Li Chengliang was originally going to Liaoyang to visit Gao Jingshi, but unfortunately, when he sent someone to Liaoyang to inform him of his trip, Gao Jingshi had already left Liaoyang and boarded a ship and took the waterway, so he did not receive the news at all.
And Li Chengliang himself obviously couldn't walk faster than the messenger. He took five hundred servants by land and arrived at Niuzhuang Mayi this afternoon. Then he learned that Gao pragmatically had settled in Dongchang Fort, twenty miles northwest - Gao
Pragmatism is a boat that disembarks from Sancha River Pier (the water village of Jinghua), which is very close to Dongchang Fort.
Li Chengliang was surprised at first, because he didn't know that Gao pragmatic was asked by Zhu Yijun to return to Beijing to report on his work.
After the postmaster of Niuzhuang Mayi took out the official document from Gao Futai ordering Li Chengliang to take full control of military affairs in western Liaoning, Li Chengliang couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief and said to himself: Fortunately, I didn't miss it. If I missed it, I wouldn't see him for at least a month or two, which would be a waste of time.
thing.
Then I thought about it and suddenly thought of a big question: Didn't Gao Jingshi just take up his new job? Why was he immediately recalled to Beijing to report on his duties? He has only been in office for two or three months, what is there to say? Could it be that the imperial court
Is there anything you don't understand about Gao Pragmatic's last "market circle plan" that you have to ask him to explain in person?
But this is not right! Ye He is just a Jurchen, with less than 10,000 soldiers, and he is not ranked at all in the eyes of the court. Even killing the second chief Ye He is not a big deal. Gao Pragmatic can do this because of "
"Market Encirclement Plan" and the Right Minister of the Ministry of War, it was just because more than two thousand people were beheaded...so the imperial court should not have recalled Gao Pangshi to the capital just for this matter.
Li Chengliang stroked his beard and thought about it, always feeling that there was something strange about this matter. After a while, he expanded the scope of his thinking from Liaodong and thought to himself: Could it be because of the war in Yunnan?
But Gao Pragmatism has little to do with the war in Yunnan. He has patrolled Guangxi and pacified Annan. However, although Yunnan and Guangxi are neighboring provinces, the situation is very different. Even if the emperor trusts this classmate very much, he wants to
Asking for advice is also asking for help from the blind!
The similarity between Yunnan and Guangxi is that they both have a lot of toast, but relatively speaking, Guangxi is "simpler" than Yunnan, because Guangxi toast is owned by the internal government, and there are two giants, Cen and Huang.
If you can control the Cen and Huang families, you can control the toast of Guangxi.
Yunnan is different, and the situation is even more complicated. First of all, the chieftains in Yunnan are divided into internal and external (note: they are called "belly" and "waibian" in "Yunnan Chronicles" during the Zhengde period). Internal and external
The triangular relationship between Fu and the imperial court was complicated, and Lucchuan chieftain was originally the most troublesome in the early Ming Dynasty.
Secondly, Yunnan's imperial institutions are also quite special. The main special point is the existence of Prince Mu's Mansion. "Prince Mu's Mansion" is a common name among the people, and the official name of the court is called the Duke of Guizhou's Mansion. Since the Mu family has been in Yunnan for a long time and has great authority, "respect"
"I would like to be a prince", so the people of Yunnan call it Prince Mu's Palace.
Mu's official position in guarding Yunnan is to be the chief military officer of Yunnan. Logically speaking, the troops under his jurisdiction are nothing more than the local guards and local chieftains. However, the imperial court has a special charter, and it is an ancestral charter, allowing the Mu family to act in emergencies.
The troops stationed in neighboring provinces (Sichuan and Guizhou) can be deployed.
And even if there is no "emergency" reason to mobilize the provincial garrison, the fact that the Mu family can mobilize the chieftains is also very powerful, because the Mu family has been in Yunnan for a long time, and the relationship with the chieftains is obviously a hundred times closer than the governors and other officials who were exiled from the imperial court.
Therefore, those chieftains who obeyed the imperial court were actually obeying Mu's orders.
To put it in a more heart-wrenching way, that is, "I only recognize Prince Mu, but I don't know Emperor Zhu." In this situation, the situation in Yunnan is even more complicated. The governor of Yunnan may also be the most powerful among all the governors of the Ming Dynasty to suppress the general soldiers of the province.
The most incompetent governor is worse than Liaodong.
Therefore, Li Chengliang does not think that the emperor's recall of Gao Jingshi to Beijing has anything to do with the situation in Yunnan - Gao Jingshi is already the governor, and even a smooth transfer of the Yunnan governor is obviously impossible, because Gao Jingshi relies on his unique background and prestige to stabilize the south and the north.
, now even I, Li Chengliang, can't bear it, how can I stand the real Tu Emperor Yunnan Mu Mansion?
If Gao Jingshi really went to Yunnan, he would probably have to start a war between a powerful dragon and a local snake before he could reach an agreement with Mu Mansion. This is something the court absolutely does not want to see at this moment.
But if it wasn't because of the market plot or the war in Yunnan, then why did the emperor ask him to return to Beijing? It can't be said that after not seeing him for more than half a year, the emperor just missed his classmate so much that he threw aside the court rules.
Come on!
If this is the case, I shouldn't even think about negotiating with Gao Pragmatic. When I go to see him tonight, I can just kowtow and beg for mercy without saying a word.
That being said, Li Chengliang still didn't think the relationship between these two classmates could be as good as this.
After all, there are differences between monarch and minister, and the emperor is new to power, and he doesn't seem to be as out-of-character as Wuzong back then, so he shouldn't be so unreasonable.
This doubt suddenly became another thorn in Li Chengliang's heart. As he thought about it, he became suspicious and thought: Could it be that Gao Pingshi found out some big problem in Kaiyuan, so he decided to return to Beijing?
Under the guise of debriefing, he actually went to file a complaint in person, right?
This idea shocked Li Chengliang himself. Ning Yuanbo, who had been able to remain calm in the face of tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry for ten years, was now pounding in his heart, thinking to himself: Could it be that this guy wants to frame me?
Li Chengliang knew in his heart that he must have a bad ass in Kaiyuan, and even more than Kaiyuan? Tieling, Kaiyuan, Guangning, Liaoyang, Kuandian, Ningyuan, these are just the highlights, in fact, in the entire Liaodong
, where is his Li family's property? Gao Jingshi is the owner of the giant beast Jinghua. How can the businessman's affairs be hidden from Jinghua? As long as Gao Jingshi is willing to investigate, there is no reason why he can't find out.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! However, it stands to reason that among all the generals in the world, which one does not make money? Generals who do not make money would have been dead long ago - if you don’t have money, you will have nothing.
Servant, if you go to the battlefield without a servant, you will lose your life. No matter how powerful you are, it will be in vain.
Qi Jiguang didn't have many servants at the beginning of the war. If he hadn't relied on his excellent shooting to kill the Japanese pirate leader with one arrow, this commander who had been famous for decades would have been defeated in the first battle.
Who among the current famous generals and marshals or the so-called generals are trying their best to make money? As for whether to support the family or squander it on oneself after making money, that is just a different approach. There is no difference in the matter of making money.
Of course, making money is the same as fighting. There is a gap in level, and there is also a gap in capital. Although a person like Liu Xian is very capable, he is from a low background and the objects he fights against are "worthless", so making money will naturally be difficult.
Not very good.
Ma Fang's conditions are actually better than Liu Xian's. Although he has a lower background, he is in a good position. He is a key border town like Xuanda near the capital, and he also commands cavalry. It is a good place to make money, but
In Li Chengliang's opinion, this time the veteran who was born as a human being was not very bright. The money he earned could only support a few cavalrymen, and the remaining money was always spent on building Huihui Temple, which was a waste.
In his early years, when he was still serving as deputy commander-in-chief, Li Chengliang thought that if he had been Ma Fang, the cavalry servants under his command would have exceeded 10,000 at least during the Gengshu Incident.
What Li Chengliang is most worried about now is that he still can't figure out the reason why Gao Pragmatic keeps targeting him. The last time the family discussed this matter, they didn't come up with a result.
Now that Gao Pragmatic is suddenly going back to Beijing, this worry is even more serious: since all the military generals in the world are making money, and although I am making a little more money, considering my past military achievements and the strength at hand, the emperor should not
This reason will destroy the Great Wall. So if Gao Pragmatic wants to bring me down, it is unlikely that he will just start looking for evidence by making money...
Could it be that... he wants to slander me for evil intentions?
Li Chengliang suddenly shuddered.
To be fair, Li Chengliang really didn't have such thoughts as scheming against evil intentions. If nothing else, let me just say this: Liaodong alone could not support his 40,000 servants, so he would not be foolish enough to "scheme against nefarious ideas."
Even though Liaodong was poor, it was actually possible to support 40,000 cavalry, but that was subject to the precondition that Li Chengliang had to contribute money himself - now he also contributes money, but in a different way.
The current Li Jiajun is paid by the imperial court, but the Li Jiajun does not only rely on military pay, because the standard of military pay is obviously not high enough, and it actually only accounts for about 40% of normal expenses.
The Li Jiajun also had three major financial sources: first, rewards from the imperial court for military exploits; second, looting during the war; and third, the "subsidy" given by Li Chengliang.
The proportions of these three major financial sources are not fixed. Generally speaking, the highest one is the military merit reward from the court, and this amount of money is relatively stable.
The most unstable thing is looting. When fighting Mongolia, you can usually only grab some horses, cattle and sheep. The cattle and sheep are basically used as rewards directly and are digested internally. The horses are mostly used to supplement the battle losses or expand the stable stock.
It is difficult to “sell” for money;
On the contrary, when fighting the Jurchens, it is more profitable to plunder this area, because the Jurchens are not nomadic, but fishermen and hunters, and many have even started farming. These tribes have stockades, and there are more or less stocks in the stockades, such as furs and ginseng.
, deer antlers, dongzhu, etc., anything can be exchanged for money.
However, there is a difference between the Jurchens and the Mongols. The Mongols can fight at will, but the Jurchens cannot. Most of them are subject to the supervision of the court and cannot beat others indiscriminately. This limits the income of the Li family army...
And it is precisely because of the instability of looting profits that the amount of subsidies Li Chengliang himself needs cannot be stable. In financial terms, the amount of looting profits and Li Chengliang's subsidy amount are "negatively related": the more looting, the less people need subsidies.
; The less you grab, the more you need subsidies.
If Li Chengliang really had evil intentions and planned to separate Liaodong, first of all, there would be no hope of military pay and rewards from the imperial court, and these two sums of money were originally the bulk of the money. Secondly, it would be impossible to plunder at will, relying on a corner of Liaodong.
With the support of the imperial court, if you can defend your homeland, you will burn incense and go out to plunder. This is because you feel that your death is not happy enough.
But if there is no military pay and rewards from the imperial court, and there is no way to go out and plunder, how will the army of more than 40,000 people be fed with a lot of money? Li Chengliang can only pay for it himself, but in that case, the Li family's entire family will be ruined.
After entering, it is also necessary to consider how Liaodong alone can gain a stable foothold.
Therefore, there is really no "intention of evil". Li Chengliang was just afraid of poverty and deeply understood the importance of status and money, so he continued to expand his strength to improve his status in the court and Liaodong, and continued to accumulate wealth.
To ensure that this wealth can last long.
It wasn't until Gao Pragmatic started "targeting him everywhere" that he became alert and began to constantly ponder Gao Pragmatic's motives, so much so that he was now so suspicious that he almost had a nervous breakdown.
Fortunately, he has decided to find out the reason tonight.
Li Chengliang was very polite when he came to visit Gao Pangshi. There was far less pomp and circumstance than usual. He only brought 500 servants with him when he went to Liaoyang. When he came to Dongchang Fort from Niuzhuang Mayi, he even brought only
There were more than twenty personal guards.
Standing in Dongchang Fort, surrounded by the seemingly polite servants of Zhang Wanbang, Li Chengliang tried his best to maintain his demeanor as a Liaodong commander, majestic but not arrogant, distinguished but not overbearing, standing with his hands behind his back, closing his eyes and concentrating.
Until Zhang Wanbang hurried back and said politely: "Commander, I have an invitation from Futai."
Although Zhang Wanbang is a direct descendant of high pragmatism, after all, Li Chengliang is the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, so according to the system, Zhang Wanbang is his subordinate general, and it is completely reasonable to call him commander-in-chief.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! However, Li Chengliang always felt that Zhang Wanbang's "Commander" was very insincere. Although it seemed polite, it clearly showed a kind of alienation, which was far inferior to the local generals in Liaodong.
It came out so naturally.
But Li Chengliang didn't care about Zhang Wanbang's thoughts now. He just opened his eyes and glanced at him, nodded slightly, and then started to untie the cloak. (Note: The Ming Dynasty cloak was different from the cloak. The cloak had sleeves and a straight collar.
With slits on both sides, the style of the cloak is more in line with modern people's concept of "cloak".)
Although Li Pinghu behind him was withdrawn and arrogant when facing others, he took the initiative to take Li Chengliang's cloak and asked: "Commander, subordinates, wait..."
"Waiting." Li Chengliang was not polite and directly asked them to wait here. Li Pinghu was not dissatisfied. After accepting the order, he took two steps back and stood motionless.
Li Chengliang himself said to Zhang Wanbang: "Sanxi, please help me lead the way."
Although Zhang Wanbang did not have much respect for Li Chengliang, after all, as a subordinate, he still had to follow the rules of face. Hearing this, he hurriedly said: "Commander, you are very polite. Please come with your humble position."
So Zhang Wanbang led Li Chengliang to the courtyard where Gao Jingshi was temporarily staying. At this time, the inside and outside of the courtyard were guarded by Gao Jingshi's Fubiao soldiers. Not to mention the three floors inside and the outside, they also had one sentry every three steps and one post every step.
abnormal.
When Li Chengliang saw it, he was a little surprised. He couldn't help but ask Zhang Wanbang: "The public security near Dongchang Fort has been unstable recently? Why is it like facing a formidable enemy?"
In fact, what Li Chengliang was worried about was whether Gao Jingshi's suspicion of him had become so serious that he would have to step up his guard even when they met? If that was the case, the problem would not be as serious as usual.
However, Zhang Wanbang grinned and said: "The commander is joking, how can Dongchang Fort be so unstable? Although there are several gangsters in Liaodong, no matter how violent the gangsters are, they can never defeat the Tatars. How could they come here?"
Is there something happening in Dongchang Fort?"
After a slight pause, he added: "As for Futai, according to my understanding, it has always been so tightly guarded. After all, you also know that Jinghua..."
Li Chengliang suddenly looked stunned and stopped asking any more questions. He nodded slightly to Zhang Wanbang and walked straight in. At the same time, he reached out and took off his black gauze hat, holding it on his chest with one hand.
After entering the courtyard, there were naturally Fu Biao's soldiers leading the way. Li Chengliang originally thought that Gao Pragmatic, as the youngest Fu Biao, might be arrogant at this time and sit in the hall waiting for him to see him.
Unexpectedly, the two Fubiao guards ushered him into the flower hall, and as soon as he entered the side courtyard, they found Gao Pragmatic, wearing a sapphire blue robe, standing outside the flower hall, looking at him with a smile.
"Brother Ruqi, are you okay?"
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