After entering the location of the temporary base camp in Jinzhou City, Zhu Youzhen asked everyone to disperse first, and only took Sun Chengzong and other staff officers of the General Staff into the official office. And Hai Lanzhu took the guards into the backyard and arranged a place for Chongzhen to stay.

After sitting in the conference room that had been cleaned up in the official office, Zhu Youzhen asked the General Staff Headquarters to make a detailed report on the entire Ningjin operation. After spending more than an hour listening to everyone's reports, Zhu Youzhen said unceremoniously to the staff officers: "In this way, the reason why the Ningyuan defenders were deceived into attacking.

First, the staff system implemented by the General Staff in Liaoxi Town was not implemented, so General Mangui would be gullible to trust an officer who defected to Jin, instead of getting an opinion from the staff officer on whether Jinzhou should be rescued.

Second, it seems that the intensity of the anti-rebellion action at the beginning of the year was not enough, and it was not able to deter internal traitors who had collusion with Houjin, so these people dared to collude with Houjin and deceived General Mangui.

When he was in the capital, the military exercise plan handed over by the princes seemed to be well-organized and had no last resort. But now that Houjin is only a tentative attack, your plan will immediately fall apart and be difficult to execute. What is the difference between a plan without the ability to execute and a plan without a plan? ”

Chongzhen's reproach suddenly made the staff officers who had just been in a cheerful mood nervous again. They had no idea what kind of language they should use to justify the defeat in this battle. After all, when they had sent the exercise plan to the emperor before, they had sworn that they had already counted all the reactions of the Houjin army.

However, it was not until the members of the General Staff Headquarters left Shanhaiguan that they realized that the staff organization of Liaoxi Town, which had been reported to be developing well, was just the same in all respects except for the logistics department.

The exercise plans drawn up by them could not be carried out in a step-by-step manner, because the staff officers of the various armies could not mobilize the whole force through a single piece of paper, and they had to negotiate and negotiate the terms of operation with the same army commanders. To put it simply, the command power of the General Staff in the new army, like an arm, will not work at all in the armies of western Liaoning.

Here, even the Ministry of Man Gui, who was the most supportive of the imperial court, could not carry out the orders of the General Staff without Man Gui's nod. Of course, this refers to operational orders, and as for the logistics department, because it has become an independent unit separated from the various armies, it is the most obedient to the orders of the General Staff.

The army of Liaoxi Town was divided into five parts, the Zujia army led by He Kegang was the strongest, followed by the Mangui army, which was most supported by the emperor, and then the three divisions of Zhang Chun, Zhu Mei and Sun Zushou. Sun Zushou was transferred from Changping to the Shanhaiguan General Army, and his army organization was the closest to that of the New Army.

Sun Chengzong had no choice but to take the responsibility on himself, plead guilty to the emperor again, and admit his fault for dereliction of duty. Zhu Youzhen did not let it go lightly this time, but asked the General Staff Headquarters to take this opportunity to carry out a comprehensive rectification of the whole town in Liaoxi.

Zhu Youzhen looked at everyone and said expressionlessly: "... Accountability or something, let's not talk about this now. I now only ask the base camp to do one thing, to comprehensively rebuild the staff system of Liaoxi Town.

First, it is necessary to ensure that the orders issued by the General Staff can be ordered and obeyed in every army; Second, the staff system of Liaoxi Town can convey the situation from the bottom to the top, so that the General Staff Headquarters can understand the situation of the various armies in Liaoxi Town at any time.

In the process of establishing the staff system, if someone disobeys orders, perfunctory, or cheats, he should be dismissed from his post, he should be retired, and he should be transferred. I will never allow anyone to engage in specialization in the army, to create an independent kingdom, or to engage in gang-forming mountaineering. Liaoxi is the Liaoxi of the Ming Dynasty, and the army is also the army of the Ming Dynasty..."

For the emperor's reprimands, everyone had no criticism, and even some people were a little happy in their hearts. Liaoxi Town, as the most powerful border army of the Ming Dynasty, even if the establishment of this border army has a great relationship with Sun Chengzong, it is not easy to make the head of this border army hand over the absolute command of the army.

The reason why the staff system in Liaoxi Town has not been completed for a long time is inseparable from the resistance of this border army general. Now although they have been heavily reprimanded by the emperor, they have obtained the sword of Shang Fang in the comprehensive rectification of the border army system, and for the General Staff, it is really a good thing to take the opportunity to expand its own power, and naturally no one will raise objections.

After the end of this meeting, Zhu Youzhen left Sun Chengzong, Sun Chuanting, and Li Hongyuan, and Chongzhen's purpose in leaving the three was to prepare to talk with them about the issue of suppressing rebellion that they had already carried out.

The method adopted by Sun Chuanting and Li Hongyuan to suppress the rebellion was still the method adopted by Hui Shilang of the Criminal Department before, through visits and conversations with generals in the army, and to investigate the problems reported by some soldiers, so as to identify the gentry and generals who acted in the Houjin Dynasty, although it was effective, it was not in line with Chongzhen's wishes.

Zhu Youzhen pondered for a long time, and said to the three of them: "From the top down, Hui Shilang has done quite well, no matter how much you make trouble, you can only catch a few scapegoats, and those two-faced people who have fallen silent will not be revealed so easily."

Now that the Ningjin area has just been ravaged by Houjin, the local people and ordinary soldiers in the army are full of resentment, most of them are born and raised in the local area, and they also know the big families and generals here, and they must know which big families and generals have colluded with Houjin.

The anti-rebellion work of the General Staff should open a gap in these low-level civilians and soldiers, and only with the support of the broadest masses of the people and non-commissioned officers can we remove these two-sided flattering walls from our army and government. Only by completely eliminating these two-faced people will the people and warriors regain their confidence in the imperial court..."

Li Hongyuan didn't feel anything about Chongzhen's words, he just nodded again and again, but the faces of Sun Chengzong and Sun Chuanting changed.

As soon as the emperor's words stopped, Sun Chengzong had already quickly admonished: "Your Majesty, using the method of whistleblowing to eliminate those two-faced villains may not be able to achieve the goal. On the contrary, it may encourage the wind of false accusations by villains, so that some cool officials can see the door of luck. At that time, Wu Tang Daxing whistleblower, in addition to making the righteous people and gentlemen panic, only achieved the notoriety of cool officials such as Zhou Xing and Lai Junchen, which was not good for the country. ”

Sun Chuanting also nodded again and again and said: "Your Majesty, the minister also seconded Chief Sun's statement, this whistleblowing is unstoppable." Liaoxi was originally the first barrier to deal with the Houjin, if there was distrust between the upper and lower colleagues in the army, what would the scattered Liaoxi Town do to resist the attack of the Houjin army? ”

Although Li Hongyuan felt that the words of these two officials were a bit exaggerated, he still wisely kept silent and waited for the emperor's decision.

Sun Chengzong and Sun Chuanting's words only made Chongzhen hesitate for a moment, and soon he said, "What you said is very correct, but you seem to have misunderstood what I mean.

What I want is to mobilize the masses to fight against the traitors and scum who have ruined their peaceful lives, and not to use whistleblowers against certain people. Are these gentry and generals who colluded with Houjin only harming the interests of the country? They colluded with the Jin army to invade, which also harmed the interests of ordinary people and soldiers.

Aren't the ordinary people who were plundered by the Houjin army, their wives and daughters, and the soldiers who guarded the fort killed by the Houjin army, also victims? The imperial court wants to find out these two-faced people, not only to eliminate hidden dangers in the future, but also to seek justice for those ordinary people and sergeants.

Why do we need to keep it a secret against these two-faced people who have plagued the local and the country? Aren't these scum who have betrayed the country and the people who are afraid of being exposed? We should shout and kill these scum in the open, and let them become street rats who dare not see people. This can play a role in awakening the people and warning the people of patriotic propaganda..."

Under Chongzhen's insistence on his own opinion, Sun Chengzong and Sun Chuanting, two officials who were born as scholars, finally reluctantly accepted the emperor's opinion and decided to try it for a period of time to see the effect.

In the next two days, Zhu Youzhen did not hide in the official office to recuperate, but asked people to arrange many trips for him to inspect various places in Jinzhou.

As the most front-line military town between the Ming Dynasty and the Later Jin, in addition to some merchants, there are soldiers and military households in Jinzhou City, and there are almost no ordinary people.

Although Sun Chengzong did not approve of the inspection itinerary formulated by the emperor, he also knew that there was still a safety guarantee for inspecting in the city, and compared to the emperor's whim to go outside the city, it was more worry-free for Chongzhen to meet those low-level Ming soldiers in the city.

The circumference of Jinzhou City is about 7 miles, the moat is nearly 8 miles long, nearly 12 meters wide and 4 meters deep. Jinzhou City was actually built in the Yuan Dynasty, and after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, this place was overhauled twice, so that it has the current scale. The layout of the city is no different from other northern cities, with the drum tower as the center, and then the four streets of east, west, north and south are built.

There are about 20,000 people in the city, including civilians, and Chongzhen has been running non-stop for two days, but he can only walk the whole city. Although the two-day trip made Chongzhen, who was already exhausted by the long journey, feel more tired, but his spirit was quite good.

In the course of the inspection, he saw most of the soldiers and civilians in Jinzhou City, no, it should be said that most of the Jinzhou soldiers and civilians saw him, and met with almost all the generals, guerrilla officers, and nearly a quarter of the middle and lower-ranking officers.

For more than 200 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the orthodox concept of the Zhu family has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Although these Jinzhou soldiers and civilians had never seen Chongzhen before, when Chongzhen appeared in front of them, Zhu Youzhen could see the excitement on the faces of these ordinary people and sergeants.

It was at this time that Zhu Youzhen discovered why the founding emperors of the past and present were so confident. Even an ordinary person, in front of so many soldiers and civilians who wholeheartedly trust him, is unconsciously full of self-confidence, believing that he has omnipotent power, let alone those founding kings who rely on their ability and charm to win the allegiance of their subordinates.

Chongzhen's two-day inspection trip also shocked those big generals in western Liaoning, who once regarded these soldiers and civilians as private property, but now found that the power they thought did not completely belong to them. Therefore, the work of the General Staff Headquarters in rectifying the armies in western Liaoning and perfecting the staff system is not so difficult in practice.