In addition, His Majesty selected twenty newly minted Jinshi (imperial scholars) and recruited another twenty from the Hanlin Academy, all of whom were assigned to the General Staff Office. Thus, the entire General Staff Office was established.

At the same time, the General Staff Office also established a separate office called the Military Law Office.

Although this Military Law Department is nominally listed under the General Staff Department, only Chen Sihai of the Military Law Department can manage it, and other people are not allowed to even ask about it. Therefore, Chen Sihai is the staff officer of this Military Law Department.

Of course, there are also unexpected ones, such as Qi Jin.

Originally everyone thought that Qi Jin would definitely be able to join the General Staff this time, or at least be a candidate for Chief of Staff, and even be ranked relatively high.

But the result was unexpected to everyone: Qi Jin was not on the list of the General Staff Office. However, this confusion did not last long. Everyone was in the officialdom, and as long as they pondered it a little, they understood the reason.

Look at the people in the General Staff Office now. Although they all seem to be in high positions and have great power, they do not have actual military power. To put it bluntly, they seem to have great power, but actually they have no soldiers.

Qi Jin was different. He had real people and horses under his command. This was the reason why His Majesty did not allow Qi Jin to join the General Staff Office.

Those who lead troops as generals cannot join the General Staff Office. If they do, they will have to give up their military power.

Under such circumstances, it was naturally inappropriate for Qi Jin to join the General Staff Office. This involved the issue of commanding and mobilizing troops.

However, the ministers in the court were very familiar with this, so they understood it after a little thought.

The matter of the General Staff Office was settled. After planning for such a long time, it was finally settled.

After the establishment of the General Staff Office, the first thing to do is to investigate the Five Military Governor's Office, sort out the entire Five Military Governor's Office from top to bottom, and take up some of their power to achieve the purpose of authorization.

Another function is to communicate with the six ministries. You should know that the General Staff Office has the same status as the Cabinet and can directly write to the six ministries.

This is the means of checks and balances left by Zhu Youxiao, and it is also used to reduce the power of the cabinet. However, this effect will take time to come and cannot be reflected for the time being.

However, Zhu Youxiao was not interested in this for the time being, so he decided to let the General Staff Office develop slowly.

You have to know that for a newly established government office, if you let it go, it will be like a hungry wolf, looking for food everywhere and swallowing everything in one bite.

The General Staff Office is such an office. Since its establishment, it has been carrying the desire for power.

Besides, none of the people in the General Staff Office were easy to deal with. Except for Duke Chengguo Zhu Chunchen, no one was easy to deal with. So Zhu Youxiao was not worried.

What Zhu Youxiao wanted to plan was to go to Shandong.

British Mansion.

Duke of England Zhang Weixian sat in a chair drinking tea, but the expression on his face was not very good.

After a moment of silence, Zhang Weixian put down the teacup in his hand, looked up at the young man in front of him and asked, "Hasn't he left yet?"

The young man sat on a chair, holding a handkerchief in his hand. He wiped his mouth gently and said, "Now that you're in, how can you leave so easily? You're still waiting there."

As he spoke, the young man looked up at Zhang Weixian and said, "Father, why don't you meet him? He is a Duke after all, just like our family. It's not good to keep him waiting like this."

After hearing what his son Zhang Zhiji said, Zhang Weixian sighed, smiled bitterly and said, "What can I do if I see him?"

"It's been so long, you know what the current emperor does. What can I do after meeting him? What advice can I give him? He has to walk this path on his own."

Zhang Zhiji thought for a moment and then said, "Perhaps he has some ideas he wants to ask Father. Even if Father doesn't want to pay attention to him, he still has to consider the honor of the nobles. If this matter gets out, I'm afraid it will damage our family's reputation."

Zhang Weixian looked at Zhang Zhiji, a playful smile suddenly appearing on his face. He then said with a smile, "Although you are young, you have always been very talented. You have been in poor health for many years. Someone once examined you and said that your mind was too profound and it was affecting your body. I don't believe you can't understand it. Tell me, what are you thinking?"

"In fact, what father is worried about is nothing more than being suspected by His Majesty." Zhang Zhiji thought for a moment and then said, "Your Majesty doesn't need Duke Dingguo now, and if father helps Duke Dingguo, it will be seen as a favor."

Zhang Weixian glanced at his son, nodded, and said, "Since you know that, why bother letting me see him?"

After so many years in officialdom, there is one thing that Zhang Weixian is very clear about, that is, you must stand out when you should, and you must not stand out when you shouldn't.

In his current situation, he shouldn't stand out. The key is to live the rest of his life in peace and stability.

After all, he had been preparing for the General Staff Office some time ago, and now he was the Chief of Staff, so his status naturally rose.

At this time, one should naturally guard against arrogance and impatience, and not be too overbearing. Especially, one should not do things like showing favors.

What do you want to do to win people's hearts?

Especially for those whom Your Majesty wants to punish, if you show favor to them, don’t you think about it anymore?

In Zhang Weixian's opinion, His Majesty is not a man of broad mind. If he offends His Majesty because of this matter, it would be a loss.

Duke Dingguo is also a fool. He came to his house and refused to leave at this time. Isn't this just looking for trouble?

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