Chapter 1050 The Emperor's Huizhou (Second update, please subscribe)

Who is Zhu Zhenwu?

The crown prince of the empire, the prince of the Ming Dynasty!

Four years ago, thirteen-year-old Zhu Youlin entered the Imperial Naval Academy under the pseudonym Zhu Zhenwu. During his time at school, he made a round-the-world voyage like ordinary cadets. He just graduated this year and, like ordinary cadet graduates, has just entered service on a naval ship.

It was not "news" for the princes to serve in the army in the Ming Dynasty or even in the royal families of European countries. It was a legal obligation, and they even had to go to the front line. In the Ming Dynasty, the princes also had to serve in the army, whether they were born to Queen Charlotte or other princes born to Emperor Zhu's mistresses but nominally raised by him. They all had to serve in the army.

As the crown prince, Zhu Youlin not only served in the army, but also was admitted to the military academy, which can be said to be an alternative among the princes. However, it is not that he is an alternative, after all, the second prince is also studying in the military academy.

Sitting in the car driven by his fiancée, Zhu Youlin came all the way to the "Hump Mountain", which was formerly called Corcovado Mountain and has an altitude of only 710 meters.

When the car reached the foot of the mountain, it was pulled down by the military police from a distance. After showing the pass and carefully checking it, the car drove into the park at the foot of the mountain. As soon as the car stopped, an attendant guard ran over to open the door and report.

"Your Highness, His Majesty has already started climbing the mountain."

Before his son arrived, Emperor Zhu, leading Qian Degong, Sun Hu and others, had already started climbing the hill.

Even as the Prime Minister of the Empire, Qian Degong was a little confused.

What happened to your Majesty today?

How can there be such elegance?

Could it be that the purpose of this visit to Huizhou is to climb mountains?

Qian Degong certainly didn't know that the reason why Emperor Zhu came here was not a sudden idea, but... a long-planned one.

When walking up the mountain road, Emperor Zhu's steps seemed very brisk, so much so that he did not care at all that Qian Degong, Sun Hu and others were all in their fifties or sixties. However, Sun Hu, the Imperial Army General, was a military man after all, and he always followed His Majesty closely.

While His Majesty was drinking water, Sun Hu suggested.

"Your Majesty, would you like to wait for Prime Minister Qian and the others?"

Emperor Zhu waved his hand and said.

"No need. Rather than saying that Qian Degong and the others can't keep up, it's better to say that they are waiting for the prince."

He was not surprised by the ministers' thoughts. The civil servants of the Ming Dynasty were jealous of the prince serving in the army!

The prince was first in the military academy, and then in the army. He naturally interacted with military generals. Who would he lean towards in the future? That was obvious. Because of this, as long as there was a chance, they would certainly like to get closer to the prince.

In fact, as early as the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Zhu had given it careful consideration when designing the center of the empire.

What kind of court system should the Ming Dynasty adopt?

First of all, the traditional imperial court system is definitely no longer viable. The traditional imperial court system of China has long come to an end.

Let’s not talk about the other various disadvantages.

The biggest problem is the hundreds of years of discord between civil and military officials. Since the mid-Tang Dynasty, was it "using civil to control military" or "using military to control civil"? Not only have they been arguing for a thousand years without any conclusion, what will they finally come to?

Let’s not talk about the fact that the Ming Dynasty’s civil service group’s suppression of the military directly led to the collapse of the empire.

The Qing dynasty claimed to have won the world with "riding and shooting" and "attached importance to military exploits throughout the ages". However, in the late Qing dynasty, the emperor could still use the so-called "clean stream" such as Weng Tonghe to suppress Li Hongzhang and others, and stopped the overseas procurement budget of the Beiyang Navy, which not only led to the stagnation of the Beiyang Navy's development, but also directly led to its defeat. Even during the war, he repeatedly impeached Li Hongzhang.

Is it a struggle between civil and military?

Or an imperial tool?

Emperor Zhu did not dwell on those things, nor did he have the leisure to care about what Weng Tonghe said: "Although I never do anything, as long as Li Hongzhang does something, I will oppose it. It doesn't matter whether he is right or wrong."

What is important?

The Ming Dynasty must not repeat the same mistakes.

Although in the early days of the empire, Emperor Zhu had borrowed from the "active military officer system" of the small book, and the Minister of War and the Minister of the Navy needed to be currently appointed by lieutenant generals and admirals, this also had its drawbacks. In fact, the military of the small book during World War II kidnapped the cabinet in this way - once the cabinet offended the military, the latter could manipulate the Minister of Army and Navy to resign and not designate a successor, thus bringing down the cabinet. This made the cabinet in fact kidnapped by the military.

So the experience in the small book is not a good experience either. Not only is it not a lot of experience, but it is also very bad.

Perhaps there would not be such a problem in the hands of Emperor Zhu, the founding emperor, but what about his descendants?

What if the imperial government was hijacked by the military? If the military acted on its own, it would be the end of the world.

The mighty empire might end up like this, so the experience in this book is unreliable.

After several years of adjustment, Emperor Zhu Di directly separated the imperial center - the highest administrative system of the empire was the Imperial Executive Yuan, which was responsible for domestic affairs, foreign affairs, finance, education and other matters. This was the civil service system. As for the Imperial Army and Navy, they were independent of the Executive Yuan and only reported to the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces, that is, the emperor himself. In fact, they were completely independent of the cabinet, that is, the Executive Yuan.

As for the Executive Yuan, it only had the power to review and approve the budget. Even if the budget did not exceed 5% of the previous year, it did not have the power to directly reject the military's preparations, but only the power to suggest amendments. Even if the budget exceeded the limit, after three rejections, the emperor could still directly approve it according to the circumstances. As for the wartime budget, it was reviewed by the headquarters according to the circumstances.

In other words, the Executive Yuan has no chance to interfere in military affairs, and of course the military cannot interfere in civil affairs. The only exception is the rural security system of the National Military Police, which is the only military system implemented under the supervision of the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Justice.

This system has been working very well in recent years. Generally speaking, the emperor not only controls the government, but also controls the guns.

Whether it is the Imperial Executive Council or the Ministry of Army and Navy, they only need to perform their duties under the command of the emperor.

Of course, vying for favor is always inevitable, just like Qian Degong and others are waiting for the crown prince now.

"Your Majesty, rather than saying that Prime Minister Qian is trying to show favor to the Crown Prince, it's more like Prime Minister Qian and his people hope that the Crown Prince can learn more about the administration of the empire, not just the military."

Sun Hu said this, firstly because he had a very good relationship with Qian Degong, and another reason was... the prince was his son-in-law, and the prince had a private relationship with a civil servant, which was a taboo in the traditional Chinese royal family.

In fact, the same is true for personal relationships with military officers.

"You, are you starting to worry about your son-in-law? Don't worry, I only have one crown prince. It's only a matter of time before the crown prince takes power. I..."

How could Sun Hu's little thoughts be hidden from Emperor Zhu? After he exposed them directly, he added.

"Political affairs are a hindrance! When the Crown Prince becomes powerful, he will eventually have to govern the country!"

"Your Majesty, I am sorry to let you reveal my little thoughts."

"You...are pretending to be confused!"

While laughing, Emperor Zhu pointed his hand towards the top of a mountain not far away and said.

"Sun Qing's house, take a look, what do you think of it?"

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(End of this chapter)