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Chapter 51 There are not enough soldiers everywhere

As soon as Yue Sugu took office, he issued two transfer orders. One was to transfer the former Xuanfu governor He Shangkun to the governor of Liaodong, and the other was to transfer the Fujian governor Wu Sinan to the Xuanfu governor. As for who will fill Wu Sinan's vacancy as the Fujian governor?

Leave it to the cabinet to discuss together and select a suitable candidate.

In order to solve this problem, Yue Suyou proposed the second thing, which was to release Li Wenzhang, who had been exiled in Yunnan, and give him the title of earl. The reason was that during the national crisis, the Li family provided 800,000 shi of grain and rice, and solved the problem.

The crisis in Sichuan has enabled the refugees in Sichuan and Shaanxi to live and work in peace and contentment. His contribution is great and deserves praise.

Li Wenzhang is Yue Su's father-in-law. When he was exiled, it was Yue Su's decision and he was fined money. Now he not only has to be released, but he also has to be conferred a count. It was Lord Yue who initiated this matter.

If someone else had raised the matter at any other time, they would have definitely been scolded, and the cabinet would have rejected it at that time. Because merchants were knighted, which has not happened since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Scholars, peasants, industry and commerce, merchants ranked lowest.

Why should I be knighted?

But in the current cabinet, the largest official is Yue Su, who proposed it. Half of the cabinet ministers below are officials of the Yue Party, and the other half are officials of the three parties of Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang. These three party officials all have good relations with Li Wenzhang

, To put it bluntly, the financial backing of the three parties is the Li family. Everyone has received a lot of money from the Li family, and the Li family still has offerings every year. At this time, it’s okay if you don’t help and speak up. If you take the lead

It's too unreasonable to take it apart.

Qi Shijiao and other officials from the three parties looked at each other and felt that this fact was embarrassing. According to common sense, if Yue Su dared to raise this matter, he should directly oppose it, but it was related to the Li family, so how could he say this. They exchanged a few words with each other.

After a series of glances, University Scholar Qian Menggao finally said: "Master Yue, this businessman is knighted. There has been no such precedent since the founding of the Ming Dynasty... If this matter had been in the past, there would have been no need to discuss it. However, at this moment,

At that time, the Li family had indeed made great contributions to the country. They donated so much grain and rice and rescued several refugees. It can be said that the contribution lies in the country, and it is understandable to reward them. This is really embarrassing. Otherwise, let me think about it when I go back.

, we’ll discuss it tomorrow.”

Come to think of it, the officials of the three parties should go home, sit in a circle, and study it carefully. After all, it is not convenient to discuss it here.

Yue Su understood what they meant and said: "Okay, let's discuss this matter tomorrow. After you go back, think about it carefully. Next, let's discuss the matter of rogue bandits. You are all in the capital. The news we got,

There are many more than me. Now that Wang Jiayin is dead, the bandits from Shaanxi have also fled into Gansu and Shanxi. What is the situation on both sides?"

"Returning to your Majesty, there was news from Shanxi that the bandit leader Wang Ziyong had been driven into the mountains and was about to be annihilated. However, the Tatars detoured to Shanxi, and then they had no choice but to withdraw their troops and horses to suppress the bandits, and surrounded Taiyuan.

Wang Ziyong took the opportunity to escape, and now he's gone. Things are not going well over in Gansu, which is already poor. Because of the severe drought, many people have been living for a long time. After Zi Gao Yingxiang fled into Gansu, he quickly gathered a large number of hungry people to attack the prefectures and counties.

, and attacked several cities. It was difficult for the officers and soldiers to resist. Hong Chengchou originally planned to annihilate the rogue bandits in Shaanxi and rushed to Gansu. However, after the Tatars entered the pass, he had to send troops to serve the king. Now the rogue bandits have captured nearly half of the cities in Gansu, and their number has been reduced.

Up to one million. Hong Chengchou is urging troops and paying them, saying that without reinforcements and food, it will be difficult to annihilate them." Zhang Zhenggang replied.

The situation he mentioned was similar to what Yue Su knew. When he returned from Sichuan, Yue Su first met with Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, and learned about the general situation in Gansu from him. The rogue bandits were powerful, especially Gao Yingxiang, who was really outstanding in ability.

Unlike ordinary bandits, he has eight teams of men, all of whom are brave. It took a lot of effort to drive them away from Shaanxi. Now it is not that easy to annihilate them. Hong Chengchou said that he wanted to annihilate them all.

The bandits must have at least 100,000 troops. However, looking at the current situation, it is too difficult to assemble so many troops at once and have fighting power. Moreover, Shaanxi also needs food to appease the people, otherwise the people will have no food to eat.

, it’s hard to say when trouble will occur again.

Over in Shanxi, no one knows where Wang Ziyong fled, but it won't be long before he appears again.

"In this way, it will be difficult to mobilize reinforcements for a while, so we should allocate the food and salary needed by Hong Chengchou first. In Shaanxi, food is also needed to appease the people. If the court wants to raise so much food, it also needs the cooperation of private merchants. In this way, the Ministry of Household Affairs contacted businessmen from various places

, purchase grain. Matters involving the Li family must be discussed as soon as possible. The imperial court will also need help from the Li family when purchasing grain in Huguang in the future. Okay, that’s it for today. You can do whatever you need to do. I also want to take a look at the recent situation.

official document." Yue Su said.

"Yes, sir."

Next, Yue Su began to read the memorials one by one. Anyone who was scolding or quarreling would be put aside first, and he would only read those that were substantive. After reading them, he would write down his opinions on how to deal with them, and then submit them to the Supervisor of Ceremonies.

While he is busy here, there is one place he is more worried about. Where is Liaoyang?

Since Liaoyang City was surrounded by Dorgon's soldiers and horses, Mao Wenlong's life has been difficult. Although there is some food, the food will be eaten up sooner or later if the reinforcements are sent out. Holding Nurhachi's body alone and guarding the isolated city is really hard.

Not a solution.

As the days pass by, the food in the city becomes less and less, and Dorgon refuses to attack the city. He will waste time with you anyway. What will you do?

After guarding the isolated city for a month, Mao Wenlong thought that he could no longer waste time here, otherwise, once Huang Taiji's army came back, they would really fight with him, and he might have to stay in Liaoyang. He might as well withdraw first.

So, on this day, Mao Wenlong ordered the withdrawal of troops, and the navy stopped at the north gate. He led the troops directly out of the city, boarded the ship and left Liaoyang. As a result, the final result of this battle was that the Ming army suffered heavy losses and lost Jinzhou.

Those who lose cannot lose again.

A few days after Mao Wenlong left Liaoyang, Huang Taiji led his victorious army back to Liaodong. Tiancong Khan returned to Shengjing and praised and rewarded both the generals who went to battle and those who stayed behind. Among them, Dorgon's reward was the heaviest.

Of, Jin Feng and Shuo Baylor.

At the same time, he also heard another news, that is, the governor of Jiliao, Xiong Tingbi, had retired and was replaced by Yuan Chonghuan. He had heard of Yuan Chonghuan, but whether he had the ability or not, that was another question. At the moment, the emperor

Taiji personally led the army to attack Ningyuan. In fact, to put it bluntly, it was a tentative attack to see what Yuan Chonghuan's ability was.

Yuan Chonghuan was very familiar with Ningyuan City. When he learned that Huang Taiji had sent troops, he immediately asked Zhao, who had rushed back, to lead his troops to Ningyuan to defend against the enemy.

The two sides fought a battle, and it was difficult for Huang Taiji to overcome the thunder pool. Attacking the city was not his strong point, so it was normal that he could not conquer it. But then, Huang Taiji made an unexpected move and sent people to negotiate a peace. This

When he came back, he didn't mention anything about the subject country. He only said that the two families had stopped fighting and opened trade routes with each other.

Don't look at Governor Yuan boasting in front of the emperor whether Liaodong can be pacified in five years. He knows best in his heart that it is not that easy to pacify Liaodong. The reason why he said that is to make the emperor and the queen mother feel at ease and to make himself feel at ease.

The official position should be bigger.

It would be best to be able to negotiate a peace. As long as there is no fighting, it is better than anything else. Governor Yuan also sent representatives to start talks with the Jurchen representatives. In fact, the representatives he sent could not represent the imperial court at all. They only had the troops at hand.

If there are too few, wait for the reinforcements allocated by the court to arrive, and then recruit enough soldiers and horses by yourself. After some training, they will be almost ready, and then study other things.

In fact, Huang Taiji also understands what the other party means, but at present, it is beyond his ability to capture Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan. Siege warfare is not his strength. If Ming Dynasty can agree to trade, that is the last thing. Even if it does not agree, we will

Play with saliva.

When it was time to negotiate, Huang Taiji led a large group of people and returned to Shengjing. The next day, when the Baylors were discussing the matter, Dorgon put forward an opinion.

"Great Khan, although our army won the battle in central Liao, it exposed one of our weaknesses. If we don't make up for it, in the long run, it will be really detrimental to our Jurchen's future."

"Dorgon, where did you start talking about this? Please tell me." Huang Taiji said.

"Yes, Great Khan. Our army was able to win the battle in central Liaoning, but it was a narrow victory. If Xiong Tingbi camped step by step and refused to advance rashly, our army would have to pay a heavier price if we wanted to win. Although our Eight Banners cavalry can run rampant across the world,

But it is weak because of the small number of people. Otherwise, if the Great Khan takes a detour to enter the pass, Xiong Tingbi will not dare to take the opportunity to attack Shengjing. I think that if we can expand the army, it will be a hundred benefits and one harm, both now and in the future.

"Yes." Dorgon said.

Huang Taiji nodded, but before he could speak, Mang Gurtai rushed to say: "Expanding the number of troops is easy to say. Our Jurchen population is only so large, how can we all join the army?"

Huang Taiji was a little displeased with Mang Gurtai rushing to speak. In fact, he also wanted to ask this question, but he couldn't rush to ask the question without my approval. Compared with Mang Gurtai, Dorgon was calm.

He didn't say a word, just waiting for the Khan to speak.

Huang Taiji was particularly satisfied with Dorgon's attitude and said: "Dorgon, what Mang Gurtai said makes sense. We female real men can't all join the army."

"That is true, but Yudi's intention is not to expand the number of Jurchens to join the army, but to integrate Mongolians and captured Han people into the army so that they can fight for our Jurchens." Dorgon said calmly: "

I have thought about this issue after my confrontation with Xiong Tingbi, but I don’t know if it is feasible, so I would like to ask the Great Khan to make a decision."

"Incorporate the Mongols and Han people into the army..." Huang Taiji pondered, but before he could speak again, Mang Gurtai shouted again: "Great Khan, this is not possible, how can the Han people bring us Jurchens to fight?

Well, what should we do if we change sides in the face of battle? As for the Mongols, we can consider it. After all, when my father Khan was still alive, he had compiled a special record of the Mongols."
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