Jingtai three years, February, Jinan Fucheng.

The New Year's festivities had just dissipated, and Liu Juntao began to take care of the backlog of military affairs.

At this time, the new military system in Shandong Town has been fully rolled out, and the soldiers and horses of the guards in various places have begun to be reorganized, and most of the soldiers have been properly settled, and only a very small number of soldiers and horses are still practicing in the training camp, but it will be over in a few months.

At the same time, Xiang Qun, the minister of the military department, and Hu Dexing, the deputy chief soldier of Shandong Town, also took up their posts, both of whom were full of enthusiasm and began to deploy in accordance with the five-year plan formulated by the Development Department of the Central Ministry, which also freed Liu Juntao to focus on the imperial court.

At this time, the imperial court can be said to be surging, although the smoke of the civil and military dispute has dissipated, but the ministers of the court, including Emperor Jingtai, are still tense, everyone is holding their breath, and they can't tell when it will break out.

A few days later, Liu Zi'an, minister of intelligence, and Zhang Yuqing, director of the Praise and Painting Department, rushed to the study of the General Military Mansion and reported the situation in the DPRK to Liu Juntao.

In the middle of the court, the military generals led by Shi Heng, the governor of the right capital, began to rise, and a small number of civil officials such as Xu Youzhen, who supervised the imperial history, also had close contacts with Shi Heng and others, and there was a faint momentum of fighting against the civilian forces.

And the internal officials such as the eunuch Cao Jixiang are all watching the fire from the other side, but they are all biased towards Shi Heng and others openly and secretly!

The most important thing is that Shi Heng, Xu Youzhen, Cao Jixiang and others all paid attention to the orthodox emperor of the Taishang Emperor on different occasions, which made Emperor Jingtai feel deeply uneasy, and involuntarily began to get closer to the civil power in the court.

Seeing these materials and listening to the reports of Liu Zi'an and Zhang Yuqing, Liu Juntao also has an extremely deep understanding of the current situation.

Liu Juntao understood the thoughts of Shi Heng, Xu Youzhen, Cao Jixiang and others, and at this time, the power of the Chinese officials in the DPRK soared, greatly suppressing the power of the martial artists and even the internal officials in the DPRK, which made Shi Heng and others extremely dissatisfied.

"It seems that the battle between the Chinese and martial arts of the DPRK has intensified, and it is even very likely that it will be intertwined with the secret battle between His Majesty and the Emperor Taishang!"

Listening to Liu Juntao's words, Liu Zi'an and Zhang Yuqing were shocked.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty, although under Liu Juntao's resistance, the civilian power was somewhat reined, but Emperor Jingtai still intentionally or unintentionally suppressed the military attache power, so that the civilian power continued to rise.

In addition, the head of the civilian forces, Chen Xun, the head of the cabinet at this time, was also actively expanding his authority, although this move was conducive to the restoration of the declining national strength of the Ming Dynasty after the Battle of Tumubao, but it also inevitably infringed on the interests of the military attachés in the DPRK and China, exacerbated the contradictions between the civil and military, and made Shi Heng and others very dissatisfied!

It was in this context that almost all of the military attache forces led by Shi Heng were excluded from the core of the Ming Dynasty, even some of the generals who made great achievements in the defense of Beijing.

After the reorganization of the Gyeonggi garrison Yu Qian, all of them were changed to regimental and battalion formations, and there was no military general commander, but was directly commanded by Yu Qian, the secretary of the military department.

This is equivalent to the civilian forces seizing the military power of the city of Beijing!

Even if Yu Qian still favors more military attaché forces in his heart, it still makes the military attache forces in the DPRK dissatisfied.

Faced with such a situation, Shi Heng had the intention of retreating as advance, thinking of seeking to release the border towns, and wait until the situation between the DPRK and China stabilized before re-entering the court.

So, Shi Heng gave Emperor Jingtai an excerpt:

"The Xuanfu and other places near the city have repeatedly reported the news, and Yang Hong was sent to the Xuanfu to prepare it, and Datong, Huailai, Juyong and other passes are also critical, begging Chenheng to Datong, Huailai, Juyong and other areas to send troops and horses to suppress the remnants of Hu. The soldiers and horses of the battalions in Beijing were under the command of the generals and officials to protect the capital. In this way, the fence is prepared, and the Beijing division is safe. ”

After Shi Heng's recital was handed over, Emperor Jingtai immediately refused:

"The Xuanfu local secret report to the Beijing Division, similar to the report, is to temporarily order Yang Hong to prepare for it. After the autumn, he was ordered to return to Beijing. Qing and others commanded the soldiers and horses of Gyeonggi and conducted the Beijing division, how did they all want to divide the border towns? Not allowed! ”

Emperor Jingtai's move was also a precaution against Shi Heng and other generals, and at the same time, it also limited the power of Shi Heng and other generals.

It is precisely because of this that Shi Heng and other military generals became more and more nostalgic for the reign of the orthodox emperor, and then everyone began to secretly connect, even Xu Youzhen, Cao Jixiang and others were also involved.

Soon, Emperor Jingtai heard the rumors, although it is not yet certain who the courtiers are connected with each other, but Emperor Jingtai can also guess that it must be dominated by martial artists in the court!

As a result, Emperor Jingtai began to continue to improve the authority and status of civilian officials, intensified efforts to limit the power of military personnel in the court, and even began to order the military department to verify the number of soldiers, money and food in various feudal towns.

At the same time, Emperor Jingtai also began to increase the restrictions on the orthodox emperor of the Taishang Emperor, not only strictly forbidding the courtiers to contact the orthodox emperor of the Taishang Emperor, but also transferring the orthodox emperor to the South Palace, placing him under house arrest with brocade guards, ordering the guards to strictly control them, the palace door was not only locked, but also filled with lead, and the food could only be passed in through the small hole!

Since then, the situation of the orthodox emperor has become more unbearable, even precarious, even the son of the orthodox emperor, the current prince Zhu Jianshen is also sitting on pins and needles, Emperor Jingtai has been in the public eye more than once, reprimanded Zhu Jianshen, and even spread the argument that the prince should be deposed.

However, fortunately, this move was opposed by most courtiers, even some civil officials, and Emperor Jingtai had to put this proposal on hold for the time being.

As time passed, the resentment of the military attachés in the court and China increased, and the contradictions between Emperor Jingtai and Emperor Taishang became more and more intense, and everything was developing in the direction that Liu Juntao feared.

After receiving the latest report from the Ministry of Intelligence, Liu Juntao was also sad in his heart, and said to Lan Siqi, the head of the Central Department who came to discuss the matter: "At this time, the court is like a wooden barrel filled with earth-shattering thunder, as long as a little spark will burn everyone!" ”

Lan Siqi is proficient in government affairs, and he is also very worried about the current situation in front of him, and said: "Headquarters, now the military towns and generals in various places are dissatisfied, and they are very opposed to the imperial court's practice of suppressing martial artists and elevating civil servants!" If those military attachés in the DPRK want to plan something, the military generals from all over the country will definitely support it, and the situation will be out of control at that time! ”

Liu Juntao knows the direction of history and knows that even if there is a change in the future, the chaos will not spread to the local area.

However, Liu Juntao didn't dare to pack a ticket, after all, because of his arrival, no one could predict whether the historical trend at this time would deviate!

Liu Juntao thought for a moment and said: "No matter what others do, our Shandong Town will not move!" We must pay close attention to the matter of the struggle between the DPRK and China, but try not to participate, not to take sides, not to express our position, and to wait and see the development of the current situation! ”

Lan Siqi also nodded when he heard this, and said, "For today's plan, it can only be like this!" It's just that, should we contact Lord Yu of the Ministry of War? ”

"It's good!"

Liu Juntao said: "The Central Department wrote a private letter to Lord Yu in the name of Shandong Town, saying: There is no two days, I hope that the Lord will be cautious!" ”

Then, Liu Juntao stared at Lan Siqi and said, "Remember! Don't say a word more! ”

Lan Siqi immediately agreed.

A few days later, Yu Qian, the secretary of the Ministry of War, received a private message from Liu Juntao, only to see that there was only one sentence written in the letter: "There is no two days, Lord Wanwang is cautious!" ”

Yu Qian couldn't help but sigh when he contacted the recent situation in the DPRK and China, and said secretly: "Now that the situation in the DPRK and China is like this, how can I, as the secretary of the military department, be cautious!" ”

At this time, the situation between the DPRK and China became more and more unbearable, and even some officials of the Ministry of War began to stand in line one after another, some officials began to secretly communicate with Shi Heng and others, and most of the officials of the Ministry of War began to move closer to Chen Xun, the first assistant of the cabinet.

And Emperor Jingtai is the second large-scale exchange of ministers in the court, all the courtiers who are related to the orthodox emperor of the emperor are more or less reprimanded and demoted, and most of Emperor Jingtai's henchmen have been promoted!

In Yu Qian's opinion, as long as it takes time, Emperor Jingtai will definitely attack the crown prince, and then completely solve the hidden danger of imperial power of the orthodox emperor of the Taishang Emperor, which Yu Qian does not want to see.

However, Yu Qian couldn't do anything about it, and the only thing he could do at this time was to do his best to stabilize the situation!

"The mountain rain is coming, and the wind is full of buildings!"

Yu Qian couldn't help but cry out sadly, and then wrote a reply letter to Liu Juntao, which contained only four words: "State affairs are important!" ”