Just after the New Year, Huang Taiji was already ambitious, and on the side of Beijing, Emperor Chongzhen also began to make New Year's plans. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, Emperor Chongzhen summoned Li Banghua and Lu Xiangsheng in the palace to inquire about the reorganization of the Beijing camp.

"Let's sit down and talk!" Emperor Chongzhen motioned for two people to be exempted, and then instructed Wang Chengen on the side: "Give the seat!" ”

After the cultivation of the New Year, the improvement of the two people looks good, and they are not as haggard as they were years ago. Lu Xiangsheng is okay, he has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and his life in the barracks has made him more refreshing and capable, while Li Banghua does not have such a good body.

On the one hand, the pressure and resistance of the inventory of the Beijing camp are very great, and on the other hand, Li Banghua has always been a civil official, and his health is not so good, and the inventory of the Beijing camp has been very busy, which has made Li Banghua lose a lot of weight, but fortunately, he is young and there is nothing wrong with his body.

After the two of them sat down, Emperor Chongzhen said with a smile: "I have been busy a few years ago, and I don't have time to have a good chat with the two Aiqing, today is just free, what ideas and difficulties the two Aiqing have, you can talk to me, I will definitely find a way to solve the problem." ”

"With the support of the emperor, the inventory of the Beijing camp is going smoothly, most of it has been completed, only a few are left, and the minister believes that it will be completed soon." Li Banghua spoke first.

For Li Banghua, it is not very difficult to clear the Beijing camp, and many things are clearly laid out there.

The old and confused accounts in the past, and the emperor didn't let himself be held accountable, Li Banghua naturally wouldn't do it, and if he really touched it, it would be difficult. Not to mention whether it can be found out, just after so many years, too many people are involved, and the time spent is too long.

Emperor Chongzhen naturally will not fall into endless investigations, what Emperor Chongzhen wants is to get the matter of the Beijing camp as soon as possible, let the Beijing camp form combat effectiveness as soon as possible, and then quickly go to the battlefield, once it is caught in endless disputes, God knows when it will be done.

Li Banghua understood Emperor Chongzhen's intentions very well, or he got Sun Chengzong's guidance.

In a word, Li Banghua launched a drastic inventory in Beijing, checking empty salaries, sorting out accounts, eliminating the old and weak, sorting out the government treasury, verifying equipment, and so on.

Li Banghua ignored all the people who pleaded, and acted in accordance with the rules. Although there are also people who impeach Li Banghua for favoritism and cronyism, there is Sun Chengzong in the military department, and there is Emperor Chongzhen above, and there is no impeachment of Li Banghua at all.

As for the open mutiny, these officers at the foot of the capital did not have the courage to do it, and there would be no non-commissioned officers to follow them.

It's not that these soldiers can't eat, and the court doesn't owe them money, who has nothing to do with you?

Emperor Chongzhen was very satisfied with Li Banghua, nodded with a smile and said: "Okay, Aiqing will talk to me in detail today, although Aiqing has also handed over a piece of Chen these days, but there is no detail of Aiqing playing Chen in person." ”

Li Banghua nodded, when he came to see Emperor Chongzhen today, he was naturally prepared for a long time, so he said: "Jingying has always had the disadvantages of occupying labor and being hypocritical. Occupation is the soldier to serve the generals, a small battalion of such soldiers can reach four or five hundred, and there are also disadvantages such as selling idle, package exercises, etc. False impostor means that there is no such person in the army, and the generals, honors, eunuchs, and heroes use their own servants to pretend to be strong men in the army, and they receive a generous salary every month. ”

"At the beginning of his tenure, the minister investigated the occupation of military service and false service, recovered 10,000 soldiers who occupied military service, and cleared out 1,000 false soldiers."

Emperor Chongzhen nodded, this kind of occupation and hypocrisy is the worst thing, and it is also the most difficult to investigate, because it is not the nobles or ministers who are involved, or the officers, Li Banghua can do such an investigation, which is very good.

"The three battalions were registered with a total of 136,800 men, and after the investigation of the ministers, more than half of them were old and weak. According to the usual practice, when there is a shortage of places in the Beijing camp, they are allowed to apply for additional jobs, and most of these old and weak people come in through bribes. ”

"The minister and Lord Lu personally examined the soldiers of each battalion, and those who were not young and strong were not hired. There were 10,000 pioneers and 7,000 strong men in the three battalions, and their salaries were twice as much as those of other soldiers, but they were also weak soldiers. The minister ordered that each commander should select five hundred soldiers from among them every month, who must be under the age of twenty-five, whose strength must be more than two hundred and fifty pounds, and whose skills must be capable of bows, arrows and artillery. ”

"The three battalions led six adjutant generals, and then divided into thirty-six battalions, and the officers were counted as three hundred and sixty-seven, and the history they used was all treacherous and cunning people. After examination, the ministers convicted more than a dozen people, and issued an order to inspect them twice a year. ”

Lu Xiangsheng on the side couldn't help but interject: "Although Lord Li is a civilian official, he actually knows how to train soldiers with soldiers, and the minister admires him very much. The minister asked the emperor for permission to leave Lord Li in the capital and train a new army with the minister. ”

Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said to Lu Xiangsheng: "The people I value are naturally capable people, and if you want to dig into my corner, it depends on my mood." ”

Lu Xiangsheng suddenly blushed, scratched his head and laughed, but he really appreciated Li Banghua.

Li Banghua didn't care about Lu Xiangsheng's words, and continued: "The original amount of horses in the Beijing camp was 26,000, and only 15,000 were left after the minister's inventory. Other officials can borrow horses for office work, and the governor, the assistant and the inspector of the department have all sat on the horses according to the custom, and those who do not talk to them have to buy the horses at a discount, so the loss of the camp horses is very large. ”

"The minister first reduced his class horse by one-third, and other officials came to borrow horses, not for official business, he was not allowed to lend out, whoever lent out the horses, who should be responsible, if they did not return within the time limit, the person who borrowed the horse would be responsible for recovering it, and if they could not recover it, then the person who borrowed the horse would be responsible for paying compensation."

Do horses also have such a big deficit? Emperor Chongzhen's face became a little unsightly.

This is the Beijing camp, the most elite army of the Ming Dynasty, and it turned out to be like this, with half of the old, weak, sick and disabled. Of the 140,000 troops, less than 30,000 can fight, and half of the sycophants have been embezzled, but they have to allocate the full amount of forage silver every month.

Emperor Chongzhen's mood is extremely bad, such a military strength, let alone the Eight Banners of Huang Taiji, I'm afraid that even the peasant army can't beat it, right? It is no wonder that in history, Emperor Chongzhen relied on the solidity of the capital, but he was still beaten by Li Zicheng and bled on his head, and finally hanged himself.

These people are digging the blood of the Ming Dynasty and digging the foundation of the Ming Dynasty! Ruthless, it's too ruthless.

"These are all big problems, the minister has almost solved them, and the rest are small problems!" Li Banghua didn't seem to see Emperor Chongzhen's face, and then said: "Of course, small problems don't mean that they are not important, because the rest is basically a long-term rule issue. ”

"Although the minister has temporarily set some rules and established the examination method, as for the effect, it will take a while to see it." Speaking of this, Li Banghua glanced at Lu Xiangsheng: "However, the minister believes that with Lord Lu, the Jingying will soon be able to become a capable army." ”

Emperor Chongzhen nodded, this is the most critical, the three battalions must become the army that can always fight in their hands as soon as possible, as for the elite of a hundred battles, Emperor Chongzhen does not dare to think about it for the time being, it will be a matter of the future.

Turning his gaze to Lu Xiangsheng, Emperor Chongzhen said: "Lu Aiqing, it's your turn now, let's talk about it!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Lu Xiangsheng's face also became serious, and he didn't dare to slack off anymore, so he said directly: "After some investigation by Lord Li, the atmosphere of the three major battalions has changed, and after the minister took over, he saved a lot of effort. ”

"After Lord Li eliminated the old and weak, the remaining soldiers of the three battalions were 76,000." Lu Xiangsheng seemed to be very satisfied with this number: "The minister found that among these people, all of them are in the prime of life, and this is all the credit of Lord Li. After the ministers had been trained and trained, they had eliminated 13,000 people, and now the remaining number of the three battalions was only 63,000. ”

Emperor Chongzhen glanced at Li Banghua and then at Lu Xiangsheng, these two guys are ruthless!

Almost half of the 140,000 men and horses were directly killed by you, and only 60,000 people remained.

After pondering for a moment, Emperor Chongzhen looked at Lu Xiangsheng and said in a deep voice: "Lu Aiqing, in your opinion, should the current Beijing camp expand the army, or should the 60,000 people be trained first?" ”

After thinking about it for a while, Lu Xiangsheng slowly spoke: "Your Majesty, this year is the year of Dabi, and the minister asks the emperor to allow the registered soldiers to come to the capital to participate in the martial arts. And strictly ordered the generals of the garrisons in various places not to keep people privately, and the ministers wanted to select talents from among the people who participated in the martial arts to expand the Beijing camp! ”

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Lu Xiangsheng, pointed at him and smiled and said, "You! Actually eyeing here? I'm right! ”

There are soldiers with military status in various localities who have entered Beijing to participate in the martial arts, and Lu Xiangsheng dares to guarantee that it will definitely create a grand occasion and that many talented people will be selected when the time comes. It is much better to use these people to enrich the Beijing camp than to recruit troops everywhere yourself!

The experience of the Qi family army proves how rare and important a good source of soldiers is.

After thinking about it, Emperor Chongzhen said to the two people: "Two Aiqing, is there anything else?" There are only three of us today, there is something to do, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it! ”

Li Banghua thought for a long time, and still said: "Your Majesty, the ministers and others are doing their best to do things for the Ming Dynasty and be loyal to the emperor, it is inevitable that people will be dissatisfied. ”

Emperor Chongzhen smiled and looked at Li Banghua, is this waiting for himself to give a guarantee?