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Hearing Zhao Junchen's meaningful command, He Zhang was stunned at first, but quickly reacted - Zhao Junchen gave him a chance to establish his prestige in the new army!

Liu Manniu, Zhang Cheng, and Li Pi were the most powerful and prestigious military attachés in the New Army, and if He Zhang punished the three of them in public in the camp of the New Army, it would naturally be easy to establish his majesty, and no one would dare to disobey He Zhang's military orders at will in the future.

Thinking of this, He Zhang admired Zhao Junchen more and more, only felt that Zhao Junchen was thoughtful, and immediately said yes, and then led Liu Manniu, Zhang Cheng, and Li Pi to leave the Governor's Mansion and go to the camp of the New Army.

In fact, Zhao Junchen's consideration is far more thorough and detailed than He Zhang imagined.

After punishing Liu Manniu and the others, it not only declared Zhao Junchen's attitude of strictly enforcing military law, but also once again emphasized Zhao Junchen's authority and suppressed the bad atmosphere of the border army.

Liu Manniu, Zhang Cheng, and Li Pi's cane punishment was He Zhang's decision, but it was halved because of Zhao Junchen's practice, so that Liu Manniu and others would not hate Zhao Junchen too much, and Zhao Junchen would easily mend the relationship afterwards, and even take the opportunity to mend the relationship to make the relationship between the two sides closer, and the three of them were all strong and strong, and the halved cane punishment would not make them hurt their muscles and bones, so as not to delay the business.

As for the soldier who killed the prisoner and vented his hatred, although he had to be punished with twenty military sticks, because it was supervised and executed by Liu Manniu, the military stick would not be too heavy, and this soldier would not be crippled by a cane, so he would not shake the hatred and fighting spirit of the soldiers of the Huamachi Battalion towards the Mongols.

All in all, this is a deliberate decision by Zhao Junchen.

In fact, after He Zhang came to the Huamachi camp, before he officially commanded the new army, Zhao Junchen should have had a secret conversation with him alone and got closer to each other.

However, because He Zhang questioned the nature of the new army in public, although he expressed his obedience afterwards, it still made Zhao Junchen think that this person could not be accepted as a confidant, but he skipped this link and let He Zhang leave directly with a businesslike attitude.

Therefore, although Zhao Junchen reused He Zhang, it was just an expedient measure, because of the different positions, there was a rift in the relationship between the two from the beginning.

But about this, including He Zhang, not many people can detect it!

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When He Zhang led Liu Manniu, Zhang Cheng, Li Pi and others out of the Governor's Palace, Zhao Junchen quickly let the civil and military officials do their own thing, and he also returned to the study of the Governor's Mansion to continue to deal with various official documents from all over Shaanxi and Gansu.

But the prison Li Ru'an did not leave, but found a reason to follow Zhao Junchen to the study.

After entering the study, Zhao Junchen sat behind the desk, raised his eyes to Li Ru'an and asked, "When I was in the lobby just now, I saw that your expression was slightly wrong, as if you had some ideas, say it...... What the hell is going on. ”

Li Ru'an hesitated for a moment and asked, "Lord Zhao, you just said to He Zhang that after this year's fire screening is over, the new army of soldiers will be handed over to the imperial court and His Majesty to dispose of and decide, is this what you really think?" ”

Zhao Junchen couldn't help but smile and said, "It turned out to be this thing...... That's certainly what I really think! The matter of my formation of a new army of soldiers is too big, and it is absolutely impossible to hide it from the eyes of the court and Your Majesty, and the literati of my dynasty cannot be in charge of the army, and our Majesty is notoriously suspicious, and after this year's fire is over, the new army of soldiers is a hot potato for me, which will only attract suspicion from all parties, of course, it must be returned to the court and Your Majesty for decision! Otherwise, I might have to go to Dongchang Prison when I live! ”

Li Ruan was a little unwilling.

He and Zhao Junchen are grasshoppers on a rope, and they also know very well that Zhao Junchen can only reverse the fate of being unloaded and killed in the future by controlling a certain amount of military power.

Therefore, Li Ruan couldn't help but say: "Lord Zhao, you finally meddled in the military power, how can you give it up at will?" Once the new army is formed, it will inevitably be one of the strongest armies in the imperial court, and with this strong army in hand, Your Majesty will not dare to unload the mill and kill the donkey at will in the future, which is a great opportunity for you to turn the situation around! ”

Zhao Junchen smiled again and said: "Opportunity is certainly an opportunity, but it's just a crisis!" But if you hold on to the new army of soldiers and don't let go, the danger is far greater than the opportunity! You were originally a scholar, and then you were in the inner court, but you don't understand the exquisiteness of officialdom! Above the officialdom, any decree still depends on the implementation after all! If a decree is carried out with a little manipulation, the effect is the opposite! After the war is over this year, although I will hand over the decision of the new army to the imperial court, it does not mean that I will hand over the control of the new army to the imperial court! ”

Seeing that Li Ru'an was still puzzled, Zhao Junchen said: "Let's put it this way, if the imperial court wants to hand over the new army of soldiers to others, then I only need to put this person in the air, and the new army of soldiers will still be in my pocket!" If the imperial court wants to break up the new army of soldiers, it just gives me the opportunity to infiltrate the military power in various places! If the imperial court transfers the new army of soldiers to other places, it will give me an opportunity to infiltrate the military power outside Shaanxi and Gansu! If the imperial court deliberately suppressed the new army of soldiers, it would make the new army of soldiers and I have the same hatred...... The point is not how the imperial court will deal with this new army of soldiers in the future, but how strong my control over the new army of soldiers is! And all this depends on my means during this time! ”

"I see!"

After hearing Zhao Junchen's explanation, Li Ru'an's face was suddenly surprised.

Zhao Junchen shook his head and said, "But these are all things in the future!" Today, at noon, we are still dealing with this year's fire screening, and if we want to deal with this year's fire screening, we must completely control the situation in Shaanxi and Gansu, and the formation of a new army is the top priority! I'll leave the internal and external intelligence matters to you, and you must not let me down. ”

Li Ru'an nodded, suddenly remembered something, and said, "Speaking of which, I just have something to report to Lord Zhao!" ”

"What's the matter?" Zhao Junchen asked.

"Regarding the matter of Lord Zhao's transfer of military attachés and private soldiers from all over the country to form a new army of soldiers, the situation in Gansu Military Town is not clear, and there are still some debates in Guyuan Military Town, but Zhou Ken, the general of the middle road of Ningxia Military Town, and Ma Laifu, the garrison officer under his command, and others, as well as the three garrison officers of the South Road of Yulin Military Town, have made it clear that they will not hand over their private soldiers to the Huamachi Battalion, and they refuse to accept Lord Zhao's orders, and they have no scruples about the attitude of the two town guards in Ningxia and Yulin, and their position is quite tough!" Li Ruan frowned and reported slowly.

"Oh? Is there really anyone who wants to fight me to the end? After hearing Li Ru'an's explanation, Zhao Junchen's smile was full of coldness: "It seems that they are used to supporting the army and respecting themselves in the past, and think that I really can't do anything about them...... In this case, it just gave me a chance to make an example of the monkey! ”

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At the same time that Zhao Junchen and Li Ru'an were talking secretly, He Zhang also led Liu Manniu, Zhang Cheng, and Li Pi to the drill ground of Huamachi Camp.

There are three drill grounds in the Huamachi camp, and the largest drill ground is naturally occupied by the new army of soldiers, and the camp of the new army of soldiers is also set up around the training ground.

At this time, the officers and men of the new army were practicing on the drill ground, and thousands of soldiers were playing knives and guns together, shouting loudly, which could be regarded as a lively and extraordinary.

However, after seeing the situation on the training ground, He Zhang frowned tightly and asked, "Is this ...... Is it the new army of soldiers? ”

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Well, the second update!

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