Chapter 189 When the truth is false, the false is also true (Part 1)
Now that the money was in place, Gao Pragmatic was ordered to enter the palace to receive an audience with the emperor.
The current national situation of the Ming Dynasty is a bit funny. If you want to say that it has no strength, it does have an army of more than one million, and the number in Jiubian alone is close to one million. But if you want to say that it is powerful and unruly, in fact, it has tens of thousands of taels of silver.
Even the army's salary can block its life gate, making it stare and worry, but it can't move its troops at all.
At this time, everyone had to pay attention to Gao Jingshi, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, because in fact, it was not the Ministry of War that had the final say on whether the imperial court could mobilize troops, but his Ministry of Revenue.
If the Ministry of Household Affairs says it has no money, the Ministry of War can only hold it in no matter how angry it is; if the Ministry of Household Affairs says it has money, if the Ministry of War wants to fight, it only needs the emperor's golden words to approve it.
Now the Ministry of Household Affairs suddenly has money. Although only 70,000 taels are left after subtracting 250,000 taels from 250,000 taels, this is actually enough, because the use of military pay is not yet highly pragmatic.
The model after the plan is implemented.
Nowadays, the military pay required by the Ministry of War to mobilize troops is actually mainly increased pay and rewards. Increased pay can be regarded as a "combat subsidy" or "wartime allowance" in addition to regular pay. If you cannot get this money, you can't use it.
Soldiers are basically dreaming. If you don’t have money, who will work hard to fight for you? Do you think they are Red Army soldiers?
There is no need to explain the rewards. They are generally given to those who have merit and those who have not. Sometimes they are also used in situations where "heavy rewards must lead to brave men", that is, at critical moments, money is directly distributed to recruit death squads.
As for real military supplies, thanks to Zhu Yuanzhang's small-peasant thinking, they are available in warehouses everywhere. It's just that places like Jiubian have abundant reserves and there are fewer frauds.
In places like Nanjing in the Mainland, there are two different things in the accounts and in the library. For example, there may be one hundred thousand Wanli Type 1 muskets in the accounts, but if you go to the library and take a look: Good guy, except for the ones on the outside, there may be really
There are thousands of Wanli style, and if you look through them, most of them are fire sticks, and there may even be less than 100,000 fire sticks.
Liaodong belongs to the Nine Borders, and as one of the expected launch points of the "Eastern Control" Chahar War, the armament situation is relatively reliable. Even if the previous Battle of Northern Liaoning was depleted, it will not be insufficient to defeat Nurhachi now.
The only question is whether the emperor is prepared to fight for real or to fake a fight.
This is not some strategic deception. A real attack requires preparations for a real attack, and a fake attack has the appearance of a fake attack. If there is a real attack, it is approaching the end of the year and it is very cold in Liaodong. It is indeed not a good time. It is best to set the battle after the beginning of spring.
This period of time is used to deploy materials and personnel.
It would be much easier to fake a fight, gather troops with great fanfare, and assemble from Liaoyang towards Fushun Pass. Surrounding places such as Shenyang, Tieling and other places can also blatantly transport supplies towards Fushun Pass. In this way, unless Nurhachi is a retard, he will definitely
It can be seen that the Ming Dynasty has been eyeing him covetously, and even "had to shoot the arrow on the string".
Nurhaci is certainly not a weakling. At least he is very keen in military matters. In particular, after he invaded Dong E's tribe years ago, he immediately withdrew his troops back to his old camp Hetuala without any hesitation. It can be seen that he had already prepared the military response to the Ming Dynasty.
Be wary.
Gao pragmatic also mentioned this to Zhu Yijun, and used this to explain to the emperor that Nurhaci's behavior explained his psychology to a certain extent: he was testing Ming's tolerance.
Tolerance is never static. It depends not only on the strength gap between the two sides, but also on whether the active party in the war feels that it is convenient to use troops at that time.
If it is convenient, then fight, and the tolerance is zero; if it is not convenient, just wait, and the tolerance is very high. As long as the opponent has not directly touched the reverse scale, you can "see again."
Although Nurhachi was able to obtain some information about Liaodong, he was beyond his reach as to the reality and reality of the Ming Dynasty and the court's decision-making, so he needed to test it.
Testing the imperial court itself shows that he is ambitious. Why would a person without ambition test the imperial court? Zhu Yijun will understand this truth when he talks about high pragmatism.
However, Zhu Yijun did not quite understand Nurhachi's ambition, or he was not sure yet.
Zhu Yijun asked Gao Pragmatic: "Do you think Nurhaci is resentful of the Ming Dynasty because of the death of his father and ancestors, so he seems to be respectful, but in fact he is always ready to act like Wang Gao and his son, disobeying orders and even committing crimes against the enemy?...Or?
Are you saying that this person is just young and energetic, and only wants to be the leader of Manchuria?"
Gao Pragmatic couldn't say that the wild boar skin might have a bone in the back of his head, and he couldn't "alarmist" so early that Nurhachi even planned to establish a country in Liaodong. He could only say: "I think it's both."
He thought that saying this would make Zhu Yijun be more vigilant, but who knew that after hearing this, Zhu Yijun sneered disdainfully: "There are many Jurchens in the past who regard me as an enemy of the Ming Dynasty. Where are the bones of this generation now?"
Well...those people are indeed dead, but your mentality is not very healthy. We still have to be modest and prudent and guard against arrogance and impetuosity. It would be better if the Jurchen rebels come forward and kill each one. It is not a good thing to just indulge in the glory of the past.
Tradition.
Of course, sometimes killing them directly is not the best way. After all, in a few years, the Japanese may come to Korea to fish, and it is best to keep these disobedient Jurchens to fight with the Japanese.
The best solution. No one would have to feel bad if he died, and it could also alleviate the population pressure during the Little Ice Age. It was the best of both worlds, and it was a well-deserved death.
But the trouble is that only Gao Pragmatic knows the Japanese movements - not Liu Xin. Zhu Yijun doesn't know, and Gao Pragmatic can't blindly remind him, so even if he wanted to keep the Jianzhou Department as cannon fodder on the Korean battlefield in the future, he found that
It is not easy to convince Zhu Yijun, and judging from Zhu Yijun's current attitude, he probably has to teach Nurhachi a lesson to relieve his anger.
It seems that winning too many battles has some very specific troubles, which can easily make people complacent. Gao Pragmatic estimates that Zhu Yijun's current judgment on the strength of the Ming Dynasty may have been somewhat inaccurate. Some people underestimated the Ming Dynasty and thought that everything could be simply relied on.
Solved by force.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! In Gao Pragmatic's view, military solution is always the last resort, because the use of force means a waste of national power. Now the Ming Dynasty does not have the ability to rely on the military industry to stimulate the national economy, so
You still need to be cautious when it comes to things like war. If you can't fight, it's best not to fight. If you can fight in a small way, it's best not to fight in a big way.
Only by always maintaining one's own strength is the foundation for "ruling China and governing all nations." "Sima Fa" says: "Although a country is large, if it is warlike, it will perish." This is indeed a profound statement.
Later, the British Empire fought a small Boer War when it thought it was invincible, but it went downhill. However, it refused to accept its old age and fought two world wars forcefully. After that, it completely withered. Even if it was hanging on
Everyone can see the names and decline of the five major countries, so they can only go back and serve as their younger brothers.
The current national situation of Ming Dynasty is that it is strong on the outside and weak on the inside, but Zhu Yijun himself does not realize it. This has to make Gao Pragmatic a little worried, and he even wonders whether he should find an opportunity to let Ming suffer a small loss, so that Zhu Yijun can correct his mentality.
However, this idea passed in his mind. It is not difficult to make Ming suffer a small loss, but this is not in line with his consistent purpose since time travel. Moreover, suffering a small loss in the war also means that something bad will happen.
Necessary casualties, which of these dead soldiers was not innocent? This also violated his principles.
He has always positioned himself to save his compatriots, not to push them to death. In necessary wars, some people may definitely die, but those sacrifices are based on the interests of the whole people and are valuable.
If Zhu Yijun is sober, he will deliberately make sacrifices. If he is pragmatic, it will be difficult to convince himself.
He sighed slightly and said to Zhu Yijun: "Your Majesty knows me well and knows that I am always cautious about starting any war, and it is the same this time. Although Nurhachi is untamed, he can still be restrained by other means.
I see that it is not yet time to fight.
However, if the emperor thinks that Nurhachi cannot advance or retreat without being taught a lesson, and must send troops, I will not object. However, I still hope that the scale of this war will not be too large and will not affect the decisive battle of the 'Eastern System'."
Seeing that he spoke solemnly, Zhu Yijun didn't take it seriously, but in order to take care of the mood of his great minister, he still walked over with a haha, patted his shoulder, and said affectionately: "You have always been serious, so this is natural for me.
I know, otherwise Huang Kao wouldn't have kept you by my side to assist me.
As for Nurhachi, I think you think more highly of him. It is estimated that he has only 10,000 soldiers to found the state. How capable can he be to resist our great soldiers? As for the significance of this war, I think there is still some meaning: Jurchens are now worshiped by all the ministries, but only
Nurhachi is jumping up and down. If he can be taught a lesson, Liaodong will be at peace and happy. When we fight against Chahar in the future, we will not cause chaos in Liaodong. Isn't this something we should prepare for in advance? Don't worry, don't worry."
Seeing that he was determined to fight this battle, Gao Pangshi had no choice but to nod his head, but then he remembered something and immediately asked: "Does Ning Yuanbo need to personally take action this time to use troops against Jianzhou?"
Zhu Yijun had never thought about this. He was stunned when he heard this, and asked thoughtfully: "What do you think? Does he need to make a trip?"
Logically speaking, there is no need, because the current military strength in the defense area east of the Liaohe River is obviously sufficient, and there is no need for Li Chengliang to come over. It seems that Cao Yu can handle it by himself.
But Gao Jingshi specifically asked about this, which caused Zhu Yijun to misunderstand. Zhu Yijun thought that Gao Jingshi was unwilling to let Cao Yu lose his troops in this matter, so he brought Li Chengliang up and asked Li Chengliang to get involved.
The two men, the boss and the second in the Liaodong military circles, teamed up to bear the losses.
It is not unreasonable for him to think so, because as we all know, Cao Yu is now "only Gao Situ and the leader". If he loses too many troops, it will obviously have a negative impact on Gao Jingshi's influence in Liaodong. If Li Chengliang is also asked
In terms of sending troops, as the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, he certainly could not send fewer troops than the deputy commander-in-chief, Cao Yu. In this way, the final losses should not be less than those of Cao Yu.
Considering that the two sides already have different strengths and weaknesses, this can be regarded as maintaining a certain balance.
Of course, the "military strength" mentioned here is not the total military strength, because the loss of the guard station has no direct impact on the two of them. The "military strength" here refers to their servants.
But Gao Pragmatic really didn't mean this, at least not mainly. He mused: "The Nurhaci brothers served under Ning Yuanbo for a period of time in their early years, and they should be quite afraid of Ning Yuanbo's military power.
I think that if Ning Yuanbo can personally appeal this time, Nurhaci will be deeply afraid, or take the initiative to confess, or have inappropriate tactics, in short, there may be some benefits."
"So that's what you mean?" Zhu Yijun was stunned for a moment before he realized that he had misunderstood. However, he did not hesitate to ask pragmatically, and immediately said: "In that case, let Li Chengliang go, I think he is free.
Panic, it’s time to move.”
This is a bit paradoxical. What does it mean that Li Chengliang is in a panic? How do you know that Li Chengliang is in a panic?
Gao Pangshi's heart moved, and he suddenly understood: It seems that Zhu Yijun was well aware of the previous case of Li Chengliang's "suspected private sale of gunpowder to Chahar". Although the Practical School did not request to investigate this matter in the end, the Xin School tried every means to cover it up.
But the emperor was neither blind nor stupid. He must have firmly believed in Li Chengliang's guilt.
However, he may also feel that Li Chengliang is still useful. Although the crime is serious, it has not caused irreparable consequences, and it is not necessary to force Li Chengliang to commit suicide.
However, it is obviously not a good thing to be remembered by the emperor. Since Gao Pingshi mentioned this, Zhu Yijun also remembered that Li Chengliang was not here. He felt that this was the best of both worlds. He not only taught Nurhachi a lesson, but also beat Li Chengliang and made him answer for his behavior.
The price was paid - I just don't know if Li Chengliang can react.
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It was obviously up to the emperor to inform and persuade.
When Gao pragmatic came out of the palace, he saw that it was already getting dark, so he hurriedly went to the Ministry of Household Affairs to make a fortune, then went directly back to Baiyu Tower, and notified Sorguo and his son to come see him.
Sorguo himself was actually the extra, and what Gao Pragmatic really wanted to see was Fei Yingdong.
This time, Gao Jingshi was not very polite to the two of them. He briefly explained the matter and handed over the task: Fei Yingdong should not continue to wait for Ye He’s return gift to Gao Jingshi for “buying a concubine” and immediately return to Liaodong. Ye He took his subordinates from Su Wan and asked Ye He to "borrow" 500 troops to Shenyang, preparing to follow Cao Yu to send troops to build a state after the beginning of spring.
Of course Fei Yingdong himself didn't have the face to ask Ye He to borrow five hundred troops, and even his father Sorguo didn't have such a big face, but they didn't, and Gao Pragmatic did. Of course Gao Pragmatic wrote to borrow the troops, but he just asked him to borrow them. Fei Yingdong just took it with him.
Sorguo didn't even think about why Gao Situ did this. It didn't make sense to say that he sent his son to die: Gao Situ and Su Wanbu had no enmity, so why bother killing someone with a borrowed knife? Besides, why would anyone kill someone with a borrowed knife? He's soldiers?
The only possibility seemed to be that Gao Situ really wanted to train Fei Yingdong. But Sorguo couldn't figure out what benefit it would bring to Gao Situ to train Fei Yingdong?
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