prosperous age

Chapter 513 Chapter 512
Writing a letter to Tan Lun is naturally Qi Jiguang's way to find reinforcements.

Although the court did not decide on the main and deputy generals for the recovery of the Fuhua Mansion, Liu Xian's name was the first of the three no matter whether it was in the imperial court or in the local government's documents.

During this period of time, Qi Jiguang also looked at the troops led by Liu Xian and Yu Dayou. No matter in terms of strength or quality of soldiers, Liu Xian's troops were the weakest.

Yu Dayou's troops are very strong, but Qi Jiguang is also confident that the troops he has trained for several months will not be inferior to them in fighting.

Qi Jiguang made up his mind to show his hand in the battle to recapture the Fuhua Mansion, so he naturally wanted to seize the main attack, but with Liu Xian present, he was not sure how to do it, so he thought of inviting his old acquaintance Tan Lun to help him.

Tan Lun is a civil servant and the new governor of Fujian. As long as he arrives at the front of the battle, he will undoubtedly be the coach of the recovery of Fuhua Mansion this time, and in his opinion, this is actually a contribution to his door. Tan Lun has no reason to refuse this offer thing.

Moreover, the fact that the Ming army competed for credit with each other has long been famous. Qi Jiguang directly wrote his "anxiety" in the letter, "Be sure to come in person, gather all the soldiers of the three battalions, draw blood to form an alliance, and divide the war." For the road, take advantage of the opportunity to stabilize the morale of the three battalions."

Of course, the imperial court far away in the capital didn't know what happened before the battle in Fujian, and they didn't even think that some things would cause the army to disperse before the war.

However, this kind of thing happens all the time and everywhere.

The front line in Fujian is only monitoring the movements of the Japanese pirates, waiting for the Zhejiang soldiers to arrive on the battlefield before launching an attack. At this time, in the Yongshou Palace in Xiyuan, Emperor Jiajing is summoning Xu Jie.

"I have read the memorial to you for the lack of people in the cabinet. Who do you think is worthy of the same official in the court?"

Emperor Jiajing looked at the memorial on the imperial book case and asked indifferently.

Xu Jie has become more slick, perhaps because under the pressure of Yan Song for many years, whether it is handling government affairs or dealing with people, things are very different from before.

It was not so much his own idea to make up for the cabinet ministers on Xu Jie, but it was forced to do it.

It has become the practice of the Ming Dynasty to have at least three people in the cabinet. Although there were only Yan Song and Xu Jie as directors in the cabinet at the beginning, there was also a cabinet minister named Lu Ben, so there were still three people in name.

After Yan Song took office, for more than half a year, only Xu Jie and Yuan Wei handled government affairs in the cabinet, which naturally caused dissatisfaction among all officials in the court.

As the first assistant, Xu Jie also had to play to ask for additional cabinet ministers.

As for his true thoughts, he knew that Emperor Jiajing could actually guess it.

"Your Majesty is the wisest minister, and I dare not speak rashly."

Xu Jie bowed his head and replied respectfully.

Emperor Jiajing looked at Xu Jie, smiled and said, "The emperor knows the minister, but Yao, Shun and my Taizu have the ears to know the truth and use it.

If it was Song that day, I would have been simple and not talented here. Although this official has no name, he actually has a position. The prime minister must choose the ancient righteousness and the court to push the wrong way, but don’t you know who the master of the future palace is? "

"After Yao used the four mountains, he put them to death. After the Taizu used Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong, he punished him for his crimes. The emperor first learned about Song's talent and used it, and later reprimanded him because he listened to his son's greed and indulgence. All the great sages are harmless. Yu Ming."

Hearing Emperor Jiajing's words, Xu Jie immediately replied, and by the way, gave the emperor a little fart to excuse him for appointing Yan Song.

"Hehe. You say that the four mountains, Weiyong and the like are not Yao and the Taizu who don't know the ministers, so you don't have to be cautious. Yao is the holy emperor, so what is the Taizu's husband not ignorant of? , Anke and its contingency, can be appointed without mistake. Song's crime is not Tingzi, but because he indulged in harming the country and the people."

In fact, Emperor Jiajing is also considering the matter of adding cabinet ministers, and it is not certain who will be the best for the time being.

However, as far as the current situation is concerned, there are two people in the cabinet, Xu Jie and Yuan Wei, and the affairs of the cabinet are still running smoothly, so they have not been moved.

Emperor Jiajing naturally had a channel to understand the pressure exerted on the cabinet by all the officials in the court. He called Xu Jie here today just to see what he thought, or it was also a test for Xu Jie.

If he recommended his friends when he asked "who can be promoted among the same officials", Emperor Jiajing would definitely order the court to push officials who did not deal with Xu Jie to enter the cabinet, thinking of it as a restraint.

However, Xu Jie was very smart, so he didn't follow his words, but asked him to appoint additional ministers.

If there was, he would have issued an order to join the cabinet to do business.

"Let me think about this matter again."

Emperor Jiajing said that he had uncovered the memorial.

"What do you think about Bo going to Miyun?"

Putting aside the matter of adding cabinet ministers, Emperor Jiajing began to consult Xu Jie again on his views on the government.

In Yu Wang's mansion, Yu Wang also summoned the people in the palace to discuss the northern affairs.

In this short period of half a month, the Xuanfu and Liaodong almost had news of prisoners and cavalry offenders within a few days. If the previous discussion was just casual, then this time King Yu paid much more attention to it.

"Five thousand cavalry captives offended Dishui Cliff in Xuanfu. From Heimoling to the south, the defeated general Song Lan guerrilla Majin, etc., then the soldiers plundered Longqing, Yongning and other places, and stationed in the east and west of Hongshan. He used to be the general of Datong The officer Liu Han fought hard but the thieves then marched westward from Liugou and entered the Hupi village to attack Zhangjiabao. They were unable to attack Zhangjiabao, but they escaped in and out when it snowed heavily, and it took seven days."

After Li Fang finished reading the battle report copied in his hand, he picked up another Liaodong battle report and read: "The captives invaded Liaoyang, and the general Yang Zhao led his troops to cover them. Set up an ambush and waited for him to go around, beheaded 75 ranks in front of the captive, and got [-] damas."

"I remember that a few days ago, we talked about this matter. We didn't want it to be so fast. Both Xuanda and Liaodong have sent battle reports. I feel a little uneasy these two days."

King Yu said at the top.

In fact, when Wei Guangde entered Prince Yu's mansion, he heard Li Fang quietly revealing the news.

Last night, King Yu woke up in the middle of the night, saying that he had dreamed that the cavalry were coming to the capital city again, and he couldn't sleep all night after that.

Li Fang notified Wei Guangde of the news in advance, so naturally he wanted to prepare him so that he could comfort King Yu later.

Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng looked at each other at that moment, but they both showed wry smiles.

King Yu is no longer a child, and he cannot be persuaded by a few simple words.

Perhaps, this is the aftermath of the "Gengxu Change" that year.

At the time of the "Gengxu Revolution", King Yu was already a sensible boy. Of course he knew the panic in the entire capital and the violent turmoil in the government and the public when the incident happened. Close the city gate and guard yourself.

King Yu lived in the palace since he was a child. Due to various reasons, he has always felt insecure. With the help of this incident, this fear may have been deeply rooted and buried deep in his heart.

Perhaps it was also when a few people analyzed Jizhen and Liaodong that day, they magnified their status too much, so that King Yu let out the fear in his heart.

Wei Guangde can only think about it this way, what he can say, of course he can only brag about Yang Bo's ability today.

Fortunately, when Yang Bo was in Xuanda and Jizhen, the stable border did not give the Tatars any chance. I hope this can appease King Yu.

Perhaps because it has been more than ten years since the "Gengxu Incident", most people in the capital have forgotten about it.

And Wei Guangde had never personally experienced it at all, so naturally he didn't know the situation in the capital at that time, from civil and military officials to common people's fear of captive cavalry, so after hearing from Zhang Juzheng that Al Da Khan seemed to be making a big move At that time, he didn't pay attention to it, let alone think that in the 42nd year of Jiajing, it almost caused the disaster of the year again.

"By the way, Shan Loan, if the An Da Department really hits the capital city, will you go out of the city and lead an army to fight against it?"

With the cooperation of Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng, King Yu's worries were finally dispelled, or eased, at least a smile appeared on King Yu's face.

As for whether he can sit back and relax in the future, Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng are not sure.

When leaving Prince Yu's mansion, Zhang Juzheng joked with Wei Guangde about this matter and asked.

"As for the soldiers in the Beijing camp, the defense of the city is still so-so. If they are pulled out to fight the Tartars, they will die."

Wei Guangde replied angrily, "If the soldiers from the nine frontiers can return to help in time, I will go out of the city to command the frontier army. Even if I can't destroy them and capture I Dahan, I still have confidence in driving them out."

Wei Guangde dared to say this, of course he relied on the big killer in his hand - Ma Fang.

If it really came to the captive cavalry in Linjing City, it is impossible for Ma Fang, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, to still herd sheep in Zhangjiakou, he must be the leader of the army.

Naturally, Wei Guangde was not very sure about the other frontier generals and the soldiers they led, but he still had confidence in the troops brought out by Ma Fang.

In fact, all the generals on the nine sides of the north knew the importance of military training.

Just kidding, these families started by fighting and winning battles, An Neng didn't understand the reason.

However, these were all a few years ago.

The reason why the overall combat power of the Ming army has declined is actually mainly because after years of development, these families have already spread out and flourished.

The family expenses are high, but the salary and rewards of the court remain the same, which is the so-called customary system, and of course it is not enough.

They want to live a life of extravagance, but because they are on the northern border and have no stable source of income, all they can do is rely on mountains and rivers to eat water, relying on the border to fill their own warehouses with smuggled goods and embezzled military pay.

However, since they are generals, they naturally know the value of soldiers' combat power, so each family will often keep a troop that maintains its combat power, whether it is for self-protection or military exploits, anyway, in the huge frontier army sequence of the Ming Dynasty Among them, there are still countless troops with considerable combat power.

It's just that such teams are rare after all, and have nothing to do with the overall combat strength of the army.

If he had thought of this level, he might have patted his chest in front of Zhang Juzheng and assured him that he not only dared to go out of the city to fight the Tartars, but also dared to shout out the bold words to wipe them out.

A few days later, Tan Lun in Fuzhou received a letter from Qi Jiguang.

In fact, shortly after he received the order to encircle and suppress the Japanese pirates in Xinghua, he became deeply worried. Probably because the capital of Zhejiang Province was unwilling to send elite soldiers to help the battle, Qi Jiguang was able to bring out two thousand veterans, including He Tan has someone's affection.

Although Qi Jiguang only said in his letter that the front line lacked a clear command, he was worried that something unexpected would happen, but Tan Lun also knew about the front line, and there may have been some conflicts between the three generals.

In fact, Qi Jiguang is not sure whether Liu Xian intends to grab the credit, but if he does nothing and just let it go, then his credit in this battle may be ranked last, because Liu Xian and Yu Dayou will both count on him. There are too many recruits, and they are not allowed to perform meritorious service on the grounds that they are unbearable.

The current Qi Jiguang still has the post of deputy general of the Zhejiang army on his head, exercising the power of the general army.

Although in Zhejiang, the imperial court did not appoint a chief military officer, seeing Yu Dayou made him think that Yu Dayou was the former chief military officer in Zhejiang.

Regardless of whether he is unwilling to be inferior to others or wants to make contributions, anyway, Qi Jiguang hopes to be promoted to another level by virtue of this military achievement.

"Where is Hu Shouren's headquarters now?"

When Tan Lun took over the post, he actually felt like a bright mirror in his heart. If he couldn't take over Fuxinghua City, he would be the governor.

Originally, he was worried that Liu Xian, Yu Dayou and other generals would be dissatisfied if he came to the front line in person, but after receiving Qi Jiguang's letter, he knew that he had to go to Xinghua Mansion.

Liu Xian, Yu Dayou, and Qi Jiguang all knew each other when they were in Zhejiang, so he went to Xinghua Mansion to grab credit when he took office, and he really couldn't do it.

But judging from the current situation, he couldn't care less.

"Dong Weng, most of General Hu's troops are new recruits. I heard that they are training while walking, so the speed of marching is relatively slow.

According to the itinerary, it should have passed Fu'an by this time, and perhaps reached Shanyang Town and entered the boundary of Fuzhou Prefecture. "

After a simple calculation, a master around him immediately gave the answer.

"Send people to investigate the news of the army separately immediately, and we will go south to Xinghua with them."

Tan Lun had already made a decision, so he ordered, "Also, you write a letter to General Qi and tell him the arrangement."

"Dong Weng, do you want to tell General Qi that the imperial court already intends to promote him to be the chief soldier?"

The master spoke again.

"Ok?"

After Tan Lun thought for a while, he shook his head, "It's inconvenient for me to tell you about this matter. Besides, although the court has this intention, it lacks an opportunity after all. He, Qi Huhu, still needs to make a big contribution."

"Isn't this Xinghua?"

The master smiled.

"Hehe, the commander-in-chief of Fujian Province, someone has already been selected from the court."

Tan Lun said with a smile.

He understood that his aide was thinking about him.

Transferred from Zhejiang to Fujian, of course I hope that the soldiers under him will be obedient, and he is familiar with Qi Jiguang, and he has taken good care of Qi Jiguang in the past. If Qi Huhu can be transferred to Fujian, he will naturally be handy.

"Who?"

The master was surprised.

"Yu Dayou."

Tan Lun replied directly, "Perhaps after this battle is over, the imperial edict will be delivered."

"General Yu's reinstatement speed is also quite fast. Not long after he was promoted from general to deputy commander, he will be promoted to commander in chief."

The master exclaimed.

"There are people in the court."

Tan Lun laughed.

From Yu Dayou's imprison to his distribution, the promotion of the rocket after Datong's meritorious deeds was actually because the officials of the court and the central government were giving him face. Otherwise, there were nearly [-] military officers in the Ming Dynasty, why would he be able to be promoted so quickly.

"General Yu himself is very good at fighting, and it is reasonable to have noble people to help him."

"Yes."

"With General Yu in charge, Dong Weng will be worry-free."

The master obviously admired Yu Dayou, so he said sincerely at this time.

(End of this chapter)