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Han Feng saw that the burly middle-aged man with a national face was very jealous of Li Hongyu, so he smiled and comforted, "Although Li Hanlin is highly used by the emperor, the emperor is most afraid of military generals to gain power, so as long as King Fu does not come to the capital, then he will definitely not transfer new troops into the city." ”

"Master Hou, there is a noble concubine, even if the emperor wants to let the new army enter the city, then he will definitely be stopped by the noble concubine."

As he spoke, Han Feng looked meaningfully at the burly middle-aged man with a national character face, "Master Hou, don't forget that Li Hanlin is a member of the Chu Party, if the emperor lets Li Hanlin lead the army into the capital, then the balance of power between the factions of the court officials will be broken, this is not a scene that the emperor wants to see, the emperor doesn't want another Zhang Juzheng!" ”

The burly middle-aged man with a national character face suddenly lit up in front of him when he heard the words, and his mood suddenly brightened, he patronized and feared Li Hongyu, forgetting that Li Hongyu, who was in charge of the new army, and those nobles who were in charge of the Beijing army and pro-army had an essential difference, that is, Li Hongyu was a civil official from the imperial examination.

Emperor Wanli has always been committed to balancing the power of the various factions of the court, so that the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang and the Donglin Party in the court have been fighting endlessly, taking turns to control the government, and no one can overwhelm the other, so as to achieve the goal of stabilizing the imperial power and the court situation.

And once Li Hongyu led the army into the city, then it was equivalent to having the merit of the dragon, which was bound to break the balance of power of the civilian clique faction, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

As a matter of fact, there has been a lot of criticism in the court about Li Hongyu's taking charge of the New Army, and it is very inappropriate for Li Hongyu to become a "training envoy of the New Army" as a civilian official.

Unlike the "Governors", "Governors", and "Governors", which were temporarily dispatched, they commanded the troops by the "right to transfer troops" granted by the emperor.

The "New Army Training Envoy" is different, and although it is essentially a temporary dispatch errand, it not only has the "right to transfer troops" but also has the "right to command troops."

It needs to be explained here that the so-called "power to transfer troops" refers to the power to mobilize troops to command operations, while the "power to command troops" refers to the power to manage troops, and the most important thing is to be in charge of the appointment of official positions.

In order to prevent the military power from being too concentrated in the hands of the generals, Ming Taizu not only changed the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion that commanded the Weisuo Army to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and divided the military power of the world into five, and each Governor's Mansion was divided into left and right Governors to restrain each other, but also changed the "right to transfer troops" to the Ministry of War, so that the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies only had the "right to command the army".

Li Hongyu's appointment as the training envoy of the new army undoubtedly broke the ancestral system set up by Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, integrating the power to deploy troops and the right to command the army, and firmly grasped the military power of the new army in his hands, coupled with the proximity of the new army to the capital, Emperor Wanli naturally would not easily mobilize the new army.

Of course, Emperor Wanli did not do this on a whim, and Li Hongyu also paid a considerable price for it, for which he had to leave the capital to go to Jiangnan to take charge of overseas trade, away from the power center of the Ming Dynasty, so as to minimize the impact on the officialdom of the capital.

As for the post of training envoy of the new army, Emperor Wanli really had no way to separate the right to transfer troops from the right to command troops of the new army, because the new army was a newly formed army and did not belong to the same system as the army of the Ming Dynasty, so there were no other generals in charge of the new army except Li Hongyu.

The border troubles in the northwest have always been a concern for the Wanli Emperor, and the Wanli Emperor also wanted to see if the new army could make achievements in the northwest as Li Hongyu said.

In addition, the military expenses of the new army were paid by the Customs Department like the future naval division, and did not occupy the funds of the Ming treasury and the inner treasury, which also made it difficult for others to replace Li Hongyu to command the new army.

To put it bluntly, the new army and the navy are two products dependent on overseas trade, and only when overseas trade is prosperous can they develop and grow.

Emperor Wanli was full of expectations for the new army and the navy, hoping to change the situation of the shortcomings of the army of the Ming Dynasty, so he could not restrain Li Hongyu, who was in his infancy, in reasonableness, public and private.

When the new army and the navy division grow into an army, then the Wanli Emperor will naturally separate the power of the two sides to command the army and the right to transfer troops, even if he does not have time to do so, the future emperor will also check and balance the new army and the navy.

"Having said that, if Li Hongyu is ambitious, and he will take the risk of leading the army into the capital, then the situation will be difficult to control.

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After listening to Han Feng's words, the burly middle-aged man with a national character face frowned and groaned for a while, and looked at Han Feng with a serious expression, he didn't think that Li Hongyu was the kind of person who kept to himself, and he would definitely not sit back and watch King Fu squeeze down the crown prince to ascend to the throne.

"No matter how powerful the new army is, it can't exceed 20,000 people, and the walls of the capital are thick, as long as the Hou Ye guards the city gate, then the new army will not want to come in." Han Feng felt that the burly middle-aged man with the national character face was a little worried, and the corners of his mouth showed a look of disapproval.

In Han Feng's view, no matter how powerful Li Hongyu is, he is just a newly promoted official with little qualifications, his influence in the court is minimal, and the strength of the city's defense is the best in the world, he does not believe that the new army can defeat the capital in the absence of siege equipment.

Besides, as long as King Fu ascends the throne first and sits on the dragon chair, then he will become the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Li Hongyu dares to have dissenting intentions, it is a rebellion, presumably he does not have the courage.

Besides, Concubine Zheng will definitely be optimistic about Li Hongyu at that time, lest Li Hongyu cause any trouble.

"What Ben Hou means is that in order to avoid future troubles, it is better to ......"

Seeing that Han Feng didn't pay much attention to Li Hongyu, the burly middle-aged man with a national character face frowned, his eyes flashed with a fierce light, he stretched out his hand knife and made a gesture of cutting off his head, and said to Han Feng in a low voice.

"No!"

A look of surprise flashed on Han Feng's face when he heard this, he didn't expect that the burly middle-aged man with the national character face would want to put Li Hongyu to death, so he quickly shook his head and said, "Li Hanlin is the new champion of the Ming Dynasty, and if he kills him rashly, it will easily arouse the anger of scholars in the world, and it will not be good for the prestige of the prince." ”

In fact, in King Fu's mind, Li Hongyu's status is much higher than that of the burly middle-aged man with a national character face, and he is the person King Fu wants to recruit the most.

The burly middle-aged man with the national character face galloped and killed the enemy on the battlefield at most, but Li Hongyu was not only both civil and military, but also proficient in commercial affairs, and the trip to Yangzhou easily made those rich businessmen and tycoons willingly take out six million taels of silver, so that a shrewd and capable courtier would be wanted by any emperor.

If the burly middle-aged man and Li Hongyu met on the battlefield, then he probably didn't have any chance of winning, so how could King Fu kill a rare talent like Li Hongyu unless he had to do so.

Seeing that Han Feng rejected his proposal in one bite, the burly middle-aged man with a national character face suddenly felt disappointed, he naturally knew that King Fu was reluctant to kill Li Hongyu, so he had to think of another way to deal with Li Hongyu.

Han Feng noticed that the burly middle-aged man with the national character face looked a little gloomy, and he couldn't help but sigh helplessly in his heart, of course he knew that the grievances between the burly middle-aged man with the national character face and Li Hongyu might not be easy to resolve.

The next morning, Ran Xing asked Princess He Shouning to go to the Qianqing Palace to greet Emperor Wanli and Concubine Zheng, and reported to Emperor Wanli with Li Hongyu's plan to build a new city at the mouth of the Yangtze River.

Emperor Wanli couldn't help laughing after hearing this, looking at the entire Ming court, the person who can "toss" the most is probably Li Hongyu, but he likes Li Hongyu's down-to-earth "tossing" for the benefit of the Ming Dynasty, which is thousands of times better than those officials in the court who only know how fast to speak.

Therefore, the Wanli Emperor immediately approved Li Hongyu's plan for a new city, and with a stroke of the pen, Shanghai County was divided from Songjiang Mansion and placed under the jurisdiction of the Customs Department, which greatly exceeded Li Hongyu's expectations.

This means that the county government of Shanghai will be abolished, and its administrative power will be taken over by the Customs Department, which will be a test for the officials of the Customs Department, who have no experience in governing the local government.

"Don Ma, Li Hanlin can be a rare talent in our Ming Dynasty, although you are the chief officer of the Customs Department, your main responsibility is to be optimistic about the customs revenue, and other affairs will be handed over to Li Hanlin for disposal, and you must not exceed your duties."

Because of this large-scale new city, Emperor Wanli was even more full of expectations for overseas trade, but he knew that his time was short, so he solemnly warned Ran Xingrang.

Although Ran Xingrang is the son-in-law of Emperor Wanli, Emperor Wanli knows very well that he is not in charge of the Customs Department, once Ran Xingrang intervenes in other affairs of the Customs Department, it will inevitably affect Li Hongyu's planning, which is not what he wants to see.

It is precisely because of this that Emperor Wanli gave Li Hongyu Shang Fangjian and let Li Hongyu take charge of overseas trade matters, instead of Ran Xing making this customs department the head of the customs department.

"Sons remember the teachings of their father."

Ran Xing made clear of Emperor Wanli's painstaking efforts, so he solemnly agreed, and he was self-aware that he was far inferior to Li Hongyu in terms of power, so it was better to guard his one-acre and three-point land in the Customs Department.

This also enabled the Customs Department to operate smoothly in the future, and Li Hongyu and Ran Xingrang performed their respective duties, ensuring the rapid development of the Customs Department and laying the foundation of their deep friendship.

Emperor Wanli soon issued a decree to revoke Shanghai County and change its territory to the jurisdiction of the Customs Department, Li Hongyu naturally did not waste time, and immediately ordered more than 20 tax officials from the Huaguang Academy in the capital to go south and set off for Shanghai County to take over the administrative power and start the construction of the port.

At the same time, other tax officials in Huaguang Academy also divided into two routes, one went to Yangzhou to set up the general office of the Customs Department, and the other went to Guangzhou to set up the Guangzhou Customs Yamen, and the construction of the Customs Department officially kicked off.

Prior to this, Li Hongyu had already sent some tax officials to Shanghai County, Yangzhou, and Guangzhou to deal with matters related to the establishment of the yamen, and now the conditions for negotiations with the local authorities had been negotiated, and construction could start immediately as soon as Li Hongyu transferred the money.

With the departure of those tax collectors, Huaguang Academy has also completed its mission in the capital, and Li Hongyu is ready to move it to the newly built Shanghai New Town, where it will be easier to get in touch with the knowledge of Western natural sciences, and it will be more convenient to make it the first school in the Ming Dynasty to teach natural subjects, keeping up with the pace and trend of the world's scientific and technological development.

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