Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 713
In the Battle of Tumu Fort, the noble group of the Ming Dynasty suffered a devastating blow, including Grand Master Yinggong Zhang Fu, Taining Marquis Chen Ying, Prince Consort Jingyuan, Pingxiang Bo Chen Huai, Xiangcheng Bo Li Zhen, Suian Bo Many famous generals including Chen Xun, Xiuwu Bo Shen Rong, Governor Liang Cheng, Wang Gui, etc. died in battle, and the 50 army left by Ming Chengzu Zhu Di was wiped out, and the most elite three battalions were also destroyed. , The research and development of arms and weapons has also been greatly hindered.

With the founder of the country, the noble group of warriors and the group of Jingnan heroes were wiped out in the Tumubao Incident, the emperor could only use the eunuchs in the inner court to check and balance the civil official group to implement his own will and the will of the entire country. The power of the country is frowning.

Since the nobles who inherited the title did not have any outstanding achievements, the right of the noble group to speak in the court was also greatly reduced. The balance between civil and military affairs in the Ming Dynasty was broken, and the situation of civil nobles and military inferiors quickly formed and has continued to this day.

The cabinet of Daming was also affected by the Tumubao Change.

In the early days of orthodoxy, the government returned to the cabinet, with the three Yangs as the axis, and the system gradually improved, but it could not prevent the gradual decline of its actual role.

Before and after the civil engineering incident, the cabinet, as the most intimate auxiliary government institution with the emperor, failed to play its due role. He has made no achievements, his performance is very weak, and he shy away from major military affairs.

During this period, the cabinet could only embarrassingly let the eunuchs dictatorship, or was despised by the emperor and appointed Yu Qian, who was devoted to appointing power, so that the courtiers were dissatisfied, and wrote a letter saying that Yu Qian was too authoritarian, requesting that the six major events should be reported and implemented together with the cabinet, or Let Shi Heng, Cao Jixiang and other traitors decide to manipulate.

After more than 100 years, the civil servants' contempt for military generals has penetrated into the bone marrow, so when they saw Zhu Youjian's attempt to elevate the status of military generals, although there was no voice in the court to publicly oppose the emperor, most civil servants felt that they were Still disaffected, which is why most of the cabinet downplayed the Luzon massacre.

They don't want to see the rise of warriors, and they don't want to discuss the country's affairs with vulgar warriors, so they don't want the generals to have the opportunity to make new achievements under the situation of internal and external peace.

"According to Baigu and Jiandou's intention, it is better for the emperor Jianyan to send soldiers to conquer this time?

It’s just that since the seven voyages of the Three Treasures Eunuch of Emperor Taizong’s reign to the West, my Ming Navy has long since declined. Not to mention the huge cost of such a long-distance expedition to the ocean, the weather on the ocean is unpredictable. Once encountering strong winds and waves, the ships will Overturned, the change in which the elite officers and soldiers could not survive had to be carefully considered.

The old man has no expertise in military strategy, but only occasionally considers it, so I propose it for Baigu and Jiandou to think about. "

Wen Tiren was indifferent to whether the warriors took advantage of the situation to rise. In his eyes, only the emperor was the most important. No matter whether civil servants or warriors, no one would bring prosperity and wealth to his family.

Judging from the current situation, Wen Kan's future is bright, and there is no doubt that he will wear Scarlet Robe in the future, but how high he can reach, one depends on his strength, and the other depends on the emperor's attitude.

He knew in his heart that no matter how popular he was among the civil servants, there were many important ministers who spoke well of Wen Kan, these were useless.

The emperor was very gentle on the surface, and he seemed to be the kind who was good at listening to other people's opinions, but in fact it was not that at all.

The emperor is a very assertive person, especially when it comes to the selection and employment of talents, he will give you all the hype you say.

What the emperor valued was the reality and the result, rather than being swayed by the public's speech.

"Duke Wen, Jiandou, in the agreement reached between me and the Dutch, it was said that Manila was used to open up land, and the Dutch who moved to Taiwan Island were said to be elsewhere. What happened in Luzon is a targeted move.

I tend to pay attention to being famous as a teacher. No matter who I am, I never invite unrighteous teachers. Now the Spaniards are massacring the common people, which is exactly in the name of being a teacher in my dynasty.

It is undeniable that the army of righteousness will attack the tyrannical people, and it is also the action of the people's will. Therefore, the mobilization of the army has become inevitable, and the vote should be based on this! "

Although Sun Chuanting didn't speak thoroughly, Wen Tiren and Lu Xiangsheng already understood it.

It is hard to violate the holy will.

The emperor has already made preparations for the dispatch of troops. The strategies of the Governor's Mansion and the Ministry of War of the Five Armies have already been released. The troops of Liu Guoneng and Zhang Wenyao in Dengzhou have already started to conduct drills. Think the emperor will listen to us?

The emperor's dictatorship has already formed. Over the past few years, all the major policies have been proposed by the emperor himself, and then the officials discuss the details of the specific operation. When did the emperor change course because of the objections of the officials?

Even if there were occasional compromises with the officials, in the end the emperor would achieve his goals in a roundabout way, but the means were more subtle and gentle.

"What Bai Gu said is right!

However, since the ticket plans to send soldiers to prevent our army from encountering the Spanish fleet at sea and suffer losses, the old man thought that it would be better for Jing Haibo to dispatch his elite fleet to escort. "

After thinking for a while, Wen Tiren put forward his own opinion. Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng looked at each other and nodded in agreement.

Zheng Zhilong's sea power is too huge. Although under the design of Chen Qiyu and Zou Weilian, Zheng's group has internal strife and its overall strength has been weakened, there is still no other power to resist it in a short time.

If we can take the opportunity to weaken Zheng's strength, that would be the best thing. It is best to let Zheng's gunboat and the Spaniard's fleet have a big battle at sea. But it's a situation that everyone likes to see.

"Since we are the ones who propose to send troops, how many troops should we use this time?

The surprise attack strategy formulated by the Governor's Office of the Five Armies and the Ministry of War is feasible, but after the capture of Manila, how many people should our army stay there?
The strategic location of Manila is extremely important. After Spain loses this place, it will definitely not give up. If it raises heavy troops to attack and try to regain this place, if our army is too small, I am afraid that we will face an extremely difficult situation. Once we lose, the journey will be far away Under such circumstances, even if reinforcements are dispatched, it will be too late.

Therefore, Xiang Sheng believes that it is necessary to propose a suitable strategy in the draft after a comprehensive evaluation! "

In the afternoon of the same day, the cabinet proposed to send officials and troops to conquer Luzon and avenge the immigrants of the Ming Dynasty to be sent to the palace. After reading it, Zhu Youjian was furious. The army set off on another day to attack the Spaniards stationed in Luzon and avenge the massacred Ming people. Bo Jinghai and Zheng Zhilong would send an elite fleet to escort them just in case.

　Thank you Zhiwei_No tipping.

　　
　
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