Chapter 4 New situation of the Southern Military System

Zhou Mengchen could only sigh about the affairs of the Nanyang Governor's Office. He also used his writing power behind the scenes, such as writing a letter to Yang Jisheng.

Other things cannot be done.

The reason is very simple.

Zhou Mengchen did a lot of things within a year, one of which was to straighten out the relationship between overseas and the court. Yang Jisheng, the Minister of the Honglu Temple, was not idle either. He spent a year finally putting up the frame of the Honglu Temple.

In other words, all overseas affairs were taken over by Honglu Temple.

Including the appointment of the governor of the North and South China, it is also a matter between the Honglu Temple and the Ministry of Personnel.

Although Yang Jisheng is on Zhou Mengchen's side, Zhou Mengchen cannot overcome Yang Jisheng's intervention in these matters, so he can only give Yang Jisheng some advice. Even though he was a good partner at the beginning, he felt that the other party had to obey him unconditionally and would inevitably turn against him in the future.

After all, they are all high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty. Whoever wants to be a low-key person is a small person?

Zhou Mengchen wrote a letter and sent another memorial together to send someone to the capital. This letter was naturally from Yang Jisheng. He discussed with Yang Jisheng the candidate for the governor of the South China Sea.

There is probably no other candidate.

As for another memorial.

Zhou Mengchen watched it for a long time.

It reads "Resignation from the Governor General's Six Provinces".

This is a work summary of Zhou Mengchen’s letter.

After a year, Zhou Mengchen finally learned about various affairs in Jiangnan one by one. Zhou Mengchen governed the six provinces, but in order to resist the Japanese pirates, there are no Japanese pirates now.

Of course, Zhou Mengchen also knew that the sea was not spotless. There were still many pirates. Almost every month, ships going out to sea encountered pirate problems. Some were lucky enough to escape, while others were unlucky, so they could only find ways to get their families to collect ransom.

But in terms of scale, there are already a few. And I dare not move on the coast, and I am hijacking ships overseas.

This made Yu Dayou very worried. After all, the sea is too big.

Some pirates really want to hide overseas. That is difficult to find. However, various navy leaders have been chasing, patrolling, and expelling pirates.

In terms of nature, the previous Japanese pirates could be considered war events, but now pirates can only be said to be public security incidents.

As for many things that have emerged against Japanese pirates, Zhou Mengchen has drawn a perfect end. It is time to leave here.

Zhou Mengchen was worried that if he didn't take the initiative to mention it, Xu Jie would think that this was not the case. He could only report to the court, saying that it was handing over the responsibilities of the governor's six provinces. I think that no matter what, Zhou Mengchen would have to return to Beijing to report his duties.

Zhou Mengchen has always thought about seeking to stay in Beijing.

After Zhou Mengchen sent out all these letters and memorials, he suddenly felt reluctant to let it go.

Although he finished all the things, he was still a little reluctant to let go of Jiangnan. It was not that Jiangnan's scenery was charming. It was Zhou Mengchen who saw the germination of capital raised by Jiangnan.

The confrontation between the new and the old, ideological debate, etc.

Although the political capital of the Ming Dynasty was in Beijing, the cultural capital was in Jiangnan. Zhou Mengchen really wanted to promote a reform that was related to Jiangnan, and the Jiangnan level was even more likely to give birth to this new productivity.

What a pity.

Zhou Mengchen knew it would not work.

Because simply improving new technologies, new production methods, and even new knowledge, does not change the social interest distribution model, but is just scratching the itch. To truly change the social interest distribution model, this thing should not be done in Jiangnan. You must do talent in Beijing.

Zhou Mengchen thought to himself: "The memorials will be about half a month, or between one month. I will finally see how the new policies in various places are. This time I leave this time, I don't know how many years will I come to Jiangnan again."

Zhou Mengchen confirmed one thing.

Regardless of whether he can return to the capital this time, he will generally not be allowed to return to Jiangnan or Nanjing.

Not to mention anything else, it is necessary to just avoid suspicion.

So many troops were cultivated by Zhou Mengchen. How could Zhou Mengchen have been here for a long time?

Zhou Mengchen immediately remembered Tang Shiying.

At this moment, Tang Shiying was no longer the governor of Zhejiang, but the Minister of the Nanjing Ministry of War. Anyone with discerning eyes could see that it was arranged by Zhou Mengchen and was preparing to replace the Minister of the Nanjing Ministry of War.

However, Tang Shiying, the Minister of War, had little power.

Under Zhou Mengchen's rectification, the Nanjing Ministry of War controlled the power of the military and horses in the South China. Before that, this power was nothing. Because everyone knew that the elite soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were on the nine sides. The so-called military and horses in the South China were a little bit of strength, and the rest were all fish.

But now it is different. There are more than 100,000 troops along the southeast coast, which can be called a powerful army.

However, this power was not in the hands of Tang Shiying, even if he became the Minister of War in Nanjing. The Nanjing garrison, which was originally hereditary of the Duke of Wei, controlled the military power in Nanjing. Now, a Minister of War in the Ministry of War controlled the military power in Nanjing. Fifty thousand people, ten battalions, and the Yangtze River Navy were stationed around Nanjing. They were all under the jurisdiction of the Minister of War. The soldiers in the Beijing camp were abolished, and a large part of them were placed as the people, and some were included in the Five City Military Command.

The Five Cities Military Affairs Office is a combination of a series of law enforcement departments such as the modern police station urban management. It is also managed by the Ministry of War.

The Five Cities Military Affairs Office is still under the Minister of War.

In addition, the Minister of War of Nanjing also managed various military forces along the coast. He specially planned the garrisons of various military forces along the coast and set up military preparation roads. This military preparation road is somewhat different from the original military preparation roads.

He is still responsible for military logistics, handover with local governments, etc. But it is obvious that it has the nature of a military supervisor.

From the top of the Minister of War, General of the Ministry of War, to the bottom of the barracks, all civil servants and senators went deep into the army.

This system was not proposed by Zhou Mengchen. It was proposed by Li Sui and improved. Zhou Mengchen actually didn't like it very much, because it was obvious that civil servants led the army. Now the soldiers have military achievements. There is also the backstage of Zhou Mengchen, and most civil servants dare not do anything randomly. But what should we do in the future?

From the beginning of having the power of supervision, but later it turned into a chief official, there were few things?

The governor of the Han Dynasty was originally an inspector, but later became a local chief. Now the governor was also from the Censorate at the beginning. Now he is also a substantial local chief.

But Zhou Mengchen couldn't make the right opinion.

Because this idea is the common idea of ​​most scholars and officials of the Ming Dynasty. Even if many civil servants under Zhou Mengchen were under Zhou Mengchen, this opinion was also true. Zhou Mengchen could not go against the will of the public. The power struggle between civil servants and nobles on military power has always existed since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

Although the military honors have already lay down and the civil servants have also realized the problem of the decline in the combat effectiveness of the army. However, they still have a very strong interest in generalizing the army to be under their own management.

Before, the military power of Nanjing was always under the garrison of Nanjing, which was in the hands of the Duke of Wei.

Zhou Mengchen attacked the Duke of Wei and stripped the Duke of Wei. All power was deprived. Well, it gave Duke of Wei some benefits. Because of the abolition of the Jingying, the land of many garrisons near the Jingying in Nanjing was also accused of falling into the name of Duke of Wei.

However, this was already the land of the Duke of Wei's Mansion hundreds of years ago. If it weren't for this reason, Zhou Mengchen wouldn't have given up these lands.

The Duke of Wei has truly become a wealthy and idle person.

The power I took back from the nobles is returned to Wu Xun again?

The civil servants refused to agree. Zhou Mengchen was also a civil servant and could not go against his supporters.

Zhou Mengchen can only think about the benefits.

For example, if he strengthens his military achievements, if he can always maintain his military achievements, he can reach a balance with civil servants. Perhaps he can maintain the combat effectiveness of the army while not allowing civil servants to participate excessively in the army.

Although we need to govern the military through civil affairs, we should not be too much.

The Secretary of War in Nanjing was in charge of the southern part of the country and had the power to mobilize troops. Although Li Sui, the Minister of War, nominally obeyed the Secretary of War, he formed his own system and was also a means of checks and balances between each other.

The Minister of War in Nanjing can manage the military and politics of the south, but cannot control the military power of Nanjing. Moreover, although the Minister of War in Nanjing controls the military power of Nanjing, he is subject to checks and balances by the Minister of War in many aspects.
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