Prince of Chaos

Chapter 288 Recommended Candidates

The distance from Jizhen to Beijing is less than two or three hundred miles, so the secret letter written by Li Tiansheng to Zhu Changluo was delivered in less than a day.

Of course, there is also a memorial written by Xing Jie to Zhu Changluo.

Zhu Changluo opened Li Tiansheng's secret letter and read it.

After reading the content of Li Tiansheng's secret letter, Zhu Changluo's heart was heavy.

Zhu Changluo had heard about the fact that the Ming army was on empty pay for a long time, but Zhu Changluo never thought that the current Ming army was eating empty pay to such a heinous level!

Take what Li Tiansheng said about Jizhen officers and soldiers, the quota should be 5000, but the actual number of soldiers is only 3000. Even if some of them go out to perform tasks, the total number must be less than 3.

Now Xing Jie has transferred another 1 people, which means that there are only less than [-] troops defending the northern line of defense outside the capital. We can hit the city of Beijing.

Such a situation is really unsettling.

In the letter, Li Tiansheng also said bad things about Xing Jie, saying that Xing Jie sat back and ignored the officers and soldiers who were paid nothing, and said that the Xishan Law Enforcement Team did not care about the affairs of the court and so on.

After Zhu Changluo saw the information, he laughed again.

Zhu Changluo said to Wei Zhongxian who was waiting by his side: "Who do you think Li Tiansheng or Xing Jie did the right thing?"

Wei Zhongxian replied: "Shengming has no fault with the master. Since the master believes in them, the slave feels that both of them must be right."

Zhu Changluo smiled and said: "You answered this question very slyly. However, you are right. I just believe in them. I believe in Li Tiansheng's loyalty and Xing Jie's ability. Therefore, I decided to temporarily follow Xing Jie's decision on this matter. Xing wants to deal with it. I can't manage the affairs of Jizhen now, and I don't have the ability to manage it. Let Xing Jie manage well in Liaodong. When he manages to a certain extent, Gu will be able to manage it. Xing Xing Xu did the right thing. After Huigu will write a letter to reply Xing Jie himself, you send someone to send it to him, saying that Gu will support him as always in Beijing, and let him do it boldly, according to Gu As long as the strategy given before is carried out steadily.”

Wei Zhongxian replied, "Yes."

Then Zhu Changluo said: "There is also Li Tiansheng here, you also send someone to tell him the meaning of loneliness, let him get rid of distracting thoughts temporarily, restrain the law enforcement team under him, and learn the skills of dispatching troops from Xing Jie. , and when he has learned something in the future, Gu will also give him some heavy burdens."

Wei Zhongxian said: "The slave will remember."

After explaining this matter, Zhu Changluo opened Xing Jie's memorial again.

Xing Jie's memorial was dedicated to him, and there are traces of wax seals on it.

Zhu Changluo opened the wax seal and read Xing Jie's memorial.

Zhu Changluo saw Xing Jie's concerns. Xing Jie was worried about the combat power of Jizhou soldiers and the abilities of the generals, and worried that they would not be able to complete His Royal Highness's strategic goals on time.

Therefore, Xing Jie asked Zhu Changluo to arrange for one or two generals who could act alone to go to the Korean battlefield as appropriate.

After reading Xing Jie's memorial, Zhu Changluo also understood what Xing Jie meant.

Zhu Changluo sighed, and then said: "Go and call Mr. Shen from the cabinet first."

When Wei Zhongxian heard that Zhu Changluo wanted to call Shen Shixing, he immediately took Zhu Changluo's order and went to the cabinet to call Shen Shixing.

When Shen Shixing arrived at Ciqing Palace, Zhu Changluo said, "Mr. Shen, please sit down."

Shen Shixing thanked Zhu Changluo for his kindness before sitting down.

Zhu Changluo looked at Shen Shixing and asked, "Mr. Shen, Xing Jie has brought a memorial to Gu, you should take a look too."

Zhu Changluo directly gave Xing Jie's secret document to Shen Shixing.

When Shen Shixing saw that Xing Jie had the right to bypass the cabinet and directly give Zhu Changluo a secret memorial, Shen Shixing couldn't help being shocked, but he didn't say anything. He immediately glanced at the content of Xing Jie's memorial.

When Shen Shixing finished reading, Zhu Changluo said: "Mr. Shen, don't talk about the seriousness of the matter alone, you should have seen it too. The situation in Liaodong is worse than I imagined. In this important town, the combat power is so low that Xing Jie couldn't help but send a memorial to the lonely dignitary. Tell me, what should we do about this?"

After Shen Shixing listened to Zhu Changluo's words, he replied: "Your Highness, I never thought that Ji Town would be corrupted to such an extent. I suggest that you immediately replace the general of Ji Town and send a practical general to rectify Ji Town."

After Zhu Changluo listened to Shen Shixing's words, he asked, "Then who is suitable?"

Shen Shixing thought for a while, and then said: "I suggest that the governor and fellow acquaintance Xiao Ruxun move to Jizhou."

Hearing Shen Shixing mention Xiao Ruxun, Zhu Changluo had the impression that Xiao Ruxun was the general who had repeatedly made great achievements in defending Pinglu City during the Battle of Ningxia.

When his achievements were passed back to the capital, Emperor Wanli specially commended him, and he was qualified to be the deputy general of Ningxia Town. Later, he was promoted to the general of the army. , his wife Yang was also commended.In the late Ming Dynasty, he can be regarded as a well-known general.

Zhu Changluo nodded and said, "Xiao Ruxun is good. We can let him move to Jizhou. Another question?"

Shen Shixing said: "I think Magui is also good."

Hearing the name Magui, Zhu Changluo thought of the Ningxia Battle, where Magui also stood out.

Moreover, Ma Gui's family and Li Chengliang's family are often mentioned together in the evaluation of later generations, and they are called "Xima Dongli".

It can be seen from this that Ma Gui's ability is also resounding.

Now, Li Rusong was entrusted by Zhu Changluo with a heavy responsibility to watch Nurhachi in Jianzhou, but he was not asked to go directly to the Korean battlefield. Therefore, for a while, Xing Jie really had a capable general to use.

Now, Shen Shixing recommended Ma Gui, and Zhu Changluo also felt that this candidate was a good one.

After all, in the original historical time and space, Ma Gui eventually went to the Korean battlefield, and his performance on the Korean battlefield was also dazzling.Several important and decisive battles were won by Magui on the Korean battlefield.

Therefore, the ability of this person is beyond doubt.

Zhu Changluo said: "Then use Magui as the general officer of the Japanese army, add the rank of admiral, and transfer to Liaodong Korea to listen to Xing Jie's command."

Shen Shixing said: "I obey the order."

After arranging Xing Jie's affairs, Zhu Changluo left Shen Shixing to ask about the candidates for the Minister of War.

Although Xing Jie was awarded the title of Shangshu of the Ministry of War, he did not preside over the work in Beijing.

Therefore, the Ministry of War in Beijing still needs to have someone who can take charge.

Shi Xing, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of War, has been convicted and sent to prison, and now the Shangshu of the Ministry of War in Beijing is also free.

If it is the original historical time and space, it may be empty if it is empty, because in that time and space, Emperor Wanli had no interest in managing affairs after the failure of the national struggle, resulting in many official positions being vacant, and the court was therefore idling. .

However, it is different now. Although Emperor Wanli still doesn't care about it, Zhu Changluo is doing the thing of supervising the country.Therefore, Zhu Changluo is not allowed to have a vacancy in the six major departments.

When Zhu Changluo asked about the candidates for the Minister of War, Shen Shixing also hesitated a little.Now, the work of the Ministry of War at this stage is really difficult to do. If a person with mediocre ability is selected to take the position, Zhu Changluo will definitely be hated in the end.

However, he would like to find someone who knows military affairs and is capable, and Shen Shixing couldn't think of it for a while.

Seeing Shen Shixing's hesitation, Zhu Changluo said: "Mr. Shen can go back and discuss with the cabinet, and then tell Gu when there is a recommended candidate."

After listening to Zhu Changluo's words, Shen Shixing breathed a sigh of relief, then got up and replied, "I will leave."

After Shen Shi left, Zhu Changluo couldn't help worrying about the candidate for the Ministry of War, because he looked around, but he didn't find any useful person who could be the Minister of the Ministry of War. The current Ministry of War is really important to Zhu Changluo. He definitely wouldn't let it out so easily, so Zhu Changluo was also worried.

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