This situation exists more or less in the border areas where the military has a dominant force, but it is the most common and serious in the eastern Liaodong region, because compared with other places, the eastern part of the Liaoning has the highest degree of development, attracts the largest number of immigrants, has the fastest commercial and economic development, and the ports and industrial and mining industries are indeed the most likely to be monopolized; At the same time, the merits and prestige of the Liaodong army are the highest, and the Han has always paid attention to military prestige, so the arrogance of the officers and soldiers is also the strongest, and they all privately say that the seven points of the Han Dynasty are defeated by the Northeast Army, and the court will not be too accountable if they do something slightly out of line.

Li Jingsi, as the governor of Liaodong, is of course very aware of these situations, but he did not dare to fall out with the military in Liaodong, so he never directly reported a similar situation to the imperial court, but only vaguely mentioned a few words when exchanging information with the cabinet, and the cabinet also knew more or less about this situation, but the cabinet did not deal with it for many years, so in line with the principle that more things are better than less things, Li Jingsi, the governor, simply made a stuffy gourd.

He didn't expect that today it was Ning Zeguang, a high-ranking military official, who took the initiative to find an opportunity to mention this matter to him.

"Senator Ning is worried that after the establishment of the province, we will clean up the military's industry?" As soon as this sentence came to her mouth, Li Jingsi felt that it was too explicit, so she swallowed it again.

"Senator Ning is right, Liaodong can have today, your ministry has made great contributions, not only me, but also the millions of people in Liaodong. If it weren't for your ministry to expel Jiannu, recover the rivers and mountains, and rescue the Liao people from hanging upside down, where would we be talking now? After carefully considering it for a while, Li Jingsi changed his statement, "Because of the poison of Jiannu, Liaodong was exhausted before, and the army had to use some extraordinary measures to support itself......

"Thank you, Lord Governor, with the words of Lord Governor, we don't have any grievances......" Ning Zeguang gently waved Li Jingsi again, "At an extraordinary time, doing extraordinary things is indeed a last resort, and now that Liaodong has been largely pacified, the cabinet probably intends to turn it into a real province, and I am afraid it will not be called an extraordinary time in the future." The whole world is not the king's land, and the cabinet wants to implement the king's transformation in Liaodong and turn this place into the king's land, and we are extremely in favor of it, but now...... Hey, I've done too many extraordinary things, and it's hard to return. Even if we want to clean it up now, I'm afraid it won't be able to clean it up overnight, so please be considerate of the governor. ”

Although he said it very implicitly, Li Jingsi already understood the other party's intentions, they saw that the establishment of the province was imminent, and the influence of the army in Liaodong was about to decline sharply, so they planned to let themselves not report these things to the military now, and at the same time continue to turn a blind eye to the military's industry after the establishment of the province.

Their pledge to themselves was to let a large number of the officers involved in the incident be discharged, and at the same time gradually clean up similar matters in the future. This kind of guarantee seems reasonable, but God knows if they will do it after the province is established?

Judging from the domineering attitude of the military in the past few years, it is very unlikely that they will immediately change their attitude in the future. If you make a promise now, and the military still has nothing to restrain in the future, won't you be the one who suffers at that time?

This request is not so easy to agree, he really doesn't want to be involved in the battle between the cabinet and the two behemoths of the Liaodong Army. If he is involved, even if he is a high-ranking official of the rank of governor, it will definitely not do any good.

"Be considerate, of course I can be considerate, your ministry has made such a great achievement, even if there is something extraordinary as a last resort, it will not hurt." His answer became more and more cautious, "It's just that I'm a magistrate, and if the center has any orders, it's not good for me not to do it." Besides, how will I arrange it then, and there is no letter from the capital now, so Ning Senate, many times, I am powerless......"

Li Jingsi made this confession, and said vigorously that he was not willing to pursue what the military had done before, and would only do so when the cabinet had an order. He threw himself off the line, but at the same time he made no commitments.

He didn't know whether the military was satisfied with such an answer, so he was a little apprehensive, after all, the majestic Ji Guogong was watching from the side.

"Governor Li, in fact, over the years, as the governor of Liaodong, you have been at a loss, and I am afraid that you still have some resentment in your heart...... Although we don't have any disrespect for adults, but sometimes we do do a lot of things that are overstepping, no way, who says that the civil affairs system in Liaodong is not sound at all? However, adults can rest assured that after the establishment of the province, the civil affairs and government yamen in Liaodong will be sound one by one, and the public security and commerce will be handled by the civil affairs organs. Senator Ning's expression still didn't change, and he didn't know whether he was satisfied with the answer or not, but gave this series of guarantees, "Over the years, if there is something that the adults are not satisfied with us, even if it is raised, we will do everything we can do." ”

After the establishment of Liaodong Province, it is not a decision that ordinary people can make to completely withdraw the military from the civil affairs of Liaodong and not interfere in civil affairs. It seems that this is what Ji Guogong himself meant.

That's great news! Li Jingsi's spirit became more invigorated, and he couldn't help but turn his head and look at Ji Guogong himself next to him, but this highly decorated marshal still raised his head and looked at the sea, as if everything had nothing to do with him.

In the sunlight, the gold medal on his chest shone with golden brilliance, which made his eyes hurt a little.

He understood that even if the province was built, the place where the military was in Liaodong was still unshakable, and Ning Zeguang said it so politely to himself, he was not really afraid.

Over the years, he has been in Shenyang, and the government decree has not been able to reach the place, no matter up or down, the civil power has been taken away by the garrison, which is equivalent to having the title of governor in vain, it is impossible to say that there is no resentment in his heart, but for a big man like Ji Guogong, he does not dare to let the resentment remain in his heart.

He has been in Liaodong for so many years, and he knows some things to some extent, so many people up and down the Liaodong army are seeking wealth for themselves, Ji Guogong said that it is impossible not to know, but he really never participated in it, nor did he cover up favoritism to these people, but just acquiesced, he did not save much for himself, but only received the two salaries of the marshal and the commander of the garrison - of course, as the earliest and greatest nobles of the imperial court, the royal family had already given him a lot of inland land.

To tell the truth, although these things in the Liaodong Army are not in line with the laws of the imperial court, Li Jingsi does not take them very seriously. He had mixed with the officialdom of Qianming, what was it like to go up and down in Qianming at that time, I'm afraid there are few people in Liaodong who know better than him, it was really dark and dark. Ji Guogong is in such a position and so self-disciplined, he secretly admires it, and always feels that the atmosphere of the new dynasty is nothing more than this.

Ji Guogong acquiesced to the accumulation of wealth by the people below, which is indeed not quite right, but these people have followed him from birth to death for so many years, and he is not incomprehensible.

Li Jingsi didn't expect that Ji Guogong actually planned to be so simple, originally he thought that even if the province was established, the Shenyang garrison would continue to be beyond the yamen of the provinces, but now looking at this posture, he really planned to be a hands-off shopkeeper in the future, and restrain the garrisons in various places from interfering in politics.

Therefore, he did not want to take revenge for personal gain at all.

"Senator Ning, as you just said, in extraordinary times, some things are a last resort. In the past, the government in Liaodong was not complete, and no one took care of many things, and I could understand it, and there would never be any complaints. The reason why Liaodong was able to pacify was because of the contributions of the soldiers, and I have been here for a few years, and I can be regarded as understanding, even if a province is built here, it is still very different from Guannai. In the future, even if I serve in Liaodong, I will definitely continue to rely on the military, and I will never mess up my position, cause trouble for myself, and make outsiders laugh! ”

"As long as the adults have this attitude, then everything is easy to say." Ning Zeguang finally showed a satisfied smile at Li Sijing's statement. "Everyone is working together in Liaodong, as long as we are sincere and united in the future, we will be able to turn Liaodong into a real paradise......

"That's ......" Li Jingsi was about to echo when she suddenly heard a commotion from behind.

"Here we are...... Here it comes......! ”

Here it comes?

He was slightly stunned, then immediately looked up at the sea in the distance.

Looking into the distance, at the end of the sea horizon, some small black dots appeared at this time, these black dots were densely packed, and it was impossible to see how large the scale was. As time passed, the black dots grew larger and clearer, and he saw first the towering masts, then the bulging white sails.

A flag fluttered on the mast of each ship, and although the exact pattern was not clear, the blue underside and golden glitter were already visible.

A ship of this size, of this shape...... You can't go wrong, it's really coming!

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come down!" He blurted out.

The other two men naturally noticed the arrival of the battleship, and although they did not shout as loudly as the others, they also naturally straightened their backs.

Little by little, the boat approached, and the figures left in everyone's eyes became clearer and clearer, and everyone felt that the sea breeze seemed to be stronger.