No matter how frustrating the battle was, the emperor finally triumphed, regained his homeland of the Ming Dynasty, and his martial arts skills matched those of Taizong.
The big officials in the civil service were praising her with their expressions, but at the same time they were scolding her in their hearts.
The cabinet and the six ministries were mobilized to organize refugees and criminals to consolidate the borders. Money and food were flowing away like water, and the national treasury that had been saved for several years was suddenly empty.
"Oh, I just ask your Majesty not to fight anymore." Yang Tinghe sighed.
Mao Ji muttered: "Even if there is no war, life will be very difficult in the future."
The newly conquered Daning area has many mountains and little land, so it is difficult to be self-sufficient. For the next few years, it will have to be fed by blood transfusions from the central government. Even if it can be self-sufficient in the future, if it encounters border troubles, it will have to be transported by the court with grain and grass.
This is the real reason why the emperor and officials of the Ming Dynasty did not want to regain Daning!
The further time goes by, the less they want to take it back, because Ji Town already has a border wall system, and Duoyanwei can only enter through a few gaps. Now that Zhu Houzhao has taken back Daning, the Great Wall in Ji Town is completely useless, and we have to continue
Spend silver to slowly build the Great Wall and fortresses.
The only thing Yang Tinghe felt fortunate was that Zhu Houzhao still had some brains and did not take back the Quanning grassland that Wang Yuan had conquered - it was a vast plain and difficult to defend. If there was a long-term Mongolian invasion, the military expenditures in this area alone could drag down the Ming Dynasty.
collapse.
If you really want to bring the Quanning Grassland under your control, you must occupy the entire Songliao Plain and use the Daxingan Mountains as the Ming Dynasty's defense line. Otherwise, you will be waiting for endless border troubles!
It is already November when the emperor returns to Beijing, and this winter has been relatively warm.
Disciples of the Physics School observed temperature changes every day and came to the following conclusion: Since the 16th year of Zhengde, the annual average temperature in Beijing has increased by 0.08 degrees in four years.
Don't look at the change of only 0.08 degrees, which is the average temperature throughout the year.
When the Little Glacier was the coldest in the Ming Dynasty, it was only 1 degree lower than in the 20th century. This 1 degree difference in average temperature could make Hainan Island snow.
Ten miles outside the city, hundreds of officials greeted Zhu Houzhao as he returned to the court.
Then he paid homage to the ancestral temple, offered sacrifices to the country, and promoted the emperor's martial arts. No matter how unhappy the civil officials were, Zhu Houzhao finally won the battle and regained hundreds of miles (in terms of border length) of his homeland.
The cabinet minister Wang Qiong wildly flattered him, and other civil servants expressed their praise, which was all routine. Wang Qiong's article quoted from classics, and also carefully discussed the strategic significance of this battle, which could liberate the east and west roads of Liaoning and connect the entire Liaodong.
At the same time, it also eased the military pressure on Gyeonggi.
"Dehua is really a talented person, haha, the article is well written," Zhu Houzhao was so flattered that he rewarded him with "an additional salary of twelve dan!"
Cabinet Minister Wang Qiong has received another salary increase.
Yang Tinghe, Yang Yiqing, Mao Ji, Jiang Mian, Wang Qiong, and five cabinet ministers were summoned. Only Jin Gui, who was ill in bed, did not arrive.
"I plan to re-establish the Daning Xingdu Division under the jurisdiction of Jizhen," Zhu Houzhao asked, "Do you have any objections?"
Yang Tinghe said: "Since Daning has been recovered, the capital should be re-established. I believe that now that Daning has been restored, Ji Town and the guard posts on the east and west roads of Liao should move 30% to the guards in Daning."
Zhu Houzhao smiled and said: "This prudent plan is feasible."
After the recapture of Quaning, Ji Town and the East and West Liao Road are no longer the front line. Moving one-third of the guard posts to the newly recovered lost land will not only reduce the difficulty of immigration, but also reduce military expenditures in the two places. Yang Tinghe is indeed capable of doing things.
’s chief assistant.
In fact, Yang Tinghe had more ideas.
That is to say, the six military control posts of Shanhae Guard, Uiju Guard, Quang Ninh Front Guard, Quang Ninh Middle Guard, Quang Ninh Left Guard, and Quang Ninh Right Guard were all removed from military control and replaced by civil affairs officials.
It’s no longer the border frontline, so why continue military control?
However, it was too difficult to implement, and it would inevitably attract opposition from the Ministry of War and military attachés, as well as from nobles and eunuchs with vested interests. Yang Tinghe gave up on it just at a casual thought.
Yang Tinghe is indeed capable, but not courageous.
"Erlang is still in Daning City and has not returned," Zhu Houzhao threw out a memorandum, "This is his strategy for rectifying the Daning capital. Please take a look at it."
Yang Tinghe read it first, and was shocked before he finished it. Then he handed it to Yang Yiqing without saying a word.
After Yang Yiqing read the memorial, his expression was quite complicated, and he handed it to Mao Ji next to him.
After all the cabinet ministers had read it, no one spoke, and the entire cabinet fell silent.
"What's wrong?" Zhu Houzhao smiled.
Yang Yiqing said: "Your Majesty, with all due respect, the Ming Dynasty's military system should indeed be reformed. However, it is a bit risky to reform in the new land and face the Mongolia here. If the reform is broken, the Ming Dynasty will be corrupted.
How to resist Mongolia from invading the border?"
Wang Qiong had already sorted out his thoughts and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I think you might as well try it in Daning Dusi. The newly restored land of Daning is like a piece of white paper, you can draw on it at will, and the military system is better than other places.
Easier."
Everyone was despised and thought Wang Qiong was too shameless.
Although Wang Qiong is recognized as having outstanding abilities, he only knows how to flatter the emperor. In order to get the upper hand, he even fawned over Jiang Bin, and now he is fawning over Wang Yuan. When Zhu Houzhao personally conquered King Ning, all the other ministers opposed it, except Wang, who was the minister of the Ministry of War.
Qiong, Lu Wan, who is the official minister, said nothing.
Zhu Houzhao asked Yang Tinghe: "What does Mr. Yang Ge think?"
Yang Tinghe was very entangled at this moment. As the chief minister of the dynasty, he naturally knew that the military system must be changed, and he also felt that this was a good opportunity. However, this plan was proposed by his political enemy Wang Yuan. Once the reform was successful, it would be a great achievement.
After a long silence, Yang Tinghe finally said: "My lord, I have no objection."
Fortunately, there is no real party struggle in the Zhengde Dynasty, and it has not yet formed a bad situation where you agree and I oppose it. Although Yang Tinghe likes to exclude dissidents, he still operates within the rules. Moreover, this guy is very tolerant and will win when there is no guarantee.
Under his control, he would not rashly attack Wang Yuan directly, but would only suppress Wang Yuan's party members.
Yang Tinghe was not stupid. The emperor favored Wang Erlang so much that his ordinary attacks were not only useless, but would also cause trouble for himself.
When Jiang Bin danced so happily, Yang Tinghe was able to maintain the surface of peace, let alone Wang Yuan, a civil servant who abided by the rules.
Zhu Houzhao was very happy: "According to this strategy over there, the cabinet will prepare a charter, and the Ministry of Personnel, Ministry of Revenue and Ministry of War will coordinate the implementation."
Yang Tinghe suddenly said: "Local martial arts examinations and rural examinations can be put under the responsibility of the censor."
"No," Wang Qiong immediately objected. "The inspectors and censors are all young civil servants. How can they be responsible for the military examinations? The military examiners they selected are probably better at writing than fighting. From now on, they will carry pens and inkstones to kill the enemy.
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"Hahaha, this is interesting." Zhu Houzhao was amused.
Wang Yuan reformed the military system in the soon-to-be-established Daning Dusi, one of which was to abolish the hereditary system of military attaches (only within Daning). At the same time, he expanded the scale of the military examinations and recommended them to be county examinations, then rural examinations, and general examinations.
Military examiners can be directly awarded military attachés below the seventh rank, and Wu Jinshi can be directly awarded military attaches above the seventh rank, but these military attaches cannot be hereditary.
This idea of reforming the military system has actually been around for a long time. The imperial court has always wanted to gradually change the situation in which hereditary military generals control the army.
However, the military secretly resisted, and the imperial court was forced to make concessions, stipulating that when military attachés were appointed, only 30% of the positions would be given to military examiners and military examiners. However, hereditary military attachés from all over the country did not even want to give up 30%, and they still got the military examination.
The right to recommend for exams has made martial arts examinations completely a decoration.
What is martial arts like now?
The local military commanders recommended their subordinates and trusted disciples and sent them to take the martial arts examination in the countryside. Those who were admitted went to the capital to take the martial arts examination. The martial arts scholars who were tested in this way were all the local military commanders' own people, and they were only appointed to the middle and lower classes.
Military position.
Wang Yuan directly canceled the right to recommend. Military households, civilian households, craftsmen households, and even cuckold households can sign up to participate in the martial arts county examination. Magistrates in various places are responsible for the martial arts examination. The martial arts scholars selected in this way will
He has no benefactor relationship with the local military attache.
But after all, we could not always let civil servants take charge of the exams, so when it came to the provincial martial arts exams, Wang Yuan hoped to let the provincial governors be responsible for the assessment.
The Dusi was also a military attaché, and Yang Tinghe wanted to seize power completely, so he suggested that the provincial examination should be handled by the censor.
Wang Qiong is a man who knows the military, so of course he stands up to oppose it. Those young patrol censors know nothing!
Zhu Houzhao also knew the military and said with a smile: "For the provincial martial arts examination, we will let the examiners from all over the country take charge. This matter does not need to be discussed further."
Under Wang Yuan's setting, the Ming Martial Arts Examination process was finally perfected.
In the martial arts county examination, the civil servant magistrate takes the examination and selects martial arts scholars. The main focus is on martial arts, but they must be literate and write articles.
In the martial arts provincial examination, the Military Attaché Division takes charge of the examination and selects martial arts candidates. Not only must they have martial arts skills, but they must also be familiar with military books and be familiar with the methods of battle formations.
For Jinshi in the martial arts examination, the central civil servants take the examination and select the Jinshi in martial arts. The main examination is the literary examination, and one must be proficient in Tao strategy.
In the martial arts palace examination, the emperor presides over the examination, hand-picking the number one scholar in martial arts, the second in martial arts rankings, and the best in martial arts. These three candidates can be directly awarded the military rank of junior or senior military officers of the fifth or sixth rank, and they must be real military attachés.
At present, military examination officials are only placed in Daning Dusi. If this method can be implemented nationwide, the military attachés in various places will be controlled by civilian officials. Because among the four levels of examination officials, one level is the emperor, two levels are civil servants, and only one level is
Military attaché - actually controlled by the central government.
How could Yang Tinghe object to fighting for the interests of the civil service group?
Insightful people among the civil servants have been working hard for this. Unfortunately, although the military attache group has no say, it is deeply rooted in the local area, and it has ruined many reforms.
As a result, Wang Yuan did not dare to carry out reforms, but only dared to conduct pilot projects in the newly recovered territory.