Chapter 172: Grabbing Merit
Approaching the end of the year, the awakening of the emperor's eldest grandson made Emperor Jiayou very happy, and what made him happiest was that the rectification of military affairs, which had been arguing for more than a month, finally had a different voice. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The generals were divided into two camps, arguing at court meetings every day, and sometimes the quarrels were so fierce that Emperor Jiayou was eager to immediately order those people to be driven out.
A few days ago, he hinted at Cheng Lin and asked Cheng Lin to come forward to speak.
Cheng Lin is in the middle book, and he has always done things fairly, and he has a very high prestige among the courtiers, if he speaks, whether it is a civil minister or a military general, the courtiers will give him some face.
But Cheng Lin didn't know what he was worried about, he never stood up to speak, and he always kept silent in the face of the red-faced civil and military generals who were arguing.
When Emperor Jiayou felt that he was about to lose his patience, Cheng Lin finally stood up and spoke.
This was the first time he had openly expressed his views on the rectification of military affairs at a court meeting, and the courtiers suddenly fell silent.
Cheng Lin proposed several different schemes.
First, it is necessary to stop conscription and reduce the number of troops stationed in various localities year by year; second, to reduce the number of troops stationed in various localities by region, starting with the inland stable areas, and not to make adjustments to the northwest, southern Xinjiang, northern Xinjiang, and other important military areas for the time being, and to make decisions with reference to the situation of the garrisons in other localities; third, military academies will be opened in each garrison area to recruit reserve soldiers, and retired generals will serve as the academy teachers to train the soldiers' combat effectiveness; and fourth, retired soldiers can be transferred to the yamen of various localities to serve as clerks or prison officials......
These different methods made the courtiers all quiet down after hearing this, and no one jumped out to say anything against it.
The military generals of the civil affairs have been arguing for so long, the generals are afraid of rectifying military affairs, reducing the army for fear of causing turmoil, or shaking the stability of the frontier, or affecting their interests, etc., while the military generals are dissatisfied with the arbitrariness of the military generals and the huge amount of money that consumes the income of the treasury every year, or they want to take this opportunity to suppress the generals and enhance the sense of existence of the military ministers, and so on.
But they have been arguing for so long, and Emperor Jiayou has not made any dissatisfied remarks, so they have a rough idea in their hearts, but they are afraid that this rectification of military affairs is imperative.
These rectification plans proposed by Cheng Lin not only properly resettled retired soldiers or generals without harming their interests, but also conformed to Emperor Jiayou's original intention of rectifying military affairs, so that a delicate sense of balance was reached between the courtiers and Emperor Jiayou.
Looking at the court that had finally settled down, Emperor Jiayou expressed his satisfaction.
He was satisfied, but some people said they were very dissatisfied, and they were in a very bad mood.
Mu Qingfeng walked out of the palace with a gloomy face, went straight back to the house, and went into the study, and after dropping a set of tea sets, his depressed mood was slightly relieved.
"Go check with me, has Cheng Lin received any new staff recently?" Mu Qingfeng gritted his teeth and instructed the staff in charge of investigating the news.
The debate in the court has not been a day or two, Cheng Lin has always been silent, but today he suddenly spoke, and put forward such a perfect plan, this is obviously not what he has prepared for a long time, if he had been prepared, he would definitely not let those ministers argue in the court for so long.
Mu Qingfeng speculated that Cheng Lin might have recently accepted a new staff member, and the new staff was behind Cheng Lin's back.
His carefully planned and repeated plan to rectify military affairs actually made Cheng Lin pick peaches, and Mu Qingfeng was extremely resentful.
The credit for rectifying military affairs can only be his Mu Qingfeng's, and Cheng Lin, an old horseman, dared to come and rob him of his credit!
"Uncle doesn't need to be angry," the staff comforted Mu Qingfeng, "Since Cheng Xianggong has other plans, we can also go on again, isn't it that the emperor has not yet reached a conclusion, everything is under discussion, since it is a discussion, there should be a variety of plans, and there must be a variety of plans." ā
Mu Qingfeng's eyes flashed, "What do you mean?"
The staff nodded, "Uncle will continue to fold." ā
Mu Qingfeng frowned, his heart moved, and he pondered for a long time before he got up to look at Mu Yu.
Since Mu Yu took the medicine given by Luo Niangzi, she has completely recovered the toxins recently, her eyebrows and hair have stopped falling, her eyebrows have begun to grow out gradually, and her hair is much darker than before, but she still hasn't recovered her previous appearance, so she rarely goes out.
When Mu Qingfeng went, Mu Yu was taking a selfie in the mirror and painting a thrush to himself.
"Father is here!" Seeing that it was Mu Qingfeng who came in, Mu Yu reluctantly put down his eyebrow stone.
Mu Qingfeng nodded, was silent for a moment, and asked Mu Yu, "Are you sure that in your dream, the first place where turmoil will occur after the disarmament is the northwest?"
Mu Yu frowned and thought for a moment, then nodded, "Well, it should be." ā
She spent most of her previous life in the East Palace, and rarely asked about outside affairs, and she only learned about the turmoil in the northwest until a long time later, and she didn't know the specific situation.
Mu Qingfeng frowned, Cheng Lin's excerpt today is that the northwest is a military important place, and if he doesn't make disarmament moves first, if this is the case, it is impossible for the northwest to have turmoil.
This doesn't match Mu Yu's dream.
Mu Qingfeng's brows furrowed even tighter, his face sank, and he once again doubted the authenticity of Mu Yu's dream.
His gaze made Mu Yu's heart panic slightly, "Father, you believe me, what I said is true." ā
"Hmm!" Mu Qingfeng went out with a heavy heart and returned to the study, but the staff had already found out the news.
"Cheng Xianggong hasn't accepted new staff members recently," the staff who sent messages back and forth to Mu Qingfeng, "The subordinates let people buy off the Cheng family's subordinates, and they heard some news, and most of the methods that Cheng Xianggong mentioned in the court were told to him by Luo Niangzi." ā
Mu Qingfeng didn't believe it, how could she talk to Cheng Lin about military affairs?
Mu Qingfeng and Cheng Lin have been fighting all their lives, and they know Cheng Lin's character very well, Cheng Lin regards himself as high-minded, and acts honestly and fairly, how can he talk to a little lady about major affairs in the DPRK and China.
"I heard that Mrs. Luo asked Cheng Xianggong for something, and she came in return for it. The staff also looked a little surprised.
Mu Qingfeng didn't speak, but his face was extremely gloomy.
It's this Luo Niangzi again! Bad things for him several times.
The first time was to save Mrs. Cheng and ruin his plan; last time, in the name of Mu Yu's treatment, he blackmailed the Mu family with 10,000 taels of silver, and this time he actually teamed up with Cheng Lin to sabotage his plan again.
Luo Niangzi, Luo Niangzi, how can there be her shadow everywhere!
It's really unbearable!
Mu Qingfeng grinded his back molars, "Go and check carefully, what did this Luo lady ask Cheng Lin for, and did Cheng Lin agree to her again?"
If he finds out what Cheng Lin has to do with this annoying Luo lady, hum, hum.......