After lunch, Li Zicheng hugged Dou Meiyi for a while, and was about to summon Li Xin and Qin Danian after getting up, Lu Yang walked in quickly, "Your Majesty, the fifth battalion master will ask to see Zhou Bin!"

"Zhou Bin?" Li Zicheng said in his heart, yesterday he asked him to seize the firearms bureau and the treasury treasury, I don't know what to gain, and said casually: "Summons!"

Zhou Bin was dressed in armor, and as Lu Yang walked into the Dongnuan Pavilion, he turned over and fell to the ground, "Minister Zhou Bin, knock to see the emperor!"

"No rudeness! Throne!" Li Zicheng asked Lu Yang to serve tea and said, "General Zhou, what do you want to report?" ”

"Back to the emperor, the minister was ordered to check the treasury of the Ming household department and Zhu Youzhen's internal ......"

"How is it, how much silver did Zhu Youzhen leave for me?" Li Zicheng said in his heart, the raid is just a formality, when the soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army pressed the border, Zhu Youzhen himself didn't have any silver to spend, could he be kind enough to leave a lot of silver for himself?

"The treasury is indeed empty, only more than three thousand taels," Zhou Bin's face was irrepressibly excited, and he lowered his voice and said: "But Zhu Youzhen's internal funds have tens of millions of silver!"

"O'...... Well? Li Zicheng's expression moved, and he leaned forward unconsciously, "What do you say, how much silver is in the pocket?" ”

"Back to the emperor, there are tens of millions of silver deposited in the treasury!"

"Ten million? You read that right? Although Li Zicheng heard it for the second time, he still couldn't believe that in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, there were many disasters in the world, and the army was used against Liaodong for many years, didn't the imperial court have long been unable to make ends meet? Zhu Youzhen has tens of millions of silver deposits in his internal funds, so why do he still have to apportion, train, and extort salaries?

The silver in the inner money, doesn't Zhu Youzhen know? Or is Zhu Youzhen reluctant to use it?

If you have the opportunity to find Zhu Youzhen, you must ask him in person to see if he is a miser!

"Back to the emperor, the minister was also taken aback when he saw these silvers," Zhou Bin's face was undisguised excitement, "The minister couldn't believe it at all, after checking it in person, although he didn't know the exact value, but it would not be less than 10 million taels, they were all silver ingots, the silver ingots were on the year, since the eighth year of Wanli, the silver before the eighth year of Wanli, but I have not seen it." ”

Eight years of Wanli? Li Zicheng thought silently, and seemed to understand something, the silver in the treasury was left by Emperor Wanli for his descendants, and there was a surplus since the eighth year of Wanli, and it seemed that Zhang Juzheng's new policy had played a role.

Perhaps Zhu Youzhen wanted to save the silver for use at the most critical moment, but the city of Beijing was broken, and the silver did not play a role......

By that time, the people's hearts had been weakened, and the army would be crushed at the first blow, and it was no longer a matter of money.

Zhu Youzhen's strategic mistake made a mistake in vain, no, it helped Huaxia, with this silver, Huaxia can do a lot of things, develop education, industry, expand territory, and so on.

Ten million taels of silver, if placed in one's own internal funds, may play a greater role than the national treasury, but it cannot be all placed in the internal funds, the new dynasty is in ruins, and silver is needed everywhere.

"General Zhou, the matter of silver, the information is temporarily blocked and cannot be disclosed to the public."

Li Zicheng was a little worried, once the silver was known to the soldiers, there must be many people who were red-eyed, and after suffering for so many years, there must be people who wanted to share the silver.

These signs are absolutely unacceptable, the Mandate of Heaven Army is an army, either a rogue, or a trophy, and it must also be handed over for centralized disposal.

"The minister understands that except for a few personal soldiers who have entered the interior, absolutely no one knows that it is these soldiers, and the minister has repeatedly explained and kept them tight-lipped!"

After Zhou Bin said goodbye, Li Zicheng knew that Li Xin and Qin Danian were already waiting, but he did not summon them in time, but sat alone in the study for a while, not only thinking about the usefulness of tens of millions of taels of silver, but also calming down his mood.

Li Xin and Qin Danian entered the Dongnuan Pavilion, saluted Li Zicheng, and then sat down on wooden chairs.

Li Zicheng smiled faintly and said: "What is the military heart of the independent battalion and the third battalion, after entering the Beijing Division, have you been blinded by the luxury of the Beijing Division?" ”

Li Xin and Qin Danian glanced at each other, got up and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the army is still the same army, and it will definitely not weaken its combat effectiveness just because of entering Beijing." ”

"That's good," Li Zicheng nodded slightly, "The Mandate of Heaven Army has taken the Jing Division, but this can only be an ordinary siege battle, this is not the end of the Mandate of Heaven Army, on the contrary, there are still many battles waiting for us." ”

"The minister understands, the minister will definitely try to maintain morale!"

Li Zicheng said lightly: "We can enter the Beijing Division, the brothers have made great contributions, and it is also feasible to give the brothers some benefits, such as adding some meat, but the Heavenly Mandate Army is an army that takes the people of the world as its own responsibility, has its own ideals, has strict military discipline, and has practical rewards and punishments. ”

Qin Danian understood what the emperor meant, China has not yet been unified, and the soldiers must not slack off, and they must continue to work hard.

Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Even if China is unified and completely inherits the homeland of the Ming Dynasty, the army must maintain the original fine traditions, and there must be no wavering ideals and directions. ”

Li Xin hurriedly arched his hand and said: "The minister understands that no matter how far the country develops, the army must stay out of the matter, and it must adhere to the original spirit of fighting #. ”

"Li Gongzi is right, if the country is rich and strong, it will provide a better life for the families of the soldiers, but for the soldiers, everything has not changed," Li Zicheng paused and said with a smile: "The two generals said that after the Heavenly Mandate Army takes the Beijing Division, how to march next!"

Qin Danian glanced at Li Zicheng and said cautiously: "The country has not yet been reunified, and the next goal of the Heavenly Mandate Army is naturally to cross the Yangtze River and point directly to the south of the Yangtze River." ”

Li Zicheng nodded and looked at Li Xin, "What does Gongzi Li mean?" ”

Li Xin's original idea was similar to that of Qin Danian, the country had not yet been reunified, and the next goal of the Heavenly Mandate Army was naturally to go south, and even use the power of the naval army to break through the Yangtze River and take Nanjing in one fell swoop, so that Huaxia could be regarded as basically unifying the world.

However, the emperor's intention was obviously not in a hurry to go south.

Doesn't the emperor want to unify China and accept the Ming Dynasty in its entirety? No, it can't be, absolutely not.

When the emperor was in the border area of Xining, the strength of the Heavenly Mandate Army was very small at that time, and the emperor not only stabilized Gansu and Qinghai, but also expanded to the south of Qinghai and beyond the border wall, set up a prefecture and county in the south of Qinghai, and also set up the Hexi Governor's Mansion outside the border wall to naturalize the local nomadic tribes.

The emperor's target is not Jiangnan, is it these border places? It doesn't make sense, if you want to plan these peripheral territories, when the country is unified, you can concentrate on expanding the territory to these areas!

Li Xin's thoughts ran around the land of the Ming Dynasty, and his heart suddenly moved, and he hurriedly said: "What does the emperor mean, is it the Tartar outside the gate?" ”

The child can be taught!

Li Zicheng nodded with a smile, he mentioned Li Xin like this, just for Liaodong outside the Guan! His plan was to hand over the Tartars to Li Xin temporarily, "Do the two generals think that at this moment, the Mandate of Heaven Army should take Nanjing in one go, and then concentrate the strength of the whole country to fight against the Tartars outside the Guan?" ”

Although the two did not speak, there was indeed such a question on their faces.

Li Zicheng was not in a hurry to give an answer, but picked up the tea, took a sip, let them have time to think, stared for a moment, and saw that the two still didn't want to speak, Fang smiled lightly: "I have the same idea as you, I also want to unify Huaxia first, and then concentrate on the Tartar battle outside the pass." ”

Li Xin seemed to smell something, and was busy: "Could it be that the Tartars are going to enter the customs again?" ”

Qin Danian said with some concern: "Since this is the case, don't we have to fight on two fronts?" ”

"Your worries are very reasonable, so this time I summoned you alone," Li Zicheng's expression instantly became serious, "The Tartars have not yet come to the side wall, but according to the report of the people from the Han Qing Bureau, they are ready to set off from Shengjing soon, and when they break through Nanjing, they will concentrate on dealing with them when they turn back, and there is simply not enough time." ”

Li Xin and Qin Danian both looked worried, although they did not speak, but their worries were beyond words.

"It turns out that I have seen the wrong person," Li Zicheng sighed slightly, "Since you have a fear of the Tartars, you don't have to go to Shanhaiguan!"

"Your Majesty, the ministers are ......" Li Xin and Qin Danian were startled, and hurriedly left their seats and knelt down.

"Let's get flat!" Li Zicheng said with a smile: "The cavalry of the Tartars is indeed the fierce enemy of the Mandate of Heaven, you have not fought against the cavalry of the Tartars, and you are afraid, in fact, there is not much fault. ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers are definitely not afraid of the Tartars," Li Xin said busily: "The ministers are just worried that if they fight on two fronts, logistics supplies, soldier equipment, etc., there may be difficulties, and the ministers are worried about the country, and they are definitely not afraid of the Tartars!"

Qin Danian also said: "Your Majesty, the ministers and others are all old people who have been following you, don't talk about Tartars, even let the ministers go deep into Liaodong, and the ministers will not frown!"

"Haha, your worries are not unreasonable," Li Zicheng saw that the radical general method worked, and he was secretly happy in his heart, "The cavalry of the Tartars is indeed strong in combat, and the Ming Dynasty has raised the strength of the whole country, and it is still defeated and retreated in Liaodong, but the current opponent of the Tartars is not the Ming army, but the Mandate of Heaven army!" His face suddenly sank, "If the Heavenly Mandate Army can't defeat the Tartars and take back the land outside the Guan, then we will replace the Ming Dynasty and be the sinners of the entire Huaxia!"

"The Emperor's ......"

Li Zicheng waved his hand and said: "Although the cavalry of the Tartars is strong, the soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven Army will never be afraid of any opponent, the stronger the opponent, the more they can show the combat effectiveness of the Mandate of Heaven. ”

Qin Danian nodded slightly, Li Zicheng knew about the heavy damage to the Tartar cavalry in Helan Mountain that day.

Li Xin was very surprised, the Mandate of Heaven Army was far away in Gansu that day, how could they meet the cavalry of the Tartars? After Qin Danian's explanation, it was understood that in order to find the widow of the Mongolian Lin Dan Khan, Dolgon came to Helan Mountain with 10,000 cavalry, and was severely injured by the Heavenly Mandate Army led by Li Zicheng, and fled back to Shengjing in embarrassment.

Li Zicheng instilled a lot of knowledge about the Tatar cavalry in the two, and then merged the independent battalion with the third battalion to form the new third battalion.

The new third battalion was led by Li Xin as the chief general and Qin Danian as the deputy general.

Originally, the two divisions had 12 regiments, and if they were directly subordinate to the battalions, the number of regiments would be too large, which would not be conducive to vertical management, so Li Zicheng added the unit of "division" between the battalion and the regiment, and each division had jurisdiction over four regiments.

The original four regiments of the third battalion, which were not only elite veterans, but also equipped with rifles and mountain artillery, were reorganized into the first division, and the former commander of the first regiment, Zhou Fengwu, served as the commander of the first division;

The independent battalion originally had eight regiments, of which the 1234 regiments were combined into the second division, and Li Mou, the former commander of the first regiment, served as the commander of the second division; The 56784 regiments were combined into the 3rd Division, and Wang Guangen, the former commander of the 5th Regiment, served as the commander of the 3rd Division.

Three divisions were not enough, and Li Zicheng promised Li Xin and Qin Danian that when the soldiers of the three major battalions of the Beijing Division were initially reorganized, they would also add one division to the third battalion.

The new third battalion will reach four divisions and an establishment of 80,000 men, which is equivalent to the group army of later generations.

Li Zicheng was worried about what Qin Danian had in mind, after all, he joined the Heavenly Mandate Army very early and had a lot of military achievements, but it was more suitable to deal with the cavalry of the Tartars, or a young Zhuang faction like Li Xin, and Li Xin's overall view of the military was far beyond that of Qin Danian.

Fortunately, Qin Danian also knew that he was getting older, and his energy would inevitably be limited, and he was also happy to serve as Li Xin's deputy.

In the reorganization of the third battalion this time, the personnel did not change much, and the regimental level and below basically remained unchanged, so Li Zicheng only gave Li Xin 10 days, and after 10 days, he was ready to go to Shanhaiguan at any time.