The summer capital is extremely hot, as long as you walk under the sun for a while, you will be sweating profusely and soaking through your clothes, not to mention that the Ming soldiers in the Fengtai camp have to wear helmets and armor, and they also have to carry out rigorous drills.

Armed cross-country, physical training, queue training, combat skills training, field marching, confrontation between the two armies, etc., after the officers and soldiers of the Tiance Army served as instructors, they moved all the drill syllabuses of the original Yushan Town New Barracks, and trained the tens of thousands of Ming Army soldiers in the Fengtai camp to be fascinated and "cool" to the extreme!

Of course, compared with the daily food and supply of the soldiers of the Ming army, Liu Juntao also coordinated the military department and the household department, specially added a batch of money and food, and deliberately let the soldiers of the Ming army eat better, and there are subsidies such as "training silver" to get, although there is not much, but it can also play a role in stabilizing the morale of the army and improving morale.

At the same time, all the garrisons in various parts of Gyeonggi also started drills, and Liu Juntao only left 300 officers and men of the Tiance Army as instructors in the Fengtai camp, and the remaining 1,700 officers and men of the Tiance Army were all divided into several teams, and set off with the well-trained generals and 500 "pacesetters" in various places to serve as instructors in various parts of Gyeonggi.

For a time, the entire Gyeonggi region was in full swing in training, and more than 100,000 Gyeonggi garrisons were trained by the officers and men of the Tiance Army to be "miserable".

Although the soldiers and horses everywhere were busy with drills, Liu Juntao did not stay in the Fengtai camp all the time, but left the camp with fifty Tiance soldiers and went to the military headquarters.

After seeing Yu Qian, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Liu Juntao first reported to him the drills of the soldiers and horses of the various departments in Gyeonggi during this time, and then urged the next batch of money and grain.

Yu Qian said with a smile: "Haha, I said Jun Tao, now the people in this military department say that you, the chief military officer of Shandong Town, are a person who wants to pay for accounts, and every time you come to report on official business, you have to take away a lot of money and food." Therefore, now the officials up and down the military department are going to be empty in their hearts when they see you! ”

Liu Juntao also laughed when he heard this, and then talked to Yu Qian about some gossip, and said: "Bingxian, I came here today, I still have something to report." ”

"What's the matter? Jun Tao said. ”

Liu Juntao said: "Bingxian, in this reorganization of all departments, it is not only necessary to conduct drills on all the soldiers and horses of each department, but more importantly, it is necessary to verify the actual strength of each department, as well as the current situation and combat strength of each department. ”

Hearing this, Yu Qian understood everything, and said with a wry smile: "Jun Tao, now that all the hidden stakes of the forces in the DPRK and China have been cleared, and our goal has been achieved, is this still necessary?" ”

Liu Juntao understood what Yu Qian was worried about, although the military discipline of the Ming Dynasty at this time was still strict, far less lax and chaotic than in the late Ming Dynasty, but the generals of the army ate empty salaries, lied about the number of soldiers, deducted military salaries and pensions, and so on, and so on, were also endless.

After all, at this time in the Ming Army, the atmosphere of generals at all levels to support their families has been formed, although it is not like the late Ming Dynasty, generals at all levels rely on their families to fight, but the damage to the public and private, embezzlement of money and food in the army to arm the family, is also an indisputable fact, and it is a well-known thing, but no one wants to say it!

At this time, Liu Juntao proposed to verify the actual number of each army, the purpose of which was to have sufficient troops, sufficient reserves, and sufficient salaries, and completely cut off the financial routes of generals at all levels.

Whoever wants to raise a family, yes! But if you spend money to support yourself and want to encroach on the money and food in the army, don't think about it from now on!

Yu Qian looked at Liu Juntao, who had a firm face, and said in a deep voice: "Juntao, if you do this, you will be angry!" ”

Liu Juntao was not afraid, and said: "Bingxian, the current style of the family in the army must not be left alone!" Bingxian think about it, now the dynasty still has the ability to reorganize the armament, if one day the court has no money and no food, and the border passes are full of flames, then what will happen to my Ming soldiers? The generals will definitely try their best to expand their own families, and ignore the imperial court soldiers and horses, and when the time comes, the imperial court soldiers and horses will be driven away to meet the enemy, and my Ming Dynasty will be doomed! ”

After hearing this, Yu Qian also looked unkind and began to ponder.

Liu Juntao didn't lie, but just briefly said what the generals did in the late Ming Dynasty.

Seeing that Yu Qian had already begun to think about it, Liu Juntao struck while the iron was hot and said: "Bingxian, at this time, the humble post is just taking advantage of the residual power that has just cleared the hidden piles of all forces, and strives to complete the verification in a short time. ”

Yu Qian frowned and asked, "Jun Tao, you have to think about it, this matter is very likely to lead to death!" ”

Liu Juntao held his head high and said loudly: "For the sake of the country, what about death!" ”

A few days later, the Ministry of War issued an order: Liu Juntao, the chief military officer of Shandong Town, was ordered to check the soldiers, horses, money, and food of each unit of the Gyeonggi garrison, and to verify the actual troops, equipment, and money and food of each department.

All the old and infirm people in the various units of the Gyeonggi garrison will be abolished! Those who have vacancies in soldiers and those who are damaged by the shortage of military equipment will immediately investigate the empty salaries over the years and severely punish the generals of the department!

At the same time, the Ministry of War strictly ordered the generals of the Gyeonggi garrison not to keep their families, and those who violated the order immediately seized their military power and demoted them!

As soon as this order was issued, more than 100,000 soldiers and horses from all over Gyeonggi were all shocked, and generals at all levels were full of complaints, and even some generals wrote to the Ministry of War, but they were immediately rejected and reprimanded by the Ministry of War.

Ten days later, Liu Juntao had already launched a comprehensive operation, with the cooperation of the Ministry of Intelligence, the officers and men of the Tiance Army checked the situation of the various departments of the Gyeonggi garrison, and the situation gathered was shocking!

The Gyeonggi garrison had 160,000 troops on its books, but after preliminary verification, the garrison of all departments together had only 128,944 men, and the generals at all levels had eaten more than 30,000 empty salaries!

Secondly, the armor, war horses, and artillery equipped by the soldiers and horses of each department all did not match each other, and the gap reached more than one percent!

In the various armies, there are still many old and infirm soldiers, and these people only need to pay a very small amount of silver, which can be regarded as another method of empty salary developed by generals at all levels!

In addition, the number of families raised by generals at all levels has also been counted, and there are more than 10,000 people!

Moreover, the money and food consumed by these more than 10,000 Ding are equivalent to the needs of tens of thousands of Ming army soldiers, which can be described as a huge cost.

Liu Juntao looked at this shocking data and said to Liu Zi'an, who came to report the information: "I really didn't expect that the Gyeonggi garrison had only been reorganized for a few years, and it would make this article on the books so appalling!" ”

Liu Zi'an also sighed and said: "Headquarters, in such a situation, you must use thunder, otherwise the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in Gyeonggi will be abolished!" ”

Liu Juntao nodded heavily, and on the same day, he ordered all departments to start recompiling the roster of soldiers and horses, and froze all the money and food of each department, and brought it to the roster to be compiled, and then distributed after being checked by the officers and soldiers of the Tiance Army.

Moreover, from now on, the money and food of each ministry must be distributed only after checking the accuracy of the soldiers and rosters, and this regulation will be customized and must not be changed!

The old, weak and remnant soldiers of all departments are also dismissed, and if there are insufficient soldiers in each department, the families of the generals of each department will be scattered and reorganized, and if there are not enough of them, they will immediately start recruiting!

Of course, there is no doubt that the generals at all levels have worked hard to raise their families, and all of them have been scattered and integrated into the armies of various departments, and not a single one will be left!

Only more than half a month later, the already very lively Gyeonggi parts of the country became more and more sensational, more than 100,000 Gyeonggi garrisons not only carried out strict drills, but also the generals at all levels were also embarrassed, while they began to carry out the imperial court order to disband their own families, and on the other hand, they had to bear their own responsibility for embezzling military salaries.

All of a sudden, dozens of generals in various parts of Gyeonggi were implicated, and people everywhere were panicking.

And what made Yu Qian, the secretary of the military department, arrive strangely is that the civilian forces that originally clamored to be inseparable from Liu Juntao were stopped at this time because of the disasters suffered by the military generals in various places, and they did not continue to trouble Liu Juntao.

However, the generals from all over the country made a commotion, although most of the generals obeyed the order, but there were also many generals who chose to fight!