Although Mu Tianbo lost his father when he was ten years old, as the heir of the Qianguo Mansion, both his grandmother and his mother were very accommodating to him, and no one in the mansion dared to disobey him, so it can be said that no one in the Qianguo Mansion could control him.

However, after he arrived in the capital, he was sent by the emperor to a boarding school where he studied with the children of other nobles and martyrs, and after the age of sixteen, he was sent to the army officer school for three years.

Living in this collectivist environment, and the emperor's supervision and admonition from time to time inspecting the school, Mu Tianbo, who was quite lawless when he was a child, has now become quite self-disciplined.

Although his grandmother and mother had instructed him before he left Beijing, there was a more or less kinship between the nobles, and since the Qianguo Mansion had moved from Yunnan to Beijing, he should still have some dealings with these nobles. Therefore, even if he is doing things for the emperor, he should not be too impulsive and ruin the friendship between his family and these Xun families.

Although Mu Tianbo verbally agreed, he didn't really care much about this statement in his heart. However, for the sake of his grandmother and mother's advice, he didn't plan to tear his face with these Nanjing nobles, but just wanted to grab their little tails and admonish them, so that they could help him complete the task in peace.

However, when he and Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the military department, and Li Zushu, the marquis of Linhuai, arrived at the military camp in the city and began to roll call, the nameless fire in his chest could no longer be suppressed.

After beating the drum of the three generals, after looking at the few generals in the hall and the hall, Mu Tianbo, who had studied in the military academy for three years, could no longer tolerate the casual and undisciplined behavior of the Nanjing Beijing camp.

"Li Garrison, is this the Beijing camp under the rule of your Nanjing Garrison Mansion? None of the twelve battalions will be in the battalion. Below the adjutant general, above the rank of officer, less than a third remained in the battalion. That's how you run errands for Your Majesty? ”

Linhuai Marquis Li Zushu opened his mouth several times without making a sound, and finally simply bowed his head and pleaded guilty to Mu Tianbo: "The lower officials are not effective in governing the army, and they are willing to be punished." ”

Mu Tianbo looked at him for a long time, and then he turned his head and said, "Your sins, I'll remember them for you first." What's wrong next, of course, don't do your coordinated garrison, I don't think you can sit firmly in the position of Linhuai Hou. ”

After Mu Tianbo finished speaking, he ignored him and said to the dozen or so guerrilla and staff generals standing in the hall: "Who is the officer on duty in the battalion today?" Report to me that no one has arrived... Forget it, let's report it, who has arrived. There are also those people who have asked for leave, and those who don't have a fake note don't have to report it. ”

A fully armored officer in the hall stepped out of the ranks and bowed his hand to Mu Tianbo and said, "The lower official Zhang Heng is the official on duty today. ”

Mu Tianbo's eyes glanced at him, and asked in a slightly polite tone, "What is your background and what is your job?" ”

"Xia Guan graduated from the 31st Infantry Section of the Beijing Army Military Academy, and is currently a training staff officer of the Staff Section of the Nanjing Garrison Office."

Mu Tianbo nodded at him, "I'm from the 30th issue of the Cavalry Section, and now you can report it." ”

Zhang Heng's report was very organized, and he quickly counted the number of officers left in the battalion one by one, and even briefly introduced the background of these officers by the way.

So Mu Tianbo soon discovered that almost none of the nobles who were suspended in the Beijing camp were there. The higher the official rank, or those whose families were in the local area, basically did not stay in the battalion, and only those officials who were transferred from other places and the grassroots officers who graduated from military academies basically stayed in the battalion.

After learning about the whereabouts of these generals who left the camp, Mu Tianbo was also a little angry, "Fleeing home for the night is already a violation of military discipline, and now there is not even a fake note, so it is even more of a crime." It's okay for these, there are still people who dare to go out of the camp to sleep in the willows, are they really child's play as military law? Chen Shangshu and Li Shoubei, you are the supervisors of Nanjing Jingying, tell me about it, how to deal with this matter today? ”

Linhuai Marquis Li Zushu kept raising his hand to wipe the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, although Nanjing has not completely spent the hot summer at this time, but the weather at night is already relatively cool. Most of the beads of sweat on Li Zushu's forehead were frightened by Mu Tianbo's stern attitude.

Although Chen Xinjia has heard of the erosion in Jingying, he has never been so erosive. Only then did he understand why Xue Zhen, the former secretary of the Ministry of War, wanted to go to the book to beg for it. Although Chen Xinjia thought so in his heart, he said: "The training of the soldiers of the Nanjing Beijing Battalion has always been managed by the Governor's Office of the Five Armies in Nanjing, and this official and the counselor don't care about this. As the garrison of Nanjing, the Marquis of Funing is so erosive in Beijing, I am afraid that he has to bear the primary responsibility. ”

Seeing that Chen Xinjia was unwilling to take responsibility, Mu Tianbo said unceremoniously: "Responsibility is not responsible, let's not talk about this." But with the appearance of Jingying, how can the tasks assigned by His Majesty be completed next? I thought it was time for the camp to be put in order. What do you two think? ”

Chen Xinjia hesitated and said, "But without the consent of the Marquis of Funing, the three of us don't have the right to interfere in the internal affairs of the Beijing camp." ”

Mu Tianbo said to his entourage staff officer Xu Wenchong: "Take the warrant that Your Majesty gave me to Chen Shangshu and Li Shoubei to see." ”

Chen Xinjia took the briefcase handed to him by Xu Wenchong for some reason, and after inspecting the fire paint of the seal, he opened the seal and took out the writ inside.

Mu Tianbo said coldly: "If it weren't for the fact that the situation in Jingying is really bad, I wouldn't have wanted to take out this order." However, since the Beijing camp has become what it is now, then I have no choice but to temporarily take over the military affairs of Nanjing and stop your management power over the army in the Nanjing area, do you have any opinions? ”

Chen Xinjia's face stiffened for a moment, and then he returned to normal and said, "Since you have Your Majesty's signature and the endorsement of the General Staff, the little grandfather can naturally take over all the troops in the Nanjing area. However, I also hope that the little grandfather will remember that this order does not agree that you can transfer the army 30 miles outside Nanjing.

Once the army left 30 miles outside Nanjing, it had to return command to the Nanjing Military Headquarters and the Nanjing Garrison. In addition, you can only deal with the officers and soldiers in the army, and the handling of other civilian officials must be tried by the Nanjing Criminal Department. ”

Linhuai Marquis Li Zushu just glanced at the order in his hand, then respectfully handed it back to Mu Tianbo, squeezed out an ugly smile on his face and said: "The lower official has no opinion, please give the order to the little grandfather." ”

After handing over the writ to the two of them, Mu Tianbo said to the officers in the hall: "Zhang Heng, you are the duty officer of today's big camp, you can also come and take a look, if no one has any objections, this big camp will be officially taken over by me today." ”

Zhang Heng didn't dare to slack off, and after quickly stepping forward to check the mark on the warrant, he stepped back and saluted and said, "Check it is correct, please give an order." ”

Mu Tianbo thought for a while and asked Zhang Heng, "How many staff officers are there in the Staff Section of the Nanjing Garrison Mansion?" Now they're all there? Are they all from military schools? ”

Zhang Heng immediately replied: "There are 9 staff officers in the Staff Section of the Garrison Mansion, but I am the only one from the Military Academy, and the other staff officers are all the generals of the garrison adults or recruit staff from outside. ”

Mu Tianbo was silent for a moment, and then said: "According to the military regulations, officers who are not from the military academy are not allowed to take up the post of staff officer, and it seems that Funing Hou does not take the regulations formulated by the General Staff Department seriously at all."

Then I now order that the General Staff Section of the Garrison be disbanded. Now I appoint you chief of the Nanking Military Staff Office, and all my accompanying staff officers are assigned to you. Now I want to know, how long will it take you to get me a regiment of troops for me to deploy? I allow you to disrupt the formation, and the officers are at your disposal. ”

Zhang Heng thought about it, and then said cautiously: "Please give Xia Guan an hour." ”

Mu Tianbo said to the accompanying staff officers beside him: "Xu Wenchong, you take them to assist Zhang Heng." From now on, his orders are my orders..."

When Zhang Heng took all the officers down, Mu Tianbo continued to Chen Xinjia: "After the deployment of troops is completed, I will order the blockade of the camp and prohibit anyone from entering or leaving. Those who leave the camp today without a reason and do not return, whether they are soldiers or officers, I will be dismissed from their posts as a whole. If anyone is also involved in other military disciplines, I will punish them one by one.

Therefore, I hope that the two of them can sit in the big camp, and ask Chen Shangshu to open the city gate, transfer the cadets of the new army and the army officer academy outside the city into the city, and prepare to bomb the generals in the camp. ”

Chen Xinjia couldn't help but be a little surprised and said: "Didn't that Zhang Heng say that he could draw out a usable soldier and horse, why did he have to transfer troops into the city overnight?" Can't you wait for dawn? ”

Mu Tianbo was quite impatient with Chen Xinjia's luck, but he still explained calmly: "At this moment, the generals outside the camp have not received the news, and we naturally have the final say in this camp." Once I get back the generals who have fled the camp, it is unknown whether any of them will take the risk. Lord Shangshu would never pin the safety of Nanjing City on such a sloppy army, right? ”

Chen Xinjia's eyes suddenly widened, looked at Mu Tianbo and said, "You still want to take the troops out to arrest people?" Why don't you stay in the camp, and when they come back, won't they fall into the net? ”

Mu Tianbo said disapprerovingly: "The generals fled the camp to stay out, although they violated the law, but there was also a difference between severity and severity. If they sneak away and sleep in their homes, I will at most whip a few people out of anger, and I can't use this excuse to fire them, otherwise the officers and men of the guards everywhere will not be miserable.

However, if they ran out to find flowers and willows, it would be difficult to say, and it would be difficult for others to intercede for them. Since I want to rectify Nanjing's military affairs, I naturally won't give these bastards a chance to turn over.

In the year of the catastrophe, His Majesty still forbade entertainment in the capital, and these bastards are still drunk and dreaming of death, do they still have the slightest conscience..."

Chen Xinjia was speechless for a while, he also knew at this time that after handing over the military power, he would not be able to stop this little grandfather. The new army outside the city is really more credible than the generals in the big camp in the city, and having them enter the city may be able to prevent the little grandfather from overdoing things. So he called the pro-army around him, gave him his token, and told him to go out of the city to give the order.