At this time, Zhu Cihong was really a little confused, after all, he was only a sixteen-year-old boy, the so-called less is not more, for this kind of major event involving the distribution of the entire Ming tax income and the maintenance of the overall strength, he really didn't know how to decide.

If, according to Zhang Bin, the elite troops cannot be cut too much, then how can the taxes of the Ming Dynasty afford the military spending?

He really couldn't figure it out, so he could only ask sincerely: "Master, what do you say should be done?" ”

Zhang Bin glanced at him seriously, and then said solemnly: "Since the emperor asked Weichen to say, then Weichen had the courage to say, Weichen thinks that this disarmament is imperative but can not let the strength of the Ming Dynasty decline too much, so the elite troops should be reduced as little as possible, Shanxi Army, Shaanxi Army, Huguang Army, and Henan Army can all be disarmed and returned to the field, return to the nine borders and the Central Plains and Huguang, and allocate enough tuntian, so that they can be self-reliant, but they should not be left alone, but should urge the five armies to supervise the government and organize drills regularly to ensure the reserve force, and at the same time maintain local stability. ”

Zhu Cihong nodded without hesitation and said: "Well, this is no problem, the Shanxi Army, the Shaanxi Army, the Huguang Army, and the Henan Army have all been cut, and at the same time, let the British make a drill charter." ”

Zhang Bin also nodded, and then continued: "As for the Liaodong Army, the Qin Army, the Sichuan Army, the Guanning Army, and the Dongjiang Army, among these elites, the Qin Army, the Sichuan Army and the Guanning Army are relatively strong in combat power, and they should not be dismantled, but the Liaodong Army and the Dongjiang Army, the age of the soldiers is generally older, and although the combat power is okay, it can't be maintained for many years. ”

Cutting 60,000 at once is equivalent to a reduction of more than 2 million taels of military spending for a year, which can be regarded as a lot of lightening the burden, Zhu Cihong still nodded and said: "Okay, according to what the master said, merge the Liaodong Army and the Dongjiang Army into 50,000 elites." ”

Zhang Bin nodded again, and then continued: "The Fuguang Army, the Fujian Naval Division, the Tianxiong Army, and the Qi Family Army, which are neatly equipped, cannot be abolished, but the Ming Dynasty taxes can't afford so many troops, Weichen suggested this, the Fuguang Army, the Fujian Naval Division Dongshengtang is still barely raised, and the food and loss of the 160,000 army are responsible for Dongshengtang, and the Qi Family Army and the Tianxiong Army are only 20,000 horses in total, and there should be no problem for the imperial court to bear it, Your Majesty, what do you think?" ”

When Zhu Cihong heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed and said: "Master, are you saying that Dongshengtang can still afford the food and loss of the 160,000 army, which is simply great, in this way, there will only be 220,000 troops left to bear by the imperial court, and the military budget will be about 1.2 million taels a month at most, and less than 15 million taels in a year, which is great, great." ”

Yes, everyone is happy, the court is relaxed, Dongshengtang is also relaxed, and more importantly, the secret that Zhang Bin has been hiding can be regarded as telling Zhu Cihong frankly, Zhu Cihong should not be angry about this matter in the future, and the two strong teams of Fuguangjun and Fujian Navy are still firmly in his hands, and his safety is strongly guaranteed, after all, with his current power and the act of getting rid of Chongzhen, it is no longer as simple as a high achievement, it is a bit noisy, Zhu Cihong will grow up without a little mustard, that is impossible.

He really doesn't want to hand over the two strong forces of Fuguangjun and Fujian Navy Division to the imperial court to govern, because these two strong forces are related to the future sea hegemony.

Of course, this time is not the time to compete for hegemony at sea, we must first let the entire Ming Dynasty completely stabilize and enter the track of high-speed development before he can rest assured to compete with the powers, otherwise, the rear is unstable, how can he let go and fight with the powers.

The number of disarmament is set, but the disarmament is not over, and the generals and garrisoned areas need to be confirmed, Zhang Bin confessed, got up and took out the latest Ming territory map from the bookshelf on the side, spread it on the dragon case, and then pointed to the map and analyzed: "This army is going to be cut, where the remaining elite are stationed should also be well arranged, although the Ming Dynasty has almost been leveled in the four seas, but there are three points that can not be guarded against, the first is that Dongying is newly attached, it is inevitable that there will be dissenting intentions, you need to be careful, Weichen thinks, It is not enough to send garrison guards, but also to have an elite army stationed in Dongying as a deterrent; There is also Mengyuan, after a year of construction, the Dacha railway has been completed, and more than ten large and small cities have been built on the Chahar grassland, as long as the troops can be stationed in various cities, the Chahar Department is not to worry, and then the Horqin Department, as long as these two major departments can be pulled into the arms of the Ming Dynasty, the remaining Weitra Department and Er'er Department are not to worry, and they can be considered later. Finally, there are the European continental powers on the sea, they are not comparable to Meng Yuan or Dongying, and their combat power is terrifying enough to pose a threat to the Ming Dynasty, and this has to be guarded against. ”

Zhu Cihong also knows seven tricks about this war at this time, and he doesn't know anything, so he can only nod and say: "Well, I don't know much about these things, master, you can come as you say." ”

Zhang Bin was not ambiguous, he arched his hand, meaning for a moment, and then said without hesitation: "Then Weichen has the courage to say his own suggestion for the emperor to decide." Weichen thought that after Jiannu surrendered, Liaodong had been roughly stable, leaving the reorganized Liaodong Army to garrison the major cities, and the Guanning Iron Cavalry could be adjusted to the Horqin Grassland to deter, and the Qin Army was best to stay in the cities of the Chahar Grassland, so that Meng Yuan would not have to worry. As for Dongying, there should be no problem with the Sichuan army stationed in the deterrent, and as for the two elites of the Tianxiong Army and the Qijia Army, they can be stationed on the front line of Xuanda and Jizhou respectively to defend the capital to deal with emergencies. There are also the Fuguang Army and the Fujian Naval Division, and Weichen suggested that they be transferred to the Nanyang to Dongfan line to garrison in case the European powers snooped on the Ming Dynasty. ”

Zhu Cihong still nodded without hesitation and said, "Okay, just do it." ”

Zhang Bin then arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, after the dismantling of the more than 400,000 troops, ordinary soldiers can be disarmed and returned to the field, but the leading generals cannot be cut together, Weichen thinks that it is better to deploy them." ”

This is actually very important, because the generals largely determine the control of the army, but Zhu Cihong has nothing to do about this, because he has no cronies who can lead the army at all, he will not learn from Chongzhen, he would rather send a corrupt official to lead the army than let Zhang Bin call the shots, he said very simply: "This is still arranged by the master." ”

Zhang Bin thanked him and then began to order.

The main general of the Sichuan army is still the loyal Marquis Qin Liangyu, and the general soldiers Ma Xianglin, Qin Gongming, Qin Yiming, Qin Zuoming, and Qin Zuoming each led 10,000 troops;

The main general of the Liaodong Army was changed to Mao Wenlong, Marquis of Zhenjiang, and the general soldiers He Kegang, Chen Jisheng, Mao Chengzuo, Zu Dale, and Xu Fuzuo each led 10,000 troops;

The main general of the Guanning Army was changed to Ningyuan Bozu Dashou, and the general soldiers leading the army were promoted from the Guanning Army except for Zu Dabi;

The chief general of the Qin army was changed to Cao Wenzhao, the Marquis of Dingliao, and the general army was directly promoted in the Qin army;

The main general of the Fuguang Army was changed to Yu Chenglong, the chief general of the Fujian Navy Division was still Zheng Zhilong, the Hou of Nanyang, Li Dingguo and other young generals were all promoted to the leading army, the Qi family army was still commanded by Qi Yuangong, the Marquis of Fushun, and the main general of the Tianxiong Army was changed to Cao Bianjiao.

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