In order to avoid the lack ********of silver money, it was necessary to replenish the silver stock, and to obtain silver, it was necessary to exchange power with rich merchants, and the original system of Toyosu suffered a serious impact and had to deal with it in a timely manner. During this time, the officials were very busy, and the manpower was really insufficient, Zhang Daojun, Han Lin, and Sun Qifeng were all invited to help in the Great Commander's Office in the name of seeking education, and Chang Shu, the ambassador of the Jin State of Commerce, was leisurely studying in the Department of Missions.

The civilian officials were so tired from being busy with government affairs, Li Yu was not idle, and rushed to the Barbarian Mountain camp with the Zanhua Military Affairs Office - the new military system plan has come down, involving a lot of personnel appointments and dismissals, Li Yu feels that he still has to keep an eye on it for a while, and some people in the army are just unconscious, and they have to set off some waves if they have nothing to do.

The Manhan Mountain camp was a little chaotic some time ago, and the captured Ming army in Datong Town was not easy to dismiss, Li Huai drove the five or six thousand people who were not allowed to leave to the Barbarian Mountain, and these guys immediately recognized the fellow villagers in the battalion, and compared with each other, they were even more indignant - all the soldiers in the Fengzhou battalion were landlords, and they had enough military salaries to take, but the officers and soldiers of Datong Town couldn't even eat enough, why! They also made a fuss about changing jobs, and the battalion soldiers also helped to say good things, and the Great Commander's Office finally admitted it and agreed to let them go to Baoketu to become naturalized, but these guys only wanted land but were unwilling to do farm work, so they had to form an auxiliary battalion with half a salary, and sent Zhang Mengcun, who participated in politics, and Xu Jinxian, deputy garrison of Xuandewei, to be the chief and deputy battalion officers.

Manhan Mountain is the place where Fengzhou started, and now it has become a large military camp, stationed with horses, infantry, guns and artillery battalions, as well as military selection battalions and ordnance divisions, except for a small number of family members in the camp are soldiers wearing military uniforms. Li Yu and his entourage were taken into the camp by Bai Xianzhi, who stayed behind, everyone felt that their eyes were bright, these soldiers seemed to be much more handsome, Bai Xianzhi shook his head and said, the newly changed woolen military uniform is spirited to wear, but it is not as strong and wear-resistant as the green cloth, and it is still used in coarse cloth clothes for war, training, but the soldiers like it, they think that it is easier to find a wife by wearing this outfit, and they are usually reluctant to wear it, and today the commander came to wear it to show off.

The original Grand Commander's Mansion was changed into a command hall and became the command center of the battalion, and the battalion soldiers and the senior generals of the garrison posts were already waiting in the hall, standing up neatly and saluting Li Yu, Li Yu waved his hand to signal everyone to sit down, and Ma Guangyuan began to announce the order of the Grand Commander's Mansion to reorganize the army.

From now on, the Fengzhou battalion will set up two associations for the left and right infantry, two associations for the left and right cavalry, and an artillery association, with each infantry army rated at 1,000 people, three infantry battalions on the left, right, and center, and a gun sentry post, equipped with four 500-pound camp guns and 60 new guns; The cavalry association is rated at 1,000 people, with three cavalry battalions on the left, right, and center, and a cavalry post equipped with 100 horses; The artillery association is rated at 500 people, with two infantry battalions on the left and right, and an artillery battalion, temporarily equipped with 10 new battalion guns of 800 catties; The Wuxuan Camp was changed to the Wuxuan School, with three sections of foot, cavalry and guns, and the Flying Tiger Battalion Juvenile Post and the Wuxuan Camp Children's Post were merged into the Wuxuan School and changed to the Juvenile Camp and the Boy Battalion; The structure of each garrison post remains unchanged, but the selection and training of reserve troops must be increased, and the number of reserve soldiers for each guard shall not be less than 3,000, and the number of reserve soldiers for the Naturalized Prefecture shall not be less than 5,000.

Ma Guangyuan warned the battalion generals, a small number of people does not mean easy, the battle will be expanded immediately, your soldiers are the elite of the elite, even some of the people who watch the gate are also the general and thousand, usually you have to send more people to their respective sources of troops to assist in training, your soldiers can't pull up at a critical time, and in the end it is you who are unlucky.

Terige then announced the appointment of officers to the associations, battalions, and garrisons, and the officers immediately pricked up their ears:

Sun Shoufa, commander of the Left Association of Infantry, Zhou Yuji, deputy commander, Qin Hu, commander of the left battalion, Ren Shouzhong, commander of the right battalion, and Yuan Lie, officer of the middle battalion;

Zhang Chuanjie, commander of the right co-commander of the infantry, Hou Shijie, deputy commander, Haishan, commander of the left battalion, Tie Biao, commander of the right battalion, and Liu Qian, commander of the middle battalion;

Zhang Ding, commander of the left cavalry, Sun Fuhu, deputy commander, Qiu Xian, commander of the left battalion, Bo Ershu, commander of the right battalion, and Ma Jinzhong, officer of the middle battalion;

Meng Ke, the commander of the right cavalry, Kubai, the deputy commander, Chaolu, the commander of the left battalion, Tu Lichen, the commander of the right battalion, and Fei Yangwu, the officer of the middle battalion;

Ding Qiming, commander of the artillery association, Jin Guoding, deputy commander, Wu Zhili (Wu Laoba), commander of the artillery battalion, Jin Guoding (concurrently), and Wang Zongjie, commander of the right battalion.

Naturalization Mansion garrisoned Zhang Liwei, Xuande guarded Xiao Sigui, Dongsheng guarded Zabutu, Xinghe guarded Xue Xianguang, and Chahan Naoer guarded Bao Rongge.

After reading the list, Terig deliberately stopped, looking at everyone with a smile, he knew what was going to happen soon, and sure enough, some people laughed heartily, some people scolded, and there were the most crazy people in Fengzhou, and the least serious people.

Meng Ke smiled from ear to ear, the old qualified Wuhai and Baiyintu died in battle, Zabutu was desperate to mix with Batu, Kubai was illiterate and couldn't be a regular job, and the pie in the sky just fell on his head, Sun Fuhu patted his head and shouted, a gust of wind This kid is too lucky, he just picked up a co-ordinator for nothing. Liu Qian was also triumphant, he went to the local garrison for two years, and the curve movement was successful, and he came back to be promoted to battalion officer, but unfortunately his good brother Wang Dongqiang, he was also qualified to be a battalion officer.

Hou Shijie and Xiao Sigui complained, one thought that he was old, and Zhou Yuji could be the deputy co-ordinator, so he should be directly promoted to co-ordination, and the other thought that he had suffered a big loss when he went to the local garrison, and he was simply backing up for Liu Qian. Ding Qiming and Jin Guoding complained about the unfairness, the infantry association and the cavalry association were all 1,000 people, but the artillery battalion was only given 500 soldiers, and even Bao Jung understood that it was more beneficial to be a battalion officer than to be a garrison, and they immediately followed suit, and the hall was noisy.

"Stand up, don't complain about your promotion, you still have to make trouble when you are promoted, do you have nowhere to do when you are full?" The old handsome man slapped the case and shouted angrily, and the generals were a little quieter.

Li Yu didn't speak, the virtue of these people is like this, they got together and made a lot of noise, and they might still be having fun when they got home, he waved his hand to let people move a wooden box, and asked everyone mysteriously, "Do you want to see the baby", of course I thought about it, and the generals came around at once, looking at the box with wide eyes.

"The Western missionary just sent it, it happens to be divided into two branches, take it and play with it!" Li Yu opened the wooden box, ten temporary clairvoyants appeared in front of everyone's eyes, the battalion officers cheered and pounced on the baby, Hou Shijie happily grabbed one in his hand, and the officers of the garrison began to complain again, Li Yu was unhappy this time: "This thing was given by someone, and you can't buy it with money, how thick-skinned you are when you are Lao Tzu, let's talk about it later." ”

The thoughts of all the generals were shifted to the baby, lined up to open foreign meat, Li Yu quietly went out of the command hall, there was a large group of sentinel-level officers waiting for him outside, Hadari, Li Xuan, Li Chage, Ma Shizhong, Liu Shuangxi hugged each other and were still wiping their tears - more than 100 little brothers from the young sentry of the Flying Tiger Battalion went to more than 40 at once after fighting the two big battles of Butonghe and Yanghe, and everyone wanted to cry when they met.

"Great Commander, I am Liu Erhu from Baita Village." Liu Tichun squeezed in front of him, puffed up his chest and saluted Li Yu.

"I remember you, the squadron leader of Baita Village, yes, now you have the rank of commander with three wolf heads." Li Yu looked at Liu Tichun's chest and nodded.

"The sentry officer of the subordinate of the capital." Liu Tichun replied a little proudly, and casually pulled the young man next to him over, "This is my fellow villager, he has seen the Grand Commander, and this time he has also been promoted to a sentry officer." ”

"Squadron Leader of the Twenty-Fourth Brigade, your big name is Hao Shaoqi, right? I remember you saying you were Bagan's brother. Li Yu recognized the officer.

"I'm Hao Shaoqi, or the name that Lord Batu gave me." Hao Shaoqi was a little excited, and continued with a red face, "Bagen is my brother, if he is still alive, he should marry my sister-in-law, my sister-in-law still thinks about him now, and has always been reluctant to marry." ”

"Bagen is also my brother, but I don't have time to think about him, go back and ask your sister to marry, just say that I said, we Fengzhou people have suffered too much, we must wipe away our tears and keep moving forward, don't always be sad for the past," Li Yu patted Hao Shaoqi's shoulder, and said loudly to the officers, "Brothers, you are all good, it is my honor to be brothers with you, today I invite you to drink wine and eat meat!" ”

Naturalization, Silver Buddha Temple, Batu and Ortai entered a meditation room under the guidance of the little lama, and several pots of charcoal fire were burning vigorously, baking the room warmly.

"Lama Yuerji, is there anything to be gained from this trip?" Batu and Ortai hurriedly asked after saluting.

Lama Qiuerji continued to recite the Buddhist scriptures, and after a long while, he slowly said: "Tengger protects the people of the world, gives us the great Khan of Kublai Khan again, be proud of his divine strength, benevolence and broad mind, and may all beings in the grassland be auspicious!" ”

Batu and Ortai were overjoyed, and kowtowed again and again to thank them - the old lama helped Fengzhou at a critical moment, when Altan Khan introduced the Yellow Lama from Tibet, which played a huge role in abolishing barbarian martyrdom and torture, and helping the Mongolian tribes to move towards peace and civilization, but at the same time, in order to fight against the Mongol Great Khan, he also intended to support the Lamaist forces, not only to provide a large amount of alms to the lama temple, but also to give the treatment and privileges of secular nobles to the lama, the lama temple occupies a large amount of land, pasture and population, but does not have to pay taxes and provide labor, This force swelled rapidly without any restraint, taking naturalization as an example, at one time, there were many temples and lamas, and the successive Shunyi kings had to act according to their faces. The power of the lamas was too strong, not only hollowing out the strength of the Mongols, but even almost trampling the secular nobles under their feet, which is the reason why Chahar Khan supported the Red Sect and suppressed the Yellow Sect.

While the Chahar West invaded and defeated the 30,000 households on the right wing, it also beat the Yellow Sect forces to the brink, and the desperate Yellow Lama chose the strong Li Yu and supported him as a powerful weapon against Chahar Khan, but with the defeat of Chahar Khan and Fengzhou's two repulsions of the powerful Jin State, the external threat was gone, and the relationship between the two sides began to crack - the lamas dreamed of returning to the past, asking the Grand Commander's Office to abide by the precedent of the Shunyi kings of the past dynasties, and restore the rights and interests of the lamas, and to compensate them for the losses they have suffered over the years, which the Reichinal Office scoffed at and instead demanded that they take an oath of naturalization.

People with the status of the Gurji Lama consider the longer-term interests of Mongolia and Lamaism, and keenly feel that there is a split between Lamaism and Fengzhou, which will definitely sow the seeds of future defeat on both sides, and Ortai is also aware of this, and after the two conspired, there was a trip to the old capital not long ago - the third ******** Lama confirmed that Altan Khan was the reincarnation of Kublai Khan, and Li Yu was confirmed by the lamas as the reincarnation of Altan Khan, and the upper capital built by Kublai Khan was to pay tribute to this ancestor, In fact, it was to create momentum for Li Yu's legitimacy in the Mongolian steppe, and at the same time to suppress the discontent of the Yellow Lama. Almost all of the noble lamas on the steppe are from the line of Kublai Khan, and they dare not come to pay tribute to their ancestors, including the great lamas who are far away in the Xilamulun River and Karaqin.

"The lamas everywhere agree that the actions of the Great Commander of Fengzhou are in line with Emperor Shizu, and agree to give him the honorific title of 'Hutu Ketu' at the appropriate time, what are you going to say?" The Lama said unhurriedly - Chahar Khan's title of "Chechen Baturu" conferred on Li Yu was not recognized by the Yellow Lama at all, and unanimously demanded that they change the honorific title.

"The stability and good customs on the grassland over the years are inseparable from the teachings of Lamaism, and the Great Commander's Office guarantees that Lamaism's status as the number one religion in Fengzhou will never change, and the original land and pasture of the temple will be returned," Batu secretly glanced at the Qierji Lama, and said in a low voice, "However, the temple should also pay taxes as a whole, and the population occupied, including ordinary monks, shall be incorporated into the guard house, and shall not be exempted from labor and military service." ”

"We also hope to follow the precedent left by Altan Khan and the Third ******** Lama, that the Grand Commander of Toyosu accepts the honorific title bestowed by the Lama, and that the honorific title of the Lama should also be bestowed by the Grand Commander of Toyosu." Ortai added.

"That's your answer! You still want to control the lama in your hands, there are many monks in the temple, and there are many farmers and herdsmen who feed you, have you considered how the temple can survive? Lama Gyerji replied with a sneer.

"Fengzhou's financial resources are limited, at present we can only do this, the past does not forget the division of the future, when the king of Shunyi, there are many temples, there are groups of lamas, and there is no silver in the treasury, there is no incompetent soldier in the army, the Chahar people are coming, we don't even have the strength to fight back, Chahar was forced to a desperate situation by the Jin country, which also has this reason, you are the great-grandson of Dayan Khan, the grandson of Altan Khan, you have to consider our Mongolia!" Ortai pleaded emotionally with the Lama Queerji.

"I understand what you said, and the great lamas everywhere also understand, but it has become a practice for the temple to accept offerings and alms, and the livelihood of ordinary monks also depends on this, can they stop if they lose their previous benefits," the Yuerji Lama was also excited, pointing to the door and saying angrily, "I have long wanted to support Xiao Zhuoliktu to be Nomenhan, if he becomes the common leader of the monks and laymen, everything will be easy, but you are just pushing back and hindering, what are you doing with Western religion and **** into the grassland?" Do you also want to check and balance my Lamaism? Haven't you ever thought about what to do if the lamas make trouble? ”

Batu stood up abruptly and said: "The Great Commander's Office maintains the status of Lamaism, but it is by no means to maintain the past privileges of Lamaism, whoever dares to mess around and undermine the stability of Fengzhou, will be severely punished, Yuzi is not easy to start, then let me Batu start, for the future of Mongolia, I am not afraid of being punished by the gods and Buddhas with blood on my hands." ”

"Little Batu has also grown up, and your father is not as good as you," the Lama Qiuerji looked at Batu in surprise for a while before speaking, and then shook his head and sighed, "Whatever you want, I am too old to run for you anymore, but I am really worried that you will go too far!" ”

"Lama Qiuerji, you are not old, and the day you see the success of Fengzhou's great cause, the future of Lamaism will also be bright." Ortai smiled and poured a bowl of tea for the Qierji Lama, and whispered to him, "The people of the Western religion and **** are waiting to see you, as long as they are allowed to preach, they are also willing to follow Lamaism as the first major religion in Fengzhou." ”

"Lamaism is already a dominant force on the grassland, do you need them to be courteous, forget it, meet them, but you can't meet in the temple, you can find another place," Lama Yuerji sneered, and then sighed, "Emperor Shizu also worships Buddhism in Tibet as the first major religion, and at the same time respects **** and Western religion, Yuzi really has the style of Emperor Shizu." ”

Two days later, in a yurt by the Heihe River, the Lama Qiuerji summoned Dr. Ma of the Longhua Democratic Sect and **** of the Western Sect, expressed his respect for the guests who came from afar, and very tolerantly said that they were allowed to preach freely, and exchanged gifts with the two masters.

The three masters did not want to translate, directly in Chinese to talk, Longhua people came to Fengzhou for a month, what he saw and heard surprised him, the people here are simple, orderly, industrial and commercial skills are not lower than the Taixi countries, the only thing missing is according to the logic of Taixi, deduction, and "Fengzhou Primary School" focuses on logic and arithmetic, obviously Fengzhou people have realized this. The admiration of the people of Fengzhou for Western learning made Long Huamin very proud, this land is too suitable for Western religion to take root and sprout, and he couldn't help but have a good impression of the elegant spiritual leader of Fengzhou in front of him, but the last words of Qiu Erji startled him.

"The Mongols are the pride of the sky, with a mind as broad as the steppe, and they can believe in gods wherever they go, although they can rest assured that they will preach, as long as they teach people to do good, we will accept it."

After returning home, Long Huamin hurriedly consulted with Gao Yizhi and John Tang, asking the Holy See to send someone as soon as possible, so as to take advantage of this good opportunity to convert these barbarians into faithful followers of Jehovah and solve the problem once and for all.