Luo Yanghe and Guo Zhiyi left, Cao Huachun took out the silver ticket sent by Zhang Chu and played with it in his hand, thinking that this military general who was born as an anti-thief was really willing to pay the capital and gave so much silver for the official position of a general soldier. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info this Zhang Chu can be regarded as his own single-handedly appeased, it seems that he has no one to take refuge into, he follows himself very tightly, the important thing is that he can indeed fight, Cao Huachun has been mixed in the palace for so many years, Cao Huachun has been able to see the truth of things from the twists and turns, so many officers and soldiers rescued Laizhou, and confronted the rebels for more than half a year, only Zhang Chu passed the rebels to escape, and it was Zhang Chu who took over all the territory of the rebels, and other generals also participated in Zhang Chu's dominance, not allowing others to enter the rebels' territory, what did they do when the rebels were there. Zhang Chu's recital said that everyone drove away the rebels together, and it was clear who contributed and who didn't contribute here. Now that the society is in turmoil, the importance of military generals has suddenly emerged, and such a combat general is even more rare, and he must be firmly grasped in his own hands, and now he must be given some sweetness first.

Thinking of this, Cao Huachun immediately got up and went to the emperor, and when the emperor saw Cao Huachun coming, he raised his head from the pile of folds, and a rare smile appeared on his face. Among the many courtiers, only these eunuchs understood the emperor's mind best, and everything was for the emperor's sake, and they would never contradict the emperor.

"Let's rest for a while." Cao Huachun was very distressed by Emperor Chongzhen, and since he ascended the throne, he has been busy dealing with political affairs every day, and he has very little time to rest.

"How's the situation in Shandong?" During this period, everything about Shandong was passed on to the emperor by Wang Chengen through Cao Huachun, and it was basically good news. It's time to take a break, and it's better to have good news.

"The plan for the reconstruction of Shandong is being implemented smoothly, Yantai General Zhang Chu led his subordinates to set up a card check in Denglai to eliminate the remaining bandits, and now the people have lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the governor Xie Lian is organizing the people to resume production, and Xie Lian is still seizing the time to build ships and preparing to send troops to recover the old land in Liaodong." Cao Huachun said as he observed the emperor's face.

"Xie Lian is still good, he always insisted on fighting when he was besieged by the rebels in Laizhou, which shows his integrity, which has just been rescued and started the reconstruction of Shandong, there are too few ministers like this. That Zhang Chu is not bad, he is indeed a brave general who recovered Dengzhou and defeated the rebels. Emperor Chongzhen stood up, moved his body and said.

Cao Huachun walked over and grabbed Emperor Chongzhen's arm and said: "This is all thanks to the emperor's wisdom, there will be today's results, the saint ordered Zhongyang County, Shanxi to provide iron materials for Shandong, and now there are several batches of high-quality steel transported to Shandong, along with the iron materials, there are thousands of thieves collected by Zhang Chu in Shanxi, and Your Majesty has reduced a large number of thieves in Shanxi without spending a little food. ”

"The general named Zhang Chu is still doing things safely, the army he has trained has fought well in the face of the rebels and the Houjin cavalry, and Wang Chengen is also very good, supervising Zhang Chu to always fight for the country." Emperor Chongzhen always remembered Zhang Chu's defeat of the Houjin cavalry, and there were not many troops in the entire Ming Dynasty that could win a field battle with the Houjin army.

"Wang Chengen wrote back again, saying that Zhang Chu is making every effort to reorganize the army for war, and once Xie Lian's warship is built, he can sail to Liaodong to recover the old land in Liaodong, and there is only a small problem in this." Speaking of which, Cao Huachun paused to look at the emperor's reaction.

Emperor Chongzhen really answered and asked, "What's the problem?" ”

"As a general, Zhang Chu has a limit on the number of soldiers under his jurisdiction, and there are not so many troops stationed in the places under his jurisdiction." Cao Huachun took the opportunity to say.

"This is indeed a problem, originally there was no problem with Zhang Chu's contribution to recovering Dengzhou and being promoted to the general army, but from time to time someone impeached Zhang Chu for acting arrogantly, and this matter was suppressed. Now that he is promoted again, there should be no objection to it. "Emperor Chongzhen hoped that the ministers of the court would not oppose him again for the promotion of a general soldier.

"The Weihaiwei guard can be placed under the jurisdiction of Zhang Chu, so that Zhang Chu has a group of old and weak soldiers to support, and no one will fight for this position again." Cao Huachun came up with the idea of dealing with the ministers for Emperor Chongzhen.

"It can only be like this, but in this way, Zhang Chu will have an extra burden to the soldiers of the guard." Emperor Chongzhen is also clear about the situation of the guard, these people can't fight, but he doesn't know what to do with them.

"Zhang Chu can train the hungry people in Shanxi into elite soldiers who can defeat the Houjin cavalry, maybe he can turn decay into magic, and the old and weak of the guard will come in handy." Since Zhang Chu wanted this place, although Cao Huachun was not optimistic about the soldiers of the guard, he still worked hard for Zhang Chu.

"I hope so, if Zhang Chu can train the soldiers of the guard to become a strong army, it will really create a miracle." Emperor Chongzhen found that the country was now in difficulties in all aspects, and it was difficult to make new improvements according to conventional methods, so he was now looking forward to a miracle.

For Emperor Chongzhen's practice of raising a general soldier and then taking a group of old and weak guards soldiers, the ministers were very puzzled, whether this was a reward or a frame-up, the thousands of soldiers in the guard plus their families would have tens of thousands of mouths to eat, although the guards had some fields, but the oil and water here was not much. Therefore, the ministers were not very interested in grabbing this position, and it turned out that the commander of the guard post heard the news and directly spent money to buy a better errand and left, and he no longer wanted to see the group of hungry poor ghosts who wanted to eat people. Therefore, Zhang Chu was successfully promoted to the chief soldier of Dengzhou and in charge of Weihaiwei.

The security army in Dengzhou City was full of joy, everyone was not happy for Zhang Chu's promotion to Dengzhou General Army, Zhang Chu's official position was not much different from the security army, Zhang Chu was also equipped with instructors in the security army in Shandong, these people are all excellent ideological workers trained in Shanxi, they are educating soldiers every day according to Zhu Jishi's booklet, and now the only supreme leader recognized by the soldiers is Zhang Chu, and the emperor is rarely mentioned.

Everyone is happy that the shipyard in Dengzhou has finally been repaired and can start building new ships. Zhang Chu decided to build some No. 2 Fu ships mainly in the shipyard in Dengzhou, so that there would be no difficulty in building, and it would also allow for the training of craftsmen to prepare for the next step of building larger ships. And the real sail battleship Zhang Chu decided to build there after receiving Weihaiwei. Weihaiwei will be built as a secret shipyard for the security forces, and some large warships will be built there.

Governor Xie Lian attended the ceremony of the reopening of the shipyard as a guest, and it was one step closer to sending Zhang Chu and others to Liaodong, Xie Lian's heart was much more settled, as long as the security army and Houjin fought, it would be the victory of the imperial court, and what made him even happier was that Huang Long, the chief soldier of Lushun, was really a man who focused on the great cause of the imperial court, although Xie Lian had no friendship with him, but a letter passed Huang Long immediately sent the shipbuilders in Lushun and some soldiers of the navy. Of course, these shipbuilders were useless in Lushun, and the silver allocated by the imperial court was only enough for everyone to eat, and they had no ability to build new ships at all. (To be continued.) )