Zhang Chu used the silver swindled from Wang Jiayin to buy a large amount of grain in Jindong, and in the factory in Zhongyang, various weapons and armor were constantly produced, and Zhang Chu was preparing to expand the army.

Busy time always flies quickly, the first year of Chongzhen has passed in a blink of an eye, Zhang Chu, who is so busy that his feet are not sticky, he didn't even have time to celebrate the second Spring Festival in Daming, and the personnel of the security army only started working again after a few days off.

In the spring of the second year of Chongzhen, the life of Wu Zhiwang, the governor of the three provinces, came to an end, and Guyuan soldiers became the last straw that crushed Wu Zhiwang.

Wang Jiayin fled into the Huanglong Mountain, resurrected, and grew stronger again, with no hope of extermination. On December 24 of the first year of Chongzhen, there was a mutiny in Guyuan under the jurisdiction of Wu Zhiwang, when the border soldiers were short of pay, and the soldiers took advantage of the outbreak of the peasant uprising to rebel together and loot the Guyuan state treasury. Mutinous soldiers mostly joined the ranks of the peasant uprising. In the first month of the second year of Chongzhen, the soldiers of the Guyuan mutiny captured Jingyang and Fuping, and even the guerrilla Li Ying was captured by the rebels. For the sake of the Ming Dynasty, Wu Zhiwang, who exhausted his efforts, chose to commit suicide to end his life.

There was a vacancy in the trilateral governors, and no one dared to take over in the face of chaos, which directly changed the trajectory of a person's life.

Yang He, the left deputy capital of the Ming Dynasty, was a high-ranking official in the court, respected, and lived freely. Sometimes talking too much will also lead to trouble, Yang He usually made a lot of comments about the current situation, and everyone felt that he was very reasonable, so when the governor of the three sides was vacant, everyone recommended Yang He to the emperor.

Since everyone recommends it, let's ask him.

Emperor Chongzhen summoned Yang He and asked him about the strategy.

Yang He replied: "Be prudent and self-controlled, and only care for the soldiers." ”

Emperor Chongzhen heard that it made sense, the most important thing is that Yang He's thoughts are the same as the emperor's, but let these words come from Yang He's mouth, the emperor can't say everything, in case this strategy doesn't work, is it said that the emperor is wrong.

Emperor Chongzhen then appointed Yang He as the right attendant of the military department to replace the governor of Wuzhiwang.

Yang He could only leave the comfortable capital and come to Shaanxi, which was full of famine. When he arrived, he was faced with a situation of revolts among displaced people.

Yang He believes that the uprisings of the displaced people are "always due to the extreme famine, and the people are not able to make a living". Therefore, he put forward the strategy of "appeasement first, pursuit and suppression secondary".

Yang He was a good man and a practical person, and immediately after his arrival, he went to work and began to appease the displaced people who revolted.

At this time, someone gave him a surprise.

The person who brought the surprise was Zhang Chu, who took the initiative to write a letter to Yang He to congratulate him on his appointment as governor of the three sides. At the same time, he expressed the desire to accept the transfer under the command of Governor Yang, and the letter emphasized that this wish had long been there, and the former governor had promised to give Zhang Chu a reward, but due to the unfortunate death of Governor Wu, it was not realized, and two letters written by Wu Zhiwang to Zhang Chu were also attached to the letter.

Zhang Chu's letter made Yang He look very comfortable, thinking that the person who can write this kind of letter must be a person who has read poetry and books. Once again, the literary level of the Marquis of Li Zhongxiao played a role.

Yang He looked at Wu Zhiwang's letter again, and the content was really a word of encouragement to Zhang Chu, as well as a promise of reward.

Yang He asked the old man in the Governor's Mansion to watch, and sure enough, it was Governor Wu's handwriting.

Inquire carefully about Zhang Chu's situation. The staff who received Zhang Chu's money were more beautiful for Zhang Chu.

So much so that Governor Yang's analysis of Zhang Chu does not seem to be counted as a thief, or it may be more appropriate to be regarded as a township warrior for self-preservation. He must have exterminated the bandits, and once chased the thieves and beat them all the way, knocking out half of the team of the biggest anti-thief king Jiayin, if he didn't have any money, he would have to fight it.

Yang He is in need of a typical, the appeasement strategy has worked wonders, and Governor Yang has recruited a big thief. If you appease the thieves just after you take office, you can also use him to fight other thieves, which is a great credit.

And Yang He also understood what Zhang Chu meant, the official that Wu Zhiwang promised to give has not been given, and he gave Zhang Chu an official position, so this Zhang Chu is appeased by himself.

Yang He reported the good news to the emperor and applied for an official position for Zhang Chu, and the emperor was happy and approved Yang He's application.

The county garrison was extended, and although the officials were not large, they were also formally established. Zhang Chu looked at the official uniform sent and thought: "In a blink of an eye, I actually joined the civil servant series of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Yang He is a good official and a good person, Zhang Chu said that he submitted to the court, and he believed it. But that doesn't seem to be wrong. After that, there were really no rioters in Yanchang County. Zhang Chu also faithfully charged for Governor Yang, all the thieves who appeared around Yanchang were driven away by him, sometimes Zhang Chu even behaved too positively, and even as far away as there were thieves in the Luliang area of Shanxi, he ran over and chased after him. It has become a rare stable place in Shaanxi. Yang He is very satisfied with this.

Zhang Chu immediately ordered someone to put it away after admiring the workmanship of the official uniform, this thing is poisonous. Zhang Chu knew that this strategy was very dangerous. If it is not done well, some people in the security army will be shaken, and eventually the security army will be torn apart, and Zhang Chu's life will not be saved. Therefore, Zhang Chu did not dare to relax at all, and decided to take advantage of this rare calm period to rectify the security army.

It was not only the army of the security army that was rectified, but also the government agencies of the five counties, and Zhang Chu directly gave Zhu Jishian the title of prime minister in one step. Zhu Xiucai asked where these two dictionaries came from, of course Zhang Chu didn't know, so he said that the meaning of these two words is always managed by you.

In fact, Zhang Chu just didn't want to change his name.

According to the performance of officials during this period, Zhu Xiucai made corresponding appointments in each county and recruited small officials to do things. Zhang Chu offered a salary one percent higher than that of officials at the same level in the Ming Dynasty for each position, and the supervision at all levels was stricter. The government agencies of the Security Forces were established, and there were two more institutions than the Imperial Court, the Security Tax Bureau and the Security Supreme Court under the leadership of Mazi Prefecture.

After the officials were confirmed, the pamphlets compiled by Zhu Jishi entitled "Unite Around Zhang Chu" were handed out one by one, and every official was studying. Zhongyang Security School has expanded its enrollment, and the personnel after training have been continuously enriched to various positions.

Zhang Chu was more strict with the army, taking advantage of the mutiny in Guyuan, he recruited many soldiers who fled from the border army, and the ranks of the security army expanded a lot, reaching 3,000 people.

In order not to mess himself up, Zhang Chu ignored the feelings of others, and directly followed the organizational structure of the army in later generations.

Zhang Chu also made a big determination to change this way, and he wanted to transition the security army from an army with cold weapons to a firearm-based army. The ratio of flintlock muskets and artillery in the ranks will be greatly increased.

The newly produced flintlock musket was strengthened by the new steel barrel, which made it possible to mount a bayonet under the muzzle. Addressed the lack of close-quarters combat with muskets, thereby reducing the number of spearmen.

According to the current scale of the security army, Zhang Chu tentatively set the troops into two regiments, Yang Biao and He Jin served as the commanders respectively, and Zhang Chu unceremoniously gave himself the title of commander-in-chief of the three armies, leading the whole army. At all levels, the vice-captains who had previously managed life were promoted, formally distinguished from the other vice-captains, and appointed as instructors at all levels, equal in rank to the chief officer, but subject to the command of the chief officer.

Officers at all levels underwent rigorous training in batches in the security military academies, and Zhang Chu had to give lectures in person every term, despite his busy work.

Zhang Chu knew in his heart that the security army would face an even more vicious enemy.