Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 56
Daming's military minister system was different from that of civil ministers, which was mainly reflected in the central departments.

In terms of the central organization, there were six departments for the civil servants, the prefectural court, the monasteries, the academies, the supervisors, and the cabinet in the future, but there was always only one central agency for the military ministers, and that was the commander-in-chief of the Five Armies.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armies is in charge of the military brigade, commanding the generals and guards in various places, and is mainly responsible for selecting generals to send troops to suppress the rebellion, training the officers, managing the fields, military status, and recommending middle and high-ranking generals.

In contrast, the Ministry of War held the power to deploy troops and the power to appoint low-level generals. The two checked and balanced each other and unified military power in the hands of the emperor.

In the Ming Dynasty, the power of the five military governor's office was actually being weakened. This point has gradually begun to appear in the orthodox years.

The most obvious point is that since San Yang came to power, there have been fewer and fewer appointments for the official seal of the Five Army Governor's Office.

The reasons for this are complicated, including San Yang's deliberate suppression of Xunqi and the element of avoiding suspicion.

After all, San Yang is already at the height of his power in the court. If he makes another move to choose the commander-in-chief of the Five Armies Commander-in-Chief's Office, it will make people suspicious of plotting military power.

Therefore, in the Sanyang era, there was no additional military minister at the governor level, either with power or without position, like Guo Sheng, and he was in charge of the place temporarily, or like Yang Hong, he was a general guarding the locality. False teaching, not real.

This led to this civil engineering battle, and the entire line of honor and Qi was killed and injured. Especially after the death and injury of the second generation of honor and Qi, there was not a single official of the official seal of the five army governors to stand up.

Otherwise, the Ministry of War would not have been so easily deprived of the right to nominate the Admiral Minister of Beijing Camp.

As for Li Xian, it is a special case. His post of governor is actually granted, but it is not the actual grant of the five armies of the capital, but the actual grant of the five armies of Nanjing.

In fact, this is the custom of honorable people. When they get old, they will either stay in the capital and become an idle honorable person, or they will go to Nanjing to command the army and retire by the way.

Li Xian was originally the governor of the former military governor's office, but just this year, according to the plan of the honorary, he began to gradually hand over power to the third generation of honorable Qi, so he was transferred to the Nanjing Fifth Army Governor's House.

At that time, Li Xian happened to be sick, and after he recovered, he met the emperor himself, so he stayed in the capital.

That's why he can stand up today.

The Five Army Governor's Mansion is different from the Wenchen system. The six ministries and seven ministers of Wenchen are one radish and one pit. However, although the Five Army Governor's Mansion is clearly divided in name, these years, because there are too few actual governors, it has been It doesn't matter which government it is, they are collectively referred to as the Governor of the Five Armies.

However, all the actual governors, according to the needs of the imperial court, can be transferred to different government offices at any time, but they are all official seal officials.

Therefore, although Li Xian is the governor of the Nanjing Central Military Governor's Office, because of this practice, he still has the right to nominate the governor of the five army governor's office.

Of course, it is only a nomination. If you want to pass the court, you still need to be approved by the three parties of Wenchen, Xunqi and the emperor.

In the current situation, since Li Xian dared to nominate, Xun Qi's side has naturally negotiated it long ago, and the emperor is not in the capital, so in fact, only Wenchen has to be resolved.

But that's precisely the hardest thing to do...

Chen Yi, the censor of the Zuodu capital, was the first to come out and said: "Your Highness, court push matters have their own regulations. The governors of the five armies are very important and should not be granted lightly. If the Duke of Fengcheng has this intention, he should discuss it with the Ministry of War in advance. , and then push the court, how can there be a reason for a sudden attack on the court?"

The next person who spoke was Yu Shiyue, the head of the Dali Temple.

"His Royal Highness, at this critical time, you should be united in one mind. The line of honor and Qi protects the authority of the capital camp, disturbs the court, and wants to provoke civil and military disputes. It is a conspiracy, and the minister impeaches Li Xian, Hou of Fengcheng. , Your Highness, please punish!"

This is different from the small fight just now.

If Gu Xingzu and others are punished, it doesn't matter to the big men among the civil servants, then the Five Armies Governor's Mansion is an existence that must not be compromised.

Each of the five-army commanders-in-chief's powers in the imperial court is comparable to Jiuqing's. That's real power!

Even when it comes to military and political affairs, the weight of these actual governors is enough to be worth the seven ministers.

If nothing else, once the selection of middle and high-level generals will be pushed, apart from Jiuqing, only those who are qualified to participate are the actual governors and the governors.

Li Xian's words are no less than a proposal among the civil servants to select three senior officials at the level of the six ministers at one time.

For the civil servants, is there any reason to agree?
Therefore, this time, in the same vein of Wenchen, there are two Jiuqing-level figures in the first shot. Chen Yi accused Li Xian of breaking the rules of Tingtui and engaged in surprise attacks. Yu Shiyue even pointed out that Li Xian's move was to snatch the nomination of Jingying. right.

You must know that the Jingying Admiral Minister is only a dispatch, not an official position.

This time the court pushed, although the court pushed the governor of Beijing Camp, but in fact the court pushed the governor of the five army governor's office. After all, the court practice, only by adding the governor's rank of the five army governor's office, can the Jingying be admiral.

The reason why the Admiral of the Beijing Camp should be put in the court is simply because there is no real governor in the capital today.

Now that Li Xian opened his mouth, he would nominate three at once. Although he didn't say it clearly, the courtiers subconsciously believed that he was taking this opportunity to regain the nomination right from the Ministry of War.

After all, as long as there are actual governors, there is no reason for the Ministry of War to push any other admiral ministers.

Li Xian seemed very calm to the doubts of the two, and said, "I didn't discuss with the Ministry of War in advance, because this Hou was ill-conceived, but the position of Governor of the Five Armies Governor's Office has always been reported to the Lord first, and if the Lord is undecided, the There is no reason for the appointment of the court directly, and now that the emperor is not in the capital, this marquis follows the rules to report to the king first, how can it be said that it is unauthorised attack?"

After a short pause, Li Xian continued: "What's more, the situation is critical now, and it is because of the importance of the matter that we have to discuss it. The Zuo Army Governor's Office has jurisdiction over the Liaodong Dusi, and the Houjun Dudu's Office has jurisdiction over the Shanxi Dusi, both of which are critical borders. The guard house, the commander-in-chief of the Central Army Commander’s Office is located in the Jing guard house, and it is also an important and necessary thing to rule the five army prisons, so why can’t it be reported at the court meeting?”

After some words, all the ministers were stunned.

It wasn't that Li Xian was stunned, but that Xun Qi's lineage had not spoken so confidently in the court for a long time.

You must know that Sanyang has been in charge these years, and the major affairs of the court are mainly calm. In addition, the British Lord and his old man are there, and the civil servants have never tortured Xunqi too much, so Xunqi basically does not speak much above the court. .

As a result, many officials who were newly promoted to the court have not seen each other for a long time, and Xun Qi is fighting for himself in this way.

Li Xian's remarks are indeed reasonable.

For many years, the governors of the five army governors' mansions have been directly appointed by the emperor. Only a few times when the emperor hesitated, he will be pushed by the court. Relatively speaking, the court push is only a few cases.

And whether it is the Zuojun Dudufu or the Houjun Dudufu, they are all responsible for the affairs of the frontier guards, not to mention the Central Army Dudufu, which is the core of the five armies.

At such a critical time, Li Xian proposed to appoint three governors, but it was difficult to pick out any faults.

Even if it is inappropriate to report directly at the court meeting, he has already said that at this time of crisis, the matter is urgent and the authority should be taken care of.

However, it is definitely impossible to pass, but if you want to object, you must have sufficient reasons and people with enough weight to stand up and make a final decision.

Just now, two important ministers have spoken out against it, and even seven ministers like Chen Yi have spoken out.

Then among the remaining people in the court, there are people who have enough weight to make a final decision.

One is Yu Qian, the new minister in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of War, and the other is the official minister of the Ministry of Personnel, the official of the heavens, Wang Zhi!

So the ministers present all focused their attention on the two of them, but what was surprising was that the two of them both bowed their heads and did not stand up immediately...

(End of this chapter)