But this young man is not an ordinary person, he is Li Shichao, a Jinyi Wei Qianhu from Beijing. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although Tian Ergeng resigned and left Beijing, his former henchmen were not treated unfairly, and Li Shichao's position did not change.

When Luo Yangxing transferred Jinyiwei, he transferred five thousand households out of Beijing to secretly inspect the area where grain was purchased, and Li Shichao was the person in charge of Kaifeng Mansion.

Seeing the people's distrust of the government and the imperial court, he was a little worried, and when he returned to the inn where he lived in Kaifeng Mansion, he was accompanied by two hundred households, as well as dozens of Jinyi guards, all waiting for him in the room.

When everyone saw Li Shichao return to the room, they all stood up.

One of the hundred households asked, "Lord Qianhu, where did you leave the inn early in the morning?" It turned out that Li Shichao left the inn without telling anyone.

Li Shichao waved his hand and motioned for them to sit down.

"I inquired about the government's purchase of grain, and the people were extremely frightened about it, and I learned from the mouth of the official in the prefect's yamen that last night, Wu Xin, the prefect of Kaifeng, had a banquet for hundreds of rich businessmen and wealthy people of all sizes in Kaifeng Mansion, and forced them to sign the documents for the government's purchase of grain.

"It seems that this Wu Xin does have some guts, and he dares to force rich businessmen to sell grain." A hundred households said, with some admiration for Wu Xinxin between his words.

"It's too early to say, if you can get grain from those rich merchants, it will be his credible ability." Li Shichao glanced at this hundred households and said softly.

After finishing speaking, Li Shichao asked one of his subordinates to take out a pen and paper, write down all the experiences in Kaifeng Mansion, and then handed it to a Jinyi guard and asked him to send him to Jingshi quickly.

On this day, there were no clouds over Jingshi, and the weather was excellent.

Zhu Youzhen summoned Yuan Chonghuan in the Palace of Cultivating the Heart to discuss military affairs.

After Yuan Chonghuan came, Zhu Youzhen said straight to the point: "Yuan Chonghuan, you and I both know that the guard system has been decayed, and the generals are not generals, and the soldiers are not soldiers. ”

"Your Majesty, by all means, although you and I both know that what Governor Li said is the truth, even if the training of the new army, it should also be the responsibility of the imperial court's military department, although Governor Li is loyal to the emperor, but he will never dare to set this precedent, thinking about the late Tang Dynasty, the reason for the division of the feudal town is that the military power is handed over to the local jurisdiction. If the precedent of Shaanxi is opened, and all the governors say that the guards in their territory are also not capable of fighting, and for the sake of the country, the new army will be reorganized, how should the imperial court deal with itself? "In fact, what Yuan Chonghuan said is also the truth, the training of the new army can only be in the hands of the imperial court, if it is trained and recruited by the local government, it will definitely cause instability after a long time.

Of course, Zhu Youzhen knew what Yuan Chonghuan meant, and said softly: "What Aiqing said, I also understand, I have never thought of banning the Wei system and retraining the new army, I had this idea when I just ascended the throne, but after a long time, I always feel a little powerless, now I think about it, Li Shuo wants to reorganize the new army in Shaanxi, I think about him, but, as Aiqing said, I also have to consider the risk of separating the feudal town, and let Aiqing come to ask Aiqing's opinion." ”

Yuan Chonghuan pondered for a while and said softly: "Has the emperor ever thought clearly, once the precedent is set, there will be endless troubles." Yuan Chonghuan's sentence was not as resolute as the previous sentence, because he had the same idea as Li Shuo, but he was in a different position with Li Shuo, and the things he considered were different.

Zhu Youzhen nodded and said: "I want to approve him, he said to me in the chapter, all the expenses are borne by Shaanxi, I don't want to do this, I want to take out this silver tael myself, train the new army, I don't want Li Shuo to be in charge, but let the Ministry of War host, set up a northwest camp in Chang'an Mansion, Shaanxi, allow 50,000 recruits, all people of different races can enlist in the army, horses, knives, guns, artillery and other items must be taken care of by the Ministry of War, and the grain and grass placed in Chang'an Mansion by the Quartermaster Department will be given priority to supply the Northwest Battalion." Aiqing, what do you think of this idea? ”

Zhu Youzhen did not know as much about military affairs as he did about government affairs, although he had ideas, but he still needed to be extremely cautious about military affairs, so he asked Yuan Chonghuan to come over to discuss together.

Yuan Chonghuan pondered for a while and said: "Your Majesty, setting up the northwest camp is a big deal, and Weichen thinks that he should call the old Huang Pavilion to discuss it together." ”

Zhu Youzhen waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, wait until you and I have figured things out, and it's not too late to tell Huang Liji." ”

After listening to Zhu Youzhen's words, Yuan Chonghuan's heart moved, the rumor that the emperor was not satisfied with Shoufu was boiling among the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, looking at Zhu Youzhen's performance, Yuan Chonghuan knew that the rumors were true, and the emperor really didn't have a good impression of Shoufu.

"Set up the Northwest Battalion, and the imperial court will appoint the Governor of the Northwest Battalion, the chief military officer, and the supervising army, so that it has nothing to do with the locality, and it is indeed feasible for the ministers to see it, and the top priority at this time is to select candidates for these three positions, I don't know if the emperor has candidates." Yuan Chonghuan asked softly.

"The Northwest Battalion is in charge of the Ministry of War, and Aiqing thinks that the civil and military people of the Manchu Dynasty, who can serve as the commander of the Northwest Battalion, and who can take the position of the chief military officer." As for the eunuch in charge of the army, Zhu Youzhen didn't even say anything, because this candidate can only be determined by him.

Yuan Chonghuan thought for a while and said: "Even if Governor Li proposed to train the new army, he asked Governor Li to concurrently serve as the commander of the Northwest Battalion, and the chief military officer was selected by the military department in the assessment over the years. "Yuan Chonghuan is not a stupid person, since the emperor let him put forward a candidate, why not return the favor.

"Shaanxi is troublesome, Li Shuo's government affairs are already busy, I don't want him to take on this heavy responsibility, Aiqing is talking about one person." Zhu Youzhen never thought of Li Shuo as the commander of the Northwest Battalion, to put it bluntly, he still has a kind of distrust of Li Shuo, thinking that Zhao Kuangyin's yellow robe was added back then, which was caused by the authority he mastered, this Li Shuo was originally a feudal official, if it was the **** of Shaanxi in the future, the Northwest Battalion became more and more courageous, the number of people was increasing, and the combat effectiveness was much higher than that of the imperial army, so whether Li Shuo would have any objections, no one dared to guarantee that Zhu Youzhen, as the emperor, did not want to take this risk.

In his plan, he can set up military camps in critical places, but the local guards will only be reduced, and they will not be banned, that is, he wants them to dominate each other.

After Yuan Chonghuan listened to Zhu Youzhen's words, he couldn't figure out what the emperor meant, and thought in his heart: "Could it be that the emperor doesn't even believe in Li Shuo, who he pulls in one hand?" ”

Indeed, the path of the emperor was destined to be lonely.

"That's the case, there is another candidate in Weichen's heart."

Zhu Youzhen didn't speak, and motioned for Yuan Chonghuan to continue.

"Weichen recommended Fu Wei, the squire of the military department, as the commander of the three battalions."

"Fu Wei, the squire of the military department, is he capable?"

"The emperor can rest assured that Fu Wei will definitely be able to turn the 50,000 troops of the Northwest Battalion into a division of tigers and wolves."

Zhu Youzhen glanced at Yuan Chonghuan and said softly: "What is there about him that makes Aiqing praise him so much." ”

Zhu Youzhen only believed Yuan Chonghuan's words fifty out of ten, in the last time and space, although Yuan Chonghuan was the famous Yuan Inspector, but in the historical world, there was also a nickname, that is, Yuan Dazui, he dared to shout out the arrogance of the five-year resumption of Liao.

"Fu Wei is a Jinshi in the thirty-fourth year of Wanli, in the thirty-sixth year of Wanli in the head of the Ministry of Household in Beijing, in the thirty-eighth year of Wanli as a member of the Ministry of War, in the first year of the Apocalypse as the commander of the Shaanxi Guard, in the fifth year of the Apocalypse, he returned to the Ministry of War as a left waiter. Fu Wei has rich experience, has been in Shaanxi for five years, and has a good understanding of local military and politics, as long as he is looking for a wise general to complement him, the northwest battalion will definitely become a tiger and wolf division within two or three years. Yuan Chonghuan said to himself.