The Prime Minister's Office is the former Ming Dynasty Five Military Governor's Mansion rebuilt, the building has not moved, just changed a plaque, the Five Military Governor's Office is arranged in the direction of the Forbidden City, from north to south, in turn for the Central Military Mansion, the Left Military Mansion, the Right Military Mansion, the former Military Mansion and the Later Military Mansion, and now it is changed to the Prime Minister's Main Hall, the Left Military and Political Division, the Military and Political Right Division, the Financial Department and the Minister's Political Division.

Zheng Sen served as the supreme officer in the left division of the military and political department, and Zhang Huangyan, the secretary of the military department, served as the secretary of the military department; The Financial Secretary is concurrently served by Zhang Shenyan, the secretary of the Ministry of Households; Wang Lanping is also the secretary of the government, and he doesn't want to fake it to others for such a major matter as personnel arrangement.

In addition to these five yamen directly under the prime minister, in the city of Nanjing, the prime minister's mansion also controls the left and right guards of Yulin in the north of the Forbidden City (Song Xian is commanded by the left guard, and Song Dali is commanded by the right guard), and the Nanjing garrison yamen (Li Dingguo, the commander of Zhongyi, Marquis) in the southwest of the inner palace prison, although the officials of the prime minister's mansion account for less than one percent of the entire Beijing officials, but Wang Lanping thinks that this is enough.

By the time Song Xian and Li Dingguo arrived at the Left Division of Military and Political Affairs, Zheng Sen's yamen had already gathered a lot, and all of them were commanders of various battalions, such as Cao Dingjiao, commander of the Dingyuan battalion, Fang Guoan, commander of the Huaiyuan battalion, Chen Wanliang, commander of the Zhenyuan battalion, Zhang Bingzhen, commander of the Weiyuan battalion, Wang Zhiren, commander of the Pingyuan battalion, Yang Wencong, commander of the Pingyuan battalion, and Song Dali, commander of the right guard of Yulin.

Wang Lanping gathered these people here, which is equivalent to gathering the power center of the Ming Dynasty here, nothing can compare to having military power, and these eight people have concentrated all the soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty in their hands, a full 100,000 people, plus the 30,000 defenders of the Nanjing garrison Yamen and Yulin Zuowei, the number is more than 130,000, and now Wang Lanping is really a soldier with enough food.

Wang Lan sat in the main hall. The other eight people sat on the left and right, and Song Xian and Li Dingguo stepped in. Come to the main hall and bow your hands together.

"See the Prime Minister!"

Wang Lanping smiled and nodded. "No need to be polite, two new people, I remember that I seem to have given you three days off, why don't you accompany your wife in the house on this happy day, but don't snub people on the first day, you two are my matchmakers, if you treat them badly, I have to make decisions for them"

Everyone laughed in unison, and Li Dingguo said. "The prime minister can rest assured, the lower officials will never do anything disrespectful to Ruxue, no matter how important the family is, it must be worthy of the prime minister's trust and cultivation, and official duties cannot be slack off for half a day"

Song Xian suddenly knelt on the ground, and stopped talking, "Prime Minister, the last general...... Shame, shame! ”

Wang Lanping said with a smile. "You want to talk about the fact that I took Li Xiangjun to my house at the beginning, what's the matter, I'm not the kind of person who forgets her righteousness, she is in love with you. How can I bear to forcibly demolish the mandarin ducks, don't worry about it, I'm not the person with a small belly and chicken intestines in this matter. Get up, and sit down as you come. Let's talk about something big today."

Song Dali whispered while Song Xian was sitting next to him. "Brother, how was I entangled with my sister-in-law last night, how many men are envious and jealous, you kid is an exclusive Oiran, tell me quickly, how is the fun? That trick must make you want to stop, haha."

Although Song Dali's voice was small, everyone in the hall heard it, and laughed loudly one by one, Li Xiangjun is a well-known art prostitute in Nanjing City, and the men he has accompanied are not one thousand but eight hundred, and that kung fu must be good.

Song Xian's face was red, and he immediately wanted to take out the bloody white cloth from his arms to clarify, but he heard Wang Lanping say, "What are you laughing at, what is there to inquire about the affairs of other people's husbands and wives, a group of people who say that grapes are sour when they can't eat grapes."

Song Xian gave up and glared at the grinning Song Dali, with a happy look.

Everyone stopped laughing and looked directly at Wang Lanping in the hall.

Wang Lanping said, "You two have just come, just now we are talking about the matter of the westward expedition to Sichuan in June, the army is thousands of miles away, the outcome is unpredictable, Zhang Xianzhong claims to have 500,000 troops in Sichuan, but there are actually more than 300,000, plus he has been operating there for more than a year, it is not easy to fight, you are all generals with troops, and you are not afraid to express your opinions."

Zhang Bingzhen, the commander of the Zhenyuan battalion, was a person who had served as the general system of Jiangxi (such as the governor), and he knew more about Sichuan than the average person, because part of Jiangxi Province was already under Zhang Xianzhong's control.

Zhang Bingzhen said, "The thieves are entrenched in Sichuan, and gradually become a big trend, and the western expedition is indeed urgent, and the prime minister said that the troops will be sent in June, and it is less than five months away from now, according to the will of the general, it is better to transfer the army to Jiangxi first, and then send someone to get in touch with He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang, who retreated to Chenzhou, and the last general heard that there are also 20,000 soldiers and horses under the command of Governor He, and then they can make an appointment to send troops, and at the same time send people to Huizhou to inquire about the military situation, and find out the strength of the Shun army in Huizhou, so that when the troops are dispatched, they can quickly open up the road to the west."

Huizhou Mansion is located on the south bank of the Yangtze River, is the intersection of Nanzhi, Zhejiang, Jiangxi three provinces, but also the only way to go west, when Wang Lanping went north to Yangzhou, Zhang Xianzhong went out of Sichuan to the east, all the way down Sizhou, Chenzhou, Changde, Yueyang, Changsha, Huguang Governor He Tengjiao could not resist, retreated to Chenzhou, Shun army all the way eastward, Jiangxi General Zhang Bingzhen knew that he was not an opponent, and was fooled by Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng at that time, led tens of thousands of people to Nanjing and said that he wanted to Qingjun side, and at the same time ran east There is also the dead Ningnan Marquis Zuo Liangyu.

Zhang Xianzhong fought along the Yangtze River to the east, followed behind the ass of the Ming army, the soldiers were bloodless, and even went down to Yuanzhou, Ruizhou, and Raozhou in Jiangxi, and finally hit the Huizhou Mansion in Nanzhi, and drove away Zuo Liangyu, who had just gained a foothold, and then Zhang Xianzhong heard that the Qing soldiers were in the Xiangjing area, and he returned to the dynasty with his division, leaving 50,000 soldiers and horses in Huizhou.

Wang Lanping nodded and said, "Commander Zhang is right, but the army can't drive to Jiangxi now."

Of course, Wang Lanping can't move the army away from his side, the hearts of these battalions of soldiers and horses have just stabilized, but the cohesion is not enough, in a sense, they still belong to the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, not the private armed forces of the prime minister, at this time, they will be pulled out, and it is very likely to be easily divided by the local government.

Wang Lanping said, "Huizhou is the first garrison city of the Shun army to the west, but everyone can rest assured. The Jinyi Guard has completely explored the situation there, and the defenders are 50,000. The rabble, smashing and robbing. It makes the city of Huizhou miserable, if I march, it won't take much to fight there, I only worry about one point, the order, the number of soldiers is more than 100,000, the biggest problem is the order, how to achieve the unity of the order"

Everyone nodded, this is indeed a difficult problem. At present, there are more than 100,000 soldiers and horses under the command of the prime minister, but these soldiers are all obtained by Wang Lanping through coercion and inducement, except for the Yulin left and right guards formed by the original champion army, and the people's hearts are definitely not aligned, not to mention how much they have a good impression of the prime minister.

Song Dali is a rough man, and when he heard this, he muttered, "Yes, it can be justified and responded to." But you don't do it."

Wang Lanping said, "I have something to say loudly"

Song Dali looked at the people around him with flickering eyes, thought for a long time, and stood up violently. "Just say it, Prime Minister, I can't speak. But I know a truth, I used to fight when I was a child. Causing trouble, there is a rich man in my village. His son is also a king of the mixed world, and he also leads a group of children from rich families, Yao Wu and Liu, and we are not less than the children of our poor families, and we dare not be ruthless to them, who calls them rich, I pondered, I can't always let them bully, so I was ruthless, and asked those children of rich families out, beaten to death, completely subdued, these children will obey the strong, whoever has thick arms will listen to whom, just like that, I have become the child king of our area, I let them beat whoever they want, and they can bully whoever they want, There was a mountain in the neighboring village, and there was a waterhole at the bottom of the mountain, and the children in the village did not let the children of our village go to the bath, so I summoned my people to fight with them, and they were victorious, and I stepped on the head of the child in the neighboring village and asked: "Accept it!" Disobedience followed. Until I joined the army, I had become the child king of the ten miles and eight towns in that area, I could help them bully all the children they didn't like, I gathered them, they obeyed me, and they didn't object to anything I said, because they knew that only by following me as a big brother could they have a good life, and I was the child king who beat me with my fists."

Everyone listened silently, and everyone could hear the meaning of Song Dali's words, didn't that just want Wang Lanping to go further, saying that the king and the emperor can further benefit everyone, and fundamentally let the soldiers of these six battalions have a real belonging and goal to strive for.

Wang Lanping was also surprised, who the hell said that Song Dali was a reckless man, and the kid was insightful.

But Wang Lanping remained silent, "The child king is also a family in the end, but everyone here is a figure who can influence the Ming Dynasty, and he will move his whole body, and he can't make the child king not act but provoke the adults in charge to scold."

Song Dali said suddenly, "Who dares to say half a word, I Song Dali chopped him with a knife"

Usurpation of the Ming Dynasty as the emperor, Wang Lanping thought about it, but he didn't dare, the reason can be summed up as one point, the fame is not enough, he doesn't do this kind of usurpation, the emperor's position is not as clean as the emperors who were beaten down by Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.

In addition, if you want to focus on the military spirit of the soldiers in the shortest possible time, there is only one point, that is, to fight, a big war is the fastest way to clean up people's hearts, and those who survive are brothers in life and death, such as the champion army, and now they will not leave Wang Lanping even if they are driven away.

The battle of the Western Expedition is crucial, the battle of Yangzhou made Wang Lanping quickly control the capital with a male army that survived a hundred battles, if the Western Expedition is a complete victory, the support of the government and the opposition will definitely be reversed.

But before the Western Expedition, Wang Lanping first had to solve the problem of military morale, how to buy 100,000 people's hearts, this is a technical job, just by giving them land and houses, this is definitely not enough, any minister in authority who comes to power can do this, even Emperor Zhu Yousong can.

But in addition, there is one thing that others can't give, that is, the command strength of courage and resourcefulness on the battlefield, Wang Lanping has fought with the Shun army, the Qing army and even the Ming army in just one year, every battle, all the subordinate officers who followed him were rewarded without exception, and the surviving soldiers were also rich for a while, in other words, following Wang Chengxiang, there was meat to eat, regardless of victory or defeat.

Wang Lan pressed his hand and asked Song Dali to sit down, he couldn't let him talk nonsense anymore, don't be in a hurry to pick the name of the emperor, but it's not good, it's difficult to ride a tiger, it's difficult not to be called an emperor.

"Listen to me," Wang Lanping stood up and said, "It doesn't matter if the hated child Wang is not right, and it is not just a reward to unite the army, do you know why I will transfer 50,000 troops to conscript a small bandit army?" When I do this, I am stabilizing the hearts of the army, only the battlefield will make everyone melt quickly, and it can make all the soldiers feel that they can only mix the emperor's food when they join the army. can also make meritorious contributions on the battlefield and fight in Daqingshan. I promoted more than 170 people in one go to the military academy under your command, and in addition to the soldiers of Yulin Guard. Many of you here have never been on the battlefield, you think about it, that Zhang Xianzhong has fought from the Central Plains to Jiangnan over the years, and from Jiangnan to Xichuan, and now he is fighting back to Jiangnan, almost every day, the west, I find it hard to believe that with your current strength, you can match Zhang Xianzhong."

Everyone nodded suddenly, it is definitely much better to train the army with bandits than to practice in the school field.

Wang Lanping continued. "This expedition to the west, I plan to use 80,000 people, Song Xian, Song Dali's Yulinwei can't move, to stay in the capital, Li Dingguo's garrison camp of 30,000 people can't move, Nanjing can't just count on Yulinwei 10,000 people, Jiangbei's thieves and Qing captives will take advantage of our westward expedition at any time to attack south, and the remaining six battalions will swear to the westward expedition on the first day of June."

As soon as Song Dali heard that he would not let him go, he immediately became anxious. "What's the same, I can't go for such a big thing? That, that's not good, and it's not bad to defend the capital. Prime Minister, just let me go."

Li Dingguo and Song Xian are okay, the capital is the foundation of the prime minister. Defending Nanjing is equivalent to letting the prime minister have no worries, which is as important as the victory or defeat of the Western Expedition. So they understand the prime minister's arrangement very well.

Cao Dingjiao, the commander of the Dingyuan battalion, said, "Dare to ask who is the commander of the Prime Minister's expedition to the west?" ”

Whoever will command this battle Wang Lanping cannot be completely assured. With an army of 80,000 on the way, who can guarantee that he will not take his place.

Wang Lanping said, "I personally led the troops to recruit"

Everyone is not surprised, this great merit prime minister will definitely not fake others.

Wang Lanping said again, "Before the army sets out, there are two things that the generals of your military and political department should do, one is morale, and the other is the stability of the armyand exterminate on the spot if you don't surrender"

All the generals stood up and said in unison, "Follow the Prime Minister's order"

Wang Lan pressed his hand, "Sit, since I am in charge of the phase, you have followed me, I believe that you are loyal to the Prime Minister's house, and I have always believed that since everyone looks up to me so much, believe me, I will definitely not forget everyone's affection and loyalty, in a word, there are difficulties and blessings to share."

Everyone said in unison, "The last general is willing to follow the prime minister forever, only to return to the horse leather shroud"

For the loyalty of the generals, Wang Lanping is still confident, Fang Guoan, Cao Dingjiao, Chen Wanliang, Song Xian, Song Dali, Li Dingguo will definitely not have two hearts for themselves, even if some of them don't want to see themselves usurp the emperor, but they will never stop it, after all, they are all brothers who crawled out of the battlefield of life and death, and this kindness is still there.

There are also three of the seven Dingbian marquis who were later compiled, Zhang Bingzhen, Wang Zhiren and Yang Wencong, although these three people always love to repeat, but unfortunately, they dare not repeat it today, because many of their officers are Wang Lanping transferred from the veterans of the former champion army, to put it bluntly, these three people are the point where they are hollowed out, and it is only their personal business to repeat it, and it is impossible to drive the army out.

There is another point that Wang Lanping can see accurately, these three people repeatedly, one will obey Yu Mingting's orders, one will be loyal to Ma Shiying, one will want to be the king, and finally they will be under the prime minister's door, if they change their minds again, it is estimated that no one in this world will dare to use them again.

Therefore, Wang Lanping is not worried that a general will betray him, and there are a total of 80,000 people in the six battalions, and each battalion has no more than 10,000 people, and there is no subordinate to each other, and anyone who wants to betray will not become his opponent, and he can be wiped out in a blink of an eye.

Wang Lanping returned the salute, "Okay, I, Wang Lanping, am glad to be of one heart and one mind with you, I still have a word, the child king is not that he can't do it, but the time has not come, everyone is good to train, I will give you an explanation after the Western Expedition"

At the moment, the generals are overjoyed, doesn't this mean that they want to use the Western Expedition to attract prosperity, and at that time, everyone will be able to pay homage to the prime minister one by one?

At this time, the method outside the hall said loudly, "Xiangye, all the adults have arrived."

The generals dispersed and prepared separately, thinking that before Yue Fei became famous, didn't he also use the bandits to train the Yue family's army, and after three months of suppressing the bandits, they were not as majestic as the Yue family's army back then.

Wang Lanping called Zheng Sen and went straight to the main hall of the Prime Minister's Office. (To be continued.) )