When the sky was slightly bright, Liu Jun woke up and got up.

It is said that Xiao Bie is newlywed, he and his wife have been separated for more than a year, and last night should have been like paint, but Liu Jun's injuries were not neat, and last night Xiaohu was a little unaccustomed to the water and soil, which made Xueqi very nervous. In the end, the husband and wife slept with Xiaohu all night, but it was a peaceful night.

After a simple set of Tai Chi in the back garden, Liu Jun went to the court after bathing.

The street was still dark, and Liu Jun did not ride a horse, but sat in the carriage. This is also the meaning of his brothers, many of them did not know the truth of the Tianjin assassination case, for fear that Liu Jun would be assassinated again in Beijing, so they strongly opposed him riding a horse, but let him ride in a carriage.

Although the Beiyang Naval Division was stationed at Lugou Bridge and Xishan, there were still 500 guards left in the city, all of whom were the most loyal Nine-headed Bird warriors. The 500 men were divided into three shifts, one followed the guards, one stayed in the mansion, and the remaining one took turns in the mansion.

The carriage in which Liu Jun sits is also specially built, a two-horse four-wheeled carriage, with thin iron plates in the carriage that can defend against most raids and assassinations, and even Liu Jun's coachman is also a very unsimple character. This coachman is a master found by Lu Weizhang through his connections, Chen Yuting from Chenjiagou, Henan.

Liu Jun learned Tai Chi from him in the morning. This boxer, who has just passed forty years old, has a red and solemn face, has a beautiful beard, loves to ride a red horse, is accustomed to swords, and when he was young, he once walked in Shandong, and broadcast Qilu, so Jianghu gave him a nickname called Erguan Gong.

Chen Yuting, like Liu Jun, was once a martial arts student, and later became the leader of the county and township soldiers when the Henan bandits swept through. Later, he participated in the martial arts examination, because of his excellent martial arts and superb archery skills, one horse and three arrows. Three horses and nine arrows, shot a phoenix to seize the nest. The second arrow squeezed out the first arrow from the bull's-eye, and the third arrow squeezed out the second arrow, like a bird fighting for a nest, winning the applause of the audience. But because he didn't pay a bribe to the person who beat the drum and rake, he only beat the drum three ways. This means that the nine arrows are counted only among the three arrows left on the rake.

At that time, Chen Yuting's angry horse swung his sword and hacked the drum official to death and became a fugitive.

Lu Weizhang managed the bank Qianzhuang Commercial Bank for Liu Jun, and met him by chance as a dart player in a dart game, and was impressed by his skills and character, so he asked him to be his bodyguard. When he arrived in Beijing this time, he heard that Liu Jun had been assassinated in Tianjin, and he had to give Chen Yuting to his son-in-law as a guard.

In the end, Liu Jun originally wanted to arrange a martial arts position for Chen Yuting, but unfortunately he had no intention of pursuing a career, and finally was willing to give Liu Jun a car. for close protection.

Going out to the court, with more than 100 guards, is indeed a bit high-profile. However, Liu Jun did not dare to take it lightly, in case anyone did not play according to the routine, Liu Jun did not want the jade to touch the tiles.

Today is not the day of the dynasty, but the hundred officials still have to go to the main hall to salute the empty chair, and then go back to their respective offices. Liu Jun and Zhou Yanru and the other four went to the prime minister's office first, and today there were only four of them. In addition, there are some new subordinates.

The other ministers of the six ministries and five ministries are not important meetings. And it won't come.

Since the budget has not yet been prepared, this morning's meeting is just a simple meeting. Everyone greeted each other, drank a cup of tea together, and then left and returned to their yamen.

Liu Jun also left the palace, and he went directly to Deshengmen, which was located in the north of Jingshi.

Desheng Gate is one of the nine city gates in Jingshi. The city gates of the nine cities in the Beijing division have their own uses, and according to the words of the people of Beijing, they are called nine gates and nine cars.

Deshengmen is a military vehicle.

The north belongs to Xuanwu according to the stars, and the main sword soldier of Xuanwu. Therefore, every time he sent troops to fight, he went out of the city. That's why it's named Deshengmen. There is also a trumpet cannon on the Desheng Gate, every noon, the Desheng Gate and the Xuanwu Gate at the same time a cannon, the millions of soldiers and civilians in the whole city can listen to the cannon time.

Liu Jun's Yamen, the governor of Zhili, was located in the Desheng Gate. And outside the Desheng Gate, there is the northern suburbs of the university.

Before Liu Jun took office, Daming did not have the position of governor of Zhili. The original position was the governor of Jingying, and later it was changed to the governor of Jingying.

In the later period of Chongzhen, in view of the combat effectiveness of the new army of the Chu army, Chongzhen began to implement the training of the new army. After the defeat in western Liaoning, the speed of Chongzhen's reorganization and training of the new army was accelerated, and before his death, the country's soldiers and horses were reorganized into 36 towns, especially in the north, and nine towns in Gyeonggi and 15 towns in the five military regions of the border pass were established.

After the establishment of the Gyeonggi Nine Towns, the soldiers and horses have also undergone two major adjustments, and the current situation has been achieved.

Nowadays, the entire Gyeonggi has formed a three-tier defense network, the Gyeongshi, the suburbs of Gyeong, and the surrounding areas.

Liu Jun, the governor of Zhili, was originally the governor of Beijing, and Chongzhen's original intention was to rise and surrender secretly, first transfer Liu Jun back from Liaodong, and add a title of governor of Beijing. But in fact, he did not intend for Liu Jun to really control the nine towns of Gyeonggi.

At the beginning of the establishment of the nine towns of Gyeonggi, the plan was to use one Guogong as the governor, three Guogong admirals, and nine marquis as the chief military officers.

But these lords, governors, admirals, and commanders are in fact just nominal names, just like the tradition of the three major battalions. Chongzhen's plan, the real controller of Gyeonggi, is to use ministers and civil officials. Civil officials such as Shangshu, Shilang or Du Yushi concurrently served as the governor of Beijing.

Once Liu Jun is transferred back from Liaodong, it won't be long before Chongzhen removes Liu Jun from this position, and he won't even be allowed to hang his name for too long.

However, the plan can't catch up with the changes, and Chongzhen's abacus is good.

But he didn't expect that Liu Jun would secretly attack him so decisively. At the beginning, it was just a transitional position, but now it has become an important foundation for Liu Jun to enter the DPRK and participate in the government.

Liu Jun's official title of governor of Zhili is the governor of Northern Zhili Province and other places, supervising military affairs, food and salary, managing rivers and patrolling Shuntian.

After the emperor attended the meeting of the Prime Minister's Office yesterday, he specially summoned Liu Jun into the palace to accompany him to have a meal with the Empress Dowager Zhou and the Empress Dowager Zhang, along with the two kings of Yongding and Wang Chengen.

Originally, it was just a simple meal, and the little emperor regarded Liu Jun as a reliable brother, and even Wang Chengen as a member of the family. At this meal, Liu Jun exchanged another 500,000 silver dollars, 150,000 yuan for each of the two queen mothers, and 200,000 yuan for the emperor.

The money was well spent, and after the meal, Liu Jun and Zhu Ciye talked alone for a while. Among them, Liu Jun said that the status quo of Beizhili is very loose. According to the system of the Ming Dynasty, the reason why the north and south are directly subordinate is called Zhili is because he is different from other provinces, he does not have a provincial leading body, and there are many prefectures and counties under him. Loose and juxtaposed, there is no provincial level, but directly under the jurisdiction of the Jingshi Imperial Court.

To put it bluntly, the provinces of Shuntian, Baoding, Daimyo and other provinces directly under the north of the country, as well as all the prefectures and counties, are directly under the command of the six central departments. Of course, this system is very important for Gyeonggi, but it is not suitable for the current situation.

In particular, it is not conducive to Liu Jun to become the governor of Zhili.

According to the current situation, Liu Jun will be regarded as the governor of Zhili. At most, he is in charge of the soldiers and horses of the nine towns of the Beijing camp. Therefore, Liu Jun brought up this matter when the little emperor was happy to take 200,000 silver dollars.

Liu Jun proposed to Zhu Cihong that Beizhili should change the current loose state. The method of change is also very simple, the establishment of the Northern Zhili Province, in addition to the fact that the Metropolitan Command and Envoy Department will no longer be established, the provincial-level Undertaking and Announcing Political Envoys and the Punishment and Prosecution Department will be set up. At the same time, the various sub-guards, sub-patrols, and military garrisons that were originally named in the surrounding provinces were put on the road. Officially subordinate to the province.

Zhu Cihong didn't know much about military and political affairs, but he felt that what the imperial brother said was very reasonable. In the end, he nodded in agreement, and then called Wang Chengen and asked him to draft a will and send it to the cabinet according to his own wishes.

Then, yesterday, the cabinet received another central decree that Beizhili would establish the province of Beizhili from now on, and the official title of the former governor of Zhili, Zhu Ciye, the governor of Gyeonggi 3 Battalions and Nine Towns, was changed to the official title of Governor Zhili and other local governors of military affairs, food and food, river management, and Shuntian Governor.

This new official position is completely different from the original. Originally, he was only in charge of the three major battalions and nine towns in Gyeonggi, and he was simply in charge of the military. Now he has become a military and political chief, not only commanding the army, but also in charge of civil affairs.

The decree was sent to the cabinet, and Zhou Yanru directly rejected it. But soon Zhu Cihong issued a second decree to the cabinet, which was still the original will, exactly the same, not a word changed.

Although the new emperor is young, he has completely inherited Chongzhen in terms of persistence or stubbornness.

Zhou Yanru looked at the second edict and hesitated, not daring to refute it anymore. Although he has this right, the emperor still has the right to remove him from the cabinet. Although he is one of the ministers who are now in the prime minister's office, there are three other who are not dealing with him.

I endure.

In the end, Zhou Yanru retreated, almost collapsed in his heart, and agreed to this purpose with tears in his heart.

In this way, Liu Jun officially took office this morning, and he was no longer just the governor of Jingying, but the military and political governor of Zhili Province, and he also held the official position of governor of Shuntian.

It can be said that Liu Jun is already a member of the senior civil officials.

When he stepped into the brand-new Yamen of the Governor of Zhili, Liu Jun could even remember Zhou Yanru's haggard appearance when they met this morning.

Zhou Shoufu definitely didn't sleep well last night.

Being a provincial military and political chief is certainly not the same as a military commander or a military commander. Liu Jun's current position is equivalent to a member of the Standing Committee of the Bureau, secretary and governor of Hebei Province, commander of the Beijing Military Region, and mayor of Beijing.

Liu Jun is now not only in charge of the soldiers and horses of the three major battalions and nine towns in Gyeonggi, but also in charge of the seven governors of Zhili Province, as well as the political envoys of the left and right provinces, the envoys of the left and right authorities, and the prefects, prefectures, and counties of various prefectures, as well as the sub-patrol roads, sub-guarding roads, and military preparation roads, etc., and he even manages the rivers.

As soon as Liu Jun stepped into the yamen, there were already a number of officials waiting in the wall for a long time.

The new province of Zhili is no more than an ordinary province, although the governor has only one province under his jurisdiction, but there are seven governors below. In addition to Liu Jun's concurrently serving as the governor of Shuntian, there are also the governors of Shanhai, Tianjin, Baoding, Changping, Tongzhou, and Miyun.

Although the amount of governors of the Ming Dynasty has increased now, the governors are still important civil and military officials of the party with great authority. And now, Liu Jun has one by himself and six of them.

The six governors had already received an important notice from the imperial court yesterday, knowing that Zhili had become a province, and the governor of Zhili was now in charge of the military and government together.

The six governors stood on the left, and it was still the time of the state funeral, and all officials did not wear red robes and jade belts, but changed to green clothes and horn belts.

Behind them are the left and right political envoys and the left and right envoys, and the original commanders and envoys of the three provincial departments have now been removed. The remaining two divisions were actually basically overshadowed by the sub-guards and patrols below. They are in the midst of governors and all the ways, neither up nor down, and their position is very embarrassing.

However, the good grades are still there. The civil officials of the provinces and the provinces had to stand behind them. However, although the six governors were of the lowest rank among the civil officials, they had a transcendent status, and they stood on one side, slightly behind the governors, but they were higher than the officials of the second division. Next to the inspectors were six deputy envoys of the overseer. They held the post of supervising the army with the official position of deputy envoy of the inspectorate, and they were the deputy envoy of the supervising army. Like the Inspectors, in today's period when everything is military-oriented, their position is also very high.

Standing at the end is the prefect of each prefecture and the prefecture, the county, some of the far away ones failed to arrive, at this time standing behind are the suburbs of Beijing, the front of which is the Shuntian Mansion under the Daxing and Wanping two counties, these two counties are the two counties of Jingshi, and the Jingshi also belongs to these two counties.

Compared with Wenchen's side, there is a clear hierarchy. There was also a large group of generals standing there.

Dingguo Gong, Chengguo Gong, and British Duke served as the commanders of the three princes, followed by Wuding Marquis, Zhenyuan Marquis, Taining Marquis, Xining Marquis, Yangwu Marquis, Anyuan Marquis, Wu'an Marquis, Fengcheng Marquis and other nine marquis who served as chief military officers. However, they are not the leaders of the Jingying, they stand on the side, in front of them to the left, and the one standing is the real boss of the Jingying, an assistant with the rank of Shangshu, and three squires with the rank of Xiang. Then there were the chief eunuch and the governor eunuch, and below them were the three ministers and the governor eunuch. and nine eunuchs who oversaw the army. Further down, there is a large group of adjutant generals, staff generals, guerrilla generals, etc.

"Minister Gu Ming, Governor of Zhili, and King of Liaodong County have arrived!"

The guards at the entrance of the yamen immediately opened their throats and shouted.

The vicinity of the yamen has already been cleaned very clean. Everyone knows that today is the first day of the official appointment of the king of Liaodong, so not only the neighborhood is cleaned, but also close to the yamen, the streets and alleys are very quiet, and the light and dark sentry posts have been covered early, and idlers are allowed to stay close.

The streets have long been cleaned. Pedestrians are cut off, and even residents who are passing nearby can only take a detour from a distance and travel through other doors.

Liu Jun doesn't care much about those formal pomp, and his authority doesn't need to rely on those to show it. He has where he is today. relied on the wisdom of power and strategy, as well as his outstanding military exploits, as well as the elite division of more than 100,000 nine-headed birds under his command.

In the sound of music in the yamen, Liu Jun did not wear a red robe embroidered with a python dragon, nor did he wear a jade belt around his waist and a black gauze hat, but also wore a green coat horn belt and slowly entered the yamen hall surrounded by a group of officials.

Liu Jun sat down behind the public case, and Zhu Chenggong stood next to him holding Shang Fang's sword. There are also guards with twelve pairs of royal flags, gold and silver arrows, standing behind.

The civil and military officials were all dressed in robes and black yarn according to their ranks, and they were placed on both sides of the head.

A group of officials paid homage to Liu Jun in turn according to their ranks.

Each official stepped forward to pay their respects, and next to them was a loud roll call.

After the roll call was over, the officials all signed up to pay homage in person, and then bowed down and stood solemnly, waiting for the instruction.

No one dared to be presumptuous, and the one sitting at the head of them was not just a young general, and it was not his prince who they feared. Everyone is in awe of Liu Jun's identity as a minister, and what everyone is in awe of Liu Jun's proud record of killing the emperor, turning the tide in Liaodong, and saving the situation outside the Ming Pass.

Liu Jun sat there for a long time, he didn't rush to lecture, and he didn't let the officials sit down.

He looked at the officials one by one with his gaze, and then slowly stood up. A group of civil officials, military generals, and eunuchs all bowed down and lowered their hands, holding their breath silently, waiting for instructions.

Liu Jun first led all the civil and military forces to the north to worship the emperor, and then ordered the civil and military to sit down.

"The Governor was deeply favored by the Emperor and entrusted with this important task, and he was trusted by the present and ordered the Governor to be directly subordinate to the provincial civil affairs and military. Either the monarch has received the favor of the country or has been promoted by the emperor, and he should work together to repay the king. Beizhili, as the place where the Son of Heaven is near, and the barrier of the Beijing division should be an example for the world. In the future, the three major battalions and nine towns in Gyeonggi should rectify military discipline and strengthen training. All prefectures, counties and localities should also strengthen governance, if there is a dereliction of duty, then it will be said that the governor is unpredictable! ”

After the opening, it was a formal discussion.

As Liu Jun expected, as soon as the discussion began, Zhu Wenwu asked Liu Jun for money and food. Not only the towns in Beijing need grain and wages, but the local prefectures and counties also need grain and wages.

Wu Xiang, the commander of the garrison battalion, said: "All the towns in the Beijing camp have been in arrears for nearly four months, the army is unstable, and there is a lack of equipment. The infantry still used spears and waist knives, and there was a great shortage of firearms, and the few firearms they were equipped with were all old-style bird guns, and even three-eyed guns."

"The key to military training is to first pay the soldiers, and then they can practice enough to become a strong army. You don't have to worry about the food. The governor has already negotiated with the princes of the imperial court, and is mobilizing money and grain from all over the world to enter Beijing. The major battalions and towns will report the outstanding food and salary figures first, and the governor will give priority to the towns to make up the arrears, and the following months will be issued in full and on schedule, that is, the ordnance of the towns will also be replaced and supplemented in batches. ”

Liu Jun had such an attitude and actually responded to requests, which surprised all the officials. They thought that Liu Jun would bargain anyway, and then it would be good to reissue it for a month.

Liu Jun's gaze swept over everyone again.

"Just now, the governor also said that the three most important things in military training are sufficient training for soldiers. The official will mobilize food and wages, and everyone will give me full soldiers and training. Half a month later, the Governor will begin to review the soldiers and horses of the three battalions and nine towns. At that time, the Governor did not want to see the situation of paying for food and buying people for servitude. I don't want to see the situation of eating empty pay and drinking the blood of soldiers. As many soldiers as there are, ask for as much pay as you want, but if you dare to make a false report and report more, don't blame the governor for asking Shang Fang's sword to cut first and then play! (To be continued.) )