Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1572 Changes in the situation

Of course, the exchange of blood in the cabinet, the Ministry of War, and Ji Liao will bring about many changes.First of all, in terms of the cabinet, Gao Dang’s discourse power of the practical school has been relatively weakened. Although there are still two assistant ministers in the cabinet, due to Liang Menglong’s new promotion, the Gao Dang department has actually exchanged a scholar from the Hall of Martial Arts for another. Ge University Bachelor.

Of course, this weakening is not too big. After all, the composition of the cabinet is "I have my own national conditions here in Ming Dynasty", the first assistant has the strongest voice, and the second assistant is much worse. There are differences in qualifications, but there is not much difference in the right to speak. The specifics still depend on each person's political influence.The problem is that Zhang Xueyan's influence is indeed stronger than that of Liang Menglong...

In general, the cabinet has weakened a little bit, but the impact is not great, and the situation is under control.As for the Ministry of War, the Practical School or the High Party has been further strengthened.

With the completion of a series of transfers, among the five hall officials of the Ministry of War, only the Gaodang department has three: Zhou Yong, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, Song Zhihan, the left servant, and Han Ji, the left servant and assistant manager of the Jingying Rongzheng. The right servants are all neutrals. It can be said that the Ministry of War is basically the voice of the high party.

Here I want to explain a situation. In terms of ranking and division of labor within the ministry, Song Zhihan's left servant is actually more like the "Executive Deputy XX" of the Red Dynasty. Before Han Ji.

However, Han Ji's work has a clear tendency, just like when Gao Yushi was in this position, the job of the left servant of the Ministry of War is to serve as a basis for "assisting the military administration of the Beijing camp", and the actual work is mainly to assist the Beijing government. The issue of Ying Rong Zheng - Assistant Manager has been mentioned before. The "Associate" of civil servants completely crushes the "Prime Minister" on the head of military minister Xungui in terms of real power, so Han Ji is actually the official in charge of the Beijing Camp now.

After Gao Wu implemented the restructuring of the Beijing-based battalion, the Beijing-based battalion was divided into two, and a situation emerged in which the Imperial Guards and the Production and Construction Corps ran side by side.Since then, the power of the assistant minister of the Jingying Rongzheng has actually taken a leap: it is not only the actual direct leadership of the Imperial Guard, but also controls a powerful financial resource.

Therefore, in a sense, the real power of the assistant minister of the Jingying Rongzheng has been greatly strengthened at this time, and considering that the Ministry of War is one of the main positions of the Practical School, this position can be regarded as being held by the Gaodang by default. .

Of course, judging from the overall situation of the current imperial court, this position must also be reserved for Gao Dang, because although Gao Pragmatic is sitting in the center, no one dares to guarantee that "opening the ban" will be smooth sailing. For things like military rebellion, if the Beijing camp is not under the control or influence of Gao Yushi, there may be big problems.

Song Zhihan and Han Ji are both Gao Gong’s disciples of Jiajing for 44 years. Gao Yushi has been with them for almost 20 years. Although Zhou Yong’s ability is average, he is more self-aware and obedient, which basically guarantees Gao’s Pragmatic has a strong influence on the Ministry of War.

In terms of the Ministry of Officials, apart from Chen Yubi, the minister who was favored by Gao Pragmatism, Tu Menggui, the left servant, is also a student of Gao Gongmen and a Jinshi in Jiajing 44, which can ensure that the Ministry of Officials is also under the control of the Gao Party.

Judging from the above situation, Gao Wuzhi was in the core position of the official department, the household department and the military department with the most real power in the imperial court, which was enough to ensure that the reform of the practical school could continue to advance, and this was exactly what the emperor needed.

If you take a look at the current cabinet and the central yamen such as the Six Ministries, you can find a fact: among the current main ministers, Jinshi in Jiajing 44 has become the mainstream. Zhong Zhongchen basically came from within one or two subjects before and after this subject.

According to the political habits of the Ming Dynasty, the main group of important ministers next time is likely to be born in the fifth year of Longqing, and it is hard to say in the future - if the iteration is fast, it may be the second year of Wanli However, this situation is not common. Normally, it may be the subject in the fifth year of Wanli.

However, although seniority is the most critical criterion for important ministers to become important ministers, brilliant deeds may also advance the time to enter the group of important ministers. For example, Gao Yushi is such a freak.

But in any case, any official of the Ming Dynasty—especially considering that the Ming Dynasty has been a 200-year-old dynasty, so the role of seniority is to a large extent more important than merit, so Gao Yushi has become a minister-level minister. Very very exceptional.

In addition, he has only been a minister for less than a year, and it is impossible to further enter the cabinet from a minister in the short term, because if he does so, the established "system" will be hit too hard, and it may cause "lucky ministers" in the future. Wanton".

To use an inappropriate analogy, this is similar to the fact that it is basically impossible to have a 30-year-old deputy at the national level in the Red Dynasty-you may be very capable and have brilliant political achievements, but promoting you alone and destroying the organizational system is absolutely impossible. It is absolutely not advisable, even if an exception is promoted, it can only be faster than ordinary people.Maybe ten years, 15 years sooner, but usually not 20 years sooner.

For example, Zhang Juzheng passed the Jinshi examination very early, only 22 years old (real age), but when he was lucky enough to become the last assistant of Dongge University Scholars in the first year of Longqing, he was already 42 years old. Years old (real age).In the original history, he became the first minister because of his high arch, but he was 47 years old at that time-please note that this was a very rare young first minister in the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, the characteristics of the Ming Dynasty are obvious. Of course, meritorious deeds should be rewarded, but the key to entering the cabinet depends on qualifications: in this qualifications, the most important thing is his time and achievements in Jinshi. Achievements are basic items, and the key considerations are Time; the secondary consideration is the time when he first became an official of the Six Departments (Shangshu, Shilang), and does not include false officials with additional titles, such as the governor of the right capital or the Minister of the Ministry of War, or the title of Shangshu of the Ministry of War The governor does not count; as for merit, sorry, that is the last item considered, and usually only considered as a bonus item.

According to this principle, generally speaking, when should Gao Yushi become a cabinet minister?It should be in the second year of Wanli or the fifth year of Wanli, when Jinshi of that subject became the mainstream of important ministers.And if it is said that Gao Pragmatism will make indisputable great contributions after that, then it may be a period earlier, such as the period in the fifth year of Longqing when the subject became the mainstream of important ministers.

This is the reality, Gao Wushi is very clear, and other officials are also very clear, so Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue will not worry that Gao Wushi will be able to join the cabinet now, and Zhang Xueyan will not consider recommending Gao Yushi to fill his position when he resigns.

At present, everyone is predicting in their hearts that although the emperor definitely hopes that Gao Yushi will enter the cabinet earlier, no matter how early this time is, it should be after the major victory or decisive victory of Gao Yushi's leadership in the decisive battle in Chahar, and before that. It is definitely impossible, and high pragmatism will definitely not accept it, lest I be regarded as a "lucky minister" by the people of the world.

The situation in the center is roughly the same. After this round of local adjustments, there have been great changes especially in the direction of Jiliao.

The most direct impact of Li Song's promotion was that the Mind School nominally controlled a total of 36 elite frontier troops!
As mentioned before, the current situation of the frontier army is as follows: Liaodong has 18 soldiers, Jizhou has 18 soldiers, Changping has 13 soldiers, Xuanfu has 12 soldiers, and Datong has 91 soldiers. Shanxi has 97 soldiers, Baoding has [-] soldiers, Yansui has [-] soldiers, Guyuan has [-] soldiers, Ningxia has [-] soldiers, and the total strength of the ten towns is as high as [-].Coupled with the [-] Beijing Imperial Guards, roughly [-] troops are deployed along the border in the north, and it is not a joke to say that there are millions.

Obviously, the most powerful of these ten towns are the left and right wings of the capital: the right wing Jizhen and Liaodong add up to 36 troops, and the left wing Xuanfu, Datong, and Shanxi add up to 32 troops.

Changping and Baoding are generally counted as the peripheral forces of the capital, with a scale of 10 people. As the core force, the Imperial Guard Army of the Beijing Camp is 6 people. These 16 troops are generally only responsible for defending the capital—of course, after the highly pragmatic restructuring, the Imperial Guard Army It is being fielded and may exist as an offensive force in the future.

No matter how you calculate it, after the imperial court has promoted the Chahar Raider as a national policy, the importance of Ji Liao has been continuously increasing, so its military strength is second to none.Now that Li Song has become the governor of Jiliao, it is really a huge victory for the Heart School.

But... this "victory" is quite watery.

First of all, after so many years of changes, especially as Qi Jiguang, who has guarded Jizhen for many years, joined the Real School, Jizhen has become the second Xuanda.At this time, Ji Town was full of Gaodang generals, and the degree of "Xuan Dahua" was quite high. Among them were Tan Lun and Qi Jiguang's Southern Army generals, who now also belonged to the Gaodang family.

Secondly, the infiltration of Liaodong by General Xuan of Gao Dang's direct lineage is also very serious.Through three highly pragmatic adjustments, from the beginning Ma Jiajiang and Ma Jiajiang, to the last time Xiao Ruxun led a large number of Xuanda middle-level generals to fill in, the power of Gaodang Xuanda's direct lineage in Liaodong has reached unprecedented heights, directly controlling There are more than [-] Xuanda elites, and this figure has even surpassed that of Li Jiajun—because Li Chengliang suffered a lot last time, and after the ups and downs, there are only about [-] direct descendants left.

Of course, Li Rusong is expanding his army after returning to Liaodong, intending to restore it, and it may have recovered to the previous size of [-] direct descendants.Roughly speaking, it can be said that the most elite lineage army in Liaodong is more than [-].

And in this Liaodong town, where the soldiers are all over the world, it is basically divided into two schools: the real school and the heart school.

In the east, there is a lineage army of the Real School with the core of Xiao Ruxun, the "Deputy Commander Guarding Liaoyang". He was arranged to replace Cao Yu.

Xiao Ruxun's subordinates mainly include Ma Dong, who is in charge of the four prefectures of Jin, Fu, Hai, and Gai, that is, the guard of Haigai on the southern Liaoning Peninsula; Ma Chengxun, who is in charge of Kaiyuan in northern Liaoning; Shenyang guerrilla Qi Jin in the central area.

However, there are still forces left by Li Chengliang on this side of Liaodong, mainly the Kuandian general Yang Yuan.Since Kuandian is located in the northwest of the Yalu River, he is actually in charge of the eastern direction of Liaodong. To some extent, this is to cooperate with Liaoxi to form a left-right flanking state of Liaodong-of course, everyone is the Ming army, the so-called flanking Naturally, it can only be said to be a certain situation, unless one party rebels, it is not really established.

In the west of Liaoning, the leader is of course Li Rusong, the "General Guarding the Liaodong Army".Because of the situation mentioned earlier, and the fact that Yang Yuan in Kuandian took away part of the direct lineage of the Li family army, Li Rusong actually only has about 3 direct lineages in his hands—if he has completed the expansion of the army, it would be about [-]. five thousand.

The main generals under his command are probably Zu Chengxun, who guards Ningyuan on the left, Zha Dashou, who guards Jinyi on the right, and the guerrilla generals who guard the left and right battalions of Guangning, the guerrilla generals who guard Zhenwubao, and the former generals who guard Jinyi. A group of guerrilla generals, including the guerrilla generals stationed in the camp and the guerrilla generals guarding the car battalion.

In addition to this, there is a new branch guarding Fuxin guerrilla generals.This position was only set up not long ago. Its premise lies in two points. One is that after the victory of the Battle of Southern Liaoning, the Ming Dynasty obtained the Hetao area of ​​the Liaohe River that was originally occupied by the Chaohua Department. Fuxin City is used to resettle refugees from Shanxi, southern Hebei and other places.

Although the two prerequisites are achieved with high pragmatism, Fuxin's geographical location obviously belongs to the west of Liaoning. Fuxin City and Liaohe Hetao.

But having said that, since the Liaodong city planned by Gao Yushi at that time had Dandong in addition to Fuxin, the position of the guerrilla general guarding Dandong was taken over by the Real School.An old acquaintance also took up this position, the former Imperial Guard of Dongchang Fort Zhang Wanbang—the son of General Xuan who made the first contribution to capturing Chaohua alive with a bayonet array.

In such a comparison, the strength of the Real School and the Heart School in Liaodong is more obvious.The core of the two sides is one in Guangning and the other in Liaoyang. Both have two generals under their command, and the strength of the direct troops is roughly the same.

However, due to the Chahar Raiders, Li Rusong's Liaoxi is relatively closer to Chahanhot, so the setting of guerrilla generals in Liaoxi is more intensive.This made Li Rusong actually control more non-domestic Huawei troops than Xiao Ruxun in Liaoyang.

In general, Li Rusong commanded more than 6 to nearly 8 Liaodong guard soldiers, while Xiao Ruxun only had about [-] guard soldiers.Judging from the total forces directly commanded by both sides, Li Rusong in Liaoxi has about [-] men, while Xiao Ruxun in Liaodong has more than [-] and less than [-].Well, this is also in line with the status of chief and deputy commander.

However, there are other circumstances. For example, when Li Song took office as governor of Liaodong, because the governor of Liaodong was stationed in Liaoyang, he was in the same city as the deputy general, and the status of civil servants was much higher than that of generals, so Li Song could compare It was easy to suppress Xiao Ruxun.

Xiao Ruxun was different from Cao Yu, the latter was a local general in Liaodong, with a lot of experience in Liaodong and great military exploits, Li Song didn't dare to press him too hard - Cao Yu had a spat with him in Shangshu last time.

Xiao Ruxun was transferred from the northwest, and the generals in the northwest were not originally descendants of the Gao Dang, but became peripheral members of the Gao Dang generals following the relationship between Ma Ziqiang and Zhang Siwei.If it weren't for the Northwest War, Xiao Ruxun would still be on the periphery.

Although Gao Yushi completely subdued the Northwest generals after the Northwest War, Xiao Ruxun was promoted too quickly and lacked military qualifications. Now that he was transferred to Liaodong, he could not even talk about crossing the river. Naturally, he was suppressed miserably by Li Song.

But now that Li Song was transferred to Ji Liao, and Gu Yangqian, one of the core members of the Gao Party, was transferred to Liao Fu, the situation was suddenly reversed.When Li Song went to Jiliao, he was unaccompanied, but when Gu Yangqian entered Liaoyang, the dragon entered the sea, and the offensive and defensive momentum changed immediately.

Li Rusong felt the pressure, and with his personality, it was hard to say how he would react.However, Cao Yu, who is currently the commander-in-chief of Jizhen, also feels that the burden on his shoulders is not light-he has dealt with Li Song for a long time, and finally he is not working under Li Song's direct command. He did not expect to meet again so soon. When he heard the news, he cursed on the spot: "What a damn bad luck!"
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