Wanli 1592

Chapter 48

Comparing Jin Yiwei's secret report, Mei Guozhen's memorial, and Ye Mengxiong's military report, Zhu Yijun found that the contents of the three reports were the most consistent because Xiao Ruxun was the most worthy hero in this battle. Nine thousand, and the long-distance attack caused the enemy's backyard to catch fire and had to retreat, which made Wei Xuezeng's rapid advance and encirclement of Ningxia Town an invincible position.

Coupled with the repeated raids by the cavalrymen who defeated Qi Baiyi, and the final blasting of the city wall with gunpowder, the rebellion was brought to an end. If Xiao Ruxun hadn't been there, as Ye Mengxiong himself said, he would have flooded Ningxia City by diverting water. If it is lost, not only will Ningxia City be destroyed, but more crimes will be caused.

And the appearance of Xiao Ruxun not only caused a bloody battle involving tens of thousands of people, but only lost more than 1 households, and only lost a section of the western city wall and one-third of the buildings in the city, plus the death of [-] Ming soldiers. It can be said that the existence of Xiao Ruxun helped Daming save two-thirds of the war money and rebuilding appeasement money.

Moreover, according to reports, after the war, Xiao Ruxun devoted himself to maintaining order in the city, beheaded 24 criminal soldiers, restored order as quickly as possible, and then began the reconstruction of Ningxia. Such means and abilities are definitely beyond the reach of a warrior.

Ye Mengxiong's evaluation of Xiao Ruxun is "both civil and military, the talent of a general, and the ability of a herdsman."

Mei Guozhen's evaluation is "a handsome talent that is hard to come by in 50 years in the Nine Borders, and has the demeanor of an ancient Confucian general."

Jin Yiwei's evaluation is "both the ability to govern the army immediately and the people off the horse, has a literary name, reads a lot, manages the army rigorously, and the herdsmen have the way, so that he can lead the army in battle, and can obtain the greatest results with the least loss. ".

In fact, regardless of Jin Yiwei's evaluation, you can see how much Xiao Ruxun likes them by looking at the evaluation of the generals by the two civil servants. These days, the civil officials' evaluation of the generals of the Nine Borders is either a pig or a dog, and they are quite contemptuous.

And Xiao Ruxun, as a child of the Nine Frontiers' family, can first marry the daughter of the former Minister of the Ministry of War, which is enough to show that Yang Zhao, a typical literary general, appreciates Xiao Ruxun, and now Ye Mengxiong and Mei Guozhen's comments reflect this even more.

In addition, according to Jinyiwei News, Wei Xuezeng, who was brought back to the capital for conviction, also appreciated Xiao Ruxun, and was one of the first people who supported Xiao Ruxun's use of gunpowder to break the city.

As the saying goes, thousands of troops are easy to get, but a general is hard to find. In this era, when the gentlemen are noble and the military are humble, how precious is the birth of an unborn good general? Zhu Yijun himself knows very well that there are always disadvantages in the command of soldiers by literati. Yes, for example, the literati are too powerful, and the group of military generals who could have fought against them has become a running dog.

A good example. At the beginning of his ascension to the throne, the powerful military generals such as Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang relied on his breath, and the emperor was severely suppressed by him. This kind of thing has already made Zhu Yijun extremely dissatisfied with the Wenchen Group, and he is already starting to support the eunuch group Confronted with it, such as trying to send mining tax eunuchs to make money and disgusting civil servants.

But as soon as this battle was fought, a handsome talent suddenly appeared, which made Zhu Yijun's mind start to come alive.

Although supporting eunuchs is one of the emperor's necessary means, but because it is a double-edged sword, it hurts others and hurts himself, so it is extremely easy to be scolded by the historians controlled by the civil official group, leaving a bad reputation for later generations Ridicule, this point, Emperor Zhengde is a lesson from the past, if it is not necessary, Zhu Yijun is not willing to do this, then for the sake of fame after his death, to fight against civil officials and ensure his own authority, it is not enough to just divide and support civil officials!

Grandpa Jiajing's way of supporting Yan Song has been seen through and studied by these guys, and his own brain is not as smart as Grandpa Jiajing's. This trick is not easy to use, and we must find another way.

You can't split with civil officials, you can't grab the pen, you can't just use the eunuch, a big move that disgusts others and yourself, and the money bag is not so easy to grab, so the rest is to help the warriors to grab the gun back.

And at this time, there are special benefits to supporting warriors, because the civil servants have been used to being superior for more than a hundred years, and suddenly a great military commander appeared to share power with them, just like when Di Qing was serving as a privy envoy. Zhu Yijun, who is familiar with history books, remembers how disgusting those civil servants are.

However, the even better point is that the Song Dynasty was an ancestral system where the gentlemen were noble and the military were cheap. A Li Shanchang was also awarded the title because of his military merits, and the Ming Dynasty paid great attention to military merits.

As for the status quo of the noble and the humble, it is due to history, not the ancestral system. The "ancestral technique", one of the civil servants' moral tactics, cannot be used. If you want to use it, you are shooting yourself in the foot. Take the ancestral system and talk to them well, disgusting them.

For these civil servants, Zhu Yijun is extremely disgusted, disgusted to the extreme.

Therefore, Zhu Yijun will never blindly trust civil servants like Song Renzong, indulge civil officials and force Di Qing to death. Zhu Yijun, who has seen through these guys, will try his best to support and protect his spokesperson to compete for interests with civil officials in the court.

After the civilian officials attacked in groups, the military officials could only rely on the emperor, relying on the emperor's prestige and power to fight against the civil officials. Dead knock, who is the final winner?

Yourself.

Coupled with Jinyiwei Dongchang's partial gang methods, it can fight for the rise of generals at the very beginning. The generals and Jinyiwei Dongchang will join forces to suppress the arrogance of the civil official group. In the end, it is yourself who gets the most benefit .

As an emperor, if his courtiers are monolithic, it means that the emperor has been emptied of power. Although Sun Quan has a bad reputation in history as a stubborn person who divides his courtiers, he at least guarantees his power, and Zhu Yijun thinks the same way.

You made me take the blame for the smoky atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty, and you were scolded by the world. How can there be such a reason?

This is the so-called emperor's mind, and the biggest limitation of the country of one family and one family name lies in this, but at this time, it is the only hope to break the situation.

As the saying goes, there are no stupid tricks, only clever tricks in the wrong place, even if it is turning back the wheel of history, but at certain times, it can play a huge positive role.

And the current situation, Zhu Yijun will never accept it!A series of strategies began to take shape in his mind.

When Zhu Yijun was planning his future, a report from Liaodong Dusi was delivered to the Ministry of War, and was seen by Shi Xing, the new minister of the Ministry of War, and attracted Shi Xing's attention.

Shi Xing was a veteran of the Jiajing, Longqing, and Wanli dynasties. He was upright by nature, so his official career was quite bumpy. He first wrote to persuade Emperor Longqing, but was almost beaten to death because he offended the eunuch Tengxiang.

After Wanli ascended the throne, Shi Xing managed to turn himself over and rehabilitate him, but he fell out with Zhang Juzheng again and had an arm wrestling with Zhang Juzheng. Only then returned to the court center.

Shi Xing knew very well that as the most important vassal state of Ming in the east, there were several sets of intelligence systems belonging to Ming in North Korea. First of all, everyone knew that there must be Jinyiwei dedicated to the emperor. wait wait wait.

Even some private systems such as merchants doing business in North Korea have their own intelligence stations, and from time to time they will provide information to the court for their own benefit. North Korea thinks that Ming doesn't know about itself, but in fact, Ming's understanding of North Korea is not counted. Knowing the roots and knowing the bottom line is also considered to be well-known.

So this report from Yang Shaoxun, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, made Shi Xing's heart start to beat. This report was sent out at the end of April, when the capital of North Korea was in an emergency, and Shi Xing received it in mid-May, in order to make up for the time difference. , Yang Shaoxun deliberately added that the situation in North Korea is corrupt, and it may be beyond control, so he asked the court to make preparations early.

Shi Xing doubted in his heart that North Korea could barely be regarded as a big country, sitting on three thousand miles of natural danger, with hundreds of thousands of armors, how could it be beaten to the capital after more than ten days of effort?According to the intelligence description, the Japanese army started to attack on April [-]th. In just over ten days, Wang Jing Seoul was in a hurry-are all North Korean soldiers scarecrows?If you resist a little bit, you won't be defeated so quickly, right?

At this moment, Shi Xing suddenly remembered that last year, in the second half of the 19th year of Wanli, there was a rumor circulating in the capital that North Korea and Japan were plotting against Ming Dynasty.

At that time, this rumor was successfully defended by Ge Lao Xu Guo, which proved to be false, but is it possible that this is really a deliberate show of weakness by the Koreans, but in fact they deliberately made way for the Japanese?Otherwise, why haven't we received a letter of credence from North Korea so far?
Thinking of this, Shi Xing suddenly shuddered a little, but remembering that the Ningxia campaign had been pacified, Daming had freed up his hands, and he felt confident again. He instructed Baoding General Ni Shangzhong to move to Tianjin to strengthen the war preparations in Jizhou and Shandong coast At the same time, he sent a message to the Liaodong Capital Division, asking them to send personnel to North Korea for detailed investigation.

It was early June when Yang Shaoxun received Shi Xing's instruction. While he arranged for two investigators, Cui Shichen and Lin Shilu, to prepare for the matter of entering the DPRK, he sent Tong Yangzheng, the deputy commander of Kuandianbao, to the Yishun Pavilion in North Korea to establish a Several scouts and messengers from the Ming army were placed in the emergency communication channel during the war.

Daming has already paid attention to that restless foreign country.

(End of this chapter)