Xinshun 1730

Chapter 201 Seven captures and seven moves are not afraid

The emperor was already considering the military reform in the future, and the accompanying ministers were still discussing practical issues.

The meaning of Liu Yu's memorial is that he hopes that the imperial court will treat Ling Dunduobu with sincerity, which is obviously inclined to appease the quasi-bu.

But this appeasement is not the previous appeasement, but the quasi-department must be within the framework of those unchangeable rules.

The accompanying ministers also showed two completely different opinions.

The Zhunbu is like a flash in the pan, but after all, there is an example of the Tumubao of the previous dynasty.

Liu Yu knows that the era of nomadic tribes has passed, and history can be used as a mirror. No one can guarantee whether these nomadic tribes will make a comeback, because the era of nomadic tribes has not passed in "known history".

Facing the voices of opposition, Li Gansheng was afraid that the discussion would not be intense enough, so he said: "Please be quiet, gentlemen. The so-called employing people is not suspicious, and doubtful people are not. Since the big plan Ling Dunduobu expressed his intention, I would like to discuss it with him in detail. Let him go back to Zhunbu and persuade Galdan to Ce Ling. If this matter can be resolved in this way, it will be regarded as the virtue of God's good life, and it will also save the treasury millions of taels of military expenses."

"Besides, if the Western Regions want to be stable in the future, the current balance cannot be interrupted. Liu Yu also said that the strength of the Zhunbu is not only the army and horses of the Zhunbu's headquarters, but also the Yaerqiang south of the Tianshan Mountains. The oasis there Into pieces, planting food, more industrial and commercial, and gold mines.”

"In the battle of Yamesh Lake in the past, the Zhunbu captured many Westerners. Westerners not only know how to cast cannons, mine mines, but also weave wool. In Yarkand and other places, there are now many workshops for weaving woolen wool. In exchange for money, buy firearms."

"If the Zhunbu is just a nomad, there is nothing to fear. If the Zhunbu surrenders, then the Yarkand, Kazak, Uzbek and other ministries will no longer follow the Zhunbu's orders. The Zhunbu's headquarters does not have many soldiers and horses. Liu Shouchang If you can defeat it once, you can defeat it several times. If the army is here, even if you let it go back, you will have rebellion, so what is there to be afraid of?"

"The big strategy Ling Dunduobu is also a famous general. Liu Shouchang is a fledgling junior. He puts his military training first and his second before the battle. Since he can win, how can others not win? What are you worried about?"

Li Gan was very inclined to Liu Yu's opinion, mainly because he was familiar with the Mongols, and the capital was very close to the Mongolian tribes in Monan.

I am not very familiar with the head-wrapping ones of the Baishan School and the Heishan School.

I asked the officers of the Hanafi faction in the Shaanxi-Gansu region, or some Jinshi officials in the DPRK, and they didn't like those Baishan and Heishan factions.

After the ministers considered it, someone came forward and said: "I think that although the Mongolian tribes are divided, they will eventually be united. The Khalkha tribe, the Junggar tribe, Monan Mongolia, and the Turghut in Rakshasa in the west Department. If these several departments are combined into one, the threat will be the greatest.”

"As for the Yarkand, Kazakh and other tribes, although they are head-wrapped and different from the customs of the Central Plains, they cannot be twisted into a single rope after all. There is no need to worry about the reappearance of most of the Mongolian tribes across the Volga River, Western Regions, Mobei, and Monan .”

"In the long run, it seems to be the best way to exterminate the quasi-parties and introduce Yarkand, Kazakh, Bukhara and other tribes to enrich the Western Regions. In this way, the Western Regions can divide the balance, and Mongolia can be divided, making it difficult to achieve climate."

"If the Western Regions are in my hands, Mongolia will not be able to become powerful. The Western Regions are always in danger if they are in the hands of the Mongolian tribes."

In Liu Yu's memorial, he was extremely opposed to doing so, and there were many examples listed in it.

Regarding Mongolia, although there are concerns, it is also clear that the lesser of two evils.

The Yellow Sect is always easier to control, and Buddhism has been introduced to the Central Plains for a long time, so it can always communicate.

Of course, there is a more extreme method, that is, the imperial court spends tens of millions of taels of silver to immigrate from Huguang, Shandong, Henan and other places to enrich themselves.

This is definitely better, but the court can't afford so much money, so this method is just a fantasy, so it's better not to mention it.

The ministers also spoke out of the box, Li Gan thought about the four words Liu Yuchang said "the times have changed", and said with a smile: "You take history as a mirror, but you don't know how the world has changed."

"The Western Regions I want is not the land of Jiji, nor the Governor's Mansion, but a province that will be emigrated in the future. Monan has long been subject to the Mongolian tribes, and the Khalkha tribe surrendered due to the threats of the Zhunbu and Luocha. "

"I allowed him to continue to believe in the Yellow Sect, but I never convinced him to believe in Dongzheng like Rakshasa. He was rewarded every year, and he was not like Rakshasa who recruited the cavalry from the Torghut Department to fight in Europe. Why did he not accept it? Rakshasa can give I can give it to you; I can give it to Rakshasa."

"The affairs of Mongolia, since then, are not the affairs of Mongolia, but the affairs between the state and Rakshasa. If the state is strong, Mongolia will be stable; if the state is weak, Mongolia will be in chaos. Will it be chaotic? So there is no need to consider it."

"Besides, even if you don't accept it, the times have changed. If there are [-] Qingzhou troops, the Mongolian grasslands will run rampant. Several bastions have been built from the Onan River to the Altai Mountains, so why fear?"

In the past, the emperor felt that the opinions of the ministers were still reasonable.

But now the Qingzhou Army has achieved a result that no one can believe, and the leader of the battle is still a young boy who says that he is the best in training and the last time in battle. ".

Judging from the battle report on the memorial, the battle was fought calmly.

To sum up, the big strategy Ling Dunduobu did not make any mistakes. The early strategic deception, tactical mobilization of troops, and grasp of the timing of the assault can all be called superior.

However, if you can't break through the phalanx, what can you do?
It's like a child who has practiced countless techniques, facing a two-hundred-pound man who has never learned martial arts, his eyes are full of flaws, but what's the use?
The emperor has the heart of military reform, and the future envisaged is also considered based on the strength after the military reform.

The Raksha people are poor and shabby, and the population is not large. They can occupy so many bitter cold places and suppress the Turghut tribe. Why can't the country do it?

With the bastion as the lock, the main road as the chain, and the pure firearms troops like the Qingzhou Army that can fight on foot, maintain the absolute advantage of suppressing whoever is strong.

Instead of worrying about the re-emergence of Mongolia as a major threat across the Volga River to Heilongjiang, it is better to worry about the speed of missionary work after the balance of the Western Regions is broken.

Several ministers who were supportive of this thought about it and said: "Your Majesty is seconded. If your Majesty insists on this, it is not appropriate to use the Altai Mountains as the boundary between Khalkha and the Zhunbu. If it is like a province in the world, there should be no natural obstacles as a province. boundary."

"Khalka and the Zhunbu have had a long-standing enmity. If the Altai Mountains were used as the boundary, the conflict between the two sides would decrease day by day. On the contrary, they might get closer after many years. If the Altai Mountains were not used as the boundary, the Zhunbu would be given some pastures to the north, so that The Khalkha tribes are criss-crossed, checking and balancing each other."

"In addition, build cities and reclamation in Buyantu River, Kebuduo River and other places, and station three or two thousand soldiers capable of fighting, so as to be the boundary between Khalkha and Junggar."

Li Gan nodded and said, "This is an old-fashioned way to seek the country. In the past, it was difficult to harvest the crops in the reclamation there. Now Liu Yu has visited those Raksha people and sorted out rye, oats and other crops that can survive and grow in the bitter cold. You can garrison troops for reclamation."

"Experience from the previous dynasty, the system of this guard is not good for fighting, and it will be corrupted for a long time. If it is like the soldiers of the Songhua River, Liu Yu once said that there are no soldiers that can fight for a hundred years. But if they are used to cultivate wasteland, Guarding the border, this is possible."

"They don't need to fight, as long as they have some training. And the elite soldiers stationed there will be rotated every five years."

"In the past, there were not enough elite soldiers, but now if the Qingzhou army is fully deployed, there will be no shortage of elite soldiers. After the various Mongolian tribes are divided into feudal states, they can also pull out thousands of herdsmen, and the strength of a regiment is enough to suppress."

"Remember, the northern border of this dynasty is not Mongolia, but Rakshasa. Mongols can't train the Qingzhou Army, but the Qingzhou Army has learned from the Western Barbarians! The frontier must not be empty. Otherwise, it will be a slave serving as the governor of the capital. "

It cannot be bounded by the Altai Mountains. This is indeed something to consider.

The Weisuo system of the previous dynasty did indeed have a lot of experience to learn from.

It is definitely not possible to fight wars, but for example, defending borders and reclaiming wasteland are very good.

The problem with the Weisuo system is that Shibing has become serfs, and Shibing is not impossible to fight, but to be turned into a small nobleman.For example, the Fubing of the Tang Dynasty, the Liangjiazi of the Han Dynasty, and the Laowuying of Dashun, the most common ones only have a few dozen acres of land. Economically, they are far worse than the country gentry, not to mention the nobles.

But in politics, they are nobles. The sons of Han Liang's family can serve as officials, and the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty can make military achievements. They don't need to take the imperial examination, but have another shortcut other than the imperial examination. This is a privilege.

What Li Gan was thinking about was to open a school to expand the base and talent pool, so that he could follow the example of Wuying Liangjiazi's camp school.

It's just that the treatment must be much worse, that is, to learn how to read and count, to reuse the three-shelf method, to do practical studies, and even to save the school education, and it doesn't cost much money a year.

This made the frontier guards also have a "shortcut" to become a Langguan, or a way to become an official other than the imperial examination.

Considering that Wuying Liangjiazi is the basic market, this should be done slowly.

Liu Yu's memorial means that officers in arms such as artillery, navy, and engineers are still selected from civilian children other than Liangjiazi. The Wude Palace still needs to reserve enough places for Liangjiazi to avoid excessive opposition. Do it slowly.

Grassroots officers raised their salaries, so that being an officer in charge of hundreds of people like the head of the post could be regarded as a decent job instead of Qiu Ba, so that more jobs could be provided.

If there are many positions, some people will study and think about becoming an official.

Change the honor system to a military rank system, retain part of the honors that soldiers can get, and take out the other part to change into military ranks, so that the treatment is linked to the military rank.

In this way, the officers above the regiment are the sons of good families and honored sons; the officers below the regiment are mainly civilians, new guards, and government soldiers who have learned practically. This is infantry and cavalry.

The artillery and engineering soldiers are mainly the children of civilians, and the best talents are selected.

In the future, another discipline will be opened, and some officials will be selected, such as the customs, to slowly break the monopoly of the imperial examinations. With the posture of boiling frogs in warm water, with the help of the existing gap in the Wude Palace, it will be like a dam bursting, breaking away little by little. .

Instead of occupying the original radish pit, dig a new radish pit.

First dig a hole from the officer, spend some money, so that being an officer is also a decent job, instead of a derogatory name like Qiu Ba.

There will be more talents in the future, no matter whether it is checking the acres of land or strictly checking the tax, the money can definitely be earned back.

Just like now, if it can be resolved smoothly, several million taels will be saved in Ping Zhun's military expenditure.After the reform in the future, there will be fewer soldiers than before, and the money will still be the same, so the salary will increase.

This is a whole set of reforms in the military system, and it is also the root cause of Li Gan's belief that the surrender of the quasi-buyers is completely acceptable.

The Qingzhou Army has demonstrated its strength, which means that the military strength between the Central Plains and the frontier will become larger and larger in the future.

Since most of the Qingzhou Army have been drilled for two years, such "elite soldiers" can be mass-produced in the future, and the advantages of the Central Plains can only become greater and greater.

The soldiers produced by energy are the best soldiers.

And in order to save money, there may be fewer soldiers, but there must be fewer officers.

As long as there are enough qualified officers and enough money, a large army can be pulled out in two years. If Dashun is short of soldiers, then the European countries will not have to fight.

Li Gan considered that the matter of the Ministry of Finance should be resolved as soon as possible, so he took out some of the saved military expenses.

Part of it is to fulfill the promise to Liu Yu at the beginning, invest a sum of money to try out a new school in Jiaodong, and invest a sum of money to the navy.

The rest can be used for immigration expenses.

Don't exterminate the Zhunbu first, but keep them to balance the power of the Western Regions. After ten or twenty years, there will be more immigrants, so there is no need to worry.

If we can smoothly transition through the most dangerous ten years, we can save a lot of money.

After such a calculation, it seems that it is more cost-effective to surrender the quasi-buyers, and it is more beneficial in the long run, and it will save money in the short term.

Who knows if the Zhunbu will die, people from Yarkand and other tribes will take the opportunity to rebel.

They didn't just oppose the Zhuang Ministry, but everyone in the Western Regions. Li Gan was still clear about this.

After the ministers who supported and opposed debated for a while, someone finally showed his "international vision". In view of the news brought back from Duke Qi's trip to Rakshasa and France, and Liu Yu's brief examination of the European countries, he said : "I think there is another reason for His Majesty's idea of ​​letting the quasi-buyers submit without hurting their muscles and bones."

"If the Zhunbu dies, in addition to Yarkand, Kazak and other tribes, we must also consider the Turghut tribe far away in Rakshasa. If he learns that the Zhunbu has fallen, Raksha oppresses and ruthlessly. Perhaps it is possible to come back. If it returns, it may be another quasi-department."

"If the quasi-department is here now, it can not only ensure that the situation in the Western Regions will not be chaotic, and the situation can be balanced, and the garrison of the country and the court can control it; Rakshasa is very hard to suppress, but he can turn his heart to me."

"Liu Shou often fought in the Altai Mountains, and the Raksha people followed him to observe. After this deterrence, although he dared not move lightly towards our court, and when the Polish throne was in chaos in Europe, he would definitely back down on the border demarcation on the western front. However, it can also see that the nomadic tribes are vulnerable, and they will inevitably be squeezed even more in the future, which is also beneficial to our court."

"The Rakshasa is a big problem in the north, and it is also a good thing to make those who have the heart to go to us."

Li Gan felt relieved, and praised: "This is a sincere and horizontal statement. In the Three Kingdoms, since Marquis Wu captured Meng Huo seven times, I can also emulate it."

"Since we can defeat him once, now that the army of the West Road is going out to build the city at Luntai, and Liu Yu is crossing the Altai Mountains to look for opportunities in the Irtysh River, even if the chief planner Ling Dunduobu changes his mind after returning, why should I be afraid?"

"This matter is settled like this. When Da Ce Ling Dunduobu arrives, he will greet him with courtesy and show sincerity. Untie him and send him back to Yili to persuade the quasi-department."

"Talking is what you want to talk about, but you can't stop fighting."

Finally, the decision was made, and the accompanying ministers stopped refuting.According to the emperor's wishes, he prepared to meet him, and to make alliances after the surrender of the quasi-buyers in the future.

If it is not possible, first sort out the charter and prepare early.

(End of this chapter)