Listening to Sun Chuanting's words, Cao Yue was angry and happy.

The angry thing is that he has trained an army with such combat power, and many people in the court, including Emperor Chongzhen, are not at ease with him and want to seize his military power, which is very chilling. Happily, he can take advantage of the fact that someone wants to put forward some conditions, maybe another beginning of life will begin, and he will give up some things that seem precious in front of him, maybe he can get more gains.

glared at Sun Chuanting at the moment, and asked unceremoniously: "Old man Sun, didn't you say that you wanted to give me a move?" Then tell me what I'd better do today!"

"Give up the Datong Army and go back to Beijing to lead the Beijing camp, or go to Nanjing to train a new army," Sun Chuanting said, his expression became serious, "But the old man personally suggested, you still don't go to Beijing, the situation in Beijing is too complicated, even if you supervise the Beijing camp, you can't fully master the Beijing camp, after all, there are too many powerful people in the court, and many people don't even want to mess with the emperor, and their tentacles have long stretched out the Beijing camp." When you go to Jingying, you may end up with a blue nose and swollen face, and you can't fully grasp it. The old man still suggests that you ask for an envoy in front of the emperor, it is best to be the governor of Nanzhili, and the worst is to be the governor of Nanjing. You can propose to the emperor that the governor of Nanzhili will not agree, and if you propose the governor of Nanjing, I believe that the emperor will agree to your second request in order to reward and arrange for you. ”

Cao Yue didn't interject, but listened quietly.

"Nanjing relies on the rich Jiangnan, the supply of money and grain is sufficient, and has not experienced war, whether it is a slave, or a rogue has never set foot in Jiangnan, and many places in Jiangnan have fierce customs, Qi Jiguang recruited soldiers in Jiangnan back then, and the soldiers in the Jiangjian area are very combative. If you can administer Nanzhili, or administer Nanjing, as long as the emperor agrees, you can make full use of the wealth and large population of Jiangnan to train elite divisions that are far superior to the Datong army several times or even dozens of times, and vigorously develop firearms. You can take some of the men and horses of the Datong Army, half a battalion or even a battalion of troops, as the basis for training the new army, so that the effect will be faster. If there is really a day when the training of the new army is successful, then it will be impossible for either Jiannu or Liukou to threaten the safety of my Ming Dynasty. ”

As he spoke, Sun Chuanting's expression was even more suspicious, and he no longer had his usual joking look, "The old man hopes that you can go to Nanjing and train a new army on the orders of the imperial court." Only in this way can it be possible to save Daming, otherwise Daming will still be in danger. If the sword in your hand is not taken back by the emperor, and the emperor gives you an edict to train new soldiers, then when you arrive in Nanjing, you can do a great job, and it will not be a problem to train hundreds of thousands of new troops. Of course, it is best if you can supervise the southern Zhili, so that the military affairs of the southern provinces are in charge of you, even if the war situation in the north is still unfavorable, but Nanjing is still there, and the most unfortunate court can move the capital to Nanjing, keep half of the country, and wait for the future. Cao Yue, the old man pities you for being a talent, so I only told you these heartfelt words today, I hope you can listen to them!"

"Thank you very much for Inspector Sun's advice, Cao Yue is grateful," Cao Yue also put away the joke just now, and saluted Sun Chuanting seriously, "The kid is young, and he may be good at fighting, but he has no experience in dealing with people and people, as well as court affairs, and many things, and I hope that Inspector Sun can give me some advice!"

"Hahaha, you kid, finally say something human, treat the old man as an elder!" With Cao Yue's respect, Sun Chuanting seemed to be as excited as picking up a treasure, and after laughing proudly twice, he stroked his beard and said: "The old man has already given you guidance just now, I hope you can stay away from the court, go to Nanjing to take up a post, and train a new army with outstanding combat effectiveness." Although Nanjing also has six ministries and many stubborn ministers, compared with Beijing, most of those ministers in Nanjing are losers and do not have much influence on the government. If you have a little scheming, you won't fall into their hands. But if you go to Beijing, you may fall into the trap and never turn over. Presumably you have also seen the power of some officials in the court, and you can also understand something about what happened to the old man. ”

Sun Chuanting said, and also nagged about the affairs of the court, including the battles of many ministers in the court now, which ministers he thinks are more upright, which people are more insidious, which people can be befriended, and which people should be avoided. There are also some officials in Nanjing, the situation of Nan Zhili, and some of the things that Emperor Chongzhen secretly instructed him this time also borrowed some special tones.

He asked Cao Yue not to disobey the will of the imperial court and obediently hand over the military power of Datong, but he could recommend a general in the current Datong army to the imperial court to take over. On the condition of handing over military power, he proposed to the emperor to go to Nanjing to train a new army and have full power. Only in this way can it be possible to achieve great things. Otherwise, no matter how brave he is, he may be buried by such an incompetent person as the DPRK and China.

"Okay, old man Sun, what you said makes sense. I also think that the Ming Dynasty is terminally ill, if you don't apply heavy medicine and reform, it will be hopeless, and the current Ming official army is a group of rabble, there is no way to fight, if you want to win the war, you can only train the new army," Cao Yue sighed after Sun Chuanting, and promised him that he would consider Sun Chuanting's proposal and make a decision as soon as possible.

Then Cao Yue asked Sun Chuanting some questions, and went back to the room to rest.

After returning to the room, Cao Yue did not go to bed immediately, but pillowed his head and seriously considered what Sun Chuanting said today.

Before just now, Cao Yue didn't think about many things, and he didn't know enough about the importance of South Zhili and North Zhili, and today he had to seriously consider how to decide next, whether he should go to Beijing or Nanjing.

Nanzhili is the general name of the Ming Dynasty in the south, directly under the six central departments of the government and the prefecture of Zhili. In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the place directly under the Beijing division of Nanjing was subordinated; In the eighteenth year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, after Zhu Di moved the capital of Ming Chengzu, the Beijing division was renamed Nanjing, and the original Beijing division area was renamed Nanzhili.

In terms of importance, the Southern Zhili is far inferior to the Northern Zhili, and the official status of Nanjing is also far inferior to that of Beijing. Although Beijing is now threatened by Jiannu from time to time, there are still few officials willing to go to Nanjing to take up their posts. In fact, according to Cao Yue's understanding, the situation in the areas under the jurisdiction of Nanzhili is far better than that of Beizhili, whether it is in terms of population or money and grain taxes, in Nanjing, at least these are not to worry.

Cao Yue had already realized the importance of the south earlier, so he asked his mother and second brother Cao Chao to go to Nanjing to seek development, but the growth of the Datong Army made him have unrealistic ideas. It is still necessary to go to the south and take advantage of Nanjing's special status to lay a more solid foundation.

Everything you do in Datong is to practice your hands.

made a decision, Cao Yue was relieved, and he was no longer reluctant to give up on Datong Army. Now Cao Yue has to think about how to make a request to Emperor Chongzhen, and how to get Chongzhen to agree to his request.