Ma Cheng looked at the departing Xu Zhenye and felt a lot of emotion in his heart, the intellectuals of the Ming Dynasty were much more backbone than those of later generations. It's this Xu Zhenye, obviously he has already asked for food, and he is very hesitant to listen to his own recruitment, if it weren't for Yue Qijie's great deterrence, it is estimated that Xu Zhenye would definitely not come to be his master.

Ma Cheng explained to the family at the door, this Xu Zhenye will be his own person in the future, come to find yourself and don't stop him, after saying that, Ma Cheng did not enter the mansion but rode on a horse to Nancheng.

The problem of displaced people has always been a big problem in the Ming Dynasty, because of the population development in the Ming Dynasty, the per capita land is decreasing, and Zhu Yuanzhang is too capable of life, these clans have to occupy a large amount of land, so since the beginning of the Chenghua years, there have been displaced people in various places. During the Wanli period, land annexation reached its peak, and millions of displaced people gathered in the Huguang and Wuchang areas.

In the Apocalypse year, coupled with the climate influence of the Xiaoice River, and the Liukou Rebellion in the first year of Chongzhen, the whole of North China became a pot of porridge, so a large number of northern displaced people crossed the Yangtze River in the south and came to Nanzhili here to beg for a living.

Nanjing, as the economic center of the entire south, naturally has a large number of displaced people concentrated in Nanjing. Nanjing's displaced people are concentrated outside the southern city, because the southern city is prosperous, and a lot of labor is needed, plus there are a large number of temples outside the Jubao Gate, and these bald donkeys also engage in some alms from time to time, so there are about more than 200,000 displaced people gathered outside the Nanjing Jubao Gate.

Outside the Jubaomen is the Yuhuatai Scenic Area, not to mention the later generations, even in the Ming Dynasty it was also a scenic spot, and the dignitaries here naturally don't want to see the stinky homeless people, so the homeless camp is set up in the area far away from Yuhuatai.

Jubaomen is the inner Guo city gate of Nanjing, and there is a waiguo city wall twenty miles away from Jubaomen, but here because of disrepair, the city walls have been destroyed, and only a few city gates remain.

The camp is built between the Waiguo Ande Gate, Fengtai Gate, and Jiajiang Gate, where more than 200,000 homeless people gather, and you can smell a strange smell far away. This smell is somewhat like the smell of a pigsty in later generations, and Ma Cheng covers his nose from a distance.

More than 200,000 people are about the same as the population of a medium-sized city, and in order to maintain law and order, the Nanjing Military Department has set up three thousand households here, and a garrison is in charge. The garrison mansion was built here in Fengtaimen, and there were more than a dozen houses in a row, which was very magnificent.

Now a large number of people have gathered in front of the garrison, and a large flag is fluttering in the crowd, with the words "recruitment" written on it.

Ma Cheng's personal soldiers stepped forward to separate the crowd, and Gu Changwei and Wang Xian were busy inside. Now Ma Cheng's subordinates are literate, this recruitment procedure is complicated, in addition to the height and physique requirements, but also to record the soldier's name, place of origin, physical characteristics, these are only Wang Xian alone, naturally busy enough.

Gu Changwei saw Ma Cheng coming, and hurriedly came up to salute: "My lord, more than 100 people have been recruited now, there are too many displaced people here, it is estimated that it will be full when it gets dark, but what can I do at night when there are so many adults?" There is no food to live in! ”

Ma Cheng looked at the more than 100 people standing on the side, all of them were more than 1.6 meters tall and about 20 years old, they were all loyal and honest, Ma Cheng was very satisfied after seeing it. Most of the displaced people here in Nanjing come from Shandong, and a small number come from Lianghuai, these places have been places to produce elite soldiers since ancient times, and it seems that the quality of the soldiers is much stronger than that of the displaced people in Fengyang.

Ma Cheng nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, I'll solve the accommodation and food, but the amount of recruitment has changed, and now I will recruit two thousand people!" ”

There is a shortage of 4,000 people in the Shenji Battalion, and Ma Shiying's order to Ma Cheng is to recruit all of them, but the number of grassroots officers under Ma Cheng is limited, so Ma Cheng decided to recruit 2,000 people first, and then recruit the remaining vacancies after these people are trained.

After Ma Cheng finished speaking, he patted Gu Changwei's shoulder and said, "Gu San, you do a good job, the second master of these two thousand people will hand over a thousand people to you!" ”

Ma Cheng's 100 subordinates are all trained by Xu Dahu, in order to prevent the formation of a monolith in the army in the future, the command of the army must be separated, and Ma Cheng promised to appoint Gu Changwei as a guerrilla in Fengyang. Ma Cheng has traveled to the past half a month now, and this time has allowed him to grow up very quickly, no longer a fool who didn't know anything about officialdom before, he has begun to learn to differentiate.

Gu Changwei was very happy when he heard Ma Cheng say this, a thousand people! If they all follow the training intensity of the second young master, these thousand people can be more elite than the pacesetter of the governor, thinking of this, Gu Changwei asked: "Second master, the villain's younger brother is also a good hand, and he is now serving as a soldier in Guiyang, and the villain's son Gu Yong can also come?" ”

In order to cultivate Gu Changwei's forces, of course Ma Cheng allowed: "Okay, you let your younger brother come, give him a thousand households, and your son Gu Yong be a hundred households!" After Ma Cheng finished speaking, he said to Xu Dahu beside him: "Big Tiger, the two brothers Xu Dingguo, An Zhennan, and An Zhenxi, as well as Xue Gui and Wang Shuang, are all allocated to Gu Changwei!" ”

Xu Dahu had no choice but to bow down and take orders when he heard Ma Cheng say this, but now Xu Dahu's position is low, and there are about to have a thousand soldiers under him, so he didn't take it to heart. What Xu Dahu didn't know was that after such a division of Ma Cheng in the army, two major groups had been formed, but it was good for Ma Cheng, the superior person.

Ma Cheng finished arranging the affairs of the homeless camp, and rushed to the military department non-stop, now there are thousands of brothers to eat, but not the hundred people before, Ma Cheng can use his own money to support these people, but now Ma Cheng can not afford to support, at least until the sugar business is bigger.

The Nanjing Military Department is located in the Thousand Steps Corridor in Dongcheng, which is already located in the forbidden land of the Imperial City, and it is not something that can be entered casually, but Ma Cheng is already the chief soldier of the Shenji Battalion, and he took out the general soldier seal letter and those brocade guards have been released.

The military department is probably the most powerful department among the yamen in Nanjing, and there are ten pacesetters standing guard at the door, and Ma Cheng comes to dismount in front of the dismounted stone, and then walks to the front of the military department.

When he arrived at the door, Ma Cheng saw two people standing at the door, and saw that one of them was still an acquaintance, it was his eldest brother Ma Luan.

Now Ma Luan has become an official, Ma Luan was originally a lifter, and Lao Tzu Ma Shiying has become the first assistant, so it is very simple to get Ma Luan into the Metropolitan Procuratorate as a low-level imperial history. There were two departments in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, the most Qing noble, and the fastest promotion, one was the Hanlin Academy, and the other was the Metropolitan Inspection Yuan. However, Ma Shiying still had to make a face, and did not get his son into the Hanlin Academy, which was not allowed to enter the Shujishi, but into the Metropolitan Inspection Academy, but this is enough for the officials to envy and hate, after all, Ma Luan is just a lifter.

Ma Luan was talking to a middle-aged seventh-grade junior official at this time, and when he saw his younger brother coming, he smiled and said, "It turns out that the second brother is here, come and see Brother Wozi!" ”

Ma Cheng looked down on him very much when he saw that he was just a seven-rank petty official, but it was not good for his brother to pretend not to see it, so he had no choice but to give up his hand and say: "Ma Cheng has seen Brother Wozi!" ”

The petty official also smiled and arched his hand, which was regarded as a return gift.

Ma Luan asked, "Second brother, didn't you go to the Shenji Camp?" How to run the military department here! ”

Ma Cheng sighed and said: "Big brother, you don't know, there is a serious shortage of soldiers in the Shenji Battalion, I told my father, my father asked me to recruit soldiers alone, and then come to the military department to make up for the procedures, won't I come!" ”

"That's right, Brother Wozi is in charge of the military department, let him help you in a while!" Ma Luan knew that the Chen Wozi in front of him was very talented, so he wanted to win over his younger brother and Chen Wozi to get acquainted.

I know that Ma Cheng hasn't taken a fancy to this seven-grade petty official, but also, Ma Cheng is the chief military officer and the second grade, although the military position of the army is not as valuable as civilian, but Ma Cheng's old son Ma Shiying is the first assistant and the secretary of the military department, so Ma Cheng can look at such a seven-grade petty official.

Ma Cheng arched his hand and said, "Big brother, you don't have to worry about this little thing!" After speaking, Ma Cheng arched his hand to Chen Wozi and walked into the yamen of the military department.

Seeing that Ma Cheng was so rude, Ma Luan scolded angrily: "Don't be angry, Brother Wozi, my younger brother is spoiled by his mother, and he really doesn't know etiquette!" ”

That Chen Wozi said with a smile: "It's okay, Boyu don't take it to heart, Zilong is only a shallow learner after all, and it should be that the younger brother doesn't know!" ”

Ma Luan really couldn't help himself, the second ancestor brother, so he said a few words to Chen Zilong and left. (Everyone knows who this Chen Wozi is, the core strategists of the pony have already appeared, have you guessed who it is?) ）

Ma Cheng didn't know that he had missed his future first strategist just now, but Ma Cheng couldn't take care of these things in front of him now, and the most important thing now was to find a place for his subordinates to live.

The planning of the yamen in the Ming Dynasty is almost the same, and the front is the lobby, which is basically not used here, and is only used when the chief official changes or has a major event. The daily office of the subordinate members of the military department is in the second hall, and all the divisions of the military department, the pastor, the martial arts, the guild hall and so on are all here.

The main organs of the Ministry of War are divided into four divisions of military selection, arsenal, car driving, and staff, and the military selection department understands very well and grasps the grade, selection, promotion, and reward of military attachés, which is one of the four major fat differences in the whole world.

The second of the four fat differences is the Arsenal Clearance Division, which is in charge of the country's military registration, military weapons and military science examinations, and the logistics weapons have always been fat poor, so this is the second good department of the Ministry of War.

The remaining two are the hard forcing departments, the Che Driver Qing Officials are in charge of the country's horse administration and post transmission and other affairs, and at the same time, the Nanjing Military Department Che Driving and Clearing Officials Division also has to cooperate with the renovation of various yamen and city walls in the city.

The Department of Officials is mainly in charge of the military attaché's map, meritorious service, verification, rewards and punishments, pensions, and military briefings, tests, etc., and is in charge of the customs ban and the sea ban. The staff department is somewhat similar to the General Staff of later generations, that is, the establishment of battle plans. However, fighting this kind of thing is not something you want to win, and if you lose the battle, the officers on the front line are unlucky, and the staff in the rear are also unlucky, so the staff Shiro is the most unlucky officer in the six departments.

Ma Cheng came today to settle down and ask for things for his 2,000 soldiers, so he naturally wanted to find the Arsenal Division. Ma Cheng stood at the gate of the second hall and looked at the signs in several rooms, the second one was the Arsenal Division, and Ma Cheng walked in.