Chapter 741 Conquest of Annan - The Second General and Others
The next day, August 26, morning.
Xue Ning, the governor of Zuojun Governor's Mansion, yawned and walked into Fengtian Hall. Although he had a rest yesterday, he was busier than usual. First, he paid attention to the results of his second son Xiyang's provincial examination. After learning that Luosunshan was famous, he immediately told him that he had made an appointment. Fortunately, the wedding will be held next month, and then all the things that were being quietly prepared became public preparations, and he was very busy. He didn't fall asleep until midnight.
Therefore, Xue Ning found a place where Yun Xi couldn't see his eyes directly. He squinted his eyes and wanted to rest for a while. There were countless things waiting for him to approve in the Governor's Mansion later, but there was no such rest. time. Anyway, I won’t say anything important in the morning.
After a while, Xue Ning heard the very loud words "withdraw the court" and knew that the morning court had ended. He opened his eyes that were slightly cloudy due to lack of rest and was about to leave Fengtian Hall with the rest of the people.
But just as I walked out of here and breathed in the fresh air, I suddenly heard a voice beside me: "Commander Xue."
Xue Ning hurriedly looked around and saw a very attractive face, looking at him with a smile two feet away.
Xue Ning immediately said: "Eunuch Wang."
Wang Xi nodded and said: "Commander Xue, Your Majesty has summoned you for something. Commander Xue, please come with me."
"My lord, please lead the way." Xue Ning said respectfully. Even if his daughter is the queen and his grandson is the crown prince, he is not willing to offend the emperor's most favored eunuch. This offended people; and Wang Xi did not want to offend the Xue family, the Chang family, the Lan family, and the Xu family, which were closely related to the royal family, and they spoke very respectfully, so everything was fine.
After a while they walked to Qianqing Palace. After Xue Ning entered, he glanced around and saw Li Jian and others there. He immediately understood what Yunxi was going to say today.
Sure enough, Yunxi walked into the house and waited for them to salute, and immediately said: "I called you here today to decide on the generals for this expedition."
As early as the decision to go on the expedition, several governors of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion suggested to Yunxi that he should decide on the commander-in-chief and the general for this war, but Yunxi postponed it because it was difficult to make a decision. Fortunately, he had just started to make arrangements at that time. Regarding matters related to the expedition, Li Jinglong is in Guangxi and Mu Sheng is in Yunnan. They are responsible for the arrangement of the army that came to Guangxi. The lack of a commander in the Yunnan army does not affect anything.
However, as more and more troops came to Yunnan and Guangxi provinces, everyone became more and more concerned about this matter. Even if Yunxi did not take the initiative to announce it, they would submit another memorial to request Yunxi to decide on the commander-in-chief and the general.
"This time I will not lead the expedition myself." Yunxi first gave them reassurance, and then continued: "I have decided to appoint Zhang Wen, the Hou of Huining, as the commander-in-chief, with the rank of Yi general, and to increase the number of troops. With the consort Li Jian, King Zhu Chanyi of Jingjiang is the deputy commander, Liang Guogong Lan Zhen is the general of the front army, Cao Guogong Li Jinglong is the general of the middle army, Xiping Hou Musheng is the general of the right army, Quanning Hou Sun Ke is the general of the rear army, Marquis of Palembang He Rong is the general of the left army, and Zheng Guogong is promoted to admiral. The grain and grass officers were all given the title of deputy general and set out to conquer Annan."
Li Jinglong and Mu Sheng, one is the commander of Guangxi and the other is the general guarding Yunnan. Because Li Jinglong has not fought yet and everyone does not know about his fighting skills, they have a place in their respective positions. Not even Yunxi can Li Jinglong was not assigned a position, so he was appointed as the deputy general of the Chinese army who acted together with the commander-in-chief. Of course, Yunxi, who only had a rough understanding of the historical materials of the Ming Dynasty in his previous life, did not know that Mu Sheng's fighting skills were also worth worrying about, so it was better to let him Mu Ang leads the troops, so the right army is in some danger.
Others present did not know the "excellent achievements" of Li Jinglong and Mu Sheng in history, so they did not care about it. When the military general appointed by Yun He stood up to thank him, everyone immediately realized one thing:
Except for the commander-in-chief Zhang Wen, the generals who went on this expedition were all generals from the Mesozoic Era.
Although it is time to take over the leadership: the generals of Zhang Wen's generation are all over sixty years old, and the young men who followed Zhu Yuanzhang at the age of 17 or 18 in order to survive or take revenge are already old. Although there are people in the family who are not inferior to the emperor.
He was a doctor, but he could not tell which day he would pass away.
But it was so sudden that they did not go to the battlefield when there was a big battle in the court, which still made people feel a little bit lost.
Yunxi didn't pay attention to their thoughts, and continued: "I appointed several generals a few days ago, and there are still a few missing. I will make up for them today: I will use Qiu Auxiliary Guo Zhen... as the generals, and divide them into three."
It has jurisdiction over each guard station. As for the remaining generals, you can report to me after discussion."
"Since Guo Zhen wants to be a staff general, he should be relieved of his post as Qiu Auxiliary Officer and appointed Li Xuhu, the governor general of the Zuojun Dudu Mansion, as Qiu Auxiliary Officer."
"Similarly, Li Jian was removed from the position of governor and appointed Geng Xuan as governor."
The generals bowed and agreed.
Yunxi gave them several more instructions and made all arrangements for the conquest of Annan.
The generals thought that Yunxi had nothing to do with him, and were about to ask for his resignation. Suddenly, they heard Yunxi say again: "My dear friends, please wait a moment. I have one more thing to do. Although it has nothing to do with the conquest of Annan, I still have something to do."
There is some connection, so I am taking this opportunity to tell you: I am going to visit the Guangdong and Guangxi areas."
Everyone was stunned at once: Going to Guangdong and Guangxi at this time, you still said that it had nothing to do with the conquest of Annan? And didn’t His Majesty just say that he would not go to conquer Annan himself? Why did he still go there?
Seeing the confused faces in front of him, Yun He continued: "Don't worry, my dear friends, I am indeed not going to lead the expedition in person. I just want to take this opportunity to inspect the Guangdong and Guangxi areas to see how the local people are doing.
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"Your Majesty, unless there are special circumstances, your Majesty is not allowed to leave the capital without authorization! The other places are not as good as the capital, and the people's sentiments in Guangdong and Guangxi are always complicated. It is not a good thing for your Majesty to go there rashly." Li Jian said immediately.
Chang Sheng and others also tried to dissuade him, but they were not willing to let Yunxi go to Guangdong and Guangxi.
Yunxi coughed and said, "I have made up my mind, please don't say more."
These generals were unwilling to overly dissuade and make the emperor hate them. When they heard Yunxi say again in a firm tone that they had made a decision, they could only stand up and no longer dissuade, and accepted the fact that the emperor was about to leave for Guangdong and Guangxi.
Yunxi really had nothing to say to them this time, so he waved his hand for them to bow and leave.
At noon, Yunxi, who had been criticizing the memorial in the front hall of Qianqing Palace for a while, stood up, said a few words to the assistant officer, and then got up and returned to Kunning Palace.
When Xiyao saw him, she saluted him and immediately asked, "Husband, have you told the ministers of the previous dynasty that you are going to inspect the Guangdong and Guangxi areas? What did the ministers say?"
"My husband and the generals told me that we were going to inspect the Guangdong and Guangxi areas. After some admonishment, they saw that I had not changed my mind, so they stopped admonishing me." Yunxi said.
"Husband, a military commander is a military commander, and he is different from a civil servant. Although there is a disease in Siem Reap in the southwest now, there is peace in the world, and there is nothing that needs to be solved by the emperor himself. Therefore, the civil servant will definitely advise my husband not to go to Guangdong and Guangxi for inspection. Husband also
After thinking about it again, it is better to leave local affairs to the local magistrates. If your Majesty is not at ease with them, you can also send Qin Song and other trusted ministers to go out for inspection."
"Besides, Min'er is most attached to her husband. She will definitely miss him after being away from the capital for such a long time. He can't take her with him when he goes to Guangdong and Guangxi. The weather in Guangdong and Guangxi is very different from that in the capital. It's easy for children from other places to first arrive in Guangdong. Got sick." Xiyao said.
Yesterday Yunxi had already told her that he was going to inspect the Guangdong and Guangxi areas. Of course Xiyao strongly opposed it, but she did not dare to dissuade her too much. She could only let Yunxi make a less formal announcement to the civil and military officials to see their reactions. When I heard the generals reacted like this, I could only give some advice myself.
Yunxi hesitated a little when he heard her mention Min'er. His favorite child was his eldest daughter, and he was very reluctant to be separated from her. But he really wanted to go to Guangdong.
"Xiyao," Yunxi sat down and said to her, "don't pay attention to what Wai Chao said. As for Min'er, my husband told her personally that the worst he could do was write her a letter every day."
"Everything will be arranged before my husband leaves. Your father will stay in the capital, and Chang Sen will also stay in the capital to supervise the country with Wenyuan. You will exercise the power of supervising the country on his behalf."
"In all government affairs, matters that are neither important nor urgent are to be approved and issued by the auxiliary officers themselves, and you can supervise and stamp them; matters that are important but not urgent are sent to Guangdong and Guangxi for personal handling by the husband; urgent matters are handled by Wen Yuan's In the name of summoning the six ministers, the five left governors of the Fifth Military Governor's Office, the four auxiliary officials, the left governor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Chen Xingshan, and the chief officials or assistant officers of the Yamen related to the matter, we will discuss and deal with it in front of the emperor."
"If there is a commotion within the borders of the capital, you can directly send an order to Yin Huanghuai of Yingtian Prefecture and the seven commanders of the Shangzhi Guards who are staying in the capital, and ask them to send troops to put it down."
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Yunxi explained to Xiyao in detail what he should do if he was not in the capital. Although he had said it once yesterday, he repeated it again today.
"Your Majesty, why do you want to summon Chen Xingshan?" Xiyao listened to it for the second time today and asked the question that she had not uttered yesterday.
"Xiyao, Chen Xingshan's position is very important. I can't explain it to you in a sentence or two. Just remember to call him if there is something urgent." Yunxi said.
Xiyao didn't ask any more questions and just nodded.
After that, it was time for Xiyao to give Yunxi instructions. Although it would be a few days before Yunxi actually set off, it did not prevent Xiyao from giving instructions now. Although Yunxi was a little impatient, he knew that this was Xiyao's good intention, so he just I can sit in my seat and listen.
Xiyao finally said: "Husband, this time my husband is not on a personal expedition, but on a patrol. Take Xiyi with you and let her take care of your husband."
Yunxi hesitated a little, but finally nodded and said, "Okay, my husband will take Xiyi with him."