The purpose of Chen Qiyu's visit this time was also to stabilize these border town generals who could not withstand the investigation.
Your Majesty is right, now is not the time to rectify the Jiubian. Lin Danhan is living a life of sleeping and sleeping in the grasslands in the north.
At this time, if there is a big problem in the border town, causing instability in the military morale or local chaos, Lin Danhan will not let go of this good opportunity.
Moreover, he was also afraid that these generals would really seek refuge with Lin Dan Khan in order to save their own lives, which would be very detrimental to the Ming Dynasty.
When he entered the town of Datong and saw that most of the civil servants and generals of Datong were there, his worries and tensions were relieved a lot.
After a simple polite greeting, he summoned most of the generals above the guerrilla level to the Yamen of Datong Prefecture.
When Chen Qiyu entered the government office, his Biaoying soldiers immediately took control of the entire government office inside and outside, and all the original sergeants and personnel on duty were replaced.
Upon seeing this, the civil and military generals in Datong could not help but feel chills in their backs. Several military generals in the crowd looked at each other. Could it be that they really came to raise an army to investigate?
Just when they were nervous, they heard Governor Chen Qiyu scolding a general of the Biao camp, accusing him of letting sergeants control the government office without asking for instructions.
The general did not admit his mistake, but clasped his fists and said:
"His Majesty has sent a subordinate to protect the safety of Zhitai. Zhitai is your Majesty's confidant and the governor of Xuanda. Naturally, no accidents can occur!"
"If the commander thinks that the general's behavior is inappropriate or cannot guarantee the safety of the commander, the commander can write to His Majesty to change the general!"
"His Majesty has specifically told the general, no matter when and where, the safety of the platform should be the top priority. I hope the platform will understand!"
It is not difficult to see from the general's words that although he is a private soldier under the governor's tent, he is also the emperor's man.
This is also Zhu Youxiao's daily operation. Whether he sends civilian officials or military generals out, he will always detach a troop from the Yulin Army to accompany him.
In addition to protecting their safety and enhancing their authority, the meaning of this surveillance can also be seen by anyone with a discerning eye.
After Chen Qiyu received this answer, naturally he could no longer be blamed. He was acting under the emperor's orders and had done nothing wrong.
"Sometimes you still need to be flexible. They are not outsiders. They are all talented people of our Ming Dynasty and generals guarding the frontiers. This is the official government of my Ming Dynasty!"
"Look now, what is it like? Evacuate all the people in the inner hall, and you can just bring a few sergeants in with me!"
He came here to cooperate with Xu Xianchun and Wang Sanshan. Naturally, he didn't want to see the scene become so tense. Wouldn't this make it more difficult for him?
After the soldiers with stern expressions on their faces withdrew from the inner hall, the atmosphere calmed down, and some civil servants began to chat with each other, talking about the hard work of making the platform.
Wang Xiucheng, the chief military officer of Datong Town, as the head of the generals, naturally reported the situation and military situation of the border fortress to the governor Chen Qiyu as usual.
The other generals remained silent, and it could be seen from their expressions that they were still quite nervous.
I don't know if they are nervous that the incident will come to light, or they are nervous about the newly appointed Governor Xuanda, who they have never interacted with before.
Although Chen Qiyu came with a purpose, he did not explain it directly. He did not mention a word about the court's actions. He took out a military map and started the meeting.
"Lin Danhan, under the repeated attacks of the old slave, has now fled to the southern part of the Monan Grassland. He is not too far away from us!"
"I summoned all the generals here today to prevent Lin Dan Khan from leaping over the wall and going south to invade our Ming Dynasty and plunder the Grassland Valley!"
"Generals, you must not be careless. All pass fortresses must be closely guarded and inspected to guard against these Mongolians who have reached a desperate situation!"
"Although the New Year has passed, His Majesty still distributed silver rewards to the soldiers in Xuanda and Da Town. Although each person only has three taels, it is the limit of the imperial court."
"I hope all generals can live up to His Majesty's high hopes and trust, train their troops well, guard the pass fortresses, and concentrate on military affairs!"
When they heard that there was a silver reward, these generals immediately became happy. This was an unprecedented good thing.
For so many years, the imperial court has never even distributed military pay in full, and it is common for rats to run into the granary in Datong Town.
Especially since the defeat of Saarhu, it was common for frontier officers and soldiers to be in arrears with their pay, so this also hindered their financial resources.
If the imperial court can no longer distribute money, food and materials, then their profits from corruption will naturally decrease.
Now the imperial court has actually allocated a reward of five taels of silver to each person. This is simply the best opportunity for them to make a fortune.
At least half of these five taels of silver should be cut off and put into your own pocket, right?
But things were not as beautiful as they thought. Chen Qiyu's face instantly changed from happy to bitter as soon as he said something.
"Every sergeant in the town of Datong will receive a silver reward. I will check the names on the military register and the actual number of personnel, and the officers will distribute the rewards to my own soldiers and the guards who escort the silver reward!"
"After you return home, submit all the military registers of each department to the government office, and I will check them. When the reward money arrives tomorrow, it can be distributed!"
This is what Zhu Youxiao specifically warned. If we follow the usual method and let the military chiefs and generals take the goods on their behalf and then distribute them, there will naturally be no need for middlemen to make the difference.
Moreover, he spent money to pay out silver rewards and even sent the imperial guards here. This was not just to stabilize the morale of the army, but also for the purpose of wining over the soldiers at the lower level.
The capital is already under his control, the situation in Liaodong is slowly improving and is within control, and he has troops on hand. The next step is to start deploying to the Jiubian area.
Although five taels of silver is not much, in the eyes of ordinary sergeants, it can be regarded as a small sum of money. You must know that their annual military salary is only a dozen taels.
After all, the reputation of Emperor Zhu depends on them to be praised and maintained. This is also the best way to establish prestige and presence.
Chen Qiyu could see the subtle changes in the expressions of the generals. He was secretly shocked that His Majesty could control them so accurately. The reactions of these generals were indeed like this.
But he did not say much on this topic, but said:
"The fortresses at each pass of the Great Wall are extremely important. You must be careful. Tanqi and Ye Bushou must keep an eye on the grassland. Once they find traces of the main Mongolian force, they will report it to my officer immediately!"
"General Wang, you are the chief military officer guarding a town. You must not take it lightly. After the rewards for the soldiers in Datong Town are distributed, you and I will go to patrol the border!"
The governor wanted to patrol the border, so naturally Wang Xiucheng couldn't refuse, and he also wanted to find an opportunity to get close to the new governor, his immediate boss, and build a relationship.