Zhao Jun said in a deep voice, "Let the Three Yamen become completely useless. This way, the Privy Council and the Ministry of War will maintain checks and balances. Although military power will be handed over to the generals, logistics, dispatching troops, commanding, rewards and punishments, and so on will all be in the hands of the emperor and the civil officials. This will achieve the unique Song Dynasty tradition of civil officials restraining military generals."
"In addition to this, we will also establish a military police force. This force will belong only to the Constitutional Council and the Emperor. The military police will be stationed alongside the troops, but will also be independent. Their commanders will be of the same rank as the commanders of their own troops, ensuring mutual checks and balances."
"From now on, all matters concerning soldier discipline, training, rewards and punishments, and promotions will be recorded by the military police and reported to their superiors. They will no longer be under the jurisdiction of the Three Yamen."
"In this way, we can completely neutralize the Three Yamen and force them to beg us!"
At the end, Zhao Jun spoke forcefully, "I'm not suppressing the military, but rather reforming the military system step by step. The same is true for modern armies, with multiple oversights and jurisdictions to prevent mutinies. Especially in the age of firearms, the proliferation of firearms could have serious consequences, so institutional changes must always be kept pace."
"Hmm"
Zhao Zhen thought about it and felt that this really didn't seem to have any effect on him.
The military power is still in his hands.
He just transferred the powers of the three yamen to the Ministry of War, and added a direct-affiliated gendarmerie unit. Anyway, he had no feelings for those generals and nobles, so why should he refuse?
Of course, Lu Yijian and others would not object. It was a traditional skill of the Song Dynasty for civil officials to restrain military generals. If this matter were to get out, given the civil service group's nature of constantly suppressing emerging generals such as Wang Deyong, Di Qing, and Yue Fei, they would probably be overjoyed.
So everyone looked at each other and felt that there was nothing wrong.
"In that case, that's it."
Zhao Jun set the rules.
At that moment, everyone discussed the details and then talked about some other national affairs.
The meeting will be adjourned in the evening when it is almost dark.
Zhao Jun and Fan Zhongyan walked out of the house and walked along the palace road towards the outside of the palace.
“I always feel that this matter is not that simple.”
As they walked, Fan Zhongyan said, "If it's just a matter of taking up vacancies, since Taizu allowed it, the court can't blame them. Why would they refuse? I'm afraid there's something else going on."
"Let's assume the worst. I'm guessing there's all sorts of bad stuff going on, like reselling weapons, shoddy production, or even showing off in the military."
Zhao Jun raised his head and looked at the sky, and said in a deep voice: "Choose good people and check them."
Get to the bottom of it.
He wanted to see what the military nobles were up to.
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