What Liu Juntao never expected was that his letter had an unexpected effect, directly awakening Emperor Tianshun's vigilance against authority, making Emperor Tianshun set up a defensive defense against Shi Heng, Cao Jixiang, Xu Youzhen and others, and was ready to gradually weaken the power of several people.

Within a few days, Liu Juntao received news from the Ministry of Intelligence, learning that Emperor Tianshun had publicly refuted Xu Youzhen's request in the early court and refused to merge the military power of the provinces into the hands of the provincial governors, which made Xu Youzhen, who had always thought that the victory was in his hands, shocked, and also made the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty look sideways.

For a long time, since the restoration of Emperor Tianshun, the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, including Chen Xun, the first assistant of the cabinet, everyone believes that the key to the left and right of the government lies in the results of the struggle between Shi Heng, Cao Jixiang, and Xu Youzhen, and everyone has habitually ignored the authority of Emperor Tianshun.

At this time, Emperor Tianshun suddenly made a difficulty, directly rejected Xu Youzhen's recital, and immediately issued an order that the imperial court would set up the post of governor in each province, and all the battalions and guards stationed in each province would be under the jurisdiction of the governor, and the governors of each province should not interfere!

This holy decree of Emperor Tianshun suddenly surprised everyone, which is equivalent to setting up a supreme military attache in each province to unify the command of the military town battalions and local guards in the province, completely cutting off the way for civilian forces to steal military power!

Of course, civilian forces can also control the military power of a province by serving as the governor of a province, but Emperor Tianshun followed the second holy decree and completely cut off the thoughts of civil officials in the Manchu Dynasty.

"The governors of all provinces are filled by warriors, and the military department will make meritorious contributions to the meritorious generals and nobles of the DPRK and the central government, and select the best ones to serve as the governors of the provinces and command the soldiers and horses of the provinces!"

At this time, Emperor Tianshun completely cut off the idea of civilian officials controlling the army, and truly achieved the separation of civil and military affairs in the Ming Dynasty!

"Your Majesty! This should be considered in the long run! ”

"Your Majesty! The warriors are reckless, and the court should be controlled by civilian officials, otherwise the story of the five dynasties and ten kingdoms will be repeated! ”

"The position of governor is too widely implicated, how can the imperial court entrust all the soldiers and horses of a province to one person? Minister, lest there be changes! ”

"Your Majesty, please think twice!"

After Emperor Tianshun threw out these two holy decrees, the civil officials of the Manchu Dynasty spoke out against it, and even some imperial historians shouted loudly, claiming that they would admonish each other with death and try their best to prevent Emperor Tianshun's move.

Seeing this, Emperor Tianshun was even more determined in his thoughts, the army of the imperial court must not fall into the hands of civilian officials!

Now that the Chinese officials of the DPRK have not yet controlled the army, they have begun to block themselves, once the army of Daming falls into the hands of those civilian officials, then will they still have a day to come out?

When Emperor Tianshun thought of this, he suddenly shuddered: "I, I will never allow the incident of Nangong to happen again!" I am the son of the Great Tomorrow, and the government of the Ming Dynasty should be decided by me at a glance, and you can only fill in the gaps for me! ”

Thinking in his heart, Emperor Tianshun's face was also gloomy, looking at the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty who were shouting, a trace of sadness suddenly surged in Emperor Tianshun's heart.

He has gone through ups and downs several times, and none of these ministers in the court are thinking about Emperor Tianshun, all of them are thinking about their own interests and their reputation, and they are all selfish people!

Thinking of this, Emperor Tianshun looked at the civil officials of the Manchu Dynasty with even more disdain, and his heart also swelled with anger.

At this time, Xu Youzhen, Shi Heng, and Cao Jixiang all noticed the change in Emperor Tianshun's expression, and the three of them were shocked in their hearts, and they immediately remained silent, and they didn't dare to say anything about Emperor Tianshun's will.

On the same day, Emperor Tianshun was furious in the court, and fought against the courtiers who opposed him, a total of 17 civil officials such as the imperial historian were reprimanded with rods, three of them were beaten to death due to old age and infirmity, and more than 20 civil officials were demoted, or even dismissed for investigation!

For a time, there was a great shock in the government and the opposition, and Emperor Tianshun's will to set up governors in the provinces was also directly implemented.

Dozens of ministers in the DPRK and China have been heavily reprimanded for opposing this proposal, and even Shi Heng, Cao Jixiang, Xu Youzhen and others have all died down, and who else in the DPRK and China has jumped out to oppose it without opening their eyes?

Soon, the Ministry of War set up the post of governor in each province, but because the vitality of the imperial court martial arts group was greatly damaged at this time, so the post of governor of each province has been established, but the specific candidate is still undecided, so the provinces are still the chief military officer as the highest general.

In this regard, Emperor Tianshun is not only very annoyed, but also powerless, it is more difficult to change the good woman is difficult to cook without rice, the position of governor is very important, Emperor Tianshun also knows the truth that it is better to lack than to abuse, and must not hand over a provincial army to the hands of people who are not of great use.

But even so, the significance of Emperor Tianshun's holy decree is extraordinary, at least for Liu Juntao.

When Liu Juntao received the news, he was so happy that he couldn't stop laughing, and even invited Hu Dexing, the deputy commander-in-chief, to his home for a drink.

After drinking too much, Hu Dexing asked about this holy decree of Emperor Tianshun, only knowing that this holy decree prevented civilian officials from stealing a provincial army, and he didn't know what deeper meaning it had.

Liu Juntao laughed and said: "Since then, the governor is only in charge of the civil affairs of the provinces, and the governor is in charge of the military power of the provinces, and the power of a province is divided into two to prevent one from becoming the dominant one. Our martial artists can also fly in the sky, and those civil officials will have no way to get their hands on our military power again! ”

Capital.

Unlike Liu Juntao's joy, Xu Youzhen has been worried in recent days, this holy decree issued by Emperor Tianshun made him very uncomfortable, not only because his proposal to unite many courtiers was vetoed by Emperor Tianshun, but also because Emperor Tianshun's move was obviously partial to the martial artists in the court, and Shi Heng was a martial artist!

This made Xu Youzhen uncomfortable, does this mean that Emperor Tianshun has sided with Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang and is ready to deal with him?

At this time, Xu Youzhen even thought that Cao Jixiang was an internal official supervisor, in charge of the department and a supervisor, and he was by Emperor Tianshun's side every day, and it was difficult to guarantee that he would not bury himself in the ears of Emperor Tianshun!

Thinking about this layer, Xu Youzhen only felt a chill in her heart, and she was very worried about her future.

Xu Youzhen, who is familiar with history books, understands that from ancient times to the present, as long as it is the losing side in the battle between the DPRK and China, it has never ended well.

Are you going to repeat the same mistakes?

At this time, Xu Youzhen had become noisy, thinking that Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang had won the support of Emperor Tianshun.

Thinking of this, Xu Youzhen was like a vicious dog on the road, and began to attack Shi Heng, Cao Jixiang and others frantically, hoping to defeat Shi Heng, Cao Jixiang and others before Emperor Tianshun directly sent him down.

As long as Shi Heng, Cao Jixiang and others fall, Xu Youzhen will be the dominant family in the court, and Emperor Tianshun will also throw a mouse trap at that time, and it may not be necessary to reconcile with himself.

Moreover, Xu Youzhen still has a trace of luck in her heart, thinking that she has made great contributions to the restoration of Emperor Tianshun, and Emperor Tianshun will not be so ruthless and send himself out!

When Liu Juntao learned what Xu Youzhen had done, he was also embarrassed.

Liu Zi'an, who came to deliver the news, asked puzzledly: "Zongzhen, I think that Xu Youzhen is very cunning, if you really let that Xu Youzhen defeat Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang, Your Majesty really may not let him go!" ”

Liu Juntao shook his head and said, "If Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang are fine, then Xu Youzhen may still have a chance of life; But once Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang fall, His Majesty will definitely take Xu Youzhen's life! ”

"Huh!?"

Liu Zi'an was a little puzzled and asked, "Why is this?" ”

"What is the government? Politics is balance! ”

Liu Juntao said in a deep voice: "It's okay for Shi Heng, Cao Jixiang and Xu Youzhen to fight, as long as Your Majesty's throne sits firmly." But as long as one side falls, the other side will definitely be dominant, and His Majesty will never allow such a situation to happen, and when the time comes, the day Shi Heng will fall, it will be the time when Xu Youzhen will fall! ”

Liu Zi'an was shocked when he heard this.

And Liu Juntao continued: "Now it seems that Your Majesty is very likely to be preparing to deal with Xu Youzhen, Shi Heng and others, and Xu Youzhen is the first to bear the brunt!" Therefore, now Xu Youzhen's only way out is to hope that His Majesty will act lightly and dispose of him Xu Youzhen first, as long as he leaves a life! ”