Military generals may prefer the troubled times like the late Ming Dynasty. After all, the Ming Dynasty was noble and military, and its military officials had been suppressed by civil servants for many years. Only at the end of this dynasty did military talents like them rise to prominence.
No matter what the imperial edict, the emperor's decree, the governor, or the censor, as long as they have soldiers in hand, there is nothing anyone can do in this troubled world.
Just like Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zeqing, Gaojie Zuo Liangyu and other military leaders, no matter how ineffective they were in fighting and suppressing bandits, as long as they had enough soldiers under their command, the court had to endure it.
Even as soon as Chongzhen died, these warlords immediately became the heroes of the decision-making strategy based on their support, and transformed into earls and marquises, taking over the entire town.
After all, Wang Zhiren was also the Su Song commander-in-chief of the Chongzhen Dynasty and the Japanese-suppressing general of the Hongguang Dynasty. Although he was not granted the title of a vassal, he had experienced it.
In this current situation, if Lu Jianguo himself comes to the door, will he still push it away?
I haven’t read many military books, but I have always seen and heard of the storytelling version of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Cao Cao coerced the emperor to order the princes. Who doesn’t know this allusion?
During the Hongguang Dynasty, Zuo Liangyu had the largest number of troops among the military leaders, but why were Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zeqing, and others granted four towns, while the Duke of Jin and Zuo Liangyu did not receive such treatment?
Just because he didn't have the merit to make a plan and support it at the beginning.
There is no greater achievement than support.
What did the military generals of the Ming Dynasty pursue?
Their biggest pursuit is actually to hope that one day they can earn a hereditary military position, or even the title of Duke and Marquis shared with the country.
It’s just that the titles that ministers with different surnames in the Ming Dynasty could obtain were only the third level of Duke, Marquis and Uncle, and they were very rare. Even the title of Duke of the Six Kingdoms was only available at the founding of the country. Although Zhu Yuanzhang actually granted more than 20 Dukes, the first great title after the founding of the Kingdom was indeed only
Six princes were granted the title, many of whom were added later.
During his lifetime, Lao Zhu created a total of 25 dukes, 79 marquises, 12 counts, and even 11 viscounts, 23 barons, and more than 150 titles. However, later only the dukes were retained.
Hou Bo, third class.
After Zhu Di was in trouble, a large number of people were granted a large number of titles. Since then, emperors of all dynasties have also granted a few titles, but the titles of the Ming Dynasty are still very valuable.
Before Chongzhen's death, the situation collapsed, and he could only take out the titles that his ancestors were reluctant to grant easily. When Li Zicheng approached Beijing, in order to let Wu Sangui give up the area outside the customs, Guan Ning's troops returned to Beijing, and Wu Sangui was granted the title of Ping Xibo, and he summoned Shandong
Liu Ze, the commander-in-chief, was escorted by King Qinqin, and was granted the title of Dong Pingbo.
The situation was critical. Chongzhen was ill and rushed to the doctor. His opponents were Huang Degong, Zuo Liangyu, Tang Tong and other concubines who held the title of earl.
He was awarded more than a dozen titles in one breath, but even the last one came to save his life.
After King Fu Nanjing proclaimed himself emperor, he was even more polite to the military generals who held troops and horses. He granted many titles in one breath. For example, Huang Degong was named Jingnan Bo by Chongzhen, and was also named Jingnan Marquis. He even died.
Before that, he was promoted to Duke of Jingguo.
Zuo Liangyu was promoted to Marquis of Ningnan.
Even Wu Sangui, who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, was named Ji Guogong by Hongguang.
Although the Hongguang Dynasty lasted just over a year, it had already granted eleven titles.
Although titles are becoming more and more abundant, at least they are still quite valuable now. Wang Zhiren, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Army, had not been able to obtain a title even though he had served as commander-in-chief twice before.
It is said that after the establishment of the Hongguang Dynasty, there were still twenty-five descendants of Nanjing's previous dynasties who inherited the titles and still enjoyed wealth and honor.
Regardless of whether Wang Zhiren sincerely supports him or just wants to establish himself as a supporter, Zhu Yihai is very satisfied with his performance. His current name is Jianguo, but he is actually self-reliant.
The Ming Dynasty is now in danger, but there will still be competition for the throne. When it comes to succession rights, he is far inferior to King Gui. Even if King Gui dies suddenly, there are still Zhu Di's descendants and grandchildren who are ahead of him.
Therefore, Lao Zhu, the self-proclaimed supervisor of the country, now also needs the endorsement of the ministers of the imperial court.
Wang Zhiren has soldiers and horses, a high position and high qualifications, which is exactly what he needs.
Zhu Yihai did not directly accept the persuasion in front of everyone. He just said that he would lead everyone to repel the Tartars first, at least to fight back to Nanjing, and then worship Taizu in front of the Xiaoling Mausoleum, and only then would he dare to take the throne and proclaim himself emperor.
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But as soon as Lao Zhu entered the hall of Weiyuan Fort, he immediately announced in public that he would confer Wang Zhiren the title of Zuo Governor of the Zuo Army Commandery and worship the Crown Prince as Shaobao.
The Ming Dynasty's army was theoretically under the control of the Five Army Governor's Office. Each of the Five Army's Governor's Office had left and right governors, the governor's co-intelligence, and the governor's joint affairs. However, after the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the power of the Five Army's Governor's Office was basically
The Ministry of War invaded and occupied the positions in the five military offices, and most of them belonged to one rank or title.
Think of Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang, they were both governors-general to the left.
Qi Jiguang was also granted the title of Prince Shaobao at that time, and later he was granted the title of Shaobao.
The palace protection titles of Sangu and Sanshao were very important in the early Ming Dynasty, but in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, they were reduced to the title of a gifted official, with no real power, but very honorable.
Lu Jianguo's small imperial court was newly established, and Zhu Yihai only appointed a bachelor, and also appointed a Hanlin bachelor and a Shi Shishi bachelor to assist him.
As for the military officials, they only appointed two general soldiers, three guerrillas, and one Jin Yiwei commander.
Now, Wang Zhiren was given the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Left and Crown Prince Shaobao, which indeed belongs to the position of the first military general in the Lu Supervisor Dynasty.
"I was given the title of Uncle Wu Ning and was promoted to the governor of the capital and military affairs."
"Wang Mingqian granted hereditary royal guards to thousands of households, and Jin Dinghai Association Camp General."
"Give Wu Ningbo Shang Fang the sword. If you are below the rank of commander-in-chief in the army, you can kill him first and then show him!"
"General Wang, I want to entrust all the Beijing camp to the public. The public will rebuild the three major camps of the Beijing camp and restore the old system of 3000 camp, 5 military camps, and Shenji camp. You will be the governor of the Beijing camp and the military administration, and you will be the bachelor and the minister of military affairs.
Ke Xiaqing said that he would assist in the military affairs of the capital camp. How about you join forces with civil and military forces to restore the capital camp together?"
Wang Zhiren was also quite surprised by the series of tyrannical titles issued by the Jianguo.
Before he could realize it, the Jianguo was about to promote him to the position of Governor of Beijing camp again.
"Gu Ye knows that now there is only one newly-built Shenji Battalion in Beijing Camp, with only 300 French soldiers. Five hundred new soldiers have been recruited in Haimen, and they have not yet entered the camp. It is not easy to rebuild the three major battalions of Beijing Camp, but right now
Because of the difficulties, we need loyal generals like Fang Gong even more."
Zhu Yihai took advantage of the situation and suggested that Wang Zhiren could select key personnel from his original Zhenbiao camp in Dinghai and bring them to the Beijing camp as the backbone of the Fifth Army Camp and the Three Thousand Battalion. In addition, he could select some veterans from several battalions in Dinghai to go to the Shenji Camp, Jinyiwei, and Yongying Camps.
Guard the camp and serve as instructors and officers.
"What about Dinghai?" Wang Zhiren did not agree immediately. The Zhejiang General Army is his current foundation, and the thousands of troops here are his capital.
"I feel that General Xiao Wang is young and brave, and he has the style of a general like Fang Gong. So I plan to promote General Xiao Wang to the rank of General of the Dinghai Association Battalion, and then General Zhang Mingzhen to temporarily serve as the chief military officer of Zhejiang Town, or Wang Gong directly appoints Xiao
If General Wang is brought to the Beijing camp, he can directly serve as deputy commander-in-chief in the Fifth Army Camp or the Three Thousand Battalion."
Zhu Yihai's intention is also very obvious. As a mere superintendent of the country, he must ensure that his power is stable. It is not enough to rely on the loyalty of his generals. He must have checks and balances, and even more balance.
He now has the 1st and 2nd Yongwei Battalion, Shenji Battalion, Haimen Battalion, Linhai Battalion, and Shipu Battalion. All together, there are only a few people. Haimen has recruited thousands of people, but they are still just ordinary people.
Wang Zhiren has four to five thousand men and horses here, especially since many of these men and horses were the ones he brought south from Su Song, and they belong to his old confidants, so Lao Zhu must take precautions.
He conferred an official title on Wang Zhiren, promoted him to the governor of the Beijing camp, and asked him to take away the Zhenbiao camp in Zhejiang and rebuild the 3,000 and 5th military camps. In this way, Wang Zhiren's Zhejiang general army position was vacated. He originally had four to five thousand people.
The direct subordinate camp was divided into two, with the Xieying camp and the Tongcheng camp remaining, while he left with the Zhenbiao camp.
Promoting Wang Mingqian to the position of assistant battalion general, and then letting Zhang Mingzhen, a general who was obviously more loyal and patriotic, to be the commander-in-chief of the Zhejiang army, would not only make full use of his talents, but also weaken the military power in Wang Zhiren's hands.
Although the Governor of the Beijing Camp has a higher status and more power than the Zhejiang General Soldier, the Beijing Camp is just an empty name now, and the several battalions of the Zhejiang General Soldier Wang Zhiren are the real soldiers.
It not only provides generous care and rewards, but also makes arrangements in advance to prevent disaster in the future.
Wang Zhiren was also considered a veteran in official circles. He roughly guessed what Lu Jianguo was thinking almost instantly. He was a little surprised that this young man had such thoughts, but he agreed without hesitation.
From his point of view, what the Supervisory State gave him was already generous enough. Now it was equivalent to handing over one battalion of his three battalions of soldiers and horses, so this deal was still a good deal. What's more, he went to Beijing to be the governor, which was a high promotion.
.The son stayed and was promoted to general, and still controlled the Haixie camp. Zhang Mingzhen was his old brother and now took over as the commander-in-chief of the Zhejiang army. He believed that he actually still had great influence on the Zhejiang army.
So there is no loss in this transaction.
Wang Zhiren lifted up the hem of his robe again and thanked you for your kindness, "Your kindness is like a mountain, and I can only repay it with death!"
"Wang Qing's words are serious, please excuse yourself quickly." Zhu Yihai stretched out his hand to help Wang Zhiren.
The deal between the monarch and his ministers was quickly concluded, and Wang Zhiren was granted the title of Prince Shaobao, Governor of the Left Army of the Jin Dynasty, Governor of Jingying Rongzheng, and Count of Wuning.
His son Wang Mingqian was promoted to the rank of general of the Xieying camp in Dinghai, Zhejiang Province, and was hereditary to guard thousands of households.
Zhang Mingzhen, who then stabbed Zhang Mingzhen in the back, who served the country with all his heart, has now won the trust of the supervising country. He was awarded the title of Commander-in-Chief of Shipu just yesterday, and today he was promoted to the title of Commander-in-Chief of Shipu in Zhejiang Province, bearing the seal of the Japanese General, and the Commander-in-Chief.
Wu Kai, the commander-in-chief of Haimen, was reassigned as commander-in-chief of Shipu, and then Wang Chuang, the guerrilla king of the Yongwei camp, was appointed deputy commander-in-chief of Haimen and acted as commander-in-chief.
Each of the three major battalions of the Beijing camp will have a chief military officer, and each will have an admiral, food, salary, and civil servants.
The Beijing Camp has not yet been rebuilt, but Zhu Yihai has already laid out the general framework. Wang Zhiren, the first knighted uncle in the Lu Jianguo Dynasty, will serve as the governor, and Ke Xiaqing, the military minister and the leader of Conglong Dingce, will serve as the associate minister.
Regarding the military affairs of the capital, what Lao Zhu didn’t say was that he would definitely send a trusted eunuch to serve as the admiral eunuch of the capital as usual.
Although Wang Zhiren, the governor-general, was the governor of the Jingying camp, he was not only supervised by the associate ministers and admiral eunuchs, but also three general military officers and three admiral eunuchs were assigned to command the three battalions and actually control the military power of the three battalions. This also restricted Wang Zhiren.
, lest after the capital camp is rebuilt, all the power will be in the hands of Wang Zhiren, and he will be made wedding clothes for him instead. The civil and military system must be guaranteed, and even the governor and the commander-in-chief must check each other, so that the capital camp can listen to Zhu Yihai.
Of course, this is only a framework. After all, it will not be easy for Beijing Camp to recover.
Now the Shenji Battalion, which was pulled up by 300 Franji mercenaries, and the 500 strong men in Haimen, and now the 3,000 people from the Zhenbiao Camp, which Wang Zhiren pulled over, were divided into two, becoming the Five Military Camps and
Three thousand battalions, the three major battalions only have 3,800 people, and one battalion is less than 1,300 people. Even Wang Zhiren's Zhenbiao battalion, Zhu Yihai plans to recruit some veterans from it to serve as instructors and the backbone of officers in other battalions.
So in fact, Wang Zhiren, the new governor of the Beijing camp, will only have 3,000 people left. Zhu Yihai, the commander-in-chief of the third battalion, will definitely arrange his own people instead of Wang Zhiren's old troops.
There is also a very special arrangement. Zhu Yihai did not arrange the Yongwei camp to be in the Beijing camp sequence. Instead, it was still directly under the emperor, plus another Jinyiwei who was directly under the emperor. Therefore, the several groups under him now can be temporarily divided into Zhejiang
There are four major parts: General Soldier Sequence, Beijing Camp Sequence, Yongwei Camp Sequence, and Jinyiwei Sequence.
They do not belong to each other.
The agreement was reached, and the king and his ministers were very happy.
While he was excited, the captain of Wang Zhiren's servant came in and reported, "Junmen, two waves of people came outside asking for permission, and a fight broke out."
"What kind of evil guest came to the door to start a fight? It's reasonable. I didn't see him."
"In the military gate, two waves of people were fighting. One claimed to be the servant of Xie Sanbin, the former Shaoqing of Taipu Temple in Yincheng, Ningbo, and the other claimed to be the disciple of Qian Sule, the former member of the Criminal Department. They both said they wanted to borrow troops from the military gate."
"No." Wang Zhiren snorted coldly.
Zhu Yihai heard these two names nearby, but he thought thoughtfully and said, "My lord, why don't you meet them and hear what's going on."
"What His Highness said is true, I will call them in now."
