Chapter 513

Liu Jiajun used to be a nouveau riche. Although he was called the four families in Shandong, who regarded them as one thing, that is, many people regarded them as nouveau riche. Only those who had power and power in the Ming Dynasty were called aristocrats, and those who had money were nouveau riche or fat sheep. If officials didn't like you, they could kill you.

Moreover, the Liu family used to be regarded as a fat sheep and wanted to be slaughtered, but it is strange that those who wanted to kill him as a fat sheep were solved by the Liu family, and some people were killed by him, but the weakness of the Liu family is still obvious. This is that they lack enough talents. Now they have controlled such a large territory and are one of the top chaebol forces in Daming, But they don't have enough talents to manage the place for them.

With their current momentum, it is impossible to win over officials born as Jinshi to serve them. Even Jing Yungong, who is very close to Liu Yuanqiao, is only his staff, not working for him.

Therefore, they can only recruit talents in many ways. The imperial court can recruit talents by taking the entrance examination to recruit talents from all over the world, while the Liu family can only set up a talent recruitment hall to recruit capable talents and serve them.

Of course, Liu Yuanqiao has been an official for more than ten years and has been in Shandong for more than ten years. His view is that even if he is a scholar, he is not necessarily a dragon and Phoenix among people. He does everything well and many can't even pass the examination of merit and fame, but his ability is very strong and outstanding. For example, Wang Wendong, who is next to him, although he is only a scholar, But his ability is really strong. If you can choose, Liu Yuanqiao is willing to let him serve as the governor of Laizhou or the governor of southern Liaoning.

After Zhou Wentong volunteered to be the governor of southern Liaoning, Liu Yuanqiao recommended Wang Wendong as the governor of Laizhou without hesitation.

Liu Yuanqiao knew that it would be impossible to elect Wang Wendong to be the governor of Laizhou. First let him be the deputy governor of Laizhou Prefecture, but now the governor of Laizhou Prefecture is vacant. Therefore, Wang Wendong, who is the governor of Laizhou Prefecture, is equivalent to the governor of Laizhou Prefecture. Although he does not have the name of the governor, he does the work of the governor of Laizhou Prefecture and holds the power of the governor of Laizhou Prefecture, This is Liu Jiajun's nest and Liu Yuanqiao's nest. It is impossible for him to let others serve as Prefects.

Even the imperial court recommended several candidates for Prefects. These people did not dare to come because they were afraid of being choked to death by Liu Yuanqiao in a cesspit.

Liu Yuanqiao is extremely capable. He manages the East three houses in an orderly manner. At the same time, he is also cruel and ruthless. He has never been soft against his enemies. This is well known by the court, so that although everyone wants to be promoted and get rich, no one is willing to work with Liu Yuanqiao for fear of being killed by him.

Who used to be an official is not bold. Who pinned his head on his belt to get money? Although such people are greedy for life and afraid of death, they have never been timid, but most people choose not to let them go to the east third house as officials. It's better to go to the same Jiangnan as an official. If they don't do well, Liu Yuanqiao will die.

There is no doubt that the development of the east third house is very good. The Liu family has completed its control over the place and extended its power to the outside, which makes the imperial court deeply worried that they will become another big warlord.

But the good news finally came. Liu Jiajun fought against JianNu in southern Liaoning and lost both. The imperial court liked it very much. Seeing such heavy casualties of Liu Jiajun, the imperial court, civil and military officials celebrated each other. Liu Jiajun, the most important pawn of the Liu family, was finally eradicated. Their eradication means that the Liu family has become a tiger without pawns, The imperial court didn't have to worry about him day and night.

This is one of the main reasons why the imperial court asked Liu Jiajun to send troops to southern Liaoning to fight with JianNu, and let them die together with yannu.

However, some people of insight in the court were worried about this. Their main worry was that strong as Liu Jiajun was already the top army in Daming and could fight the most. Even they couldn't fight JianNu. What else can I do to deal with JianNu.

In this way, it is true that Nvzhen is dissatisfied with the myth that tens of thousands are invincible. You know, there are hundreds of thousands of JianNu. They can break through the great wall and enter the pass at will. This strength has surpassed the threat of Mongolia to Daming in those years. Now Liu Jiajun has killed so many people, which has caused so little harm to them, This is something that worries everyone deeply.

Even Wen Tiren, the chief assistant of the imperial court, lamented that the year was really bad. He had to fill his teeth when drinking water. There was nothing comfortable these days. It was not easy to suppress the arrogance of Liu Jiajun. Who knows that he had to worry about the problem of building slaves. The ministers in the imperial court are worried about it now. The reason for their worry is that JianNu is not interested in southern Liaoning, So where would they be interested? Many people pointed out that if JianNu didn't do well, he would kill in the pass and loot the north again.

Even the war report presented by Liu Jiajun pointed out this possibility and suggested that Daming strengthen the defense of the border to prevent JianNu from entering the border again.

The imperial court believed Liu Jiajun's suggestions and proposals to some extent, because they were also afraid. Since JianNu was not interested in southern Liaoning, where would they be interested? With their temper, they can't eat this loss for nothing. They will certainly find the market, otherwise their group will not be able to stand on its feet and can no longer mix in this area. Therefore, Wen Tiren immediately ordered that the border generals of the nine sides be in strict readiness and must not relax at all.

In fact, without the order of the imperial court, when the border is clear and crisp in autumn, they have also strengthened their war preparedness. We should know that every time it is clear and crisp, it is the time when nomads go south to fight in the autumn valley.

JianNu sent troops to attack and loot Daming several times in the autumn, and the Mongols attacked the border city of Daming has become a common practice, so that the main officials of Jiuye of Daming will be stationed in different places in autumn and spring. Especially in autumn, they will push their garrison to the border, which is called Fangqiu.

The generals of these border crossings were already very nervous. After receiving the notice from the imperial court, they were even more nervous and scared. You know, they suffered all the hardships of building slaves, but they know that building slaves is very difficult to provoke. They are tossing about like this, which will certainly make them suffer all the hardships. Once they go south on a large scale, It must be their generals at the border who suffer.

Of course, Zhang Fengyi, the Minister of the Ministry of war, was also worried about this. When he was delighted to eradicate the influence of the Liu family, he received such an order, which made them unhappy. At the same time, the Ministry of war still sent some spies outside the pass. These spies also proved that the major tribes of JianNu had begun to retreat from southern Liaoning, Then they gathered in the Daling River and the border area, and their intention to attack the great wall of the Ming Dynasty was very obvious.

The border generals had received some rumors that JianNu might go south with all his strength. At the same time, they all wrote to the imperial court one after another, asking the imperial court to release more money, food and silver to them to deal with the enemy.

Faced with the hands of all kinds of people, this also gives the cabinet a headache. According to the truth, these military rations and military salaries should be handled by the Ministry of war and the Ministry of household. However, the current Ming court is too poor. Each sum of money is not enough. How to spend each sum of money and where to spend it first must be decided by several leaders of the cabinet, Only then can it be implemented. Almost all the letters of the Ministry of household are overhead.

However, even in this way, there is still no change in their tight financial situation. Especially after the silver hatching incident in Jiangnan, people's livelihood withered, and the tax revenue is more than half less than that in previous years, which makes the financial difficulties of the imperial court even more difficult.

The taxes on money and grain from the south of the Yangtze River have been greatly reduced, which makes them have no choice but to continue to apportion and collect more taxes. They have no other way but to increase taxes.

The local economy was already very difficult, and people's livelihood withered. The imperial court did not introduce effective economic measures, but ordered officials to collect more taxes from the local government, which made the local people even more sad.

The most tragic place in the Ming Dynasty should be Shaanxi. The Guanzhong area, once the hometown of emperors, has been turned into a white land. Uprisings and unrest have broken out everywhere, including the provincial capital Xi'an. All the officers and troops have nothing else to do except to exterminate the exiled bandits and bandits. Originally, this situation only appeared in Shaanxi. Now it is good and has a tendency to spread all over the country, The situation in Daming is deteriorating rapidly. Even if these imperial officials are above the imperial court, they have found this and understood it.

This shocked and disturbed them. The situation in Daming was close to collapse, and uprisings broke out everywhere. Even if the imperial court sent a large army to exterminate these rebels, it just pressed the gourd and raised the ladle, one after another, which made the imperial court officers and soldiers tired of running and very embarrassed.

Because of this, the imperial army has always been in the process of collecting rebels and disorderly parties everywhere, so they have no way to deal with the Liu family near Shandong. You know, it is very difficult for them to maintain the current situation. It is also very difficult to send a large army to collect the Liu family, which means that their situation will collapse.

Several leaders of the cabinet have discussed privately. If they really want to send troops to the east third house to pacify the Liu family, they must send more than 100000 troops. Let's ask where the poor imperial court today will summon 100000 troops, which will make them even more embarrassed. Although the Liu family's heart of disobedience is ten points obvious, after all, there is no rebellion, and they still follow the order of the Ming imperial court, This also makes them unknown.