originally wanted to take advantage of the pressure of the ministers in the DPRK and China to take back Li Hongfei's military power, but as soon as he tried it, he encountered a fierce backlash, and Zhu Youzhen is really embarrassed now. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Li Hongfei's answer reminded him of the Jingshi Guan Miao Pavilion a few years ago, if it weren't for Li Hongfei, he might have turned into a cup of loess at this time, how could he have the power to be admired by the people of the world like this?

And Li Hongfei mentioned the identity of the "immortal" again, which also made Zhu Youzhen have scruples, if he engaged other ministers, Zhu Youzhen could not even blink his eyelids, but can this Li Hongfei really move?

"This matter is very important, let's discuss it later, if there is nothing else, then retreat." After thinking about it, Zhu Youzhen decided to slow down first.

Although the ministers did not get an answer on the spot, judging from Zhu Youzhen's tone, it should be a matter of time before Li Hongfei was taken, and the ministers who had taken a "reassuring pill" quickly left the court with excitement that could not be concealed.

Zhu Youzhen needs time to think about it, and they also need time to make arrangements, after all, if Li Hongfei retreats, the competition for interests will be more intense, such as the commander-in-chief of the First Army, such as the chief of the general staff of the Ministry of National Defense, or other positions in the Ministry of Defense.........

I thought that Zhu Youzhen would discuss this emergency with Li Hongfei as soon as the early dynasty ended, but now it seems that perhaps because Li Hongfei is the protagonist, he has to "avoid suspicion".

Zhu Youzhen only let Wang Chengen leave Shi Kefa alone, and the rest of the people were gone, and Li Hongfei didn't want to be bored, so he could only turn around and leave.

The eyes of the colleagues around him were like looking at a carrier of infectious diseases, who used to make friends with this kind of welcome, but now they have become deliberately estranged, as if they were afraid that Li Hongfei would infect them with this "unlucky disease".

"The world is hot and cold!" Li Hongfei laughed at himself.

In the imperial study, in addition to Zhu Youzhen and Shi Kefa, only the eunuch Wang Chengen and the head of the forbidden army Wang Guoxing remained.

"Excessive! It's too much, is there an emperor in Li Menghui's eyes! What happened to letting him enter the court as an official? actually demolished the stage in public! Does he want to be a feudal official all the time, and he can't tear the soil and seal the king! The more Zhu Youzhen spoke, the more angry he became.

Then he picked up the teacup on the table, crackled and threw it on the ground.

Wang Chengen, who was looking at the side, felt pain in his heart.

"Why is this teacup different today?" After smashing a few cups, Zhu Youzhen reacted.

"Enlightening the Holy One....... This........ These are all official kiln tributes. Wang Chengen replied honestly.

Zhu Youzhen has a bad situation and has the habit of throwing things, but he is used to being thrifty, and he is a little distressed when he drops good things, so whenever Zhu Youzhen gets angry, Wang Chengen will order people to replace those official kiln tributes with ordinary porcelain from the people, and then put the valuable things back after Zhu Youzhen has finished venting.

Today was purely sudden, Wang Chengen didn't have time to make a change, and the good six-petal round sac purple clay pot was smashed like this, and the rest of the teacups were also valuable tributes.

broke the baby, Zhu Youzhen was even more angry in his heart, but he could only hold back and didn't continue to smash things, after all, these are all money!

Fortunately, at this time, Shi Kefa took the initiative to come forward to play a round: "Qi Yu Shengshang, the master of the horse has fought in the south and the north in the past few years, and has made great achievements, not to mention far away, just say that this time the destruction of the Haoge army, at that time, almost everyone was against letting the Haoge army cross the river, but the master of the horse resisted the pressure and sent someone to the front line to inform Shi Dewei to show the enemy to be weak, which led to the victory of Chibi and the annihilation of more than 600,000 enemies. Otherwise, with the strength of Haoge, Daishan, and Dolgon, the Manchus would still have no obvious advantage in the northern plains. ”

That's right, the Western Expedition was originally expected to annihilate the 300,000 enemy troops south of the Yangtze River, at most counting Wu Sangui's Guanning Iron Cavalry, but when Li Hongfei learned that Haoge had committed numerous crimes on the way to the army, he was worried about this army.

So he withstood the pressure and directly ordered Stilwell in the name of the chief of the general staff to let Haoge's army cross the river, and finally annihilated it in one fell swoop, thus reversing the balance of forces between the Southern Ming and the Manchu Qing.

Shi Kefa said this, not to invite Li Hongfei for credit, but to tell Zhu Youzhen a fact: The person who knows the Ming army best now is Li Hongfei, and only by letting Li Hongfei continue to lead the troops can it be possible to defeat the Manchu army at the minimum cost and complete the reunification of the country as soon as possible.

"Now that the imperial court has vigorously implemented reforms, many poor students can have today's achievements, and the horse master has made great contributions. Wang Guoxing also persuaded.

"Humph! The words are terrible, and the credit is indispensable! I am the lord of the world, without my consent, do these ordinary people have books to read? Can you be an official? Now the world only knows Li Menghui, who knows my Zhu dynasty! Zhu Youzhen was also confused, and directly said his true thoughts in his heart.

"This ............" Shi Kefa didn't know what to say.

It is definitely not possible to continue to plead, it is clear that he wants to fight against the emperor, and by now, Shi Kefa can be regarded as understanding, it is not a problem of the horse and the soldier at all, but Li Hongfei's high achievement.

"What are you doing in a daze? I asked you to come here to think of a perfect plan for me, and if I can't think of it today, don't leave! "Zhu Youzhen began to play scoundrels.

"Qi Qi Sheng, if you treat Lord Li with the ancestral motto that a horse can't be in charge of the army, this obviously won't work, after all, people have been a concubine for two years, and they are only withdrawing now, which will damage the royal majesty, and in the future, those ministers may not be able to say something about the ancestral teaching!" Wang Chengen looked at him left and right.

"What do you mean......... Use other methods to remove Li Menghui's military power? Zhu Youzhen asked.

Anyway, he had already said it through just now, and he was not afraid of the people present spreading the word.

"Now the actual military power of the horse master is only the position of commander-in-chief of the First Group Army, we can remove him from the post of commander-in-chief, as for the chief of staff of the Ministry of National Defense, the saint himself is the minister of defense, and when the Northern Expedition comes, who he wants to assign to lead the troops is not the saint's final say!" Wang Chengen reminded.

He, the intelligence chief, has long known what those civilian officials want, he is the representative of the interests of the eunuchs, so naturally he can't let the civilian clique grow bigger, and helping Li Hongfei to defend the Ministry of Defense is actually tantamount to protecting his own interests.

"But is this military power said to be picked? Li Menghui's remarks in the court today, you haven't heard it, if only he was willing to compromise! I wanted him to be the secretary of the military department and enter the cabinet, but he turned out to be good, and he clung to the military power, what is this to do, what do you want to do! "Zhu Youzhen doesn't have a good airway.

When Shi Kefa was defeated, he took the initiative to step down from his post as secretary of the military department, and it was Zhu Youzhen who protected his status as a scholar of the East Pavilion University and worked part-time as a secretary of the military department.

Although the Ministry of Defense is powerful, it can only draw up operational plans and respond to sudden wars at any time, and the real right to declare war is still in the hands of the Ministry of War.

That is to say, Li Hongfei used to fight a war, and wherever he fought, he had to submit a plan to the Ministry of War, which would examine and approve it, and then the Minister of National Defense (Zhu Youzhen) would issue a war order.

If Li Hongfei is allowed to join the main army, although he will not be able to go to the front line to lead the troops to fight, he can also decide when to start a war and who to start a war against.

This seemingly complicated process is actually a loophole deliberately formulated by Li Hongfei at the beginning, because if the Ministry of War is not given this authority, then the Ministry of War will inevitably be abolished, and the civilian officials of the former Ministry of War will inevitably be merged into the Ministry of National Defense, which Li Hongfei does not want.

Therefore, he would rather have a more cumbersome procedure, and also find a way to temporarily suspend the military department, and when the staff of the Ministry of National Defense is full in the future, when the military department is withdrawn, even if those civilian officials want to squeeze, they will not be able to squeeze in.

Moreover, the Minister of National Defense is Zhu Youzhen, and even if the Ministry of War does not agree to go to war, isn't there Zhu Youzhen himself, so as the chief of the General Staff of the Ministry of National Defense, Li Hongfei has full authority and directly crosses the Ministry of Defense to find Zhu Youzhen to give orders.

Now Zhu Youzhen wants Li Hongfei to get rid of military power and take charge of the military department, but in fact he just wants to remove Li Hongfei from the post of commander-in-chief of the First Group Army, so Wang Chengen's proposal is very much in line with Zhu Youzhen's appetite, but if Li Hongfei does not agree, Zhu Youzhen really has no way to force it.

"We can have a good talk with Master Horse, as long as he is dedicated to the country, he will definitely not care about the military power of these 100,000 people, after all, in the Ministry of Defense, there is the leadership of hundreds of thousands of troops." Wang Guoxing pointed out.

As long as Zhu Youzhen doesn't let go, the command of the hundreds of thousands of troops is a cover, but it is enough to have this cover, and it can be regarded as giving Li Hongfei enough steps, if the other party bites the command of the First Army, it will be said that he has ulterior motives.

This is a conspiracy, Li Hongfei has to agree if he doesn't agree.

"Then do it, Wang Chengen, I ordered you to go out of the palace immediately to talk to Li Meng, he is also not a small boss, how can he fight and kill on the battlefield all day long, I am still waiting to hug my grandson!" Zhu Youzhen handed over this task to Wang Chengen.

The reason for Li Hongfei to step down is also very simple, that is, to give him enough time to accompany the princess at home, and the chief of staff generally serves in Nanjing, and does not have to be away from home all year round like leading troops to fight............

"Gotcha! Dare to love the saint, this is caring about my private life! After listening to Wang Chengen's explanation, Li Hongfei couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"How can this be considered a private life? The matter of the future emperor and grandson is a national event, and the saint is the king of a country, and he is also the father of the princess! Wang Chengen explained.

"Okay, since everything has been said about this, I won't hide it anymore, and it's not impossible for me to step down as commander-in-chief of the First Army, anyway, I really don't like to participate in the war, otherwise I wouldn't just send Stilwell to lead the troops in this western expedition. However, I have a shortcoming, that is, I can't be idle, or you tell the emperor to hand over the Nanjing Military Academy to me to manage, although I will not go to the battlefield in the future, but my ability has not been passed on, seeing that the world is about to be unified, I may return to heaven at any time to restore my life, and cultivate some military talents for the Ming Dynasty, which is still very necessary for the future development of the Ming Dynasty. Li Hongfei said to Wang Chengen with a sincere face.

First of all, he showed that he did not have much desire for power, and even used the Western Expedition to prove his "innocence".

Later, he said that he really wanted to "leave" and wanted to train a group of military talents for Zhu Youzhen in the coming days.

Wang Chengen knew Li Hongfei's "true identity", so Li Hongfei took the opportunity to make this request.

Zhu Youzhen put Li Hongfei silently this time, and Li Hongfei did not show weakness and directly found the field from the other direction.

If you want to grasp an army, the best way is to grasp the command system of this army, especially in ancient China, the friendship between teachers and students even surpassed the national king, when a large number of Li Hongfei's disciples occupied the middle and lower command system of the Ming army, then the entire Ming Dynasty, who would dare to touch him Li Hongfei?

Didn't Principal Jiang also start with the Whampoa Military Academy?

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"Li Menghui really said that?" Zhu Youzhen was a little incredulous.

"Absolutely." Wang Chengen affirmed.

"It seems that he said in the court earlier that he was leaving, not just on the fly, maybe when the Ming Dynasty is unified, it will be the day of his return! No wonder he was reluctant to give up military power, he was worried that it would slow him down the time to go back! Zhu Youzhen sighed.

Li Hongfei said nonsense, and actually led Zhu Youzhen to a fork in the road.

"Saint, are we postponing the Northern Expedition, after all, the princess is now ...........," Wang Chengen pointed out.

Once Li Hongfei "leaves", then Zhu Yujiao will have to stay alive and widowed, so Wang Chengen is a little unbearable, hoping to delay for a while.

"Sooner or later, he will come, he is an immortal, he will definitely have his own arrangements, we don't have to pay attention to this, pass on the order, hurry up and supervise the construction of weapons, and be ready to cross the river and the Northern Expedition at any time! In addition, after sending some more heroes and famous generals, go to the military academy to study, and be sure to learn Li Menghui's marching and fighting skills! Zhu Youzhen said.

Compared with family affection, Zhu Youzhen cares more about the Ming Dynasty, Li Hongfei's "return date" is approaching, proving that he is not far from the unification of the world, how can he be willing to miss this opportunity?

On the morning of the second day, Zhu Youzhen drafted a decree, citing Li Hongfei's multiple positions and the two places could not take care of both. He was removed from the post of commander-in-chief of the First Group Army, retained his post of chief of general staff of the Ministry of National Defense, was crowned Taifu, Duke of Chu, and served as the president of the Nanjing Military Academy.

This reason not only maintains the majesty of Zhu Youzhen (not compromised because of ancestral teaching), but also makes it impossible to refute.

The staff officers of the Ministry of National Defense should have served in Nanjing, but because of the special situation and the lack of enough generals, they could only let the feudal officials in various places work part-time.

And the first one to open the knife was Li Hongfei..........