Chapter 21                                                             �

Zhou Mengchen has never found an opportunity. Now that Jiajing has spoken, isn’t it a good opportunity?

Zhou Mengchen said: "Your Majesty, I am naturally willing to stay in the capital, closer to Your Majesty. As for the position, it depends on where Tianxin is. No matter what position, I have no objection. I just have some heartfelt words on the military system, so please come to Chen."

Jiajing was suspicious of Dou Dasheng, and his face still smiled, saying, "Let's hear it."

Zhou Mengchen said: "The method of using military forces is the way, the lower one is the technique. The lower one is better than the battlefield, and the higher one is better than the court. The world thinks that ministers are invincible in using military forces. In fact, this is not the case. The ministers are proficient in only two ways. One is to select talents and appoint talents, and simply select generals. The other is to establish systems, set rules, and convince the superiors and subordinates."

"Since Tumu Fort, the Ming Dynasty's military power was not as powerful as the beginning of the country. Did the Ming Dynasty soldiers be far inferior to his ancestors? No. The garrison was corrupt and the foundation was shaken. Those who were capable could not go, and those who were timid could not go. Military pay, military rations and weapons could not be guaranteed. Civil officials despise, military generals, and their hatred was greater than those of enemy enemies. How could they defeat the enemy in this case?"

"Your Majesty, since he ascended the throne, has also realized these things and has repeatedly valued the nobles as checks and balances. However, the former Marquis of Wuding and Qiu Luan were deeply grateful to Your Majesty's deep kindness, so that his military power was weak. As for this, I overestimated my ability and wanted to avenge Your Majesty, and had one or two gains. The Ming army system was no longer in a state of failure. Otherwise, my actions today would only be able to boost the morale of the army for 10 or 20 years. After my death, the Ming army would only fall more seriously. I dare not hand over this matter to future generations."

In fact, forty years after Jiajing ascended the throne, there were only problems in military affairs. There were problems everywhere. Fortunately, Zhou Mengchen, a firefighter, put out fire everywhere and extinguished the Japanese in the north and the south. This made Jiajing feel that he was actually good. However, he did not know that Zhou Mengchen did not have Zhou Mengchen. It is estimated that if "the world is not upright for a long time," he would sooner or later come to Jiajing.

But Jiajing said this. What else could Zhou Mengchen say? It was just to follow Jiajing's words. The reason for the corruption of the Ming army system could not be attributed to Jiajing. In fact, Emperor Zhengde certainly had many shortcomings. However, he was successful in boosting the combat effectiveness of the army. Although the Zhengde Dynasty rebelled in the vassal kings, there was no large-scale mutiny. However, as soon as Jiajing ascended the throne, there was a Datong mutiny for several consecutive years.

Whose problem is it?

Naturally, it is clear at a glance.

It’s just that Zhou Mengchen will point at Jiajing’s nose and scold him unless he is a fool. That’s not about doing things. That’s about seeking death.

Jiajing had no feelings about Zhou Mengchen's so-called reform intention. He wanted to find something from Zhou Mengchen's words, whether Zhou Mengchen was loyal to him or had other intentions. But Zhou Mengchen said that this thing cannot be left to future generations.

His heart moved slightly.

I thought of the prince.

He said in his heart: "Only I can do this. It is absolutely impossible to count on the prince."

Jiajing was not in charge of things, but he still understood most of the current situation of the Ming Dynasty. He also believed in Zhou Mengchen's conclusion. He knew even more that it was difficult to change the military system. It was difficult for him to do this matter, let alone, his stupid son.

Moreover, in Jiajing's view, the biggest problem of changing the military system is not to maintain the combat effectiveness of the army, but to maintain the loyalty of the world's army to the Ming court.

For Jiajing, if the army after the reform was extremely powerful, it would have excellent combat effectiveness. However, it would not be much loyal to the Ming Dynasty royal family. That would be the iron that gathered in the nine provinces and it would be difficult to make today's mistake.

Therefore, if the army cannot be guaranteed to be loyal to the Ming royal family, he would rather the Ming army than fight.

After all, no matter how unbearable the military officers of the garrison were, the wealth and glory of these garrison officers were all because their ancestors had experienced the founding of the country and had many great wars in Jingnan. They were the basic foundation of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty after being a hero.

Jiajing asked: "I know all the places have changed the wards and counties, and the wards have changed the wards and soldiers to camps. But what should I do in the center? What do Zhou Qingke thinks?"

Zhou Mengchen heard Jiajing ask about the central question, and he was even more happy. He said, "Your Majesty, I think we should reorganize the Governor's Office of the Five Army, or change the Governor's Office of the Five Army back to the Privy Council. The meritorious ministers will point out that all the troops in the world, including the Beijing Camp, must belong to the Privy Council. The chief officer of the Privy Council is the chief officer, and the adjutant officer should be the civil servant. The general of the army will be the generals of the army. In the future, from the battalion officer, there will be a civil servant as the assistant officer. In charge of food, grass, logistics, merit, etc., under the dual leadership of the Ministry of War and the Privy Council, a provincial general has several generals under its jurisdiction. Because of different problems in different places, one general will be the number of battalions, and the least one battalion will be the number of battalions."

"It's just that the nobles and nobles are inferior to the country, it is not the blessing of the country. I think that the reason why the nobles are inferior is not the intentional suppression of civil servants, but that the military is incompetent. For example, the famous generals such as Shuozhou, Yunzhongbo, and Donghaibo, did not dare to be underestimated. What's more, other civil servants. I think that the nobles lead the army is the right way for the country, but the benevolence of a gentleman for five generations and the inheritance of the past is the grace of the country. However, even Taizu and Chengzu did not think that after the nobles, they would lead the army for generations. It would be that those who can stay, and those who cannot go."

Jiajing sighed and said, "You still have a view of the overall situation."

If Zhou Mengchen and civil servants took over the army in full, Jiajing would definitely not agree, because he was insecure. Moreover, although the Minister of War was in charge of Rongzheng and Jingying, the foundation of Jingying was actually in the hands of the nobles.

Even if these nobles are incompetent, in Jiajing's opinion, they are more trustworthy than civil officials. After all, Jiajing suffered a lot of losses in the hands of civil officials. Whether it was Yang Tinghe or Xu Jie, the reason why Jiajing felt that Xu Jie was troubled was that on the one hand, Xu Jie was not so sloppy and could not find the problem. On the other hand, Xu Jie gathered many mainstream public opinions on the Si Lin to make himself the embodiment of the group opinions of the scholars and officials, which made Jiajing very uncomfortable and could not easily start.

If the army was allowed to be fully controlled by civil servants, it would be a disaster for Jiajing. It was absolutely not allowed by Jiajing. For an emperor, it would be terrifying to lose control of the army. Just look at Chongzhen. The seventeenth year of Chongzhen was the seventeenth year of the army losing control.

Jiajing, who had experienced the Zuoshun Sect's Incident, was much better than his children and grandchildren. Only then did he realize that public opinion was false. Knife and gun were real. Hundreds of people were deducting the slightest, which was serious enough. But with a big stick, nothing happened.

If civil servants completely control the army, it will not be solved by a big stick.

However, Jiajing still had some doubts. He also admitted that Zhou Mengchen was right. The great men of the Ming Dynasty, whether they were founding or Jingnan, were not good. Although the Duke of Feng and his son were relatively capable, many things could not be done without Zhou Mengchen's help.

It is certainly good to replace the old nobles with new nobles. But if these new nobles were Zhou Mengchen's old subordinates, wouldn't Zhou Mengchen have let Zhou Mengchen take control of the army? That's great.

Jiajing asked, "Zhou Qing, do you think Shuozhou Bo, Yunzhong Bo, and other generals can be entrusted with great responsibility?"

Zhou Mengchen understood the taboos and said, "Your Majesty, the court has its own system, and it is not something that I can say. However, Your Majesty asked. I have to say that I often have horses for thousands of miles, but I don't have Bole. As long as Your Majesty is willing to simply enhance talents, why should I be afraid that the court has no talents?"

"I opened Datong Academy in Datong and had a martial arts subject. In recent years, I have a considerable number of generals from Datong Academy. These people read books of sages, knew the righteousness of sages, and were proficient in military tactics. They were born in good families and were talents that the court could trust."

"I think that Your Majesty can rebuild martial arts. As long as Your Majesty is willing to be the mountain leader, the generals in the world will be your Majesty's disciples. Moreover, I don't say anything. The Tian family married a daughter. There were many accidents, which made the world laugh. I think it's better to marry a capable general in martial arts. It's a barrier to the imperial family and a good match for the princess. It's just that some etiquette in the palace should be simple."

The princess of the Ming Dynasty was the most pitiful. She came from the richest family, but could only marry non-mainstream people. After all, the mainstream of the Ming Dynasty was to be an official and a scholar. However, the scholars of the Ming Dynasty were the least likely to marry a princess. This meant that they ended their career.
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