Emperor Ming Dynasty

As soon as You Shiwei came back, he immediately contacted Zhu Meng and started a life of wine and meat.

One is the Zuo Dudu of the Zuojun Governor's Mansion, and the other is the Zuo Dudu of the Rear Army's Dudufu's Mansion. It can be said that they have equal status and strength, and they are the only ones who are so casual.

After the wine was hot, You Shiwei waved his hand to let everyone else go out.

He said to Zhu Meng: "Brother Zhu, you arrived two days earlier than me, what kind of rules is this?"

"What rules?" Zhu Meng pretended to be confused, pretending to be vague.

"Don't pretend to me." You Shiwei stroked the white hair on his temples, and said roughly, "I'm more than 50 years old, I'm tired of fighting a long time ago, and I just came back to retire."

"But I'm afraid, that..."

Speaking of this, he actually stuttered a little, and for a while, he didn't have any 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 also played well in Liaodong, and it seems that he will reach the Marquis. When the time comes, there will be a Duke and a Marquis..."

Killing donkeys, cunning rabbits and running dogs cooking, the situation in the early Ming Dynasty was too scary. Fortunately, Emperor Chengzu did not inherit this tradition, otherwise, there would be no honor in Ming Dynasty.

But now that Daming has restored the old domain, it is even far beyond that, and with the return of their two heroes to Beijing, You Shiwei can't help but think about it.

Besides, the You family's situation is even more special.

It is a family of military generals, the second eldest is Youshi Weijue to Duke, the third is Youshilujue to Earl, the two brothers are famous in the army.

Now there is another news that the emperor intends to promote the noble to his son. If this is true, there will be another noble in the You family, that is, a third noble, is that okay?

You Shiwei couldn't help being frightened, for fear that he would be rewarded too much and risk ransacking his home.

"You Gong, put your heart in your stomach."

Zhu Meng laughed and said: "Let's not say that General You Shilu is your brother, separated by one floor, even if that is the case, the two of you brothers are already over fifty."

"To put it bluntly, Your Majesty is in the prime of his life now, and you brothers may not wait until the Crown Prince ascends the throne..."

"Hahaha, I didn't expect this layer."

You Shiwei laughed loudly when he heard the words: "Besides, the You family has been loyal and good 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 those young generals, not the old guys like them.

"Drink, keep drinking—" You Shiwei was in a good mood, and began to drink.

Zhu Meng also accompanied him, drinking happily.

He thought a lot in his heart.

Today's generals in the army are all young and old.

Whether it is You Shiwei or Chen Yongfu, they are all veterans of the Chongzhen Dynasty, and they surrendered to the emperor in accordance with the times, thus making contributions.

The younger generation, on the contrary, mostly came from the bandit army, or the veterans of Xi'an back then, who were in the backbone.

The young ones are only in their twenties, such as Li Dingguo, while the old ones are more than 50 years old.

The reason is also very simple, the world is playing too fast.

Although many battles have been fought in these years, from the [-]th, [-]th, [-]th, [-]th year of Chongzhen, to the second year of Shaowu, and from the south to the north in six years, the world was once again unified, which can be described as a miracle.

If you look carefully, the south is basically determined by the propaganda, and the battle is basically in the north.

It can be said that if the emperor does not have the identity of a clan, it will take at least five years to truly pacify the whole of the south.

What's more, the Manchu Qing will already have a firm foothold in Beijing by then, so how can it be possible for the South to be integrated in a stable manner?

Thinking of this, Zhu Meng shivered.

"We still followed the right guy."

"That's it, the real dragon emperor!" You Shiwei was a little dazed while drinking, but he still cheered up and said, "I was so amazing back then that I thought I could live for two more years, but who would have thought that I would be the Duke of the State."

"It's really smoke from the ancestral grave..."

After You and Zhu returned to Beijing, there were no local generals who controlled the military affairs of several provinces, and the highest level was only the general.

In this way, the emperor made adjustments to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.

There are still five governors' mansions of the front army, the rear army, the left army, the right army, and the middle army, and there are two governors on the left and right of each governor's mansion.

The scope of the Chinese Army's Dudufu is Hebei Province, Chahar, Xuanfu, Liaoxi, Shuntianfu, four places.

The Zuojun Dudufu is in charge of the four northwestern provinces, Gansu, Shaanxi, Suiyuan, and Ningxia.

The Governor's Mansion of the Right Army is in charge of Liaodong and Shandong.

When the territory expands in the future, the Youjun Dudufu will be fully responsible for the defense of the Northeast and beware of Tsarist Russia's actions.

The former military governor's mansion is the Guangdong and Guangxi regions, plus Fujian Province.

The post-military governor's mansion is the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou.

In other words, the five capitals no longer have command over the provinces in the interior, but only over the border areas.

Undoubtedly, even if they were just some patrol battalions, they would still harm the interests of the Governor's Mansion and the interests of the nobles.

Most of the border areas are barren lands, and money and food need to rely on the localities, especially the input from other provinces, thus restricting military power.

Once there is a war somewhere, it is natural that the governor's mansion will send the governor to control the soldiers and horses.

A large army of the Beijing camp cooperated with local armed forces to suppress it.

If it still doesn't work, all the staff can only be dispatched.

Even in order to cooperate with the daily suppression work, Zhu Yixi felt that it would be more appropriate to send the governor to suppress the formation, so that the shortage of defense could be avoided.

As for the inland provinces, there are more than enough local governors, and there is no need to assign governors across the country like the Manchu Qing.

But the special conditions of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, there is no way.

There are few Manchus and many Han people, and most of the local officials are Han people. The governor is also a Manchurian supervisor. The separate governor is not so much a military region as a supervisory region.

Naturally, there were complaints about such an integration, which was unavoidable due to power cuts, but the emperor's prestige was here, and no one dared to be presumptuous.

And here, the popularity of Mongolian concubines has lingered in the capital for a long time, making the reform of the five armies' governor's mansion inconspicuous.

When the people in Beijing were discussing how beautiful the Mongolian concubine was, the Ryukyu King's family also joined in the fun.

The king of Ryukyu County was afraid of Japanese revenge, so he chose to enclose, and the whole family moved to Beijing, a luxurious palace.

In such a huge Beijing, he is the only one with a different surname, Wang, not to mention how embarrassing it is.

But the appeasement from the emperor and the court continued uninterrupted, and the occasional rewards made him feel relieved, and he began to enjoy it in a decent way.

However, after hearing about the Mongolian concubine, Shangxian was shocked: "Why didn't I think of it?"

"I also have a younger sister in my family. As long as she enters the palace, who would dare to speak nonsense in front of us?"

Thinking of doing it, Shangxian did the job of helping his younger 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.