Chapter 282: Inside and Outside the Palace (Twenty-Four) Wenhua Calls (Part 1)
The next morning, Gao Pingshi planned to go to Xinzhai Villa to meet Dong Yiyuan and Liu Wei according to the original plan, so as to avoid the feeling of ignoring people as soon as they were sent to the hospital. At the same time, this also made Liu Wei
The brother and sister had the opportunity to reunite after a long separation. Unfortunately, this idea went wrong. Dong Yiyuan and Liu Wei actually came to the city.
When Gao Pragmatic asked, he found out that it was the Ministry of War who sent someone to inform him that the two men were coming to the city early in the morning. He said that yesterday Wen Hua summoned the Central Cabinet and the Ministry of War to make suggestions on how to deal with the current war situation in Gansu but did not get the emperor's approval. It is expected that today they may
They will be summoned to the palace for consultation, so the Ministry of War notified them in advance to come to the city and wait.
So that’s it. Gao pragmatic nodded, and left Dong Yiyuan to talk, and asked Liu Wei to go see his sister. However, he and Dong Yiyuan didn’t even chat for a few words before the eunuch came and summoned him and the two generals at the same time.
Let’s go to the Wenhua Hall to meet the saint.
Liu Wei had just met Liu Xin at this time. The brother and sister were called away without saying a few words, and they felt a little depressed. However, the emperor's call could not be delayed, so he had no choice but to keep the gifts for his nephew and niece.
Excuse yourself first and leave.
Seeing this, Gao Pragmatic comforted him and said, "Just wait until the call comes. I will also live in Baiyu Tower tomorrow. It will be convenient then."
Liu Wei thought that Gao Pragmatic moved to Baiyu Tower just for this matter, so he hurriedly said: "How dare you work for the Marquis?"
Gao Pragmatic waved his hand and said, "I'm going to go, brother-in-law, there's no need to see anyone outside."
Liu Wei heard that he changed his name to "brother-in-law" at this time, which meant that he was referring to his family members, so he didn't know what to say, so he agreed immediately.
The three of them walked all the way to the palace under the leadership of the eunuchs. When they arrived at the Wenhua Hall, they were immediately summoned to enter. At this time, the same people were indeed in the Wenhua Hall - the emperor, five foreigners and the Minister of War, Song Yingchang. Of course,
, if you have to worry about it, Chen Ju and Wang An are also there.
"The noble and pragmatic ministers (Dong Yiyuan, Liu Wei) pay their respects to my emperor, long live, long live, long live."
"No courtesy." Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said to Wang An: "I will give you a seat in Nanning."
At this time, there were no other servants in the palace except Chen Ju and Wang An. Wang An personally moved a chair to Gao Pangshi and said respectfully: "Master Marquis, please take a seat."
"The factory supervisor is here." Gao Pingshi smiled and said politely. At this time, he was not polite to the emperor, because the other five pavilion elders and Song Yingchang were all sitting at this time. It is estimated that the summons had been going on for a long time.
time.
Zhu Yijun took the initiative and said: "Rixin, you didn't come yesterday, so some situations may not be clear. Li Wen and Xu Sanwei have both submitted new memorials...Chen Ju, please come and tell the Nanning Marquis."
"According to the order." Chen Ju accepted the order and said pragmatically to Gao: "Master Hou, Li Zhijun and Xu Fujun had a briefing yesterday. The two ministers have their own opinions on the military crisis Gansu is currently facing, and they have submitted a request to the imperial court.
The aid is quite different. Yesterday's meeting... failed to discuss the outcome.
Generally speaking, Li Zhijun believes that although Suzhou has encountered setbacks, the Ganzhou Five Guards have been strengthened several times in recent years and have about 30,000 troops. Relying on the Ganzhou city defense and surrounding fort systems, they should be able to contain
Chahar's troops continued to move eastward.
Therefore, Li Zhijun believed that as long as Ganzhou defended with all its strength and waited for the Tumote cavalry to gather in Qinghai and Achatu, threatening the two wings of the Chahar rebel army, Chahar would be in a dilemma of being unable to conquer for a long time, and at the same time, he would have to worry
The flank was attacked, and the only way left was to retreat.
At the same time, Guyuan is 1,200 miles away from Ganzhou, and there is no time to rescue him in the hurry. If reinforcements are sent out forcibly, Chahar may have already retreated halfway, which will only be a waste of food and wages. Therefore, Gansu only needs to mobilize Lanzhou on its own.
, the troops stationed in Xining and other places gathered in Yongchang, and the Chahar bandit army will retreat when they find out."
Chen Ju paused for a moment. Seeing that Gao Pragmatic had no intention of asking, he continued: "Xu Fujun's views are almost completely opposite to Li Zhijun's. Xu Fujun believes that Chahar has captured Yarkand by itself.
It has been recuperating for seven or eight years, and now there are local soldiers from Yarkand under its command. It can be seen that it has completely completed its control, and its strength has not decreased but increased compared to the past.
In this way, Ganzhou's 30,000 soldiers may not be able to guarantee the defense of every place. Even if the city of Ganzhou is not lost, the surrounding forts may be greatly damaged. Once the forts are lost continuously, it may affect the morale of the army in the city. And the Tumote cavalry on both wings
Although each has more than ten thousand available, it may not be believed at the moment.
Xu Fujun believed that Qinghai Huoluo Chibu was wild and untamable, and had been forced to submit in the past. If the war goes against me now, I am afraid that I will not make any move, so I cannot believe it.
Although Achatu's Shachixing is the son of Zhongjinhatun, he is too young and his prestige in the army is unknown, as is his military ability. Therefore, even if his loyalty is trustworthy, his combat prowess is hard to say, so his ability
Whether he is qualified to serve as a flanker is still a matter of debate.
In this way, both wings cannot be fully trusted. If the five guards of Ganzhou are left to defend without a large army to come to their aid, Chahar's commander Burihatu is unlikely to choose to retreat.
Xu Fujun believed that Burihatu might choose to contact Huo Luochi and persuade him to fight back, or at least hold his troops back. Then he would concentrate his forces to defeat Shachixing's army, and both wings of our army would be destroyed, and Ganzhou would fall into a lonely city.
momentum.
Once there is no large army to help at this time, how can we know that Burihatu will not persist in the siege and wait to exhaust our army's supplies? By then the overall situation in the northwest will completely collapse, Shandan and Yongchang will fall not far away, Liangzhou and Xining will fall into the sea of fire, and Lanzhou
, it is also difficult to hold oneself in Lintao, so the shock in Guanzhong is inevitable."
Seeing that Chen Ju didn't want to go any further, Gao pragmatically estimated that the above was Li Wen and Xu Sanwei's respective opinions, so he asked: "So, what was the dispute about yesterday's meeting?"
Chen Ju glanced at the elders and Song Yingchang, and said: "Maybe he thinks that the reserves in the northwest are insufficient, and the army is really unable to support him; maybe he thinks that Ganzhou is in crisis, and no matter what the reserves are, he can't just die without saving... In short,
Either they agree with what Li Zhijun saw, or they agree with what Xu Fujun said."
In fact, Gao Pragmatic had previously suggested mobilizing the Tumut cavalry from Qinghai and Achatu areas as the two wings of Ganzhou. Logically speaking, he should not hesitate to agree with Li Wen, the governor of the three sides, to let Ganzhou and the two Tumut cavalry
Solve this Gansu incident independently.
However, the questions raised by Xu Sanwei this time cannot be said to be without aim, and his worries are indeed justified.
Huo Luochi has a criminal record. If Burihatu finds him now and successfully persuades him, not to mention asking him to fight back, as long as he stands still or delays deliberately, the Ganzhou left wing will be useless.
Sha Chixing on the right wing of Ganzhou did have the problems mentioned by Xu Sanwei. Sha Chixing was the second son of Zhongjin Hatun. When Anda Khan died - that is, in the ninth year of Wanli, Sha Chixing had just learned to walk.
, so now he is only in his twenties.
Although Tumut cooperated with the Ming Dynasty in launching several battles over the years, nothing happened to Sha Chixing. He was enfeoffed to Achatu after the Battle of Yuan Dynasty. In this case, Xu Sanwei suspected
His prestige in the Tumut army even led to doubts about his ability to use troops that he had not shown at all. This is completely normal.
Considering that the Chahar army is personally commanded by Buri Hatu, and there is no doubt about Buri Hatu's ability, Xu Sanwei doubts that he will appease Huo Luochi while concentrating his forces to defeat the infamous Sha Chixing. Naturally,
It is reasonable and reasonable, and it is impossible for the court not to consider it.
But looking back, Li Wen’s view is not wrong. Problems in the northwest often arise from two aspects: distance and logistics. Too far away means that it is difficult to achieve rapid military deployment, and logistical difficulties will lead to slight movements.
Soldiers cost a lot of money, so these two difficulties almost always go hand in hand.
As long as the troops are mobilized, the cost is huge, and each time the troops are mobilized, it is difficult to end quickly, so the cost is even greater. Too far apart makes it difficult for the Ming Dynasty army, which is mainly infantry, to rush to the battlefield quickly. When they arrive, as long as the opponent finds it difficult
If defeated, they will choose to escape temporarily, so the Ming army will either run in vain, or stop there and waste time with the opponent.
Although the Ming Dynasty has a strong foundation, they are nomadic, and the losses they spend there are much lighter than the Ming army. It is obviously not a problem to continue to waste like this.
Therefore, the Ming Dynasty's defense system against them has always been the city-based Jiawubao model. That is, once the nomadic invaders invade the border, the Ming army and the local Han people will concentrate on the city and the Wubao [Note: also called Dunbao] to defend, and wait for a long time.
If you can't attack and retreat on your own, you will be considered a victory.
Wubao is an important part of the defense system of the Ming Dynasty's border army. It can be used as a buffer when there is war and for residents to live in. Troops can be stationed in Wubao. When there is no war, farming can be done in the pier for military needs. Although it can only supply
Partly, but always a big benefit.
In fact, from Gao Pragmatic's point of view, although the views of Li Wen and Xu Sanwei seem to be opposite, in fact they both make judgments from their own standpoints, and there is no right or wrong in their own attitudes.
Li Wen, the tripartite governor responsible for the entire Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia, would certainly feel that he could not give all his power to Gansu from his standpoint.
There is an unspoken thought here: If Gansu is really lost, it will only be Gansu after all. I, Shaanxi, at least still have the ability to defend. However, if Gansu has just been invaded at this time, I will fully support you.
If this force is also lost in Gansu, what will happen when Chahar's army marches directly into Guanzhong? The heads of you and me put together are not enough to chop off.
In the eyes of Xu Sanwei, the governor of Gansu, it is obvious that we, Gansu, are on the front line, and you, Guanzhong, who is on the second line, of course need to give our full support. As the saying goes, "If Hexi is peaceful, Guanzhong will be safe." If I, Hexi, are lost, how can you, Guanzhong, be able to
Gou Quan?
Gao Pragmatic couldn't help but shake his head when he thought about it. In fact, the problem between the two of them was that they only considered the problem from their own position and did not reach a higher strategic level. Of course, this is not their fault, because even if they wanted to stand at a higher level, they could not help but shake their heads.
Viewed from a certain level, there is also a lack of understanding of the overall situation.
The most critical problem in this is that they don't know the level of power outside their control. To put it more clearly, they only know how much food they can use and how many soldiers they can mobilize, but they don't know how much power they have at the court level.
How much financial, material, and manpower are available now?
Perhaps in their view, the imperial court's continuous wars over the years, even if not talking about military strength, must have at least cost a huge amount of material and financial resources. Even now, they have not yet determined whether the War to Ping Japanese is over.
The War of Ping Japanese was presided over by Gao Pragmatic. Li Wen and Xu Sanwei certainly did not think that they could "compete for the budget" with the Minister of Household Affairs. Therefore, even if the court had money and food, it would only use it for the Ping Japanese army.
I'm afraid they won't be able to spare much support here.
Therefore, both of them considered the response based on the resources they could mobilize, which led to the above polar opposites.
As for yesterday's meeting, Gao Jingshi didn't ask who supported Li Wen and who supported Xu Sanwei. It didn't really matter, because... in the large household department after the reform, only he, Gao Jingshi, knew the real situation best, even if
Other elders can only guess, they don’t have a real number in mind.
Zhu Yijun felt a little relieved when he saw Gao Pragmatic's expression as usual, and asked: "Which of the two of them does Rixin think has better ideas?"
Gao Pingshi glanced at the emperor, then at the cabinet ministers, and said: "Both of them have a correct view."
Zhu Yijun was startled, frowned and said, "But now I have to adopt one side."
"I think they can all be adopted." Gao Pingshi smiled and said: "But in addition to their views, some supplements can be added. Now in short, Li Zhijun believes that reinforcements cannot be easily dispatched to avoid weakening Guanzhong.
Strength, this is some kind of bottom-line thinking. Xu Fujun insisted that in order to consolidate Guanzhong, Gansu should be settled first, so he insisted on requesting reinforcements to avoid accidents in Ganzhou.
However, there are obviously other options for the imperial court, such as gathering some of the available but unorganized troops from Ganzhou, Shaanxi and even Ordos and letting them support Ganzhou."
"Rixin is saying that the generals who are idle at home will be allowed to take their servants to Ganzhou?" Zhu Yijun responded quickly, but he immediately frowned and said: "Does it mean that they are just allowed to commit crimes and perform meritorious services, or are they to be paid and rewarded? Oh, by the way,
How will the Ordos army be used, and is it related to meritorious service?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Gao pragmatically said: "Of course you need to be paid when you go on an expedition, and naturally you need rewards if you win a battle. There are quite a few of these generals and servants who are idle at home, so when we start a war
Although they have good fighting ability, the generals can support them normally, but they may not be able to support them when the army goes on an expedition. They can only be subsidized by the court to stimulate their fighting spirit.
As for Ordos...does the emperor still remember Boshu Ketu? His original official position in Mongolia was quite impressive. He was a Jinong, nominally second only to the Great Khan.
However, because this person helped the emperor during the Northwest Rebellion, he has been punished ever since. Now that there is a police force in the northwest, we can use the cancellation of punishment as a condition to make him contribute to the court - even his salary is exempted, so why not?
"
After Gao Jingshi said these words, before Zhu Yijun said yes or no, Wang Jiaping took the initiative and asked: "If Bo Shuketu is released, will this person not do stupid things again?"
This issue is obviously very important, especially because the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty believed more than the military generals that "those who are not from my race must have different hearts", and they were worried that after Boshu Ketu was released, he would rebel against the court. After all, he was also a Jinong, and he was in Mongolia.
The appeal among people still exists. If this causes chaos in the Loop, it will be too much of a loss.
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