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It had been a long time since she had been to the Ministry of War, and Feng Ziying felt a little strange about time.
In Shuntian Prefecture, I didn't spend much time dealing with the Ministry of War. Instead, I spent a lot of time dealing with the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Punishment and even the Ministry of Commerce.
The newly established Department of Commerce and Industry is also located right next to where the old six departments (except the Department of Punishment) were. A large area of the original Luan Jiaku was vacated and turned into the office area of the Department of Commerce, so that several departments are concentrated in this pile.
Office, and the Hanlin Academy is also nearby, so we can live together.
After entering the public house of the Ministry of War, I went to Zheng Chongjian's place first as usual.
Inquiring about information should start from below, but we didn't get much useful information from Zheng Chongjian.
"Ziying, go and inquire about Wen Ruo. He is in the Military Selection and Cleaning Department. He has to go through them in situations like this. He will know something about it."
Zheng Chongjian is very busy. He works in the Fang Division, from Bozhou in the southwest to Phoenix Fort City in the northeast, from the Penghu Inspection Department in the southeast to Hami in the northwest. All military information must be summarized here. Having experienced the Ningxia rebellion, Zheng Chongjian can be regarded as one of the few in the Ministry of War.
He was a young scholar who had personally been in battle, so he was highly valued.
"There's no need to rush, I'd like to hear what's going on here." Feng Ziying was quite free, holding a teacup and sipping tea slowly.
"Hey, you're free now? It's not like you have so many affairs in Shuntian Mansion that you're so busy that you don't even have time to take a bath?" Zheng Chongjian was happy. Feng Ziying has always been the busiest among them.
Yes, today I came to my place to taste tea.
"No matter how busy you are, you have to learn to adjust yourself." Feng Ziying didn't give him any nonsense, "How's it going in the southwest?"
"The Guyuan Army is basically determined to be disbanded. One part will be merged into the Jingxiang Army, and the other part will be merged into Yulin Town. Because of the establishment of Huaiyang Town, the Ministry of Household Affairs will be unable to bear it. Mr. Huang has made it clear that if Guyuan Town is not abolished and Ningxia Town is reduced,
and Gansu Town, then he will have no choice but to resign." Zheng Chongjian's face darkened.
It had only been a few days since Huang Ruliang took office as Minister of Household Affairs, but now he was forced to resign, which shows how tight the financial situation of Da Zhou was.
"There should be some surplus in the Jieshen Treasury of the Ministry of Industry, right?" Feng Ziying hesitated.
"Hush!" Zheng Chongjian quickly looked around and raised his index finger in front of his mouth, "Ziying, be silent! This topic cannot be brought up. The emperor is very sensitive to this. Mr. Cui of the Ministry of Industry is fine, but you also know that the emperor is old.
My health is also not good, and it is said that I am already considering repairing the mausoleum. If Jieshen's treasury is empty, can it be done?"
Repairing the mausoleum?! What are you doing?
Feng Ziying put down the tea cup and sighed: "Why is the emperor so confused? The construction of the mausoleum should be done in the future. If we can't give up this little money now, what about the inner treasury?"
"As you get older, maybe you have different ideas?" Zheng Chongjian even smiled bitterly: "You and the foreign ministers can also make decisions about the inner treasury? Unless the emperor himself takes the initiative, it would be disloyal and disrespectful for your foreign ministers to make such an idea.
Long Jinwei will have to think about you. The ministers are incompetent, but they still want to take advantage of the emperor's family wealth, but the emperor has not yet taken advantage of you ministers."
The words spoken by Feng Ziying and Zheng Chongjian were disrespectful and even disobedient, but as scholars and civil servants were close friends, there were not so many taboos.
"It's okay to cut Guyuan Town, but I'm afraid Gansu Town and Ningxia Town are not suitable. The Tumut people may not be as tame as they appear. The Chahar people's entry into the customs last year also stimulated them. In addition, when Hami and Shazhou were captured,
Days are still short, and we have not been able to stabilize at all. If there are few mistakes, we are afraid that it will fall again. This is the emperor's restoration of the land, can he just abandon it?" Feng Ziying frowned, and heard the bad news as soon as he came.
It gave him a bad feeling.
"Humph, why should we worry about other things? Let's solve the problem at hand first." Zheng Chongjian spread his hands and said, "The Jingxiang Army was formed when Mr. Zheng was in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs. At that time, the imperial court was in a hurry because of the rebellion in the southwest.
To eradicate the root cause of the rebellion, we had no choice but to think that it would be solved in a year and a half, and that it would be too late to disband. But now the Jingxiang Army has become the main force in countering the rebellion. The key is that there is no end in sight to this war.
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Feng Ziying also understood the unfulfilled meaning of Zheng Chongjian's words. The reason for regaining Shazhou and Hamina was because the emperor's foothold was not stable and he urgently needed a hearty victory to stabilize his throne. But now that several years have passed and the situation in the court has gradually stabilized, Hamid,
Shazhou Guxuan outside the territory is more like a burden to the Great Zhou Dynasty. The annual garrison and supply consumption have become an endless bleeding point, so both the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War need to consider whether it is necessary to continue to maintain it here.
military presence in both places.
Huang Ruliang encountered a series of troubles when he took office as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Although the establishment of the Ministry of Commerce could increase revenue through expanding maritime trade and clarifying tariffs, these were not achieved overnight, and they would not be able to contribute to the court's fiscal revenue in a short period of time.
In order to turn the tide, Huang Ruliang could only think of ways to reduce expenditures, and military expenditures were the first to bear the brunt.
Due to the invasion of the Chahar people, the Northeastern Jurchens are still eyeing them. Liaodong, Jizhen, Xuanfu, and Datong towns cannot be abolished. Even Shanxi Town (Taiyuan Town) and Yulin Town (Yansui Town) are also elite forces. The Ministry of War
It is impossible to agree, so we can only make plans in the three towns of Guyuan, Ningxia and Gansu.
No one thought that the battle to counter the rebellion in the southwest would end like this. Guyuan Town was not acclimated to the local conditions, and everyone felt that it deserved to be abolished. Jingxiang Town performed mediocrely, and it could be said that it was just founded, and Yang He was not a veteran, but
How do you say Denglai Town?
The town of Denglai was established at a huge cost, and the commander-in-chief was also the governor of Denglai. It could be said that it was dominated by power for a while. Wang Ziteng was also a veteran general in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and he had started preparing for the counterinsurgency in the southwest early, but the result was a mutual victory or defeat.
Every time the war reaches the critical moment of victory, there will be mistakes. Either the logistics and supplies cannot keep up, or it is difficult to advance due to harassment by the local chieftain army, or the weather is blocking it. In short, it is difficult to do its best, which greatly disappoints the court.
I also started to be a little suspicious of Wang Ziteng and Denglai Town.
Denglai Town, Jingxiang Town and Huaiyang Town are the only three towns established in the Great Zhou Dynasty in the decades after the Jiubian Town Regulation was established, which can be said to be of great significance.
Denglai Town was originally prepared as a reserve force for the important nine-border town, while Jingxiang Town was established because of the rebellion in the southwest and the need to deploy an army in Huguang and the southwest to stabilize the hinterland of the Great Zhou Dynasty. As for Huaiyang Town,
It was because of the harassment by Japanese pirates and the strong demands of the Jiangnan gentry that the court was forced to make a compromise due to the situation.
If Guyuan Town is not withdrawn, then the imperial court now has twelve towns, but now the imperial court is unable to support such a large-scale army. Guyuan Town must be withdrawn, and Gansu Town and Ningxia Town must be greatly reduced. Only in this way can it support
The establishment of Jingxiang Town and Huaiyang Town.
"The prolongation of the war in the southwest is indeed a thorny problem..." Before Feng Ziying finished speaking, Zheng Chongjian immediately said: "Isn't it that Wang Ziteng wants to preserve his strength and use his troops to respect himself?"
Feng Ziying shook her head, "If you don't talk about this, this is beyond our control. I'm worried about Guyuan Town."
"Guyuan Town?!" Zheng Chongjian disagreed, "Guyuan Town is the worst among the nine important towns. Didn't you realize it when Ningxia suppressed the rebellion last time? It is on the second line, has no worries inside and outside, and is extremely corrupt. It should have been abolished long ago.
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"Dazhang, you can't say that. Guyuan Town was originally prepared as a reserve team for the three towns of Gansu, Ningxia, and Yulin. Moreover, Guyuan where it is stationed is located in the hinterland of Shaanxi. However, this area is the largest in Shaanxi, northwest, and even the entire Great Zhou Dynasty.
Without this army stationed in a poor place, I'm afraid bandits would have appeared in droves and the place would have become unstable."
The abolition of Guyuan Town reminded Feng Ziying of the consequences of the abolition of the post and post soldiers in the late Ming and Ming dynasties. Wasn't it because Li Zicheng had no choice but to go to the frontier army because of the abolition of the post station, and finally made a desperate move to start an uprising?
If Guyuan Town is abolished, although it is nominally annexed by Jingxiang Town and Yulin Town, you can imagine how a border town with a hundred thousand soldiers and horses can be completely absorbed by the two towns if it is abolished.
Tens of thousands of people will definitely be kicked out. So how will these frontier soldiers who have been in the army their entire lives live in the future?
Of course, the court will definitely have arrangements, but you can also imagine what the local government's arrangements will be like. A few acres of Susukino fields are thrown to you. Then think about the climate and harvests of the small ice age in northern Shaanxi, and think of this.
Feng Ziying even shuddered.
"If Guyuan Town is not abolished, then Gansu Town and Ningxia Town must be abolished. This is a principle that has been determined by the Cabinet. One town must be abolished and one town must be downsized. In fact, only ten towns can be maintained. If
No surprise, Gansu Town and Ningxia Town were reduced to Ganning Town, Guyuan Town was abolished, and even its name was no longer retained. This is the result." Zheng Chongjian said expressionlessly: "Ziying, you can't change this result."
"It's decided?" Feng Ziying didn't give up yet. He planned to lobby Zhang Huaichang again. It was true that Li Zicheng's impression on Feng Ziying was too deep. No matter how the Ming Dynasty died in the end, Li Zicheng was the real vanguard.
"It's settled, Ziying, don't go and embarrass Lord Shangshu. He is also very helpless. It's good to be able to fight for the retention of Ganning Town. According to the ideas of the Ministry of Revenue and several cabinet elders, Gansu Town must be completely abandoned.
, retreated significantly, and Ningxia Town simply merged with Yulin Town. However, this idea was too shocking, and the emperor would never agree, so we came up with this compromise opinion." Zheng Chongjian sighed, "Southwest
The rebellion endangers Huguang, and Huguang must not make any mistakes."
Feng Ziying was silent, if Huguang was corrupted, where would the rice grain of the capital come from? This is a truth that everyone understands. In comparison, they probably felt that Gan Ning could really be ignored.
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