After Yan Yingyuan left, Wang Chengen asked in a low voice with courage: "Your Majesty, the ninth-rank Dianshi was promoted to the second-rank governor. I'm afraid other officials will not accept it..."
In the Ming Dynasty, the governor was of the second rank, and was promoted to the second rank with the title of Vice Minister of the Ministry of War.
Chongzhen rolled his eyes at Wang Chengen and said, "I said in the court yesterday that whoever is willing to lead 5,000 troops to recapture Xuanfu, I will promote him to the rank of second-rank official. At that time, no one in the court responded."
"If you hear anyone gossiping, tell me that Ming has lost more than one place, Xuanfu!"
Wang Chengen lowered his head and dared not ask any more questions.
"Where is Li Ruolian?" Chongzhen asked.
"Your Majesty, Commander Li, the governor of the East Factory, and the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Personnel have formed a joint guidance team that is currently guiding the work at the Shuntian Prefecture Office."
Oh yes!
Chongzhen completely forgot about this matter.
The new policy has been formulated, and its implementation requires the cooperation of all departments. In order to find problems in the new policy, he arranged for the heads of each department to experience it personally.
Today is the first day.
As for Yan Yingyuan, Chongzhen did not think there would be any problems, after all, the local areas were different from Beijing. The local leaders had the final say, and the leader in Beijing was him.
Getting him to be there in person is a bit difficult.
Therefore, it is most appropriate for the heads of several departments to get together.
"Has Li Xianzhong arrived?" Chongzhen asked suddenly.
"Your Majesty, Li Xianzhong has arrived at the training ground."
"Let's go and have a look."
......
The training ground of Yongwei Camp.
Li Chengliang's grandson Li Xianzhong (Li Rumei's second son) is watching the veterans of the Yongwei Battalion training.
"Your Majesty, I, Li Xianzhong, pay my respects to you!" Seeing Chongzhen coming, Li Xianzhong hurriedly saluted.
Chongzhen smiled and said, "General Li, how is the combat effectiveness of my Yongwei Battalion?"
Li Xianzhong served as the Lieutenant General of the Central Army of Liaodong, a position lower than that of Li Xingzhong.
"No worse than the Guanning Army! If the numbers are equal, I don't think the Guanning Army has much chance of winning!"
"You are a lieutenant general. My Brave Guard Battalion is also short of a lieutenant general. How about you take the position?"
Li Xianzhong was stunned. The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was too casual. He appointed the commander of the imperial guards as if it was a joke.
Another point is that since his uncle Li Ruzhen was dismissed, the Li family's influence in the court has basically disappeared. Without the foundation in Liaodong, it is hard to say whether the three generations of the Li family can serve in the army again.
After hesitating for a long time, Li Xianzhong asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, do you still trust me and the Li family?"
"If you don't believe me, who do you believe? Wu Sangui?" Chongzhen stared into Li Xianzhong's eyes, "You won't harm me, will you?"
"I would never dare to do that! Your Majesty, please understand!" Li Xianzhong knelt down immediately.
He was a soldier and a descendant of Li Chengliang, so he had a military aura. He was taught to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country, so he certainly would not harm the emperor.
However, after the battle of Bitigwan, all of Li's elite troops were lost.
Without the support of elite troops, the Li family on the battlefield no longer had the glory of the past.
From then on, it fell step by step to the bottom.
"Get up!" Chongzhen patted Li Xianzhong on the shoulder.
"The Yongwei Battalion has lost more than 60% of its troops and is in urgent need of replenishment. These new recruits were selected by Elder Li from the three major battalions. I intend to hand them all over to you. Do you have the confidence to train them into elite troops in the shortest possible time?"
Chongzhen thought about the issue of the source of soldiers for the Yongwei Camp for a long time, but he did not dare to use and could not use the Guanning Army.
One was to prevent Wu Sangui from sending people to assassinate him.
Second, the Guanning cavalry can only exert their maximum combat effectiveness if they gather together. If only one thousand people are transferred, it would be better not to transfer them.
He also did not dare to use the Shandong soldiers brought by Liu Wenyao.
Those Shandong soldiers were originally Liu Zeqing's subordinates, and their military discipline was average. He didn't dare to hand over the harem to those people.
After much thought, the three major camps in the capital are the most suitable.
So Li Banghua was asked to pick out more than a thousand tall people from among the short ones to supplement the Yongwei Camp.
"It's too late to learn horseback archery..." Li Xianzhong complained helplessly as he looked at the more than a thousand new recruits.
It's obvious that these people can't ride horses.
Because the cavalry's eyes will light up when they see a BMW horse!
The war horses ridden by the Yongwei Battalion cavalry are all top-quality horses, and would be first-rate even among the Guanning Army.
There is grayness and no light in the eyes of these soldiers!
and.
Horseback archery cannot be mastered in a day or two, and it will be of no use even if an individual soldier learns it quickly.
Because the cavalry on the battlefield are a group and need to maintain formation according to the lead horse. If the team is disrupted by careless operation, it will bring a devastating disaster to the large cavalry unit.
"If they fight on foot, I can make them capable of fighting against the Guanning infantry in two or three months at the latest!"
"No!" Chongzhen shook his head slightly.
Li Xianzhong's eyebrows twitched, and he immediately understood: "Your Majesty means to train them into heavy infantry?"
"right."
Seeing Li Xianzhong's embarrassment, Chongzhen added: "The military pay is three taels, the food is sufficient, and there is meat for one meal every day! Any other questions?"
Li Xianzhong almost cried.
He has never fought such a rich battle since he joined the army...
You know, even the Guanning Army only eats sometimes until they are full.
Every meal is full, with meat for one meal every day. Is this something a soldier can eat?
He immediately expressed his loyalty: "Your Majesty, rest assured. I will have them train their physical fitness in the morning and their fighting skills in the afternoon. They will also train their firearms every other day. At the latest, in two months, they will be able to go to the battlefield and kill the enemy!"
Chongzhen nodded and took Wang Chengen away from the training ground.
Li Xianzhong didn't wait for Chongzhen to walk away, and immediately walked towards the new recruits.
He stood on high ground and shouted, "Brothers."
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