Yuan Chonghuan understands that the current chaos in Liaodong is entirely man-made.
During the time when Yuan Chonghuan left Ningyuan, there was a change of throne in the court.
First Emperor Tianqi died, and then Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne.
The situation was extremely tense during this period.
Although Chongzhen won in the end and successfully ascended the throne.
But the government was controlled by Jiu Qian Sui.
Chongzhen then rushed to defeat Wei Zhongxian, and then planned to punish the eunuchs and reorganize the cabinet.
In the past six months, major personal changes have occurred in the Sixth Department and the Seventh Prince.
People in both the government and the public are in panic.
No one, under such circumstances, was still paying attention to the war in Liaodong, and the finances were very difficult at this time.
It was at this time that the Ningyuan mutiny occurred.
After the mutiny happened, everyone woke up. Liaodong had been forgotten for too long.
Although Wei Zhongxian is uneducated, he does not know what financial extracorporeal circulation is.
However, in the case of Tianqi Dynasty, the money really did not belong to the household transfer department.
Therefore, as soon as Wei Zhongxian fell, the court immediately ran out of money and the consequences were immediate.
In fact, Eunuch Wei's source of money and money bag were in Lin Yueru's hands, but Yang Fan did not ask her to hand them over. After all, the relationship between the two was far from the level where Lin Yueru showed her heart to him.
Here at Lin Yueru, you can sleep wherever you want. But if you want money, there is no way.
Before Yuan Chonghuan took office, the current governor of Liaodong was Wang Zhichen. Wang Zhichen and Yuan Chonghuan had worked together before and were considered old acquaintances.
The old enemies have turned against each other.
At that time, Yuan Chonghuan was the governor of Liaodong, and Wang Zhichen was the governor of Liaodong. Just like Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen, the two were at odds with each other.
Wang Zhichen and Yuan Chonghuan were at odds with each other and went to court.
For the sake of the overall situation, the imperial court divided labor.
Let Yuan Chonghuan be in charge of the outside of the pass and Wang Zhichen be in charge of the inside.
Soon, Wang Zhichen was transferred to the Ministry of War as Minister of War, thus separating the two.
At this time, Wei Zhongxian was in power, and Wang Zhichen was an eunuch.
At this time, it was the great victory of Ningjin. Although Yuan Chonghuan had made great contributions, he was criticized and forced to resign and return to his hometown in Guangdong.
However, Wang Zhichen took the credit of Yuan Chonghuan and was promoted to Minister of War. This shows that Wang Zhichen was a person strongly supported by the Eunuch Party and an important figure in the Eunuch Party's control of military power in Liaodong.
After Yuan Chonghuan resigned and returned to his hometown, Wang Zhichen was appointed governor of Liaodong and governor of Liaodong, finally satisfied with the monopoly of power.
But after this series of operations, it was equivalent to giving all rights to Wang Zhishen. The eunuch party monopolized military power in Liaodong, which in turn aroused dissatisfaction from other opposition parties.
If you eat alone, you will be struck by lightning.
The Zhejiang Party, the Gan Party, and the Qi Party all went into battle and attacked with words and writings.
Soon, the imperial court sent a new governor of Liaodong, Bi Zisu, to serve as governor of Liaodong.
After Yuan Chonghuan came out of the army again, Chongzhen appointed him as the governor of Jiliao and the minister of the Ministry of War. This was to replace the king's minister and eliminate the power of the eunuch party from Liaodong.
The fight between the two reversed again, and this time Wang Zhichen was dismissed from office and went home to rest.
During this period, Wang Zhichen was in a very complicated and depressed mood.
First, the emperor changed.
Then the eunuch party in the center suffered a major blow, and Wei Zhongxian gradually failed in the struggle. He watched the eunuch party's building collapse bit by bit, and was extremely anxious.
The latest news is that Nine Thousand Years Old committed suicide, and the saintly lady Hakka also died. The entire eunuch group was dealt a heavy blow.
Wang Zhichen, who had long regretted joining the eunuchs, was in panic all day long and no longer had the time to deal with matters in Liaodong.
Discipline in the army was lax, and government management was in disarray to an appalling degree.
Chaos management caused a huge fire in Ningyuan, which destroyed 6,300 houses, killed 249 people, and completely destroyed all weapons and ammunition.
At this time, if the slaves came to fight, it would be all over.
It was because the king's ministers were indifferent and did not pursue payment arrears from the Ministry of Household Affairs that the officers and soldiers were in arrears. When Yuan Chonghuan took office, Wei Zhongxian was gone, so naturally there was no pay money.
It's impossible for lower-level officers and soldiers not to be paid monthly, they rely on this for their livelihood.
You can endure it for a month, but there is no pay for two months, and there is no food to eat. Some people sell their horses to solve the problem of food. Others sell their clothes to solve the problem of food.
After three, four, and five months without pay, I really can’t live.
Six months of arrears led to the mutiny.
After Chongzhen appointed Yuan Chonghuan, Wang Zhichen was dismissed from office. He did not hesitate and left immediately.
Wang Zhichen just walked away. He didn't catch up with the mutiny, so naturally he had no responsibility. The responsibility fell entirely on Yuan Chonghuan.
Yuan Chonghuan gritted his teeth angrily.
But what can he do if he is angry?
Because he stayed in the capital and refused to leave, a mutiny broke out.
What has he been doing during this month?
If he had arrived earlier, could something like this have happened?
At this time, thinking with his buttocks, he also knew that the emperor must be gnashing his teeth and scolding him in the Qianqing Palace.
"I went to see His Majesty. Your Majesty promised me that the military pay and military expenses would never be in arrears. I asked Your Majesty to allocate funds to settle the arrears of military pay first." Yuan Chonghuan stood up and was about to leave.
Qian Longxi quickly stood up and grabbed him, saying: "Don't be excited, Yuan Yu. The Ministry of Revenue has no money, so what's the use of asking His Majesty? Your Majesty can't change the money."
Yuan Chonghuan said angrily: "Then how can your Majesty promise me that you will never have any problems with military pay?"
Qian Longxi covered his face, he really couldn't communicate with this Yuan Manzi. You said that it would be okay to restore Liao in five years, but couldn't His Majesty say that money is no problem.
Yuan Chonghuan calmed down and said: "I'll go to the Ministry of Revenue first. If they don't give it, I'll go and ask to see Your Majesty. Someone has to be responsible for this matter. We can't delay it. If we delay it until all the soldiers surrender and build slaves, we will regret it."
It’s too late.”
Qian Longxi looked at him with some pity, thought for a moment, took out a manuscript from the desk and handed it to Yuan Chonghuan.
Yuan Chonghuan took it and took a look. It turned out that Chongzhen had already issued an imperial edict on this matter. Obviously the emperor knew earlier than everyone else.
Yuan Chonghuan's heart sank when he saw this imperial edict.
Your Majesty's imperial edict was not given to him at all. Instead, it was given directly to the Ministry of War, bypassing Governor Ji Liao.
The content is very simple. It requires the Ministry of War to give strict orders to the previous and current leaders of Liaodong to immediately quell the mutiny and not to cause the mutinous officers and soldiers to become slaves.
This imperial edict does not mention a word about military pay, and Yuan Chonghuan's name is not mentioned in the entire article. Aren't I the new leader of Liaodong?
Yuan Chonghuan understood that this meant that His Majesty was already dissatisfied with him.
Qian Longxi is currently on duty at the Ministry of War, so he received this imperial edict.
Chongzhen's intention in giving him the imperial edict is also very obvious. Yuan Chonghuan is the person recommended by you. He will not leave in the capital. Now that there is such a big mess on the front line due to the leadership vacuum, you people in Donglin will take care of it.
Yuan Chonghuan and Qian Longxi smiled bitterly at each other.
Needless to say, His Majesty was unhappy and began to have opinions about Dong Lin.
From Chongzhen's point of view, this matter was caused by Yuan Chonghuan's delay in taking office. You are the old leader of Ningyuan. The soldiers of the 13th Battalion were all trained by you. You led them to achieve the great victory of Ningyuan and Ningyuan.
Jin Dajie's prestige is unparalleled. If you arrived in Ningyuan, would this thing happen again?
At least they don't dare to make mistakes.
If there are any issues that cannot be discussed, until now, they have mutinied and forced the governor to death.
The imperial court was disgraced!
But in Dong Lin's view, the vastness of the world does not mean that he has the power to seize troops. Yuan Chonghuan fired a gun and promised to restore Liao in five years. Dong Lin did not think that what he did was wrong. As long as he captured the military power in Liaodong, it would be victory.
As for the emperor, he will slowly find ways to fool him in the future.