Wanli 1592

Chapter 14 The Military Officer's Dilemma

Wei Xuezeng narrowed his eyes, and slowly said: "If it's just the eight tigers, then it's fine. The eight tigers are the eight cats without the emperor. It's easy to kill or cut. If you really want to go against the law, it will definitely cause a strong reaction from the officials. Now that you are well versed in power tactics, you may not do it, so what should you do?"

The middle-aged literati was dumbfounded, and after a while he pointed to the letter in Wei Xuezeng's hand uncertainly: "Could it be?"

"At the beginning of the founding of the country, Taizu ordered Wu Zun to be inferior, but the peace has been going on for a long time, coupled with the drastic changes in the civil fortress, and today, if today, who really wants to support who will fight for power... and the war continues, the country urgently needs generals, It’s fine if no one is available, if someone…”

Wei Xuezeng didn't finish his words, but he said everything that should be said.

So Wei Xuezeng sat down and wrote down the military order.

"The governor wants to transfer the deputy general Ma Gui and the capital commander Xiao Ruhui to lead an army of [-] people to rush to help Pinglu City, try to keep Pinglu City from being lost, and threaten the rebels from the flanks."

The middle-aged scribe understood: "It is wise to make Taiwan."

Wei Xuezeng smiled, and then said: "The governor still has to write a memorial to His Majesty, Hexi is exhausted, but Pinglu City will not surrender."

The middle-aged scribe shook his head helplessly, and bowed again: "It's still wise to make a platform."

Wei Xuezeng twisted his beard and smiled, but said nothing more.

After a while, a soldier sent to summon Ma Gui and Xiao Ruhui who had just led the army to the Huamachi camp, to the commander's camp. The two of them entered the commander's camp, knelt down on one knee and clasped their fists to salute: "The last general will see the platform!"

"Well, get up, two generals, the governor has something important for you two."

Ma Gui and Xiao Ruhui looked at each other, then Ma Gui clasped his fists and asked, "May I ask what is your order?"

"The rebellious traitors, who disregarded the grace of heaven, rebelled with their troops, and committed a heinous crime. However, there are still some people who are even more abhorrent than the traitors. My Hexi Fortress 47 has exhausted ink, which has caused the current predicament! The governor really hates these people without kings and fathers! I thought Hexi was all these people, but I didn’t expect that there was another person who rose from adversity and stood firm in the city. If you don’t surrender, you will be able to contain the enemy’s army for our army, and you deserve the greatest credit, and this governor wants to ask for credit for him.”

Wei Xuezeng set his sights on Xiao Ruhui: "Xiao Dusi, his younger brother Xiao Ruxun insisted on defending the city of Pinglu and not surrendering. Now he is fighting against the rebels. This governor really did not expect that there is such a loyal general in Hexi."

Xiao Ruhui blinked her eyes, showing ecstasy: "The meaning of making the platform is that the fourth brother of the last general is still standing firm in Pinglu City?"

Wei Xuezeng smiled and nodded: "Just now, the governor received a letter from General Xiao asking for help, so he summoned the two of you and ordered you two to lead three thousand troops to rescue the city. We must keep the city safe. If Pinglu City is protected, you still have the strength to combine the two armies and try to attack Ningxia Town from the east, attacking Ningxia Town from the east, and harassing the rebel flanks. Of course, the first task is to keep Pinglu City alive! "

Xiao Ruhui was overjoyed, and immediately clasped her fists together: "The general obeys orders!!"

With a calm face, Ma Gui clasped his fists and saluted: "The general obeys!"

Once out of the big camp, Xiao Ruhui couldn't hold back her surprise, and clenched her fists fiercely, while Ma Gui watched with a little envy.

The Ma family in Datong is not of the Han nationality, but it is also one of the general families who followed the Ming court and contributed to the Ming court earlier. Under the general trend of the decline of the nine generals, only two generals went against the current, one was the Li family in Liaodong, and the other , is the Ma family in Datong, which was called Dong Li Xi Ma at the time, and what is interesting is that neither of these two families was of Han origin.

The Ma family in Datong has produced fierce generals in all dynasties, starting from Magui's ancestors, guarding the border of Daming for generations. Magui made great achievements in the tenth year of Wanli to become the deputy commander-in-chief, and then he was once promoted to the commander-in-chief of Ningxia. Be careful to offend Zeng Qianheng, the Shaoqing who was specially sent by the imperial court to inspect the nine sides, so he was impeached, demoted, and left idle until years ago before being activated urgently.

Ma Gui didn't take bribes, and he didn't do anything that angered people. He was impeached because he was angered by Zeng Qianheng's attitude of looking down on warriors. He defended and protested a few words, which offended Zeng Qianheng. Played Ma Gui's book, but Ma Gui was demoted and left idle.

Up to now, it is not that the warriors of Ming Dynasty are unwilling to stand up against the literati, it is the lifeblood of the literati - promotion channels and supplies are all in the hands of the literati, and the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households are in the hands of the literati. Come on, if they let you go up, you go up, if they let you go down, you go down, sometimes even the emperor can't intervene, for example, when Zhang Juzheng was in power, the emperor was reprimanded and dared not say a word, as powerful as Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang They all shivered under the shadow of Zhang Juzheng.

The military generals of the Ming Dynasty have now developed to the point where they are afraid of civil officials even if they are not afraid of the emperor. To put it bluntly, the emperor has no confidence when facing the literati group, and the military families with a little knowledge will be worried about the civil fort. The change of the civil fort, The Jingnan Wuxun noble group, which was able to stand against the civil official group at the beginning, was completely destroyed. This made the civil official under the leadership of Yu Qian take the opportunity to seize the power of the military officer, and took advantage of the national calamity to create the strongest civil official group in history. Later emperors had to indulge the eunuchs to fight against it.

Earlier, military officers under Taizu's command could compete with civil officials, but they were killed by Taizu. The battle of Chengzu Jingnan created a new group of military officers and nobles, which could still compete with civil officials. Military officer Xungui group was wiped out, Jingdi was supported by the civil official group, and Yingzong’s restoration could not be achieved without the support of the surviving military officers who cooperated with the civil official group at the beginning. Later, seeing the powerful civil official group was really frightening, so I tried every means to get rid of it Yu Qian, but he can't do anything to the already big civil official group.

The later emperors were even more helpless, and Wu Zong was even more desperate. In order to vent his dissatisfaction and indulge the Eight Tigers, he not only disgusted the civil officials, but also disgusted the world. After several decades, Emperor Longqing ascended the throne, without his father's means, he indulged the civil servants again, and directly created the monster Zhang Juzheng. Emperor Wanli lived under Zhang Juzheng's shadow ten years before he ascended the throne. Zhang Juzheng's feet trembled.

Aggrieved... I thought that Zhang Juzheng's life would be easier without everyone, but a patrol censor can kill the second-rank military generals and officials to death, counting on the emperor?The emperor was so angry with the civil officials every day in the court hall that he couldn't lift his head up. Everyone was a brother and a brother. If you really want to talk about it, who can care about whom?
Under such a background, flattering civil servants to get better treatment is the only way for a military officer who wants to live a better life. Whoever makes money bags and personnel power are in the hands of others will not be able to be tough , then simply soften it!Incompetent military generals court civil servants for treatment, and some capable military officers also court civil servants for their own ambitions.

Who is the backer?

So Ma Gui is a little envious, Xiao Ruxun is good at defending, defending well, once defending, he pleases the governor of the three sides Wei Xuezeng, this is a man who dares to wrestle with Zhang Juzheng, if he can support the reinforcements in the future, He will definitely be appreciated by Wei Xuezeng, and when the time comes, he will recommend it to the imperial court. With the proper commander in chief, he can easily reach the pinnacle of life.

Unlike him, who made so many contributions to the position of the chief soldier, a small censor was taken down-of course the civil servants protect each other, how dare you disrespect Wenquxing?
Backed by a big tree, it’s good to enjoy the shade... Xiao Ruxun’s name, Ma Gui, is known. It should be said that there are not many people in the whole Nine Frontiers who don’t know that a general married the daughter of the minister of the Ministry of War. This routine can be regarded as modern. A poor boy in the country married the daughter of the chairman of a multinational corporation.

"General Xiao Shen is the fourth younger brother of General Xiao? What a wonderful life! It's really not easy to defend the isolated city where the rebels are everywhere."

Ma Gui took the initiative to talk to Xiao Ruhui, Xiao Ruhui also had some skills, and he was also responsible for leading the troops. The four sons of the Xiao family each had their own military positions, which is still rare in the Nine Frontiers.

Xiao Ruhui turned her head to look at Ma Gui, nodded and smiled immediately: "General Ma is overrated! That kid just did his duty. As a guard, he has to guard the place. It's not a big deal, but this kid On weekdays, I like poems and books the most, and I also like to write poems, but I don’t read military strategy very much, thinking that this kid wants to take the imperial examination, but I didn’t expect that I still haven’t forgotten my duty.”

Saying that, Xiao Ruhui's complexion changed.

"I just don't know what's going on now. There are so many rebels, and he has no more than three thousand soldiers. It's difficult to defend an isolated city. General Ma, let's hurry up and rush to help!"

Ma Gui nodded, anyone would do this kind of favor: "Okay! Order troops immediately, and go to battle as soon as possible!"

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