The matter of the Jiangning camp finally attracted the attention of the imperial court, of course, there are many people advocating it, and there are also some people who have other thoughts, such a strong army, of course, needs to be collected by the imperial court, of course, someone needs to be unified in command. To be able to command such a strong army, it must be very difficult to win the battle.

This is not an uncommon thing, the Qi family army from Jiajing to Wanli shook China, and no one thought that they could directly command this army and line up the founder Qi Jiguang.

Su Tiancheng recommended Sun Chuanting and Lu Tianming, and it was precisely because of such twists and turns that it caused controversy in the imperial court.

Sun Chuanting used to be the head of the Ministry of Officials, the rank of the sixth grade, he resigned and returned home for several years, Lu Tianming is the county of Jiangning County, the rank of the seventh grade, Su Tiancheng is in the recommended fold, it is just a suggestion, Lu Tianming is the imperial history of the Imperial Inspectorate, although it is also the rank of the seventh grade, but the nature is completely different, it is a typical reuse, as for Sun Chuanting, he did not put forward the position, this is in line with the rules, Sun Chuanting's rank is not lower than Su Tiancheng, Su Tiancheng is not good to put forward specific opinions.

But everyone knows that since Su Tiancheng recommended Sun Chuanting, he must have a tendentious suggestion, but this suggestion will not be clearly stated in the recital.

Zhu Youzhen first convened several ministers of the cabinet to discuss their opinions, and such a matter is not suitable for discussion at the court meeting, otherwise it will only be an argument and there will be no result.

Before the discussion, he was a little worried that the use of Sun Chuanting and the reuse of Lu Tianming were small things, and if they were not done well, they would lead to other controversies, especially about Jiang Ningying.

His worries turned into reality.

The deliberations have just begun. The newly appointed cabinet chief minister, Wen Tiren, spoke.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the matter of Jiangning Camp needs to be solved first, this is the biggest thing, the predecessor of Jiangning Camp. However, it is the Jiangning County Inspection Department, and its commanding generals Sun Yuankun, Liu Shiliang, Luo Chang, Ma Huabiao, Liu Tiehan and others are either the inspection and deputy inspection of the Jiangning County Inspection Department, or the warden of the Jiangning County Soldiers, which is not in accordance with the rules. ”

Zhu Youzhen didn't have any expression on his face, he looked at Xu Guangqi, during this time, Xu Guangqi's body was not very good, and he brought it up several times. He resolutely disagreed with the resignation of all positions.

"Wen Aiqing, what do you suggest?"

"The minister suggested that the establishment of Jiangning Wei, the imperial court could send a commander, the former commander of the Jiangning battalion, Sun Yuankun and others, could serve as lower-level officers, at the same time. Send the prison army to the Jiangning camp. Let the Jiangning battalion be placed under the direct command of the imperial court. ”

Zhu Youzhen frowned, did not speak, he looked at Xu Guangqi again, among the cabinet ministers, the only one who can put forward different opinions is Xu Guangqi at present.

It is said that Zhu Youzhen trusts Wen Tiren very much. Otherwise, Wen Tiren would not be allowed to serve as the first assistant of the cabinet, but his trust still has a certain limit, and he used to trust Yuan Chonghuan too much. Including Zhou Yanru, what did he get in exchange, the lesson is too profound, so this kind of trust must be greatly discounted.

Xu Guangqi slowly spoke.

"Lord Wen's suggestion is still good, clarify the rank of Jiangning Camp, and include it under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court, Jiangning Camp is majestic, and it should have such treatment, but the matter of setting up Jiang Ningwei, the minister has some different suggestions, the emperor has given the title of Jiangning Camp, if Jiang Ningwei is set up again, it is not very appropriate, according to the minister's opinion, it is better to call it Jiangning Camp, and its treatment level will be confirmed according to the setting of thousands of households."

Wen Tiren's face changed subtly.

"As for the matter of the imperial court sending commanders, the minister thinks that it is better not to send them for the time being."

Xu Guangqi didn't explain the reason, he didn't say it clearly, in fact, the meaning of this is very clear, I believe the emperor understands, some words, there is no need to say so clearly, otherwise, everyone's face is not very good-looking, in fact, everyone is clear about the struggle here.

When the discussion in the court was still going on, Su Tiancheng was already highly nervous.

Regarding the future of the Jiangning battalion, he has already considered it, if this aspect cannot be clarified, many things will not be easy to do, or even impossible to carry out, such an army will definitely arouse the eyes of others, there have been such spearheads before, after killing the old Huihui, the contradictions in this can no longer be covered.

The setting of the army of the Ming Dynasty is very clear, the army of the imperial court, and the strength of the local armed forces, are two different levels, the foundation of the Jiangning battalion, or the nature of the local militia, but thinking about it for a long time, it is impossible, I begged the emperor to give the title of the Jiangning battalion, which is to prevent the later things.

The Jiangning battalion must be under its own control, this is the bottom line, at any time, the bottom line can not be touched, if such an army is commanded by others, it will be the biggest tragedy. After all, building a strong army is not as simple as words.

Brother Jiang Ningying, there is no need to worry, they are absolutely loyal to themselves, but in the court, what some people think in their hearts, it is not clear.

Regarding the worries in this regard, Su Tiancheng and Qu Qingze said in detail, the starting point is different, mainly from the future development of the Jiangning battalion, Qu Qingze's understanding is the same as Su Tiancheng, if the Jiangning battalion is under the command of other people, rashly pull out the gang, I am afraid the ending will not be very good.

Therefore, at the same time as the fold, through the line of Qu Qingze, Su Tiancheng made a secret fold, in which he talked about many things about the Jiangning camp in detail.

His suggestion that Sun Chuanting could serve as the head of the military department, even if it was a title, and actually command the Jiangning battalion, so that the official treatment of the Jiangning battalion could be clearly defined as a thousand households, which were directly under the command of the military department, and those who could really command the Jiangning battalion were in the imperial court, that is, the emperor himself.

In this way, the rank of Sun Yuankun and others has also been clarified.

But this is just Su Tiancheng's wishful thinking, and there is still a lot of work to be done to achieve this goal.

Su Tiancheng relied on three people, namely Fan Jingwen, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, Qin Sande, the eunuch of the town guard, and Zhang Taining, the commander of the garrison.

The support that Fan Jingwen is looking for is Xu Guangqi, an assistant minister in the cabinet.

The support that Qin Sande is looking for is Wang Chengen, the chief eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch.

The support that Zhang Taining is looking for is Zhang Fengyi, the secretary of the Ministry of War.

Of course, there is another line, that is the line of Qu Qingze, which is also owned by Su Tiancheng himself, that is, Dong Chang, the governor of Jinyi and Weidu.

If you can do a good job in these aspects, your own ideas will definitely be realized, and the suggestions of these people can go directly to the hands of Emperor Zhu Youzhen.

Jiangning County is close to two thousand miles away from the capital, and Su Tiancheng is not clear about everything that happens in the capital, this is his disadvantage, after all, he is only the county governor of the sixth grade, and it is impossible to have such a great ability to move.

If you have something to gain, you will have something to lose, and it is impossible to be satisfied everywhere.

After learning that the imperial court began to discuss the affairs of Jiangning Ying, Su Tiancheng could hardly sleep, and at such a critical moment, it was impossible for him to go to Fan Jingwen and others, what should have been said had been said a long time ago, and now he was waiting for the final verdict.

Take 10,000 steps back and say, the imperial court has sent a new commander, including the supervising army, etc., Su Tiancheng also has a way, at least the supply of the Jiangning battalion needs to be responsible for Jiangning County, the imperial court cannot maintain such a huge expenditure, the money bag is in his own hands, everything is possible. But at that point, it's the next step.

The autumn harvest season is coming soon, and the county government of Jiangning County is also starting to be busy, and there are a lot of things to do this year.

It was at this time that the decree of the imperial court arrived.

The holy decree went directly to the military headquarters in Nanjing, because it involved the Jiangning battalion, so Su Tiancheng also went to receive the decree.

When he arrived at the Ministry of War, Su Tiancheng saw that Fan Jingwen, the secretary of the Ministry of War, accompanied the eunuch from the palace with a smile on his face.

This situation reassured him.

The holy decree was very long, this time, Su Tiancheng didn't feel that it was long, and after listening to the holy decree, he felt shocked.

The Jiangnan battalion has one guard commander, two deputy commanders, and six people from 1,000 households.

The commander of the guard was concurrently appointed by Fan Jingwen, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, and one person was temporarily appointed as the commander of the Tongzhi, and Sun Chuanting, the director of the Military Department, Sun Yuankun, Liu Shiliang, Luo Chang, Liu Tiehan, and Ma Huabiao served as the Qianhu commander, and Su Tiancheng served as the supervisor of the Jiangning battalion.

This is the best arrangement, better than what I originally thought, I just thought that the Jiangnan battalion could be set up as a thousand households, it would be very good, although in terms of troops, it has exceeded the number of guards, when the situation of the Jiangning battalion, after all, is special, a little different, and it is not possible to clarify the rank according to the number of troops.

Unexpectedly, the Jiangnan camp enjoyed the treatment of the guard.

The most interesting thing is Sun Chuanting, the head of the military department, but the rank of the sixth grade, but the commander of the same knowledge is the rank of the third grade, and Sun Chuanting's main position is still the head of the military department.

As for Sun Yuankun and others, the rank has reached the fifth grade.

As a supervising army, he did not have a clear rank.

But in this, there is one most critical thing that is clear, that is, the imperial court will not allocate military salaries, and Jiangning County is still directly responsible for all the expenses of the Jiangning camp, so the difference is very big.

In the final analysis, the Jiangning camp is still under the control of Jiangning County, and the holy decree only clarifies the rank, and does not say anything else, changing the soup but not the medicine.

As for the commander, Lord Fan Jingwen, it is impossible to ask about the affairs of the Jiangning battalion, he has a lot of things to do every day, and he is in charge of all the guards and troops in Nanzhili and Zhejiang, where does he have time to care about the affairs of the Jiangning battalion.

Besides, he is the supervisor of the Jiangning battalion, the actual number one. (To be continued.) )