"If you want to add a crime, why not worry about it!"

Liu Yunzhen filled his father's cup with wine, and said indignantly. The emperor had issued a formal edict saying that Zhu Ciye, Duke of Chu, was promoted to the Governor of the Jingying, and the Governor of the Jiuzhen Army, was appointed as the left governor of the Central Army Governor's Office, and was in charge of the affairs of the Central Army Governor's Office.

The emperor's reward edict seemed to have added another official position to Liu Jun. The Liaodong Admiral was promoted to the Governor of the Jingying Camp. He was originally in charge of the troops of the four towns, but later one town was cut off. Now he was promoted to the Governor of the Jingying Camp and then the troops of the nine towns were immediately in charge of the troops of the nine towns. He even added a left governor of the Central Army, in charge of the affairs of the Central Army Governor's Office.

However, Liu Yunzhen understood this edict very clearly. The so-called reward was actually an open and secret surrender. The troops and horses in the three towns of Liaodong were real soldiers and power. They were promoted to the Governor of the Jingying and commanding the nine towns of Jingying, but they were empty. As for the so-called left governor of the Central Army Governor's Office, they were even more empty.

I don’t know who the capital is that the power of the Five Army Governor’s Office has long been occupied by the Ministry of War. Especially now, with the collapse of the Tianxiawei system, the Five Army Governor’s Office has almost become a decoration. Any guerrilla general may be given the title of deputy governor.

The official position of the Governor's Office of the Five Army has almost become the additional title of military generals, and it is only used as one rank.

Now the imperial court is rectifying garrisons and clearing military farms in various places. The so-called rectification of garrisons is actually a complete layoff of garrisons and only retaining the name of one garrison. Some of the hereditary military officers are actually gone, and they are all transferred to new troops in various places, or converted to military farms and garrisons.

The local garrison offices were gone, so the five armed military governor's office that managed the world garrison offices naturally became an empty yamen.

The court issued new military ranks, which made it unnecessary for military generals to be appointed to the Governor's Office and the Guard Office.

"The trees are fascinated by the forest, and the wind will destroy them." Liu Qiao savored the wine carefully, but there was not much anger. On the contrary, he thought this was a good thing.

Now the Liu family in Suokouhe has long been linked to Liu Jun's fate, and they have prospered and lost. Liu Jun is favored, and Liu Qiao's status is naturally stable. If Liu Jun loses power, Liu Qiao will of course be implicated.

Back then, Liu Jun wanted to recognize his ancestors. Old Master Liu refused, for fear that Liu Jun would steal the Liu family's hereditary thousand-household position. Now, how ridiculous it is. Now Liu Jun is the emperor's adopted son, and has a hereditary duke. The emperor even gave Liu Jun a special marriage to marry a Korean princess as his wife. The son of the Korean princess, who was born to Liu Jun, could be surnamed Liu and inherit the Liu family's incense. This boy who is unknown, the emperor has already said that after he was born, he would inherit the hereditary title of Zhennanhou.

One family has two titles. One Duke of Chu and one town of Nanhou, what a favor and honor is this? For more than two hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, the sons of the founding marshal Xu Da were awarded a duke. It has been passed down to this day. The Duke of Wei has two branches, one branch, one branch, one branch, and one branch, and one branch, and one branch, and one branch, Beijing. But that is only found under special circumstances. Apart from this, there are no other examples.

Such grace and glory are certainly delightful, but they also make Liu Qiao vaguely worried. Liu Jun is only twenty-one and is already an extremely powerful minister. I am afraid that it will be difficult to last forever in the future.

Now the emperor issued an edict to transfer his nephew into the capital. Although it was obvious that it was an upward trend and secretly, he thought it was a good thing. His nephew was promoted too fast and he kept holding an elite army, which would also cause trouble. Even without the emperor's will, Liu Qiao was going to ask his nephew to find a way to defame himself.

Now that's it. Very good.

Liu Qiao raised his wine glass and smiled at his son who was still angry and said, "It is a blessing to suffer losses. Sometimes one step forward is a cliff, and one step back is a vast sky. Now as long as Jiye hand over the military power of Liaodong, the emperor will no longer be suspicious of him."

"That's true, I always feel heartbroken. My second brother fought south and north for the imperial court, placing bandits and conquering the Tartars, and making great achievements. Moreover, he also tried his best to raise money and food for His Majesty. Such loyalty was even suspected. Isn't this heartbroken?"

"You know, the so-called emperor's mind is balance. The emperor will not let his ministers control his power, especially military power, which is even more impossible."

The emperor's reward edict has been issued, and the capital knows it. The angels of the imperial edict have almost left the capital, rushed all the way to Tianjin, and took a boat from the port to Liaodong. If nothing unexpected happens, Liu Jun will receive the imperial edict in three days, and then hand over the Liaodong military affairs, and will return to Beijing to take office.

The impeachment of Liu Jun by the censor Kedao ended here. Although Zhou Yanru and Wu Qi were unacceptable to this result, the follow-up scripts of those censors who wanted to take the opportunity to continue were kept by the emperor without exception. One of the impeachment words was given a fierce wording by the officers, and was scolded by the emperor and fined a month's salary.

The emperor did not want to punish Liu Jun, nor did he want to cause turmoil in Liaodong because of Liu Jun's conviction.

"In fact, the emperor's favor is extremely heavy. In his early twenties, he has already been in the first rank of a high-ranking minister, which is enough." Liu Qiao sighed. Even if his nephew does nothing in his life, he will sit and enjoy it every day. The reward he earns is enough for his descendants. A hereditary duke and a hereditary marquis, plus the money from Sihai Bank, Jiangnan Money House and East India Company is really enough.

"Wu Sangui is only in his twenties and is also the admiral of Liaoxi. He is the commander of Guanning and Jin. He has not seen the censor impeachment. Zheng Zhilong was originally a pirate, and isn't he now also the admiral of the navy and the commander of the navy fleet of the three towns? He has not seen the censor impeachment." Liu Yunzhen was still a little angry.

"Of course there are impeachments, but everyone knows that there is no trouble. Moreover, their situation is different from your second brother. Wu Sangui is the admiral. That is the influence of the Wu Zu family in the Liaoxi army. The Liao people must be used to control the Liao soldiers. Moreover, even if Wu Sangui is the admiral, his control over the three towns in the western part of Liaoxi cannot be as powerful as your second brother in the Chu army. Moreover, the Liaoxi army is winning streaks and tribes, so who will say more at this time? Just when your brother was granted a marquis and a duke, who can say anything. But in the future, Wu Sangui will not be able to sit in the position of the Liaoxi admiral for a long time."

"Father, do you think the second brother will really obey the order?"

Liu Qiao chuckled, "Unless your second brother is really confused and wants to rebel, he will of course be subject to the imperial edict, and he can only obey the imperial edict."

The father and son were talking, and the housekeeper trotted in.

"Uncle Fu, why are you panic?"

"The second young master is back," Uncle Fu hurriedly said.

Liu Yunwen, the second son of Liu Qiao, had a reputation as a juren. Liu Qiao did not rush to let him take the imperial examination, but deliberately let his sons get more grinding. Later, he asked the second son to follow Liu Yunsheng to serve in Liu Jun's army. Now the eldest son Liu Yunsheng has been appointed as the general officer of the Beiyang Navy in Liaodong Town, and the second son Liu Yunwen is also appointed as a fourth-rank promotion officer, responsible for the logistics and food and salary of the eighth town in Liaodong. At this time, the second son suddenly returned, which surprised Liu Qiao.

"Why is the second child back at this time?"

As soon as Liu Yunwen entered Beijing, he returned to the Liu Mansion first. He went to his yard to meet his wife, changed his clothes, and then came to the study to pay homage to his father.

"Why are you back at this time?" Liu Qiao asked.

"I'll come back to report the victory!" Liu Yunwen said with a smile.

"Report the victory?" Liu Yunzhen was puzzled. He asked Liu Yunwen, "Brother, did you meet an envoy from the court when you returned to Beijing?"

Liu Yunwen sat down opposite Liu Qiao and said calmly, "You are talking about the envoy who promulgated the imperial edict to Liaodong. I met it."

"Then do you know that the emperor has newly appointed the second brother as the governor of the Beijing camp?"

"Yeah. I heard from them."

Liu Qiao glared at her youngest son, he coughed and asked, "Didn't you say what kind of victory you have yet?"

"We just took down Gaizhou and attacked the city guarded by 50,000 with 30,000 soldiers. It took only half a month, without losing one soldier and one soldier, and annihilated more than 4,000 enemies. We forced the remaining more than 50,000 people to open the city and surrender." Liu Yunwen said very plainly, as if it was an insignificant matter. Instead of annihilation of the 50,000 Han troops in the Qing Dynasty.

"Really?" Liu Yunzhen jumped up from the chair in shock, "Brother, aren't you kidding?"

Liu Qiao couldn't sit still, "Oh my God, this...this..."

It took a long time for Liu Qiao to hear the complete process of the Battle of Gaizhou from his son. From raiding Gaizhou, he successfully blocked more than 50,000 Kong Youde's troops in Gaizhou. Then he went to the camp step by step, using trenches and earthen walls and forts, and forced to the city of Gaizhou step by step, and then how to use cannons to break the city walls and dismantle the defense of the defenders. He forced them to retreat step by step into the inner fort, and then in the end the rebels had no way to retreat and were forced to open the city to surrender. Everything came, and Liu Qiao and his son were amazed.

"Hehe, a group of censors in the court just impeached Jiye and passively avoided the war, saying that he was respectful to his own troops and respectful to the thief. As soon as he finished speaking, Jiye broke up Gaizhou. Haha, this face was really a joke, it was satisfying!" Liu Qiao laughed loudly, asking his son to fill himself with a glass of wine and drink it all. After drinking one, he was not satisfied, and drank two more glasses.

"Have you reported this to the Ministry of War?" Liu Qiao asked her son happily with a blushing face.

Liu Yunwen also poured himself a glass of wine and drank it all happily. Hearing his father asked, he shook his head and said, "I heard about impeachment and rewards on the way, and I came to my house as soon as I returned to Beijing."

Liu Qiao thought for a while, "You go to the Ministry of War to report the victory immediately, don't delay this important matter."

"What's the matter in a hurry? The imperial edict has been issued, and the envoy has already gone to Liaodong and cannot be recovered." Liu Yunzhen said.

"Would you not know this about my father, but since Jiye asked Yunwen to come back to report his victory, he could not delay his official business."

Liu Yunwen stood up, "Yes, father, son will go and report the victory now."

Liu Qiao also stood up, "For my father and I will go out with you, and I will also report the emperor's victory. I don't know what the emperor will look like after hearing this victory."

Zhou Yanru had just come out of the palace and sat on the way back to the house in the eight-carrying sedan chair. Sitting in the gently shaking warm sedan chair, Zhou Yanru was drinking tea and Wu Changshi while talking.

"This time I miscalculated, and the emperor trusted Liu Jiye very much." Zhou Yanru sighed. After a long time, although Liu Jun was transferred back from Liaodong, he was promoted to the governor of the Beijing camp and was promoted to the position of the official position on the surface. Although this was an open promotion and secret decline, others seemed to have been promoted in a real way.

Especially after the emperor dealt with a censor who continued to impeach Liu Jun, this was clearly revealing a piece of information that Liu Jiye was favored.

"Start by step, don't worry. Since the emperor transferred Liu Jun from Liaodong, it still means that the emperor is indeed suspicious of Liu Jun, otherwise he would not have changed his generals at the last minute." Wu Changshi said with a smile.

At this time, cheers came from the streets.

"What's going on?" Zhou Yanru lifted the corner of the curtain of the sedan chair and asked the servants accompanying him.

"My Lord Hui, it was a good news from Liaodong. Duke of Chu captured Gaizhou. Kong Youde and Shang Keshang and other four traitors led 50,000 rebels to open the city and surrender. A great victory!"

The Zhou family reported in a hurry. As he spoke, he found that the Prime Minister was not happy at all when he heard the news. Instead, his face was gloomy. The servant was confused and could not say anything later. He closed his mouth tactfully.
Chapter completed!