Leaving Nanzhili and Jiangning County is already a sure thing, this speed is a bit fast, Su Tiancheng did not expect that the great victory of Zhongdu would become a catalyst for him to leave Jiangning County so quickly.

According to the previous idea, even if you leave Jiangning County, you also hope to be able to stay in Nanzhili, so many prefectures, you can go to any place, the conditions in the south are much better, from the current situation, it is impossible to stay in the south.

The conversation with Zhu Youzhen in the Imperial Garden basically clarified the place to go, that is, to Henan Mansion.

From the prefect to the prefect, the distance is very large, according to the convention, the Gyeonggi prefect, the biggest possibility is to return to the capital, to the six departments, become the head of the six products, after working for a period of time, slowly wait for promotion, or release again, or stay in the capital. The choice of ordinary officials is to stay in the capital and work slowly.

The six Shangshu and the cabinet ministers, many of them were boiled out in this way.

As for the ordinary magistrate, it would be very good to be able to enter the Metropolitan Procuratorate and become the supervising imperial history of the Seventh Grade.

The prefect is the rank of the four grades, and the power is much greater, and the most important power is still in the management of officials, the prefect directly manages the prefect, and if the prefect is impeached, the provincial envoy and the governor are all supported in principle.

Since we want to leave Jiangning County, there are many things that need to be arranged, and these things are very specific, especially the transfer of the Jiangning battalion, which involves the whole body, is not so simple.

October 15 of the seventh year of Chongzhen.

Su Tiancheng came to the Forbidden City again, and this time, he was taken directly to the Taihe Palace.

Directly confronted is the Divine Decree.

Kneeling on the ground, Su Tiancheng was used to it and saw the emperor. Always get on your knees.

Su Tiancheng served as the prefect of Henan Prefecture in Henan Province, and concurrently served as the commander of the Jiangning battalion, and the Jiangning battalion was transferred to Henan Mansion.

After the proclamation ended, under the gaze of everyone, Su Tiancheng received the decree of gratitude and was taken away by the eunuch. The eunuch took him outside the Heart Cultivation Palace, and he waited honestly.

This is probably a conversation before taking office, but it is a little outrageous, and the emperor personally talked to him.

Half an hour later, Zhu Youzhen came to the Heart Cultivation Palace.

This time, Zhu Youzhen was very direct and straight to the point.

"Su Aiqing, as the governor of Henan Prefecture, may be a little aggrieved. I originally thought that the people who left you in the capital were just rogues and rebellion, and Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and other places suffered a lot, and you and Jiang Ning went to Henan Mansion with two things, one is the people's livelihood. The second is to exterminate the rogues, and Hong Chengchou is in charge of the military affairs of the five provinces. The commander has given him a decree to exterminate the Liukou, the Jiangning battalion is under your control, and is solely responsible for the extermination of the Liukou, and the necessary coordination can be done, but it cannot be dispatched at will. You have your own priorities, Hong Chengchou is mainly responsible for Shaanxi and Shanxi, and you are mainly responsible for the Huguang area of Henan, I hope to hear good news from you and Jiangningying. ”

"The minister must live up to the emperor's high expectations."

"Well, I believe in you. I have seen your recital, it is very insightful, I have transferred it to Hong Chengchou, and instructed him to follow it, my expectation for you is to see the real results, I look forward to Henan Province becoming the second Jiangning County. ”

This time, Su Tiancheng didn't dare to speak, joking, what are the conditions of Henan Mansion, if you want to develop, where is the matter of lip service, catching up with the situation in Jiangning County, I don't know how many years it will take to do it.

"I know very well that you are facing many difficulties, so don't worry, I have specially granted you the power to perform the secret fold."

"The Lord's Order is grateful."

In order to consolidate his own position, Wu Zetian attacked the Li Tang clan and encouraged some people to tell the secret, so the emperor could see that in the Ming Dynasty, the power of the secret fold was brought into full play, and it was the east factory and the west factory of Jinyiwei, their folds went directly to the emperor's hands, and then according to the emperor's will, the officials were arrested.

Generally speaking, the Secret Folds Monograph is in the service of the imperial power.

The officials who have this right are relatively fixed, and from the perspective of a province, officials such as governors and political envoys have such powers, and in addition, they are general judgments, because general judgments are to supervise officials at all levels.

The prefect generally does not have the power to perform secrets.

The power given by the emperor to the minister, in addition to Shang Fang's sword, is followed by the secret fold monograph.

Su Tiancheng has the power to play the secret fold, and the biggest advantage is that he can play it directly to the emperor, and it is through the post station, the fold of the secret fold monograph, through a special wooden box, after being sealed, is sent directly to the palace, unless it is authorized by the emperor, no one is allowed to open it.

However, what really perfected the secret fold was after the Qing Dynasty, which was established as a system, and even set up a military aircraft department to review the secret fold.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were still a lot of officials who had the power to play the secret fold, which depends on the emperor's impression of you. Although Zhu Youzhen is diligent, he doesn't have the energy to deal with so many excerpts directly.

Su Tiancheng believes that the emperor will definitely read the excerpt he wrote.

"Su Aiqing, the Jiangning battalion has not appointed a supervisor for the time being, I have thought about it, and I hope that you can lead all the soldiers and bring good news as soon as possible."

Su Tiancheng thanked him again, this is also a great power.

The vast majority of the supervising troops sent by the imperial court are eunuchs, and if they want to live in peace with these eunuchs, the difficulties are not small, not to mention the differences in personality, most of the supervising troops are more greedy for money, and they don't know anything about the deployment of troops and operations, but they also like to hold some power, and they are afraid of being looked down upon, so they will directly make a small report to the emperor if they don't pay attention to it, so that the officers who command the battle are at a loss, and they have to spend energy to deal with it.

Su Tiancheng directly commanded the Jiangning battalion, which was considered a lot of power, and it was also a decision made by the emperor against public opinion.

"The prefect and Tongzhi of Henan Mansion, I am ready to transfer all of them to the capital, I know that Su Aiqing wants to take the Jiangning battalion to conquer the Liukou, it is impossible to be in the government all the time, you can recommend this candidate of Tongzhi."

Hearing Zhu Youzhen say such a thing, Su Tiancheng was a little flustered.

It seems that Zhu Youzhen knows everything he has done in Jiangning County, and for a period of time, he has hardly asked about the affairs of the county government, and Yan Zizhang handled it directly, and his main energy was put into the Jiangning camp, so Zhu Youzhen said such words.

From this aspect, it can also be seen that Zhu Youzhen is in a hurry to exterminate the rogue.

The Liukou attack on Zhongdu has touched Zhu Youzhen's bottom line and completely annoyed Zhu Youzhen.

It is of course a good thing to be able to recommend the same knowledge on his own, and the same knowledge is the adjutant of the prefect, and when necessary, he can preside over the overall work of the government.

There is another key thing that Zhu Youzhen did not say in the end, that is, the military salary of the Jiangning battalion.

The military salary of the Jiangning battalion is generally higher than that of the guard, although it was solved by Jiangning County itself, and the imperial court did not come up with a penny of silver, but this matter still formed some bad influences, in this regard, the imperial court is quite complaining, fortunately, the Jiangning battalion has made so many military exploits, and the rumors in this regard have slowly disappeared.

Zhu Youzhen did not mention the matter of military salaries, which shows that there are still different views on the military salaries of the Jiangning battalion.

The annual military salary required by the Jiangning battalion is close to two million taels of silver, which is a huge burden, of course, this is only a means of extraordinary times, if it is to be maintained for a long time, no one can withstand it, and before the elimination of the Liukou and the defeat of the Houjin, such a salary must be maintained.

This is the biggest problem faced by Su Tiancheng.

Although Song Sijun and Wan Chenggui and others were contacted, what I thought of at the beginning was that it was still developed in Nanzhili, and the basic conditions were much better.

If the imperial court can bear some, at least half, the pressure will be much less.

Su Tiancheng will not be ambiguous about such a key issue.

"Your Majesty, the Jiangning camp has left Jiangning County, can the imperial court allocate some of the military salary?"

Hearing that Su Tiancheng finally talked about the matter of military salary, Zhu Youzhen couldn't cry or laugh, for several years in a row, the biggest expense was military salary, because the military salary was not in place, the mutinous Ming Dynasty sergeants became the main force of the Liukou, and it has been much better in the past two years, and it can barely be allocated, but the court is still nervous.

The military salary of the Jiangning battalion is very high, but fortunately, Jiangning County solved it by itself, and there was no big trouble, if the imperial court was directly responsible, such a high military salary, other guards must have opinions.

"Su Aiqing, the salaries of the soldiers of the Jiangning Battalion are all known to the ministers of civil and military affairs of the imperial court, if I support them, what will the rest of the guards think."

Zhu Youzhen said such words, which made Su Tiancheng speechless.

Su Tiancheng's meaning was to ask the imperial court to consider a part of the military salary, at least in accordance with the requirements of ordinary military salaries, but the emperor thought of the whole, and acquiesced to the Jiangning camp to have such a high standard of military salary, which is already very good, and still thought about allocating military salaries, and the rest of the guards and sergeants, wouldn't it be to make a fuss.

It seems that there is not much hope for the matter of military salaries, and you still need to figure out how to do it yourself.

After leaving the palace, Su Tiancheng felt the pressure.

The will of the imperial court gave him two months to prepare, which seems to be generous, but in fact he is very nervous, this Spring Festival, he may not be able to spend it safely, there are many things that need to be done, and there are many things that need to be considered.

From May of the fifth year of Chongzhen to the present, in Jiangning County for two and a half years, a lot of things have been done, but these things have passed, and what we are facing immediately is a new beginning. (To be continued......)