In the Qianqing Palace, the needle drop can be heard.

Chongzhen read Zhang Ke's chapter carefully, only to feel bursts of blood gushing up, almost fainting, although he had heard many people talk about the darkness in military affairs, but those people were civilian officials, how could Zhang Ke say so specifically and clearly.

For example, when Zhang Ke mentioned the problem of military supplies, he pointed out that every time the imperial court made weapons, it would allocate an extra one or two taels of silver, but after layers of exploitation, in the hands of the workshop, the silver was less than half.

If you use half of the silver to make half of the weapons, at least the quality can be guaranteed, but the number of weapons is regulated, so the craftsmen can only be shoddy and indiscriminate. Take armor as an example, the armor leaves of the iron armor are not made of steel but iron, and they are painted, which looks good, but in fact, the protection is sharply reduced, and it can't stop bows, arrows, knives and guns at all. The cotton armor only has a thin layer of cotton, and even only some broken cotton chips, not to mention that it can't protect the soldiers, and it can't even keep warm.

The rest of the bows and arrows, swords, guns, and firearms were all shoddy and unusable.

Compared with the tattered weapons, the shortage of the Ming army is even more crazy.

Taking Jiubian as an example, it is claimed to annex a million, but in fact, a large number of people have fled, and it is good to have 300 people left in the 1,000-person bunker, and the generals who are in charge of two or three thousand people are only about 100 families with combat power in their hands. And these family members are their private soldiers, every time they fight, they encounter strong enemies and run for their lives, and when they see cheap, they flock to it.

The war failed, the oppression of the people was first-class, and the people were miserable.

Zhang Ke's twists and turns are different from others, he doesn't talk empty words, there are investigation numbers behind each drawback, there are actual examples, and even illustrated annotations, which make it clear at a glance.

In fact, Zhang Ke also added material in the fold, he felt Chongzhen's pulse, if Chongzhen believes in a person, he believes it unreservedly, of course, his belief becomes fast. If he changes his temper, he will advance into the abyss from which he will never recover. Now taking advantage of Chongzhen's belief, it is just time to bring him into the ditch.

When Zhang Ke wrote the problem, he exaggerated a lot, and specially selected things that stimulated Chongzhen's self-esteem to write, after the little emperor read it, how could he not be angry!

Syllable!

"It's a bully!"

Chongzhen slapped the table and said sharply: "The border general actually killed my Ming people, and over the years, as many as tens of thousands of people died in the hands of the border generals. Make everyone on the border flee for their lives! The warriors who were supposed to protect their families and defend the country turned out to be the executioners who slaughtered their own people, such a thing that is inferior to beasts, the grace of heaven and the abuse of the people, it can be killed and not left! ”

That's what you want, and then add a fire.

"Your Majesty, since the minister led the army, he has fought with Jiannu several times. Finally swept away Liaodong. Everyone calls the minister a famous general, but in fact, what the minister does is just honest. ”

"How?"

"Soldiers are honestly trained, and they will not run for their lives when they go to the battlefield. The weapons are honest, not afraid of iron horses, the money is honest, and everyone is brave enough to be the first. The fields are honest, and there are people in the land. Just imagine, I am in heaven. There is everything, when Taizu became an ancestor, he was not as rich as today, and the fierceness of the Tartars was far beyond this time, but the two ancestors were able to catch up with the Great Yuan in the north and enter the grassland five times. I think it's all dishonest! ”

"The human heart is not ancient!"

Chongzhen sighed and asked again, "King Anton, do you have any solution?" ”

"Qi Shengshang, the ministers have already written, the border army must be reduced, the army must be restored, only by making bold moves, can the Ming Dynasty be revitalized. The minister is not talented, and he is deeply favored by the Ming Emperor, even if he dies, it is difficult to repay. The minister is willing to undertake the disarmament matter with all his might, and also asks the Holy Lord to allow the minister to serve the country and be loyal to His Majesty. ”

Zhang Ke's words were impassioned, and the little emperor was a little in tears, what a good loyal minister!

What Chongzhen can't understand is Zhang Ke's gloomy thoughts, how can disarmament be so easy, involving all aspects, and rashly starting will only backfire. Zhang Ke held the Yizhou soldiers in his hand, he would not be afraid of chaos, and the monstrous anger would fall on Emperor Zhu's head at that time......

Chongzhen thought for a while and said: "What King Anton said is reasonable, but the eunuch party has just been pacified, and the eunuch party members actually colluded with the White Lotus Sect. In this way, King Anton is still the governor of Jingying, and then he will carry the errand of the ordnance workshop, reorganize the army, and revitalize the army, I can't do without Zhang Aiqing. As for the matter of disarmament, let He Shixian, the Duke of Jiguo, negotiate with the Shangshu Wang of the Ministry of War. ”

Zhang Ke wanted to leave the capital, but he didn't expect Chongzhen to let go, and he had no choice but to find another opportunity.

……

In fact, it is not bad to be able to control the Beijing camp, and it is just right to be able to go public through the backdoor and penetrate the power into the capital. A little bit of warm water boiled the frog, completely hollowing out Daming.

On the third day after the summons, Chongzhen suddenly issued an order and appointed Zhang Ke, the king of Andong, as the minister of the border and Qincha, and was ordered to rectify military affairs. Everywhere he went, the nine sides supervised the general army, and the eunuchs obeyed the orders.

At the same time, the appointment of Jiguo Gong He Shixian Governor Jingying, and then the left squire of the military department, Lu Xiangsheng, the military department Shangshu, the right capital of the imperial history, the governor Xuanda and other military affairs!

The so-called Xuanda is Xuanfu and Datong, which are the front line of the Ming Dynasty against the Mongols, and they are also the nests of Jin merchants.

Chongzhen's order came suddenly, and Zhang Ke didn't expect how it would suddenly change his hexagram. After he accepted the will, he smiled and grabbed Wang Chengen, the great eunuch who announced the decree, and inadvertently took out a silver ticket from his cuff and stuffed it into Wang Chengen's hand.

Wang Chengen is honest and self-disciplined among the big bells in the inner court, and it is also worth bragging about being able to get a bribe from the prince, especially when you take a peek, it is 100,000 taels!

The old eunuch's legs are weak, the prince is too generous, right?

"Father-in-law, I heard that the saint is thrifty, and you serve the saint, and you have to be harder, and the little king can't bear it, and there will be 20,000 taels of filial piety every month in the future, and please don't refuse my father-in-law."

The corners of Wang Chengen's mouth twitched twice, and he simply stopped refusing, and he couldn't refuse. When he followed Zhu Youzhen in the diving mansion, he was poor and miserable, and it was easy for the salted fish to turn over, and there was so much silver that he couldn't refuse.

"Lord Wang, the slave maid told the truth, just now there was news from the inner court, saying that Gu Jun, the eunuch of Datong, was originally Wei Zhongxian's godson, and he raised a large number of thugs under him, and he was ready to move, and Xiong Tingbi, the governor of Xuanda, was a member of the eunuch party, and His Majesty was not at ease, so he asked the prince to deal with it."

After the explanation, Wang Chengen hurriedly said goodbye and returned to the palace.

Zhang Ke's brows were slightly frowned, because of his own reasons, Xiong Tingbi was removed early, but in order to contain himself, the imperial court sent Xiong Tingbi to Xuanda as the governor, and later Xiong Tingbi actively befriended Wei Zhongxian, and it was really beautiful for several years.

It's just that I didn't expect that now that feng shui has changed, Lao Xiong is afraid that he will be unlucky.

Just when Zhang Ke was thinking about it, He Shixian suddenly hurried over, and as soon as they met, he said: "Yongzhen, this time, you can't let Xiong Tingbi go, when your father Haichuan was killed, he also had a share!" (To be continued......)