On the second day after Cao Yue returned to Beijing, Emperor Chongzhen issued an edict to take Cao Yue as the commander of the horse and marry Princess Kunxing to him.

After issuing the edict, Emperor Chongzhen also summoned Cao Yue to the palace alone to talk.

"Cao Yue, I am ready to marry my and the queen's favorite daughter to you, you have to treat her well!" After receiving Cao Yue's salute, Emperor Chongzhen also put forward his request straight to the point, "If I know that she has been wronged, I will not spare you!"

Cao Yue hurriedly responded: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the minister must treat the princess well, don't let her be wronged, and make her happy every day!"

"Sit down!" Cao Yue's attitude still made Emperor Chongzhen more satisfied, coupled with the temporary elimination of the threat of Jiannu, although some ministers at the court meeting that day were a little too much, but in the past, he didn't care too much, seeing Cao Yue, the son-in-law who solved the ** annoyance for him, the mood was still quite good. "I summoned you today, because I still have something to talk to you about alone!"

Cao Yue sat down opposite Emperor Chongzhen according to his words: "Your Majesty has anything to tell the ministers, and the ministers will listen!"

"I want to ask you today, what are your plans for the future? Are you willing to go to Beijing to serve and train Jingying well!" Emperor Chongzhen didn't make any detours, and directly said the purpose of summoning Cao Yue today.

Before summoning Cao Yue, Emperor Chongzhen had already discussed things with Sun Chuanting, and his views on some matters had changed slightly. He originally wanted to put Cao Yue by his side and let Cao Yue go to the capital camp. Cao Yue is very capable, which Emperor Chongzhen does not doubt at all. If Cao Yue is allowed to serve in the Beijing camp, he may be able to train the Beijing camp well.

Jingying is an army that Emperor Chongzhen values very much, and it is also a man he wants to rely on the most. It's just that he doesn't know the situation in Jingying very well. He wanted Cao Yue to be in charge of the affairs of the Beijing camp, so that he could also know the situation of the Beijing camp, and the overall combat effectiveness of the Beijing camp could also be improved. However, Sun Chuanting did not agree with letting Cao Yue go to Beijing, and the old man said that letting Cao Yue go to Beijing, it was a pure waste of talent.

The incomplicated relationship between Jingying will make Cao Yue restrained, and even if he offends many people, he will not be able to put Jingying in order. Sun Chuanting suggested that the Beijing camp should maintain the status quo, and Cao Yue could retrain an army to replace the Beijing camp in the future.

Sun Chuanting told Emperor Chongzhen about the current situation in Beijing, saying that the current Jingying is a place where the powerful people in the DPRK and China install their cronies and seek benefits, and there is no need to say much about the combat effectiveness, and it is also very common to eat empty salaries, and it is difficult to rectify it without spending time. If we really try to rectify the situation, we may not be able to succeed, and the people who are in charge of the rectification affairs will offend the powerful people in the DPRK and China, and they will not be able to do anything in the future.

Sun Chuanting's suggestion to Emperor Chongzhen was to let Cao Yue go to other places to train an army, and when this army was trained, he would be brought to Beijing and become the new Beijing battalion, which would be fully responsible for the defense of Beijing, so that he would not worry about Jiannu attacking Beijing again.

Sun Chuanting's suggestion, as well as the outstanding performance of the Datong army trained by Cao Yue in several wars, made Emperor Chongzhen a little moved. He didn't think Sun Chuanting's suggestion was very good, but Sun Chuanting's suggestion was really exciting, because the current combat effectiveness of the Beijing camp could not be better than that of the Datong army, which could be felt when Jiannu attacked the city of Beijing several times.

The strength of the combat effectiveness of the defenders of Beijing is directly related to the safety of the palace and him, the emperor, which Emperor Chongzhen cannot not consider, so Sun Chuanting's words touched him, and there is also the incident of summoning Cao Yue into the palace to inquire separately today.

"Your Majesty, the minister doesn't want to go to Beijing to serve!" Cao Yue already knew that Sun Chuanting had told Emperor Chongzhen about this matter, and after Old Man Sun left the palace, he went directly to him and explained the situation, and he also knew that Emperor Chongzhen was a little moved by Sun Chuanting's words, so he took this opportunity to immediately say what he wanted: "Your Majesty, the minister wants to go to the south to help use the stability and wealth of the south to train for Your Majesty an army that can fight well, an army that is stronger than the Datong army." If the ministers can be successfully trained, this army will definitely be able to help His Majesty pacify the Liukou, eliminate the Jiannu, and restore peace to the future. ”

Cao Yue said, saying some of the reasons and ideas he had thought of in a way that he thought Emperor Chongzhen could accept, and said at the end: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that if you want to train an army with outstanding combat power, you must re-recruit, and now those soldiers in the army cannot be trained to be soldiers, and Qi Jiguang did the same back then." The minister knew that His Majesty wanted to pacify the Liukou as soon as possible and eliminate the threat of Jiannu, so he was eager to train one or several elite divisions for His Majesty in the shortest possible time. ”

After discussing with Sun Chuanting, Emperor Chongzhen thought about this issue very seriously in the past few days, listened to what Cao Yue said, pondered for a while, and finally nodded and agreed to Cao Yue's invitation: "Okay, I agree to your invitation, let you go to Nanjing, and train the new army for me." ”

Cao Yue never dreamed that Emperor Chongzhen would agree to his request so easily, and he was overjoyed at the moment, and immediately stood up and thanked Emperor Chongzhen: "Thank you Your Majesty for your trust, the minister must train the troops diligently, and strive to train an elite army in the shortest possible time for His Majesty to send." The minister also implored His Majesty to appoint the minister to preside over the military affairs of Nanzhili, so that the minister could act conveniently. Now it is still strong, Jiannu's vitality is not injured, and it will soon make a comeback, and now the number of Ming officers and troops who can fight is very small, and it is imperative to train one or several new armies. ”

However, Emperor Chongzhen did not agree to Cao Yue's request, but he did not refuse directly, but said euphemistically: "Cao Yue, when you go to Nanjing, it is better to supervise the military affairs of Nanjing first, and when the military affairs of Nanjing are in charge, I will consider other things." I will also delegate some powerful forces to help you train the new army. I hope you can surprise me again, and you know that if there is chaos today, the threat of rogues and Jiannu will not be peaceful if the threat of rogues and Jiannu is not removed. What I want most now is to pacify the Liukou and eliminate the Jiannu, so don't let me wait too long!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, the minister will not disappoint Your Majesty!" The joy in Cao Yue's heart really can't be described in words, things really developed as Old Man Sun said, and he didn't expect it to be smooth. He also took the opportunity of Emperor Chongzhen to agree to him and made another request: "Your Majesty, the minister still wants to make a request to Your Majesty, and I hope Your Majesty will agree." ”

"What requirements?"

"The minister wants to let her go to Nanjing with the princess after marrying the princess. The minister is too young and goes to Nanjing, many people may be reluctant to obey, but if the minister has a princess by his side, they may be jealous. Moreover, the minister also didn't want that after the marriage with the princess, the two would live separately, so that the princess would stay alone in the empty room every day and live a unhappy life!"

"This ......" Emperor Chongzhen didn't expect Cao Yue to make this request, and he was stunned for a moment.