"The general town, it has been found out, the town guard sent to our Shandong town is named Wang Yonglai, who served as the squire of the Ministry of Officials, and was originally appointed as the squire of the Ministry of War, but because of his arrogance and arrogance, he couldn't get along in the Ministry of War, so he moved around and transferred to the Ministry of Officials."

Now that the town guards sent by the imperial court to various places are already public information, it is easy for the Ministry of Intelligence to find out these basic information.

After the supervision of Liu Zi'an, the Minister of Intelligence, the Ministry of Intelligence even found out what Wang Yonglai liked and how many concubines he had.

Liu Juntao looked at the information collected by Liu Zi'an, which had already written Wang Yonglai's situation very clearly.

Wang Yonglai, a jinshi in the last years of Yongle, was a squire in the military department at the beginning, and was later squeezed out by his colleagues because of the competition for credit, and then he traveled in the household department and the inspectorate for several years, and even went out to work as a magistrate for three years, but his political performance was mediocre, and even news of corruption was spread. It wasn't until last year that Wang Yonglai spent money and was transferred to the Ministry of Officials.

"Humph! Such a mediocre person, still want to come to our Shandong town as a town guard? ”

Liu Juntao couldn't help but be full of contempt, people like Wang Yonglai can still be released as town guards, they must have gone out of the relationship and spent money, Liu Juntao has always looked down on such people.

Next to him, Lan Siqi, Minister of the Central Committee, Xiang Qun, Minister of the Military Department, Huang Wu, Minister of the Inspection Department, and Liu Zian, Minister of the Intelligence Department, all looked at Liu Juntao.

At this time, Wang Yonglai has rushed south, and it is estimated that it will take only ten days to rush to Jinan Fucheng, and Shandong Town must take measures to deal with it as soon as possible, otherwise things will be very passive.

Liu Juntao pondered for a while, and then said: "Now that the town has been written, it has shown the attitude of our Shandong town to the imperial court, and the rest of the things, let's do things with our hearts!" ”

Doing things from your heart?

Everyone was a little uncertain, and they didn't quite understand what Liu Juntao meant by his heart.

Liu Juntao sneered and said: "Since we don't want the imperial court to send a town guard from all over Shandong Town, then we won't let that Wang Yonglai go to the post!" ”

When everyone heard this, they were immediately moved, some were surprised, some were shocked, and some were excited.

The head of the military department asked Xiang Qun: "General Town, what should we do?" ”

Huang Wu, the head of the inspection department, also asked in a low voice: "General Town, or let the Jianfeng Division dispatch to kill that Wang Yonglai!" ”

Liu Juntao smiled dumbly and said: "This is not necessary, in this way, the military department immediately mobilized troops and horses, strictly sealed all the main roads into Shandong, blocked all the official roads and key passes into Shandong, and strictly investigated the passers-by, regardless of officials and civilians, etc., and blocked that Wang Yonglai from outside Shandong!" ”

Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and applauded.

Lan Siqi, the head of the Central Department, said with a smile: "It's just that in this way, it is estimated that there will be a lot of discussion in the imperial court again!" ”

"For our Shandong Town, when has the criticism in the court stopped?"

Liu Zi'an also laughed and said: "What Zongzhen said is right! Since those courtiers in the court have never treated us leniently, then there is no need for us to look forward and backward, just like the head town said, just do things with your heart! ”

Within a few days, the left battalion of the Longxiang Army stationed in Jinan Prefecture and the left battalion of the Huben Army stationed in Dongchang Prefecture were all dispatched to block all the main roads from Beizhili to Shandong, and even the country roads often taken by ordinary people were also set up checkpoints.

These days, the officers and men of the Tiance Army have been closely checking the people who come and go, especially the people who have entered Shandong from the places of Beizhili and Gyeonggi, and basically all personnel from the official government of Beizhili are not allowed to enter the boundaries of Shandong.

At this moment, the ministers of the court and the central government blew up the nest, and Chen Xun, the first assistant of the cabinet, roared angrily, accusing Liu Juntao of cutting off the control of the imperial court over Shandong and "having bad intentions"!

However, immediately after Liu Juntao's recital was handed to the court, Yu Qian, the secretary of the Ministry of War, also tried his best to send this recital to the palace, and Emperor Jingtai, who was already seriously ill, saw it, perhaps because he was unwell and had no heart to deal with the government anymore, so he did not make any punishment to Liu Juntao.

This made Chen Xun, the first assistant of the cabinet, very angry, and immediately found Yu Qian, the secretary of the military department, claiming that in order to prevent Liu Juntao from arsoning the army, the military department should immediately halve the money, food, and military salaries of the Tiance army until Liu Juntao let go of the passage for court officials to enter Shandong!

In this regard, Yu Qian immediately refuted it and warned Chen Xun that once the imperial court wantonly oppressed Shandong Town and really forced Liu Juntao to rebel, then all the consequences would be borne by the cabinet, and he would not be the secretary of the military department to take the blame!

Seeing Yu Qian's tough attitude, Chen Xun could only be dumb and eat Coptis chinensis, except for shouting and scolding a group of civil officials for a while, there was no substantive action.

In just one month, the general soldiers and generals of the Ming Dynasty saw the practice of Shandong Town, and the imperial court did not punish them at all, and began to take action to resist the town guards.

In particular, the chief military officers of the towns of the Nine Border Regions and the towns of the Gyeonggi garrison were even more resolute, and everyone followed Liu Juntao and mobilized troops and horses one after another to block the roads, and explicitly refused to allow the town guards from all sides to enter the country, and even the chief military officers of Datong Town and Shanxi Town expelled all the town guards who had already entered the territory.

This series of changes made the civil official group in the court angry, and Chen Xun, the first assistant of the cabinet, couldn't sleep at night, and had fallen into a state of rage, if he didn't still have a trace of reason, Chen Xun would have announced the rebellion of these generals in the name of the imperial court!

Seeing this situation, Yu Qian, the secretary of the military department, was busy mediating the conflicts between the parties, but no matter how Yu Qian mediated, there was no progress.

The dispatch of town guards by the imperial court has caused a sharp deterioration in the relationship between the imperial court and the local towns, which was not only unexpected by Chen Xun, the first assistant of the cabinet, but also unexpected by Liu Juntao, the chief military officer of Shandong Town.

Originally, in history, the imperial court sent officials to the local towns and towns, although they also encountered a lot of resistance, but the generals from all over the country finally pinched their noses and recognized it.

Later, in order to increase the authority of the governors of the provinces, the imperial court directly merged the provincial town guards and governors, so that the governors of the provinces were the "number one" of the military and political affairs, and it was from then on that the governors of the Ming Dynasty really changed from one of the "three giants" who only grasped government affairs to real feudal officials!

However, this situation has changed with the arrival of Liu Juntao, and under the guidance of the tough attitude of Shandong Town, the reaction of the military towns in various places has also begun to become fierce, making it impossible to promote the matter of dispatching town guards in various places.

It didn't take long for Chen Xun, the first assistant of the cabinet, to issue an order to summon all the town guards stranded on the outskirts of the towns back to Beijing, and the matter was not followed.

In this way, military towns in various places have celebrated one after another, and the whole town of Shandong is also excited.

However, the follow-up of this matter was not over, and Yu Qian, the secretary of the Ministry of War, saw that the matter had subsided, so he wrote a personal letter to Liu Juntao.

Liu Juntao thought that this letter must be Yu Qian's approval of himself, but he didn't expect that when he saw the content of the letter, Liu Juntao was completely dumbfounded.

In the letter, Yu Qian was very dissatisfied with Liu Juntao's blockade of Shandong, and his words were very fierce, believing that Liu Juntao's move was challenging the authority of the Ming court and shaking the supremacy of imperial power!

Yu Qian believes that even if Liu Juntao does not agree with the imperial court to send town guards, he should argue through "normal channels", and he will also encircle Shandong Town and even military towns in various places in the court.

But now because of Liu Juntao's impulse, military towns around the country have followed, although the successful termination of the imperial court to send town guards to various places, but it is inevitable that the imperial court will be swept away.

Yu Qian even predicted in his letter that in the future, for military towns everywhere, the effectiveness of the imperial court orders will be greatly reduced!

"This move will boost the arrogance of the military towns in various places, and even bury the hidden danger of chaos in the late Tang Dynasty!"

After reading Yu Qian's letter, Liu Juntao only felt that he was sweating, and he also realized that he had inadvertently made a big mistake!

After thinking about it, Liu Juntao wrote a reply letter to Yu Qian, in which he stated that the reason why he reacted so fiercely was that he did not want the Chinese officials of the DPRK to successfully seize military power, so that the Daming warriors would no longer have status, and the Daming would completely lose the bloody nature of fighting bravely and skillfully!

"The lesser of two evils! If the Ming Dynasty has the Tiance Army, it will never form a situation of separating the feudal towns, and more than 100,000 Tiance Army soldiers are the Dinghai Divine Needle of the Ming Dynasty! Shandong Town will also be the copper wall of the Ming Dynasty, and will never do anything to endanger the community! ”