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Zhu Youtang knew that he had touched the sensitive nerves of some people, but to seize military power was to cut through the knot with a sharp knife, so he added: "The twelve commanders returned home to live idle, and all the personnel in the camp were dismissed by the governor. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!"

"Your Majesty, please take back your order!"

Officials such as Yu Zijun, Secretary of the Ministry of War, had originally resisted Zhu Youtang's accusation of impeaching the 12th Battalion. Now that they heard the subsequent decision, they immediately blocked it.

Although Emperor Chenghua also sent eunuchs to supervise the army, it was just that supervising the army and being in charge of the army were completely different things.

The former only went to supervise the 12th Battalion. Although he could also give instructions, he should probably be able to cope with it. But now that the governor is dispatched and the commander is removed, it is almost like the eunuchs are directly in charge of the army.

If Emperor Chenghua dug into their pockets, then Zhu Youtang's hand simply touched the depths of their souls.

cough!

Liu Ji took a breath of cold air, but he never expected that Zhu Youtang would take sole control of the military. He immediately gave the British Duke a stern look.

The British Duke Zhang Mao hesitated for a moment, but also led the nobles to express their position: "Your Majesty, please take back your order!"

this……

When Zhang Sheng and other officials saw this scene, they couldn't help but be slightly startled. The civil servants and Wu Xun who had seemed incompatible just now quickly formed an alliance.

Although it is said that "water has no fixed shape and people have no definite shape", this change is really shocking. Is it true that they were originally in the same group?

Some officials who had already seen the truth clearly did not think it was different. All this was caused by interests.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the military camp was indeed controlled by Wu Xun. However, since Yu Qian appeared in the civil service group, and Tumubao lost a group of brave and resourceful nobles, the civil service group's infiltration into the Beijing camp has quietly begun.

Whether in the officialdom or the military, what people at the bottom value most is personal promotion and the title of wife and son, and these things have long been out of Wu Xun's control.

Take the British Duke Zhang Mao as an example. Although he ascended the throne at the age of ten, he was not recommended by the imperial court until he was thirty-three years old, as the governor of the central army and in charge of the fifth military camp.

It was not until the age of thirty-three that the dignified Duke was promoted by the imperial court to be in charge of the governor's office of the Central Army and also in charge of the five military camps. The governor's office of the central army has been reduced to an office affiliated to the Ministry of War, and the fifth military camp has long become what the Beijing soldiers call " hometown".

Just imagine, the fate of dignified British princes is controlled by civil servants. Is it possible for low-level generals to mix with British princes?

Shi Heng was originally a small commanding officer of Kuanhe Guard. He accumulated military merit and was promoted to Datong General. Together with Xining Marquis Song Ying and Wu Jin Bo Zhu Mian, they fought with Yexian troops in Yanghekou. Song Ying and Zhu Mian were killed, and Shi Heng Escaped alone.

Although Shi Heng was demoted, he met Yu Qian, a great man in life, and was appreciated by Yu Qian, who was then the Minister of War.

It was under Yu Qian's actions that Shi Heng went to the capital to take charge of the Fifth Army Camp and was promoted to the right governor. Because of his meritorious service in guarding the Desheng Gate, he was named Wu Qingbo.

In the first year of Jingtai, when Yu Qian was building the regiment camp, he appointed Shi Heng as admiral and commander-in-chief.

It is not difficult to see from the resumes of British princes Zhang Mao and Shi Heng that the former could not even decide his own future, while the latter had a prosperous official career by embracing the lap of civil servants.

Because of this, Zhu Youtang's removal of the Twelve Commanders of the military camp was simply eliminating people from the civilian clique, and would also damage the prestige they had established in recent decades.

Why did the British public Zhang Mao stand up and oppose it?

Although the British Duke himself does not serve as an admiral in the 12th Battalion, the position of admiral has always been held by Wu Xun, so their Wu Xun will also lose military power.

Zhu Youtang naturally knew that he would encounter resistance from civil servants and military officials, so he asked with a stern face: "Do you want me to reuse you as loyal ministers and good generals? Now that I want to prevent the enemy from seizing the door and withdrawing my military power, you want to do this." Are you a traitor?"

"I don't dare!" Yu Zijun, Minister of the Ministry of War, naturally did not dare to accept this hat, and he lowered his head and said.

But before the British Duke Zhang Mao could speak, the Marquis of Funing Zhu Yong expressed his position: "Your Majesty, I and other military heroes will obey the holy orders!"

Although their military power has also been reduced, and the "three-legged support" military and political ecology that they have maintained has been destroyed, they are still hereditary nobles.

Even if His Majesty takes back the military power now, as long as they or their descendants can win His Majesty's trust, they will only get a lot more military power in the future.

The only thing to blame is that the civil servant group was too ruthless. Instead of begging with a broken bowl, it would be better to break the bowl and follow this new king with skill.

The British Duke Zhang Mao frowned slightly, but in the end he did not say a word.

"Your Majesty, I should take this as a lesson from the later Han Dynasty. Please prevent eunuchs from messing up the government. I made it clear to Your Majesty when I was in the East Palace!" Liu Jian, a scholar at the Hanlin Academy, came out and said with a look of sadness on his face. .

"Your Majesty, please take this as a lesson from the eunuchs of the Han Dynasty and take back their orders!" Seeing the flaw, Xu Pu and other officials immediately agreed.

Zhu Youtang knew that he could not compromise with the civil servants at this moment, and asked with an angry smile: "My relatives must be on guard, eunuchs must be on guard, brothers must be on guard, and military generals must be on guard, but you can't forget that the usurper of the throne in the former Han Dynasty will It’s a civil servant!”

This...I didn't teach you, Your Majesty...you still read the book after class?

Liu Jian couldn't help being dumbfounded, looking at this good student who had always been obedient and well-behaved in disbelief. A while ago, he had nodded when he proposed to reuse Wang Shu.

Zhu Youtang knew that he couldn't trust either party, but compared with these cunning civil servants, he would rather believe in the simple-minded and loyal little eunuchs.

Maybe some of these eunuchs have no military talents, maybe they are not as brave as they appear, but since Xianzong can cultivate a Wang Zhi, he still believes that a second Wang Zhi will appear.

Zhu Youtang has never been a weak person, but Gou Jian has been able to endure hardships for ten years. It is actually worth enduring it for a month. At least he can see many people and things clearly.

He saw clearly that the governance of this country really depends on himself, not these civil servants who all have small calculations. The officials standing behind are also thinking about how to get closer to him.

The wind started to pick up in the morning, and in the center of the huge Fengtian Gate was Zhu Youtang in regular clothes.

Although his voice was very soft, his attitude was extremely resolute. Only four words spread across the entire Fengtianmen Square - I have made up my mind.

Have I made up my mind?

Xu Pu looked at Zhu Youtang sitting above him and sighed secretly in his heart. He finally realized that he had mistakenly looked at his student and underestimated this emperor who was more scheming and skillful than Emperor Chenghua.

When he came to the throne, he did not clean up the Mei Party, did not reuse their old Eastern Palace ministers, and did not even lend a hand to the military and political affairs. Instead, it disrupted everyone's rhythm and caused chaos within their civil servant group.

In fact, the civil servant group is not afraid of the emperor's integrity, nor is it afraid of the emperor's harshness, but it is afraid that the emperor will not do anything, leaving a group of officials who don't know who to embrace.

The most subtle thing is that this time he used the suspicion of seizing the door to break the situation. Zhu Youtang not only defused the civil servants who joined forces to force the palace to hold a sutra banquet, but also chose dictatorship in one fell swoop. He was able to directly control the Beijing army through the eunuchs.

Before the debate about seizing the gate, Zhu Youtang wanted to let eunuchs directly take charge of the 12th Battalion. Not to mention that it was impossible for hundreds of civil and military officials to do the same. Such important use of eunuchs was already flooded with saliva from the officials of the Ministry of Science and Technology, and even the imperial edict could not be issued at all. .

Just? Seize the door? Your Majesty is afraid and wants to seize military power to prevent someone from usurping the throne. Who dares to jump out and stop him?

If we can only say that Zhu Youtang was good at making good use of his status as an emperor to promote the political affairs of Prime Minister Wang Yue, then Zhu Youtang used the conjecture to consolidate the imperial power this time. He is undoubtedly a monarch who understands the emperor's mind.

Naturally, Zhu Youtang no longer needed to worry about the reaction and obstruction of these civil servants. He said in a deep voice to Liu Ji, who was still stunned: "Mr. Liu Ge, don't you understand what I mean?"

Officials such as Yu Zijun, Minister of War, turned to look at Liu Ji, hoping that Liu Ji would show the courage of a civil servant and refuse. After all, he was one of the leaders of the civil servant group.

Hey, show off your literati spirit!

"I accept the decree!" Liu Ji hesitated for a moment and then stated his position very simply.

He knew that even if he refused to draft an edict, the old man Wan'an who would be invited back later would definitely draft an edict in vain, and even a group of ministers from the Hanlin Academy below eagerly wanted to draft an edict.

Although he is one of the three elders of the Three Pavilions, since he is not a wise king who is easy to bully, naturally he can only bow his head to Emperor Chenghua for the sake of power.

Zhu Youtang saw that Liu Ji did not disobey him, but he was still a little worried and said: "Master Zhou, Master Zhang, Mr. Liu Ge is not in good health. You two should accompany him to draft the decree!"