Guo Wendong followed his father-in-law out of the household department, came to the military department, and called a person over.

This person is slightly older than Ma Shiying, and he is wearing a second-grade official uniform.

"Jizhi! This is my son-in-law, Wendong; Wendong! This is Ruan Jizhi, the right attendant of the Ministry of War, and he has also been my friend for many years! ”

It turned out to be Ruan Dacheng, he and Ma Shiying took the same high school examination in the 47th year of Wanli, so they got acquainted, and the two have been friends for many years.

Ruan Dacheng is an out-and-out villain, first attached to the Donglin Party, and later to the Eunuch Party. After Ruan Dacheng became the secretary of the military department, he took revenge on the Fushe and the Donglin Party, and Qian Qianyi was the only member of the Donglin Party who could keep his official position.

"I've seen Lord Ruan!"

Guo Wendong beckoned to him, he looked down on this kind of villain, but sometimes he inevitably had to be polite.

Ruan Dacheng smiled politely, seeing that Guo Wendong was dignified, and he had sent a lot of foreign goods to Ma Shiying, and he was very envious of Ma Shiying for having such a good son-in-law.

Guo Wendong followed the two into the military department, Ruan Dacheng took out the appointment documents that had been prepared long ago, and appointed Guo Wendong as a guerrilla general, with an official rank of six grades, in charge of all matters of the Beijing Shenji Battalion.

Guo Wendong still has some understanding of the Beijing camp, in the normal Beijing camp configuration of the Ming Dynasty, there are five military battalions, Shenji battalion, 3,000 battalions, etc., each battalion has deputy generals, staff generals, guerrilla generals, auxiliary generals, camps, trumpets, Chinese army, thousand generals, general and other positions. The highest official position in Jingying is the governor of Jingying.

It is also unprecedented to be a guerrilla general in charge of one of the battalions in Beijing.

Guo Wendong took the letter of appointment and asked Ruan Dacheng: "Lord Ruan, can Chen Zilong be here in the military department?" ”

Ruan Dacheng said: "He just arrived yesterday, Guo Gongzi wants to see him?" ”

Guo Wendong nodded.

After serving as an officer in the Beijing camp, he needed several important military officers to assist in training the soldiers, and later led the army to fight against the Qing soldiers.

Last year, Guo Wendong made a plan, based on his modern understanding of the Southern Ming Dynasty, he looked for people who were not too old in this period, not too high in official positions, and good at military affairs, or had potential in this area, among several important candidates, Chen Zilong was one of them.

In modern times, Guo Wendong searched for Chen Zilong on the Internet, and saw his mother's introduction to him, and clearly remembered that after the establishment of the Southern Ming Dynasty, Chen Zilong was transferred to the military department as a military department under the recommendation of Huang Daozhou, a servant of the ministry.

Ruan Dacheng asked someone to summon Chen Zilong.

Soon, I saw Chen Zilong coming out of a room, and after seeing Guo Wendong, he walked quickly.

"Wendong!"

"Woko!"

After greeting each other, Guo Wendong pulled Chen Zilong to a corner.

"Wozi, Jiannu and Li Chuang, which side do you think will be the winner?"

"Naturally, it is Jiannu, the Eight Banners are fierce and elite, how can the army be an opponent."

"Li Chuang has already lost one game at Shanhaiguan, and it is only a matter of time before he loses completely. It is very likely that Jiannu will invade Jiangnan in the south next year. Would you rather stay here and do military work, or train your soldiers and lead your troops to kill the enemy? ”

"Naturally, he led the troops to kill the enemy, but he hated that he never had a chance!"

Guo Wendong patted him on the shoulder and said, "I will give you a chance, wait for my good news!" ”

Chen Zilong's eyes suddenly lit up, Guo Wendong is the son-in-law of the first assistant, maybe he can really let him take charge of the army through his father-in-law.

Immediately, Guo Wendong returned to Ma Shiying, who took him to the official office of the first assistant of the cabinet and entered a room.

The room was large and contained several bookshelves with many books.

Here, desks, chairs, four treasures and other utensils are readily available, and in modern terms, this belongs to Ma Shiying's office.

After the two sat down, Ma Shiying said: "Wendong, you have become the official of the six-rank Beijing camp, and it is not easy to form and train an elite team. If you find it difficult to do so, I can assign someone to be your deputy and let him do it. ”

He felt that his son-in-law might just want to live an official life.

Guo Wendong's expression was firm, and Lang Lang said: "Father-in-law, the son-in-law doesn't just want to hang a title, it's really like what I said last time, to train an elite soldier, not only as a father-in-law, but also as a barrier to defend the Ming Dynasty once Jiannu invades the south." ”

This son-in-law is still here! But he had a point, if he could really train an elite army, it would be great, and even if it didn't work, it wouldn't be a big loss.

Ma Shiying asked, "Wendong, how do you plan to form the Shenji Battalion?" ”

Ma Shiying naturally knows a little bit about how to form soldiers and horses, and he wants to test this son-in-law.

Guo Wendong said: "There are no more than two kinds. First, I already have a candidate in mind for an officer who needs to know the military, and I need to worry about my father-in-law to assign it to me. ”

Ma Shiying said: "As long as the level is not too high, it is no problem to assign you to command below the seventh grade."

Guo Wendong said again: "Second, to deal with the Qing soldiers, we need sophisticated weapons and equipment. I need a batch of hot weapons, I need artillery, and I ask my father-in-law for permission to build an armory workshop to make weapons. ”

Ma Shiying asked, "What is a hot weapon?" ”

The son-in-law in front of him speaks and behaves very differently, and he often speaks new words.

Guo Wendong explained the definition of hot weapons to Ma Shiying in a language that people can accept in this era.

So it turned out that Ma Shiying felt that the word "hot weapon" had achieved very well, and he wanted to officially use this word in the official documents of the imperial court.

"I have two requests," he said. First, the iron tools needed for the armor workshop must be purchased from my son Ma Jian; Second, in addition to supplying the needs of the Divine Machine Battalion, the Weapon Workshop also needs to make weapons and armor for other armies. ”

Ma Shiying also never forgot to give his son benefits.

Guo Wendong said: "It's all right. If you want to buy ironware, you will naturally help your eldest brother first, even if you don't say it to your father-in-law, I will do it. Dare to ask my father-in-law, will the household department allocate the money for soldiers' salaries and weapons on time? ”

At this time, Ma Shiying was in a dilemma and said, "Virtuous son-in-law! As you can see, the imperial court is in short supply of food, and the needs of the Shenji Battalion cannot be guaranteed. It's not hard to deal with, you can save money by recruiting fewer people or lowering the soldiers' salaries. ”

Officers eat empty salaries, which is a long-standing malaise in the late Ming Dynasty, and for many officials, this is too normal.

Guo Wendong said directly: "Father-in-law, this is one of the most important drawbacks that cause the army's low combat effectiveness, and if you want to build elite soldiers, you will not allow these shortcomings to exist." For the sake of his father-in-law and to defend the Daming Dynasty, the son-in-law has made up his mind to build the Shenji Battalion into a strong army like the Qi family's army. ”

Ma Shiying smiled and said, "The courage of the son-in-law is commendable, I'll wait and see." ”

He didn't quite believe that Guo Wendong could do it.