Jingming

Chapter 332 The Great War Is About to Begin

If the negotiation fails, I can first hit the prestige of I Da.

When the Han people were defeated, it was the Great Khan who helped the Tumed Department regain its face.

But did the court of the Han people really have such a big hidden worry? He still needs to go back to the court of the Khan, discuss with the other big-headed witches of the Great Khan, and divination about good and bad luck, and then use the method of Zhata to call the wind and rain, and pray for a better The weather is conducive to the cavalry's southern expedition.

At this time, whether it is Alta or Bodie, they are also trying their best to collect information through various channels such as the private market, fleeing to serve the Han people, Maitreya White Lotus followers and so on.

In the city of Beijing, thunder is still brewing in the summer court.

There are many chain reactions brought about by the appointment of a minister of state and a minister of rites, and the change of Jizhou town is the same.

Zhang Bi, the Zuo Buzheng of Sichuan, was promoted to the governor of Shandong, Mao Bowen, the governor of Liaodong, Zhai Luan, the head of the Taxation Department of Guangdong, was promoted to the Zuo Buzheng of Zhejiang, Sun Xiu, the Zuo Buzheng of Zhejiang, was transferred to the president of the Weaving Bureau, and Qi Jingtong was transferred to the general officer of Guangxi. Tao was promoted to Shandong Youbu Political Envoy, Fang Xianfu was promoted to Sichuan Youbu Political Envoy...

Under the impetus of Zhang Fujing, who had just served as Minister of the Ministry of Officials, on the eve of the new law being implemented in provinces other than the border towns, and the collection of grain and taxes from gentry and wealthy households in autumn according to the newly cleared land and population yellow books, the Ming Dynasty The appointment of Shi Yu and Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites is undergoing a large-scale adjustment of officials from top to bottom.

At the same time, the autumn provincial examinations, which have been changed to once a year, are also under preparation, and Yan Song, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, will arrange for the Ministry of Rites to write questions and send out the chief examiner.

This means that in the current round of adjustments, many of the seventh, eighth and ninth grade official positions that have been vacant due to the rectification of subordinates and official adjustments in many places will also be eagerly awaiting to see if any of the new candidates in this year's examination are willing to become officials. Yes, or desperate scholars are willing to "condescend" to start from the ninth rank.

Xu Jiusi, an official of Juren background, was promoted to the Ministry of Industry's Ministry of Industry, and was promoted to the rank of fifth-rank official. He was appointed to supervise the engineering projects purchased by the Ministry of Industry.

As the emperor reached the year of the crown, the new blood generation of Ming Dynasty is surging, but what about the old officials who are dying one after another?Seems to be looming at either end.

One end is the emperor, and the other end is Fei Hong, Yang Yiqing, and Yang Tinghe.

Tang Shunzhi was impeached again—this time he was impeached by Zhang Jing, the general secretary of the military department, who impeached him for accepting bribes but privately donating them to Yu Dayou for military training.Even if there is no private use, isn't it accepting bribes?
Bo Xiti, Jingbian, was punished by being degraded as a nobleman—he was not yet married, and his unborn son would temporarily start from the county rank.

But Tang Shunzhi's current official position has not been damaged after all.

Yu Dayou also had a difficult time. Liu Kai, the general guard of Datong West Road, also impeached him for treating soldiers harshly.

The reaction given by the emperor was that Shuozhou was specially set up to defend the thousand households, and Yu Dayou's official rank remained unchanged, and his official position became a separate guerrilla general. His guarding the thousand households directly under Guo Xun's jurisdiction was actually full of two thousand. household.

What is more important is the impeachment of Xia Yan by Yang Tinghe. After he was impeached in Nanjing Jingcha, he still connives at the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate's censors to wantonly impeach Nanjing officials, which is not conducive to unity and stability.

But Xia Yan is good, and likes to mention the governor of Zhejiang—to give Yang Tinghe a face, Nanjing needs to start to stabilize, but Xia Yan’s going to the governor of Zhejiang is obviously entrusted with a heavy responsibility, Ningbo’s shipping department has been reopened, and the sea ban has opened .

The emperor gave Yang Tinghe a face, but although the official status of the impeached person has not changed, how can the Youdu Yushi of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate be compared with the Governor of Zhejiang?

It must not be forgotten that Xia Yan was the first person to be promoted after the new emperor ascended the throne. At that time, Xia Yan was promoted to the general staff of the military department and helped to reset the three major battalions.

Although the current Xia Yan can only follow Yan Song's ass to take over Zhejiang, but he must be working hard to get things done in Zhejiang, and he looks forward to returning to Beijing after three years.The next step is to be a consultant who is actually stationed in the capital.

There may be a layer of fog about other things, but these official transfer information cannot be faked.

On the beach of Fengzhou, I was furious: Bodi actually played this hand, and attributed the failure of the negotiation and the humiliation of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty to the defeat of the Tumed Department last year and the burning of the land this year.

In the Khan Court on the Chahar side, Bodi was analyzing various information with his trusted courtiers.

Among them, there are also northern Han people who have served like Shi Tianjue or have been naturalized long ago.

"This "Ming Pao" is extremely powerful!" A knowledgeable person said, "In the past, although the emperor was respectful, he also needed the gentry to help govern the world. Whether the merits and demerits were judged by the gentry's words. What about the "Ming Pao" now? There are also other enterprises established by the Ming emperor, mainly managed by the emperor and his relatives, speaking for the emperor!"

Bodie nodded slightly, looking at the few pieces of paper in his hand.

"The commander-in-chief of Datong is Marquis Wuding, the commander-in-chief of Jizhou is Marquis Funing, and the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu is Fu Duo, who was newly granted the seal of General Zhenshuo by the emperor. Except for Fu Duo, both Datong and Jizhou are new generals. They have just taken office, and there are many Problems need to be resolved.”

"The young emperor is using this article in Ming Pao to remind the people of Ming Dynasty to think of the hatred of the country and the family, and to agree with the emperor's intention of going north." Someone in the Palace of State Affairs wanted to negotiate the terms of the exchange. Their emperor deliberately sent the Minister of Rites to deliver insulting words. Khan, after hearing that, how could I still stay there to discuss with them?"

Bodie grimaced: I am older than you, but younger than you?Also small in size...

"According to the news from the detailed work, almost all of the good positions this time are newcomers promoted after their emperor ascended the throne. Among them, the most conspicuous ones, that Bo Jingbian and Wu Zhuangyuan were both impeached. They were punished, but they still stayed in Datong, doing what the emperor arranged for them to do. These are the two who suggested the emperor’s Northern Expedition together last year!”

Between your words and my words, Bo Di only asked: "If there is a big war, how sure are there that there will be problems between the southern monarchs and ministers, between the frontier army and the rear, in the transfer of food and salaries, and in the dispatch of troops?"

"No matter what, I Da must do my best to win, otherwise his reputation of being so contemptuous by the southern emperor will spread throughout the grassland! The right-wing brothers Jinong and Al Da can only attack Datong or Ximian. Yongxiebu is not in agreement with me now, and my central ten thousand households can attack Xuanfu with them, or attack Jizhou. The key is Huadang's attitude."

"...Huadang." Bodie gritted his teeth, "This old fox swaying from side to side, if the Khan Ting's army goes south, I'm afraid he will talk to the southerners first and then talk about increasing the tribute. That guy was also appointed by the Han emperor. officer!"

Huadang, the owner of Duoyan, was once beaten into submission by his grandfather Dayan Khan, but relied on Dayan Khan's threat to the southerners to repeatedly benefit from the previous emperor of Ming Dynasty.

"Khan, the emperor of the Southerners is too proud. He said that he would no longer give tribute as in the past. Huadang must have been dissatisfied for a long time. Even if he wanted to please both sides, he would only be like 12 years ago. Fight the Southerners first, and then talk to the Southerners. Back then, his son killed a general from the Southerners. Didn’t Wang Qiong, the Minister of War of the Southerners at that time, say that his son must pay for his life? As a result, his son went as an envoy, not only He didn’t die, and brought back so many goods called tribute!”

"Khan, this is definitely a rare opportunity! Don't worry about Xuanfu, as long as the new general has not established a firm foothold in Jizhou, Jiyong Xiebu, Chahar, and Duoyan's army breaks through Gubeikou, and they will be able to fight again. The southerners are being persecuted. It is agreed that the Gubeikou Mutual Market will be held, and then the southerners will only have to compete with the Alda brothers in Datong all the year round."

"I am the suzerain. If the right wing cannot be restrained, the market will stop."

Bilege's eyes flashed brightly: "That's my interest in destroying the entire grassland!"

Bodie only felt that the picture in front of him was gradually becoming clearer, and finally his eyes became brighter and brighter: "Will you go there and meet Huadang?"

"Don't worry about sweating!"

"Time is running out, winter is coming!" Bodie said with enthusiasm, "It is best to wait until the harvest season for the southerners! If there is a war, they will desperately urge to pay the grain. It is best to let them face the internal rebellion at the same time." !"

Whether there will be a rebellion in Daming, he still doesn't know.

But on the Mid-Autumn Festival in the sixth year of Jiajing, Wei Bin sent a big news from Guangdong to Beijing.

More than three months ago, King Anxing, who had just been crowned by the Jiaozhi Kingdom, went a step further and accepted the Zen throne of Emperor Li Gong of the Li Dynasty of Jiaozhi, established the Mo Dynasty, changed Yuan Mingde, and Emperor Li Gong was abolished as King of Thailand.

When the news reached the capital, Emperor Li Gong and Queen Mother Zheng Shiluan had "committed suicide" together.

"Wei Bin didn't report in a hurry. Huangming Ji and Waichang have confirmed repeatedly that this matter is true." Zhu Houcong said in a deep voice, "Nowadays, I haven't heard of any Li Dynasty clan who has come forward. But presumably soon, Mo Dengyong will Send an envoy here. When the envoy arrives, Daming must be Xinsheng Beilu!"

"...Your Majesty, Duoyan Sanwei, it's better to appease you. Huadang has over ten thousand strings, if he really breaks through Jizhou or plunders Liaodong, it will be very bad."

The northern captives had already shown signs of falling into the trap, but Yang Yiqing shouldered a heavy responsibility and worried about gains and losses.

"I heard that Bodi sent an envoy. Didn't he also send his grandson here? The wall is so stupid, whoever wins he will help. Sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, if both armies are exhausted, it is a good time for him to make a move." Zhu Houcong sneered. "General Counselor Yang needn't worry too much. I called Zhu Qi here. He was called the Chief Soldier, but he only supervised a battalion of soldiers who had been suppressing bandits in Guangxi for many years. Huguang's suppression of the rebellion also only restored the World Certificate, and still had to be demoted .But I will reward those who have meritorious service. This battle is a battle to be crowned Duke. How will Zhu Qi do it? How will Li Quanli do it?"

Only Fei Hong and the six ministers of state participated in this impromptu meeting held in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and Yang Yiqing, Cui Yuan, Gu Shilong, and Wang Shouren participated in the meeting.

Zhu Houcong stood up, and said solemnly: "Misters, the most important half year of Ming Dynasty is coming. After planning for so long, under the pressure of border troubles, whether the new law can be implemented faithfully, and whether the border town can create a reform period depends on It depends on the concerted efforts of all the ministers. This battle has been won, and the emperor and ministers will present the victory to the Taimiao together!"

……

In the half year since he came to Shuozhou, Yu Dayou was a saboteur.

He broke the rules and did not recruit servants, but because of Guo Xun's protection and the emperor's favor, he was able to recruit recruits, as well as the grain bought by Tang Shunzhi and Yu Dayou with bribes.

He doesn't withhold monthly rations, and doesn't give out money, he just gives out real food. His reputation as the champion of martial arts has indeed attracted many young and strong people who come here admiringly.

He practiced the new method used by soldiers and practiced strange battle formations.Not only that, but there are also weird weapons directly transferred by Guo Xun in his garrison of thousands of households.

Yu Dayou didn't care about the interests of Shuozhou Wei Tuntian.

But many frontier generals and officials on Datong West Road also knew that the emperor was actually thinking about the issue of farming in the border towns.Otherwise, why did Tang Shunzhi have the same errands as Wang Xian in the beginning?
But after all, Datong did not face any punishment, only "[-] boards each", and both the accepting and giving bribes were punished.

Tang Shunzhi and Yu Dayou cut power, while others fined their salaries.

In contrast, Tang Shunzhi and Yu Dayou were punished more severely. It seems that the emperor gave in a little more when the courtiers were worried about the instability of the border town.

But the two of them were still in Xuanda, and first Li Jin burned the wasteland, and then the emperor lit the fire—the news spread around the grassland also spread back to Datong, His Majesty said that the sweat on the grassland was immature and small-minded.

The war has not yet officially arrived, but the generals can read the atmosphere, so everyone is extremely nervous and scolds their mothers in their hearts.

When it really started fighting, they were the side generals of Ming Dynasty!Even if you surrender to the enemy, can you live well under the chieftain?On the contrary, when people kill them, they don't care about the tacit understanding of the private market in the past-anyway, whoever is the side general will probably make profits through the private market.

Now the emperor was thinking about their "crimes" in the past, and he just punished them with some salaries first.

Liu Kai has scolded Yu Dayou many times, but he can only ask An Xingkui, the general of the Dunshao Army on the West Road from time to time: "Is there any movement?"

"Salary food! Food supply! General Liu Shen, I can't afford to save it now!" An Xingkui only knew that he opened his mouth to ask for food.

Liu Kai cursed again in his heart: "It won't be short! Something is wrong this time, something is very wrong! After Wang Dutai monopolized the food and payment, Datong didn't know where to get so much silver! Huang Mingji's food store, the town general Zhu Junliang Come forward, he bought [-]% of the harvest of each guard this year, and made a lot of money from Wang Dutai by changing hands! The Wang family, the Ma family...they are willing to sell it for some reason."

"...Probably because of the Zhejiang Shipping Department's qualification to go to sea as a merchant, they got some promises."

"Anyway, Wang Dutai still has a lot of money in his hands! Then Tang Shunzhi walked around Xuanda, in fact, he was raising money! Don't look at them impeaching each other, they are actually a gang!" Liu Kai Trembling with fear, "Why did Your Majesty humiliate the captive chieftain? It's really a big battle! Whether you can detect the enemy's situation earlier is entirely up to you, Brother An!"

"...What to fight? What if we lose?" An Xingkui cried.

"If you lose, the Ming Dynasty will be in chaos!" Liu Kai once again recalled the fear of being huddled in Jingping Castle last year, "I'm so angry that I won't keep my hand this time! If you lose, you and I may die here !Even if you are lucky enough to survive, I am afraid there will be the wrath of the emperor!"

"Then... what to do? Subdue?"

"Can I surrender?" Liu Kai grinned his teeth angrily, "I went to encircle last year too! Damn it, I'm afraid His Majesty will reward us with a new merit to atone for our old sins only if we win this battle!"

"...This is a war of all sides! Can we win?"

Liu Kai couldn't answer him, but Yu Dayou could answer the recruits he trained.

"We will definitely win!" He repeated again, "In this formation, the braver you are, the stronger you are! Brother Meng, don't give up, every swordsman in the formation has more or less years of kung fu, as long as you are not timid on the battlefield , the battle line keeps turning, and the Tartars can't break it! I have the flag here, and I will defend it with my life! Practice again, and eat meat at night!"

"it is good!"

In the barracks behind, Zhao Benxue looked at the small circles in the distance, and Yu Dayou was practicing the mandarin duck formation created by Tang Shunzhi.With the strength of the three of them, some improvements have been made according to the captive cavalry that they will face.Long spears are not easy to withstand the impact of captive cavalry, and Wu Dinghou privately paid for the mo knife, large shield and long halberd for stabbing.

If it is a field battle, a circle of several people will be Mo Dao hand, under the protection of the sword player, turning to cut the horse, and then the halberd hand will harvest the enemy who fell from the horse.

Zhao Benxue didn't know if the recruits who had been training hastily for several months would be able to make meritorious deeds, but the big battle that he hadn't seen for many years was finally coming.

His eyes looked to the north, deep and expectant.

For most of my life as a hermit, I still haven't suppressed the blood in my heart.

Now, he is just keeping an eye on the pier on the side wall, when the beacon will be lit.

On September 21, Li Jin, the left deputy commander of Datong Town, got up from the bed at night, and then laughed wildly.

"God help me too! Unwilling to come here, and want to come from Yanghe Pass? I am demented!"

His eyes were full of bloodthirsty, looking at the beacon fire burning on the wall pier north of the unfinished Xuanning Five Fortress.

The fire went all the way east, towards the direction of the capital.

(End of this chapter)