Never forget the original intention, carry it out from beginning to end, and never let go...
These words are all compliments, and they are all excellent qualities of human beings.
Unfortunately, these excellent qualities have almost nothing to do with Zhao Junchen.
Since arriving in Liaodong, Zhao Junchen's "original intention" has changed several times.
At the beginning, Zhao Junchen just wanted to go through the motions and show off. If he had a fight with Liaodong Zhenxu, he would be worthy of Emperor Deqing's salary. He didn't want to waste too much time, and he didn't intend to interfere with anything in Liaodong Town.
, let alone want to be an enemy of Liaodong Town.
Later, after witnessing the tragic situation in Hujiazhuang with his own eyes, Zhao Junchen had a rare residual kindness in his heart, so he changed his mind and wanted to punish Liaodong Town and bring justice to the people of Hujiazhuang.
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But this trace of kindness did not last long. When Zhao Junchen began to formulate a specific plan, under the inertia of his thinking, his plan goal soon and unknowingly turned into seizing power and expanding power, forming cliques for personal gain, and could not bear it.
Zhu wanted to take the opportunity to intervene in the military power of Liaodong Town. In order to achieve this goal, Zhao Junchen not only failed to provide justice to the people of Hujiazhuang in time, but instead made some people of Hujiazhuang become victims.
From a certain point of view, no matter what Zhao Junchen does, his planning goal will always become to seize power and expand power, and form parties for personal gain. This can be regarded as another kind of "not forgetting the original intention."
And now, after going around in such a big circle and experiencing various twists and turns, Zhao Junchen has finally achieved his goal.
In short, he wanted to force Liaodong Town to agree to the Liaoning salary reform before he left the Liaodong region.
For Zhao Junchen, the focus of Liao's rate reform is not the Liao's rate reform itself, but that he must finalize the Liao's rate reform before he leaves Liaodong. The ultimate goal is not to strengthen the imperial center's control over Liaodong Town.
, but wants to strengthen his own control over Liaodong Town.
According to Zhao Junchen's estimation, he will only have four or five years left in charge of the imperial court's financial power at most.
In another four or five years, Emperor Deqing will soon enter his prime years. Even if the food shortage crisis faced by the court becomes more and more serious, even if the court's finances are still inseparable from Zhao Junchen's painstaking maintenance, but
Emperor Deqing will still take away Zhao Junchen's financial power and gradually liquidate Zhao Junchen's crony forces.
Therefore, if you are unable to finalize the Liaoning salary reform before you leave the Liaodong region, but just plant the seeds and wait patiently for the situation to change, this matter will inevitably be delayed for many years until the seeds finally take root and sprout.
In all likelihood, Zhao Junchen has lost his financial power and will only let Emperor Deqing pick the peaches.
On the contrary, only by directly finalizing the Liaoning salary reform before he leaves the Liaodong region can Zhao Junchen make full use of his remaining four or five years, use resource allocation methods to gradually penetrate and control Liaodong Town, and then rush to Deqing.
Before the emperor takes action to liquidate the situation, he can gain a greater chance of victory and vitality for himself.
During this period of time, Zhao Junchen's various seemingly irrational actions were all aimed at achieving this goal.
Now, seeing Li Zehe, Gan Cheng, and Xu He sign their names in the memorandum proposing Liao pay reform, Zhao Junchen immediately breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He only felt that his painstaking calculations had put him in danger.
It finally paid off.
Next, Zhao Junchen's goal is to find a qualified candidate with general knowledge and military knowledge to take over as the commander-in-chief of Liaodong Town, so that he can clean up the mess left by Zhao Junchen and quell the various crises caused by Zhao Junchen.
In Zhao Junchen's mind, the next commander-in-chief of Liaodong Town does not need to be directly loyal to him, otherwise it will only arouse Emperor Deqing's vigilance and suspicion, and then speed up the time for Emperor Deqing to take over power - from this aspect
, if there are some apparent conflicts and old grudges between the next commander-in-chief of Liaodong Town and Zhao Junchen, it would be a good thing.
As long as the Liaoning salary reform is implemented, Zhao Junchen can directly interfere with the internal resource allocation of Liaodong Town, and then gradually affect the future development of Liaodong Town. The previous methods of infiltrating Xuanfu Town can also be applied to Liaodong Town.
, sooner or later, Liaodong Town will be controlled, so the stance of the next Liaodong Town Commander-in-Chief is just an insignificant detail.
But no matter what, the next commander-in-chief of Liaodong Town must be a realist, willing to put aside his own selfish grudges to cooperate with Zhao Junchen, and also willing to compromise with Zhao Junchen for the sake of the overall situation.
At the same time, the next commander-in-chief of Liaodong Town must also have sufficient abilities - after Zhao Junchen's various efforts to stir up trouble and cause trouble, Liaodong Town is already suffering from internal and external troubles and crises. Not only is morale low, but people are divided.
There are also the ambitious Wu family of Shanhaiguan and Jianzhou women who are coveting each other. If the next commander-in-chief of Liaodong Town is not capable enough, he will not be able to quell the chaos.
Therefore, in Zhao Junchen's mind, the most suitable candidate for the next commander-in-chief of Liaodong Town is still North Road Commander Ximen Sheng.
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Thinking of this, Zhao Junchen glanced at Shi Cheng again and saw that Shi Cheng's face was extremely gloomy. It was obvious that he had endured Zhao Junchen's various actions to the extreme.
In Zhao Junchen's plan, Shi Cheng was still useful for the time being, so Zhao Junchen had to try to appease Shi Cheng. After giving him a hammer, he also gave him a sweet date.
Therefore, after Zhao Junchen took the memorial on Liao's salary reform into his arms, he continued: "The next step is the fourth basic principle proposed by this cabinet, which can be called 'unity to reduce risks'... In short,
, is to unite all the forces that can be united within Liaodong Town to control the situation as soon as possible and minimize hidden dangers.
Under these basic principles, when you elect the next commander-in-chief of Liaodong Town, not only should thousands of households in Shicheng be given the right to vote, but General Ximen Sheng of the North Road Defense Zone must also be qualified to be elected as the next commander-in-chief.
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At the same time, no matter who is finally elected as the next Commander-in-Chief of Liaodong Town, they must put past grievances and conflicts that have occurred in the recent past and must not take revenge afterwards!"
While speaking, Zhao Junchen was still strolling back and forth in the tent, and the high-ranking military attachés in Liaodong Town were still staring at Zhao Junchen intently. Everyone's eyes were constantly moving with Zhao Junchen's pace.
As Zhao Junchen finished speaking, the expressions of everyone in the tent changed drastically again.
But this time, Shi Cheng's face softened slightly, and a hint of joy flashed across his expression, while Li Zehe, Gan Cheng, Xu He, and Li Shijie frowned, all showing a look of reluctance.
a gesture of resistance.
Of course, Li Zehe, Gan Cheng, and Xu He were not willing to give Ximen Sheng the opportunity to compete for the top position - with Ximen Sheng's strength and prestige, once they had the opportunity to compete for the top position, they would inevitably become their strong rivals.
At the same time, Li Shijie and Shi Cheng have always disliked each other and were unwilling to let Shi Cheng have the power to make decisions again.
However, the order of these basic principles mentioned by Zhao Junchen can be said to be very particular, and they completely controlled the changes in the rhythm of the situation.
The first basic principle proposed by Zhao Junchen is "non-aggression". This principle does not affect anyone's interests, fully demonstrates Zhao Junchen's impartial stance, and lowers the vigilance of all parties; the second basic principle
It is "equal interests", which not only tested the positions and attitudes of all parties, but also allowed all parties to find more opportunities and benefits; the third basic principle, "give and take," was directly finalized in one go
He participated in the reform of Liao's wages, giving himself the opportunity to infiltrate Liaodong Town.
In this way, as a consensus has been reached on Liao's salary reform, Zhao Junchen, who holds the financial power of the imperial court, has the ability to directly intervene in the future development of Liaodong Town. Unlike before, he could only be manipulated by others, so he let
No one in Liaodong Town dared to underestimate Zhao Junchen's statement.
Under such circumstances, after hearing the fourth basic principle proposed by Zhao Junchen, everyone in Liaodong Town was afraid and did not dare to refute it directly and fiercely.
What's more, Zhao Junchen also found many solid reasons to convince everyone in Liaodong Town to accept his proposal.
Before anyone could raise any questions, Zhao Junchen continued: "I also know that Shi Cheng is suspected of assassinating General Li Zehe, and his soldiers triggered a mutiny. Logically speaking, they should not have the right to vote.
General Ximen is not present. In all likelihood, he has become a prisoner of Wu Yingxiong's subordinates. Logically speaking, he should not be qualified to compete for the position of commander-in-chief...
But we must face the reality. The current situation is that Liaodong Town has been deeply involved in various internal and external troubles. If we want to successfully quell these internal and external troubles, we must unite General Ximen and Qianhu Shicheng.
Strive for their full support and never exclude them!
If he cannot unite the thousands of households in Shicheng, the more than a thousand Liaodong cavalry under his command will always be unstable, and Liaodong Town must divide its troops for surveillance and control! In this way, Liaodong Town is equivalent to a direct loss of two to three thousand Liaodong cavalry.
The strength of the cavalry must be reduced by at least 30%... Under such circumstances, does Liaodong Town still have the strength to resist the annexation of the Wu family in Shanhaiguan?
Even if the Wu family in Shanhaiguan is successfully blocked, judging from the intelligence from all parties, the Jurchens in Jianzhou will soon be unable to resist taking the opportunity to send troops to invade. The North Road Defense Zone will soon start a war again... If there is no North
With the support of General Ximen Sheng, how can Liaodong Town resist the invasion of the Jianzhou Jurchens? If the Jianzhou Jurchens take the opportunity to break through the North Road defense line, what situation will Liaodong Town face?
I know very well that most of you are dissatisfied with this proposal. If you can find better ways to solve these urgent problems, of course I will not insist on your opinion! But everyone knows that the current situation
Liaodong Town still can't get around the support of General Ximen and Shi Qianhu, and sooner or later they have to unite them and compromise, so why waste time by arguing?"
Hearing Zhao Junchen's reasons, Li Zehe, Gan Cheng, Xu He and Li Shijie all remained silent.
Zhao Junchen did not give them more time to think, nor did he intend to give them a chance to express their opinions. He waved his hand directly and said: "I have already said that I will not force you to agree to each of my proposals.
It’s still the old rule, the minority obeys the majority, let’s vote by a show of hands!”