After determining the responsibility system for the four theater zones, Zhu Youzhen ordered the meeting to be ended. The next step was to convene a meeting between all the subordinate officials of the wartime base camp and the local generals, officials and gentry of Jizhou and the emperor.

Previously, the wartime base camp in Jizhou could only be called the base camp, and the highest official of the base camp was the chief of the general staff who replaced Chongzhen to the front line, that is, the chief of staff of the base camp.

Under the chief of staff, there is a headquarters headquarters of the base camp, and under the headquarters of the general staff, there are headquarters headquarters, logistics department, equipment department, and military justice department. Mao Yuanyi was the head of the staff headquarters of the base camp, and was in charge of the preparation of the wartime base camp before Sun Chengzong arrived in Jizhou.

Now Chongzhen himself arrived in Jizhou City, and the wartime base camp was upgraded to the supreme command of the Ming army, Sun Chengzong still served as the chief of staff of the base camp, but he lost the arbitrary power granted by the emperor before, and retreated to the identity of the emperor's assistant.

The General Staff Headquarters, which was originally directly responsible to Sun Chengzong, has now officially been transferred to be responsible to the emperor. At the meeting, Mao Yuanyi introduced to Chongzhen one by one what positions these summoned officials now hold in the base camp and what tasks they are responsible for.

After Mao Yuanyi's introduction, Zhu Youzhen realized that although the local gentry in Jizhou were indispensable members of the base camp, they had never had a formal identity and had always participated in certain meetings in a vague identity.

Although the local government is subordinate to the base camp, there is no direct counterpart to the higher department, and any base camp official can give orders to the local officials, and this heavy task makes the local officials quite complain.

In contrast, the local Yingzhou Guard and Jizhou Guard officers and soldiers, because they are directly under the control of the headquarters, do not have too many mothers-in-law orders, but their lives are easier.

After receiving all the participants, Chongzhen, who returned to the main seat, issued the second order after arriving in Jizhou: "The Military Judge Advocate Office is still changed to the Political Department, in addition to managing the military discipline of the army, arresting spies and maintaining social order in the city, the resettlement of refugees, the encouragement of the military and the people to be soldiers, as well as the civil affairs of Jizhou City during the war, are all under the responsibility of the Political Department.

Cui Benbing managed the Political Department as the deputy commander, Chen Weiguo and the local county commander as your deputy, and the representatives of the Jizhou gentry, the local county commander, and the county lieutenant were all members of the political department. All those who have no official status among the deputies are awarded the civil and prose officials to facilitate their work. ”

This order of the emperor immediately made the gentry representatives present happy. If it weren't for the threat of the Houjin soldiers, these gentry would have wanted to celebrate.

Since the news of the Houjin army breaking through the detour and invading the Zunhua area came, these gentry have not slept steadily. In order to protect their lives and property, they had to come up with a large sum of money and food, which was used to recruit militia groups and build fortifications in Jizhou City.

Spending such a large amount of money, not only did they not get any gain, but they may not be able to really save their own family life, which has long made them disgusted with this war. Now that the emperor has just arrived in Jizhou, he has the idea of recruiting the militia they recruited, which really made many gentry representatives a little unconvinced.

But now that they heard that the emperor was going to grant them an official position, their resentment suddenly disappeared. The representatives of these gentry were able to appear here because they were the most landable or famous country families in the region, and many of them did not have any official status.

Now I can get an official body for myself to go back, although it is not a real shortage of officials, but even if the previous work of supporting and paying food was not done in vain, the money and food used for the labor army were not thrown into the water in vain.

After appeasing these Jizhou gentry, Zhu Youzhen focused on the supply of logistics materials, field communication transmission, field hospitals, and arrangements for wartime health and epidemic prevention work.

After Zhu Youzhen questioned the relevant officials for a long time, he suddenly asked with some displeasure: "Why is there no special person responsible for the operation and scheduling of the two railway lines from Beijing to Jizhou and Hexi to Jizhou?"

Previously, when I was in the capital, I had requested that the equipment of the two artillery regiments be transported first, but today only 4 artillery pieces have been transported, how did the logistics department arrange and dispatch the railway transportation? ”

Zheng Sijun, a staff officer in charge of the logistics department of the base camp, cautiously defended himself: "Back to Your Majesty, the railway from the capital to Jizhou is not fully connected, and it needs to be transferred halfway across the river.

These quartermasters crossed the river in the order of first easy and then difficult, and the artillery of the artillery regiment was more difficult to carry across the river, so it was lagged behind in the middle of the way. After the minister's meeting, he ordered someone to supervise the matter, and he would definitely transport the equipment of the artillery regiment to Jizhou as soon as possible.

As for the dispatch of railway transportation, it is true that there is a special person in charge, but this person is only a small official, so he was not called to participate in the meeting, and should still be in the station outside the city at this time. ”

Zhu Youzhen immediately replied: "Then you go and call him immediately, if the base camp can't grasp the utilization of these two railways, how can you formulate the next battle plan?"

If the railway cannot be used, it is necessary to add more military stations along the official road to maintain the material needs of the military and civilians in Jizhou by increasing the efficiency of land transportation. But this will increase our material loss rate by more than 30%, which is not a small amount. ”

Zheng Sijun agreed, and then hurriedly ran out of the West Side Hall, and hurriedly found a horse to find someone. After sending Zheng Sijun to find someone, Zhu Youzhen got up and said to everyone: "That's the end of today's meeting with you, please hand over a work plan as soon as possible according to the requirements of the meeting, and report the list of personnel and materials required by each department, I hope to be able to see the plan of each department before 10 o'clock tomorrow morning."

The staff officers of the General Staff Headquarters sorted out a list of Jizhou's military strength that can be used for mobile operations, and a fire reconnaissance plan for the next direction of Zunhua..."

Zhu Youzhen naturally transformed the work of the Command Department into the organizational work of the project department that he was most familiar with. Before going to the battlefield again, he felt that he should first understand how much money he had and who should be responsible for what happened.

In addition to being the chief of staff of the staff headquarters, Mao Yuanyi also led the work of a base camp management office. As a person with several combat experiences and a wartime base camp formation experience, after this meeting, he felt as if he had become a novice on the battlefield again.

The last time he followed Sun Chengzong to Datong to set up a wartime base camp, although the appearance of this newly named institution gave Sun Chengzong and the General Staff great power in wartime. But when it comes to doing things, he still grabs his beard and eyebrows, and there is no strict authority and responsibility between the staff headquarters, the headquarters, and the logistics department.

There are staff officers of the General Staff Headquarters who perform the duties of the Headquarters and Logistics Department on behalf of the Headquarters, or there are staff officers who go beyond the General Staff Headquarters to act arbitrarily. And Sun Chengzong did not interfere much in this, so the entire wartime base camp was more like Sun Chengzong's staff group.

Officials who were trusted by Sun Chengzong had almost unlimited power, such as Yuan Chonghuan at that time, who basically dictated the entire battle plan against the Chahar Department.

Although Mao Yuanyi entered the military with literature and personally led the troops, he was too humble in his actions and lacked the exclusive monopoly of power as the commander of the army. Therefore, when he was Sun Chengzong's staff, he was still able to make achievements. Once he was put in charge, he was a little hesitant.

This is also why, although Mao Yuanyi holds the supreme power of the wartime base camp in Jizhou, he always feels that he is in trouble everywhere, and some measures are always difficult to implement. And Cui Chengxiu and Jiang Dejing also regarded him as the steward of the wartime base camp, rather than the holder of the highest power in the Jizhou base camp.

However, at today's meeting, Chongzhen only clearly divided the powers and responsibilities of these departments and asked the heads of each department to draw up a work plan, and he had successfully distributed many matters that made him feel embarrassed to various departments to solve.

This feeling of being organized suddenly made Mao Yuanyi realize that the General Staff Headquarters was only the one who proposed and supervised the plan, not the one who implemented it. As the head of the General Staff Headquarters, he does not need to be responsible for solving problems, but has to establish a group of subordinate departments to solve problems.

The establishment of these departments has minimized the requirements of the General Staff Headquarters for the personal competence of the staff. Breaking down the affairs that can only be done by an outstanding genius into a few or dozens of mediocre people is the meaning of the existence of the General Staff Headquarters.

After the meeting, Zhu Youzhen had a separate exchange with Cui Chengxiu and Jiang Dejing. Under his mediation, Cui Chengxiu and Jiang Dejing both showed a willingness to put aside their prejudices and cooperate closely in the war.

Zhu Youzhen knew that the two were just acting in front of him, but they were able to maintain reconciliation on the surface, which was enough to satisfy him. After all, because of the many affairs of the Zhouhe Reservoir and the Tangshan Iron and Steel Plant, the two of them attacked each other in front of him, and there were at least dozens of letters.

After the two assured each other, Chongzhen ended the meeting and personally sent the two out of the West Courtyard. At this time, Zheng Sijun, who was looking for someone, also rushed back to the West Courtyard with a middle-aged man with a dark complexion.

After a little understanding, Chongzhen knew that this middle-aged man named Zhang Jincai was originally a clerk of the Ministry of Industry, and because of his outstanding achievements in the construction of the railway, he was sent to preside over the person in charge of the Beijing-Jizhou-Zunhua Railway and the Jizhou-Hexi Railway.

The Beijing-Jizhou-Zunhua railway is now only built to Jizhou, and there are still two railway bridges that have not been built; The railway from Jizhou to Hexiwu section, because of the borrowing of two existing stone arch bridges, only one railway bridge and the last 30 miles of railway have not been laid.

After hearing the emperor's inquiry, Zhang Jincai immediately replied: "In the Beijing-Jizhou section, 10 trains a day is already the limit. One train is 4 carriages and can carry 120 tons of goods or people. Under special circumstances, it can be opened to traffic at night, but the loss of horses will be great.

The Jizhou to Hexi section departs up to 8 times a day, and as for the remaining 30 miles of railway, the minister can guarantee that it will be laid within 4 days. ”

Zhu Youzhen stared at the sand table on the long table, and suddenly asked Zhang Jincai, "How far is Jizhou to Mashen Bridge?" ”

"About 40 miles away."

"If a railway is built from Jizhou, are there any of these materials in Jizhou City?"

"It's probably enough to build the Mashen Bridge, and then I'm afraid I'll have to transfer the railroad tracks from Tangshan."

Zhu Youzhen looked at him and nodded, and then said to Zheng Sijun on the side: "Let him be your deputy, and he will be in charge of the affairs of railway transportation scheduling."

In addition, the Tangshan Iron and Steel Plant was notified to transport a batch of steel rails over. If it is confirmed that Zunhua has not yet fallen, then the railway between Jizhou and Shimen should be built in the shortest possible time..."