At the beginning of July of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, a large number of civil officials were appointed as county commanders in various counties in Shandong, as well as local officials in Xuzhou.

Among them, there are clerks and officials who are sent to exercise under the chamberlain of the East Palace, and there are also officials who have been convicted of corruption and laziness before. It's just that this time Ren Shu is very different from before, and it is no longer the East Palace Decree of the "Treasure of the Crown Prince", but the official of the Eight Classics.

The emperor was moving to the palace of King Lu in Yanzhou, and once again ordered the officials of the southern capital to go north to accompany him. At the same time, the new cabinet assistant list also spread all over the world, Li Yuzhi, Wu Fu, and Sun Chuanting all added the title of university scholar and joined the cabinet to assist the government, and at the same time, Jiang Dejing, who was appointed to the cabinet in February, was also called to re-enter the cabinet.

In the eyes of some people, this is the meaning of the harmony between father and son between the East Palace and the emperor. However, some people have noticed that there are only four people in the cabinet, with Li Yuzhi as the first, Wu Fu as the second assistant, and Jiang Dejing as the queen. Two of these four people were old men loyal to the emperor, and two of them were famous criminals of the Chongzhen Dynasty. Where is this harmony between father and son? It's clear that it's a division of courtesy!

Among the four elders, Li Yuzhi still holds the title of secretary of the ministry and is in charge of the affairs of the ministry. Wu Fu entered the cabinet with the book of the Ministry of Rites, and took the affairs of the household department. Sun Chuanting was also in charge of the Ministry of Works and the Criminal Department.

Jiang Dejing was in Chongzhen in the fifteenth year of the Jin Rite Department and a scholar of the East Pavilion University, and in the sixteenth year of the Ministry of Household Affairs, the prince of the Jin Dynasty was a scholar of the Wenyuan Pavilion University. The Ministry of Rites Shangshu is the head of the six officials, but later it also became a stepping board for entering the cabinet, and there is no political achievement. However, Jiang Dejing received a lot of praise when he was in the office of the head of the household, and he was considered to be a rare capable minister in the Chongzhen Dynasty. So this time he entered the cabinet but did not have a clear division of duties, and Shili, who was also considered the crown prince in the officialdom, was even bigger.

"Anyway, it's finally a thousand miles closer to the ancestral foundation." After Zhou Hou, he had nothing to say, and said to Emperor Chongzhen, who was studying at the desk: "This Laizhou Mansion is really depressed. ”

"Uh-huh." Chongzhen pointed at the words with his fingers, his brows furrowed, and he just responded with his mouth. Apparently deaf ears.

Emperor Chongzhen has been keen and studious since he was a child, and he never stopped talking about the feast after ascending to the pole, and was regarded by the ministers as the most studious emperor in the Ming Dynasty. Since he took the Donggong anthology, he has opened his eyes even more, studying day and night, although people are worried that he is too tired. But finally there is no longer the situation of the previous outburst.

Zhou Hou was helpless, and was about to leave the emperor to read by himself, only to see Wang Chengen come in with his arm in the dust.

"Emperor, mother." Wang Chengen stepped forward to salute and said, "Emperor, Taifu Temple has prepared all the things needed to move the car, just wait for the emperor to give an order, and you can start driving Yanzhou." ”

"Where's the guard?" Zhou Hou asked.

"His Highness has dispatched the cavalry battalion and the first guards battalion, with a total of 1,000 people guarding the holy chariot." Wang Chengen said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Her Royal Highness Princess Kunxing will meet you in Tai'an Prefecture. ”

Emperor Chongzhen heard the words "crown prince". Raising his head, he asked, "The fortunes of the country are sluggish, so we should be simple." When was the last auspicious day? ”

"Back to the emperor, in the days given by Qin Tianjian, the sixth day of the first month is the closest. However, if you start driving on the sixth day of the first month, you will be on the road on the seventh day of the first month. Wang Chengen responded.

Qixi Qiqiao Festival is a very festive festival of the year. Since the Song people were only on the festival, the begging festival has become the daughter's festival, which is very popular with the people and the palace. Naturally, the emperor had little interest in this day. But the queen and the female officials and maids in the palace may not be reluctant.

"I haven't had a good holiday this year." Zhou Houguo sighed: "During the Dragon Boat Festival, Cihong was still fighting outside, alas. ”

"Let's pick a day after Tanabata." Chongzhen said thoughtfully.

"It's not very good in this Laizhou city." The woman's mind is really unpredictable, "Let's go to Yanzhou earlier." How to get on this road? ”

"Back to Niangniang, take the nearest road: from Laizhou to Weixian, go to Linjiang, cross the bluestone pass and turn to the west. When we arrived in Tai'an, we went south to Qufu, and then walked west for half a day to Yanzhou. Wang Chengen originally had no idea about this road. After looking at the sand table sent by the guard battalion, it was as if he had walked by himself, and every grass and tree was in his mind.

His heart moved, and he added: "Emperor, mother." There is a sand table, do you want to present it? "Before, he made his own opinion, and as a result, the emperor and the inner palace were disgraced, but fortunately he was not punished, but it is inevitable that he will lose the emperor's heart. This time this sand table can't speak, so it should be able to save some of it.

It's not that the emperor hasn't seen the sand table, but it was at the military meeting presided over by the East Palace, and he was so high that he couldn't see it clearly. Now as long as it is something that is made out of the East Palace, it can make him very interested, and he immediately ordered someone to bring it in.

The sand table is more intuitive than the map, and the craftsmen of this era always have great patience and the pursuit of art. They are always able to make the work at hand as beautiful as possible within the deadline. The sand table in front of Chongzhen's eyes was made later when there was plenty of time, and every grass and tree on it was taken from the real thing, no matter which piece, it could be independent and become a good potted plant, which was really in the palm of the hand.

Zhou Hou saw it for the first time, and was amazed, and exclaimed: "This is a clever job, and it is a shame that they can imagine it." ”

"Those craftsmen are just doing their jobs." Wang Chengen quietly leaned on the crown prince for this credit.

Chongzhen and Zhou Hou just nodded, and took the magnifying glass on the bookcase to look at it, they were still not happy, and ordered someone to pass on King Yongwang to come and see.

Wang Chengen finally washed it before, and his heart was happy. However, when he got outside, he inadvertently asked who the 1st Guards Battalion had sent, but he was hit hard, and his heart felt as if he had been pinched and pinched by an invisible hand.

The 1st Guards Battalion has 3,000 headquarters and six divisions, and it is not good to send anyone, but the tank division is sent!

The commander of the tank division is the one who deserves a thousand cuts!

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Taean Prefecture, Donggong Annex.

"Your Highness, there have been frequent white-armored soldiers in southern Gyeonggi recently, and their intention to go south is clearly revealed." Xiao Mo also didn't want to transfer one of the most combat-effective divisions under his command to be a guard, especially when the chief Liu Shi was not treated by the emperor and empress. It was difficult for him to understand that the crown prince was deliberately reminding the emperor of an unpleasant experience?

"It is precisely because of the strong combat effectiveness of the tank division that they are allowed to escort them." Zhu Cihong said with a smile.

"That Dongyu ......"

"Without the Tank Division, you wouldn't be able to fight?" Zhu Cihong asked.

Xiao Mo stood upright and said loudly: "Even if there is no tank division, our battalion can still fight against the Eastern Prisoners!" ”

Zhu Cihong nodded: "I called you this time because I have something to discuss with you alone." ”

"The last general will obey the order!"

"It's a discussion." Zhu Cihong said with a smile: "That's it, you see, the reserve battalion on Min Zhanlian's side is already a little larger, and the Qin soldiers and Yu soldiers that were collected before have also been organized into the third battalion of the guards." The next batch of about 3,000 people who passed the training and were able to distribute flag teams were able to do so. I'm wondering whether to separate these 3,000 men into a battalion and form divisions, or assign them to battalions. ”

Xiao Mo suddenly understood. If it were to be formed into a division, then the 1st Guards Battalion would become the 1st Guards Division, otherwise the crown prince would not have let him come back alone.

"Your Highness, the last general will see craftsmen building weapons, and they all pour good steel on the blade." Xiao Mo said: "My First Guards Battalion is brave and good at fighting, if it can be expanded into a division, it must be even more powerful." ”

"What I'm worried about is whether the corresponding tactical arrangements can keep up with the rapid expansion of the establishment and the speed of officer training." Zhu Cihong paused and said: "Moreover, if two battalions form a division, if its effect cannot be greater than that of two independent battalion units, I would rather set up one more independent battalion." ”

Due to the limitations of attack power, the number of troops must not be too small, otherwise there will be insufficient firepower.

It is also because military orders can only be conveyed through banners, and the establishment is too large and will cause a lot of trouble. When the emperor sent generals to go on expeditions, he often had the right to "dispose of them on the spot" and "act cheaply", because the communication was backward and difficult to coordinate. In the Battle of Salhu that year, Yang Hao's 200,000 troops marched to Hetuara in four ways, but they were broken by Nurhachi, which is enough to be an example.

"Your Highness, the last general is willing to give it a try." Xiao Mo said firmly. (To be continued......)

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