Heavy snow gradually fell outside Anmin Factory.

The Wei Dynasty thoughtfully stepped forward and presented cloaks to the emperor and the Minister of Rites.

Then he handed the snow umbrella to Zheng Zongxue, a member of Zhongshushe, and then slowly retreated.

The little emperor opened Zheng Zongxue's umbrella, reached out to catch a snowflake with the back of his hand, and wiped it away.

Ma Ziqiang still lowered his head and thought about what the emperor had just said, and remained silent.

All of a sudden, all the snowflakes fell on Ma Ziqiang's shoulders.

Both the monarch and his ministers were thinking about the topic that the emperor had just raised.

There are many examples of military ministers participating in court discussions.

More recently, during the Gengxu Incident, Emperor Sejong was seriously ill and sought medical treatment. Not to mention the military officials and generals, even the people who fled were called to the court for questioning.

But when Zhu Yijun asked this question, he naturally did not ask Gu Huan to go to the palace for questioning.

Rather, it is necessary to give the governor of the capital the status of a position where he can participate in government affairs.

What is the Tingyi? The Tingyi is the core meeting of the central government to participate in and discuss government affairs!

The six ministries currently participating in the imperial meeting, including the Ducha Yuan, Dali Temple, General Affairs Department, Guanglu Temple, Taipu Temple, Hanlin Academy, Imperial College, and Liu Ke, are the core officials of the Ming Dynasty today.

Lin Lin gathered together, there were about thirty people.

How many warriors are there among them?

Of course there is none.

Controlling military force with culture has been the national policy since Hongwu.

This is the spontaneous evolution of the system in pursuit of stability, which is understandable and inevitable.

But the problem is that participation in political power is the most basic right.

If certain classes do not have even a hint of political participation, their status will gradually decline, no matter how noble the status claimed.

This is what today's military attachés are like.

Even if you are a commander-in-chief, you can only be a "stooge" in front of civil servants - "A military man who is a great commander-in-chief will pay homage to civil servants. Even if his rank is extremely high, he will still be in military service... he will go to court to worship, and his status will be

He calls himself a running dog and retreats to fight with his servants."

This is a private visit, and it would be even worse if it were a business trip to the Ministry of War.

As the saying goes, "When the general military officer receives the edict from the Ministry of War, he bows his head. If asked, he bows with a long bow, which is said to be non-physical."

It is not appropriate to just bow your head, you have to kowtow respectfully!

This is true for the commanders, ministers and soldiers, let alone the officers and soldiers of the guard, "even if they are alive, they can be used".

By accumulating slights and accumulating weakness, all the soldiers in the world will be unable to defend themselves in battle.

If things go on like this, they really have no fighting ability!

You can't use culture to suppress force like this.

Politically, it is properly tilted, not allowed to join the cabinet, institutionally it is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, and the official position is built in the camp and guard. These are all fine, and even if there are flaws, they can be gradually optimized.

But professional matters must be done professionally, and at the same time, they must be given normal powers within their scope of authority.

Participation in military matters must be given to others!

Since Wang Chonggu now intends to raise troops against the Tatars.

So we should take advantage of this opportunity to see if we can vacate a position for the governor of the capital camp among the more than thirty seats in the court.

Of course, in addition to elevating the status of military ministers.

A more practical use is that although the military ministers accept the dual leadership of the emperor and the Ministry of War, the court council is directly responsible to the emperor!

Once the military ministers enter the court meeting, the emperor can directly bypass the Ministry of War and command the Beijing camp in terms of procedures!

This is a major change in the system.

Finding a basis in etiquette and law is an insurmountable first step.

Ma Ziqiang also has a clear mind about this.

The emperor has done a lot of things in the capital this year.

First, Gu Huan, an old boss of the Beijing camp with rich military experience, was appointed as the governor-compared to Zhang Wubo, this man almost relied on his personal prestige in the army to command the soldiers and was not subject to the control of the Ministry of War.

Then, by sorting out the silver taels brought back from the Yanzheng Administration, they reissued the salary to the soldiers in the Beijing camp - more than 600,000 taels were used out of the 100,000 soldiers!

After that, the position of Minister of War to assist in military affairs became vacant, and Wang Chonggu was pushed into the cabinet to take charge of rotational garrison training in the Beijing camp.

Now he is even more nakedly standing up for the warriors and wants to push Gu Huan to the court.

It was precisely because Ma Ziqiang understood that he was even more hesitant.

This kind of thing is so embarrassing!

The snow fell harder and harder, and soon the ground was covered with a thin layer.

The emperor walked leisurely and walked under the eaves.

Ma Ziqiang followed the emperor and avoided the snow together.

After the two stood still, Ma Ziqiang finally couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, I know very well that Your Majesty has a great heart for the world and is kind to both civil and military officials."

"But... there are specialties in the arts, and the court affairs involve promotion, wealth, etiquette, major work, and punishment. Military ministers may not be qualified for it."

This is a temptation.

Purely professional matters are all discussed by the ministry, and those discussed at the court are all overlapping matters between ministries and yamen.

The Ministry of War has never seen anyone who is not an examiner involved in the examination.

The only one who really wants to interfere in so many things is the cabinet!

Ma Ziqiang was more worried about the emperor's attitude between civil and military affairs, especially when Emperor Wuzong was like Emperor Wuzong, who allowed military ministers to influence major political affairs.

Zhu Yijun shook his wrist and put his cold hands into his sleeves: "Da Zongbo's words are reasonable and he specializes in his art."

"The military ministers are only allowed to participate in military affairs during court discussions. Except for major battles, promotion and demotion of headquarters, and other matters such as salary and silver, there is no need to attend the court."

This is a promise to Ma Ziqiang, and it is also a statement.

Whether you can attend the central meeting or not is a huge difference, and being able to participate in military discussions is an even bigger improvement.

Of course, if you think about it then, someone from the military will call Gu Huan to the court meeting.

Hearing this, Ma Ziqiang felt slightly relieved.

Still a little hesitant though.

He asked cautiously: "If that's the case, it would overlap with the powers of the Ministry of War."

Don't look at the fact that Jingying is nominally under the jurisdiction of the governor.

But in fact, there are many parties involved.

The Minister of the Ministry of War assists in military affairs, the Minister of Inspection inspects the nine sides of the capital camp, the censor of the right capital supervises the capital camp, and even when the minister of science and education inspects, he speaks better than the governor.

Now the emperor obviously intends to return the actual control of the Beijing camp to the governor.

If Wu Chen wants to eat at the table, there will definitely be many people scolding his mother.

But Zhu Yijun naturally thought about Ma Ziqiang's words.

Otherwise, he would not have asked Ma Ziqiang first if he had any etiquette support.

Zhu Yijun showed a hint of impatience: "Everyone should perform their duties."

"Uncle Da Zong, you might as well tell me first if there are any obstacles in the etiquette system?"

Regarding etiquette, in fact, any person from Zhongshushe can come up with a lot of established examples.

But plans are plans, and what is more important is the attitude of Ma Ziqiang and the Ministry of Rites - what Zhu Yijun wants now is an attitude.

Ma Ziqiang saw a hint of impatience on the emperor's face and knew that he needed to make a decision.

He quickly went through the history of the Beijing Camp, the personnel of the Ministry of War, and the emperor's words just now in his mind.

After a while.

Ma Ziqiang gritted his teeth and bowed down: "Your Majesty, this matter has its own precedent."

"At the beginning of the dynasty, there were many military ministers who also held central civil posts and participated in major national affairs."

"Tang He and Deng Yu also served as imperial censors. Li Shanchang, the Duke of South Korea, and Li Wenzhong, the Duke of Cao, jointly discussed important military and state affairs, and were in charge of Zhongshu Sheng and Yushitai."

"If those categories are special cases, then there is still the old system of Hongwu three years. When all ministers were awarded titles, they were all added to participate in military and state affairs, and they were both aware of military and state affairs. They also participated in military and state affairs."

"This is the law established by our ancestors."

After Ma Ziqiang finished speaking, he exhaled a breath of turbid air, which was extremely eye-catching on a cold winter day.

Zhu Yijun looked at Ma Ziqiang with relief and smiled.

He brushed away the snowflakes that had not yet melted from Ma Ziqiang's shoulders, helped him up, and praised him: "Dazong Boguo is a well-educated man, and he has all the etiquette and laws in his chest."
To be continued...