Liu Hongjian was really crying for Chongzhen's reward. He broke his teeth and swallowed them into his stomach. Who else could he blame?

If you don’t take advantage of it, you will be a bastard. After accepting Chongzhen’s reward, Liu Hongjian also suggested that when going to Liaodong Xuan to comfort the army, you must send a reliable person to ensure that the money is distributed to every soldier.

He had seen the means of deducting military pay by officials from all walks of life. If he was sent, he would leave. From the general to the officials at all levels below, he would probably not get half of the soldiers who were suffering in the end.

He also planned to pick out a few clever points from the Jinyiwei to be responsible for the investigation of the situation in Liaodong and to monitor Wu Sangui's movements by the way. Chongzhen also nodded in agreement.

Then Liu Hongjian stared at Chongzhen, laughed three times, making Chongzhen look furious.

"Emperor, the Jinyi Guard has a serious shortage of troops. In order to achieve that big event, I suggest...it is recommended to recall more than 5,000 'Han generals' of the Jinyi Guard belonging to the palace..."

Chongzhen was very proud of his face, and these Han generals were the face of the Ming Dynasty. Now that Liu Hongjian wanted to recall these pillars, it was tantamount to slapping Chongzhen in the face.

Chongzhen was not as angry as Liu Hongjian thought, but just sighed and said slightly.

"My dear, I know that you are dedicated to the country. The Ming Dynasty has become what it is now. I have no face to worship my ancestors. What qualifications do I have to talk about these things on the scene? Please recall them. It is enough to have three thousand battalions and five military camps in my palace."

The previous excitement was immediately diluted because of the current situation. Yes, the empire is still internal and external troubles. What is the use of a little silver?

The "old man" in front of him was wearing a bright yellow imperial robe. He had two patches on the hem of the imperial robe. His hair was gray and black, and his forehead had already wrinkles. His inclined eyes were deep and majestic, and his majestic fatigue was revealed. He was only thirty-four years old!

Who said that the emperor was not kind? Who said that the emperor loved face was nonsense. It must be because of the historian who was dissatisfied with Chongzhen and deliberately slandered him.

Liu Hongjian bent down and gave a junior greeting to Chongzhen. Yes! In his opinion, the emperor was just a pitiful person at this time.

But he must also say what he should say, and he must also do what he should do. Although he is now the commander of the Jinyiwei, for everyone under the Jinyiwei, he has just changed his leader.

In terms of qualifications and majesty, he is even worse than Liang Yang and Chang Yu. If he cannot get some benefits for the people below, how can he make many Jinyiwei work willingly for him?

Liu Hongjian explained his difficulties to Chongzhen in a tactful way. Chongzhen also understood it. With a wave of his hand, he directly asked him to take away all the jewelry, jade, porcelain, calligraphy and paintings copied from the Wu Mansion!

Liu Hongjian was overjoyed. Although he didn't know how much those things were worth, he remembered that there seemed to be quite a lot! Two cars of gold, silver and jewelry, three cars of jewelry and jade, and ten cars of porcelain and calligraphy and painting, it was worth more than one hundred thousand taels!

All the troops in the Jinyiwei in Beijing, plus the five thousand Han generals, are almost 7,000. If the training is appropriate, it will definitely be of great use after a while.

With Chongzhen's permission, Liu Hongjian bowed and left, and went directly to the Jinyiwei Yamen, asking Chang Yu to send someone to bring back what he had pulled back last night.

Afterwards, all the personnel from hundreds of households and above were gathered at the Jinyiwei Yamen to discuss the issue of reform.

The original Jinyiwei had fourteen thousand households under its jurisdiction. After careful consideration, Liu Hongjian was preparing to lay off some old and weak. Currently, there are about 4,000 Jinyiwei personnel from other places, plus 7,000 people in Beijing, and more than 1,000 elderly and weak people have been removed to form ten complete thousand households, four are temporarily for the outside world and six are staying in Beijing.

The former commander of the Nanzhen Fushi Office was promoted to command and magistrate, and the other ones were promoted to command and magistrate Zhang Shun, the new commander Wang Ping, Li Weixian, the new commander Jiang Datong, and the Beizhen Fushi Office's governor Chang Yu.

The remaining ones are thousands of households, and hundreds of households are promoted and transferred, and all are assigned by the new commander Liang Yang.

Liu Hongjian gained the power to act cheaply, so he began to make drastic changes to the Jinyiwei without hesitation. Liang Yang, who had been keeping a low profile for many years, showed even more enthusiasm.

Liu Hongjian announced Chongzhen's rewards again. Whether it is gold, silver, jewelry, or jade, it is all money in the final analysis. Even if it is worth more than 100,000 taels, there are at least ten taels of 100,000 taels of things that are distributed to each person.

Many officials of the Jinyiwei below were immediately overjoyed. The Jinyiwei was shelved for several years. The imperial court had a shortage of silver, so it was naturally not the turn for the Jinyiwei to pay salary. Important officials of the imperial court had already owed half a year, and the Tiqi cavalry of the Jinyiwei were even more struggling and lived a very miserable life.

As soon as Liu Hongjian took office, everyone could get at least ten taels of silver at once, which was enough to make all the Jinyiwei celebrate. Many officials even shouted the slogan of "Commandering the Powerful Commander".

What does ten taels mean? For example, in the Ming Dynasty, you can buy two stones of rice for one tael of silver. Even if there were turmoil in the late Ming Dynasty and natural disasters, you can still buy one stone for one tael of silver. In the Ming Dynasty, one stone was about 180 kilograms, which was enough for a family to live for a month.

There are rewards and punishments, which painted a glorious prospect for everyone and gave money. The next step was to punish violations.

In addition to the stick, those who bully the people and those who embezzled bribes, regardless of the amount, were removed from the Jinyiwei and imprisoned in the imperial prison. No one of them knew the horror of the punishment of the Jinyiwei Zhaozhu. As the Jinyiwei, all the thousands and hundreds of households who were Jinyiwei were silent on Liu Hongjian's ban.

Those who have meritorious rewards, and those who have mistakes are punished. The most clear rule is that as long as you work hard, you can get money and get promotions, many officials even forgot the punishment they just mentioned, and they are ready to do something big.

After the meeting, Liu Hongjian discussed with Liang Yang, Zhang Shun and others how to arrange the Han generals until the afternoon.

Afterwards, Liu Hongjian was the host and went to the famous Xiangmanlou in the capital for a big meal. At the table, several new magistrates, assistant magistrates and politicians took turns to toasting Liu Hongjian, expressing that they would do their best to do their best to serve the commander and the Ming Dynasty in the future.

Liu Hongjian was already unable to drink and was drunk all the time, so he helped him out of the restaurant by Chang Yu and Liang Yang.

What they didn't know was that as soon as the few people left the restaurant, the restaurant owner hurriedly called a servant and whispered a few words. The servant ran out immediately...

When she got home, Xiuxiu quickly helped Liu Hongjian to bed. Liu Hongjian held Sun Xiuxiu's hand in a daze of drunken eyes and said to herself,

"Xiuxiu is here, have another drink for your husband! Full..."
Chapter completed!