Zhennan Hou Mansion.

Liu Jun accompanied Li Hui and had just finished her pregnancy examination. Li Hui has been pregnant for five months, her lower abdomen is bulging, and during her pregnancy, her appetite has increased greatly, and her whole person is much plump.

"Lord Wang, the princess is in good health, and the fetus is also healthy. It would be better to pay attention to proper movement. The Imperial Physician said with a smile.

Liu Jun nodded, held Li Hui's hand, and said to her, "Did you hear that, you can practice Tai Chi with me in the future, and when my son is born, he will be a master of Tai Chi." Also, this is your first child, you can't make up too much, otherwise the child will not be easy to give birth, Imperial Doctor Wang, you are right. ”

"The prince is right, it is necessary to take proper supplements during pregnancy, but it cannot be made up, especially the first child. Proper tonic and moderate exercise are the best. "Imperial Physician Wang is the holy hand of obstetrics in the palace, "I will prescribe a recipe for my wife later, and it will be healthier to eat according to this recipe during pregnancy." ”

"There is Lao Imperial Physician, success, prepare pen and ink for Imperial Physician Wang, and then send the set of jade cups in my study to Imperial Physician Wang to thank you."

After sitting with Li Hui for a while, Liu Jun went to see off Imperial Physician Wang and returned to the study.

"Father-in-law, Adjutant Luo is here."

"Call him in."

Luo Ping'an, the intelligence adjutant, shouted a report outside the door and then came in.

"Sit." Liu Jun motioned for him to sit down opposite, "Ping'an, what's going on over there in Liaoxi now?" ”

Luo Ping'an sat upright, full of the heroic strength of an excellent Chu army, "Back to the county king, we have strengthened the supervision of Liaoxi. Wu Sangui has led his headquarters to move to Guangning, Zu Dashou has also returned to Jinzhou, and now Mrs. Qin has officially established a town in Ningyuan. ”

"What is Admiral Wu busy with after returning to Guangning?"

"I'm busy repairing the city of Quang Ninh, and I'm also busy trading with the Mongols and the Qing army."

"It's good to make a deal, and I don't object to him making a deal. After all, the imperial court gave 60,000 soldiers to the two towns of Jinzhou and Guangning, but they raised 100,000 horses. It's still a lot of pressure. Liu Jun smiled, Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou had previously collected the defeated troops in Liaoxi, and recruited soldiers and horses, and the two towns had 100,000 people.

Its intention is still obvious, it wants to maintain control of Liaoxi. This is also a practice outside the border, since Li Chengliang. There was a trend of warlordization in western Liaoning, and there were many generals, Li Chengliang's Liaodong Group, Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang Group, and later Zu Dashou Wu Sangui's Guanning Group.

Although the Guanning Group has been seriously weakened so far, they still want to maintain this transcendent position in western Liaoning.

100,000 soldiers and horses, if it was in the past, it was indeed a good capital. It's a pity in Liu Jun's opinion. 100,000 soldiers and horses, just a joke.

An old-style army lacking artillery and firearms, with only a small number of elite soldiers, most of them are new recruits, some miscellaneous soldiers, lack of equipment and training, and what is worse, this is a unit that does not have its own logistical equipment guarantee. They relied entirely on the supply of the imperial court.

In the past, the imperial court could only rely on them to defend against the Qing army. Naturally, there is a response to requests, asking for food for food, for pay, and for artillery, but now, the rise of the Chu army. And after entering Gyeonggi, the Guanning Army has become an insignificant force.

Now that even Shanhaiguan and Ningyuan have been infiltrated by Liu Jun, what threat does the so-called 100,000 Liao soldiers who are alone in western Liaoning pose to Liu Jun.

Just cut off his salary. He'll be able to defeat himself.

Wu Sangui did not act rashly in western Liaoning, but he was very aware of current affairs.

In this case, Liu Jun didn't want to push too hard.

"Liaohai has frozen, let Wu Sangui send someone to Ningyuan to receive food and salary." However, Liu Jun didn't plan to give Qi, "The food and salary will be given according to 60,000 people, and it can't be enough, give them sixty percent." ”

The Liaoxi Army is like an eagle dog guarding the door, it can't be hungry, and if it is hungry, it will eat the master. You can't be too full, and if you're too full, you can't command. Let him not go up or down, just right.

On the same day, Liu Jun joined the cabinet for the first time.

Now Liu Jun holds several important positions, such as Auxiliary Minister, Cabinet Scholar, and Governor of Zhili, which can be said to be quite rare. However, at this time, the young lord has succeeded to the throne, and the original first assistant has just committed a serious crime and hanged himself, and the situation between the DPRK and China really needs these three auxiliary ministers even more.

Wu Fu entered the first assistant, and then added the Ministry of Rites to the secretary, and Liu Zong Zhoujin also added the Ministry of Works.

The three ministers who took care of their lives all entered the cabinet, also for a better auxiliary government.

The cabinet yamen is in the imperial city, and the important yamen in Beijing are located here, the cabinet, the six ministries and the temples. The original Governor's Office of the Five Armed Forces was also located here, and now the Governor's Office of the Five Armed Forces has been officially changed to the Privy Council.

Liu Jun's public house in the cabinet has been prepared, there is a good public hall, and it is also equipped with seven or eight officials to assist in the office.

Although there is a prime minister's office above the cabinet and a military aircraft department, the ministers have also joined the cabinet. However, there is still a difference between the Cabinet and the Prime Minister's Office, each with its own responsibilities.

The biggest difference between the Cabinet and the Prime Minister's Office is that the Cabinet has the right to read the Cabinet first, while the Prime Minister's Office is the second to read it. Compared with later generations, the cabinet is equivalent to the mayor, and the prime minister's office is equivalent to the secretary. The Cabinet deals with specific matters, but ultimately the Prime Minister has the right of veto.

The six cabinet scholars gathered, and the time has entered the lunar month, and during this time, the places have been relatively stable.

Wu Fu glanced at everyone and announced, "Let's discuss the matter." ”

In the hall, in addition to the six cabinet scholars, there are also several clerks, all of whom carry pens and are responsible for recording meetings and responding to questions and answers on specific matters.

"In today's deliberations, we still focus on the candidates for many new positions in the Ministry of War and the Privy Council, and the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Officials have already drawn up a list, and we still need to discuss it, and the final vote is to be submitted to the Prime Minister's Office."

Liu Jun coughed, "I'll throw bricks and lead the jade first, I have read the two lists of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War, and I have a little bit of supplementary opinions, it is important to control the military with literature, but the Ministry of War and the Privy Council are after all the two military and political and military order systems, if they only select civilian officials, especially many of the young civil officials in their recommended lists are only twenty or thirty years old, and some of them are even only three or five years old, and they don't even have any experience related to the army, how to join the Ministry of War and the Privy Council?" ”

"At present, the internal and external military situation of the Ming Dynasty is still very tense, and it is necessary to use some experienced civilian officials and even military generals, after all, no matter what, winning the war is the most important thing."

"I would like to recommend a few candidates here, I recommend Wu Xiang, the squire, as the director of the General Logistics Department of the Ministry of War, Zu Dashou as the commander of the army, Zheng Zhilong as the commander of the navy, and Zhao Shun as the director of the General Armament Department."

"Here in the Privy Council, I recommend Fu Shan to be the chief of the general staff."

Although Liu Jun is a newcomer to the cabinet, he has already ranked third among the six university scholars as soon as he enters the cabinet, only behind the first assistant, and even higher than the other three group assistants who have been in the cabinet for more than two years. In particular, he is also one of the three ministers who care for life, so his words still carry a lot of weight.

Wu Fu glanced at the others, "What are your opinions on the recommendation of the county king?" ”

"Let me start with a few words." Liu Zongzhou spoke up unhurriedly, "In the past, whether we were against the Dongyu or the bandits, we won less and lost more, why?" I think what the king of the county said is very reasonable, and he can't stick to the ancestral system and blindly emphasize the use of literature to control the military. Fighting, after all, has to be referred to by an expert. To control the military with civilians, it should be the command and supervision of civilian officials, not the command of military generals. The command of the operation has to be given to the generals. Although the military department and the Privy Council, the rear secretary and the privy envoy should be filled by civilian officials, the following newly created official positions, commanders of various arms and military armies, at least those civil and military officials who have experience as governors or as commanders of military towns and towns should be appointed by civil and military officials, which is better. ”

"Wu Xiang, Zu Dashou, Zheng Zhilong, and Fu Shan have all served as commanders-in-chief, and they all have rich experience in front-line command operations. At present, it is time to stop sticking to the rules and regulations of the past, and to quell the internal and external wars outside the Guanwai and the Central Plains as soon as possible is the first and foremost priority. ”

As for Zhao Shun recommended by Liu Jun, no one else in the hall had heard of it. No one knew that although the Zhao Shun recommended by Liu Jun also had the title of commanding affairs, in fact, he was just a firearms craftsman. Later, he defected to Liu Jun and became the head craftsman of Liu Jun's firearms workshop, and now he has become the head of the entire Chu army's military industrial system.

Liu Jun's proposal to let Zhao Shunlai be the director of the General Armament Department of the Ministry of War is not just to promote his own people, but has a longer-term plan.

The current reshuffling of the Ministry of War and the Privy Council has led to a large number of vacancies in high-ranking positions.

Liu Jun only recommended a few candidates, and there were still many places left for others.

"The chief of the general staff of the Privy Council, the commanders of the five armed forces in the front and back, the commanders of the five armed forces in the front and back, the general equipment, the general logistics, and the commanders of the army and navy are all high-level positions of real power at the level of squires."

"I recommend Zhu Dadian as the commander of the former army."

"I recommend Wang Qiaonian as the commander of the rear army."

"I recommend Ding Qirui to be the commander of the Left Army."

"I recommend Chen Qiyu as the commander of the Right Army."

"I recommend Fu Zonglong to be the commander of the Chinese army."

Basically, each university scholar has his own recommended candidates, plus the recommended candidates for the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of War, etc., and there are basically several candidates for each position.

The cabinet scholars deliberated for a long time, in fact, they coordinated with each other and compromised with each other, and finally the candidates for various important posts in the Ministry of War and the Privy Council were decided.

Chen Xinjia is still the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Fan Jingwen is the privy envoy.

Zu Dashou served as the commander of the army of the military department and the commander of the navy of Zheng Zhilong. Wu Xiang was appointed director of the General Logistics Department, and Zhao Shun was appointed director of the General Armament Department.

Fu Shan was appointed chief of the General Staff, Fu Zonglong was appointed commander of the Central Army, Ding Qirui was appointed commander of the Left Army, Chen Qiyu was appointed commander of the Central Army, Zhu Dadian was appointed commander of the former army, and Wang Qiaonian was appointed commander of the rear army.

Since most of these officials were local governors, there were many vacancies in local governors. Alternate officials who were not selected were assigned to take over.

"I propose that Liaodong and Liaoxi be combined into one military region, and Henan and Shandong into one military region. Denglai Town of the former Liaodong Military Region was transferred to Shandong, Liaoxi and Liaodong were merged into the Guanwai Military Region, and Henan and Shandong were merged into the Central Plains Military Region, each with a governor. Shanxi and Zhili are a military region and belong to the governor of Zhili. The three military regions of Guanwai, Central Plains, and Zhili each have a governor, and each of the six provinces retains only one governor and one governor. (To be continued.) )

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