Chapter 721: Separation of Military and Police
In Emperor Chongzhen's own heart, it is not necessary to kill these Mu Su barbarians.
First of all, this is basically impossible.
Because in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, on the land of China, in many places in the southeast, northwest, and northwest, there were Musuman settlements.
At this point, the statement that has been revisited all over the world is no longer just a statement, but a fait accompli.
Secondly, since the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, there have been many Hui generals who have made great contributions, and these people have considerable power in both the court and the locality.
Even in Emperor Chongzhen's own court today, there are many naturalized and attached Hui officials, such as the Ma family and the Hei family, who have been generals for generations.
These people are officials in peace and stability, respectfully and respectfully as courtiers of the Ming Dynasty, and they can't be cleaned up together just because he is from Mu Suman.
Some people say that Hui Hui or Ur are both born with a wood speed barbarian, but this is actually not true.
Originally a slave to the Mongols, they were Buddhists.
It was only in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries that it was infiltrated by the Great Food Sect.
A person becoming a wood speedman is the influence of the acquired environment and the acquired choice.
This can actually be changed.
But to change, the first thing to do is to change the environment in which they live.
By the time of the Ming Dynasty, although it was a little late to change, it was not without opportunities.
Of course, if you can't change them, then you have to change the environment in which they live and live, because those lands are the inherent territory of China.
Those who did not abide by Chinese customs, civilization and laws had no choice but to ask them to leave.
Therefore, only those who have rebelled in large numbers of Musu barbarians all over the northwest, as the emperor, can openly and honestly suppress the rebellion, which is a reason and means that no one can question, as quickly sinicized the hinterland of the northwest as possible, and at the same time does not have to cause a strong backlash from the civil and military officials who returned to their origins in the court.
As the saying goes, "those who belong to me will always be at peace with China, and those who turn their backs on me will run outside the plug".
The attitude of Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang is the attitude of Emperor Chongzhen today.
Those who live in China, practice Chinese etiquette, and are willing to be subjects of China will naturally be regarded as one with China.
Otherwise, it's going to go anywhere.
As for those who are neither willing to accept Chinese culture nor leave the land of China, then there is only one way to go.
This road is called Huangquan Road.
Since Emperor Chongzhen has made up his mind like this, he is no longer so worried about the chaos in the trilateral land.
So, under the pressure of public opinion between the government and the opposition, Yuan Chonghuan continued to let Yuan Chonghuan stay in office as the governor of the three sides.
At the same time, he also accepted Yuan Chonghuan's suggestion to let Zhou Yuji, who was nominally the deputy chief soldier of the Shenji Battalion in Beijing but in fact had been in the northwest all the time and had never returned to Beijing, to take the position of acting chief military officer of Yang Qi Dingyu Town.
As for the question of the mutiny and civil unrest in the upper part of the trilateral governorate's jurisdiction, apart from a few principled demands put forward to Yuan Chonghuan, everything continued to be handled by Yuan Chonghuan himself.
He believed that Yuan Chonghuan, who had always been arrogant, would not be merciful in dealing with the Musuman mutiny and the civil unrest on the three sides this time.
However, while sending people to the northwest to send a decree to Yuan Chonghuan to stay in office to deal with the aftermath, Emperor Chongzhen also sent a secret decree to Hong Chengchou, the governor of Shaanxi, and Sun Chuanting, the governor of Yansui, by the way, drawing a bottom line for them.
That is, let them concentrate heavy troops, strictly guard against the line of the Yellow River and Tongguan, and never allow the thieves who have fled back to northern Shaanxi, as well as the rebellion in Taomin, Guyuan and other places, to spread to the hinterland of the Central Plains through Shaanxi.
By the time Emperor Chongzhen quickly set a tone for the military and political affairs of the trilateral region of Shaanxi, the time had entered the last few days of December.
Whether it is in the Forbidden City, or inside and outside the Beijing Division, it is full of joy.
The cold wind from the grassland in Saibei, no matter how cold and biting it is, cannot blow out the enthusiasm of the people for the New Year.
At the end of October, there was a panic in the capital about the invasion of the northern captives, as if it had never happened.
Those who worked hard in it also put down their men at this time and packed up to prepare for the New Year.
The students in the Guozi Prison had already taken a vacation, and those who lived in Beijing returned home early and went to eat, drink and have fun all day, and those who were not in Beijing hired carriages and horses to hurry back to their hometowns.
The common people inside and outside the capital are also busy rushing to the temple fair, preparing for the New Year, and selecting all kinds of fresh gadgets that are said to come from overseas countries.
The streets and alleys are full of steaming and red-hot fire.
"Since the opening of the sea, there have been more and more new things on the market in this Jingshi! Boss Yan, do you still see this pair of dioramas? My brother couldn't go home for the New Year, so my brother scraped together a little money and bought an object for my brother, so as not to get a vacation in a few days, and my sister-in-law wouldn't let me enter the house! ”
When a bearded middle-aged man finished speaking, a group of people behind him came up, laughing and joking while looking at the large mirror placed in front of the store.
The man who spoke, known as Dong Da, was a deputy commander of the Terracotta Division.
And the boss Yan in his mouth is Yan Yingyuan.
Every year when the year is approaching, the major yamen of the Beijing division have to seal Xiu Mu, but there is only one yamen, often at this time, it is the busiest time of the year.
This yamen is the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Command Division of the Beijing Division, which is more often referred to as the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division.
On the afternoon of the 23rd day of the lunar month, Yan Yingyuan, the commander of the Nancheng Soldiers and Horses, was dressed in civilian clothes, accompanied by several deputy commanders, and inspected the large block he was responsible for in a private manner.
Before Yan Yingyuan went to take the martial arts exam, he was originally the head of the fast catching team in the Yali of Tongzhou County, and this is also a family heirloom position and craft, so he is very familiar with all kinds of characters of the three sects and nine streams in the realm of the Jingshi.
After Yan Yingren was admitted to the martial arts champion, he was trained in the martial arts hall for three months, and then he ascended to the sky and came to the side of His Majesty the Emperor as the military attache of the imperial attendant.
For Yan Yingyuan, the head of the county government who was born in a family of generations of officials, this series of experiences is simply incredible, not to mention his mother, relatives and friends, even he himself never even dreamed that he would have such a life experience.
However, compared to being on duty in the Forbidden City every day with trepidation, he prefers the city life full of fireworks in front of him.
So when Emperor Chongzhen called him in, asked for his opinion, and asked him if he would like to leave the imperial chamberlain and serve in the Wucheng Terracotta Division, he agreed without hesitation.
Every day in the Forbidden City, he guards the emperor's left and right, follows the emperor to the court, follows the emperor to meet ministers, and so on, although his status is high, the salary is good, and the work is leisurely, but it is not the place where he Yan Yingyuan repays the emperor's kindness.
At this time, after listening to the words of the deputy commander under his command, Yan Yingyuan replied with a smile: "You Dong Da! On the day the brother first came to Nancheng, he repeatedly ordered that the officials of the patrol battalion were not allowed to accept the property of their subordinates, and those who violated the order were given 15 canes and 15 fines! Are you tempting Lao Tzu to break the rules he has set? ”
"Ahhh Where do you dare to break Boss Yan's rules! This is a little bit of affection from the brothers to Boss Yan! Ahh This is a little bit of affection from the brothers to the sister-in-law of the old Yan family! ”
The deputy commander called Dong Da listened to Yan Yingyuan's words, and hurriedly said such a thing, causing the other colleagues beside him to laugh again.
"Deputy Commander Dong, as soon as you say this, Boss Yan can't even ask for it! What do you think about the sister-in-law of the old Yan family! ”
When Dong Da heard this, he turned his head and chased after a few people behind him, and slapped him a few times, and said while beating: "You bastards, is that what Lao Tzu means?!" Aren't we all negotiating? ”
The others hid and laughed.
For these old brothers who were personally transferred from the Yali of Tongzhou County to the Nancheng Soldiers and Horses Division to form a patrol battalion, Yan Yingyuan has been friends with them for many years, knows each other well, and knows that these people want to thank him.
Yan Yingyuan went to the Nancheng Terracotta Division among the Five Cities Terracotta Division, of course, it was not a general accumulation of resumes, but a task assigned by the emperor.
Just as Emperor Chongzhen let Nan Juyi serve as the governor of Zhili, and then took the lead in carrying out the pilot tax reform in Beizhili, Emperor Chongzhen asked Yan Yingyuan, a Wu Zhuangyuan from the head of the Tongzhou County Ya Capture Fast Team, to go to Nancheng Soldiers and Horses as a commander, and he also had his ideas.
The Ming Dynasty did not have an independent police system and police system, and was basically in a state of no separation between the military and the police.
Special agencies such as Jinyiwei and Dongchang are responsible for the functions of secret police in disguise, but their targets are mainly civil and military officials, and they have little to do with ordinary people, and they are only responsible for the emperor's security, not public security.
In particular, the Jinyi Guard is completely the establishment and composition of the army, and although it is responsible for part of the functions of the police, it is a serious lack of distinction between the military and the police.
Therefore, the army of the Ming Dynasty undertook too many tasks, in addition to being ordered to go out to fight or resist foreign invasions, they were also responsible for suppressing local rebellions, maintaining local law and order, and even setting fires and flooding floods.
The recruited battalion soldiers are better to say, they have military salaries, money and food, and they do not need to cultivate farmland in peacetime, while those guards have more functions, in addition to all the functions that the army should undertake, they also have to cultivate the farmland of the guard post to support themselves and their families.
He even had to cultivate the grange of the officials of the guard, and became a tenant farmer or serf of the officials of the guard.
As a result, many public affairs in society, such as building bridges and paving roads, fire and flood control, sanitation and epidemic prevention, arrest and theft prevention, etc., do not have a special team or special force to deal with them.