Whoever controls the power to approve military merits controls the power to appoint personnel.
This was previously the responsibility of the Ministry of War and the Cabinet. Now, His Majesty clearly wants to transfer this power to the General Staff, and this is just the beginning.
The second thing is wealth. Everyone knows that money is the boss. This is true both in the court and among the people. When money is involved, power is involved.
If the General Staff Office takes away personnel management, the next step will definitely be finance. To put it bluntly, it means how much money to spend on which military unit.
The cabinet now has the final say on this matter. The cabinet communicates with the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War. They decide how much silver and equipment to send to which place.
Once these things are transferred to the General Staff Office, it means that the General Staff Office has obtained personnel and financial power, and the Ming Dynasty's army will be completely under the control of the General Staff Office.
If the military's power of review is further separated, officers who have committed crimes will not be able to be tried by local authorities, but will be directly handed over to the Military Discipline Department under the General Staff Office. Then the military will be completely separated from the Cabinet and the Ministry of War and transferred to the General Staff Office.
If that situation really happened, the status of the military would definitely be elevated. Since the military is not subject to civilian control, they naturally don't need to give face to civilians, and this will always be the case.
It would be impossible for civilian officials to suppress the military again.
Only then was the General Staff Office established.
Ever since arriving at the General Staff Office, Yuan Keli has been thinking about this matter.
His Majesty's transfer of civil officials to the General Staff Office made Yuan Keli realize something else: His Majesty was deliberately blurring the lines between civil and military officials. To put it bluntly, he wanted simple people.
If you work for the military, you belong to the military; if you work for the civil service, you belong to the civil service. Yuan Keli could see through these things, and I believe others could see through them as well.
There are always smart people in the court. Even if they are slow to react, they should be able to react after the military merit is made public.
And within the General Staff Office, there was probably nothing that could stop this. Even Yuan Keli, a member of the General Staff Office, did not dare to object.
If Yuan Keli objects, he will have no place in the General Staff Office and will probably be marginalized.
The reason is very simple. The General Staff Office as a whole is trying to gain power, but you are opposing it. What are you thinking?
Aren't you and the General Staff on the same page?
You and the General Staff are not on the same page. Do you think the people in the General Staff will accept you?
Therefore, there was no need for Your Majesty to consult with the General Staff on this matter. No one in the General Staff would object to this matter. Even Yuan Keli would not be able to object at all.
Yuan Keli then said, "Your Majesty, I think this strategy is feasible."
Zhu Youxiao saw Zhang Weixian and the others, nodded with satisfaction and said, "Since you, my dear ministers, think it's feasible, then please come up with a charter and carefully review the titles of our Ming Dynasty."
"Your Majesty, this confirmation of the title..." Zhang Weixian said hesitantly.
"Yes, the titles will be confirmed." Zhu Youxiao nodded and said, "The five ranks of nobility, duke, marquis, earl, viscount, and baron, will not change. However, within each rank, there will also need to be corresponding levels."
"For example, dukes can be divided into county dukes, county dukes, and state dukes; barons can also be divided into county barons, county barons, and state barons."
After hearing this, the expressions on Zhang Weixian and others' faces became serious.
This is not simply creating a new title. Your Majesty is going to take action against the nobles in the court.
If the titles are redefined, there's a chance of promotion or demotion. Even if the rank doesn't degrade, there might be a reclassification within the rank. If you're currently an earl, and then you're reduced to a lower baron, would you tolerate that?
After being classified as a lower-ranking officer, don’t you want to be promoted?
Your Majesty wants to restore the military merit system and completely overthrow the title of Emperor Taizu.
Emperor Taizu suppressed the title very severely in the past, and now Your Majesty has brought it out again.
"Your Majesty, I feel that it is not appropriate to use the terms country, county, or prefecture in addition to duke." Zhang Weixian said after thinking about it.
After hearing what Zhang Weixian said, Yuan Keli turned his head and looked over with a wonderful expression on his face.
He didn't expect Zhang Weixian to be so unscrupulous.
After His Majesty brought up this matter, Zhang Weixian didn't even have the intention to object, but started to offer suggestions directly?
Obviously, this is to skip the argumentation stage and go straight to implementation.
Yuan Keli also understood that with Zhang Weixian's current identity and status, it would be impossible for the Duke of Ying to touch the Mansion.
Whether in terms of strength or character, Zhang Weixian is a top student, and His Majesty relies heavily on him. Even if the titles are redistributed, Zhang Weixian's family will definitely still be a Duke.
Under such circumstances, Zhang Weixian would naturally agree. However, for other nobles, this might not be good news.
Isn’t Zhang Weixian afraid of offending people?
He is so shameless and has no bottom line.
Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhang Weixian and nodded with satisfaction. This was exactly the kind of minister he wanted.
After being in contact with me for such a long time, if he can't even understand my thoughts, then I can't use such a person.
Zhang Weixian had obviously figured out what he was thinking and knew what to do.
"Oh? What does the Duke of England think?" Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhang Weixian and said with a smile.
"Why not just have the lower man, the middle man, and the upper man." Zhang Weixian said after thinking for a while.
After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao frowned.
The title is not the key point. The title of the nobility actually corresponds to the fiefdom. However, after so many years, the fiefdom has become obsolete, so it has basically become just a title.
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