Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 2125 General Baikui (Twenty) Huang Applying

It is only natural that all the participants will have their own comments on the young master Gao Yuan's first show since he left southern Xinjiang to study in the capital more than ten years ago.However, everyone more or less understood that Gao Yuan came here alone, instead of accompanying his mother Huang Zhiting, which in itself reveals some unusual aura.

"Thinking about the meaning" is not a compliment in most contexts, but in fact it is something that almost everyone has to do, so naturally everyone in southern Xinjiang must think about it.

Why didn't the underage young master accompany his wife to the south, and let the wife stand for him and help him establish his position among the people in southern Xinjiang?

Why did the young master, who was underage, dare to show his favor to Huang Hu so blatantly, and was so rude to his elder Gao elder brother, while Gao Mengnan, as the "elder" of the Gao family clan at the reception banquet, just watched this with cold eyes?

One last point is that after the welcome banquet just now, Gao Mengnan originally wanted to lure Gao Yuan back to the nominal Siamese palace, which was nicknamed "Dingnan Palace" in private, but Gao Yuan refused. I have to go to the military command first.

Naturally, everyone couldn't resist him, so a group of officers and generals had to accompany Gao Yu to go... So, what does this incident mean?
Everyone is working for the Gao family—or to put it bluntly, they are all working for the Gao family, so these issues have to be considered.

According to the practice in the past few years, Madam was supposed to go south at this time, but this time unexpectedly she did not go south, but the young master came instead. Why did the master arrange it like this?
If according to normal thinking, the wife was left in the capital, but another important person went south, then it may mean that the master has lost trust in the wife.

However, the important person who went south was the young master, so this kind of speculation seemed unreasonable.After all, the eldest young master's biological mother is the madam, if the madam loses the master's trust, how can the young master have the opportunity to sit in southern Xinjiang alone?
Then there is only another possibility, that is, the master is deliberately creating an opportunity for the young master to sit on one side alone.However, this speculation might have been true three days ago, but it is not true now, because the letter from Jingshi Feige has arrived: Liu Xin, Secretary-General of Jinghua, has set off to the south to assist the young master in handling "related military affairs."

There is a saying that less words matter more, and this sentence of flying pigeons to pass on letters probably reflects this point.

Everyone knows Liu Xin's identity.In her identity, the point of "Master's concubine" is the most irrelevant.Her most important identity is the secretary-general of Jinghua on the stage, and her childhood sweetheart (widely misunderstood by Huang Zhiting's attitude) under the stage, the daughter of the famous court general Liu Xian, the sister of Liu Ting, and the wife's former battlefield partner and close friend in the boudoir.

Huang Zhiting's power in southern Xinjiang relied on the battle of Lang Son to seize Xiongguan, the battle of Bagu to destroy Mangyingli, and the battle of Pasang to defeat Narisuan.And Liu Xin didn't give up too much. Although Huang Zhiting commanded the Battle of Passang, Liu Xin's surprise soldiers were mainly relied on in that battle.In addition, she alone led the army to put down the Siamese rebels, went straight to Huanglong to defeat Cambodia and made an emergency landing in Musali, etc., which are also unworldly achievements in southern Xinjiang.

To a certain extent, Southern Xinjiang was able to achieve its current situation. Gao Pragmatism only established Annan as a bridgehead and established a set of effective systems. Later, on the battlefield, it was mainly due to Huang Zhiting and Liu Xin, the "peerless twins". Jiao" opened up the frontier and expanded the territory.

And when Liu Xin went north and returned to Beijing, it would be even more serious!From the master's personal staff to the serious Secretary-General of the Jinghua Secretariat, she is privately regarded as the "chief assistant of the cabinet" by Jinghua's internal staff.

You should know that if the secretaries of the secretariat have business trips, for example, when the military secretary Ruan Fuyuan went south to review the Nanyang Fleet, the Nanyang Fleet Command held a grand welcome ceremony and ship review ceremony for them.

Moreover, during the entire review schedule, almost all the generals of the Nanyang Fleet Headquarters followed suit as guides and escorts, taking Nguyen Phuc Yuan to a comprehensive tour and inspection of the military port, warships, shipyards, naval warehouses, naval camps, etc. .

Ruan Fuyuan is only one of the nine members of the secretariat, and he already has such authority, not to mention that the person who is going to come to Dingnan now is the secretary-general of the secretariat, Liu Xin, who has great influence on Gao Yushi and Huang Zhiting and his wife. Woolen cloth?

Now, since the "Chief Assistant of the Cabinet" is going to come in person, and Fei Ge's biography clearly states "to assist the young master", then looking back, it is natural to understand the meaning of Gao Yuan's coming here - to rectify his name and establish his prestige.

Just like what Gao Wushi referred to before making this decision, many people in southern Xinjiang immediately thought of the system template of the "Gao Yuan-Liu Xin" combination: the Tang Dynasty's "Generalissimo of Soldiers and Horses" expedition system. (Note: Of course it was not limited to the Tang Dynasty. For example, the Song Dynasty also had the Generalissimo of the World’s Soldiers and Horses.)
"Generalissimo of the World's Soldiers and Horses" belongs to the kind of position that sounds awesome when you hear it, but in fact it is indeed very awesome. People like Tang Dezong Li Shi, Song Gaozong Zhao Gou, etc. have served as the world's soldiers and horses.

During the Anshi Rebellion, the Marshal of the World's Soldiers and Horses became the "standard official position" of the prince.For example, Emperor Li Yu of the Tang Dynasty, when he was still a prince, his father Emperor Suzong Li Heng asked Li Yu to command the Tang army to attack the south of Chang'an with Guo Ziyi, Li Guangbi, Pugu Huai'en and other generals as the "Marshal of the World's Soldiers and Horses". Xiangji Temple launched an attack.

After a fierce battle, the Tang army wiped out more than 8 elite Anshi rebels in Xiangji Temple, and achieved the most significant military victory since the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion.After Li Yu ascended the throne, his prince Li Shi commanded the Tang army to launch the final attack on the rebels as the "Marshal of the World's Soldiers and Horses".

So, what kind of official position is the "Marshal of the World's Soldiers and Horses"?Why did the emperor of the Tang Dynasty let the prince instead of the military general be the commander-in-chief of the world's soldiers and horses?

The word marshal was the title of the supreme commander of a combat force during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. "Zuo Zhuan" once recorded that Jin Wengong considered the candidate for the marshal (chief of the army).Xian Zhen, a famous general of the Jin State, defeated the Chu army in the Battle of Chengpu and became the first commander of a combat force in Chinese history with a record and title of marshal.

It is worth mentioning that during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, marshal was only the name given to the supreme commander of the combat troops by other officials and junior officers and soldiers. At that time, the "marshal" did not form a relatively fixed official position.

During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the marshal gradually formed a relatively fixed official position, and the function of this official position was to lead the army to fight in wartime.For example, during the reign of Xuanzheng in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Emperor Xuan of the Northern Zhou Dynasty asked his uncle Yu Wensheng to be the marshal of the march to command the troops to go out to meet the enemy.

During the establishment of the Tang Dynasty by Li Yuan, the Tang army set up "marshals of the left and right".Li Shimin served as the "Marshal of the West" when he was still the King of Qin.As the situation in the Tang Dynasty stabilized, the Tang court established the position of "Marshal of the World's Soldiers and Horses" as the supreme commander of the Tang army in wartime, and the specific position was held by the prince.

Of course, the Tang Dynasty also established the "Deputy Marshal of the World's Soldiers and Horses" at the same time, and a minister with high prestige served as the "Vice Marshal of the World's Soldiers and Horses".

Here comes the question, why is the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses a prince and not a general?
It stands to reason that commanding troops to fight a war is a technical task, and it seems that the most professional military attache should be the most professional military officer as the supreme commander of the army in wartime.However, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty entrusted the prince with the post of Generalissimo of the World's Soldiers and Horses. What are the considerations and reasons?
First, in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, who was still a prince, served as the "Marshal of the West" and led troops to the expedition.Therefore, it was in line with the "political tradition" of the Tang Dynasty that the Tang Dynasty set up the Grand Marshal of the Tianxia Bingma and let the prince serve as the Grand Marshal of the Tianxia Bingma.

The so-called Li Shimin served as the "Marshal of the West" and led the troops to the expedition. It happened in 617 AD, after Xue Ju proclaimed himself emperor and established a separatist regime.Li Yuan, who had not officially proclaimed himself emperor at that time, ordered Li Shimin to lead troops to attack Xue Ju. After fierce fighting, Li Shimin's troops severely damaged Xue Ju's troops and wiped out thousands of Xue Ju's troops. Xue Ju was forced to retreat to Longyou.

In 618 AD, Li Yuan officially proclaimed himself emperor in Chang'an and established the Tang Dynasty.With the establishment of the regime, Li Yuan asked Li Shimin to personally serve as the "Marshal of the West" who attacked Xue Ju's separatist regime, and commanded the Tang army to attack Xue Ju.

Due to Li Shimin's sudden serious illness on the front line, Liu Wenjing and others made mistakes in deployment during the battle. The Tang army was ambushed by Xue Ju's troops and lost six to seven out of ten.Li Shimin was forced to order the army to return to Chang'an.In August of the same year, Li Shimin recovered, and the Tang army attacked again, completely annihilating the troops of Xue Ju's separatist regime.

Judging from the results of the battle, Li Shimin served as the "Marshal of the West", this time, because of the force majeure of his own serious illness during the period, his combat was not satisfactory in his military career.However, the fact that he served as the "Marshal of the West" itself created a rule in the military history of the Tang Dynasty: that is, the supreme commander of the combat troops who appeared as the "Marshal" in wartime, this "Marshal" had to be held by the prince.

Therefore, whether it was the "Marshal of the West" that Li Shimin had served in the early days or the "Marshal of the World's Soldiers and Horses" later, the prince who was ordered to lead the army must lead the army as the supreme commander of the wartime army.

In 626 A.D., Li Shimin launched the Xuanwu Gate Change and proclaimed himself emperor.Since the subsequent emperors of the Tang Dynasty were all descendants of Li Shimin, the Tang emperors who were descendants of Li Shimin had to follow the "ancestor" when they established the official position of "Marshal of the World's Army and Horses" as the supreme commander of the army. Political correctness", let the prince be the "Marshal of the world's soldiers and horses".

Of course, at some point, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty would also let the prince be the "Marshal of the World's Soldiers and Horses", but because they are all descendants of Li Shimin, it doesn't matter.

Second, out of fear of rebellion by generals, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty did not allow generals to serve as the generals of the world's soldiers and horses. This was quite obvious in the Anshi Rebellion.

The military system of the Tang Dynasty was divided into the period of "fubing system" and "recruitment system".During the period of the Fubing system, the Emperor Tang naturally did not let the generals directly serve as the commander-in-chief of the world's soldiers and horses out of the psychology of being the only one who respects the imperial power in the world and guarding against rebellion by generals.Of course, in addition to not allowing generals to serve as the generals of the world's soldiers and horses, Emperor Tang also imposed other restrictions on generals leading troops to fight.

For example, the position held by military generals during wartime, "March Chief" is a temporary official position, which only has the right to lead the army, and has no administrative, personnel or financial power.In this way, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty minimized the possibility of generals rebelling.

As the phenomenon of land annexation became more and more obvious, the Fubing system had come to an end by the time of Wu Zetian.By the time of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, the military service system in the Tang Dynasty was basically changed to a recruitment system, and local Jiedushi had the right to recruit soldiers on their own, and gradually became a warlord who controlled the military and political power of one side.

In 755 AD, An Lushan rebelled against the imperial court, and the famous Anshi Rebellion in Tang Dynasty history broke out.

The Anshi Rebellion not only made the flourishing Tang Dynasty "helpless", but also had a certain impact on the military system of the Tang Dynasty.Before the Anshi Rebellion, although the emperor of the Tang Dynasty did not allow military generals to be the generals of the world, he gave them greater autonomy in military command.

But after the Anshi Rebellion, Emperor Tang took various measures to limit the command autonomy of generals because he was afraid that the generals who led troops to fight would become "Second Anlu Mountain".In this way, famous military generals such as Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi of the Tang Army not only could not become "Marshals of the World's Soldiers and Horses", but also had to be restrained by the eunuchs who supervised the army.

Of course, as the eunuchs directly participated in the Tang Dynasty's military operations to quell the Anshi Rebellion, the power of the eunuchs in the Tang Dynasty became greater and greater.After the Jingyuan Incident, Tang Dezong simply no longer trusted the generals, and instead completely handed over the military power of the Shence Army of the Central Forbidden Army to the eunuchs, thus laying the groundwork for the eunuchs' chaos in the late Tang Dynasty.

There has never been a major war in southern Xinjiang after Cambodia was pacified. Although a large army was dispatched to seize the Longya Peninsula later, because the most important city of Malacca was forced to be handed over peacefully by Portugal, some small city-states on the Longya Peninsula were not only weak, but also They are not affiliated with each other or even have conflicts with each other, which makes this troop dispatch basically belong to the level of armed parade.

Then came the battle of conquest of the Nanyang Islands.This time it was a proper dimensionality reduction blow, everywhere was "once the heavenly soldiers arrive, they will be invincible", so that Huang Zhiting almost mentioned it briefly when reporting to Gao Wushi, and didn't even bother to waste ink on the explanation of the progress of the war—either It is "our army arrives, surrender", or "our army arrives, if it does not surrender, break it", there is really no need to say more.

Because of this objective reality, and because Huang Zhiting was entrusted by her husband to sit in southern Xinjiang as a wife, although the military command department was established in southern Xinjiang, the post of head of the military command department has been vacant for a long time, and finally Gao Yu was appointed as the deputy. minister.

To some extent, the Minister of the Military Command may be comparable to the status of "Marshal of the World's Soldiers and Horses" in southern Xinjiang, but in fact this position is more like "Shangshu of the Ministry of War" or "Great Governor of the Metropolitan Government" in the early Ming Dynasty.

The difference is very simple. The Minister of the Ministry of War manages the military affairs of the world but does not command the troops, let alone directly lead the troops. up).

This time when Gao Yuan went south, the order from the capital was not very clear at the beginning. It just ordered to mobilize some troops to Bagu, and appointed Gao Yuan to command them, but did not explain what they were commanding - of course, officials and generals in southern Xinjiang can guess Yes, but those are two different things.

It's different now, the "Shoufu" came in person, and he was still Gao Yuan's "assistant", which is too similar to the combination of the "Generalissimo of the World's Army and Horses" and the "Deputy Marshal of the World's Army and Horses" in the Tang Dynasty - the "Prince" led , "Important Minister" presided over.

It is not necessary to describe how the officials in southern Xinjiang responded to the new changes, but Gao Yuan did something unexpected when he inspected the military headquarters this afternoon. The impact of things seems to be much smaller.

What's the matter?For the first time, he met his second uncle Huang Yingpin, who was late for some reason and couldn't catch up with the welcome banquet, and after some conversation, he decided to let Huang Yingpin transfer [-] wolves from his hereditary territory—Annan Ngee'an Mansion. Soldiers, together with the five hundred wolf guards he brought on this trip, formed a joint force to join the military operation on the western front that Gao Yuan was in charge of this time.

Huang Yingpin has appeared in the previous article, but there is very little ink on it, so I need to introduce it here.

Huang Zhiting's father, Huang Chengzu, has one daughter and two sons.The eldest daughter, Huang Zhiting, married Gao Yushi, and was granted the title of Mrs. Marquis. At the same time, because she was born as a chieftain, she was not restricted by the gender of ordinary economic officials.

The eldest son, Huang Yinglei, has a perverse personality since he was a child. When he became an adult, he was dissatisfied because the power of Siming Mansion was in the hands of his elder sister Huang Zhiting.Huang Zhiting first gave him a certain amount of power and planned to observe for a period of time. If Huang Yinglei's performance was acceptable, he planned to give up the right to retire.Unexpectedly, Huang Yinglei performed poorly and almost caused civil strife, forcing Huang Zhiting to take back her power and put her under house arrest.

Later, Gao Yushi regained Annan, and the Siming Huang family moved to Annan. As one of the great heroes, Huang's family power expanded, and his status became more stable because of Gao Yushi's marriage with Huang Zhiting.Huang Yinglei got another chance and was used to marry Nanzhang Princess Biyajue.Unexpectedly, this guy was still uneasy, and encouraged the princess to get involved in Nanzhang's rebellion.

Huang Zhiting personally quelled the civil strife, Huang Yinglei and Princess Biyajue were completely imprisoned, the original rights of the Huang clan were deprived and handed over to his younger brother Huang Yingpin.

Huang Yingpin, the second son of Huang Chengzu, is nearly ten years younger than his elder sister Huang Zhiting. He has never caught up with any major events, and because his elder brother is not up to date, he has inexplicably picked up the inheritance rights of the Huang family.

However, at that time, because Huang Zhiting was in charge of Anbang alone, if the Huang family’s territory was given too much, there might be conflicts among the chieftains in Guangxi. Therefore, at the beginning, the Huang family’s family only got Shannan and Waiqinghua. government.

However, Annan still broke out rebellions from time to time in the following years. Although Cen Ling was the general in charge of countering the rebellion, the Huang family's family and branches also made a lot of contributions. Great adjustment.

With the acquisition of the Nanyang Islands, Cen Ling's family transferred to Sumatra, the later generation. In terms of territorial area, he has become a super chieftain, and the Annan territory he vacated can be easily relocated.

The change of seal is very complicated, so I won't say much here. In short, this time the Huang family made a lot of money and got the entire Ngee Ann Mansion.At this time, Nghe An Province not only included Nghe An Province and Ha Tinh Province in later Vietnam, but also included about half of the Boli Khan Sai Province in Laos.

The Ngee’an area has been well developed. The capital of Zhisuo, Yanzhou, Lin’an, and Deokshou are all considered to be rich places. In addition, there is still Hejing, which makes it even more prosperous—because of high-grade and large reserves Ha Tinh Iron Mine, Jinghua not only has a steel factory in Ha Tinh, but also has a musket arsenal.Although these factories do not belong to Huang's family, they will drive the development of related industries and local economy!
In this way, Huang Yingpin became the top class chieftain, not only with a special status, but also extremely rich.But what is interesting is that Huang Yingpin is not satisfied with the "boring life of local tyrants". He has his ambitions.

Huang Yingpin is extremely yearning for her sister's legendary career, and very much hopes to prove herself on the battlefield.For this reason, although he could lie on his ancestral property and wander freely, he chose the military camp.

Since he formally took power, he has devoted himself to training soldiers.After learning about it, Huang Zhiting gently warned him not to expand the army at will, so he regarded it as his ideal to train an elite soldier. He not only asked the wolf soldiers under his command to stick to the old training methods, but also tried every means to update their weapons and equipment and conduct firearms training.

After so many years, according to the performance of the "Southern Xinjiang Competition" of the military command, the combat effectiveness of the Huang's wolf soldiers in Ngee An Prefecture is at least equal to that of the Jingang Garrison, and their fighting will is visible to the naked eye.

Fortunately, Huang Yingpin took his sister's words very seriously, and controlled the size of his wolf soldiers very well, firmly maintaining the size of the two towns approved by the high pragmatism, that is, 5000 people.

By the way, under Huang Yingpin's insistence, the Huang family became the first chieftain unit to completely copy the organization of the garrison (also the same as the Daming Imperial Guard), that is, each town's officers and soldiers have infantry, horses, artillery, workers, and luggage. Composition, each town has a commander, a deputy commander, a chief of staff, and a chief of logistics.

Each town has 740 officers and officers, 430 soldiers, and 320 logistics soldiers, for a total of 1 people.

This time when Gao Yuan went south, all the famous people in southern Xinjiang gathered in Dingnan City. As his uncle, Huang Yingpin naturally wanted to come, so he also left immediately.However, his luck this time was not very good. He happened to encounter floods when passing through the Tonle Sap Lake area in Cambodia. Although he and his entourage did not cause much damage, it delayed the trip and even missed the noon reception feast. .

When he arrived in the afternoon and heard that Gao Yuan had gone to the military headquarters, Huang Yingpin was surprised but also very worried, for fear that Gao Yuan would be held accountable for his late arrival.Although such a thing as "beheading overdue" should not happen, what if the nephew insists on using his own uncle to make himself famous?
Unexpectedly, after seeing Gao Yuan, he realized that his worries were unnecessary. Gao Yuan treated him very affectionately. It was decided to ask him to send an order to Ngee Ann to send additional troops, so that he could join forces to conscript Arakan.
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