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Chapter 027: Layout of Liaodong

Regarding the issue of Liaodong, Zhu Youxiao attended the morning court for three consecutive days.

They were all discussing the Liaodong issue. A group of Donglin parties were also very funny and immediately turned the point, saying that if Xiong Yanbi was in Liaodong, there would not be such a disaster.

As a result, the four people who participated in the impeachment of Xiong Yanbi were soon demoted to four levels and became sesame officials.

"I report to the emperor. Now that the situation in Liaodong is in progress, Xiong Yanbi is called to Beijing to ask for advice. If there is any countermeasure, he will be the governor of Liaodong." Ye Xianggao suggested to Zhu Youxiao, and Zhu Youxiao vetoed it: "No, Xiong Yanbi is a bad temper and should not be used to manage Liaodong."

There was no problem with Xiong Yanbi's management in Liaodong. This person was cautious in using troops, and his style was mainly guarded, supplemented by elite troops sneaking into the back of wild boar skin to conduct guerrillas. Such decisions are naturally suitable for the current situation, because the current court does not have much money to mess with, Xiong Yanbi's style is relatively cost-effective.

But the Eastern Forest Party in the Middle Dynasties had the upper hand, and the Eastern Forest Party was willing to completely delegate power?

In history, Xiong Yanbi was invited again, but the Donglin Party brought out another Liaodong Governor Wang Huazhen, which made him not subject to Xiong Yanbi's control. In fact, Xiong Yanbi had no army at all, and most of the army was controlled by Wang Huazhen. In the end, Wang Huazhen defeated the property of the Liaodong Ming Army, and Xiong Yanbi was also implicated and was beheaded and passed on to the nine sides.

Before the execution, Xiong Yanbi was asked for 300,000 taels of silver by the Donglin Party. Xiong Yanbi was cut off after he could not afford the money. Later, when the Donglin Party surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, Xiong Yanbi tried to bribe Wei Zhongxian, but later could not afford the money, so he was cut off his head. The Donglin Party left all the relationship and Eunuch Wei was innocently shot again.

Although Xiong Yanbi is difficult to become a great man, he is at least not greedy and is considered a talent. Zhu Youxiao is now asking him out to manage Liaodong, which is completely pushing him into the fire pit.

The new Liaodong strategic candidate has been undecided, but there is a temporary replacement for the front line, and we can still stabilize the situation.

The problem was that Liaodong suffered a lot of losses this time, so the decision to draw troops from various provinces to support Liaodong was agreed. Among them, Sichuan chieftain soldiers had strong combat effectiveness, especially Qin Liangyu's white-rod soldiers. The court quickly issued an order to ask Qin Liangyu to bring 3,000 troops to support Liaodong, as well as several other chieftain soldiers.

Zhu Youxiao did not know much about the historical details of the late Ming Dynasty, but only knew a general direction, so he did not know that this policy caused the rebellion of chieftain She Chongming in Chongqing.

Not long after, Qin Liangyu submitted another memorial requesting pensions for Qin Bangping who died in battle. Zhu Youxiao ordered that Qin Bangping be appointed as the assistant general of Qin Bangping, whose descendants were hereditary. He also issued an edict to add the clothing of the second-rank official to Qin Liangyu, and named Qin Liangyu's wife, Ma Xianglin, the son of Qin Liangyu, as the commander.

Since ancient times, the story of Mulan has been circulating, but the surname, origin, etc. of Mulan are not confirmed in history books. However, Qin Liangyu in the late Ming Dynasty was indeed a famous female general who was not only good at fighting, but also loyal to the court. Since the Spring and Autumn Period of China, female generals like Qin Liangyu have been the first.

Qin Liangyu took three thousand soldiers out of Sichuan, and there was no offense along the way.

Zhu Youxiao, who was in the Forbidden City, thought about it for a long time, finally decided to ask Sun Chengzong to governor Liaodong.

The little bit of Liaodong's family is really impossible to lose. If it continues to lose, it will be a huge financial hole.

"Teacher, the situation in Liaodong has become corrupt. If you send those people who talk on paper, you will inevitably continue to corrupt. What I can trust now is the teacher. I also ask the teacher to governor Liaodong and stabilize the situation in Liaodong first." Zhu Youxiao said to him after summoning Sun Chengzong in the palace.

"I am willing to go." Sun Chengzong agreed immediately and continued: "But if you want to recover Liaodong, you still need enough money and food to support it."

"I will find a way to find money and grain," Zhu Youxiao said: "But the teacher comes to Liaodong, and I still need to give me some time. The teacher should make the most of the goal of stabilizing the situation."

"Old Message" Sun Chengzong nodded, and Zhu Youxiao felt relieved. Sun Chengzong did have military capabilities, but his style was upright and slightly rigid. With sufficient financial support, Sun Chengzong would definitely win against wild boar skin. However, during the Chongzhen period, Sun Chengzong came out again, and Chongzhen could not give Sun Chengzong enough financial support, and Sun Chengzong's performance was limited to stabilizing the situation.

But Sun Chengzong's steady style is also the safest.

There is no absolute conclusion on the battlefield whether to be reckless or brave, steady or timid. Success is called courage, failure is called reckless.

The premise is that it is necessary to combine a country's national strength to make a choice, and finally it depends on the results.

When a country is strong, risky actions are tolerated because there is the capital to take risks. However, when a country is weak, once the risk fails, it will lead to terrifying consequences. If the risk is successful, it will be difficult to change the essence of the situation.

Therefore, the military style of Sun Chengzong was needed by Zhu Youxiao. What the Ming Dynasty feared most at this time was the kind of commander who was very skillful in military means but liked to take dangerous moves. Such a commander could easily bring the country into a trap.

Zhu Youxiao sent Sun Chengzong to the front line with the purpose of stabilizing the situation in Liaodong first and he could replace Xiong Yanbi's role.

Soon Zhu Youxiao issued an imperial edict and directly appointed Sun Chengzong as the governor of Liaodong. After the imperial edict was issued, all the civil and military officials in the court were unresponsive.

After talking in the court for so many days, there was no result. However, without discussing with the ministers, the emperor appointed Sun Chengzong as the governor of Liaodong.

This is the governor, not the manager.

The governor and the governor are different. The governor of Liaodong is one level lower than the governor of Liaodong.

However, the Donglin Party was still able to accept the emperor's appointment. After all, Sun Chengzong was also a Donglin Party faction, but he was a moderate and did not participate in party struggles very much.

After Sun Chengzong received the order, he took the 400,000 taels of silver given to him by Zhu Youjiao to Liaodong. Zhu Youjiao also sent two thousand escorts along the way, and held a banquet in the suburbs. He sent civil and military ministers to accompany him to drink and farewell to him, and gave Sun Chengzong a colorful gift and kilin wardrobe. This was a high hope for Sun Chengzong.

The censor Fang Zhenru was the most depressing one. He had jumped out and asked Zhu Youxiao to pay money from the treasury to the Liaodong military and civilians. He originally planned to recommend himself to go to Liaodong. As a result, the emperor did not ask who to send to Liaodong at all. After a few days, Sun Chengzong became the governor of Liaodong. This errand was taken down by Sun Chengzong.

Zhu Youxiao was naturally not a fool. He took out 400,000 taels and handed them to the Donglin Censor to the front line for pension. Isn’t this an idiot?

The censor does seem to be an official position without any good fortune, but the mouthpiece of the censor is very needed by merchants. If officials in a certain place charge a little more tax, these merchants can come to the censor. In less than half a month, the impeachment memorial will appear in the cabinet.

No matter where these censors go, they can become VIPs of those merchants. Therefore, the position of censors is not as good as any other person, but in fact they are not as good as much.

Zhu Youxiao handed over the task of servicing military and civilians to Sun Chengzong, which made him feel much more at ease.

Soon Zhu Youxiao summoned Yuan Keli again and asked Yuan Keli to Governor Denglai to train the navy to support the Liaodong battlefield.

"Emperor, if you want to suppress the Later Jin from the sea, you still need to have enough money and food, otherwise it will be just a decoration." Yuan Keli and Sun Chengzong had almost the same concerns. Now the court's financial problems are serious. If the source of military expenditure cannot be guaranteed, everything will be in vain.

"I will give my beloved at least two million taels of silver every year. Is it enough?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"It doesn't take so much money, one million taels is about the same." Yuan Keli thought for a while and replied. After all, the navy is mainly responsible for making things and cannot spend so much money.

"Okay, then please take office as soon as possible." Zhu Youxiao looked at Yuan Keli, an old minister of the four dynasties, with an expectant look. If he could restrain the wild boar skin at sea and Sun Chengzong set up a defense line in Guangning, the area west of the Liaohe River would be unlikely to fall.

"I obey the order."

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