In March of the second year of Tianshun, Jinan Fucheng.

Not long after Liu Juntao led the army back to Shandong, the holy decree of Emperor Tianshun appointing Liu Juntao as the governor of Shanxi was sent, and within a few days, the holy decree of Emperor Tianshun appointing Liu Juntao as the governor of Ningbei was also sent.

This time, the whole Shandong was shaken, and all parties in Shandong were dumbfounded, not because Emperor Tianshun named Liu Juntao as Ningbei Bo, because with Liu Juntao's military exploits, it was not surprising that Feng Bo was not surprised, but all parties in Shandong never expected that the imperial court would transfer Liu Juntao from Shandong at this time.

After hearing the news, the political envoy of Shandong, Gu Yi, the governor of Shandong, Li Chengming, and the envoy of Shandong, Zhu Qiaozuo, first celebrated with the crown, Liu Juntao, the mountain that pressed on the top of the three people, was finally going to move, and from then on, the three of them were the highest level in Shandong, even if someone else succeeded to the post of chief military officer of Shandong Town, the three of them would never be afraid again, after all, there were not many strongmen like Liu Juntao.

But then, a chill arose in the hearts of the three of them, and now Liu Juntao has run all parts of Shandong like an iron bucket, not only has established a huge force, and the people in Shandong are also grateful to Liu Juntao, and the three even think that as long as Liu Juntao raises his arms in Shandong, he can gather and follow!

Could it be that just a holy decree of Emperor Tianshun could make Liu Juntao give up all this?

Gu Yi, the political envoy of Shandong, Li Chengming, the governor of Shandong, and Zhu Qiaozuo, the envoy of Shandong, naturally did not believe it, Liu Juntao would never be so ridiculous!

Therefore, Gu Yi, the political envoy of Shandong, Li Chengming, the governor of Shandong, and Zhu Qiaozuo, the envoy of Shandong, have always believed that Liu Juntao will definitely resist and disobey the decree after receiving the holy decree, at least it will be delayed and shirked indefinitely, and even in the worst case, Liu Juntao may directly start an army to make a rebellion, after all, the Tiance Army in Liu Juntao's hands is the strongest army in the Ming Dynasty, as a local real power chief military officer with more than 100,000 troops and rich money and food, Liu Juntao will definitely not sit still!

As a result, Gu Yi, the political envoy of Shandong, Li Chengming, the governor of Shandong, and Zhu Qiaozuo, the envoy of Shandong, all hid behind closed doors, for fear that one day Liu Juntao would really raise troops and be arrested by Liu Juntao to sacrifice the flag.

At the same time, the whole town of Shandong, whether it was the officials of the shogunate or the generals of the Tiance army, all felt extremely indignant at this holy decree of Emperor Tianshun.

As for the holy decree that was sent later, naming Liu Juntao as Ning Beibo, it was directly ignored by everyone!

Guo Yongzhong, Zhang Baigui, Zhang Xiaojun, Yan Hu and other old people in Yushan Town all gathered around Liu Juntao, shouting that they would never leave Shandong for half a step, and even Zhang Xiaojun and Yan Hu instigated Liu Juntao to directly admonish them, but Liu Juntao reprimanded them.

Even the letters sent by the generals of the Tiance Army asking for a boycott of the imperial court were also refuted one by one by Liu Juntao's order.

Tang Yu and Liu Zi'an suggested that Liu Juntao delay for the time being, and it is best to wait and see the changes in the imperial court, and maybe Emperor Tianshun will be able to take back his fate at that time.

Lan Siqi and Zhang Yuqing advocated that Liu Juntao follow the order and lead his troops to Shanxi as soon as possible.

The two believe that although Liu Juntao is strong now, it is far from being able to attack the whole country in a corner, and delaying or directly resisting the order will only make Liu Juntao's situation more difficult!

As for Xiang Qun, the minister of the military department, and Huang Wu, the head of the inspection department, they haven't thought about it yet, and the two just said that they absolutely obey any decision made by Liu Juntao.

Finally, Liu Juntao looked at Deputy Chief Soldier Hu Dexing and asked, "What suggestions does Deputy Chief Soldier Hu have?" ”

Hu Dexing pondered for a moment, then laughed out loud and said: "The head town has always been rampant and fearless, the imperial court just let the head town change places, and did not say that it would deprive all the strength of Shandong, what do you have to worry about?" ”

As soon as the words fell, everyone was slightly stunned, and Liu Juntao laughed and said, "Haha! Deputy General Hu is right! ”

Then, Liu Juntao said to everyone: "This town has figured it out, let the wind rage, I will stand still!" Since His Majesty has transferred this town to Shanxi to take up his post, then I will go to the post happily. ”

"But ......"

Liu Juntao sneered and said, "But the premise is that this town must settle our Shandong side well!" ”

So, Liu Juntao said to Xiang Qun, the minister of the military department: "Order: Mobilize the Longxiang Army, the Tiger Army, the Yingyang Army, and the Changshui Army to gather in Yushan Town and stand by, and prepare to go to Shanxi with the town to take up their posts." ”

Then, Liu Juntao said to everyone: "After the army is mobilized and set off, the vacancies of soldiers and horses in Shandong will be replenished in the future, and the martial arts halls and military bureaus in various places will also be divided into manpower to set off with the town, and the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Civil Affairs will leave some of the manpower to continue to be in the general military office of Shandong Town, and the rest of the manpower will also set off with the town." ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, Liu Juntao is tantamount to taking away all the framework of the General Military Mansion of Shandong Town, which is preparing to copy the model of Shandong Town in Shanxi!

Then, Liu Juntao announced the matter of staying behind in Shandong Town: "The town decided to recommend Hu Dexing, the deputy commander-in-chief, to the imperial court to succeed him as the chief soldier of Shandong Town, and recommended Zhang Xiaojun, the general of the trapping army, as the deputy commander-in-chief of Shandong Town. ”

Everyone now completely understood, it turned out that Liu Juntao not only would not give up Shandong Town, but also wanted to manage Shanxi Province after the model of Shandong Town.

Not only that, Liu Juntao also had to ask the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Civil Affairs to send people to Shanxi in advance, and set up industries, purchase fields, and build granges in Shanxi in advance.

So, everyone suddenly became excited.

However, Lan Siqi, Liu Zi'an, Huang Wu and others are also worried that Liu Juntao's arrangement of Shandong Town will presumably not be agreed by the imperial court and His Majesty, and such an arrangement is tantamount to using Shandong Town as Liu Juntao's private chassis!

Liu Juntao had already thought of a countermeasure at this point, so Liu Juntao asked Liu Zian to send people to Beizhili and the capital to spread the news that Hu Dexing, the deputy commander-in-chief, had always been against him.

Liu Zi'an suddenly understood, laughed and said, "This is the best!" ”

Half a month later, after Liu Juntao led his troops back to Shandong, Emperor Tianshun had been hesitant about the follow-up chief military officer candidates in Shandong Town, and he thought of several candidates in his heart, but vetoed them one by one.

Moreover, during this period of time, Liu Juntao has always refused to lead the army north to Shanxi on the grounds that the imperial court has not designated a successor and he cannot hand over the military affairs of Shandong Town, which makes Emperor Tianshun's heart even more angry.

At this moment, the commander of the Beizhen Fusi sent a message: it turned out that Liu Juntao and his deputy commander-in-chief Hu Dexing had been at odds, and it was said that the two sides were even incompatible.

This news is like the sound of heaven, so that Emperor Tianshun was overjoyed when he heard the news, this Hu Dexing is the best candidate to succeed the chief military officer of Shandong Town, not only familiar with the affairs of Shandong Town, but also has a certain prestige in the Tiance Army, and most importantly, this person is the same as Liu Juntao!

This is what Emperor Tianshun wants, only in this way can he cut off the hidden danger of Liu Juntao's monopoly on Shandong!

Therefore, Emperor Tianshun issued a very happy decree and appointed Hu Dexing, deputy chief soldier of Shandong Town, to succeed him as the chief military officer of Shandong Town.

Subsequently, Emperor Tianshun appointed Zhang Xiaojun, a staff general of the trapping army, as the deputy commander-in-chief of Shandong Town, at the suggestion of Hu Dexing, who had succeeded him as the chief soldier of Shandong Town.

At the same time, Emperor Tianshun issued another edict, ordering Liu Juntao to immediately reorganize his troops and horses, and be sure to set off within ten days.

Moreover, Emperor Tianshun also deliberately made a restriction, this time Liu Juntao went north to Shanxi to lead the soldiers of the Tiance Army, not more than half of the total strength!

This holy decree was delivered to Liu Juntao's hands like a fly through various post stations.

Liu Juntao sneered, at this time, the Long Xiang Army, the Tiger Army, the Eagle Yang Army, and the Changshui Army had all gone to Yushan Town to assemble and stand by, only the five hundred iron cavalry left by Liu Juntao were still waiting in Jinan Prefecture, ready to act with the officials of the shogunate.

So, Liu Juntao immediately ordered: Three days later, the brigade set off and went to Yushan Town to round the army!