Chapter 1310: Another Advance in Constitutionalism? Ask for a commuter pass
Hearing Zhu Guoxiong's words, Pan Zuyin and Zhao Liewen were stunned. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info~~~~ The right to command is the power of the army, and it is the most deadly gun. Since the restoration of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Jishi has firmly grasped the gun in his hand and established the Generalissimo's Office to make it parallel to the cabinet. He also personally served as the generalissimo and served as the supreme commander of the Ming army. The affairs of the Generalissimo's Palace, even the Prime Minister of the Cabinet has no right to intervene! Even after the Ming Dynasty began to implement the responsible cabinet system, the power of the cabinet did not involve military power, and the so-called responsible cabinet could only be responsible for civil affairs and construction, and could not manage the army.
"Your Highness, the emperor wants to temporarily let the cabinet cooperate with ......the Generalissimo's Mansion," Pan Zuyin asked cautiously. Although he is the leader of the majority party in parliament and is the prime minister of the ballot box, he still has to be careful when it comes to military power. The Ming Empire is now a constitutional monarchy, but the monarch has great power, not the "hypocrisy" of the British (in fact, the power is still very large).
Seeing Pan Zuyin's face, Zhu Guoxiong knew his thoughts, and Zhu Jishi had repeatedly discussed this issue with Zhu Guoxiong. The right to command the army belongs to the monarch in legal theory, as is the case in any monarchy. However, there are different opinions on whether or not to let the cabinet act on their behalf. For example, Britain has the Cabinet acting on its behalf, and the Cabinet includes 6 military departments and navy departments, and the ministers of the 6 navies are politicians. In fact, this is the Cabinet of Responsibilities in the true sense of the word, and the Cabinet is fully responsible for governing the country. The king can run smoothly even if he cares about the slightest thing. The commander-in-chief of France, Germany, and the Holy Roman Empire was firmly in the hands of the emperor,6 and the naval ministers were all military men, generally appointed by the emperor. The cabinet minister is nominally their boss. In fact, I don't care about them. But it's not that it's out of control. The allocation and use of military budgets is still the responsibility of the civilian government and the parliament. The current Ming Emperor's control of military power is even greater than that of Fadeo, and the Generalissimo's Office is parallel to the cabinet, and it is completely impossible to intervene in the military, unless the emperor otherwise wills.
Therefore, the constitutionalism and responsible cabinet of the Ming Dynasty are still in a very primitive stage. But the pace of this thing really can't be too fast, otherwise it's easy to cheat. And now, Emperor Zhu has reached the age of "Ben Liu", and has been in charge of national politics for nearly 3o years, and his authority is unparalleled. Moreover, the system of the army is already very strict -- the system of the 6th Army of the Ming Dynasty has been learned from France from the very beginning, and its core is not tactics and equipment, but personnel and organization. No matter what you do, the human factor always comes first.
The same is true of a modern army, the core of which is the training of officers and the institutionalization of personnel appointments and dismissals. Only by solving these two difficult problems can we avoid the militarization of the army and at the same time maintain its combat effectiveness. The so-called warlordization is actually based on the dependence of a junior officer on the life of a superior officer. China has not solved this problem since ancient times, and in the end it can only use "literature and military force" to weaken the army...... Combined with the "weak people in the imperial examination" and raising the prince as a pig to weaken the imperial family, the weakening of many feudal dynasties in ancient China actually began with continuous self-weakening!
And in Europe, where there are many small countries and fierce struggles between them. Self-weakened countries have long since perished. Those who can survive are countries that are constantly striving for self-improvement. Naturally, they have already exhibited a set of both powerful countries. It can also bind the system of all parties. This includes, of course, the management of the army and the training of officers...... Of course, this system is not 100% insured and effective.
In short, the current method of controlling the army of the Zhu Ming Dynasty is to start with personnel, and the military academies will use standardized training and education to train officers of comparable quality, and then use a complete set of methods that are operable, easy to supervise, and relatively fair to manage the promotion of officers in peacetime -- to put it bluntly, it is "four examinations for life" plus "seniority based on seniority." The scores of officers in the entrance and graduation examinations of the 6th Army (Navy) Military Academy and the 6th Army (Navy) University, as well as their qualifications, are the most important basis for promotion in peacetime. There are even strict rules on how long an officer can serve in what position, and there is basically no time for officers to develop their own power.
Of course, the unspoken rules of spelling dad still exist...... For example, Zhu Guoguang, the son of Zhu Jishi and Su Yuniang, was the one who was originally scheduled to be the king of Alaska, but he gave up the throne that seemed to have no future because he wanted to join the army (Alaska is indeed a little poorer now), and now he is only 24 years old and has already been admitted to the Naval University, which is the fastest among all the graduates of the Royal Naval Academy in the same period. If nothing else, there will always be a chief of the general staff of the Navy and a naval secretary who can be the chief of the general staff of the Navy in the future, and maybe he can also be appointed commander.
However, the possibility that he, the marshal of the imperial navy, wanted to establish enough subversive forces in the navy was almost zero. Because the officers of the entire navy are educated and promoted according to the system, they do not depend on a certain royal general to have a future. Such a system can be said to eliminate the possibility of warlords to the greatest extent, and at the same time save the officers from the suspicion of the court and the emperor. However, there will be gains and losses, and there is also a problem with this system, which is that it is easy to lead to the nationalization of the armed forces. In particular, the current Ming Dynasty has also implemented a compulsory military service system and a national mobilization system. At present, there is a strict system for the training and promotion of professional soldiers, while soldiers are compulsory soldiers like flowing water, and when they really want to fight hard, they rely on the number of mobilized soldiers to fight, and in order to ensure the quality and morale of the mobilized soldiers, they have to cultivate the military quality of the people through compulsory education and establish their sense of citizenship.
In addition, due to the collective farm system of "all the people are soldiers" implemented at the beginning of the border areas, the continuous laxity of gun management was caused, and in the 25th year of the liberation, the "Ming Firearms and Ammunition Management Law" was simply promulgated, recognizing the citizens of the mainland (all are Ming citizens, how can there be a distinction between high and low?). and border citizens have the same right to bear arms......
Speaking of which, the matter of system building is also closely linked to one link, or don't start, or you will be pushed forward step by step by the situation at the beginning. Our Emperor Zhu was afraid of becoming a warlord and refused to use the method of self-harm with weak soldiers, so he introduced the Western method of institutionalizing the training of officers to manage the army. At the same time, in order to weaken the authority of the gentry and facilitate the development of capitalism, Western constitutionalism was introduced, a constitution was enacted, a parliament was opened, and taxes were used as voting restrictions. In the process of gradually weakening the authority of the gentry, the authority of the parliament was not expanded, and as a result, the representative system and the responsible cabinet system were formed.
Now, in order to facilitate the command of the war, Zhu Jishi has made clever preparations to merge the Generalissimo's Office and the Cabinet to create a wartime cabinet with a certain commanding power. And his crown prince Zhu Guoxiong, who studied law, actually thought that this method was very good, and it could give him, the crown prince who participated in court politics, more power...... It seems that some things really can't be started!
Seeing that Pan Zuyin had no opinions, and did not know that the nationalization of the army, a system that had been proved to be extremely wrong in later generations, had crawled out of the "magic box", Zhu Guoxiong nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Since Pan Xiang has no opinions, then let's find an opportunity to discuss the composition of the coalition government with the leaders of the Donglin Party." By the way, the 6 Admiralty Shangshu still has to be appointed by the emperor. The emperor wanted Shi Dakai to be the secretary of the 6th Military Department, and Xue Dingyue was the secretary of the Admiralty. Now it is just a dictation, and a formal decree will be given later. ”
At this time, Pan Zuyin did not have the intention of letting the cabinet "usurp" military power, and of course he would not express any significance to the emperor's appointment of professional soldiers to serve as the secretary of the 6 Admiralty. He stood up and bowed slightly: "Minister's order." ”
Zhu Guoxiong stood up and patted Pan Zuyin on the shoulder: "Well, that's fine." I'll still talk to the Donglin Party. The emperor will also summon Mr. Zuo and Li Hongzhang, there should be no problem. At present, this war is a matter of national survival, and it is necessary to concentrate manpower, material and financial resources, unite the government and the opposition, and work with one heart. If we can win, then we, the yellow peoples of East Asia, will be able to compete with their white people all over the world in the future. And I, Daming, may become the leader of the world! (To be continued!)