It was finally time to reorganize the Beijing army.
Taking advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity when the original Beijing camp was almost completely lost, Zhu Qiyu decided to completely streamline the organizational structure of the Beijing army.
There are a total of twenty-six personal guards in Beijing, except for the Jinyi Guards and the Royal Horse Guards. The remaining twenty-one are quite mysterious. In major historical events, they never show their faces or steal the limelight. In major wars, they never appear as independent guards.
The most important thing is that according to historical experience, at the critical moment, these people cannot be counted on.
When it comes time to seize the throne, this group of so-called personal guards and soldiers of the emperor should not lead the way, even if their conscience finds out.
Do you want them to fulfill their duties and protect the emperor? Don't be stupid, what are you daydreaming about?
As an emperor, you can't offend anyone. Zhu Qiyu became cruel this time and directly transferred all 21 Beijing Shangzhi Guards to Nanjing and mixed them with Nanjing's 17 Shangzhi Guards.
A total of thirty-eight branches of the Imperial Guard were merged and reorganized into twenty-four branches. From now on, they will be collectively referred to as Shangzhi Guards, and no distinction will be made between Beijing Shangzhi and Nanjing Shangzhi.
The capital camp in Nanjing also needs to be reorganized.
The Xinjing Battalion consists of the Fifth Army Battalion, the Three Thousand Battalion, the Mountain Battalion and the Twelfth Regiment Battalion.
The twelve regiments and camps are all composed of Shangzhi personal guards, and every two Shangzhi personal guards form a regiment and camp.
Most of the main Ming army led by Wang Ji and Chen Mao will stay in Nanjing and be integrated into the Nanjing Camp.
In addition, there are many mountains in the south, so Zhu Qiyu decided to form a mountain camp to train specifically for mountain operations.
As for Beijing, the Beijing camp consists of Shenji camp, Xiaoqi camp, and Shenshu camp.
The Daning Dusi was renamed Fengtian Dusi, and together with the Royal Horse Supervisor, they jointly took charge of Zhu Qiyu's direct relatives in Beijing.
The four guards of Yumajian were merged into Tiance Guard. From now on, the three Duoyan guards will be collectively referred to as Duoyan guards.
In this way, the capital's military structure is simple and clear, and can be summarized in four words: three battalions and three guards.
Xiaoqi Camp, Shenji Camp, and Shenshu Camp are the three camps.
Yingzhou Guard, Tiance Guard, and Duoyan Guard are the three guards.
The third battalion was commanded by the Governor-General of the Hou Army, assisted by the Ministry of War, and supervised by the emperor's trusted eunuchs.
The three guards were supervised by the Fengtian Dusi, assisted by the Royal Horse Supervisor, and the emperor's trusted eunuchs supervised the army.
Zhu Qiyu explained his arrangements in detail to the generals and eunuchs present.
Everyone’s feedback can be summed up in four words: The Son of Heaven is a wise man.
Of course, if the commanders and envoys of the imperial guard were asked to comment on the same thing, their thoughts could be summed up in four words: Shang Zhou and Xia Jie.
It is a pity that those present are all Zhu Qiyu's cronies and beneficiaries of this military reorganization, so they naturally want to actively support the emperor.
For example, the Tiance Guard that Chengshan Hou Wang Tong was originally in charge of was a standard guard with more than 5,000 people.
Now the four guards of the Yumajian were merged into the Tiance Guard. The Tiance Guard had a total of five branches: east, west, south, north and center. The number of soldiers under Chengshan Hou instantly increased to nearly 30,000.
Hao Yi, the eunuch in charge of the Royal Horse Prison, was also very happy. He used to supervise the four guards of the Royal Horse Prison, a total of more than 20,000 people. Now they oversee the entire three pro-military guards, numbering close to 100,000 people.
Originally, the eunuchs in the imperial eunuch's palm could be ranked among the top five, or even the top three, in the inner court.
After Zhu Qiyu made such an adjustment, Hao Yi's power became even more intense.
The Royal Horse Supervisor is somewhat different from other supervisory bureaus. The general supervisory bureau has a big eunuch with a palm seal.
In addition to the eunuch who holds the seal, there is also an admiral eunuch.
The imperial eunuch has three eunuchs: the chief eunuch, the admiral eunuch, and the supervising eunuch. A total of three eunuchs are in power together.
To put it simply, in the Royal Horse Prison, the palm eunuch is the first-in-command, the admiral eunuch is the second-in-command, and the supervising eunuch is the third-in-command. The three of them are all great eunuchs. They supervise and check and balance each other. One family cannot be the dominant one.
Although Hao Yi was Zhu Qiyu's direct confidant, according to the usual practice, Zhu Qiyu still appointed Zhang Yong as the Royal Horse Supervisor to supervise the eunuchs, and Ruan Xi as the Royal Horse Supervisor to supervise the eunuchs.
In the future, in the defense of the imperial city, Ruan Xi was responsible for leading the Jing army to ensure the peace in the harem. Hao Yi was responsible for guarding the parts of the imperial city except the harem.
As the double admiral of the inner factory and the royal horse supervisor, Zhang Yong was responsible for monitoring the entire imperial city for Zhu Qiyu.
There was also Wang Qin, who was appointed as the Royal Horse Supervisor, became Hao Yi's deputy, and was trained as the future West Factory Supervisor.
Zhu Qiyu also felt that he promoted Wang Cheng, Shu Liang, Zhang Yong, and Wang Qin too quickly.
But there is no other way. To select civil and military ministers, you need to appoint talents. But for the inner court, one can only rely on nepotism. Whichever emperor comes up will follow the same operation process.
Especially when it comes to the core military power, the Royal Horse Supervisor can only rely on nepotism. Ability is really not that important, loyalty is the first priority.
Since then, Wang Cheng has been appointed as the Chief Superintendent of Ceremonies, Shu Liang has been appointed as the Admiral of the East Factory, Zhang Yong has been appointed as the Admiral of the Inner Factory, and Wang Qin has been appointed as the Admiral of the West Factory.
Zhu Qiyu completely controlled the two key points of Si Li Jian and Yu Ma Jian.
Eunuchs are different from ministers. Zhu Qiyu has also replaced the cabinet bachelors and six ministers with his own people, but he still cannot control the middle and lower-level officials.
As for eunuchs, they don't have so much persistence. It is normal to follow the trend and act according to the prevailing situation.
The most direct manifestation is that Empress Dowager Sun just fought with Zhu Qiyu twice, and after suffering some setbacks, the eunuchs below completely switched sides.
At least on the surface, no eunuch would go against the emperor for the sake of Sun and Zhu Qizhen.
The bad thing is that the prince also received a cold reception. Although Zhu Qiyu said nothing, the maids and eunuchs in the inner court had already concluded that it was only a matter of time before the current prince Zhu Jianshen was deposed.
The world is hot and cold, and human relationships are cold and warm. This is the case for everyone, without exception.
After arranging the affairs of the Royal Horse Prison, Duke An Guo Xu Heng asked: "Your Majesty, how should the arrangements be made for the Beijing Camp? Should the Xiaoqi Camp and the Shenji Camp continue to fight at the border, or should they be reorganized and repaired in the capital?
Also, should we set up a martial arts school and select talents? "
Zhu Qiyu shook his head when he heard this: "We can't rush martial arts matters. This is too taboo for civil servants. Basically, it is established by the emperor and abolished by civil servants; it will be established by the next emperor, and then abolished by civil servants.
Every change of imperial power will be accompanied by the rise and fall of martial arts.
Not only was this the case before, even the emperors of the Ming Dynasty after me could not escape this law. "
When the generals heard this, they all smiled helplessly.
Zhu Qiyu also laughed bitterly, and then continued: "The main force of the Shenji Battalion is now in Xuanfu. I am going to mobilize another part of the Xiaoqi Battalion and Shenji Battalion to station in Xuanfu and Huailai.
This will increase the deterrent to Xuanfu and Huailai Prefectures.
Don't worry, Mr. An Guo. Civil servants will also participate in tomorrow's court meeting. I will merge the Fifth Army Commander's Office in Beijing and the Fifth Army Commander's Office in Nanjing, and redefine the jurisdiction of the five military governors' offices.
From then on, the Governor's Office of the Hou Army was responsible for Northern Zhili, Shanxi, Shandong, and Shaanxi. Except for the three pro-army guards, I will hand over the rest of the entire Gyeonggi army to An Guogong. "
(End of chapter)
