Chapter 91: Adjusting the proportions of the health center

Liu Dingzhi stood up in a hurry.

Although Liu Dingzhi was born in the imperial examination and was considered a high official in the imperial court, and was about to be promoted, he did not dare to neglect Guo Deng at all.

After all, Guo Dengnai was born in the Wuding Marquis Mansion and was a confidant of the emperor. He fought a victorious battle and it was rumored that he would be crowned uncle soon. He had a bright future and was no worse than him.

Guo Deng said: "Master Liu, you don't have to be polite. I wanted to have a detailed discussion with Master Liu. But Master Liu will go to Beijing tomorrow. There are some things that we can only talk about tonight."

Liu Dingzhi sobered up immediately.

He is very clear about the political labels between each other. Both he and Guo Deng have a common label attached to them: His Majesty's confidant.

Guo Deng came to see him. Naturally, he had something to ask.

Liu Dingzhi said: "General, wait a minute." He immediately stood up, washed his face with cold water, and suddenly became energetic. He said, "General, please tell me something."

Guo Deng took out Zhu Qizhen's secret letter and said, "Your Majesty is not an outsider. This is your Majesty's secret decree."

Liu Dingzhi looked at it carefully and suddenly frowned.

His first feeling was that His Majesty was acting too hastily.

When Liu Dingzhi was in Beijing, he spent constant time with Zhu Qizhen, and he had a good understanding of Zhu Qizhen's thoughts. But he knew better that many things could affect the whole body.

If it were so easy to reorganize the garrison, the imperial court would have done it long ago, instead of sending Qing military censors over and over again from the Xuande period to the present, but to no avail.

After Liu Dingzhi read it, he said: "Congratulations to the general. If the general can do this well, there will be a general in the cabinet in the future."

Many people can see that in the future, the Ming Dynasty's cabinet will retain six academicians and one Duke.

After hearing this, Guo Deng smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Zhujing, don't make fun of me. I'm having a headache over this matter."

Guo Deng was no fool. Although his father was Guo Ying's concubine and had no power in the Wuding Hou Mansion, Guo Deng grew up in the Wuding Hou Mansion and had contact with the core of the Ming Dynasty's military.

He came into contact with information that many people don't know about all their lives.

It is even said that Zhu Qizhen's understanding of the emotional abuses in the military was not as good as Guo Deng's.

Among other things, Guo Deng knew that the servants of the Wuding Marquis Mansion were all posted in the guards below. If they really wanted to pull them out, they would be officials appointed by the imperial court. Although they were not big officials.

Guo Deng had seen many things like this, receiving a salary from the court but working as a general.

Even though Guo Deng was born to a concubine, when Guo Deng joined the army, he was able to arrange for many people to accompany him to help him control the situation. It can be said that Guo Deng can be where he is today without the help of the Wuding Houfu.

Because of this, Guo Deng knew how deep the water was inside.

Although there is no such thing in Fujian

What a powerful general, and he is also within the sphere of influence of the founding nobles.

Specifically speaking, it can be said that the establishment of each health station is inextricably linked with a certain noble person. If we talk about it in detail, we can say who belongs to whom. Each health station corresponds to

A certain noble family in the imperial court.

This is the so-called disciple and old official.

I won’t go into details here.

Generally speaking, the founding nobles were a little far away from the military power because of the two generations of Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong. It was the nobles Jingnan who really dominated the military affairs of the Ming Dynasty.

Most of Jingnan's forces are in the north, especially Beijing and Jiubian.

On the Fujian side, if you carefully calculate, you should believe that Guogong Tanghe's family has a sphere of influence, but they have already moved across the border. If we start here, it will not have much impact on the Jingnan Xungui Group.

But Guo Deng still felt that it was extremely hot, but he had to do the emperor's order. He thought about it for a long time, and then he came to ask Liu Dingzhi for advice.

Liu Dingzhi said: "The general has found the bottom in this way, and he can always maintain wealth and honor in the future."

Guo Deng said: "I don't think much about whether you are rich or not, as long as I can satisfy His Majesty."

Liu Dingzhi said: "General, what do you think of the Fujian soldiers?"

Guo Deng said: "They are just careless people."

Liu Dingzhi said: "Isn't this the end? The general has made great achievements and will be granted a title soon. In the ancestral system of this dynasty, there have always been princes who went out to train the army. The commander also often accepted this order, and the general just followed the order."

"Why not?"

Guo Deng was about to say something when something suddenly occurred to him. He saluted Liu Dingzhi and said, "I understand what you mean, sir."

Liu Dingzhi's implication is not to think too much.

Don't think about the matters that the emperor asked him to reorganize the guard station, and don't think about the interests involved in the guard station. Just handle business matters, just like how Emperor Taizu sent the princes out to train soldiers in the early days of the country.

It was enough to remove the unusable soldiers and train the Fujian soldiers well enough to be able to fight. As for other things, he pretended not to know.

As long as you grasp this balance, you can easily explain to the court and leave room for yourself.

Of course, this may be different from what Zhu Qizhen thought. Although during the Yeliuzong Rebellion, Zhu Qizhen had already removed several hereditary commanders.

But there are many such families who survived.

This system remains unchanged. Even though Guo Deng made great efforts to train the Fujian army, how many years can it last?

Guo Deng said: "But where is Your Majesty?"

Liu Dingzhi said: "General, please rest assured, I will make a statement on your behalf wherever your Majesty is."

Liu Dingzhi said this not for Guo Deng, but for Zhu Qizhen. The first step in many things is not to be the best, but to be able to carry out this matter.

As long as the first step is implemented, there will be a second step and a third step.

If something goes wrong in the first step and is forced to stop, the next time you start over, it will take several times the effort.

This method will certainly give Guo Deng a chance to protect himself wisely, but it is also the best method.

Guo Deng saluted again and said, "Thank you so much, Brother Jing."

Guo Deng exchanged a few more pleasantries and then took his leave.

The next day Liu Dingzhi handed over the government affairs and began to go north.

Because it was winter now, the Tianjin harbor was also frozen, and it was even more difficult to take a sea-going boat to the north. Liu Dingzhi naturally went to Hangzhou by land, and then went north from the canal. He thought it would be more than January next year when he arrived in the capital.

But just as he left, someone sent a package, but it was Cheng Yi sent by Guo Deng.

Liu Dingzhi took a look and saw that it was a letter of five hundred taels of silver.

Liu Dingzhi said to the people around him: "Take it."

The butler behind him said somewhat strangely: "Sir, it's not like I never accept money from others on weekdays. Why today?"

Liu Dingzhi smiled lightly and said: "Others are others, but General Guo is not others. You cannot collect other people's money, but you can collect General Guo's money."

Liu Dingzhi smiled softly and went all the way north.

And Guo Deng had already begun to mobilize troops from various guards to attack the mountain at the foot of Tianjie Mountain. Naturally, there were all kinds of tricks at that time, and it was terrible to watch.

Guo Deng was furious.

He originally thought that the performance of the Fujian soldiers in the battle was poor enough. But he never expected that the poor performance he saw was the result of the selection of the best soldiers from the Fujian Guards.

But the real situation is even worse than this. Many health centers are unable to raise enough people to send them. They can't even handle the inspections.

Although Guo Deng had the idea of ​​protecting himself wisely, as a person from the Wuding Marquis House and a founding hero, he also had a sense of responsibility for the Ming Dynasty.

Seeing this situation, I didn't care about it for the sake of protecting myself. I wrote a secret letter to report the situation of the Fujian Health Center to the imperial court.

Several commanders were impeached in one fell swoop, and then drastic rectifications were carried out.

As soon as Guo Deng released his military status, almost all the remaining soldiers had to change their civilian status, so Guo Deng had to open guard posts one by one.

Almost 70% to 80% of the troops who have gone to all the guard posts in Fujian have been replaced. As for those who refuse to leave, they are naturally the officers.

Only a fool would give up a hereditary official position in vain.

As for the land situation of the guard station, although Guo Deng did not investigate it in detail, he did make a thorough investigation and classified the land that had been occupied by those generals who had trouble, whether they were defeated or involved in the Xie Huai case.

The land was allocated to soldiers many times, but it was only about one-third of the land allocated to soldiers at the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Chapter completed!