"Your Majesty, Sun Chengzong and Sun Ge ask to see you!" A little eunuch walked in from outside the hall and said.

"Quick." As soon as Chongzhen heard that it was Sun Chengzong coming, he hurriedly put down the pencil in his hand and said excitedly.

This pencil is two days ago Chongzhen thought the brush was too difficult to write, ordered someone to get out, although the workmanship is rougher, but compared to the brush, it is really much easier to use. Chongzhen sometimes sighs, this is good to be an emperor, if there is anything, just give an order and let his subordinates do it.

Over there, Sun Chengzong, under the guidance of the little eunuch, slowly walked into the hall.

On his way back to Beijing, he heard that Wei Zhongxian had fallen and that he had been removed from office and exiled by order of the new Emperor Chongzhen. Nowadays, the people have a very high evaluation of Emperor Chongzhen, thinking that Emperor Chongzhen is the son of the Holy Heaven sent by God to save the Ming Dynasty. After Sun Chengzong heard these words, he said in his heart, maybe his unfulfilled wish could be realized.

After entering the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, Sun Chengzong said: "Old minister Sun Chengzong, knock to see Your Majesty."

"Master Sun doesn't have to be so polite" Chongzhen stood up from the throne, walked quickly in front of Sun Chengzong, and helped Sun Chengzong up, "Master Sun is the pillar of my Ming Dynasty, and the ground is so hard, if you don't care about it, you don't need to make such a big gift, come, give the seat." ”

Sun Chengzong is also an old man, how can he not see that Chongzhen is pretending to be for himself? Although he saw that Chongzhen was acting, he still felt moved. Why did the emperor go to such great lengths to pretend to be for himself? It's not that he values himself and has to reuse himself, otherwise he won't look at you at all.

"Old Minister Xie Your Majesty Longen" Sun Chengzong said, his movements were slightly excited.

After a short time, the little eunuch brought a round stool, and after Sun Chengzong sat down, Chongzhen had already returned to the throne.

"What does Master Sun think of the current situation in Liaodong?" Chongzhen opened his mouth and said, he wanted to see Sun Chengzong's military opinions.

"Does Your Majesty want to hear the truth or listen to lies?" Sun Chengzong said.

"Haha, naturally listen to the truth, Master Sun, but it doesn't hurt to say it." Chongzhen said with a smile.

Then the old minister said it truthfully! Your Majesty, now that the situation in Liaodong is changing, Jianyu is becoming more and more powerful under the management of the slave chieftain Emperor Taiji, and I am afraid that it will be a big attack in the near future. However, our Ming border army has been in arrears for a long time, and the army is uncertain, and in the long run, it is afraid that it will mutiny. And the generals of Liaodong are their own battalions, arrogant, it is difficult to unify and fight, if Jianyu comes to attack at this time, I am afraid that our army will be difficult to fight. Sun Chengzong said, "However, the old minister thought that Jianyu would not dare to act rashly at this time. ”

"Master Sun, can you mean that Jianyu is afraid of Mao Wenlong, the chief soldier of Phi Island in Dongjiang Town?" Chongzhen asked.

"Your Majesty, that's exactly the case. General Mao's troops invaded Jianguo in the rear of Jianlu, and Jianguo would not dare to act rashly. Sun Chengzong did not forget to pat himself on the back and said.

"Then Master Sun thinks that compared with Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Liaodong, who is more talented than Mao Wenlong?" Chongzhen asked. How he didn't know which of the two was more talented, but he wanted to see what Sun Chengzong thought.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Mao Wenlong is more talented, but unfortunately Mao Wenlong is a little unruly and his heart is too high, otherwise he will be able to contain Jianyu and give me a chance to recuperate." Sun Chengzong said that he knew that Chongzhen was an understanding person, although Sun Chengzong had relied on Yuan Chonghuan a lot during his tenure and had a good relationship with him, but he could only say what was in his heart.

"Yes, Mao Wenlong is too arrogant!" Chongzhen sighed and said, "Master Sun thinks that who is suitable to manage the overall situation of Liaodong?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that Yuan Keli, the former governor of Denglai, and Yuan Liqing can take on a heavy responsibility."

"Yuan Keli?" Chongzhen said with an expression like an initiation.

"Exactly, Your Majesty, Liqing has been operating in Denglai for many years, and has prestige in Denglai and even the entire Liaodong, if he manages the overall situation of Liaodong, first, he can coordinate and mobilize the generals of Liaodong, and second, Liqing can also train Mao Wenlong's temperament." Sun Chengzong said honestly.

"Master Sun is in charge. I still have one more thing to talk to Master Sun about today. As he spoke, Chongzhen took out a few pages from the case and ordered a small eunuch standing next to him to hand them to Sun Chengzong.

Sun Chengzong took the paper from the little eunuch's hand and looked at it. Chongzhen opened his mouth and said: "I am going to train a new army, and the share in Master Sun's hand is the recruitment conditions and daily training arrangements of the new army. Master Sun took a look at the deficiencies. ”

"Your Majesty, this is a good idea, and if it can be put into action, it will definitely create a strong army. It's just ......," Sun Chengzong said with a little regret.

"Master Sun is afraid that the ministers will not agree?" Chongzhen asked.

"Exactly, Your Majesty, although this new army is good, it needs a lot, just five taels of silver per soldier per month, and it costs a lot of silver taels."

"So I plan to recruit 50,000 men first, and then expand the army later."

"It's just that, Your Majesty, even if you recruit 50,000 people first, you will need to pay three million taels of silver this year, and as Your Majesty said on paper, the soldiers of the new army need to have meat and enough rice, and this alone will require as much as one million taels in a year, plus training losses, etc., at least five or six million taels of silver a year!" Sun Chengzong said.

Looking at Sun Chengzong's appearance that the emperor was not in a hurry and the eunuch was in a hurry, Chongzhen couldn't help but smile on his face, but he had already laughed in his heart: I'm not afraid, what are you Sun Chengzong afraid of!

"Although Master Sun can rest assured, the money comes out of my internal funds, and the ministers have no right to ask, Master Sun, you can just open up to me to train the new army, and prepare for my future Ming Zhongxing." Chongzhen said with a smile.

"That Weichen obeys his fate!" Sun Chengzong stood up and made a gesture.

"In addition, I found an assistant for Master Sun, and Master Sun should know him too." Chongzhen Road.

At this time, a little eunuch came in and reported: "Your Majesty, Cao Gujian is waiting for orders outside the palace."

"Say Cao Cao Cao is here, pass it on." Chongzhen said with a smile.

Outside the Qianqing Palace, Cao Wenzhao entered the Qianqing Palace under the guidance of the little eunuch.

Cao Wenzhao just arrived today, he took his nephew, the two of them rode fast horses all the way from Jinzhou to the capital, just arrived at the post station not long after, there was a little eunuch to announce the decree, saying that the emperor was going to summon him. On the way to the palace, Cao Wenzhao kept thinking, why did the emperor suddenly use himself so much? But he couldn't figure it out, of course, he couldn't have thought that because Chongzhen was a time-traveler and knew his abilities in history. In the end, he can only boil down to the fact that His Majesty is benevolent, righteous and cares for himself, so he also swears from the bottom of his heart that he will be more loyal to Daming.

"Humble Cao Wenzhao, see Your Majesty!" After Cao Wenzhao entered the Qianqing Palace, he said.

"Cao Guerrilla is flat, come on, give Cao Guerrilla a seat."

"Humble thanks, Your Majesty."

Cao Wenzhao was very surprised, he was just a small guerrilla general, and he was given the throne by the emperor, which he did not expect, and at this time he also strengthened his belief in being loyal to the king.

After thanking Chongzhen, Cao Wenzhao walked to Sun Chengzong's side and bowed: "The last general will meet Sun Ge Lao!"

Cao Wenzhao and Sun Chengzong are also old acquaintances, and they have been appreciated by Sun Chengzong many times, and he himself has great respect for Sun Chengzong.

"Cao guerrilla doesn't have to be like this. It turns out that the person Your Majesty said is Cao Guerrilla, this Cao Guerrilla is indeed a heavy task, Your Majesty is really discerning! Sun Chengzong praised.

After Cao Wenzhao sat down, Chongzhen asked, "Cao Guerrilla is a Datong, right?"

"Your Majesty, it is! It's just that Your Majesty could ......" Cao Wenzhao was surprised, how could the emperor know that he was a Datong person? When I was about to ask you how you know, I realized that I had said the wrong thing and was rude.

"Humble and unintentional words, I hope Your Majesty will forgive your sins!" Cao Wenzhao stood up and clenched his fists.

"Haha, it's okay, it's okay, Cao Guerrilla sit down." Chongzhen laughed.

After Cao Wenzhao sat down, Chongzhen said: "Okay, let's get down to business, Cao Guerrilla, I summoned you to come here to order you to assist Master Sun in training the new army for me."

"The New Army?" Cao Wenzhao asked.

"Yes, this new army is trained in a different way than before."

Then, Chongzhen told Cao Wenzhao about the recruitment conditions and training methods of the new army.

After hearing this, Cao Wenzhao felt that if this new army was trained, it might really be possible to fight against Jianlu, and it would not be impossible to destroy those Jianlu who were so arrogant in Liaodong at that time.

"Thank Your Majesty for your kindness, and you will be loyal to your duties to repay Your Majesty's appreciation." Cao Wenzhao knelt down and said.

"Okay, okay, don't be so polite. Then the matter is decided, and tomorrow morning I will raise it with the courtiers, and then the official decree will be issued. Chongzhen said

"Obey the order!" Sun Chengzong and Cao Wenzhao both made a speech at the same time.

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As for the establishment of the new army, I would like to ask you to give your opinions, and at present there are two preliminary establishments:

1. Modernization (squads, platoons, companies, battalions, regiments, brigades, divisions, and armies)

2. The original military establishment of the Ming Dynasty (1,120 people set up 1,000 households, 12 people set up 100 households. There are two general flags under the jurisdiction of 100 households, 50 people under each general flag, 5 people under the general flag, and 10 people under each small flag. Thousands of households go to the guerrilla general, and then up are the generals, and then up are the general soldiers, and then up are the governors. ）

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