Outside the Qianqing Palace, Zhang Ping and Wang Chengen muttered for a while.

Wang Chengen said: Last night, some people took advantage of the night to visit the house, but no one went to the homes of Zhu Chunchen and Li Guozhen.

"Are they all smart? I tell you Lao Wang, the focus is on the guardianship of Zhu Chunchen and Li Guozhen's home, there must be evidence in the home of these two people, and they must not be taken away quietly, you should pay special attention to this. ”

"Hey, hey! Governor, we understand! Our family is wondering, Zhu Chunchen and Li Guozhen's crimes are conclusive, why didn't the emperor directly raid their homes with an order? ”

"Hey, hey! Lao Wang, the emperor has the emperor's thoughts, not for us to figure out as subordinates, we can only do everything with all our hearts, I think Lao Wang, you must have been addicted to copying your home these days. ”

Wang Chengen glared at Zhang Ping, boy, what about playing high? You can pull it down, we don't know yet? What idea didn't you give to the emperor? But our old king also admires you, you can't be proud of your achievements when you are young, in fact, our old king is also like this, "Don't worry, Governor." ”

"Lao Wang, let me tell you, check back and Wei Zaode, your Lao Wang is very hard, but the credit is not great, but this investigation of Zhu Chunchen and Li Guozhen's crimes is different, if you can assist the emperor to find out those things that have brought disaster to the country and the people, and catch them all, the credit can be said to be second to none in the world, I am afraid that in the future, it will be re-erased in history, while Dongchang is still in your hands, get it well, maybe the emperor will be happy, and it is possible to reward your two daughters-in-law."

Wang Chengen is convinced, this special grandson, when he talks about business, he starts to make fun of his old king, and he is born a bad seed.

However, Wang Chengen also admitted that Zhang Ping was right, if a large number of people were to be found out, it would be an earth-shattering event, and history would definitely be recorded in detail, whoever assisted the emperor, his old king would definitely be among them, "Thank you!" ”

Zhang Ping watched Wang Chengen enter the Qianqing Palace, and walked out of the Qianqing Gate, he wanted to take the brothers to the military department for a turn.

This Zhu Youzhen arrested Li Jiantai, Wei Zaode, Zhu Chunchen, and Li Guozhen, so he had to arrest and withdraw a group of people, and then appoint some ministers who were honest and wanted to do things, it can only be said that the imperial court has temporarily stabilized its position, and it is necessary to defeat Li Zicheng and make the world peaceful, and slowly improve the people's livelihood so that the people can eat enough, and the road is still long! There is a long way to go, and the most important thing is that Jianyu may have to enter the fortress again at any time, you look at the situation of the remaining army now, once they enter the fortress, they are not opponents at all.

Although the Central Plains is large and has a large population, you have to admit that at present, it is to form a strong army and the army of Jianyu is not advantageous in fighting, people are cavalry, come like clouds, go like the wind, you are infantry-based, not to mention defeating others, you can't catch up behind people, you know that one of them only has a small number of troops, but people want to fight, don't want to fight and run on horseback, what can you do with others? To form a cavalry that can fight and fight a decisive battle with Jianyu, it may not be possible to achieve a major victory, it is good to destroy the enemy by destroying 1,000 and losing 800, besides, to form a cavalry, you must have war horses, where do war horses come from? The original horses pull the cart is OK, and it is not that kind of war horse at all, so it is necessary to use tactics and advanced weapons and equipment to defeat Jianyu, but Jianyu now also attaches importance to artillery, and the attack ability is not comparable to the past, to defeat Jianyu, first of all, it is necessary to gain an advantage in firepower, and the main thing is that the weapon should be upgraded to a higher level, not only with strong firepower, but also more mobile to meet the needs of the battlefield.

Wang Jiayan was promoted to the secretary of the military department, and I was very excited, and now, the court has changed greatly, and I have the opportunity to show it. The others were also happy, because Wang Jiayan was a person who was upright, noble, proficient in military affairs, and a special person in charge.

At the beginning, Zhu Youzhen promoted Zhang Jinyan to serve as the secretary of the military department, many people were not convinced, except for Zhang Jinyan's shallow qualifications and could not convince the public, mainly because of Zhang Jinyan's personal ability, everyone jointly wrote to the emperor Zhu Youzhen to request the appointment of Wang Jiayan, but Zhu Youzhen did not listen.

The reason for not listening was of course because of Wei Zaode, Wei Zaode strongly recommended Zhang Jinyan, and at that time, Zhu Youzhen felt that Wei Zaode was good and couldn't help but give face.

Wang Jiayan, whose name is Kaimei, is a native of Putian, Fujian, a jinshi in the second year of the Apocalypse, and is 56 years old this year. This Wang Jiayan was born in a peasant family, so he knows that the people's life is not easy, and he was appointed as the county governor of Kaihua in Zhejiang.

In the fifth year of the Apocalypse, Wang Jiayan was transferred to Lanxi County, Jinhua Prefecture, after arriving in Lanxi, Wang Jiayan immediately led the officials to the countryside, inspected the people's situation everywhere, and found that the county town was in tatters, the water conservancy was in disrepair, and the people's livelihood was very withered, he immediately ordered a decisive elimination of the malpractices, reduced taxes, and also contributed family resources, greatly revitalized water conservancy construction, cleaned up the moat, and built the old city wall. The award and promotion department will give the matter, and the left waiter of the transfer department will be in the matter, and the re-transfer will be given to the matter.

The most ridiculous answer in the Ming Dynasty is Zhu Youxiao, let the good emperor not do it, the special carpenter work is dirty and tired, people are happy to do it, even the national affairs are handed over to the eunuch Wei Zhongxian, in fact, Xizong Zhu Youxiao is not a foolish person, people will be carpenters to the peak, it can be seen that the special intelligence, in the use of people, who is good and who is bad or clear, people like Wang Jiayan, if there is no Zhu Youxiao's care, he would have been poisoned by Wei Zhongxian, Zhu Youxiao is mainly always not forgetting his major, It's just a matter of worrying less about the emperor's post.

In all fairness, in dealing with national affairs, many things may not be understood by Zhu Youzhen, but Zhu Youxiao can understand, because the education of the two people is different, Zhu Youxiao is the eldest grandson of the emperor, naturally he has accepted how to be a good king since he was a child, and he has learned kingship, and Zhu Youzhen, who is a few years younger, was initially positioned as a prince, and he must have received ordinary cultural education, no one taught him how to play with balance, if Zhu Youxiao is so diligent as Zhu Youzhen, maybe the Ming Dynasty is really different.

In the first year of Chongzhen, Zhu Youzhen ascended the throne, Wang Jiayan and Qian Yuanyu, the director of the Ministry of War, and Lu Chengyuan, the director of the Ministry of Industry, each impeached Wei Zhongxian and exposed his crimes, so that Emperor Chongzhen made up his mind to arrest Wei Zhongxian.

In the fourth year of Chongzhen's reign, Wang Jiayan requested the implementation of the regulations for monthly reporting throughout the country, and proposed many methods for dealing with outdated and bad habits and even corrupt phenomena.

In terms of personal style and talent, Wang Jiayan is higher than Li Banghua, if it weren't for the fact that Li Banghua, an old man, has a strong body and seniority is older than Wang Jiayan, Zhang Ping really wants to recommend Wang Jiayan to Zhu Youzhen.

At present, the most important problem facing Chongzhen is the military, and in military research, Wang Jiayan can be said to rank first among the ministers.

Moreover, Wang Jiayan is not afraid of power, and also attaches great importance to the people's livelihood, and during his tenure, he has written many suggestions and opinions in the military, people's livelihood, anti-corruption, and rectification of chaos, many of which have also been adopted by Zhu Youzhen.

It's a pity that Zhu Youzhen has such a person in his hands and doesn't need it.

In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Wang Jiayan was promoted to Shao Situ, and a year later, he worshiped the right Sima and assisted in the government affairs of the Jingying army. At that time, Jianyu entered the fortress again, the capital was harassed, the emperor ordered Wang Jiayan to help deal with the military and political affairs, the date of the order, Wang Jiayan immediately climbed the city wall, inspected the defense of the sixteen gates of the inner and outer cities, the night of the wind and snow, carrying a lantern, walking to inspect the city wall, no one knew, the next day, Zhang Jinyan announced who was derelict in his duties, who was diligent and who was lazy, so that the officers and soldiers were convinced, so everyone scrambled to encourage themselves, until the Jianyu withdrew, in a few months, Wang Jiayan was first responsible for guarding the gate of Fucheng, and then changed to guard the Anding Gate, For half a year, he slept on the castle tower.

At the beginning of February this year, Wang Jiayan was elected as the head of the household department, and Emperor Chongzhen felt that the military department could not do without Wang Jiayan, saying that the military and political affairs could only be governed by Jiayan, and the military department could not leave him, so Wang Jiayan was left in his original post as a special exception.

From this incident, it can also be seen that Zhu Youzhen is sometimes confused, and sometimes there is no way, let's take the post of secretary of the Ministry of War as an example, knowing that Wang Jiayan is the most suitable, he promoted Zhang Jinyan, and the cabinet used a bunch of bastards, it would be strange if Zhu Youzhen did not make mistakes in decision-making and employing people.

This time, Zhu Youzhen was ordered to stand up, and Zhang Ping did not recommend a department-level cadre to him, so he directly appointed Wang Jiayan as the secretary of the military department.

In the Chongzhen Dynasty, military cadres are definitely the highest risk positions, in the past 17 years, the defeat and suicide are not counted, Zhu Youzhen directly killed Yuan Chonghuan and other seven governors, and the military department of Shangshu has changed 14 in 17 years, most of them are inevitably dead, Wang Qia was imprisoned and died, Zhang Fengyi was poisoned, Yang Sichang hanged himself, Chen Xinjia abandoned the city and died, only Zhang Heming, Xiong Mingyu, Feng Yuanbiao landed safely, and the governors who were convicted were countless.

In Zhu Youzhen's view, the reason for the failure is completely because these people have not fulfilled their responsibilities, from this point of view, Wang Jiayan can live now because he has not been reused, and his fate is great.

Oh! In a few days, the Chongzhen Dynasty will die another military cadre, but Zhang Jinyan deserves it.

Wang Jiayan became the secretary of the military department, and the military department almost held a celebration meeting, Wang Jiayan smiled in the face of the congratulations of his subordinates: "If the official loses his head one day, you have to think of packing me back to my hometown in Fujian!" Please! ”

Of course, this is a joke, and if it were a few years ago, I really can't say.

When Wang Jiayan heard that Zhang Ping was coming, he got the report, so he hurriedly greeted him, "Why did Governor Zuo arrive at the military department?" ”

"Why aren't you welcome? Congratulations to Kaimei for being promoted to the secretary of the military department! ”

"How dare you! How dare you! It's not recommended by the Governor. ”

Zhang Ping looked at Wang Jiayan, how could this guy have such a cognition, "It's really not recommended by the governor of Bendu, but the emperor has long taken a fancy to Kaimei, and he only reuses it today." ”

The right attendant, Jin Zhijun, also came out.

This is a spineless person, Zhang Ping hates this guy very much, the original history records that after Li Zicheng attacked the Beijing Division, Jin Zhijun immediately surrendered Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng was defeated at Shanhaiguan, and then, Jin Zhijun surrendered Jianyu and became Jianlu's lackey.

But this guy did a good job in Jianyu, and in the end, the official worshiped the Taibao and the prince and the prince, and the scholar of the Zhonghe Temple and the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

However, in the end, Jianlu still listed him as a second minister. After this guy returned to his hometown, some people often posted posts at the door of his house to scold him, and a person named Shi Shangyu deliberately bullied him, causing this guy to have hiccups.

"Please sit down in the governor!" , Wang Jiayan wanted to invite Zhang Ping into the lobby of the military department.

"No, Pontus wants to see what you have in your arsenal."

There are four divisions under the Ministry of War, namely the Armed Forces Division, the Vehicle Driving Division, the Arsenal Division, and the Functional Division.

Wang Jiayan immediately called Zhu Fuhuang in the arsenal and Geng Zhangguan outside the staff.

Wang Jiayan accompanied him to the armory, but Zhang Ping didn't see what he wanted to see.

Zhu Fuhuang asked, "What does the governor want to see?" ”

"Powder gun."

Zhu Fuhuang and Geng Zhangguan opened a large wooden box in the corner and took out two powder guns from it.

Zhang Ping shook his head after seeing it, "Are there any other guns?" For example, flintlock pistols. ”

The two shook their heads, "Lord Dudu, no one wants to use such an arquebus, the main reason is that it is often blown up. ”

Your mother, who would dare to use it if you love to blow up? Hiccup yourself as soon as you shoot yourself, stupid?

Of course, Zhang Ping knew that the barrel of the gun was rolled with iron sheets and burned red and was connected to a piece by a blacksmith, but in fact it was not even a steel pipe with seams.

He knew that there was no way to let the soldiers take the broadsword and spear to the battlefield to kill the enemy, and there was no way to fight against Jianyu's cavalry, no matter how well the infantry was trained, it was not the opponent of the cavalry, and the next time Jianyu entered the fortress, it might happen at what time, Ning Yuan was not attractive to Dun Erluo, and let Wu Sangui make a feint to recover Ning Yuan, and I don't know how long it would take to deceive Jianyu, to defeat Jianyu, in addition to having a large number of artillery, it is also necessary to improve the family in the hands of the soldiers, and the artillery is easy to say, wait for the brothers in Shanxi to come, Jiang Dejing also gathered a large number of craftsmen, just make it, but the flintlock pistol he wanted didn't have, the manufacture of this thing is much more difficult than making a cannon, the mechanism is complicated, although he is given time, he can also study it, but I don't know what year and month, and he doesn't have time.

"Kemei, do you know Bi Maokang?"

"The lower official has heard of it, he once served as a squire in the military department, and he resigned a long time ago, and it is difficult to say whether he is alive or not now, why did the governor suddenly remember him?"

"I'm telling you, he's still alive, and it's very useful for you to arrange for someone to find him."

"What are you looking for him for?"

"A flintlock pistol, a powder gun that does not affect rain or snow."

Wang Jiayan knew what Zhang Ping meant as soon as he heard it, and his face showed excitement, this is a feasible way to improve the combat effectiveness of the troops, "Great, the lower officials will arrange for someone to go immediately." ”

"Call Jin Zhijun to go, he has a high level, Lao Bi feels that he has face and can come."