Chapter 276 The truth about Fa Yuan (Wu Qi) emerges
When news of Ma Cheng'en's affair reached the management office, Gao Pragmatic also found it a bit difficult.
It stands to reason that the direct order Ma Chengen received was to block the mouth and ensure that the main force of the Chahar Mongolian army was surrounded. As a result, Ma Chengen could have arrived, but in the end he was not able to complete it for some reason, and instead encountered a seemingly draw.
In fact, the battle was a secret loss and resulted in a major strategic defeat.
From this perspective, Ma Chengen deserves to be severely punished. If Gao Pragmatic happens to want to establish his authority at this time, even if it is to "borrow his head", that is okay.
However, reality often cannot be completely reasonable. There are many aspects to consider, and the final conclusion will most likely be a compromise.
For example, I just said that the most severe punishment for Ma Chengen at this moment can be to "borrow your head". As a Mongolian Yuan Dynasty manager, Gao Pragmatic holds the sword of Shangfang. If he is willing, he can use the imperial edict to grant him "no use".
The person who ordered "the order" has the full power to directly execute the person in order to rectify the military law.
However, there are several questions that must be clarified: Does Ma Chengen really deserve to die? Who benefits from his death and who loses? Is it good for the future if he does not die?
Adults should never make decisions in a moment of anger, and politicians are obviously even more so. Just like it is impossible to become a beauty in anger, Wu Sangui should have a high probability of being tortured by the Dashun army in the capital.
Due to the forced payment method and the false information that his father Wu Xiang had been arrested, he judged that there would be no good end for him to join Dashun. At that time, he had Li Zicheng in the west and Dorgon in the east, so he really had no place to run.
That's why we finally decided to "borrow troops" - if we can, we can borrow them; if we can't, we have to surrender.
In short, as the leader of a military group, the starting point for all his considerations is interests, and only interests. Not to mention whether Chen Yuanyuan's status in Wu Sangui's mind is high or not is hard to say. Even if it is ten thousand steps back, even if it is very
So what if it's high? Is it higher than Yang Yuhuan in Li Longji's eyes?
In the same way, Gao Pragmatic cannot stupidly deal with Ma Chengen because he "disobeys orders and misses the opportunity" at this time. Instead, he must first understand the above issues.
Among these three questions, the most critical one is actually the second one: Who benefits from his death and who loses?
As a leader among the younger generation of the Ma Family Army, Ma Chengen is a top general at the general level like his uncle Ma Gui. To a certain extent, he is the leader of the next generation of the Ma Family Army.
The Ma family general himself was the first general that Gao Jingshi took under his command. He was not only the founder of Gao Dang military generals, but also the representative of the generals of Xuanda University. The Xinxue School did not consider adding sand to Xuanda University at all, largely because of the Ma family.
The two major generals, Ma Jiajun and Ma Jiajun, firmly stand in the high-pragmatic camp, and the three towns of Xuanda cannot get in at all.
Oh, in fact, the school of thought had previously thought of mixing things up with Xuanda University. For example, it was actually an attempt to transfer Li Rusong to serve as the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Province a few years ago.
It's just that this candidate was not chosen well. Li Rusong was the choice of a famous general for fighting, but he was a pure amateur in politics. There were several "domineering" incidents in succession, which made many people unable to step down.
Later, when the Northwest Rebellion caught up, Li Rusong was transferred to the northwest by Gao Jingshi and made meritorious service. After Gao Jingshi returned to Beijing, he was sent to Guyuan by the emperor to hang out for a while.
The general soldiers, including the general soldiers of Shaanxi, the general soldiers of Yansui, the general soldiers of Ningxia, the general soldiers of Lintao, and the general soldiers of Gansu]. Later, something happened to Li Chengliang, and Li Rusong was simply sent back to Liaodong.
The reason for this development is that, firstly, the Li family is powerful in Liaodong, and Li Chengliang has to step down so that someone can control the Li family's army; secondly, it is also because Li Rusong's temper is really not good at united front work, and he offends people wherever he goes.
The political technical work of adding sand is completely hopeless.
Closer to home, since the Ma family army is so important in the Gao Party, how could Gao Pragmatic kill the leader of the next generation of the Ma family because of such an incident? Isn't this a typical "relatives hate and enemies hate each other"? What's more, the Ma family
Although there are many talents at present, Ma Chengen's identity is really special.
He is the son of Ma Fu, and he is also the only son. Ma Fu died young that year. Later, Ma Jin, who was Ma Chengen's uncle, and Ma Gui, who was his third uncle, both loved Ma Chengen very much. The uncle and the third uncle were very fond of Ma Chengen.
He even did not hesitate to lose face and sent Ma Chengen to Ma Fang's sect for training, in order to train him well so that he would not be embarrassed to face his brothers in the future.
Now that Ma Gui has just won at the mouth of the Three Gorges, if Gao Pragmatic turns around and severely punishes Ma Cheng'en, what will Ma Gui think?
Why, my Ma family has brought their own elite soldiers and rations, and they have been working hard under your Gao family in Xinzheng for twenty years. Now, because you didn't win a battle well, you killed my nephew without saying a word?
So from this point of view, let alone killing Ma Chengen, even severe punishment is extremely irrational. It is really a typical example of asking others if they accept the surgery on oneself. It is no different from the third brother who was ridiculed by netizens in later generations. It belongs to the brain
Top performance in water intrusion.
Who benefits? It must be the Xin School who benefits! If you are superior to someone, they will cut off their arms, but I, the Xin School, will not be happy? As for who loses money, there is no need to say.
The second most important thing is, will Ma Chengen's immortality be beneficial to the future? This is almost certain. Looking back at Ma Chengen's promotion path, we can find that the reason why he became the chief soldier of the Xuanfu at a young age is that
Important military exploits were achieved with Gao Pragmatism, and his promotion to the rank of Commander-in-Chief of the Xuan Mansion was even more driven by Gao Pragmatism.
According to the custom of the Ming Dynasty officialdom, the word "高" on Ma Chengen's forehead is dazzling. Unless he wants to be stabbed in the spine by everyone in the world, it is unlikely that he will betray Gao pragmatism in this life.
Regarding this point, we can get a glimpse of this by referring to the original history of how Zu Dashou dared to lead his troops and leave after Yuan Chonghuan was killed by Chongzhen. The relationship between Yuan Chonghuan and Zu Dashou at that time was similar to the relationship between Gao Pragmatic and Ma Jiajiang at this time.
At that time, Zu Dashou knew very well that Chongzhen would not do anything to him, but he still led his troops and left without saying a word. The reason was that he followed the custom of the times: being loyal to the emperor is a small matter, and being loyal to Entang is a big matter.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! It may be difficult for future generations to understand this kind of thinking. In fact, this situation has a cultural basis. You can see that Confucius clearly supported "relatives hiding each other", he said "
"The father hides for the son, and the son hides for the father, and so on." It means that if a family member commits a crime, you should hide it from him, because this is the most sincere and basic human nature - Confucius did not
He said that we should "preserve heaven's principles and destroy human desires."
This kind of thinking gradually fermented, forming a patriarchal system with Chinese characteristics, and then formed the idea of loyalty at all levels. In the Ming Dynasty, as the teacher-student relationship in officialdom and the servant system in the army became popular, the development of
There are strange phenomena such as the "favor" of civil servants, the "favor" of the emperor is greater than that of the emperor, and the order of the family head is greater than the imperial edict and military order.
All in all, keeping Ma Cheng'en alive almost means that the Ma family will basically obey Gao Pragmatism in the next few decades.
So the last question, should Ma Chengen die? This is actually a very flexible question. If strictly speaking from the perspective of executing military orders, it may be death. After all, the last military order he received was to go
Block the mouth.
However, there is something debatable about this matter, that is, before this order, Gao Pragmatic had another order very early on, which was to ask all ministries to pay attention to search where the Chahar tribe had fled.
This order has never been taken back since it was issued, which means that Ma Chengen has always been shouldering the responsibility of searching for the Chahar tribe. In this case, when he discovered the Chahar tribe and immediately pursued and intercepted it, he was also executing a highly pragmatic
In this case, even if it resulted in other mistakes or failures, it can only be said that he misjudged the choice between the two tasks, but it cannot be said that he violated the military order.
In this case, at least it should not be a capital crime. At the same time, considering that Ma Chengen's performance during the war was not only brave and fearless, but also wise, it could offset some of the adverse effects, so there was an argument for protecting him.
After understanding these three issues, Gao Jingshi must now consider specific solutions. If the crime is not to be punished on the spot, theoretically Gao Jingshi, the manager, cannot make decisions without authorization. His authority is only to report the situation to the court and make suggestions and make decisions.
The power lies with the Ministry of War, the Cabinet, and the Emperor. Of course, the Emperor is the final decision-maker.
Since Gao Jingshi wanted to protect Ma Chengen, he would simply help others to the end. Ma Gui's wisdom must not fail to understand the mystery. Therefore, Gao Jingshi decided to help Ma Chengen take the blame for his strategic mistakes.
Carrying it - after all, it would be fatal if Ma Chengen carried the pot, but it was no big deal if it was carried by Gao Mou.
There is always no shortage of surprises on the battlefield. He was very pragmatic and had previously ordered all ministries to search for the Chahar tribe to migrate. This was a sufficient reason to do it. As for the last thing that happened by chance, this... was basically an accident, even if he was thinking
The academic school wants to find fault, and the practical school also has reasons to shirk.
Coupled with the fact that Gao Pragmatic has two great victories at the moment, namely, the Great Victory of Naturalization and the Great Victory of Lightning Lake, this battle against Yuan has been a complete victory on the whole, and the next step is nothing more than continuing to pursue Tumen and Abba.
With the two works of Dai Saiyin and Khan, it is unlikely that the court would seize on a small mistake and magnify it indefinitely.
After making up his mind, Gao Jingshi explained to Cao Ke and asked him to draft the essay for him, while he wrote a handwritten letter to reply to Ma Chengen. In this handwritten letter, Gao Jingshi did not mention how to deal with Ma Chengen at all.
Cheng En, but he also didn't mention his merits. He just affirmed his bravery in fighting, and at the same time warned him to take a good rest and not to take it lightly just because he was young and in good health.
This letter is quite interesting. The pragmatic tone in the letter is not only caring, but also a typical elder caring for the younger generation. If you think about the fact that they are almost the same age, this seems a bit strange, but Gao Pragmatic has been with him for a long time.
Ma Chengen is a person who is considered to be friends with his peers, so it is natural to treat Ma Chengen with the same attitude as a junior.
After these things were dealt with, it was already late at night. Gao Pragmatic had been on the road with the cavalry during this period. He only took it easy during the two days he was stationed in Lightning Lake. Overall, it was considered high-intensity work. Although it was not physically and mentally exhausted, it was
I was indeed a little tired, so I rarely met with the generals and took an "early" rest.
The next day, Li Rusong sent a military report, saying that he had met with the vanguard of Qi Jiguang's Imperial Guards. He did not catch up with the Chahar Mongolian army along the way. He expected that the enemy had already fled north. He proposed to continue the pursuit and asked Gao Pragmatic for approval.
Li Rusong has always had a strong desire to make meritorious deeds. Gao Pragmatic has known this for a long time, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with it. However, this military report still made him feel that it was not that simple. He always felt that Li Rusong seemed unwilling to work with Qi Jiguang.
meet.
Why? Does it mean that if you are born with a yu, how can you be a liang? It doesn’t seem right. If someone in Liaodong wants to say to Qi Jiguang, “If you are born with a yu, how can you be a liang?”, it should be Li Chengliang. What’s the point of having him, Li Rusong, as a junior? You know,
At that time, Li Chengliang specially arranged for Li Rusong to go to Jizhen, where Qi Jiguang was in charge, for training. In theory, Qi Jiguang was still his old boss.
Eh? Old boss... Oh, that's it. It seems that Li Rusong does have some mental problems, but it's not that "you can't be good when you are good", but that Li Rusong, who is already the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, may not want to meet someone with a higher status than him in front of outsiders.
The boss is taller, has more seniority and has greater achievements.
Ha, this guy is really a bit arrogant. But... well, let's grant him permission. Gao pragmatic quickly replied to Li Rusong, approving him to continue to pursue the Mongolian army, but required him to report his location and the situation he faced at least twice a day.
——Whether the situation is good or bad.
In addition, this time is different from before. Gao Pragmatic has already vaguely felt that something is not right about the Chahar tribe. Even the entire Chahar tribe has appeared in Tumut, and it seems that they are going to conduct a great migration.
The Great Migration is not uncommon for nomadic peoples, but it does not mean that migration is possible. Generally speaking, some preparations need to be made in advance. Of course, Gao Pragmatic has no research in this area, and the specific preparation work requires
He didn't know how far in advance they had to start doing it. But in any case, if Chahar was really going to migrate this time, it meant that they had made plans some time in advance and implemented them seriously.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! If this guess is true, it will explain a few points that I was confused about before. For example, they gave up Chahanhot without saying anything, such as the perfect use of the golden cicada to escape, such as the inexplicable
Come for naturalization, etc. Under the premise of "being prepared to migrate", all the above can be explained.
However, there seems to be one thing that cannot be explained: If Chahar planned to migrate early, what should the Outer Khalkha tribe do? Does Abadai Saiyin Khan know about this? If he knew, why would he be willing to cooperate?
Tumen?
This is very inexplicable, because if Tumen migrates in a big way and the destination is far away, then his deterrence to Abadai Saiyin Khan has actually disappeared, and Abadai Saiyin Khan has no reason to follow him.
The baton turns.
But thinking of this, something caught Gao Pragmatic's attention: the news that Han Naji had occupied Helin and controlled some scattered small tribes around it meant that Abadai Saiyin Khan had also moved his headquarters.
He left, but did not pack away all the tribes he ruled.
Could it be said that the Outer Khalkha tribe also plans to migrate? But where does he plan to go? Is he going with the Chahar tribe? If they are going together, the Chahar Mongolian army is about to run away now, but he leads
The Mongolian troops of the Transkarkha Division are still stranded in the war zone, so he is not afraid that he will not be able to escape?
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