The edict of the Ministry of War arrived at the Governor's Mansion, Su Tiancheng was a little strange, the court was anxious about the matter of the Golden Tartars after the conquest, this is very normal, not to mention the imperial court, even Su Tiancheng himself, has been thinking about this problem, but the emperor did not give another decree, but sent an edict through the Ministry of War, which is a little unreasonable, although the Ministry of War can represent the court, but he is a cabinet minister, and his status is far above the Ministry of War, which is obviously inappropriate.

Zhu Xianxuan wrote several secret letters one after another, through these secret letters, Su Tiancheng mastered many situations in the capital, including the emperor's attitude, from Zhu Xianxuan's analysis, the situation in the capital is not very good, because there has been no attack on the Houjin Tartars for a long time, some court officials have a very bad opinion, and the emperor is even more suspicious.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the situation of local generals supporting the army and self-respect was relatively common, and there were many reasons for the formation of such a situation, although the imperial court thought of a lot of ways, but this situation has not been fundamentally changed, the north has suffered many years of war, and the army of the guard has suffered a heavy blow, coupled with the rise of the Jiangning battalion, it is difficult for any local general to be able to support the army and respect himself, the situation in this regard is better, but the south is different.

Judging from Su Tiancheng's knowledge of the Dao, the situation in the south is already a little complicated, and all kinds of characters have begun to appear.

The reason for this situation is also very interesting, probably because Zhu Youzhen did not want the Jiangning battalion to be dominant, so he began to support all kinds of forces in the south, but he did not expect that because of the successive victories of the Jiangning battalion, the south was generally relatively stable, and the development of the army began to enter the normal track. It's still unknown, and no one can say clearly without actual combat drills.

The implicit implication of the growth of the southern strength is that it is necessary to deal with the unfavorable situation that may arise in the future.

Those who are active in the south are mainly due to the potential forces in five aspects. First of all, the military department of Nanzhili, the counselor Shi Kefa, Shi Kefa commanded the Nanjing Beijing camp, the total strength of the Nanjing Beijing camp, close to 50,000 people, the treatment of the Nanjing Beijing camp is good, mainly thanks to the support of the city ship, through Su Tiancheng's efforts, the city ship division located in Nanjing, has been one of the main tax locations of the Ming court. The Beijing camp stationed in Nanjing will naturally be able to get some benefits and maintain the operation of the Beijing camp.

The second is Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, Fengyang, as the accompanying capital, is the birthplace of Zhu Yuanzhang, and the status is extraordinary, and the total number of troops stationed in Fengyang exceeds 30,000. The treatment of these sergeants was also guaranteed. As the land of Longxing in the Ming Dynasty, no one dared to deduct the military salary of the Fengyang garrison.

Next is Zuo Liangyu stationed in Wuchang, Zuo Liangyu has not been in Wuchang for a long time, he has always been stationed in Jiangxi before, Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong have some origins, and the two used to work together. Later, He Renlong was transferred to the Jiangning camp and became the guard commander of the Jiangning battalion, Zuo Liangyu once had such an idea, but unfortunately with the development of the current situation, Zuo Liangyu was not able to enter the Jiangning camp in the end. Instead, he was promoted to the chief soldier by the imperial court and stationed in Wuchang Mansion, and the number of sergeants under Zuo Liangyu is said to be the largest, more than 200,000.

Liu Zeqing was stationed in Zhejiang, Zhejiang was once the place where the Qi family army became famous, and the geographical location was also very important, coupled with the proximity to the wealthy Nanzhili, like Zuo Liangyu, Liu Zeqing was also appointed by the imperial court as the chief soldier, and the first sergeant to lead is said to have exceeded 100,000 people.

The last is Huang Degong, who was stationed in Luzhou, Jiangxi, Huang Degong was stationed in Luzhou after Zuo Liangyu was stationed in Wuchang, and his identity was also a general soldier, and according to tradition, there were more than 50,000 sergeants.

There are still some subtle changes in this, to be able to form today's situation, Su Tiancheng has carried out reforms in Shaanxi, abolished the army, focused on strengthening the strength of the local anti-public security, through the expansion of the strength of the inspection department, to maintain local law and order, do not set up the army, this kind of reform measures, the initial was opposed by various places, but after the reform of Shaanxi, the burden has been reduced, the speed of development is very fast, so Su Tiancheng this kind of reform measures, no one has discussed, there are several times, Zhu Youzhen even talked about this matter in the early dynasties, and believed that the system of the guard army really needed to be reformed.

It is a pity that such a reform, in the end, was not able to be implemented, but the alternative reform measures appeared, this alternative form of reform, prompted the emergence of the local situation of self-respect of the army, for example, Zuo Liangyu and others, as the chief soldier, should have led the army alone, not to interfere with the army of the guard, that is to say, they did not have much army in their hands, unless there was a major war, they could temporarily recruit sergeants, but their approach was different, after they arrived at the place, Meddling in the affairs of the garrison army, through various methods, integrating the garrison army, and transferring the guards to the barracks, so as to increase the strength of the army.

This approach was also opposed at the beginning, especially the commanders and envoys of the guards in various places, who definitely did not agree, but the imperial court finally acquiesced in this approach, which was also because of the success of the Jiangning battalion, which made Zhu Youzhen and the ministers of the imperial court think that the scattered army system of the guard post is difficult to cultivate an army with combat effectiveness, and only by gathering the strength of all aspects can we cultivate an army with combat effectiveness.

Through such reform measures, the army stationed in Zhejiang, Wuchang and Luzhou grew rapidly, and then affected Nanzhili and Fengyang, and the distribution of the army in the whole south underwent major changes.

Su Tiancheng also knows such a situation, he thinks that such a change is advantageous, quite like the model of a large military region after a few hundred years, there is no need to station so many troops in the locality, let alone dispersed stationing, there is not much combat effectiveness, but there is such a change in the south, the problem has not been fundamentally solved, for example, the cultivated land occupied by Wei has not been recovered, and the situation of land annexation is even more serious. It is impossible to meet the requirements of army expansion, and it is impossible to train elite soldiers, so these burdens are added to the common people in disguise, making the burden of the common people even heavier.

Interestingly, the imperial court was very happy that such a situation occurred in the south, and Zhu Youzhen talked several times about the integration of the southern army, as if this was the achievement.

The total number of troops in the five southern areas has reached more than 400,000, and the total number of troops far exceeds that of the Jiangning battalion, and even exceeds the total number of the Jiangning battalion and the border army.

For these troops, Su Tiancheng still attaches great importance to them.

Shi Kefa, Ma Shiying, Zuo Liangyu, Liu Zeqing and Huang Degong, in history, can be regarded as famous figures, among these people, there are famous heroes, and there are also scum, but after more than ten years, Su Tiancheng saw all this clearly, he is no longer a thirsty posture, and he will not easily believe in his own historical knowledge, anything needs to be analyzed by himself, it is possible to really grasp the situation, so Su Tiancheng did not deliberately recruit these people.

The army led by Shi Kefa and Ma Shiying is the smallest in number, but it is precisely these two armies that are probably the most combative, Nanjing Jingying and Fengyang's Jingying are both more valued by the imperial court, and the combat effectiveness cannot be too bad, as for the army led by Zuo Liangyu and others, since it is a sergeant drawn from the guard, it means that the combat effectiveness is average, and it may even be a rabble.

In the emperor's decree, these troops were not mentioned at all, which was also something that Su Tiancheng needed to consider.

After the extermination of the Jin Tartars, the Jiangning battalion and the border army, must pay a heavy price, once the conquest is victorious, it is very likely that the contradiction will break out, according to the ideas of Zhu Youzhen and the imperial court, when the time comes, the scarred Jiangning battalion is not necessarily the opponent of the southern army, even if it wants to rebel, it can be easily exterminated.

Of course, Su Tiancheng is not worried about this, the Jiangning battalion, which has been trained in blood and fire, will become more brave and good at fighting at that time, and the ordinary army, where is the opponent of the Jiangning battalion, not to mention the 400,000 troops in the south, even a million army, will not pose much of a threat.

Careful 10,000-year-old ship, no matter how optimistic he is, Su Tiancheng must pay attention to these aspects.

In such a situation, Su Tiancheng also felt sad, on the one hand, he needed to go all out to conquer the Houjin Tartars and completely exterminate the Houjin Tartars, on the other hand, he also had to worry about the "own people" behind him, worried about the huge army in the south, this mode of conquest was too rare and abnormal.

It's a pity that this is the situation that Su Tiancheng is facing, a situation that cannot be changed.

Of course, in the face of such a situation, Su Tiancheng is not completely sitting idly by, the 20,000 Jiangning battalion soldiers stationed in Taiwan are the largest reserve army, followed by the Fujian army, through Xiong Zijian's efforts, Fujian Quanzhou and other places, 20,000 soldiers have been recruited, although these soldiers have not yet officially entered the Jiangning battalion, but in essence, they are also the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion, and there are 20,000 soldiers stationed in Fujian, occupying the place of Quanzhou, that is, the Jiangning battalion has a base in the south, so that there will be no place to stand.

All these preparations have nothing to do with the Golden Tartars after the conquest, but they must be prepared.

Su Tiancheng felt helpless, he didn't want to do this, but the fact is not transferred by people's will, in order to protect his own destiny, for the future of the Ming Dynasty, he must be ruthless, and he must face the things he will face in the future. (To be continued......)