The next day, there was a lot of horses outside the main gate of the capital. Standing at the top of this group of soldiers and horses is Sun Chengzong, today he will take up the post of Liaodong as the Liaodong Economic Strategy and the commander-in-chief of the Liaodong border defense.

Sun Chengzong's appointment Li Jiancheng personally sent him off, he Li Jiancheng can give up the rotten government, but it is impossible to let go of border defense!

Giving up the government is completely a last resort, he Li Jiancheng can't do anything when he sits on it, it's better to leave it alone, anyway, those scholars and doctors don't do anything all day long, just fight for power and profit against the emperor there, Li Jiancheng might as well be out of sight and out of mind to engage in his military and urban infrastructure, which is not 11,000 times stronger than fighting with those ministers.

Of course, giving up the government is giving up the government, but Li Jiancheng can't leave it alone in any way, this is almost a compromise reached by Li Jiancheng and the ministers, he exchanged the military power of the entire Liaodong at the cost of the government, and they will definitely not take care of Liaodong affairs after the implementation of the parliamentary system, which is not only a concession to the emperor's decentralization, but also a bargaining chip for them to be able to carry out their work as soon as possible without the emperor's interference.

This is equivalent to saying that Li Jiancheng exchanged the government for the military command of the entire Liaodong, and they will not come to him for trouble with Li Jiancheng in this matter. After all, whether the Congress can be carried out smoothly depends on his Li Jiancheng's intentions!

And what he meant by Li Jiancheng was really simple, he was just buying more time, he needed more time to develop the infrastructure and all kinds of new talents needed for the industrial revolution.

However, in fact, the military action against Liaodong could not effectively buy him much time for Li Jiancheng, even if Jiannu occupied the entire territory of Liaodong, it was still nearly 20 years before Jiannu entered the customs. There is no need to rush for such a long time, but for the military success of Liaodong can effectively stabilize the internal foundation of the entire Ming Dynasty, first of all, all kinds of natural disasters starting from the influence of the Xiaoice River in the first year of the Apocalypse are all factors that cause the sharp social instability of the Ming Dynasty, and the military disadvantage further aggravates the occurrence of this situation. For example, the more turbulent Ming Dynasty's Extravagant Rebellion (Extravagant Rebellion) refers to the rebellion of Si An's uncle An Bangyan in Yongning, Sichuan (now Xuyong) and Shuixi (now Dafang) in Guizhou Province, also known as the Rebellion of the Chieftain in Guizhou. The uprising of the White Lotus Sect, etc., these were the causes of the rapid social instability of the Ming Dynasty.

The current Li Jiancheng is obviously unable to resist the impact of Xiaoice, so he can only hope to bring some security to society militarily, even if he defeats Li Jiancheng, he does not want to lose too badly.

"Mr. Sun, I will entrust you with Liaodong, the situation in Liaodong is dangerous, and now it is like a shipwreck. From Mr. Sun's battle situation, Mr. Sun must have known that this trip is by no means easy! I also entrust this crisis to my husband at this time of crisis, I am really ashamed of my husband! Li Jiancheng sighed in front of Sun Chengzong when he was leaving, he had to entrust such a national task to such an old man, you must know that the other party is 58 years old, this kind of age is definitely rare at this time.

Sun Chengzong listened to Li Jiancheng's words, he slowly took two steps back, bent down and bent his knees to Li Jiancheng and made a five-body head salute and said: "Your Majesty, please listen to the old minister's words, Weichen has been waiting for such an opportunity all his life. Weichen dictated rhyme at the age of four, went out to teach at the age of 8, took the first place in the subject examination at the age of 17, went to Beijing at the age of 28 to teach the children of Zhongcheng Jiang Bi, and was elected to study in the Beijing Normal School at the age of 31. At the age of 42 in February, Fang took the entrance examination, and 115 students were selected. The second place in the first class of the palace examination (list eye). Edited by the Hanlin Academy. Now Wechen is 58 years old, and Wechen is so old! Your Majesty, it is the luck of your majesty to be so reused by your majesty at the age of your majesty, and it is the blessing of your majesty! His Majesty, Wechen is not afraid of death, for the sake of Sheji and for His Majesty, Wechen is willing to die and has been ruined. ”

Li Jiancheng listened to his words and had to be moved, this is a person who really wants to do something good, there are really not many people like Sun Chengzhong in the late Ming Dynasty who have the ability and ideals, Li Jiancheng was very moved to help Sun Chengzong and said: "Good, good, good!" Mr. Sun Liaodong I will entrust it to you, Mr. Sun has anything to do when he arrives in Liaodong, you can do it boldly, I will supervise all the affairs of Liaodong, and I will give you all the right to act cheaply. In addition, I am giving you the sword of Shang Fang, and two million taels of silver as the salary of the whole army of Liaodong in recent years, I have learned from General Xiong Ting Congee that the military salary of Liaodong has been in arrears for a long time, but I clearly remember in my account book that the military salary is in place every year, although I know that I am seriously greedy for ink, but I did not expect that this greed for ink is so serious, and most of the people who sweat for my Ming Dynasty can't get a penny, which is really unreasonable! Hey, it's a pity that I don't have the energy to clean up these humans now, Mr. Sun, I hope you can send this money to those soldiers one by one. ”

Li Jiancheng's words came out, Sun Chengzong couldn't help but gasp, knowing that the emperor was generous, he didn't expect the emperor to be so generous, two million taels said to take it, this is equivalent to half of the Ming Dynasty's annual income, and the money will be handed over to him, this is the emperor's trust in him. Sun Chengzong bowed again: "Weichen thanked His Majesty on behalf of the soldiers of the whole army, and the ministers will send these silvers to the soldiers one by one, and with this military salary, Weichen will guarantee that the slaves and thieves will be kept out!" ”

Li Jiancheng nodded, and then he said: "Well, Mr. Sun, I will rest assured that I will hand over this Liaodong to you, no matter what the result is, I hope that you will focus on the people of Liaodong and the vitality of my Ming Dynasty, in fact, I don't care if I lose a few cities and lands, what I care about is not to let the people's families shed tears and blood!" ”

Sun Chengzong listened to the emperor's words, and was once again impressed by the benevolence of this little emperor, the emperor may do everything for the people, such an emperor who is full of benevolence to the people and the people, and the emperor who even does not hesitate to give up the power of the court to work for the people, is it really just the immaturity and childishness they evaluate?

Everything is indescribable, what is right and what is wrong, Sun Chengzong can't control it, he said: "Weichen will not disgrace His Majesty's expectations!" ”

Li Jiancheng nodded at him with satisfaction, and then he waved his hand and called a person, this person was Xu Xianchun, who had appeared once before, and he came with Luo Sigong. After he came and paid homage to the emperor, Li Jiancheng pointed to Xu Xianchun and introduced Sun Chengzong: "This is Xu Xianchun, the Qin cha I sent to Liaodong to investigate Xiong Ting's porridge, and he is also the director of my newly established Foreign Intelligence Bureau, and this time I went to Liaodong to establish a perfect intelligence network against Jiannu." In the future, Mr. Sun will inevitably cooperate with him, and I hope the two of you can cooperate happily! ”

After Li Jiancheng finished introducing Xu Xianchun and saluted Sun Chengzong, he said, "Please ask Lord Sun for advice in the future!" ”

"Director Xu is polite!" Sun Chengzong also said politely, but Sun Chengzong thought that Xu Xianchun might also be sent by the emperor to monitor him, and it was completely reasonable for him to send a person to supervise the two million taels of military salary, and Sun Chengzong didn't think much about it!

After Li Jiancheng explained to these two people, Sun Chengzong and the others officially went to Liaodong, Li Jiancheng looked at their backs and sighed, there is only so much he can do, this may not be able to save history, I just hope that more people can be saved!

Li Jiancheng then returned to the palace, Sun Chengzong and Xu Xianchun set off in the direction of Liaodong, but after a while, Xu Xianchun suddenly said to Sun Chengzong: "Lord Sun should take the first step, and I want to say goodbye to an adult next!" ”

Sun Chengzhong looked behind him when he heard this, and saw Luo Sigong coming from afar, Sun Chengzhong smiled and signaled him to be casual, Xu Xianchun thanked him and greeted Luo Sigong.

As soon as the two met, Xu Xianchun and said: "My lord is far away from this road, and my lord will come to see him off, and I will not forget this situation!" ”

Luo Sigong listened to his words but said: "Hey, what else is your name, if you are not polite, just call me brother, you and I are the same, all of them are the head of the same game!" Although it is difficult for you to go in this trip, I believe that your ability will definitely break through the world. ”

Xu Xiandun listened and said: "That subordinate is not welcome, this time Xianchun can have such a creation is actually thanks to the grace of Brother Luo, but this time the four-bureau restructuring of the factory guard was taken advantage of by me Xu Xianchun!" ”

"Hehe, you are also a talented person, and sooner or later you will get ahead!" Luo Sigong said.

"Hehe, brother is polite, Xu Mou, what talent do I have besides being ruthless. Presumably, His Majesty also investigated me clearly, and appointed me as the director of the Foreign Intelligence Bureau, and asked me to deal with those outsiders. Otherwise, this time I won't be asked to investigate the affairs of the border merchants in Liaodong again! Xu Xianchun said to Luo Sigong.

Luo Sigong heard this, but his face changed and said: "Xianchun, now you and I are different, some things can be said, some things cannot be said, you must know that Lu Dao is clear, you are no longer my subordinate, Your Majesty divides me and other four games and does not want me to collude with each other, do you understand?" ”

Luo Sigong's words Xu Xianchun naturally understood, Li Jiancheng asked Xu Xianchun to go to Liaodong this time, his main purpose was to let him investigate the affairs of those merchants and suspected officials who were engaged in smuggling with the enemy in Liaodong, Li Jiancheng specially gave him a list and told him in a secret order, but now Xu Xianchun said that he leaked his mouth, no matter how lucky it is, Luo Sigong is the only one!

Xu Xianchun listened to Luo Sigong's words and knew that he was a little Meng Lang, Luo Sigong's attitude made him wake up, and he said: "Yes, what the adults taught is that their subordinates will understand what to do in the future!" ”

Luo Sigong listened and smiled: "Hehe, don't call me an adult, just call a brother!" ”

Luo Sigong smiled, Xu Xianchun also relaxed, he looked at Luo Sigong and suddenly said: "Hehe, Brother Luo, in fact, in the eyes of the younger brother, what His Majesty told you before is very clear, you are just a fan of the authorities." What is a law, what is a law, this is actually like the emperor's appointment of us, and cruel people like me will be used to deal with outsiders. In fact, brother, you can also see that among our four bureaus, only the unique investigation bureau is the department used for execution, and it is the only department that is above board. As His Majesty said, it belongs to the glorious, and he does not hide in the dark like us. For such a department, His Majesty needs it to be obedient and needs it to have rules, and the law that His Majesty said seems to me, in my opinion, I want to come to His Majesty to hope that my brother can not only obey His Majesty's words, but also obey the words of the law. From the point of view of Your Majesty, brother, what do you think of what I said! ”

Xu Xianchun is a cruel person, he is absolutely cruel and inhumane above the torture, he has even skinned people alive! Perhaps only this kind of person with some kind of pure spirit can understand his Li Jiancheng's thoughts. Xu Xianchun's words undoubtedly opened a door for Luo Sigong, and he arched his hand and said: "Listening to your words is better than reading for ten years." Take care all the way! ”

Xu Xianchun also returned the salute: "Take care! ”

The two of them said goodbye....