In order to compete for military expenses, even Hao Bonian, who was far away in Shaozhou Mansion and led the army to fight, did not care about the war in Shaozhou, and took the opportunity of returning to Beijing to report on his work and personally rushed back to Zhaoqing to participate in a dispute over military expenses.

Chen Keqiao, who fought in Huguang, Fang Xitong who fought in Guizhou, and Li Chunjing, who fought in Guangxi, could not rush back in person, but they all wrote excerpts and sent them back to Zhaoqing on a 500-mile fast horse, so as to strive for the army's military expenses as much as possible.

The top brass of the army has done their best, and although the navy is small in size, it is the so-called loser does not lose the battle, and this quarrel is not lost to the army at all, and they are even more radical!

On the navy's side, Rear Admiral Bao Yifen, who had just been promoted to rear admiral and served as the head of the Navy's Military Command Department, although he had changed careers in the army before, and compared with Hao Bonian in terms of qualifications, he was only a junior, but he did not care about the face of his former army colleagues, and scolded the army many times outside.

At the same time, it has also repeatedly declared that the navy would rather die in battle than succumb to the power of the army!

On private occasions, some middle-ranking naval officers even said wildly: 'If the proportion of military expenditure distribution this time cannot meet the requirements of the development of the navy, then the navy's fleet will dare to bombard the residences of senior army generals!' ’

The army general smiled faintly at this: "If the navy has artillery, the army can't do without artillery, and when our army plays with artillery, your navy has not yet been established!" off our army, be careful that we sink all your sampans! ”

Then at the latest Navy and Army Expenditure Coordination Meeting, Zeng Ziwen and Bao Yifen actually fought!

That's right, these two high-ranking bigwigs of the navy and army didn't care about the dignity of the important ministers of the empire at all, and fought directly at the coordination meeting, and the two bigwigs of them both fought, although the army and navy officers under them were pulling their respective commanders to persuade them to fight at that time, but secretly they were punching and kicking.

In the end, many of the army and navy officers who attended the meeting had footprints on their clothes, and Zeng Ziwen didn't know who had punched him, and his left eye was black.

Seeing that the army and navy have already fought each other for military expenses, and it is still a brawl at the level of a general, if this continues, it is estimated that they will dare to draw their swords and guns in the next meeting.

For this reason, Li Xuan also had to personally intervene in this battle between the army and the navy!

However, before Li Xuan personally went down to coordinate the dispute between the army and the navy, he had to cut off the hands of some people on the cabinet side who should not be stretched out.

Because of this battle between the army and navy for military spending, the cabinet also participated uninvited, not because Liu Bagou and his good intentions wanted to resolve the contradiction between the army and navy, but in fact they regarded the contradiction between the navy and the navy as a joke.

The reason why they intervened was because they thought that this was a great opportunity for the cabinet to meddle in the affairs of the navy and the army and increase the influence of the cabinet on the military; if this intervention was successful, the cabinet of the army and navy in the distribution of military expenses would also be able to mix in a logical way, and perhaps they would be able to grasp the lifeblood of the army and navy: the distribution of military spending!

This greatly increases the influence of the cabinet on the military!

However, both the navy and the land are those civilian officials who do not bird the cabinet, and they are of a unified voice, and this is an internal affair of the military.

You civilian officials still handle administrative affairs honestly and do a good job in the promising cause of earning military spending for our military, but how to spend military expenses and how to distribute them to the army and navy are internal affairs of our military.

Even Li Xuan was dissatisfied with the cabinet's attempt to meddle in military affairs again, Ma Dan, these civilian officials never forgot to learn from the Ming Dynasty's civilian officials trying to control military power!

Therefore, Li Xuan did not hesitate to beat the cabinet officials headed by Liu Bagou in an early court, saying that the recent industrial and commercial development has just begun, the busy season of grain farming is approaching, and the subsequent collection of summer tax is also the top priority.

This translates as: take care of your own affairs, and don't get involved in military affairs!

Although what he said was not very straightforward, they all heard Liu Bagou, and in the end they had to give up the opportunity to meddle completely, but Li Xuan knew that the cabinet civil officials represented by Liu Bagou would not give up on military power, which can be seen from their spare effort to support the tax inspection team, patrol police in various places, and even assign firearms to them.

As for military power, these civilian officials will not give up.

Temporary concessions, just for greater strides in the future!

How can the military power be controlled by those military leaders, what kind of system is this, for the sake of the foundation of the Tang Dynasty, the cabinet must control the military power!

After beating the cabinet's hand back, Li Xuan also began to deal with this sudden and somewhat big dispute between the army and the navy.

However, he will not directly draw out a distribution ratio, because this is quite inappropriate, even if it is the most reasonable distribution ratio, Li Xuan will never personally determine this ratio, his identity and status are destined to be only a referee and arbiter in this military expenditure dispute, and he cannot make a decision in person.

In the end, it is necessary for the army and navy to sit down and negotiate the proportion of military expenditures between the army and navy, and finally reach a result acceptable to both sides.

To this end, at the end of June, he officially convened a meeting on the distribution of military expenses of the Imperial Army and Navy!

Ready to take charge in person, let the Lu and Hai families re-coordinate, and finally reach a distribution agreement, he thought, with his own sitting, there should be no bloody things like drawing swords and fighting.

Of course, in front of Li Xuan, it is impossible for them to carry swords and guns, if these generals want to meet Li Xuan, they can't carry swords, guns and other weapons, after all, Li Xuan is also afraid of death.

However, Li Xuan's sharp eyes saw that the new head of the Navy Command Department, Rear Admiral Bao Yifen was wearing a cane, and several of his subordinates were also wearing crutches; When several senior army generals each carried large wooden sticks and called them batons, Li Xuan was on fire all of a sudden!

Nima, these bastards don't die!

Immediately, he whispered to the attendant beside him: "Go and collect all their things!" ”

Then he said with a straight face to a group of high-ranking officials of the army and navy: "You wait for the important ministers of the empire, you actually fight with each other, what kind of system, if this is spread out, it will not make outsiders laugh off their big teeth, you don't want to be embarrassed, I still have to be embarrassed!" ”

Li Xuan was furious, Bao Yifen, Zeng Ziwen and others naturally did not dare to be presumptuous, and hurriedly bowed and pleaded guilty, saying things like the death penalty of the minister, and His Majesty's anger.

However, after everyone was seated, the officers of the army and navy sat on both sides of the rectangular table, but they glared at each other angrily!

Seeing this scene, Li Xuan was also a little helpless, the land and sea were separated for only half a month, this has already been like this, if it lasts for a few more years, what will happen to the army and navy in the future?

However, even if he was a little helpless, he did not regret his decision to split the land and navy, the army and the navy are two branches of the armed forces that are incompatible, and it is even more inappropriate to forcibly match them together, according to China's tradition of emphasizing land and light sea formed for thousands of years, if you do not separate the family, the navy cannot expect to get any development.

Even if there is a conflict between the army and the navy, this is a normal thing.

Regardless of whether it is modern or modern, in any country that is a little more normal, the contradictions and conflicts between the branches of the military are very large, and it is almost impossible to reconcile.

For example, during World War II, the contradictions between Japan's army and navy were so great that they could almost affect national strategy!

The German Air Force and Navy are also making quite a fuss, because the Air Force is so strong that the Navy's Zeppelin aircraft carrier cannot get carrier-based aircraft, which is an old joke that has been circulating for decades.

On the US side, the contradiction between the army and navy is also boundless, and the navy and the army will never share the same fighter, and this contradiction has continued until after the war.

The emergence of military conflicts in the Tang Dynasty is completely acceptable, and it was expected by Li Xuan before, but he was still a little speechless after making such a fuss.

In fact, Li Xuan didn't know that in this battle between the army and the navy, the high-level generals on both sides had no choice!

There is so much military spending, there is more army, and there is less navy; If there is more navy, there will be less army;

Military spending represents the establishment and equipment, and these represent combat effectiveness, combat exploits, and opportunities for promotion.

The middle and lower-level officers of both the army and navy are staring at this matter, and if the top leaders at the top cannot fight for them enough benefits, how can these high-level officers of the army and navy deal with the group of middle and low-level officers below.

Therefore, whether they want it or not, whether it is true or not, they have to do their best to fight for the interests of their respective military branches, and even do not hesitate to stage an all-military exercise for this purpose, so that even if the final competition fails, their personal prestige can be maintained!

For example, when the time comes, the people under the navy will say that Rear Admiral Bao Yifen has tried his best, and in order to compete for military expenses, he has fought to the front of the emperor, but those damn army turtles are too deceitful.

Many times, people can't help themselves, Bao Yifen is like this, and Zeng Ziwen is the same.

Zeng Ziwen, the head of the War Department, as the only army boss in Beijing, he must shoulder the responsibility of fighting for the greatest interests of the army, before Hao Bonian was driven back to Zhaoqing by His Majesty, he took time to visit him, and said in a very solemn tone: "The future of more than 100,000 soldiers in the army depends on Brother Zeng!" ”

Several other army bigwigs also said similar things to Zeng Ziwen through letters or messages.

Zeng Ziwen, who shoulders the heavy trust of the whole army, how can he easily retreat, once he retreats, although the army is large, there will be no place for him!