Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 788
When the emperor said that he had something to ask his ministers to do, usually the ministers should not take the initiative to ask about it, but Gao Yushi did not seem to be in the "normal" case, so he nodded naturally, and said: "If the emperor has something to do, just order it, and the minister should do his best."

Zhu Yijun said: "When the first emperor, you participated in the whole process of paying tribute. You should know the strategy of 'West Huai Dong System'?"

Gao Wushi nodded and said, "I know."

Zhu Yijun sighed slightly, and said: "Xihuai, from the current point of view, it is still very successful. I say that I have settled down in these years, and you let the court strongly support his plan to introduce the Yellow Sect. Now it seems that it is quite promising. Useful, I heard that for the past two years, I have been nesting in Dazhao Temple and never moved, and all the government affairs have been handed over to Zhong Jinhatun, which has made the border market more and more prosperous in the past few years, and my Daming has also obtained many good horses."

Not long ago, Gao Yushi was worried about whether the power of the right-wing Mongolia would decline too quickly. Now, seeing what Zhu Yijun meant, he was very satisfied with the situation. I didn't say anything.

Zhu Yijun frowned, and said, "But Dongzhi...is not going well."

Gao Wushi said: "Li Chengliang didn't do a bad job, did he?"

"Not bad, not good either." Zhu Yijun looked a little cold, and said: "You may not be clear about some things after you go out for a year. Li Chengliang has some records, but among them... at most half of them are real."

Gao Wushi was a little surprised by this statement, and said in amazement, "How do you say it?"

Zhu Yijun looked at him with a half-smile, and asked, "Do you think that Li Chengliang seems to be invincible in the world, with one victory in three days and one victory in five days?"

Gao Wushi chuckled: "It's a bit exaggerated, but generally it should be about winning more and losing less."

"That's useless." Zhu Yijun snorted and said, "That's because the imperial court is cooperating with him in singing... To be honest, you are also a person who knows how to fight. Tell me, if you really want to talk about being good at fighting, can Li Chengliang surpass him?" Qi Jiguang?"

Gao Wushi frowned slightly, shook his head and said, "It's not easy to make an analogy. Li Chengliang is good at cavalry and Qi Jiguang is good at foot fighting. Their own conditions are different, and the targets of combat are also very different. It may be biased to make a forced analogy."

"Hehehehe..." Zhu Yijun laughed for a while, and then said: "Well, I heard that after Ma Fang became an official, you were invited to train cavaliers by you. You should know him well? Then you Tell me, in terms of leading cavalry, can Li Chengliang beat Ma Fang?"

This question is a bit difficult, Gao Wushi frowned and thought about it, before he said: "I have met Ma Fang, he is a strong and powerful fighter, but I have not met Li Chengliang with my own eyes, so I don't know what he is like. "

"Li Chengliang..." Zhu Yijun recalled: "He is also in his fifties this year. Just from his appearance, he doesn't have much vigor. He is trembling in front of me, as if he is afraid of saying the wrong thing. generally."

Of course Zhu Yijun had met Li Chengliang - Li Chengliang, as the commander in chief of Liaodong, was in a vital position, so of course he was going to Beijing to report on his duties.

But Gao Wushi laughed when he heard this, and said: "It seems that Li Chengliang's acting skills are good."

Who knows that Zhu Yijun also laughed, nodded and said: "Haha, the hero sees the same thing, I also think he is acting, but he is willing to act, which shows that he is still afraid."

He said, waving his hands indifferently: "It doesn't matter if you are acting. How many people can talk to me without acting? It's just you... You see, I gave you a seat, and you sat down. I tested it at the time. Give Li Chengliang a seat, he's so scared that he can't speak well."

Gao Wushi laughed. In fact, he also acts in plays, but he knows better what play Zhu Yijun wants to see.

Zhu Yijun waved his hand again, subconsciously thumped his right leg, and said: "Li Chengliang is very honest in front of me, but he may not be so honest in Liaodong. If his big victories and small victories are all true, I guess Even if Chahar is not dead, he should be half dead, but in reality? He is still committing internal crimes every three days. In April of this year, Liaodong even suffered a big defeat. Have you seen this in Guangxi? Report it? How do you say it?"

"The defeat of Liaoyang", Gao Yushi has read the residence newspaper.

In April of this year, the Black Carboniferous Department invaded Liaoyang. The deputy general of the Ming army, Cao Yu, led his troops to pursue them. He chased them to Chang'an Fort, and met an ambush.After hearing the news, the imperial court ordered the arrest of Cao Yu, but did not question Li Chengliang, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong.This defeat was called "the defeat of Liaoyang" in history.

This is what Gao Yushi saw in the Dibao, which is relatively brief.

After Zhu Yijun heard this, he snorted three times and said, "Cao Yu, the deputy general, was recommended by Li Chengliang. The loss in defeat was more than 300 men and [-] horses."

Gao Wushi frowned slightly and asked, "Then how much is the actual loss?"

"I don't know." Zhu Yijun's face turned colder, and he snorted again, and said, "I, the emperor, don't even know how many soldiers there are in Liaodong. If you want to ask, I'm afraid you have to ask Li Chengliang."

Gao Yushi frowned and remained silent, feeling a little strange in his heart: In the original history, Li Chengliang was a general trusted by Zhu Yijun, and this may even have affected his later perception of Li Rusong. Li Chengliang seemed very dissatisfied?
Seeing that Gao Wushi didn't say anything, Zhu Yijun deserved that Gao Wushi should be very cautious about certain matters. Without clear evidence, he seldom said anything dead, so he said: "Someone in Liaodong reported that the Liaodong army who died or was captured at that time There should be more than [-] soldiers, and the loss of war horses is close to [-]. What's more, the censor impeached that Li Chengliang's reported losses were probably only one-tenth of the real losses."

Gao Wushi frowned and asked, "Is there any evidence?"

"No... how could there be?" Zhu Yijun snorted and said, "However, the officer said that Li Chengliang reported that he would increase his salary by [-]% this year, just to make up for this big loss."

"Then, how does Li Chengliang himself explain the [-]% salary increase?" Gao Wushi asked.

"How does he explain it? It has something to do with you." Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said: "He said that your Jinghua has changed from the Longqing II style to a cavalry style this year, and the gun body has been shortened. In short, the Liaodong officers and soldiers are quite satisfied, so we must work hard. Purchase, but this gun is obviously shorter than before, and the price is [-] to [-]% more expensive. In addition, more guns require more bullets and gunpowder, and you need to train for a period of time, so the military salary must be increased... Go to the Ministry of War Jinghua asked, that gun is really more expensive than infantry guns, why is that?"

Gao Wushi said: "I just came back and I don't know about it, but generally speaking, it shouldn't be because of the cost of iron materials. I estimate...Jinghua may need to open a separate production line, but the amount produced It’s not big enough to share the cost. This problem is not easy to solve, unless you buy more of the Longqing II imperial court of the cavalry model, more will be cheaper, and less will be more expensive, which is generally the case in business.”

"Oh... then don't worry about it for the time being." Zhu Yijun changed the topic back, and said: "The imperial court's Western Huaidong system is to concentrate its efforts to defeat the Mongolian left-wing Yuan court first. Although Li Chengliang has more victories than defeats, but Yuan Ting still seems to be alive and well, I am very dissatisfied, I always feel that Li Chengliang may not be unable to fight, but he is unwilling to fight too hard."

Gao Wushi frowned and said, "Is the emperor suspecting Li Chengliang's self-respect?"

Zhu Yijun looked at Gao Yushi, and said with a half-smile: "Isn't your Jinghua Trading Company selling soap to Liaodong? I know it was handed over to the Xue family of Yangwuhou Mansion as an agent, but do you know that the Xue family sent soap to Liaodong Afterwards, it was impossible to sell it by itself, and it had to be transferred to Li Chengliang before it could be sold in Liaodong."

Gao Wushi was surprised and said: "Is there such a thing? I haven't paid attention to the sale of soap for a long time... To tell you the truth, I only supply goods to various agents. How did they sell in the end? Don't ask."

Zhu Yijun chuckled, and said: "Jin Yiwei told me that as long as your soap is in Liaodong and passed by Li Chengliang, nothing will change, but the price will be increased by three coins per piece. In addition, I also know that Yangwuhou's mansion got it. The profit is not as high as that of Li Chengliang."

Ever since the two old men from Chengguo's mansion passed away one after another, Gao Yushi happened to be busy with other things, and now he has no control over Jinyiwei. He completely lost contact with Jin Yiwei.

Zhu Yijun said indifferently: "Not only soap, but any business in Liaodong, without Li Chengliang's nod, can't go on. Moreover, the original policy of the imperial court is the West Huaidong system. The Mongolian right wing allows mutual trading, while the Mongolian left wing Trading is not allowed there, but in fact... Mongols are really not easy to do business in western Liaoning, but they can trade with Daming through Jurchen in eastern Liaoning."

Gao Wushi thought for a while, and said, "According to Jurchen's words... it is too far to go to Fushun, the southern city. It seems that the Mongols should go to Kaiyuan, the northern city?"

"good."

Gao Wushi asked: "Ye He or Hada?"

"That's not very clear. I think it should be Ye He, but Hada might also be involved." Zhu Yijun frowned and asked, "Say, do you want to teach Ye He a lesson?"

Gao Wushi shook his head and said: "Where the benefits lie, what people tend to do. If the Yehe tribe really smuggles the Mongols, it must be the Mongols who have given them a lot of benefits. The imperial court wants to restrict the Yehe tribe from helping the Mongols smuggle. I really want to think of other ways, relying on lessons... I think it may not be effective, but may push the Yehe tribe to the side of the Mongols. The Yehe tribe is one of the top four in Haixi. Being my enemy, I am afraid it is also an annoying trouble."

In fact, Gao Pragmatism is not only because of what he said, but also does not advocate attacking the Yehe family. There is also a key reason, that is, the conflict between the Yehenala clan and the Aixinjueluo clan has a long history. The Yehenala family may be of great use in controlling the rise of the Jurchens in Jianzhou.
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