During the Shangyuan Festival, Liu Jun was unable to eat Lantern Festival with his family at home. The border conflict in western Liaoning eventually reached the DPRK and China. Today, Wu Fu and Liu Zongzhou urgently convened a meeting of the Military Aircraft Department to discuss the troubles that might be brought about by the conflict in western Liaoning.

This was also the first official meeting of the Military Aircraft Division since its establishment.

The emperor came, presided over by the ministers of the three orders, and the main officials of the Ministry of War and the Privy Council were present. The secretary of the Ministry of War, the privy envoy, the chief of staff, the commander of the five armed forces and the commanders of all services, as well as the director of the General Armament Department and the chief of the General Logistics Department.

"Side provocation!"

Liu Jun looked calm when he heard Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the military department, mention this word. The so-called border conflict in western Liaoning is nothing but a farce.

For the officials of the imperial court, the border conflict in western Liaoning made them extremely nervous, for fear of another war between the Ming and Qing dynasties. When the Ming army was pressed and beaten by the Qing army, although the court officials were still stubborn and refused to negotiate peace. But after the peace negotiations were successful, no one wanted to see this rare peaceful scene broken again.

Liu Jun is also reluctant to go to war, and now it will not be time to fight with the Qing army. However, he was not worried, because he believed that the Qing army would not want to fight now.

After the last battle of the Ming and Qing dynasties, both sides were scarred and each needed to lick their wounds.

Liu Jun now hopes to sort out the internal affairs first, control the government, exterminate the bandits, and rectify the salt affairs, which is his next top priority.

The outside must also be safe.

The Military Aircraft Department and the Prime Minister's Office are both on the square outside the Qianqing Gate, one on the west side and the other on the east side. The yamen setup is the same, and the Military Aircraft Department is not nominally as important as the Prime Minister's Office. The Prime Minister's Office is the office of the ministers, and the Military Aircraft Department is equivalent to a military staff advisory committee between the emperor and the minister, coordinating the Privy Council and the Ministry of War, and is responsible for the liaison and communication between the two offices and the prime minister's office and the emperor.

However, in fact, the members of the Military Aircraft Division are composed of the Minister of Orders and the most important officials of the Ministry of War and the Privy Council, so this Military Aircraft Division. In fact, it has become the highest decision-making body of the Ming military.

The little emperor Zhu Cihong attached great importance to this meeting, and even specially wore a military uniform to come, he sat at the top, and specially asked people to put Liu Jun's chair next to him, in case he could ask at any time.

The biggest difference between the Military Aircraft Department and the Prime Minister's Office is that there is a large sand table in the middle of the hall, which is very exquisitely made. Today, because the main discussion is about the border conflict in western Liaoning, the sand table of western Liaoning is placed in the hall today. On the walls on both sides of the hall, there are also maps.

In front of more than a dozen members of the Military Aircraft Department, there was a fruit plate. There are some fruits and preserved fruits, and there are also teacups.

"Brother Huang." The young emperor glanced at the ministers, and finally his gaze fell on Liu Jun, "What is the conflict in Liaoxi?" ”

"Your Majesty, there is no conflict in Liaoxi, it's just a misunderstanding." Liu Jun wrote lightly.

"Misunderstanding?" Wu Jun looked at Liu Jun in amazement.

Liu Jun nodded, "The conflict in Liaoxi happened in the Chinese New Year's Eve, and it has been half a month now. The reason why I haven't notified you until today is because we have been investigating the details these days. He is also in contact with the Qing side. Now, the details of the entire incident have been almost investigated, and the Qing side has been contacted, and the two sides have reached preliminary and effective communication. Until now. I can comfortably tell you that it was just a misunderstanding, and now both sides have figured it out. ”

"The specific situation was introduced to us by the Chief of Staff of Laofu." Liu Jun pointed to Fu Shan.

Fu Shan nodded. Stand up, "Your Majesty, everyone. Let me now tell you about the whole story. The cause of the incident was the disappearance of a patrol at Panshan Fort on the border, and Wu Sangui, the general soldier of Quang Ninh, received erroneous information that the patrol was ambushed and captured by the defenders of Yuanbao in the Qing army's town. Wu Sangui did not report in time, so he boldly launched an attack on Zhenyuan Fort, and after the Qing army in Zhenyuan Fort denied capturing the lost patrol of Panshan Fort, he still continued to attack Zhenyuan Fort, and slaughtered more than 200 Qing troops in the fort after breaking the fort. ”

"After the incident, the Qing army maintained restraint and did not fight back, but immediately contacted our officials in Lushun to clarify the facts."

A group of high-ranking officials listened silently, including Wu Xiang, the director of the General Logistics Department, who was sitting in the hall.

"In this way, the whole thing is handled by Wu Sangui alone." The emperor listened for a long time, and finally made an evaluation.

"After investigating the incident, it is." Liu Jun did not hide his opinions.

Wu Fu, Liu Zongzhou and others heard the attitude of the Qing side and knew that they had no intention of breaking the peace, but they also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Since it was just a misunderstanding, that's fine."

"Your Majesty, the minister thought that Wu Sangui had mishandled it one after another in Liaoxi, and that his rash advance in the Battle of Yizhou at the beginning led to the defeat of Songjin. Now, without investigation, he has launched an attack rashly, which shows that Wu Sangui is inexperienced and not enough to take on the important responsibilities in this regard. In particular, Guangning Town was the front line before the Ming Dynasty, and the Qing army maintained restraint this time, but who can guarantee that if Wu Sangui is so chaotic next time, the Qing army will maintain restraint? The peace negotiations between the Ming and Qing dynasties were not easy to come by, and such a good situation could not be easily ruined in the hands of a reckless person like Wu Sangui. ”

To everyone's surprise, it was not Liu Jun who participated in Wu Sangui's book, but Liu Zongzhou.

"Brother Huang, what do you think?"

"General Wu is still very brave in battle, but he is a fierce general, but he is not a good commander. In terms of the big picture, there is still something missing. Employing people should be long, not short. The minister thought that Wu Sangui could be appointed deputy chief of staff of the General Staff of the Privy Council. Liu Jun replied.

Chen Xinjia asked who would take over the two towns of Jinzhou and Guangning.

"For Jinzhou Town, the imperial court had previously decided to transfer Jinzhou General Soldier Zu Dashou to the court as the commander of the army, and Jinzhou Town was merged into Ningyuan and Guangning towns. However, now I don't think there is any need to keep Guangning Town, Jinzhou and Guangning will be abolished together, and their defense area will be handed over to Ningyuan Town to take over the defense. ”

"Jinzhou and Quang Ninh towns are all merged? Will it weaken the defense of western Liaoning? ”

"It's just the number that is reduced, but the imperial court can use more money, food and equipment to train soldiers and horses with fewer equipment, and strengthen the elite soldiers. After the abolition of Jinzhou and Guangning, there were still three towns of Ningyuan, Lushun and Zhenjiang outside the Guan, adding up to 90,000 soldiers and horses, plus the Beiyang Naval Division on the sea, there were still more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, such a huge force was actually far more than the number of garrisons of the imperial court outside the Guanxi in the early years. ”

"There are not many soldiers in the elite, not to mention that there are more than 100,000 soldiers and horses outside our gates?"

Wu Fu glanced at Wu Xiang, who was sitting there and seemed to be dozing off, "Such a big move, in case someone in the Liao army is dissatisfied with this result, 100,000 Liao soldiers will change, and the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

"Where did the 100,000 Liao soldiers come from, Wu Ge Lao? The two towns of Jinzhou and Quang Ninh are on the roster of the military department, and the total number of troops combined is only 60,000 horses. 100,000 soldiers, Wu Ge Lao means that Wu Zu's two general soldiers privately recruited troops and horses, and they also exceeded the number of 40,000? Liu Jun asked with a smile.

Wu Fu snorted, glared at Liu Jun, and said in his heart, you don't know what the specific situation is.

"Wu Ge Lao don't have to worry, this world is still the world of the Ming Dynasty, the two towns of Jinzhou and Guangning will be abolished, the soldiers will have severance pay, and the generals will also be transferred to other towns, and there will be proper resettlement. It's not an order, so I don't care about it. If this is the case, the soldiers and horses of the two towns in western Liaoning are still dissatisfied, then I have to ask, are they still soldiers of the Ming Dynasty? If they really want to rebel because the imperial court wants to abolish the two towns, then will the imperial court dare to continue to keep this kind of soldiers? Isn't that a tiger for trouble? ”

"Whoever dares to rebel is the rebellious minister and thief of the Ming Dynasty, and everyone in the world will be punished!" Liu Jun said a murderous sentence.

The young emperor Zhu Cihong also waved his hand, "What the county king said is reasonable, and everyone will be punished for the chaos and thieves." ”

Wu Fu did not want to abolish Jinzhou and Guangning Town at this time, first, he was worried about chaos in western Liaoning. Second, he also wanted to use this Liao army to contain Liu Jun. Now that Liu Jun has abolished the whole army, he has extended his hand to all parts of the Ming military circle, and Gyeonggi is basically controlled by Liu Jun.

But Liu Zongzhou didn't support him at all, and the ministers were two to one, and the emperor also listened to Liu Jiye's words, and in the end he failed to change the decision of the Military Aircraft Department to abolish Jinzhou and Guangning two towns, and transfer Zu Dashou and Wu Sangui to Beijing.

At the end of the meeting of the Military Aircraft Department, the three auxiliary ministers welcomed the emperor to move to the prime minister's office. The other officers of the Ministry of War and the Privy Council went out of the palace and returned to the council.

The Prime Minister's Office is not far from the Military Aircraft Department, and it will be there in a moment.

"The king of the county, this is already the Lantern Festival, the budget of the household department has already been prepared, the cabinet has also drawn up votes, and the prime minister's office has also approved the red by the celebrant supervisor, why has the money not arrived until now?" As soon as Wu Fu sat down, he asked impatiently.

"Elder Wu Ge, I am only responsible for raising money, and I will not conjure up money out of thin air. Originally, this matter of money and food was the responsibility of the household department, but now the court is staring at me for money every day, doesn't the elder think that there is something wrong with this? Liu Jun said.

Wu Fu couldn't expect Liu Jun to answer like this, he was stunned for a moment, and said angrily, "Don't you think it's irresponsible for the king of the county to say this now?" Before, he said that you will solve the problem of money and grain, and let us support you to carry out salt reform, and we all agreed, but now you say such things, what do you mean? ”

"I don't want to go back, the imperial court is in financial difficulties, and we are all in the same boat, but now the elder of the pavilion is making it as if this financial problem is my thing, which is not right. Speaking of this salt reform, I have thought about it carefully these days, and it is difficult, it is really difficult. Nowadays, in terms of salt affairs, from top to bottom, corrupt officials are everywhere, and they are rotten. It is really difficult to rely on these people to carry out salt reform, and to collect 20 million salt taxes from them. ”

Liu Zongzhou had been listening to the conversation between Liu Jun and Wu Fu, and at this time he couldn't help but say, "King Jun, now the imperial court can all count on this salt tax, and the expenditure budget of the imperial court this year is 50 million yuan, which is still the result of reducing expenses everywhere." But now, less than 10 million of these 5,000 have been settled, and the remaining 40 million still don't know where they came from. (To be continued.) )

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