Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 490
Huai'an Mansion.

As an important hub of water transportation from north to south, Huai'an is far richer than other places, and its political attributes are stronger than other places.

"Admiral, what shall we do next?"

Wu Xiang looked serious, sitting on the official hat chair, looked at the silent Zu Dashou and said: "Governor Li's attitude is clear support for this matter of moving the army to seek reform, but he will not increase the number of troops, and will not allocate food and salaries. , I have to wait for everything to be done.

However, going south along the way, the guards and local garrisons involved in the transportation of troops in various places can be described as intricate. It is not easy to plan to set up an important town for the transportation of troops in eight provinces. "

"It's not easy."

Zu Dashou sighed lightly and frowned, "But it's time to take action. Under the current Governor of Water Transport, the North and South Central Admiral Water Transport Branch in charge of water transport has begun to gradually build up.

Only our admiral Yunjun Yamen has not taken any action so far.

If the stalemate continues like this, His Majesty will probably take the blame. If we really wait until then, our situation will only become more passive. "

In the main hall, fell into silence.

Compared with the difficulties in transporting the army and planning reforms, what worries Zu Dashou even more is that a group of Liao generals, such as Zu Dale and Zu Kuan, left Liao and went to Shaanxi to participate in the suppression of the rebellion at the order of the emperor.

Although Zu Dashou is getting farther and farther away from Liaoqian, but the private correspondence has never been broken with Liaoqian, but the time interval is a bit long.

When Zu Dashou learned about this situation, the Liao generals Zu Dale and Zu Kuan had already commanded the Guanning iron cavalry, and under the supervision of Li Banghua, they were about to rush to Shaanxi.

The so-called generals of the Ming Dynasty's geographical nature, once separated by a long distance, it is very difficult to form an effective control.

"Admiral, you said Your Majesty... did he find something?"

Wu Xiang looked worried, and said what was worrying in his heart, "From the time I was transferred to the Beijing camp, to the admiral who transported the army, I was told step by step to stay away from Liaoqian.

The end general always felt very uneasy.

I don't know much about the current situation in Liaoqian, but Sun Chengzong still has some prestige in Liaoqian.

If what he wants to do, will the remaining people really be Sun Chengzong's opponents? "

"This... the governor is not very clear."

Zu Dashou frowned and said: "If we really found something, then we would not be in charge of transporting the army. We all know the emperor's temperament.

Instead of worrying about these things, it is better to think about how to control the important cities of the eight provinces as soon as possible.

The lifeblood of our Daming's water transportation is these tens of thousands of humble troops. If we can control these soldiers and horses, even if the emperor really finds something, then we have to consider it.

Not to mention, the Governor immediately went to the Governor's Mansion, and asked Li Shi to say that Ming Lihuai inspected various places, and first clarified the eight general officers under his jurisdiction before talking about it! "

After saying that, Zu Dashou stood up and walked quickly to the outside of the hall. Seeing this, Wu Xiang hurriedly got up and followed behind.

Nowadays, the situation before the Liao Dynasty is constantly changing, the structure of the court is constantly changing, coupled with the many difficulties faced after taking office in Huai'an Mansion, Zu Dashou's sense of crisis in his heart is getting stronger and stronger.

He didn't know the reason why the Son of Heaven was so deliberate in separating him from Liaoqian step by step, but Zu Dashou knew in his heart that he couldn't sit still and do nothing.

If the emperor in the Forbidden City really found out about the Liaodong General, at least he must have the ability to protect himself.

"What happened to the secret investigation that you were asked to investigate?"

On the way to the governor's office, Zu Dashou asked in a low voice: "What special hobbies do those prefects in Xuzhou, Huai'an, Yangzhou and other prefectures have?
We want to prepare as soon as possible to build an important town for transporting troops from the eight provinces, and Nanzhili is the most important thing. As long as it is successfully built here, the rest will be easy to handle. "

"It's all investigated."

Wu Xiang thought for a while, and said: "The final general has already sent people to contact those prefects, and they all do what they like, and the situation is smoother than expected.

In addition, through those few, I also came into contact with some generals..."

Zu Dashou listened to Wu Xiang's words, but he was secretly thinking that the plan to reform the military movement would involve a lot of things, and it would be unrealistic to want to take full control of the military movement as soon as it came up.

But first set up the important towns of the Eight Provinces Transport Army, and then step by step to collect the handles secretly, and when the time is right, bring them under the command, then things will become much simpler.

The Liao generals who followed him to the south must be placed in the key points. As long as he can completely control the transport army, Zu Dashou believes that his weight will be greatly strengthened in the heart of the emperor.

"Last General Zu Dashou, pay homage to the governor!"

"The last general, Wu Xiang, pay homage to the governor!"

In the main hall of the Governor's Office of Water Transport, Li Shiwen looked calm, looking at Zu Dashou and Wu Xiang, he knew that the two came here for the purpose of transporting the army.

After some simple greetings, Zu Dashou got straight to the point.

"Governor, I want to leave Huai'an for a while, to inspect various places, and implement His Majesty's will as soon as possible." Zu Dashou sat on the official hat chair, slightly bowed and said: "After all, I will leave Beijing to take up my post. It will be some time, if there is no progress in the important town of the Eight Provinces Movement, the last general will not be able to deal with His Majesty."

"This matter really needs to be clarified as soon as possible."

Li Shiwen nodded, and said: "Admiral Zu is also aware of the current situation of the Governor's Mansion of Water Transport, and it can be said to be a thousand things.

This involves the matter of transporting the army to seek reform, and it still needs a lot of attention from the admiral Zu.

However, has Admiral Zu ever thought about where to take the lead in clarifying the movement of the army and planning for reform?After all, the stability of the transport army is related to the operation of the water transport, and there can be no mistakes. "

"These end generals are still thinking about it."

Zu Dashou continued: "However, please rest assured, Governor, what the general will do will definitely not cause any mistakes in the transportation army under the jurisdiction of the Water Transport."

This time I came to find Li Shiwen to explain his intention, just out of official rules, to express his attitude to Li Shiwen, as for the secrets related to the military movement and reform, Zu Dashou would never reveal it.

After all, Li Shiwen is not the only one in the governor's yamen of Water Transport, who is standing behind those officials, even Zu Dashou is not sure.

The official environment in the Jiangnan provinces is really too complicated. Before the matter of moving troops is made clear, Zu Dashou, an outsider who is still a general, will definitely be subject to many invisible constraints.

Even Li Shiwen, the Governor of Water Transport, stayed in peace for a while when he first came to Huai'an Mansion, and only after meeting some local officials and gentry did he gradually control the corresponding right to speak.

(End of this chapter)