After several months of preparation, Chen Xinjia felt that he had prepared very sufficiently, and he could start to start slowly, so he wrote out the secret fold again, affirming the emperor's decree, and first making appropriate adjustments to the officials in Liaodong.

In the autumn harvest season, Liaodong also got a bumper harvest, more than ten years, this is the first time Liaodong has harvested so much grain, and the top and bottom are very happy, but according to the policy determined by Su Tiancheng, most of these grains belong to the people themselves, and the part handed over is not much, which makes Chen Xinjia a little dissatisfied, he knows very well that the army is difficult to maintain without grain and grass, even if the military salary is temporarily insufficient, as long as there is food, it can be temporarily maintained, Liaodong's Jiangning battalion, Yulin battalion and border army, It is no longer the Ming army in the traditional sense, all of them are professional soldiers, there is no military cantonment, the army itself has no food source, and must rely on military salaries and taxes to feed, in the past, these things were handled by the governor's office, that is, Xu Eryi was directly worried, including the expenses of the border army and the Yulin battalion, and the military salaries allocated by the imperial court, which were basically sufficient.

At the beginning of Chen Xinjia's tenure, he won a policy from the emperor, that is, to maintain the military salary of the border army, although it was said that the border army had reduced 170,000 sergeants, but the military salary was still maintained at the previous level, Zhu Youzhen took into account that after Chen Xinjia took office, he shouldered a special task, so he also agreed to Chen Xinjia's request, asking the household department not to reduce the military salary in Liaodong.

After the autumn harvest, the opportunity to start was ripe, and Chen Xinjia thought of starting from two aspects, one is the army's food and salary, which must be mastered by the governor's yamen, once the army's food and salary are mastered. It is equivalent to controlling the army, and the second is to start from the adjustment of officials, after the adjustment, although the governor's office still exists, it is a big thing in Liaodong. It was all decided by the governor's yamen.

These are two major adjustments, related to the overall situation of Liaodong, Chen Xinjia is still a little cautious, and it took a few months before he decided to do it, so the grasp is greater.

After Chen Xinjia came to Liaodong, the biggest gain was to have a good relationship with Qin Sande, and he knew that Lu Dao was in Liaodong and could have the most contact with the emperor. It is Qin Sande, the supervisor of the Jiangning battalion, Qin Sande is on behalf of the emperor to govern the Jiangning battalion, and even monitor the entire situation in Liaodong, through Qin Sande, the emperor can accurately grasp the situation in Liaodong, and at the same time, Qin Sande is a popular person around the great eunuch Wang Chengen, and having a good relationship with Qin Sande is equivalent to having a good relationship with Wang Chengen.

Chen Xinjia knows very well that he has no foundation in Liaodong. The only thing I can rely on is the emperor, in this case. Having a good relationship with all the people around the emperor is the top priority.

After being in contact with Qin Sande for a long time, Chen Xinjia slowly grasped some core situations, the composition of the Liaodong army is relatively complex, there are Jiangning battalion soldiers, border army and Yulin battalion soldiers, among which the Jiangning battalion is the most powerful. The status in Liaodong is also the highest, the status of the Yulin battalion and the border army is about the same, and the combat effectiveness of the Yulin battalion has not been reflected for the time being, plus the number is not very large. The impact is not very big for the time being.

If Chen Xinjia wants to control the army in Liaodong, he must take measures step by step, first control the border army, then the Yulin battalion, and then the Jiangning battalion, so the governor yamen must first control the salaries and grain and grass of the border army and the Yulin battalion, and the expenses of the Jiangning battalion are still responsible for Hong Chengchou and Xu Eryi, and do not move for the time being.

These are all decisions made by Chen Xinjia and Qin Sande after many discussions.

In the past few months, Chen Xinjia, who seems to have nothing to do, has actually done a lot of things, the most important thing is to understand the situation of the Houjin Tartars stationed in Montenegro.

The city of Montenegro was once destroyed by Su Tiancheng, but later the Houjin Tartars stationed here, built the city again, after analyzing the map many times, Chen Xinjia believes that the location of Montenegro is very critical, if the Ming army can take Montenegro, the city that Houjin relies on is Ningyuan, Houjin because of the loss of Dalinghe City, strengthened the defense of Ningyuan, the news brought by the merchants, the reinforcement of Ningyuan City is basically completed, and its solidity is no less than Jinzhou.

Once the Ming army takes Ningyuan, it will be against the Houjin against Yu Liaohe, so to speak, the Ming army will take Ningyuan, which will fundamentally shake the Houjin regime.

According to the analysis of these situations, Chen Xinjia believes that the first step is to take Montenegro, if the situation is good, take advantage of the situation to take Ningyuan, the situation is not good, you can rest for a while, form a persecutive situation against Ningyuan, force Houjin to make major adjustments, and concentrate the Houjin Tartars in the Ningyuan area, so that the Ming army can start a real decisive battle with the Houjin Tartars.

Around this purpose, Chen Xinjia repeatedly asked Hong Chengchou to send scouts to investigate the situation in the area of Montenegro, if possible, to understand the defense situation of Ningyuan City, for Chen Xinjia's requirements, Hong Chengchou did not arouse vigilance, Chen Xinjia is now the commander of Liaodong, knowing himself and knowing that he will win all battles, no matter what, it is necessary to understand and grasp the deployment of Houjin in Montenegro and Ningyuan.

A few months have passed, Huang Taiji has also made some adjustments to the deployment of Montenegro and Ningyuan, Dolgon is stationed in Ningyuan City, and the Maguan Yuan, Shi Tingzhu, Liu Zhiyuan and Li Guohan of the Han Eight Banners are stationed in Montenegro, and the defense of Montenegro and Ningyuan is all Dolgon is responsible for command and coordination, and Dolgon can make decisions according to the situation of Montenegro and Ningyuan.

In this way, the strength of the Manchu Eight Banners and the Han Eight Banners stationed in Montenegro and Ningyuan has reached more than 40,000 troops, and the combat effectiveness of these armies is extraordinary.

However, the deployment of Huang Taiji and Dolgon still shows a certain degree of discrimination, that is to say, the Han Eight Banners are stationed in the most dangerous Montenegro, and Dolgon is stationed in the relatively safe Ningyuan.

It is precisely because of this deployment of Huang Taiji and Dolgon that Chen Xinjia sees hope.

The 20,000 post-gold Tartars stationed in Montenegro, most of them are Han Eight Banners, the former Han army, Chen Xinjia believes that the combat effectiveness of these Han troops will not be very strong, in this case, the Ming army launched a surprise attack on Montenegro, the possibility of success is very high, once the sneak attack is successful, the Ming army immediately firmly occupies Montenegro, relying on Montenegro, to attack Ningyuan.

Chen Xinjia knows that the combat effectiveness of the Manchurian Eight Banners is very good, and it should not be underestimated, among the Ming army, those who can start field battles and head-on confrontations with the Manchurian Eight Banners are probably the Jiangning Battalion, but the Han Baqi is not majestic, that is, it is just the Ming army that surrendered in the past.

Chen Xinjia's judgment, this time there was a huge mistake, the Han Eight Banners not only surrendered to the Ming army in the past, but also many Liaodong Han people who directly entered the Eight Banners, some of them even followed the Eight Banners for a long time, and the officers at all levels of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty were all from the elite of the Eight Banners, and the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty would not be weaker than the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty to a certain extent, and more importantly, the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty had just been established, and Ma Guangyuan and others were in high spirits, thinking about making contributions all the time, showing the power of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty. In this respect, the Han Eight Banners are more dangerous than the Eight Banners.

At the beginning of September, the emperor's decree came down.

Many new faces have emerged in Liaodong, the most notable being Qian Qianyi.

Qian Qianyi, as the imperial envoy of the right capital, also served as the governor of Tongzhi, assisting Chen Xinjia in handling the affairs of Liaodong.

Ironically, it was Tang Shiji and Liu Zongzhou who recommended Qian Qianyi, Liu Zongzhou and Qian Qianyi's friendship is still good, although there was a period of time, the two knew each other, but with the passage of time, the friendship between the two will not be indelible, a few years have passed, Liu Zongzhou thought of Qian Qianyi who was idle at home, and decided to recommend Qian Qianyi, and Tang Shiji, the second assistant of the cabinet, completely agreed with Liu Zongzhou's idea, and Liu Zongzhou jointly recommended Qian Qianyi.

Qian Qianyi is a literati, it is said that entering the imperial court is not a thing, anyway, Qian Qianyi is also a great Confucian, the leader of Donglin Academy, but the literati go to Liaodong, the meaning of this is worth pondering, and Qian Qianyi as the imperial envoy of the right capital, the governor of the same knowledge, inspected Liaodong, assisted Chen Xinjia, and dealt with the affairs of Liaodong.

Clear-eyed people can see that Qian Qianyi's purpose in Liaodong is to deal with matters related to people's livelihood and become Chen Xinjia's most powerful assistant.

Chen Xinjia is also aware of this matter, and is very satisfied with Qian Qianyi's coming to Liaodong, Chen Xinjia is a literati, focusing on matters related to people's livelihood, that is, replacing Xu Eryi, controlling all matters of people's livelihood in Liaodong, Qian Qianyi will not put forward any opinions and suggestions on military deployment, which gives Chen Xinjia plenty of room to play.

In mid-September, the imperial court issued another decree, Xu Eryi was transferred back to the capital, served as the imperial history of the left capital, and removed the governor of Tongzhi and the military department of Zuo Shilang, which indicated that Xu Eryi left Liaodong and no longer interfered in military affairs.

These two adjustments of relevant officials caused shocks in Liaodong.

Hong Chengchou and the others felt that Liaodong was about to change, and they couldn't imagine that Chen Xinjia had been in Liaodong for so long, and now they thought of making adjustments, and the strength of this forbearance was very good.

As soon as Xu Eryi left Liaodong, Hong Chengchou was a little caught off guard, the cooperation between him and Xu Eryi was already very tacit, the two of them thought of similar things, Xu Eryi left, Qian Qianyi came to Liaodong, so that Hong Chengchou felt that his strength had been weakened, and the relationship between Chen Xinjia and Qin Sande was very good, in this case, his position was a little embarrassing, and his authority was about to decline. (To be continued......)