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Chapter 151 - Military Intelligence Service

"What?" "Another place?" Zhao Zhe and Yue Fei were both shocked!

From the establishment of the Great Song Dynasty until now, the responsibilities of the Chinese Book Province s, Privy Council s, and the six tribes had been distinct. Wanting to establish another place outside of the Privy Council was a major move that would change the structure of the imperial government! Such an important action would usually be for the Emperor to discuss with the Prime Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister, the Privy Envoys and other important officials. It would definitely not be a discussion with the two generals! Because of this, both of them were extremely shocked!

"In order to deal with the urgent military affairs, I need to establish another office! This was just a temporary measure. It was just a temporary establishment of a yamen. It could not even be called a yamen. They could only find a few officials to discuss the military situation! "When the war ends in the future, this temporary measure will naturally be withdrawn by the yamen!" Zhao Chen said.

"So that's how it is!" Zhao Zhe, Yue Fei finally understood!

"All the officials in this branch are to be held by the officials of the other yamen!" "These officials are mainly responsible for the affairs of the yamen. They will only assist us in handling military affairs when the time comes!" Zhao Chen said.

"This general feels that this plan is feasible!" Zhao Zhe said.

Yue Fei also nodded.

"After this yamen is established, all the important military affairs at the border can be delivered directly to this yamen without needing to pass through the military headquarters or the Privy Council s! Once it is delivered to this yamen, we shall consult it within one day and shall come to a decision within one day! After that, our decision can be passed through this yamen and directly sent to the generals of the border. We don't need to pass through Privy Council or the army headquarters! This way, it will naturally save a lot of time, and will be beneficial to the handling of emergency military affairs! " Zhao Chen said.

"That's right!" Yue Fei nodded.

"Your Majesty, may I know the name of this yamen?" Zhao Zhe said.

"Since we are dealing with urgent military affairs and confidential matters, I think we can call it the Military Command!" Zhao Chen said.

"Military Intelligence?" This name was just right! "Your Majesty, how can we define an urgent military situation?" Zhao Zhe asked again.

"This will mainly depend on the border generals!" If the border general thinks the military information is important, he or she can send it to the Military Intelligence Department in a tight compromise! The Military Intelligence department does not have many organizations like the Privy Council, and only have a few important officials. They also do not have much danger of leaking information, so it's much faster to deal with this matter! " Zhao Chen said.

"This way, I can handle the military situation much faster!" Yue Fei nodded continuously at the side.

"Your Majesty, I wonder who will be able to enter the military base?" Zhao Zhe asked in a sensitive manner.

"As long as you are a loyal and capable official of the Chinese Book Province, Privy Council, or the six tribes, you can enter the Military Security! We still have to discuss the details of the selection with the ministers in the court! The main reason why I called you and Yue Fei here is to ask if this place is feasible! If you think that it's feasible, then I will discuss it with Li Gang, Wang Shu and the rest! " Zhao Chen said.

"Let's see if it works!"

"This lowly general also thinks that it's feasible!"

Zhao Zhe, Yue Fei all nodded, the rest of the officers also nodded, thus this matter was settled!

However, he did not know that Zhao Chen had an even more important reason to establish the Military Intelligence Office! If it wasn't someone from the future, they wouldn't have been able to guess his purpose!

The Imperial Guards had trained in the forest for a total of five days. On the third day, it had started raining heavily. However, the training of the Imperial Guards had not stopped!

On the fifth day, the rain had lessened, and only then did Expeditionary soldiers clean up and leave the vicinity of Qin Mountains!

They hurried through the rain, and on the twenty-sixth of July, they arrived at the Middle Han Area!

Here, Zhao Chen and Yue Fei entered the Hanzhong City and headed towards the Imperial Palace, while the rest of the Imperial Guards headed for the Southern Zheng!

The doors to the palace opened, and Zhao Chen and Yue Fei stepped forward!

The two of them hurried!

Their clothes had already been drenched by the rain, but the two of them didn't care!

At that moment, a person ran over!

He was tall and thin, upon seeing Zhao Chen he anxiously knelt down, and said: "This servant greets Your Majesty!"

Zhao Chen looked at him, and said: "Xiao Linzi, immediately inform Li Gang, Wang Shu, and have them come to see me!"

Lin Bao anxiously agreed, and ran out of the palace to inform Li Gang and Wang Shu.

Zhao Chen, Yue Fei, and the others hurried towards the Dry Clear Palace.

When he arrived at the entrance of the Dry Clear Palace, Zhao Chen couldn't help but look in the direction of the Kunning Palace!

He had not seen Zheyue Ru for over a month, but he actually missed him a little!

Even now, he still did not know what kind of emotion he had towards Zheyue Ru! Logically speaking, with Zheyue Ru being the daughter of an enemy, he should not have any feelings for her! Unfortunately, he was unable to control himself!

However, in just a moment, Zhao Chen had already turned his head and walked into the Dry Clear Palace!

Yue Fei also followed Zhao Chen into the Dry Clear Palace!

Someone, notify Kang An, bring him here! After arriving at the Dry Clear Palace, Zhao Chen spoke to another guard.

The guard quickly agreed!

After a quarter of an hour, Kang An had already arrived. He knelt on the ground and said: "Your Majesty!"

Zhao Chen said: "While you've been in Middle Han Area for more than a month, the order in Middle Han Area has been pretty good! Tomorrow, you will follow me to the Southern Zheng, and from now on, the Managed will train with the Imperial Guards! "

Kang An was startled, then said: "Your Majesty, after Managed has gone to the Southern Zheng, who will protect the Imperial Palace?"

Zhao Chen said: "We are not in the Imperial Palace, what else can we protect? "Leave one thousand people to guard this place!"

Kang An nodded and agreed!

After fifteen minutes, footsteps came from outside. Li Gang, Wang Shu, and Lin Bao entered the Imperial Palace together!

"Your Majesty!" Seeing Zhao Chen, Li Gang revealed a surprised smile!

"Quick, quickly, sit down! "I have something important to discuss when I return today!" Zhao Chen said.

"What is it?" After everyone sat down, Li Gang asked.

"I have decided to set up a military command post to deal with emergency military matters!" Zhao Chen said.

"Military Intelligence?" What is that? " Li Gang said in shock.

"Yue Fei, you tell them!" Zhao Chen said.

Yue Fei stood up and started to speak.

"Your Majesty, this military strategy is feasible!" After Yue Fei finished speaking, he nodded and said.

"In times of war, this is also an extremely good strategy! "If we don't do this and delay the military emergency and reveal the military secrets, that would be bad!" Zhao Chen said.

"His Majesty is right!" Li Gang nodded.

At this moment, Li Gang and Wang Shu both had the same thought as Zhao Zhe. In their eyes, Zhao Chen had become a military plane because he wanted to take over the Curved End! Of course, the establishment of the Military Intelligence Division could improve the efficiency in handling military affairs. It had its advantages!

In Li Gang's opinion, the Curved End was not one of Zhao Chen's trusted aides. Even if the Curved End came to the Hanzhong City, he still had a noble and prestigious reputation! Be it Zhao Zhe, Liu Qi, or even Wang Shu, they were all subordinates of the Curved End! The Curved End herself was also the Privy Envoys! This way, the Curved End still had the possibility of becoming the next Zhe Keqiu! Since that was the case, it would be best to set up a military headquarters to restrict Curved End's ambitions!

In Wang Shu's opinion, the Curved End was naturally not ambitious, but since the Emperor was worried about the Curved End, he had no other choice!

"The Military Administration can choose a few ministers who are loyal to us and enter!" "Besides, the minister of war must be an official of the capital. If an important military event were to happen to a foreign official, even if I wanted to discuss it with him, it would be too far away. There's no other way, do you think?" Zhao Chen said.

"His Majesty is right!" Li Gang nodded.

I think that's it, Li Aiqing, Wang Aiqing, Yue Aiqing, the three of you enter the military operations room first, help me deal with urgent military matters and confidential matters! "We'll have more candidates in the future!" Zhao Chen said.

"Yes sir!" The three of them agreed.

"It won't do for the military to only have us. We need some paperwork, and we need someone to record important things, don't you think?" Zhao Chen laughed.

Everyone nodded once again!

"I want to train my troops in Southern Zheng. I think this military command office should be set up in Southern Zheng! Teacher needs to take care of the country's affairs in the capital, Yue Fei needs to train his troops, Wang Shu, you will follow me to the Southern Zheng tomorrow, and I will leave the establishment of the yamen to you! " Zhao Chen said.

"Alright!" Wang Shu agreed!

After this matter had been discussed, Zhao Chen seemed to have completed a major task. With a face full of smiles, he said: "It's been a long time since we've had a good meal together with the soldiers! "Quickly get the imperial kitchens to prepare food, I will eat with you!"

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but laugh!

Li Gang said: "The Imperial Guards will receive every day, it's extremely hard, I think it can increase the salary, and every day you can also receive more food!"

Zhao Chen said: "This one must be accurate! This matter still has to be left to teacher! "

Li Gang quickly nodded his head and agreed!

Everyone discussed other national affairs for a while and only dispersed late into the night!

Outside, it was drizzling non-stop. Zhao Chen lied there and couldn't fall asleep!

After a while, he got up from the bed, put on his clothes and went to the window, as if he was thinking about something!

"The Military Intelligence, this was an organization that only appeared in the Qing Dynasty! I brought it to Song Dynasty, I don't know if it's good or bad! "

"They all thought that I was trying to take over the Curved End. Then they really underestimated me, and also underestimated the future Emperor Yong Zheng!"

"When Emperor Yong Zheng ascended the throne and became the Emperor, there were still the Eighth and Fourteenth Princes and other political parties present. Yong Zheng's authority was greatly restricted, so he established the Military Intelligence Office! On the surface, the Military Intelligence department was here to handle the war in the northwest. However, not long after, the Military Intelligence department became the highest authority in the entire Qing Dynasty. Whether it was the Cabinet or the other six divisions, they all became subsidiary bodies of the Military Intelligence department! "The Military Administration became the brain and decided everything. The remaining six departments only followed the orders given by the Military Administration!"

"The reason why I have been staying in Southern Zheng all this time, and have handed over all the matters of the imperial court to Li Gang and Wang Shu, is because I want to set up the military command center! Once the military command center was established,, Wang Shu and the others could control the entire imperial government, so it was nothing much. From today onwards, the entire imperial government would be a subsidiary body of the military command. The Military Administration was the highest authority of the country! Now that I have control over the military, naturally, I am not afraid of the fall of the monarchs! "

"Although Li Gang, Wang Shu, and Yue Fei have different official positions and statuses, in the Military Intelligence Department, they do not have any subordinate relationship, and all belong to me! The appointment and abolition of the minister of war is up to me! On the surface, the minister of war was dealing with military affairs, but he could also handle other matters in the name of military affairs! As time passed, regardless of whether it was the military or civil affairs, they could be dealt with as they pleased. No one was allowed to stop them! A major case could also be referred to the Military Department! I really admire Emperor Yong Zheng for coming up with such a brilliant idea, to be able to control the entire Qing Dynasty in one fell swoop! " Zhao Chen secretly thought.

The appearance of the Military Administration was a sign that the monarchy in ancient China had reached its peak! In the Qing Dynasty, once the Military Intelligence department appeared, it would immediately replace the Cabinet and the six tribes as the ruling core of the Qing Dynasty! On the surface, the excuse was that it was used to handle urgent military matters and confidential matters. But very quickly, it would become the core organization to handle all military and civil affairs. At that time, whether it was the Chinese Book Province s, Privy Council s or the six departments, they would all become the enforcement agencies of the Military Department! Through the military operation, Zhao Chen could achieve the ultimate monarch power of Qian Gang and reach the level of Emperor Yong Zheng!

There were no special officials in the Military Affairs Bureau. The Military Department only had the Minister of War as well as the Minister of State, Zhao Chen could order him to leave the Military Affairs Office at any time and return to his yamen! Minister of war had no rank, no salary! There was no regulation on the appointment of a Grand Marshal, it was entirely Zhao Chen's personal will! The responsibilities of the Military Officer didn't have any regulations to follow, everything was handed down by Zhao Chen at the last minute, the Military Officer only had to follow orders! Which is to say, that in the future, all of the major matters of the nation will be decided with a single word from Zhao Chen, and no one can stop him!

In the past, the Great Song Dynasty might still have some monarch powers to advise against Zhao Chen, but once the Military Intelligence Division was established, that kind of thing would never happen again, and no one would be able to challenge Zhao Chen!

"Forget it, there are some methods that are forced in this chaotic world! This military operation is very beneficial to increase the efficiency in handling political affairs. In the future, I will have to do a lot of 'shocking' things and wield absolute power! Sleep well today, and go to the army tomorrow! I will train a strong soldier in half a year to a year! Time is of the essence, he had to recuperate Guan Shan as soon as possible! Of course, I still have to take care of the matters of the Curved End before taking him back! If the Curved End does not handle it well, the internal affairs will not be stable! Curved End, will he really come to Middle Han Area? " Zhao Chen thought for a long time before finally lying down to rest.