Yuan Chonghuan, who advocated the construction of the Ningjin defense line and had achieved the "Ningjin Great Victory" in the seventh year of the Apocalypse, as a representative of "the eunuch party was meritorious but not rewarded, and was forced to resign", also came to the capital at this time with Yuan Keli and others who had given up their official career and returned to their hometown last year.

If Xiao Xuan is most worried about this "going out trial", it is, of course, whether the Manchu army will go south in advance and intercept the returning self outside Beijing, so that if he only commands half or more of the strength of the Guards Battalion or the Brave Guard Battalion to go out, it will be dangerous. Even if it is the army of the Son of Heaven with about 12,000 people in the two battalions at this time, if it faces the main force of tens of thousands of armor and 20,000 or 30,000 Houjin, I am afraid it will still be dangerous. If we add the possibility of internal and external collusion, I am afraid it will be even more dangerous.

Therefore, of course, Xiao Xuan has to personally judge how likely this Yuan Chonghuan is to be the Houjin Neiying as in some Internet rumors. However, when he saw Yuan Chonghuan, Xiao Xuan on the bright side did not seem too grassy. Instead, he seemed very close to Yuan Chonghuan and came to his living room and study in the Imperial Horse Prison camp.

"Yuan Aiqing, you are the hero before I ascended the throne. Facts have also proved that your strategy of advocating the Xiuning Jin defense line is correct, and Sun Ge Lao also appreciates this very much. It's just that Wei Gelding of the imperial court was in charge at the beginning, the rewards and punishments were unknown, and Aiqing was wronged... ”

Xiao Xuan thought that there was nothing like this, it was just the normal courtesy of the king to his subordinates in film and television dramas, but he didn't know that at this time, this was a very appreciative performance. Such a courtesy was something that many ministers in the court, including Wang Qia, the secretary of the military department, did not expect.

Yuan Chonghuan didn't have anything on the surface, and he also looked down on the new emperor who had just ascended the throne a little bit in his heart: Is this really the legendary martial emperor who is decisive in killing and can build a martial emperor who can surpass the general main force of the imperial court in a short period of time?

"The minister doesn't dare, these days, the minister is worried about the situation in Liaodong all the time, for fear that after the minister leaves, Ningjin and other places will make some arrears of wages, and give Jiannu an opportunity to take advantage of. . . ."

Xiao Xuan looked out of the window of the living room at this time and couldn't help but sigh: "It has been more than ten years since Nurhachi raised the army. In the past ten years, my grandfather, father, and brother have passed away one after another, and it cannot but be said that it has nothing to do with the pressure of the Liao affair. Now in the face of repeated victories against the imperial court and the accumulation of a lot of military resources, I don't know when this great trouble will be truly lifted... ”

Yuan Chonghuan pondered for a moment, feeling that it was not enough to just show his pragmatic side in front of the new emperor, and he had to be more straightforward to get closer to the relationship. This may not be appropriate for a normal emperor to cut to the topic so quickly. However, this is the new emperor, but the legend is that he is an emperor who likes to go straight?

"Your Majesty, the minister has confidence: as long as the minister has the responsibility of the governor of Liao... Three years, about three years can be leveled... Yuan Chonghuan finally said boldly at this time.

"Three years? Tell us your reasoning? Xiao Xuan replied with some excitement. In my heart, I couldn't help but think that if I had millions of taels of salaries every year, all the military resources, and undisturbed conditions for army building. Three years is only enough to resist the danger of entering the customs at most. Pingliao will be at least a few years or more away, and this is still if everything is going well. As for the traditional old army of the Guanning Army, do you still want to compare it with your own new-style army building principles? Think you're the protagonist of the late Ming Dynasty?

Yuan Chonghuan said solemnly and seriously: "The minister's original plan was to level Liao in five years. It took five years to accumulate firearms, armor, and gunpowder, and to train soldiers in shooting and combat. Let Guan Ningjun's appearance take on a new look, even if it is worse than that Jiannu, it is not far away. In this way, our army will be able to recover the Liaodong Zhuzhen with more than 60,000 troops with 100,000 divisions, step by step, and force the eastern captives to take the initiative to sue us for peace, and we will no longer be able to make trouble for my Ming Dynasty in the short term... However, the minister heard that His Majesty also has more than 10,000 new troops with considerable combat effectiveness, and the strength is still growing. ”

I have to say that Yuan Chonghuan's words don't sound like big words. Jiannu can build an elite strong army, why can't the Ming Dynasty? It does not seem to be without basis for detaching itself from the position of objectively evaluating its own nature.

"I heard that there are a lot of shortcomings in the Liaodong Army, and you really have the courage to touch a lot of people's milk... Benefits? Xiao Xuan asked with a smile.

Yuan Chonghuan had already discovered something wrong at this time, but he still plucked up the courage to say: "Your Majesty please give your Majesty the sword of the minister, and have the right to cut first and then play... ”

"Well, then you beheaded Mao Wenlong from Dongjiang Town without authorization and lured Jiannu into the customs? I know that when many people understand the real combat effectiveness of the Jianzhou army and some actual states of the border army, they already have their own judgments about the future prospects of the Ming Dynasty. I don't blame you, go down... Xiao Xuan suddenly laughed playfully.

At this time, of course, Xiao Xuan did not have any real evidence to determine that Yuan Chonghuan was collaborating with the enemy, but at these times, he also smoothed out his own thinking, that is, there was no need for suspicious people. At least compared to Yuan Keli's rebellion against Liu Aita, a close confidant of Jin, Yuan Chonghuan, who was highly praised by the Qing Dynasty, always had one or another hidden danger. If this time Yuan Chonghuan can clearly explain some of his specific reform measures in the army, such as his own transformation of the new army. For example, recruiting new troops, dismissing people in the Liaodong Army who don't have too many martial arts, etc., he may look at this person differently and still let him be in charge of Ningjin's defense, but just these big words at least prove that he doesn't have much talent. Your own attitude should still not be used.

Although Yuan Chonghuan is not a fool, he can't figure out why the new emperor suddenly had such a sudden reversal. When the language was being organized, the two pro-soldiers around Xiao Xuan had already stood out of nowhere: "Lord Yuan, please go back... ”

At this time, Yuan Keli, who was an old minister of the Four Dynasties, was already very open, although Yuan Chonghuan, who was prescient to Xiao Xuan, made Yuan Keli a little disappointed. But he understood the state of Dongjiang Town at this time. Even if he is entrusted with a heavy responsibility again, I am afraid it will be difficult to do anything with the Dongjiang Army at this time.

When Yuan Chonghuan walked out of the camp in a short time, and soon he was summoned by the emperor again. Yuan Keli was still a little emotional, and on the way there, he carefully thought about the suggestions and opinions he could put forward.

It's just that Xiao Xuan saw Yuan Keli, but he didn't choose to be in the study, but chose to be in the Guards Military Academy, which rarely came to the foreign ministers. In particular, after the team's equipment strength is further upgraded, it is a place for large-scale firearms to practice actual combat targets.

(End of chapter)