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Chapter 104: Liaodong Town changes coach, Mao Yuanyi comes out (big chapter, please subscribe for monthly tickets)
Wanli's sudden move made the first assistant Fang Congzhe a little confused.

Mr. Wu is just a small arsenal, and whether he can survive or not has nothing to do with the overall situation.

But now that Huang Jiashan has been captured, the political landscape has changed.

Due to the Liaodong War, the importance of the Ministry of War is self-evident.

The Donglin Party now controls the Ministry of Civil Affairs. If they take over the Ministry of War again, the comprehensive suppression of the Donglin Party by the three parties of "Qi, Zhejiang, and Chu" in the court will be broken.

Now he somewhat regrets it. If he had known earlier, he should have given up on the useless member Wu, otherwise he wouldn't have been so passive.

With Huang Jiashan being taken down, Mr. Wu is now an out-and-out loser, and Fang Congzhe will naturally not protect him anymore.

Wanli sent him to prison directly, and his intention was very clear, that is, he would be punished severely.

The three-division joint trial refers to the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple and the Inspectorate.

Nowadays, both the Shaoqing of Dali Temple and the Censor of Zuodu are vacant. In the end, Dali Temple sent the Prime Minister of Dali Temple Zhihuan, and the Supervisory Office sent Yang Lianhui, the Censor of Qiandu, and Li Zhi, the Minister of Punishment, to handle the case.

Li Zhi was a member of the Zhejiang Party, and Wang Zhihuan and Yang Lian were members of the Donglin Party.

Although Yang Lian and others were well aware of the "fire dragon burning the warehouse" trick played by the military officer.

But unfortunately they had no direct evidence, so Officer Wu directly blamed Liu Dacheng, the head of the Arsenal Department, who had committed suicide out of fear of crime.

There was nothing they could do about it.

According to the current situation, they can only dismiss him and investigate him for dereliction of duty and unfavorable supervision.

However, Yang Lian did not give up. Officer Wu burned the armor warehouse together with the accounts. Liu Dacheng died without any evidence, and he was really helpless about it.

But the Arsenal Department is more than just an armory and a warehouse. He doesn't believe that all military officers can do it so cleanly.

Sure enough, many problems were found after verification, and many ordnance accounts did not match the actual objects.

Under the fierce pursuit of the Donglin Party members, officials from the Arsenal Department came out to accuse the military officials of misappropriating and reselling arsenal equipment to make huge profits.

But Officer Wu was still in a state of denial, either blaming it on his subordinates or saying "I don't know".

What Yang Lian and others didn't expect was that as they produced more and more evidence, Officer Wu no longer panicked. He either ate or slept in the Penal Department Prison every day, and became more calm than before.

Officer Wu didn't panic, but others outside the prison did.

In the private room of Zuixian Tower, Duke Zhu Chunchen of the State of Cheng and the nobles headed by Zhang Zhiji, the son of the British Duke Zhang Weixian, were gathering together.

However, they were not in the mood to eat, drink and have fun at the moment. The military commander could not do this by himself.

It is impossible for him to have a "fire dragon burning the warehouse" every two days.

Most of the time, they join forces with the nobles in charge of the Beijing camp to write off the equipment of the Arsenal Department of the Ministry of War in the name of distribution, and then share the profits together.

The management company's establishment has received 7% of the free pay. Of course, the equipment of so many free-paid soldiers is also empty.

These non-existent equipment losses can be used by military officers to make up for the equipment shortage.

Zhang Zhiji said in a low voice: "The Donglin Party is like a mad dog now. It bites a member of the military and refuses to let go. What should we do?"

Zhang Zhiji's words expressed everyone's worries. It was actually a trivial matter for them to assist the military officers in writing off the arsenal and equipment.But if Yang Lian gets involved and gets involved in the matter of empty pay in the Beijing camp, it will be like a big earthquake.

Although this was an open secret, even Emperor Wanli knew it.

But after all, it is shady. There are some things you can do but not say.

Obviously "Beijing Camp Empty Rate" belongs to this type.

At this time, Chengguo Gong Zhu Chunchen took a sip of wine, put the wine glass in his hand heavily on the table, and said coldly: "Now that things have happened, we can only shut up Mr. Wu completely. Who of you is in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment?" relation"

When Yang Lian planned to interrogate Officer Wu again, he found him lying motionless in the cell. When he got closer, he saw that he had no breath.

An autopsy revealed that Mr. Wu died of suffocation due to a piece of chicken bone stuck in his throat.

At this point, Yang Lian and others had no choice but to stop there.

In the end, Officer Wu's residence was searched and more than 20 taels of silver were confiscated, confirming his charge of corruption.

However, the case was not finally settled.

Because Li Zhi, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, discovered that the Arsenal Department allocated 100 pairs of armor to the "Liaodong Iron Cavalry", but only 50 pairs were actually received.

He took this opportunity to challenge Yuan Yingtai, the governor of Liaodong.

However, Yuan Yingtai insisted that the troops should not be sent out. When he distributed this batch of armor, he did not sign that it was specially allocated to the "Liaodong Iron Cavalry", so he distributed some of the armor to the defenders of Fushun Pass.

At this time, Chief Liu was dead and the relevant documents had been reduced to ashes, so Li Zhi had no choice but to give up.

Although in the end the Wu officer was deemed to have committed suicide out of fear of crime, which was somewhat of a "headless case", the more than 20 taels of silver confiscated from him were transferred to the Ministry of Household Affairs, and Wanli accepted this result.

But then the choice of Minister of the Ministry of War became the focus of competition between the three parties of "Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang" and the Donglin Party.

After much thought, Fang Cong thought that only Xiong Tingbi was suitable to take over as Minister of War.

Although the position of the Liaodong Economic Strategy is very important, once it loses the support of the Minister of War, Xiong Tingbi's Liaodong Economic Strategy will definitely struggle.

So he simply took advantage of this "Great Victory in Kaiyuan" to promote Xiong Tingbi to Minister of War.

Seeing that Fang Congzhe recommended Xiong Tingbi, the Donglin Party members could not recommend a more suitable candidate to compete for the position of Minister of War.We can only settle for the next best thing and push Yuan Yingtai to the position of Liaodong manager.

Yan Mingtai was also promoted to governor of Liaodong by virtue of his performance in holding Nanguan this time.

In this way, the two sides reached a compromise.

Although the Donglin Party did not win the Minister of War, Yuan Yingtai's successful appointment as Liaodong Economic Strategy was considered a breakthrough.

After retaining the position of Minister of War, the three parties of "Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang" were still able to form absolute suppression of the Donglin Party in the court.

Wanli quickly agreed to this personnel change for the first time.

Under Wanli's intervention, the first assistant Fang Congzhe ordered the Ministry of Revenue to release a 5 tael silver head reward to Li Xianzhong's Kaiyuan Road.

The Military War Bureau was ordered to fight Zhajia, Bird Gun and Rumi Gun according to the requirements of Kaiyuan Road.

Soon the ministers discovered that Li Xianzhong, the commander-in-chief of Kaiyuan, was not an ordinary favorite. Emperor Wanli, who had never been involved in political affairs, actually repeatedly asked about Kaiyuan's military affairs.

This also made the three parties of "Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang" and the Donglin Party feel that the Li family in Liaodong was showing signs of re-emergence.

More than 20 years ago, Wanli was too fond of Li Rusong, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, which aroused the fear of the entire Li family of Liaodong in the civil service group.Then began the step-by-step restriction and disintegration of the Li family.

Although Li Xianzhong today is not as arrogant as Li Rusong, and the Li family is not the Li family during Li Chengliang's time, this still aroused Fang Congzhe's vigilance.

Let him decide to curb Li Xianzhong's development momentum.

On the one hand, he gave an order to Yuan Yingtai, the Liaodong manager, that all roads in Liaodong should develop in a balanced manner and not place too much emphasis on Kaiyuan Road.

In addition, he plans to adjust the current head reward system.

Fang Congzhe canceled the bounty on Mongolian heads in Liaodong Town on the grounds that Liaodong's current strategy was to "alliance with Mongolia to destroy the captives".

Of course, in order to make him seem less targeted at Li Xianzhong, he raised the bounty on Jianlu Qingzhuang's head to 25 taels.

This blocked Li Xianzhong's channel for using Mongols to pay off bounties.

It was not easy for other Ming troops to obtain the heads of the Mongols because they were all cavalry; but Li Xianzhong had a large number of cavalry, which made it too easy for him.

Moreover, canceling this policy can also further show goodwill to the Mongols. Uniting them to fight against the Jianqi can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Although Li Xianzhong had previously sided with Chief Assistant Fang Congzhe regarding Yang Hao's matter, after all, he did not have much enmity with the Donglin Party.

They are not too concerned about containing the Li family.

However, news suddenly spread in the palace that Li Xianzhong presented a precious mirror to Concubine Zheng, and that Concubine Zheng was making a speech for Li Xianzhong in front of Wanli.

Now the Donglin Party is getting impatient. They have always been on the same page as Concubine Zheng.

The demon concubine interferes with politics?

That's pretty cool!

So the imperial censor's impeachment memorial flew to Wanli like snowflakes.

Wanli naturally follows the old rules, stay in the center without making any progress, and keep out of sight.

The Donglin Party members could not cause trouble for Concubine Zheng, so naturally they could only cause trouble for Li Xianzhong.

What about "causing border troubles", "colluding with foreign tribes", "killing good people and taking credit for their merits", "nurturing bandits to respect themselves", "colluding with harems".
Regardless of whether there was any impeachment, some old guys didn't even bother to use their brains. They just took out the original draft of the memorial to impeach Li Chengliang many years ago, changed the object of impeachment, copied it and handed it over.

Wanli would naturally ignore this, but Li Xianzhong suddenly gained the reputation of a "devil's henchman".

His reputation in the eyes of Donglin Party members plummeted.

Li Xianzhong didn't know whether to laugh or cry after learning the news. Now he and the Donglin Party were completely at odds.

He originally just wanted to get rid of the cancer that was the Arsenal Division, but he didn't expect it to cause an uproar.

Directly caused turmoil in the DPRK.

When he learned that Xiong Tingbi was transferred to the post of Minister of War and Yuan Yingtai took over as Liaodong manager, he could only shake his head helplessly.

Lament the self-repairing ability of history.

After such a big detour, in the end Yuan Yingtai replaced Xiong Tingbi and took over the Liaodong economic strategy as before.

Judging from the fact that Yuan Yingtai withheld the equipment transferred from the Ministry of War to the Liaodong Cavalry, he would never reuse himself.

This is very different from Xiong Tingbi.

Fortunately, the governor of Liaodong was replaced by Yan Mingtai, so his life would not be too difficult.

Yan Mingtai has also conveyed a similar message. The cabinet does not want Kaiyuan Town to be too powerful and will curb itself in the future.

But for Li Xianzhong, this was actually a good thing. He could just train new recruits and develop steadily.With Yuan Yingtai's half-baked military skills, it is estimated that the Tatars will be tricked sooner or later, and he will have to step in to clean up the mess.

Although this arsenal incident caused him a lot of trouble, it was not all without success.

The Ministry of War issued a reward of 5 taels of silver, and of course he could not keep this money alone.

Li Xianzhong asked people to distribute the silver rewards to soldiers who participated in the Liaodong War in March according to the roster. According to the standard of half of the Ministry of War, 3 taels of silver per level.

However, many soldiers have been killed in battle, so these people naturally do not need to be distributed.

He is not the emperor now, and there is no need to do those things to win people's hearts.

In addition, he sent 8000 taels of silver to Yan Mingtai in the name of the Qinghe Fort head bounty.

Yan Mingtai beheaded 4000 Tatars in a bloody battle at Qinghe Fort. The court did not recognize these heads, but his brother had to recognize them. It was kind of interesting.

Of course, now I have to rely on Brother Yan to take care of me in Liaodong. Friendship is friendship, and there are no less benefits.

Li Sanshun said: "Major General Qi, we caught a spy on the way back this time."

"This man secretly drew maps in various passes and cities in Liaodong. He drew them in great detail."

So he handed over the captured map.

After traveling here, what Li Xianzhong couldn't stand the most was the maps of this era. The proportions were too distorted.

The "Map of Nine Sided Major Towns" and "Map of Liaodong Town" by the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty are simply exaggerated two-dimensional paintings.

We can only simply see the positional relationship between the cities and passes, that's all.

Thanks to his frequent visits to forums in his previous life, the military terrain map used by the army today was drawn by Li Xianzhong based on his memory from his previous life and combined with the current map.

If he had used the map of the Ming Dynasty Military Department to plan operations, he would probably go crazy.

Originally, he thought that the Tatar spy's map must be a ghost drawing.

When he opened it and took a look, he was shocked.

This map clearly marks cities, passes, mountains and rivers, and the distance ratio between them is also very accurate. The most valuable thing is that the outline of the coastline is also relatively clear, which is almost [-] to [-]% as good as my own map.

This is a talent!

Li Xianzhong quickly asked: "Where is this spy? He won't let you kill him, right?"

Li Sanshun said: "No, the last general is also the one who leads the troops. As soon as he saw this map, he knew that this spy was not simple. He is in Kaiyuan Prison."

Soon after, I saw a young man wearing common clothes and carrying a bamboo hat being brought to Li Xianzhong.

Unexpectedly, the man in front of me was only in his early twenties, and he looked to be a few years older than himself.

Li Xianzhong knew that he was definitely not a spy, and it was impossible for Jianzhou to recruit such a talent.

Then he asked directly: "Have you ever learned Western map drawing techniques?"

The young man said: "I was fortunate enough to learn some scales from the missionaries and how to lay out maps on a grid plane."

Li Xianzhong nodded with satisfaction, and then took him to a secret room of his.

Said: "Although the map you drew is still a little worse than the one I drew, it is still a rare masterpiece. At least it is much better than the map of the Ministry of War."

The young man was stunned by the scene in front of him. A defense map of Liaodong was hung on the front wall. In addition to the cities, passes, and rivers, there were also irregular lines. These lines made the entire map look three-dimensional. feel.

Although it was the first time he had seen such lines, it was obvious that these lines marked mountains. The denser the lines, the higher the mountains.

Li Xianzhong smiled and said: "These are called mountain lines, which can be used to mark the locations of the city and its surroundings."

Then he saw a model on the top of the table. It turned out to be a lifelike terrain of Liaodong, with cities, passes, rivers, and mountains.

There were also small flags of different colors planted on the city to mark the ownership of the city. He was mesmerized by the sight!

Then he clasped his fists and said: "The villain Mao Yuanyi has met General Li. No wonder General Li is invincible. These things are really ingenious."

Li Xianzhong was also shocked. He did not expect that the "spy" in front of him was actually the famous Mao Yuanyi.

Mao Yuanyi had a profound family background and liked to read history books. He was an outstanding figure and had the ambition to spread wealth and help the people through justice when he was young.He also likes to talk about military affairs and is familiar with military affairs. He is a rare talent with both civil and military talents.

He once took Yang Wan and Wang Wei, famous Qinhuai prostitutes, as his concubines. They were known as: When he was young, he came out of the Western Wu Dynasty and was named Bei Que Wen.

His home has a rich collection of books, and he has close contacts with scholars and bibliophiles such as Cao Xuequan, Dong Qichang, and Tang Xianzu.

In particular, the "Weapon Preparation System" compiled by him was called "the encyclopedia of military science" by later generations.

It's not surprising that he was able to draw such a map.

Li Xianzhong said: "This thing is called a sand table, and it is very convenient for arranging troops."

Mao Yuanyi suddenly clasped his fists and said: "Xiaosheng has loved history books and military books since he was a child. Although he is not very young, he has traveled to all the borders of the Ming Dynasty in these years and compiled a "Military Preparation Chronicle"."

"Originally, I was almost finished compiling it, but now I feel that there is still a lot to write. So I would like to ask General Li to teach me how to make these maps and sandboxes."

After speaking, Mao Yuanyi suddenly handed over several copies of "Wu Bei Zhi" respectfully.

He said: "These are just a few of the volumes. There are currently 239 volumes in the book. I originally finished the last volume and it will be completed. Now I may add another volume about maps and sand tables."

In fact, Mao Yuanyi is only 25 years old this year. It took him 15 years to complete "Military Bei Zhi". He has been determined to compile this book since he was almost ten years old.

It includes a large number of array diagrams from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty with detailed descriptions, including more than three hundred light array diagrams.

Among them, Zhuge Liang's Eight Formations, Li Jing's Six Flowers Formation, and Qi Jiguang's Yuanyang Formation are the most detailed.

It also includes various battle array analysis and the production of a large number of advanced weapons, including a large number of firearms.

These also include the Rumi gun used by the Pinglu Guards. Later Li Xianzhong decided to build the Rumi gun after seeing the evaluation of the Rumi gun as "the farthest and most poisonous" in "Military Bei Zhi".

It can be said to be a masterpiece of ancient and modern military affairs, covering almost everything about military affairs.

The book has more than 200 million words, so it is very appropriate to call it an encyclopedia.

Li Xianzhong said: "These are all related to military secrets. It is not impossible for me to pass them on to you."

"But you have to agree to this general's condition."

Hearing that Li Xianzhong was willing to teach, Mao Yuanyi said excitedly: "I can agree to any request, but Mr. Li said it's okay?"

Li Xianzhong said with a smile: "You will serve in our Kaiyuan Army for two years. During this period, I will not only teach you how to make maps and sandboxes, but also allow you to participate in military training, weapon manufacturing, and take you to participate in actual combat."

Li Xianzhong's words made Mao Yuanyi very excited.Although he was well-read and traveled all over the borders of the Ming Dynasty, he had never participated in actual combat and was a typical "paper talk".

So he said: "I wonder what General Li needs Mao to do in the army?"

The Jin Yiwei that Duke Cheng Guo selected for himself were all ruthless officials who were doing torture and interrogation. It was really difficult to build an intelligence network and coordinate intelligence.

Although the Mao Yuanyi in front of me is young, he has solid knowledge of military theory and is good at communicating with all kinds of people. He has traveled all over the Ming Dynasty, so he is very suitable for intelligence.

Li Xianzhong said: "You can serve as my general's strategist and make suggestions, so that you can participate in all battles. You are mainly responsible for intelligence work, including the collection of intelligence, the arrangement of espionage personnel, and the production of maps, etc."

"In fact, intelligence work is only an indispensable part of war. I think it is necessary to make up for this lesson."

Mao Yuanyi still has some concerns about this. After all, she has no experience in this area.

However, what Li Xianzhong said makes sense. His "Military Bei Zhi" actually covers all military content. There are only a few previous descriptions of the disc room, which is too simple.

Seeing that Mao Yuanyi was still hesitating, Li Xianzhong said: "You can work for a few months. If it is really not suitable, I will naturally change you to another more suitable position!"

"If you do a good job, I can help you publish this "Weapons of Arms" and promote it in the military."

"By the way, I have Zhao Shizhen's "Artifact Manual" here, which I can lend to you."

Although the cost of publishing "Wu Bei Zhi" was not small, Mao Yuanyi could afford it, and he still had some wealth.

However, he is a bookworm and has never seen the complete "Artifact Spectrum". The temptation is too great.

So he gritted his teeth and said, "Mao will follow Mr. Li."

Soon the two started talking, and Li Xianzhong also introduced to him the various situations in which he was driving the original road.

Mao Yuanyi is definitely one of the best "keyboard warriors" of this era. She has a rich reserve of various knowledge and is very insightful.

Li Xianzhong felt that asking him to be in charge of intelligence work was an understatement. From the perspective of later generations, he was definitely a "chief of staff" type.

Two "keyboard warriors" from different eras chatted for a long time.

Finally, Mao Yuanyi put forward her own requirements for intelligence work.

The main thing is to ask for people and money.

Mao Yuanyi proposed opening various wine shops or shops in various places as strongholds and establishing liaison stations.

On the one hand, it is convenient as a cover, and the income generated can in turn support the development of the Intelligence Department.

Grassland and Jianzhou can also be slowly developed through trade. Currently, with the two lines of Master Liu and Fan Yongdou, it will be much easier to expand.

I have to say that he is quite talented in intelligence.

There was no problem with the money, so Li Xianzhong directly allocated 1 taels of silver to him as start-up capital.

Considering that the "Open China Law" is now implemented, Liang San's business is not so busy anymore.

So he decided to transfer Kong Youde as Mao Yuanyi's assistant. Now Kong Youde is more familiar with the situation outside the Great Wall, has seen the market, and is a businessman, so he can give Mao Yuanyi a lot of help.

In this way, the framework of the Intelligence Department was finally set up.

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