Because the prince's studies have not yet started, Gao Pragmatic has not officially "went to work" yet. After receiving the "Prince's Curriculum" from the Hanlin Academy, he went back. This afternoon he and Wei Ximin will finalize the matter of buying or renting a shop in the capital.
At the same time, there were also matters such as setting up a transshipment warehouse by the Yongding River outside the city. He didn't know why it was so easy for others to do business across time, but he was obviously very lucky, and things were progressing smoothly, but the complexity was not that great.
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Gao Pragmatic realizes that he has a lot of things on his hands. In fact, compared to Gao Gong, it is really child's play.
Since Gao Gong returned to power a year ago, he has devoted himself to his ideals with great enthusiasm for work. Such as rectifying the government, rectifying finances, promoting new tax laws, innovating the method of official examination, paying attention to the opening of Yuegang to the sea, rectifying military affairs...
In all aspects, how can the level of complexity be comparable to the high pragmatism of the matter at hand?
Today, neither Gao Gong nor Zhang Juzheng is writing, but as allies, they still often interact with each other. For example, they discussed two important matters in the cabinet today. One is that the cabinet reported today that there was some trouble in Shuixi, Guizhou.
, if handled improperly, a military disaster may occur. Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng have just directed and acted to move Liu Xian to Guizhou, but Liu Xian has not had time to take office. If a military war breaks out in Guizhou at this time, there may be a big problem.
The second is that Gao Gong wants to discuss with Zhang Juzheng how to further improve the situation on the northern border - in other words, to discuss the focus of military affairs in northern Xinjiang.
Shuixi, Guizhou has always been a place where accidents often happen, and this year is no exception.
At the beginning of the year, a vendetta by local officials occurred in Shuixi: Guizhou Xuanwei envoy An Guoheng killed Anxin, the son of the late Xuanwei envoy An Wanquan, in a vendetta. Anxin's brother Anzhi retaliated and falsely accused him of treason to the governor of Guizhou.
Wang Zheng believed it to be true, so he took An Dachao as his commander and went to suppress An Guoheng. As a result, the army was defeated and An Dachao was dismissed. Wang Zhe returned home to listen to his orders, while An Guoheng also defended himself with troops, creating a confrontational situation.
At this time, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng were sitting around serving tea. Gao Gong said: "In Guizhou, there are few soldiers and poor people. Originally, there were few major events. When something happened, it was necessary to calm down and make decisions before taking action. Now, the king
The imperial court has lost face by doing this. I know that when the news came out today, someone in the imperial court must be shouting for troops to quell the rebellion, but this matter... I think there is something fishy in it."
Zhang Juzheng nodded and said more bluntly: "What Duke Zhongxuan said is absolutely true. I think the matter of Shuixi has nothing to do with the imperial court at all. It's just civil strife among the chieftains and killing each other. This kind of thing rarely happens in the southwest."
Stone is used to seeing the court's well-behaved arbiters acting improperly, so he jumped off the court early to catch the sword himself. Isn't that what a goose does?"
He said bitterly: "Wang Zheng, this idiot, clearly only needs to show that the court will deal with it in accordance with the law, send people to investigate in detail, and submit orders to make a decision at the same time. However, he inexplicably believed in the words of one family and caused such a big trouble. It's really
Damn it."
Gao Gong muttered: "Wang Zheng is now under house arrest. According to Governor Zhu, an investigation is ongoing. Judging from the current situation, he may have accepted bribes."
"Then he should be killed." Zhang Juzheng said angrily: "We are currently preparing for the affairs in the north and are about to concentrate all our efforts. And his matter is related to the stability of the southwest and the stability of the rear. How can we convince the public if we don't kill him?"
Gao Gong nodded and did not dwell on this issue. He just said: "The new governor, I mean, let Ruan Wenzhong go."
Zhang Juzheng was not interested in the arrangements of the governor of Guizhou. He nodded in approval, but added: "Before Liu Xian took office, he must tell Ruan Wenzhong not to start a war without authorization."
Gao Gong smiled: "That's natural. Moreover, even if Liu Xian arrives, it is impossible to start a war for a while. What I mean is that in the matter of Southwest, the court must be fair and upright. If a war can be avoided, it will never go to war. Then
This is the next best thing."
Zhang Juzheng nodded and changed the topic: "The war matters are still concentrated in the north... If Xuanda and Jiliao are regarded as the left and right wings of the capital, in the current situation, one wing must exert its force to frighten the northern captives.
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Gao Gong's heart moved and he thought to himself: Sure enough, Zhang Taiyue still cares about this matter. However, this matter is not as simple as it seems.
After the Ming Dynasty embarked on strategic defense during the Civil War, the troubles caused by the Southern Japanese and Northern pirates continued to spread. For this reason, the Ming court and the people on the border paid a heavy price, and the long-term efforts had little effect.
By the Jiajing Dynasty, this situation intensified. The occurrence of the "Gengwu Incident" and even the "Fenshi Disaster" in the first year of Longqing forced the court to make some adjustments and rectifications to the northern border defense.
From the late Jiajing period to the Longqing period, a number of military generals including Yang Yiqing, Wang Qiong, Weng Wanda, Qi Jiguang, Wang Chonggu, Ma Fang, Li Chengliang, Fang Fengshi, etc. were appointed or promoted. They made useful contributions to strengthening border defense. Tan Lun was
He was transferred to the left minister of the Ministry of War and the right censor of Qiandu, governor of Ji, Liao and Baoding. At his suggestion, the Ming court spent two and a half years to build a hollow enemy tower in the spring of the fourth year of Longqing.
In November of the first year of Longqing, Xin You, Xu Jie and others held a "court meeting to defend against captives". After discussion, they formed the "Thirteen Matters for Defending Captives", including effectiveness of responsibilities, determination of responsibilities, clear battle and defense, etc. Although these words were all clichés at the time
, but after Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng’s direct care, some new developments emerged in border affairs.
In August of the second year of Longqing, Zhang Juzheng wrote in the "Six Matters", one of which was "ordering military preparations" and put it into practice. In September of the third year of Longqing, Emperor Mu Zong held a "grand review of the officers and soldiers at the Beijing camp". Those who participated in the review
There are 120,000 elite soldiers, which is of great significance in changing the long-term fear of soldiers in battle: "all shed tears and dare not move forward, and the generals also look at each other and change their color".
This review was promoted by Zhang Juzheng. Gao Gong was not in the court at the time, but he was very satisfied with it. The review marked the beginning of the reversal of the military weakness of the court, and it gradually gained the initiative in dealing with the northern Tatar issue. In addition,
Zhang Juzheng has also been doing his best to carry out reforms such as recruiting silver to supplement the number of troops.
In fact, it was precisely because Zhang Juzheng was not as capable as prime ministers like Xu Jie and Li Chunfang that he could do things, so Gao Gongming knew that the two had begun to have some discord, but still maintained their alliance.
Of course Gao Gong himself had his own considerations in these aspects. He came back at the end of the third year of Longqing, and at the beginning of the fourth year of Longqing he wrote "Discussing the Treatment of This Disease and Supervising and Preparing Ministers on the Border to Facilitate the Great Plan of Peace and War", and successively published "Pushing Out the Plan"
"Reinforcing the right minister of the Ministry of War and distributing matters", "Discussing the handling of the emergency situation of the captives by the ministers involved", "Discussing the handling of the subordinates of the army department in order to support the border affairs", "Discussing the affairs of the border affairs department in order to consolidate the border areas",
"Discussing the Military Preparedness of Various Provinces" and other books were all replied to by Emperor Longqing.
Gao Gong quickly launched the reform of the military system and the rectification of armaments, including the establishment of a series of systems such as the adjustment of personnel in the Ministry of War, the reserve system of military personnel, the leave and inward relocation system for border officers, the special relocation system of military officials, and the law of long-term appointment.
The Ming Dynasty's armament situation was greatly improved by imposing strict restrictions on generals, eliminating mediocre and weak generals, selecting the most talented and appointing the most capable, etc.
At this time, Ming Dynasty's "internal strength" has achieved some results, so we must find an opportunity to show it off to shock An Da.
But the question is: Should we directly send troops from Xuanda to confront An Da, or should we start from Jiliao and attack the barbarians to scare An Da?
