After listening to what Deputy General Xu Wei said, Liu Juntao also sighed in his heart, so he said: "What Vice General Xu said, this town has also heard it, and it is understandable that the soldiers in the army have complaints, and this town can praise it or not." ”

Deputy General Xu Wei and the others were secretly relieved when they heard this, but they heard Liu Juntao say: "However, ordinary soldiers can complain, but you are generals in the army, how can you be so slack and complain!" ”

When all the generals heard this, they all had different expressions, and Xu Wei and the others who went to the banquet in the Tiance army were all ashamed, but the rest of the generals were unimpressed, and they all thought that what they did should be.

Liu Juntao also saw the looks of the people in his eyes, and did not reprimand the generals in the account, but only ordered the generals to strictly restrain the soldiers of the various departments, and he would come to review again after ten days, and if the army did not improve, he would punish all the generals!

Adjutant General Xu Wei and other generals also received orders immediately.

After that, Liu Juntao led a thousand soldiers of the Tiance Army to return to the camp outside the Desheng Gate.

After that, Liu Juntao did not rush to start the reorganization of the Gyeonggi garrison, but divided the 2,000 soldiers under his command into several teams, led by several generals, to review the Gyeonggi garrisons stationed in various places.

It took Liu Juntao nearly a month to send his subordinates to all the Gyeonggi garrison camps to get a comprehensive understanding of the actual situation of the Gyeonggi garrison.

After some investigation, Liu Juntao found that almost all the Gyeonggi garrisons had a situation similar to the Fengtai battalion, and the officers and soldiers of various departments were unstable and demoralized, and some battalions still had some pensions and military salaries that had not been paid!

This situation led to a lot of resentment among the officers and men of the various units, who not only began to resist the daily drills and military orders, but also resisted the reorganization of the military orders.

In the face of such a situation, Liu Juntao was also secretly anxious, and understood that in order for this reorganization to proceed smoothly, if he wanted to remove the manpower placed by various forces in the DPRK and China, he must get the support of the garrisons of various ministries.

And if you want to get the support of the ministries, you must convince the soldiers of the army!

How?

Liu Juntao thought about it all night, and the next morning he mobilized his soldiers and horses, with 20 officers and men as a team, led by a captain, and went to the garrison camps of various departments separately, stationed in each army in advance, and selected some soldiers with acceptable morale among the various armies to train first, as "instructors" for the next step of comprehensive reorganization, and at the same time investigated the personnel situation of each department.

After making these arrangements, Liu Juntao began to revise his plan for the whole army, not only in more detail, but also to add to it the matter of making up for the army's pension and military salary.

A few days later, Liu Juntao entered Beijing again and went to the Yamen of the Ministry of War to ask to see Yu Qian, the secretary of the Ministry of War.

The Yamen of the Ministry of War.

After listening to Liu Juntao's report on the situation of various armies and departments, Yu Qian, the secretary of the military department, attached great importance to it and discussed this issue with Liu Juntao for a long time.

Liu Juntao believes that the most crucial point in the rectification of the Gyeonggi garrison this time is to revive the morale of the officers and men of all departments, so that they can get twice the result with half the effort, otherwise most of them will end up without a problem at this time.

The best way to revive the morale of the officers and men of the various units is to make up the arrears of pensions and salaries, and such a situation must not occur again in the future.

Yu Qian also understands this truth, but now the DPRK and China are indeed short of money and food, from the Tumubao Incident to the Beijing Defense War, and then to the later Battle of Datong, the imperial court has fought three wars in a short period of time, and they are all large-scale wars that mobilize more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and countless money and food are spent!

Now don't talk about the military department, even the Hubu, the god of wealth of the Ming Dynasty, is overstretched, and he can't take out too much money and food at all.

Now all parts of the Ming Dynasty are reaching out to ask for money, and it is impossible for the money and grain of the household department to be supplied only to the Gyeonggi garrison, so Yu Qian is also very troubled by the arrears of pensions and military salaries for the soldiers of the Gyeonggi garrison.

However, it is difficult to return, Liu Juntao still insisted on his own opinion, and said: "The military constitution is clear, now the morale of the Gyeonggi garrison is low, and the officers and men of all departments are very resistant to this reorganization, even some generals are like this. This is the case with more than 100,000 troops in all parts of Gyeonggi, and forcibly reorganizing under the current situation is very likely to cause a crisis! ”

Yu Qian naturally understood the key point, and he also meditated hard, and even wanted to play Emperor Jingtai for a while to see if he could borrow a sum of money and grain on credit from the internal money, but was dissuaded by Liu Juntao.

This matter must not involve any of the forces of the DPRK and China, otherwise this reorganization will surely become meaningless!

Of course, Liu Juntao will never transfer money and grain from Yushan Town to make up for it.

Although Liu Juntao is loyal to the Ming Dynasty and wants to cheer up China with his own strength, he will never let his family and the public family get mixed together, otherwise he will definitely cause disaster, and not only will he not be able to realize his ambitions, but he will also put himself and his relatives in danger.

In the end, Liu Juntao and Yu Qian discussed for a long time, and after thinking about it in many ways, Yu Qian promised to mobilize some money and grain from the public funds of the Ministry of War, and then find a way to raise some money and grain from the Ministry of Households, and strive to make up all the arrears of pensions and military salaries of the various departments of the Gyeonggi Garrison within 15 days, and will find ways to ensure the supply of military salaries in the future.

Liu Juntao was very happy when he heard this, and the first step in his army reorganization plan was taken.

Liu Juntao also understood in his heart that according to the financial situation of Daming at this time, Yu Qian had done his best to achieve this.

And Liu Juntao also made up his mind in his heart, after the completion of the reorganization of the Gyeonggi garrison, he must speed up the progress of the various plans of the Ministry of Commerce, and use the shortest possible time to reform the economic foundation of the Ming provinces based on Shandong and Jiangnan provinces, and promote it from the bottom up.

Of course, this bottom-up economic reform will also be supported by Liu Juntao, and it will never be allowed to develop on its own, otherwise the "landlord" forces in all parts of the Ming Dynasty will strangle this economic reform!

Unconsciously, Liu Juntao, Yu Qian and other military officials had been discussing for most of the day, and it was already afternoon at this time, but everyone hadn't even eaten lunch.

So Yu Qian asked someone to bring food, and everyone ate and talked in the office, continuing to discuss the feasibility of Liu Juntao's detailed plan.

According to Liu Juntao's detailed plan, the entire Gyeonggi garrison, with a total of more than 100,000 soldiers, will be reorganized at the same time, and the whole process will be divided into three steps.

The first step is to train the "instructors" drawn from each army, and at the same time to touch and arrange the personnel placed by various forces in the army;

The second step is to start the drill, 2,000 soldiers of the Tiance Army will work together with the "instructors" who have been selected to drill more than 100,000 Gyeonggi soldiers and horses, and will use various excuses such as unqualified drills to remove the manpower planted by the various forces that have been investigated;

In order to prevent the manpower planted by various forces from not being cleared, Liu Juntao is ready to reorganize more than 100,000 Gyeonggi soldiers and horses, completely disrupt the structure between various ministries, and completely cut off the way for all forces to secretly control the soldiers and horses.

These three steps of Liu Juntao's plan can be said to be very old-fashioned, Yu Qian and other military officials are very satisfied, and everyone has just perfected some of the details.

It wasn't until the evening of this day that everyone was able to completely finalize the plan, and Yu Qian, the secretary of the Ministry of War, directly stamped the big seal of the Ministry of War on the plan to confirm it!

After that, Liu Juntao prepared to leave, and returned to the camp while the city gate was still closed.

Before leaving, Yu Qian, the secretary of the Ministry of War, sent Liu Juntao out of the Yamen of the Ministry of War, looking at the dozen or so guards waiting for Liu Juntao outside, Yu Qian said: "Juntao, you are also the chief military officer of a town, and you are also the chief military officer with the general's seal and the title. ”

Liu Juntao smiled and said: "Qi Qi Bingxian, I am used to being at ease, if I go anywhere, I will be hugged from front to back, I am really not used to it!" ”

"Then you should also pay attention to the prestige of the general!"

"What Bing Xian said is that the humble duty is remembered!"

At sunset, Liu Juntao and Yu Qian said goodbye, and left the Yamen of the Military Department with more than a dozen guards, and went west along the Qiansanmen Street, preparing to go north to Deshengmen to go out of the city.