Emperor Chongzhen retained his status as the grandmaster of the founding sect of Geophysical Studies and continued to deceive all sentient beings. At the same time, Wang Chengen, the eunuch in charge of the rites and the governor of the West Factory, rushed to Shanhaiguan.
Du Yinxi, the governor of Jiliao who was sitting here, heard the news and immediately came out to welcome Wang Chengen politely to the lobby.
At this time, no one in the court mentioned whether the party was eunuch or not.
If we really want to divide, it will only be between the imperialist party and not the imperialist party.
All officials promoted by the current emperor belong to this party and are envied by others.
To a certain extent, Du Yinxi and Wang Chengen are on their own.
Du Yinxi knew that Wang Chengen always stayed with the emperor and would never leave. But now, Wang Chengen actually left the capital and came to him. There must be something important.
Therefore, he met Wang Chengen in the lobby without calling anyone else.
I heard Du Yinxi asked seriously with a little curiosity: "I wonder if my father-in-law is here in person. Is there anything big going on?"
Wang Chengen, of course, knew Du Yinxi's status in Emperor Chongzhen's mind, so he was polite and quickly replied: "Long live the Lord's foresight and foresight, and has already drawn up a grassland strategy. Our family came here to discuss with Lord Du to see how to implement it in detail.
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"Oh?" Du Yinxi was a little shocked when he heard this, and quickly asked seriously, "I wonder what kind of grassland strategy your Majesty has decided?"
He was the governor of Jiliao, and the enemies he had to deal with were the enemies outside the customs, not only the Liaodong built captives, but also the grassland tribes. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen's grassland strategy had a lot to do with him, so he was naturally very concerned about it.
Wang Chengen would not hide anything from him, so he told everything. At the end, he even warned: "This matter is very important. I don't know what Mr. Du has in mind to implement Long Live Lord's far-sighted plan."
A wise strategy?"
Du Yinxi was very surprised when he heard this. He never expected that Emperor Chongzhen would come up with such a grassland strategy!
You know, from ancient times to the present, no matter what the Central Plains dynasty is, what they consider is always the tribal chief, the Great Khan, etc. They consider issues from the upper level of the Mongolian tribe, either an alliance or a marriage, anyway, it is all kinds of
The methods were all used on the upper echelons of the Mongolian tribe.
The simplest example is like today's Jianlu, their strategy to deal with the grassland tribes is also to marry the upper class of the grassland tribes. When did they consider ordinary herders?
However, the current emperor's method is completely different from these methods in the past. It is actually a method of winning over the lower class herdsmen.
To be honest, when he first listened to it, Du Yinxi subconsciously thought how could this strategy work? It was too unconventional!
Fortunately, the person speaking was the dignified Chief of Ceremonies, the Eunuch, and the Superintendent of the West Factory, an absolute confidant of the current emperor, so Du Yinxi listened patiently and listened to what Wang Chengen had to say.
As a result, after hearing what happened, Du Yinxi became more and more surprised. Because he found that according to Emperor Chongzhen's complete strategy, it is really very possible to solve the grassland problem once and for all, and there will be no future troubles.
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Moreover, if this strategy is implemented at this time, it is the right time.
If the grassland at this time was an empire as powerful as the Mongolian Empire or the Jin Kingdom, then this method of trying to win over the grassroots herders to completely control the grassland would only seem ridiculous and simply impossible!
But what is the situation on the grasslands today?
Today's grassland does not have a complete country at all, but is fragmented and only exists in the form of tribes. Although there are some great Khans and the like, these are all self-proclaimed by the tribe leaders.
The most important thing is that the life of the low-level herdsmen on the grasslands today is absolutely miserable!
In fact, let alone the lower-class herdsmen, even the ordinary Mongolian nobles had a difficult life. The root cause was caused by the Ming Dynasty's persistent blockade of the Mongolian grasslands.
If nothing else, it is a simple fact that many of the Mongolian tribes’ arrowheads were made of bones or stones because there was no more iron. This was one of the reasons why the grassland tribes’ combat effectiveness was so poor in the late Ming Dynasty.
Of course, these are just ordinary herdsmen. For those close associates of the Mongolian nobles and the standing army, it is not so miserable.
It is natural that the Mongolian tribe is so poor. The worst offenders can only be the low-level herdsmen, not the nobles. In other words, no nobles will share the joys and sorrows with the low-level herdsmen. If this were to be the case, this tribe would have long ago It rose.
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When Du Yinxi was the governor of the Three Borders in Qin, he already knew the situation of the Mongolian tribes. Now that he has arrived at Shanhaiguan and served as the governor of Jiliao, he has further learned about the situation of the Mongolian tribes.
Therefore, he could be sure that the imperial court could improve the lives of ordinary herdsmen and persuade them to defect to the imperial court without paying too much.
A very simple example is that in today's Guan Ning Army, there are many soldiers from the Mongolian tribe.
Even in the original history, in the 16th year of Chongzhen, the Jianlu attacked several guard posts before Shanhaiguan. Among them, the Zhongqian post defended by Li Fuming's general army was eventually captured and massacred by the Jianlu because they did not surrender. Among the Ming army soldiers, more than a thousand were Mongolian soldiers.
At this time, after hearing Wang Chengen's words, Du Yinxi thought about it and felt that this strategy, which was contrary to the previous grassland strategies, was very promising, and he immediately became excited.
I heard him say to Wang Chengen in an excited tone: "Your Majesty's plan is a great one. For this first step, I have plenty of manpower here. I can send them to the grasslands to spread the new policies of the imperial court to those grassroots herdsmen!"
"Oh?" When Wang Chengen heard it, he felt that it seemed to be going well. He couldn't help but be overjoyed and quickly asked: "Tell me more about it!"
Wang Chengen had never left the capital before, so it was naturally impossible for him to understand all aspects of the specific conditions in various places. Therefore, neither he nor Emperor Chongzhen actually knew that there were actually many soldiers from the Mongolian tribe in Guan Ning's army.
At this time, Du Yinxi explained the specific situation, and finally raised his voice and said: "As long as the court can really fulfill its promise, and these Mongolian soldiers under me go back to spread the word, there will definitely be many low-level herdsmen. Come and join us!"
When he said this, he paused and said with a little less excitement: "But if you want those low-level herdsmen to catch their leaders, it will be very difficult. Unless they provide information, I will Just send out the cavalry!"
As mentioned before, the low-level herdsmen are, to a certain extent, bare-handed. The standing army of the Mongolian nobles is not said to be well-equipped, but it is definitely much better than the ordinary herdsmen. Only relying on their own strength to resist, the Mongols Nobility is really unrealistic.
In the final analysis, the situations of the grassland tribes and the southwestern chieftains are somewhat different.
The southwestern chieftains were settled, and the imperial army was approaching the city. If they tried to escape, the price would be very high.
The grassland tribes are nomadic. Compared with the southwestern chieftains, if they want to escape, the cost will be much lower and it will be difficult to find them.
Therefore, on the southwestern chieftain side, under the pressure of the imperial army, those chieftain soldiers easily deserted the secrets and defected to the bright side. However, because the standing army of the Mongolian nobles was under less pressure, they would not be as easy to desert the secrets and defected to the bright side as the chieftain soldiers.
Du Yinxi was not a boastful person, and he realized this very keenly, so he said what he just said to Wang Chengen.
Wang Chengen couldn't help but feel a little disappointed after hearing this. The reason why he actively did this was because he wanted to gain credit and didn't want to be compared with Dongchang and Jinyiwei.
However, since Du Yinxi said this, he did not force it, and even took the initiative to say: "In this way, Mr. Du will choose some smart people to do this. When our family came here, we already told Lord Long live
I will send the deputy political envoy here and ask her to teach these people you have selected so that they can get twice the result with half the effort."
Having said this, he paused and added: "Master Du is here in Shanhaiguan, so I'm afraid he doesn't know the situation in the southwest. I can tell you that although the deputy envoy of Zhengtong is a female, his contribution is not small.
Mr. Sun wrote to Long Live Lord, saying that with the deputy envoy of Zhengtong here, he could support an elite force. She was definitely the number one person in promoting government affairs and national policies, causing many people in the chieftain's territory to abandon the dark side and join the bright side. Moreover, she also helped Sun.
Your Excellency has organized a health corps, and the effect is very significant."
Hearing this, Du Yinxi couldn't help but be overjoyed, and quickly asked about the details of Deputy Zhengtong's stay in the southwest.
In fact, Wang Chengen didn't know much. He just knew that Chen Yuanyuan did a good job in the southwest and was praised by Sun Chuanting. Therefore, he told Emperor Chongzhen that if the situation in the southwest was similar, it would be better to transfer to the grassland.
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But now that Du Yinxi asked, he just picked out what he knew.
Chen Yuanyuan's achievements in the southwest are mainly twofold: one is publicity, which is easy to understand and makes the reform of the land in the southwest much smoother;
The second one was to help Sun Chuanting form a health corps, all composed of girls from the southwestern chieftain's territory, to take care of the wounded soldiers and so on, so that the recovery rate of the wounded soldiers was much higher.
When Du Yinxi heard this, he quickly said: "Okay, okay, thanks to Wang Gonggong's care, Shanhaiguan is also short of deputy political envoys!"
Although at present, Shanhaiguan has not taken the initiative to attack, and Jianlu has not come to attack, it is obvious that the imperial court is going to regain Liaodong after all. Once the war starts, it will be a big war. If nothing else, you will be injured.
The problem of soldiers has always been a big problem in the military. If it can be effectively solved, it will definitely make the coach very happy.
Wang Chengen was also happy after hearing what he said, and answered him: "This grassland strategy requires your sincere cooperation. You worry about the things on the grassland, and we worry about the things in the capital. I guarantee that you will be satisfied!"