Xinzijuan Chapter 179 The wind is rising and the clouds are beginning to move
Hubu public house.
Huang Ruliang paced back and forth impatiently with his hands behind his back, while Wang Yongguang sitting beside him seemed to be really thinking about something.
Yesterday's court meeting was once again chaotic and noisy. Even the ministers in the cabinet were very critical, which put Huang Ruliang's pressure on him.
But the issues raised by the Ministry of War also made the cabinet ministers and the emperor have to think twice.
Guyuan Town was abolished, so where did the tens of thousands of soldiers go?
Some elites are going to Jingxiang Town in the south and merged into Jingxiang Town to participate in the southwest war.
Since the Guyuan Army did not adapt to the geographical climate there in the early stage of the Southwest, the battle situation was unfavorable and they were defeated miserably by the rebels. Therefore, the remaining Guyuan Army was originally unwilling to go to the Southwest. In addition, it had to be disbanded and merged into Jingxiang Town.
They started making noises and demanded to be disbanded on the spot, refusing to go to the southwest to die.
Those soldiers who were eliminated took the opportunity to coerce and demand higher severance expenses. This also directly affected the merger and reorganization of Gansu and Ningxia towns. Some sergeants in Gansu and Ningxia towns took the opportunity to flee and cause chaos, causing chaos throughout the northwest frontier.
This resulted in the entire three sides being paralyzed.
This also made the Tumut people, who had been keeping their peace and quiet, become a little bit impatient.
Since the drought in the northwest has been very serious in the past two years, the situation of the Tumut people outside the border wall is also not good. However, due to the lightning speed shown by Zhou during the Ningxia rebellion, the Tumut people were temporarily
I suppressed my desire to cross the border.
But now there is a rebellion in the southwestern part of the Zhou Dynasty that has not yet been quelled, and three of the four towns on the three sides have fallen into chaos. This situation naturally arouses the thoughts of the Tumut people again.
Although Yulin Town is still relatively stable, it is difficult for Yulin Town alone to support itself. In addition, after Da Zhou regained Shazhou and Hami, the logistics line was too long, which greatly aggravated the difficulty of logistical supply, making the most remote Gansu Town have been
In a state of tight logistics, calls for abandoning Hami and Shazhou arose one after another in the Gansu town and military headquarters.
This was also the original intention of merging Gansu Town and Ningxia Town, but now due to the mutiny of soldiers in the three towns, this plan has been shelved.
The governor of the three towns, Chen Jingxuan, failed to suppress the situation. The censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate attacked and demanded that the court dismiss Chen Jingxuan to calm the chaos in the three towns. However, everyone knew that the most critical problem was that the court did not have enough money to solve the problem.
If there are sufficient financial resources, the two towns of Gansu and Ningxia can not be merged, and Shazhou and Hami can even be retained. It will only cost more in terms of logistics. Guyuan Town can also provide more generous severance pay to the soldiers who are laid off. After all, there are three sides.
After being demobilized, if these soldiers want to go home, they will all face livelihood problems.
"Chen Jingxuan is resigning. It's a good thing. He threw the problem to the court all at once." Huang Ruliang said angrily: "This guy is simply shameless. He can't wait when it is beneficial. When encountering difficulties, he shrinks his head and puts aside his efforts. He doesn't know what he is doing.
How did he do this in the position of governor of the three sides? He has no prestige at all..."
Chen Jingxuan's resignation has been sent to the cabinet and reported to the emperor. Neither the emperor nor the cabinet have made up their minds yet.
But the pressure quickly spread to the Ministry of Household Affairs. Naturally, Huang Ruliang would not care about Chen Jingxuan's resignation. However, Chen Jingxuan also stated the whole story in his resignation letter, which suddenly pushed the Ministry of Household Affairs to the forefront.
The severance fee was too low, the soldiers were noisy, and for more than a year because the court deployed troops in the southwest, it had been in arrears with the military pay to the three sides and four towns. After the Ningxia rebellion, the court finally managed to make up part of the military pay owed to the three sides and four towns. Now it has
How can the sergeants endure the arrears even more than before the Ningxia rebellion?
Now that Guyuan Town has been abolished and two towns in Ningxia, Gansu and Ningxia have been merged, many soldiers who were already very resentful felt that their future was hopeless, so they simply rebelled. Although military generals everywhere can still suppress it, if there is no proper solution strategy
Once it comes out, it will become difficult to say as time goes by.
Chen Jingxuan's refutations and even criticisms in the memorial were directed at the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs. The Ministry of War naturally shifted the responsibility to the Ministry of Household Affairs, and Huang Ruliang, the Minister of Household Affairs, naturally became a target.
Although it has only been less than half a year since Huang Ruliang took over as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, no one is paying attention to your attempts to blame the previous one. Now that you are the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, it should be your responsibility to solve these problems. What happened in the past
I won’t mention it, I’ll let you figure it out now.
"From tomorrow, can we suspend Huaiyang Town, or slow down the progress of Huaiyang Town's establishment, and slow down the allocation of funds first? This can free up some money so that those who take over the trilateral affairs can temporarily pay the trilateral affairs
The situation has stabilized." Wang Yongguang, who had never spoken, couldn't help but said.
It is really hard to feel better about the new household department. He was originally opposed to the establishment of Huaiyang Town. The people in Jiangnan were noisy and noisy all day long. Thousands of Japanese invaders harassed Jiangnan.
They were so scared that they didn't know what the food of those guards in Jiangnan were. They were several times more powerful than the Japanese, but they were led by the Japanese. They fought several battles but failed to eliminate these Japanese. They even ordered people to leave from the Yangtze River.
Escaped.
This also became the most sufficient reason for Nanjing to request the establishment of Huaiyang Town. In addition, the Jiangnan scholars in the DPRK were already powerful, so the formation of Huaiyang Town was really decided upon after two rounds. The people in the Ministry of War were just weaklings.
Ye Xianggao, Fang Congzhe, Gao Panlong, Huang Ruliang and other Jiangnan scholars were all in favor of this matter at that time, but now they are fine and can do nothing.
After hearing Wang Yongguang's suggestion, Huang Ruliang fell silent for a long time before shaking his head: "Youfu, this matter is inappropriate. Nanjing has always been resentful of the imperial court's lack of emphasis on Jiangnan defense, and attached great importance to the establishment of Huaiyang Town. Now what was originally agreed upon is
If the matter has to be delayed, I'm afraid it will only arouse their anger and criticism."
Wang Yongguang sneered, "It's not like we don't want to build anymore, we're just slowing down the construction. Now the imperial court is spending too much money. We need money to suppress the rebellion in the southwest and stabilize the northwest. Can't we see this in Nanjing?"
"They can see that it is not Nanjing but the capital." Huang Ruliang couldn't help but sneered, but the Jiangnan scholars were united. Although there were internal differences, they could not collapse in front of outsiders and could only smile.
Said: "Huaiyang Town is still established according to the established steps. The imperial court has selected candidates and is about to start. This is the strategy determined by Prime Minister Ye and it should not be changed again..."
"What should we do here in the northwest?" Wang Yongguang raised his head, "Now that the Ministry of War is in dire straits, and the ministers in the cabinet are also arguing, can there be another Ningxia counter-insurgency? The money spent is probably more than the money spent to appease these mutinous sergeants.
Countless times more!"
"Hey, the key is who will go to the northwest to take charge of the overall situation. There is no suitable candidate." Huang Ruliang also knew that there were endless debates within the court and could not recommend a suitable candidate to go to the northwest to take charge of the overall situation, so he did not dare to agree to Chen Jingxuan's resignation.
Time goes back twenty years. Before the Jianzhou Jurchens became the biggest enemy of the Zhou Dynasty, the Tumuts had always been a serious concern of the Zhou Dynasty. However, with the rise of the Jianzhou Jurchens, the Mongolian right wing ushered in a low ebb.
, especially the dispute between Bu Shitu and Su Nang, which greatly dispersed the strength of the Tumut people, making it difficult for them to pose a great threat to the northwest border of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
But this does not mean that there is no threat to the Tumuts. Once the Great Zhou shows its weakness and weakness in the northwest, these Mongols will immediately turn into wild wolves and rush towards the Great Zhou crazily, striving to win over the Great Zhou.
A few pieces of flesh and blood were torn off from their bodies to make up for the losses they had suffered during years of drought.
If there is no general who can stabilize the situation to take charge of the three sides, the situation in the northwest will inevitably deteriorate.
"Zishu (Chai Ke) is actually not suitable." Wang Yongguang mused: "Although he served as governor of the three sides, it was only for a short time, and it happened to be at the time when the imperial court's suppression of rebellion was over and morale was at its peak.
I think we still need a veteran who is experienced in fighting to be able to stabilize the situation in the northwest."
Huang Ruliang also agrees with Wang Yongguang's point of view. Civil servants can take command temporarily, but this is when the soldiers below are serving their orders. In a mess like the northwest, it is difficult for anyone to go there. There is not enough prestige, and the arrogant soldiers below are full of resentment.
Will be able to listen to you?
In fact, both Wang Ziteng and Niu Jizong were suitable, but the court did not dare to let them go. Even Niu Jizong, now the governor of Xuanda, was wary and had always wanted to change people. However, he could not find a suitable candidate.
I was worried about causing unnecessary turmoil, so I held back for the time being.
"Then there is only Feng Tang." Huang Ruliang sighed lightly, "But how can Feng Tang be separated from the situation in Liaodong? The situation in Liaodong finally stabilized and withstood the Jurchen offensive in Jianzhou, and now Feng Tang is on good terms again
I have won over the Inner Khalkhas and the Haixi Jurchens. If he leaves, I am afraid that the situation will change again, and the imperial court cannot afford such a risk."
"Zishu's intention is that Feng Tang can temporarily rescue the emergency. When the counter-insurgency war in the southwest is over and the situation in the northwest calms down, Yang He can take over and Feng Tang can return to Liaodong." Wang Yongguang said thoughtfully: "I do.
I think this is okay. The imperial court will do its best to resolve the southwest war within a year. Feng Tang will spend a year sorting out the three sides, and Yang He will almost be able to take over."
"Well, that's okay." Huang Ruliang was quite moved, and then smiled again, "You said that our two ministers in the household department are worrying about the people in the military department..."
"Hey, the country is in dire straits, how can you and I still consider these sectarian opinions?" Wang Yongguang also sighed, "The emperor is not in good health. I am really worried that he will be sad this year."
Huang Ruliang was stunned, "Youfu, do you also have this premonition?"
Wang Yongguang smiled bitterly and said: "Don't you know how serious the drought will be in the entire Northland this year starting tomorrow?"
