Seeing that Sun Chengzong had more than 100,000 troops in his hands and didn't dare to open his mouth to take this money, it showed that the current field level of the Ming army was indeed too poor, so bad that even the commander had no confidence, and Tianqi couldn't help but sigh secretly. Later, I heard Li Qiyuan, the secretary of the household department, say pitifully, Tianqi said: "There is no need to do that, this money is not all to be invested in it at once, you can lend two million to the household department first, but the household department has to pay it back, by the way, this money should also belong to government affairs, the king of letters first summoned people to discuss a countermeasure, I will discuss military affairs with Mr. Sun today, and I will listen to your discussion tomorrow." ”

Tianqi began to hand over the problem of how to arrange redundant officials to King Xin to solve, and now he asked King Xin to find a way to raise money, King Xin's face changed, and he said with a bitter face: "Brother Huang, it's not that the younger brother is unwilling, but the matter that the imperial brother handed over to the younger brother is really difficult." ”

The other ministers also felt that it was a bit too much to blame King Xin for all the difficult things, and then Tianqi said: "It's not difficult for you to be a brother, but I just want you to work hard to find a way instead of you having to come up with it, as long as you do your best to be a brother, you will be grateful." In this way, you have made a list of all the possibilities, and how about I come over tomorrow to solve them together? ”

The king said, "So the brother obeys." ”

Tianqi said: "Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, Wei Dazhong and others bribery case, there is no substantiated evidence, it is framed, I decided to give the first family to stand by and reuse, you first arrange the family, ready to serve the country." ”

Yang Lian and the others said in unison: "The ministers have thanked the emperor." ”

Tianqi said: "The ministers have a chapter and the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Sun, please come over and follow me to the Military Affairs Yuan, and the others will disperse." ”

When Tianqi and Sun Chengzong came to the door of Wuying Hall on their shoulders, Sun Chengzong saw that there were four internal guard eunuchs standing on both sides of the door, and when they arrived at the door of the main hall, Tianqi said: "Those at the door are newly established internal guards. ”

Sun Chengzong said: "The minister heard that Wei Zhongxian took the people from Dongchang to Nanjing. ”

After a pause, Sun Chengzong suddenly asked Tianqi: "The emperor transferred the ministers from the border pass back to the capital, is he dissatisfied with what the ministers have done in the past few years?" ”

Tianqi was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said: "To tell the truth, sir, I am indeed slightly dissatisfied, after Mr. leaves the customs, the annual cost of the imperial court is too great to make ends meet." But another reason why I transferred Mr. to return to Beijing is that I am very busy and need a trusted person to preside over the Military Affairs Yuan, and besides, Mr. can return to Beijing to recuperate well when he is old. ”

Listening to Tianqi's direct but undiminished trust, Sun Chengzong had to nod speechlessly.

The two entered the main hall, only to see Gao Di, Zhang Weiying, Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen, etc., all came to greet the apocalypse, and when everyone saw the salute, Tianqi asked, "How many new people are here?" ”

Zhang Weiying said: "A few of their young men are in the apse and are looking at the map with the newly arrived Minister of Military Aircraft Wang Zaijin to discuss the military situation. ”

Tianqi said, "Let them all come out and see Scholar Sun." ”

As soon as Sun Chengzong heard that Wang Zaijin was also there, he said, "Why don't we go and see what they are discussing?" ”

Apocalypse said, "That...... Sir please. ”

Everyone came to the apse, and after the people inside the apocalypse saw the salute, they said: "Those who have started to go to the court may know it, from today onwards, Mr. Sun is the head of the Military Affairs Academy, everyone come and see it." ”

Everyone saluted Sun Chengzong again, and after Sun Chengzong returned the salute, he took the initiative to ask Wang Zaijin: "I haven't seen Lord Wang for a long time, Lord Wang has always been good?" ”

Wang Zaijin said: "Thanks to Lord Sun's concern, the lower officials are still passable." ”

Wang Zaijin was originally a Liaodong Jinglu, because the proposal to repair Balipu was vetoed by Sun Chengzong, the two had a knot, seeing that they called each other adults instead of calling the word number, it can be seen that the knot between the two sides is still there.

At this time, Tianqi introduced Sun Chengzong and said: "It turns out that there are only three ministers of military aircraft, they are the British minister Zhang Weiying, the secretary of the military department Gao Di, and the secretary of the Nanjing military department Wang Zaijin, Lord Wang has just been here for two days. Now that Mr. Sun is in charge of the day-to-day affairs, there are four of you, and in the future, all major military activities at the front must be reported to the Military Affairs Council for approval before they can be implemented, and all resolutions on the front must be agreed by all four before orders can be issued. Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen are two people who have made meritorious contributions to the Senate for military affairs, and Huang Daozhou, Lu Xiangsheng, and Ni Yuanlu are civilian officials who have been transferred to military posts to participate in military affairs, and these five people have the right to speak but not the right to vote. Tian Ergeng, the left governor of Jinyiwei, is temporarily in charge of the Military Justice Department, and Sun Yunhe, the right governor of Jinyiwei, is temporarily in charge of the Military Intelligence Department, and will take over after a more suitable candidate. The internal guards here are managed by the eunuch Yang Gongchun, who is responsible for guards, clerical work, supervision, and miscellaneous chores, which is the current situation in the Military Affairs Academy, and Mr. is slowly getting acquainted with it. ”

Sun Chengzong nodded, and then looked at Huang Daozhou, Lu Xiangsheng and others by the way, when everyone thought he was going to express his high opinions, he turned to look at Tianqi and asked: "May I ask the emperor a question, why did the emperor find someone to study military affairs in the Hanlin Academy?" ”

Tianqi thought for a while and said: "I decided to let civilian officials practice martial arts because of sir, Mr. is from Hanlin but knows the truth of war, I think that the people of Hanlin Academy will be more useful if they understand military affairs, but it looks like they are civilian military generals." ”

Sun Chengzong said: "This dynasty uses civil power to control the military, and the emperor thinks that the role of the civilian military general or the military military general is greater?" ”

Tianqi said: "I believe that the military generals will do practical things on the front line, and the civilian military generals will make strategies in the rear, and the two sides need to cooperate closely. Martial generals will have a lot of valuable experience after doing practical work on the front line for a long time, and it would be a pity if these experiences exchanged for blood were only hidden in the head of one person, and civilian generals can write these experiences into words for everyone to see, so that others can learn from them and avoid detours. From the point of view of dealing with the enemy, civilian officials are good at engaging in conspiracy and trickery, while military generals are characterized by ruthlessness, and the effect of both is about the same as that of using their brains and hands, but if civilian officials can understand military affairs, they can engage in conspiracy and trickery ruthlessly, and this will have a greater effect. ”

Sun Chengzong smiled slightly when he heard this.

Tianqi said: "The table where the map is laid is not high, and I am tired of standing and watching, so I asked someone to bring chairs over and everyone to sit around the map, and by the way, I will talk about my views on the current military situation." ”

Seeing that Sun Chengzong was a little surprised that the minister was sitting with the emperor, Tianqi said to him: "Now we need the right opinion, and since we need the right opinion, what we need is to speak freely." If there are any rules outside, follow the rules, but in this everyone is equal, there is no emperor and no scholar when expressing opinions, it doesn't matter who says the right thing to listen to whoever says the wrong thing, and it is good to tell the truth without restraint in an equal environment. I've been asking them to do this for the past few days, and if the gentleman thinks it's inappropriate, he can change it. ”

Sun Chengzong said: "There is no need to change, this is very good." ”

After Tianqi and everyone sat down, he said: "Half a month ago, everyone said their analysis of the current situation of friend and foe, and later they also copied these opinions to Mr. Sun, and today I would like to ask Mr. Sun to share his views on everyone's opinions. ”

Sun Chengzong said: "Your Majesty, everyone's opinions are very good, and everyone can see the strengths of Jiannu and the shortcomings of our army. The minister's view is that our army should be weaker in the field, but if our army is not afraid of building slaves by defending the city, if we overcome the weakness of the field war and occupy one city after another, we will achieve the final victory. In order to deal with the situation that the enemy attacked before the city was built, the minister in the past two years in the formation of a car battalion, the large cart box board of the car battalion is like a moving city wall, in the field can protect the infantry, cavalry and artillery, when the enemy attack is unfavorable and retreat, the cavalry pursuit can be a great victory. ”

After hearing this, Tianqi nodded and said, "Let's talk about it again and see if we can discuss a foolproof plan." ”

Gao Di, the secretary of the Ministry of War and the Minister of Military Aircraft, said: "This car battalion is a good thing, it can be used as a mobile city wall and can transport food, and can escort people and horses to fight in the field." However, if the car camp is built too little, the people and horses that can be escorted are limited, and the money required to build too much is also more, can the imperial court afford it? ”

Sun Chengzong nodded and said: "The materials used in the car camp should be good and fine, and it is indeed more costly, but it must be used, if a city is besieged, people and horses must be sent to rescue, and if there is no car camp field battle, it is not certain." ”

As soon as Sun Chengzong's words fell, a young man in his early twenties said: "The cars of the Cheying Battalion are made of wood, and the road conditions must be considered when marching. Fighting the enemy's cavalry? ”