golden scales

The feudal towns of the Ming Dynasty started in the Tianqi Dynasty and were established in the early years of Chongzhen.

In the ten years or so of Chongzhen, the generals of the towns either refused to obey the dispatch, or they were obedient and obedient, and they would still be killed by the governor in front of the battle.But in the last years of Chongzhen, the town general not only did not obey the order of the governor, but even ignored the imperial edict.

By the 18th year of Chongzhen, a year that did not exist in the original historical script, even the civil officials did not listen to the imperial decree.

This situation is simply a situation of national collapse.

Everyone has this kind of resentment, but the crown prince Zhu Cihong is already very satisfied: as expected, there is a psychological balance if there is a comparison.

Shi Kefa got the appointment of Governor Huguang, Yuan Jixian got the appointment of Governor Fengyang, and Ma Shiying somehow got the position of Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing.As for He Tengjiao, he was sent to Yunnan as governor.

This round of personnel appointments by the imperial court is really confusing.

Even Chongzhen couldn't understand his son's transfer.

"Shi Kefa is from Donglin, and Zuo Liangyu is also from Donglin Marquis Xun. If these two are in conflict, what should we do?" Chongzhen summoned his eldest son in the side hall and asked directly.

"Father, Donglin is not monolithic." With Tian Cunshan active in the south of the Yangtze River, Zhu Cihong knew a lot about the Donglin Party.

Donglin started from the academy, although it was dominated by southerners, but with the expansion of its power, it was bound to bring in scholars from other places.Today, these scholars have also taken the position of the backbone of the Donglin, so there are also regional divisions within the Donglin.Neither Hou Xun nor Shi Kefa were true Jiangnan people, and they naturally belonged to a faction in Donglin different from the party leader.

Chongzhen did not know these secrets.But he still thought he understood and nodded, and said: "Can Shi Kefa check and balance Zuo Liangyu?" He only thought that Shi Kefa and Zuo Liangyu had separate factions, but he didn't know that Zhu Cihong hadn't considered this issue in the first place.

Because of Zuo Liangyu's death, the connection between Chuzhen and Donglin was naturally broken.

Sending Shi Kefa to supervise Huguang is just a statement.

If Shi Kefa went to Huguang, he would naturally be loyal to the imperial court and would not believe in rumors.If he refuses to go, it shows that he has a positive attitude towards "rumors".That's the question of standing.Any scholar in the south of the Yangtze River knows this, so as long as Shi Kefa is ordered to go to Jiujiang, the split within the Donglin Party will be brought to the fore.

Ma Shiying went to Nanjing to take up the real position of Minister of the Ministry of War. It seemed that he took advantage of it, but it was a shield that was criticized by others.In this way, the confusion caused by party struggles will be greater, and the positions exposed will be more detailed.

What's more, what Zhu Cihong likes is this person's ability to earn money.

This person served as the governor of Xuanfu for five years in Chongzhen, and he took a thousand dollars from public funds only one month after he took office.The legacy is expensive.Later, he was denounced by Wang Kun, the guarding eunuch, and sent to the garrison.At that time, quite a few members of the Donglin party complained for him, saying that he was framed by the eunuch party.This also shows how difficult it is to distinguish between black and white during party struggles.

Now Jiangnan is caught in party struggle.Surely there will be no working officials.In this state.What about next year's money and food?Zhu Cihong can indulge party struggles, but it is impossible to make fun of his own pockets and rice vats, so he needs to change channels to ensure income.

If Ma Shiying can provide more money and food than the 18th and [-]th years, Zhu Cihong will definitely reward him and keep him from falling.If he couldn't afford that much money, Wang Zhixin naturally knew how to deal with it.You can't blame others if you ransack your home and destroy your family.As for whether he himself understands his position, it depends purely on his personal understanding.

Of course, Ma Shiying has a very good relationship with Ruan Dacheng, maybe Ruan Dacheng will give him another hand at a critical moment.

It's just that you can't tell anyone this, otherwise you will inevitably be slobbered in the future.

"Although Ma Shiying was not a minister who saved the time, he guarded the central capital for a long time and protected the south of the Yangtze River from the ravages of thieves. He can be regarded as a capable minister." Zhu Cihong said: "In the Song Dynasty, Zaifu's position as a local shepherd should not be taken lightly. Professor, since Ma Shiying became an official, he has known the three prefectures of Yanzhou, Henan, and Datong, so you can look forward to it."

Chongzhen had almost no image of Ma Shiying, and he felt quite reasonable after hearing what his son said.Especially when he learned that Ma Shiying was hated by Donglin, Chongzhen felt that it was a good idea to put such a person in Donglin's lair.

"As for Yuan Jixian's supervision of Fengyang's military affairs, the main reason is to cooperate with Jiang Ge in governing the Huaihe River." Zhu Cihong said: "Yuan Jixian has been in Jianghuai for a long time, and he is a clean and honest man. The money spent on the Huaihe River governance project is often worth hundreds of thousands. He is not such a loyal and honest official. Can't serve."

The real reason is, of course, that Yuan Jixian has passed the test of history and will never do small tricks in Huainan, so he can keep his future safe.Of course, the management of the Huaihe River needs segmental management, and Jiang Dejing and Zhang Biqian alone are really short of manpower.

"That's why Yuan Jixian not only wants to oversee Fengyang's military affairs, but also oversees land affairs and Huaihe affairs, and works together with the cabinet to make the people of the Yellow River and Huaihe Rivers live." Zhu Cihong said.

Chong Zhen nodded his head and said: "You have considered it thoroughly. Then what is the use of He Tengjiao's sending to Yunnan?"

"It's an eyesore, let's put it far away." Zhu Cihong told the truth this time.A person who is not successful enough to fail, can only be thrown farther away, even if Yungui is messed up by him, the harm will not be too great.

"Then why not just dismiss from office?" Chongzhen unconsciously showed an attitude of humbly asking for advice.

—Because I didn't expect...

Zhu Cihong remained silent and shook his head slightly.

Chongzhen thought that there was a deep meaning in it that could be expected or unspeakable, so he nodded to show that he knew it.

As for knowing what, only God knows.

"Father, my son has heard that Zuo Liangyu is dying of illness and is in danger of dying at any time. If he dies, the worst situation will be chaos and chaos in Huguang. With my mountain division here, it will only be a matter of time before we wipe out the chaos, so don't worry " Zhu Cihong gave Chongzhen a reassurance first, and then said: "My son will rush to Tianjin in the near future."

"Has there been a change in Beizhi?" Chongzhen only felt his heart tense, and thought to himself: No wonder there have been no good news recently.

The muscles on Zhu Cihong's face stiffened a lot, and he didn't hide his inner worry, saying: "The progress is a bit uncontrollable."

Chongzhen let out two suppressed laughter from his throat, and comforted him: "Don't worry, there is a saying that illness comes like a mountain, and goes like a thread. To cure my Ming's illness, it is not possible to recover in a day or two. of."

"Uh...what the emperor said is very true."

Chongzhen saw his son's expression was a bit weird, and suddenly he seemed to understand, he laughed and said: "You have never suffered setbacks, victory or defeat is a common thing in military affairs! It is natural when you go with the times, and you are calm when you go against the times. You should also cultivate your mind." gone."

"It's like this... After Xiao Mo came to report that Baoding was besieged by the First Battalion of the First Guards Division, there is now a message from someone in the city who is willing to respond internally. Xiao Donglou in Tianjin sent a message saying that the Donglu offensive is getting weaker and weaker. From the previous day Five or six waves of offensives, and now one or two offensives a day, it is obvious that there is a retreat."

Zhu Cihong breathed a sigh of relief, seeing the muscles on Chongzhen's face twitching, he finally told his father the truth: "I'm afraid Donglu has the intention of fleeing, the recovery of Beijing is just around the corner."

Chongzhen stretched out his hands, shook them upwards, rubbed his face vigorously, and said, "It's always good to get it back sooner."

"It's just that the troops are insufficient." Zhu Cihong said: "After taking back Beijing, there are too many places to defend."

Although the political impact of regaining Beijing can be described as shocking to the world, enough to make poets write poems, the resulting military impact may not be called a good thing.

First of all, we must guard the Shanhaiguan Pass to prevent further invasion by the Eastern Captives; secondly, we must guard the Inner Three Passes to prevent Datong's rebels and Mongolian Tatars from rushing to the city of Beijing; Come to prepare to support the Liaodong Division.

Because of the continuous increase in soldiers, civilian recruitment has become more and more difficult, and it has almost reached a bottleneck.It can be seen that although the quality of recruited soldiers is high, the number is a flaw.If this situation is to be changed, it will take at least five to ten years to transform folk concepts.

Regarding this problem, the solution given by the General Training and General Staff is to recruit people with lesser crimes, more courage, and better health from the hard labor camps and labor camps to supplement them.The advantage of these people is that they have already had a certain degree of discipline training and have high obedience, but their disadvantage is that they have weak fighting will and are unwilling to fight desperately.

In this regard, Zhu Cihong can only adopt the principle of "whether there is" prior to "whether it is good or not", approve the proposals of the two ministries, and ensure the replenishment of frontline soldiers as much as possible.This time when he went to Tianjin, he also wanted to inspect this plan to see how much the resulting decline in combat effectiveness would affect it.

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