After Lu Xiangsheng arrived in Liaodong, the mission was still very heavy, when he was in the capital, the emperor had already said that after the conquest of the Golden Tartars, I am afraid that it would be temporarily delayed, and it would be difficult for the household to come up with enough gold, silver and jewelry, if it was to be forcibly conquered, it would inevitably damage the interests of the people, so Lu Xiangsheng rushed to Liaodong, and his main responsibility was to reorganize the border army in Liaodong.

More than 200,000 Liaodong border army, the team is too large, the imperial court can not feed at all, according to the Jiangning battalion to feed the Liaodong border army, the imperial court can not bear it, the emperor and the imperial court, more than 200,000 Liaodong border army, retain one-fifth, that is, no more than 50,000 border army, after the integration of the Liaodong border army, directly into the Jiangning battalion. At the same time, the Jiangning battalion dispatched 50,000 soldiers to be stationed in Liaodong together, and the final result was that 100,000 Jiangning battalion soldiers were stationed in Liaodong.

Of course, Lu Xiangsheng also stayed in Liaodong, with the title of secretary and governor of the military department, and concurrently served as the governor of Liaodong, directly commanding the 100,000 troops in Liaodong, and the daily affairs of the military department were temporarily managed by Yang Sichang.

When Lu Xiangsheng arrived in Liaodong and entered Ningyuan City, Zu Dashou and Zu Dale led the officers above the guerrilla general level of the Liaodong Border Army to wait at the gate of Ningyuan City.

Liu Jingting returned to the capital, and Yan Yingyuan remained in Liaodong, and he would do things in the Yamen of Liao, the governor of Liao, and become the first court official to assist Lu Xiangsheng.

Lu Xiangsheng was surrounded by everyone and entered the governor's yamen.

Zu Dashou and Zu Dale and others retained their original positions, and the holy decree had already arrived in Liaodong, the only change was that Shi Kefa, the former governor of Liaodong, did not appoint any positions for the time being, and waited for Lu Xiangsheng to come to Liaodong and go directly to the capital.

The integration of the Liaodong border army is a major matter that must be treated cautiously, and this has a bearing on the stability of Liaodong.

The original army of more than 200,000 people. Only 50,000 people are retained, this is not an ordinary retrenchment, and the imperial court has abolished the military household system, and these retrenched sergeants always need to have a place to settle well, if this problem is not handled well. It led to changes in Liaodong, and even the situation that the border army in Liaodong surrendered to Houjin Tartar, which is difficult to say.

Fortunately, before Lu Xiangsheng came to Liaodong, he had already thought of a way to adopt the form of overall relocation and settlement, and all the cultivated land around the capital and the government were recovered, because of the ravaging of the Black Death, there was a lot of ownerless land. In addition, the cultivated land purchased from the rich gentry is enough to house many people, in fact, after the abolition of the military household system, there are also many sergeants who want to be able to farm with peace of mind, after all, in the army, they are always facing danger, and if they don't do well, they can't save their lives.

Dismantling the border army. It needs to be supported by Zu Dashou and Zu Dale and others, otherwise it will not be properly arranged. Ensure that the retrenchment task can be completed smoothly.

The 50,000 border troops who followed Lu Xiangsheng to Liaodong, after entering the Guannei, were stationed in Dalinghecheng, Jinzhou, Guangning, and Shanhaiguan in batches, of which only 5,000 were stationed in Jinzhou and Guangning, 20,000 were stationed in Dalinghe City, and 25,000 were stationed in Shanhaiguan. Basically took over the defense of Liaodong.

After taking office, Lu Xiangsheng discussed the relevant situation with Yan Yingyuan, Yan Yingyuan was more familiar with the situation in Liaodong, mainly because he had been with Zu Dashou, Zu Dale and others for a long time, and knew the inner thoughts of the main generals in Liaodong.

Yan Yingyuan said straight to the point. Zu Dashou, Zu Dale and others, their greatest wish is to be able to directly enter the Jiangning camp and become a member of the Jiangning battalion, as for what kind of official position they hold, the two also indirectly expressed that they hope to become one of the commanders of the Jiangning battalion.

It is not a simple thing to be able to become the commander of the Jiangning battalion, so many years have passed, the Jiangning battalion has always been very strict in the matter of appointing senior officers, even within the Jiangning battalion, it is very difficult to be promoted to the commander of the guard, Wu Sangui, who was majestic in Liaodong at the beginning, also went through some twists and turns after entering the Jiangning battalion before becoming one of the commanders of the guard.

The imperial court has already begun to decide to carry out a thorough change in the ranks of the Jiangning battalion, after all, the previous guard commanders, thousands of households, hundred households, general banners and small banners and other officer positions were all produced in accordance with the previous military household system, the imperial court has abolished the military household system, and it is not very suitable to continue to use these officer positions, Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng have put forward such views, and the emperor also fully agreed.

There are also problems in the army, such as rank, scattered officials and real shortages, because of the Ming Dynasty, the identity of the officers is low, and there is no comparison with the civilian officials, but the Jin Dynasty is different, there is no essential difference between military attaches and civilian officials, Hong Chengchou, the supreme commander of the Jiangning battalion, directly entered the imperial court and became a member of the prime ministers, from this aspect, the status of the army will change significantly.

The emperor was not very satisfied with the set of plans put forward by the Ministry of War, and according to the emperor's intentions, the rank and the actual lack could not be completely separated, and what kind of rank and rank should be borne by what kind of responsibility, and it could not be said that he enjoyed the treatment of a general, but he did not have to worry about anything, and even in the army, there was no actual position, and such a situation would certainly not appear, including among civilian officials, and such rules would have to be slowly abolished in the future.

After learning about the situation from Yan Yingyuan, Lu Xiangsheng was much more relieved, according to the meaning of the Ministry of War, he originally asked Zu Dashou and Zu Dale to become the commanders of the Jiangning battalion.

The total number of troops in the Jiangning battalion needs to be maintained at about 300,000 at present, and the imperial court is allowed to exist in the regular army of 300,000 people, and the rest are the local inspection divisions, and the sergeants of the inspection department do not belong to the sequence of the army.

When Zu Dashou and Zu Dale entered the governor's yamen, they were still a little excited, they had faintly heard that when Lord Lu Xiangsheng came to Liaodong, the first task was to integrate the Liaodong border army, and in the future, the title of the Liaodong border army will disappear completely, replaced by the title of Jiangning battalion, since it is called Jiangning battalion, it proves that the Liaodong border army will be incorporated into the Jiangning battalion, this is something that Zu Dashou and Zu Dale have been looking forward to for a long time, and they have dreamed of being able to enter the Jiangning battalion.

After the two saluted, Lu Xiangsheng got straight to the point.

"The main reason for inviting the two of you here is for two things, the first thing is to integrate the border army of Liaodong, and the second thing is related to the future of the two of you."

Zu Dashou and Zu Dale didn't speak, judging from their expressions, both of them were generally a little nervous.

"The Liaodong Border Army will carry out large-scale reduction, and the remaining elite soldiers and strong generals will be directly incorporated into the Jiangning battalion, as for the two, according to the meaning of the imperial court, they will become the guard commanders of the Jiangning battalion."

A smile immediately appeared on Zu Dashou and Zu Dale's faces.

Zu Dashou spoke.

"The minister thanks the emperor for his kindness, and he will definitely assist the lord to do a good job in the reduction of the Liaodong border army."

Lu Xiangsheng looked at the two of them, his expression became a little serious, and some things still had to be said in the front, lest something happen later, and everyone's face would not look good.

"Since he has become the commander of the Jiangning battalion, the official has to tell the truth, the military regulations of the Jiangning battalion are very strict, and there is one of the most critical ones, that is, officers at all levels are not allowed to control the expenses of the army at will, there is a special person in the army to be responsible for this matter, the military salary of the Jiangning battalion is also very high, the court has taken out so much silver, what is needed is a warrior who can defend the country and kill the enemy, from the current situation, Liaodong has become one of the most important regions of my Great Jin court, There will be a lot of fighting here in the future. ”

"The two of you have been in Liaodong for a long time, and I don't know how many times you have fought with the Houjin Tartars, and you have a very deep understanding of the importance of the army's combat effectiveness, so I won't say much about this official."

"The meaning of the imperial court is to retain 50,000 Liaodong border troops, in fact, the backbone of the Liaodong border army is retained, and the sergeants recruited later, unless they are particularly outstanding, will be abolished in principle, and the remaining 50,000 Liaodong border troops will all be incorporated into the Jiangning battalion sequence, so that 100,000 Jiangning battalion soldiers will guard Liaodong, strengthen training, and wait for the will of the imperial court to conquer."

Speaking of this, Lu Xiangsheng looked at Zu Dashou and Zu Dale, and found that the expressions on their faces had not changed.

"The two armies, this time, the focus of this retrenchment task needs to rely on you, is there any difficulty?"

Zu Dashou replied with a fist.

"My lord, my subordinates promise to do their best to assist, in fact, the combat effectiveness of the Liaodong Border Army is far worse than before, and the subordinates also know the reasons for this, especially the sergeants recruited later, they didn't have time to carry out any training at all, and they didn't directly fight with the Houjin Tartars, and they didn't have any actual combat experience, such sergeants, if they were retained, they really went to the battlefield, and they could become a burden, the imperial court decided to keep 50,000 Liaodong Border Army, and the subordinates thought that the judgment was very accurate, the main force of the Liaodong Border Army before, There are so many soldiers left, if they can be so integrated, their subordinates are sure that the Houjin Tartars will never dare to covet Liaodong. ”

Lu Xiangsheng had a smile on his face.

"It's not that simple, this official also wants to remind the two of you that after he destroys the Golden Tartars, this 100,000 army, is also the absolute main force."

Zu Dashou and Zu Dale's eyes lit up at the same time, since the Liaodong border army retained 50,000 people and was incorporated into the Jiangning battalion to guard Liaodong, the two of them were very likely to stay in Liaodong, if they could directly participate in the battle to exterminate the Houjin Tartars, it would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, judging from the current situation, as long as they could take Liaodong, exterminate the Houjin Tartars, and stabilize the situation in Mongolia at the same time, the imperial court basically had no place to use troops. (To be continued......)