Outside the Forbidden City, west of the Chaoxihe Gate, is the Wuying Hall.
The emperor summoned the ministers in the main hall. This hall is five rooms wide and three rooms deep. It has yellow glazed tiles on the top of the mountain, white marble stone railings, and a corridor leading directly to Wuying Gate.
The east and west wings are Ningdao Hall and Huanzhang Hall respectively, with a total of 63 corridors on the left and right.
There are also waiting for imperial edicts here. On the left are those who are good at calligraphy and painting.
After Li Zicheng entered Beijing, he conducted military affairs in Wuying Hall. After he was defeated at Shanhaiguan and returned to Beijing, the hasty proclaiming ceremony was also held in Wuying Hall. When he evacuated Beijing, he even ordered the palace to be burned down, but Wuying Hall survived.
When the Qing army entered the customs, Dorgon was also the regent and director of Wuyingdian. After Shunzhi moved the capital from Shenyang to Beijing, he also lived in Wuyingdian.
Emperor Shaotian of Ming Dynasty, who is still in the old capital, also formally summoned ministers to discuss matters in Wuying Hall.
Wuying Hall is located in front of the outer court, which is convenient for ministers to enter and exit. The overall preservation here is also very complete. Li Zicheng, Dorgon, and Shunzhi all lived here, so it has been repaired several times.
"The garrison of the capital and the guards in the palace are very important. Your Majesty, please establish a system."
Today's Wuying Palace court meeting was of a high standard. It was the first court meeting after the capital was officially moved to Beijing. All the civil and military officials of the third rank and above in Beijing were present, as well as some important positions, and those of the fourth and fifth ranks were also present. They were all gathered together.
The palace is purple.
Since Emperor Shaotian raised his army, various systems have been different from before. As the emperor ordered the establishment of the National History Museum and began to revise the history of the first sixteen emperors for more than 200 years, some people have begun to call Shaotian the former Ming Dynasty, and now it is
In the later Ming Dynasty, although this was not an official title, it has gradually become a common understanding.
Today's Shaotian Dynasty is like the Guangwu Zhongxing of the Eastern Han Dynasty, different from before in every aspect.
The garrison of the imperial palace in the capital is naturally a top priority. In the past, in Nanjing and Tokyo, it was still relatively temporary, and some systems were not complete, but now they must be more formal.
Before the Ming Dynasty, there were three major camps, the Beijing Camp, which implemented the system of guard squadrons, and there were also pro-army guards and other dormitory guards.
Zhu Yihai had briefly revealed to Wen Anzhi and others that the capital's garrison system needed to be replaced.
No minister would dare to do this kind of thing easily.
In the past, the imperial guard system of the Ming Dynasty was mainly composed of the pro-army, the Beijing army, and the Ban army. However, in earlier dynasties, they were different.
After the Qin and Han Dynasties, the main force of the national army was concentrated on the Forbidden Army. The Forbidden Army of the Western Han Dynasty was divided into two parts. The one that directly protected the emperor was stationed in Weiyang Palace in the south of Chang'an City, called the Southern Army. The Southern Army was divided into two parts. The emperor's personal bodyguards were all officers, consisting of
The commander of Lang Zhongling was called Lang Wei. The relationship with the emperor was not too close. The patrolling and vigilant armed forces guarding the palace were called guards and were led by Weiwei. The other part of the forbidden army guarded the capital and surrounding areas, which was called the capital guard force.
The army is led by a lieutenant.
The Southern Army accompanied the emperor and served as a police force, while the Northern Army also assumed the role of a strategic mobile force, conducting conquests in all directions.
During the Han Dynasty, General Wei was appointed to command the Northern and Southern armies. He was second only to Sangong and higher than Jiuqing, and was the general manager of the Forbidden Army. During the reign of Emperor Wu, the strength of the Forbidden Army was strengthened, and the Yulin Army, Qimen Army, and Northern Army were added to the Southern Army.
Eight divisions including the Zhongba and Tunqi were added, commanded by the Eighth School Lieutenant.
Since the Qin and Han dynasties, all dynasties have attached great importance to the imperial guards in the capital. In the Tang Dynasty, there were northern and southern imperial guards. In the Song Dynasty, the imperial guards spread all over the country, numbering 800,000. They were divided into three yamen to restrict each other.
The Ming Dynasty was divided into Qinjun, Jingjun and Banjun.
Zhu Yihai started his career on horseback. Although his status as King of Lu was very helpful to him at the beginning of the army, his final success was due to the imperial camp troops he established by himself, which drove away the Tartars externally and subdued the military leaders internally.
The imperial guards of each dynasty were all elite. If they were not well controlled, they would be able to influence the government. Even like the eunuch dictatorship in the Tang Dynasty, the eunuchs relied on their control of the Beiya Imperial Army to achieve Taotian power that could dethrone the emperor.
Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin established the Northern Song Dynasty by relying on the strength of the guards and soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. He divided the Imperial Army of the Northern Song Dynasty into three yamen, commanding hundreds of thousands of main forces. Each of the three yamen had commanders and other officers, but they were often not permanent, and each yamen interacted with each other.
Non-interference to prevent the generals of the Forbidden Army from controlling military power and arbitrarily controlling government affairs.
After the founding of the Ming Dynasty by Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial guard system was also relatively complex. The imperial guards were the emperor's security forces, with as many as twenty-six guards, among whom the most famous ones were naturally the Jin Yi Guards.
In the late Ming Dynasty, the number even expanded to tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands.
The Beijing Army is the garrison force of the capital. It mainly consists of the Five Military Battalions, the Three Thousand Battalions, and the Shenji Battalion, collectively known as the three major battalions of the Beijing Army. The Ban Army is the troops that are transferred to the Jingsu Guards in turn from the local capitals every year.
Zhu Yihai's Shaotian Dynasty is now basically divided into two major systems, one is the standing main force imperial camp towns, and the other is the local patrol garrison battalions, supplemented by reserve militia such as garrison towns, regiment training, and Baojiading.
The main imperial camp is also divided into several parts, such as the three towns of the Jingying camp, which are stationed in the three capitals.
There are also the four guards of Qin Xunyi Wu Nei, Qianniu guards, Xuejun, etc.
Now the capital is still in Beijing, which will end the temporary nature of the original flow.
How to establish a rigorous capital garrison system is urgent.
The ministers also gave some suggestions.
In the end, it was up to the emperor to make the decision, and the emperor first reiterated that eunuchs were not allowed to lead troops or supervise troops. He first excluded eunuchs from the capital's garrison system.
Zhu Yihai divided the capital's garrison system into three major parts.
Beijing has the palace city, the imperial city, the inner city and the outer city. Except for the inner and outer cities, which are superimposed on the north and south, the palace city, the imperial city and the inner city are composed of a large ring within a small ring.
The palace city has four gates, the inner city has nine gates, and the outer city originally had seven gates, but two convenience gates were added later, so the outer city also has nine gates.
"There are nine inner and outer gate admirals respectively, responsible for guarding the inner and outer nine gates. The outer nine gate admirals are responsible for guarding the nine outer city gates of the capital, as well as the security of the south side of the capital's periphery. The inner nine gate admirals are responsible for guarding the inner nine city gates of the capital, as well as the east and west security of the capital's periphery.
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Each of the nine internal and external admirals has fifteen thousand men, and the imperial camp has a standard number of troops per town, including infantry, cavalry, artillery, and auxiliaries."
The men and horses of these two towns commanded by the nine internal and external admirals are officially designated as the left and right guards of the Yulin Army.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In the inner and outer cities, there are additional left and right guards of Jinwu. Each of the left and right guards of Jinwu is responsible for the left and right street envoys and the five-city military division. Their main responsibilities are within the city.
He was responsible for public security management, and was also responsible for urban management and fire protection. He was in charge of day and night patrols and vigilance in the capital, and he also assumed some of the responsibilities of escorting the emperor when he traveled.
This power is quite powerful. He is in charge of day and night patrols in the capital, and also escorts the police when traveling.
The left Jinwu Guard is in charge of the patrol police in the outer city, and the right Jinwu Guard is in charge of the patrol police in the inner city. Jinwu Street Shops are set up in the streets of the inner and outer cities, and inside are the Jinwu Shop soldiers who are on duty on a regular basis. They are under the control of the Military and Horse Department of the Five Inner and Outer Cities.
There are also street envoys on the left and right sides of the inner and outer cities. They command the patrol cavalry and are responsible for patrolling the streets day and night. If there is a police incident, they can quickly assemble and dispatch.
The Yulin Guards set up five signal cannons on Baita Mountain. The signal cannons were mainly used to notify the capital of riots, enemy situations, fires, explosions, etc. If the Baita fired a cannon, the nine signal cannons set up inside and outside also fired simultaneously to form a garrison.
After hearing the sound of cannons, the Yulin Guards must immediately assemble in separate areas and wait for instructions from the emperor.
There is another bell and drum tower signal system in the inner and outer cities of the capital. This system is managed by the Jinwu Guards. For general warnings in the city, the Jinwu Guards communicate with street shops through the flags and drums of the Bell and Drum Towers.
As for the guarding of the Imperial City and the Palace City, Zhu Yihai was responsible for the Qianniu Guards and the Inner Four Guards. The Qianniu Guards were divided into left and right guards. They took turns guarding the Imperial City and the Palace City, and were responsible for guarding the palace gates and escorting the left and right.
The Qianniu Guards serve as guards on the left and right, and also guard the northern perimeter of the capital.
The four inner guards were also responsible for protecting the royal family. They stayed in the imperial palace and were responsible for the safety of the royal family.
In addition, there is the Imperial Guard Department, which consists of the emperor's imperial bodyguards, commonly known as Ouchi masters, who carry sword guards.
There is also a flag bearer's office, responsible for holding the golden drum and flag used by the royal driver, and acting as a guard of honor.
The guards and flagbearers are both small in number, each with two battalions of a thousand people.
The inner four guards are ten battalions with a total of five thousand.
The Yulin Army, Jinwu Army, and Qianniu Army each have two guards, but each army is not under each other, and at the same time, the two guards under the army are not under each other.
The inner four guards are also divided into four guards, who are not subordinate to each other.
The total number of these troops is about 50,000. There are three imperial guards and six guards. Each guard is actually only about half of the number of Yuying 1st Town, but its level is the same as that of the admiral of Yuying 1st Town.
In the Gyeonggi area, there are also one town in Jingying and three towns in Yuying. Each of these four towns has 15,000, and they are located in Jizhou, Changping, Zhuozhou, and Tongzhou, located on the periphery of the capital.
These imperial guards are roughly divided into the North and South Yamen Imperial Guards, the ten guards of the Northern Yamen Imperial Army in the capital, and the four outer towns of the Southern Yamen Imperial Army, totaling about 120,000 people.
It's so complicated, of course, for safety's sake.
The emperor first excluded eunuchs from leading and supervising the army.
Zhu Yihai did not give up control of the Forbidden Army. There were ten admirals of the North Yamen Guards, four admirals of the Nanya Towns, plus the admirals of the Guards Department and the Flag Bearer Department, a total of sixteen admirals, all of whom directly obeyed orders from Zhu Yihai, the Cabinet, the Ministry of War, and the Fifth Army.
Neither the Governor's Office nor the Prime Minister's Office can directly mobilize these generals and troops.
For these armies other than soldiers and horses, the Ministry of War has the power to deploy troops, the Five Military Governors have the power to command troops, and the emperor has the power to send troops and select generals.
In each province, the governor-general and provincial battalion admiral are in charge of the provincial patrol and garrison camps and towns, and the imperial camp admiral is in charge of the imperial camp army.
But the emperor directly controlled the 120,000 troops in the capital.
These various people have different responsibilities.
The Yulin Army is mainly responsible for guarding the city walls, city gates, and outside the city, while the Jinwu Guard is mainly responsible for public security and vigilance within the city.
Qianniuwei is mainly responsible for the palace guards.
The four inner guards are the attendant guards who accompany the driver as the master.
When the ministries are not affiliated with each other, even if you become the admiral of a town, it is almost impossible to rebel or influence the government.
The four peripheral towns can not only guard the periphery of the capital, especially the line of the Great Wall in the north, but also form a deterrent and containment to the Beiya Imperial Guards in the capital. If someone really causes trouble, they can return to the capital to quell the rebellion as soon as possible.
All these troops, about 120,000 men, were all under the direct command of the emperor, and Zhu Yihai was equivalent to the commander-in-chief of the Gyeonggi garrison.
Jinyiwei and Dongchang no longer assume the pro-military functions of bodyguards and attendants, but only focus on intelligence and supervision.