"If you want to add sin, there are no words!"

Liu Yunzhen filled her father's cup with wine and said indignantly. The emperor has officially issued an edict, saying that Zhu Ciye, the Duke of Chu, has made meritorious contributions, and he has been promoted to the governor of Beijing, the governor of the nine towns of Beijing, and the governor of the Chinese military capital Zuo Du, and the governor of the military capital of the Zhongzhong.

The emperor's edict of reward seems to have given Liu Jun another official, and the governor of Liaodong was promoted to the governor of Beijing, who was originally in charge of the soldiers and horses of the four towns, but later cut a town, and now he is promoted to the governor of the capital camp and is in charge of the soldiers and horses of the nine towns at once. even added a left governor of the Chinese army, who was in charge of the military governor's affairs.

However, Liu Yunzhen understands this edict very clearly, and the so-called reward is actually a bright rise and a secret fall. The soldiers and horses of the three towns of Liaodong are real soldiers and real power, and they were promoted to the governor of Beijing and commanded the nine towns of Beijing, but they are virtual. As for the so-called Zuo Governor of the Chinese Military Governor's Mansion, he is in charge of the affairs of the Military Governor's Office, which is even more empty.

The Beijing division does not know that now the authority of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies has long been encroached upon by the Ministry of War. Especially now, with the collapse of the Tianxia Wei system, the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies has almost become an ornament. Any guerrilla general may be given the title of governor.

The official position of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies has almost become a title for military generals, and it is only used as a high-ranking official.

Now the imperial court is rectifying the guards in various places to clean up the tuntian, the so-called rectification of the guards, in fact, is to completely abolish the guards, only the name of the guards is still retained, and some hereditary military attachés are actually gone, all of them are transferred to the new army in various places, or turned into tuntian tunding.

The local guards are gone, and the governor's mansion of the five armies, which manages the world's guards, has naturally become an empty yamen.

The imperial court also promulgated new military ranks, making it unnecessary for the original generals to add the governor's office and the guard office.

"The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it." Liu Qiao tasted the wine carefully, but there was not much indignation. On the contrary, he felt that it was a good thing.

Now the Liu family in Suokouhe has already been connected with Liu Jun's fate, and they have both prosperity and loss. Liu Jun is favored, Liu Qiao's natural position is stable, if Liu Jun loses power, Liu Qiao will of course be implicated.

Back then, Liu Jun wanted to recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors. Old lady Liu still refused, for fear that Liu Jun would rob the Liu family of the hereditary thousand-household position. Now that I think about it, how ridiculous. Now Liu Jun is already the emperor's righteous son, with a hereditary dukedom, and even the emperor specially gave Liu Jun to marry the Korean princess as a flat wife, and the Korean princess can be surnamed Liu in the future as the son born to Liu Jun, inheriting the incense of the Liu family. This kid who doesn't know where he is, the emperor has already said that after he is born, he will inherit the hereditary title of Marquis of Zhennan.

One door, two titles. One Chu Guogong and one town Nanhou, what a grace and glory this is. More than 200 years of the Ming Dynasty, that is, the two sons of the founding marshal Xu Da were awarded a duke, which has been passed down to the present. But that's only under special circumstances, and there is nothing else.

Such grace and glory are certainly gratifying. But it also made Liu Qiao faintly worried. Liu Jun is only twenty-one, and he is already a very good minister. I'm afraid it won't last long in the future.

Now the emperor has issued an edict to transfer his nephew to Beijing, although it is obvious that it is a bright rise and a secret fall, but he thinks it is a good thing. The nephew has risen too fast, and he has always held an elite army, which is also a disaster. Even if there is no emperor's will, Liu Qiao is ready to let his nephew find a way to defile himself.

So for now. Very good.

Liu Qiao raised his wine glass and said with a smile to his son who was still indignant sitting opposite, "It is a blessing to suffer a loss, sometimes a step forward is a cliff, and a step back is a vast sky." Now as long as Jiye hands over the military power in Liaodong. Then the emperor will no longer be suspicious of him. ”

Having said that, I always feel cold. The second brother fought for the imperial court in the south and the north, leveled the Kou, conquered the Tartars, and made great achievements. Besides, he has gone to great lengths to raise money and food for His Majesty, and this kind of loyalty is still suspected, isn't it chilling. ”

"You know a fart, the so-called imperial mind, what you want is balance. The emperor would not let his courtiers hold the power, especially the military power, let alone the power. ”

The edict of the Son of Heaven has been issued, and the Beijing master knows everything. The angel of the decree had already hurried out of Beijing, rushed all the way to Tianjin, and took a boat from the port to Liaodong. Not surprisingly, Liu Jun will receive the holy decree in three days, and then hand over the military affairs of Liaodong, and he will return to Beijing to take office.

This is the end of the matter of the impeachment of Liu Jun by the Kedao Yanguan. Although Zhou Yanru and Wu Fu were both unacceptable to this result, the follow-up bullets of those officials who still wanted to take the opportunity to continue, without exception, were all left by the emperor without exception. One of the impeachments was more intensely worded, and he was reprimanded by the emperor and fined for a month.

The emperor did not want to cure Liu Jun's crime, let alone cause turmoil in Liaodong because Liu Jun was convicted.

"In fact, the emperor's grace is already extremely heavy, in his early twenties, he is already an official and a high-grade minister, which is enough." Liu Qiao sighed, even if his nephew doesn't do anything in the future, he sits and enjoys every day, and the reward he earns is enough for his children and grandchildren to enjoy. A hereditary duke and a hereditary marquis, plus the money of the Four Seas Bank, Jiangnan Qianzhuang and the East India Company, is really enough.

"Wu Sangui is only in his twenties, and he is also the governor of Liaoxi, and the commander-in-chief of Guanning Jinsanzhen has not seen the impeachment of the official. Zheng Zhilong was originally a pirate, but now he is also the admiral of the navy, the commander-in-chief of the Three Towns Naval Division? I haven't seen the official impeachment. Liu Yunzhen was still a little indignant.

"Of course there is impeachment, but everyone who hasn't made a fuss knows about it. And their situation is also different from your second brother, Wu Sangui is the commander, that is the influence of the two families of Wu Zu in the Liaoxi army, and they must use the Liao people to command the Liao soldiers. Moreover, even if Wu Sangui is appointed as the commander, it is impossible for him to control the three towns in western Liaoxi as much as your second brother's influence in the Chu army. Besides, now that the Liaoxi Army is winning one after another, who will say more at this time, just like when your brother was the marquis and the prince, who can say anything. But in the future, it is impossible for Wu Sangui to sit in the position of governor of Liaoxi for a long time. ”

"Father, do you think the second brother will really be edicted?"

Liu Qiao chuckled, "Unless your second brother is really dizzy and wants to rebel, otherwise, of course he will be edicted, and he can only be edicted." ”

Father and son were talking, when the butler trotted in.

"Fauber, what's the matter?"

"The second son is back," Fu Bo said busily.

Liu Qiao's second son, Liu Yunwen, has a fame. Liu Qiao was not in a hurry to let him be admitted to the Jinshi, but deliberately let his sons grind more. Later, he asked the second Liu Yunwen to follow the eldest Liu Yunsheng to serve in Liu Jun's army. Now the eldest Liu Yunsheng has been appointed as the chief officer of the Beiyang Naval Division in Liaodong Town, and the second Liu Yunwen is also appointed as a fourth-grade promotion officer, responsible for the logistics and salaries of the eighth town in Liaodong. At this time, the second son suddenly came back, which also surprised Liu Qiao.

"Why did the second child come back at this time?"

As soon as Liu Yunwen entered Beijing, he returned to Liu's mansion first. He first went to his courtyard to see his wife. I changed my clothes, and then I came to the study to see my father.

"Why are you back at this time?" Liu Qiao asked.

"I'll come back to report the victory!" Liu Yunwen said with a smile.

"Victory?" Liu Yunzhen was puzzled, and he asked Liu Yunwen, "Brother, when you returned to Beijing, did you meet an envoy from the imperial court?" ”

Liu Yunwen sat down opposite Liu Qiao and said calmly, "You are talking about the messenger who went to Liaodong, I met it." ”

"Then you also know that the emperor has newly named the second brother as the governor of Beijing?"

"Hmm. Listen to what they said. ”

Liu Qiao glared at his youngest son, he coughed and asked, "You haven't said anything about success?" ”

"We have just taken Gaizhou, with 30,000 troops to attack the city guarded by 50,000 people, it only took half a month, without losing a single soldier, to destroy more than 4,000 enemies. forced the remaining 50,000 people to surrender. Liu Yunwen said it very plainly, as if it was a trivial matter. Instead of annihilating the 50,000 Han troops captured by the Qing Dynasty.

"Really?" Liu Yunzhen jumped up from the chair in shock, "Brother, you're not joking, are you?" ”

Liu Qiao couldn't sit still, "Oh my God, this"

It took a while for Liu Qiao to hear the complete process of the Battle of Gaizhou from his son. From the raid on Gaizhou, more than 50,000 men and horses of Kong Youde were successfully blocked in Gaizhou. and then to the battalion step by step, with trenches and earthen walls and forts, step by step to the city of Gaizhou, and then to how to use artillery to break the wall of Gaizhou and disintegrate the defense of the defenders. forced them to retreat into the inner fort step by step, and then in the end, the rebels had no way to retreat and were forced to surrender in Kaicheng.

"Hehe, a group of officials in the DPRK and China just impeached Jiye for passively avoiding the war, saying that he supports the army and raises thieves for self-respect, but as soon as he finished speaking, Jiye broke Gaizhou. Haha, this face is really snapping, enjoyable! Liu Qiao laughed and asked his son to pour himself a full glass of wine and drink it all. After drinking one glass, I didn't enjoy it, so I drank two more glasses in a row.

"Have you reported this to the Ministry of War?" Liu Qiao asked his son happily with a red face.

Liu Yunwen also poured himself a glass of wine and drank it all happily. Hearing his father's question, he shook his head and said, "I heard about impeachment and reward on the road, and I came home first as soon as I returned to Beijing." ”

Liu Qiao thought for a while, "You go to the military department immediately to report the victory, don't delay this business." ”

"What's the hurry, the holy decree has been issued, and the messenger has already gone to Liaodong, and he can't chase it back." Liu Yunzhen said.

"Fathers don't know this, but since Jiye asked Yunwen to come back to report the victory, he can't delay the business."

Liu Yunwen got up, "Yes, father, son, I'm going to report the victory." ”

Liu Qiao also stood up, "When my father goes out with you, I will also go to report to the emperor, I don't know what the emperor's expression will be after hearing this good news." ”

Zhou Yanru just came out of the palace and sat on the way back to his house in a sedan chair. Sitting in a gently swaying warm sedan chair, Zhou Yanru was talking with Wu Changshi while drinking tea.

"This time I miscalculated, the emperor trusts Liu Jiye very much." Zhou Yanru sighed. After half a day's effort, although Liu Jun was transferred back from Liaodong, he was promoted to the governor of Beijing, and he was promoted to an official on the surface. Although this is a bright rise and a secret fall, it seems that others have been really promoted.

Especially after the emperor disposed of an official who continued to impeach Liu Jun, this has unmistakably revealed a message that Liu Jiye is still in favor.

"Step by step, don't worry. Since the emperor transferred Liu Jun back from Liaodong, it still shows that the emperor is indeed suspicious of Liu Jun, otherwise he would not have changed his generals on the spot. Wu Changshi said with a smile.

At this time, there were bursts of cheers from the streets.

"What's going on?" Zhou Yanru opened the corner of the sedan curtain and asked the accompanying family next to him.

"Lord Hui, it's Liaodong's good news, the Duke of Chu has broken through Gaizhou, Kong Youde, Shang Keshang and other four traitors have surrendered with 50,000 rebels, a great victory!"

Ding Xing of the Zhou Mansion hurriedly reported, and as he spoke, he found that Lord Shoufu was not at all happy when he heard the news, but his face was gloomy, and the family was puzzled, and he couldn't say anything later, so he closed his mouth with interest.

The sedan curtain was lowered, and Zhou Yanru's angry snort came from inside. (To be continued.) )