Most of the high-ranking military attaches in Liaodong Town are smart people, and of course they understand the various benefits brought by formulating rules.
Under normal circumstances, they would definitely not let Zhao Junchen succeed and let Zhao Junchen formulate rules for Liaodong Town at will - even if it was just relevant rules for resolving disputes.
But in the end, Zhao Junchen succeeded in convincing everyone in Liaodong Town.
The long speech that Zhao Junchen just gave is actually very important.
First of all, Zhao Junchen mentioned that Wu Yingxiong and Guan Ning Cavalry would arrive soon, and urged everyone in Liaodong Town to come up with a solution as soon as possible.
On the surface, this statement is intended to urge everyone in Liaodong Town to seize the time to resolve the dispute, but in fact, it is intended to make everyone in Liaodong Town face the reality, that is - under such a tight time situation, it is absolutely impossible for them to rush to Wu Yingxiong.
Resolve disputes before the official launch and negotiate a result that everyone is willing to accept.
Later, Zhao Junchen also deliberately mentioned the unpleasant experience of having him under house arrest in Liaodong Town some time ago, and said that considering the overall situation of the court, he was still willing to help Liaodong Town prevent the annexation of the Wu family in Shanhaiguan.
On the surface, this statement was to show his public spirit, but in fact, he wanted to take the opportunity to show weakness and let everyone in Liaodong Town recall that when they placed Zhao Junchen under house arrest, Zhao Junchen had no power to resist and could only protest angrily.
Case.
After thinking about this incident again, everyone in Liaodong Town would naturally despise Zhao Junchen subconsciously, and then lower their guard, thinking that even if Zhao Junchen had the power to make rules, he would not be able to control the situation in Liaodong Town.
Finally, Zhao Junchen once again exaggerated the powerful threat posed by the Wu family in Shanhaiguan. He first said that the Wu family in Shanhaiguan would definitely take the opportunity to annex Liaodong Town, and then said that he was incapable of stopping the Wu family's ambition in Shanhaiguan.
Such expressions not only want to further enhance the sense of crisis and fear in the hearts of everyone in Liaodong Town, but also want to take the opportunity to emphasize to everyone in Liaodong Town that compared to Zhao Junchen, who has no military power, the Wu family in Shanhaiguan is their primary enemy.
The biggest foreign disaster.
In this way, Zhao Junchen quietly influenced the attitudes and thoughts of everyone in Liaodong Town.
In the end, because no one in Liaodong Town could think of a better way to break the deadlock, after a while of thinking and discussion, they all turned to look at Zhao Junchen and waited for Zhao Junchen to continue. No one raised any objections.
He acquiesced to Zhao Junchen's proposal.
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After seeing the acquiescence attitude of everyone in Liaodong Town, Zhao Junchen left his seat, walked around the tent, and said slowly: "After careful consideration, I have summarized five basic principles, which should be helpful.
Liaodong Town resolves the dispute as soon as possible...
First of all, there is the first basic principle, which I call "non-infringement upon each other"! In short, no one should take advantage, no one should suffer, and we must ensure that no one's original interests are affected!
"
Having said this, Zhao Junchen stopped and looked around. Seeing that everyone was listening intently to his speech, he continued: "Take military power as an example... As far as I know, He Rensheng, He Bandit,
Among the tens of thousands of troops controlled by Liu Xiong, in addition to the three thousand Liaodong cavalry who were originally commanded by the three of them, there were more than seven thousand reinforcements from various walks of life who were forcibly incorporated by them!
And these 7,000 reinforcements from all walks of life were originally the defenders of the three defense areas of the Middle Road, the East Road, and the South Road. Then based on their previous defense areas, they were still under the command of the three generals Li Zehe, Gan Cheng, and Xu He. Who?
Don’t even think about fishing in troubled waters and seizing the opportunity to fight for more military power!
As for the three thousand Liaodong cavalry, after Liaodong Town elects a new commander-in-chief, they will all be under the command of the new commander-in-chief. Do you agree?"
As Zhao Junchen finished speaking, everyone in Liaodong Town thought for a moment and then raised their hands in agreement.
But then, Li Zehe couldn't help but ask: "Excuse me, Minister Zhao, before Liaodong Town elects a new commander-in-chief, how should the three thousand Liaodong cavalry be arranged under the command of He Bandit, He Rensheng, and Liu Xiong? To whom should they belong?
Rule over?"
This is also one of the issues that everyone has been arguing about just now.
Li Shijie and Shi Cheng relied on the fact that they were the current powerful Liaodong cavalrymen, so they wanted to take the opportunity to take these 3,000 Liaodong cavalrymen under their command, while Li Zehe, Xu He, and Gan Cheng insisted on dividing them equally.
These Liaodong cavalry.
Zhao Junchen waved his hand impatiently and said: "As I said just now, this cabinet has proposed these basic principles just to break the current deadlock and help you resolve the dispute as soon as possible. However, this cabinet will not interfere in the specific affairs of Liaodong Town.
!After seeking common ground while reserving differences, the remaining disputes still need to be resolved through your own negotiation!
What's more, if Liaodong Town cannot rush to elect a new commander-in-chief before Wu Yingxiong arrives, these three thousand Liaodong cavalry will be absorbed and annexed by Wu Yingxiong sooner or later; conversely, if Liaodong Town can rush to elect a new commander-in-chief before Wu Yingxiong arrives.
, these three thousand Liaodong cavalry will sooner or later return to the command of the next commander-in-chief of Liaodong Town...
In short, even if all of you here temporarily control this part of the Liaodong cavalry, as long as you cannot become the new commander-in-chief of Liaodong Town, the relevant military power will be handed back sooner or later... I really don’t know what you are fighting for.
What kind of energy!"
Having said this, Zhao Junchen shook his head repeatedly.
After everyone in Liaodong Town was slightly stunned, they all thought that what Zhao Junchen said was reasonable, and they all lowered their interest in carving up military power.
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After a short pause, Zhao Junchen continued: "As for the second basic principle, I call it 'equal sharing of interests'!
Since Liaodong Town is now going to elect one person from among the various generals to take over the position of chief soldier, when this general is promoted to chief soldier, there will be a vacancy of actual powerful general within Liaodong Town! At the same time, because
General He has always had great power in the past. In order to consolidate his power to the greatest extent, the position of deputy general of Liaodong Town has been vacant for a long time...
Therefore, when you are nominating the new commander-in-chief, you might as well discuss the replacement candidates for these two vacancies at the same time! In this way, there will be more benefits to be distributed, and there will be greater changes in the discussion.
With more leeway, it will naturally be easier to negotiate specific results!”
As Zhao Junchen finished speaking, all the senior military attachés in Liaodong Town were slightly shaken and their eyes flickered.
The vacancy of a real-power staff general and the fictitious position of deputy general are undoubtedly two huge variables.
With the emergence of these two variables, the interest factors that everyone in Liaodong Town needs to consider next become more complicated.
But in the end, the senior military attaches in Liaodong Town still raised their hands to express their agreement, and no one raised any objection.
After all, Zhao Junchen's proposal has many benefits for most of the high-level military attachés in Liaodong Town. It not only represents more promotion channels, but also means more opportunities to seize power.
Especially Li Zehe, Gan Cheng, and Xu He, they all want to compete for the top position, and they dare not raise any objections at this time, otherwise it will be equivalent to ruining other people's promotion channels and opportunities to seize power, which will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among everyone, and then
If you force all potential supporters to switch to others, you will completely destroy your hopes of rising to the top.
Seeing the reaction of everyone in Liaodong Town, Zhao Junchen's eyes flashed with a hint of calculation.
Zhao Junchen's proposal seems to be of great importance, but in fact it is just for testing and foreshadowing.
After ascertaining the thoughts and attitudes of the people in Liaodong Town, Zhao Junchen quickly realized what he was doing and finally began to mix in private goods.
Zhao Junchen paused again and then said: "As for the third basic principle proposed by this cabinet, it is called 'give and take'! Regarding this proposal, who did this cabinet originally propose to?
The commander-in-chief mentioned it once, and you should also know the specific content. It is actually about the Liaoning pay reform!
Over the years, when Liaodong Town requested Liao's pay from the imperial center, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong Town was always responsible for calculating the specific figures, and then bargained with the imperial center. After the treasury allocated the Liao's pay, it would be through land transportation.
Shanhaiguan, all sent to Jinzhou Camp, and handed over to the Liaodong Town General Soldier for further distribution to various defense areas!
However, this pavilion believes that in the future, the various generals in Liaodong Town can report to the court the money, food and materials needed for each defense zone, and the court can also transfer these money, food and materials through land transportation, sea transportation, river transportation, etc.
Directly dial to various defense zones!
In this way, whether it is the food consumption expenditure when transporting Liao's wages or the warehousing expenditure during hoarding and turnover, a considerable amount of money can be saved!"
At this point, Zhao Junchen did not care about the sudden change in the expressions of everyone in Liaodong Town, and continued to talk on his own.
However, before Zhao Junchen could continue to speak, Shi Cheng suddenly stood up and asked loudly: "Zhao Junchen, you have always said that you will not interfere in the affairs of Liaodong Town, but the suggestions you are making now are not only
Directly interfering with Liaodong Town's logistics plan will inevitably completely change the future situation of Liaodong Town. Is this what you promised not to interfere?
Also, I can’t see how this proposal has anything to do with the current situation in Liaodong Town! How can it help Liaodong Town resolve various disputes? I just feel that this proposal of yours, cabinet minister, has ulterior motives.
, I want to take the opportunity to divide Liaodong Town!"
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Shi Cheng's idea is correct.
The Liaoning pay reform plan proposed by Zhao Junchen was not well-intentioned from the beginning. He wanted to use the method of allocating logistics military pay to directly bypass the Liaodong Town General Soldier, and also take the opportunity to take away most of the financial rights of the Liaodong Town General Soldier, so that
The influence of the imperial center directly spreads to various defense zones, and then the imperial center's control over Liaodong Town can be greatly strengthened.
Once Zhao Junchen's plan succeeds, the General Soldier of Liaodong Town will not be able to directly control the various generals, and the loyal targets of each general will become the center of the imperial court. If the General Soldier of Liaodong Town wants to continue to command the various generals,
In the defense zone, we can only rely on the trust and support of the central court. We can no longer monopolize power like He Yu did before, so to speak!
As a result, the commander-in-chief and generals of Liaodong Town will become more and more dependent on the authority of the central court, and naturally they will no longer be able to maintain their "independence" as before.
Shi Cheng's biggest shortcoming is his stupidity and loyalty. Even though He Yu has been killed, he still stubbornly believes that he should inherit He Yu's legacy and cannot tolerate Zhao Junchen taking the opportunity to destroy the status quo of Liaodong Town. After all, the status quo of Liaodong Town is caused by
What He Yu created with his own hands is He Yu’s greatest legacy.
Therefore, after seeing Zhao Junchen's ulterior motives, Shi Cheng immediately expressed doubts.
After questioning Zhao Junchen in public, Shi Cheng turned around and wanted to find supporters to express his opposition with him. However, when he looked around, he was shocked to find that besides himself, all the generals in Liaodong Town and Li Shijie
Everyone was silent, and no one was willing to stand up and directly express their objections.
Shi Cheng is a smart man, and after thinking for a moment, he immediately guessed what these people were really thinking.
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For Li Zehe, Gan Cheng, and Xu He, they are not the real commander-in-chief of Liaodong Town yet, but just one of the competitors, so they must win more supporters at any cost to make themselves "popular"!
What is "popular hope"?
In the final analysis, it must bring benefits and hope to the majority of people! It must not harm the interests and ambitions of the majority of people!
Although the Liao pay reform plan proposed by Zhao Junchen took away most of the financial rights of the future commander-in-chief of Liaodong Town and seriously affected the unity and independence of Liaodong Town, it also strengthened the power of various generals and even various localities.
The power of the magistrate is beneficial to the vast majority of people.
Therefore, just like Zhao Junchen's last proposal, if they speak out against it at this time, it will definitely arouse the dissatisfaction of the vast majority of people, causing all their potential supporters to resolutely abandon themselves and turn around.
To support others will completely destroy your own hopes of becoming a leader.
Even the commander-in-chief of Liaodong Town, whose financial power has been damaged, is still the commander-in-chief of Liaodong Town, and his power and benefits are still far greater than those of the various generals. In order to smoothly ascend to the position, they naturally do not dare to care too much at this time.
To take a step back, if they were not finally elected as the commander-in-chief of Liaodong Town, they would still be just one of the generals of various defense zones. After Zhao Junchen's plan was successful, their power and benefits would still be far greater than before.
Therefore, no matter from any angle, they have no reason to oppose Zhao Junchen's Liao salary reform plan.
After the psychological foreshadowing of the previous proposal, Li Zehe, Gan Cheng, and Xu He could easily understand this truth and easily compromise and give in again.
At the same time, it is not difficult to guess Li Shijie’s true thoughts.
Once Zhao Junchen's Liao pay reform plan is implemented, the power of the Liaodong Town commander-in-chief and the various generals will be more balanced, and the connections, resources, and influence controlled by the Li family's generals will be exerted to a greater extent.
Space naturally has countless benefits.
Therefore, both the various generals and Li Shijie saw Zhao Junchen's true intention, but due to their own calculations and selfish interests, they all remained silent at this time.
However, Shi Cheng's questioning stance seemed to be isolated and helpless.
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After figuring out what everyone was thinking, Shi Cheng was stunned for a moment, his expression full of loneliness, sadness and anger, and he couldn't help but want to say something else.
But this time, it was Zhao Junchen who spoke up first and said: "Shi Qianhu, never judge a gentleman with a villain's heart. This proposal of this pavilion is entirely for the future consideration of Liaodong Town, and also
It is precisely to solve the current dilemma of Liaodong Town!
If Liaodong Town agrees to our Liaoning rate reform plan, there will be at least three benefits!
First, this proposal of this cabinet will make it easier for the new commander-in-chief of Liaodong Town to win the support of all forces within Liaodong Town, and then it will be easier to unite everyone to jointly resist the Wu family's annexation of Shanhaiguan! And as long as
The future commander-in-chief of Liaodong Town will still be loyal to the imperial court and receive the support and trust of the imperial court. His power and prestige will not be lost at all!
Secondly, once our Liao pay reform is implemented, the Liao pay in the following years will no longer be the same as before. We must pass through Shanhaiguan so that the Wu family can find the opportunity to pluck the geese! In this way, Shanhaiguan will
The Wu family's income will inevitably be greatly reduced. If they still want to maintain their strength, they can only compromise with Liaodong Town and give in to the central court. Liaodong Town will have a greater chance of resisting the annexation of the Wu family in Shanhaiguan!
Thirdly, when the imperial court saw that Liaodong Town had taken the initiative to reduce Liao's salary expenditure, it would definitely reciprocate the favor and fully support the next commander-in-chief of Liaodong Town. This would not only help Liaodong Town resist the annexation of the Wu family in Shanhaiguan, but also help Liaodong Town.
The situation can be stabilized as soon as possible!
Prior to this, most of the successive commander-in-chiefs of Liaodong Town were elected internally, and then the specific candidates were reported to the imperial center, who made additional appointments. However, with the murder of commander-in-chief He, not only the Wu family in Shanhaiguan wanted to
If you want to take this opportunity to add insult to injury, do you think the imperial court center will remain indifferent after receiving the news? If the imperial court center takes the opportunity to exert pressure and is unwilling to recognize the candidate for the general army recommended by Liaodong Town, how can you, Liaodong Town, stabilize the situation?"
Obviously he wanted to take the opportunity to strengthen the central government's control over Liaodong Town, but Zhao Junchen could still find various reasons to prove that he was doing everything for the sake of Liaodong Town.
Everyone in the tent understood that these reasons were not credible.
But most of the time, it doesn't matter whether the "reasons" are credible or not, as long as they can be listed and fooled.
This is the necessity and importance of the word "reason".
Therefore, after hearing what Zhao Junchen said, Li Shijie immediately nodded and said: "Zhao Gechen's teachings really enlightened Bei Shi and others. Bei Shi also believed that Liao's salary reform was of great significance to both Liaodong Town and the imperial court.
There are pros and cons!”
Li Shijie's statement largely represents the attitude of the generals of the Li family, and with the murder of He Yu, the attitude of the generals of the Li family has become even more important.
Li Zehe, Gan Cheng, and Xu He all hoped that they could win the support of the generals of the Li family. They originally had doubts about Zhao Junchen's Liao pay reform, but after hearing Li Shijie's statement, they all made up their minds.
It's a sign of agreement.
"That's right! I can't see any harm in Liao's pay reform despite my humble position! Just as Zhao Gechen said, as long as the successive commander-in-chiefs of Liaodong Town are still loyal to the imperial court and receive the trust and support of the central government, they will
I can still calmly control various defense areas and more than 100,000 border troops... I have always been loyal to the imperial court in my humble position, so naturally I have no reason to refuse!"
"When Zhao Gechen proposed this matter for the first time, I was extremely in favor of it. However, due to General He's attitude, I have never dared to express my support directly. Now I have no scruples, and of course I will not object again!"
"Zhao Gechen thinks wholeheartedly for the sake of Liaodong Town. Naturally, Liaodong Town has to know good from evil..."
Seeing the attitude of everyone in the tent, Shi Cheng once again felt a deep sense of powerlessness as the building was about to collapse and there was no way to save it.
He wanted to refute loudly, he wanted to scold everyone, and he wanted to question harshly.
But in the end, Shi Cheng just sat down in his original position, remaining silent again.
Taking the overall situation into consideration is a good quality, but it often means sacrifice and compromise, and it also means the loss of self-interest.
Under human nature, as long as there is no point of retreat, the vast majority of people are unwilling to sacrifice, compromise, have their own interests damaged, and will turn a blind eye to the so-called "big picture".
It is precisely because of this that later generations have such a saying - "The minority obeys the majority, but the truth is often in the hands of a few people."
Therefore, when Zhao Junchen proposed "the minority obeys the majority", many things were already doomed.
After Zhao Junchen heard everyone's opinions, he continued his efforts and took out a memorandum he had already written on the spot. The content was that Liaodong Town was willing to "take the initiative" to reform the current situation of Liao's pay, as well as various details of the Liao's pay reform.
, and then asked Li Zehe, Xu He, and Gan Cheng to sign their names together.
After this memorial is submitted, the reform of Liao's salary will be completely confirmed.
As for Zhao Junchen's series of plans for Liaodong Town, most of them have been realized so far!
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