Zhang Jingyi probably understood Yuan Chonghuan's problem.

If you say that Yuan Chonghuan is a traitor, this is indeed a bit excessive.

But Zhang Jingyi analyzes it from the perspective of human nature, and it is probably understandable to Yuan Chonghuan.

First of all, he wants to make meritorious contributions, which of these scholars who come out of study doesn't want to rule the country and level the world.

But Yuan Chonghuan was not lucky, he did not rank high in the imperial examination, and he could not enter Hanlin, but was sent out to become a magistrate.

If he follows his trajectory, then basically in his life, at most he will be a local political envoy, and he will even die in the office of the magistrate for the rest of his life.

But Yuan Chonghuan is not a person who keeps to himself, he thinks he can do it, so he excavates the gold mine of Liaodong.

At that time, the problem of Liaodong began to sharpen, and that place was a bitter cold place, and there was a war, and the vast majority of Wenchen were unwilling to go.

So Yuan Chonghuan stood up, he first bragged about the first bull, he went to Shanhaiguan to investigate, and said to the imperial court: "As long as I can give me enough money and food for soldiers and horses, I can guard Shanhaiguan alone." ”

All of a sudden, the pot was fried, and no one was willing to go to Shanhaiguan, wasn't this in a hurry to deliver it to the door?

So everyone praised his talent, and after receiving unanimous praise, Yuan Chonghuan was promoted and became a military officer, supervising foreign troops.

Since then, Yuan Chonghuan has been continuously promoted along this trajectory, and finally got ahead.

Yuan Chonghuan actually still has some ability, but when he mixed outside the gate, he soon found that he couldn't play well.

You are a civil servant, you are considered an oldest, today you have a big strategy, tomorrow you have a strategy, but let everyone follow you to implement it.

Under such circumstances, Yuan Chonghuan felt that his prestige could not convince the public at all.

As a result, he began to continue his previous successful experience, writing again and again, making various promises and boasting to the imperial court, and shaping himself into a character who has endured the heavens and the earth.

Because only with the absolute trust of the emperor can he restrain the generals.

Of course, the Emperor of the Apocalypse would not listen to him.

But Emperor Chongzhen was fooled by him, and then happily accepted his promise of five years of Pingliao and took office.

After gaining the absolute trust of Emperor Chongzhen, in order to ensure that these Qiu Ba people in Liaodong bowed down to him, he had to find someone to open the knife.

Then unfortunately, Mao Wenlong of Phi Island became a scapegoat, Yuan Chonghuan directly slaughtered Mao Wenlong, and then Liaodong was shaken.

The final result is really a tragedy within a tragedy, the power is in hand, and the chief officer will kill you if you say so, but the bragging at the beginning is ...... Not realized.

Not only did it not materialize, but the Liaodong defense line, which you have been operating for so many years, was actually broken through by the Jiannu people, killed in the capital, and then ...... Tragic.

And Zhang Jingyi's reason for letting Sun Chengzong take charge of Liaodong affairs is very simple, even if Zhang Jingyi does not judge the level of ability between Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan, let alone the merits of their character.

There is only one thing, Sun Chengzong is not comparable to Yuan Chonghuan, that is, Sun Chengzong is the emperor's teacher, and he is a person who can communicate with the emperor at any time, as long as he does a good job in Liaodong, he will sooner or later enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister in the future.

This means that when he arrives in Liaodong, those generals who are willing to listen to him will look up to him, after all...... He's a guy who can really help you in the future.

It's like...... There may be a conflict between the county order and the county order, because although the county official is a little smaller than your county order, your county order cannot promote me to an official.

Can you still promote me to be a county magistrate? You have someone in the prefect's yamen, but am I no one in the prefect's yamen? Who's afraid of whom!

But it's the same county order, what if this county order was the emperor's teacher before? With such a county order with a deep background, then this county not only did not dare to disagree with the county order's opinion, but also did not lick the emperor's PIGU, and felt sorry that he was fortunate to be an official with the emperor.

There are many outstanding problems in Liaodong, and Zhang Jingyi believes that the most important problem is internal friction.

If there is discord between the civil and military, between the upper and lower levels, and between the border towns, there will be prevarication, and there will be accusations against each other, and then the feud will become deeper and deeper, even to the point of being on the same page!

It's okay in peacetime, but once it comes to the critical moment in wartime, it becomes a flaw that the Jiannu people can take advantage of.

His answer is very simple, either send Wei Zhongxian, or Sun Chengzong, otherwise...... Sooner or later, something will go wrong.

After all, the discord between the governor and the chief officer is not only a contradiction between the two commanders, but also a contradiction between their respective subordinates.

Think about it, your boss has become a thorn in the side of the other party's boss, and it is precisely the other party's boss who defeats his boss, or directly chops off his boss's head, and if it is you, do you still have the heart to fight?

Not to mention that this means that I will not be able to get ahead for the rest of my life, and it is even more miserable...... Maybe you will be retaliated against by the other party, and in this case, there may be a mutiny, or simply go to Jiannu.

And this situation ...... It has always been staged on the land of Liaodong.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse was a very smart person, and many people in the court had fallen into a battle of words over the selection of the governor of Liaodong, and everyone evaluated a person's character and ability, but very few people paid attention to it from this angle.

This Zhang Jingyi's opinion suddenly made the Emperor of the Apocalypse suddenly brighten, and he said, "This Yuan Chonghuan...... Every once in a while, I either talk big or impeach other in chief, and I only think that there is something wrong with this person's character. Now it seems that the root of the problem is here! ”

Speaking of this, the Emperor of the Apocalypse looked at Wei Zhongxian and said directly: "Wei Banban, you make a decree, Zhaosun Master will enter Beijing, and I will consider the candidate for the governor of Liaodong, I will ...... I still want to see Master Sun first. ”

As soon as Wei Zhongxian heard that Sun Chengzong was going to enter Beijing, he really wanted to slaughter Zhang Jing immediately.

This guy did it on purpose!

But obviously, you can't kill him at this time, and you have to point to him to refine medicine!

The Emperor of the Apocalypse didn't know Wei Zhongxian's thoughts, and then he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "I have always counted military accounts in the past, but now it seems that ...... Liaodong erosion is not necessarily the level of ability. ”

Zhang Jing glanced at Wei Zhongxian happily, and felt that he couldn't die, so he simply became bold: "In fact, compared with Liaodong, the most serious thing is the national economy and people's livelihood, and I am worried that a huge disaster may occur this year. ”

"Disaster?" The Emperor of the Apocalypse was surprised and said, "You can even count this?" ”

"This ......" In fact, Zhang Jingyi had hinted at this matter before, and now that the Emperor of the Apocalypse asked rhetorically, he couldn't answer it a little, and thought about it: "Humble and not an immortal, how can it be counted as this, it's just ...... I think it's better to take precautions. ”

"Listen to you." The Emperor of the Apocalypse shook his spirits and said, "I want to think of a way, Wei Banban, how much surplus grain is there in the treasury now?" ”

"This ......" Wei Zhongxian was thinking about Sun Chengzong, and his heart was in turmoil, when the Emperor of the Apocalypse asked, he hurriedly put away his thoughts and said, "Your Majesty, this is not yet the autumn harvest, where is the surplus grain?" There are only so many harvests every year, but there are many more flowers that are spent than those that are harvested, especially after the erosion of Liaodong, it is even more precarious. If Your Majesty really wants to save some money and food...... Or save a province from somewhere else? ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse came to his senses and said, "Okay, what do you have in mind?" ”

Wei Zhongxian thought about it for a long time, pinched and calculated where to save some money and food, pondered for a long time, and finally his eyes lit up, and said: "Chen Le, the head of the household department, has repeatedly played, saying that today, the most wasteful money and food are the post stations in various places, so you might as well start with this post station, cut a number of post stations, and then streamline redundant personnel, so as to ...... Maybe you can save some money. ”

Zhang Jingyi was smiling beside him, thinking about today's speech, the effect is very significant, could it be that I, Zhang Jingyi, am finally going to change the general trend of history?

But the next moment, when he heard that Wei Zhongxian actually proposed to abolish the post station, his face suddenly changed, he was drenched in cold sweat, and his body couldn't help but tremble, and then subconsciously made a voice: "Damn." ”

“……”

Emperor Apocalypse and Wei Zhongxian looked at Zhang Jingyi in puzzlement.

Zhang Jingyi felt that she had lost her words.

However, the post station was abolished...... Are you serious?

Do you know why Li Zicheng rebelled? He is the post officer, Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne, the first thing he did was to streamline the post station, and then Li Zicheng, who lost his job, didn't say a word, and directly the guy.

This is digging the roots of Daming, I, Zhang Jingyi, have just been knighted?

Can you not be so tricky?

The Emperor of the Apocalypse said curiously: "Zhang Qing, what do you mean by this?" ”

Zhang Jingyi was a little disturbed, and hurriedly said: "This means that I am shocked by my inferiority." ”

"Where did Zhang Qing feel shocked?"

Zhang Jing glanced at Wei Zhongxian, and then said: "I was shocked to think that Brother Wei was able to handle the affairs of the court. After being humble, you have to learn more from Brother Wei, but ...... Streamlining the post station, looking down on it is not a day's work, why not slow down? ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse sighed in embarrassment: "This imperial court ...... It is really difficult to collect money and food, but there are countless places to spend money. You let me take precautions, why don't I want to take precautions? But it's hard for a good woman to cook without rice. But...... Then again, maybe it's a good year? Zhang Qing, you don't have to worry about it! ”

Zhang Jing couldn't help but say in her heart, don't I look forward to this year being a good year?

As everyone knows, this year is a once-in-a-century year of catastrophe, and that kind of large-scale disaster surpasses most years!

But who would have thought that in order to store grain, the first thing Wei Zhongxian did was to abolish the post station, not to mention that this guy would want to cut something else next, wouldn't this retrenchment and disaster add fuel to the fire?

It's hard.

It's really hard!