Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 1054: The Attack of Ming Dynasty (1)

Ever since Zhu Youxiao succeeded to the throne, it has been clear that the biggest problem of the Ming Dynasty was that the central government's control over the local areas was in a state of continuous decline.

This is extremely deadly.

This situation exists both in the officialdom and in the military. The key point is that both the officialdom and the military have intricate ties with many local groups.

This created a huge sense of division between the central government and the local areas of the Ming Dynasty.

Party struggles at the center will continue to have an impact on local areas.

Local concealment of information will continue to cause harm to the center.

The most obvious reaction was in the southeastern region of the Ming Dynasty, but this place was very important to the Ming Dynasty, so many things had to be done slowly.

Army rectification is an extremely important part.

It took Zhu Youxiao a long time to thoroughly reform part of the Ming Dynasty's army. Anyone who was reorganized into the Ming Dynasty's army was not allowed to keep private servants. This was an iron rule. No matter who violated this law, dismissal from office would be the lightest punishment.

When the Ming Dynasty reached the Tianqi period, the army had serious problems. It was not just a simple matter of the collapse of the garrisons. The private maintenance of servants was a major hidden danger.

The cost of maintaining a servant is as much as that of several soldiers, or even more.

After all, everything from eating, drinking, defecating and urinating to horses, armor and weapons, etc., all need to be provided by the general who supports the servants, not to mention winning a battle, which requires corresponding rewards, otherwise who will work for you.

But for the officers in command, with their meager salaries, after deducting what their families need, how much can they really support? Therefore, corruption is inevitable.

The rectification of the army is by no means as simple as its literal meaning suggests. It involves too many rectifications and improvements, such as military regulations and discipline, recruitment for military merit, establishment of quotas, grading of food and wages, rotation of troops in different places, etc. It can be said that there are many aspects involved.

Of course, Zhu Youxiao also knew that even with such rectification and reorganization, there was still a chance that corruption, abuse of power, favoritism and fraud would not occur in the army.

But it is not scary if problems arise. What is scary is that one knows there are problems but does not know how to change them. Then the Ming army will never get better.

Zhu Youxiao knew the Ming army better. It was impossible for him to give the army something like later generations did and call it the local soldiers. This was impossible and unrealistic.

After all, the roots of the Ming Dynasty are here.

But Zhu Youxiao had to achieve at least one thing, that is, the central government's absolute control over the army, and in the future, non-military groups could not interfere in military affairs.

As long as this is achieved, with the help of the system of rewarding military merits, the Ming army will be able to fight according to Zhu Youxiao's wishes for a long period of time in the future.

The military proposals of the Liaodong Governor's Office were sent to the front line at an extremely fast speed, and at the same time, they were presented to the emperor in an urgent manner over a distance of 800 miles. At the same time, the Liaodong front line was under

The situation became increasingly tense.

Quang Ninh front.

"General, should we fight this war or not?" Hei Yunhe, then deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Army, stared at the map in front of him, his tone unable to hide his impatience.

"Since the Battle of Jinshan, our Liao garrison has not fought a decent battle. Now we finally have the chance. The Jianlu are still determined to stir up changes in the south of the desert. This is such a good opportunity. Let's fight a battle first. They are spying on the left and right, but they are still reluctant to send troops to intervene in the south of the desert!"

"If this continues, we will have no choice but to watch the Jianlu show off their power in the southern part of the desert. General, please say something."

"Yes, General."

Ma Chengzong, the then deputy commander-in-chief, followed closely and said, "Huang Taiji is obviously trying to stir up changes in the south of the desert. To put it bluntly, he is clearly trying to scare the tigers and rabbits to death."

"Damn it! I thought this grassland Khan was such a powerful guy, but I didn't expect him to be a good-for-nothing and good-looking guy."

"In the previous battle, they had such a huge advantage, but in the end they were defeated by the Jianlu. This defeat doesn't matter, but they were scared out of their wits."

"Sometimes, I really envy the people in the navy."

Hei Yunhe clenched his fists and said, "Look at how many main battleships the three fleets of Bohai, Beihai, and Jinghai dispatched to Dongfan when the situation in Nanyang was turbulent, forming the Northern Combined Fleet to participate in the war."

"Yes, this means that many of the main battleships of the three fleets have been withdrawn, but there are many battles to be fought on the front lines. In the rear, the coastal shipyards in Liaodong, Northern Zhili, Shandong and other places are working hard to build new battleships for people. The key is the vacant positions, which are selected and reorganized in batches."

"That's good now. The people who stayed behind in the Bohai, Beihai, and Jinghai fleets have all been promoted, and they are in charge of a lot of people. The key is that the guys who went to the East to participate in the war, not only have they been promoted, but some have even been given titles based on their merits."

As soon as Hei Yunhe said this, the atmosphere here became subtle.

There were changes in the Nanyang region earlier, and batches of naval forces went to Dongfan to participate in the Nanyang expedition, which made many generals and officers envious.

Especially the officers and generals from various regions north of Shandong and in the southwest.

Ever since Zhu Youxiao clearly granted titles based on merit and awarded titles through war after war, the mentality of many Ming Dynasty generals changed.

From fearing war in the past to longing for war now.

no way.

The emperor really gave it to me.

It is also through the clarification of this system that some military reforms have been carried out in an orderly manner, such as the abolition and restructuring of corrupt garrisons, which involved countless interests.

When this policy was first implemented, a lot of trouble was caused.

But after the system of conferring titles based on merit began again, the matter became simple. In fact, the underlying logic was very simple. There was a group of newly promoted military heroes and officers to pressure them, so that those hereditary garrison officers had to weigh the consequences even if they wanted to tinker with something.

As the scope of promotion became wider and wider, there were no large-scale mutinies or rebellions. This was closely related to the fact that a group of generals and officers were transferred to various places to take up important positions.

In fact, reform is about redistributing benefits. The conservatives must be eliminated, but we must also find new and emerging groups to replace them. If this is not done well, then we can only expect chaos in order.

It was in this way that Zhu Youxiao clarified the military system of the Ming Dynasty step by step. The navy and the army were definitely the strongest. As for those who were decadent and corrupt, they were eradicated and resolved bit by bit. During this period, if anyone dared to do anything, Zhu Youxiao would not have to worry about it, as naturally there would be people who would rush to quell the rebellion.

Because suppressing a rebellion also counts as a military achievement!

If you can't accumulate enough in one try, what about two tries? Three tries? Even if you can't reach the level of a noble, you can at least be promoted. If you are promoted, the chances of being a noble in the future may be even higher.

After all, he has more soldiers under his command, so once a war breaks out, won’t the opportunity come?

"You guys are fighting for the title!!"

Under such circumstances, Zhu Wanliang, then the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Army, glared and said, "Whoever wants it, fine, I will give you my second-class rank!!"

"You are anxious, but am I not anxious too?" "But how can being anxious help? You don't really think Huang Taiji is that easy to deal with? If he was easy to deal with, they would have trapped the Jianlu to death long ago."

"In the past few years, we carried out rectification. Mao Wenlong was transferred to Jilin Dusi, Liu Xingzuo was transferred to Heilongjiang Dusi, and many Liao garrison troops were also transferred there."

"There have been no major wars in the past few years, but there have been small wars all the time. That's not even counting the armed merchant groups that left the customs in various places in Liaodong and the customs set up by the Heilongjiang and Jilin military governors."

"But even so, they still haven't trapped or surrounded the Jianlu to death. Now Huang Taiji is able to organize such a big battle here. Do you think this is easy?"

Zhu Wanliang's words made Hei Yunhe, Ma Chengzong and his party silent.

The various units of the Liao army were reorganized and the Eighth and Ninth Armies were reorganized. This was to solve the hidden dangers in Liaodong from the root. The current Liao garrison army does not have any guest troops or Liao troops. There is only a clear military structure. In these two armies, your place of origin can only represent where you come from, and nothing else can represent anything else.

One of the strategies to be promoted in the army's rectification is to eliminate bad policies such as the self-reliance of soldiers and the influence of generals. In particular, the establishment of a staff system and a military supervision system is to consolidate this achievement.

And the most important point is that the special military supervision system set up in the army is not staffed by civil servants, let alone eunuchs, but by serious military generals.

It's just that the division of labor and responsibilities are different.

Zhu Youxiao wanted to build a professional army for the Ming Dynasty. This was the case for the army, the navy, and in the future there would be an air force. Currently, there is a prototype of an air force in the emperor's personal army, which is the hot air balloon that played an important role in suppressing the rebellion in the southwest.

Of course, Zhu Youxiao also knew that it would be impossible to have a true air force without decades or even longer.

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But this concept must exist.

The Ming Dynasty was moving step by step towards the era of hot weapons. Even if the pace was slow, it was at least moving forward step by step. Therefore, a change in thinking that was different from that in the era of cold weapons was extremely important.

"General, Deputy General, we have a role to play in this battle."

Under such circumstances, the Chief of Staff of the Eighth Army glanced at the military supervisor beside him, then smiled and stepped forward and said, "Let's not talk about what the Admiral wants to do about this battle. Huang Taiji is making such a big fuss in Mo Nan, which is bound to alarm the Military Affairs Council and the Lifanyuan, and this will inevitably be reported to the emperor."

"Think about it, His Majesty attaches great importance to Liaodong. Let's not talk about the army and navy, just think about how much he has tilted towards Liaodong."

"Your Majesty is taking this matter so seriously. Do you think that His Majesty would not issue an order for such a big event? This is absolutely impossible."

"Yes."

The Eighth Army Supervisor followed closely and said: "Our army is not interfering in the conflict in the south of the desert, but early espionage and reconnaissance are also very important."

"Let's not talk about anything else. Just the fact that Hudun and Tuhan migrated westwards, many people didn't believe it at first. Wasn't it verified through repeated investigations?"

"The key is that the migration of Hudun and Tuhan to the west must not happen. Otherwise, the Lifanyuan may go wrong when building the Summer Palace in Chengde."

"In the eyes of those civil servants, this is a waste of money and labor, but they have no idea that building a palace in Chengde can have a positive impact on the border."

"From what you said, once His Majesty knows about this war, he will definitely order me to join the Liao army?" Hei Yunhe raised his eyebrows and looked at the two of them.

"I can't say it's absolute, but at least the probability is very high."

The Chief of Staff of the Eighth Army restrained his smile and suggested with his eyes: "In the beginning, there were so many battles, from the central government to the local areas, many people thought they couldn't fight, but what happened in the end?"

"It was your Majesty who ordered the fight on his own accord!"

"Let's not talk about Liaodong, let's just talk about helping North Korea. There were many people who opposed it at the beginning, but look who is still opposed now?"

"If there hadn't been that war, who would have thought that our dynasty would have set up a resident governor's office in Korea? And who would have thought that Liaodong could take this opportunity to consolidate its foundation."

"Hey, it's better not to say that."

The Eighth Army Supervisor said, "Let's just talk about the current war. Why bring up Korea?"

Hei Yunhe, Ma Chengzong and the others looked at each other, how could they not know what this meant.

But there are some things that could be said in the past but cannot be said now.

"How is the food and military supplies being distributed now going?"

Zhu Wanliang coughed twice and said in a low voice, "As for the troops that have been transferred to various places in western Liaoning, what is the current situation?"

As the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Army, Zhu Wanliang was more eager to fight than anyone else.

But no matter how much you want it, you can't lose your composure.

Because what he is responsible for is not only the lives of all the soldiers of the Eighth Army, but also the stability of the entire western Liaoning. If something bad happens because of his wrong prediction, then he will be a sinner of the Ming Dynasty!

It has not been easy for Liaodong to get to where it is today.

"Return to the commander-in-chief."

Hei Yunhe stepped forward and said, "The food and military supplies drawn from Jinzhou, Panshan and other places are being transported to Guangning, and Guangning has also drawn a lot of them to Yixian, Zhen'an and other places."

"The morale of the various troops stationed on the Liaoxi border is very high, but there are also many complaints, which has affected the morale of many people."

The reason why Hei Yunhe was so anxious was because he knew that many camps and schools were eager to fight. If the people below had such fighting spirit, the pressure would be transferred to the upper level.

"Do everything you need to do thoroughly, and keep a close eye on it. Don't make any mistakes."

Zhu Wanliang stretched out his hand and said, "It is a truth that food and grass must be sent before troops move. No matter how many times we say this, it is not an exaggeration. If there is no war, it is fine. If there is a war, if the rear supply is poor, it will affect the battle on the front line."

"Also, in the name of the Eighth Army, send a message to all the towns under your jurisdiction, asking them to control their troops. When the time comes for them to fight, if anyone dares to make any mistakes at this time, don't blame me for turning my back on you."

"Here!"

Hei Yunhe immediately clasped his fists and shouted.

"Everyone come here, let's do another war game."

At this time, Zhu Wanliang continued: "If we really intervene in the battle of Mo Nan, how should our Eighth Army fight and how should we cooperate with the Ninth Army? After this war game simulation is over, we will send someone to contact the Ninth Army to see what the situation is like over there."

"Here!"

The generals responded with a bang.

(End of this chapter)