Chapter 9                   

Zhou Mengchen felt weak when he left the palace.

Although he was a little hungry, Zhou Mengchen would not be so hungry after all night. It was more psychological pressure.

Because, he had a feeling that before that, Jiajing had never regarded Zhou Mengchen as an opponent. He was a little relaxed when summoning Zhou Mengchen. But this time, Jiajing showed his attitude towards Yan Song and Xu Jie. Zhou Mengchen was a little happy just now and felt that he had passed the test. But now thinking about it, he suddenly felt unsure.

Has he really passed the test? Is Jiajing really relieved? Has this incident really turned over?

Zhou Mengchen didn't know. Only now did he truly feel what it means to be unpredictable to heaven.

It seems that everything has passed, but it seems that everything is for him to see.

If Jiajing was so easy to be touched by others, Jiajing would not be the Taoist emperor known for his power.

Zhou Mengchen thought to himself: "No matter what, let's get the things that His Majesty promised first."

Zhou Mengchen returned home and did not have time to greet his wife and mother at home, so he entered the study and refused to visit the outsiders. He spent a whole day and night with Xu Wei and wrote two memorials, one was the Heshuo Provincial Bureau of Establishment. The other was to ask for credit for the relevant personnel in the Battle of Qingcheng.

The former wrote down Zhou Mengchen's new military system in Datong. The latter, that is, the personnel arrangement, was similar to that for Yang Bo. Zhou Mengchen avoided suspicion and did not say much. However, he suggested restarting his son and two-level male titles.

The reason is very simple.

The biggest difference between Zhou Mengchen's new system and the previous system of the garrison was that the officer hereditary system was abolished. No matter what kind of senior official his father was, his offspring would start with lower-level officers. This was still a small back door opened by the martial arts department of Datong Academy.

First, the Ming Dynasty needed professional officers. Second, Zhou Mengchen also understood that some things could not be cut off even in later generations. Moreover, when fighting really happened, the death rate of the lower-level soldiers was too high. It could be considered a little bit of a gap.

But in this way, there is a problem. That is, many generals have not enough credit to be awarded the title of Count. But they have also made contributions. How should they be rewarded?

Before this, the military positions of the garrison were given, usually a certain position. This hereditary military position of the garrison was essentially a low-level title.

At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there were barons and viscounts, but it was later cancelled.

This may not be the reason. The reason why the two overlap.

Now these military positions have been cancelled. Naturally, lower-level titles must be restored. Should we combine them with the Wusan official system and create a set of lower-level titles? Zhou Mengchen had an idea in his mind.

But he understood that it was best not to move too much at once. He had to distinguish between the main and the secondary, so he just mentioned it.

As for civil servants, they are the same.

Yang Jisheng was the governor of Heshuo, Ma Fang was the general officer of Heshuo. Yin Zhengmao was the military envoy, Ling Yunyi was the prefect of Datong, and Li Chengliang was the military prefecture department. As for the arrangements of generals in Heshuo Province, Zhou Meng deliberately ignored it. However, the number of troops in Heshuo Province was determined. There were 120,000 infantry and 50,000 cavalry. The 120,000 infantry were divided into twenty garrisons, and ten garrisons were arranged along the Yellow River, and to the west were connected to Ningxia Town. There were also three garrisons on the grassland based on the docking place of Datong Town for Xuanfu, which was arranged on Qingcheng, that is, Yunzhong. The capital of Heshuo Province arranged five garrisons, and all the cavalry were stationed on Fengzhou Beach.

The other two garrisons are stationed in Datong City and Fengzhou Prefecture City, as guardian forces of the two garrisons.

Overall, Zhou Mengchen also knew that this person was relatively small. But Zhou Mengchen knew even more that more staffing was impossible to achieve. It was nothing more, the financial problem of the Ming Dynasty. Zhou Mengchen must realize that the establishment of Heshuo Province was to save money for the Ming Dynasty, rather than increase military expenditure to the Ming Dynasty.

Datong, Shaanxi, Yulin, and these three towns can almost be exempted. The troops garrisons in Ningxia and Shaanxi can also be reduced a lot.

If the foreign offensive is maintained, then these armies are not enough. However, if they are on the defensive position outside and have certain diplomatic skills, such a military scale is enough.

Nothing else, Zhou Mengchen believed that the battle of Qingcheng would definitely make the Tartars scared. Xin Ai's Tumote tribe is the most powerful tribe in Mongolia. Even the Chahar Tuman tribe, which is known as orthodox, is far inferior to the Tumote tribe.

This is no longer killing the chicken to scare the monkey, but killing the monkey to scare the chicken.

Zhou Mengchen could not guarantee that the Tartars would be honest in the next ten years. But I think within ten years, the Tartars would live with their tails.

The impact of the Battle of Qingcheng would definitely not be limited to the Tumote, but shocked the entire northern border. Before that, Jiajing wanted to live a peaceful life, but the Tartars didn't. Now, all Tartars wanted to live a peaceful life.

Only with this premise can peace be achieved.

However, even so, Zhou Mengchen still proposed to rotate the soldiers who could fight in the Beijing camp in Heshuo. It would be better to have 50,000 troops, and even select some soldiers from Heshuo Province and transfer them into the Beijing camp. Some of the generals among the nobles served in Heshuo.

In fact, Zhou Mengchen understood very well that there were not many talented people among the nobles. Just like Li Ru. Although he was the general of Datong, he really had to do so according to his ability. Li Ru's ability ranks among the generals of Datong, and even some young generals who had just emerged from thatched cottage may not be inferior to Li Ru. However, he had the halo of the Fengcheng Hou, and was born with Jiajing's trust.

The army is nothing else. In Jiajing's opinion, whether the army can fight is secondary. Trust is the most important thing.

Zhou Mengchen could only follow Jiajing's thoughts.

Introducing these noble officers into the army would probably cause a lot of trouble, but they had to do it. Otherwise, he would have made great efforts in the army, what would Jiajing think? Without the support of the Fengcheng Hou lineage and without Li Ru as the general of Datong, Zhou Mengchen did not even have the premise of taking action against the army.

Fortunately, Ma Fang is now a magistrate of Shuozhou, and he is also considered a noble lineage. In his heart, Zhou Mengchen began to think about the possibility of a blood exchange for the noble lineage. On the one hand, he gave better education to the noble children. After all, Cao Shizhong and other generals trained by Datong Academy also looked qualified. On the other hand, he added fresh blood to the noble lineage. Ma Fang was awarded a title, can Qi Jiguang be awarded a title? After the reboot, male. Two-level titles, there will only be more people awarded a title.

Zhou Mengchen also knew that the first generation of titles would not be trusted by the emperor. The one who could be trusted was the second or even third generations who grew up in the capital and were influenced by the royal family. Because these people enjoyed the glory and wealth brought by the royal family, some of the grass-roots thoughts were also washed away. Of course, their abilities were not as good as their fathers.

However, in Zhou Mengchen's opinion, although I cannot be said to be a hero, I will not degenerate rapidly and become a hero. Is my son not as good as a pig or a dog?

In short, Zhou Mengchen had endless thoughts about the military system, but he could only sigh slightly and said in his heart: "I can't write anymore. If I don't enter the cabinet in the future, I will probably never be able to deal with these things. Maybe I will come to Jiangnan in the future and can I practice the new military system in Jiangnan? However, I think land is also a problem."

Zhou Mengchen thought for a moment, and after he cut the two memorials down, he handed them to the palace.

He thought to himself: "Yang Bo is probably going to be in trouble."

The establishment of a province in Heshuo involves the adjustment of administrative regions of five military towns and two provinces. If the Minister of War was not in charge, it might not be possible. All the things Zhou Mengchen should have done were handed over to Yang Bo.

I don't know how many troubles there are.

Zhou Mengchen had no choice but to wish Yang Bo everything in advance.

It seemed that Zhou Mengchen's words in front of the imperial court moved Jiajing. Jiajing, who had always been in power, handled this matter very quickly. Almost the day after Zhou Mengchen submitted the memorial, all the procedures were completed. The cabinet took action, and with Zhou Mengchen's two memorials as the core, after deleting and modifying them, an imperial edict was formed. After Jiajing used the seal, it was revealed and spread to the world.

As soon as the news came out, it was naturally not confidential. With Zhou Mengchen's connections, he also easily obtained these contents.
Chapter completed!