Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 791 Your face is not small

"It may be a little difficult to rely on Yunnan alone." Gao Yushi added after thinking: "Actually, in terms of military strength, Yunnan's current military strength is probably enough, but if the imperial court wants to use troops against Burma, it is not only a question of military strength, but also There are factors such as grain, grass, salaries, and supplies that need to be considered, and these aspects may not be enough for Yunnan alone."

Guo Pu was a little skeptical, and frowned, "But as far as I know, although Yunnan has about [-] registered troops, it can actually fight no more than [-]. Are you sure this is enough?"

"No more than [-]? Hehe, teacher, you are being too polite." Gao Wushi said: "The student and Liu Ting are old friends, and you know that, so we have some private exchanges. According to him, Yunnan There are only five or sixty thousand soldiers and horses, how can there be one hundred thousand?"

Guo Pu was surprised and said: "Then you still look like you have to fight? There are 20 to [-] soldiers capable of fighting, and you still have to deter at least [-] chieftain soldiers and horses. Isn't it obvious that you can only calm down?"

Gao Wushi sighed inwardly. It seems that Mr. Guo has no problem managing the government, but he is still a bit worse than Sanbo on the frontier issue.

He coughed lightly, and said, "Teacher, according to the students, there are probably no more capable troops in the Guangxi government army than in Yunnan... Even the students should say it clearly, it must not be as good as Yunnan."

Guo Pu frowned suddenly, and after thinking about it, he asked, "You mean... use toast?"

Gao Wushi said: "It is certain to use chieftains. Yunnan has more chieftains than Guangxi. Instead of chieftains, only officers and soldiers are used. What does the court want so many chieftains for?"

In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, 11 propaganda divisions, 1 Xuanfu division, 1 comfort division, 6 chief justice divisions, and 1 Tufu division were set up in most of Myanmar outside the Yunnan border, as well as in northern Thailand and Laos. Later, some chieftains , Slowly getting out of control because of being beyond the reach of the whip.

During the reign of Jingtai, a relatively stable system of "outer" administrative regions was formed, including Cheli, Mubang, Mengyang, Burma, Babaidaian, Laos Six Military and Civilian Consolation Commissioners, Mengding and Menggen Prefectures, Nandian, Ganya, and Longchuan three Xuan Fusi, Weiyuan, Wandian, Zhenkang, and Dahou four prefectures, and Niuwu and Mangshi two chief lawsuits."

To put it simply, the composition of the "outer" administrative regions on the Yunnan frontier of the Ming Dynasty is what is commonly referred to as "three propagandas and six comforts", as well as two Yuyi mansions, four Yuyi prefectures and Two Yuyi chiefs sued.

But in fact, all of the above are units under the system of "Three Announcements and Six Reliefs", that is, "Outside" or "Waiyi" units. They are chieftains of the Ming Dynasty, but they are classified into the type of "Waiyi Chieftains" , besides them, there are also a large number of internal chieftains—just like the Cen and Huang families.

If we only look at the "mobilization of troops" as an example, the Ming court can basically say that the soldiers and horses belonging to the chieftain can be mobilized, but they are under the control of the chieftain himself, just like Cen Ling and Huang Zhiting;

Whether the soldiers and horses of foreign chieftains can be mobilized depends on the situation. If the court urges them urgently and strictly, they can usually mobilize some of them. Show an attitude.

And there is a situation where it is more convenient to mobilize their troops, that is, the imperial court dispatches a large army and asks them for assistance-at this time, they will generally "assist" obediently, because no one can guarantee that after the imperial court's army gathers, will they There will be a gun to shoot the first bird, and the disobedient chieftain will be used to sacrifice the flag first. Therefore, when the imperial army gathers, it is easier to mobilize the foreign chieftain.

Of course, the chieftains of foreign barbarians might not just be afraid. They probably also judged the winning rate of the war from the size of the court's actions. If you follow the war, you have to follow the winning side to make money, right?

Guo Pu thought for a while and said, "This time the Guangxi chieftains performed well, but Guangxi wolf soldiers have always been good at fighting. In comparison, the Yunnan native soldiers seem to be quite inferior. Not as good as the wolf soldiers of Guangxi chieftain."

Gao Wushi didn't answer right away, but also thought about it in his heart.Based on analysis alone, Guo Pu's words are justified. After all, the Dian Army seems to have only been able to flourish under the hands of Cai E. It was not so good in the Long Yun period. At other times, it seems that the Dian Army did not shine much. The opportunity to shine is definitely not as good as Guangxi Bing in terms of "historical record".

But there is a very strange thing here. It stands to reason that the terrain of Yunnan is not much different from that of Guangxi. Since the mountains of Guangxi can raise elite wolf soldiers, why can't Yunnan have them?This is not scientific.

For example, in the same Central Plains area, I have never heard of the difference between Henan soldiers and Shandong soldiers; in the same grassland area, I have never heard of the difference in combat effectiveness between left-wing Mongolian cavalry and right-wing Mongolian cavalry. Almost, why do you get full marks in the test and I get zero eggs?
So after Guo Pu said this, Gao Wushi became a little suspicious. Did he not know enough about Yunnan soldiers?Is it too limited by historical stereotypes?
However, Liu Ting has stayed in Yunnan for more than a year, and he doesn't seem to have specifically mentioned the quality of Yunnan soldiers—of course, he has a premise. The foundation of their Liu family is Sichuan soldiers, and most of them are soldiers from the mountainous areas of Sichuan. , so he is also an expert in mountain warfare. It may be because of this reason that Liu Ting didn't feel that the Yunnan soldiers were much different from his headquarters.

But when he thought of Liu Ting's Sichuan army, Gao Yushi gained more confidence in persuading Guo Pu, saying: "After Liu Xian became an official, all the troops of his headquarters, except for the guards, were handed over to his son Liu Ting. The [-] people are all elites in all battles, especially the descendant of the Japanese barbarians, who has always been selected by Liu Jun, and the students have experienced it before, which is extraordinary."

"Oh? Four thousand are all elites of a hundred battles?" This surprised Guo Pu a little. The word "elites of a hundred battles" actually refers to two words in the current Ming Dynasty: Jia Ding.

The meaning of high pragmatism is: Liu Ting has [-] family members under his command, especially one of them is the "Suppressing Woyi Ding", which is the elite of the family members.

Seeing Gao Wushi nod his head, Guo Pu asked again: "Then what is the talent of this Liu Ting, and he might take on important responsibilities?"

Liu Ting is a bit straightforward, but not stupid. If there is any problem, it is two points: he is easy to kill and indulges his subordinates.

To be honest, in this day and age, there is no way to strictly demand the indulgence of subordinates. Not everyone can be Qi Jiguang—because not every officer has the ability to make money like Qi Jiguang. If you don’t have money, you still have strict requirements. I can also compare, and something will happen when I compare.

Of course, if you have to compare, Gao Pragmatic has the strongest ability to make money, so his servants can even avoid taking credit, but this comparison itself is unfair. Who in the world can make money compared to Gao Pragmatic?The salary he offered to his servants was almost three times that of those military generals' servants. If this cannot be banned, is it true that he will not be fired if he is pragmatic?

In fact, the treatment of Gao Yushi's servants is about twice that of Qi's army, three times that of Liu's army, and four or five times that of Magui's servants of Shanxi and even Shaanxi generals.

Therefore, discipline does not exist out of thin air, nor can it be created by doing patriotic education in this era-nationalism has not yet risen, and patriotism has not even had a shadow. Are you talking about this as a joke?

But it is really troublesome to kill this.Gao Wushi knew that when Liu Ting met him last time, he didn't put his murderous face on his face as he did when he first met him, and even told himself how he felt about killing someone, and he was very excited when he said it.

But that doesn't mean that he is not easy to kill. Liu Xin mentioned on the way south with her that her big brother is a bit too dependent on force. She not only likes to lead the charge when fighting, but also has a special hobby for killing enemies .

To put it simply, this guy is a bit "bloodthirsty". He is still a normal person when he sees blood. When he sees blood, his whole body starts to boil. The more he kills, the more vigorous he is, and he can even indulge in the joy of killing .

It's been perverted since I was a child, and it's even more perverted now.

Therefore, when Guo Pu asked him if Liu Ting could take on important responsibilities, he was a little hesitant—in terms of fighting, Liu Ting would definitely be able to take on important responsibilities, because he was afraid that this guy would lose his temper and cause troubles outside of fighting.

But he couldn't hide anything from Guo Pu, so Gao Wushi had no choice but to tell everything he knew about Liu Ting, especially emphasizing the battle with Liu Ting when he and Liu Ting met—no one could beat him!

After listening, Guo Pu laughed and said: "Unexpectedly, Liu Xian really has a successor. He was able to fight back then, otherwise he would not have been able to fight all the way from a small pawn to the commander-in-chief of the Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armies. Now Hearing what you said, his son is probably better at fighting than him, okay, okay, this is a good thing...The military minister doesn't need anything else, as long as he can fight."

"So, you are optimistic that Liu Ting can defeat Myanmar?" Guo Pu asked.

Gao Wushi said helplessly: "Just talking about fighting, the students are willing to recommend Liu Ting."

"Okay, very good." Guo Pu asked again: "Although his status is not enough now, it doesn't matter. The cabinet says he is enough, he is enough. However, he can't be the only one, do you have any?" Candidates, recommend someone who is familiar with fighting in the south?"

Gao Wushi thought for a while, and felt that this should be based on history, and said: "Then the student will recommend another person, named Deng Zilong, who is now Huguang general." General", but "Shenzong Veritable Records" clearly records that it is Huguang General.In addition, it seems that Wu Xun's general cannot be explained geographically: if "Wu" refers to Wuchang, then what is the meaning of "Xun"?At this time, Huguang should have no place names with the word "Xun" in the surrounding areas near Wuchang that can be compared with "Wu", so this book directly uses the records in "Shenzong Shilu"-speaking of it, I still believe in my own in the Ming Dynasty The Hanlin Academy can't make mistakes. ]
"Do you know this person?" Guo Pu asked.

Well, I definitely don't know it, but...

Gao Wushi didn't change his face and heartbeat, and said: "Although I don't know him, but I know him. This person is from Fengcheng, Jiangxi Province. In the 37th year of Jiajing's military examination, there were bandits in Jiangxi who ravaged and robbed Zhangshu Town. Deng Zilong was recruited by the court. He fought against the bandits. After that, he accumulated military exploits and was promoted to the general manager of Guangdong.

After inheriting the Datong today, Deng Zilong followed Zhang Yuanxun (a famous general who fought against the Japanese from Tan Lun and Qi Jiguang) successively defeated the bandit giants Lai Yuanjue, Chen Jinying, Luo Shaoqing, etc. Among them, Huang Gaohui, the leader of the bandit, escaped and was captured alive by Deng Zilong from the deep mountains .Therefore, Deng Zilong was promoted to the garrison of Tonggushi, and was later promoted to act as the commander of the capital and take charge of the Zhejiang capital.

Later, Mayang Jindaolu and others formed a gang to rebel. Deng Zilong was ordered to crusade.

In the summer of the fourth year of Wanli, Deng Zilong was ordered by Pan Jixun, the governor of Jiangxi, and Zhou Enjing, the military inspector of Jinshi, to join forces with the armies of the eight places to take troops into the five routes and fight step by step, and compressed Li Daluan's rebellious army to the Huanggang Mountain area; when the rebel army needed When supplying, Deng Zilong secretly ordered dozens of cavalry to pretend to be businessmen, sneak into the old camp of the rebellion army, carry out middle flowering, force the rebellion army to move, and then annihilate them.

In November of the fifth year of Wanli, under the command of Deng Zilong, Li Daluan's rebellion, which lasted for more than three years, was put down. Li Daluan and Yang Qingshan died in battle.Generally speaking, this person is also a general who is both wise and brave, and good at mountain warfare. "

Guo Pu is not as familiar with military affairs as Gao Gong, and his understanding of military figures is far inferior to Gao Gong who has created files for officials all over the world, but now he believes that Gao Yushi is already a person who is familiar with military affairs, so he firmly believes in Gao Yushi's statement Hearing the words, he laughed: "It seems that you really care about Myanmar, and you have even selected the generals... Speaking of which, Liu Ting went to Yunnan to do that last year-what is he doing now? "

"Tengchong Guerrilla."

"That's right, Tengchong Guerrilla - is it also recommended by you?" Guo Pu asked.

"Yes, it was also recommended by the students." Gao Wushi nodded and admitted.

Guo Pu was a little surprised: "Do you think you have this plan?"

"Uh...Think about it, because in the seventh year of Wanli, the Mang Chieftain of Burma once attacked Meng Yang, killed the chieftain of Meng Yang, and annexed the land of Meng Yang, so last year, the students recommended Liu Ting It’s over. However, there is another reason, because Liu Ting himself said that he didn’t like to do camp in the small school in Nanjing, and he felt bored. In the past, it might have allowed him to resist the Mang Chief and at the same time exercise, and it might be of great use in the future, unexpectedly it has come true."

This statement is half true and half false, but reasonable. Young people, it’s normal to take care of your friends’ emotions. Guo Pu didn’t doubt it at all. He was going to be dismissed, but after Wu Junze (Wu Dui, Gao Yushi's senior brother, Minister of the Ministry of War) checked it out, he found that this person was recommended by you, and I don't know what your intentions are, so he finally stayed."

When he said this, he looked at Gao Yushi with a half-smile: "You have a lot of face, the majestic Sima, are you going to act according to your winks?"
-
This chapter is 4K+, the plot is coherent, I am too lazy to divide chapters.

(End of this chapter)