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Chapter 880 Beijing Camp

As Zhu Yicheng moved to Beijing for some time, and with the arrival of the people in the harem, Zhu Yicheng gradually regained his feeling in Nanjing.

Compared with the Nanjing Palace, Beijing's Forbidden City is naturally more majestic and its area is not comparable to Nanjing. However, after this period, Zhu Yicheng's freshness of the Forbidden City gradually faded. Besides, he is not the kind of emperor who is content to enjoy himself. Apart from taking some time every day to exercise in the harem, taking a walk, or sitting in the queen and concubine, and caring about the education of his children, he basically handles official duties during the rest of his time.

Just like today, Zhu Yicheng was sitting with several people talking about things. Among the people who talked about things were Liao Huanzhi of the Military Affairs Office, Dong Dashan and Zhuang Yan of the General Staff. In addition to the three of them, there were three others, namely Sun Jiagan, He Xianzu and Zeng Yishu.

These six people can be said to be the most important figures in the Ming Dynasty except Shi Yizhi and Wang Fan in the south. Needless to say, Liao Huanzhi and Dong Dashan were originally ministers of military operations, among which Liao Huanzhi was the chief military aircraft, and Dong Dashan always ranked second.

As for Zhuang Yan of the General Staff, although his position was rather awkward, in the current Ming Dynasty, the General Staff had vaguely shown that he had replaced the Governor's Office of the Five Army. Therefore, although Zhuang Yan only had the title of Right Governor, his voice in the military was second only to Dong Dashan and Wang Dong of the Navy. Even if necessary, Zhu Yicheng could directly let the General Staff intervene in the military in the name of the Governor's Office of the Five Army.

As for Sun Jiagan, He Xianzu and Zeng Yishu, among these three, Sun Jiagan was promoted to the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel and was still in charge of Shuntian Prefecture. He Xianzu was the Minister of Rites, and Zeng Yishu was now the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue. The lowest position of these three people is also the third rank.

If we talk about grades, there are not people in the court who are higher than their grades, but their ability to attend this meeting has nothing to do with their grades, but because the three of them are now walking on military aircraft.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that, that is, the three of them are actually alternate ministers of military affairs, which is about the same level as the alternate Central Committee members in later generations. In addition, with the expansion of the territory of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yicheng was originally a little too busy with the military affairs office, and the expansion of the military affairs office is certain in the future. However, when the military affairs office has not yet served as the military affairs minister, Zhu Yicheng did not directly expand the number of military affairs ministers of the Military Affairs Office, but only used this method to strengthen the personnel structure of the Military Affairs Office.

"Let's talk about the establishment of the Beijing Camp." Zhu Yicheng picked up the tea in front of him and took a sip of it, and said happily.

As soon as he finished speaking, Dong Dashan raised his head slightly, but he did not speak immediately, but turned his eyes to Liao Huanzhi who was on the left side.

As the chief military minister, Liao Huanzhi could not refuse on such occasions, and only he could speak first.

After a while, Liao Huanzhi spoke, "The Emperor, the Jingying Camp, is also called the Jingjun. It was established by Taizu and was affiliated with the Grand Governor's Office and later returned to the Five Army Governor's Office. After Chengzu moved the capital to Beijing, the Jingying Camp was divided into the Jingying Camp and Nanjing Jingying Camp, which formed a customization..."

Liao Huanzhi spoke up and talked about the origin of the Beijing Camp. Zhu Yicheng frowned slightly but did not interrupt him, but just continued to listen quietly.

The Jing Camp was originally composed of the Five Military Camp, Three Thousand Battalions and Shenji Camp. This army was the elite of the Ming Dynasty, but the main force was exhausted in the later Tumu Fort Incident. During the Jingtai period, Yu Qian, the Minister of War, reformed the organization of the Jing Camp and selected 100,000 elite troops from the three major camps. They were divided into the 100,000 regiments to train in order to prepare for emergency calls, and were called the 10th regiment.

Later, the 10th Regiment Battalion was added to the 12th Regiment Battalion, which were divided into 12 Marquis. During the Zhengde period, Emperor Wuzong mobilized the border troops to enter the capital to reset it, also known as the four foreign families, thus forming the later Beijing camp model.

In fact, by the late Ming Dynasty, although the Beijing camp was known as tens of thousands of elite troops, it actually had no combat power. Not only did it not become a barrier to defend the capital, it became a big problem.

But no matter what, as the capital, Beijing must have a central unit to guard it, that is, the guard and Rong troops. The setting of this unit is indispensable. There has been such a unit in all dynasties, but the names of the troops are different.

Liao Huanzhi said a lot of words, and finally he expressed his attitude that he supported the establishment of the Beijing camp. Only when the establishment of the Beijing camp can the realization of the organization can truly protect the city of Beijing. At the same time, a central army directly commanded by the central government is also a necessary military force to suppress the local government.

"What do others think?" After Liao Huanzhi said that, Zhu Yicheng turned his attention to others without comment.

Dong Dashan then said, "There is no objection to the establishment of the Beijing camp. In fact, the minister agrees with this matter like Liao Zhongtang, but I have other ideas."

"Oh, then tell me." Zhu Yicheng asked with interest.

Dong Dashan hesitated and said, "The reason why Taizu and Chengzu set up the Jing camp was just explained, so I will not talk about it anymore. I am just talking about some things that happened after the Jing camp. The Jing camp was initially established and the national strength was strong. In addition, both the generals and soldiers in the Jing camp were carefully selected from each army. Its combat power was naturally needless to say, but the Jing camp gradually declined in the following several dynasties. Although Emperor Wuzong's measures to strengthen the army to replace the Jing camp with nine borders, it was only limited to one dynasty. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor should also know what the Jing camp had become."

When Dong Dashan said this, everyone nodded slightly, and Zhu Yicheng also agreed. In fact, everyone knew that today's discussion was clear that Zhu Yicheng was not against the establishment of the Beijing Camp, but wanted to discuss with them how to set up the Beijing Camp. The most important point was how to avoid the situation in the former Ming Jing Camp.

Now the Ming Dynasty is strong. As Dong Dashan said, the Beijing camp is set up now to select elite troops from each army, and then command with good generals.

The troops formed in this way are naturally extremely combat-effective. In addition, the special nature of the Beijing camp, their treatment and equipment are definitely much better than those of local troops. This kind of central army can completely meet the requirements.

But as time goes by, who can guarantee that when this generation gradually witheres, the Beijing camp will not change? Zhu Yicheng is unwilling to see the situation in the previous Ming Dynasty repeat itself. If this is the case, he will lose his original intention.

"What are your good plans for this?" Zhu Yicheng asked.
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