Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1222 Emergency Consultation

Wu Dui and Liang Menglong were the No. [-] champions of Gao Wushi who arrived at Jinggongfang in Zhaohui almost at the same time. Although they were both confused, they also knew that Gao Wushi sent someone to wake them up from the bed in the middle of the night and invited them here. It won't be a sudden desire to chat with them, it must be something important to happen, and most of it is urgent.

The three did not meet in the flower hall, but were directly invited into the high and pragmatic study.

Gao Wushi only said one sentence: "I'm very sorry for disturbing you late at night." Then he raised the secret letter in his hand and sighed: "Xining lost the urgent report I just received."

Wu Dui was born in a veteran big Sima. When he saw the secret letter in Gao Wushi's hand, he frowned and asked, "Isn't it a military newspaper from the imperial court? This is Jinghua's own secret report?" Liang Menglong also immediately looked at the secret letter.

Gao Wushi didn't explain, just nodded and said, "It's about Beijing." Then he handed the secret letter to Wu Dui, and Liang Menglong also turned his head to check it together.

The secret letter was not long, and the two read it quickly, both gasped and looked at each other.

Wu Dui pondered: "If what Cao said is true, then this matter should be the crime of Yongchangwei, and it should not affect Jinghua."

Liang Menglong said: "Jinghua's ability is not at fault, but the consequences of this incident are unimaginable."

Wu Dui also said after hearing the words: "Yes, the focus of the court has not been on the northwest three sides in recent years, and the military affairs of the three sides have been mainly defensive. Now Xining has fallen, but I don't know how to take it back."

Liang Menglong pondered and said: "I don't know if Gao Wenchuan has enough people on hand... I always feel that the three sides of Shaanxi are more than enough to overcome the city's shortcomings. Maybe the Ministry of War will help him."

He mentioned Gao Wenchuan, whose name was Wenchuan, whose real name was Gao Guangxian, whose courtesy name was Zixiao.

In other words, this old man has almost reached the peak among the governors, and he is both the Minister of the Ministry of War and the left deputy.He was originally a 38th Jinshi in Jiajing, but he was ranked in the middle of the gold list at that time, so he failed to stay in the capital and was awarded the county magistrate of Shanghai.Later, he was promoted to supervisory censor and Shaoqing of Dali Temple.He was promoted to the censor of the capital of Youqin, the censor of the capital of the right deputy, and the governor of Yansui.Later, he was changed to the censor of the left deputy capital, the governor of Jizhou, Liaozhou, and Baoding, and also took care of border affairs.The year before last, he was the right servant of the Ministry of War of the Jin Dynasty, and the governor of the trilateral military affairs. Last year, he was promoted to the present rank.

Wu Dui nodded and said, "If Gao Wenchuan needs it, the Ministry of War will definitely help him..."

Liang Menglong didn't say much, but he knew very well.If the then-governor of the three sides was someone who had nothing to do with "everyone", the Ministry of War would not have to worry about it now. After all, they did not report to the imperial court for help, then this matter was still the task of the governor himself, and the Ministry of War should not be so proactive.

But Gao Guangxian is different. He is a native of Changzhi, Shanxi Province, a governor from the Jin Party, and an important border minister among the "own people".

Besides, Zhang Siwei Ding has been worried for so long. If he returns to the court and finds that his important subordinates have fallen due to the ineffectiveness and insufficient support of the Ministry of War, this anger will not be poured on his Liang Menglong's head?
In fact, even Gao Wushi didn't know if his uncle could return to the dynasty, because in the original history, Zhang Siwei's parents died one after another, and Zhang Siwei himself passed away because he couldn't stand this continuous blow and was too sad. .However, Liang Menglong can't be a prophet, and of course he doesn't know this, so he is worried that Zhang Siwei will find him to settle accounts when he returns to the court, which is a normal idea.

After all, in terms of closeness, Gao Guangxian, who was born in the Jin Party, is more important than Liang Menglong in Zhang Siwei's heart.

As a patriarch, Wu Dui has a higher level of consideration. He shook his head at this time and said, "The support that the imperial court or the Ministry of War can give him is probably limited."

Liang Menglong couldn't understand for a while, and asked: "Why is this? We don't have any other battles right now. It shouldn't be difficult to mobilize one or two elite soldiers to support Gansu."

Here, by the way, the Governor of the Three Sides of Shaanxi is not only in charge of Shaanxi, and it is necessary to mention this position (for the understanding of the following plot, and I read it, Baidu Encyclopedia is too brief).

Shaanxi's three-sided general system, also known as the three-sided governor, is also known as the four permanent governors of the Ming Dynasty, along with the governors of Guangdong and Guangxi, Xuanda, and Jiliao.

After the demise of the Yuan Dynasty, the Mongolian tribes retreated to the grasslands and faced off with the Ming Dynasty in the north and south for a long time, almost always with the rule of the Ming Dynasty, and the two formed close political, military and economic relations.The trilateral general system was created in response to the military situation in the north, and complemented the formation and construction of the four towns on the three sides of Shaanxi.

The so-called "Shaanxi" in the Ming Dynasty actually referred to the entire northwestern region most of the time, including later generations of Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Qinghai and parts of Inner Mongolia.

In order to strengthen the military defense of the area, Daming established four major military towns here, namely Ningxia Town, Gansu Town, Yansui Town, and Guyuan Town (Shaanxi Town).The three sides refer to the areas of Ningxia, Gansu and Yansui.By the mid-Ming Dynasty at the latest, the Sanbian Military Town had been established and gradually improved.

According to the "Ming Hui Dian": "Hongzhi ten years to discuss the dispatch of important officials, the general control of military affairs in Shaanxi, Gansu, Yansui, and Ningxia. After 15 years, it may be established or reformed. It will be established in the fourth year of Jiajing. One should deal with military affairs as appropriate. The subordinates of the town patrol should listen to restraint, and those who do not order before the army should be handled according to the military law."

There have always been various theories about the time of the initial establishment of the Shaanxi Trilateral General System.Specifically, in the tenth year of Chenghua, Wang Yue had the name of the general system, commanding various military and horses.

At that time, Polo Hu, Mandulu, Zi Jia Si Lan, etc. often lived in the Hetao area, and entered the border area of ​​Shaanxi year after year: "At the beginning of Chenghua, the Maori child Jia Si Lan, Polo Hu, Mandu Lu Jizhi, Chu Yu left. I don't live very often. After six years, I started to live for a long time. I went deep into the counties to kill people and animals, often millions of people, and often entered four or three years old. The side generals sat and watched with soldiers, or watched them go out, and occasionally caught the old and weak. , even bluffing to think that the number of captures. Even worse, killing my people as a prisoner, all risking merit, being promoted and rewarded without guilt, and those who have been defeated, the crime is stopped and banished, and more are punished.”

It is precisely because most of the frontier generals will not die at this time, and the suffering of the captives is rising day by day.However, Wang Yue attacked it several times and gained a little.On September 930th in the ninth year of Chenghua, Wang Yue attacked and smashed the "captive camp" in Hongyanchi.On October [-]th, the ninth year of Chenghua, Wang Yue and others won the victory in Weizhou, and took back [-] men and women.

Emperor Xianzong wanted to take a long-term view and force the "captive thieves" to dare not violate the border, so he granted Wang Yue the power of restraint to promote his success.However, in July of the tenth year of Chenghua, Wang Yue returned to Beijing because of the progressive illness.

In the tenth year of Hongzhi, the Mongols invaded the Shawo Fort in Suzhou, and Wu Min, the governor of Gansu's imperial censor, could not resist.Soon he ordered Gansu, Ningxia, and Yansui to listen to the call of the commander-in-chief of Wang Yue, and the governor of Gansu, the imperial censor, chose someone else.

When Wang Yue was in power, he mainly dealt with the Mongolian part behind Helan Mountain, and Emperor Xiaozong told him: "The back of Helan Mountain is a den of thieves, and many bandits have entered from there. The masses, or recruit Ye Ni Keli and other barbarians, will cause a lot of trouble, and you must plan to pursue and suppress them, and the mother order will breed the vines."

In February of the first year of Zhengde, the governor Yang Yiqing, who was in charge of Ma Zheng in Shaanxi, was dispatched to delay Sui's wandering soldiers for a long time because of the repeated invasions of Huamachi in Ningxia.After being recommended by the Ministry of War in conjunction with courtiers, Wu Zongjian ordered Yang Yiqing to oversee the frontier affairs of Shaanxi, Yansui, Ningxia, Gansu and other offices and to supervise the horse administration in the respective places.

It can be seen from this that the trilateral general system was initially set up temporarily, mostly in response to the severe military situation, and the term of office was short, or it was recalled due to illness or a brief rest due to war.With the increase in the number of assignments and the extension of the general system's tenure, the assignment of the official position has gradually stabilized.

Yang Yiqing took office in May of the fourth year of Jiajing and left in November. Wang Xian took over in December of the same year. He was recalled in February of the seventh year of Jiajing. Xu Qiong was appointed the month Wang Xian left office. In September of the tenth year, Fang left office, and the successor general system basically took office continuously, with few interruptions.

It can be seen from this that since the fourth year of Jiajing, the trilateral general system of dispatching from the central center of the imperial court has become a custom. Regardless of whether it encounters a military crisis or not, it follows the rules and appoints it continuously to become a relatively fixed central dispatch officer.

In the 15th year of Jiajing, because of avoiding the word "zhi" (there is a category in the imperial decree, it is called system), so the court changed the name of the Shaanxi trilateral general system to the Shaanxi trilateral governor.Since then, the name "Governor" has been used.

The powers and responsibilities of the governors of the three sides have been made clear, and the responsibility of the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi, Gao Guangxian, is also very clear.

Because he "oversees the frontier affairs in Shaanxi, Yansui, Ningxia, Gansu and other places and supervises the horse administration in each place", and "the four towns have money and food for soldiers and horses, and military affairs should be handled appropriately. Those who didn't need to be killed in the past, all commanded the following to obey the military law." Therefore, according to the principle of "equal power and responsibility", when something happened in these four towns, it was his head and tail.

Liang Menglong was worried that he would be impeached due to the fall of Xining, which would lead to Zhang Siwei's dissatisfaction with himself in the future, so when he heard Wu Dui's words, it seemed that he didn't want to care, and he was a little anxious at the time.

Wu Dui doesn't have to worry about this, because he is a high-ranking party with strong roots, and he has an excellent relationship with Gao pragmatism. Liang Menglong's self-questioning relationship with Gao pragmatism is not bad. Unfortunately, without Wu Dui's good background, naturally he can't help but be nervous. .

But Wu Dui heard this, but did not answer directly, but looked towards Gao pragmatically.

Liang Menglong was a little puzzled, and immediately cast an exploratory look at Gao Shishi.

Gao Wushi frowned slightly, and then smiled bitterly: "Mingquan Duke, it's not that the court has no troops to adjust, but the difficulty is that there is no money."

Liang Menglong, a fan of the authorities, actually forgot about this, and was reminded by Gao pragmatically, he suddenly realized, slapped his thigh hard, and said angrily: "I don't have money again, I am so bright and glorious, why do I always do a lot of things because I don't have money? Can't?"

Gao Wushi almost couldn't help rolling his eyes, and thought to himself, "Isn't that true? I am afraid that I am the poorest "celestial dynasty" in history, but this poverty is limited to the imperial court, and the people are not poor at all.

But Gao Wushi couldn't ignore Liang Menglong without saying a word, so he had to smile bitterly: "Mingquan Duke, please bear with it for another two or three years. When the ban on the vassal is lifted successfully, the imperial court will be less burdened by [-]%, and many things will be easier to handle."

"Oh, it's not that I can't wait, and it's not that I don't know the truth, but what should I do now?" Liang Menglong said with worries written all over his face, "Xining can't be lost, how important this place is, two Don't you know where?"

"Two" is of course clear, Wu Dui is also a cabinet who has been promoted from the Ministry of War, how can it be unclear?Not to mention Gao pragmatism, he has compiled the "Da Ming Hui Dian", and he is a transmigrator. For this era, he can be called a connection between ancient and modern times. How could he not be clear?
Expressed in the simplest words, that is: Xining is in, Gansu is safe; Xining is lost, Gansu is in danger!

Geographically, Gansu's "Silk Road" line is north of Qilian Mountains, while Xiningwei is south of Qilian Mountains.If Xiningwei were lost, from a strategic perspective, Qinghai Tumut would occupy the entire south of the Qilian Mountains, and it would be easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Don't think that only the Silk Road of the Han and Tang Dynasties is smooth, the Ming Dynasty is also smooth, because Daming also needs this road to trade with the Western Regions, obtain some special products and even individual resources of the Western Regions, and the Western Regions need this road to obtain all kinds of Daming's various resources. Fist product.

But if it's just like this, it's only an economic threat. In fact, the loss of Xiningwei is even more serious, and it will be at a serious strategic disadvantage.In terms of situation, the Qinghai Tumut at that time was a bit like the Tubo after the Anshi Rebellion. It was a state of "I want to hit you, but you can't hit me if you want" - unless you can go after crossing the Qilian Mountains. Deadly fortress.

Of course, there are still differences between Daming and Tang Dynasty. The biggest difference is that Daming has firearms.

The Tang Dynasty did not have artillery pieces. After crossing the Qilian Mountains, looking at the fortresses in the most important positions, they could only take human lives. However, with artillery pieces in Daming, in theory, these fortresses could still be conquered by artillery pieces.Another point is that although the Tubo people are also nomads and have good cavalry, they are better at fortress guarding, while the Mongols seem to be not very good at this.

Wu Dui said at this time: "I naturally know that Xining is important, but the court has no money, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and I can't make money as a patriarch... Alas, this matter can only depend on Gao Wenchuan's own ability."

Liang Menglong was greatly disappointed, and he looked towards Gao pragmatically again, full of hope: "Seek the truth, you are the holy hand of gold..."

"Recovering Xining is different from fighting Burma. This can't bring any real money to the noble relatives who have no spare money to spend. I think it's not easy to raise money for this matter." Gao pragmatically replied.

It's not that he really can't make some money, but now the emperor's ban on the vassal is closely watched. Even if he can make money, it is estimated that he will be used to top the gap in the opening of the ban, so Gao pragmatic doesn't want to focus on this matter. Make the most of it.

Liang Menglong was really discouraged, leaned back, and muttered: "What should we do? The three sides of Shaanxi have not changed their clothes frequently over the years, and now there is no reinforcement..."

Gao Wushi couldn't bear it any longer, he coughed lightly, and said, "Cao Gan brought three thousand riders from the trading company over there... If Gao Wenchuan needs it, I can lend him the three thousand riders."

At this time, Gao Wushi didn't know, because this sentence actually caused a series of subsequent variables, and it became that he, a traveler, could not grasp the situation in the northwest.
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