"What? So fast! ”

Liu Juntao frowned, and couldn't help but read the piece of information in his hand again.

This request was sent by Liu Zi'an, Minister of Intelligence, and it recorded a very serious piece of information: Emperor Jingtai is critically ill!

Since Liu Juntao led the army from Datong Town to Shandong, it was hard to have a period of stable development, but now with Emperor Jingtai critically ill, this golden development time is completely over.

"What is the situation in the DPRK now?"

Liu Juntao looked at the people seated, and after Liu Zi'an sent this information, Liu Juntao summoned Lan Siqi, Minister of the Central Committee, Xiang Qun, Minister of the Military Department, Tang Yu, Minister of Commerce, Guo Yongzhong, Minister of Civil Affairs, Zhang Yuqing, Minister of Praise and Painting, and Huang Wu, Minister of the Inspection Department.

Deputy Chief Soldier Hu Dexing also sat under Liu Juntao, and everyone's eyes were focused on Liu Zi'an at this time.

"The head town! Ladies and gentlemen! ”

Liu Zi'an said worriedly: "Now Your Majesty is critically ill, and he has not gone out in the palace for more than ten days, and now all the contacts between His Majesty and the foreign dynasty are passed on by the eunuch Cao Jixiang!" ”

"According to the intelligence: Now the right capital governor Shi Heng, the left capital imperial history Xu Youzhen and other parties are constantly secretly linked, they must be planning something, and now the Chaotang Department of the Ministry of Intelligence is making every effort to investigate."

"In addition, Chen Xun, the first assistant of the cabinet, is also gathering many civil officials in the DPRK and China, and some imperial historians have begun to clamoring and are preparing to jointly write a letter asking His Majesty to immediately determine the candidate for the crown prince!"

Liu Juntao asked, "What is the situation in that place?" ”

"I don't know everything yet, but the Gyeonggi garrison and the nine-sided garrisons such as Datong Town are all a little fluctuating now, and they are also very worried about this."

Liu Juntao snorted coldly and said, "It seems that as soon as Your Majesty falls ill, all the small fish and shrimp will start to make a fuss." ”

Hu Dexing also said: "It is estimated that Shi Heng and others are also plotting against the candidate for the crown prince. ”

"And that's not all!"

Liu Juntao tapped his fingers on the table and said in a cold voice: "I estimate that Shi Heng and the others are not only staring at the candidate for the crown prince, but even staring at the dragon chair!" ”

The crowd was shocked.

Guo Yongzhong said in disbelief: "This, it's unlikely, right?" No matter how arrogant and arrogant Shi Heng and the other party are, they don't dare to watch that position! ”

"Don't dare?"

Liu Juntao said: "Minister Guo, this town will put the words here first, then Shi Heng and the other party must be planning the candidate for that position, Your Majesty, it's dangerous!" ”

Guo Yongzhong suddenly remembered something and exclaimed, "The Emperor! ”

Everyone's faces also changed drastically, and they all knew that a chaos was about to happen!

Lan Siqi said with a pale face: "General Town, how do we act in Shandong Town?" ”

Liu Juntao has been thinking about this question for a long time.

Between Emperor Jingtai and Emperor Orthodoxy, Liu Juntao did not want to choose a side, and his loyalty to Shandong Town and the soldiers of Tiance Army should not be a certain emperor, but should be Ming and Huaxia!

"This town is determined to brake quietly!"

Lan Siqi said in surprise: "What? Headquarters, are we not going to do anything? ”

Xiang Qun and Huang Wu also said loudly: "Zongzhen, are we watching Shi Heng and the others do whatever they want?" ”

Liu Zi'an also said: "This is a great opportunity to crack down on Shi Heng and other parties, we can't just give up!" ”

Hu Dexing said even more directly: "General Town, we'd better mobilize troops and horses for backup, as long as Shi Heng and his party make a move, we will send troops to the north to deter Xiaoxiao!" ”

Liu Juntao looked around at everyone, and sighed slightly in his heart, if the change of seizing the door could not be successful, then the orthodox emperor could not be restored, and the Chenghua Emperor of later generations would not exist.

This is unacceptable to Liu Juntao, and he is still counting on sweeping Liaodong under the command of Emperor Chenghua!

However, Liu Juntao can't say it directly, he can't say that he has predicted that the change of seizing the door is about to break out and the orthodox emperor is destined to be restored, right?

So, Liu Juntao was silent for a while, and said: "This matter still needs to be discussed in the long run, we are warriors, it is our duty to defend the territory and open up the territory, and let those ministers fight for the affairs of the DPRK and China." ”

"Of course, if those ministers of the DPRK and China take advantage of this time to find trouble with us, Ben Zhen will definitely not agree!"

And after a little more deliberation, they dispersed.

A few days later, the fluctuations caused by the news of the prospect of Taidi's serious illness had not subsided, but Liu Zi'an brought another piece of news.

"Chen Xun, the first assistant of the cabinet, together with the cabinet courtiers, the three law divisions, the imperial history platform and other civil officials, jointly signed a letter to His Majesty: In order to prevent the military towns in various places from being stable during the period of His Majesty's slight illness, town guards should be stationed in various military towns, and the military department will draw up candidates, and after the approval of the cabinet, they will be immediately sent to military towns in various places!"

Hearing this, Liu Juntao suddenly remembered this matter:

Historically, when Emperor Jingtai was seriously ill, the Chinese officials of the dynasty gradually marginalized the general soldiers and generals of each town by sending town guards to various military towns, which was also the beginning of the Daming civil officials beginning to brazenly seize the military power of the Daming!

Liu Juntao also knew that these town guards stationed in various places were initially only responsible for the logistics of various military towns, but it didn't take long for things to change.

Those town guards stationed in various places not only began to seize the right to train and transfer troops in various military towns, but even competed for a series of powers such as building military equipment, and therefore had a lot of conflicts with the generals of the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, Hu Dexing, the deputy chief soldier who was discussing with Liu Juntao, was even more furious, and said loudly: "These bastards, don't take care of their own affairs day by day, just stare at the authority in the hands of our martial artists, what bastards!" ”

Liu Juntao, on the other hand, paid attention to more practical things and asked, "In addition, is there any other movement on Chen Xun's side?" ”

"Yes!"

Liu Zi'an said: "Chen Xun, the first assistant of the cabinet, also played His Majesty, requesting that Wang Ji, a squire of the military department, be sent to inspect the military affairs of Gansu, and at the same time prepare to elevate the status of the governors of various places, change them to the integrated management of the military and the people, and make the governors the highest officials in all provinces and localities. And this news is no secret, on the day of the first assistant to the cabinet, Chen Xun, on this letter, it has already spread all over the storm! ”

(Previously, it was only mainly focused on civilian, counsellor and military, and the specific affairs of each town did not need to be reported to the governor)

Hearing this, Hu Dexing's face changed greatly: "This is to put the district governor on our heads and offer them up!" ”

Liu Juntao was furious when he heard the news, and knew in his heart that once the imperial court made it a custom for the governor to control the military and political affairs of a province, not only would all his efforts over the years be in vain, but his ambitions would also come to naught.

Not to mention anything else, Shandong Governor Li Chengming alone will trouble himself twice in three days, and even completely break up the Tiance Army that he has worked so hard to build, so that he will completely lose power!

Therefore, Liu Juntao immediately found Lan Siqi, the minister of the Central Committee, and asked him to immediately write to the imperial court in the name of Shandong Town, taking the lead in showing Shandong Town's attitude towards the re-demarcation of the governor's responsibilities and the dispatch of town guards, that is, to resolutely resist!

Lan Siqi said with some worry: "General Town, in this way, will our letter be too tough?" ”

"Tough?"

Liu Juntao snorted coldly and said, "In my opinion, this is not tough enough!" ”

Then, Liu Juntao said to Xiang Qun, the minister of the military department who came later: "The officers and men of all departments of the Tiance Army immediately started field drills, and I took turns to drive out of the city and carry out training with great fanfare!" ”

Hu Dexing laughed and said, "Haha! Good! The head town is going to demonstrate to the imperial court! ”

"That's right! It's a demonstration! ”

Liu Juntao said fiercely: "This town is to let those civil officials in the court understand that the Ming warriors are not soft persimmons to be manipulated, and the soldiers of this town and the Tiance Army are not bullied by others!" ”

Within a few days, Liu Juntao, the chief military officer of Shandong Town, became famous again with a letter of a tough attitude, which not only rebuked Chen Xun, the first assistant of the cabinet, and others, but also completely denied the two court proposals of sending town guards and increasing the authority of the governor, and even claimed that these two court discussions were actions that brought disaster to the country and the people!

As soon as this recital came out, the government and the opposition were in an uproar.

Chen Xun, the first assistant of the cabinet, immediately impeached Liu Juntao together with dozens of civilian officials from various ministries, and Yu Qianyan, the secretary of the military department, also shook his head and sighed in view of this.

However, he did not expect that only a dozen days later, 18 commanders with real power, including the commanders of the Gyeonggi garrison, Datong Town, Shanxi Town, Liaodong Town, and Xuanfu Town, successively wrote to the imperial court, collectively expressing solidarity with the chief military officer of Shandong Town, and asking the imperial court to veto the two court proposals of Chen Xun, the first assistant of the cabinet.

At this time, the government and the opposition were shocked.