Now that the emperor has been declared dead, the various opinions of the outer court do not actually mean much. However, the turmoil caused by the war in Jianzhou cannot end so easily.
There is an extremely important incident that has not yet been dealt with: the defeat of Li Chengliang.
This matter had already caused a stir in the capital. From the time when Han Xianyou, the censor of Shandong Province, impeached Li Chengliang for killing Liang and taking advantage of his past, to when Ren Yangxin, the censor of Zhili, impeached Li Chengliang, he could not get rid of it.
"Arrogance cannot be shaken", it can be said that every wave is higher than the next.
However, Shen Shixing, under the persuasion of Wang Xijue, appealed for Li Chengliang's rescue and wrote: "Today, the situation on the nine sides is difficult, and Liaodong alone is in trouble; the generals on the nine sides are loyal and brave, and Liang alone is the best. In the past twenty years, there has been no fight every year.
There is no day when I am not on guard, it can be said that I have tried my best.
As for the situation of using troops, since ancient times, it is difficult to say that there will be no victory without a single defeat. Now, the merits of bloody battles are regarded as false, and the loyalty of serving the country is deceived. The officers and soldiers will be disintegrated, and the barbarians will be allowed to run wild and dare not say anything.
Suppression; border ministers are also dumbfounded, allowing border affairs to be ruined and not daring to comment on them. Isn't the harm caused by this superficial?
Today, Jianzhou is still a three-pronged encirclement for us, and the brothers of the captive chieftains have no wings to fly. After all this great achievement, even if we kill all the ugly ones, what is it? However, it was not Li Chengliang's work to suppress the barbarians and move out of the fortress, and the encirclement of several routes was also Li Chengliang's legacy strategy.
, If one mistake in planning, one battle is lost and many problems arise, and all the achievements of Liang Baisheng are not achieved, this is something that I will deeply regret. Your Majesty, I hope you will give me special consideration."
Shen Shixing was a dignified Yuanfu, and he personally went to Shushen to rescue Li Chengliang, which was naturally not an ordinary level. Although the Ming Dynasty did not have a prime minister, the chief minister was still regarded as the leader of all officials. Even the emperor had to consider the face of the chief minister at ordinary times.
In addition, Shen Shixing's application for rescue was very particular. He did not discuss whether Li Chengliang had killed good people in the past and took credit for his crimes. He also did not bother to defend the Li family's "big tail". He simply reviewed Li Chengliang's hundreds of years of life in the past twenty years.
The merits of war emphasize that it is human nature to suffer an occasional defeat. It is really unbearable that half of his life's achievements have been wiped out by one defeat.
The reason why this statement is particular is that he knows that the emperor understands:
First, it is actually very common for generals to kill good people and take credit for their actions these days when fighting, especially when fighting foreign countries. Li Chengliang is not the only one who does this.
Secondly, when it comes to going out to fight, if you lose once, you have to pursue the old case. Who will dare to go to war lightly in the future? How many generals can guarantee that they will never be defeated in this life?
Thirdly, although Li Chengliang's troops were defeated now, the state-building situation has not gone out of control, and the encirclement of the three armies is still going smoothly. This was also Li Chengliang's previous plan. How could he just focus on one defeat and ignore the entire battle?
What? He also had a share of the credit for this overall victory. What's the point of convicting someone based only on one aspect's defeat?
Fourthly, the reason why Shen Shixing did not defend the saying that the Li Chengliang family was so powerful that it could not be shaken, and that "the left and right sides of the Shenjing were tightly controlled, and the arrogance could not be shaken" was not because it was a fait accompli.
The so-called "Right of the Ring of God" who can truly be called unshakable is not Li Chengliang, but Gao Pragmatism.
Even in Liaodong, Li Chengliang's direct descendants only number about 30,000, while Li Rusong has another 5,000 or 35,000 in Xuanfu. Can he "encircle Shenjing and maintain control on both sides, and the arrogance cannot be shaken"? What are you talking about?
joke!
The capital's capital camp is said to have 400,000 soldiers. Although most of them cannot fight, there are 60,000 top-notch Imperial Guards among them. Judging from the situation of the Grand Parade, this army is more elite than any frontier army. It can be called the leader in Qi Jiguang's military training history. Peak. Although Shen Shixing didn't know much about soldiers, he heard Gao Pragmatic's evaluation: In front of the Imperial Guard formation, even if one hundred thousand elite cavalry charged into the formation, they could not be shaken.
A hundred thousand fine cavalry charging into the formation? Even if it takes thirty or forty years, Anda Khan would only have such a huge military power when he was at his strongest.
Needless to say, outside the capital, looking from east to west and starting from Liaodong:
There are about 180,000 troops in Liaodong, of which 30,000 are direct descendants of Li Chengliang. Among the remaining 150,000, there are Cao Yun, Ma Dong who was seconded by Xuanda, Ma Chengxun and other 30,000 troops. They are the direct descendants of Li Chengliang. ?
Ji Town originally had 130,000 to 40,000 troops. Later, due to Qi Jiguang's transfer to the Commander of the Imperial Guards and Qi Jin's transfer to Shenyang Guerrilla, the number of troops dropped a bit. However, since Ji Town is one of the main positions for sending troops to Chahar in the plan, Therefore, another 40,000 to 50,000 squadrons were transferred from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Huguang, Jiangxi and other places, and the current total strength remains at 170,000 to 80,000.
The Li family only has one Li Ruzhang in Ji Town, and his position is only to guard Jizhou West Road. Li Ruzhang is the fourth son of Li Chengliang, and his treatment is naturally not as good as that of his eldest son Li Rusong. He only has a thousand servants with him. This thousand What can a person do if he is placed in front of the elites of 178,000 Ji Town?
The Xuanfu's military strength was once as high as about 150,000. However, with the infiltration of the Ma Jiajun and the Ma Jiajun, and the long-term lull in the Tumote direction, the Xuanfu's total military strength has also declined, and is now about 130,000. , five thousand of them were the Liaodong cavalry brought by Li Rusong.
Although the five thousand Liaodong cavalry are not weak, Xuanfu is the place where Ma Fang rose to prominence. He has been under Gao Dang's disciples for many years. Whether it is military morale or military strength, Li Rusong is a strong dragon in Xuanfu and it is difficult to defeat the local snake. What's more, because of Ma Fang in Xuanfu Due to the relationship, the self-ported cavalry is also a strong point, and they are not afraid of Li Rusong's Liaodong cavalry.
Not to mention Datong, which has 120,000 soldiers and not a single general from the Li family, it has a completely high party base.
Then there is Shanxi Town, which is the one omitted from the "Three Xuanda Towns". It also has 70,000 soldiers, also has no Li family generals, and is also the base of the Gao Party.
There is also Changping Town under the jurisdiction of Governor Shuntian. It is difficult to say whether it is the capital itself or the periphery of the capital, but it also has 60,000 to 70,000 soldiers. Among them, the Li family has a guerrilla general Li Ruwu, but he is only Li Chengliang's nephew. There are only three hundred servants around him, which is completely worth mentioning.
In such a situation, even if the emperor didn't believe it, even Shen Shixing would be indifferent to the saying "the right and left of the Shenjing are tightly controlled, and the arrogance cannot be shaken". He could even imagine that Gao Pragmatic would sneer when he heard this. With a sound, he scoffed.
According to the traditional thinking of the Ming Dynasty, since Gao Jingshi, the most famous military commander in the world and the most famous military commander in the world, is sitting in the capital, and there are a lot of generals he has commanded in the surrounding towns, how can a general like Li Chengliang dare to Do you have any evil intentions?
After all, the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty were so confident that they would not take military generals seriously when there was no powerful military commander. With such a powerful military commander, naturally they would not worry about the mere 30,000 soldiers. Therefore, To say that Li Chengliang is a big loser is simply because the civil servants are discriminating against military generals and believe that rebellion can only be done by military generals, so they use it as an example at such a moment.
But it is useless to say that His Majesty the Emperor is so shrewd that it is impossible to calculate everything. Unless the Emperor himself wants to punish Li Chengliang, he will not take this statement seriously.
When Shen Shixing came to rescue Shen, Li Chengliang had just been defeated, the Battle of Jianzhou had not yet been fought, and the emperor was still hesitant about how to deal with it. Therefore, Gao Pragmatic suggested that the emperor not respond first and wait until the battle was over.
Also agreed.
Now that the battle is over, Jianzhou "surrenders and loses half" and is waiting to be dismembered by three parties. At this moment, it is time for the emperor to make a decision.
Zhu Yijun took this opportunity to bring up the matter again and asked Gao pragmatically how he thought Li Chengliang should handle it.
Gao Pragmatic was very direct, saying: "Based on my personal military leadership habits, rewards and punishments must be clearly defined. It is common to all people in the world that Ning Yuanbo worked hard and made great achievements in the past. If he pursues and fights just because of a defeat,
, is really inappropriate. On this point, I agree with Yuan Fu’s theory.
However, although Uncle Ning Yuan's merits were high in the past, the rewards from the late emperor and His Majesty were also generous, and he is now a hereditary earl. This so-called reward merit is sufficient and cannot be regarded as a reason why he cannot be punished."
Zhu Yijun nodded and said: "This is exactly where I hesitate. In fact, what should be rewarded has already been rewarded, but this punishment... is not easy to punish, lest people in the world say that I, the emperor, are mean and unkind, which is really embarrassing.
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Gao pragmatically said: "I think it is not true when you are in trouble. If you are punished, you must be punished, but kindness can be calculated differently."
Zhu Yijun was a little surprised and asked: "How can these two be done at the same time?"
Gao pragmatically said: "I believe that Ning Yuanbo's defeat is actually the biggest defeat of the imperial court in recent years. If it were anyone else, I'm afraid he would not be a pity to be jailed or put to death. But since he is a world king, we might as well be more lenient and only take away his position.
Just order him to return to the capital as Ning Yuanbo to recuperate."
Zhu Yijun's expression changed slightly: "Do you think... this punishment is not severe enough? From Liaodong..."
"Your Majesty, don't be impatient. I haven't finished speaking yet."
Generally speaking, courtiers are not allowed to interrupt the emperor's speech, but Zhu Yijun was used to being rude when he was alone with Gao Pragmatic, so he didn't think there was any problem. He just followed his words and said, "Then continue."
Gao Jingshi then continued: "Uncle Ning Yuan resigned from Liao Town, and the post of Liao Commander became vacant. In fact, according to my original intention, Ning Yuanbo lost and Cao Yu won in this battle, so it is only right that Cao Yu should take over as Commander of Liao. However, Your Majesty neither
If people in the world misunderstand, then Cao Yu’s reward needs to be considered separately, and the position of commander of Liao will still be handed over to the Li family."
Zhu Yijun's heart moved and he frowned: "You mean Li Rusong?"
Li Rusong, Zhu Yijun is quite satisfied, but he dismissed his father and then sent him to Liaodong as the commander-in-chief. This feeling seems a bit strange. Although if you do this, you will not be afraid of people in the world saying that you are mean and unwilling.
Well, looking at it from the other side, it seems that I am afraid of the Li family, and feel that the Li family cannot function without them in Liaodong, and something still feels wrong.
He frowned and thought for a long time, but he was still not particularly satisfied, so he said: "Let me consider this matter more carefully, but just now you mentioned that Cao Yun should be rewarded for his contribution... It would be fine if he takes over as Commander-in-Chief of Liao.
If not, how should we repay the merit?"
Gao pragmatically said: "It stands to reason that Cao Yu has been in Liaodong for half his life and is most familiar with the situation in Liaodong. When the affairs of Liaoning are initially decided and the Mongolian war is about to start, it is not the best idea to transfer him away from Liaodong. However, the matter has come to this. Let's talk about it later.
It's not impossible to make a trade-off, but it's best not to move too far away.
According to my humble opinion, if it is inconvenient for Cao Yu to take over as commander of Liao this time, it is better to transfer him to commander of Ji first. Ji town is the closest to Liaodong, and it is also an important place for sending troops to Chahar. Cao Yu can be used to control it.
suitable."
"That makes sense." Zhu Yijun thought for a moment and then asked, "What about Yang Siwei?"
Yang Siwei is the current chief military officer of Jizhen, taking over the position left by Qi Jiguang when he came to Beijing.
Gao Pingshi said: "Yang Siwei's arrangement depends on whether the emperor wants to let Li Rusong leave Liaodong."
Zhu Yijun frowned and said, "What does this mean?"
Gao pragmatic smiled and replied: "I wonder if your majesty still remembers that Yang Siwei was originally from Liaodong? That's right, Ning Yuanbo took over as commander of Liao in the fourth year of Longqing because Wang Zhidao, the former commander-in-chief of Liaodong, died in battle, and Yang
Siwei had already served as the commander-in-chief of Changping in the second year of Longqing, and before that, he was the deputy commander-in-chief of Liaodong.
In other words, it was precisely because Yang Siwei was transferred to Changping that the position of deputy commander-in-chief of Liaodong at that time was vacated for Ning Yuanbo. Therefore, after Wang Zhidao died in battle, Ning Yuanbo was able to serve as Liao commander. Otherwise, at that time, Ning Yuanbo would
The successor to Liao Commander was Yang Siwei.
Therefore, I have three arrangements for your Majesty's reference: first, if Li Rusong is transferred to Liao Commander, then Cao Yu will be promoted to Ji Commander, and Yang Siwei will be promoted to Xuan Commander; second, if Li Rusong does not move, Cao Yu will take over as Liao Commander,
Yang Siwei did not move; thirdly, Li Rusong did not move, Cao Yu was promoted to Commander Ji, and Yang Siwei returned to control Liao Commander."
After hearing this, Zhu Yijun nodded and said: "I understand what you mean, but I think these three arrangements are reasonable, but they are not perfect... I don't mean to blame you, this matter is indeed quite difficult.
I just have to think about it again.”
Gao pragmatically said: "Yes, I understand."
Zhu Yijun thought for a while and suddenly asked: "Hey, since Yang Siwei became famous earlier than Li Chengliang, how old is he now?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Not long after Gao Pragmatic left the Ministry of War, he still remembered this clearly, and immediately replied: "Yang Siwei was born in the ninth year of Jiajing, and he is ninety-nine years old this year.
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Zhu Yijun frowned and said, "Is he still in good health?"
This question is really not unnecessary. During this period, some of the generals of the Ming Dynasty suffered a lot of injuries. When they were nearly sixty years old, many hidden diseases appeared. Most of them resigned and retired. It is rare to be as healthy and long-lived as Li Chengliang. It is very rare.
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Gao Pingshi said: "I heard before that his health in recent years has not been as good as in his early years, but I heard not long ago that he once led troops to patrol the border. It doesn't matter if I think about it."
Zhu Yijun shook his head and said: "But there is no guarantee of victory. The body bones of these military ministers have always been either broken, or broken down very quickly. In three or four years, they can go from flying generals to lying in bed to recuperate. Since
There are already rumors that his health is not as good as before... Unless I want to say something unlucky, I'm afraid he won't be strong for much longer. If I let him fight in front of the battle again, it would be unbecoming of a king."
It’s not easy to speak of being pragmatic, so there is no interface.
Zhu Yijun sighed: "Forget it, let him go to Xuanfu. There has been nothing happening there for many years. In the future, Chahar will not send troops to the Xuanfu general. At most, we will dispatch some troops. This is something he
He can still do it. As for Li Rusong... let him go to Liaodong and return to the town to replace his father. I hope he will not be like his father."
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