While Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou were undergoing tremendous changes, Liaodong also began to change. After several months of preparation, Chen Xinjia felt that he had prepared enough and could start slowly. Therefore, he wrote a secret note again, affirming the emperor's order, and first make appropriate adjustments to the officials in Liaodong.

During the autumn harvest season, Liaodong also achieved a bumper harvest. In more than ten years, this was the first time that Liaodong had harvested so much food. The whole family was very happy. However, according to the policy determined by Su Tiancheng, most of these food belonged to the people themselves, and there was not much paid, which made Chen Xinjia a little dissatisfied. He knew very well that the army would be difficult to maintain if the army left the food and grass. Even if the military pay was temporarily insufficient, as long as there was food, it could still be maintained temporarily. The Jiangning Camp, Yulin Camp and the border army in Liaodong were no longer the Ming army in the traditional sense. They were all professional soldiers. Without military households, the army had no source of food and had to rely on military pay and taxes to support them. In the past, these things were handled by the Supervisor's Office, which was the direct concern of Xu Er, including the expenses of the border army and the Yulin Camp, and the military pay allocated by the court, were basically sufficient.

When Chen Xinjia took office, he obtained a policy from the emperor, which was to maintain the military pay of the border army. Although the border army had sacked 170,000 soldiers, the military pay was still maintained at the previous level. Zhu Youjian considered that after Chen Xinjia took office, he was responsible for special tasks, so he agreed to Chen Xinjia's request, requiring the Ministry of Revenue not to cut the military pay of Liaodong.

After the autumn harvest, the opportunity to take action was ripe. Chen Xinjia thought of starting from two aspects: one was the army's food and pay. It must be controlled by the governor's yamen. Once the army's food and pay is controlled, it is equivalent to controlling the army. The other was to start with the adjustment of officials. After the adjustment, although the governor's office still exists, it is useless. The major affairs in Liaodong are all decided by the governor's yamen.

These are two major adjustments, which concerns the overall situation in Liaodong. Chen Xinjia is still a little cautious. It took several months to decide to take action, so it will be more visibly more visible.

After Chen Xinjia came to Liaodong, his biggest gain was to establish a good relationship with Qin Sande. You should know that in Liaodong, the one who could contact the emperor the most was the Jiangning camp's military supervisor Qin Sande. Qin Sande represented the emperor in charge of the Jiangning camp and even monitored the entire situation in Liaodong. Through Qin Sande, the emperor could accurately grasp the situation in Liaodong. At the same time, Qin Sande was a celebrity around the eunuch Wang Chengen. Having a good relationship with Qin Sande was equivalent to establishing a good relationship with Wang Chengen.

Chen Xinjia knew very well that he had no foundation in Liaodong, and the only thing he could rely on was the emperor. In this case, it was the top priority to establish a good relationship with all the people around the emperor.

After a long time of contact with Qin Sande, Chen Xinjia gradually grasped some core situations. The composition of the Liaodong army was relatively complicated, including soldiers from Jiangning Camp, border army and Yulin Camp. Among them, Jiangning Camp has the most powerful combat effectiveness and the highest position in Liaodong. The Yulin Camp has similar status to the border army. The combat effectiveness of the Yulin Camp has not been reflected for the time being. In addition, the number of people is not large, and the impact is not very large.

If Chen Xinjia wants to control the army in Liaodong, he must take step-by-step measures, first controlling the border army, then the Yulin Camp, and finally the Jiangning Camp. Therefore, the governor's yamen must first control the military pay and food of the border army and the Yulin Camp. The expenses of the Jiangning Camp are still subject to Hong Chengchou and Xu Eryi, so don't move for the time being.

These are the decisions made by Chen Xinjia and Qin Sande after many negotiations.

In a few months, Chen Xinjia, who seemed to be idle, actually did a lot of things. The most important thing was to understand the situation of the Later Jin Tartars stationed in Montenegro.

The Heishan City was once destroyed by Su Tiancheng, but later the Later Jin Tartars stationed here built the city again. After analyzing the map many times, Chen Xinjia believed that the location of Heishan was very critical. If the Ming army could take over Heishan, the city that the Later Jin relied on would be Ningyuan. Because the Later Jin lost the Dalinghe City, it strengthened its defense against Ningyuan. The news brought by the merchants that the Ningyuan City was basically completed, and its solidity was no less than that of Jinzhou.

Taking down Heishan lays a solid foundation for attacking Ningyuan. Once the Ming army takes down Ningyuan, it will face Liaohe with the Later Jin. It can be said that the Ming army takes down Ningyuan and will fundamentally shake the Later Jin regime.

Based on these situation analysis, Chen Xinjia believes that the first step is to take over Heishan. If the situation is good and take over Ningyuan, if the situation is not good, you can rest for a while and form a forceful situation against Ningyuan, forcing the Later Jin Dynasty to make major adjustments and concentrate the Later Jin Tartars in the Ningyuan area, so that the Ming army can launch a real decisive battle with the Later Jin Tartars.

Regarding this purpose, Chen Xinjia repeatedly asked Hong Chengchou to send scouts to investigate the situation in the Heishan area. If possible, understand the defense status of Ningyuan City. Hong Chengchou did not alert Chen Xinjia's requirements. Chen Xinjia is now the head coach of Liaodong. He knows himself and his enemy and wins every battle. No matter what, it is necessary to understand and grasp the deployment of the Later Jin Dynasty in Heishan and Ningyuan.

A few months have passed, and Huang Taiji has also made some adjustments to the deployment of Heishan and Ningyuan. Dorgon is stationed in Ningyuan City, the Maguanyuan tribes, Shitingzhu tribes, Liu Zhiyuan tribes and Li Guohan tribes stationed in Heishan, Heishan and Ningyuan defenses, Dorgon can make decisions based on the situation of Heishan and Ningyuan.

In this way, the Eight Banners and Eight Banners of Manchu and Eight Banners stationed in Heishan and Ningyuan had more than 40,000 troops, and the combat effectiveness of these armies was extraordinary.

However, the deployment of Huang Taiji and Dorgon still showed some discrimination. That is to say, the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty were stationed in the most dangerous Heishan Mountain, and Dorgon was stationed in the relatively safe Ningyuan. Once a war broke out, the first thing that encountered artillery fire was still the former Han army, and the Eight Banners of the Manchu Dynasty had time to adjust and deploy.

It is precisely because of Huang Taiji and Dorgon's deployment that Chen Xinjia saw hope.

Most of the 20,000 Later Jin Tartars stationed in Heishan were the Eight Banners of Han. Chen Xinjia, the former Han army, believed that the combat effectiveness of these Han troops would not be very strong. Under such circumstances, the Ming army launched a sudden attack on Heishan and had a high possibility of success. Once the sneak attack succeeded, the Ming army immediately occupied Heishan and relied on Heishan to launch an attack on Ningyuan.

Chen Xinjia knew that the combat effectiveness of the Manchu Eight Banners was very good and should not be underestimated. Among the Ming army, the one who could fight against the Manchu Eight Banners head-on was probably the Jiangning Camp. However, the Han Eight Banners had no power, that's it, it was just the Ming army that surrendered before.

Chen Xinjia's judgment made a huge mistake this time. The Eight Banners of Han were not only the Ming army that surrendered to the past, but also many Liaodong Han people who entered the Eight Banners directly. Some even followed the Eight Banners for a long time. Moreover, the officers at all levels of the Eight Banners were all drawn from the Eight Banners. The combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners of Han was not weaker than the Eight Banners of Manchus. What's more important is that the Eight Banners of Han had just been established. Ma Guangyuan and others were in high spirits and always wanted to make achievements and show the power of the Eight Banners of Han. In this regard, the Eight Banners of Han were more dangerous than the Eight Banners of Manchus.

In early September, the emperor's imperial edict came down.

Many new faces have appeared in Liaodong, the most eye-catching one is Qian Qianyi.

As the commander of the Right Commander, Qian Qianyi also served as the governor and co-magistrate, assisting Chen Xinjia in handling matters in Liaodong.

Ironically, it was Tang Shiji and Liu Zongzhou who recommended Qian Qianyi. Liu Zongzhou and Qian Qianyi had a good relationship. Although there was a period of time, the friendship between the two was not erased over time. A few years passed, and Liu Zongzhou thought of Qian Qianyi, who was unemployed at home, and decided to recommend Qian Qianyi. Tang Shiji, the second assistant to the cabinet, fully agreed with Liu Zongzhou's idea and recommended Qian Qianyi together with Liu Zongzhou.

Qian Qianyi was a literati, and it was not a big deal to enter the court. No matter what, Qian Qianyi was also a great scholar and the leader of Donglin Academy. However, the meaning of the literati who came to Liaodong was worth pondering. Moreover, Qian Qianyi, as the right commander and general, inspected Liaodong, assisted Chen Xinjia, and handled matters in Liaodong.

A discerning person can see that Qian Qianyi's purpose in Liaodong was to deal with people's livelihood and became Chen Xinjia's most capable assistant.

Chen Xinjia also knew about this and was very satisfied with Qian Qianyi coming to Liaodong. Chen Xinjia was a literati and focused on handling matters about people's livelihood, that is, replacing Xu Eryi and controlling all people's livelihood matters in Liaodong. Qian Qianyi would not give any opinions and suggestions on military deployment, which gave Chen Xinjia enough room to play.

In mid-September, the court issued another order, and Xu Eryi was transferred back to the capital and served as the left censor of the Left Chief, and removed the position of General General Tongzhi and Left Minister of the Ministry of War. This indicates that Xu Eryi left Liaodong and no longer interfered in military affairs.

The adjustments of these two relevant officials caused shock in Liaodong.

Hong Chengchou and others felt that Liaodong was about to change. They didn't expect that Chen Xinjia had been in Liaodong for so long, but now they thought of adjusting. This forbearance was very good.
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