Xu Huizu wanted to continue talking, but he seemed to have thought of something and stopped again. He just said: "In short, there will definitely be war in Nanyang in the future."
"Increasing longevity and promotion of military commanders are all based on military merit. Only by going to a war-torn place like Nanyang can you be promoted through meritorious service, so my eldest brother plans to send you to Nanyang."
"Brother, if that's the case, why don't you let your second brother go to Nanyang? Although Jingchang earned it for me, after all, I already have a hereditary title, so I still let my second brother go to Nanyang for meritorious service." Xu Zengshou said immediately.
"No, I can't." Before Xu Huizu could say anything, Xu Yingxu waved his hands and said, "I don't know how to fight. Going to a place like this is a waste of opportunity. Let the fourth brother go."
"Second brother, it's not that my brother doesn't want you to make meritorious service, it's just that after all," Xu Huizu thought for a while, but couldn't think of the right words, so he skipped and continued: "It is more appropriate for the fourth brother to go to Nanyang."
"Besides, promotion and title are not necessarily based on oneself. Look at the fourth brother, even though Jingchang earned the earl, he still shows off proudly all day long?" Xu Huizu said with a smile: "Jingheng and Jing Huang are also the same age.
They are not young anymore. If you are willing, let them go to Nanyang with Zengshou to perform meritorious service and receive rewards."
"What's the reluctance to do?" Xu Yingxu also smiled and said: "They are not as good at studying as Xue Xiyang. I also asked them to study, but in the end they couldn't even pass the junior college entrance examination. Since they can't do literature, they can only do it.
Martial arts. Let them go to Nanyang with Zengshou and be rewarded for their meritorious service."
"Second brother," Xu Zengshou wanted to say something more, Xu Yingxu waved his hand to indicate that he didn't have to say anything. "And your temperament is not suitable for staying in the capital. I am more suitable. Let the second brother be lazy and stay in the capital."
Enjoy it." He finally joked.
"Second brother!" Xu Zengshou was very touched. Although Xu Yingxu is not very good at fighting, he may not be able to make meritorious deeds if he is sent to lead troops in Nanyang. To say the least, even if he really can't win the battle with his own ability, it's okay.
Hire staff who can fight, or find a lieutenant who can command fighting? The Xu family is quite powerful, and there are many generals willing to carry Xu Yingxu's sedan chair. The Xu family will naturally return it later.
So Xu Yingxu gave him the opportunity to be knighted for meritorious service when he didn't have a title yet. How could he not be moved?
"What are you doing?" Xu Yingxu said with a smile: "We are brothers, we don't think about you, who does? Besides, it is not completely impossible for me to be knighted. Aren't you also knighted for Jingchang's meritorious service?
Maybe Jingheng or Jing Huang can also earn me a title."
"My younger brother must ask them to earn a hereditary title for my second brother." Xu Zengshou said firmly.
He immediately asked Xu Huizu: "Brother, Nanyang is not a small place. Which place is the easiest to make meritorious deeds?"
"You should go to Su Fan. Su Fan will inevitably fight wars in the future. Moreover, you have always had a good relationship with the common people of Yan (referring to Zhu Di) and King Su, so it is appropriate to go to Su Fan." Xu Huizu glanced at them and said nothing.
What, just said.
"Why not Min Fan? Gao, King Su has been fighting very hard in the past few years. There are not many foreign countries on Sumatra. And Min Fan has not fought in the past few years, so it is time to go south to attack Bago.
Besides, Min Fan is also close to the place to the west." Xu Zengshou asked immediately.
"It is hard to say whether King Min will attack Bago. To occupy a land, it is not necessarily necessary to use weapons. As for the distance to the west, it is more convenient to go to the west from Su Fan by water than by land. If your Majesty attacks the west in the future, he will definitely do so.
Su Fan's troops will be dispatched."
"Of course, the more important thing is," Xu Huizu said: "King Su, forget it, just call him by his first name in your own home. Gao Xu is more powerful in fighting than King Min, although he always gives people the image of being brave, like a tiger descending from the mountain.
General, but as cunning as a fox, even if you don't win the battle with him, you will not lose the army; but King Min's ability to fight with soldiers is not as good as him, and he also has the generals around him. Although there are many tribes, they are clearly divided and it is difficult to unified command. If they march to the west,
It's okay to have weak enemies along the way. If there is a strong enemy, you will probably suffer a big loss. So my brother plans to let you go to Su Fan."
"That's all, then go to Su Fan." Xu Zengshou said: "Anyway, Gao Xu and I have a good relationship, and it will be easier for Su Fan to contact the Central Plains, so let's go to Su Fan."
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A few days later, Xu Hui wrote to his ancestors, stating that the current military attache evaluation system was not appropriate in some aspects and requested modifications. This was done under Yunxi's instigation, and of course it was immediately approved. Then a few days later, he appointed the new military attache
The evaluation system was sent to Yunxi's desk, and Yunxi sent it to all the yamen of the governor's office for discussion.
Yunxi made few changes to the military attache evaluation system. He mainly modified the promotion of military generals during peacetime and the evaluation standards for civilian military attaches. Although Yunxi likes to fight low-intensity wars, he believes that the army will slowly decay in peacetime and will not
The army is willing not to fight for a long time - even modern armies will have various problems after a long period of peace, let alone ancient armies - but for the Ming Dynasty, because the surrounding countries are basically poorer than the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty
Most foreign wars will not bring any benefits and will only cost money, and wars will have a greater impact on the production of agricultural countries. He cannot provoke wars every day. There will be more and more wars in the future during peacetime. Therefore, he must make plans that are more satisfactory.
Standards for promotion of generals who are beneficial to the country will be set.
As for the establishment of evaluation standards for civilian military attaches, it is also very necessary. Although civilian military attaches are military attaches, their work is civilian work. Naturally, they cannot use the evaluation system of military generals. However, there are still some requirements for military agencies and government departments.
It's not the same. The current civilian evaluation system is not suitable and a new system must be formulated. Of course, in order not to have much negative impact on the work of civilian military attachés, the changes are not big.
Therefore, neither the civilian military attaches nor the generals raised any objections, and the evaluation system was passed.
Just as their brothers expected, the Xu family once again aroused everyone's jealousy. You were originally the number one nobleman of the Ming Dynasty, and Xu Huizu was the person who made the greatest contribution among the new generation of generals. Now you are so favored by the emperor. If you are not jealous, who are you jealous of?
Xu Huizu also followed his previous plan and formally submitted a memorial, requesting permission to resign. He was only forty years old this year, so it was not appropriate to retire. After thinking about it, he still thought it was best to use injury as an excuse, so he used his previous experience in Yiwu
Zhan Zhan was injured and has not fully recovered. Recently, it has shown signs of worsening. It is difficult to handle the errands of the Governor's Office, so he requested to resign.
When Yunxi received Xu Huizu's memorial requesting to resign, he was a little surprised, but also felt that it was expected. It was expected because Xu Huizu was smart and cautious, and he should have noticed the Xu family long ago.
It is normal for Shangzhezi to request resignation when he is showing signs of becoming a target of public criticism.
To say he was a little surprised was because he was surprised at this time. He originally thought that Xu Huizu would resign after returning to Beijing, and planned to retain him. He even wrote a draft of the policy to retain him, but Xu Huizu did not resign. Later, the governor
Although the errands of the government were straightened out, he still did not resign, but now he has resigned.
How did Yunxi know that Xu Huizu had indeed planned to resign as soon as he returned to the capital, but Yunxi immediately carried out military reforms, and he resigned as if he was dissatisfied with Yunxi's reforms (although Yunxi did not think of it himself); secondly, Yunxi immediately carried out military reforms.
Xu Yingxu's two sons, Jingheng and Jing Huang, were also sixteen years old and could join the guard station for training. He still had to arrange the future of his two nephews, so he did not resign.
Later, after the errands in the Governor's Office were straightened out, he began to think about sending Xu Zengshou to Nanyang. He wanted to arrange for Zengshou to be transferred to Nanyang before resigning, but he delayed it again. When he found a suitable excuse to transfer Xu Zengshou to Nanyang,
Yunxi also gave him the task of formulating the evaluation system for military attachés. He could only resign after completing this task, which was the time of resignation this time.
However, no matter why Xu Huizu delayed his resignation until this time, his move was in line with Yunxi's intentions. Although he planned to create an aristocratic ruling class, this could not be achieved in a short time. In order to maintain his rule, he now
We can still only use the traditional emperor's method to prevent only one general star from shining in the army, but at this time, Xu Huizu's star is more dazzling than others.
Therefore, Yunxi could only temporarily leave him in the cold for a while, and then use him after other generals shine like him.
Of course, as a matter of etiquette, Xu Huizu's memorial to Yunxi could not be approved immediately. He had to retain him three times, and only after three times did he approve his resignation.
This matter had little impact on the military. Before resigning, Xu Huizu had already told the military commanders close to him about the matter. They all understood what was going on and would not think that the Xu family had lost the emperor's trust. The middle and lower officials were a little flustered.
The military generals were all comforted and nothing happened; what's more, the other nobles also understood that the Xu family was retreating in order to advance, and would not take the opportunity to do anything, so they were in peace with each other.
Seeing that Xu Hui's ancestor had submitted a memorial to resign on the grounds of injury, Geng Bingwen also hurriedly submitted a memorial to resign, requesting to stay at home to recuperate. As usual, Yun Xi asked to stay three times and then approved.
Yunxi then appointed new governors and magistrates. One of them, as Xu Huizu expected, was Lan Zhen. Lan Zhen was the son of Lan Yu, the last noble man in the Ming Dynasty who was posthumously named a prince. He was hereditary and had led troops on several expeditions to achieve meritorious service.
Young Master, he is second only to Xu Huizu among the new generation of generals, and there is no dispute at all about his appointment as the governor.
But the candidate he appointed for another governor-general, Tongzhi, caused some controversy in the governor-general because he appointed Zhang Fu. Regardless of his qualifications or merit, Zhang Fu was somewhat different from the official position of governor-general Tongzhi. Many generals had
He was not very satisfied. Even Zhang Fu himself was very frightened and submitted a memorial to resign.
But Yunxi not only refuted his memorial, but also called him to the palace to talk, so that he could relax as the governor and his advisor and not have to worry about anything. (To be continued)
