Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 197 Gao Gong Bingguo (Part [-])
Because the prince has not yet started studying in the pavilion, Gao Wushi has not officially "worked" yet. After receiving the "Prince's curriculum" at the Imperial Academy, he went back. This afternoon he and Wei Ximin will finalize the matter of buying or renting a store in the capital. At the same time, there is also the establishment of a transshipment warehouse by the Yongding River outside the city.He also didn't know why it was so easy for others to travel across time to do business, but he was obviously lucky and things were progressing smoothly, but the complexity couldn't be reduced a bit.

Gao Yushi realizes that he has a lot of things at hand, but in fact, compared to Gao Gong, it's really pediatrics.

Gao Gong has devoted himself to his ideals with great work enthusiasm since his recovery years ago.Such as rectifying the administration of officials, rectifying the finances, promoting the new tax law, reforming the examination method for officials, paying attention to opening the sea, rectifying military affairs... How can the degree of complexity be compared with the high-level practical matter at hand?
Neither Gao Gong nor Zhang Juzheng is writing today, but as allies, they still visit each other frequently. For example, they discussed two important matters in the cabinet today.One is that the cabinet read the newspaper today, there is some trouble in Shuixi, Guizhou, and if it is not handled properly, there may be a military disaster. Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng have just directed and acted out the matter of moving Liu Xian to Guizhou, but Liu Xian has not had time Assuming office, if a military incident breaks out in Guizhou at this time, I am afraid there will be a lot of problems.

The second is that Gao Gong wants to discuss with Zhang Juzheng how to further improve the situation on the northern border—in other words, discuss the focus of military affairs in northern Xinjiang.

Shuixi, Guizhou has always been a place where accidents often occur, and this year is no exception.

At the beginning of the year, there was a vendetta against native officials in Shuixi: An Guoheng, the Procuratorate of Guizhou Province, killed An Xin, the son of the late Consolation Provost An Wanquan.

Wang Zhengxin thought it was true, so he took An Dachao as his commander and attacked An Guoheng.As a result, the officers and soldiers were defeated, An Dachao was dismissed, Wang Zheng returned to his hometown to listen to the instructions, and An Guoheng also supported his troops to defend himself, resulting in a confrontational situation.

At this time, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng were sitting idle with tea, and Gao Gong said: "In Guizhou, there are few soldiers and poor people. Originally, major events should be few. When encountering problems, you need to calm down and make decisions before moving. Now Wang Zheng’s action made the imperial court quite ashamed, I know that when the news spread today, someone in the imperial court must call for troops to put down the rebellion, but this matter... I think there is something strange about it.”

Zhang Juzheng nodded, and said more bluntly: "What Duke Zhongxuan said is very true. In my opinion, the matter of Shuixi has nothing to do with the imperial court at all. It's just that the chieftains are in civil strife and killing each other. This kind of thing is almost impossible in the southwest. Stone is used to seeing that the good-looking arbitrator of the court is not in place, so he jumped off the court early to catch the knife himself, isn't it the way of a goose?"

He said bitterly: "Wang Zheng is an idiot, it is obvious that he only needs to express the attitude that the court will deal with it according to the law, while sending people to investigate in detail, and at the same time requesting a decree to make a decision, but he is inexplicably credulous to the words of the family, and it is really a big trouble. Damn."

Gao Gong pondered and said: "Wang Zheng is under house arrest now. According to Governor Zhu, he is investigating. Judging from the current situation, he may have accepted bribes."

"Then it should be killed." Zhang Juzheng said angrily, "I'm going to concentrate on the preparations for the north right now, but his matter is related to the stability of the southwest and the stability of the rear. How can we convince the public if we don't kill him?"

Gao Gong nodded, didn't dwell on this issue, and said: "The new governor, I mean, let Ruan Wenzhong go."

Zhang Juzheng was not interested in the arrangement of the governor of Guizhou, so he nodded his approval, but added: "Before Liu Xian takes office, he must tell Ruan Wenzhong not to go to war without authorization."

Gao Gong smiled: "That's natural. Moreover, even if Liu Xian arrives, it is impossible to start a war for a while. What I mean is that in the Southwest matter, the court must be fair and upright, and never fight if it can. It's the next step."

Zhang Juzheng nodded, and changed the subject: "The war is still concentrated in the north... If Xuanda and Jiliao are regarded as the left and right wings of the capital, in the current situation, one wing must exert its strength to deter the northern captives. .”

Gao Gong's heart moved, and he thought to himself: Sure enough, Zhang Taiyue still cares about this matter.However, this matter is not as simple as it seems on the surface.

Since the civil engineering change in the Ming Dynasty turned to strategic defense, the scourges of the southern Japanese and northern bandits continued to spread. For this, the Ming court and the border people paid a heavy price, and all kinds of efforts for a long time had little effect.

In the Jiajing Dynasty, this situation intensified. The occurrence of the "Gengwu Change" and even the "Fenshi Disaster" in the first year of Longqing forced the imperial court to make some adjustments and rectifications to the northern frontier defense.

From the late Jiajing period to the Longqing period, a group of military generals such as Yang Yiqing, Wang Qiong, Weng Wanda, Qi Jiguang, Wang Chonggu, Ma Fang, Li Chengliang, and Fang Fengshi were appointed or promoted, and they made useful contributions to strengthening border defense.Tan Lun was transferred to be the left servant of the Ministry of War and the censor of the right capital, the governor of Ji, Liao, and Baoding. Under his suggestion, the Ming court spent two and a half years building a hollow enemy platform in the spring of the fourth year of Longqing.

In November of the first year of Longqing, Xinyou, Xu Jie and others "discussed the defense of captives" after discussion, and formed "thirteen things about the defense of captives", including responsibility for actual effects, determination of responsibilities, and defense in open battle, etc., although these words were all clichés at the time However, under the direct care of Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, some new things appeared in the frontier administration.

In August of the second year of Longqing, Zhang Juzheng published "Six Events", one of which was "Ordinary Military Preparation", and it was also put into practice.In September of the third year of Longqing, Mu Zong "respected the soldiers at the teaching ground in Beijing camp".There were 12 elite soldiers participating in the grand parade, which is of great significance to change the long-standing fear of soldiers who "all shed tears and dare not go forward, and the generals also look at each other and change color" when encountering battles.

This grand reading was promoted by Zhang Juzheng. Gao Gong was not in the court at the time, but he was very satisfied with it.The grand reading marked the beginning of a reversal of the court's military weakness, and gradually gained the initiative in dealing with the northern Tatar issue.In addition, Zhang Juzheng has been doing his best to carry out reforms such as recruiting silver to supplement the number of troops.

In fact, it was precisely because Zhang Juzheng was not as good as Xu Jie and Li Chunfang, the licorice prime ministers, he was able to do things, so Gao Gongming knew that the two had begun to have some quarrels, but still maintained the status of an ally.

Of course, Gao Gong also had his own considerations in these aspects. He came back at the end of the third year of Longqing. The right servant of the Ministry of Supplies and the distribution of matters", "Emergency discussions on dealing with the affairs of the ministers involved", "Discussion on the affairs of the military department to support the frontier affairs", "Discussion on the frontier department to solidify the frontier affairs", Books such as "Discussion on Military Preparations in Various Provinces" were approved by Emperor Longqing one by one.

Gao Gong quickly launched the reform of the military system and the reorganization of armaments, including the establishment of a series of systems such as the adjustment of the personnel of the Ministry of War, the reserve system of military personnel, the system of leave and relocation for border officials, the system of special relocation of military officials, and the law of long-term tenure. Strictly apply, eliminate mediocre and weak generals, select talents and appoint talents, and so on.These measures greatly improved the military status of the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, Daming's "internal strength" has achieved some results, so he must find an opportunity to show it to frighten me.

But the question is: should I directly send troops from Xuanda to answer my answer, or start from Jiliao and attack the local barbarians to frighten me?

　Alas, hurry up, it's still 5 minutes late, there are so many things to do during the year...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)