He stayed behind and told Lu Daqi: "Yanruo, the Ministry of War will be handed over to you for the next period of time. I have to focus on the Ministry of Personnel to prevent these people in the court from causing chaos."
"Don't worry, sir. I will do my best to do the work of the Ministry of War."
"Well, we will help Yuan Jixian if we can, but there is nothing we can do if we really can't. Ma Shiying, Caojiang Navy, and the grain transport should also be treated equally to avoid giving people a reason to criticize them."
"For the rest, we'll just play it by ear."
"Yes!" Lu Daqi was excited, but also began to feel pressured.
Shi Kefa was still worried, and after giving Lu Daqi repeated instructions, he went to the Ministry of Personnel to rectify the administration of officials.
......
Wuchang.
After being looted by Zhang Xianzhong and plundered by Zuo Liangyu, Wuchang Prefecture had lost its former prosperity.
In a house in the city, Yuan Jixian sat opposite seven military generals in military uniforms.
These people were all generals under Zuo Liangyu.
Zuo Liangyu originally had eleven generals under his command.
After Zuo Liangyu's death, eight people including Jin Shenghuan, Ma Jinzhong, Wang Yuncheng, Zhang Yingyuan, Xu Guodong, Wu Xueli, Hui Dengxiang and Lu Ding chose to stay in Wuchang and continue to serve the Ming court.
Li Guoying, Xu Yong and Zhang Yong led their troops out of the city and their whereabouts are unknown.
In fact, there is no need to guess that they either surrendered to Li Zicheng or to Zhang Xianzhong.
"Everyone, this is an urgent delivery from Nanjing. Please take a look." Yuan Jixian said in a calm tone, neither happy nor sad.
Jin Shenghuan took the urgent letter first and started reading it.
After reading it, he passed it to Ma Jinzhong, who passed it on to others after reading it.
After everyone had finished reading, Yuan Jixian said leisurely, "You have all seen the contents of the letter. Do you have anything to say?"
Seeing that no one spoke, Yuan Jixian stood up and said, "Shi Kefa served as the Minister of Personnel and the Minister of War. You know best what kind of person he is."
“Why would the court do this?”
"I don't need to say the rest, right?"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
