"Wu Sangui! The military clans of Liaodong!"
Senior Grand Secretary Fan Jingwen sighed softly after reciting these words to himself several times.
As Senior Grand Secretary, he was well-versed in these matters. The military clans of Liaodong had become too powerful to be easily controlled, yet there was no suitable solution to the problem. Now that the Imperial Court intended to pacify Liaodong, new complications had inevitably arisen. The root of the issue lay with Wu Sangui and the Liaodong military clans. The Emperor wanted to make use of them, yet they always proved unreliable at critical moments. But relying on them was a necessity; otherwise, they might very well defect to the Jiannu, creating a situation where the enemy grew stronger as the Imperial forces weakened.
Chapter 701