Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1227 Holding an army of 85
In February of this year, there were many events. First, in the middle of the month, the city of Xining was lost. Not long after that, the court not only did not give any instructions to the governors of the three sides involved in Xining, but only reprimanded him for his procrastination and asked him to mobilize the army earlier. , food and other materials to recover the lost land, and then very suddenly set up a seven town economic strategy, by Gao pragmatic as the original official, and re-added the title of the court.

The full name of Gao Wucheng's current position is "Associate Chief Jingying Rongzheng and Military Department Zuo Shilang, Duchayuan Youdu Yushi, Jinglue Ji Liao four towns and Xuanda three towns and other frontier affairs and food and wages".In addition, Zhu Yijun also took his official rank from Jiayi Doctor to General Consultation Doctor by the way, citing the smooth reorganization of the Beijing camp as a reward.Yu Guan is the same as before - Yu Guan is a false title like Gong Bao.

If this decree can be passed smoothly, it has already caused a lot of discussion in the outside world, and some people even discussed it publicly, suspecting that the cabinet and the six departments are crazy.

Why do you say this? This is related to the evolution of the positions of governors, governors, and strategists in the Ming Dynasty.

During the Ming Dynasty, there was always a lack of administrative positions for senior military officers. The civil officials of the imperial court were dispatched to local areas, and most of them had special identities such as the Ministry of War and the Supreme Court, and they were above the three divisions.

The origins and differences between the two positions of governor and governor have been described earlier in this book, so I won't go into details here, but mainly just talk about this "scripture".

"History of the Ming Dynasty" said: "In the first year of Tianqi, Liaodong Jinglue was set up. The name of Jinglue originated from Song Yingchang and later Yang Hao in the 20th year of Wanli. In the first year of Tianqi, Sun Chengzong, the cabinet supervisor, went through Lue Shanhaiguan, called Shufu. Chongzhen was merged into the governor in four years. In 11 years, a governor was added in Baoding."

However, the "History of the Ming Dynasty" is obviously wrong here, because from the information in the "Ming Shilu", the earliest scriptures did not appear in the Apocalypse period.Of course, "jing lue" can be understood as a verb here, and it can be understood as a meaning such as "managing military affairs and being responsible for merit and strategy".

For example, Bingchen in June of the 18th year of Hongzhi: Li Nai, the left servant of the Shanhaiguan Ministry of Industry, returned to Beijing to report on the deeds of Jinglue.From the temple pass to Tiangu Pass of the Miyun Tomb, there are 790 hectares of wasteland, 170 temples, 380 feet of repaired side walls, [-] feet of bran ditches, piers, enemy towers, city towers, camp forts, etc. There are more than [-] buildings and more than [-] barracks. ("Records of Wu Zong")
Guimao in the first month of the 13th year of Zhengde: The Tartar thief Wu Chijin led the crowd to Muhetao, and was about to enter Yansui, and the guards heard about it.The decree of the Ministry of War: "Zhu Luan, deputy commander in chief of Yansui, general Hang Xiong, guerrilla Zhou Zheng, Liu Yujun's Anbian camp, etc., Ji Shiying and Feng Dajing were stationed in the convenience castle in the east; Liu Yong, the commander in chief, guarded the town and sent troops to Ningxia. The chief soldier Anguo guards the town, the deputy chief soldier Lu Ying, the guerrilla Li Yongding's Qingshui Camp, Huamachi, and Dingbian Camp, etc., and the East Road generals patrol and respond to each other. The Shaanxi general Zhao Wen and Du Yu Shi Zhengyang is stationed in Guyuan. Please listen to your own defense and don't need to control it remotely." Follow it. ("Records of Wu Zong")
Gengwu, July 16th year of Zhengde: The Ministry of War played: "Juyong, Bauhinia, and Daoma three pass to build pier fortresses, towers, walls and moats. There are nine hundred strange things. The capital censor Li Zan's experience." ("Sejong Records" )
In November of the 30th year of Wanli, Jiashen: From the capital procuratorate, the censor of Youdu, Jianda, the governor of Ji, Liao, Baoding and other departments of military affairs, as well as the management of food and payment, and the management of the royal family; Local, admiral military affairs. ("Records of Shenzong")
"History of the Ming Dynasty" also has later records, such as Bingzi in June of the 26th year of Wanli: Governor Wan Shide, the governor of Tianjin Qiandu, managed North Korea.

It can be seen here that the minister of the Ministry of Industry can also take the post of "Jing Lue", so the actual minimum "standard" of "Jing Lue" is Shilang. Serving as a "journalist" when necessary.

The Yang Gao mentioned in the history of the Ming Dynasty was Gengshen in the leap April of the 46th year of Wanli: Yang Gao was promoted to be the left servant of the Ministry of War and the censor of the capital of Youqian, and he managed Liaodong. ("Records of Shenzong")
Literally understood, Yang Hao's actual position is the left servant of the Ministry of War and the censor of the right capital, responsible for "Jing Lue Liaodong", "Jing Lue" is more appropriate to understand as a verb here.

Of course, in some cases, governor and jinglue are often used together as verbs. For example, "History of the Ming Dynasty" records, Wanli 2215 spring first month Bingchen: Korean envoys come to ask for help.In February Bingyin, reconsideration of the levy.Bingzi, the former governor and Tongzhi Magui, was the general officer of the Japanese army, commanding the northern and southern armies.In March Yisi, Shandong You participated in politics and Yang Gao was the censor of the capital, managing the military affairs of North Korea.In Jiwei, Xing Jie, Minister of the Ministry of War, was the minister, the governor of Ji, Liao, and Baoding military affairs, and managed a little bit to defend the Japanese.

Xing Jie here is even more interesting. He served as both the governor and the strategist as a minister of the Ministry of War.

To sum up, in terms of his high and pragmatic status and past achievements, there is no problem with him being a "jinglue", and even if he is in charge of the strongest seven towns in Daming, it is not a big one. question.

Where is the big problem?It was what Gao Wushi was surprised by before himself: he did not step down as the Rongzheng Shilang, in fact, the Rongzheng Shilang also served as the Qizhen Jingluo.

The nature of this is quite different.

As we all know, although the Rongzheng Shilang is nominally only the "second-in-command" of the Beijing camp, due to the long history of the Ming Dynasty, the "Governor Jingying Rongzheng" and "Associate Jingying Rongzheng" have long been dislocated or even dislocated. The state of hanging upside down - you let Zhang Wushi Yang Bing really think of himself as a "governor" when Gao Wushi presided over the Beijing camp meeting, and try to boss Gao Wushi?He was afraid of being scared to pee.

Therefore, the deputy director of Jingying Rongzheng has long been the actual "top leader" of Jingying.And that was before. After Gao Pragmatist's riotous operation last year, Jingying was divided into the Imperial Guard and the Production and Construction Corps, both of which were directly under the command of the "Associate Jingying Rongzheng" - that is, Gao Pragmat himself.

Among them, the Production and Construction Corps is not responsible for combat, only logistics, equipment and other affairs.As a result, the Guards in charge of combat had one and only one immediate boss, that is, the Rongzheng Shilang.

In other words, even if the emperor wants to mobilize the Guards, in theory, he must go through Gao Shishi, the military servant.

Originally, this system was established because Gao Pragmatist wanted to ensure that the Guards would not be treated as the Beijing camp of the past, being called to and fro by various ministries of the imperial court, doing things like sweeping the streets and dredging the sewers. The military training was delayed, but then a situation was formed, that is, the Rongzheng Shilang had the right to control the Guards.

This situation is equivalent to the formation of a relationship similar to that between the governor and the commander-in-chief between the military minister and the commander of the Guards, that is, the civilian officials control the military generals, and the civilian officials are actually "wenshuai".In other words, if there are new establishments under the Jingying system, such as the Imperial Guard Army and the Yulin Army, in parallel with the Imperial Guard, they should all be under the jurisdiction of the Rongzheng Shilang.

Such trouble has come. Gao pragmatism and the military affairs minister concurrently serve as the seven towns of Jiliao and Xuanda, which is equivalent to mastering almost all the combat forces in the capital of the Ming Dynasty and its surroundings.

There is a good thing that the officials counted on their fingers: Liaodong has 18 soldiers, Jizhou has 18 soldiers, Changping has 13 soldiers, Xuanfu has 12 soldiers, Datong has 78 soldiers, Shanxi has [-] soldiers, and Baoding has [-] soldiers. [-] soldiers... The total strength of the seven towns is as high as [-].

If you add the 85 guards, it will be nearly [-] troops!
The fault is that Gao and pragmatism is a civil official, and he is from "the loyal and good people of all dynasties". Otherwise, what awaits him now may not be "questions" or "discussions", but straightforward verbal criticism, or even "everyone gets it and punishes it" .

In fact, the officials who questioned this appointment now are not suspicious or worried that Gao pragmatic will rebel, because that is actually impossible - the military command of the civilians comes directly from the emperor's temporary appointment, which does not mean that he has any management of these troops.

In other words, these armies under his command only obeyed his temporary command because they were "ordered by the emperor", and were not under his control at ordinary times. This obviously did not meet the necessary conditions for rebellion.

What the rebellion needs is to maintain an army for a long time, and raise this army to the extent that it only recognizes the commander, and does not recognize the emperor at all - so the imperial court has always suppressed the general army, not the governor, governor or general manager. such as civil servants.

After all, the chief soldiers of these years basically rely on the servants to fight, and the servants do not recognize the emperor's decree, they only listen to the orders of the owner.Li Chengliang and others will not say it. Even though Qi Jiguang claims to not support his family, in fact the entire Qi family army is equivalent to his family family.

This is also the reason why Qi Jiguang only brought so many people when he entered Beijing as the commander of the Imperial Guard last year, and he honestly stopped outside the capital to ask for instructions in the evening, and asked himself when he could enter the capital.

Because the military power of civilians comes from the emperor, and he has no "direct line troops", there is no need to guard against his rebellion, and military generals all have direct line troops, which has to be guarded against.

The Ming court actually had a deep understanding of this issue.

The doubts about Gao pragmatism now arise from the fact that the army under his direct jurisdiction is too large and elite, but the focus of the contradiction is not whether he will rebel or not, but that his responsibility is too great now - the military strength under his hands has reached the level of the Ming Dynasty. More than [-]% of the total, and all of them are "Nine Frontier Elites", plus the Guards "Guarding the Shenjing", these are all capable of fighting, far from being comparable to those who fled the guards in Nanjing.

At the age of more than 20 years old, with such great power, every move is related to the safety of the world. If something happens, can he bear the responsibility?

What is especially strange for officials who question this is that although Gao Wushi has a very special status, officials of the Shi school definitely don't mind him holding such power, but... what about the Xin school?
Why did the cabinet also agree, and the six divisions also agreed?

It is clear that the first assistant Shen Shixing is a member of the Xin School, and there are not a few officials of the Xin School among the six subjects?
why?
Because Shen Shixing believes that the situation is not out of control.

After his previous conversation with Zhang Cheng, Shen Shixing had thought about it for a long time, and had already made a plan to deal with Gao pragmatism.

Shen Shixing actually recognized Gao Pragmatism's ability very much in his heart. He did not doubt that Gao Pragmatism could not do well in the seven towns' economic strategy, and he was not worried that he would make a big mistake - even he had already guessed that the emperor originally In my heart, I am afraid that the candidate for the coach of the "Chahar Decisive Battle" that has not yet happened has long been determined to be highly pragmatic.

That being the case, it doesn't really matter that he has the title of Jinglue ahead of time.

In addition, the emperor's decree could be issued, and it was discussed with the cabinet itself. Even Zhu Yijun personally invited Shen Shixing to the Xinuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace for a secret discussion, telling him that Gao Wushi's so-called "jingluo" this time. ”, the main purpose is to frighten Tumen and Boshuoketu and the like, not really planning to use troops now.

At that time, Shen Shixing's performance was "a big sigh of relief".

But what Zhu Yijun didn't know was that Shen Shixing's expression was just for him to see. In fact, Shen Yuanfu was not worried that Gao Wushi would actually send troops this time, nor was he worried that Gao Wushi would lose the battle.Even Zhu Xin said that Shen Yuanfu wished that he would lose the battle sooner, even if he lost more badly.

After a sincere talk with Zhang Cheng, Shen Shixing has realized that one of the biggest advantages of Gao pragmatism is that "it can always help the emperor solve troubles". It's all just icing on the cake.

Gao pragmatism can solve financial troubles. Shen Shixing's family knows about his own affairs, so he can only stare blankly. After all, no one in the world dares to disapprove of Gao's ability in this matter.

But his other ability is not "King Kong is not bad", this ability is the so-called "handsome talent".

According to Zhang Cheng's analysis, Gao pragmatism is "not very good" in fighting. It can be said that he rarely directs the battle himself, and all rely on the generals under his command to be "too good at fighting", so this is why he won.

For example, when he conquered Annan, he relied on the invincible wolf soldiers of Huang Zhiting and Cen Ling; when he fought in Monan, he relied on the invincibility of the first Mongolian general Chataiji; pointing.

In a word, Zhang Cheng believes that the so-called handsome talents who are pragmatic and pragmatic are actually not worthy of their name.

Although Shen Shixing's opinion is not as absolute as Zhang Cheng's, he generally agrees with Zhang Cheng's analysis, and he also found that Gao pragmatic warfare has a very obvious "weakness", that is, it is too expensive.

The current situation is that the court has no money at all, so once Gao pragmatic really sends troops, whether it is a fight with Tumen or Boshuoketu, it may be difficult for Gao pragmatic to win smoothly.

It's not that Shen Shixing didn't consider the consequences of defeat. After all, he was the first assistant of the dynasty, and it was impossible to ignore this completely, but he didn't think the problem would be too big.

Whether he is willing to admit it or not, Daming has really improved a lot in the more than ten years since Gao Gong returned to the dynasty.Jiubian’s military strength was exaggerated, and at the most dangerous time, it was almost half of the shortage, but now it has been replenished by seven, seven, eight, eight. If we only talk about the seven towns that Gao pragmatic has planned this time, the overall full capacity rate may be as high as eight or nine. In addition, the installation and replacement of high-quality firearms are also progressing smoothly because of the military industry and private sector.

According to Shen Shixing's estimation, the real strength of these seven towns is at least twice that of more than ten years ago.Even if Gao pragmatically sent troops and suffered a defeat, or even a major defeat, even if he lost [-] troops at one time, Daming would still be able to withstand it.

If that's the case, what should he worry about?Let Gao pragmatically do it, and he only needs the camera to see if he wants to implement "that plan" in advance.
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