In August of the first year of Jingtai, Yanzhou was the capital city.

With Emperor Jingtai issuing a decree, the governors of all parts of the Ming Dynasty were all shocked, and the general soldiers, staff generals and other battalion generals in various places were all complaining.

Although Emperor Jingtai ordered to increase the authority of the governor, it did not affect the interests and authority of the generals of the guards in various places for the time being, but as the saying goes: the rabbit dies and the fox is sad!

Once the Chinese officers of the DPRK have tasted the sweetness, they will definitely not be satisfied with just reaching out to the battalion soldiers and the garrisons on the nine sides to ask for power, and they will definitely clash with the guards and generals everywhere!

It is precisely because of this that the generals from all over the Ming Dynasty have played and asked Emperor Jingtai to withdraw his order.

But these snowflakes were all lost in the sea, and Emperor Jingtai neither responded to the petition of the Ming generals, nor did he punish these generals who wrote to them, as if he never knew about it.

And Liu Juntao did not follow the book, because Liu Juntao knew that this matter was already a certainty, and there was no possibility of change, and the only hope was that Liu Juntao would continue to be strong in the future, until he could completely change the unfavorable situation in front of him!

During this period, Gu Yi, the political envoy of Shandong, Li Chengming, the governor of Shandong, Zhu Qiaozuo, the envoy of Shandong, and Xiang Qun, the commander of Shandong, sent letters to Liu Juntao and explained to Liu Juntao that Emperor Jingtai had decreed to increase the authority of civil officials and reduce the authority of generals in various places.

However, the difference is that Gu Yi, the political envoy of Shandong, Li Chengming, the governor of Shandong, and Zhu Qiaozuo, the envoy of Shandong, all warned Liu Juntao in the letter, asking him to obediently carry out Emperor Jingtai's orders and send the account books of his soldiers, horses, money and grain to the yamen of Shandong Governor Yamen in Jinan Prefecture as soon as possible.

And Xiang Qun, the commander of the Shandong capital, vented in the letter, constantly complaining to Liu Juntao that the civil officials in Jinan Mansion were becoming more and more arrogant, and even directly regarded Xiang Qun as a subordinate to call and drink.

After Liu Juntao received the letters from everyone, he wrote replies to Gu Yi, the political envoy of Shandong, Li Chengming, the governor of Shandong, and Zhu Qiaozuo, the envoy of Shandong.

There was only one sentence in the letter: "This town knows what it should do, so don't wait to bark again!" ”

Although Emperor Jingtai increased the authority of the governors of the provinces, so that they could restrain the local garrison battalions, and the civil officials of the state capitals and counties were also rising, and the military generals in various places were more domineering, but there was no explicit provision that the governors of the provinces were above the chief military officers, and the two sides were not subordinate relations, but more of a relationship of mutual restraint.

Of course, there is more of a restraint on the general army by the governor.

It is precisely because of this that Liu Juntao has the confidence to reply to Gu Yi, the political envoy of Shandong, Li Chengming, the governor of Shandong, and Zhu Qiaozuo, the envoy of Shandong.

As for the Shandong Commander's envoy Xiang Qun's side, Liu Juntao wrote a large reply letter in a free manner.

The letter also talked about the current situation, and persuaded Xiang Qun to stand up without falling into the hands of others, since he is not a subordinate of those civil officials, there is no need to be called around!

At the same time, Liu Juntao also wrote in the letter that if those civil officials coerce the group in terms of money and food in the future, or find trouble in other aspects, they can ask the group for help, and Liu Juntao will give full support.

After responding to the letters from Gu Yi, the political envoy of Shandong, Li Chengming, the governor of Shandong, Zhu Qiaozuo, the envoy of Shandong, and Xiang Qun, the commander of Shandong, Gu Quan, the governor of Yanzhou Prefecture, also sent people to ask Liu Juntao for the money and grain account book of the army.

After Liu Juntao saw this person, he reprimanded loudly: "Your Majesty only said that forty percent of the money and grain of the chief military officers in various places will be handed over to the governor of the province, and he did not mention the prefects of various places. ”

Liu Juntao has been in the army for a long time, and has experienced countless life-and-death confrontations, so he naturally has a strong murderous aura on his body, and his tone is full of anger, which immediately made the famous master turn pale, and almost knelt on the ground.

"Yes, yes! The general is right, the villain is going to go back to my family! ”

"Get out!"

Liu Juntao gave an order, and the famous master immediately ran away like an amnesty.

Then, Liu Juntao said to the guards outside the door: "Tell the porter: no one from the Yamen of the Yanzhou Governor is allowed to come in!" My General Military Mansion is not a subordinate of his prefect's yamen, and his prefect is not qualified to dictate to this town! ”

"Order!"

After the arrangement, Liu Juntao took a long breath, dissipated a lot of the fire in his heart, and was about to return to the backyard to have fun with Guo Muying and his two sons.

Suddenly, the guards outside the door reported: "General Qiyu, I just received a letter from Commander Lei. ”

Liu Juntao smiled when he heard this, since Lei Bo went to Guangxi to take office, there has been little news, after all, the road is too far.

After Liu Juntao received the letter, his face darkened again.

It turned out that after Lei Bai took Li Qianhu to Guangxi, he was still very comfortable at the beginning, and the two of them also did a good job, not only rectifying the soldiers, horses, money and grain under their command, but also opening a lot of industries with the capital they brought over.

However, the good times did not last long, since Emperor Jingtai recently issued a reduction in the authority of military attachés, the attitude of the local civil officials towards themselves has changed dramatically, although it has not changed too much, but Lei Bo can also take into account that the civil and military officials at the same level are already arrogant and arrogant, and the military general Vino, and even some civil ministers with lower official positions are not concerned when they see the military generals with higher official ranks.

Lei Bo hated this, and he and Li Qianhu directly pushed back to those arrogant civil officials, and offended many people because of this.

In the letter, Lei Bo couldn't help but sigh that he had taken a bad move, if he hadn't been transferred from Yanzhou Mansion to Guangxi, he could at least advance and retreat with Liu Juntao now, and he could have someone to discuss with him.

Liu Juntao was full of emotion after reading the letter, and also wrote a reply to Lei Bo, and after some persuasion, he wrote: "If you can stay in Guangxi, you will stay, if you can't stay, Yanzhou Mansion will always be the home of adults!" ”

After sending the letter, Liu Juntao suddenly thought that since Emperor Jingtai promulgated the decree, Yan Shenggong had not expressed anything about it.

Liu Juntao thought about it for a while and was relieved, after all, the identity of Yan Shenggong is too special, and at this juncture, it is indeed impossible to talk nonsense at will!

At this time, even the new commander of the city guard, Song Er, remained silent, and was naturally dissatisfied with the current situation.

"Once these civil officials are in power, they all kick their noses in the face!"

Liu Juntao walked in the mansion angrily, and was about to return to the backyard, but ran into Tang Yu, Minister of Commerce.

"The head town! His Majesty ordered the raid of the Yu family, the Tian family, and the Cao family, and the wealthy merchants in Nanzhili and the provinces south of the Yangtze River were investigated! ”

Liu Juntao couldn't help sneering when he heard this, and said, "It seems that Your Majesty also wants to take advantage of this opportunity to get a handful!" ”

Tang Yu said with a smile: "But Your Majesty is afraid that this time I am afraid that you have made a miscalculation!" ”

"The business war is over?"

Tang Yu nodded and said; "Yes, the head town! The Yu family, the Tian family, and the Cao family have already lost everything under our offensive, and even if the imperial court confiscates it, there is nothing left, at most some real estate or something! ”

Liu Juntao pondered for a moment and asked, "How much income does our Ministry of Commerce have during this time?" ”

"Not a lot!"

Tang Yu said: "After all, we have to fight a price war with those wealthy businessmen, so the profit is very low, but there are also millions of taels of income, all because of our large shipments." ”

Liu Juntao smiled when he heard this, and said, "Okay! You immediately discuss with the more than 30 Shandong businessmen, and take this opportunity to march to the provinces south of the Yangtze River in an all-round way! Moreover, if there are new forces to join in Shandong, they can also be absorbed according to the situation, and we will develop all the industries of the Ministry of Commerce to the provinces south of the Yangtze River in the shortest possible time, which is the cornucopia of our Ming Dynasty! ”

Tang Yu suddenly felt his blood boiling when he heard this, and he couldn't help himself!