Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1149 Qi Jiguang's Successor

It is not low difficulty to make Shen Shihang feel that the benefits of fighting this battle can even exceed those of the practical school.Because the credit here is mainly military exploits, and military exploits... that is equivalent to making Shen Shixing feel that Li Chengliang can beat Qi Jiguang.

Although Shen Shixing is not very knowledgeable in military affairs, he also knows that Li Chengliang showed his face better than Qi Jiguang before because of the imperial court's policy requirements.

The Western Huaidong system, Qi Jiguang has no chance to "fight out", of course he can't get any credit, but Qi Jiguang guards Ji guarding the water tight, can this ability be false?In addition, now that Daning City is in Daming's hands, Qi Jiguang's dispatch of troops is actually closer than Li Chengliang's, which gives him an inherent advantage in "grabbing merit".

So normally speaking, this job is not easy.

But Gao Wushi laughed and said, "Da Sima, what's the problem? Just transfer Qi Jiguang back to the capital."

Liang Menglong said in amazement: "How did Qi Jiguang get transferred back to the capital? He is not a civil servant."

Civil servants and border officials are transferred back to the capital to make arrangements. They usually work as a servant in the Ministry of War first, and then see how to transfer, but military officials are different.Military officials generally do not have the option of returning to Beijing, because even if one of the titles of the five military governors is held, the five army governors in the capital do not have a turnip pit for both generals and commanders - if you come back, you will be honored Where to hang it?

Of course Gao Wushi also knew this, he smiled and said, "Did Sima know that the student didn't come back from the palace until late last night?"

Liang Menglong's eyes flashed, and he said with a smile: "Everyone in the capital knows about you."

Gao Wushi didn't make any distinctions, he just said, "Do you know what the student said to the emperor?"

"Do you really want to move the Beijing camp?" Liang Menglong said cautiously: "The Beijing camp is not a place to wait for nothing. Although you and Cheng Guogong have always had a close friendship, the Beijing camp is their lifeblood..."

"Students didn't intend to touch their cash cow, but lightened their burden—totally lightened." Gao Wushi said with a smile.

"Ah? What do you say?"

Gao Wushi told Liang Menglong about the separation of Zhan, Nong, and Craftsman, and then introduced him about the Guards.

After Liang Menglong heard this, he hesitated and said: "But in this way, the Beijing camp really only has [-] soldiers. If the outside knows..."

Gao Wushi shook his head and said: "Separate and separate, nominally they still control hundreds of thousands of military households. Since these people are still military households, in theory, as long as they need to fight, they still have to put down their hoes and pick up their guns. Don't dare to think too much."

Liang Menglong thought for a while, and felt that this was the reason, and said: "This idea is not unfeasible, but I think it is better for you to master the recruitment of refugees yourself. It's not that I gossip behind people's backs, these nobles ...I'm afraid I don't know how to choose the source of troops anymore."

Gao Wushi laughed, and said, "Let them be responsible, but how could they understand this? The students knew this in their hearts, so the students chose the best soldier in the world to do this. It's just that others It hasn't arrived yet, so let's say that first."

"Who is this person?" Liang Menglong had some guesses in his heart, but he still felt relieved to ask.

"It's Qi Jiguang." Gao Wushi said with a smile: "He is also the first commander of the Imperial Guard chosen by the students."

"I think so." Liang Menglong smiled, and suddenly hesitated: "But to be honest, if one person controls [-] imperial guards, the emperor is really relieved about this matter?"

Gao Wushi said: "Firstly, the term of the commander of the Imperial Guard is limited, and secondly... the students didn't say that the emperor is not allowed to put eunuchs in the Imperial Guard."

In fact, in theory, Gao Pragmatic is very disgusted with the eunuchs of the supervising army, but no matter how disgusted he is about this matter, it is useless. The system and tradition of the Ming Dynasty are here, and there is no eunuch supervising the army in the [-] imperial guards, even if the emperor is Zhu Yijun. The old classmate who is highly pragmatic can't bear it either - I'm afraid!

Among other things, the Shence Army of the Tang Dynasty was like a joke to abolish the emperor. Can this thing be joked?
Therefore, the Imperial Guard Army currently planned is actually still a "separation of powers": the chief military officer is Qi Jiguang, the preparatory commander, and the direct manager of the civil servants is Gao Yushi, the assistant manager of the Beijing camp and the representative of the imperial power. It's the superintendent.

But last night, Gao Wushi and Zhu Yijun had an exchange about the scope of duties of the military supervising eunuchs. Gao Wushi firmly stated that the military supervising eunuchs should not intervene in ordinary military affairs. He has one and only one task, which is to supervise the guards including Qi Jiguang Army senior general.

It's hard to say what Zhu Yijun's real thoughts are, but at least he agreed at the time, just saying that the specific division of responsibilities needs to be highly pragmatic and write down detailed rules for him to read.

As soon as Liang Menglong heard that the emperor basically agreed, he felt relieved, thought for a while, and said: "If this is the case, it is a way to get the best of both worlds. Qi Jiguang left Ji Town, Shen Yaoquan should be more confident... But If Qi Jiguang leaves, what will happen to Jizhen?"

Gao Wushi hesitated for a moment, and said: "Actually, the students have two candidates in mind, but they are still a little hesitant about who to choose. Moreover, the students guess that these two candidates may not meet the standards of Da Sima."

Liang Menglong laughed: "How did you say that? Do you know what standards I have for the general soldiers of Ji Town?"

Gao Wushi said: "It is necessary to have great military exploits, but also to be mature and prudent, these two things can't be escaped, right?"

Liang Menglong's smile stiffened, and he hesitated: "Why, does the person you want to recommend have no military exploits, or is he not prudent enough?"

Gao Wushi said: "War exploits can be achieved, but this is prudence... It depends on what Da Sima thinks about it. If you just look at it based on age, I'm afraid it doesn't fit."

Liang Menglong's heart moved, and he said: "So, they are two young generals?" He paused for a while, nodded and said: "Forget it, let me listen to you first."

Gao Wushi said: "One is Ma Gui, and the other is Liu Ting."

Liang Menglong was suddenly stunned, but he didn't speak immediately, but thought for a while before saying: "Ma Gui has made a lot of contributions in the battle of Monan, and Liu Ting has also made great contributions in the battle of Burma. In terms of ability, they It should be able to do it.”

"But..." I'm afraid of "but" in everything, and sure enough, Gao Yushi heard Liang Menglong continue: "The two of them don't have enough qualifications. I'm afraid they won't be able to convince everyone when they suddenly become the commander-in-chief of Ji Town. In my opinion, please If you really want to use them, it’s not impossible, but it’s best to just be the deputy commander-in-chief of Ji Town at the beginning, and don’t give it to the commander-in-chief, it’s easy to backfire.”

Liang Menglong's words are very clear-it can be given to the deputy commander-in-chief, but the commander-in-chief still has to find a veteran, otherwise even if he agrees, I'm afraid the princes of the capital are not at ease.

This Ji town is the number one gate of the capital, what if it is guarded by an unreliable "children", and someday the Mongols are let in?Who is responsible for this?
However, if Ma Gui and Liu Ting are not good enough, it will be hard to recommend Gao Yushi for a while. Although Deng Zilong is much older than the two of them, Liang Menglong clearly mentioned the item of "qualification" just now, and this item Deng Zilong also No, because his official career was not going well, and if Gao Yushi hadn't given him a chance this time, he wouldn't have been promoted.

Gao Wushi thought about it, but he didn't think of a particularly good candidate, so he asked Liang Menglong: "Then the choice of the chief soldier must be decided by the chief minister. The students have no one to recommend for a while."

Liang Menglong hadn't considered this matter before, and when Gao Wushi said this, he also fell into thinking.

After a while, he finally said: "Do you know that Yang Si is afraid of this person?"

Knowing that he must know, Gao Wushi nodded and said: "This person is Changping General Soldier."

Liang Menglong asked, "What do you think of him?"

Gao Wushi was a little surprised, frowned slightly and said, "He... is from Liaoyang, right?"

Liang Menglong laughed: "It's a good person from Liaoyang, but it sounds like Qiuzhen has misunderstood him—do you think he and Li Chengliang are on the same side?"

Gao Wushi was a little surprised: "Isn't it?"

"Of course not." Liang Menglong shook his head and said, "Don't think that as long as the Liaodong generals are all from Li Chengliang's faction, you must know that Li Chengliang's rise is not too early. In fact, Li Chengliang died in battle because of the former Liaodong general in the fourth year of Longqing. He took over as commander-in-chief of Liaodong, and Yang Siwei had already served as the commander-in-chief of Changping in the second year of Longqing. .”

Oh, it turns out that he is still Li Chengliang's "senior".Now Gao Wushi understood that Yang Siwei was obviously unlikely to be on the same side as Li Chengliang, because his qualifications were older than Li Chengliang.

"How long will this man live this year?" Gao Wushi asked.

Liang Menglong was the governor of Jiliao before, and Changping was his jurisdiction. Of course, he knew the age of Yang Siwei, the commander-in-chief of Changping, and replied: "53 or 54, the age is still appropriate."

That's true, this age is quite suitable to be a handsome man - it sounds much more reliable than Ma Gui, who is just in his early thirties, and Liu Ting, who is only 25 years old.

However, Gao Wushi was still not very familiar with Yang Siwei, so he couldn't express his agreement directly. Instead, he asked Liang Menglong about his past, and Liang Menglong knew everything about him, so he introduced him.

Yang Siwei, styled Jingfu and nicknamed Zhi'an, was originally from Tongcheng, Anqing.Because the ancestors were transferred to the north of Liaodong to serve as commanders during the expedition, they were born in Liaoyang.His father, Yang Yingqi, was stationed in Ningyuan, Kaiyuan and other places successively.

As early as the 32nd year of Jiajing, Yang Siwei "led the township examination and the Guichou mid-level examination (here refers to the martial arts examination), and was awarded the governor of Liaoyang Weisuo".Not long after he took office, he felt that although he was outstanding in martial arts, he lacked military theory and cultural qualities.

In the 37th year of Jiajing, there happened to be a great famine in Liaodong, and it was almost time to change children and eat.Yang Siwei then published the "Four Strategies to Relieve Famines", and the relief and the control of robbers were all said to be lawful, and the local people respected them very much.So it didn't take long for him to resume his post as the guard of Shanhaiguan.

In the 41st year of Jiajing, Ge Jinzuo, then the left servant of the Ministry of War, asked the court to add Ningqian Bingbei Dao, and transferred Yang Siwei to be the Ningyuan guerrilla general.After taking office, facing the vast and vast Ningyuan land and the threat of Mongolian iron cavalry, he started his own business from scratch, asked for salary and recruited soldiers to train them, learned riding and archery, opened up fields, built barracks, and soon established a A brave and capable army - of course this refers to his servants - laid a solid foundation for later achievements.

In the short few months after Yang Siwei was stationed in Ningyuan, tens of thousands of Mongolian troops invaded Shaheyi, Ruichang, Heizhuang and other places in Ningyuan three times.However, he only led more than a thousand men and horses (family members) under his command, one as ten, charged into the battle, won by surprise, and repeatedly defeated and defeated the captives.

According to what Liang Menglong told Gao Yushi, Yang Siwei was hit by sixteen arrows in a battle at that time, and still made all the soldiers "only follow the horse's head" to chase and kill the enemy bravely.

In the 43rd year of Jiajing, Yang Siwei served as Liaodong general Tong Deng at any time to defeat Dongyi, that is, Jurchen, and then Gao Shengkai was the former general, commanding a total of [-] castles including Sanwanwei, Liaohaiwei, and Tielingwei. —This happens to be Li Chengliang's hometown.During this period, he also defeated the invading Mongolian army twice, and transferred to Jiqian Malanyu General.

In the 45th year of Jiajing, Yang Siwei was promoted to the deputy general of Liaoyang.In the first year of Longqing, the Mongolian army once again committed a major crime against Ningyuan.Yang Siwei went deep into the enemy's rear with Wang Zhidao, the commander-in-chief, counterattacked them, broke through the enemy's formation, beheaded more than a hundred ranks, and obtained countless horses and equipment.Then, the Mongolian army invaded Liaoyang several times. He led the Kaiyuan General Li Chengliang to fight together and defeated the invading enemy at Hupiyi.

This is why Liang Menglong said that Yang Siwei was Li Chengliang's old boss.

In the following year, Yang Siwei was transferred from Liaoyang Deputy Chief Soldier to Changping Town Chief Soldier.From then on, he and Qi Jiguang "walked together".From Juyongguan to Shanhaiguan 1000 kilometers away, the water gate was set up, four cities were built, and 190 nine piers were built, so that the Ming army was both defensive and defensive.The year before last, that is, the ninth year of Wanli, Yang Siwei was promoted to the rank and right governor, and specially promoted to Ronglu doctor.

Liang Menglong’s words let Gao Yushi not only know that he was Li Chengliang’s former boss, but also learned an important piece of information: he and Qi Jiguang have also cooperated for many years, and they are responsible for two parts of the same line of defense—Qi Jiguang is in the east, Yang Siwei is in the west.Qi Jiguang never made any mistakes, and neither did he, Yang Siwei.

Gao Wushi was secretly amazed, and thought: The generals promoted by the Longqing Dynasty are very powerful. I am not very familiar with Yang Siwei, and I didn't pay much attention to him when I was a political observer, but I didn't expect him to be really talented.

But after thinking about it, the third uncle has always been strict in employing personnel, and it was he who established the personnel files. If Yang Siwei didn't have the ability to work hard and have a good record, how could the third uncle put him in the position of the general soldier in Changping? superior?You must know that this Changping General Soldier happens to be guarding the Imperial Tomb!Although this position does not have as many soldiers and horses as Jizhen and Xuanfu on the east and west sides of him, its importance is not low at all.

Gao Wushi finally laughed: "It's still Da Sima who is familiar with border affairs. From this point of view, Yang Siwei is indeed the best candidate, and the students fully agree with this."
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