Yang Sichang and Xu Eryi did not express their position for the time being, but they did not get angry, but chose to remain silent.

Su Tiancheng seized the opportunity to talk privately with Yang Sichang, mainly saying one thing, that is, Zhang Pu continued to serve as the governor of Shandong, Su Tiancheng was ready to start in Jinan Mansion, Yanzhou Mansion and Dongchang Mansion to which Shandong belonged, and carried out large-scale transformation of these three places, adopting the same management model as Dengzhou and other places, and making large-scale adjustments to the officials of Fuzhou and counties appointed by the imperial court, and selecting officials from Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou to go to these places, so that the entire Shandong province, all under his own command.

To do this, Zhang Pu must serve as the governor of Shandong, so as to ensure the smooth running of many things, and also to ensure that Su Tiancheng and the imperial court will not conflict for the time being, and can temporarily maintain a situation of peaceful coexistence.

The reason why Su Tiancheng asked Yang Sichang to help was that he felt that Yang Sichang could do a good job in this matter, there was no special relationship between Yang Sichang and Zhou Yanru, and it was unlikely that he would accept Yang Sichang's suggestion, but the time for Zhou Yanru to become the first assistant of the cabinet again was also very critical, and the court was facing more problems, I believe that Zhou Yanru achieved the expected goal after squeezing out Yang Sichang, and he was not willing to immediately conflict with Su Tiancheng, so he must have suggested that the emperor and the court should slowly try to maintain the stability on the surface. No cabinet chief assistant is willing to sit on top of the oil pot by himself.

It is precisely because of this reason that Su Tiancheng is sure that Yang Sichang persuaded Zhou Yanru that Shandong maintains the current status quo, as for Henan Province and Shaanxi Province. Then there is no way to guarantee it, large-scale adjustments are certain.

Yang Sichang definitely has such an ability, and he has also served as the first assistant of the cabinet, what Zhou Yanru thinks in his heart, Yang Sichang must know something, empathy, Yang Sichang knows how to persuade Zhou Yanru. Besides, judging from Yang Sichang's performance, Su Tiancheng is also sure that Yang Sichang and Xu Eryi are still in the process of thinking. They all thought that Da Ming would be able to stabilize for the time being.

To Su Tiancheng's delight. Yang Sichang agreed to Su Tiancheng's request and immediately began to write letters to Zhou Yanru, and then Jin Tatar rushed to the capital, and the negotiation was imminent. Once negotiations began. The emperor is about to start adjusting the officials. This matter cannot be delayed.

Just after dealing with the affairs of Yang Sichang, Xu Eryi and others, he arranged for Lu Shanji to enter the Jiangning camp and assist Hong Chengchou in doing things. Qu Qingze returned to Dengzhou, and there were 30,000 troops who came to Dengzhou with Qu Qingze.

How to settle the 30,000 troops, Su Tiancheng has been carefully considered, Dengzhou, Laizhou, Qingzhou, Fuzhou and Gaizhou and other places, the total number of Jiangning battalion soldiers stationed in Dengzhou, Laizhou, Qingzhou, Fuzhou and Gaizhou and other places, the total number of soldiers stationed in the Jiangning battalion has reached 110,000, plus the 10,000 Jiangning battalion soldiers stationed on Taiwan Island, the total strength of Su Tiancheng's direct control has reached 120,000, this is an army that makes anyone fear, and it is Su Tiancheng's main strength, if the 30,000 troops led by Zhang Fengyi all enter the Jiangning battalion, then the total strength of the Jiangning battalion will reach 150,000 people. This is also the upper limit that Su Tiancheng considered, and the number of troops cannot be more.

To feed such a huge army, the pressure is very great, the annual salary expenditure for soldiers is close to eight million taels of silver, and the military salary is absolutely guaranteed, especially in today's situation, but Su Tiancheng also understands that the number of troops is not decisive, and the personal quality of soldiers is the first.

However, Su Tiancheng is not ready to ask all 30,000 people to join the Jiangning battalion, although the overall quality of the 30,000 army led by Zhang Fengyi is not bad, but compared with the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion, there is still a big gap, so that all 30,000 people will be integrated into the Jiangning battalion, it will take a while. His specific consideration is that among the 30,000 people, a certain amount of elimination will be carried out to ensure that 20,000 of them enter the Jiangning camp, and the remaining 10,000 people will be sent to the Yamen of Fuzhou County.

Henan Prefecture, Yanzhou Prefecture and Dongchang Mansion are about to undergo large-scale changes, and all those officials in the government in the past can retain a limited number of people, Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou, it is necessary to send a certain number of officials, as for the sergeants of the inspection department, there are more people needed, and the eliminated sergeants can enter the inspection department after training.

Once Henan Mansion, Yanzhou Mansion and Dongchang Mansion are all included in the command, Su Tiancheng is also ready to carry out reforms in terms of finance and taxation, and the current mechanism is not conducive to mobilizing the enthusiasm of officials at all levels, everyone's income is about the same, there is not much difference, because the place under its jurisdiction is not large, it is okay to maintain it like this for the time being, but after a long time, it will definitely not work.

In fact, the method of fiscal and taxation reform is not complicated, and the implementation of the tax-sharing system, the prefecture and county yamen have the income, and the superintendent's government will distribute the income again after taking a cut of the income, which will inevitably lead to different incomes in various places, prompting the officials of the prefecture and county to try their best to do things and develop the local economy, because this involves their own income.

Qu Qingze took Wu Sangui into the wing.

is about to see Su Tiancheng, Wu Sangui is still very worried, the relationship between him and Su Tiancheng has been a long time, but there is no spark between the two, although he successfully encouraged 30,000 troops to join the Jiangning battalion, but how will Su Tiancheng look at this matter, how will he say that Wu Sangui has no bottom in his heart.

After Su Tiancheng entered the wing, Wu Sangui immediately stood up and saluted Su Tiancheng.

"Subordinates, see your lordship."

Su Tiancheng nodded at Wu Sangui and did not speak.

Wu Sangui's heart was even more bottomless, and he didn't know what would happen next, but fortunately, Qu Qingze began to report all the things that happened in Xuanzhou, and told all the facts truthfully.

Su Tiancheng listened very carefully, and after Qu Qingze finished speaking, a smile appeared on Su Tiancheng's face.

"Wu Sangui, you did a very good job this time, I left Dengzhou and went to Xuanzhou a few times, I originally had such thoughts, it seems that I thought too much."

A smile squeezed out of Wu Sangui's face, of course he knew that Su Tiancheng was talking the opposite, how could Su Tiancheng not know such a thing, it was nothing more than taking advantage of this time to remind himself that he must pay attention in the future.

"Lord Zhang went to the capital to report the situation, it seems that he will not return to Xuanzhou for a while, many sergeants unanimously asked to join the Jiangning battalion, I think this is also okay, in the future, I will explain more to the imperial court, anyway, it is my Ming army, it doesn't matter."

Su Tiancheng's words decided the fate of the vast majority of the 30,000 sergeants.

"I take care of the officers above the garrison, all go to the military camp in Penglai City, and concentrate on training for a period of time, as for the hundred households, you can pay attention to their words and deeds at any time, the following sergeants, need to be eliminated, those who are over fifty years old, or less than fourteen years old, will not enter the Jiangning camp, and will be placed in other places, and at the same time, the body of the sergeant will also be moderately examined. There is a time limit, and it must be done within a month. ”

Wu Sangui's face finally showed a smile, he would not underestimate this task, this is Su Tiancheng's test for him, whether he can let many sergeants really belong to the Jiangning battalion, he still needs to make efforts, once this matter is done, the later arrangements will definitely not be bad, as for which level of the Jiangning battalion can become the commander, that is a matter later.

After Wu Sangui left the wing, Su Tiancheng quickly spoke.

"Lao Qu, these 30,000 sergeants, you have been in contact with them, how do you feel?"

"Attention to the lower officer, the basic quality of these sergeants is still good, and they all want to join the Jiangning battalion, but they generally have an appeal, that is, they want to be able to bring their families to their side, at least to Shandong."

Su Tiancheng nodded, it seems that Wu Sangui has publicized this matter, the entire Ming army, only the Jiangning battalion can let the family members basically follow the army, at least not far apart, now the families of the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion are basically placed in Dengzhou, Laizhou, Qingzhou and Taiwan Island, etc., the family members in Jiangning County, Henan Mansion and Shaanxi, including the family members in Jingbian and other places, all came to Dengzhou and other places, these sergeants can enter the Jiangning camp and let their families come, it is also understandable, Su Tiancheng is about to start a large-scale renovation of Jinan Mansion, Yanzhou Mansion and Dongchang Mansion, so many places, there is no big problem in relocating family members.

"This requirement can be considered, but 30,000 sergeants, all of them have entered the Jiangning camp, which is obviously inappropriate, those unqualified sergeants are resolutely unwanted, the old, weak, sick and disabled are arranged to do things in the inspection department of Fuzhou County, I think that more than 20,000 people can enter the Jiangning camp, even if it is very good."

"My lord, the lower officials think about it the same way."

Dengzhou, Laizhou, Qingzhou and other places, including the whole of Shandong in the future, I think the garrison should not exceed 30,000 people, the more garrisons, the greater the impact on the locality, they cannot be separated from the locality, Fuzhou and Gaizhou and other places, to be appropriately stationed more troops, I think Gaizhou is stationed in 30,000 troops, Fuzhou and Lushun are stationed in 40,000 troops, and Taiwan Island is stationed in 10,000 troops. However, we still have to strengthen our vigilance, if the number of sergeants recruited this time exceeds 20,000, the total number of soldiers in the Jiangning battalion will reach 140,000, and what will happen to the remaining 30,000 troops, go to Quanzhou. ”

Qu Qingze's eyes began to glow, and Su Tiancheng sent 30,000 troops into Quanzhou in one go, what this meant, it was very clear. (To be continued......)