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Chapter 222 The Way of Balance
The Minister of the Ministry of War was originally waiting outside the Hall of Qinzheng, and only waited for Meng Xiang and Chen Xiang to arrive for a meeting.

Just when Li Beichen was discussing the Northwest War with Meng Xiang, Chen Xiang, and Minister of War, two groups of reports came.

For one thing, the rebellion in Ningxia continued to worsen, with a large number of people and very bad circumstances.The leader of the rebellion first gathered people and rushed into the Ningxia Governor's Office, killed the Ningxia Governor, took away the talisman, and then killed the general officer of Ningxia Town, released the prisoners, and opened the treasury bank to be looted.

Second, at the exit of the city gate, it was found that Wailang, a member of the bureaucracy, and his family had fled with a large amount of money and property, and the stolen goods were also captured.

For the first one, Meng Xiang, Chen Xiang and the Minister of the Ministry of War discussed.

Meng Xiang believed that the most important thing was to reset the commander-in-chief of Ningxia and stabilize the morale of the army. Then, because of his prudent handling of affairs and prestige in the army, he elected a deputy commander-in-chief from the Northwest on his line to be transferred to Ningxia as the commander-in-chief.

Chen Xiang chose the general who commanded the Beijing Army. The reason was that this general had served as the censor of the soldiers and horses in the three towns of Yansui, Ningxia, and Gansu. He had been in charge of military affairs at the border for many years and was familiar with border affairs.

The Secretary of the Ministry of War also immediately joined in: "Chen Xiang is right. Yang Xichen has been on the border for many years and is very familiar with Northwest affairs. With him, I believe the rebellion can be put down quickly."

Yang Xichen is a well-known all-rounder in civil and military affairs. He is very good at training and managing the army. He is a well-known capable minister and has repeatedly defeated the Tatar army.

Li Beichen has only been in office for one year. Apart from these particularly famous generals, he does not have a deep understanding of the temperament, experience, mutual network, and party affiliation of the border guards.

At this time, it is completely dependent on the opinions of the three department heads.Keep a note of their recommendations in your mind and save them for follow-up research.

Li Beichen thought it would be settled like this, but Meng Xiang suddenly said:
"Although this Yang Xichen is the general of Huaiyuan, he is notoriously greedy for Mexican military expenses. He also enslaves soldiers for his own use. He has a bad reputation in the army. I'm afraid it's not appropriate to use him to put down the Ningxia rebellion."

In the past, Meng Xiang and Yang Xichen had disagreements on northwest affairs during the reign of the first emperor.

Prime Minister Meng was quite proficient in military affairs and also implemented a tough military policy, so he had direct conflicts with Yang Xichen many times. He once reported Yang Xichen's embezzlement of ink military expenses during the late emperor's time and sent him to prison.It was Chen Xiang who took Yang Xichen out of the prison at the risk of losing his official position.

Chen Xiang was originally annoyed because of what happened this morning, because he also wanted to spit out the money he had been greedy for, and he was very upset.

In addition, Meng Xiang was acting hypocritical at this time, bringing up unwarranted things that were not on the table, and it was Li Beichen's ignorant information.

He stood up, pointed to Meng Xiang and said:

"Meng Xiang, you don't want to report your personal revenge at this time. Now the border is urgent, and you accidentally run away from the Tatar side. It is important to solve the Ningxia rebellion quickly! Yang Xichen is very experienced in fighting on the border, and no one is more competent than him. Put down this rebellion."

"But he was greedy for military expenses and enslaved sergeants. It is an objective fact that you have been covering it up for him. He is capable, and he has repeatedly made outstanding achievements. But for such a person, sending him to suppress the rebels is based on his prestige and talent. I’m afraid I’ll become the leader of the rebel army if I go there! You’re afraid you took his money, so speak for him?” Meng Xiang asked.

Chen Xiang became impatient, and said angrily, "You are spitting blood, talking nonsense, and acting out of your own selfishness! Yang Xichen was greedy for military expenses, and the late Emperor didn't find out. Even if he was really greedy, let him take the opportunity to commit crimes and make meritorious deeds!"

"Then you admit that he was greedy, and then you protected him from the first emperor?" Meng asked instead.

Chen Xiang saw that Meng Xiang was messing around here, and spread his hands: "Then why don't you just recommend someone."

Meng Xiang was choked for a moment, but in fact he also thought that Yang Xichen was a good candidate.It's just that he is quite dissatisfied with Chen Xiang's attitude. He and Yang Xichen are deadly rivals, but Chen Xiang and Yang Xichen have always been close.

At this time, only individuals can be recommended.

"I think that Tian Boxiang, the imperial censor of Youqian capital in Liaoning, is worthy of this great responsibility."

Tian Boxiang, the censor of Youqian capital in Liaoning, is also a brave general with rich combat experience, but his character is radical and irritable, lacks strategy, and has average coordination ability.

Chen Xiang immediately said: "This person is aggressive, courageous and intrepid, lacks the overall situation, and is not good at flexibility. He may easily go wrong when dealing with rebellion."

After listening for a long time, Li Beichen probably understood the ins and outs of it, and said immediately:
"The generals you recommended are all very good. Yang Xichen has strategy, both civil and military skills, and has rich experience, so he serves as the commander-in-chief. Tian Boxiang is brave and good at fighting, so he was appointed as the admiral to assist Yang Xichen. The two people cooperate with each other, just right."

Both parties' proposals were used, and Chen Xiang and Meng Xiang had nothing to say.

As for the Minister of the Ministry of War, he felt that he was here to make up the number of people.Anyway, the two prime ministers have their own plans.He just picks up the leaks every day and makes the minutes of the meeting.

Li Beichen was very happy to see the two prime ministers, and the Minister of the Ministry of War was surrounded, and said:
"Shangshu of the Ministry of War, since the scheduling is under your control, you still have to follow the whole process. You send someone from the Ministry of War to serve as the supervisor. This person must be proficient in the art of war, good in physical fitness, good in martial arts, thick-skinned, bold and careful. You want to be an individual to me.

In addition, I asked Xu Fuhai to arrange a servant to go with him.It is convenient for you to encounter difficulties when the time comes, and eight hundred miles will send it back urgently.This way you will feel more at ease. "

Li Beichen has his own considerations.Meng Xiangyang's worries about Yang Xichen are not unreasonable.

One is familiar with border affairs, and at the same time can feel like a fish in water. He understands the military and has experience in border affairs management. Most of them have high emotional intelligence and can take both black and white.It is easy to use strength to fight, turn the imperial army into your own army, and occupy the mountain as king.

Then send someone who is aggressive and less strategic to form a group. "Using ignorance and wisdom" is a typical way of balance.

It is what we often say, to form a "team" between a fast-moving horse and a lame mule, and to combine employees who are not capable in a certain area with those who are strong in a certain area to restrict each other.

Suppress those with the strongest ability, support those with the weakest ability, weaken those with the greatest influence, and strengthen the dependence of subordinates on their superiors.This is the most common principle of checks and balances in Chinese society.

As for the Ministry of War, it is taking advantage of the opportunity to give the Minister of the Ministry of War a sense of presence, strengthen the functions of the Ministry of War, and gradually divide the authority and influence in the hands of the two prime ministers.

The internal supervisor is naturally his own eyes and mouth, mainly to observe and deter these people.

The issue of corruption is not Li Beichen's first consideration when employing people. To get things done, it is to quell civil strife as soon as possible.But of course he supports the initiative of the corrupt elements to turn over to the treasury.After all, the country really has no money!

All in all, the first thing is settled.

But both Meng Xiang and Chen Xiang felt that the emperor had changed a bit in the past two days, and began to stretch out his claws, unlike before, he just complained and expressed dissatisfaction with them.

For example, I didn't expect the military department to send one, and the palace to send one.One more person means one more lock.

But Li Beichen secretly made up his mind to use the Northwest Rebellion to open the book and get familiar with military affairs.In this way, when they nominate these generals and discuss the battle plan in the future, they can know what to do, and they will not be led by the nose.

What's more, the capital is close to Tatar. As an emperor, he must understand military affairs, so that when he personally leads troops to fight in the future, he will be confident and not blind.

As for the second matter, some officials absconded with money in fear of crime, how to prevent and deal with it, Li Beichen once again threw this question to three people.

　I wrote it after going out to play.The time is tight, and the writing is a bit hasty.Submit before 12 o'clock.

　　Before I knew it, it was ten thousand six days.Those tentacle monsters that have been tense all the year round.

　　The day is not moving.Tomorrow, the recovery day will update 6000+.

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(End of this chapter)