Chapter 271 General Administration of Military Affairs

Author: Silent

Chapter 271 General Administration of Military Affairs

On Zhang Zhou's way out of the palace, Zhang Heling followed him with a smile. He was no longer as contemptuous and arrogant as before, and he was very flattering and flattering to Zhang Zhou.

"Marquis Shouning, I don't feel comfortable with you talking to me like this."

Zhang Zhou almost wanted to say, please recover and speak to me in the same domineering tone as before, so that I can feel at ease when I cheat you.

You've changed your face like this, I'm embarrassed to be cheating on you.

Zhang Heling said: "Mr. Zhang, you are too polite. I just keep talking as usual. As long as you can support me more in the future... shall we go to Xuanfu together?"

"Yes." Zhang Zhou had told Queen Zhang about this before, "Your Majesty has prepared to transfer all the first batch of students from the Yanwu Hall to the Xuan Mansion. Before, we were setting off cannons around the capital. You all

Now that we have learned it, the next step is to mobilize thousands of soldiers from Jiubian to follow us and learn together. If nothing happens, we will go out of the fortress, hunt and fire some artillery. If the Tatars dare to come, they will bombard them back!"

"Interesting, interesting." Zhang Heling felt that this was very suitable for him.

Not only can you earn credit, but it also sounds so relaxed and comfortable, as if there is no danger to your life.

Zhang Zhou said: "Aren't you afraid of hard work?"

"Don't be afraid. Even my second brother can resist. What do I have to fear? Mr. Zhang, if there is going to be a war, do you think you would give me an official position like a chief military officer? I also want to gain military honors."

Zhang Heling begged again with a stern look on his face.

Zhang Zhou smiled and said: "It's rare that Hou Ning Hou has the heart to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country. How can I not satisfy you? Then I will definitely give you a position that is both stable and capable of meritorious service, preferably the first in the army. It will be glorious."

Return in triumph and let everyone in the government and the public know what you are capable of."

"Haha...Okay, okay!"

Zhang Heling looked excited, as if he already felt that the credit would come to him tomorrow.

Zhang Zhou also frowned secretly in his heart when he saw Zhang Heling almost dancing.

Does this guy have no self-awareness at all?

It's easy and not dangerous, and it also allows you to achieve outstanding achievements... I don't believe this kind of nonsense myself, how can you believe it so easily?

"Do you believe it?" Zhang Zhou is really a real person, and he also wants to ask the people who were deceived for their thoughts.

It's like selling Zhang Heling, and you have to ask Zhang Heling how he felt after being sold.

Zhang Heling said with a smile: "Of course I believe it. Who is Zhu Zhijie? He can do it, why can't I? Besides, Zhu Zhijie didn't go with Mr. Zhang, he just listened to Mr. Zhang's advice. If I have the chance,

Fighting together in front of my husband...my mother and sister both said so."

"hehe."

Zhang Zhou wanted to say.

Sure enough, children who are pampered at home are easily deceived by female elders in the family.

"Okay, okay, Shouning Hou, let's make great achievements together." Zhang Zhou smiled.

"Definitely, definitely." Zhang Heling also responded.

The two seemed to have never been so closely related, as if they were comrades in the same trench.

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Ministry of War Yamen.

Li Dongyang, on behalf of the cabinet, came to discuss with Ma Wensheng about sending troops to the Xuanfu. It was also because the emperor sent Dai Yi to inform the cabinet and inform Zhang Zhou about his preparations to train troops in the Xuanfu.

Li Dongyang also wanted to ask Ma Wensheng for his opinion on this matter.

"Zhang Bingkuan actually said he was going to practice artillery? Fighting instead of training?" Ma Wensheng also frowned when he heard the news.

No matter how you look at it, Zhang Zhou doesn't seem to be serious about sending troops. Since he wants to send troops to the grassland, the 10,000 troops and horses proposed by Zhang Zhou are far from enough. On the contrary, Zhang Zhou's people are in Xuanfu, which is close to the northwest of the Ming Dynasty.

The granary is easily destroyed by Zhang Zhou Huo Huo.

Li Dongyang said: "The cabinet doesn't quite understand what he means. Logically speaking, the matter of going to war should be kept strictly confidential in advance, but at present, it seems that he intends to publicize the matter. His true intention is to fight with the Tatars

People fight to the death on the grassland?"

Ma Wensheng thought for a moment and shook his head.

"I have been in the military for many years and have never seen such a way of using troops. However, the strategies and methods of running the army he used in the two battles at Pianguan and Ningyuan have never been seen before."

What Ma Wensheng means is that although I don't know what he is going to do, it looks like he is pretty awesome at it.

Li Dongyang asked: "Your Majesty originally intended to give ten days for the Ministry of War and the imperial court to plan together, but now he has stopped planning and allowed him to do whatever he wants?"

Ma Wensheng heard it immediately. Now that the cabinet knew that it would not be easy to oppose this matter, it was prepared to let the Ministry of War take the lead.

"If we just allocate 10,000 soldiers and horses, in the name of artillery drills, and move the focus of defense in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty to the Xuan Mansion, it is not impossible!" Ma Wensheng said, "The current situation seems to be a partial pass with a defective city gate.

, there is no fear of Tatar invasion for the time being, and the Xuanfu Chen Bing can also stabilize the capital. I can't think of any reason to oppose it."

Ma Wensheng doesn't care whether Zhang Zhou did the right thing now. He will not take the initiative to oppose Zhang Zhou if he has not encountered any setbacks in the army.

Just like the reason why it is difficult for the cabinet to object now.

Zhang Zhou was victorious day after day, and whoever sang the opposite and looked for loopholes would not make that person or this group of people look awesome, but would be viewed as a clown by the emperor.

Ma Wensheng asked: "How many troops from the Beijing camp are you prepared to mobilize?"

"Three thousand."

Li Dongyang didn't hide it either.

Dai Yi had previously informed the cabinet and what he said was very detailed.

The number of people transferred to each place in Jiubian is all proportional. It does not mean that any town will have a chance if it wants to transfer a few more people.

Even the cabinet knows that if the towns of Jiubian are allowed to choose the troops they will transfer to Xuanfu for exercises, each town will have to allocate them in excess of the proportion, for no other reason... The reason is that now that the artillery is so impressive, who are the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty border army?

Don’t want to have a class breakthrough?

Going to Xuan Mansion to practice troops and practicing artillery with Zhang Zhou, no matter how you look at it, it’s a first-come-first-served opportunity. It’s just like the first batch of students in the Yanwu Hall. Those nobles who have their eyes on the top are all grabbing it.

Going to be a student?

Li Dongyang said: "If there is no objection from the Ministry of War, or if the government goes to court tomorrow, His Majesty will arrange it. Then... it will be difficult to object again."

Ma Wensheng asked: "Previously, Mr. Liu Ge said that it might be a good choice to let Zhang Bingkuan go to the northwest. He didn't tell you?"

Li Dongyang frowned.

Seeing that the "Da Ming Huidian" was about to be written, according to the agreement between the emperor and his ministers, Zhang Zhou would soon be promoted to a bachelor's degree. At this juncture, it was actually a good thing for Zhang Zhou to go to the northwest to lead the army.

Ma Wensheng sighed: "It depends on what kind of official position your Majesty will give him. Now that I think about it, it would be better for him to serve as an honored minister of the Governor's Mansion than to stay in Hanyuan or Liubu..."

Li Dongyang continued to be silent.

Zhang Zhou now has the military title of "Commander and Governor of the Rear Army Governor's Mansion" and the civilian title of "Mr. Zhong of the Qing Li Division of the Ministry of War Arsenal". If Zhang Zhou is allowed to go to the Xuanfu to manage the army, he will at least be given the title of Xuanfu. At that time, the official position of the governor of the Xuanfu was just like Wang Qiong, who directly added the title of Youqiandu Yushi to the official position of Langzhong, but it seems that the emperor was not limited to letting Zhang Zhou be the governor of the Xuanfu.

The governor of Xuanfu in the Ming Dynasty was more responsible for managing military pay in the past.

The emperor may have wanted Zhang Zhou to be the Trilateral President, or to declare the Great President.

It depends on how the emperor coordinates the relationship between Zhang Zhou and Qin Hong.

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The next day, Zhang Zhou did not go to the Fengtian Palace.

Zhu Youtang was in court and directly announced to the public the matter of artillery demonstration in Xuan Mansion proposed by Zhang Zhou.

When Zhu Youtang explained that this time he was just going to the battlefield for military exercises, and that he would pull out 200 artillery pieces from the barrier without any problems, and then come back after firing the cannons, so as to practice in battle, the group of officials at the scene also looked at each other.

Zhang Zhou's proposal...can't be called bold. In their opinion, it is simply unreasonable.

Zhang Mao came out and said: "With the power of Shenwei's long-range artillery and heavy artillery, the Tatar tribes will not dare to approach easily when they are not sure that the target is their own. This is to prevent them from becoming the targets of the Ming Dynasty's new artillery. At that time, I am afraid that they will declare For hundreds of miles around the mansion, you can’t even see a Tatar herdsman!”

"Hahaha……"

Wu Xun present was overjoyed.

The civil servants were disgraced.

The court once again became a scene of confrontation between civil servants and Wu Xun. Wu Xun suddenly felt that his back was hardened because the Ming Dynasty was about to take the initiative, and with the two hundred cannons cast in advance, Ming Dynasty Wu Xun could regain its glory. .

Zhu Youtang said: "Dear gentlemen, there are some things that I don't want to hide. In fact, Zhang Qing's family also has a purpose for the artillery drill in Xuanfu, which is to use the power of the artillery drill to destroy the iron ore mine northeast of Zhangjiakou Fort. , captured it, and used it to mine iron ore and cast cannons on the spot."

"ah?"

This time, not only the civil servants were in an uproar, but even Wu Xun didn't expect it.

Going to fire empty cannons is actually to cast more cannons?

Zeng Jian, the left minister of the Ministry of Industry, came out and said: "Your Majesty, I have never heard that there are iron mines near Zhangjiakou."

Zhu Youtang said angrily: "Bingkuan knows astronomy from the top and geography from the bottom. He said there are iron mines there. Is it just to please others?"
To be continued...