As soon as You Shiwei came back, he immediately contacted Zhu Meng and started a life of feasting and feasting.
One is the Commander-in-Chief of the Zuo Army, and the other is the Commander-in-Chief of the Rear Army. It can be said that they have the same status and strength, but only they are so casual.
After getting drunk, You Shiwei waved his hand and asked everyone else to go out.
He said to Zhu Meng: "Brother Zhu, you arrived two days earlier than me. What kind of regulations is this?"
"What are the regulations?" Zhu Meng pretended to be a model.
"Don't pretend to be with me." You Shiwei touched the white hair on his temples and said gruffly: "I'm over fifty years old. I'm tired of fighting a long time ago. I just happened to come back to retire."
"But I'm afraid, that..."
At this point, he stuttered a little, and for a moment he had no good words to organize.
Zhu Meng understood his concerns and said with a smile: "I understand what you mean, don't worry, the emperor is not that kind of person."
"Well, my You family is different. Shilu is also doing well in Liaodong. It seems that he will become a marquis. When the time comes, there will be one Duke and one Marquis..."
The situation in the early Ming Dynasty was too scary. Fortunately, Emperor Chengzu did not inherit this tradition. Otherwise, there would be no nobles in the Ming Dynasty.
But now that the Ming Dynasty has restored its old territory, it has even gone far beyond it. In addition, their two heroes have returned to Beijing, and You Shiwei cannot help but think about it.
Moreover, the You family's situation is even more special.
It is a family of military generals. The second brother, You Shiweijue, rose to the rank of Duke, and the third brother, You Shilujue, rose to count. The two brothers were very famous in the army.
Now there is news that the emperor is planning to give a title to his son. If this is true, the You family will have one more prince, that is, three nobles in one family. Is this really a big deal?
You Shiwei couldn't help but be frightened, fearing that the reward would be too great and that he would be in danger of having his house confiscated.
"Young Gong, please keep your heart in your stomach."
Zhu Meng said with a smile: "Not to mention that General You Shilu is your brother, separated by one floor, even so, you two brothers are already over fifty."
"To put it bluntly, His Majesty is now in his prime, and you brothers may not be able to wait until the Crown Prince ascends the throne..."
"Hahaha, I didn't expect this level."
Hearing this, You Shiwei burst into laughter: "Besides, the You family has been loyal for generations, and the eldest brother You Shigong died on the battlefield. Who can compare with my family?"
The age factor is here. The emperor is worried about the young generals, not the old guys like them.
"Drink, keep drinking -" You Shiwei was in a good mood and started drinking.
Zhu Meng also accompanied him and drank happily.
But he was thinking a lot.
Nowadays, the generals in the army are all old and young.
Whether it is You Shiwei or Chen Yongfu, they are all veterans of the Chongzhen Dynasty. They surrendered to the emperor in accordance with the current situation and thus made great achievements.
The younger generation, on the other hand, mostly come from bandit armies, or they may be the elders of Xi'an back then, who are at the core.
The younger ones are only in their twenties, such as Li Dingguo, while the older ones are in their fifties.
The reason is also very simple, the world is moving too fast.
Although there have been many wars in these years, from the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th years of Chongzhen to the second year of Shaowu, the world was unified again from the south to the north in six years, which can be described as rapid.
If you look carefully, the South is basically determined by propaganda, and the battles are basically fought in the North.
It can be said that if the emperor did not have the status of a clan, it would take at least five years to truly pacify the entire south.
Besides, by then the Manchus and Qing dynasties would have already established a foothold in Beijing. How could the south be safely integrated?
Thinking of this, Zhu Meng shuddered.
"We still followed the right person."
"That's the True Dragon Emperor!" You Shiwei was drinking, a little confused, but still excited: "I thought I could live for two more years, but who would have thought that I would become the Duke of the country."
"It's really the smoke coming out of the ancestral graves..."
After You and Zhu returned to Beijing, there was no longer a local general who controlled the military affairs of several provinces. The highest level was only the general soldier.
In this way, the emperor made adjustments to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.
There are still five governor's offices: the front army, the rear army, the left army, the right army, and the middle army. There are two governors on the left and right of each governor's office.
The area of responsibility of the Chinese Military Governor's Office is Hebei Province, Chahar, Xuanfu, Liaoxi, and Shuntianfu.
The Zuojun Dudufu is responsible for the four northwest provinces, Gansu, Shaanxi, Suiyuan, and Ningxia.
The Right Army Governor's Office is responsible for Liaodong and Shandong.
When the territory expands in the future, the Right Army Governor's Office will be fully responsible for the defense of the Northeast and beware of Tsarist Russia's actions.
The former military governor's office covers the Guangdong and Guangxi regions, plus Fujian Province.
The rear military governor's office is in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces.
In other words, the five major governorates no longer have command authority over the inland provinces, but only have leadership authority over border areas.
There is no doubt that even if they are just some patrol camps, they will still harm the interests of the Governor's Mansion and the interests of nobles.
Most of the border areas are barren lands, and money and food need to be imported from the local area, especially from other provinces, thus constraining military power.
Once a war breaks out somewhere, the governor's office will naturally send the governor to control the troops.
A large force from the Beijing camp cooperated with local armed forces to suppress the attack.
If it still doesn't work, we can only dispatch all personnel.
Even in order to cooperate with the daily suppression work, Zhu Yixi felt that it would be more appropriate to send a governor to suppress the battle. In this way, defense shortages could be avoided.
As for the inland provinces, local governors were more than enough, and there was no need to assign governors throughout the country like the Manchu Qing Dynasty did.
But the Manchu and Qing Dynasties had special national conditions and there was nothing they could do.
There were few Manchus and many Han people, so most of the local officials were Han people. Naturally, the governors were also Manchus who acted as supervisors. The separate governors were more like supervisory districts than military districts.
Naturally, there were a lot of complaints about such an integration, which was inevitable due to the reduction of power, but the emperor's prestige was here, and no one dared to act arrogantly.
But here, the popularity of Mongolian concubines has persisted in the capital for a long time, making the reforms of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion unremarkable.
While the people in Beijing were discussing how beautiful the Mongolian concubine was, the Ryukyu king's family also joined in the fun.
The Prince of Ryukyu was afraid of Japanese retaliation, so he chose to annex. The whole family moved to Beijing, a luxurious palace.
In the huge city of Beijing, he is the only one with a different surname, Wang, which is really embarrassing.
However, the comfort from the emperor and the court continued uninterrupted, and the occasional rewards made him soothed and he began to enjoy himself in a decent way.
However, after hearing about the Mongolian concubine, Shangxian was shocked: "Why didn't I think of that?"
"I also have a younger sister at home. As long as she enters the palace, who dares to speak nonsense in front of us?"
Thinking that he could do it, Shangxian did the work of his sister and selected two dowries from the clan overnight, just in case.
Then he came to the villa in a hurry and asked to see the emperor.
