In late August, the will of the imperial court finally came out.

The Jiangning battalion exterminated 30,000 Tartars, as the commander of the Jiangning battalion, Su Tiancheng's change should be expected, who knows that Lu Dao, this time's will did not involve Su Tiancheng.

Lu Xiangsheng served as the governor of Liaodong, Zhang Fengyi served as the governor of Datong, and as for Liang Tingdong, he was left in the capital, entered the Ministry of Industry, and became the right attendant of the Ministry of Industry.

Such an adjustment is beyond everyone's expectations, and people with a discerning eye know that the position of Liaodong Jinglu is stronger than that of the Governor of Datong, after all, Liaodong Jingluo is fully responsible for the defense of the Tartars, and the Governor of Datong is only responsible for part of the affairs.

Even Su Tiancheng didn't expect that Zhu Youzhen would make such an arrangement.

This kind of arrangement, love and hate is too clear, to know the way, the emperor should also pay attention to things, some things need to be coordinated, no one can be perfect, this time Zhang Fengyi led the sergeants, to be able to guard the city of Changping, it is already very good, there is no adjustment, after such a big battle, Zhang Fengyi must seem confident, to Liaodong, but also to be able to command the Ming sergeants very well, resist the invasion of the Tartars.

It is a good thing to have a clear score, but it also depends on the time.

As for Su Tiancheng's own changes, he has already gotten news from different channels, after the beginning of the year, he will leave Henan Mansion and rush to Shaanxi, over the years, he has always been jumping into the fire pit, fortunately, he has become accustomed to it, plus Jiangning Camp has such strength, it is not a big deal to go to Shaanxi to exterminate the Liukou.

There is a lot of preparation work that needs to be done, at least to stock up on enough food and bring it to Shaanxi.

The situation in Shaanxi is very chaotic. Thinking that relying entirely on force to exterminate the rogues is not the best choice, the first problem is to appease the people, cut off the back road of the rogues, and let the rogues lose their support. Then it will be completely destroyed.

Sun Chengzong's age is old, and he is a little unable to do things, the old man in his seventies, his energy is indeed limited, but fortunately, the prestige of his old man is different from the ordinary, and the generals under him are still obedient, and Sun Chengzong is old and serious in doing things, and he can grasp the most critical place, so he said. For more than half a year, the Liukou could only wander in Shaanxi, and it was impossible to plunder everywhere, even if the Tatars entered the customs and harassed the Beizhili area, Sun Chengzong was able to make proper arrangements to stabilize the situation in Shaanxi.

But because Sun Chengzong is old, he still has some deficiencies in doing things, such as in terms of pioneering. It's a bit flawed, and it's supposed to be a couple of large-scale attacks on the rogues. But it has never been, this is because Sun Chengzong has always believed that the troops at hand are not enough to completely exterminate the Liukou.

In fact, the most important aspect of conquest is not the number of troops, but the focus is on the morale and combat effectiveness of the army.

The morale of the rogues has been severely damaged. Especially after the 50,000 rogues led by Zhang Xianzhong were wiped out, Zhang Xianzhong himself was captured alive, and then beheaded by the imperial court. began to waver, thinking that there was no future in the future, thinking that if he could surrender to the imperial court, he would not lose his head at the worst.

As for the prestige of the Jiangning Battalion, it has long spread among the Liukou, and everyone is afraid of the Jiangning Battalion, and some people of insight among the Liukou think that it is sooner or later for the Jiangning Battalion to enter Shaanxi, and at that time, it may be the time when bad luck comes.

Liukou had such a thought, and his morale was low, which was a good opportunity to attack, but it was a pity that Sun Chengzong was not able to make a decision.

After all, the Liukou is known as 300,000 people, and Sun Chengzong can mobilize no more than 50,000 troops, not to say that there are only these sergeants, the key is that there are too many sergeants, Sun Chengzong can't support them, and the salary allocated by the imperial court is limited, and the most sergeants that can be maintained to 40,000 to 50,000 can be maintained, and less than 50,000 sergeants are used to deal with the rogue who is known as 300,000, which is not Sun Chengzong's style of doing things.

Su Tiancheng also had another idea.

A few years have passed, Jiang Ningying has established a huge feat, it is impossible to keep a low profile, in this case, it will inevitably arouse the suspicion of some adults in the court, it is very likely to say something in front of the emperor, this is not an uncommon thing, it is a very normal situation, in this case, who knows what Zhu Youzhen will think, not afraid of 10,000 just in case.

In such a situation, Sun Chengzong adopted a defensive position and delayed launching a large-scale attack on the Liukou, which actually left the Jiangning battalion and himself a chance, if he could exterminate the Liukou and establish such a feat, no matter who he was, he could not easily deny himself, even if it was the first assistant Wen Tiren, he did not have that ability.

Sun Chengzong has extraordinary qualifications, the ministers in the court, even if they want to attack, they also have to weigh their catties to see if they can play a role, besides, Sun Chengzong is already an old man in his seventies, everyone knows that Sun Chengzong cannot occupy a high position for a long time, the older the person, the more peaceful and low-key, see through everything, and there are few exciting things.

When Zhang Pu entered the third hall, Su Tiancheng was pondering.

The relationship between him and Zhang Pu is already very good, although Zhang Pu is a little arrogant, and he has taken some detours because of arrogance, but Zhang Pu's nature is very good, there is no crooked thoughts, and he has not been completely polluted by the party struggle in the court.

"Master Zhang, is there something wrong?"

"The autumn harvest has ended, this year's harvest is very good, there will be no famine in Henan Province again, just the matter of resettlement of immigrants, there are still some troubles, since the beginning of this year, more displaced people have entered Henan Province, all states and counties are complaining, last month's statistics, Henan Prefecture 13 counties, the total population has exceeded 2 million, fortunately, the businessmen are very digested some displaced people, helped the government a lot."

"During this time, I have worked hard for you, I have hardly asked about the affairs of the government, and I have always been in Jiangning Ying."

"My lord, don't say that, Xia Guan has always learned from adults, looking forward to being able to make contributions, following the side of adults, Xia Guan has learned a lot of things, now I think about it, what I did in the past, it is really unbearable to look back, if it is not for the Lord to meet the Lord, Xia Guan still doesn't know what the situation is."

"Lord Zhang, don't say these words, you and I don't need to say this, are there any difficulties at present, the matter of resettlement of displaced people, I know that it is very hard, but such a thing, we must do it, great difficulties, but also to bear, you think about it, because Henan has resettled many displaced people, Shaanxi, Shanxi and even Henan, are very calm, although Shanxi has suffered a great famine, but there is no huge fluctuation, so that the people have food, it is the responsibility of the imperial court, It's the responsibility of you and me, the officials below. ”

"My lord, the lower officials are still a little worried, Henan Prefecture's ability to bear is limited, most of the displaced people in the neighboring prefectures and counties have poured in, in case they can't bear it, the consequences are unimaginable, the household registration system implemented by the government is somewhat inconsistent with the regulations of the imperial court, if it is impeached, I am afraid it will backfire."

"This matter, don't care about him, I know that some adults see that Henan Mansion has developed so much and accepted many displaced people, and they are a little uncomfortable in their hearts, doesn't this show that they are incompetent, even the people below can't feed, I have long had this understanding, being an official is not the master of the people, it is better to go home and plant sweet potatoes, I don't impeach them, even if it is good."

When he spoke, Su Tiancheng's face was a little serious.

Zhang Pu looked at Su Tiancheng and sighed slightly.

"My lord, the lower officials heard some rumors that the lord and Jiang Ningying had made great contributions, and they should have been promoted, but the palace report of the imperial court came, and the lord did not adjust, I am afraid that the lord has offended some high-ranking officials in the court."

"These rumors, I also heard, or that sentence, don't care about him, we still have a lot of things to do, Henan Province's harvest this year is very good, especially sweet potatoes, a bumper harvest, so Fuzhou County should do its best to buy grain, the people can't eat so much grain, can be sold, get silver taels, it's also a good thing."

After Zhang Pu left, Song Sijun came to the mansion, this time, Su Tiancheng did not ramble and directly arranged the task.

"Boss Song, the autumn harvest is over, your current task is to purchase grain, your grain bank has begun to take shape, with a lot of throughput, the task I give you is to purchase more than three million stone of grain, Henan Prefecture is not enough, just find a way to buy it in Jiangning County, don't be reluctant to silver, silver is not as important as grain."

"My lord, I will definitely complete the grain procurement task in the next place, I received a request from the adults a few days ago, and I have tried every means to buy a lot of grain, and there are currently 1.7 million stone grain in stock, but it is impossible to buy so much grain in Henan Province, and it is estimated that I will go to Jiangning County to buy it."

"Well, this situation, I know the way, the Yamen of Fuzhou County has been buying a large amount of grain, when the time comes, I will ask the Yamen at all levels to evenly out a part of the grain, you have to prepare the silver, buy these grains, there is no problem in purchasing hundreds of thousands of stones, you remember, the more grain, the better, sweet potatoes, maize, wheat, rice, you can, in short, it can't be less than three million stones, these grains, I have it."

After Song Sijun left, Su Tiancheng breathed a sigh of relief, what he needs most now is food, as for the gold and silver treasures, take a step back, this time he annihilated 30,000 Tartars and got a lot of gold and silver treasures, but there is not much food, and the court also has some rewards. (To be continued......)