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Chapter 791 Group portrait follow-up
In the mid-February of the 12th year of Wanli, the Empress Dowager Cisheng fell ill suddenly, and went to visit her with great condolences, and ordered the governors of the world to find a famous doctor to diagnose and treat the Empress Dowager.
Li Wenquan, the Marquis of Wuqing, resigned from office because of his intellect and stupidity, and he repeatedly persuaded him to stay in the capital. Later, he approved that the affairs of the capital were originally under the control of internal officials and civil servants. Li Wenquan did this, even calmly.
There is Chen Sibao, the second son of Uncle Xiangcheng, Tang Sihai, the youngest son of the Tang family who bought the imperial merchants, and several other relatives and nobles. They are all from the Huwei Martial Arts Academy.
Since Jin Yiwei commanded Tongzhi Wang Tong to go to Shanxi as an imperial envoy, the situation has changed day by day. At first, the sages reprimanded him in the right way. Afterwards, the governor of Datong was already at a loss, and everyone was at a loss, not knowing what to do.
From October of the 11th year of Wanli to February of the 12th year of Wanli, everyone in the capital was in panic. It was rumored that the Ida bandits would destroy Datong and approach the capital. After Jin Yiwei was trained by Wang Tong, he has become a tiger, wolf, eagle and dog. Hearing about the chaos, the chaos will be settled in an instant. Although this matter is meritorious, but such a brave inner guard will surely cause disaster in the future
Laughing at the timidity of the people in the world, they usually claim that the kingdom of heaven is up to the kingdom of all nations, and Wang Tong led the army into the northern border. There is no definite news, but they all think that the army led by Wang Tong was defeated. If you don't have confidence in this, it's sad to think about it. ridiculous
The common people are illiterate and are easily deceived by treachery and evil. Looking at the scholars in the capital today, it is not the case. For no reason, they all call Wang Tong defeated. It is ridiculous to say that in such a peaceful year, there are so many people who think about peace and soldiers. defeated country
Anyone who has experienced these few months has left various records and thoughts, but in less than five months, life is full of vicissitudes, joys, sorrows, joys, changes in the court situation, and repeated battles. It takes turns to appear on stage, which is dizzying.

Those who have experienced it personally, or sigh, or laugh at themselves, or laugh at themselves, all have different feelings, but one thing is true, that is, no one thought that Wang Tong would achieve such a big victory.

The people's emotions were the most direct, and they reacted the fastest. When the news of the great victory came back, the panic and panic that had lasted for a long time in the capital dissipated in an instant, and everyone looked excited.

The wineries and teahouses were crowded with people, and the storyteller also began to tell the story of Wang Tong with a gun and a horse, who defeated more than a hundred generals of the Tartars in one day, and the price of wine, meat, candy and other items in the capital. The sales volume is almost the same as that of a festival, full of joy and joy.

After the news of the great victory came back, it was not the six ministries of the cabinet that were the busiest, but the Secretary of Rites and Supervisors in the inner court and the Secretary of General Affairs in the outer dynasty. Emperor Wanli ordered that all be returned to him without approval.

Those who said that Wang Tong's reckless actions led to the destruction of [-] troops, those who said that Tianjin Wei must send civil officials to manage it, and those who said that the emperor should abandon the bewitching of internal officials and military officials and listen to the words of civil officials are all was sent back.

Seeing the memorial I wrote, and looking at the real situation today, even though there is not a single sentence in the memorial, even though the person who spoke the most violent words was not reprimanded or punished, no thick-skinned person can bear such a situation , as if someone slapped himself hard in the face.

For such a victory, even Emperor Wanli acted so madly that the people below were astonished and stunned. It is conceivable that the civil servants of the capital, misjudged the situation and said the wrong words, were speechless for a while.

During this hustle and bustle, some trivial matters are not noticed. For example, several Qing guests in Wuqinghou's mansion were beaten after they were caught for stealing Wuqinghou's property and fornicating Wuqinghou's daughters. He was half dead, and sent directly to Shuntian Mansion for questioning. This kind of people died as soon as they died, and no one felt sorry for them.

However, in the reports reported to the palace everywhere, it is said that the people from Wuqinghou's mansion were already dead when they were sent to Shuntian mansion, but what is the status of Wuqinghou's family? What is a servant, some things are well known to everyone, and they will pass with their eyes closed.

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After that, there was no news of interruption. A letter of memorial was sent from Guihua City. Under the supervision of Emperor Wanli, the various yamen of the inner and outer courts operated efficiently, and a series of policies were determined.

There are two battalions from Jizhen, 6000 people in total, and 6000 people from Datong. They are the guards of Guihua City. The title goes to guard, and the imperial horse inspector selects two directors, one is proficient in military affairs and manages soldiers, and the other is proficient in economics, manages field trade, and collects taxes.

The leading generals of Guihua City are divided into guards and participating generals, directly under the jurisdiction of the Forbidden Army, and are not under the jurisdiction of Datong and Xuanda.

Because Guihua City is far away from the capital, the guards and generals of Guihua City are given the power of self-determination, and the taxes, food and salaries collected in Guihua City are allowed to be directly paid to the army's salary and rations. This is equivalent to letting the guards of Guihua City Hejun will become a semi-independent state and must be restrained.

This restraint is not about sending civil servants to supervise, but stationing a thousand households in Jinyiwei in the city. Under this thousand households, there are military law sub-divisions, patrolling sub-divisions, and training sub-divisions, which are responsible for public security inside and outside the city, and other people are not allowed to interfere.

Civil affairs were handled by the head of the Yumajian, who was in charge of wealth. In addition to collecting taxes and managing the farm, he also took over the duties of a local official.

However, this local official is also different from other places. Sixty percent of the officials under the Civil Affairs Director are the heads of various chambers of commerce in the city, which also ensures the interests of these chambers of commerce.

In the memorial submitted by Wang Tong, the civil affairs organization of Guihua City has a very strange name called Guihua City Management Committee, referred to as Management Committee.

It is said that Guihua City is isolated outside the Great Wall, and civil affairs are complicated. It cannot be decided by one person, nor can many people shirk each other. There is no decision. Therefore, the interests of all parties must be taken into account. There are also businessmen who do not belong to the Alta tribe, as well as the top figures of the people, all of whom serve as committee members to balance the interests of all parties.

Although Guihua City is surrounded by tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land with abundant produce, the annual donations to the palace will not have any grain. Every year, only the most abundant grain will be selected and sent as a token. The grain in Guihua City will be taken by Shanxi and Shaanxi The grain merchants bought it, and the silver after the trade was sent to the capital in proportion.

All merchants in Guihua City need to register with the government. Only registered merchants can do business in Guihua City and seek the protection of the Guihua City garrison. Otherwise, they will be regarded as illegal.

If you want to be registered, you need to pay a deposit, and then you have to bear obligations, such as relief for certain things, such as the merchant's guards will be called in emergencies.

In addition to more than [-] soldiers and horses, Guihua City also has a policy similar to Tianjin Wei, that is, the Security Army. A certain percentage of people will participate, and those who participate in the training will be exempted from a certain amount of tax. If they can ride a horse to participate as a cavalryman, the tax can even be completely exempted.

Wang Tong wrote about these things, there are really no ancestral rules to talk about, but the speed of passing this matter in the court was much, much faster than Wang Tong thought.

Once there was such a big victory, the authority of Emperor Wanli was greatly improved. After this incident, Empress Dowager Li could hardly find any excuse to interfere, and Wu Qinghou Li Wenquan's move to hand over the position of the capital commander was even more important. It explains something.

Second, the capital has been criticizing these policies endlessly, and the officials and scholars who are the loudest are in a state of disgrace at this time, because they have become a laughing stock and their reputation has plummeted by talking about the war in northern Xinjiang. , is really unwise.

Three times, the ministers of the DPRK and China are not foolish people. Daming has been suppressed by the Tartars for so long, and suddenly there is such a victory and a foothold like Guihua City. It's tidying up, everything can be stabilized before we talk about it.

In the end, no one dared to raise any doubts about what Wang Tong did, for fear of repeating the mistakes made by the public opinion in the capital during the past one or two months. Wrong, it's not too late to talk about it after it's done.

But it is not without controversy. The biggest controversy is that caravans can carry firearms and even light artillery on the grassland. Such military weapons are in the hands of private businessmen, which is really worrying.

However, Wang Tong had already prepared an answer to their question. The caravan’s firearms are not allowed to enter the fortress. When entering Guihua City, the firearms need to be placed in a separate place. It is also registered separately and checked once a year, and offenders will be fined heavily.

Moreover, firearms can only be repaired in Guihua City, and can only be manufactured in Senei. Guihua City and Datong Border Town have more and more powerful firearms. There must be at least two veterans in each caravan as the leader of the guards, otherwise It is not allowed to establish a guard, and it will be punished for misconduct.

Wang Tong’s Memorial also stated that these caravans carried weapons to the four directions, firstly to protect themselves, and secondly to set up a front station for the army, spy on the situation of the Tartars, kill and wound small groups of tribes, and lay a solid foundation for future expansion. Base.

Since it is not in the Great Wall, Guihua City does not know how many years it will be able to occupy, and the land outside Huayi will be left to him. Everyone knows that if Wang Tong really insists, there is nothing they can do.

Of course, the memorial also mentions the confiscation of tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land, countless livestock, countless slaves, and countless gold and silver treasures.
Now the main content of the discussion in the court has become what kind of reward should be given to Wang Tong.
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