Zhu Yijun's guess was not in-depth. He just subconsciously guessed based on his highly pragmatic habits that he was probably planning a divorce, or to put it more bluntly, he was planning a disintegration.
Gao Jingshi's idea was basically in line with his guess, but he thought a little more. But just as Gao Jingshi was about to explain clearly, he heard footsteps outside. He and Zhu Yijun looked at each other, and both of them were silent for a while.
"Your Majesty, the Chief of Ceremony has just received a letter from Gao Guangxian, the governor of the three sides. Do you want to read it now?"
This voice is Chen Ju's.
Chen Ju knew that Gao Guangxian was here, and he was a cautious person, so the fact that he still came to present Gao Guangxian's essay shows that this essay must be very important.
Both Zhu Yijun and Gao Pragmatic understood this, so they looked at each other for a moment, and after making eye contact, Zhu Yijun said: "Bring it in."
Chen Ju then came in and presented a book of essays with both hands.
Zhu Yijun took a look and saw that this document should have passed through the cabinet. It contained Shen Shixing's vote, but the vote was written extremely simply: "It will be reviewed by the Ministry of War." - that is, wait for the answer from the Ministry of War first.
Zhu Yijun snorted lightly and said nothing else. He opened the essay and read it. He frowned after just reading one or two lines. He quickly scanned the entire text and handed it to Gao Pragmatic without saying a word. But when Gao Pragmatic took it with both hands,
But he couldn't help but said: "You are also a senior official in the Ministry of War. After reading this, you can directly overturn it on behalf of the Ministry of War."
Huh?
Gao Pingshi was a little surprised. Although I am also a senior official in the Ministry of War, my actual job as Zuo Shilang is in charge of the Beijing camp. How come I am asked to represent the Ministry of War to appeal to the three governors?
However, after thinking about it, he couldn't make any assumptions before seeing the content of the essay, so he silently opened the essay and started reading.
This essay is a bit long-winded. It first tells that the budgets of the three sides have been greatly reduced this year, and all kinds of errands have been difficult to do. No wonder Zhu Yijun frowned when he read the beginning. After all, the decision to temporarily reduce the military pay of the three sides this year is
He made it himself.
Then, Gao Guangxian changed the subject and talked about the fall of Xining. In fact, there was nothing to say. In short, it was all the fault of Yongchang Guard. The commander of Yongchang Guard deserved death - he had already
He took it first.
Of course, it was as easy as drinking cold water for the Governor of the Three Sides to take the next command, but I am afraid that there are some problems with Gao Guangxian's writing - not that there is a problem with the wording and sentence making, but that there is something wrong with the attitude he showed. In his essays, this
No one is responsible for this matter, only Yongchang Guard is responsible, so after punishing the commander of Yongchang Guard, everything will be fine.
This style of high pragmatism is very familiar, but not very familiar - shirk of blame is a very familiar officialdom routine, but you, the governor of the three sides, are also the number one boss of Yongchang Wei. If Yongchang Wei committed something, you should at least mention it.
Speaking of "taking leadership responsibility", how is it possible to be completely non-conforming? No wonder Zhu Yijun's face looks ugly.
Gao Pingshi sighed inwardly, but his face remained as calm as ever, and he continued to look down.
Then Gao Guangxian finally got down to business. He mentioned that as soon as the news of the loss in Xining reached Guyuan, he responded and ordered the governor of Gansu, Cao Zideng, and the commander-in-chief of Gansu, Liu Chengsi, to immediately make arrangements and lead the army to march.
Suppress and wait for an opportunity to recapture Xining.
In fact, this is not a big problem. After all, in the eyes of the imperial court, if anything happens to the three sides, they should go to the governors of the three sides. In the eyes of the governors of the three sides, if there is something in Gansu, they must first go to the governor of Gansu and the Gansu General Soldier.
One level suppresses the other. This has always been the case in all dynasties.
But the problem lies below. Gao Guangxian said that he originally wanted to mobilize troops from Guyuan to "assist in the suppression", but Guyuan is already barren. After the military pay was cut this year, the usual training has been greatly reduced. He wanted to mobilize nearly a thousand miles to help Xining.
, that is almost an impossible task, so he cannot send troops now. Instead, he is doing his best to allocate money and supplies, trying to collect enough for the expedition as soon as possible, and then he can set off.
At this time, even Gao Pragmatic couldn't help but frown.
What's going on with Gao Guangxian? You are a trilateral governor, and such a big thing happened on the border. It's normal to be anxious, okay?
It turns out you're lucky, you don't know how to use such a huge authority at hand? Scheduling? Scheduling is shit. At this time, all the treasury silver has to be used first.
Who doesn’t know the financial system of the Ming Dynasty? Although the central government has no money and the local governments are not very wealthy, after all, the local yamen also have a large amount of taxes under their own control, and it is only the beginning of the year. Last year’s money
Has it bottomed out, do you have nothing to take or can’t you?
Have you never heard of the saying that things have priorities?
Gao Pingshi held his breath and continued to look down. As a result, he almost lost his breath after looking at it.
Gao Guangxian said that the treasury in Shaanxi and other places was not sufficient, and local officials were unwilling to mobilize money and food. Moreover, Prince Qing and other princes in the northwest region also said that the army should not move lightly, because it seems that it is not possible to kill Huang Taiji now, in case he dies.
After the Ordos tribe invaded the border areas, the Guyuan army left again. What should we do if we lose Ningxia, Guyuan and other places?
Gao Guangxian thought that the princes' concerns were reasonable, so he decided to wait and see if everything was done before he died. In addition, he would try his best to push for money and food...
After reading it, Gao Pragmatic was speechless.
You are the governor of three sides of the imperial court. It doesn't matter to you what the princes say, but you actually listen to them? And the local officials in Shaanxi refuse to allocate money and food?
I've seen your ghost! How many local officials can speak upright in front of you, a Taiwanese master with the title of Minister of the Ministry of War? They refuse to give it, so you have nothing to do? Are you going to be a governor or a servant?
ah?
Zhu Yijun rolled his eyes angrily when he saw Gao Pragmatic. He couldn't help but snorted coldly and said, "What should I say? Is this Gao Zhutai unable to give the money, or is he simply unwilling to take it?"
The emperor's words were obviously full of anger, and he even used the words "Gao Zhi Tai" - the term "making Taiwan" is actually okay. After the period of the ceremony, the whole court, including the people, still
The emperor was not unaware of the fact that the governor was called "Zhi Tai", but he would not pursue it. After all, the original change of "general system" to "governor" had a historical background, which was the great ceremony.
However, it is not normal for the emperor to call his ministers this way, because normally the emperor should call his ministers by their first names. Of course, in practice, the emperor sometimes calls ministers who are close to him by their names and titles.
Official ministers and cabinet elders may also be addressed as "Sir".
However, in any case, the emperor usually does not use the nickname of the person's job. If he does, it is usually with sarcasm or anger, and only in rare cases may it be a joke.
Zhu Yijun was definitely not in the mood to joke now, so he must have been sarcastic with anger.
But what he said... Gao Guangxian was not easy to reply, because after all, Gao Guangxian was from the Jin Party. If he followed Zhu Yijun's wishes now, Gao Guangxian might lose his official position on the spot.
For Gao pragmatism, it is not that Gao Guangxian must not lose his official position, but it cannot be lost so simply and hastily because he has not made any contingency preparations now. If Gao Guangxian loses his official position, the cabinet meeting will happen again.
As a result, the imperial court sent a minister from the Xin School to take over as the governor of the three sides. Wouldn't it be a big loss for the Shi School?
To say the least, this situation has not happened, but sending a neutral minister there is not necessarily reliable. The three sides of Shaanxi have been in power for many years from the practical school, and suddenly a governor of the non-real school was parachuted in to suppress the situation.
If you can't control the scene, who knows?
The military situation is urgent now. If something like this happens again, Xining City is afraid...at least this year it won't be able to get it back.
Taking a step back, neither of the above two situations happened, but the emperor asked Gao Pragmatic to recommend someone. This is also troublesome, because Gao Pragmatic has no such preparation at the moment, and he can't find an absolute one at hand for a while.
A reliable frontier ally.
So Gao Pragmatic had no choice but to say with difficulty: "The three sides of Shaanxi are definitely barren, but to say that I can't make any money, I think it's impossible. Judging from Gao Wenchuan's essays, I'm afraid he can't get it.
It's not that he doesn't dare to take the money, but he hasn't realized how dangerous the situation is, so he's still dealing with it as usual..."
"An ordinary situation?" Zhu Yijun snorted: "What is an ordinary situation? The governor can't get the money to send troops. Is this ordinary?"
"No, it's not that you can't get it, but you have to go through some wrangling first." Gao Pragmatic spread his hands: "I also served as an official in the border areas, and I know very well what the border officials, border generals and border soldiers are thinking at this time.
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After all, Zhu Yijun still believed in Gao's pragmatism. After hearing this, he softened his tone slightly and frowned: "What are you thinking?"
"I refuse to leave the country." Gao pragmatically said: "When the emperor reads this article, he may only see blame-shifting, but because I have worked in the border areas for several years, I can guess the local situation. At present, Guyuan and other places
The situation is probably like this: Qi Ji is seriously ill, Ordos is internally unstable, and the war faction may even have the upper hand. Officials from Guyuan and other places feel that Xining has nothing to do with them. Once the army leaves, they will definitely not be able to come back for a while. Once there is a threat to Hetao
If they change, they will be in danger..."
"It's impossible for all the army to leave!" Zhu Yijun raised his voice slightly: "Does it mean that Gao Guangxian didn't even make this trade-off? Can't he bring all 60,000 troops to Qinghai? Or is it that the local officials in Guyuan are just greedy for life and afraid of death?"
Gao pragmatic shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, this is not necessarily because they are greedy for life and afraid of death. They are actually considering their official career - most officials think that doing more is worse than doing less, so when Guyuan's army gathers, even if there is chaos in the Hetao, The Ordos tribe has changed owners and flags, and it is unlikely that they will go straight to Guyuan, so they don't have to worry about any losses - Your Majesty, there will be no punishment if there is no loss, why do they need to take this risk? They are An official from Guyuan is not an official from Xining."
Zhu Yijun was so angry that he slapped the table: "As an emperor, I am the only one who has to worry about the whole world, but these people only care about their own one-third of an acre? They don't know that taking the world as their own responsibility? They have read it like a dog!"
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Gao Pingshi coughed lightly: "In the imperial court, there are still many people who regard the world as their own responsibility..."
"I didn't scold you, I scolded those local officials... I, I scolded those local officials who didn't care about their friends and neighbors!"
It was also difficult for the emperor, because he remembered in the middle of the sentence that Gao Pragmatic had also been a local official.
Gao pragmatic knew that he was not scolding himself, and he didn't bother to worry about it. He brought the topic back and said: "So in the current situation, in my opinion, Gao Guangxian's judgment may have been wrong - he is the governor of the three sides, and considering the Ordos Department
There is nothing wrong in itself, but his mistake is that he does not know that things in the Ordos Department are not that simple."
"What?" Zhu Yijun was so angry that he didn't even think about it.
"If there is chaos in the Ordos tribe, the most urgent person should be King Shunyi." Gao Pragmatic spread his hands slightly and said: "The strength of Tumut is mainly due to the strength of his headquarters, but the Ordos tribe is also a key factor. Is the emperor
Still remember, what was the reason why Han Naji came to join the Ming Dynasty?"
Zhu Yijun regained consciousness and recalled, "It was because his grandfather married his fiancée to that guy from the Ordos tribe..."
"It doesn't matter who it is. What's important is that even Anda would send the woman he originally planned to marry to Han Naji to Ordos because he was worried about the attitude of the Ordos tribe." Gao pragmatically said: "This shows that even if
If it is better than I answer, I am afraid that the Ordos tribe will be alienated from him."
Zhu Yijun suddenly realized it, and then became a little nervous again, and asked: "What if the Ordos tribe really breaks out, can Tumote subdue them?"
Gao pragmatic pondered: "From a strength point of view, it's still okay. But it also involves strategic situation: Your Majesty, please take a look..." He pointed at the map and said: "The location of the Ordos Department is roughly southwest of Tumut.
In the direction, its due north is the territory that King Shunyi had directly controlled by Han Naji. In other words, if the Ordos tribe is really in chaos, as long as they send troops directly to the north of the Yellow River, they will stab King Shunyi in the belly."
"Well, what happens next?" Zhu Yijun frowned and asked, "Didn't you say that Tumut has the ability to subdue them?"
"Yes, but once the Tumut army moves west or simply marches south, the Fengzhou Beach will be empty. Although the Ordos tribe is slightly weaker than the Tumut army, the difference is not as big as imagined. In my personal opinion
, its strength is roughly equivalent to about 60 to 70% of Tumut's headquarters. Therefore, if Tumut wants to conquer Ordos in one fell swoop, it must attack with all its strength.
However, a problem arises. The Tumut army attacks with all its strength, and Fengzhou Beach becomes empty. If Tumen suddenly invades the west at this time, Tumut will face the unfavorable situation of being a wolf in front and a tiger behind. And there is something worse.
That is, Tumut originally relied on me, the Ming Dynasty, but now my Ming Dynasty happens to be in a situation where we are unable to send troops to help..."
Zhu Yijun became a little troubled when he heard this, and said anxiously: "Why did such a big thing happen when just one Xining was lost!"
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