Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 209
To be honest, Gao Pragmatic doesn't care at all whether it is the Marquis of Linhuai or the Duke of Wei who serves as Nanjing's garrison minister.Because the three giants in Nanjing, the Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing who is really in charge of affairs, and the eunuch who supervises the officials in Nanjing on behalf of the emperor, are the eunuchs guarding Nanjing.After all, compared with Beijing Xungui, the nobles under the Nanjing rule are only worse, never better. This point can be seen from the performance of the guards in Nanjing and the surrounding areas when the Japanese pirates were raging, and there is no need to worry about their combat effectiveness. Little hope.

Of course, Nanjing's garrison officials are not limited to managing the soldiers of the guards. In fact, they also have a certain ability to restrain the "guest army". He needs to rely on Nanjing's coordination and dispatch, logistics supplies, etc., so Nanjing's garrison minister is also his superior in name, and he will feel very uncomfortable if his supplies are withheld.What's more, like Xu Pengju, directly complained to the Nanjing Ministry of War, saying that he didn't listen to orders, committed crimes, etc. Generally speaking, the Nanjing Ministry of War would give Nanjing's garrison ministers this face-after all, he is a superior and his colleagues, right? ?

However, the normal "function" of Nanjing's garrison officials is limited to this, unless Gao Wuzhen suddenly wants to go to the southern enclosure, which involves the area under the jurisdiction of the guard, then Nanjing garrison officials have the power to coordinate He even made a decision, otherwise he wouldn't be able to use him at all - since he has no use value, of course he wouldn't care.

However, since Li Zongcheng eagerly approached Li Yangong on behalf of Li Yangong, Gao Yushi would not pretend to be high-spirited and refused to let him in. Considering the overall situation.

Don't talk about profit, just talk about righteousness?That's something wrong with his brain, and it's definitely not his demeanor.

The demeanor of Gao Shidu is that if there is no benefit, even if it is created, it must be fought for.

What benefits can Nanjing's defense ministers create?
Well, it seems that short-term benefits are really hard to find, but long-term benefits can be carefully planned.For example, the enclosure mentioned just now—Nanjing, or more broadly, the southeastern provinces—the Weisuo occupies a lot of land, of course there are a lot of fields, but most of them are actually messy " Rotten ground".Putting those lands in the hands of a group of eight uncles Qiu will not create any value or benefit at all, not to mention that these eight uncles Qiu are not soldiers, farmers are not farmers, workers are not workers, and craftsmen are not craftsmen.

But actually?Many of these so-called bad lands are extremely valuable in the eyes of Gao Pragmatic.

Take two of the simplest examples: mines and seaports.

There are mines in many places under the jurisdiction of the Weisuo, some of these mines have been developed or even have been developed for a long time, and more have not been developed at all.Even the part that has been developed is extremely developed. In Gao Shidu's eyes, there is only one word to describe that level of development: squishy.

You can tell with your toes that this group of guards don't know how to do business. The direct reason for mining was only to meet the needs of the guards' armaments in the early years-such as mining iron and smelting iron to make weapons and armor.Later, when the guards became worse and worse, there was no interest in weapons and equipment, and many mines were abandoned. Some mines with better traffic conditions and mining conditions were dug up by them and sold directly to create revenue for the guards. That's it - of course, whether it is to generate income for the collective of the guard or for some officers of the guard is really too lazy to say.

This kind of low-level mining with little effort, in the eyes of high pragmatism, is completely reckless.As a small cadre who has been in charge of a local economy in later generations, although his management level is very low in modern society, he can't help thinking hundreds of years ahead. For location advantages, core products, system engineering, and industrial chain Words like " are always deeply understood.

If he has enough power and wealth, he can turn the vicinity of Ma'anshan into a steel center in later generations, develop fashion and high-end clothing and fabric export industries in places like Suzhou, and build shipbuilding industries and international trade ports in Songjiang, etc. foot.

But right now, engaging in these things is just a wish—it sounds like a long-term plan, and there is no such condition to support him to actually operate it.

The Ming Dynasty implemented a system of two capitals in the north and the south, and Nanjing was the capital. In theory, it should be regarded as the official capital.This is also one of the reasons why many civil servants of the Ming Dynasty refused to die in Beijing after Chongzhen Meishan hanged himself, and instead ran to Nanjing to die.

Nanjing Liudu has a full set of imperial institutions except the emperor himself and the cabinet. The imperial palace, six ministries, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate have been kept and actually used (of course, because there is no emperor, the imperial palace is only in a low-level maintenance state) .

The reason why the three giants in Nanjing are always mentioned is because of the characteristic defense system of Nanjing Liudu, which is actually divided into internal defense, external defense, and counselor maintenance.

The internal defense is the eunuch guarding Nanjing, who is appointed by a middle official. The most famous eunuch guarding Nanjing is Zheng He.

There is one guard on the outside and one guard on the side, all of whom are military officials.

As for civil servants, they must be ministers of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, and "counselor and machine affairs" will be added.

Judging from this initial setting, the Minister of the Ministry of War of Nanjing, who was only the "Counselor of Mechanical Affairs", originally had the lowest status, but like Beijing, after the status of civil servants was promoted, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Military Affairs of Nanjing, the Counselor of Mechanical Affairs, became the person with the most power.

As a rule, Xun Chen is in charge of external defense and coordinated defense—speaking of which, I can explain why Li Yangong, the eldest son of Linhuai Marquis, came to Beijing in a hurry as soon as Xu Pengju had an accident.

As early as the end of Jiajing, Xu Pengju was the garrison outside Nanjing, and the coordinated garrison was Li Tingzhu, Marquis of Linhuai.In April of the 39th year of Jiajing, because of the Nanjing Zhenwu Camp mutiny, the three giants in Nanjing (actually four) were punished: Xu Peng, the outer guard, encouraged him to serve, and Li Tingzhu, the coordinating guard, stayed idle. Ribbon descended to three levels of requisition.

This time, the most unlucky one was Zhang Jia, who was directly ordered to retire; followed by He Shou, the guarding eunuch, who was demoted three ranks in a row, was recalled to the Beijing palace, and lost his power; , the full name is "Guandai idle residence", which means that the official position will not be withdrawn, but he can only stay at home and reflect on it, and he is not allowed to take care of things. Not to mention, I was encouraged a bit.

Presumably at that time, Li Tingzhu was very dissatisfied with Xu Pengju in his heart-Xu Pengju's performance in the Zhenwu camp was very bad, and he was ridiculed by the mutiny soldiers as an idiot.Gao Pragmatically pondered that Li Tingzhu might think that the imperial court was more tolerant of the position of Nanjing's garrison honorary officer. After all, although the honorary officer was of little use, he still represented the face of the imperial court. Therefore, this time when Xu Pengju had an accident, Li Tingzhu immediately jumped out. After all, in Nanjing, he is the closest to the garrison minister.

I figured out the cause and effect relationship, but how to get the most out of it, Gao Yushi was limited by his lack of status for a while, so he couldn't figure it out. In the end, he had to settle down on a train of thought: see Li Zongcheng first. What do you plan to do after you lose yourself.

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