Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 2104 Zhengguoben (round nine) persuasion
"How many guards are under the control of the Nanjing Ministry of War. He is probably already famous in the Nine Sides, so why should he care?"

Concubine Zheng's words were right and right, and she was wrong and wrong.It is true that most of the troops that can really fight in Ming Dynasty are concentrated on the Nine Sides; what is not true is that the southern provinces are actually not too small in terms of the number of guards.

Another point is that from the book data alone, the strength of the Southern Guard is quite large.Taking Yunnan as an example, although the number of guards under the command of the Yunnan Capital Division in the Ming Dynasty varied from period to period, there were at most 20 guards, 3 imperial guards, and 18 guards, totaling 133 thousands of households. Administer about 15 guards.

Obviously, if compared in this way, the military strength of Yunnan is comparable to that of the Nine Frontiers, only slightly lower than the 18 in Liaodong and Jizhen, higher than the 13 in Xuanfu, 12 in Datong, and [-] in Shanxi. [-], Changping's [-], and so on.

Of course, this is the highest peak of talking, and there are often a lot of tricks in the process of the imperial court's enlistment of the army. It is really hard to say how many can actually be.However, after the end of the Yunnan-Burma War a few years ago, the Ministry of War reorganized the Qing army and set the number of troops in Yunnan at [-]—this time it was a real number.

Although this amount is much lower than the highest peak in history, it is still on par with Shanxi, Changping and other towns, and one thing must not be forgotten—this [-] does not include the many chieftain soldiers and horses that Yunnan can command.

After the Yunnan-Burma War, the southern provinces all carried out a Qing army. However, the strength of the troops under the jurisdiction of each province is actually quite different. Some provinces have as many as 12 or 13 troops, while others have only [-].If you look at it roughly, or on average, there are about [-] to [-] troops in each province.

[Note: The 12 troops here belong to Nanzhili and Guangxi, and the 13 troops belong to Zhejiang.Guangxi, Zhejiang and other provinces all need to send squadrons to the Nine Borders. For example, the original amount in Zhejiang's military register is 13, but in reality there are only [-] in the province, and the rest are sent to the Nine Borders as squadrons. ]
In short, roughly calculated, even according to the results of the reorganization of the Qing army after the Yunnan-Myanmar War, the southern provinces had more than 50 troops.Of course, although more than 50 troops sound like a lot, in fact, because pepper noodles are widely distributed throughout the south, it is quite difficult to concentrate if something happens.What's more, these troops are mainly garrisoned, and they cannot be regarded as elite field troops, nor can they be mobilized casually.

This is like Gao Yu’s regular army garrison in southern Xinjiang has almost 30 troops, but even if Luzon and the Nanyang Islands are not counted, the area of ​​the Indochina Peninsula alone is as high as 200 million square kilometers, so the 30 troops are actually a bit It means pepper.

Of course, the garrison is only Gao Yushi’s direct lineage, and all major kingdoms have more or less a part of the servant army, plus the chieftains of various surnames who moved to the town and the few Annan troops left behind by Gao Yushi’s license, etc. There are 10,000+ together, which is barely sufficient.

But even so, didn't Nanjiang always think that Jinghua's troops in the Nanyang Islands were too weak, and suggested many times to create one or two new garrison troops?

Zhu Yijun roughly knew Gao Wu's military strength in southern Xinjiang, but he didn't think it should be settled in this way, because he believed that the existence of the Jinghua garrison was to suppress the kingdoms in southern Xinjiang, so they had to hedge against the strength of the kingdoms.In other words, instead of 30 plus 10,000+, it should be 30 minus 10,000+.

Based on this judgment, Zhu Yijun feels that even if the Jinghua garrison is definitely stronger than the native troops of the kingdoms in southern Xinjiang, even if the worst happens, the most pragmatic army that can really "go north" will not exceed 20. All of them have to stay to deter the local people.

20 is of course not a lot, but in terms of the number of people alone, even Yang Yinglong could pull it out back then.Therefore, Zhu Yijun believed that even considering that the garrison might be strong, the threat to Daming would be nothing more than "destroyed" for a while, and it would never turn the world upside down.

His thinking can’t be wrong, because after many years of hard work, the current Ming army is much stronger than the original history. This kind of progress can be seen from various wars even if the emperor himself cannot see it. .

Although the weapons and equipment of the major garrison forces in southern Xinjiang have indeed maintained the most advanced state, the main force of Ming Dynasty has basically realized the initial weaponization through the efforts of these years, but because the total force is too large, it is impossible to fully use the latest weapons. The cannons and muskets should be replaced gradually.

At present, Ming Dynasty has about 120 million troops in the north, and more than 50 troops in the south. The whole country has about 170 million to 180 million troops. Therefore, although Zhu Yijun is concerned about Gao Yu's 30 troops in southern Xinjiang, he can't talk about it. worry.Not to mention that the Ming Dynasty can still order the right-wing Mongolian, Nenghorqin and even the Jurchen tribes.

After all, there are only a few million immigrants in southern Xinjiang (actually slightly higher than this number), and there are less than 30 real Han Chinese in Jinghua's [-] army, and the rest are so-called "naturalized Han Chinese."

Since Zhu Yijun himself believes that "people who are not of our race must have different hearts", he naturally thinks that Gao Yu's basic situation in southern Xinjiang is the same - it is not easy to suppress the kingdoms of southern Xinjiang and not rebel against him. Zhu Yijun couldn't believe that he could go on the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains.

Therefore, he believes that all of Gao Yushi's actions are based on this foundation, and the purpose is what he said just now: Gao Yushi is to prove that he has no second thoughts, and at the same time show that he has the ability to bring some troubles to Daming.

Taking advantage of today's special situation, Zhu Yijun intends to open up the conversation with Concubine Zheng, and let her know what the current situation is, so that she will not be lucky all the time.

After some analysis, Zhu Yijun said: "In short, this is the case. If there is always a tacit understanding between me and pragmatism, then the monarch and ministers will help each other, and the Ming Dynasty will rejuvenate, and he will not be too attached to power. One day in the future, he will go to southern Xinjiang. But if there is no tacit understanding between me and him, the two sides will start to quarrel, not to mention that it will definitely make our monarchs and ministers lose face, even if the southern provinces are corrupted, it is not impossible."

Concubine Zheng really didn't know Gao Wuzhi's actual strength in southern Xinjiang until today, but she believed that the emperor had no problem with the information, at least the deviation would not be too big, after all, Jinyiwei didn't just do nothing.

That is to say, while Gao Wu is cultivating power in southern Xinjiang, he is careful not to interfere in the southern military affairs of Ming Dynasty, in order to prove to the emperor that he has no ambition to target the Central Plains, but he has enough ability to cause "the heavens to favor one side" for Daming , in order to reach a tacit agreement with the emperor.

There is no doubt that doing this kind of thing is very dangerous, because the emperor's strength still crushes the southern border.However, Concubine Zheng immediately thought that Gao Pragmatic's strength was more than that.

She hesitated for a moment, then said slowly: "As a minister and concubine, Mr. Gao Ge has a very high prestige in the army. If something really happened in the south, although the army from the nine sides would not be disobedient, I'm afraid..."

"I discussed with him the military affairs of the Northwest." Zhu Yijun said calmly, "He doesn't intend to lead the army himself."

"Oh?" Concubine Zheng was a little surprised, she pondered: "He did this on purpose to show the emperor, right? It's just to show that he doesn't intend to continue to improve his prestige in Nine Sides?"

"Part of the reason is true, and the other part of the reason is because he is about to succeed the Chief Assistant, and it is inconvenient to leave Beijing." Zhu Yijun said: "But anyway, he made his gesture, and I can't be unresponsive, so today After Wang Jiaping and Liang Menglong once again proposed to return to their hometowns, I have already agreed."

In fact, this is not the case. Zhu Yijun had other considerations in approving their resignation, but he didn't intend to explain it in detail.

Concubine Zheng always felt that something was wrong, and even became a little anxious. Although she knew she shouldn't say it, she couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, forgive me for being presumptuous. Now that the Emperor is here, Mr. Gao Ge may not have any evil intentions, but Can his loyalty be extended... to the prince?"

Zhu Yijun didn't speak, and Concubine Zheng simply continued: "After this incident, the concubine already knew that Chang Xun was bound to miss out on the Great Treasure. It stands to reason that there is really no need to continue to get involved here, but it's a big deal..."

This is indeed not something that ordinary people dare to say, because the subtext of these words is undoubtedly "Your Majesty, you can't live longer than Gao Ge Lao". Normal people will inevitably get angry when they hear such words, let alone the emperor?
However, although Zhu Yijun was really unhappy to hear such words, he had already been influenced by high pragmatism to be very realistic. Naturally, he knew that this prospect was a high probability event, so although he frowned, he did not deny it, let alone explode his hair.

He said indifferently: "If there is a day in the future when Yushi has no plans to go to southern Xinjiang and I will go first, then I will let Chang Haozun Yushi be my son-in-law."

"Your Majesty!" Concubine Zheng was taken aback, "This is absolutely unacceptable. If this is the case, no one in the world can stop him!"

"Then what do you want me to do? Kill him, and then bear the notoriety of killing heroes, and at the same time let half of the country fall into the flames of war?" Zhu Yijun said coldly: "I have worked so hard for more than 20 years, and it is hard for everyone in the world to recognize Daming. The great cause of Zhongxing was accomplished in my hands, but in the end, I destroyed it with my own hands?"

Concubine Zheng was anxious and said: "Your Majesty, that's not what you said. The name of Zhongxing is important, but how can it be more important than the foundation of the ancestors?"

"So what do you think is the most important thing right now?" Zhu Yijun suddenly couldn't hold back his anger, stared at her and said, "I tell you, the most important thing is that I have nothing to do! I am not a world temple, and I don't pray for immortality." Same life, but at least I want to live until the crown prince reaches adulthood! As long as I do this, Pragmatic will definitely be my loyal subject of Ming Dynasty, and there will never be any accidents!"

Concubine Zheng was silent.She knew what the emperor meant, as long as the crown prince was an adult when he succeeded to the throne, there would be no need for a regent, and the chief assistant of Ming Dynasty was not the real prime minister, so it was impossible to bypass the emperor and exercise great power.Without the emperor's Zhu approval, the proposal of the first assistant is useless, and the emperor even has the right to remove the first assistant directly.

It is true that high-level practical achievements are crowned in the court, and the prestige is very high. According to the usual practice, even the emperor cannot do such a thing easily, otherwise it will inevitably arouse dissatisfaction in the court.But there is a saying that once the emperor and the courtiers, the new emperor dismissed the old minister Gu Ming soon after he succeeded to the throne. This kind of drama has been staged countless times in China, so what's the big deal if it happens again?It's no surprise.

Concubine Zheng suddenly discovered that if Gao Wushi really came to this point, even if Gao Wushi returned to the southern border and raised his troops in anger, although it would still cause the sky to fall, but first of all, his chances of winning were not as great as today, and at least he would not be blamed for the crime. Now on top.

Concubine Zheng suddenly realized that the emperor really cared about his reputation so much that he didn't hesitate to leave such a hidden danger for the future... and he left the hidden danger to his own crown prince.

Concubine Zheng didn't know that the reason why the emperor was like this was actually because he had been influenced by high pragmatism all these years.

In fact, Zhu Yijun in the original history really didn't care about reputation, he paid more attention to current interests.However, this life is different. Since childhood, Gao Yushi has instilled in him the glory of the great names brought about by various "big undertakings", and over the years, he has really given him one after another, making him enjoy this kind of experience very much. Glory.

Now, he is already recognized by the world as the master of Ming Dynasty Zhongxing, and he refuses to break this glorious image no matter what, so that Shen Yitong, who sees through this, decisively advocates "Feng Chan Taishan" in times of crisis.And the emperor immediately decided to agree, and then saved Shen Yitong's political life, and even Gao Yushi had to accept Shen Yitong's peace request.

In the final analysis, the emperor is already the supreme being in the world, and what he wants is nothing more than that.In the original history, Zhu Yijun was suppressed by the civil official group and could only engage in non-violent non-cooperation. There was no hope of seeking fame, and of course he could only seek profit.

The current Zhu Yijun is not so aggrieved, and his internal money is also rising when the national treasury is full.Not to mention that Gao Wushi also gave him Zhang Luonan Salt Farm for a while, and Zhang Luo Nanyang Huangzhuang for him later, so that he didn't have to consider the issue of interests at all.

The interests have been met, so what else does Zhu Yijun ask for?Naturally, all that remains is to ask for a name.Since he is seeking fame, how can he hide everything from his greatest hero?Isn't this discrediting his glorious image!

Gao Wushi's strength is indeed getting stronger and stronger, but Zhu Yijun has already judged through various signs that Gao Wushi has no intention of doing anything wrong with him, but instead proves his intentions with practical actions everywhere-seeking both the success of the court and the foundation of one side , but just do not seek that supreme status.

That being the case, Zhu Yijun is willing to satisfy him, because it will make him more tolerant, and he is definitely not the kind of king who can share adversity but not wealth.

As for the future... there are indeed certain hidden dangers, but as I said before, as long as he can live until the crown prince becomes an adult, all of this will not be a problem.The system of the Ming Dynasty is not a decoration, and the orthodoxy of the Ming Dynasty is beyond doubt. As long as the crown prince succeeds to the throne as an adult, he can continue to be a minister if he is pragmatic and agrees with the new monarch's wishes.

Zhu Yijun believes that it is impossible to fail to see this with a high level of pragmatic shrewdness.Even if Gao Yushi lost his head, even if the final result was the worst—that is, the new monarch dismissed as prime minister, and Gao Yushi returned to southern Xinjiang to raise troops, so what?

Firstly, this will not threaten the life and death of Daming, and secondly, it will not affect his reputation as Emperor Wanli.

As for the future reputation of the prince, I don't care about it anyway—could the grandfather be able to control the way the late emperor almost subverted his rule after he succeeded to the throne?
Concubine Zheng knew that it was useless to say anything else.She sighed lightly, and said: "Since the emperor has a plan, the concubine has nothing to say, but... since Chang Xun is destined to miss the great treasure, I wonder how the emperor plans to deal with it?"

Seeing that his beloved woman finally recognized the reality, Zhu Yijun didn't want to see her sad anymore, so he immediately changed his expression and comforted him: "Don't worry, although I can't give him the world, at least I can give him the greatest wealth. "
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PS: I have really blown my nose for the past few days. The sun finally came out today, and I feel much better after sunbathing.Speaking of which, when I think back, it feels like I have to catch a cold every spring...

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