The Sixth Department of Nanjing has become a pension unit since Zhu Di moved the capital, but the military department still has some real power. In order to fight against the Japanese invaders on the southeast coast, from the beginning of the Jiajing period, the Weisu army in the coastal provinces of Nanzhili, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong was assigned to the Nanjing Military Department for management.

Although the number of troops in these provinces cannot be compared with Jiubian, after all, there are hundreds of thousands of troops, and now that Nanjing has become the de facto capital, more than 400,000 troops in Jiangbei are also assigned to the Nanjing Military Department.

Chang Fang is a secretary of the Treasury Department of the Ministry of War, and the grade is not at all, if he understands the service of Lord Langzhong Li, maybe he can mix it up before he retires.

Although the position of the clerk sounds very good, it is just like the clerk of later generations, called the office, but in fact, he can't do anything, and can only be responsible for some simple work of sending and receiving documents, uploading and disseminating. But you have to know what position the clerk has, can the clerk of the military department be the same as the clerk of the county? Chang Fang is used to seeing the general staff of the general army here in the military department, even if he comes to the military department from the commander of Yipin, he has to nod his head. But today, this young man makes Chang Fang unsure of his identity.

If you look at the official uniform, the young man in front of you is a general soldier, but there are seventeen or eighteen-year-old general soldiers in the whole country? But it's not like to say that he is a noble, Chang Fang knows that although Xungui is superb, he can't release a real general. Another point is the attitude, the young man in front of him is very arrogant, although your total soldier is the second grade, as big as the military department, but if you really want to come to the military department to pretend to force it, it will be troublesome. Not to mention the Wuxuan Division, which is in charge of your promotion, even the most hard-working staff department can clean you up, give you a wrong map when you send out the army, and let you arrive a day or two later than expected, so that you can lose your head.

Chang Fang saw this guy come to him arrogantly, and named him to see Mukushi Langzhong, Chang Fang was the first time to see such a general soldier who didn't understand the rules, and he laughed angrily for a while.

Ma Cheng smiled when he saw the clerk at the door, and thought that there was something wrong with the clothes he was wearing, after all, this was the first time he had worn a Ming Dynasty official uniform. But Ma Cheng looked up and down and was nothing, the official uniform was right, and the hat was not crooked, so what was this official laughing at?

Chang Fang laughed and scolded: "You, Qiu Ba, are the miscellaneous commanders from that place, do you know what kind of place this is?" This is the military department! It's not your kennel barracks, you dare to run here to spread wild, and you don't want Lao Tzu to get out! ”

Ma Cheng ran Nancheng twice today, and he was originally a little angry, but now he was scolded by such a bullshit thing, and he couldn't control the anger in his heart anymore, so he slapped this eyeless thing with a round face.

Ma Cheng has been training with the army for half a month, and his physical fitness is very good, and this slap has swollen Chang Fang's face.

Chang Fang has been working as a secretary in the military department for more than ten years, and how many former governors and chief soldiers have seen it, this is the first time he has been beaten, and he was stunned for a while.

Chang Fang was stunned for a long time and scolded: "You Qiu Ba is too presumptuous, do you know where this is?" Come on, get this guy out of the way! ”

There are pacesetters standing guard in the second hall of the military department, and when they heard Chang Fang say this, the four of them were going to do something to Ma Cheng. There was such a big commotion outside, and Wu Xuansi also came out to watch the excitement alone, and it was Director Liang who accompanied Ma Cheng to the Shenji Camp in the morning.

Director Liang originally wanted to come out to see the excitement, but he didn't expect that it was Ma Cheng, the second ancestor, who was making trouble outside. Director Liang knew that Ma Cheng's Lao Tzu was the new chief assistant and secretary of the military department, and it would be very bad to offend him.

Director Liang hurriedly stepped forward to stop the pacesetter and scolded: "Do you guys know who this is? This is Yuanfu's second son, Ma Chengma, the general soldier! ”

Motosuke is an honorific title for Shousuke, and those pacesetters quickly knelt down and kowtowed to ask for forgiveness when they heard this.

Ma Cheng saw that Master Liang came out, and asked with a smile: "Lord Liang, your military department is so powerful, it seems that I have to go back and talk to my father, it's time to straighten things out!" ”

Ma Cheng is pulling the tiger skin banner here, but it works very well, Chang Fang sat on the ground in fright when he heard Ma Cheng say this.

At this time, Li Kun of Langzhong of the Arsenal Division had also come out, and Director Liang saw Li Kun and hurriedly bowed: "Lord Li, this is the second son of Yuanfu, who has just been promoted by His Majesty to be the chief soldier of the Shenji Battalion, and the Shenji Battalion was taken by the next official in the morning!" ”

Li Kun heard that it was Ma Shiying's second son, and hurriedly said: "It turns out that the second son is here, and the second son has a large number of adults, don't be like this kind of low-level official, please come in!" Li Kun is not bad to Chang Fang, and he is willing to intercede for him.

Ma Cheng is here to do business today, plus although Ma Shiying is the secretary of the Ministry of War, but the county official is not as good as the current management, if these guys from the Ministry of War secretly set you up, it will not be easy to do it, so Ma Cheng didn't want to be like this little official, and followed Li Kun into the Arsenal Division.

The office of the Arsenal Division is very simple, with only three rooms inside and outside, which is very inconsistent with the status of the Arsenal Division. As Lang Zhong, Li Kun has a small room in the innermost part as an office, and the two outer rooms are the offices of the other two members of the Arsenal Division, Wai Lang, and the six directors.

After coming to the back room and sitting down, Li Kun asked with a smile, "I don't know what happened to the second son's arrival?" Li Kun didn't mention Ma Cheng's position, because a general soldier really didn't put it in Li Kun's eyes, what he valued was Ma Cheng's identity.

Ma Cheng said with a smile: "Lord Li, that's the case, the last general went to the Shenji Camp in the morning, and he regretted it when he saw the abolition of the armed forces, so he wanted to reorganize the Shenji Battalion." After getting his father's consent, the last general has recruited 5,000 soldiers to fill the shortfall, and today I will report to Lord Li! ”

According to the Ming law, the local general soldier has no right to recruit troops without authorization, but what is Ma Cheng's identity, plus Ma Cheng has obtained Ma Shiying's verbal consent, naturally Li Kun does not want to make trouble for him in this regard.

Li Kun said with a smile: "Although the second son's actions are a little unruly, but since Yuanfu has agreed, this company is not a problem at all!" ”

Ma Cheng smiled when he heard Li Kun's promise: "Okay, Lord Li is really happy!" There is one more thing that needs Lord Li's help, now the soldiers have been recruited, but there is a lack of barracks and food, and the last general sees that there is no musket in the Shenji Battalion, and he wants some equipment and weapons, I wonder if Lord Li can allocate it? ”

"It's good to say, there are still a few empty barracks on the edge of the colonel's field, which can be allocated to the Shenji Battalion. The subordinate of the food weapon will also arrange someone to do it, the second son can rest assured! Li Kun was dripping blood in his heart when he said this, and ordinary soldiers had to give gifts to Li Kun if they wanted food, grass and weapons, but it was still that sentence, Ma Cheng's identity was special, and Li Kun had no choice but to grit his teeth and agree.

Seeing that Li Kun agreed to his two conditions without hesitation, Ma Cheng continued: "If the last general wants to make some weapons by himself, can you allocate all the craftsmen of the Weapons Bureau to the last general?" ”

Li Kun scolded in his heart when he heard Ma Cheng say this: You kid has to inch in! Do you know how much money Lao Tzu lost to do these two things for you? Still want artisans?

Li Kun said embarrassedly: "Second son, it's not that the lower officials won't give it to you, it's just that this Weapons Bureau is under the management of the Ministry of Industry, and the lower officials have small positions, so they really can't order the Ministry of Industry!" ”

Li Kun originally thought that he would go to the Ministry of Industry after saying that the second son would go to the Ministry of Industry, but he knew that Ma Cheng said: "Then I don't care, my father is the secretary of your military department, and I don't know who the secretary of the Ministry of Industry is, so your military department must solve this matter for me!" ”

Li Kun saw Ma Cheng playing a scoundrel to death, but what can you do? Li Kun had no choice but to say: "Second son, the official can't be the master of this matter, why don't you go to Ding Shilang to ask?" "Li Kun means to push Ma Cheng to the squire, then it has nothing to do with himself.

Ma Cheng thought about it, it was right, this matter is estimated that a small Lang Zhong will not be able to do it: "Okay, then please ask Master Li to take me to Ding Shilang!" ”

Li Kun had no choice but to stand up and take Ma Cheng to find the waiter Ding Qirui.

When Li Kun came to the waiter's office, he interceded and asked Ding Qirui to see what to do, Li Kun thought that Ding Qirui would be able to push Ma Cheng back, but Ding Qirui said: "Virtuous nephew, this is easy to say, the old man and Chen Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry are not bad, this matter is covered by the old man!" ”

Li Kun didn't expect Ding Qirui, who was famous for not being easy to speak, to agree so easily, and he didn't understand it very much. In fact, this matter is very simple, Ding Qirui has been serving as a squire in the Nanjing Military Department for several years, and now that the new emperor is newly established, he naturally wants to move and rise, so he needs Ma Shiying to speak, so he will not offend Ma Shiying's son Ma Cheng.

Ma Cheng looked at Ding Qirui and said happily: "Then the little nephew thanked his uncle!" "Ma Cheng is here in the military department, and the matter is over, so he stood up and said goodbye and left.

Li Kun saw Ma Cheng leaving, and asked Ding Qirui in a low voice: "Lord Ding, this Ma Cheng still needs grain and grass weapons, what should the lower officials do?" ”

Ding Qirui glared at Li Kun and said, "Li Kun, don't you understand this?" Now that the new emperor is just established, this Ma Chengde Emperor Jian Ba has been directly promoted from a thousand households to the chief soldier, and with the help of Yuan Fu, this is not something you and I can offend, so there is absolutely no flowery work, he will give whatever he wants, and he will give good! ”

Li Kun nodded when he heard Ding Qirui say this, and then went down and sent someone to allocate grain, grass and weapons for Ma Cheng.

Ma Cheng rode out of the door of the military department and rode back to Nancheng, there are seven battalions of troops in addition to the Shenji Battalion in the Daxiao field, but Nanjing has been peaceful for a long time, and there is no soldier here except for a few old soldiers guarding the door.

Ma Cheng found a large battalion with many barracks, and stepped forward to hand over the official documents of the military department to the old guards, so that this large battalion became the new station of the Shenji Battalion.

Ma Cheng stood in the middle of the camp and looked left and right, there were many barracks, but most of them were in disrepair, and many of the roofs of the houses were not inhabitable at all. But fortunately, Ma Cheng doesn't have many soldiers now, and he can basically stay.

At this time, Xu Dahu sent back the five hundred soldiers recruited by Fengtai Gate first, and Ma Cheng assigned his subordinates to be petty officials such as Xiaoqi Zongqi, and the next step was to take these recruits to start repairing the house.