June 28, Beijing.

The commanders-in-chief of all battalions of the New Army and the deputy commanders of all battalions of the garrison army received Liu Yan's orders and rushed to Beijing one after another.

This time, everyone was ordered to enter Beijing for the reorganization of the new army and the battalions of the garrison army and the distribution of new numbers, which was also the first step in military reform.

On the morning of this day, Chen Xun, Wang Yue, Wang Bo, Zhang Yi, Shen Tuo, Miao Shao, Xu Ming, Qian Jian and other commanders of the new army, as well as Jia Hongyu, Zheng Yi, Han Qin, Wei Han, Shang Zili, Tian Zhenbei and other garrison generals all came to the noon gate.

Wang Yue grinned: "Haha, I didn't expect that I also entered the palace when I was really glorious!" ”

Chen Xun glared at Wang Yue and said, "I think it's because God is blind, you were really enlightened at the beginning, and you actually knew that it was really cheap for you to serve the elder of the pavilion." ”

"Haha!"

Wang Yue didn't care at all, and still laughed: "This is the vision, understand?" ”

The two joked, only to see the noon door slowly open, it turned out to be the Bingbi eunuch Wang Chengen personally came out to greet everyone, Miao Shao knew Wang Chengen, and hurriedly whispered to everyone to introduce it, and then everyone hugged their fists and saluted.

Wang Chengen came to everyone with a smile and said, "Oops! Hello to all of you, they are all the pillars of my Ming Dynasty, today is your great joy, please enter the palace with the miscellaneous family, first meet Liu Ge Lao, and then face the saint together! ”

"Yes!"

Then the crowd formed two teams

, a team of the main generals of the new army and a team of the main generals of the garrison army, followed Wang Chengen into the noon gate, and first came to the cabinet office, where Liu Yan and the thirteen cabinet secretaries were already waiting.

"Haha, it's all here!"

Liu Yan looked at the spirit of the people, and he was also happy in his heart, and said: "The Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Equipment have begun to mobilize new soldiers and equipment for each battalion, and the battalions of the new army and the garrison army will remain unchanged as a whole, and they will be expanded into all armies of the National Defense Force on the basis of each battalion. ”

"However, there will be some adjustments in personnel, and the other is the cavalry battalion and artillery battalion of the new army, the cavalry battalion and the artillery battalion will be split, and the cavalry officers and artillery assigned to it will be deployed to the rest of the battalions, and the lack of infantry will be given priority to select and supplement from the elite infantry of each battalion."

Liu Yan's meaning is very clear, that is, to disperse the cavalry battalion and artillery battalion of the new army to the armies of the newly built national defense force, which is equivalent to the expansion of these two battalions, which is basically the reorganization of the two armies.

Xu Ming and Qian Yan's faces suddenly fell, this was very different from what the two expected, many subordinates who were born and died together in the past will have their own future this time.

Liu Yan looked at the expressions of the two and comforted: "This is also something that can't be helped, the positioning of the Ming National Defense Force is an all-round army with multiple arms, battalions like the cavalry battalion and artillery battalion of the new army, the arms are too single, once you encounter a strong enemy on the battlefield in the future, you will suffer a big loss, you must make adjustments, and you two must also make corresponding sacrifices!" ”

Xu Ming and Qian Yan hugged their fists to receive their lives, but the two of them were still a little lost in their hearts, which took time to dissipate.

Subsequently, the Ministry of National Defense Shangshu Tian Huixu and the Equipment Department Shangshu Xunjing

Yun stood up one after another and explained to everyone the matter of the imperial court's requisition of recruits trained according to the standards of the new army from the Qingzhou and Laizhou prefectures in Shandong, as well as the mobilization of various new equipment from the "military industrial base" in Lingshanwei.

Everyone wrote it down one after another, and Xu Ming and Qian Yan's depressed mood just now was also much better.

Then, Bao Xuezhen, a scholar of the Ministry of Health, said: "This official is in charge of the construction of medical centers in various localities, the training of medical craftsmen, the development of drugs for the army, and other matters. At present, the number of medical soldiers needed by the various armies of the National Defense Force is sufficient, but these medical soldiers are all medical officers and medical craftsmen recruited from all over the country, and now they are all sent to the Huangming Yanwu Hall in Qingzhou Prefecture for necessary training, and after the training is completed, they will be successively replenished to the various armies. ”

When everyone heard this, they secretly said in their hearts: "It seems that the imperial court has done a lot of work in advance, and the cabinet elders and ministers are also very thoughtful!" ”

Liu Yan saw that everything that should be said had been said, so he finally concluded: "The garrison of the new army and the garrison battalions will remain unchanged for the time being, and after the expansion and training are completed, all of them will be changed to new numbers and flags, and when the time comes, this guild will announce the new station to you, and some of you may be appointed as the chief military officer of the real power military town, and some will be transferred to various places in the Ming Dynasty to undertake various tasks, and you must be mentally prepared at that time!" ”

"Yes!"

Everyone clasped their fists one after another: "Obey the order of the elder of the pavilion!" ”

"Haha!"

Liu Yan immediately smiled and said to everyone: "Okay, the matter has been said, now that the civil and military officials have gathered in the Fengtian Palace, we will also go over together and wait for Your Majesty."

Summoned. ”

"Yes!"

Then everyone took Liu Yan as the leader, Wang Chengen as the deputy, the thirteen Shangshu of the cabinet followed, Wang Yue, Chen Xun, Jia Hongyu and other chief officers and deputy chief soldiers as the rear, and walked towards the Fengtian Hall together.

When Liu Yan led the crowd into the main hall, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty cast their eyes one after another, and Chen Xun, Jia Hongyu, Wang Yue and others were suddenly excited. Although everyone followed Liu Yan and experienced many major events that were enough to shine in the annals of history, it was the first time to participate in a majestic and solemn court meeting like today, and everyone's hearts were very excited.

Liu Yan walked straight to the position of the head of the hundred officials, and the remaining thirteen Shangshu were in their respective positions, standing next to Liu Yan, and the fourteen generals such as Chen Xun, Wang Yue, Jia Hongyu, and Xu Ming were under the guidance of the eunuchs in the hall, standing in the center of the main hall, waiting for the arrival of Emperor Chongzhen.

"Your Majesty has arrived!"

"Long live my emperor, long live long live!"

Emperor Chongzhen sat majestically on the dragon chair, looking at the fourteen generals in the middle of the main hall, there was no ripple on his face, but his heart was already churning, these people were Liu Yan's absolute henchmen, and giving them the new name of the National Defense Force today is equivalent to giving Liu Yan the strength of the fourteen armies!

However, Emperor Chongzhen also understood in his heart that there was no point in thinking about these now, the Ming court was completely under Liu Yan's control, and he could only try his best to cooperate, fortunately, so far, what Liu Yan did seemed to be good for the Ming Dynasty, and it could be regarded as masturbation.

"Let's get flat!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After everyone got up, Emperor Chongzhen said something praising the generals of the new army and the garrison, and then nodded slightly to Wang Chengen, only to see the king

Cheng En took two steps forward, and a bright yellow edict in his hand began to read out:

"Fengtian carried the emperor, and the edict said: Today, there are eight people, including the chief general of the new army and the garrison army, Chen Xun, Wang Yue, and Xu Ming, the chief military officers, and six people, including Jia Hongyu and Zheng Yi, the deputy chief soldiers of the garrison army, are loyal to the country, implement the policy of military reform, and reorganize the new army and the garrison army into the first army to ......the fourteenth army of the Ming National Defense Army."

"The chief officer of the First Army of the National Defense Force is Chen Xun and the Marquis of Yanzhou, and the deputy chief soldier is Guo Mingxu. The chief officer of the Second Army of the National Defense Force is Wang Yue and the Marquis of Dengzhou, and the deputy chief soldier is Kang Hui. The chief officers of the Third Army of the National Defense Army are Zhang Yi and Shenglai Zhou Hou, and the deputy chief soldier is Shi Niuzhong. The chief officers of the Fourth Army of the National Defense Army are Wang Bo and the Marquis of Jinan, and the deputy chief soldier is Chen Yujing. The chief officers of the Fifth Army of the National Defense Army are Shen Tuo and Shengdong Changhou, and the deputy chief soldier is Guo Rong. The chief officer of the Sixth Army of the National Defense Army is Miao Shao and Shengqing Zhou Hou, and the deputy chief soldier is Lu Ying. The chief officers of the Seventh Army of the National Defense Force are Xu Ming and Shengguang Pinghou, and the deputy chief soldier is Du Zhongming. The chief officers of the Eighth Army of the National Defense Army are Qian Jian and Shengshun Dehou, and the deputy chief soldier is Zhao Dong. The chief officers of the Ninth Army of the National Defense Army are Jia Hongyu and Feng Changpingbo, and the deputy chief soldier is Chen Mocheng. The chief officers of the 10th Army of the National Defense Army are Zheng Yi and Feng Shunyibo, and the deputy chief soldier is Ge Cong. The chief officers of the 11th Army of the National Defense Force are Han Qin and Feng Ping Gubo, and the deputy chief soldier is Qin Chenghu. The chief officer of the 12th Army of the National Defense Army is Wei Han and Feng Damingbo, and the deputy chief soldier is Bao Qiang. The general officers of the 13th Army of the National Defense Force are Shang Zili and Feng Zhen Dingbo, and the deputy commander-in-chief is Guo Mingxu and Jiang Zhaichun. The chief officer of the 14th Army of the National Defense Force is Tian Zhenbei and Feng Baodingbo, and the deputy chief soldier is Jiang Yun......"

This decree is directly confirmed

The new number of the army, but also the main generals of the army knighted, promoted to the title, can be regarded as a reward for the extermination of Li Zicheng's exploits, as for the rest of the soldiers, then Emperor Chongzhen ordered Wang Chengen to read out the second edict, all the soldiers have rewards, Liu Yan's soldiers are barons, viscounts, how many hundreds, a huge military merit group suddenly appeared in the government and the opposition, and the civil officials present all looked sideways when they saw this.

"Minister, thank you for Your Majesty's Longen!"

After everyone thanked him, Emperor Chongzhen encouraged everyone again, and then announced his retirement from the dynasty, and gave a banquet on the platform to entertain everyone.

During the banquet, Emperor Chongzhen's words were more favored by the generals, Liu Yan laughed at this, today's Ming National Defense Army has been fundamentally different from the old army, the armies are basically thermal weapons army, the required firearms, supplies, ammunition, etc., all need strong support from the imperial court, and ordinary warlords cannot be self-sufficient at all, which is also the reason why Liu Yan wants to build Lingshanwei into the largest military industrial base in the Ming Dynasty.

Not to mention that all the generals are loyal to Liu Yan, even if any of them have a different heart, as long as Liu Yan controls the supply of troops, the betrayed generals are destined to be unsustainable, and it won't take long for the army in his hands to take the initiative, and the firearms equipped will become burning sticks!

At this time, the generals faced Emperor Chongzhen's "offensive", and they were only respectfully thankful, and no one said a word, which made Emperor Chongzhen quite disappointed.

After the banquet, Liu Yan and the generals returned to the cabinet office to discuss the specific matters of the reorganization of the national defense force with the thirteen scholars.

After everyone sat down, Liu Yan smiled and said to everyone: "You will leave Beijing tomorrow and return home."

Go, complete the personnel transfer of the various departments as soon as possible, the deputy commander-in-chief of each army is the original battalion generals, and the left and right battalions of the reorganized armies will also be filled by the previous generals. ”

"Yes!"

At this time, everyone was smiling, and the reward of the imperial court this time could be described as rich, just the reward money and grain, as well as the silver coins for the war exploits, were more than 1.1 million silver coins.

The expenditure of this silver made Yue Ming, the secretary of the Ministry of Finance, feel deeply painful, but seeing that the soldiers of the army had won a complete victory and the military reform had begun to be implemented, Yue Ming only complained, and then sent the silver coins at a very fast speed.

Then everyone discussed for a while, and Chen Xun asked, "Ge Lao, when will Madame enter Beijing?" ”

Everyone looked at Liu Yan with a smile, and Liu Yan said, "I have already sent someone to pick it up, and it is estimated that it will arrive in a few days." ”

Everyone shouted for Liu Yan to treat him so that he could catch the wind for his wife.

Liu Yan naturally agreed.

A few days later, Wang Yunhe arrived in Beijing with his son, as well as two Shang Shan and Ruoshui, escorted by more than 100 new army guards.

On the same day, Liu Yan settled his wife, concubine, and son, and then rushed to the cabinet office, convened the Thirteen Shangshu Deliberations, and prepared for the public trial of Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui.