Qiming 1158

Chapter 1159 Shen Gai's "big vassal"

On the ninth day of October in the fifth year of Hongwu, Su Yonglin arrived in Lin'an City with an expedited message from six hundred li from the central capital.

Xin Qiji, a full-power negotiator, held an imperial edict from the Daming Emperor in Lin'an City, and officially named Zhao Dun as the lord of Jiangnan.

All the representative officials of Jiangnan Kingdom, under the leadership of the supreme ruling and Pingzhang military state affairs officer Shen Gai, paid homage to the imperial edict of the Daming Emperor, and on behalf of His Highness Zhao Dun, the king of Jiangnan who was sick in bed and unable to get up, took the edict and expressed his sincerity to the Daming Emperor. of gratitude.

Shen Gai said that from now on, Jiangnan Kingdom will serve Daming wholeheartedly under the leadership of His Royal Highness Zhao Dun, and provide assistance to Daming wholeheartedly. Whatever Daming wants, Jiangnan Kingdom will provide. The goal that Daming wants to achieve is the highest level of Jiangnan Kingdom. mission.

At the same time, the news that Shen Gai and others wanted to hear was finally heard.

Su Yonglin allowed the Jiangnan Lord's request for a Ming army to garrison near Lin'an City, and approved an army of 3 troops to be stationed in the surrounding areas of Lin'an City, as a deterrent to the young people and escort for the Lin'an court.

The stationing time is tentatively set for two years. During this period, all military expenses and sustenance expenses are allocated by the Lin'an court, and the standard should be done in full accordance with the Ming army.

And when the Jiangnan Kingdom encounters dangers related to its actual existence, the Daming army will not be unresponsive, and they will give Jiangnan Kingdom enough help within their ability.

It's like spending money on insurance.

Rao is so, when they saw the list of military spending, they all widened their eyes. On the one hand, they thought it was incredible, but on the other hand, they felt that the reason why the Ming army was so powerful was not without reason.

Three meals a day, good food to eat, regular meat, vegetables, and even fruit to eat, enough military doctors and medicinal materials, enough military uniforms throughout the year, and some relatively generous military salaries, and welfare rewards during New Years and festivals...

These alone are already beyond the reach of Song Jun.

In addition to these, the Ming army also needed a large number of pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and a large number of tables, chairs, and benches, because they needed to read and write to enhance their cultural knowledge.

The longevity is over, and the big head soldiers are going to study!
This is simply incomprehensible.

But thinking about it this way, it seems that it is not difficult to understand the Ming army's order and prohibition of military discipline, is it?
The Ming army unit that was chosen to stay was the Youyi Army under Zhou Zhi's command, with a full strength of 3.

They are stationed in the area of ​​Gaotingshan, north of Lin'an. The Jiangnan side needs to build a large-scale military camp for the army as soon as possible. Of course, all the expenses must be paid by the Jiangnan side.

Although it hurts a bit, but since it is for safety, so that there will not be any trouble in the future when the Lin'an court is at its most vulnerable, this is also a helpless thing.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, under Zhang Shi's suggestion, Shen Gai reduced the 5-strong army that the Lin'an court could now control to [-], and based on the three divisions of the Dianqian Division, the Guards' Horse Army Division, and the Guards' Infantry Division. Rebuild the Custodian.

The distribution method is 1 people in front of the hall, 2 guards in the horse army division and [-] guards in the infantry division.

This suggestion was accepted by Shen Gai, so Shen Gai started to arrange the work. Finally, 1 elite people were organized into the front division of the temple, and the remaining 4 people were divided equally to form the Guard Horse Army Division and the Guard Infantry Division.

Among them, the commander-in-chief of the front office was appointed by Zhang Jianshu, who was personally promoted by Shen Gai.

This person has been going around in the forbidden army system all the time, and has escaped the catastrophe of the forbidden army's destruction several times.

The Guard Ma Junsi was commanded by Lu Yongyan, who was recommended by Zhang Shi, to lead the Guard Ma Junsi.

The commander of the Guards and Infantry Division was appointed by Ding Shun, a forbidden army officer recommended by Zhou Linzhi, who was responsible for commanding the Guards and Infantry Division.

Shen Gai also knew what it meant to be a large group of ministers.

When the coup d'etat was launched, he was the leader, so after the coup d'etat, he naturally became a state affairs of the Pingzhang army, in charge of all power in Jiangnan Kingdom, and the lord Zhao Dun was just a mascot.

However, this does not mean that he is the greatest hero, does not mean that he can decide everything.

He couldn't have done it without the help of two important helpers.

One of these two important helpers is Zhang Shi, and the other is Zhou Linzhi.

Zhang Shi provided him with the army controlled by Lu Yongyan, and personally led the army to perform some important and dangerous tasks, seized the military power of the city defense army, and made great contributions.

Zhou Linzhi took advantage of his good popularity to persuade some old bureaucrats that Shen Gai could not persuade, and brought a large number of old bureaucrats to support Shen Gai's coup d'etat and cooperate with him. credit.

Without these two people, his coup d'état would not have succeeded, and he would not have achieved his current political status, so when he actually "confined all the ministers", he gave the crucial military power as a reward to these two people. the power behind them.

Of course, Shen Kai himself still had to take the best and most important things to ensure his position as chief executive.

He took 1 people with the best physique and the tallest body as the front division troops, responsible for the defense and garrison of the entire Lin'an City.

After that, three military camps were arranged inside and outside Lin'an City, and the army was placed in it, completely grasping the defense of the entire Lin'an City, and firmly grasping Lin'an City and the country's lord Zhao Dun.

Although the troops of the Ma Junsi and the Guards Infantry Division controlled by Zhang Shi and Zhou Linzhi also bear the title of the Imperial Guards, they are not stationed in Lin'an City. , It is still a little distance from Lin'an City.

Neither Zhang Jin nor Zhou Linzhi showed dissatisfaction on the surface, but they still expressed some dissatisfaction with the people behind them in private.

Because Shen Gai did this obviously to let himself dominate Lin'an, and the other two couldn't get involved in Lin'an.

Although there is nothing to be angry about, there is still some discomfort.

Of course, you, Shen Ging, are the greatest hero, Pingzhang military and state affairs, everyone obeys your orders, but you also have to show some tolerance, right?
As a result, one was directly in Yuhang and the other in Xiaoshan. You "stayed behind" in Lin'an. Don't you know what this means?

But these are not the most important things.

At present, everyone's external environment is still relatively sinister, and it is far from the time for infighting, so Zhang Shi and Zhou Linzhi both controlled their emotions and then proceeded to the next step.

The next preparation is naturally to invite Ming army officers to come to give training guidance to the three armies.

Shen Gai and Zhang Shi agreed with this suggestion, but Zhou Linzhi disagreed.

Zhou Linzhi hated the Ming army and said that he could train himself without the help of the Ming army, so Shen Gai and Zhang Jin made a request, hoping to invite some capable junior officers of the Ming army to serve as instructors in the forbidden army to guide the training of the forbidden army.

Regarding this invitation, the Ming army conducted some internal discussions, and then reported it to Zhongdu, and replied to Lin'an, saying that they could send someone to help after waiting for Zhongdu's notice.

It's not in a hurry.

Shen Gai took Zhang Jin and Zhou Linzhi to visit Zhao Dun, and to Zhao Dun, who was paralyzed and could only lean on the bed, conveyed the results of their discussions with the Ming Kingdom, and told Zhao Dun that the Southern Song Dynasty no longer existed. The country name Song no longer exists, and only Jiangnan is left.

Then congratulations to Zhao Dun for taking up the post of the lord of Jiangnan.

Zhao Dun was just sullen and mocking.

"Why do you need me? Why don't you just kill me and be the lord of your own country! Shen Gai, this lord of the country, how about I let you do it?"

(End of this chapter)