MTL - Number of People-Chapter 2656 Grind your fists and rub your palms on the Guizijuan, and do a big job

  Chapter 2656 Guizi Juan grinds his fists and palms, and has a big fight

  From the moment he took over Xuanfu Town, Liu Ting devoted all his energy to getting rid of all the constraints and restrictions he had in Liaodong Town, and wanted to build Xuanfu Town into his own border town.

  In his opinion, Cao Wenzhao and Zhao Ledjiao failed to control the entire military town in Liaodong Town, which is why the combat effectiveness of Liaodong Town was never displayed.

   It was Li Chengliang's era that was truly capable. Feng Tang also had a tendency to develop towards Li Chengliang. Unfortunately, he served as the commander-in-chief for too short a time. Only Li Chengliang's era can be regarded as the real control of Liaodong Town. No one dared to disobey orders.

When we arrived at Xuanfu Town, there was no longer any restriction from the governor, and the vacancy of Governor Xuanda also gave him a chance. Coupled with Li Sancai's strong support and the adjustment of Liaodong Town itself, many generals who were originally friendly with Liu Ting continued to come and go. Liaodong was transferred to Xuanfu, and the generals he was not satisfied with also rotated to Jizhen and Liaodong.

It can be said that these two years have been the most satisfactory two years for Liu Ting, and his control over the entire Xuanfu Town has also been greatly strengthened, so he dared to mobilize the Xuanfu Army in Yanqing and Huailai. Conduct a large-scale "walkthrough".

   Said it was a drill, but Liu Ting knew the story behind it.

  But he is riding a tiger, and he has to shoot when the arrow is on the string.

  Without Li Sancai, without him today, at most, it would be a deputy commander in the border town tossing around, it would be difficult to get to where we are today.

  Feng Ziying didn't trust him, and Sun Chengzong disliked him a little, so he could only rely on Li Sancai, and now that he had the emperor's endorsement, he had no reason not to give it a try.

  If this time can be successful, then it is not impossible to announce the position of Governor General or Governor Jiliao in the future.

Of course, he also knew the huge risks involved. If it was only the emperor's intention, even if his father had served as the emperor's martial arts teacher, Liu Ting would still refuse without hesitation, but with Li Sancai, it was different. up.

Qi Xiang has already fallen ill, and Li Sancai is the leader who is second only to Qi Yongtai in prestige and respect among the northern scholars, and more importantly, Li Sancai, as the leader of the northern scholars, has always had a close relationship with the Jiangnan scholars, so In the battle for the first assistant in the future, his strength is no less than the current second assistant Gu Bingqian.

Gu Bingqian's impression in the minds of Jiangnan scholars is not good, and his character is weak. He is definitely not a good candidate for the first assistant. People like Huang Ruliang and Tang Binyin don't respect him too much, especially Tang Binyin's relationship with him is even worse, and he often criticizes him. other side.

   It can be said that in this battle for the position of chief assistant, Gu Bingqian does not have much advantage, nothing more than hoping that Qi Yongtai will "privately give and receive" to him as agreed at the beginning.

  If there were no other factors intervening, Qi Yongtai, Huang Ruliang, Guan Yingzhen and others could indeed be passed on to Gu Bingqian as they did when Ye Fang exchanged positions, but now there is an unexpected factor added, which is the attitude of the emperor.

   Liu Ting has always been incomprehensible to the emperor's current weak position in the court.

This is Zhang's family. Although civil servants rule the country, the current actions of the cabinet have obviously usurped the imperial power. Even among the people, there are quite a lot of opinions on this point. They think that the current emperor is more like a puppet, and many of the cabinet's actions have been serious. It surpassed the rules of the system, so it is also said that the current Emperor Wantong is like Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty in the later Han Dynasty.

   "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is very popular among the people now, so the situation of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty is well known.

It's just that it's hard to say who Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao are. The cabinet is a group of people, not a certain person. Even Qi Yongtai is not a role in sole power. Civil servants governing the country are different from Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao monopolizing military and political power. All in all, the emperor is very pitiful.

Since Qi Yongtai is going to step down, it is nothing more than Gu and Li competing for the position of chief assistant. Each has its own supporters. With the support of Tang Binyin, it seems to be more weak, but it will be different if the emperor joins in. The chief assistant of the cabinet must be approved by the emperor before he can be canonized as a bachelor of Jianji Temple, and he also has the qualifications of the first assistant. The real first assistant is to get the imperial approval written by the emperor himself. In this regard, Li Sancai has the support of Emperor Wantong, and he is almost invincible.

If it were a civil servant without much prestige, it would naturally be impossible to get this honor, but Li Sancai's qualifications were old enough. He said that he was second only to Qi Yongtai's seniority, and he was also a scholar from the North. The Jiangnan scholars are friendly, and it can be said that all the conditions are met.

The only worry now is that if the emperor did not confer the title of imperial critic Gu Bingqian according to Qi Yongtai's recommendation, but instead conferred the title of imperial critic Li Sancai as a scholar of the Jianji Temple, and let him serve as the chief assistant to form the cabinet, Qi Yongtai and others opposed it, and would perform What will it look like? Will it evolve into a so-called mutiny, such as the martial law of the Beijing camp and the upper three relatives, forcing the emperor to confer and authorize the formation of a cabinet, or will this lead to a split civil war within the Beijing camp, which will affect the entire capital.

Theoretically, if there is no Jiedu envoy in the Beijing camp, Xiao Ruxun, the deputy envoy of Jiedu, should be in charge. However, as the main force of the three major battalions of the Beijing camp, Ma Chengxun, the general of the Fifth Army Battalion, is even stronger than Xiao Ruxun. Maybe he still has some influence on the Shenshu Camp and the Shenji Camp, but Liu Ting knows that it is of no use to Ma Chengxun, who was a general soldier and was born in Wu Xun.

Fortunately, Ma Chengxun also stood on the emperor's side, so the Beijing camp would be much easier. Maybe Ma Jinbao and Tu Wenxiu didn't like Xiao Ruxun's face, but it was not necessarily true for Ma Jinbao and Tu Wenxiu's subordinates. Influential, and the Fifth Army Battalion is far stronger than the Shenshu Camp and the Shenji Battalion, and the combination of the Shenshu Battalion and the Shenji Battalion cannot compare with the Fifth Army Battalion.

  However, if you add the top three pro-armies who were basically appointed by Feng Ziying alone, the situation will be a little more complicated. It can be said that the two sides are evenly matched in terms of strength.

As for the manpower of the Wucheng Bingma Division and the Patrol Battalion, they can be ignored. Under the normal situation in Beijing, these manpower may still be useful, but once all the armies meet each other, the security force It is impossible to get on the stage.

  The strengths of the two sides in the city are equal, so we have to rely on the forces outside the city. My own Xuanfu army is the force that determines the outcome, and of course the Jizhen army in the northeast is also the same.

But now what I want to fight is a time difference, as long as I rush into the city before the Jizhen army reacts, control the situation, the emperor "hands in the government", and Li Sancai canonize the Imperial Ceremony as the first assistant of the University of Jianji Temple, then everything will be fine. Li Sancai has been ups and downs in the court for many years, so he can naturally attract a group of people to join the game. When that time comes, it will be false when it is true.

Judging from the present, there is no movement in Jizhen for the time being. As long as Feng Ziying is not in the capital and Li Sancai restrains him, even if Sun Chengzong wants to mobilize foreign troops, it will not be so easy. After one or two days in the middle stage, wait until the cabinet is formed and the situation stabilizes, and then quickly withdraw from the capital, it will be regarded as the completion of the mission.

On this point, Liu Ting is still somewhat sure. Now his army has entered Huailaiwei in the name of an exercise, which is a hundred miles away from the capital city, and besides the garrison guarding the border, a considerable part of the Jizhen army is still there. Liaodong did not come back, and there were not many mobile troops stationed in the Santun Camp, and the Santun Camp was farther away from the capital city, so no matter how you look at it, this battle should be very sure.

   While Liu Ting was looking at the capital city in the southeast, Feng Ziying was also rushing day and night to Santunying.

  After entering March, the climate in Liaodong is still very cold, but the weather in Liaoxi has begun to warm up. After passing Guangning, you will enter the Liaoxi Corridor.

  The remaining snow has melted, but the road conditions are actually not good. Fortunately, the weather turns fine. The further south you go, the ground gradually dries and hardens, making it more suitable for traveling.

  Feng Ziying is more concerned about Niuzhuang. The Denglai army is still waiting to board the ship, but judging from the current weather, I am afraid that the Niuzhuang will not be thawed within ten days, so it will be a bit troublesome.

  But Feng Ziying didn't care too much. Denglai Town could not win, and Jiangbei Town went north from Xuzhou, which was too risky. He would only dare to do so unless it was a desperate fight, and the time was a little too late.

  Wait until Liu Baichuan's entire army is ready to go out, and then find a ship to go north. Such a huge army is impossible without more than half a month.

The only thing that gives Feng Ziying confidence now is that the influence of Yang Zhaoji and He Huchen in the Fifth Army Battalion is increasing day by day. At a discount, the Shenshu Camp and the Shenji Camp, together with the Shang Sanqin Army, have been able to hold down Xiao Ruxun and Ma Chengxun steadily.

Although the Wucheng Bingmasi and the Patrol Battalion are only some security forces, they are very familiar with the situation in the capital city, and they can still come in handy to do some obstruction and follow-up work, such as threatening those who intend to obey Ma Chengxun. The middle- and lower-level officials asked them to think carefully about the safety of their family members in Beijing. This threat is still quite effective.

   "Shuntian Mansion and Wucheng Bingma Division have been notified?"

  While riding his horse and galloping wildly, he casually asked Wu Yaoqing who was closely behind him.

"Don't worry, it has been arranged in advance. As you expected, there is indeed a problem with Jia Yucun. During this time, I have been secretly communicating with Long Jinwei. However, Master Fu has already started preparations after being reminded by Master. With the cooperation of the second brother, Mr. Fu, the servant of the third class, can still control it, but there will definitely be some disturbances."

  Wu Yaoqing also had to admire Feng Ziying's judgment on Jia Yucun.

In his opinion, Jia Yucun should definitely stand on Feng Ziying's side, because his promotion to the governor of Shuntian Mansion was completely assisted by Feng Ziying. It is self-evident to be grateful, but Feng Ziying flatly denied it, only saying Jia Yucun is very utilitarian. Once he feels that the opportunity is worth fighting for, it is hard to say whether he will take the risk. Now it seems that Feng Ziying is more accurate in judging people.

  (end of this chapter)