Chapter 186 Plugging Yinxi to coordinate the interests and needs of all parties
As an official in the imperial court system, he naturally has a deeper understanding of the corruption of the imperial court than Li Yan.
How to clarify the rule of officials has always been a problem that rulers often face, and even thought of many decisions to deal with it, but they cannot solve the problem of corruption once and for all.
Plugging Yinxi naturally came to Wuchang City today, and naturally he didn't talk to Li Yan about the issue of governance, so he put it aside, but continued to focus on the intrusive army and people in the city.
Although the equipment of the army is inferior and the proportion of firearms is not high, it can also be seen that this army still has combat effectiveness, and it is not completely decadent because of repeated battles with the Qing army.
Du Yinxi couldn't help but smile.
Liu Tiren also came on horseback at this time, but Liu Tiren, like Liu Fangliang, was not interested in the specific matters of the appeasement, so he pulled Liu Fangliang to drink as soon as he came.
Chen Zilong was also forced to follow, although he had joined the army, but it was strictly forbidden to drink heavily in the army, so Chen Zilong is still not drunk, but the coach is like this, he can only sacrifice his life to accompany the gentleman.
In the whole matter of appeasement, only Du Yinxi and Li Yan are responsible.
As for appeasement, if it is just a simple appeasement, in fact, it is not difficult, it is nothing more than the placement of the generals and soldiers who broke into the army, the appointment of the officers who should be awarded, the dispatch of the dispatch, and the takeover of the takeover.
But at present, Zhu Youzhen's intention is to block Yinxi and take the opportunity of appeasement to prepare for seeing the Azig division of the Qing army moving south, make full use of the hatred of the Qing army towards the Qing army, and give full play to the strength of the army to consume the Qing army's offensive in the early stage.
In this way, it can not only weaken the intruding army, but also prevent the Ming officers and troops from touching the edge of the Qing army as soon as they come, resulting in insufficient preparation.
Zhu Youzhen is willing to appease all the troops of the army, and even does not hesitate to agree to perform the imperial ceremony for Li Zicheng, it is not really selfless, but this kind of selfishness is well known to everyone, and it is also acceptable to Li Yan.
What Chuang Jun is worried about is how Zhu Youzhen treats them, whether he can give them a fair and fair platform to play, and whether he can give them a place to live.
At this point, Zhu Youzhen naturally ordered someone to pass on his meaning to Du Yinxi, and Du Yinxi naturally knew what His Majesty the Emperor Zhu Youzhen wanted.
Therefore, as soon as Du Yinxi entered Wuchang City, he directly said to Li Yan:
"Mr. Li's request to His Majesty and the Imperial Court, Your Majesty has fully approved, and now he has ordered Liu Zongzhou, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, to personally handle this matter, and has selected the imperial tomb for Li Zicheng, the old master of the Righteous Army, and your Ministry can send representatives to Beijing to worship at that time;
As for the arrangements between Mr. Li and the generals, His Majesty has also made it clear that in principle, there will be no demotion, but Mr. Li, you also understand that the official system of your ministry is different from that of the imperial court, so you can only rearrange the positions according to the status of your generals in your department, and most of them will be given the post of chief soldier.
In addition, on the question of the ownership of your department, Your Majesty also agreed to Mr. Li's request, there is a generalissimo to command your department, and your department is organized into a separate army, and your majesty will give the name of the army in the future; In addition, Mr. Li asked to resist the Qing army, and His Majesty also expressed his willingness to use the 16 prefectures in the land of Huguang as the base for your anti-Qing army, and the local taxes and grain were all supplied to your ministry, but the Generalissimo's Mansion and the Governor of Huguang were responsible for distribution. ”
Li Yan was also quite surprised when he heard this, he didn't expect that Emperor Zhu Youzhen of the Ming Dynasty really agreed to his requests.
Li Yan knew that although his brothers had not been wiped out after Li Zicheng's death, they were already lost dogs, and if the court did not forget the old grudges, they could appease Zuo Liangyu and beat him in turn.
But now the attitude of the imperial court is obviously better than he imagined, which makes Li Yan can't help but burst into tears for a while, and he can't help but get up and knock south: "Your Majesty is so well aware of righteousness, the sinner Li Yan has nothing to say!" It's just that I don't know what kind of official office this generalissimo's palace is, and all the brothers are willing to obey Your Majesty's orders, but they don't want to obey orders anymore, and only know the corrupt officials who harm the people. ”
"The Generalissimo's Mansion does not have a generalissimo, it is the house of His Majesty himself, because now the troubled times are in charge, His Majesty has newly trained the Guards, in order to unify the military and government, and coordinate the overall situation, the Generalissimo Mansion was established, Mr. Li also knows that since the five armies of the Governor's Mansion existed in name only, my Ming military power is actually controlled by the Ministry of War, but the Ministry of War is mostly coordinated by the cabinet, and has always been the official of the Ministry of War and most of them are civilians, the civil officials have always been infighting, and the Ministry of War has never been preclusive, which has led to the change of the order of the day, and the change of generals often happens, and now His Majesty has the military power, Naturally, it is for the sake of separating the military and the government and unifying the transfer! This generalissimo is His Majesty, and the subordination of your ministry to the Generalissimo's Office means that it is subordinate to Your Majesty, and it is not under the control of the Cabinet and the Ministry of War. ”
Li Yan couldn't help nodding and said: "It should have been like this a long time ago, the non-sinner Li Yan is abrupt, although the literati are in charge of the army, although there is no disaster of the feudal town, but in the end it will also fall into the disaster of party strife, Your Majesty is in charge of the military alone, the dynasty can be consolidated, and the country can be stabilized." ”
Du Yinxi nodded, he didn't have much interest in military and political reform, he only cared about how to hold Huguang now, seeing that Li Yan had no objections, he took out the holy decree first: "In this case, Mr. Li might as well take the decree first, and then we will discuss the arrangements of your ministry after receiving the decree." ”
Li Yan couldn't help but hurriedly prostrate to receive the order, although he had learned from the mouth of the commander of the Jinyi Guard that he would get the important task of the imperial court, but he did not want to go to the capital now to serve as a Beijing official, although he did not control the mind of breaking into the army to respect himself, but he also knew that once he was transferred out of the army, he would be deliberately set up by the imperial court, so that he did not have the opportunity to go to the front line in person to avenge Li Zicheng, who had the grace of knowing him.
However, when Zhu Youzhen asked Li Yan to supervise Huguang's military affairs with the rank of the right attendant of the military department, he couldn't help but be very happy, he himself actually did not have the ambition to take charge of the military power alone, but as long as he was allowed to stay in Huguang, he would be content.
He can also understand that Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen and the imperial court let Du Yinxi serve as the governor of Huguang, after all, no matter how magnanimous the imperial court is to accept the subordination of the army, it is impossible to really let the governor who actually commands the military and political affairs of Huguang is himself.
"At present, Your Majesty has divided various war zones for the needs of wartime, and Huguang is also one of them, the governor and the general army are in charge of the military and political affairs of the war zone, obey the orders of the generalissimo's office, and the governor is subordinate to the governor and manage the civil affairs of the war zone, but please rest assured Mr. Li, although the official is mainly the main one in name and you are the auxiliary, but the matter of the military aircraft is still your idea, the official will never overstep his responsibilities, the official only hopes that there will be no more people starving to death in Huguang, and your officers and soldiers can die in battle or freeze to death!"
Plug Yinxi said.