Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 566
Three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

Wu Dui sighed suddenly: "Before I returned to Beijing this time, Ma Lanxi approached me, and he really insisted on asking for a refund."

Gao Wushi held up his chopsticks in the air, was stunned for a moment, retracted his hand, and sighed: "Ma Zongrong may be really tired after fighting all his life."

"It's not that he's tired, but bored." Wu Dui smiled wryly and said, "In the past, when he fought twice in three days, he was in good health. Later, he received [-]% of the tribute. Some incidents happened, but they were all suppressed by my answer. There has been no war on the front line of Xuanda for a long time. It's okay for a year or two. After a long time, Malanxi can't stand it anymore. In his own words, there has been no war for a year. Bones will itch; two years without a war will hurt your bones; three years without a war will hurt your whole body.”

Gao Wushi could only smile wryly. After a while, he whispered, "Maybe not only Ma Zongrong, but also Liu Zongrong from Sichuan."

"Which one is Liu Zongrong?" Wu Dui has been serving in the northern border town, and he is new to the army, and he is not very familiar with the military arrangements in the south.

"Sichuan General Soldier Liu Xian and Liu Weiming." Gao Wushi said, "It's the Liu from 'Yu Long Qi Hu, North Man South Liu'."

"Oh, it's him, does his bone hurt too?" Wu Dui asked with a smile.

Gao Yushi didn't laugh, but was a little sad: "He has asked to resign several times, and I guess he really asked to resign."

Wu Dui's smile slowly subsided, and he frowned and said: "After I took office, I found out that Yu Xujiang had asked for three consecutive dismissals last year, but the court refused, but he died of illness at the end of the year. Wu Xiang."

Gao Wushi smiled wryly and said, "Actually, I think these four can all be knighted."

Wu Dui shook his head and said, "This is very rare. The imperial court doesn't place much emphasis on the military achievements of exterminating Japanese pirates and rebellious parties. Only those who have made great achievements in beheading in the battle against Mongolia can be easily conferred with titles. For example, Li Chengliang in Liaodong, who fought dozens of battles, big and small. However, even so, it is only a passing title and cannot be hereditary. The rest, even Qi Jiguang, did not have a title because the heads of the beheaded captives were not high enough."

Gao Wushi shook his head and said, "Actually, I have always felt that the imperial court only recognizes the head, which is a bit biased."

Wu Dui smiled wryly and said: "Ma Lanxi and Liu Weiming definitely have no chance, except for them... you want to ennoble Qi Nantang? If you really want to do this, I can fight with the Ministry of War's Military Selection and Clearance Department Hello, but Qi Jiguang has to exchange thousands of Tartar heads in exchange for me to talk. Besides, unless Guo Ge always nods to the cabinet, it’s useless for me to mention it.”

"Thousands of Tartar heads?" Now it's Gao Wushi's turn to smile wryly: "Qi Zongrong has been guarding Jizhen impeccably over the years, Tuman (left-wing Mongolia) and Duoyan have tried many times, and they have been beaten every time. Fleeing away with their heads in their hands, they no longer regard the Jizhen jurisdiction as the main target of looting, but have changed their overall strategy and started heading east with all their strength.

In this way, Li Chengliang's Liaodong has become the main battlefield, and Jizhen can basically only watch the show. Where can he get these thousands of Tartar heads?Besides, Li Chengliang's troops are strong in Liaodong, but Qi Jiguang's cavalry is somewhat insufficient. They are mainly infantry, cavalry infantry and artillery battalions. It may not be difficult for him to defeat the barbarians, but how many Tartars can he get? For the first level, that is something that some strong people find difficult. "

Wu Dui spread his hands: "So Li Chengliang is very lucky. Now the towns on the Nine Sides still have a chance to take the initiative, and he is left in Liaodong."

Wu Dui's words reminded Gao Yushi of the joke that Li Chengliang was actually the "Gaozu of the Qing Dynasty" in later generations.

This starts with the situation in Liaodong at that time.In the original history, in the 276 years of the Ming Dynasty's reign, the northern Mongolia and the Northeast Jurchen invaded from time to time, making national security and the stability of the border areas always under threat.Since Gao Gong in the Longqing period and Zhang Juzheng in the Wanli period were in power, the military equipment was reorganized and the border defense was strengthened, which effectively guaranteed the stability of the northern border.Li Chengliang was the commander-in-chief, and it was at this time that he was stationed in Liaodong in the early stage.

With the support of the central government, he gave full play to his military talents and established a brave and capable Li family army, which made the frontier soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, which had always been despised by the Mongolian army, "start to vibrate". The courageous and forward-looking team has achieved brilliant results time and time again.

The biography of "History of the Ming Dynasty" records: Li Chengliang "Zhen Liao 22 years, ten victories successively".His task of stationing in Liaodong was to prevent the Mongolian tribes from entering the border to plunder and to ensure that the imperial court exercised effective jurisdiction over the Jurchen ministries by force.

It should be affirmed that during the 30 years of guarding the Liao Dynasty, he performed his duties excellently. Countless battles not only gave a powerful blow to the Mongolian cavalry who violated the border, but also successfully blocked the Mongolian cavalry firmly on the side wall. In addition, it also effectively controlled the Jurchens who were seeking internal unity and prosperity, ensuring the stability of the Liaodong region for a period of time.

But in this process, why did Nurhachi gradually rise?How did Li Chengliang lose control of the Jurchen?
During Gao Wu's "observation of politics", he quietly did some understanding of the Jurchen at that time. At this time, the Jurchen was divided into three major divisions, Jianzhou, Haixi and Donghai (also known as Savage), and each division included several small divisions. However, no matter whether they are large or small, they do not belong to each other, and they are in the heroic age of conquering each other and claiming the title of king.

The ruling policy of the Ming court towards them was to "divide and rule", conferring titles such as Qianhu, Wanhu, commander, and governor to their ministers to prevent their unification and form a powerful force that is difficult to control.

If a certain tribe is powerful and does not obey the government's restraint, in order to prevent it from annexing other tribes, the official army will send troops to suppress them to weaken them.In fact, until now, Gao Wushi felt that Li Chengliang, as the highest military officer guarding Liaodong, had faithfully implemented the court's strategy.

For example, Wang Gao, the chief of the Jianzhou Ministry, ruled the roost among the various Jurchen ministries in Jianzhou. He was unruly.

In July of the second year of Wanli, his subordinate Xia Lihong clashed with the border guards because he was chasing the fugitives, and killed Pei Chengzu and others.The imperial court ordered at that time to hand over the murderer, but they did not listen.Zhang Xueyan, the governor of Liaodong at that time, asked the imperial court to stop its tribute market, and the imperial court agreed.

So Wang Gao joined forces with a certain tribe of Tumed in Mongolia and Taining and other tribes to conspire to invade the Liaoshen area on a large scale.Li Chengliang detected his movements, sent troops to defeat his troops at Schisandra Chong, and then broke through his stronghold.In the second year, he was captured and executed.

After Wang Gao, Wang Wutang's power rose again in the Jianzhou Department, and he continued to commit border looting. Li Chengliang just went to the imperial court some time ago, asking for permission to go and exterminate them.

It can be seen that at least Li Chengliang at this time does not have the "consciousness" of "Qing Gaozu" at all. He is still the God of War in Liaodong who is wholeheartedly implementing the court's resolution.For Jurchen, Li Chengliang is the sword of Damocles on their heads.

Therefore, even though Gao Yushi was always worried that Li Chengliang's thoughts would go astray because of his previous life history, he couldn't do anything now.

Gao Wushi frowned slightly, and said: "Li Chengliang is 54 this year. As a military general, he will be old in a few years. It is still unclear who Liaodong should use at that time."

Wu Dui didn't understand the meaning of Gao Yushi's words for a while, he hesitated and said, "I haven't heard that he is in poor health, so he should be able to use it for a few more years, right?"

Gao Yushi couldn't say it clearly, so he smiled and said: "It's good to be able to use it, but the imperial court always promotes and trains some young generals, so as not to fail to take over and lack successors."

Wu Dui did not object to this point. After all, generals are different from civil servants. It doesn't matter if civil servants are too old to walk, as long as their thinking is still clear, there is no problem. But if a general is too old to ride a horse, what kind of soldiers should he bring?

However, Wu Dui still misunderstood the meaning of Gao Yushi, thinking that he wanted to promote someone, so he asked in a half-joking tone: "Is there any good generals from the younger generation to recommend? If so, brother Yu must study carefully, and I can't do it." Teach the pearl to be dusted."

(End of this chapter)