The conversation between Zhang Fan and Zhang Siwei is not well known, not to mention that in such a vast place in the palace, naturally no one can eavesdrop on it without being noticed, there is no such thing as a wall here, even if someone sees what the two of them are talking about from a distance, they will definitely not understand what it is, all in all, the conversation between Zhang Fan and Zhang Siwei is placed in the hearts of the two of them, and it is not known to outsiders.

And the next day, something happened in the court, but this matter was not about Zhang Siwei, but from the northeast, in fact, it was nothing, it was just a piece of Li Chengliang that had been handed over many times, and now it was once again submitted to the court by Li Chengliang.

To say that Li Chengliang, although his ancestors were Goryeo, but his ancestors who came to the Ming region early, after several generations of reproduction, also integrated into the Han society early, almost no one will treat them as foreigners, of course, this just refers to the ordinary time, when it is really brought to the court to say things, these are simply things that can be ignored, and they are also mentioned by those who have a heart.

Because of this kind of problem that does not exist at all, Li Chengliang, who is obviously quite talented, was not officially reused by the imperial court until he was forty years old, and at that time, it was already a matter of the Longqing period.

Moreover, the reason why Li Chengliang was reused was not because his hard work and talent were really valued by the imperial court, but because the imperial court could only do so.

Liaodong has always had a complicated situation, not to mention that there are Jurchens here, although they have submitted to the imperial court, it is still chaotic, not only their own internal fighting, but also with the Ming army, there are more Mongolian remnants, and sometimes it is even more annoying, in short, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the entire Liaodong, the three forces are fighting around like this, and there will definitely be no fewer dead.

And in the Jiajing period, this situation is also more worrying, the reason why Li Chengliang will be reused, is precisely because, from the late Jiajing period, until the early years of Longqing, the Tatar Han'er tribe has invaded many times, invaded Liaodong, it is in such a decade of less than ten years, the Ming Dynasty has three generals who guard Liaodong have died one after another.

At that time, except for Li Chengliang, there was no general in the entire Liaodong who was more qualified than him and understood the situation in Liaodong better, if it was said that he was transferring people from the outside, it was not that there was no way, but to be honest, those people's abilities were not necessarily better than Li Chengliang, and even so, the imperial court at that time was still hesitant, and in the end, even Xu Jie stood up to speak, Qi Jiguang asked Li Chengliang to be used in the middle of the play, and Longqing could be regarded as finding a reason, leaving off those noisy voices, and promoting Li Chengliang to the general army, He is in charge of the defense of the entire Liaodong.

And Li Chengliang also lived up to these at all, when he took office, it was when the garrison of Liaodong was abolished, and Li Chengliang recruited local people as soon as he took office, formed an army to resist the invasion of the Mongols and Jurchen tribes, and this story is also the beginning of the legend of Li Chengliang's life.

In later generations, everyone knows that at that time, it was said that "Qi Jiguang in the southeast, Li Chengliang in the northeast", however, even if Qi Jiguang had a meritorious service in suppressing the Japanese and making the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty safe, the Japanese did not dare to commit a minor offense, and his reputation was loud, but in fact, at that time, Qi Jiguang was still not as famous as Li Chengliang, after all, it was possible for both Mongolia and Jurchen to dare not make trouble in Liaodong, and this ability was not available to everyone.

After that, the remnants of Mongolia quieted down, although they still came back from time to time to make trouble, but because of Li Chengliang, the number of people they dispatched was very small, and they specially selected the kind of places with few people, although there may be damage, but it is not a big problem.

However, the Jurchens in Liaodong have really quieted down, and they have hardly made any major moves, and many tribes have submitted to the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, this is not really pacification, Li Chengliang knows very well that there are people like Wang Gao who are self-respecting, as well as tribes like Zi Ataibu, etc., and they are delusional about setting off a rebellion again, so in the past few years, Li Chengliang has been stepping up preparations to prepare for the battle that he doesn't know when he will come back, but he will definitely come.

And during this period, Li Chengliang also did a thing, this matter is related to his many performances, Li Chengliang understands that he is sitting in this position, absolutely can not make any mistakes, on the battlefield, when you must win, you must also ensure a big victory, death and injury are inevitable, this is not a problem, the problem is that if you die too many people in your own battle, then even if you win in the future, there will still be people who will find him trouble.

And this is only one aspect, after all, the things related to the battlefield are not controlled by those literati who can only recite poems and make scheming, plus there are not so many disturbances in the court today, and there are fewer and fewer situations that can cause trouble to Li Chengliang in this regard.

And at that time, Li Chengliang was most concerned about the casualties of the people, because of this passive situation, he knew that the other party would fight, but he could not take the initiative to attack, so if there was a war in the future, then it must be Wang Gao who took the lead in leading the troops to attack, and then, even if Wang Gao was arrogant, he was not a fool, he would not attack the Ming army at the first time, but would capture the town.

The towns in Liaodong have lasted too long, and it is difficult to resist the invasion of large groups of people, not to mention that there are so many county towns and villages along the way, if this situation does not change, once Wang Gao invades, it will be a river of blood, and Li Chengliang himself will have trouble.

This is what Li Chengliang is worried about, so from that time to the present, he has a plan, wanting to expand the six forts such as Kuandian in the land of Liaodong, so that he can not only use it as a resistance when Wang Gao raises troops, but also accept a large number of local people to avoid being killed.

However, these are all manpower and silver, and manpower is naturally not a problem, not to mention that Li Chengliang gave the order as his general soldier, that is, Guangguang knows the benefits of this, and the local people, both military and civilian, will be willing to do it.

But this silver is a big problem, the land of Liaodong, because of the war for many years, the local situation is not good, where will there be any spare money, and although Li Chengliang's ancestors were officials in the Ming Dynasty, but in fact, their family did not have any money, back then, when Li Chengliang officially took over from his father, he was actually poor.

Therefore, relying on Li Chengliang and Liaodong alone, it is absolutely impossible to complete the expansion of the six forts, therefore, Li Chengliang must ask the imperial court for help, of course, the so-called help, that is, asking for money.

And this is the characteristic of the Han dynasty, knowing that Liaodong will be in war in the future; Knowing that as soon as the war starts, both the military and the civilian will inevitably be damaged; also knew that Li Chengliang really had no money, and he didn't ask for money for his own selfish desires; What's more, over the years, Li Chengliang has made so many twists and turns, but until now, the amount of money he asks for has not changed, only a mere one million taels.

One million taels of silver, it may be a lot in other places, but it is really a little small in this kind of thing, but even so, the imperial court has always given Li Chengliang a tael of extra silver except for the normal military salary.

If it is said that the treasury is really difficult, it is easy to say, but in fact, since the late Jiajing period, until the time of Longqing's death, although the treasury of the Ming Dynasty is not rich, there are still one million taels of silver.

In particular, after Zhang Fanna's efforts in the open and secret, the imperial court began to collect taxes and silver from maritime merchants, and the treasury of the Ming Dynasty was unprecedentedly full, but even so, the imperial court still did not reply to Li Chengliang, or did not allocate him a tael of silver to expand the six forts.

Now, this matter, Li Chengliang has once again played a setback, but this time it is different, after all, there are still signs of war in Liaodong, if you don't make any response, I'm afraid it will be too much to say.

However......

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks it's impossible," someone still stood up against it, "In the past, Li Chengliang also sent a letter asking for money, but now, although there are signs of war in the land of Liaodong, but now it is the Jurchens fighting each other themselves, and when the time comes, even if they fight, they will only be weaker, Li Chengliang wants money at this time, it really doesn't make any sense,"

Listen, what a bastard this is, looking at the court, no one doesn't know that Wang Gao is expanding his power by doing this at this time, although it is an internal struggle, but in the future, if Wang Gao absorbs the Jurchen tribes and then commits crimes, the power will only be greater, how can it be reduced.

But even for such an obvious thing, there are still people who want to talk nonsense with their eyes open, and there are people who stand up and agree with it.

For Zhang Fan, who was standing on the sidelines and watching these people, Zhang Fan, who had already gained various interests in the Ming Dynasty, said again, although objectively speaking, these words were too bastard and incredible, but he felt that it was not necessary to be normal in his heart, and even in his opinion, if he couldn't hear these words, then there would be a problem.

At that time, after the Empress Dowager Li looked at it, she actually agreed, but she didn't say it, but called Zhu Yijun to let him decide, and for Zhu Yijun, in fact, he wanted to agree last year, after all, Zhang Fan also told him about Liaodong, and he knew it in his heart, but at that time, because many people in the court were against it, and those who agreed did not stand up and speak, so the matter was put on hold.

Now, Zhu Yijun has made up his mind to allocate money, and now that the treasury is full, this is not a big deal at all, but there are still people who stand up and say such things.

At this moment, Zhu Yijun laughed: "Aiqing means that you don't give it yet,"

Obviously, this is the backstory, this is a precursor to anger.

However, there are still that kind of people, and they said loudly and honestly: "Your Majesty is right, Weichen thinks that he still can't give it,"