Liang Wenmeng, the governor of Ningxia, lost his official position, and the position of governor of Ningxia had to be reassigned. Since Yuan Fu was present, the emperor naturally asked for his opinion first.
Shen Shixing was waiting for this opportunity, and immediately said: "I recommend Ye Mengxiong, governor of Guizhou, to adjust Ningxia."
As soon as these words came out, Gao Pragmatic's brows immediately wrinkled.
Ye Mengxiong... This person is not an incompetent person, but unfortunately there are two problems: first, this person is a rising star that the Heart School has focused on cultivating in recent years; second, this person is a radical militant who does not care about the cause.
Ye Mengxiong was a gold medalist in the 44th year of Jiajing reign. It stands to reason that Gao Gong was still his teacher. However, he was a disciple of Xinxue. Of course, he would not worship Gao Gong. Moreover, since he was not ranked high on the gold medal list, he was among the top three.
He was only a mid-level official, so he did not stay in Beijing, but directly served as magistrate of Fuqing County.
In the second year of Longqing, he transferred the capital to the capital, served as the head of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and moved to supervise the censor. He was usually very active. In the fourth year of Longqing, an important turning point came - he clearly opposed my answer to pay tribute, and was in conflict with Gao Gong and Gao Pragmatism.
It was contrary to the situation, and because of his fierce words during the visit, he angered the emperor, so he was demoted to the position of Prime Minister of Heyang County, Shaanxi Province.
However, his actions attracted the attention of the big guys of the Xin School, and they began to focus on training. Soon after, he moved to the right to return to Germany to promote the official, and then he was transferred to the Nanjing household department to supervise Fengyangcang. In the second year of Wanli, he was transferred to the household department again.
He was a doctor and soon became the magistrate of Ganzhou, but he resigned due to Ding You.
After the mourning period was over, Shen Shixing still did not forget him and immediately replaced him as the prefect of Anqing. In the tenth year of Wanli, when Guo Pu and Zhang Siwei handed over power, Shen Shixing worked for him again and became the Zhejiang patrol envoy.
During this term, he created the "Ye Gong Magic Gun" and handed it over to the Xu family in Songjiang to prepare for private military industry for the purpose of "preventing Japanese pirates".
It should be noted that this Ye Gong's magic gun is not a musket, but a vehicle-mounted cannon. Moreover, he adopted the idea of Jinghua artillery, instead of using copper, the gun body was made of pure iron-previously, the army gun material was replaced by
Jinghua is the only one that makes steel. None of the other military industrial companies or yamen have such technology, or they are unable to control the size while maintaining quality and quantity.
Ye Gong's magic gun is slightly different from Jinghua's "1234" gun. It is only divided into Tian, Di and Xuan No. 3. The Tianzi magic gun weighs 280 kilograms (converted, the same below) and is 3 feet and 5 inches long.
The Di-type magic gun weighs 200 kilograms and is 3 feet 2 inches long. The Xuan-type magic gun weighs 150 kilograms and is 3 feet 1 inch long. Each gun has a three-wheeled gun carriage, with two wheels in front and a wheel height of 2 feet 5 inches.
, there is a wheel at the back, the wheel height is 1 foot 3 inches, the front is high and the back is low, and the muzzle is high.
To put it simply, this Ye Gong Shen gun is a simplified version of the Jinghua series artillery, which is right in the middle of the No. 1 and 2 guns, the No. 2 and 3 guns, and the No. 3 and 4 guns. Although the Ministry of War later measured that its artillery power was slightly inferior to the Jinghua series,
However, since this is the first privately-owned military industrial enterprise in the South, it is still able to mass-produce it. This is also an important reason why the Jinghua artillery is mainly equipped with the Northern Army instead of the Southern Army. After all, the Xinxue School officials in the South are very powerful.
The southern provinces have never been areas that Jinghua can easily penetrate.
Because of this contribution, Ye Mengxiong was quickly transferred to the Yongping Military Preparation Road. Gao Pragmatic was disgusted - Yongping Road was under the jurisdiction of Kaiping, and he made things difficult for the three major factories in Jinghua for a while. He later said that the three major factories were disturbing the people.
It was said that the three major factories had too many private employees. Fortunately, Gao Pragmatic had already returned to Beijing at that time. After Shen Shixing took the lead and gave Ye Mengxiong the "No. 1 in Integrity" evaluation, he found a way to transfer him to Shandong's Shandong Government Integrity Envoy.
, and then everything was cleared up. The envoy to suppress government corruption was a temporary assignment, and soon Ye Mengxiong moved to the right to be the governor of Guizhou, where he remains today.
To put it simply, Ye Mengxiong still has some abilities, but he is very difficult to deal with the real school, and this person is "high-spirited". No matter what disputes arise between the Ming Dynasty and surrounding forces, if you ask Ye Mengxiong's attitude, this guy will definitely say the same thing.
:Dry!
If there were a few more words, it would be: Fuck everything!
Just like when I responded to the tribute request, Gao Gong had already clarified the reasons for the tribute, and also proposed the specific steps of "West Huai East System", which was completely in line with the actual situation of the Ming Dynasty at that time. However, Ye Mengxiong just disagreed and continued to write.
, expressing fiercely that the only way to deal with the Mongols is to fight to the end, and there is no need to win over one faction or another.
Brother, if I can fight, do you still want me to tell you?
It is for these two reasons that Gao Pragmatic frowned when Shen Shixing mentioned Ye Mengxiong. Firstly, Ye Mengxiong, a bad-tempered Xinxue school official, became the governor of Ningxia, and he might face some troubles of disobedience or even disobedience.
, and secondly, even if you win in the end, it is equivalent to giving free side work to the Xin School officials.
However, Shen Shixing's timing was really good. He didn't compete with Gao Jingshi for the governorship of the three countries just now, and he personally "recommended" Gao Jingshi. At this time, if Gao Jingshi opposed his proposal, it would be unavoidable.
Some are unreasonable and even suspected of relying on favors to gain power.
Gao Pragmatic was not Ye Mengxiong, and would not yell without considering the reality, so he knew that he could not speak out to object at the moment, so he remained expressionless and silent.
But Zhu Yijun no longer remembered Ye Mengxiong's deeds back then. After hearing Shen Shixing's recommendation, he subconsciously asked Gao Pragmatic: "Qiuzhen, what do you think?"
Gao Pingshi sighed in his heart, but kept a calm expression on his face, and said calmly: "I am not very familiar with Ye Futai, and I don't know much about his personality and abilities, but since Yuan Fu agrees,
There must be something to behold."
The meaning of this is very simple: I don’t know anything, don’t ask me about this matter, and don’t come to me if you get in trouble.
However, Zhu Yijun didn't think much about it. After all, he also knew that Gao Jingshi had served abroad twice in the past few years. He subconsciously felt that Gao Jingshi might not know the people and things in the court as well as he did before, so it was normal to not be familiar with someone.
But understanding does not mean that there is no objection. Zhu Yijun smiled and said: "In that case, let Ye Mengxiong go to Ningxia... Yuan Fu, Ye Mengxiong is still in Guizhou, how long will it take to go to Ningxia?"
Shen Shixing thought and calculated, and said: "He entered Shaanxi when he entered Hanzhong from Sichuan. Although this road is mostly mountainous, it will always be faster than Wei Xuezeng." Then he paused and glanced at Gao pragmatically.
He glanced at it, smiled softly, and said: "Besides, there is only one Pinglu City left in Ningxia. I'm afraid that as the governor, there will be nothing he can do for a while, so it won't hurt if it comes later. I hope that Gao Jinglue will advance quickly and wait until Ye Mengxiong arrives.
, we just need to clean up the battlefield."
Zhu Yijun only thought that Mr. Shen was joking or saying something auspicious, and laughed, but did not think deeply about it.
However, as a person with "excessive calculations", although Gao Pragmatic smiled, he couldn't help but murmur in his heart, thinking to himself: Shen Yaoquan has hinted repeatedly today that I can counter the rebellion "quickly" and "with great speed". What does this mean? Does he want to provoke the general, or does he want to flatter him and kill him?
As a highly pragmatic person, it is impossible for him to believe that Shen Shixing has "good intentions" for him. Just like Shen Shixing's behavior tonight, he gave in first for the final gain.
In essence, his acting style is somewhat similar to Gao Pragmatism.
The personnel issues were almost arranged, and the next step was to discuss specific military affairs. Zhu Yijun first asked: "To be honest, the situation in the northwest is bad enough right now. You are leading Shanxi reinforcements into Shaanxi, and you are responsible for Boshu Ketu and Yibai." I’m not too worried about where the troops are headed, but Huo Luochi and Zhuli Rabbit are a bit far apart, and I’m worried that you won’t be able to reach them for a while... Do you think we should deploy more troops and horses from Sichuan to support them?"
Gao Pangshi did not answer directly. Instead, he asked first: "If the Sichuan army goes north, will the military pay be allocated from Shenjing or Nanjing?"
He was not asking casually, because Sichuan's troops and horses are usually managed by the Nanjing Ministry of War rather than directly under the Beijing Ministry of War. This is just like when Liu Xian was the commander-in-chief of Sichuan and was transferred to the southern provinces to fight, Nanjing was responsible for food and wages. , even after he stayed in Langshan, he was made things difficult by the Duke of Wei.
But there is a situation here, that is, if the southern troops are transferred to the north, the Beijing Ministry of War will generally be responsible for food and salary, just like the use and supply of Qi's army. Sichuan is within the scope of the management of the Nanjing Ministry of War, but if the Sichuan army enters Shaanxi, it is considered to have entered Once the area was under the direct jurisdiction of the Beijing Ministry of War, it stands to reason that the Beijing Ministry of War would have to provide food and salary.
Obviously, the reason why Gao pragmatic asked this was because he did not want to increase the burden on the court, and Zhu Yijun immediately responded.
However, Zhu Yijun had other considerations, and frowned and asked: "I understand what you mean, but now is not the time to think about money - putting down a rebellion is different from taking the initiative. The latter can wait, but the former cannot wait. To be honest, if this money If it has to be spent, then it must be spent, so don’t worry about it first.”
Gao Pragmatic was quite pleased to hear that. Although the emperor was young, he knew his priorities very well, and his years of "reading with him" were not in vain.
So he smiled and said: "Since the emperor has said so, I am naturally not afraid of 'the more, the merrier'."
Zhu Yijun couldn't help but smile after hearing this and said: "Okay, what can the Sichuan army mobilize? After you return to the Ministry of War, discuss it with Liang Menglong and explain the previous statement. Now let's talk about the mobilization of Shanxi troops and horses. Are you going to mobilize them? Who will go? How much will be adjusted?"
Gao pragmatically said: "Ma Gui and Li Rusong. Datong tunes 20,000 yuan and Taiyuan tunes 10,000 yuan."
Zhu Yijun was stunned, hesitated, and finally couldn't help but ask: "Ma Gui and Li Rusong... they are both capable, but your total of only 30,000 troops is not enough? The military report said , Kuaibai alone already has 60,000 troops, Boshu Ketu is expected to dispatch at least 30,000 to 40,000 cavalry, not to mention Huo Luochi and Zhulitu. It has been figured out earlier that they will add more We can raise up to fifty thousand at most."
The so-called 30,000 or 40,000 people that Boshu Ketu claimed was actually the strength that his headquarters had without large-scale mobilization. In fact, as a farmer, he was really ruthless, and he was able to scrape together 50,000 to 60,000 people. It's just that the strength of the Ordos tribe is somewhat scattered. After all, there are still more than 30,000 and nearly 40,000 cavalry there.
It can also be seen from this that Tumut, which usually maintains a force of about 100,000, is indeed not much stronger than Ordos. However, the population of Tumut is more than double that of Ordos. If they really want to mobilize for a fight, the advantage is still It's more obvious, not to mention that Tumut already has some agricultural areas, and its potential for long-term war is obviously better than that of Ordos.
As for Huo Luochi and Zhuli Rabbit, they have already explained before that 50,000 is their limit when they work together, and it is usually difficult to maintain it.
But in any case, Gao Pragmatic only transferred 30,000 people from Shanxi, which seems to be too few. And the key is that there is no shortage of troops in the three towns of Shanxi. Xuanfu has 130,000, Datong has 120,000, and Taiyuan also has Sixty thousand or seventy thousand, which adds up to over three hundred thousand. Why only use one-tenth?
However, Gao Pragmatic shook his head and said: "The so-called 60,000 troops that Kuai worshiped, the elites among them will not exceed 30,000 at most - Ningxia Town originally only had 30,000 garrison troops, they can't all be elites, right? And his extra 30,000 troops cannot be all elites. Ten thousand people, except for the 4,000 private soldiers he has raised, the rest are mostly newly recruited rabble and are not worth mentioning.
Although Huo Luochi and Zhuli Rabbit Erliu have a combined strength of 50,000, as long as Burihatu returns eastwards, with their abilities, it would be very difficult for them to break through the border wall of Nian Bo and Zhuang Langwei. Difficulty, as long as Guyuan can maintain supply to these two important areas, it will be temporarily stable, so there is no need to rush.
As for Boshu Ketu... I still have some methods that I would like to try. If it works, maybe I can get him to stay in Hetao without a big battle."
Zhu Yijun was startled when he heard this, then he was delighted and asked: "Is there such a way? Tell me quickly!"
Gao was pragmatic but more serious, and said calmly: "The way is to apply pressure from all sides: first ask King Shunyi to gather an army, and let him say that Tumut's 150,000 fine cavalry are ready at Fengzhou Beach, and they will march south at any time; and then declare Dasan Town mobilized its troops frequently, and at the same time quietly spread the news, saying that the 30,000 people led by the minister were just a cover. In fact, the imperial court planned to mobilize an army of 200,000, and with the cooperation of Tumote, the Hetao was annihilated; finally, someone was sent to persuade Taigal Zhungenhatun and Qiejin asked the two siblings to force Boshu Ketu back."
Taigalzhungenhatun was Boshu Ketu’s mother and Qie Jin’s cousin. With Qie Jin’s support, she finally retained Bo Shuo Ketu’s position as a farmer. At the same time, she paid close attention to Bo Shuo Ketu. The tribe also has a great influence - theoretically, when Buyan Batur died, his direct tribe was in the hands of the regent Hatun. Boshu Ketu actually took over from his mother. With this power, Taigalzhungenhatun certainly has considerable residual power in the army.
Zhu Yijun was overjoyed when he heard this and praised: "Qiuzhen is really powerful. If this wonderful move is played, Boshu Ketu will have to go back to Hetao unless he is crazy." However, after a pause, Zhu Yijun asked worriedly: "Will Han Naji really make any move? Also, if Tumen takes this news seriously and prepares to send troops to Tumut, that will be troublesome."
Gao pragmatic shook his head and said: "If Burihatu doesn't return to Chahanhot for one day, Tumen will not have the confidence to send troops. Besides, we can also do more things, such as letting Yang Siwei and Li Chengliang perform a vigorous drill. Or simply mobilize the troops or something to make the Tumen nervous."
Zhu Yijun breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he had thought everything through: "Well, since you have a comprehensive plan, I can rest assured. It's getting late today, Mr. Shen, please be honest, you can go back first, and we'll go back tomorrow Take care of all the matters just discussed, especially seeking truth. Your time is limited, so go as early as possible if you can, or go back as early as possible."
Shen Shixing and Gao Pingshi accepted the offer and returned to their respective homes under the escort of the eunuchs in charge of rituals and the guards of the imperial city.
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