The Prosperous Era of Longwan

"The Burmese king Mang Yinglong is so bold that he attacked Mubang by surprise. He is now gathering troops to besiege Mengyang. He has also sent a large army to block traffic on the border of our Ming Dynasty."

Tan Lun introduced, "This is an urgent report from Yunnan. Wang Ning also sent the news to Li Chengliang. I think the army should enter Yunnan."

Wei Guangde was relieved when he heard that it was about Yunnan, but he still said with a serious face: "After all, the court has predicted it. With Li Chengliang there and Mu Changzuo, I think the situation will not be too bad."

"Since the Burmese king has done this, the court still has to question it and let Li Chengliang supervise the southwest troops to participate in the rebellion as soon as possible and end the war as soon as possible."

Zhang Juzheng said, then turned his head to look He said to Wei Guangde: "I remember that Shandai had intended to let the Nanhai Navy pass Mancijia to threaten Myanmar from the south.

Now that the situation has developed according to the previous speculation, I think it is better to give orders to Yu Dayou as soon as possible, ordering him to lead his troops to Jiugang as soon as possible, and after receiving the remnants of Zhang Lian, take them to Myanmar to make achievements and wash away the crimes on their bodies."

"The surrendered soldiers under Lin Feng can also be taken with them, so that they can fight for the court.

It is impossible to do evil and not pursue it after surrendering."

Wei Guangde continued, "At this time, the Ministry of War should report to the two ministries as soon as possible."

At this time, Zhang Juzheng had quickly read the urgent memorial of Wang Ning, the governor of Yunnan, which was almost the same as what Tan Lun said.

After reading the memorial, Zhang Juzheng handed it to Wei Guangde and asked him to take a look, and then he would have to submit it in the form of a draft.

"Okay, then I will go to the ministry immediately and ask someone to draft the document."

Tan Lun agreed and was about to go out.

He rushed back this time because he received an urgent report from the Ministry of War.

"Wait."

Just when Tan Lun was about to step out of the house, Wei Guangde suddenly stopped him again.

"What's wrong, Shandai?"

Tan Lun stopped and turned back to ask in confusion.

"Li Chengliang is the left governor, and there is also a governor Wang Ning in Yunnan. In addition, Mu Changzuo, the Duke of Qian and the general of Yunnan, is still holding the seal of the general of the Southern Expedition. Who is in charge of whom among the three people in Yunnan?"

Wei Guangde also suddenly remembered this matter. When planning to use troops against Myanmar and intending to open up the western seaport of the Ming Dynasty, he only thought of using Li Chengliang, but forgot that there were many obstacles in the local area.

Yes, this is actually the place that the upper level often does not take into account when planning national policies.

In their thinking, the lower level naturally does things according to their thinking, but ignores that the local areas often have their own demands.

Then, when good policies are implemented in the local area, they go astray, and good policies eventually become bad policies. Not only do they not achieve good results, but they make the situation worse.

At the military level, there are naturally three giants in the local area, who should be in charge of whom, and who will make the final decision.

Undoubtedly, under normal circumstances, the power of Wang Ning, the governor of Yunnan, is the greatest.

Although he is a governor, not a governor-general, he should not be in charge of military affairs.

But the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty still have this nature. Ask which local governor does not control the military leader.

In fact, such a situation is also something that the court is happy to see.

However, at this point, Wei Guangde is more concerned about the smooth implementation of the military plan. He is not a pure civil servant in essence, so he will naturally not ignore the problem of civil servants suppressing military generals.

In his eyes, he pursues victory, not who has the greatest credit.

"This."

Tan Lun hesitated slightly before saying: "It should still be based on the opinion of Governor Wang Ning."

"If the war is not going well, who will be responsible?"

Wei Guangde asked directly.

"Of course it's Li Chengliang and Mu Changzuo.

One of them is the governor of the right army, and the other is the general of Yunnan. If the war doesn't go well, it's naturally their responsibility."

Tan Lun said naturally.

This is the principle of the current Ming officialdom. The most powerful must be the civil officials, and once the military fails, the blame will be on the military generals.

It can be imagined that if that time really comes, the unlucky one will not be Mu Changzuo, the Duke of Qian, but Li Chengliang, the left governor.

Who told him that he has no background, so he became a scapegoat.

But Wei Guangde is not looking for a scapegoat, but to achieve his own goals.

The command power is not in Li Chengliang's hands, so naturally Li Chengliang's quality cannot be tested.

Wei Guangde is naturally not happy to hand over the command power of the war to Wang Ning.

So, Wei Guangde looked at Zhang Juzheng and said, "Brother Uncle, do you think Governor Wang is suitable for this?"

At first, Wei Guangde wanted to move him away, but later Zhang Juzheng came forward to protect him, so he continued to stay in Yunnan and wait for an opportunity to transfer him away.

It has been delayed until now, and the war is about to start.

It is naturally inappropriate to change the generals at this time, but it is also inappropriate for Wang Ning, the head of Yunnan officials, to take over the command.

Zhang Juzheng knew what Wei Guangde meant, and thought for a moment before saying, "Wang Ning is only a governor, and should not interfere in military affairs.

The cabinet and the Ministry of War jointly issued a letter to remind him to fulfill his duties and mainly lead the military preparations to ensure the food and supplies of the army, and not to interfere in other matters."

Wei Guangde nodded with satisfaction and smiled, "Shandai also thinks that this is the way to go.

Li Chengliang and Mu Changzuo are both brave generals on the battlefield. It is not easy to deal with the Burmese army, but it is more than enough.

Let Li Chengliang be the main general, the main attacker, and Mu Changzuo be the deputy general, to ensure border security and transport food and supplies for the army. What do you think, brother Zili?"

Wei Guangde directly pushed Li Chengliang to the stage to preside over the military operation against Myanmar.

If he won, he would be made a marquis and appointed as prime minister. If he lost, the Li family would be completely expelled from the Ming Dynasty.

After listening to Wei Guangde's words, Tan Lun understood that he was going to push another military commander.

Previously, Wei Guangde pushed Ma Fang. Because of the praise of Emperor Jiajing, Ma Fang's position in the border town was stabilized and improved.

Then it was Yu Dayou, and then Qi Jiguang.

Tan Lun was actually familiar with these two people.

After all, when suppressing the Japanese in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Tan Lun had dealt with them, especially Qi Jiguang, who had been suppressing the Japanese in Zhejiang for many years. The two of them had close contact, and Qi Jiguang was actually his general most of the time.

It was also because of the familiarity that he valued him more. After arriving in the capital, Qi Jiguang found him to tell him about his difficulties in the capital, and Tan Lun brought him to Wei Guangde without saying a word.

Now think about it, Ma Fang is already living in Datong, old, time is not forgiving.

And what about Yu Dayou?

Although he can still jump around for a few more years, he is also old.

Many people may like Huo Qubing because he is the youngest god of war in Chinese history.

At the age of 17, he was appointed as the commander of the cavalry by Emperor Wu of Han to attack the Xiongnu in the north. Huo Qubing led 800 cavalry and drove more than 100 miles in the south of the desert, killing more than 2,000 Xiongnu and was named the champion marquis.

At the age of 19, Huo Qubing was appointed as the general of the cavalry and conquered the two tribes of Hunye King and Xiutu King again, killing more than 40,000 enemies in total. From then on, the Han Dynasty controlled the Hexi region.

In 119 BC, Huo Qubing, 22 years old, led his army north again for more than 2,000 miles, annihilated more than 70,000 people from the Xiongnu Zuoxian King's tribe, flattened the Xiongnu sacred place Langjuxu Mountain along the way, and held a heaven-sacrificing ceremony at Langjuxu Mountain. Since then, the Xiongnu fled to the north of the desert, and there was no royal court in the south of the desert.

The impression given is that the younger the general, the better, because such people are aggressive and dare to fight.

But in fact, the court would never look at this when selecting generals under normal circumstances.

When selecting generals, middle-aged generals are generally selected. Such people have experience and generally will not rush forward easily.

Whether it is Ma Fang or Yu Dayou, or Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang, they all started to really prosper in middle age.

Because the previous war experience has become experience, allowing them to calmly deal with different battle situations and do it with ease.

Okay, I'm getting off track.

Compared with Ma Fang and Yu Dayou, Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang seem younger.

In fact, Yu Dayou is ten years older than Ma Fang.

However, due to years of fighting in the northern border and suffering in his childhood, Ma Fang's physical function has declined more, so the two look similar together.

Whether it is Yu Dayou or Ma Fang, they can barely fight again, but there is not much time left.

It is time for the Ming Dynasty to create a new war god between the north and the south.

Obviously, Wei Guangde intends to keep Qi Jiguang in the north and Li Chengliang in the south, and Tan Lun will naturally not stop it.

The Ming Dynasty has a vast territory and huge differences between the north and the south.

Although the threat is mainly concentrated in the north, don't forget that Li Chengliang is a native of Liaodong. Even if he goes to the south, he will not be unfamiliar with this place.

If necessary, he can be transferred back at any time.

Tan Lun's guess is actually what Wei Guangde thought.

And the reason why Wei Guangde chose to let Li Chengliang go to the south is mainly because Li Chengliang has enough sons, and he can send two to the mountains and two to the sea. Anyway, the Ming Dynasty is expanding outward now, and it is time to need manpower.

The saying that a general's son is a tiger is not just a casual remark, but it actually makes sense.

Although the nine sons of a dragon are different, most of the children born from a general's family are arrogant and have a spirit of not admitting defeat, which is the most suitable for the military.

In addition, with the family's precepts and deeds, they can get started faster than others.

Wei Guangde did not want Li Chengliang to go to the north because he was afraid that if Nurhaci was gone, some other Hachi would appear, so he moved him to the south early.

However, what he didn't know was that Nurhaci was still living well in Liaodong at this time, and was not killed by the Ming army at all. His grandfather and father were still in Jian, and they were all loyal to the Ming Dynasty at this time.

At least now, Nurhaci did not have the idea of ​​opposing the Ming Dynasty.

Because his family relied on the Ming Dynasty in many places.

Zhang Juzheng did not object to Wei Guangde's proposal. He saw that Wei Guangde used Myanmar to test the knife to see whether the quality of this former Liaodong general officer could be used freely.

Zhang Juzheng and Wei Guangde were too similar. They were both born in military households, so naturally they didn't have too many prejudices against military generals.

As long as they could fight and protect the country and the people, he was willing to use them.

Unlike other civil officials, they looked down on military generals.

"By the way, isn't Qi Jimei the general commander of Guizhou? The Ministry of War can also send an order to let him go to the battlefield in Myanmar to try."

Wei Guangde proposed again.

The Qi family was a military household. Later generations only knew that there was a Qi Jiguang, but in fact he had a brother named Qi Jimei, who was promoted to the general commander of Guizhou by virtue of Qi Jiguang.

This may be the reason why Qi Jiguang was not finally granted a title of nobility. His merits were shared among the family and he enjoyed his influence.

They were all left generals, and there was no room for promotion, so they could only benefit their families.

The title was not given so casually.

If there was no one to help speak for you, you basically couldn't get it.

Wei Guangde proposed to use Qi Jimei, and he also wanted to see if the brothers of the Qi family were all capable.

Where did Qi Jiguang's previous glory go? Look at what kind of people his brothers are.

"Okay."

Tan Lun didn't care, it was just a transfer of a general officer.

"That's it, that's all I can think of, uncle, see if there's anything else I need to pay attention to."

Wei Guangde thought about it again and felt that there was nothing to add, so he looked at Zhang Juzheng and asked.

"I don't have anything to emphasize, the rest is up to the Ministry of War."

Zhang Juzheng said.

"Then I'll go to the government office first, and then I'll send the official document to the cabinet after it's drafted."

Tan Lun immediately said goodbye and left the cabinet.

As soon as Tan Lun left, Wei Guangde also stood up and said goodbye.

"Sir, Minister Wang of the Ministry of Revenue has arrived."

Just as he was leaving, he saw Wang Guoguang of the Ministry of Revenue standing at the door.

Wei Guangde bowed to him, and Wang Guoguang immediately returned the greeting.

Wang Guoguang was called by Zhang Juzheng, and naturally he was arranging the tax increase in Yuegang.

Although the idea was from Wei Guangde, he didn't want to get involved too much, so he didn't stay and went back to his duty room to work.

However, Wei Guangde didn't know that after he left, Wang Guoguang knew that the cabinet planned to increase taxes in Yuegang, and would collect 30% tax based on the value of goods, and immediately frowned.

"Why, Ruguan, is this difficult to do?"

Seeing Wang Guoguang's reaction, Zhang Juzheng asked.

"Uncle, you probably don't know the ratio of Yuegang tax distribution. If the tax is really increased according to this, whether it can be received or not is not mentioned for the time being, but for the Ministry of Revenue, there is not much increase in income.

The big part, all went into the palace."

In fact, Wang Guoguang had already calculated how much it would increase when he heard about the tax increase.

But he was in pain because the silver could not flow into the Ministry of Revenue.

"Uncle, I think we should discuss with Eunuch Feng to change the share of the silver."

Wang Guoguang suggested.

"At the beginning, the palace took half, and the Ministry of Revenue and the local governments shared the other half. This was decided by Shandai to prevent the opening of Yuegang from being aborted halfway.

In the early years, only tens of thousands of taels of tax were collected each year. If it was proposed at that time, it might be feasible.

But according to the current tax amount, I am afraid that the palace will not agree."

Zhang Juzheng felt a little headache, but then he said: "Although a large amount of tax silver will not flow into the Ministry of Revenue, correspondingly, the inner court has such a large amount of silver income, and the silver allocated to the inner court by the Ministry of Revenue this year can be reduced.

Not to mention more, 300,000 or 500,000 taels is always possible.

With one in and one out, the Ministry of Revenue's income will still exceed one million taels of silver."

Zhang Juzheng explained.

"That's what I said."

No one would complain about too much silver. Zhang Juzheng's words made sense, but Wang Guoguang still wanted to fight for it.

However, Zhang Juzheng did not give him a chance, but interrupted him and said: "I will tell you the truth. This is actually the reason why Shandai divided the shares in this way.

At that time, several of us in the cabinet agreed. Except for the income of the palace, the shortfall was made by the Ministry of Revenue.

As long as there is more silver in the inner court, the gap that the Ministry of Revenue needs to fill will be smaller."

Zhang Juzheng said this, and also clearly told Wang Guoguang that it was impossible to adjust the tax silver share of Yuegang, and told him to give up the idea.

"Then, it has to be like this."

At this point, he had nothing to say.