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  Chapter 982 978 [military reform]

   The examination areas for the Zhongbang are in Sichuan, Anhui, Hunan, Hubei, Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangxi, and Guangnan. Tibet Hepingnan Military and Civil Mansion (Myanmar), if there is an imperial examination for scholars, it is also classified as the middle list.

  The test area was in Baling. After the news was announced, Anhui officials expressed strong opposition.

  Anhui was recovered earlier, and there are also important ministers!

  The cabinet ministers Zhang Bingwen and Wu Yingji are both from Anhui. What they said at the imperial meeting didn't work, so they hinted that Anhui officials went to Shu, requesting that Anhui be changed to Nanbang examination area.

  This kind of behavior made Zhao Han very unhappy. He didn't blame anyone, and in a fit of rage, he changed the test location of the Zhongbang test area to Chengdu.

  Anhui officials are just stupid.

  The division of test areas has political significance. Jiangxi belongs to Nanbang, which has both historical reasons and practical considerations. One is that Jiangxi now has the most officials, and scholars from Jiangsu and Zhejiang are needed to balance the officialdom; the other is that rich people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are everywhere, and Jiangxi officials need to suppress them.

   Regardless of how close Jiangxi and Jiangdong are, they have always loved and killed each other in officialdom, and they are extremely strong checks and balances.

  The Nanbang is so powerful, Anhui must be included in the middle list, otherwise it will be connected. Anhui, Sichuan, Hunan, and Hubei, the four provinces combined, can barely compete with the Nanbang test area.

   Zhang Bingwen and Wu Yingji joined forces with Anhui officials to make troubles. Those officials in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi may not be supportive. This means that most of the important ministers joined forces to resist Zhao Han's zone division policy, and they must wield sticks and beat them hard!

  Many Anhui students from prefectures and counties can go to Nanjing in a day or two by boat... Now it's cool, they have to go to Chengdu for the exam.

   It was just changing the exam location, but the cabinet ministers were frightened into silence. They all knew that the emperor was really angry this time.

  No one dared to discuss the matter of the test area.

  The next step is to divide the military regions.

  The Chinese Military Governor's Mansion, located in Nanjing, has jurisdiction over Jinling Mansion, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Anhui, Hunan, Hubei, and Guangdong.

  The former military governor's mansion, located in Kunming, has jurisdiction over Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Guangxi, Guangnan, Kham, and Pingnan military and civilian mansions (Myanmar).

  Youjun Dudufu, located in Xi'an, governs Shaanxi, Gansu (including Ningxia), and Qinghai. (In the future, the Western Regions will be governed, but the organization will not move westward. Only Xi'an can quickly mobilize food and grass. Neither Gansu nor Xinjiang can support the logistics of the army.)

  The Governor’s Mansion of the Left Army, located in Shenyang, has jurisdiction over Liaoning, Xuantu (Jilin), and Anton Dufu (Heilongjiang and Siberia).

  Houjun Dudufu, located in Beijing, has jurisdiction over Beiping Prefecture, Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, Henan, and Mongolian grasslands.

  Navy Governor's Mansion, located in Guangzhou.

   The middle army and the rear army are obviously the highest rank, especially the rear army governor's office, which is responsible for the use of troops in the entire Mongolian region. If it is about the Hetao and Horqin Grasslands, the left army and the right army governor's office must cooperate, which means that the entire north must obey the orders of the rear army left commander.

  Setting the military governor's office in Beijing is to improve Beijing's military status and make Beijing the military center of the entire north.

  The left commander of the rear army must be a general who is familiar with the northern war. Needless to say, the separation of the military and the government, to prevent the situation of feudal towns, it is impossible to separate the regime without money and food.

  Moreover, the inspectors of the provinces, that is, the armed police system, were half-separated from the Dudu Mansion and handed over to the command and envoys of the provinces. Let them check and balance with the Dudu Mansion of the Five Armies. Only after receiving an order from the central military, will the inspectors cooperate with the Dudu Mansion to fight.

  If there is a rebellion in the Mongolian grasslands, the Anbei Duhufu and Raole Duhufu will solve it on their own. If the Mongolian rebels crossed the Great Wall in a large scale, the Zuo Dudu of the rear army had the right to dispatch patrol soldiers temporarily.

  When there is a real chaos, the central government will issue a military order, and the left commander of the rear army will take over the entire northern military system and gather the strength of several northern provinces to suppress the rebellion. This kind of situation is a critical state, and it may happen only two or three times in a hundred years.

  The name of the Governor’s Mansion in Nanjing remains unchanged, but the governors at this time will be renamed Generals in the future, and the prefix “General XX” will be added to distinguish them.

  Central Governor's Mansion, set up seven departments of military administration, mission, staff, military law, training, logistics, and equipment. There is also a military meeting in front of the imperial court, which is presided over by the emperor and attended by the Ministry of War and the Governor's Mansion.

  The authority of the Ministry of War has been compressed, but it still controls part of the military expenditure, retains control over the command divisions of the provinces (jurisdiction over the armed police forces), and retains the right to appoint and dismiss senior military officers (must be approved by the Imperial Military Council).

  Military Minister Lu Xiangsheng, after reading the military system reform plan, was speechless for a long time.

  Lu Xiangsheng knew very well that with the increase of military students in various troops, the emperor was no longer afraid to suppress those generals. This system has been implemented all the time, and civil servants should not try to suppress generals arbitrarily, even if all the founding ministers are dead.

   Moreover, generals are allowed to give up their command and enter the Ministry of War as officials. If things go on like this, maybe one day, the Ministry of War will be directly merged with the Dudu’s Mansion, leaving only the military region organization like the Sixth Army’s Dudu’s Mansion—this requires the invention of radio.

  The Ministry of War in the Ming Dynasty seized power because of the civil fort change.

   Not only the honorable generals suffered heavy losses, but the northern troops were also killed and injured. In order to defend Beijing, Yu Qian naturally had to seize power, otherwise he would not be able to organize and command the army. But how can the civil servants be willing to spit out the power they have obtained?

   Even if Yu Qian wants to restore the original state, other civil servants will object.

   What's more, not only did Yu Qian not recover, but after keeping Beijing, he continued to let the Ministry of War seize more power. He may have good intentions, because the generals were rotten at the time, but his influence lasted until the fall of Ming Dynasty.

  The fact that the Ministry of War seized the power of the Dudu Mansion was not actually the main reason for the Ming army's overthrow.

  The real main reason is the military household guard system. The civil servants were forced to start reforms. In the mid-Jiajing period, the Longqing period, and the early Wanli period, the results were achieved, and it turned out to be like a cloud. However, when it encountered financial difficulties, the recruitment system died prematurely, and it became a completely flat servant fighting.

   At the end of the day, financial matters!

  As for the Datong imperial court, the military academy continued to send graduates. Even if there are a few big defeats, as long as the military academy is still operating normally, officers will continue to be trained.

  These military students will form a community of interests. Although the military academy is also under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, only the principal is an official of the Ministry of War. The other teachers are all from the army, and the self-identity of military school students must be towards the group of generals.

  Zhao Han even wanted to conduct a military examination. Every year, the best military academy graduates would come to Nanjing to be selected by the emperor as a martial arts jinshi. In this way, military commanders are also disciples of the emperor.

  In addition, Beijing's status has been established, the northern cultural center, and the northern military center.

  Peking Prefecture finally looks like a municipality directly under the central government, it was too shabby before. After many years of recovery, the whole prefecture has ten counties under its jurisdiction, with a total population of less than 2 million, which is completely incomparable with another municipality directly under the Central Government (Jinling Prefecture).

  After the status is determined, Beijing will definitely develop rapidly.

  Xi'an, Shenyang and Kunming, where the three capitals are located, will also form a siphon effect in the northwest, northeast and southwest.

  If there are frequent chaos in Kangzang, Chengdu will establish a second-level military region. However, in this ghostly climate of the Little Ice Age, it is difficult for Kangzang to think of a big chaos, nothing more than a little trouble. Tubo can be compared with the hard steel of the Tang Dynasty because it has encountered a warm period.

  At this moment, the northern army is conquering Mobei. When the war is over, the military reform will be fully implemented.

  …

   Zhao Hancai doesn't care what the civil servants think, he has been planning this military system reform for several years.

  Usually in the form of chatting, I solicited the opinions of the generals returning to Beijing, and based on the situation of the Ministry of War, the Dudu Mansion and the local troops, I drafted an outline myself, and asked the generals and civilians of the Dudu Mansion to add details, and finally revised it several times in person.

  The civil servants were not disturbed during the whole process, but they only made occasional insinuations and asked Lu Xiangsheng and others to make some suggestions.

   It was another holiday, and it was rare for Zhao Han to relax. He took a walk around by himself, and then went to play with Auntie Zhu.

  Walking, a boy with a dog ran into him.

   "Father!" The young man stopped quickly, but it was Zhao Kuangji, the fifth prince born to Fei Rumei.

   "Wow woof!"

   That Shar Pei barked at the emperor.

  Zhao Han glared sharply, and the Shar Pei suddenly lay down, tilted his head and stuck out his tongue.

  Zhao Han asked: "Are you walking the dog, or are you going to some dog fighting ring?"

  Zhao Kuangji replied: "Reporting to my father, my son intends to go out of the palace."

   "No gambling!" Zhao Han reminded.

   "I will never gamble." Zhao Kuangji said hastily.

  This prince has excellent academic performance and good conduct, but he is also very playful.

  Two years ago, when I went out for autumn hunting in the city, I met a mangy dog ​​on the way. It is estimated that it is just full moon and is dying of hunger. Zhao Kuangji feels pitiful and wants to take him back to the palace to raise him.

   Later, I asked my classmates to appreciate my dog. A classmate said that this kind of dog is the best fighting dog, and there is a secret dog fighting ring outside the city.

   Zhao Kuangji was curious and ran to check, and sure enough there were many mangy dogs there. Zhao Kuangji felt excited but couldn't bear the dog to get hurt after a dog fight.

   Moreover, although Zhao Kuangji often took his own dog to the dog fighting arena to play, he never ended a dog fight. He was afraid that his pet dog would be injured.

   The accompanying guards reported the situation. Zhao Han couldn't laugh or cry when he heard this. He didn't have any hope for this prince.

  Excellent in studies, but playful.

  Academically, he does not want to make progress at all. He can rank in the middle in elementary school, and he can also rank in the middle in middle school. It is estimated that he will also be in the middle in college. Anyway, don't be ashamed of doing too badly in the exam, that's enough, and I never thought of being among the best.

  Pursuit of excitement, but kind-hearted.

   This kid can't see poor people suffering, not even dogs bleeding. But I couldn't help watching dog fights. After watching a few games, I couldn't bear to watch them. I quietly left halfway, and then went to watch them again next time.

   Completely contradictory personality, this kind of person is often indecisive, not what can do great things. If you really let him be the emperor, I am afraid that he will be able to compete with Song Huizong.

  Of course, Zhao Kuangji has a bright mind and a wide range of hobbies, so he might be able to excel in a certain field.

  Recently, I have also become obsessed with Cuju, often juggling the ball while walking the dog.

  Confucius and history, poetry, calligraphy, painting, rhythm, astronomy, geography, mathematics, and physics also have a little understanding, but when the level reaches a certain level, they no longer study hard, but find other fun.

  If he doesn’t listen to any education, it’s like having ADHD. Let him sit at ease for a long time and feel uncomfortable.

  One day he said that he would travel around the world, Zhao Han would not be surprised.

  (end of this chapter)