The Xuancheng Administrator of Shanxi is located in the north of the central part of the Ming Dynasty, facing the capital in the east, Shaanxi in the west, Henan in the south, and the Mongolian Tatar tribe to the north. Since the early Ming Dynasty, Shanxi has been a major border defense center, with Datong Town and Taiyuan Town in the nine borders of the Ming Dynasty. Shanxi merchants were even closer to the water tower and got the moon first, relying on supplying border military supplies to start their own business, and finally became rich in the world.

Shanxi has five prefectures and two prefectures, and the governor's yamen is located in Taiyuan Prefecture in the central part. After receiving the appointment, Lu Xiangsheng immediately took the 1,000 guards of the Jing camp arranged by the emperor to Taiyuan. Since Shanxi is close to the capital, he was the first among the appointed governors to take office except Shi Kefa.

Lu Xiangsheng can be said to be an outlier among civil servants. Although he is a literati in Jiangnan, he has liked riding and shooting since he was a child. While studying literature, he did not forget to practice martial arts. Even this way, he was able to pass the Jinshi, which proves that he is not ordinary, but an all-round talent.

In fact, as early as when Daming Prefecture was the prefect, he wanted to recruit troops to wipe out local bandits, but before he could take action, he was recruited by the emperor to the capital and appointed as the deputy general of the Beijing camp.

For other literati, this kind of appointment may be a bit difficult to accept, but for Lu Xiangsheng, it was just right, because he had dreams of leading the army since he was a child. Now he was promoted to deputy general of the Jingying camp. It can be said that his dream will be realized sooner or later. Jingying is the emperor's personal army. With the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, there will be wars sooner or later. You must know that there are not many emperors in the Ming Dynasty who are not easy to fight!

Unexpectedly, before the Beijing camp joined the war, he was sent to Shanxi, the governor of the province, responsible for extermination of the rebels. How could he not be overjoyed? As long as he recruited the Qi army, his ideal would be realized immediately. Therefore, as soon as he received the order, he hurried to Taiyuan Prefecture. Without even taking a breath, he ran to Shanxi Commander Command to summon a group of minds to discuss the conscription.

Why did he run to the Dushi Commander and Commander Office instead of going to the governor's office? Here I will introduce the local official system of the Ming Dynasty.

In the Ming Dynasty, local administrative units were not called provincial but Xuancheng Administration and the General Administration Department. The highest administrative officer of a province was not called provincial or secretary, but was called left governor and right governor. They were both second-rank chief officials and were in charge of civil affairs work in a province.

In addition to the Xuancheng Administration and the Criminal Office, there are also the Criminal Criminal Office and the Commander Commander Office. These three yamen are collectively called the Three Departments. They are all the highest organs of a province and are at the same level, but the things in charge are different. The Xuancheng Administration and the Criminal Criminal Office is responsible for civil affairs, the Criminal Criminal Office is responsible for criminal prisons, and the Commander Commander Office is responsible for military affairs.

The governor and the governor are not permanent officials in the local area, but temporary officials set up above the provincial level. The full names are: "The governor and the governor are in the military affairs, food and money and the governor are in the same place" and "The governor and the governor are in the same place are in the same place". In other words, the governor and the governor are sent by the court to temporarily handle local military affairs. After the matter is over, the governor and the governor will not stay in the local area, but will return to the court to report their duties and restore them to their posts.

Although the governor Lu Xiangsheng had higher power than the local three departments, he was mainly responsible for military affairs. So after he arrived in Taiyuan, he went directly to the Du Commander and Commander rather than the Xuan Chenggong Division.

The military households of the Ming Dynasty were all hereditary. When there was no war, the military households became military farms, which were managed by the officials of each hundred households. There was a thousand households above the ten hundred households, and there was a garrison above the five thousand households. The commander's office was above the garrison.

The Ming Dynasty's Command and Command Office was actually not a combat unit, but a military and political management organization. It was mainly responsible for managing the hometown and daily training of the garrison. When the actual battle was in operation, the court would send generals, governors or governors to command the troops. At that time, it had nothing to do with the Command and Command Office.

Therefore, Lu Xiangsheng did not come to Shanxi's Command Command and Command not to directly lead troops to fight from here. The Command and Command and Command can be said to have no soldiers and only military households under him. How many soldiers do you want? I will call you up with the Ministry of War. We can also collect weapons and equipment in the arsenal. As for food, grass and money, I'm sorry, if you ask the court yourself, we will not be responsible!

Lu Xiangsheng checked the household registration book of the Shanxi Commander Commander Office. The number of military households is enough. Shanxi has always been a major military center. The Ming Dynasty court did not know how many soldiers and horses were stationed here, so it is natural that those who stayed directly to farm. You must know that when the Ming Dynasty founded, there were 2.7 million troops. Most of these troops eventually became garrisons, and most of them were stationed on the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty. Each border defense center had at least 100,000 military households, and Shanxi had two border defense centers. Therefore, there were no less than 300,000 military households under the jurisdiction of the Shanxi Commander Office!

There is no problem in drawing 100,000 troops from more than 300,000 military households. Lu Xiangsheng drew out twenty garrisons far away from the border and asked the commander commander of the Shanxi to directly recruit 5,000 troops in each garrison. Even if the problem of the 100,000 troops' source of troops is solved, the weapons and armor will be gathered together and then go directly to the arsenal to collect them. The rest is practice. There is not much problem with these. After all, Lu Xiangsheng has been studying with Qin Liangyu in the Jingying camp for nearly three years. In addition, he himself is a military fan, so it is natural to be a problem to train the army.

The key is food, grass and money. It’s not that the emperor did not prepare food, but the emperor gave it to him. Before going to the battle, the emperor handed over the food and money to him. Moreover, the money he gave was not three million taels, but five million taels--silver notes!

Lu Xiangsheng was really nervous when he was holding these five million taels of silver notes. This large roll of letter paper is not like letter paper. Can silver not like straw paper really get five million taels of silver? Although Jun Wu said no joke, he did not doubt the emperor's character, but that was five million taels!

After handling the recruitment matters in the commander-in-chief, Lu Xiangsheng led his personal guards to the Shanxi Branch of Rixinglong. Along the way, he always felt a little uneasy. If he couldn't mention the money, it would be a big trouble.

As soon as he entered the Rixinglong semi-colon, an old man who looked like a shopkeeper came up and bowed and said, "I dare you ask if it's Governor Lu, Lord Lu?"

Lu Xiangsheng was not curious about the old man being able to recognize him. It was not a secret action when he took office. Although there was no big fanfare, the formation was there. Who would be the new governor who would be if so many personal guards were not the newly appointed governor?

He took out a silver note from his arms and handed it to the old man, tentatively: "You are the shopkeeper here, right? Can this be exchanged immediately?"

The old man did not take the silver bill, nor did he answer him immediately. Instead, he bent over and invited him into a reception room, poured him hot tea with his own hands, and then took the silver bill from him and carefully identified it. Then he replied with affirmative answer: "There is no problem with the silver bill, and it can naturally be exchanged immediately."

The denomination of the silver bill was 100,000 taels, and the shopkeeper was not blushing and breathless. The calmness alone made Lu Xiangsheng look at him with admiration. He simply took out all the silver bills in his arms and continued to test: "What about these?"

The shopkeeper took the silver notes, checked them one by one, and replied with affirmative answer: "The fifty silver notes with a denomination of 100,000 taels are 5 million taels in total. They need to be allocated and can be exchanged for you within three days. However, this is a foreign exchange, and we have to charge a half-cent of the handling fee, and we can only exchange 4.75 million taels of silver for you in total."

Lu Xiangsheng asked a little disbelief: "You really have so much cash?"

The shopkeeper said proudly: "Our Rixinglong is the largest business in the Ming Dynasty. The total capital value has increased to 50 million taels. If the semicolons of a province can't even collect several million taels of cash, wouldn't it be a joke?"

50,000 taels! Lu Xiangsheng felt that the money was a bit beyond his understanding. He heard that the boss behind Rixinglong was Luo Yangxing, the first-rank official of the dynasty, the left governor of the Five Army Governor's Office, and the commander of the Jinyiwei Guard.

Although he is a temporary false title, he is also a first-rank official. However, his entire family property is less than 5,000 taels, but he is only 50,000 taels. This guy will not move the treasury of the Ming Dynasty to his own house!

He didn't know that the Rixinglong Business Name was really the hidden treasury of the Ming Dynasty, and the boss behind the scenes was not Luo Yangxing, but Emperor Chongzheng Zhu Cijiong.
Chapter completed!