On the ninth day of the first month of March, when the Nanjing Military Department cleaned up the official documents that had accumulated and delayed since the beginning of the year, the court officials suddenly found an official document from the border between Fujian and Zhejiang, and this official document was quickly placed on the desk of the Nanjing Military Department. Xie Xuelong, the acting secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, pinched the official document in his hand and frowned, he didn't dare to delay coming to the political hall to discuss with Zheng Sanjun. Today's Nanjing officialdom has undergone the "merger of the yamen and the streamlining of officials", and the pattern is very different from the past.

The Nanjing Political Hall is no longer a decoration, but a model for the cabinet of the Beijing Division, the governor of the Jiangnan provinces, the secretary of the ministries and the chief of the academy sit together, and elect one person as the head of all important ministers. And the head of the current political hall is Zheng Sanjun, the secretary of the household department in Nanjing.

"Elder Ge, look at this official letter."

Since the reform of the system, the important ministers in the political hall have even unconsciously changed their honorific titles, and they all refer to the cabinet in Beijing and call each other the cabinet elder. Although the chief scholars of various ministries and institutes in Nanjing are of high grade, they are retired officials far from the political center, and they are psychologically disappointed and unwilling. The so-called increasing power is also a matter after the situation in the world has deteriorated in recent years, and it is the great satisfaction of this voice that fills their shortcomings.

Zheng Sanjun, who has a growing reputation, has handled large and small affairs in recent years, and he has been praised by several important ministers of the political affairs hall. This is also one of the reasons why Xie Xuelong first thought of discussing with Zheng Sanjun after receiving this official document.

"Oh? If it weren't for Brother Shi Fan's official letter, Shi Xianzhi would have been forgotten by Nanjing. ”

Xie Xuelong's face showed a little embarrassment, "Alas, the government affairs are sparse, Xuelong is ashamed, ashamed!" ”

"Brother Shi Fan, why is he ashamed? If it weren't for Brother Shi Fan's acting Nanjing Military Department, I am afraid that this official letter would still be eaten on the shelf. ”

"What Elder Ge said is extreme, I don't know, I don't know if it's going to be disposed of as usual?"

In fact, what Xie Xuelong said about disposing of it as usual was at the invitation of the official document, and he stammered because he expected that Zheng Sanjun would not agree. Sure enough, "This is all an official document during the New Year, and it will definitely not work to deal with it as usual." ”

"Please also show the elder!"

Xie Xuelong's posture is very low, although his seniority in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty is not lower than that of Zheng Sanjun, but his personality is cautious and cautious, and he has never shown half of his arrogance.

"Now that the war in Jiangnan has ended, Shi Xianzhi's responsibility to supervise the army has also ended, what is he still doing in Fujian and Zhejiang? Wasted military rations. After a pause, Zheng Sanjun said lightly: "Recall Nanjing is!" ”

After pondering for a while, Xie Xuelong hesitated: "Shi Xianzhi was ordered to supervise the army before, but I am afraid, I am afraid that Nanjing will be recalled, which is inconsistent with the etiquette and law." ”

Zheng Sanjun patted his head and made a sudden appearance.

"Brother Shi Fan reminds that it is indeed inappropriate to recall him in the name of Nanjing Political Affairs Hall, but you can change the way, just say, just say that you welcome him triumphantly and return to Nanjing!"

The last three words Zheng Sanjun deliberately accentuated his tone, and his tone was unquestionable.

Xie Xuelong nodded in agreement, but he sighed in his heart, Zheng Sanjun was almost piercing this layer of window paper, I'm afraid that even if Shi Kefa didn't come back, he would be able to notify all parts of the country to cut off Shi Kefa's military rations and force him back.

At the same time, the Three Guards are also facing an unprecedented major choice.

The sea ship sent by Lu Xiangsheng a few days ago brought a lot of information. First, the current emperor Zhu Youzhen seems to have changed his temperament, and he has made great use of Lu Xiangsheng, who was unsightly in the past, not only posthumously crowned his father and ancestors for three generations, but also promoted him to the crown prince Taibao, the secretary of the military department, the governor of Henan, Huguang, Sichuan, and the military affairs of Jiangnan provinces, and was fully responsible for the eradication of the Liukou.

Although the imperial court's disposition of Yang Sichang has not been conclusive, judging from Lu Xiangsheng's appointment, the current emperor has completely abandoned the once powerful old governor.

Mi Yan analyzed the before and after Lu Xiangsheng was reused one by one, and couldn't help but sigh: "Lu Gongbao is deeply important to the emperor, but I don't know whether it is a blessing or a curse. ”

Everyone here also sighed, saying that after Lu Xiangsheng took power, the day of purging the six thieves in the Central Plains was not far away, but there was no smile on everyone's face, but they were rarely solemn.

A light laugh broke the solemn air in the hall, and everyone's eyes turned to the person who was laughing next to him, and it turned out to be Li Da, who had always been extremely low-key.

"Elder Brother Yuan, but I don't know if Lu Gongbao is a blessing or a curse?"

Mi Yan nodded in the confused gaze.

Everyone seemed to be thoughtful, and Cheng Mingjiu, who had just returned to Nanjing from Jiangxi, couldn't help but ask: "Where do you start with this?" Could it be that Elder Brother Yuan thinks that Lu Gongbao's ability is not enough to sweep away the thieves? ”

Mi Yan glanced at Li Da, and Li Da said with understanding: "His Majesty the Emperor today is mean, moody, and has no responsibility. If you want to come to it, the town marquis must have a personal experience. ”

Li Da's words led everyone's attention to Li Xin again.

Li Xin smiled awkwardly, what Li Da said may not be bad, although he was grateful to Zhu Youzhen's reuse of Jian Ba, but he also endured his suspicion and demolition, if it weren't for the fact that he was not a pure minister who was deeply influenced by Confucianism and etiquette in the world, he was afraid that the end would not be good.

Just as the "restructuring" that has been done in the provinces south of the Yangtze River since the beginning of the first month, isn't it one of the means of self-preservation? If you don't plan some insurance for yourself, I'm afraid that once the north-south traffic is restored, how can you protect yourself?

As long as the emperor has a strip two fingers wide, he can become a traitor who everyone in the world can be punished. In fact, when the north-south traffic was cut off last year, Zhu Youzhen was already planning to do it, but it was just two major events of the Fifth Battalion of the Revolution and the Huangmei thieves who held the Huai King hostage and rebelled, which helped him a lot. This allowed the Three Guards to escape from an extremely dangerous situation.

"Don't say that there are some of these and don't have them, just say that we can't go out and not fight. I suggest not sending troops......"

Lu Jiu was obviously impatient with everyone's nonsense, since he was seriously injured last year, his temper has become more and more irritable, and even after his injury has recovered, he has not improved. However, at the moment, he still restrained his emotions and did not say his deep thoughts.

That is, not only could they not send troops to attack the Fifth Battalion of the Left Wing of the Revolution together with Lu Xiangsheng, but they should secretly support the Fifth Battalion of the Left Movement, which was already showing a clear decline, and absolutely could not let the troops and horses of Lu Xiangsheng's troops cross the lower half of the Huai River to the south.

But if he doesn't say it, it doesn't mean that others don't say it.

"We can't send troops, so why should we make wedding clothes for others?"

Zheng Yuanjie, the commander of the new army, said this, because both the old and old soldiers of the new army are increasing day by day, and it is obviously no longer appropriate to use the battalion as the basic unit. Therefore, more than five battalions are taken as a command, and there is no upper limit set during this period.

Li Xin did not fail to consider the establishment method of military divisions, brigades, regiments, and battalions in later generations, but it was based on the premise that after the widespread application of rifled rear-loading guns, the straggler tactics became the mainstream. And now the Three Guards are still passing towards the flintlock line infantry.

Tactically, the pursuit of a dense horizontal formation and a wide front of war, this kind of one phalanx per battalion, and multiple phalanxes can form a wide front of the war, is a method of command formation, which is obviously more practical.

Zheng Yuanjie is a native of Yingtianfu, his father and grandparents have been farming for generations, and after joining the New Army, his family not only got land, but his status was also very different from before. He naturally didn't want anyone to threaten the position of the Three Guards in Jiangnan, otherwise everything he got would also be lost.

Therefore, compared with the old officers of the old battalion of the Third Guards, the commanders of the new army were emotional and spoke fiercely. After all, no one is a fool, and everyone understands why the Three Guards are in Nanjing, so that they can succeed in Jiangnan.

Naturally, the north-south traffic was cut off.

Li Xin was not in a hurry to make a statement, he set his eyes on Mi Yan again. Mi Yan immediately felt Li Xin's inquiring gaze.

"In Miyan's opinion, the Three Guards must raise troops to the north."

As soon as the words came out, the audience was in an uproar, and several commanders of the new army even directly accused Mi Yan of making bad ideas. In an instant, the entire hall was noisy, and Li Xin only sat silent, allowing everyone to express their opinions.

Later, Lu Jiu couldn't stand it anymore, and slapped the table in front of him fiercely, "Noisy, noisy, what's the noise?" Can a quarrel make a countermeasure? ”

Lu Jiu is the second only person to Li Xin in the Three Guards Army, although in recent years the limelight is far less than Mi Yan, who has risen rapidly, but no one dares to be presumptuous in front of him. The hall was quiet for a moment, and even breathing could be heard.

"What Elder Brother Yuan said is that we not only want to send troops, but also make a big show that everyone in the world knows that we have sent troops!"

At this time, Cheng Mingjiu seemed to hear the meaning of Li Da's words.

"Sir, you mean, bluffing?"

Li Da nodded, although Cheng Mingjiu's words were inappropriate, it was exactly that.

"Dare to ask you, what is Lu Xiangsheng's order to send?"

Immediately there was a humane: "Naturally, the governor ......"

"That's right, the military affairs of the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River must also be subject to Lu Xiangsheng's decision, if the Three Guards refuse to send troops, there is no righteous name." Immediately, Li Da changed his words and continued to say: "The reason why the Three Guards were invincible in the past was because they occupied the name of righteousness. If you don't send troops today, wouldn't you make your selfishness public, so that everyone in the world knows that the Marquis of Zhenyu intends to stand on his own feet in Jiangnan? ”

That's too red. Bare. naked, so that before Li Da's words fell, the hall suddenly began to talk again.

Although everyone doesn't say it, who doesn't ask in their hearts, isn't it?

The meeting lasted until the end of the meeting, and Li Xin did not say whether the Three Guards would send troops. After this meeting, both the old battalion and the new army in the Three Guards Army became impetuous. What's more, the joint letter asked Li Xin not to listen to slanderous rumors, and it is fundamental to keep the current good foundation.