The matter of the imperial court sending town guards has been boiling for a month, and Chen Xun, the first assistant of the cabinet, has sent seventy-eight people to all parts of the Ming Dynasty in six batches, especially the nine sides, and at the same time focuses on the towns of Gyeonggi and Shandong!

The nine sides of the Ming Dynasty have always been the elite troops in the Ming army, in the long north, from east to west are Liaodong, Jizhou, Xuanfu, Datong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Yansui, Ningxia and Gansu.

Previously, when Liu Juntao, the chief military officer of Shandong Town, wrote to the imperial court to resist the dispatch of town guards from various places, and to strengthen the authority of the governors of various places, the chief military officers of all towns in the nine borders successively wrote to publicly support Liu Juntao.

This also made Chen Xun, the first assistant of the cabinet, see that the power of the Ming warriors was still strong, even after the baptism of the defeat of the civil fort, the warriors of the Ming Dynasty did not reach the point of being slaughtered by others.

As a result, after the mediation of Yu Qian, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and some ministers of the court, Chen Xun, the first assistant of the cabinet, finally played the seriously ill Emperor Jingtai and withdrew the proposal to strengthen the authority of the governors in various places.

However, for the matter of sending town guards to various parts of the Ming Dynasty, Chen Xun, the first assistant of the cabinet, resolutely did not back down, and confronted Yu Qian and other ministers, and when the two sides had not reached a consensus conclusion, they sent several batches of town guard officials, which made Yu Qian very annoyed.

Among the 78 town guards sent by Chen Xun, the head assistant of the cabinet, they already include the town guards sent to the towns of Jiubian, as well as the towns of Gyeonggi and Shandong, and the town guards sent to these places are all personally selected by Chen Xun, the head of the cabinet, but they have just gone through the procedures in the military department, and they are clearly the henchmen of the Chinese official forces of the DPRK!

This news was like a large earth-shattering thunder, and after it was clearly detected by the Ministry of Intelligence and brought back to Shandong Town, it immediately detonated the entire Shandong.

For a time, the officials of the shogunate of Shandong Town and above gathered in the General Military Mansion, and everyone surrounded Liu Juntao under the leadership of Hu Dexing, the deputy chief soldier, and advocated that necessary measures should be taken immediately, and the town guards sent by the imperial court must not be allowed to "steal" the military power of the Tiance Army!

Hu Dexing said loudly: "Our Tiance Army is a banner made by the soldiers with blood, why should those bastard civil officials stretch out their hands? Zongzhen, in my opinion, if you dare to reach out, we will chop it with a knife! ”

Although Guo Yongzhong and Zhang Baigui, the two veterans of Shandong Town, are very amiable on weekdays, they are also angry at this time, and the imperial court is clearly going to seize the authority of Liu Juntao, the general soldier, who can bear it?

The two of them also shouted one after another, and they wanted to protest with the imperial court through Yu Qian, the secretary of the military department, and would never approve of the town guards sent by the imperial court.

Lan Siqi, the head of the Central Committee, and Zhang Yuqing, the head of the Praise and Painting Department, were more steady, both of whom believed that the imperial court should not be offended too deeply at this time, and it was best for the whole town of Shandong to work together to squeeze out the town guards sent by the imperial court, so that they could not compete for power, and even could not gain a foothold in Shandong.

Tang Yu, Minister of Commerce, and Liu Zi'an, Minister of Intelligence, are also Liu Juntao's old subordinates, and the two are obviously considering the current situation at this time.

Tang Yu advocated immediately mobilizing the merchants of Shandong and mobilizing the civil forces in all parts of Shandong to launch a huge boycott movement, so that the imperial court could see the turbulent public opinion in Shandong, and it was best to let the imperial court retreat in the face of difficulties and take the initiative to withdraw the town guards sent to Shandong Town.

Liu Zi'an, on the other hand, wanted to find out the "black information" of the town guard sent to Shandong Town through the means of the Ministry of Intelligence, and used this to blackmail him and put it in Shandong Town as an "ornament".

Among the crowd, it was Huang Wu, the head of the inspection department, who put forward the most radical proposal, and Huang Wu advocated using the manpower of the Jianfeng Division of the inspection department to kill the town guard sent by the imperial court halfway!

After listening to everyone's proposals, Liu Juntao also had an understanding of everyone's attitude, so he asked Xiang Qun, the minister of the military department, who had not yet spoken: "What does Minister Xiang think?" ”

Xiang Qun said: "Zongzhen, the lowly position is a martial artist, and it is his duty to obey orders. ”

After some discussion, Liu Juntao was also a little dazed by everyone's suggestions, and the arrival of the town guard this time was also related to the generals of Shandong Town, so Liu Juntao must be cautious.

So, after Liu Juntao discussed with everyone, he asked everyone to go back first and let themselves think about it.

In the evening, Liu Juntao frowned and returned to the backyard, Guo Muying had already waited at the dinner table with his two sons for a while.

Seeing that Liu Juntao seemed to have something on his mind, Guo Muying inquired, and Liu Juntao also told the truth.

After listening, Guo Muying said: "This is a major military and political matter, and the concubine doesn't dare to talk about it." ”

Liu Juntao naturally didn't expect Guo Muying to make up his mind, so he smiled and prepared to have dinner with his wife and children.

But then, Guo Muying said again: "Although it is difficult to say anything about the concubine body in military and political affairs, but the army and the people have been very unstable recently, and the concubine thinks that the husband should pay attention!" ”

Liu Juntao suddenly became alert: "Be specific!" ”

"Recently, the matter of the imperial court sending town guards to our Shandong has been discussed very much in the army and among the people, and the officers and men of the Tiance Army are very resistant to this, and it can even be said that the crowd is excited. The wives of many generals in the army mentioned some in their letters of greeting to their concubines, especially the soldiers in the army who joined the military mourning society, and reacted most fiercely to this matter! ”

Liu Juntao also frowned when he heard this, and he was even more surprised and happy in his heart.

What is surprising is that now all departments of the Tiance Army have been disturbed by the town guard officer, and even the morale of the army has begun to have problems.

And the side that makes Liu Juntao happy is that now the officers and soldiers of the Tiance Army have regarded themselves as the leaders, and in some major rights and wrongs, the officers and men of the whole army can already stand with themselves!

"What about the people?"

Guo Muying said worriedly: "Now the people are also very disgusted with the town guards, mainly because they are worried that after the town guards of the imperial court come, they will disturb the people and increase the burden on the people everywhere. But ......"

"But what?"

"At present, the students of various schools in the people, as well as the Wulietang and Bibo Hall, are all excited, and many students and students have gathered to demonstrate in the streets, and even many scholars and scholars have joined in."

The power of the people!

Liu Juntao was the first to think of this, he actually had a case against the town guard, but he was worried that it would cause pressure from public opinion, so he never made up his mind.

Of course, the public opinion pressure that Liu Juntao is worried about does not refer to the DPRK and the central government, nor to the civil and military officials in various places, but to the people, referring to the millions of people in Shandong!

At this time, Liu Juntao listened to Guo Muying's words, and he already had a plan in his heart.

The next day, Liu Juntao called Liu Zi'an over and asked, "Where is the town guard sent to us now?" ”

Liu Zi'an pondered for a moment and said: "The news collected by the Ministry of Intelligence the day before yesterday should have passed through Fucheng County in Beizhili. ”

Liu Juntao nodded when he heard this, and then said: "Pay close attention to this person, and find out the details of this town guard, all of them are here to report!" ”

"Order!"

Liu Zi'an didn't ask anything else, and went directly to arrange work.

Then, Liu Juntao called Guo Yongzhong, Minister of Civil Affairs, and Lan Siqi, Minister of the Central Committee, and said: "Now that the town guard sent by the imperial court is already on the way, it is estimated that he will be able to arrive in Jinan Mansion in the middle of the month!" ”

Guo Yongzhong and Lan Siqi were taken aback when they heard this, and both of them urged Liu Juntao to launch countermeasures as soon as possible.

Liu Juntao said: "This is a must! The Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Central Ministry immediately mobilized manpower to spread the news, and now the people everywhere have great opinions on the matter of the imperial court sending town guards, and the Central Ministry and the Ministry of Civil Affairs want to take advantage of the situation to let this matter ferment among the people as soon as possible, understand? ”

Guo Yongzhong and Lan Siqi both glanced at each other when they heard this, and the two of them instantly understood, and they both suddenly realized that Liu Juntao was going to pull the people together to resist the matter of the central government guards!

Lan Siqi said worriedly: "General Town, will this matter get out of control, the people are clamoring, once it can't be controlled, there will be civil unrest everywhere!" ”

Guo Yongzhong was also worried about this, and said: "This is reasonable, should the town think about it again?" ”

Liu Juntao was unimpressed and said, "Don't worry! ”

Guo Yongzhong and Lan Siqi may not understand that a certain dynasty in later generations relied on the power of the people to be able to run rampant in the world!

"Maybe the people are scattered on weekdays, but as long as our central department and the people department guide effectively, the people will gather into a monstrous force, enough to destroy everything, and this town does not believe that the imperial court will not take into account the people's aspirations and fight to the end with this town!"