"Yuan Fu, Liu Jiye is too domineering in his work.▲∴▲∴,” Feng Yuanbiao, who had just entered Beijing not long ago, sat in the duty room of Wu Di, the chief minister of the cabinet, with dissatisfaction on his face.

"What do you say?" Wu Xuan asked.

"Since I entered Beijing and served as the Ministry of War, in order to be familiar with the affairs, I checked the documents and archives of the Ministry of War in recent years. Liu Jiye, as a military general, has risen to the title of Gushi and the title of Prince. Not only that, he, a military man, even became the governor of Zhili and the governor of Shuntian. Not only that, he also joined the cabinet as a Grand Secretary, and now he has become the second auxiliary of the cabinet."

"In addition, he also abolished the Governor's Office of the Five Army and established the Privy Council and the Military Affairs Office. All these things are extremely worrying."

Feng Yuanbiao, whose courtesy name is Ertao, was from Cixi, Zhejiang.

His father Feng Ruoyu once served as the Shaoqing of Taipu Temple in Nanjing. Feng Yuanbiao was a Jinshi in the second year of Tianqi, and his brother Feng Yuanli was a Jinshi in the first year of Chongzhen in the first year of Feng Yuanli.

Feng Yuanbiao was a healthy general of Donglin. In his early years, he served as the magistrate of the local county and later joined the Beijing as the chief minister of the Ministry of Revenue. During the Chongzhen period, the Feng brothers were also in Kedao and repeatedly impeached the ministers of the dynasty, including Zhou Yanru, Wang Yingxiong, Wen Tiren, etc., and were later transferred to Nanjing Taipuqing to be demoted to the Central Committee.

Now, Wu Yan has transferred Feng Yuanbiao to Beijing as the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War, and his brother Feng Yuanyang has served as deputy envoy of Zhili Censor and Tianjin Army Preparation.

"Yuan Fu, I flipped through the roster of the Ministry of War, and was shocked. Liu Ge Lao had previously engaged in a large-scale disarmament and township, but now there are only sixteen towns left in the world, with more than 300,000 troops left. This can certainly save money, but the military is a powerful weapon for the country. For example, Xiajun Towns have been laid off one after another, leaving only these more than 300,000 troops left, but more than half of them are Liu Jiye's Chu army."

"The Liao army, Chu army, Qin army, Yu army, etc. are just ordinary old names. No matter where the soldiers come from, they are all soldiers of the court, and they are definitely not private soldiers of someone." Wu Xuan said, "Now, there are indeed many generals from Chu who have taken important positions in various towns, but that is because they have indeed made great contributions to the country, and they are promoted to their current position in terms of merit."

"But these people are Liu Jiye's old subordinates, some of them are his sworn brothers, in-laws, and even disciples. From outside the pass to Zhili, to the Central Plains, Chuanhu, and now the old soldiers of the Four Military Regions have been cut off due to their unbearable combat power. They are all replaced by Liu Jiye's old subordinates who led the Chu army to garrison. Even the southeastern Liangjiang, Fujian, Zhejiang, Guangdong and Guangxi, and Navy are closely related to Liu Jiye. Half of the soldiers in the world are now held by Liu Jiye, which is already very dangerous." Feng Yuanbiao persuaded loudly.

"If this continues, then it's so great? The entire world's commanders are all their old friends, and the soldiers in the world are all Chu troops. If Liu Jiye climbs up and shouts one day, the mountains and rivers will change color." Feng Yuanbiao became more and more angry. When the Ming Dynasty was established, the army town of Xiawei was decided, and the central government had the commander of the five military governor's office.

In the late stage, the Ministry of War seized the power of the Five Military Palaces in order to prevent military generals from becoming a big shot.

With the rise of the Liaodong Jurchens, the imperial court continued to use troops in Liaodong, and had to reuse some military generals who could fight. As a result, the domineering military generals like Li Chengliang were promoted. After that, the Liaoxi generals were formed, and the Liaoxi army was defeated.

But compared to the Liaoxi Army, the Chu army today is really scary.

The Chu army was too capable of fighting, but now the court is still carrying out major terminations. As a result, the center has the Military Affairs Office and the Privy Council, and the Ministry of War has lost the right to mobilize troops. Liu Jun is in the Military Affairs Office, Fu Shan is in the Privy Council, and Zhao Shun, Zheng Zhilong and others are in the Ministry of War.

What is even more terrifying is that outside the pass, Zhili, Central Plains, Sichuan and Lake provinces, and the old troops have been laid off, leaving behind new troops in various towns dominated by the Chu army.

Even the Imperial Guards and the personal guards were selected from the Chu army, and even the Imperial Guards' admiral Liu Yunsheng was Liu Jiye's cousin. In addition, Liu Jiye's uncle Liu Qiao was in charge of the Jinyiwei. It can be said that half of the world is under the control of Liu Jiye. Now Liu Jiye is very loyal, but once Liu Jun comes with a yellow robe one day, they will have no power to resist at all.

"There is no way to quarantine the military town. The garrison has long been decayed. The imperial court has relied on recruiting battalions and soldiers for many years. Now that the garrison and the cleanup of military camps have saved a lot of military expenditures, they have also cleared out a large amount of military farmland. These particles that were originally embezzled by the military officers of the garrison were used as military supplies." Wu Qing sighed. He had thought about Feng Yuanbiao's words, but as the chief assistant, he could not give up because of the choke. He really couldn't find a better choice.

"The same is true for the new army. The imperial court originally reorganized the new army of 36 towns, which totaled more than one million. But in fact, many military towns had serious empty quotas, officers were paid empty salary, withholding military salary, and raising family members. The soldiers were too old to fight, and so on."

"These military towns are corrupt like the original guards. They can't fight, but chaos often happens. They consume countless military pay, money and food every year, not only does it not play a role, but it is the source of local chaos. Do you think we can't sever and rectify it?"

"If there is a choice, the court certainly would not want to be like this now. Liao Town, which was once highly anticipated by the court, used countless money and food, but could not defeat the Qing enemy at all. They could not defeat the advance and retreat. The defeat of Song Jin in Yizhou almost allowed the Qing army to enter the pass. If it weren't for the Chu army, how could there be a later peace talks?"

"As a result, Liao Town has now rebelled. These are the military towns. They are either just corrupt and embarrassing, or they are domineering and arrogant. If they are dissatisfied, they dare to mutiny and rebel. In comparison, the Chu army can fight and fight, and the military discipline is good. Who do the court does not need them to use?"

Feng Yuanbiao said anxiously, "But it can't be like this, the Chu army will inevitably be in trouble."

"The Chu army must be curbed, otherwise the chaos will be in front of us." Feng Yuanbiao put his body in front of Wu Qi and said, "Yuanfu, the four major ministers of the guards, Zhou Yanru committed suicide for fear of crime, and Liu Ge Lao Dingyou was in the village. Now there are only you and Liu Jiye left. If Yuanfu doesn't find a way to curb him, he is afraid that Liu Jiye will turn his back and climb onto your head."

As he was talking, an official came in and handed a document to Wu Yan.

"Prime Minister, this is the Tang newspaper that Miyun just sent back. Wu Sangui's troops had arrived at Chaohe. Yesterday, a patrol team stationed in Miyun encountered Wu Ni's vanguard scout. A patrol team of 200 cavalry in the garrison, wiped out all the scouts of Wu Ni's vanguards."

"Yeah, I got it."

Wu Yan took the Tang newspaper and looked through it, nodded and signaled the officer to retreat.

"Ye, look, you know what the Beijing camp in the capital looks like. Even 50,000 people can't afford to fight. But there are hundreds of thousands of staff. Later, His Majesty reorganized the Beijing camp, cut off some, and still composed nine towns.

As a result, the last time the money mutiny was made, Liu Jiye quickly calmed down with only half of the Beiyang Town. Afterwards, the empty amount was mostly half, and countless old and weak. He transferred 50,000 people from Beiyang and Denglai to Beijing, recruited another 30,000, and selected 50,000 from the Beijing camp. He was newly reorganized into the current guards, imperial guards, guards, garrisons, guards and guards guards to guard the imperial city and the inner and outer cities of the capital. Liu Jun's Zhili governed the military and garrison towns. In just half a year, the Beijing camp was reborn. Sometimes, I am not disagreeing that Liu Jiye would indeed lead troops and train troops."

"That is why we have to be more cautious. We must not disrupt the government and let the military man become a country."

Wu Yan glanced at Feng Yuanbiao, feeling helpless.

Didn’t he know that he should guard against Liu Jun? When Liu Jun suppressed bandits in the Central Plains, he killed Zhang Xianzhong and recommended Mei Zhihuan and others, so he barely took up the position of General Yunyang. But after that, Liu Jun entered the north of the Yangtze River to suppress bandits, went south to patrol the sea, and then sent troops to Liaodong, winning one after another.

On the other hand, the court failed one after another on other battlefields. The court had other ways to reuse Liu Jun? At that time, the late emperor had thought of curbing Liu Jun, but his plan could not keep up with the changes every time. It was said that when Liu Jun was appointed as the governor of Zhili, it was to transfer Liu Jun into the capital so that he would no longer lead the powerful army of the Chu army.

What happened? Song Jin was defeated, and the emperor had to let Liu Jiye serve as the commander. After the war, Liu Jiye was transferred to Beijing. As a result, before he could enter Beijing, the emperor died first.

It is indeed an unexpected result that has come step by step.

Now the Chu army has to rely on the Chu army to defend against the Qing army and fight against the rebellious Liao army. The Central Plains also need the Chu army to encircle and suppress the rebels.

"Yuan Fu, the rebellious Liao army is not the opponent of the Chu army at all. Look at the vanguard of the hundred scouts, the vanguard was completely wiped out by the 200 patrol team. I also heard that Wu Sangui marched all the way, and before he reached the foot of the Great Wall, forty thousand subordinates had already fled. If he really wanted to fight, he was definitely not the opponent of Liu Jun."

"This is a good thing." Wu Yan said.

"This is actually not a good thing at all. I think it should be kept with Wu Sangui and the Liao army."

"What does it mean?" Wu Yan frowned.

Feng Yuanbiao further explained, "The Liao army could not defeat the Chu army. Even with the Qing army behind, it would be difficult for them to break through the Liu Jiye army who retreated to the Great Wall defense line. If they continue, there was only one. The Liao army was defeated and even the entire army was wiped out. If they could not break through the Great Wall defense line, Wu Sangui would either be defeated directly under the Great Wall or retreat, but would Liu Jiye ask them to retreat calmly again?"

"Yuan Fu, destroying Wu Sangui and destroying the Liao army at this time will only encourage Liu Jun's momentum. From then on, no one can restrain him. It is better to keep Wu Sangui and the Liao army. The court ordered the recruitment of the Liao army, keep them, and also restrain the Chu army."

"This?" Wu Yan was extremely surprised.

"Wu Sangui just raised an army under the banner of Qing dynasty and did not openly rebel against the emperor. The court could have issued an order to surrender. I believe that Wu Sangui was also riding south at this time, and he regretted it very much. If there was such an opportunity, he would definitely seize it. The court only needed to issue an order to pardon their crime of raising an army, and then restore the two towns of Jinzhou and Guangning, so that they could continue to station in the two places, and he would definitely be willing to accept it."

"Liu Jiye will never accept it."

Feng Yuanbiao smiled, "There are only Yuan Fu and his two ministers in the court, and you are the chief minister. As long as you find someone to propose a plan to surrender, Yuan Fu will agree. Even if Liu Jiye opposes, he will not be able to change the result, right?"

"In addition, Zuo Liangyu is the admiral outside the pass and the general of Ningyuan. As long as the court is willing to support him, I believe that he will be able to control the situation in Ningyuan Town in the future."

"Yuanfu, you must not let Liu Jiye's family dominate, otherwise there will be nothing to control."
Chapter completed!