The Marquis of Dingbei and the commander of the Jinyiwei, Wang Tong, wanted to be unable to get along with the general of Liao Town, Li Chengliang. This is not a trivial matter. If you think about it carefully, this should be considered a collision between the two generations of generals of the Ming Dynasty.

However, the response to this collision in the political and officialdom was much smaller, because Wang Tong followed the common journey in the officialdom this time. What is common is that the boss himself did not come forward, but asked the censor to impeach the matter, and then everyone would worry about it.

If the big guys come forward at the beginning, it will involve too much and be too big, and it will often be difficult to end. Let a small person come forward first, so how things develop and control it.

Wang Tong rarely follows this approach. Wang Tong gives people a bad impression in the officialdom of the capital. When he moves, he often has real swords and guns. There is often no room for blood or blood to be seen. This time, he comes according to tradition, so it's much easier to say.

Emperor Wanli was very satisfied with Wang Tong's attitude. If Wang Tong took the initiative to mention Liao Town in the court, no matter what Wang Tong wanted to do, he would have to consider it carefully, and in the end he would mainly reject it. But if he did this, then Wang Tong would do it and see what he said.

On the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, the court meeting became a little lazy. If it weren't for Concubine Zheng, Empress Zheng would have advised him next year. Emperor Wanli wanted to stay in the harem to make fun of the child. Recently, Empress Zheng has been very close to Concubine Wang Gong. Zhu Changluo and Zhu Changxu often play together, which made Emperor Wanli quite like it.

"Your Majesty, there are memorials from the Censorate and I have heard of it. Such scholars are in the capital and do not know anything about border affairs. They are really talking nonsense. I hope Your Majesty will observe clearly!"

The court meeting did not last long, and no one expected that the Minister of War Bi Qiang, who popped up first. Everyone exchanged their eyes, but they all felt a little contemptuous.

Everyone knows that the Ministry of War is fed very much by Liao Town, but your Ministry of War is in charge of border towns. You, the Minister of War, is so proactive. You are so unidentified. And to say that, it is probably because of the pressure of a group of men below. This Minister of War has not yet led Lou Biao in the Ministry of War. Emperor Wanli nodded calmly and asked, "Wang Tong, you have been outside the border, what do you think about this?"

The left and right are close to the New Year, and Emperor Wanli was too lazy to say more. He asked the main master directly. Wang Tong responded and bowed and replied: "Your Majesty, this move of Liao Zhen is the loyalty of Han close to the people of the Ming Dynasty. Thousands of miles away from the territory, the Ming army will go out to fight alone and need someone to help. If these people are executed by the sect afterwards, who will dare to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty in the future..."

Wang Tong talked endlessly, and what he said was no different from the private talks between Yang Sichen that day. Emperor Wanli listened very carefully. In the end, Wang Tong said, except for repeating the old tune, he said: "The army in Liaozhen has no less than 20,000 elite troops and no less than 150,000 soldiers, but he allowed a Jurchen chief to be strong and indulged in many ways. This approach is to raise the thief and respect himself."

After saying this, everyone looked at him and thought to himself that Lord Wang could really make trouble. The title of "raising thieves and respecting themselves" is already extremely important to the generals of the border town.

There was no specific solution to the court meeting, but after the court meeting, Wang Tong was kept by Emperor Wanli. Emperor Wanli knew that Wang Tong never aimlessly. The reason why he said this in the court must be his reason, and he followed such a procedure.

"What are the bad things about Li Chengliang?"

"Back to Your Majesty, Li Chengliang's family should be considered loyal to the Ming Dynasty."

After a question and answer, Emperor Wanli frowned and asked again: "Since that's the case, why do you have to do this?"

"Your Majesty, although the Li family is loyal, the current intention of doing things for the court is not as good as protecting their own glory and wealth. With their own minds, the court is a little careless. For example, there are rumors that this rich chief of the Jianzhou Jurchens is supported by the Li family and deliberately created a gang. This is a detriment to the Ming Dynasty, but it can protect the wealth of the Li family. If the Li family does not knock on the flowers, it will sooner or later cause a disaster."

After Wang Tong answered, Emperor Wanli pondered, and Wang Tong said while the iron was hot: "Your Majesty must have also seen the report from the Jinyiwei and the East Factory. Now there are foreign tribes outside the walls of Liao Town, and who knows that Your Majesty only recognizes this Marshal Li. Liao Town is the territory of Your Majesty, the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and it is not the private property of his Li family!"

This sentence touched Emperor Wanli's taboo. He looked moved and looked up and said, "It's time to knock on the flower..."

After saying this, the king and his ministers chatted for a few words, Wang Tong said goodbye, and after Wang Tong left the imperial study room, Emperor Wanli asked for a moment, "Wang Tong did this for the sake of Sun Shoulian from Liao Town?"

Zhang Cheng, behind Emperor Wanli, bowed and replied: "There should be this. Before this incident, Sun Shoulian visited Wang Tong and then left and returned. The distance between this matter is so close, so it should be like this."

Emperor Wanli smiled and shook his head, but at the end he sighed and said in a deep voice: "I have heard of Sun Shoulian's name a few years ago. The goods outside the pass and the big trees on the mountain are all supplied by this person. Even the trade between Liao Town and Tianjin Wei started this person. Although he is a general of Liao Town, he is also considered the treasurer of Tianjin Wei. No wonder Wang Tong had to make efforts to mobilize Liao Town. I don't know if he wanted to promote Sun Shoulian or how?"

Zhang Cheng pondered his words and whispered: "Yeonsui, the Li family in Liao Town should also be beaten. After all, his family holds two border towns, Liao Town and Xuanfu. Moreover, Li Chengliang is too good at managing the business. Even if he doesn't have any bad intentions, for Yeonsui, there is a big hidden danger!"

"It's time to beat him, Wang Tong said right. Li Chengliang is completely a king outside the pass. His eldest son is already the general of Xuanfu, so he wants several sons to go to other places to be officials. He really thinks that the generals of the Ming Dynasty should be let their family do it. The palace and the Ministry of War send people to investigate.

Emperor Wanli said unhappily. Originally, he had some vague judgments about the border town in his heart, but after Wang Tong said it in the court that time, some of the views in Emperor Wanli became clear. Jiubian spent so much money on the Ming Dynasty, but he could only stay behind the border wall and be beaten passively. Look at what Wang Tong did here. The importance of Jiubian suddenly became weaker in the eyes of Emperor Wanli. Li Chengliang played these tricks below, so he naturally did not want to indulge him.

Emperor Wanli gave an order. Zhang Cheng behind him nodded and took out a fold to record it. Zhang Cheng was getting older and older, and many things needed to be recorded to avoid missing. This actually showed his old attitude. Emperor Wanli did not notice this. Near the end of the year, it was nothing more than a count of some things that were in and out of the year. The memorials were much less than before. After reading a few pages, Emperor Wanli said suddenly: "In the past, Wang Tong had to think about his calculations and worry about his work. Now he has planned for his wealth and power. I should be relieved, right? But I feel uncomfortable!"

After saying a few words, he smiled mockingly, and looked around there again. Zhang Cheng shook his head from behind, trying to sigh but didn't say anything.

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The news channels of the Li family in Liao Town were more than Wang Tong thought. The discussion in the court was sorted into a document on the same day, and the fast horse was passed on to the capital.

From the capital to Liaozhen, Shuntian Prefecture, Yongping Prefecture, and Shanhaiguan, the journey is smooth. After passing Shanhaiguan, you don’t have to worry about horsepower, and the speed can be faster.

Almost on the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, Li Chengliang received this document. Li Chengliang was originally a student and could read it clearly. As the Chinese New Year approached, Li Rupao and Li Rumei and his sons were all in Liaoyang, so they had to call them to discuss together.

Li Chengliang has been operating in Liao Town for almost 30 years, and his sons are all generals who guard the other side. They have been respectful for a long time and understand these things very well.

"Sun Shoulian, the traitor who is traitor, is so shameless. The father-in-law, otherwise he would be charged with collusion with the sect and sent someone to chop him up!"

Li Ru scolded, but his tone was very normal. The other few people did not respond, but looked at Li Chengliang. Li Chengliang rubbed his iron gall in his hand and shook his head there and said, "Sun Shoulian has come to Wang Tong's side. Now he wants to touch him, Wang Tong will definitely not agree. You don't know what this person is doing: ""The court is also doing nonsense. Our old Li family beat him to death. He was a jester from a man who came from a man and actually jumped to this point. Wouldn't this make us old ministers feel disappointed? If we continue to do this, who will still work hard for the Zhu family?"

I don’t know who said this, but Li Chengliang put the iron courageously on the table, his eyebrows and eyes were full of anger, and he shouted: “Resentment is resentment, your mind should not be useless. What kind of battle did Wang Tong fight? Do you really don’t know what the gods on the grassland said? These words could be said five years ago, but now they say them, even if you think about it, they will bring disaster to our Li family sooner or later!!”

After being scolded like this, the room became much quieter. Everyone was a military general. Naturally, they understood the authenticity of Wang Tong's achievements. Moreover, Li Chengliang's words may not be very cautious, especially the sentence "five years ago"...

"The capital will send someone to investigate. You will be more cautious when you go back. Also, the matter in Jianzhou will be cut off. This is a small matter, but people will also be made into big things."

Hearing this, Li Ru raised her head and said with a question: "Father, the leader of Jianzhou is very filial, and if they walk around them, the Jurchens in the other tribes may be marked."
Chapter completed!