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Chapter 189

"Your Majesty's knowledge is very complicated, and I am ashamed of myself. However, in recent years, although the northern barbarians have been invading the south, they have been plagued by scabies. Now the biggest trouble for our country does not come from the north. The Liaodong built barbarians are pressing westward step by step. This is a serious problem, I wonder if your majesty has any good strategy to defeat the enemy?"

Regarding the current situation of the Mongolian tribes and the possible future development, the six tribes and nine ministers were not so relaxed. They all frowned and twirled their beards in thought.

These materials are not available in history books, and there are not many records in the imperial archives. They are all summarized based on the contents of later books.Unless you have been paying attention to and carefully studying the Mongolian tribes, it will be difficult to get any response in a short period of time.

However, there were also some who were not convinced and felt that the emperor was ignorant and unskilled and spoke freely, so they simply continued to argue without thinking.Shen Li is one of its representatives. He talks about the Eastern and Western Mongolian tribes and the two great Khans with sixty thousand households. They talked for a long time without even touching on the most fundamental issues. It is obvious that they are avoiding the important and taking the easy.

"Don't be anxious, Mr. Ge. I have just said that there are two forces that are constantly fighting against the Ming Dynasty, the Beilu and the Jianlu. Now that the Beilu have finished talking, the following is the Jianlu. The origins of the three guards of Jianzhou are all very clear to you. Again.

But why it has changed from a place conferred by the imperial court to an unrelenting enemy, the reason must be explained clearly.I think this is the inevitable consequence of great success.

The method of restraining a string has been around since ancient times, with mixed success and failure. It does not work everywhere.The Ming Dynasty has been dragging on for more than 200 years, spending countless money and food, and taking the good lives of countless soldiers and generals. So far, not only has it failed to make the Jianlu obey, but it has become a serious problem. "

Speaking of Jianzhou Jurchen in Liaodong, the inventory in Hong Tao's memory is much larger and more detailed than the development history of the Mongolian tribes.There is only one reason. The Jianlu at this time was the founder of the Qing Dynasty in later generations. If you want to understand the history of the Ming Dynasty, you cannot avoid this section no matter how you go. It is also very important.

From the perspective of the administrative regions of the Ming Dynasty, the most popular theory is the two capitals and the thirteen chief envoys.In fact, this is not the case. In addition to these fifteen provincial-level units, there are several more special regions.

Although the territory of the Ming Dynasty seemed quite large, there were not that many areas that the court could directly control, such as Nuergandusi, Uzangdusi, and Duogandusi.These areas sound the same as Dusi in other provinces, but they are actually Jisi areas.

The local civil affairs, finance, personnel, and military power were not in the hands of the imperial court. They only gave a few symbolic titles to local leaders of the minority people. With symbolic tribute, they nominally belonged to the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

In addition, Shaanxi Xingdusi, Shanxi Xingdusi, Wandusi, Daningdusi, and Liaodongdusi are all purely military-controlled areas without civil administration agencies.To put it bluntly, it is a border war zone with a small productive population, a large number of troops, and administrative units with no civil affairs to manage.

Why does Hong Tao complain about the restraint policy?It is not difficult to get the answer just by looking at the current situation in these military-controlled areas.By the Wanli period, less than half of the area in Gansu, Shaanxi, and northern Shanxi under the jurisdiction of the Xingdu Division of Shaanxi and Shanxi was left.

The northern part of Hebei under the jurisdiction of Wandusi and Daningdusi was completely robbed by the three guards of Wuliangha, leaving only Liaodong Dusi still struggling to support itself.If this is considered a success, then there will be no failed policies in the world.

What is more troublesome is not the failure of policy design and implementation, but the chain reaction caused by it.At present, the Mongolian tribes have no time to look south due to civil strife, so they can barely maintain the status quo.

However, the Jurchen power in Jianzhou, Liaodong, is on the rise. It is obviously not cost-effective to continue to restrain the tyrants. The Ming Dynasty does not have the ability to send troops to annihilate them for the time being. If they let it go, they are still worried that it will be difficult to deal with them when they get bigger. This has become an unsolvable problem. dead end. "I thought that I should send capable ministers and lead a large army to Liaodong to completely wipe out the Jianlu, so I can no longer just tolerate it!" Seeing the emperor turning his attention to himself, Ye Xianggao quickly said the lines he had memorized for several days in an impassioned tone and said The expression is acted out.

Why he did this, he really couldn't figure out.If the emperor wanted to use troops in Liaodong, there was no need to let himself be the vanguard. Shen Li, Wen Chun, Guo Zhengyu, etc. were all members of the Donglin Party and had always advocated using troops to defeat the Jianqi in Liaodong.

As long as you extend an olive branch to them, even if there is opposition from the factions led by the Zhejiang Party, with the current strength of the Donglin Party and the emperor as the heaviest weight, it is not difficult to choose a war general to replace the Liaodong General Army. .

"What Grand Scholar Ye said is absolutely correct. The establishment of captives has become a force. We can no longer raise tigers to cause trouble and allow them to develop. The right way is to destroy them quickly with troops. I think that Liu Qing, the right-hand official, pinged the Burmese invaders, Luo Xiong, Korea, and Bo chieftains. He has fought hundreds of battles, big and small, and has won special honors. He has excellent courage and courage and strives to be the first. He is qualified to take on this important task."

Sure enough, as soon as Ye Xianggao expressed his stance, the courtiers immediately became energetic. After a brief exchange of eyes, Shen Li, the chief minister of the cabinet, took the lead in recommending one person and won the approval of several important ministers.

"Although Liu Wei is brave, he has many misdeeds and is not enough to lead Liaodong alone. I believe that those who are good at this job should be mature and prudent. The governor Qian served Du Song, held Shaanxi, Yansui, and Jizhou, and fought more than a hundred battles with the Hu people, without any success. Invincible."

But some people disagree, such as Xiao Daheng, the Minister of Punishment.He believed that Liu Wei had poor conduct and was too low-level to take charge of his own affairs, so he proposed another candidate, which was recognized by several important ministers.

"No, no, Jun Song is too brave to take on this important task!" Sun Wei, the Minister of War, spoke immediately and rejected Xiao Daheng's choice. The reason was quite good. The general soldier not only led the troops to kill, but also planned strategies.

"That's better than being greedy for money and merit. The General Soldiers of Liaodong are not as good as elsewhere. If this causes trouble and triggers a mutiny, it may be difficult to correct!" But Li Tingji, the cabinet scholar, had a lower evaluation of Liu Wei. Yes, General Commander Liaodong There is more money to be gained by passing soldiers. If you catch up with a money-grubbing guy and ignore it, big trouble will indeed happen.

"I have a person who recommends Shen Yourong, Ningbo's chief general and the capital's official secretary. This person has captured Japanese pirates, defended Liaodong, fought in Korea, driven out the Western Fans, and appeased the local area. He has repeatedly made military exploits and is brave and resourceful." Seeing that the two sides were arguing, the cabinet University scholar Fang Congzhe proposed a new candidate.

"To serve as a general and lead troops in Liaodong, it is too powerful to convince the public. It is inappropriate!" However, Li Dai, the Minister of Rites, raised objections. He did not deny it in terms of character, character, ability, etc., but because he did not have enough qualifications to convince the people of Liaodong. general.

"Your Majesty, Shen Yourong knows a thing or two and is good at using navy troops. It is safest to be promoted to deputy general."

Next, Guo Zhengyu, the Minister of Rites, also expressed his personal opinion. It sounded like he was trying to win a higher position for his fellow villagers, but in one sentence, Shen Yourong was eliminated from the competition for the Liaodong General Soldier. There was cunning and cruelty in his tact.

(End of this chapter)