The so-called thief captures the king first. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Huang Degong's meaning is to gather these restless generals together in the name of Zhu Youzhen, and then wipe them out.

If there is only one King Lu, it is not enough for these people to take the risk of standing in the foreground, but with Zhu Youzhen's "Ming orthodoxy", I believe that no one will ignore this "Gonggong from the dragon".

Moreover, because Li Hongfei is carrying out land reform, he has broken up the troops of these generals and delegated them to various prefectures and counties, resulting in the real power of these generals basically being hollowed out, and without a legitimate excuse, they will not be able to make any waves at all.

This is also the main reason why they have to rely on foreign forces, only when a war breaks out in the imperial court, they can regain military power again, even if there is no excuse, as long as everyone unites, I believe that Li Hongfei will have to pay attention.

Now Huang Degong has given them a "legitimate excuse", which is undoubtedly adding fuel to the fire, making the small flame in the hearts of these people completely burn.

"In this way, as long as the troubles in the country are solved, whether it is the northwest or the northeast, there is nothing to be afraid of." Li Dingguo believes that this move is feasible.

The focus of Li Hongfei's earlier discussions with him was the hidden crisis at home, which caused the Ministry of Defense to dare not devote all its limited forces to overseas battlefields.

Now Huang Degong's surrender is simply a send-off in the snow, not to mention his strategy of drawing salaries from the bottom of the kettle, that is, a well-organized group army (the Fourth Group Army), which is enough to make Li Dingguo pay attention to it.

In the reform of the military system of the Wehrmacht, who is it defending?

The most important thing is Huang Degong!

The 100,000 army of people is monolithic in Jiangxi, even if it is Yunnan Muwangfu, it is not as strong as Huang Degong's appeal.

Of course, Li Hongfei did not fully believe in Huang Degong, and after some discussion, Li Hongfei not only sent a team of special forces to follow Huang Degong into Jiangxi, but even the so-called "secret decree" was also formulated in accordance with Li Hongfei's intentions.

In the face of an army of 100,000, the special forces may not have the slightest ability to resist, but a decapitation operation, when the matter is uncontrollable, to help Huang Degong eliminate dissidents, or when Huang Degong is found to have a "different heart", it is not impossible to directly attack the other party.

And the real content of the "secret decree" that Li Hongfei asked Zhu Youzhen to write to Huang Degong was not to unite all the generals into King Jingqin, but to implement the official will of the military system reform together.

Regarding the routine of "secret purpose", Li Hongfei was a doorman, and before it was made public, he didn't follow what Huang Degong said.

What's more, if you really want to think about it, these people are tantamount to making Li Hongfei's rebellion, and no one dares to expose it easily before they are clearly united, as long as Huang Degong uses the pretext of reading out the "secret decree" and asks Zhu Changshu, the king of Lu, to gather all the personnel, then this plan will be considered a success.

The Ministry of Defense needs Huang Degong's support, and King Lu, Zhu Changshu and others, even need Huang Degong's troops, as long as Huang Degong insists on opening this "secret decree" privately before everyone gathers, even King Lu can't do anything about him.

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"With the support of General Huang, this military reform can finally be implemented." After Huang Degong left, Li Dingguo finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Don't be too happy, we can't rely on Huang Degong alone, only by solving the troubles on the border can we really sit back and relax, during this time, I will pay close attention to the movements in the northeast and be ready to send troops at any time." Li Hongfei said.

Whether Huang Degong really took refuge, Li Hongfei is not sure, otherwise he would not have taken this kind of defense, and now he can't be sloppy at all, let alone bet all his chips on Huang Degong.

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The reform of the military system throughout the country can only be postponed again and again due to the border issue, but the formation of the cabinet and the National Assembly has been perfected ahead of schedule.

Most officials are not very familiar with Li Hongfei's governing policy, so the original government team in Suzhou can be regarded as a great luck, especially the prefect Wu Hao, who has climbed to the sky in one step, not only entering the cabinet, but also the god of wealth in charge of the financial department.

Although the original six ministries have been abolished, many new departments have been added, such as the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Communications, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Commerce, and the Ministry of Agriculture.......... These departments have basically replaced the original six departments, and even in terms of the division of responsibilities, they are more detailed.

The members who can enter the cabinet today are all the top leaders of various departments, such as Li Dingguo of the Ministry of National Defense, Wu Hao of the Ministry of Finance, and Cao Hong of the Ministry of Commerce..........

As the "God of Wealth" of the Ming Dynasty, Wu Hao's first task in office was to rapidly revitalize the domestic economy.

As a pilot project of national reform, Suzhou has achieved very good results after five years, and the best choice in the north to replicate such glory is Beijing at the foot of the Son of Heaven.

As the terminus of the Grand Canal, Beijing's waterway transportation is very developed, and the only thing that is unsatisfactory is the land route.

In other words, the entire Ming Dynasty is now limited by the constraints of transportation, and land transportation is far worse than waterways in terms of speed and carrying cost.

Therefore, at the first cabinet meeting, Li Hongfei ordered the newly appointed Minister of Communications, Jiang Yueguang, to draw up a plan for the construction of the railway.

Jiang Yueguang may be the only cabinet minister appointed by Chongzhen in the south, except for Shi Kefa, who has safely reached the current level.

Lu Daqi overworked and died early.

Zheng Sanjun, Liu Zongzhou, and Xu Shilin descended to the Qing Dynasty, were coerced out of the customs, and lived a hard life in the Northeast.

And Gao Hongtu did not please him, and became a victim of the political struggle, even if he was not sentenced to death, this prison disaster was inevitable.

Among several cabinet ministers, only Shi Kefa and Jiang Yueguang have been until now.

Shi Kefa was able to gain a firm foothold in the court, relying on his integrity and loyalty, coupled with the original "dragon merit", not only was he appreciated by Zhu Youzhen, but Li Hongfei was willing to take the risk of sending people to Yangzhou to rescue.

And this Jiang Yueguang, it can only be said that he is a good man, although he is a member of the Donglin Party, he has never participated in party struggles, and his ability to do it with one hand and mud is much better than Zhu Youzhen.

Li Hongfei originally wanted to transfer this old fox to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and make full use of his skills in this hand and mud.

But after thinking about it, today's Ming foreign policy requires an iron and bloody hand, not the golden mean, even if a soldier is transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it is stronger than Jiang Yueguang.

However, the Ministry of Communications, a department that needs to deal with the people and take care of the interests of the people, seems to be more suitable for Jiang Yueguang.

The railway, Jiang Yueguang's only understanding of it is the "gold-swallowing monster", if you want to start it, you need not a little money, so Jiang Yueguang naturally threw the pot to Finance Minister Wu Hao.

Jiang Yueguang doesn't know about railways, but Wu Hao does! A year ago, Suzhou Baoshan Town and Shanghai were already connected to the railway, and I heard that the effect was very good, and even planned to extend the railway line.

Although he didn't understand how to get so much money from just one Suzhou, and to build this expensive and laborious railway, Jiang Yueguang understood that whether it was to ask Wu Hao for money or to learn from experience, it was a good choice.

So, as soon as the cabinet meeting ended, Wu Hao hurriedly ran to Li Hongfei to "take refuge".

"Lord Li, help! This Jiang Lao came to me to ask for money, but you don't know that the Ministry of Finance is an empty shell, where did you get the money for him? Wu Hao said with a bitter face.

Indeed, today's Ministry of Finance is not the household department that used to be in charge of the national treasury, Wu Hao is not without money, but he can't use these funds, including military spending, any transfer of funds by the Ministry of Finance has to be declared to the Congress, and only after the approval of the Congress, Wu Hao can use the money.

To put it bluntly, how to spend money is the business of the Ministry of Finance, and it is the Congress that determines whether you are allowed to spend it or not.

Although the railway greatly facilitates transportation, the cost is also very huge, if the treasury is full, those guys in Congress will not block it too much, but now that the whole country is working hard to restore production, every penny is eager to be broken into four cents to spend, how can Shi Kefa get the Congress to approve this money?

"You're still not tactful enough." Li Hongfei said to Wu Hao with a smile: "The Congress will not approve the money for the construction of the railway, but if it is the money for the development of economic construction in Beijing, Tianjin and other places, will the Congress still be stingy?" ”

"What do you mean......... Bait and switch? Wu Hao was thoughtful.

"Well, whatever you think, anyway, building a railway can be regarded as developing the economy of the two places, which you must have seen when you worked in Suzhou. And whether this railway is profitable or not, others don't know, don't you and those businessmen who participate in the investment still not know? Even if Congress is reluctant to invest money to build railroads, it will have to pay for the relocation of surrounding land and the construction of factories, right? As long as you grasp this point, according to the operation mode of the Suzhou Railway, first find a way to build a short line, so that these short-sighted guys can see the profits, then in the future, even if you don't look for them, they will take the initiative to discuss the construction of the railway. Li Hongfei said.

Li Hongfei believes that even if the Congress does not approve a penny and relies on private businessmen to raise funds, the railway can still be built.

However, the connection of the railway is not only to connect the transportation and economic development of all parts of the Ming Dynasty, but also to strengthen the central government's control over the local government, so this kind of project of strategic significance, since the appearance of Li Hongfei, Li Hongfei has never thought of completely letting the private sector operate, even if it is a shareholding, the imperial court must also account for 51% of the majority.

"That's right, I still don't believe that if the railway in Suzhou can be built, how difficult can this capital be!" After listening to Li Hongfei's words, Wu Hao was also full of confidence.

Although there is a big difference between Beijing and Suzhou, but the first to eat crabs, is often the most difficult, since Suzhou has proved the feasibility of the railway, then the resistance to the railway in the capital, it seems that it is not so big.

At the end of the day, it's all about money.

The north is mostly agriculture, originally there were landlords and gentry, and the northern parts were relatively rich, but during this period of time, the northern Ming Dynasty was still in the Xiaoice period, and various natural disasters continued, resulting in the agricultural industry that relied on the sky to eat, almost on the verge of bankruptcy.

Then Li Zicheng robbed a wave, killed some of the rich squires, and looted their wealth, and then Dolgon came another wave, this time more thoroughly, not only the rich squires, even ordinary civilians, did not escape this catastrophe.

Now I want to find a rich man in the northern region, which is like fishing for the moon in the sea.

When it comes to investing in railways, the rich in the north don't count on it, and they can only look for local tyrants from the south.

However, the businessmen in the south are not stupid, the Suzhou railway can be successful, that is because of the Baoshan Industrial Park as the foundation, just the goods that come out of the industrial park every day, it covers the freight line of the entire railway, plus want to go back and forth quickly, Baoshan, Shanghai and other businessmen to negotiate cooperation, generally choose the train as a new means of transportation.

In this way, less than a year after the opening of the Baoshan Railway, nearly one-third of the cost will be recovered, and after three years, it will be profitable, which is a temptation that no businessman can refuse.

But what is there in Beijing now?

In addition to the poor, there are only officials left, and the officials of the Ming Dynasty are the poorest officials in all dynasties, whether it is consumption power or the economic system of the north, it is not the first choice for merchants, and the political interests are often greater than the economic interests of building railways here, and the imperial court is the biggest beneficiary.

These mercenary businessmen, without enough benefits, will not choose to invest in railways in the capital.

If you want to build a railway, the first thing you need to do is to establish a light industry system in the northern region.

If heavy industry is the foundation of a country, then light industry is the basic guarantee for the material living standards of the people of a country.

The investment in heavy industry is large, the development is slow, and businessmen who have no courage do not dare to invest easily, while the investment in light industry is small, and the cost can be controlled by itself, and it basically only takes one or two years to determine success or failure.

If we want to quickly revitalize the economy of the north, we can only start light industry.

So Wu Hao took advantage of his previous connections in Suzhou to attract investment, and moved the match factory, food factory, cigarette factory, and bicycle factory to Tianjin, and Yao Qisheng, who had just taken over Suzhou, jumped to his feet.

Wu Hao's move to Tianjin, which made Suzhou commodities lose their advantage in the north in an instant.

Not only that, Wu Hao also introduced steam power equipment to improve the textile industry and mining industry in the north, so that the economic gap between the north and the south began to narrow rapidly.

This series of policies not only means that the imperial court has put its political focus on the north, but also means that the economic center of gravity has also begun to shift to the north.

When the Tianjin area becomes an industrial park, then the businessmen gathered here will naturally increase, and Beijing is not only a populous city in the north, with a consumer market that is difficult to ignore, but also the political center of the entire Ming Dynasty.

It may be a bit ugly to say that there is collusion between officials and businessmen, but since Beijing is not far from here, it is still necessary for these businessmen doing business in Tianjin to visit the local magnates and have some relations with important officials in the DPRK and China.

The advent of the train, in terms of personal contacts, has virtually narrowed the connection between the two cities, and from an economic point of view, it is also a necessary means of transportation to quickly dump goods in Beijing.

Therefore, Wu Hao didn't have to apply to the Congress for railway funds at all, as long as he took the land along the way and made preparations before construction, the remaining road construction funds, businessmen who came to Tianjin for development, would naturally help to make up.