Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 188 Completion of Recruitment
Li Yan didn't have the extravagant hope of being in charge of the military again, but when he heard what Du Yinxi said, he was naturally more grateful and looked forward to the next cooperation with Du Yinxi.

That night, regardless of rest, Li Yan began to discuss with Du Yinxi the determination of the official positions and powers of the generals of the Chuang army.

Zhu Youjian gave Du Yinxi a lot of privileges. Basically, the official positions of the generals of the Chuang army were directly adjudicated by him, and even how the Huguang territory defended the Qing army's Azige troops from going south was entirely up to him.

But Du Yinxi handed all this over to Li Yan. Li Yan was well versed in the fictions and facts of the Chuangjun, and he did not rely on cronyism, so he presented Du Yinxi a list of the generals conferred by the Chuangjun all night long.

Du Yinxi immediately approved Li Yan's proposal, and immediately ordered someone to submit a copy to Beijing for the reference of Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian and the Generalissimo's Office.

At the same time, Li Yan ordered people to immediately gather all the generals of the Chuang army to gather in Wuchang City, and began to prepare for a formal appeasement ceremony.

Here, Zhu Youjian had already ordered the Ministry of Officials to prepare a roster of canonization and an imperial decree to seal the Chuangjun as the extermination of the captive army, and had ordered Jin Yiwei to pass this on to Du Yinxi.

Du Yinxi only needs to register according to the blank roster. This form of administrative system has caused major cases in the early Ming Dynasty, but now Zhu Youjian can only make such an administrative special in Huguang in order to pursue speed.

In addition, Du Yinxi only needs to read out the imperial decree at the appeasement ceremony to complete the appeasement work, and began to focus on preparing for the fight against the Qing army.

In short, the efficiency of recruiting the Chuangjun is very fast.

At the same time that Gao Yigong, Yuan Zongdi and other generals of the invading army gathered in Wuchang, the crown uniforms made in advance by the imperial court's Ministry of Rites had also arrived in Duyinxi, and at the same time the military supplies allocated by the Grand Marshal's Mansion also arrived.

On this day, Li Yan was the first to put on the civil official uniform of the third grade of Ming Dynasty, and appeared in front of the generals of various ministries of the Chuang army as the governor of Huguang.

Seeing this, Gao Yigong and others became very excited, and kept asking Li Yan about the imperial court's appeasement.

"Military Master, why are you wearing the official uniform of the imperial court now? Have you accepted the imperial court's appeasement, and the imperial court also agreed to our conditions?" Gao Yigong stood up first and asked.

"Yes, military division, what rank are you as an official? Do you have a high official position as a magistrate? Military division, you can't just be fooled by the court!" Li Jin also shouted.

"Military Master, if you accept the imperial court's appeasement, then what kind of officials are we? Don't really be inferior to the county magistrate!" Yuan Zongdi also asked immediately.

Li Yan smiled. For this group of Chuangjun brothers who were simple-minded and straightforward, he admired and felt helpless. After everyone finished asking, he began to explain why he agreed to the imperial court's appeasement, and said: " Li's talents are shallow, but he has been favored by His Majesty. Jian Ba ​​is the governor of Huguang. The appointment of official positions are all based on my suggestion, as for the specific arrangement, I will announce it myself later, please wait a moment!"

After Li Yan finished speaking, Du Yinxi stood up and began to read out the imperial decree of Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian to seal the Chuangjun as the extermination of the captive army and the roster of all the generals of the Chuangjun. Submit it.

As Li Yan said, according to the place names of the prefectures in Huguang, Du Yinxi conferred the post of chief soldier on the main general of the Chuang army, followed by deputy chief soldier, and the lowest was guerrilla.

But in terms of official positions, this is already considered preferential treatment. After all, even the supreme commander of the Guards who commanded more than [-] troops is no more than the chief soldier. General officer.

Of course, this kind of commander-in-chief is limited to the interior of the Extermination Army, and his powers cannot be compared with the commander-in-chief of the Guards.

Huguang can be regarded as Zhu Youjian's private land allocated to the Extermination Army, and the real power holders are Du Yinxi and Li Yan, the actual person in charge of the Extermination Army.

Naturally, this war zone is different from other war zones, but in order to define the status level of the generals of the Chuang army and facilitate the command and control, although many generals of the Chuang army are general officers, only the highest-ranking generals in the Chuang army Gong served as the commander-in-chief of Huguang, and the rest were just the names of the state capitals on the boundary of Huguang.

The generals from all walks of life came to the stage to receive a crown uniform, looking at the red robes and black yarn, each of them was full of excitement.

At this time, Du Yinxi ordered people to carry up food, quilts, firearms and silver dollars.

If it is said that conferring officials only satisfies the vanity of Chuangjun's generals, then the real materials in front of him made the clinking poor Chuangjun's eyes shine, and he really felt the benefits of belonging to the imperial court .

"Your Majesty enjoined you all as the Extermination Army, hoping that all brothers will bear in mind that your mission is to destroy Jianlu. From now on, we are the ones who eat the emperor's rations. Our lives will no longer belong to ourselves, but to His Majesty and Ming Dynasty. , belongs to the people of the Han family! We want to kill Jianlu, destroy Jianlu!"

After Li Yan explained it this way, the generals who broke into the army understood the meaning of calling themselves the Extermination Army. Coupled with the temptation of various material interests in front of them, the enthusiasm of these generals who broke into the army increased greatly, and they immediately followed Li Yan to shout up.

So far, Du Yinxi's work of recruiting Chuangjun's headquarters has completely ended.

And the next thing is the comprehensive preparations for the Huguang area.

Naturally, the various ministries of the Chuang army need to be fully re-dressed, at least not to allow the Chuang army to still have the situation that the Chuang army officers and soldiers use kitchen knives and hoes as weapons.

Naturally, the city walls in Huguang also need to be repaired, and the roads also need to be repaired. In addition to the water conservancy projects in various places, Du Yinxi can only use the only remaining people in the Huguang area to restore infrastructure.

Li Yan began to adjust the tactics of fighting against the Azig Department of the Qing army and the specific strategy of defending Huguang according to the intelligence and information provided by Jin Yiwei and the strategy of the imperial court.

Right now, he and his generals of the extermination army are either the governor of Huguang or the commander-in-chief of Huguang and the commander-in-chief of the state capitals. Naturally, the sense of belonging is different from before. Guarding Huguang is just like they guarded Shaanxi in the past. Li Yan does not want to destroy the captive army by himself After losing its hometown of Shaanxi, it lost its new base of Huguang again.

Du Yinxi is now worried that Li Yan and other extermination troops will not think about making progress after taking root in Huguang. Now that Li Yan and others are so actively preparing, he is naturally very relieved, and will continue to transfer food and grass from Hunan to supply the extermination army with all his heart. , and even took the initiative to ask the Grand Marshal's Mansion for more sophisticated ordnance supplements for the Extermination Army.

　Normal update tomorrow

　　
　
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