Fang Buzhen said that he saw a person sneakily out of the house outside Lu Jufu.

Deng She let out an "oh", knowing it in his heart, but pretending not to know, and said: "Although Lu Ju has newly surrendered, he has been cautious after his surrender, and he has not made any mistakes in all aspects, and he has tried his best to cooperate in the adaptation of the Xuzhou soldiers. Lao Fang, you don't look at him with colored glasses! There are now seventy or eighty people in his house, and one of them is out of the house, why is it surprising? Is it worth using the word 'sneaky'? Still running to tell me? ”

"The Lord is benevolent, and the world knows it. It's just that the person who went out was not the Lu family. ”

"Who's that?"

"Seal Timu!"

"Seal Timu?"

"Exactly. When Feng Timu and others came to Yidu, the minister happened to have something to do and saw them on the street, so he recognized them. ”

"Tell me about it."

Because he saw that he was sneaky, after he went out, he specially followed him for a while. Lord, guess whose house he went to? ”

"Who?"

"Lu Li."

Deng She didn't realize it, picked up the tea bowl and sipped his saliva, and thought secretly: "I just told Li Shousheng that it is best to deliberately let Timu go out." Unexpectedly, before Lao Li could do this, Feng Timu couldn't hold back and took the initiative to go out. ”

Thinking of this, his heart suddenly moved, he was slightly puzzled, and then thought: "If this Timu is really a meticulous work of Chahan, why is it so uncontrollable?" Even if you want to see Lu Li, you can send someone by Lu Ju to invite you, why bother to come to the door in person? ......, did Chahan use the wrong person, or did Li Shousheng misjudge? ”

Because there is a way to supplement the truth, I didn't have time to think about it, I only thought about it for a while, and then said: "You said that you saw Feng Timu go to Lu Li's mansion?" ”

"Exactly!"

Regardless of whether Feng Timu is Li Chahan's meticulous work or not, since he has already set a policy with Li Shousheng to "put a long line to catch a big fish", for the sake of secrecy, not too many people can know about and participate in this matter. Therefore, Deng She said nonchalantly: "Feng Timu is a scholar from Xuzhou, and he is an old friend of Lu Ju, so it is not strange for him to recognize Lu Li at the same time." A little thing, no fuss. ”

"The Lord's ,......。"

Deng She stood up, waved his hand, stopped Fang Buzhen and continued, and said, "I made an appointment with Mr. Hong, and I have something important to discuss." This is the end of the 'sealing of Timu'. ......, okay, okay, I know, I'll pay attention. ......, Lao Fang, you have to remember that you are the 'Imperial History of the City Patrol', not the Secretary of General Affairs! Go ahead and get busy. In a few words, Fang Buzhen was perfunctory, and without waiting for him to answer, he waved his sleeves to himself.

As soon as he went out, Fang Buzhen was left alone in the wing.

Fang Buzhen turned his head, looked at his back gradually moving away, his eyes widened, his face was full of puzzlement, he pondered for a moment, suddenly blinked, thoughtful, and muttered: "Remember that I am 'Imperial History of the City Patrol', not 'General Administration'!" ”

After all, he is a smart man, and as soon as his mind turns, he has three or two points of enlightenment, and he knows that this matter really should not be interfered in anymore. He turned his head and looked out, and saw that Dunshe had disappeared around the corner, and there was no one in the room, except for two guards standing in the corridor outside, and no one paid attention to him.

He turned his head and looked at Deng She's desk, where the two impeachers who had impeached him just now had not been taken away, but were being thrown on it. When he looked at it just now, Dunsher obscured the name of the impeacher. ......, the room is quiet at this time,......, no one pays attention to him,......, do you want to?" ......, come forward and see who is impeaching him!

Fang Buzhen stared at the two folds fiercely, straightened the crown and belt of his clothes, and turned out.

……

Deng She said to the other party that he had "made an appointment with Mr. Hong", but he was not scolding him. In the morning, he sent someone to Hong Jixun's mansion and asked him to come to the palace at noon.

Look at the hour, it's about the same. Deng Shecai transferred to the study, and just sent two people to the Yidu Mansion to see how Wu Henian dealt with the two officials who violated discipline, someone came to report: "Hong Jixun asks to see." ”

"Please."

Hong Jixun was dressed in white, holding a folding fan in his hand, and walked in in a dashing manner, with a long wave: "Minister Hong Jixun has seen the lord." ”

"Sir, please be seated."

At the end of summer, the weather was hot, and although there was ice in the study, it still couldn't stop the heat. Hong Jixun walked a long way and just arrived, his body was soaked with sweat, and his forehead was also dripping with sweat.

There was a ready-made cold soup on the desk, Deng She poured him a bowl with his own hands, threw in two pieces of ice, and said: "Since the rain a while ago, there has been no rain for a long time, and the weather is stuffy and hot. Come, come, Mr. drink a glass of ice water first to relieve the heat! ”

Hong Jixun was not polite, took it and drank it all, and shouted: "Happy!" Sure enough, the sweat gradually went down. He wiped his mouth, put down the tea bowl, looked out of the window opposite, the bamboo leaves rustled, very elegant, felt the coolness in his heart, shook the folding fan, and asked: "The lord sent someone to the minister's house in the morning and asked the minister to come to see him in the afternoon, I don't know what happened?" ”

"Sir is very clever, why not guess?"

"The front line has won a big victory, and the city has been stable in recent days, and there is nothing else worthy of such urgency. Since the lord said so, the minister boldly guessed,—— thinking that it must be for the formation of a new military? ”

Deng She laughed and said, "Sir is really prescient! ......, but I didn't just come to you for this one. ”

Hong Jixun lowered his head and pondered, pondered for a moment, smiled clearly, and said, "Yes." The minister is known! ”

"What do you know?"

"The lord summoned his ministers, and this second thing should also be related to the military. As the minister guessed, it must be related to the adaptation of Xuzhou soldiers! ”

Deng She laughed: "Those who know me, sir." The gentleman's guess is correct! It is for these two things. ”

Previously, Hong Jixun had a suggestion that he proposed to transfer elites from the five Ya in Haidong and the three Ya in Shandong to re-form a new army. Or can be used to kill Xuzhou, or used to maneuver. After discussion among the ministers, Deng She agreed.

However, agreeing does not mean that it will be done immediately. It is very troublesome to train a new army. Even if it is to draw from the existing troops, it will not be easy. If nothing else, just one thing: Which unit should the new army draw from? From whom? It is necessary to ensure that all of them are elite soldiers and are capable of fighting well, and at the same time, it is also necessary to ensure that the combat effectiveness of the "transferred troops" will not be greatly affected.

That's it, it's hard. Not to mention, some of the five Ya in Haidong and the three Ya in Shandong are not in Shandong, and some are still on the front line. Even if the direction of the transfer is set, it is still tricky to implement.

It is not easy to organize and train a new army, and it is even more difficult to reorganize and "reduce the army."

To adapt the "surrender of the army", more steps are needed. For example, the adjustment of the original officer. Lu Ju, Lu Li, Xiao Yuan and other upper-level generals said that they should give an official; What to do with middle and lower-level officers? Is it not moving? Or do you want to move part of it? Or do you swap them all? And if all of them are replaced, will it cause the morale of the soldiers to be unstable?

For another example, if all the officers who were originally demoted to the army are replaced, or some of them are replaced, where should they be replenished? "Officers used to replenish", should we choose those who have a better temper and do not have much prejudice against the surrender of the army? If not, will it create tension between superiors and subordinates? Or even cause a mutiny? However, we cannot blindly select only some "good old people"; troops, troops, and units must first of all be "able to fight." This "option to supplement the officer" is even more difficult.

Moreover, when it comes to "supplementary officers", most of the Xuzhou soldiers are from Xuzhou and Huaisi, and dialect is also a problem. You can't always choose an officer, because you can't understand what the soldiers are saying, and this is not conducive to the rapid formation of combat effectiveness.

And so on and so forth, and so on, and so Therefore, we must not be in a hurry, but must take it slowly, step by step.

Hong Jixun said: "So that the lord knows." You didn't send someone to ask me, and I wanted to report to you. ......, the reorganization of the new army and the reorganization of the Xuzhou military affairs have all been done in the early stage, and they will soon be able to enter the substantive stage. ”

"Oh? Tell me more about it, let me hear it. ”

Hong Jixun first said that he would reorganize the new military, took out a fold from his sleeve, presented it to Deng She, and said: "Before the minister came to the palace, he specially went to the Privy Council. This is the list of generals and colonels of the new army that they have preliminarily set. The minister took it by the way, and just asked the lord to decide. ”

Hong Jixun is currently the right minister of Haidong Province, and he is a "ruler" and his ilk, so it is said that he should be in charge of political affairs. But his talent is not in government affairs, but in military affairs.

Therefore, since Haidong was established as a province and has a formal official position, there has always been such a "strange" phenomenon, that is, Hong Jixun, who is "named Youcheng", almost never pays attention to government affairs, and spends most of his time in the "Privy Council". - In fact, not only him, but also the provincial Zuo Cheng Wenhua Kingdom. Wen Hwaguo is now sitting in North Korea, and he also ignores basic government affairs in North Korea, and most of his energy is focused on military affairs.

Who is the highest prefect of the Privy Council of Haidong Province? Dunshe, who also served as the "Privy Councillor". He turned a blind eye to this situation and did not stop it. As time went on, the Privy Council became accustomed to it.

Fang Buzhen has quite a few words about this, and has admonished Deng several times in a row, asking for "official positions, and real names". Don't live up to your name; If you are not in the position, you will not seek the government. He proposed: either explicitly give the "Zaizhi" the power to directly manage the military; Either transfer Wen Huaguo and Hong Jixun from the positions of left and right. But every time, Deng She just made a haha and did something perfunctory.

- Fang Buzhen's advice is very reasonable, but why did Deng She react like this? "Rare to be confused"? But there is a sense of this.

There is a saying: "Imperial Mental Art". Hong Jixun is good at military affairs and not good at government affairs, who doesn't know? and Wen Huaguo, a big old man, he doesn't even recognize a few words, can he be a "Zuo Cheng"? Didn't Dunshe know about it?

No! On the contrary, Dunsher is well aware of this. It was because he knew it that he arranged it this way. Fang Buzhen said that it should be "worthy of the name", which is very right! But what Deng She wants is "not worthy of the name"! Why? Because only in this way can Hong Jixun and Wen Huaguo be firmly controlled in their hands!

Hong Jixun is talented, Wen Hwaguo is in North Korea, can he do it if he doesn't control it? How to control it? It is to make them "not worthy of the name".

Although the two of them sit in high positions and their status in Haidong Province is second only to Deng She, one has no interest in government affairs, and the other does not understand government affairs at all. It is equivalent to being "justified" in government affairs and in their own duties. Meddling in military affairs? It doesn't matter, just meddle. When Dunsher ignores them, they can intervene; If Deng She's will continue, they are not qualified to interfere!

Moreover, doing so is not only conducive to controlling these two people, but also conducive to balancing the two major forces of the military and the government.

Politically, the two of them are in high positions, and they can be said to be the heads of the ministers, although they don't manage much affairs, but they also have a certain influence; Especially after Deng She's speech, the two of them echoed it, which was more conducive to the smooth implementation of the policy. In the military, with the intervention of the two of them, it is not easy for "giants" and "real power" in the Privy Council, such as Chen Hu, Tong Shengyang, Zhao Guo, Zhang Jier, Yang Wanhu, etc., to sit big.

Moreover, since the Twin Cities, Hong Jixun has worked hard and made many strange plans, and Haidong can have today, and he has the greatest credit; Wen Huaguo's "Conglong Elder" is Deng She's righteous uncle, Chen Hu's righteous brother, and Zhao Guo is a small character compared to him; Yang Wanhu and others voted later, which is even more inadequate and incomparable. They have such merit and status, and they can't say it if they don't give them "prominent officials". Left and right are important enough, right? Appointed to this position, it also seems that Deng She does not forget the old days, rewards meritorious deeds, and others have nothing to say.

appointed the two of them as officials, and they were counted in one fell swoop. How could Deng She change it because of Fang Buzhen's few admonitions? Even if it changes, it will have to wait until the world is settled, at least after the north is stable. Now, it's too early.

Gossip, just the present.

Deng She heard that Hong Jixun had been to the Privy Council, it was not surprising, he took the excerpt with his hand, opened it and saw that there were many things written above, skipping the secondary ones, only looking at the main ones, and the appointments of the new army generals and colonies were roughly as follows: Marshal Deng Chengzhi, Deputy Marshal Guo Conglong, and Pan Xianer concurrently served as the marching staff officer with the deputy cardinal position of the Executive Yuan.

These three are the "three-man regiments" under the supreme command of the new army.

Further down are the heads of the battalions and teams.

Deng She looked at it carefully, and he recognized most of them. The Privy Council really strictly complied with his requirements, and all those who were selected were "elite soldiers".

There are Fu Youde, Li Zifan (transferred to this army from Monk Li), Fang Mihan (transferred to this army from Yang Wanhu), Yang You Yinggong (transferred to this army from Gao Yanshi), Chen Xipu (Fang Mihan general), Bedu Ding (Deng She's guard, back, extremely brave), Liu Feng (Xuzhou general) and so on.

In addition, there are Tong Shengkai, Chen Xipu, Fu Si, Lie Laojiu, Gao Zeming and other Guo Conglong, Fu Youde's old departments.

Hong Jixun waited for Deng She to finish reading it, and commented: "Li Zifan's defense of Mount Tai, Fang Mihan is particularly tenacious, Yang You's leading archers and cavalry are good at attacking, Zhao Puduo is invincible with two swords, Bedu Ding is as brave as a tiger, Tong Shengkai and Chen Xipu are all outstanding people in the military academy, and if Fu Si and Lie Lao Jiu and the like, they also have their own outstanding points, and even Gao Zeming is also quite able to respond to emergencies." Not to mention Guo Conglong and Fu Youde, I am the general star of Haidong. In addition, Deng Chengzhi put the president rate. This army, let's not talk about the soldiers, only the generals, according to the minister's view, it is already 'able to attack and defend well, it can be described as fine'! ......, I don't know what happens under the Lord's will? ”

Deng She didn't express his opinion first, but only asked, "What does Bingyuan say?" Has the quota for each government been set? ”

"Yes. In order not to affect the combat effectiveness of the various yasmen, the Privy Council initially planned to draw a total of 3,000 people from each yas; Five thousand men were drawn from the local garrison. and Guo Conglong and Fu Youde's headquarters of more than 2,000 people, totaling more than 10,000 people. ”

"Early 10,000?" Deng She thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Enough is enough." The soldiers are fine, not many, and 10,000 people are just right. Any more of them is indeed not conducive to command and mobility. ”

Hong Jixun asked again: "What is the opinion of the lord on the appointment of the general?" ”

Deng She said: "Deng Chengzhi is young, and it is not suitable to use him to lead the new army. ”

——This new army is "strong and strong", and its combat strength must be very strong after its formation, and the people of the Privy Council do not know who Deng She wants to be the commander, so they dare not rashly choose, so they recommend Deng Chengzhi as the main general. Deng Chengzhi is Deng She's righteous son, and it is better to recommend him than to recommend others.

Hong Jixun said: "Deng Chengzhi sat in Tai'an, commanded the front line, regained the land of Quanzhou in the first battle, and defeated Chahan. Although he is young, he has already shown his talents. The ancients said: 'Virtuous do not avoid relatives'. Although he is the righteous son of the lord, the lord does not have to shy away from it! ”

"Not really."

Deng She shook his head, pointed at Hong Jixun and said with a smile: "There are only you and me in the room, and Mr. still gives me a sloppy look?" Although Deng Chengzhi is known as the main general of the front, he won this time, but he relied on the strength of the generals. 'Because of people' is done'. This new army, I want to be of great use! How can you use him as a general? ”

"Then, who does the lord want?"

Deng She put the fold on the table, took off the brush, dipped it in ink, made a heavy mark on it, and handed it to Hong Jixun. Hong Jixun took it to watch and said, "Guo Conglong? ”

"Exactly! Guo Conglong Xiao fought bravely, under the snowy night, ran thousands of miles, and won the battle! It can be seen that he is bold and careful. It's a big deal. ”

"Use him as the main general, who is the deputy general?"

"Fu Youde can also!"

"Fu Youde's new investment ,......?"

"I only look at people! So it was decided, that when the gentleman was gone, he might inform the Privy Council of my intentions. ”

"Yes. ......, but my lord, you transferred Deng Chengzhi back and made him responsible for the training of the new military, and in the end he was not given another position. This, this,......? ”

"The formation and training of the new army just gave him more experience. Responsible, not necessarily in office! Not to mention ....... At this point, Deng She stopped talking and smiled slightly.

Hong Jixun suddenly realized, suddenly understood, and smiled to help Deng She finish his words: "What's more, there is also the matter of adapting and surrendering the army?" ”

"Organizing and training the new military, probably as Fang just said. How far has the military been reorganized? ”

"In general, you already know about it, my lord. First of all, it is an arrangement for the demotion of officials and generals in Xu and Su Prefectures: Lu Ju, the lord, you have appointed him to the post of the right minister of the province; Xiao Yuan and Lu Li have also been appointed as members of the Privy Council; At Liang Shiyin's request, the lord also let him go to the General Administration; And Liu Feng has been arranged to join the new army. After the whole, only Zhang Guan has no specific appointment. ”

"I know that."

After planning to reorganize and surrender the army, Ju Sheng once made an excerpt, proposing: It is not appropriate to transfer all the generals from Xuzhou, for the sake of the heart of the surrender of the soldiers, and at the same time to be able to form combat effectiveness more quickly, it is best to leave one or two people in the new army. In this regard, the lord agreed. Therefore, the preliminary decision of the Privy Council left Zhang Guan untouched and still put him in the reorganized army. ”

"After the reorganization, who does the Privy Council intend to propose at the moment?"

"The Privy Council believes that Xu and Su Bing are fierce, and after the adaptation, they must be suppressed with fierce generals. Therefore, he originally planned to propose Yang Wanhu or Monk Li as generals. But since the lord intends to use Deng Chengzhi, the minister will tell them and order them to change. ”

Deng She nodded and said, "Yang and Li are the generals of the Five Ya, and the Five Ya are my main force, and a total of 3,000 elite soldiers have been transferred from them, so how can they rashly transfer their generals?" It is very inappropriate to use the two of them, no matter who they are. According to my wishes, use Deng Chengzhi. ”

"Yes."

"Who's the lieutenant?"

"Zhang Guan, Liu San."

Deng She thought for a while and said: "Liu San is clever and courageous, and it is very good and appropriate to transfer him to serve in the surrendered army. However, in my opinion, using him as a deputy is inevitably a bit insufficient. ”

"What do you say?"

"He has no experience in commanding a large army so far, and the problem is even greater in the army, how can he be suddenly promoted to deputy general? ......, neither can Zhang Guan. He was not qualified enough in the army. Most of today's surrendered troops are Xuzhou soldiers, but he is a native of Suzhou, and it is impossible to say that there will be Xuzhou soldiers who are not convinced. ”

"In the opinion of the Lord?"

"Use Xiao Yuan as a deputy!"

"Xiao Yuan?"

"Not bad."

"Xiao Yuan is suitable. But if you have used Zhang Guan and Xiao Yuan, you are not afraid? ”

"What are you afraid of? Employing people is not suspicious, and suspicious people are not needed! ”

Deng She's words were beautiful, but did he really think so?