At the beginning of June, Xingtang County.

During this period of time, because the battalions of the New Army and the garrison army were seriously damaged, and there were more than 8,000 casualties, Liu Yan has been leading his troops to stay in Xingtang County, on the one hand, in order to replenish the losses of the battalions and restore the combat strength of the battalions as soon as possible, on the other hand, Liu Yan is still planning another thing, that is, to reorganize the battalions of the new army and the garrison army!

For example, it was decided today, according to Liu Yan's plan, all parts of the Ming Dynasty needed to follow the new army system and establish a new type of official army garrison.

Therefore, Liu Yan planned to reorganize all the first battalions to the sixth battalion of the garrison into a new army camp, and then unify all the new army camps into the Ming National Defense Army.

While fully implementing the New Deal, Liu Yan was ready to follow the example of the later Red in power and implement two sets of military systems within the Ming Dynasty:

One is the National Defense Force, which is mainly used for foreign operations and is the main force of the Ming Empire's foreign conquests.

The other is the newly built garrison troops in various places, mainly used internally, and are the main forces of the Ming Empire stationed in various places.

In this way, there are many problems involved, the first day is money and food, and the second is the source of soldiers.

So during this time, Liu Yan planned this matter in Xingtang County, fortunately, there was a ready-made example for later generations, and Liu Yan also sorted out a more detailed "Ming Military Affairs Reorganization Strategy", but Liu Yan was not in a hurry to disclose this strategy to the public, and did not even reveal any news to Chen Xun, Xu Ming, Miao Shao and other henchmen.

At this time, in Xingtang County, the last batch of recruits mobilized from Qingzhou Mansion arrived at the Chengzhong Campus, and this batch of recruits was mainly young and strong from Yanzhou Mansion and Dongchang Mansion

, all of whom were selected from among the common people in the countryside and from the available military households, numbered more than 1,300 people.

With the addition of more than 1,300 people, the vacancies in the battalions of the new army will be fully filled.

In the school field, Chen Xun looked at the recruits who had just been assembled, Miao Shao was speaking to everyone on the high platform, and then the battalion owners would send people to select soldiers.

Chen Xun's front battalion of the new army had already made up the vacancy when the previous batch of recruits arrived in the city, so there was no matter for Chen Xun to select soldiers this time.

However, the front battalion of the new army has also been preliminarily reorganized, so Chen Xun came over to see the excitement.

"Chief Miao Bing!"

Miao Shao looked back, walked over with a grin, and said, "What, Mr. Chen has advice and advice?" ”

Chen Xun pulled Miao Shao aside, looked left and right and saw that there was no one around, so he whispered, "Did you hear that?" ”

Miao Shao asked in surprise, "What did you hear?" ”

Chen Xun said: "Elder Ge, what are you planning in the county government for so long? ”

Miao Shao smiled dumbly and said: "I said Mr. Chen, if you have nothing to do, go write a letter and bring it back to your sister-in-law, so as not to worry about your sister-in-law, don't keep thinking about talking to me here, I don't have a little to say!" ”

Chen Xun had an expression of "ghosts believe you" and said, "You don't talk about me, did you write to your wife?" ”

Miao Shao's wife is the daughter of the cotton cloth owner in Jimo Yingcheng, and now she also lives in Jinan City, and she often walks around with Wang Yunhe on weekdays.

Miao Shao laughed and said: "Don't worry, since the end of the war, I have written several letters, and I have said a lot of meaty words!" ”

Chen Xun was about to laugh at Miao Shao, when he suddenly heard a sound in the city

The horn sounded, and then a herald rushed over on horseback and said loudly: "The Duke of Lu has an order: the battalion owners will immediately go to the county government to participate in the military meeting!" ”

"Order!"

Chen Xun and Miao Shao immediately put away their smiles, beckoned the accompanying guards, and rode their horses to the county office.

When they arrived at the gate of the county office, Shen Tuo, Wang Bo, Zhang Yi, Xu Ming, Qian Liang and others also arrived at the door one after another.

Seeing everyone gathering, Liu Yan said directly: "My father has decided: the army will be rectified today, and the army will be pulled out tomorrow!" ”

Everyone was surprised, why was they suddenly so anxious?

Liu Yan continued: "The personal guard battalion, cavalry battalion, and artillery battalion returned directly to Beijing City with Bengong to garrison, the front battalion went to Xuanfu Town to garrison, the rear battalion went to Zhending Mansion to garrison, the left battalion went to Shuntianfu to garrison, the right battalion went to Yongping Mansion to garrison, and the middle battalion went to Baoding Mansion to garrison. In addition, the 6th Battalion of the Garrison Army was transferred to the area of Hejian Province to garrison, and the 5th Battalion of the Garrison Army was transferred to the south from Beijing City to garrison the areas of Shunde Mansion, Guangping Mansion, and Daimyo's Mansion! ”

Everyone heard that Liu Yan directly launched the new army and the garrison army, so that the northern direct subordination was under Liu Yan's control, and Shandong had been built by Liu Yan into an iron plate, and the most core area of the Ming Dynasty was all Liu Yan's territory.

"So, what does Elder Ge want to do?"

Everyone was silent for a while, although everyone was Liu Yan's diehard, even if Liu Yan announced that he was going to replace Emperor Chongzhen, everyone would lead his troops to follow.

It's just that now that Liu Yan is suddenly deployed like this, everyone is somewhat confused.

Liu Yan didn't wait for everyone to ask

, and said directly: "This duke is ready to reform the armies of the army in various places, so in order to prevent accidents, it is necessary to ensure the stability of Beizhili and Shandong, after the officers and men of each battalion arrive at the predetermined garrison area, they must control the local key areas and cities as soon as possible, and anyone who dares to oppose the new policy and military reform of this duke will be suppressed, no matter who it is!" ”

Everyone stood up and clenched their fists and said loudly: "Honorable leader! ”

The next day, in accordance with Liu Yan's deployment, the battalions of the New Army successively marched from Xingtang County, and Liu Yan led the personal guard battalion, cavalry battalion, and artillery battalion all the way north, heading towards the direction of Beijing City.

Due to the drag of the artillery battalion, Liu Yan's army took more than four days to get to Beijing along the way.

When Liu Yan rode into the city of Beijing, Chen Xinjia, Wang Weizhen, Yue Ming, Zhao Min and other thirteen Shangshu led the Manchu civil and military to wait outside the Xuanwu Gate in the south of the city.

When Liu Yan saw everyone, he turned over and dismounted, and said with a smile: "You are all here?" All right! ”

Everyone arched their hands and said: "Congratulations to Lu Guogong for his triumphant return, pacifying Li Thief and stabilizing the world, it is really a great pillar stone and a blessing for the people!" ”

Liu Yan laughed and said to everyone: "You really will put a high hat on my father, although Li Zicheng's million-strong army has been annihilated, but the imperial court is still eventful, and my father is still counting on your help to continue to implement the new policy in various provinces, and the subsequent military reform!" ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and everyone knew that the implementation of the new policy was now not optimistic except for the promotion of the other provinces, prefectures, and counties, especially the southern Zhili and the Jiangnan provinces, which were basically boycotted.

Faced with such a situation, Liu Yanjing

However, it is necessary to carry out military reform, what is this military reform to change?

For a while, everyone was full of suspicions, but Liu Yan ignored everyone's reactions, and directly greeted everyone and said, "Okay, everyone follow me into the city and enter the palace to face the saint together!" ”

"Yes!"

Subsequently, the new army's personal guard battalion, cavalry battalion, and artillery battalion entered Beijing, and the fifth and sixth battalions of the garrison army had also received Liu Yan's order in advance.

Later, Liu Yan led the crowd into the palace and met Emperor Chongzhen in the imperial study.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen still had a straight face, but his breath was no longer as cold as before.

The cabinet ministers congratulated Emperor Chongzhen on Dingzhou Street again, and Liu Yan then reported: "Your Majesty, the ministers have brought the corpses of Li Zicheng, Gu Kecheng, Xia Guoxiang, Wang Pingfan and others, and brought back to the capital the beheadings before and after the Dingzhou War. ”

After listening to Liu Yan's words, Emperor Chongzhen could no longer control his emotions, even in front of Liu Yan, Emperor Chongzhen still burst into tears, howling and crying for a while, the crying was miserable and sad, even Liu Yan couldn't help but be moved, and the emotions of depression and fear accumulated in his heart for so many years all broke out in an instant.

Chen Xinjia and other thirteen Shangshu were also in tears at this time, even if they were not so loyal to Emperor Chongzhen, they were also very sympathetic emotionally, no matter what their ability was, at least in terms of diligence and love for the people, it was still remarkable.

Then the imperial study was quiet, and Emperor Chongzhen controlled his emotions

After a long sigh, he said to Liu Yan: "Liu Ge Lao has made great contributions in this battle, and I intend to canonize Liu Ge Lao as the king with a different surname, I don't know what you Shangshu think?" ”

Everyone was shocked.

The king with a different surname in the Ming Dynasty has a convention, that is, "live without being sealed"!

The kings with different surnames in the Ming Dynasty in history were all posthumously crowned, such as the "Six Founding Kings" of the Ming Dynasty: Xu Da, King of Zhongshan, Chang Yuchun, King of Kaiping, Li Wenzhong, King of Qiyang, Deng Yu, King of Ninghe, Tang He, King of Donou, and Muying, King of Qianning.

These people have made great contributions in their lives, and they will be crowned kings after their deaths, which is the greatest affirmation of them by the Ming Dynasty. It should be noted that not only the generals who followed Zhu Yuanzhang had this treatment, but also such courtiers around the emperor in the later period, for example, Zhu Neng, one of the "Four Dukes of Jingnan" who followed Zhu Di, was posthumously named the king of Dongping after his death.

Of course, although Zhu Neng's surname is Zhu, he has no blood relationship with Zhu Yuanzhang's family, and he also belongs to the king with a different surname.

At this time, everyone didn't dare to say anything, but Liu Yan said flatly: "It is not my intention to be crowned king, but I hope that the world will be peaceful!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, this sentence was to imitate Qi Shaobao's sentence back then: I don't want to be a marquis, but I hope that Hai Bo will be peaceful. It can be seen that Liu Yan has the meaning in his heart.

Emperor Chongzhen sighed and said: "Such a great achievement, if you don't give a reward, it will be difficult to appease the subjects of the world, and I will have trouble sleeping!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen was beating Liu Yan, of course, insinuating the two unpleasantness outside the Desheng Gate before.

Seeing this, Liu Yan took the opportunity to say that he was determined to implement the new policy and military reform with an iron fist in order to restore the vitality of the dying Ming Empire.

"Your Majesty, the new policy implemented by the minister can allow the people to recuperate and recuperate

Accumulating national strength, and military reform can allow my Ming army to regain the strength of the founding of the country, both are indispensable, and the ministers must vigorously promote them. ”

During this period, the minister will definitely encounter unimaginable difficulties, and even face the blame of the whole country! The minister is willing to give up this reward, and only hopes that His Majesty can always stand by the minister's side, which is already the last hope of the Ming Dynasty! ”

In fact, Liu Yan is right, although Li Zicheng's million-strong army has been wiped out internally, and the Manchu Tartars have been severely damaged externally, but the Ming Dynasty has also reached the point of running out of oil and drying up, except for Liu Yan's department, and Shandong has recovered its vitality a little, the entire Ming Dynasty, two capitals and twelve provinces, in fact, there is not much room for maneuver, and if there is no reform, the Ming Dynasty will really be hopeless, even if there is no Li Zicheng, there will be Wang Zicheng and Zhang Zicheng coming out again!

After listening to Emperor Chongzhen, he thought that Liu Yan was going to be Cao Cao and usurp the Ming Dynasty's Jiangshan Sheji, and today Liu Yan came with the thirteen Shangshu of the cabinet, in fact, he was forcing the palace!

Liu Yan was not angry when he saw this, knowing that Emperor Chongzhen would definitely not understand his ideals and determination for a while, and it was not a bad thing to clarify his ambitions and next steps today.

So Liu Yan said proudly: "If Cao Cao, the minister in power, can save the Ming Dynasty, revitalize China, and make hundreds of millions of people in the world happy and rich, then the minister doesn't mind being a Cao Cao in the world!" ”