Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1703 The Truth of Cutting Yuan (Fifth Seven) Emerges
When Ma Cheng'en's story spread to Jing Lue Xingyuan, Gao Yushi also found it a little tricky.

It stands to reason that the direct order Ma Chengen accepted was to block the mouth and ensure that the main force of the Chahar Mongolian army was surrounded.As a result, Ma Chengen could have arrived, but in the end he failed to complete it for some reason. Instead, he encountered a battle that seemed to be a tie but actually suffered a hidden loss, resulting in a major strategic defeat.

From this point of view, Ma Chengen should be severely punished.If it happens that Gao Yushi wants to gain prestige at this time, even if it is "excuse me for the first time", that is also possible.

However, the reality often cannot be completely reasonable. There are many aspects to consider, and the final conclusion will most likely be a compromise.

For example, it was said just now that the most severe punishment for Ma Chengen at this moment can be "excuse me for the first time".Gao Yushi, as a Mongolian and Yuan Jinglue, holds a Shangfang sword. If he wants, he can use the imperial decree to grant him the full power to dispose of those who "do not want to die" and kill them directly, and use the law of the army.

However, there are several questions that must be clarified: Does Ma Chengen really deserve to die?Who benefits when he dies, and who loses money?Would it be good for the future if he didn't die?

Adults are never supposed to make decisions on the spur of the moment, and politicians certainly are more so.Just as it is absolutely impossible for Wu Sangui to become a confidante in anger, Wu Sangui is most likely to be misled by the Dashun Army's method of torturing hundreds of officials in the capital, and the false information that his father Wu Xiang was arrested. It would never end well for him to join Dashun, and at that time he had Li Zicheng in the west and Dorgon in the east, so he really had nowhere to run, so he finally decided to "borrow troops" - if he could borrow, he would borrow, if he couldn't, he had to vote.

In short, as the leader of a military group, the starting point of all his considerations is profit, and it can only be profit.Not to mention whether Chen Yuanyuan's status in Wu Sangui's mind is high or not, it's hard to say, even if it's a step back, so what, even if it's high, is it higher than Yang Yuhuan in Li Longji's eyes?

In the same way, at this time, Gao Yushi can't just be angry and deal with Ma Chengen because he "violated the order and missed the opportunity", but should first understand the above problems.

Among these three questions, the most critical one is actually the second one: who benefits and who loses money when he dies?

As the leader of the younger generation of the Ma family army, Ma Chengen is the same top general as his uncle Ma Gui, and to some extent, he is also the leader of the next generation of the Ma family army.

Mahjong himself was Gao Yushi's first general under his command. He is not only the hero of the Gao Party generals, but also the representative of Xuan Da's generals.The Heart School did not consider adding sand to Xuanda at all, largely because the two generals, Ma Jiajun and Ma Jiajun, were firmly in the high-practical camp, and the three towns of Xuanda could not penetrate at all.

Oh, in fact, the Xin School also wanted to go to Xuanda to mix sand in the past. For example, it was an attempt to transfer Li Rusong to be the general soldier of Shanxi a few years ago.

It's just that this candidate was not chosen well. Li Rusong was the choice of a famous general to fight in wars, but he was purely an amateur in politics.

Later, when the Northwest Rebellion happened, Li Rusong was transferred by Gao Wushi to fight in the Northwest to make contributions.After Gao Yushi returned to Beijing, he was placed by the emperor in Guyuan for a period of time as the General Army of Shaanxi. Soldier, General Soldier of Gansu].Later, when Li Chengliang had an accident, he simply sent Li Rusong back to Liaodong.

The reason for this development is that the Li family is powerful in Liaodong, and Li Chengliang’s resignation requires someone who can restrain the Li family’s army; There is no hope at all in the political and technical work of mixing sand.

Closer to home, since the Ma family's army is so important in the Gao Party, how could Gao Wushi kill the next generation leader of the Ma family because of such an incident? Isn't this a typical "relatives hurt enemies and enemies are quick"?What's more, although Ma's generals are full of talents at present, Ma Chengen's identity is really special.

He is the son of Ma Fu, and he is also the only son.Ma Fu died young at that time, and later, Ma Jin, who was Ma Chengen's uncle, and Ma Gui, who was the third uncle, loved Ma Chengen very much.The uncle and the third uncle even did not hesitate to put down their faces and sent Ma Chengen to Ma Fang's family to train him, in order to train him well, so that they would not be ashamed to face their brothers under Jiuquan in the future.

Now that Ma Gui has just won at the mouth of the Three Gorges, if Gao Yushi turns around and punishes Ma Chengen severely, what will Ma Gui think?
Why, my Ma family has brought its own elite soldiers and dry food. I have been working hard under your Xinzheng Gao family for 20 years, and now you have killed my nephew without saying a word because you failed to fight a battle?

So from this point of view, let alone killing Ma Chengen, even severe punishment would be extremely irrational.It's really a typical example of asking others whether to accept him or not, just like the third brother who was ridiculed by netizens in later generations, it is a top performance of brain flooding.

Who benefits?That must have benefited the Heart School!You are so high that you have broken your own arm, and the school of my heart is not happy?There is no need to say who lost the money.

The second most important thing is that Ma Chengen's immortality will be good for the future?This is almost certain.Looking back at Ma Chengen's promotion path, we can find that the reason why he became the chief soldier of the Xuanfu at a young age is that his most important military achievements were made by following the high pragmatism, and being promoted to the chief soldier of the Xuanfu is even more pragmatic. The driving force from it.

According to the custom of Daming official circles, the character Gao on Ma Chengen's forehead can be described as dazzling. Unless he wants to be stabbed in the back by the whole world, otherwise he is unlikely to betray Gao Yushi in his life.

Regarding this point, refer to the original history that after Yuan Chonghuan was killed by Chongzhen, Zu Dashou dared to lead his troops away directly. It can be seen that the relationship between Yuan Chonghuan and Zu Dashou at that time was similar to the relationship between Gao Yushi and Mahjong at this time. .At that time, Zu Dashou knew very well that Chongzhen would not do anything to him, but he still led his soldiers away without saying a word. The reason was to obey the customs of the times: being loyal to the emperor is a small thing, but being loyal to Entang is a big thing.

It may be difficult for people of later generations to understand this kind of thinking. In fact, this situation has a cultural basis.You can see that Confucius clearly supported the "concealment between relatives and relatives". He said that "the father hides from the son, and the son hides from the father, and it is right in it."It means that if a family member has committed a crime, you should conceal it from him, because this is the most sincere and basic human nature-Confucius did not say to "preserve the principles of nature and eliminate human desires".

This kind of thinking gradually fermented, forming a patriarchal clan system with Chinese characteristics, and then forming layers of thinking of loyalty.In the Ming Dynasty, with the prevalence of the relationship between teachers and students in the officialdom and the household system in the army, peculiar phenomena such as "enxiang" and "entang" of civil officials were greater than that of the emperor, and the order of the patriarch was greater than that of imperial edicts and military orders developed.

All in all, keeping Ma Cheng'en alive almost means that Ma's generals will basically obey Gao Pragmatism in the next few decades.

So the last question, should Ma Chengen die?This is actually a very flexible question. If it is strictly from the perspective of executing military orders, it may be damned. After all, the last military order he received was to block the mouth.

However, there is something debatable about this matter, that is, before this order, Gao Yushi issued another order a long time ago, that is, to ask the ministries to pay attention to where the Chahar tribe fled.

This order has never been withdrawn since it was issued, which means that Ma Chengen has always shouldered the responsibility of searching for the Chahar tribe.That being the case, when he found the Chahar tribe and immediately chased them to intercept them, he was also implementing a highly pragmatic military order.In this case, even if it led to other mistakes and failures, it can only be said that he misjudged the choice of the two missions, and it cannot be said that he violated the military order.

That being the case, at least it should not be a capital offense.At the same time, considering that Ma Chengen's performance during the war was not only brave and fearless, but also considered wise, it would be able to offset some of the adverse effects, so there would be an excuse to protect him.

If you want to understand these three issues, now you need to consider the specific solutions for high pragmatism.If it is not necessary to punish the crime on the spot, in theory, the high-level pragmatic strategy cannot be decided without authorization. His authority is only to report the situation to the court and make suggestions. The decision-making power lies with the Ministry of War, the cabinet, and the emperor.

Since Gao Pragmatism wants to protect Ma Chengen, he should simply help others to the end, presumably with Ma Gui's wisdom, he will not fail to understand the mystery.Therefore, Gao Wushi decided to help Ma Chengen take the blame for his strategic mistakes - after all, it would be fatal for Ma Chengen to take the blame, but it's no big deal for someone Gao to take the blame.

There is never a shortage of accidents on the battlefield. He is highly pragmatic and has previously ordered the ministries to search for the migration of the Chahar tribe. This is a sufficient reason to do so.As for the coincidence of the last thing, this... is basically an accident. Even if the School of Mind wants to find fault, the School of Reality has reason to shirk.

Coupled with Gao Pragmatism's naturalization victory and Lightning Lake victory at the moment, this battle of cutting Yuan has been a complete victory on the whole, and the next step is nothing more than continuing to pursue Tumen and Aba There are two Dai Saiyin Khan, and it is unlikely that the imperial court will magnify a small mistake infinitely.

After making up his mind, Gao Wushi confessed to Cao Ke and asked him to write a draft essay for himself, while he wrote a personal letter in reply to Ma Chengen.In this autograph letter, Gao Wushi didn’t mention how to deal with Ma Chengen at all, but he also didn’t give any credit for it. He just affirmed his bravery in fighting and warned him to take a good rest and not to take it seriously because he was young and in good health. wait.

This letter is very interesting to say. The highly pragmatic tone in the letter is not only caring, but also a typical model of elders caring for younger generations.If you think about the fact that the two of them are about the same age, it seems a bit strange, but Gao Pragmatic has been talking with Ma Gui's peers for a long time, and it is only natural to treat Ma Chengen with the attitude of the younger generation.

It was late at night when these matters were settled.Gao Yushi has been on the road with his cavalry during this time, and he only took it easy during the two days when he was stationed in Lightning Lake. Overall, it was considered a high-intensity work. Although it is not exhausting physically and mentally, it is indeed a bit tired, so it is rare. Those who did not meet with the generals of the various ministries took a rest "early".

The next day, Li Rusong sent a military report, saying that he had met with the forward of Qi Jiguang's imperial guards, but he did not catch up with the Chahar Mongolian army along the way, and it was expected that the opponent had already fled north.He proposed to continue the pursuit and asked Gao Pragmatism for approval.

Li Rusong has always had a strong will to do meritorious deeds. He has known this for a long time, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with it. However, this military report still made him feel that it was not that simple. meet.

why?Is it Ji Shengyu and He Shengliang?It doesn't seem quite right either.If there is someone in Liaodong who wants to say to Qi Jiguang, "If you are born Yu, why should you be born bright", then it should be Li Chengliang. What's the matter with him, Li Rusong, a junior?You know, back then Li Chengliang specially arranged for Li Rusong to exercise in Ji Town, which was run by Qi Jiguang. In theory, Qi Jiguang was still his old boss.

Eh?The old boss... oh, I see.It seems that Li Rusong does have that kind of heart disease, but it is not that he is born with Yu and Liang, but that Li Rusong, who has already served as the Liaodong General, may not want to meet an old man with a higher status, seniority, and greater merit than him in front of outsiders. handsome.

Ha, this guy is really a bit arrogant.But... whatever, let him be fulfilled.Gao Wushi quickly replied to Li Rusong, approving him to continue to pursue the Mongolian army, but requiring him to report his location and the situation he was facing at least twice a day—whether the situation was good or bad.

In addition, this time was different from the previous ones. Gao Yushi had already faintly felt that the movements of the Chahar tribe were not quite right. Even the entire Chahar tribe appeared in Tumed, which seemed to be a big migration.

Great migrations are not rare for nomads, but it does not mean that they can be relocated. Generally speaking, some preparations need to be made in advance.Of course, Gao Yushi has no research in this area, and he does not know exactly how long in advance such preparations should be done.But in any case, if Chahar really wanted to move this time, it meant that they had planned some time in advance and implemented it seriously.

If this conjecture is true, it also explains some points that I was puzzled before.For example, they gave up Chahanhot without saying a word, for example, they perfectly used the golden cicada to escape the shell, for example, they came to fight naturalization inexplicably, and so on.Under the premise of "ready to migrate", all of the above can be explained.

However, there seems to be one more thing that doesn't make sense: If Chahar planned to migrate early in the morning, what about the Outer Khalkha?Did Abadai Saiyin Khan know about this?If he knew, why would he be willing to cooperate with Tumen?
This is very inexplicable, because if Tumen migrated in a big way and the destination of the migration is far away, then his deterrent effect on Abadai Saiyin Khan has actually disappeared, and there is no reason for Abadai Saiyin Khan to follow him The baton turns.

But thinking of this, something caught Gao Pragmatic’s attention: the news from Hannaji that he has already occupied Helin and controlled some scattered small tribes around it, which means that Abadai Saiyin Khan also transferred his headquarters Gone, but did not pack up all the tribes it ruled.

Could it be said that the Wai Khalkha tribe also plans to migrate?But where is he planning to go?Are you going with the Chahar Ministry?If they go together, the Chahar Mongolian army is about to run away now, but the Mongolian army of the Outer Khalkha tribe he leads is still stranded in the war zone. Isn't he afraid that he won't be able to escape?
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