The voices of Sun Chengzong and Yuan Keli sounded at the same time.
"My dear friends, please share your thoughts and let's work together!"
After Chongzhen finished speaking, he looked at everyone and motioned for them to sit down.
"I think it can be transferred."
Sun Chengzong stood up and walked to the map: "Changping Town is seventy or eighty miles away from Beijing, two hundred seventy or eighty miles away from Xuanfu, and more than six hundred miles away from Datong.
If Lin Danhan and Jiannu attack Datong, we have enough time to mobilize troops from Jizhen or Xuanfu to reinforce. The same is true for Xuanfu.
There are 35,000 people in Changping, and half of them will be transferred away. Since the capital is an important area, it is undoubtedly impossible to quietly deal with the remaining half. No matter what, they can insist on sending troops to the capital for reinforcements!
The Zhenbao Town garrison in Baoding, the hinterland of South Zhili, can be mobilized! "
After Sun Chengzong finished speaking, he looked at Yuan Keli again: "What did Mr. Yuan Ge say?"
Yuan Keli glanced at the map and then looked at the crowd: "If the enemy really breaks through the nine borders and besieges the capital, do you expect the soldiers in Changping and Zhenbao to be able to defend it?"
This simple sentence left everyone speechless and choked.
What Yuan Keli said is true. If an enemy breaks through the nine sides, it must be a powerful army. What can 30,000 people defend?
"Instead of allowing the enemy to enter the hinterland, it is better to strengthen the front line and stop the enemy at the border to prevent them from entering the hinterland to rob and kill people."
"My suggestion is that half of the troops from Zhenbao and Changping towns can be transferred to Datong town."
After Yuan Keli finished speaking, he stopped talking.
The reason is very simple. It depends on whether everyone can overcome the hurdle in their hearts.
Everyone in Wuying Hall was silent, and after a while, everyone passed.
"Since all of you have agreed, we will deploy troops from the two towns, but with some slight adjustments.
Half of the troops from Changping Town were transferred to Xuanfu to assist in the defense, half of the troops from Zhenbao Town were sent to Datong Town, and 15,000 sergeants were transferred from Beijing Camp to Datong Town. "
Jingying?
When everyone heard the word "Jingying", their expressions were a little strange, but no one said anything.
No one knows what the situation is in Beijing Camp.
The emperor reorganized the twenty-six guards, but did not take action against the Beijing camp. Instead, he transferred the British commander of the Beijing camp, Zhang Weixian, to Shanhaiguan.
It looked like Zhang Weixian was being transferred away so that he could take action against the Beijing camp, but it also seemed that Zhang Weixian was being asked to guard against Liaodong. The emperor's intention was very unpredictable.
"Okay, this matter has been settled. The cabinet has issued a decree to the general soldiers of the two towns and the Beijing camp, instructing them to set off at noon tomorrow.
Changzhen must reach Xuanfu within three days, Zhenbao and Jingying must reach Datong Town within ten days.
If the time limit is exceeded, the generals of the three divisions will be demoted to three ranks, their staffs will be fifty, and the leading generals will be killed without mercy. "
"I'm waiting for the order!"
After everyone saluted, they slowly exited Wuying Hall.
But Sun Chengzong stayed. Looking at Sun Chengzong, Chongzhen asked doubtfully: "Is this Sun Aiqing?"
"Your Majesty, I have something to report! Something about farmland!"
"Talk about it!"
"Your Majesty, it's like this. The farmland of the cabinet and the six ministers' homes are going to be donated to the court..."
Sun Chengzong spoke very quickly and explained the matter concisely and concisely.
After listening to Sun Chengzong's story and the reasons for donating the land, Chongzhen couldn't laugh or cry about his thoughts on this group of people.
One is that you are afraid that buying land will easily arouse suspicion from interested people, and the other is that you are thinking about official reputation. If you sell the land, even though you are cheating those wealthy businessmen, what do you want the emperor to think?
Greedy for money? selfishness?
The combined price of their family's land is only a few thousand to tens of thousands taels. They are all in the second or third grade, and their annual salary is between 800 and 1,000 taels, which can be evened out in a few years.
The most important thing is that as long as they are above the court and occupy the head of the ministry,
The emperor turned a blind eye to promoting or giving priority to the family's children within the scope of his rights. This was the greatest benefit.
Secondly, once the edict for the sale of farmland is issued, will the wealthy businessmen who bought their farmland use this reason to cause trouble?
It is said that there is an inside story in the middle, and when the time comes for someone to take the lead, their official reputation will be ruined.
They will not do things that are not worth the loss.
"Sun Aiqing, since all of you are thinking about me in this matter, I naturally can't treat them badly.
Go check it out. As long as it is cultivated land obtained through formal channels, the imperial court will buy it back at five times the price. They should keep quiet about this and wait for the right opportunity to donate it. "
"On behalf of all my colleagues, I would like to thank His Majesty for His grace!"
Sun Chengzong was very grateful. You must know that the six ministers and the five cabinet members totaled about five to six thousand acres of land.
Even if all were calculated at Zhongtian's price, it would still be thirty to forty thousand taels of silver. Buying it back five times now is a big price.
Chongzhen knew very well that if the interests of vested interests were affected, they must protect their interests as much as possible.
The official character has two mouths, and only by feeding the upper mouth can the lower mouth be fed.
In the entire Ming Dynasty, only about ten people met this condition.
It doesn't matter if it's a double standard, a compromise, or an exchange of interests.
As long as there are no problems or objections from the cabinet and the six ministers, the plan to return the land to the people will have half the resistance.
Although he could replace the cabinet minister who opposed it, the replacement would still have farmland and would have to spend time getting used to it.
Problems that can be solved by money are not problems. Today’s national treasury is not short of money, so we must not lose big for small things.
Looking at Sun Chengzong leaving, Chongzhen said softly: "Big companion, Chuan Sun Chuanting, Zhou Yuji, Huang Degong, Cao Bianjiao."
After Wang Chengen left, Chongzhen focused his attention on the map.
I don't know how long it took, but when he woke up, Sun Chuanting and four others were already waiting outside Wuying Hall.
"pass!"
After the four people came in and finished the ceremony, Chongzhen whispered: "Sun Aiqing, how many people are there in the Nine Guards of the Forbidden Army now?"
"Back to Your Majesty, the total establishment of 130,000 has been fully established. Among them, the Yanshan Guards have gone south along the canal to clean up the banditry. Each guard has transferred a thousand households to Shandong, Henan and other places for training. Now there are 100,000 in Beijing. The rest."
"How's the fighting strength?"
"Your Majesty, at the moment we are still focusing on close combat. After all, you need time to practice with firearms, bows and arrows, etc.
But in a simple close combat, I can guarantee that in terms of combat power alone, it will definitely be no worse than the elites of the Nine Borders except Liaodong.
The only thing missing is some blood. "
After Sun Chuanting finished speaking, he added: "In the past few months, I have been practicing martial arts with the White Guards and the Tengxiang Four Guards. There are less than 5,000 people. With the same number, the Nine Guards of the Forbidden Army can withstand the impact of the White Guards for a quarter of an hour.
But because it was a martial arts exercise, the white pole soldiers' white pole hooks, sickles, spears and battle formations could not be used to their full potential.
According to Chen's estimation, it is not a big problem to resist for half a quarter of an hour. Even if the white-armed soldiers can completely annihilate the imperial army, they will still have to pay 20% to 30% battle losses. "
"good!"
After hearing this, Chongzhen was very happy: "The training intensity needs to be increased, especially the charge and coordination of the battle formation. Firearms are the top priority."
"I understand!"
