Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 957 Three Generals
Where is Li Rugui?Where is Uncle Ning Yuan now?Did Gao Bingxian really want to kill Li Rugui?Can Uncle Ning Yuan save Li Rugui in time?
Kong Dongru was thinking about these things throughout the meeting, and he didn't listen to a few words of the meeting content. He vaguely heard about salt farms, fish farms, and "vassals" and "fish and rice". He was confused. I didn't understand it either.

Gao Yushi took advantage of the meeting just now to learn a little more about the three commanders of Gaizhou, Haizhou, and Jinzhou Sanwei through a question-and-answer method.

Sure enough, the three commanders were all from Liaodong, but their situations were also different.

Jiang Enyuan, the commander of the Gaizhou Guard, was originally a hereditary Gaizhou Guard with a hundred households. He had been with the army for more than ten years before Li Chengliang came to power.

In the past two years, there was a bandit situation in southern Liaoning, and he was transferred back by the former Yuanma Siqing for his meritorious service in suppressing bandits, so he was recommended to be the commander of Gaizhou Guard.In other words, although this person is a commander of the guard station, he can still probably fight a little bit.

Pu Yuanyi, the commander of the Haizhou Guard, was also a hereditary military officer, and his background was relatively good. He came from a hereditary family. From the conversation with him, Gao Wushi discovered that this person seems to have a bit of business sense—he has invested in some important roads in Haizhou Not to mention a few inns, they even set up two warehouses, which are not only used for their own business in Liaoyang and Shenyang, but also accept goods from other businesses.

As for whether he has other businesses, Gao Yushi didn't bother to ask, there must have been some, such as using guard soldiers as serfs, this kind of thing is everywhere in Liaodong, Gao Yushi doesn't believe that Pu Yuanyi can be an exception.

Of course, if the water is clear, there will be no fish. Gao Yushi does not intend to correct this kind of problem now.

As for Cao Jian, the commander of the Jinzhou Guard, this person is even more different. He is the younger brother of Cao Yu, the former deputy general of Liaodong!

However, his identity used to be a good thing, but now it has become a bad thing, because something happened to Cao Yu last year.

Cao Yu was originally a member of the [-] guards of Kaiyuan. He served successively as garrison, guerrilla, and general of the East Road in Qinghe Fort. The term refers to the fact that the deputy commander-in-chief and the commander-in-chief are not stationed in the same area.

As I said before, the Liaodong General Army is stationed in Guangning, which belongs to the area west of the Liaohe River; the Liaodong Deputy General Army is stationed in Liaoyang, which belongs to the area east of the Liaohe River.

In most cases, or when the situation is controllable, the deputy general stationed in Liaoyang is basically responsible for the defense of the area east of the Liaohe River.Unless there is a large-scale war in the area east of the Liaohe River, and the deputy commander-in-chief can't handle it, the commander-in-chief will come to unify the command.

In other words, after four years in Wanli, Cao Yu's military power in Liaodong was second only to Li Chengliang, the chief military officer.

But something happened to Cao Yu in the ninth year of Wanli, and the cause of this incident happened earlier in the eighth year of Wanli.In April of the eighth year of Wanli, the Mongolian left-wing black carboniferous tribe invaded Liaoyang. Cao Yu led the army to block it tenaciously, and the black army was defeated and retreated.Taking advantage of the victory, Cao Yu pursued and entered Chang'an Fort (today's west of Liaoyang, Liaoning Province) where he was ambushed. The Ming army was surrounded by enemies. After hard fighting, only some of the troops were able to break through the siege, and suffered considerable losses.

After returning to Beijing, Gao Yushi looked at the archives of the Imperial Academy, and the records are as follows:

The captive Hei Shitan, with his son Deng, Xiao Nianqing and others, gathered people to go deep from Chang'an Fort. Cao Yu, the deputy commander in chief of Liaoyang, led his troops to chase to the east of the fort. The name of the member, 310 four horses were shot to death, 460 men and women were captured, and hundreds of livestock and rice were taken away.

The censor Yu Yingchang heard about the impeachment: the widow conspired to lose his teacher, the governor Zhang Qigong responded to wait and see, and the equipment such as imperial Cui Ji was not strict, and begging was severely punished.Fuzhen officials have meritorious service and should be exempted from prosecution accordingly.

Order from the top: change Cao Yu, Zhang Qigong, and Cui Ji, etc., and ask questions according to the censor, and Zhou Yong and others will be exempted.

So the result of this incident is that Cao Yu and Zhang Qigong, the capital of Liaodong, were dismissed. If you have meritorious service, you will be exempted from prosecution."

Cao Jian's identity as a commander was originally obtained by fighting with his brother. He was originally asked to be the commander, mainly because of his qualifications. When there is a need to fight in the future, he can be recruited to fight. If you succeed in assisting the battle, you almost have the hope of becoming a general or at least a guerrilla.

Who knew that Cao Yu's plan hadn't come to fruition, he himself was dismissed for questioning, leaving his younger brother Cao Jian alone in Jinzhou to support him.

Anyway, he is also a commander, so why is he "suffering hard"?Because Cao Yu has already served as the deputy commander before, and his status in Liaodong is second only to Li Chengliang, so according to the "tradition" of Liaodong, he certainly has a group of "followers" who can recruit and fight well.

After the coach was imprisoned, this batch of "Cao Family Army" was taken care of by the entire Cao family according to the current rules. However, apart from the head of the Cao family, Cao Jian, the younger brother Cao Jian was the only one who got on the stage, so... ...who does he not support?

As for the dismissal of the subordinates, to be honest, no general will do this, because the servants who are used to fighting are the foundation of the generals. If the subordinates are dismissed, the Cao family is really finished, and there will be no more Cao Yu. "Come out" hope.

As long as these family members are still there, if there is something wrong in Liaodong and the court needs to employ people, as long as the Cao family gets through the door of a certain civil servant, presents to the court and recommends Cao Yu to be re-used, there is a great chance that Cao Yu will be able to take the blame and make meritorious service. Come out again.

In this way, a team of servants that could only be supported by a deputy commander-in-chief is now all on the shoulders of Cao Jian, a mere commander of the district guard. What is he if he is not "supporting hard"?
Gao Wushi didn't know the relationship between Li Chengliang and Cao Yu, but presumably, as long as the two of them weren't so close as brothers, Li Chengliang at this moment would definitely not lend a helping hand to Cao Jian.

The reason is obvious, if Cao Jian can't afford to support these servants, these people will disperse, but where can they disperse in Liaodong?Who else can steal someone from him, Li Chengliang?
Therefore, if Li Chengliang didn't make trouble, then he still has a little conscience.

Jiang Enyuan, who is still capable of fighting, Pu Yuanyi, who is somewhat business-minded, and Cao Jian, who is clinking poor but has a group of powerful servants—these are the only three generals that Gao Pragmatic will have on hand for the next period of time.

As for Li Rugui, commander of the Fuzhou Guard...

It’s not enough to kill him, after all, he just didn’t arrive for the meeting, and it’s not a wartime, so you can’t really use wartime military orders to suppress people. If you dare not come, if you don't beat your prestige, will you really think that Li Chengliang can cover the sky with one hand in Liaodong?

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