Zhang Shenyan's mind was very simple, that was to use the large number of Donglin Party members to promote Jiang Yueguang to the throne of the chief minister.

Zhang Shenyan thought very well, but he forgot that although the emperor in front of him was a little stupid, he still knew the basic way of being a king. Originally, your Donglin Party was full of people and powerful, and he was using your people as the chief minister according to your wishes. What rights does the emperor have? It would be better for you to be the emperor.

In addition, he was indeed unfair to Ma Shiying a few days ago, and he did not become the chief minister even though he made his contributions. Therefore, after hearing Zhang Shenyan, Zhu Yousong did not let other Donglin Party members speak, but said directly: "Zhengyi Bo is right. Now the country is in a crisis, it is necessary for ministers like Ma Shiying who have practical experience, so Chengyi Bo asks me to report it!"

The emperor's words were imperial edicts. Before the other Donglin Party members could speak, they heard that the emperor had already chosen Ma Shiying as the chief minister. His eyes grew one by one. Now they really regretted that they might as well not persuade Zhu Yousong to be the emperor. Now the title of the monarch and ministers has been determined, do you still dare to object? There is no way for all the civil and military ministers in the court to kneel down to receive the edict.

When Ma Shiying heard that the major event of his prime minister had been settled, he was overjoyed and quickly knelt down to thank him. Then Ma Shiying wrote a letter to remove the position of Admiral Xu Hongji from Caojiang on the grounds of poor defense, and instead was served by Chengyi Bo Liu Kongzhao.

Standing behind, Shi Kefa secretly hated Ma Shiying when he saw such a glorious person. If this guy hadn't been kicked out of the core of power himself?

Thinking of this, Shi Kefa thought of the generals in Jiangbei. Most of the reason why Ma Shiying was able to rise to power this time was because of the generals' support for him. If he also wins over these generals, wouldn't he be able to give a military advice in the future?

Thinking of this, Shi Kefa stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I think I should consider the local advantage and urgently set up four vassals. The four vassals are: Huai, Xu; Yang, Chu; Feng, Si; Lu, six. Huai, Yang, Si, Lu are defended by themselves, and Xu, Chu, Feng, and six are the basis for progress. I ask Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zeqing, and Huang Degong to be the generals of the four towns. I will also be able to be dispatched in the middle of Yangzhou!"

Shi Kefa's words laid the foreshadowing of the demise of the Southern Ming Dynasty. Originally, the four towns were just ordinary generals. There were more than 40 generals like them in the Ming Dynasty, and these four people were just more soldiers. However, Shi Kefa asked them to be appointed as the four towns, so that their rights would be greater and they had the actual power to collect taxes and appoint officials locally, so that the four towns would become actual warlords.

Ma Shiying originally did not agree to give these town generals too much power, but he relied on the town generals today. In addition, Shi Kefa has agreed to leave the core of power, so it is really unreasonable not to give him some benefits, so Ma Shiying could only remain silent when he heard Shi Kefa say this.

As for the Donglin Party Zhang Shenyan, Jiang Yueguang and others, they naturally would not object to the four towns. When Emperor Zhu Yousong saw that the cabinet had no objections, he waved his pen to agree to Shi Kefa's suggestion.

Zhu Yousong issued an order to grant Gao Jie the title of Xingping Bo, guarding Xuzhou and Sizhou areas; Liu Liangzuo was granted Guangchang Bo, guarding Fengyang and Shouzhou areas; Liu Zeqing was granted Dongping Bo, guarding Huaian and Yangzhou areas; Jingnan Bo Huang Degong was granted the title of Marquis, guarding Chuzhou and Hezhou areas. Shi Kefa supervised Yangzhou and controlled the four towns. At this point, the four warlords in Jiangbei finally took shape. (The establishment of the four towns is a suggestion that Shi Kefa clearly recorded in history books, but it is not the author in black Shi Kefa)

Shi Kefa, a man who lacked a view of the overall situation in the case of supporting King Fu, was not an excellent military strategist, and had almost no leading troops to fight. In Shi Kefa's vision, there was defense and offense, which seemed to be both safe and not too conservative. In addition, he invited himself to the Yangzhou supervisor, such an arrangement seemed flawless.

But Shi Kefa forgot that the four towns in Jiangbei are different from him. Those four people are not scholars and have not been brainwashed for thousands of years. Naturally, they don’t know what loyalty to the emperor and patriotism are. After these four people were named the four towns, they only knew to be self-respecting. Except for Gao Jie’s intention to advance north, the other three towns did not send a soldier to the Qing Dynasty in the north. Attack was the best defense. If there was no attack, they could only sit and wait for death.

Although Shi Kefa's request to enfeoff the four towns in Jiangbei laid hidden dangers for the future demise of the Southern Ming Dynasty, no one in the court is aware of it, and they are still immersed in the joy of the new emperor ascending the throne. Perhaps in the entire Nanjing city, only our protagonist, Ma Cheng, knew that it was the powerful Southern Ming Dynasty, which could only exist for one year.

Ma Cheng was so tired these days that he found an open space in the Jinshan Gate in Nanjing. The farmland is sparsely populated, and close to the Yangtze River and Xuanwu Lake, it is a good place to build his own sugar workshop.

In Fengyang for more than half a month, Ma Shun's sugar workshop led by Ma Shun produced a total of more than 1,800 kilograms of sugar, which had been sold half of the funds, and more than 2,000 taels of funds were returned. Ma Cheng was very happy to see the money coming so quickly. This time, Ma Shun has expanded production again and strived to double the sugar production.

After finishing the bag of his money, Ma Cheng will take over his Shenji Camp next.

The Shenji Camp in the Ming Dynasty was a firearm unit, and it was the only one in the world. The Shenji Camp was built in the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, Zhu Di formed three major camps in the Jingying camp, including the Five Military Camp, the Three Thousand Camp and the Shenji Camp. When the three major camps were first established, they were quite combat-effective, but the main force was exhausted in the transformation of Tumu. During the Jingtai period, Yu Qian, the Minister of War, reformed the organization of the Jingying camp and selected 100,000 elite troops from the three major camps. They were divided into 100,000 troops to train in order to prepare for emergency calls, and were called the 10th regiment.

Later, emperors of various dynasties made many reforms to the regiment camp, but basically continued the scale of the 10th battalion. Only in the 29th year of Jiajing, the regiment camp and the two official halls were abolished, and the old system of the three major camps in Yongle period was restored. The difference was that the Sanqian camp was renamed Shenshu camp.

Of course, this is Beijing Jingying. Nanjing Jingying is different from Beijing Jingying. There are no Five Military Camps and Three Thousand Camps, only Shenji Camps are left. They are also responsible for training the shift officers of Nanjing garrisons in large and small teaching grounds.

The Shenji Camp's residence is located in the Dazhong Farm outside Nancheng, which is the area of ​​Daming Road in later generations. It was converted into a military airport during the Republic of China. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, it became a civil airport and was used until 2015.

Of course, there were no tall buildings in later generations in the Ming Dynasty. There were farmlands less than five miles outside Yuhua Gate. This time, Ma Cheng came to take over Shenji Camp and was led by the Ministry of War. Although the chief officer was only at the sixth rank, he was also a civil servant. It was impossible for Ma Cheng to lead the way. However, Ma Cheng was a powerful man, and Ma Shiying replaced Shi Kefa and became the Minister of War. Does the son of the chief officer dare to show off when he came to find him?

Although the head was full of dissatisfaction, he could only smile and follow Ma Cheng out of the city. Ten miles outside Yuhua Gate, the head pointed to a row of houses not far away and said, "Sir Ma, there is the large schoolyard in front of him, and those houses are the stations of Shenji Camp!"

Ma Cheng had seen the virtues of the military soldiers in Fengyang, so he was mentally prepared for today, but he was still shocked when he came to the barracks.

The bastard is a barrack, it is a beggar's nest. A few straw sheds are set up together. A few lazy men are bored and lying at the door to bask in the sun. A few naked children are playing in front of the door. A few skinny dogs are lying listlessly on the ground. It would be reasonable to say that this is a village, but this is the base of the Ming Dynasty's elite Shenji Camp.

Ma Cheng turned his head and frowned and asked, "Master Liang, is this Shenji Camp?"

Director Liang nodded and confirmed, "Yes, this is the Shenji Camp!" At the same time, Director Liang saw that Ma Cheng was a little unhappy and quickly explained, "Mr. Ma, there is no way to do this. Nandu has been in peace for a long time and its military preparations are in vain. It is just that talent like Lord Ma is needed to rectify it!"

Ma Cheng's subordinate Xu Dahu was no longer surprised. The entire Ming army had such virtues. Xu Dahu walked over and kicked the lazy men who were basking in the sun, and cursed: "Damn, are you still considered Beijing camp? Where is your camp Qianzong? Let him get out and see the new general Ma Zongzhen!"

The officers in the camp are somewhat like the officers on duty in later generations, responsible for the public security, logistics, barrack management, etc. of the entire barracks. The official positions of each barracks are different. The chief officer of the Shenji Camp is the general, so the officer in the camp should be the general.

The lazy man looked up at Xu Dahu, and cursed with a squinting eyes: "Grandma, you are from that part. Didn't I see it while I was sleeping? This is Shenji Camp. I am the sentry officer of Shenji Camp, not the guardian of you bastards!"

Ma Cheng heard this guy scolding him from behind and scolded him angrily: "Big Hu, beat me!"

With Ma Cheng's order, Xu Dahu started to whip out the whip and crawled the lazy men, squirting them all over the ground.

The door was like this, and there was a reaction soon inside. In less than ten minutes, a group of people rushed out. The leader was a hundred households in their forties. However, his clothes were so dirty that he could only barely tell that it was one hundred households.

The Baihu originally thought that someone came to fight outside the door, but when he came out, he found out that he was directly in charge of his superiors and head of the Ministry of War Liang.

Commander Liang was humble in front of Ma Cheng, but it did not mean that he was like this in front of others. The hundred households saw Commander Liang and quickly knelt down and saluted: "I don't know if Lord Liang is here and the villain did not welcome him, and he will be punished for death!"

Commander Liang didn't like to deal with such a soldier. He was forced to come with Ma Cheng this time, and he had the idea of ​​finishing the matter and returning to the city as soon as possible.

"Get up, where are you all participating in the generals?"

"If you want to go back to the master, General Qi Gan is in the city. The villain will send someone to find him!"

Commander Liang could still wait until General Qi came back, and waved his hand and said, "Forget it, General Ma is the new leader of Shenji Camp personally appointed by His Majesty. Please meet the new leader!"

After saying that, Director Liang smiled at Ma Cheng and said, "Mr. Ma, there are still some things in the lower official department, so I won't accompany you!" Director Liang finished speaking and got back to the city with a sedan chair.

Ma Cheng sent off Master Liang and asked the hundreds of households: "Who is the largest officer in the camp?"
Chapter completed!