Zhu Xianxuan, who was full of confidence, accepted the task of dismantling the army of the Shaanxi Guard.

Su Tiancheng single-handedly created the Jiangning Battalion, such a feat gave Zhu Xianxuan a lot of motivation and stimulation, and he also thought that he could build a strong army by dismantling the army of the guard post in Shaanxi this time.

At the end of March of the tenth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, the matter of dismantling the army of the guard station officially began.

This is destined to be an issue that has attracted the attention of many parties.

Xu Eryi, the left attendant of the military department, sat in Shaanxi, coordinated and commanded, and the emperor, the imperial court, and the Houjin all paid close attention to this matter.

The minds of all parties are different, what the emperor needs is complete success, if Shaanxi can be in one to two years, by dismantling the army of the guard, reorganizing the army in Shaanxi, solving all aspects of the problem, and creating an army comparable to the Jiangning battalion, it will be the blessing of the Ming Dynasty. The ministers in the court, some of whom watched the excitement, and some who hated it, hoped that Shaanxi's dismantling of the army of the guard would fail, so that they could impeach Su Tiancheng without any scruples.

The most calm is still Houjin, Huang Taiji always pays attention, Fan Wencheng sent people, it seems that there is no achievement, the Ming Dynasty around the guards, there is no response, many years of conquest of him, knowing that the army is the foundation of the country, under the situation of internal and external difficulties, dare to do something to the army, this requires great courage and confidence, although it is only a move in Shaanxi, but the waves caused are very big, for this reason, he also discussed with Kong Youde and others, analyzed many situations, everyone thinks, The Ming Dynasty's dismantling of the guards will not succeed, and it is likely to cause a new round of turmoil, and at that time, the rogues will start to ravage again. The Qing Dynasty could also take the opportunity to attack and weaken the strength of the Ming Dynasty, and the Jiangning battalion could not take care of all aspects.

The matter of dismantling the troops of the Shaanxi Guard Station has caused a huge sensation as soon as it has begun.

responsible for the dismantling of the garrison army. It was actually Zhu Xianxuan, the prefect of Hanzhong Prefecture and the king of Jin, but Xu Eryi, who was sitting in Shaanxi, also agreed to such an arrangement, which was a big surprise.

For a time, in the imperial court, countless impeachment twists and turns poured into Zhu Youzhen's imperial case.

The grounds for impeachment were all the same, and feudal kings had always been strictly forbidden to run the army, and if such a precedent had been set, it would have led to the emergence of secession. The most important thing is to cultivate the power of rebellion.

Zhu Youzhen suppressed all the impeachment folds, and he received Su Tiancheng's secret fold, in which Su Tiancheng explained the situation in detail and used a lot of space to expound a point of view, that is, to take advantage of the opportunity to dismantle the army of the guard. Strengthen the imperial power to the greatest extent and weaken the power of the subjects. If it is said that he is responsible for the dismantling of the army of the guard this time, he may encounter more difficulties, Su Tiancheng suggested that through a series of things, let the royal family slowly begin to establish some meritorious deeds. These royal clansmen rely on their merits, and they will be able to enter the six departments of the imperial court in the future, and even the cabinet, which will become the emperor's most advantageous support, as for worrying about the rebellion of the vassal king. This is just a reason found by some ministers of the imperial court, and a careful analysis of the reasons for the rebellion of the vassal king can be found that all this depends on the emperor himself, and if too much power is given to the vassal king, there will naturally be problems, and such an atmosphere and conditions do not exist at all now.

In the secret fold, there is also a blood letter written by Zhu Xianxuan, expressing allegiance to the emperor and loyalty to the royal family.

Sun Chengzong, the second assistant of the cabinet, saw this secret letter, and Sun Chengzong's attitude was to fully express his support, suggesting that the emperor could wait and see what happened, and if Shaanxi abolished the army of the guard and achieved great results, he could take the opportunity to promote Zhu Xianxuan, the king of Jin, and once again use some of the royal relatives to enter the imperial court.

The emperor didn't make any moves, and Zhu Xianxuan had the greatest confidence and began to be busy with the matter of dismantling the guard's army.

This is not a simple matter, the guards in Shaanxi, including Ningxia Wei, Ningxia front and rear guards, left and right Zhongtun guards, Yulin guards, etc., the roster shows that there are about 300,000 sergeants, and the actual statistics show that there are more than 110,000 sergeants, most of them are border troops, and such statistics also show that the officers of the guards have eaten empty salaries to the point of no return, and some guards basically have no sergeants.

The dismissal of these 110,000 people is not a simple disbandment, but it is necessary to select 20,000 to 30,000 people from the middle and reorganize them through recruitment, with the focus on stationing them at border passes.

Among the remaining sergeants, 20,000 were selected and supplemented to the Fuzhou County Inspection Department to strengthen local law and order.

As for the Fuzhou and County Inspection Divisions, there are strict requirements on the number of non-commissioned officers, and the number of sergeants in the county-level inspection department is not allowed to exceed 100, the number of non-commissioned officers in the inspection department at the prefecture level is not allowed to exceed 150, and the number of non-commissioned officers in the inspection department at the prefecture level is not allowed to exceed 200.

The nursing homes of the wealthy gentry are uniformly standardized, and no more than 50 people are allowed, and it is recommended that these wealthy gentry and wealthy families try to consider the dismissed guards as much as possible when recruiting nursing homes.

In this way, the number of non-commissioned officers who were dismissed from the guard was able to absorb about 60,000 people.

The remaining 50,000 people were all converted into private households, allocated land for cultivation, and lived honestly.

The reorganized border army, including the sergeants of the inspection department, all implemented a recruitment system, and the age requirement was to be over 18 years old and under 45 years old.

The plan is clear, if you want to do these things well, it is not just lip service.

Zhu Xianxuan's identity is different, and the emperor issued a holy decree, when Zhu Xianxuan cut off the army of the guard, he held the sword of Shang Fang, and anyone who committed chaos could be cut first and then played.

Therefore, the officers and sergeants of the guards in various places did not dare to move at all.

When they learned that they had eliminated the identity of military households, became peasant households, and were going to be distributed to cultivated land, most of the sergeants were elated, especially those older sergeants, who were eager to kowtow to Su Tiancheng and Zhu Xianxuan, and the difficult thing was the placement of officers.

The reorganized border army does not exceed 30,000 people, and it needs no more than 1,000 officers, and there are so many officers in the guard station, and there are hundreds of households and thousands of households everywhere, and the vast majority of these hundred and thousands of households are hereditary, and their ancestors have been officers for generations.

Su Tiancheng reminded him that there is a very crucial point, that is, the amount of official land occupied by the guard is huge, and this time the cultivated land must be divided, and grain must be planted, as long as the grain is planted and carefully cared for, in July, the harvest season, the situation in Shaanxi will undergo a fundamental change.

Hong Chengchou was even more busy with his feet on the ground.

What he needs to do is something specific, to form a border army of 30,000 people, he needs to take the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion to assess and select, whether it is the guard army or the border army, the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion are convinced, consciously accept the selection, you must know that the newly formed border army is not only allocated to arable land, but also has a monthly salary of one or two silver, which is enough to support the family, so except for the sergeants of the wrong age, the rest of the sergeants are full of energy, thinking of entering the newly formed army.

After the formation of the army, it is also responsible for training matters.

More specifically, the establishment and dismissal of the sergeants of the inspection department in Fuzhou and county is a crucial step, and the failure to maintain stability at the local level will inevitably lead to great turmoil, which is also related to the financial pressure on the local government.

The Jiangning battalion was divided into more than 100 groups, each group of 20 to 30 people, to Fuzhou County to guide the opening and recruitment of the inspection department, Hong Chengchou personally led 2,000 sergeants, responsible for the formation of a new border army.

Xu Eryi has always been in Shaanxi, this time the importance of the dismantling of the guard army, he knows very well, Su Tiancheng and others came up with the plan, the consideration is very detailed, Xu Eryi has a strange, I don't know how Su Tiancheng can know so much, the abolition of the guard army and the local inspection department construction combined, so as to avoid turmoil to the greatest extent, the army and the local government act together, the contradiction can be greatly resolved, as for the placement of the officers of the guard, Xu Eryi believes that Su Tiancheng's proposal is very goodAfter a three-month training, qualified officers were arranged in the border army, and even in the Jiangning battalion, unqualified officers, then I am sorry, go home and go farming, I have already given you a chance, you are not angry, you can't blame others.

Zhu Xianxuan and Hong Chengchou have their own priorities, but Xu Eryi must pay attention to the overall situation.

Every day, he had to write out the memo and send it to the imperial court, where he reported in detail the progress of the dismantling of the guard's army, the achievements made, the existing problems, and the solutions to the problems.

As for Su Tiancheng, the focus is still on spring ploughing.

Niu Er and others, with more than 1,000 peasants who were familiar with the cultivation of maize and sweet potatoes, scattered to various places to give guidance and asked everyone to plant, there are not many paddy fields in Shaanxi, mainly wheat, maize and sweet potatoes, as long as the problem of drought is overcome, a bumper harvest of grain can be basically guaranteed, and this bumper grain harvest is of vital significance, and the market of the mutual market needs a large amount of grain. (To be continued......)