In this way, the Ming Dynasty can concentrate on exterminating the thieves, and will not fall into the dilemma of fighting on two fronts. What Wen Tiren said also makes sense, but after he became the first shop, he was keen on power struggles and the exclusion of dissidents, and he did not do anything substantial in accordance with his strategy at all.

As a result, the two groups of people almost did it in the court, and in the end Chongzhen scolded him, and the two stopped arguing, but the matter of building Dalinghe City was temporarily shelved, and this drag was several months, and in history, Chongzhen only started to build Dalinghe City in July of the fourth year.

The second topic is the issue of the chief examiner of the Xinweike examination, according to the convention, the chief examiner of the general examination is the deputy assistant of the cabinet as the chief examiner, and the first assistant generally does not act as the chief examiner because of the emphasis on government affairs.

But at that time, the first assistant Zhou Yanru saw that there were many famous people in the world in this test, and at the same time there was his in-law Chen Yutai for reference, Zhou Yanru wanted to recruit those famous people as protégés, and the protégés were very important resources for senior political officials at that time, so Zhou Yanru made an exception to do the main examination by himself, and the second assistant Wen Tiren was of course unhappy.

Yang Tingjian, Zhang Pu, Wu Weiye and others have not yet entered the officialdom and have been passively involved in the high-level power struggle.

Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren now value Yang Tingjian, one of the new leaders of the Restoration Society, this kid is not only a civil and military all-rounder, but also has a tiger army in his hands, judging from the record of the tiger army, this is the most elite army of the Ming Dynasty.

This is undoubtedly a very important political bargaining chip for Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren. That is to take Yang Tingjian under the door no matter what, not to mention that Yang Tingjian has won the sacred heart.

But Zhou Yanru is the first shop after all, and Wen Tiren still didn't fight Zhou Yanru in the end. Emperor Chongzhen made Zhou Yanru the chief examiner of the Xinweike examination, and Wen Tiren was the deputy chief examiner.

Then the two moved into the Gongyuan to live, and the struggle between the two was transferred from the court to the science field, and finally the two of them almost got up again in the Gongyuan in order to take the first place in the examination, which is a later story.

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Now the large school field outside Tongzhou City has been renovated, and rows of blue brick barracks stand around the big school field. There is also a relatively large ironwork workshop not far away, which was originally a place for frying steel, and now there is no need to fry steel. Changed to a Cold Weapon Workshop, where halberds and shields are crafted.

After Yang Tingjian did his homework, he moved to the Tongzhou camp to train the newly recruited officers in the Huben Military Academy with peace of mind. Lu Jianxing and the others recruited 20,000 soldiers for Yang Tingjian this time. There are more than 6,000 soldiers and more than 6,000 baggage soldiers, these two lovers are even darker than Yang Tingjian, and they recruited 32,000 people in one breath, plus the troops in the early stage, this tiger army is already 40,000 people.

The role of the auxiliaries and baggage soldiers is many, and it is their main task to build camps and transport grain and grass, if the soldiers are lost. They are the replenishment of the troops. This paving and baggage soldiers have almost become the characteristic troops of the Tiger Army.

Other military towns in the Ming Dynasty also have paving soldiers and baggage soldiers, but those paving soldiers and baggage soldiers are pure people. And Yang Tingjian's soldiers and baggage soldiers are elite soldiers, and they have a lot of training for them, but their salaries are less than those of soldiers.

The current establishment of the Tiger Ben Army is also different from other military towns in the Ming Dynasty, and this is not because of the form, if Yang Tingjian has the title of chief military officer, then he will not be able to arrange such positions as deputy general and staff general for his subordinates. He is just an official position of Jinyi Wei to pacify, but he leads an army alone, of course, this army is also raised by Yang Tingjian himself, which is called raising an army for the country.

Since Yang Tingjian was just a pacification, it was impossible to give his subordinates any decent official status, and Yang Tingjian, who had no choice, had no choice but to get the establishment of divisions, brigades, and regiments in later generations.

The entire Huben Army is organized into three divisions, including two infantry divisions and one cavalry division, and the commanders of the infantry division are Lu Jianxing and Shen Lian respectively, and Lu Jianxing also serves as the deputy commander, and the commander of the cavalry division is Le Yichuan.

Each division has a total of 12,000 men, including 8,000 soldiers, 2,000 auxiliaries, 2,000 baggage soldiers, and 4,000 brigades directly under the army.

The total number of the entire Tiger Ben army has reached 40,000 people, and other military towns are trying to eat empty salaries, but Yang Tingjian is trying to stuff people into his own army.

Fortunately, Yang Tingjian got more than 1.5 million taels of gold and more than 2 million taels of silver from the eight traitors, otherwise he would not be able to support it at all. To support these 40,000 soldiers, the military salary plus food expenses will cost 200,000 taels of silver per month.

Yang Tingjian's 10 million taels of silver, if not used to operate well, it will not be able to support a few years, fortunately, Yang Tingjian has bought Longjiang Bao Shipyard from Chongzhen, Yang Tingjian ordered a textile workshop in later generations A year later, it should also be able to be established, which is the main source of Yang Tingjian's economy in the future. Of course, the business that makes you richer is the business without capital, and when there is a warship, Yang Tingjian likes to do business without capital, of course, to those powers.

As long as there is a ship, even if you don't rob it, and load the silk, porcelain, and tea of the Ming Dynasty to go to sea, there will be countless white flowers and silver in the account, and the tens of thousands of troops that Yang Tingjian is raising now are not a matter at all.

Chongzhen thought that he had made a lot of money this time, he just gave Yang Tingjian the name of a military town, and asked Yang Tingjian to help him build an elite army of tens of thousands of people, and at the same time, Yang Tingjian's parents also wanted to go to Beijing as hostages, but did I think that way from Chongzhen? Only let the facts speak.

Chongzhen's IQ is definitely a lot, but Chongzhen's governing ability is not very good, but Chongzhen's political skills are enough.

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March 2 is the day of the trial admission, Yang Tingjian did not return to the "Dragon Gate Inn" until the evening of March 1, and as a result, he tossed on the gold inlaid jade for half a night at night, and when Yang Tingjian woke up, it was already three poles in the sun.

"Xianggong, you're awake! …… Mei Lan Zhuju, quickly bring the washing water and breakfast. ”

Jin Jianyu has been guarding Yang Tingjian's bedside, and as soon as she saw Yang Tingjian wake up, she instructed her four personal maids to prepare, while she personally served Yang Tingjian to dress.

"Lady, what time is it?"

"Xianggong, it's almost noon now."

"Ahh When Yang Tingjian heard this, he jumped up from the bed like a spring, reached out and grabbed the clothes in Jin Jiyu's hand, and put them on himself:

"Why didn't the lady wake up her husband earlier, today is the day of the trial entry, and it can't be delayed."

"Xianggong doesn't need to worry, the concubine has already sent someone to stand in a good position, and the door of the Gongyuan has been tied, and the four treasures of the study room for the Xianggong examination are also ready, and the Xianggong will go directly to the Gongyuan after eating, and the major events of the Xianggong will not be mistaken by the Xianggong."

"Oh!" Yang Tingjian thought about it, other people went to take the exam, they all got up early, and then went to the gate of the Gongyuan to line up, this stop is a few hours, and those who are in poor health will stand and faint.

Now after the arrangement of gold and jade, it will be much more convenient, and the more than 9,000 people who participated in the examination will be searched one by one, and it can be completed by five or six o'clock in the afternoon, and the closing of the Gongyuan is at the beginning of the morning (six o'clock in the afternoon), so Yang Tingjian does not need to squeeze at all.

"Thank you, lady, for being thoughtful."

…… (To be continued......)