With Feng Ziying's approval, Yang Sichang also had mixed feelings in his heart.
First, I was happy to win the approval of the other party. Feng Ziying is now recognized as a knowledgeable military and civil servant in the imperial court. It is a special privilege to be known as the same as Sun Chengzong, Yuan Keli, Xiong Tingbi and others. You must know that Sun, Yuan, and Xiong are three people.
Since the end of the Yuanxi period, Feng Ziying has been regarded as a scholar who is proficient in the art of war and capable of leading troops among civil servants. Feng Ziying has only been in the industry for a few years, but she has already caught up with these three people and has to be admired.
On the other hand, I thought that the other party and I had just passed the Jinshi exam six years ago. I was still in the first class, and the other party was in the second class. But now the other party has far surpassed me in terms of reputation and official rank, and it is even difficult to compare with him. Now he is even more
I directly reported to my boss, and the gap felt like it was getting wider and wider.
"Ziying, it's not that simple to design Nurhaci. There is a huge difficulty in it." Yang Sichang shook his head and looked at Feng Ziying.
Feng Ziying nodded and chuckled, "Li Yongfang?"
Yang Sichang felt a little frustrated, but he could only nod: "Yes, Li Yongfang's existence is more harmful to Liaodong than the 30,000 Jianzhou Jurchen army!"
Yang Sichang's words convinced everyone.
As time went by, everyone in the Ministry of War felt more and more that Li Yongfang, a Han woman, had brought great harm to the Great Zhou Dynasty.
This guy has been in Liaodong for too long. He knows all the officials and generals in Liaodong Town, the situation of the army, the city passes, the mountains and rivers, and everything. The key is that he has close friendship with many middle and lower-level military officers and officers. It is easy to win over them.
And it’s impossible to guard against.
"The Jianzhou Jurchens know everything about us, but we know only a little about the Jianzhou Jurchens. The intelligence collection work of the Staff Division is still seriously lagging behind in this area, and is far from the requirements that the Ministry of War needs to meet. Not only is the Jianzhou Jurchens
,Intelligence collection for the Chahar people, Tumut people, Nanjing, Southwest chieftains, North Korea, Japan, Uszang, and Yarkand was all superficial, which greatly restricted the Ministry of War's ability to make war arrangements.
There is no room for forward-looking, but we can only fight against the enemy as we see them, and we are tired of dealing with them.”
Yang Sichang started to show off again. Feng Ziying secretly smiled bitterly. This guy was letting himself go a little bit again. Zhang Huaichang and his immediate boss Yuan Huazhonghe were still present. The previous Fangsi doctor was Yuan Keli who had already served as the governor of Shanxi. There were still people in the lobby.
There are many colleagues from the functional department, many of whom are Yuan Keli's old subordinates. How about criticizing them in such a big way?
Originally, Yang Sichang Qingyun went straight up to the Staff Department to become a member, which caused a lot of criticism from the original directors of the Staff Department. Now that you have only come here not long ago, you don't want to have a good relationship with your colleagues. After all this trouble, you will not be able to carry out work in the future.
Acceptable.
This guy's emotional intelligence is really tough.
Yuan Huazhong's face was gloomy, but he was still holding his own, but his colleagues in other departments couldn't bear it anymore.
"Wen Ruo's words are wrong. It's not that the Staff Division has no arrangements for various places, but Li Yongfang's problem is not a problem of the Staff Division, but a huge hidden danger left by Li Chengliang. For this reason, both the Staff Division and the Metropolitan Procuratorate have reported to the court
Warnings were raised, but they were not adopted."
"Exactly, Mr. Feng may not know how much funding the Staff Division has received in recent years, but Mr. Zhang knows it, and Mr. Sun knows even better. It is easier said than done to send foreign agents to infiltrate and establish an intelligence system, especially among the Jurchens and Mongolians.
It is easy to just talk about the development information inside. It is not easy to develop and buy things overnight, but the staff department can do it, but the Ministry of Accounts has to allocate funds. The annual expenditure budget made by the staff department is reported to the ministry.
The ministry sent it to the household department without any discount, but what about the household department? We never thought about the full amount. Discounts were inevitable, but it was not a 20% discount, a 50% discount, or even a 30% discount, but a 30% discount.
Give us a discount, a discount. We reported that we needed 500,000 taels of silver, but when we allocated it, we only had 50,000 taels of silver. What do you want us to do?"
The heads of two consecutive staff departments spoke out to express their dissent, especially the second one who spoke so passionately that he almost called the national traitor in the household department.
Feng Ziying really didn't know the inside story here, but no matter what, 50,000 taels of silver was really appalling for a Ministry of War staff department to spend only 50,000 taels of silver a year on developing an intelligence network outside the territory.
According to Feng Ziying’s idea, just
The investment in establishing the Jurchen intelligence system and collecting intelligence in Jianzhou cannot be less than one hundred thousand taels of silver per year.
This is the lowest line, preferably fifteen to two hundred thousand taels.
The Chahar and Tumut Mongolian tribes cannot be less than 100,000 taels of silver, and the Japanese and Korean families are also required to have 20,000 to 30,000 taels of silver.
Uszang and Yarkand can take a little time off, but a lot of work needs to be started early, and it is necessary to invest several thousand or ten thousand taels of silver every year to start laying the foundation.
In other words, if the external intelligence collection system of the Zifang Division is truly established and maintained to function normally, an investment of 500,000 taels per year is the bottom line. Considering the current difficulties of the court, the worst case scenario is to keep it at 300,000 taels.
More than silver.
But maybe I can only think about it now. I didn’t listen to what the chief executive just said. It’s only 50,000 taels of silver a year. If it’s spread to Liaodong, it’s probably only 20,000 taels of silver at most. Now the main focus of the staff is still in Nanjing.
But what can twenty thousand taels of silver do?
Think back to the time when the Inner Khalkha people invaded and the virus was treated indiscriminately. In order to get the Inner Khalkha people to withdraw their troops and redeem the captured Beijing officers, they spent a lot of money, one or two hundred thousand taels of silver without blinking an eye.
It was spread out, but such an important department as this department actually only had 50,000 taels of funds for intelligence development and collection. How could this be possible?
According to the practice of the Ministry of War, the Shangshu is in charge of all aspects, the General Affairs Department is under the direct control of the Shangshu, the left minister is in charge of the military selection department and the chariot and driving department, the right minister is in charge of the party department and the arsenal department, as well as the Huitong Pavilion and the Great Customs.
In other words, the Minister is in charge, and the Zuo Shilang is in charge of personnel, chariots, and military equipment, as well as the security affairs in the imperial city. Theoretically, the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies is also under the jurisdiction of the Zuo Shilang, as well as the establishment of the Shangsanqin Army and
The command was also decided by the emperor and the Ministry of War, and Zuo Shilang was mainly responsible for this aspect.
The Right Minister is in charge of operations, intelligence, weapons, armor and stomach preparation, and the hard work and dirty work are all done by the Right Minister. This is why when you go out to fight or serve as a governor, you often have to add the title of Right Minister, which means you can
To do these jobs.
Feng Ziying changed from the false title of right minister of the Ministry of War to full-time right minister, which means that you went from doing those jobs part-time to now doing these jobs full-time.
Yang Sichang's face looked a little ugly. He didn't expect that as soon as he opened his mouth, he would be counterattacked by his colleagues. Although it was not pointed at him explicitly, the disapproval in his words was clear.
"The Jurchen threat in Jianzhou is so great that there is no need to explain it. The current situation is enough to explain a lot. It is a fact that the Staff Division has insufficient funds, but this is not the reason for the lack of intelligence collection on the Jurchens. Of course, the Staff Division will work with the Ministry to report to households
The Ministry strives for sufficient funds, but when the funds are insufficient, can we consider focusing on the current enemy? Isn't it possible to temporarily squeeze out and divert other funds to ensure needs? If you insist on being rigid, the result will be a passive beating, and you will end up paying the price.
The price may be dozens or hundreds of times!"
If we continue to argue like this, we will stray from the topic.
Feng Ziying also felt that Yang Sichang was talented, but his emotional intelligence was low, or that he had not been tempered by setbacks. What were we discussing today? We were here to discuss the arrangements for military affairs in Liaodong.
Now you, a member of the Communist Party of China, don't put forward your opinions and countermeasures according to the issues, but talk endlessly about the company's own background. On the one hand, you are still arguing with your colleagues. How can you satisfy your boss and convince your colleagues with this approach?
Seeing both Zhang Huaichang and Sun Chengzong frowning, Feng Ziying could only intervene: "Wen Wenwei, we will discuss the funding issue of the Staff Department. Let's talk about today's theme first. Just now, Master Shangshu asked you, what suggestions do you have for the current Liaodong war situation?
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Only then did Yang Sichang realize that he was off topic, and after thinking for a while he said: "We must ensure the Shenyang Central Guard, but if we want to defend the Shenyang Central Guard, then Puhe Station and Fushun Station must be defended, but the Juniper Department must also come back. This
Since the first battle was not easy to win, the lower official considered whether he could concentrate his forces on the Fushun Suo and Fushun Pass sides to defeat Daishan's troops. That is to say, he would defend from the west and attack from the east, push back Daishan's troops, and let Yanlu Suo and Fanhe
The eastern flank of the station was exposed, forcing the Jianzhou Army east of the Panhe Station on the Lu Road to move eastward. They could use the line of Sanchaer Fort and Hoi'an Fort to fight a battle, and they could even go all the way east out of Fushun Pass to fight.
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Sun Chengzong understood clearly, "Wen Ruo, what you mean is that we don't follow the rules
Nurhachi’s intention is to let him fight his side, and we fight ours, and let the Juniper tribe hold on, while we concentrate our main force to annihilate the Daishan tribe, and even attack Fushun Pass?”
"Yes." Yang Sichang nodded vigorously, "That's what it means. Otherwise, if we open up Lilu Suo and Fanhe Suo to the north, we will only fall into his trap. He can block the line at Lilu Suo and Fanhe Suo in his free time.
, and even used the forces on the east and west wings to choose fighter planes with ease to annihilate our army coming out from the north."
"Wen Ruo, if you want to achieve your goal, the troops Cao Wenzhao and the others currently have are far from enough." Feng Ziying certainly understands that direct speech is the key.
"So it is necessary to mobilize the Northern Front Corps to provide full support." Yang Sichang was full of confidence.
Feng Ziying was noncommittal.
Theoretically, it seems that Yang Sichang's suggestion is feasible. Going east to Fushun Pass will threaten Hetuala, the hometown of Jianzhou. Nurhachi dare not ignore it, but to achieve this goal, there are still many problems that need to be solved. First, the northern front army
The second is the problem of mobilization time and route. The second is the problem of supply. The third is what if Nurhaci has the determination and does not follow his own preset route?
This chapter has been completed!