"Blessings to Heaven, long live, long live, long live."

"Sacred peace."

"Thank you God, long live, long live, long live."

"God's grace is mighty."

"I, Liu Wei, will forever obey and resign. Long live, long live, long live."

After the ceremony of three kowtows and three bows was completed, Liu Wei, the commander-in-chief of Sichuan, received the imperial edict from Sun Chengzong to send troops to Mubang.

After receiving the imperial edict, he jumped up from the ground. Liu Wei stretched out his left hand, and soldiers immediately came to take the imperial edict. Then his expression, which was very serious just now, suddenly turned into a grin.

"This is Lord Sun, right? I haven't seen you before, General. Where did Lord Sun work before he took up his post?"

"Liu Shuai, you're welcome. I used to be a scholar and editor of the Hanlin Academy."

"Oh, sage! That will be the future Pavilion Elder. The general will have to get closer to Mr. Sun... Well, this must be Eunuch Liu. He was sent out to take charge of his own affairs at such a young age. Who knows, in the future

He is also someone who wants to be a eunuch."

"Our family only knows how to run errands for the emperor with care. We don't think about eunuchs or anything like that."

"Hey, Eunuch Liu is too square. Mr. Sun, aren't you the same?"

"Hehehe, Liu Shuai, this son of yours is also from one of your generals. Eunuch Liu's father used to be the deputy commander-in-chief of Liaoyang."

"Hiss~~ Eunuch Liu, your father is not Liu Fengji (Liu Yingqi), is he? Hahaha, it's true. Well, we military generals are most loyal to the emperor. In addition to killing the enemy, we can also send our sons to the emperor.

Serving the Emperor in the palace. Eunuch Liu, you are a member of the general family, so you are one of our own! The supervisory army sent by the Supervisor of Ceremonies this time was well done!"

"Haha, so that Liu Shuai knows that this time the troops are sent out, our family will accompany everyone to the south for a walk. The real supervisor of the army is Mr. Sun."

After more than two hundred years of worshiping civility and suppressing military force in the Ming Dynasty, the power of military generals has been much smaller than when the country was founded. When it comes to sending troops to fight, it is usually the civilian commander who is responsible for formulating combat plans and taking charge of the logistics of the entire army.

What about the generals? Well, you just need to march according to the plan formulated by the civilian officials and fight.

Of course, sometimes, eunuchs will be sent to serve as supervisors. At this time, the eunuchs are often in charge of logistics.

So when Liu Wei saw that the imperial court had sent civil servants and eunuchs at the same time, he instinctively thought that Liu Shimin was in charge of the logistics of this troop dispatch. And after hearing that Liu Shimin was also a general, his inner joy naturally showed.

As for your question, what if the plan formulated by Sun Chengzong is nonsense? Well, an old revolutionary like Liu Wei has already registered in Wanli's heart. He doesn't care about ordinary civil servants - when the time comes, he will go to the front line and do whatever he wants.

That’s it.

Unfortunately, the cost of sending troops this time was sponsored by Xinghua Palace, so the logistics were naturally in charge of people from Xinghua Palace.

"Oh, General, I remembered that the newspaper published more than a year ago was about Taisun's enlightenment. I didn't expect that Master Sun was Taisun's teacher! Well, Taisun guided Dr. Wu to invent the method of cowpox.

, Of course the general also knows. No, the smallpox vaccine has been administered in the general’s barracks recently. Oh my, Mr. Sun, who can teach such a wise grandson, must be an extraordinary person! I didn’t say it before, the general

I estimate that within five years, I will be able to change my name to Mr. Sun as Mr. Sun Ge, hahahaha~~~"

After the old lady was talking to himself for a while, he suddenly found that the two people next to him were smiling at him without saying a word. No matter how thick-skinned Liu Wei was, it was a bit hard for him. So he quickly turned around and yelled at his subordinates.

Said: "What are you doing standing here in a daze? Waiting for Mr. Sun to pay you? Why don't you hurry up and prepare for the banquet? I will treat Mr. Sun and Eunuch Liu to a drink!"

It has to be said that although Liu Wei's troops have poor military discipline and often harm the local people when they go out to fight, their execution ability is very high. Less than a quarter of an hour after Liu Wei issued the order to prepare the banquet, a steaming banquet was served

Just put it out.

"Master Sun, Eunuch Liu, please take a seat."

After everyone sat down, Liu Wei first introduced the main generals under his command to Sun Chengzong and Liu Shimin. Naturally, Sun and Liu also praised the majesty of these generals in various ways.

After three rounds of drinking and the foreplay was over, Liu Wei rolled his eyes and said, "Master Sun, I dare to ask, what is the general strategy of the imperial court for this dispatch of troops?"

"Liu Shuai, what the imperial court means is that before June this year, at least 10,000 reinforcements from our Ming Dynasty will enter the territory of Mubang."

"Ah? I'm afraid Master Sun is joking, right? It's already the third day of March! We have to reach Mubang in less than three months? I'm sorry that I can't do anything about this."

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, due to the continuous decline in the status of generals, civil servants became more and more harsh on generals and the army.

Take the Ming army marching on its own land as an example: theoretically speaking, when its own army marches on its own land, it does not need to carry logistical materials such as food. In fact, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, with the guard system

Due to the collapse of the military town system and the immaturity of the military town system, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, no town general was able to organize the logistics supply for a thousands-mile march.

Therefore, when the Ming army moved within the country, local officials were responsible for supplying food to the army.

But the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty were so smart. They said that military officers had no education, did not understand justice, and were absolutely dishonest. Therefore, in order to prevent military generals from embezzling the country's food, the army passed through the official's jurisdiction.

Food will not be allocated directly to this army. Instead, local civilians will be organized to cook the food into cooked meals and give it to the passing army on a per capita basis.

By doing this, military generals will indeed have no chance of corruption. As for whether civil servants who are full of benevolence, justice and morality will become corrupt because of this, well, I guess, maybe, probably not.

According to the practice of this era, the poor people only eat two meals a day, and each local government must provide two meals to the national troops passing through the border.

But then, the civil servants discovered another problem: What if an army marches extremely fast and crosses two or more counties in one day? Then don't these Qiu Ba can eat five or six meals a day? No!

The country's resources cannot be wasted like this. So later local civil servants made a rule: on the day the army enters the county, the county will not provide meals - because you have already eaten in the previous county. Only this army will be in this county

If you stay for more than one day, the county will only provide meals.

There is no doubt that as a result, the mobility of the Ming army was suddenly limited: for soldiers, once they set off, it often means there is no food to eat today. After arriving at a new place, they have to starve all night.

There is food to eat. Therefore, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the Ming army's movements often took half a day to move, and stopped for a day or even more...

The commander-in-chief of the army had no choice but to say: The emperor still has hungry soldiers. If you ask the troops to march in a hurry and cover several counties a day, each county will refuse to provide meals because your army has not been stationed long enough in the county.

.The army is going to mutiny!

In the historical plane, the Battle of Sarhu between the Ming Dynasty and the Later Jin Dynasty, when armies from all over the Ming Dynasty gathered in Liaodong. It was because of this fucked-up system that many armies were unable to catch up with the war at all - the white pole soldiers of Shizhu, Sichuan

, starting from Shizhu, it takes nearly a year to get to Beijing! This is an extraordinary speed that is only possible due to the fact that its commander Qin Liangyu has won the hearts of the army.

Therefore, Liu Qicai said that it was absolutely impossible to rush from Sichuan to Mubang within three months. By doing so, military generals would indeed have no chance of corruption. As for whether civil servants who are full of benevolence, justice and morality would become corrupt because of this, well, I guess, maybe, probably not

Well. According to the practice of this era, the poor people only eat two meals a day, and each local government must provide two meals to the national troops passing through the border.

But then, the civil servants discovered another problem: What if an army marches extremely fast and crosses two or more counties in one day? Then don't these Qiu Ba can eat five or six meals a day? No!

The country's resources cannot be wasted like this. So later local civil servants made a rule: on the day the army enters the county, the county will not provide meals - because you have already eaten in the previous county. Only this army will be in this county

If you stay for more than one day, the county will only provide meals.

There is no doubt that as a result, the mobility of the Ming army was suddenly limited: for soldiers, once they set off, it often means there is no food to eat today. After arriving at a new place, they have to starve all night.

There is food to eat. Therefore, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the Ming army's movements often took half a day to move, and stopped for a day or even more...

The commander-in-chief of the army had no choice but to say: The emperor still has hungry soldiers. If you ask the troops to march in a hurry and cover several counties a day, each county will refuse to provide meals because your army has not stayed in the county long enough.

.The army is going to mutiny!

In the historical plane, the Battle of Sarhu between the Ming Dynasty and the Later Jin Dynasty, when armies from all over the Ming Dynasty gathered towards Liaodong. It was because of this fucked-up system that many armies were unable to catch up with the war at all - the white pole soldiers of Shizhu, Sichuan

, starting from Shizhu, it takes nearly a year to get to Beijing! This is an extraordinary speed that is only possible due to the fact that its commander Qin Liangyu has won the hearts of the army.
Chapter completed!