The Ministry of War, the official office of Shangshu.

"Shaoyu, the Eastern Affairs mentioned a little earlier can be put aside for the time being." Chen Xinjia sat in the official room of the Ministry of War, beckoning a person to sit down in front of the desk, and said with a smile.

Affectionately called Shao Yu is a man with a thin figure and capable behavior. This man's name is Ma Shaoyu, and he is a member of the Ministry of War. In later generations, he will be a cadre at the division level or department level of the Ministry of National Defense.

Hearing that the matter of the boss could be put down temporarily, Ma Shaoyu was also suddenly much more relaxed. No one in the court knew about this matter except Chen Xinjia.

That was the matter of peace talks with Jiannu.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there has been no harmony, no compensation, no land cession, no tribute, and it has been very tough in foreign relations. Therefore, peace talks are a topic that is bound to provoke a lot of criticism at all times.

Now that Ma Shaoyu knows that this matter can be put down, where is there any reason not to be happy. What's more, it is still necessary to stay away from Jingshi and go to Liaodong to face the hideous and terrifying Jiannu.

"The lower officials know the stakes, and the affairs of the Beijing camp should be the first priority." Ma Shaoyu said gently.

Chen Xinjia slowly bowed his head and said with a smile: "No matter how the household department comes down, you can get 300,000 taels of silver in ten days." In addition, Taifu Temple can raise 100,000 silver, and the matter of Beijing can finally make a little eyebrows. Coupled with the more than 200,000 taels allocated in the previous year, the matter of Jingying must also be made in my hands! ”

When people in later generations look at the end of the world, they always feel that their predecessors are mediocre and incompetent, burying the great mountains and rivers of the Ming Dynasty.

The last days of the Ming Dynasty were indeed full of mediocre people in the court, but it was not only ignorant but also blasphemy to ignore those who had the courage to do things for the sake of morality in their hearts and for the integrity of their hearts, and who overcame obstacles to serve the country for the king.

In the first year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen enabled Li Banghua to be the governor of the right squire of the Ministry of Industry. It seems that the assistant is only the deputy position of Jingying, but in fact, the governor of Jingying is the Xiangcheng Bo Li Shouji, which is a military position. Li Banghua, who served as the assistant of the right attendant of the military department, was actually in charge of the affairs of the Beijing camp.

It was precisely under Li Banghua's rectification that the original malpractices of the Beijing camp, such as occupation of labor, hypocrisy, selling idleness, and packing exercises, were suddenly rectified. In the camp, those who cheated and cheated, and those who violated military discipline were punished one after another. For a time, the old and weak of the reorganized Beijing camp were eliminated, the young and strong were reorganized, and the Beijing camp really had usable soldiers.

At that time, the party and government were at the beginning, and the military attache of the governor's Beijing camp, Xiangcheng Bo Li Shoujian, because of Li Banghua's rectification, not only was the silver for eating the blood of the soldiers gone, but the governor of the Beijing camp also lost face, so he followed the bad halberd. In the end, under the impeachment of the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the official of Kedaoyan, Li Banghua lost his official position and had to return to his hometown.

Since then, the Beijing camp, which had just been rectified and improved, fell into decline again, and the successors regarded Li Banghua as a lesson from the past, and one by one they were conservative and tolerated adultery. Jingying is getting worse and worse day by day.

Later, when Chongzhen was four years old, Emperor Chongzhen did not believe in Wenchen, and felt that these people did not do personnel one by one, so he sent eunuchs to let the eunuch Zhang Yixian pay money and grain to the prime minister and the second ministry of work, and Tang Wenzheng supervised the Beijing camp to preside over the affairs of the Beijing camp. Up to now, the governor Jingying Rongzheng is Li Guozhen, the son of Li Shouqi, and the governor Jingying is the eunuch Wang Chengen.

With such a combination, it is not easy for the Beijing battalion to draw out a group of soldiers and horses to fight in Hubei, and it is reasonable to stay in Beijing.

Now it has been fifteen years since Chongzhen, Songshan was defeated, Jingying regained the attention of the emperor, and with the silver of the household, Chen Xinjia thought about this, so he naturally wanted to do something about it, and he couldn't bear to continue to let Jingying fall.

is not as good as others who are the elite people who have been selected by the Wenxuan Sect, Chen Xinjia is born as a lifter, and he is not famous for his meritorious service. To be able to be promoted by the emperor in the end of the micro, is to value it more than practice, both some talent and courage, is out of the side of the capable, this is repeatedly promoted, from the position of Dingzhou county step by step in the border pass, and finally promoted to the military department of Shangshu that no one dares to serve.

If it were someone else, he would only be afraid of the intertwined interests of Jingying, but Chen Xinjia at this moment couldn't care about it. In the face of the defeat of Songshan, internal and external troubles, and the critical juncture when his position was also crumbling, Chen Xinjia had to make up for his mistakes desperately, so that Yu Chongzhen could explain.

As Chen Xinjia's confidant, Ma Shaoyu also understands the affairs of his boss, and these days he naturally has a thorough understanding of the Beijing camp, which is the focus of the next work of the military department.

"The Beijing camp is divided into three battalions. The Shenji Battalion is stationed in Jizhongfang, and the Shenshu Battalion is stationed in Baizhongfang. Both of them are empty, and they are so rotten that they can barely save face. The Beijing camp is the most important is the five military camps. In the five military camps, the Chinese army was headed south by Adjutant General Sun Yingyuan and held each other in Huguang. Now those who stay in the capital are in the north of the city, among which the left and right are stationed at Desheng Gate, the left post is stationed at Anding Gate, and the right post is stationed in Jiaozhongfang. Among the three major battalions, the most weak is the right post of the five military battalions stationed in the Wudewei camp of Jiaozhongfang, whose unit was originally a little strong and has some combat power, but it has already been transferred by Sun Yingyuan for most of it, and sent back a wounded soldier, and now the old, weak, sick and disabled can be described as complete. Speaking of this, Ma Shaoyu couldn't help but shake his head: "Therefore, the lower officials preliminarily selected the right post of the fifth military camp and eliminated the old and weak as the first priority." ”

After hearing this, Chen Xinjia nodded undeniably: "The military register, the feelings of the officers and soldiers must be clear in their hearts one by one, and they can't act passively." This time, the household department is rare and generous, and the matter of layoffs is as careful as possible for subordinates. After a short break in the rectification and elimination of the right post of the fifth army camp, we can use this as a basis to transfer elite troops for retraining and use the strength of the whole army to become a combatable army. ”

Ma Shaoyu shook his head when he heard this, and kept up with Chen Xinjia's train of thought.

The household department generously gave the silver, and when the old and weak were eliminated, they naturally tried their best to let the silver go to the soldiers. Otherwise, if there is chaos, the rectification of the household department will also be distracted and suppressed, which will not only discredit the reputation but also waste energy.

As for taking the right post of the five military camps, it is also being sorted out. Although the salary of 500,000 troops looks like a lot, in order to train into a combatable army, in fact, there are only about 10,000 people available, and excluding non-combat soldiers such as auxiliaries, there is only one right outpost that can finally go into battle.

Instead of letting the combatable soldiers be scattered into the three battalions on the left and right sides, it is natural to concentrate on the right outposts to train the combatable soldiers, which can better eliminate the elbow and exert combat power.

"Xiaguan understands." Ma Shaoyu bowed solemnly.