After leaving the guild hall, Liu Jun visited Mei Zhihuan and Li Changgeng respectively.◎. Now both teachers have entered the cabinet to rule, and two auxiliary ministers have been released in one county, and they are still relatives. This can be said to be quite special. This is only possible in the cabinet of the Chongzhen Dynasty, but it is absolutely impossible in other dynasties of the Ming Dynasty.

The two of them joined the cabinet as the chief assistant and second assistant, and they had a lot of time to talk to Liu Jun, the disciple. However, they agreed with Liu Jun's plan to attack Liao next year. They had previously opposed Chongzhen's preparation for a decisive battle in Jinzhou, but unfortunately Chongzhen did not listen to their words. However, in the end, the emperor was persuaded by Liu Jun to change his mind.

Mei Zhihuan stayed with Liu Jun for a meal. During this period, he sighed, "Actually, I really don't want to be the prime minister. If I can, I wouldn't even want to come to the capital. I don't even know that the firewood and rice are expensive. Once I become the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, I realized how poor the imperial court is."

"There are money everywhere, there is nowhere everywhere, I'm tired."

"Fortunately, the bandits have been wiped out, which has saved their lives." Mei Zhihuan sighed, "Jiye, the cleanup of the garrison and the military farm that you had done before was very good. I read the official documents you sent, and just clean up the garrisons of the Huguang Xingdu Department. You have cleared more than 2 million acres of military farms. You plan to receive more than 2 million stones of military farm rent next year, which is quite impressive."

"I plan to promote the rectification and cleaning of garrisons across the country. The first step is to clean up Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou, the second step is to clean up southern capital, Fujian, Zhejiang, Guangdong and Guangxi, the third step is to clean up Henan and Shandong, and then the nine borders. After completing the first stage of cleaning and rectification, I will also completely cancel the garrisons and commanders from all provinces."

After hearing this, Liu Jun was moved by Mei Zhihuan's bold plan.

"Teacher, it is not so easy to reform this garrison. We should take a step forward first and take it step by step. Moreover, students think that cleaning up garrisons has the most important prerequisite, that is, first consider the placement of those guards. If these garrisons cannot be properly placed, one is bad, this good thing may turn into a bad thing, just like the abolition of postmen at the beginning. In addition, there must be a good implementation. Some officials must not use the rectification as a means of making money and take the opportunity to make money. If they are not well done, the rectification of garrisons will become a new source of turmoil."

"You are right, I will consider these. You will not go to war until next summer. There is still more than half a year left. Let's first rectify the four provinces of Two Lakes and Sichuan and Shaanxi. You are there in the two Lakes, Qin Liangyu, and Sun Chuanting in Shaanxi. They are all strong troops stationed. You will come forward to assist in the cleaning and rectification, so there is no need to worry about problems." Mei Zhihuan said, "When the farming harvest in various places is recovered next year, the court will let go and clean up more places."

"If the four provinces of Huguang, Sichuan and Shaanxi can be rectified this year, then the military camps in these four provinces will receive millions of shimen rent next year, which will greatly improve the dilemma of the court."

In fact, Liu Jun felt that Mei Zhihuan was working hard to repair the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty had already rotten from head to toe to the roots, and it could not be saved by one or two reforms.

But Liu Jun can't say too much now. He is also in this vortex, and he can only go with the flow and struggle barely. If he told Mei Zhihuan that he would create a rebellion in the Ming Dynasty, he would probably have to be broken by Mei Zhihuan and be cleaned up by Mei Zhihuan himself.

Liu Jun mentioned the matter between Hou Xun and Fang Kongzhang, and Mei Zhihuan said. "Don't worry, these two people will be able to get a new one soon."

"What official positions will be arranged?"

"How do you think the arrangement is appropriate?" Mei Zhihuan asked. He never treats Liu Jun as an ordinary student now.

Liu Jun thought for a while. "I think Fang Kongxu can be the Minister of War in Nanjing, and Hou Xun can be the Minister of Revenue in Nanjing."

Mei Zhihuan thought about it, "Good arrangements, I'll discuss with Youqing at that time."

The two official positions of the Secretary of the Ministry of War in Nanjing and the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue in Nanjing are actually quite important. Although they also have two prefixes on Nanjing, just like the four ministries of Nanjing, the power of the Ministry of War in Nanjing and the Ministry of Revenue in Nanjing is far different from that of the other four ministries.

The six ministries in Beijing have the most powerful power, while the six ministries in Nanjing have the most powerful power, followed by the Ministry of Revenue.

The Secretary of War in Nanjing has a usual position as a counselor, and is the highest decision-making trio in Nanjing and even the entire Nanzhili region, along with the two internal and external garrisons, the eunuch of the Nanjing garrison and the honorary minister of the Nanjing garrison. The Secretary of War in Nanjing is not a idle position, but is equivalent to a local official who is truly powerful, such as the governor of Liangjiang, Jiangnan, Jiangbei, and Liangjiang.

The Minister of War in Nanjing controls military affairs in the entire Nanzhili area, has the power to mobilize troops from all over the Nanzhili area, as well as the three major camps in Nanjing and navy. It is also responsible for the city defense in Nanjing, river defense and coastal defense, and many other powers.

To put it bluntly, the Secretary of the Ministry of War in Nanjing is equivalent to the Governor of Nanzhili. The title of counselor and the General Secretary of the Ministry of War he holds means that Nanjing is too far away from the capital, but there are no emergency matters reported. Therefore, the Secretary of the Ministry of War in Nanjing has the title of counselor and the responsibility of making decisions on the spot and handling them with full authority.

The eunuchs in Nanjing and the honorary ministers in Nanjing are actually not as powerful as the Minister of War in Nanjing. Among the three Nanjing decision-making trio, the Minister of War is the one with the greatest power.

The power of the Minister of Revenue in Nanjing is also extremely great. The money and grain in the entire southeast region are handed over by him, and the Prime Minister's grain and salt are also added.

The Secretary of War of Nanjing and the Secretary of Revenue of Nanjing, these two official positions are equivalent to the Governor of Nanzhili and the Governor of Nanzhili, and are truly powerful figures.

Liu Jun proposed this arrangement, actually considering that the Ming Dynasty was about to end in a few years in history. Now that this arrangement is made, perhaps in case there will be someone behind this in the future.

Liu Jun can always operate Huguang as his base camp. If the Nanzhili area is his own in the future, even if it is just an ally, it would be great.

After having a simple meal at Mei Zhihuan's house, they were talking about many important military affairs. After the meal, Liu Jun said goodbye and when he left the mansion, someone suddenly stopped him.

"Miss Mei." Mei Qing was blocking the way.

Mei Qing was wearing a Confucian robe and stood in front of Liu Jun, "I heard that you will be back in a few days, and I want to return to the team."

Liu Jun frowned, "You stay in the capital to take care of the teacher."

"My father is taken care of by my mother and concubines, so I want to return to the team." Mei Qing said stubbornly.

"It's so inconvenient for women to be in the army!" Liu Jun said, but was interrupted by Mei Qing. "I was also in the army and participated in several battles. Didn't I also perform well? I still kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions. I have also been promoted to General Secretary of the Communist Party of China based on my military merits."

Liu Jun was speechless.

"We will go to Liaodong next year to fight. The troops are in danger."

"I'm not afraid."

"I'm afraid." Liu Jun said helplessly, you are the daughter of the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty cabinet, but you want to disguise yourself as a man and fight in our army. This matter will be heard. Both the teacher and I will be impeached."

"I don't care!"

Liu Jun had no choice but to say, "Why do you like war so much?"

"Just like it."

"War is a man's business, so why do women need to charge for us?"

"General Qin from Sichuan is also a woman. Didn't she also fight on the battlefield? And it has been decades and has won so many battles, and the world has praised it."

Liu Jun couldn't resist her, so he had to say, "Did the teacher agree to this?"

"My dad won't object."

Liu Jun could only write 10,000 words of surrender to Mei Zhihuan in his heart. This father was really strange. "Okay, I'll convince you."

"I will be with you when you leave Beijing."

"I'll send someone to notify you at that time." Liu Jun left without looking back. What would he do when he encountered such a strange father and daughter? But when he thought about it, Mei Qing followed him to fight the battle in Sichuan from beginning to end. He performed outstandingly and made real military achievements. With his ability, he rose from the top of the team to the general manager. What can he say?

When visiting Li Changgeng's mansion, Li Changgeng was relatively relaxed. He served as an official in Beijing for many years in his early years, served as a minister in four ministries, and was once the Minister of Personnel. He was already a minister of the same size as the cabinet master. Later, he was dismissed from office and returned to his hometown for many years. He also performed very well after coming out of the mountain again. Now he returned to Beijing again, became a secondary assistant, and also took charge of the affairs of the Ministry of War. There was no difficulty, and he was still very comfortable.

"After returning to Huguang this time, I am going to rectify Hunan soldiers in the form of training in Yunyang. Teacher, I have a request, please help me transfer Zuo Liangyu from the position of Hunan general."

Zuo Liangyu was arrogant and domineering. His military discipline was extremely poor, especially because his subordinates had surrendered a large number of bandits, which seriously exceeded the standard, and the court did not give those food and wages that exceeded the standard. As a result, Zuo Liangyu relied on his own to raise money.

However, Zuo Liangyu's self-raised food and money is different from Liu Jun. He only has one way to raise money, just one word, rob. If he only robs the soldiers, he is really unwilling to ask for such a general, especially Zuo Liangyu is old and can fight. Such a person is a veteran and difficult to control. Liu Jun doesn't want to bother with such a person, so he transfers him away as soon as possible.

"Then transfer him to the general of Henan." Li Changgeng was very confident in Liu Jun and did not object to Liu Jun's unreasonable request.

"Who will serve as the general of Hunan? Do you also have a favorite candidate?"

"I think Qin Liangyu's son Ma Xianglin is a good candidate. The Ma army is known as one-eyed horse, also known as Xiao Ma Chao. He is brave in war and is also a reliable person." Liu Jun and Shizhu and Ma Qin's families have a good relationship. He feels that instead of transferring someone he is unfamiliar to come, it is better to transfer Xiao Ma.

"Let me discuss with Fu Zonglong and Chen Xinjia, but the problem should not be big."

"How many soldiers are you going to train in Hunan?" Li Changgeng asked.

Liu Jun thought for a while, "That's what I plan. Now Hubei has trained 50,000 new troops. I plan to train more than 20,000 more troops in Hunan. Then three towns will be organized into one town, with more than 20,000 people and one town. Each town has two associations, each association has two standards, and each standard has two battalions. In addition, the town has one or two battalions directly under the jurisdiction of one town, and eight to ten battalions, two to three thousand people and one town."

"The two provinces have three towns?" Li Changgeng thought for a while, "Huguang is a heart-warming place in the inland area, and it is a bit too many to set up 70,000 or 80,000 troops."

"The training of troops in the three towns is also a plan to send troops next year. I plan to lead 50,000 troops to attack Liao next summer, and Huguang and the two provinces will also have to leave one army in the guarding place."

The garrison army system that the imperial court mainly implemented mainly uses the battalion as the basic unit. However, the new arrangement of the town-coordinated battalion proposed by Liu Jun is equivalent to adding several levels above the battalion, and the relationship between the subordinate commanders is clearer. Moreover, according to Liu Jun's intention, various battalions are now abolished. The general commands the town, the deputy general commands, the participating general commands, the guerrillas, the chief commands, the garrison, the thousand presidential headquarters, the presidential department, the presidential department, the presidential flag, the presidential team.

The relationship between the superiors and subordinates became clearer, and Liu Jun, the admiral, commanded the three towns.

"Where is the governor's Fubiao camp?" Li Changgeng asked. The biggest feature of the Ming military system was to control military affairs with literature. The governor also had a direct subordinate Biao camp, and even several battalions.

"The Biao Battalion is also included, and the governor is also led by the guerrillas through the generals and the guerrillas." Liu Jun replied with a smile. However, Li Changgeng still understood what he meant. Liu Jun deprived the governor of his military power. Such things are not allowed. However, if Liu Jun set up the Fu Biao Battalion on the surface, but in fact, he was his own generals and the guerrilla generals were divided into the guerrillas, it would be possible, which would be equivalent to depriving the governor of the Biao Battalion.

Judging from Liu Jun's appearance, Li Changgeng knew that he must have done this long ago. The battalions of soldiers of Hubei Governor Zhu Dadian must have been controlled by Liu Jun.

"Don't do things too much, as some things will not look good when they make a fuss." Li Changgeng reminded Liu Jun.

"Students understand."

Li Changgeng thought for a while, "You can train the new Hunan army as you think after you go back, but for the time being, there are only two generals in Hubei and Hunan, and you have to serve as the general in Hubei."

"clear."

After all, Huguang is inland, not borderland. Now, in the northern part of the Ming Dynasty, there are more than one general officer. In the Jingji area, there are six governors and eight generals. Large towns like Jizhen have several generals. Basically, the original deputy generals of the division guards were promoted to the rank of generals.

But the mainland is different after all, and there is still only one general in a town.

"Teacher, how did Zhou Yanru recently?" Liu Jun asked suddenly.

Li Changgeng snorted, "Zhou Yanru originally wanted to regain prime minister, but he must be a little dissatisfied when he was occupied by the chief minister. However, he did not treat him badly if he could serve as the Minister of Personnel. Don't worry, even if he was dissatisfied with us, he would not be able to make any waves."

Today, Donglin is highly valued by Chongzhen, and Liu Jun and Fushe have joined forces with the eunuchs, which has led to Donglin not only being valued by the emperor, but also being united by the eunuchs in the palace. Even the eunuchs in the past no longer have the life and death hatred as before. Therefore, the atmosphere in the court is still very good now.

But Liu Jun was still quite worried. Chongzhen might have to pay attention to Donglin due to the situation, but he believed that with Chongzhen's attitude of extremely disgusting cliques in his heart, perhaps when the situation gets better, Chongzhen will settle the accounts again.

Alas, Liu Jun can't take care of that much, at least the current situation is still very good.

"Do you need to transfer Zhu Dadian?" Li Changgeng asked when he sent Liu Jun away.

Liu Jun smiled and shook his head, "Actually, I worked with Zhu Dadian pretty well."
Chapter completed!