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Chapter 85 The military system of the Ming Dynasty! The arrogant Tianshun Bao Sect!(1/3)

 Yu Qian rebelled?

After saying this, the eunuchs serving on Emperor Jingtai's left and right all looked ugly and hesitated to speak.

The ministers of the outer court didn't know what happened in the Forbidden City last night, but as the servants of the inner court, these young eunuchs were very clear about the drastic changes that took place in the palace last night.

But so what if it’s clear?

Regarding the matter of imperial power, they, these powerless little shrimps, would destroy the nine tribes if they came into contact with each other. Naturally, they did not dare to say a word.

After all, if the news reaches the ears of the Supreme Emperor, even ten heads will not be enough to chop off.

In the end, it was Xing'an, the eunuch and eunuch who was responsible for the rituals, who knelt down after a moment of silence.

"Your Majesty, it is not Yu Shaobao, but the Emperor who has been restored."

It was recorded in various official and unofficial historical materials of later generations.

When Emperor Jingtai heard the words "The Emperor is restored" from the eunuch of Xing'an, he said three good words in a row.

Then I did nothing, took a few breaths, returned to bed, fell asleep facing the wall, and waited to die.

And the reality is.

When Emperor Jingtai heard this, he looked stunned for a moment, then he stood motionless and remained silent for a few seconds.

Then, the lonely emperor, who was already seriously ill and had no wife or children, slowly walked to the side of the emperor's sword stand.

Under the surprised and suspicious gazes of all the eunuchs, Emperor Jingtai pulled out the Emperor's Sword, which symbolized the emperor's identity, and his gloomy face showed overwhelming rage.

"Zhu Qizhen, I will chop you down today!"

After Emperor Jingtai finished speaking, he seemed to have returned to his original state of mind, turned around and ran towards the outside of the pavilion at a sprint speed of 100 meters.

This group of eunuchs, big and small, were all confused. It was the old eunuch Xing'an who reacted first. After all, he was an old eunuch who had experienced four dynasties, so he was well-informed and experienced.

Slap your thigh and scream.

"What are you all doing in a daze?!"

"Your Majesty has disappeared!"

"Hurry up and chase!"

The other eunuchs who were still in a daze suddenly realized what they were doing. Without saying a word, they rushed out and finally caught up with Emperor Jingtai, who was dancing wildly with his sword in front of the gate of Xinuang Pavilion.

The reason is very simple. Emperor Jingtai cannot get out of the Xinuan Pavilion at all. Outside the door of the Xinuan Pavilion, there are Xu Youzhen, Shi Heng and other soldiers who are trying to seize the door.

"Get out of my way!"

"I am the emperor, the Son of Heaven!"

Holding the Emperor's Sword in hand, Emperor Jingtai shouted angrily at the group of soldiers.

However, it is useless at all.

The soldiers guarding the door seemed to be deafened, completely ignoring Emperor Jingtai.

At this time, the old eunuch of Xing'an, supported by several young eunuchs, ran up with trembling legs and said breathlessly.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty must not be reckless...!"

"The palace is full of soldiers and generals loyal to the emperor. If something goes wrong, what should we do?"

A group of eunuchs, crying and howling, knelt on the ground and desperately hugged Emperor Jingtai, whose eyes were red.

"Zhu Qizhen, you believe in eunuchs and bring chaos to the country! You have destroyed all the elites of the Ming Dynasty for 20 years in one night!"

"You are stupid and incompetent, and you have ruined the country! You have trapped our Ming Dynasty in the midst of overthrow!"

"You are willing to be a prisoner of a foreign race! You are a gatekeeper for a foreign race! You have restricted our Ming Dynasty to a small country! You have insulted the prestige of our Ming Dynasty!"

"It was me who stood up! It was me who saved Daming!"

"What qualifications do you have for restoration!"

"How dare you sit on that chair!"

"Zhu Qizhen, come out and see me!"

"…………"

Emperor Jingtai roared crazily and vented his anger.

The moment the last sentence was finished.

Poof.

A mouthful of blood spurted out, Jingtai's eyes darkened, and he fell down.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

All the eunuchs were panicked and quickly lifted Emperor Jingtai and transported him back to Xinuang Pavilion.

It's impossible for the imperial doctor to come, and Emperor Jingtai can only rely on himself to resist.

……………………………

Orthodox-Jingtai Time and Space.

Earthen fort, hut.

A group of emperors and princes brainstormed for a quarter of an hour.

"Time's up."

Ji Boying put down most of the soda he drank and glanced at the people in front of him.

"Who will introduce the military system of the Ming Dynasty?"

The words fell.

Everyone's eyes automatically focused on Zhu Biao.

"Cough, cough."

Zhu Biao pretended to cough twice, then stood up, saluted first, and then took a deep breath before speaking.

"Return to the Immortal Master."

"Our dynasty implements a garrison military system. The Governor's Office of the Fifth Army is in charge of the national garrison military status, and matters such as conquest, garrison, and training are under the orders of the Ministry of War.

"If there is a war, the Ministry of War will mobilize the army according to the emperor's decree, appoint a military leader, and issue a seal. The military leader will lead the troops mobilized from the guard station to go to war."

"The separation of the power to control the military and the power to mobilize the military, as well as the fact that the generals do not specialize in the army and the army does not have private generals, can ensure the stability of the army."

When A Biao said this, there was a hint of pride in Lao Zhu's expression.

This is also his original creation.

The Ming Dynasty's "Generals do not know the army, and the army does not know the generals" and the Song Dynasty's "The soldiers do not know the generals, the generals do not know the soldiers" may seem similar, but in fact there is a huge difference. This is the wisdom of Lao Zhu.<

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The army of the Song Dynasty was divided into three branches, commanded by the three yamen, the Ministry of War and the Privy Council.

It can be summed up in one word: Miscellaneous.

This is similar to the official system of the Song Dynasty. All powers are broken down layer by layer, with checks and balances layer after layer.

In Lao Zhao's view, this is called the art of power decomposition.

In order to come up with this thing, Lao Zhao stayed up all night drawing pictures.

Perhaps in Lao Zhao's view, if there are more people and more diversity, power will be sufficiently dispersed, and those in power will not be able to rebel.

From the perspective of internal security, Lao Zhao's approach is indeed very effective and perfectly achieves the goal of internal security without mutiny.

At the end of the Song Dynasty, except when the Northern and Southern Song Dynasties changed, no warlord leaders emerged.

However, the disadvantages are also obvious. Such divided power has greatly weakened the effective command and combat capabilities of the military.

This directly led to the fact that in foreign wars, whether it was the Song-Liao, Song-Xia, Song-Jin, Song-Mongolia wars, the Song army could almost be said to have suffered repeated defeats.

Of course, the exceptions were Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and others at the time of the transition between the Southern and Northern Song Dynasties. After all, the Yue Family Army and the Han Family Army played differently at that time. Both the Yue Family Army and the Han Family Army were institutionally private soldiers.

When Lao Zhu set up the military system, he naturally saw this in the Song Dynasty.

In order not to follow the old path of the Song Dynasty, in order to avoid the dispersion of military power, the orders were inconsistent, which led to the weakening of the army's combat effectiveness.

The power to command and dispatch the army in the Ming Dynasty was very simple. It was concentrated in the hands of only one person, and that was the emperor.

"In addition, our imperial guards implement a system of military garrisoning and military households. The border troops are divided into three parts to defend the city and seven parts to farm the crops. The inland troops are divided into two parts to defend the city and eight parts to farm the crops."

"Each soldier is granted a share of land, and the government provides cattle, farm tools and seeds, and collects grain according to the share."

When he finished speaking, Lao Zhu looked even more proud.

"My capital has raised millions of troops without costing the people a grain of rice." These were Lao Zhu's original words back then.

"Master Immortal, the student has finished speaking."

Zhu Biao saluted.

After getting Ji Boying's nod, he sat down.
To be continued...
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