Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1223 Summoned
Although the news from the imperial court was expedited by [-] miles, it was still more than two days slower than Gao Pragmatic getting the information. Since Gao Pragmatic got the news at night, the imperial court actually learned of the fall of Xining on the third day.

Although Xining is important, it may be due to its remote location, and the response from the court is not as big as the three people imagined. Apart from the fierce reaction from the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households is more nervous.

Shen Li, the minister of households, was not a "professional counterpart". When he heard that Xining was lost, his first reaction was to visit Liang Menglong and Gao pragmatism at the Ministry of War.Since both parties were ministers of the Shi School, Shen Li didn't go around too much, and asked them directly if they planned to "mobilize the army", and without waiting for them to answer, he first said to himself that the Ministry of Household couldn't get the money. .

What Shen Li means is that if you want to fight, the Ministry of War's budget for this year will be allocated in about half a month. You can take this budget and handle it yourself. Anyway, don't ask me for money in the follow-up.

Liang Menglong didn't reply with a sullen face, of course he couldn't agree like this - the Ministry of War's budget for this year did not provide for the use of troops.

This is because at the beginning of the year when the yamen was reopened (starting to work after the Spring Festival), Zhu Yijun conveyed his decree, and this year's financial budget of the imperial court was fully tilted toward "opening the ban".Not to mention that there is no war budget in the Ministry of War, even dressing and various maintenance are suppressed to a minimum. Only the four towns (Jizhen, Liaodong, Changping, and Baoding) under the jurisdiction of the governor of Jiliao maintain the usual military expenditures, and even Xuan Dasan. The military expenditures in the towns (Xuanfu, Datong, Taiyuan) have been reduced by more than [-]% to nearly [-]%.

As for the three sides of Shaanxi, not to mention, they directly cut [-]% of the total. It is reasonable to say that they should be fully transferred to defense.

At this time, let the Ministry of War use its own budget to mobilize the soldiers to retake Xining. Wouldn't it be a good fight at the beginning of the year and a crematorium at the end of the year?Oh, maybe it won't last until the end of the year, the crematorium will be in the middle of the year...

The salary arrears to officials is generally not a big deal. Although the court seems to be arguing fiercely, in fact, everyone does not rely on this salary to eat. The quarrel is just to show that they are honest and honest.

Arrears in military salaries are very serious, especially in some remote areas, where military salaries are already insufficient, and they are always deducted and falsely claimed by Shangfeng in various ways. The common events of the Ming Dynasty are well known to everyone.

Under the circumstances of this year, if the Ministry of Armed Forces can stabilize the situation in various places, it will take great effort to send personnel to inspect - this is a method adopted by Guo Pu's appointment. Generally speaking, the Ministry of Armed Forces dispatches personnel to investigate the distribution of military salaries in various places, specifically the arsenal of the Ministry of War. The Qing Li Division dispatched an investigation, which was in charge of the Qing Li Shi Langzhong in the arsenal.

In the original history, the arsenal Qingli Division was reformed in the ninth year of Wanli, but now due to the reform of the Shi School, this department has been strengthened instead, mainly to strengthen the supervision of the dispatch of military salaries, ordnance, military assets and other materials, and the arsenal Qingli Division. It is also responsible for the supervision of the military industry and the private sector, which is even more impossible to get rid of.

When this year's budget came out, the Ministry of War had already discussed the need to more strictly supervise issues such as deduction of military salaries in a local area, just because it was worried about the mutiny of the local army, how dare to use the budget here to fight?

However, Liang Menglong did not accuse Shen Li. He knew that Shen Li was also under a lot of pressure now. As soon as he took office as a big farmer, he was faced with a major event such as the opening of the ban and the ban, which required a lot of money to support.Moreover, Shen Li has no experience working in the Ministry of Housing. Now he is so busy all day that his feet are not touching the ground, and everyone has lost more than ten pounds. His square face can now be seen with obvious cheekbones.

So Shen Li said that he couldn't take out the money, which should be because the Ministry of Household really couldn't do anything.Last time he even came up with a "bad idea", wanting to build two or three new seaports led by the Ministry of Household, and then sell it to Jinghua.

It is a pity that this idea also died, because of two points: First, the Ministry of Household has no money left now, and the foundation of opening a seaport is not good, so how can it be sold?
Second, Gao Pragmatist said that Jinghua was also very nervous this year, and he probably didn’t have the money to buy a port—he was not joking, the investment in Nanjiang was too great, and the main investment was Jinghua’s own money, relying on the funds of various countries in southern Xinjiang. That point of income is not enough to make ends meet.

In fact, except for Annan, the finances of the countries in the southern border are now "profitable", and the rest, whether Siam, Bago, and Nanzhang, are completely "lost", not to mention Cambodia.At the same time, Jinghua is building Dingnan City and repairing some cities damaged in the war, which will cost money.

Although Jinghua is rich, but if he throws money into several kingdoms at once, of course, he will be very tight. Where can he buy what kind of seaport?Of course this can be done in the future, but not now.

Therefore, Liang Menglong did not express his position until Shen Li left, and after Shen Li left, he said to Gao pragmatically with a frown: "Seek the truth, this time I'm afraid there will be trouble... Do you think Gao Wenchuan can rely on the three sides alone? The power to solve this crisis and recover Xining?"

Gao pragmatic can't answer this question, and can only say: "Now the three sides of Shaanxi have only reported the fall of Xining, and Gao Wenchuan's sparse article only said that he was coordinating and dispatching, and we still don't know the specific situation... Let's see how he handles it first, maybe there will be any surprises?"

Liang Menglong sighed and felt that this was really unreliable, but just as Wu Dui said before, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and anything without military pay is useless.

There was no conclusion here, and the court did not pay enough attention to this matter. Gao Pragmat originally planned to deal with it coldly and wait for Gao Guangxian to clarify the deployment.

Who knows that the imperial court is not in a hurry, and some people are in a hurry. In the afternoon, an internal eunuch came to the Ministry of War to ask Gao Wushi to pass a decree, saying that the emperor had summoned him and asked Gao Gongbao to enter the palace immediately.

Gao Wushi was not too surprised, he simply followed the people of the Sili Jian into the Palace Miansheng.

When he arrived at the palace, Zhu Yijun still chose to meet him at the Wenhua Palace.There is no need to say much about the daily greetings. After Gao Wushi was given the opportunity to sit down, Zhu Yijun asked bluntly: "The matter of Xining, the Ministry of War should have already discussed it? What is the conclusion now?"

Gao Wushi said with a wry smile: "The Ministry of War can't do anything, we can only wait for Gao Wenchuan to arrange for Xining to be recovered on his own."

"It seems that there is no money to make trouble again?" Zhu Yijun pinched his eyebrows with a headache, and frowned: "Then do you think Shaanxi can retake Xining by itself?" The "Shaanxi" he refers to here also refers to the three sides.

Gao Wushi pondered: "In terms of military strength, the three sides still have this strength, but the trouble is the same as the Ministry of War. The key to how much power the three sides can exert now is whether they have money."

These remarks are not high and pragmatic nonsense, and the problem of the three sides is not really about "military strength".The so-called three sides, as mentioned above, there are four towns in total, namely Yansui, Guyuan, Ningxia, and Gansu.

Yansui Town starts from Huangfuchuan Fort in the east and reaches Huama Pond in the west, with a total length of more than 2.5 li.In the original history, the garrison of the Yongle period was 4.5, and the Chongzhen period was about 3.7.In this plane, the current military strength is also between these two periods. Last year, it was about [-] people, no more and no less.

Guyuan Town starts from the west boundary of Raoyang Water Fort in Yansui Town in the east and reaches Lanzhou and Lintao in the west, with a total length of about one thousand miles.

This town needs to be said in a single sentence. In the early Ming Dynasty, only three towns of Yansui, Ningxia, and Gansu were established in the northwest region. However, due to the long battle lines and long distances, the three towns could not echo each other in the event of war. During the Hongzhi period, Guyuan Town was added.

The town's military strength was nearly 6 in the Chongzhen period in the original history, and it is almost the same number now.Another point to note is that the governors of the three sides are resident in Guyuan, because it is more convenient for central scheduling in terms of geographical location.

Ningxia Town starts from Huama Pond in the east and reaches the north bank of the Yellow River in Zhongwei Xiquegou in the west, with a total length of about 7 miles.In the original history, the garrison of the Yongle period was about 2.5, and the Chongzhen period was about 3, while the current strength is about [-] - this is because the Ordos department was relatively honest after the surrender of Tumet, so There are not many troops stationed in the town.

Gansu Town starts from the north bank of the Yellow River in Lanzhou in the later generations, and extends to the Daolai River in Jiayuguan in the northwest, with a total length of about 9.6 li.In the original history, the garrison in the Yongle period was about 4, and the garrison in the Chongzhen period was about 6. The current strength is about 7, but less than [-].

From this garrison, it can also be seen that the center of gravity of the current frontier defense pressure in Daming has shifted. Facing the part of the Tumet headquarters and even the Ordos department, the garrison troops are relatively small.In the face of Qinghai Tumet, there are too many garrisoned troops.

Gansu Town and Guyuan Town have a combined strength of nearly 13 troops, which shows that the military pressure they face must be great.

This cannot be compared with the four towns of Xuanfu, Datong, Jizhen and Liaodong, because the first three towns of these four towns are the gateway to the capital, and the last Liaodong town has a particularly high "work pressure", and it has to face the disabled directly. The Chahar headquarters of Yuan has to pacify the entire Jurchen department, and even actually has the responsibility of guarding against North Korea - of course, this one seems to have been ignored now.

The principles of Gansu and Gu are different. The main target of prevention in Gansu Town is Qinghai Tumote. Although Guyuan Town has many tasks in terms of setting, in fact, the main task now is to support Gansu Town, so the actual situation of these two towns is The above are all because of Qinghai Tumut, so their strength is particularly strong.

But in contrast to Qinghai Tumed, regardless of its large area, in fact, the population during this period was very small. Even after the Mongols occupied Qinghai, the population of the Mongolian tribes in Qinghai was also very limited.For example, the two brothers Huoluochi and Zhulitu who succeeded in the sneak attack on Xining this time have a population of less than one hundred thousand in their headquarters, and the tribe's string control people are usually more than 2, certainly less than [-].

According to Gao Wushi's knowledge from Jinghua Business Club, the two brothers can normally mobilize about [-] "iron cavalry" -- this is still the case when the whole clan enters the war, and usually it should be less. .

Daming defended the city and the side walls. In order to deal with the maximum 13 Mongolian cavalry, [-] troops had to be prepared. This is the status quo of this era.

The city can't run away, you have to be stationed everywhere if you want to defend it; the cavalry moves in and out, and if he wants to attack anyone, he can concentrate his forces and run thousands of miles.The so-called strategic disadvantage, this is one of the typical.

The shortcomings of garrisoning everywhere are obvious, and the troops are scattered.On the Silk Road, the cities and cities on the road are like pearls, and none of them can form a complete chain of pearls, so they must be guarded everywhere.

Originally, when Xining was in hand, the main pastures were Huoluochi near the Dasongshan Mountains, and the two people, Lilitu, did not dare to stay away from the old nest for a long time in order to avoid being "burned" by the Ming army. safer.

Now Xining is lost. Although Daming still has Guidezhou and Jishizhou in the south of Qilian Mountain, their positions are too far south and cannot effectively threaten Huoluochi and Litu brothers. These two brothers have already Being able to "take the time" to go north out of Qilian poses a serious threat to the Silk Road, and even in the event of another gunpowder bombing the city, it is not impossible to lose a "pearl".

Zhu Yijun calmly listened to Gao Wuzhen to analyze the situation for him before the map. After listening, he became a little anxious and asked: "We can't do anything if we don't use troops. The budget for this year has already been arranged. The matter was brought up by you, and you know how important this matter is, it is about the last battle of the Western Huaitong system, and we can't be in a mess now."

Gao pragmatically nodded and said nothing.Of course he knew, so he had been planning to wait for Gao Guang to deal with it first and see the situation.

But Zhu Yijun had other opinions. He changed his words and said, "We can't move, but can Tumut move? It used to be because of Xiejing's illness. Now, what's wrong with Xiejing? Is there anything wrong? below?"

Gao Wushi sighed, shook his head, and said, "Judging from the latest news, I'm afraid I won't be able to live for long."

Zhu Yijun frowned, thought for a while and said, "If he dies, what will Hannaji do?"

Gao pragmatically said: "It depends on who inherits his legacy within the Ordos Ministry."

Zhu Yijun pondered for a moment and asked, "I heard that both Zilitu and Huoluochi are the younger brothers of Xiejin?"

Gao pragmatically replied, "Yes."

Zhu Yijun patted the book and said: "I know, that guy Burihatu is probably just promising to Huo Luochi and Shilitu that he will give up all the inheritance after his death to the two of them!"

I have to say that this guess is not far from the correct answer, and Gao Shishi basically agreed, but added: "But there is another problem."

Zhu Yijun immediately asked, "What's the problem?"

"Zolitu and Huoluochi are two people, and they have been in Qinghai for so long. If they want to divide up the inheritance, should they go back to Hetao, or take the remnants of Hetao to Qinghai? Or, the two People will be reassigned, one will stay in Hetao and the other will go back to Qinghai?"

Zhu Yijun hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "This is indeed a problem, but it is not the key, the key is... I remember that I have a son, and the tutu said that he can be rewarded by giving his inheritance to his two younger brothers? His son Can you agree?"

Gao pragmatically said with a smile: "This is the key to one and two, two to one: no matter how the two want to divide, the Shunyi King can't just sit back and ignore it, and he will definitely help the sons of the cut to ensure that the Ordos department is still loyal to the soil. Mert. Since Huo Luochi and Shilitu want to 'carve up', no matter how they are divided, there are interests involved - the interests involved are the basis for me, Daming, to take control of them."

Zhu Yijun's heart moved: "You mean..."
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