Ming Dynasty: My father Yongle, Forever Reigns Over Mountains and Rivers

Eating free money!

After hearing this, the expressions of all the generals changed.

As veteran generals in the army, they naturally understand that taking empty pay is not a one-time thing, but has been the case in all dynasties.

The reason is very simple. Similar to the redundant officials and redundant personnel of civil servants and gentry, if military officials and ministers want to be corrupt, the best way is to take empty pay!

For example, in the occupation service, some officers and soldiers of the guard station were nominally responding to the imperial call, but in fact they were doing private work for the generals, and the corresponding military expenses were allocated by the imperial court. In the end, they would not fall into the hands of the soldiers, and they would all be pocketed by the generals.

Another example is pretentiousness. Just get money and don’t serve as soldiers. In order to get free pay, the military attachés and ministers arbitrarily forged rosters to increase the number of soldiers to ask for more military expenses from the court. In fact, the actual number of personnel was less than half of the rostered number. This extra Naturally, the military expenses also went into the pockets of military attache Xunchen.

Among them, the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army is the most important!

At that time, Emperor Taizu Gao divided the Metropolitan Governor's Office into five parts on the grounds that power is not concentrated in one department, and affairs are not left behind. He established the Five Army Governor's Office to take charge of the world's military power and command the country. The highest military institution for soldiers.

During the period of the Metropolitan Governor's Office, all the governors who served were without exception, they were all promoted military generals with outstanding military merits, and could be called elite leaders among military attachés and ministers.

However, when it came to the development of the five military governors' mansions, the appointment method became that some middle-level military generals who were old or had retired were appointed as governors and ministers, and a group of children of meritorious officials and distinguished relatives were specially awarded as governors of the governor's mansion, and they were allowed to lie there. Rest on your laurels.

As a result, the atmosphere of the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army has deteriorated, and it has gradually become a retirement home for noble military officials. Not only do they have no ambition to make progress, but these people have randomly inserted noble children into the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, pretending to receive their salaries and emptying out the money. Pay, further destroying this military institution!

Now that the prince directly pointed out the issue of eating empty pay, all the generals were a little panicked.

After all, they often do this kind of thing.

Who doesn’t want to find a future for their nephew?

Only the eldest son can inherit the title, but who has only one son?

Zhu Gaoxu had a clear view of their expressions and did not dwell on the matter. Instead, he continued to discuss the new military system.

It's also clearly written in the brochure.

The Fifth Army Governor's Office was changed to the United Front Work Bureau of the Ming Dynasty, which was divided into the General Staff Department, the Review Department, the Logistics Department, the Army Department and the Navy Department.

The Ministry of the Army is mainly responsible for the training and assessment of the army's various combat soldiers. It evaluates the promotion and demotion of corresponding officers based on the performance of each unit. The garrisons and the three major battalions in the capital all over the world are under the general control of the Ministry of the Army.

As the name suggests, the Ministry of the Navy is responsible for the Ming Dynasty Navy. It is responsible for the recruitment and maritime training of the Navy, as well as the dispatch of coastal defense troops, etc. It is completely separated from the Army, and the two do not interfere with each other.

The Logistics Department is responsible for distributing military pay and recruiting new soldiers. It is also responsible for the procurement of equipment for major group armies, the development of cutting-edge weapons, proposing future combat scenarios, and conducting research and development of weapons and equipment based on the scenarios. It is similar to the role of a great steward. The Logistics Department will work with the Royal Manufacturing Bureau Maintain a close cooperative relationship to ensure that Ming Dynasty’s military equipment can continue to develop at a high speed.”

The responsibility of the Review Department is to take charge of the military discipline and law of each group army. It establishes military tribunals and is responsible for trying military personnel who violate military discipline and law. The three departments of the Criminal Ministry, Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, will cooperate, but the leading power is still in the hands of the Military Department. In the hands of the Censorship Department!”

As for this final staff department, it is responsible for integrating war information, formulating combat plans, drawing march maps, and cultivating excellent military staff officers and instructors. In the future, all major group armies will have the role of staff officers. They may not necessarily be military attaches, but they may He is a civil servant who assists the general in leading troops to fight.

The Ming Dynasty unified the war situation!

The Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armies was transformed into the Five United Front Departments!

This is an unprecedented major military reform!

All the generals were shocked when they heard this, and they silently digested this shocking news.

Based on their knowledge, it is not difficult to see that the United Front Bureau is more suitable for today's Ming Dynasty military headquarters than the Five Army Governor's Mansion.

After all, the United Front Bureau has clear powers and strict disciplines, which is much better than the retirement place of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion!

Moreover, the United Front also has a review department. With the existence of such a judicial institution that belongs exclusively to the military department, corruption of military generals can be avoided to the greatest extent.

Xue Lu, Liu Sheng and others are all veteran generals in the army, and they can see at a glance the significance of the military organization of the United Front.

The status of the five departments of the United Front Bureau is equal, and there is no distinction between superior and inferior. The Inspection Department is independent among the five departments, which means that the Inspection Department will not be restricted by anyone. Even the three departments of the Criminal Department, Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate The judicial department can only cooperate, but has no right to interfere!

The power of the Examination Department is even greater than that of the Three Justice Departments!

Xue Lu saw that the others were silent, so he could only set an example and express his position.

His Royal Highness is truly a genius!

After the Fifth Army Governor's Office was changed to the Ming Dynasty United Front Bureau, the authority will be clear and the military discipline will be strict. It will definitely...

What Xue Lu said is absolutely true!

His Royal Highness is so wise!

The prince is truly a genius, so awesome!

Listening to the deliberate flattery of these guys, Zhu Gaoxu smiled angrily and cursed: Okay, you are a bunch of dogs. If you don't know how to flatter people, just shut up.

The reason why I want to reform the Fifth Army Commander's Office is to clearly divide the powers. UU Reading www.uukanshu.net The training department is only responsible for training the troops and is not allowed to interfere with the military pay. The Logistics Department is responsible for the military pay. It seems that the power is overwhelming, but there are also The censorship department is supervising.”

No matter where something goes wrong in the future, whoever is responsible will be held responsible, and there is no possibility of passing the buck.

In addition, the royal family will set up a special taxation bureau to conduct spot checks on the military's pay, money and food from time to time to ensure that no one is corrupt.

After hearing this, all the generals lost their temper.

It seems that the Crown Prince attaches great importance to military corruption far beyond their imagination.

It is not enough to establish an examination department; a special tax bureau must be established to conduct another examination!

If a general dares to commit corruption and profit from it, then it will not only be a problem with the Inspection Department, but also involve the tax bureau, an inner court agency!

In other words, after the new military system is implemented, if you dare to commit corruption and seek profit again, not only will the Inspection Department come to deal with you, but the Internal Revenue Service will also come to investigate you!

And behind the tax bureau, stood His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and even His Majesty the Emperor!

If you really wait for the tax bureau to come to investigate you, it will basically determine that you are finished, and you will have to shed your skin even if you die!

Xue Lu seemed to have thought of something, and his expression suddenly became a little strange.

This tax bureau is ostensibly responsible for collecting commercial taxes and other miscellaneous taxes, but now it has the privilege of reviewing the military. It is also affiliated with the inner court and is directly responsible to the royal family. No one has the right to interfere.

Why does this tax bureau sound familiar?

Ahem, Your Highness, I wonder who is in charge of this taxation bureau?

Oh, interim director Nie Xing, deputy director Guo You!

Generals: ???

What?

Nie Xing?

Oh my god!

What kind of tax bureau is this?

This is clearly the resurrected version of Jin Yiwei!