was no way to predict the impact of this change. How could they still discuss it?
Get up?
Even Xu Huizu and others did not kneel down and say that I obey the decree for the first time. Although Yunxi had revealed some of the changes before, he was not completely sure about it himself, so he could not tell them. They only listened to Yunxi's words.
"A huge change", but the details are not clear, and my head is buzzing and a mess.
However, Xu Huizu is a man who has been in the officialdom for a long time after all. Although it is unclear whether such a change is good or bad from a military point of view, he can quickly judge from an interest point of view: it has not harmed the interests of the Xu family! Although he will not serve as
The governor had known for a long time, but it could be seen that Yunxi attached great importance to the Xu family and did not violate the interests of the Xu family.
He reviewed the list of people again and found that it did not affect the interests of the Chang family, Lan family, Li family and other families. He made up his mind and knelt down and said "I obey the decree" to break the silence in the hall.
But just when he bent down and before he knelt down to speak, the silence in the hall had been broken by others. "Your Majesty, I think that although there are some minor problems with the military attache system implemented by the Ming Dynasty, it is not a serious problem after all.
, it is enough to change the existing problems, there is no need to carry out such huge changes. Your Majesty, the personal yamen established by Your Majesty this time has never been established before. We don’t know what will happen. We rashly completely abolished the original system and established a new system.
It may not be beneficial to the court." A man wearing the uniform of a fifth-grade civil servant suddenly stood up and said.
"Your Majesty, I also believe that rashly abolishing the original military attaché system and implementing a new system may cause turmoil in the court. Moreover, the current military attache system was created by the late emperor. It may be inappropriate to make such a big change rashly. Your Majesty, please think twice."
Another person wearing the attire of a seventh-grade censor stood up.
"Your Majesty, I am a military general and I don't know much. However, the newly established yamen and the local capital divisions and Xingdu divisions have coordinated their powers. It may not be easy to manage the garrison." A man wearing the uniform of a second-grade military general.
People also stood up and said a few words.
Afterwards, another ** individuals stood up and put forward their opinions from various aspects. Although their words were as tactful as possible, their meaning was that they opposed Yunxi's reforms, at least they opposed such a big reform.
Yunxi glanced at the dozen or so officials who had come to remonstrate, and suddenly a smile appeared on his lips. He coughed twice, cleared his throat, and said loudly: "What you dear friends said makes sense, so these imperial edicts will be placed first.
On the side, I will deal with a few other matters first."
