Chapter 23: The incident in Liaodong

Some people have to take some responsibilities when they are born. Li Ru didn't understand some things when he was young. But now he understands them.

No matter what Jiajing thought, he could only not think or speculate. Adhering to the idea that thunder, rain and dew are all Jun’s kindness, just accept it.

Li Ru said: "I don't know that this matter should be judged by Your Majesty."

Jiajing said, "Then let's go to the British."

Li Ru suddenly moved inside, as if he was in line with his own thoughts.

The British Duke was not a reformist at the beginning. It can be said that there was a British Duke who opposed Lao Fengcheng's Marquis' Mansion. There was a disagreement between him and Li Ru.

After Lu Bing's death, the person who took over the Jinyiwei was the branch of the Duke of Chengguo's Mansion. Now the one who replaced Li Ru was the Duke of England. It can be seen that Jiajing did not trust Zhou Mengchen very much. He was replacing the armed forces of the capital with those who were determined not to betray the royal family.

Zhou Mengchen actually felt this.

But even if he feels it, it will be the same.

Zhou Mengchen saw a note with two fingers wide from the West Garden, with only one word written on it: "Accurate."

Zhou Mengchen felt a little relieved, but there was a hint of emotion in his heart.

Since Zhou Mengchen ascended the position of Chief Secretary, he was completely different from Yan Song and Xu Jie. When Yan Song and Xu Jie were together, the greatest power of the Chief Secretary was to be able to see the emperor at any time. Because the rights of the cabinet at that time were extensions of imperial power, it can be said that the cabinet was the shadow of imperial power.

Now after Zhou Mengchen's reform, the cabinet has its own independent authority and independent administrative power. At the beginning, Jiajing didn't feel it, but over time, he felt a sense of overhead crisis.

Instead, he rarely saw Zhou Mengchen.

In addition to the cabinet, another team, Jinyiwei, Privy Council, eunuchs and other forces gathered around Jiajing.

It seems to have evolved into a system of internal and external courts.

Zhou Mengchen's cabinet was the outer court, which seemed to be in power, but in fact, the inner court had the power to overturn the outer court's resolution at any time. It was just Jiajing and took action. He just added another system to adapt to the current situation.

That is, after the cabinet's power increased greatly, Jiajing naturally made adjustments.

The reason why Jiajing did not intervene was not that Jiajing was unwilling to intervene. He had to take into account one thing, that is, the prince had been in the cabinet to follow the affairs of the government. Although the prince was just a decoration, it seemed that he was voluntarily a decoration. He did not play his role at all.

But externally, many things are carried out in the name of the prince.

If Jiajing attacks the cabinet, it is easy to hurt the prince by chance. Jiajing knows so much about his stupid son. This son will be like this for the rest of his life. Finally, he has made some contributions in the cabinet. He beat him with a stick. What should he do in the future?

When Jiajing thought of this, he endured it.

No matter how wise and powerful a person is, he has no choice but to his stupid son. He can even be said to be a thing that defeats another thing.

But in this way, it is normal for Zhou Mengchen and Jiajing to become increasingly distant.

Zhou Mengchen also understood the status quo. He had made up his mind that after he was re-elected for two terms, Jiajing would retire after fifty-two years. Who would love who would come? The position of the cabinet is not so easy to sit in.

This must be learned from Xu Jie.

However, that's something in the future.

Zhou Mengchen put this matter aside. He first expressed his opinions on Liaodong.

After the great victory in Liaodong, there is no need to elaborate on the rewards. If Jiajing is understood, the other things will be natural. Qi Jiguang was granted the title of Marquis and the Marquis of Yunzhong. As for the generals below him, each with reward.

But the most important thing is to establish a province in Liaodong.

Most of the fruits of victory were divided into Liaodong Province this time. The entire Northeast Plain was included in Liaodong Province. Although many places were not directly under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, they were all tribes. However, under the large rewards of Zhou Mengchen, these places became chieftains and were directly under the management of Liaodong Province.

In this way, Liaodong Province is divided into two parts, part of which is within the current Liaodong Town, and the prefectures are re-established. As a region managed by civil servants, the newly occupied Northeast Plain area is a region managed by Liaodong generals. Of course, civil servants are also assisted.

The second is the governor of Beiyang.

Now the Haixi region has a province. However, it is not Haixi Province, but Jinghai Province. The land on the east side of the Changbai Mountain line of the Little Khingan Mountains belongs to this province, which is very large. But in fact, there are still a few people in Haixi Prefecture.

No matter what, General Li Chengliang was promoted. However, Haixi Prefecture was also under the dual management of the Beiyang Governor's Office. Of course, in exchange, the Beiyang Governor's Office had to allocate 100,000 taels to Jinghai Province every year.

So the poorest province in the Ming Dynasty appeared. In the past, Guizhou Province had taxes of 70,000 taels per year, but at least it was a positive number. Now, the finances of Jinghai Province are negative every year.

Moreover, Li Chengliang probably will never be promoted again in the future. If there is no change in this position, Li Chengliang will have to sit until old age.

After all, I probably don’t want to come here as a civil servant. There are not many serious Han people under my command, almost all of them are Jurchens. It is very difficult to cross mountains and rivers on land with the Ming Dynasty. The sea route with the Ming Dynasty also needs to bypass Korea and Korea, and I plan to see that they are all the ends of the world.

The Ming Dynasty's thoughts on this place were very simple. As long as they could appease these Jurchens and not invade the south, there would be no problem for Li Chengliang to guard this place for generations.

However, Zhou Mengchen is not so short-sighted.

After all, the land in the middle and lower reaches of Heilongjiang is fertile and mature every year, which is enough to support the people. Moreover, the strength here is strong, and fighting against Japan in the future will be a strategic support point. You don’t have to rely on North Korea and Korea in everything.

After all, the Koreans are not that reliable.

Even without talking about these strategic elements, immigration to Kuanxiang is an excellent place to go. The border river with North Korea and the west bank of Yalu River was still deserted decades ago, but it was opened up within this period of time and became the Kuandian area, which was also one of the achievements of Li Chengliang in history.

In fact, Li Chengliang in history has just followed the trend. After all, there are not enough immigrants in the pass, so it is impossible to open up here.

And in this historical time and space.

The emergence of Zhou Mengchen greatly reduced the harm of Jiajing's northern capture of the Japanese in the south. The imperial court's finances were strong and he was willing to lay his ground when he was disaster relief. In this way, the population growth was naturally much better than the same period in history.

Then there is a lot of population spillover. Under the policy of Zhou Mengchen moving people, the superiors have some preferences and subordinates must follow it. Therefore, there are many more immigrants in Northeast China than at the same time.

Zhou Mengchen even started to prepare for the formulation of immigration policies.

These things are easy to say, but in fact, they are very cumbersome.

However, at the same time, Zhou Mengchen also began to deal with the issue of the Northwest General.

First of all, he wants to meet the best among the Northwest Generals.

One is Dong Yikui, and the other is Liu Han.

These two are the representatives of the Northwest Generals designated by Zhou Mengchen. They were chosen by them. They were not chosen by Zhou Mengchen.

Dong Yikui is now a general officer in Ningxia. The Dong family is also quite powerful among the Northwest generals. It can represent the opinions of a large number of old-school generals. Dong Yikui himself is also very serious in fighting. Ma Fang has complained about the support of Dong Yikui and felt that he was too cautious, but he had to admit that he was a powerful character.

Liu Han is now the general of Yulin, and has cooperated with Ma Fang several times. It is more in line with Ma Fang's appetite. In essence, Liu Han and Ma Fang are the same type of people. They climb up step by step from below and are very brave. They are all kinds of generals who give me hundreds of elite cavalry and even thousands of troops to make a breakthrough.

Liu Han made great achievements in history. However, as soon as Heshuo Province was established, Yulin became a second-rate military town, and it was even abolished at any time. Liu Han was always depressed and felt that he had no contribution to his merits.

These two people represent different people in the Northwest Army.

To be precise, Dong Yikui is behind the Northwest General. Liu Han also represents hereditary official positions, but only the officers who climbed up from below step by step.
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