Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 936 Controversy in the Cabinet (Part [-])
In the Ming Dynasty, when the country was in trouble, the first one to receive feedback and start to formulate countermeasures was never the emperor but the cabinet. Therefore, when the unexpected situation in Ji Liao appeared, Zhang Siwei, as the chief assistant, immediately called the cabinet to discuss the situation. Meeting matters.

Although the officials of the two factions are sparring because of high-level practical matters, and the Secretary of the General Administration has received a soft hand, but the bottom fights back to the bottom, and the top or top bigwigs meet, and there is not much anger between them , They all greeted each other with smiles.

It's not that the elders of the court are particularly self-cultivated, but that although this matter is related to Gao Yushi, a special person, but because of the specialness, the elders of the court are actually like a mirror in their hearts, and it is impossible for the emperor now Because it's a matter of high pragmatism.

The previous great achievements in the Battle of Monan have not yet been rewarded, and now they are helping the emperor to force the Empress Dowager Li to return the power in one fell swoop. No matter where the dynasties and generations are placed, such achievements will inevitably be rewarded heavily. How can they be punished for such a thing?
The reason why the Xinxue faction had to come out to make a fuss this time is nothing more than to maintain its momentum. After all, the Xinxue faction is currently in the folk and scholarly circles, and it still has a clear advantage compared to the practical learning, but it has been more than ten years. At the top of the court, he can't fight.

But if Gao Wushi ordered Jin Yiwei to arrest people and catch them this time, if they still remain indifferent, there may be a change in strength from top to bottom under the ebb and flow, and over time, it may even lead to a reversal. Officials of the school of learning are happy to see it.

Of course, Zhang Siwei and others also understand this, so the two sides seem to be fighting fiercely. In fact, for the top bosses, it is nothing more than acting on each other, and there is no time to really decide the outcome. , then acting this time might as well take advantage of the situation and stop, anyway there are steps to go down.

If there is any gain from this wave of interplay, it is to prove once again the emperor's favor for Gao Yushi, maybe...at least similar to the relationship between the late emperor and Gao Gong back then, and it may not be realistic to want to break up.

That being the case, it is better to find an opportunity to move Zhang Siwei to move him. After all, he is very pragmatic and wants to join the cabinet, and it is still far away no matter how you look at it.

Several elders had arrived, Zhang Siwei beckoned them all to sit down, then looked around, and asked unhurriedly: "Why did you invite you here today, I think you already understand..."

He paused slightly, with a worried expression on his face: "The Battle of Monan is not far away. I thought that Tumen would survive this defeat, not to mention a setback, and at least ten years of peace. Let’s intensify the situation, first robbing Jizhen’s supplies, and then destroying the town of Xi Tieling, it seems that the big trouble is still the same... I don’t know what you have to say about this?”

Below Zhang Siwei, Shen Shixing, Xu Guo, Yu Youding, and Pan Sheng looked at each other and were not busy talking.

The civil servants are just this kind of badass, they pay attention to what Taishan collapses in front of them without changing their face, Zhang Siwei is also a civil servant himself, of course he knows what these people are thinking, he can't help but smile slightly, and his eyes turn to Shen Shixing: "Does Yaoquan have a good plan to teach me? "

Shen Shixing smiled gently: "Yuan Fu, although Tumen's move was quite unexpected, but at the end of his strength, he can't wear Lu Jin. What he did was nothing more than attacking instead of defending, in order to restore his reputation and stabilize the internal affairs. That's all. Speaking of which, I don't think he will take the initiative to attack again, I just need to stay calm and watch him defeat himself."

"Oh?" Zhang Siwei guessed what Shen Shixing meant when he rolled his eyes, and smiled and said: "Not necessarily, even if you go deep into Liaodong, maybe you can avoid it again by reminding Li Chengliang to pay attention, but the picture As long as they continue to harass Qi Jiguang's rear, at least the city of Daning will not be able to hold on, and it is easy for Tumen to harass the hundreds of miles of supply lines."

This problem is indeed quite difficult as Zhang Siwei said, because the root cause of this situation lies in the overall inward migration of the Daning capital.

In the first year of Yongle, the capital of Daning moved to Baoding, which gave Wuliangha the opportunity to occupy the original site of Daning, which made it impossible for Liaodong and Xuanfu to communicate, and also caused loopholes in the defense of the north, west, and east of Yanjing.This is only the beginning of the decline of the defense in the north of the Ming Dynasty, and this migration crisis is a continuous chain reaction.

The first is the inward relocation and abandonment of other northern guards of the Ming Dynasty.Also in the first year of Yongle, Zhu Di transferred the left and right guards to Lulong and Zunhua on the grounds that Dongshengwei was isolated and difficult to defend. Dongshengwei was then abandoned and there was no business to speak of.The same is true for Kaipingwei. At the beginning of Yongle, it began to move inland. In the fifth year of Xuande, because of the Mongols' invasion of the border, the guards of Yongning abandoned and fled to Xuanfu. However, due to the ruins of Kaiping and Chicheng, Yongningwei could not be supplied, so Kaipingwei had to be moved south to Dushibao.

Compared with the Hongwu period, during the Yongle and Xuande years, the front line retreated more than 300 miles in space, which led to the deficiencies in the defense of the Ming Dynasty.

After the orthodox dynasty, Xuanfu and Datong became the frontline military fortresses, and the Outer Great Wall became the first line of defense. This also meant that once the Xuanfu sergeants could not stop the Mongolian cavalry, the Mongolian cavalry could drive straight in from Juyongguan.

Similarly, in the area west of Yanjing, Datong Town could have been relied on, but since Xinghe Shouyu Qianhusuo and Kaiping Guard moved inward, Datong Town lost its barrier to the northeast, and after Dongsheng Guard moved inward, There is a loophole in the northwest of Datong.With the northeast and northwest barriers lost, Datong is like an isolated city.

But fortunately, after Gao Gong's presiding over Al Da's tribute, and the highly pragmatic Monan War, the front line of Xuanda from the Tumo Te Department was completely eliminated.

However, Gao Gong's "West Huai Dong System" strategy is only half completed so far, and the troubles on Ji Liao's side are far from being resolved.

In the Yongle period earlier, in the situation of actively shrinking the defense line, in order to restrain the Wuliangha tribe again, Zhu Di first adopted the method of being gentle and sent envoys to appease him, and he also achieved some success at that time.

However, for the Wuliangha Sanwei tribes, in order to obtain the grazing rights in the Daning area, they rebelled at the time and joined forces with the Alutai of the Mongolian Asote tribe to attack the Ming Dynasty.

When Zhu Di attacked Arutai, he led the army to attack the three guards of Wuliangha who supported Arutai. Although the Wuliangha tribe suffered some casualties, they were not completely wiped out. It can only be said that they were temporarily suppressed by the Ming army.

Moreover, as mentioned above, although Zhu Di’s several Northern Expeditions in his life were huge, compared with the Hongwu period, he neither captured the core leaders of the Tatar and Oirat tribes, nor defeated the Mongolian tribes strategically.

After Zhu Di's death, Ming Dynasty stopped its expedition to the north, and the Mongolian tribes got a chance to recuperate and gradually invaded south.During the reign of Hongxi, a minister suggested that Dongsheng, Gaoshan and other ten guards should be moved back to their original places, and build forts and garrison troops. Unfortunately, Zhu Gaochi was only an old man, and he had no ambition to expand the frontier, so he did not adopt it.

Fortunately, during this period, although Wuliangha occasionally violated borders, he still paid tribute to Ming Dynasty.

During the Xuande and Zhengtong years, Wuliangha Sanwei moved southward in a large scale, and its main part has gradually moved from the original grazing land to the Liaohe River Basin, which is close to the economically and culturally developed Liaodong Han area, and gradually moved southward to the foot of the Great Wall. Harassment made Daming lose sight of the other, exhausted.

At the beginning of Xuande, the rhythm of Wuliangha's southward movement had reached the point where they could herd horses on the banks of the Luanhe River near Jizhou Town. However, Emperor Xuande adopted a conservative rule and was unwilling to start a war. Improve the defense of Xuanfu, and make up for the gap that Kaipingwei moved to Houdushibao.

In the last years of Xuanzong and the early years of Yingzong, the frontier defense of Ming Dynasty was lax and the imperial police were weak.Wuliangha Sanwei launched an all-round offensive from the Xilamulun River to the Liaohe River Basin, advancing southward.

After the "Civil Change", Daming was even more timid, and basically no longer adopted the strategy of expedition. Either he adopted the strategy of Fusui, so that Wuliangha Sanwei could move around Huangshui and Daning, or he could only stay in Jizhou. , Miyun Weiwei, Longqingwei, Kaipingwei and other places sent heavy troops to prevent the rebellion of Wuliangha Sanwei.

At this time, the north of the Great Wall has completely become a grassland for others.But now, in order to cooperate with the highly pragmatic Monan War, Qi Jiguang sent troops to occupy Daning City hundreds of miles away. It is rootless floating duckweed, which can only be defended by relying on Jiliao to provide material support.

But since Daning City is so far away from the Great Wall, the Mongolian cavalry can't attack the fortifications, so why not plunder the supply team?So what Zhang Siwei said completely dismissed Shen Shixing's so-called "calmness is enough".
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