"General Ma accepts the imperial edict and pays homage to His Highness the Grand Sun!"

"Hahaha~~ General Ma, please rise. It's really wronging you to let a guerrilla like you serve as the commander of the Henghai Guard."

"I don't dare. I will be honored to serve His Highness the Grand Sun!"

Starting from October 1609, according to the orders of the Ministry of War, generals drawn from all over the country arrived in Nanjing one after another.

According to the original agreement between Wanli and Zhu Youdong in Beijing, this time the military attache of Henghaiwei must not be from the Li family of Liaodong. Therefore, the position of the commander naturally fell to the Datong Ma family of "East Li Xima"

in hand.

Because Zhu Youdong used an extremely tough attitude to prevent Li Chengliang from giving up the Six Forts of Kuandian, Li Chengliang was not violently impeached by the officials. Therefore, he continued to serve as the commander-in-chief of Liaodong.

Ma Gui was not transferred from Datong to Liaodong to replace Li Chengliang as in the historical standard, but continued to serve as his Datong commander-in-chief.

However, 'Dongli Xima' is not young now, and will pass away one after another in a short time. The generational change of the Ming Dynasty generals should also begin at this time.

As for Ma Chengzhao specifically, he is Ma Gui's eldest son, and he is over forty years old this year. Unfortunately, this man is too pure a military commander: after the Ming Dynasty was founded for more than two hundred years, the civil servants had too much advantage.

Therefore, if generals want to be promoted under normal circumstances, in addition to military merit, they must also have some literary talent. But this Ma Chengzhao was illiterate. As a result, one of his cousins ​​was already the deputy commander-in-chief at this time, and the two

The two younger brothers are both generals, but he is still just a guerrilla.

So this time Henghaiwei was rebuilt. After the Ma family received recruitment inquiries from the Ministry of War, Ma Gui made the decision and sent Ma Chengzhao.

The military positions of the Ming Dynasty are now divided into guards and military towns. The military officers of the guard from high to low are: commander, thousand households, hundred households, general banner, small banner. Among them, the commander is also called Dusi. And

The military generals in the military town from high to low are: general, deputy general, staff general, guerrilla, commander, garrison, commander, sentry, etc. Therefore, Ma Chengxun transferred from Datong Town to Henghaiwei, which is a high-level job and a low-level job.

match.

But it doesn't matter. All Zhu Youdong wants is a name for military training. Henghai Guard is definitely not an ordinary guard in his hands. If this Ma Chengzhao can really be used, Zhu Youdong will never wrong him.

Under Ma Chengzhao, there were five thousand households. Thanks to the numerous time travel novels about the late Ming Dynasty on the Internet, Zhu Youdong had an impression of these five thousand households.

The first one is Du Hongyu, whose ancestral home is Kunshan, but later lived in Yansui. Although this person is not well-known, his father Du Wenhuan is more famous. If Du Wenhuan is not famous enough, then his uncle is basically

Anyone with a little knowledge of history knows: Juniper.

The second person really makes Zhu Youdong full of tangles: Zu Dashou... well, this ogre in the historical plane is only twenty-nine years old at this time, and his father Zu Chengxun is still a general under Li Chengliang. Zu

Dashou was naughty when he was young, so he has not officially obtained an official position until now. After the Li family in Liaodong consciously stopped sending people to Henghai Guard, Lao Li sent his general's incompetent son to him.

Coming in seems to be the right thing to do.

The first two were assigned by the Ministry of War, and Zhu Youdong couldn't refuse: You have to give the people in the Ministry of War a chance to flourish, so that they can run things a little more efficiently. Otherwise, the inertia of the bureaucrats will set in, and they will end up wrangling again.

how long.

The remaining three thousand households were all arranged by Zhu Youdong himself.

Needless to say, Liu Zhaosun. At this time, it is time to give him a formal official position. As for the fourth and fifth talents, they are really the talents that Zhu Youdong asked Wen Tiren to work through in the Ministry of War.

The fourth thousand households, Cao Wenzhao. This young man, who was less than twenty years old at this time, was still a small sentry officer in Liaodong. But Zhu Youdong gave Wen Tiren a death order: I want this person, and

The starting point must be one thousand households.

Lao Wen also spent a lot of effort to complete Zhu Youdong's instructions: first, it took more than a month to extract Cao Wenzhao's name from the officer list of the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War. Secondly, it took more than a month to get this person's name.

After coming out, the officials from the Ministry of War shook their heads at the first sight: I don’t know how many generals from various military towns here have given me notes and money to get the position of Henghaiwei Qianhu. Many of them are in the garrison. Commander, you are such a small person.

What is a sentry officer?

At this time, Lao Wen's all-round and exquisite character came out. He drank and ate, gave women red envelopes, and even gave men! In short, Zhu Youdong's goal was achieved.

The last one is Zhao Shujiao. It is said that Zhao Shujiao had already won the martial arts examination and served as the capital of Ganzhou (Zhangye, Gansu). But Zhu Youdong is not an expert on Ming history. Who knew that Zhao Shujiao started in Gansu and not Liaodong?

?He asked Wen Tiren to search among the officers in Liaodong Town, but Wen Tiren struggled for nearly two months and found nothing. Fortunately, Lao Wen had money given by Zhu Youdong in recent years, and his hands were very generous, so he had good relations with various officials in the capital.

They got along well. So in the end, a small official from the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War found Zhao Shujiao in the list of officers in the Shaanxi Dusi.

As for Li Shizhong? He is already a Jin Yiwei, and is the fixed captain of Zhu Youdong's bodyguard. Moreover, before Li Chengliang became an official, the Li family was always closely watched by civil servants, so no matter what, Li Shizhong cannot join the military anymore.

Below the five thousand households are fifty hundred households. At this level, Zhu Youdong still had a slight intervention and kissed three people: Ma Shilong (15 years old), Man Gui (15 years old), Huang Degong (16 years old). Others

Forty-seven hundred households, then just let it happen.

Wen Tiren, who works for Zhu Youdong in Beijing, has been really worried these past few months: The first two of these three guys are better, after all, they are from a family of generals. Huang Degong is an ordinary military household, and finding him is like looking for a needle in a haystack!

However, compared to Sun Chengzong and Xiong Tingbi, Wen Tiren's strengths lie in that his body is soft enough and his posture is low enough. As long as it is something that Taisun tells him, he can just do it without asking any questions - if the foul-mouthed Xiong Tingbi is here, he will probably do it.

They talk about how it is inappropriate for teenagers to work for hundreds of households.

In November, after Zhao Zhijiao, who was farthest away, also arrived, Zhu Youdong gathered these fifty-six people, and added the oldest of Fangshan School. This year, there were twenty-four and seventeen-year-olds.

A student (who served as the general banner), a total of eighty people, held a meeting.

Of course, this meeting must first be addressed by the Nanjing garrison minister, the Nanjing Ministry of War Minister, and the relevant officials of the Fifth Army Governor's Office. However, these guys are a little uneasy at this moment: the pirates in Chongmingsha are already strong enough.

Admiral Cao Jiang was also acquired by Taisun. Taisun still felt that it was not enough, so he wanted to build another naval army at such a critical position as Jingjiang Island? Looking at this layout, Taisun meant to monopolize the silk and tea in the Yangtze River Delta.

Is porcelain exported?

However, the officials in Nanjing, as long as they were higher-ranking, either owned their own caravans or participated in stocks. They all made their fortunes through sea trade smuggling. If the grandson wants to live alone, what will he do in the future?

Therefore, during this period of time, Zhu Youdong and others concentrated on the restoration of Henghaiwei. However, officials at all levels in Nanjing surrounded Cao Sanxi with all kinds of flattery: Boss, what does Taisun mean by Yangtze River foreign trade?

Can we buy shares?

The signal sent by Cao Sanxi was: His Highness will not eat alone, and His Highness suggested that everyone unite, receive the goods together, and price the goods uniformly. In this way, wouldn’t it be more comfortable for everyone to make money? As for who should be allowed to buy shares and who should be asked to get out, just

Let's see who supports His Highness's work of rebuilding Henghai Guard. After all, it was Taisun's suggestion to rebuild this guard. If it is not done well, Taisun's face will not look good.

After the news got out, the powerful bosses in Nanjing's official circles all told their subordinates and spokespersons: Be sure to cooperate with Taisun's work, and be sure not to provoke Taisun!

Therefore, on November 10th, when Zhu Youdong convened a meeting with military officers, Nanjing officials at all levels attended the meeting in a very knowledgeable manner. After each of them made some impassioned remarks, they quickly left in a very sensible manner. The stage was complete.
Chapter completed!