Chapter 155: Adjustments

That night, Zhao Hao summoned Zhao Mengjin, Liu Zhu, Huang Xianyao, and Liu Zhixue. First of all, they were consulted on the matter of Jiang Xuan's 'departure,' and they thought that although Jiang Xuan could not betray the marshal's mansion, his unauthorized transfer of troops was suspected of meddling in military affairs and showing signs of winning over the rear army.

Because the rear army was composed of volunteers and brave soldiers allocated by the imperial court, in order to strengthen their combat effectiveness at that time, most of the forbidden army in front of the palace was transferred to its department as middle and low-level officers, so it was the weakest part of the marshal's control over it. Jiang Xuan had commanded the army for many years, and had led volunteers to fight against the enemy in Guangdong, so he knew their needs and psychology very well; In addition, the forbidden army in front of the palace is basically composed of Jiang's disciples, and it will be very easy for them to take the rear army for their own use.

Zhao Yu knew that the army was the foundation of his foothold in this world, so he had to take it into his own hands, and he could not hand over military power to others for any reason, and Jiang Xuan's move, regardless of whether or not he attempted to meddle in military affairs, touched his backlash and was something he could not tolerate. Since several of his confidants and favorite generals have this opinion, they must take measures to prevent accidents, and must not let Jiang Xuan turn the rear army into the Jiang family army, and put the rear army back under his command.

Originally, Zhao Yu was preparing to place the Chinese army and the front army in Qiongzhou as the main force to defend the strait; The left and right armies were divided into the two armies of Changhua and Wan'an, as the two wings, to reinforce Qiongzhou at any time; The rear army, which has the weakest combat effectiveness, is placed in the southernmost Jiyang Army, as the main force for maintaining stability on the island, and at the same time acts as a reserve. Now in this situation, he made an adjustment at the moment, placing the rear army in Qiongzhou and under his nose, while the front army was stationed in the Jiyang army.

At first, Zhao Yu wanted to concentrate the various volunteers brought from Guangzhou into various armies, but now he also had to make fine-tuning. He planned to organize the Destroyer Army and the Brave Army into a new army, and the insufficient number was transferred from various armies, and the number of the Destroyer Army was retained, which was under the direct jurisdiction of the Marshal's Office. The troops surrendered to Jiujiang were all incorporated into the naval army. The rebel army led by the Chen brothers was organized into five commanders and transferred to each army separately, while the rebel army recruited by Jiang Xuan was scattered into each army to supplement the original shortfall.

For the whole army, Zhao Mengjin and others agreed. Because of the successive expansion of the Marshal's army, the original protector army has become a minority, and if it is not reorganized, it will be swallowed up by other departments. It is possible to take advantage of the opportunity of reorganizing the army to strengthen the strength and influence of the old team, so as to enhance the commanding power. At present, however, all armies have no fixed place to live, and the construction of barracks and defense facilities is a top priority, and the rectification and training is imperative, which has become an irreconcilable contradiction.

Zhao Mengjin proposed that the leaders of all military departments should first be unified into a team, and the commanders of the Metropolitan Command Department should be directly responsible for teaching warfare, and then officers at all levels should be transferred to the battalion to take turns for training, and then teach the soldiers after returning to the battalion after the completion of the training, so as to achieve the goal of improving the overall combat effectiveness with one education and ten teachings. Liu Zhu also proposed that different arms of the armed forces could be distinguished from each other and taught in warfare separately, so that the speed of training could be accelerated and professional training could be strengthened, so as to ensure the effectiveness of training.

Zhao Hao thought so, and several others also agreed. So he ordered everyone to write down their thoughts as soon as they went back and report them to Fu Si, and he was working around to facilitate the matter as soon as possible, so that Jiang Xuan couldn't do anything even if he wanted to oppose him, and when he came back, he couldn't change it. This weakened the Jiang family's influence in the Shuaifu Army, and it was impossible for him to meddle in military affairs if he wanted to, but it further determined the position of Zhao Yu as the commander.

Zhao Mengjin and the others knew that only by ensuring His Highness's authority in the Shuaifu could they gain a firm foothold and maintain their position in the current situation where the 'enemy' was strong and weak, and the consistency of interests made them naturally obey His Highness's words. And Zhao Yu not only strengthened the control of the various armies through the reorganization of the army, but also improved the combat effectiveness of the Shuaifu army, so that he could defend a pure land in this troubled world and seek a way to survive......

In the next two days, Zhao Yu summoned Zhuang Shilin, Hao Yuntong, Zhou Xiang and other subordinate officials, and secretly met with Ying Jieyan and others. It has been three days since I learned that Jiang Xuan led the army to 'leave', and the people sent by the Shuai Mansion to find it have not yet sent back the news. The situation is unknown, and all the officials are silent about the matter, and no one has publicly discussed the matter, making the incident seem to be taboo.

However, there are many things to deal with after the Marshal Army arrives on the island, and it is impossible to wait forever, and it is necessary to make arrangements for several major events as soon as possible. So on the third day of arriving in Qiong, Zhao Yu gathered to discuss the matter. In addition to the chiefs and heads of various departments of the Marshal Mansion and the generals above the command level in the army, the heads and subordinate officials of the prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of Qiongzhou attended the meeting as observers. First of all, the chief officials of various departments and Qiongzhou gave a briefing on the current situation, introduced the situation, and put forward the problems that need to be solved.

According to the custom, the next step should be discussed by everyone, and opinions should be made, and His Highness should make a decision. However, His Royal Highness went against the norm, but made personnel arrangements, announcing that Fu Shuai Ying Jieyan would preside over the work of the Marshal's Mansion and be in charge of military and political affairs in Qiongzhou; In view of Jiang Xuan's unauthorized departure from the island, the deputy envoy Pan An of the Transshipment Department was in charge, and Chen Zeweng was the assistant judge of the Transshipment Division, and Jiang Xuan returned to ascertain the situation and disposed of it separately. At the same time, Zhao and Luolu were dismissed from their posts as transport envoys, and the governor of Qiongzhou remained unchanged, concurrently serving as the pre-military transport envoy; The two chief officers of the Criminal Division and the Changping Division remain unchanged.

Then he appointed Deng Guang, the palace attendant and the secretary of the marshal's office, as the envoy of Qiongzhou, responsible for supervising the marshal's office and the officials of various prefectures and counties, and at the same time supervising military discipline and purging lawlessness; appointed Zhao Mengjin as the envoy of Qiongzhou's soldiers and horses, in charge of all the soldiers and horses belonging to Qiongzhou, while still serving as his own position; appointed Liu Zhu as the coastal defense envoy, commanded all the water armies, and set up a water village to defend against the enemy; Chen Renweng was appointed as the commander of the Destroying Front Army, responsible for the reorganization of the Destroying Front Army and the Brave Army.

Ma Fa, the former commander of the Destroying Front Army, was the envoy of Qiongzhou, responsible for pacifying local lawlessness and suppressing pirates; Zhou Xiang, the director of the Shuaifu Metropolitan Academy, concurrently served as the supervisor of the Qiongzhou Metropolitan Temple, responsible for the repair of ordnance and the construction of military camps and forts. After that, the armies were ordered to prepare and march to the garrison, and the corresponding plan was agreed upon by the Fu Division and the Metropolitan Division.

The officials of the prefectures and counties in Qiongzhou temporarily took up their duties, waited for the transfer, and made a decision after the examiners of the Shuaifu, and asked the prefectures and counties to recommend talents for the use of the imperial court. At the same time, it was explained to the people that the Shuaifu army came to Qiong to resist the invasion of the Mongols, and told them not to panic. Do not take advantage of the opportunity to collect taxes under false pretenses and harass the people. In addition, all prefectures and counties should sort out the corresponding official documents and account books as soon as possible, and sort out the warehouses so that they can be inspected by their own departments.

With His Royal Highness's clear children's voice, some people in the hall were happy and some were sad. Ying Jie's eyes were closed and listened carefully, most of what His Highness said was something they had already agreed upon, and there were not many discrepancies. But he still found from the subtle changes that His Royal Highness was still wary of Jiang Xuan's departure, and the adjustment was an emergency strategy for Jiang Xuan and the rear army, but Jiang Xuan, the culprit, still did not know where to ...... (To be continued.) )