prosperous age

Chapter 430 Chapter 429
Speaking of the relationship between King Yu and Emperor Zhengde, they are actually uncles and nephews, but when talking about Emperor Zhengde, Wei Guangde still sensed the disdain in King Yu's eyes.

Wei Guangde understood the reason in his heart, but this was not his business, if he talked about the relationship inside, it would harm the interests of the civil society, including his interests.

As for Wei Guangde's records of some absurd things about Emperor Zhengde in the "Records" in the Hanlin Academy, he didn't go to the bottom of it.

If there were a lot of rumors among the people, how could Wei Guangde manage them.

However, since it is about the affairs between Ming Dynasty and Mongolia, there are not only envoy exchanges and private transactions, but the most important thing is the war.

Naturally, when Wei Guangde talked about the Battle of Yingzhou that took place in October of the 12th year of Zhengde, King Yu's previous cynical attitude became serious.

Wei Guangde felt a little strange, but he didn't ask, but explained according to the information and understanding he found.

"Before the Battle of Yingzhou, based on the news brought back by the people and the discovery of the sentry cavalry of the Ming army, the Tatars' general offensive route was judged, so they calmly dispatched troops."

Of course, Wei Guangde would not talk about the super-outline topic with Yu Wang. According to the records of "Records", although it is not the final draft, there is a high probability that there will not be much change.

When Wei Guangde roughly finished the battle that lasted for several days, from the beginning the Ming army encountered the Tatar cavalry around Yingzhou City, and then the battlefield gradually unfolded around Yingzhou City.

After finishing speaking, when Wei Guangde was about to talk about the impact of this war on the political situation of Ming and Mongolia, King Yu suddenly asked: "Mr. Wei, why did the emperor's uncle come to the battlefield in person in this battle? I have heard it privately, Uncle Huang's temple name Wuzong is also due to his martial arts in this battle."

Before and after the outbreak of the Battle of Yingzhou, Wei Guangde didn't say much, but since King Yu asked, he felt it was necessary to mention it.

In fact, in later generations, Wei Guangde also saw some claims about this battle. Many people complained about the injustice of Emperor Zhengde. Wei Guangde was also like this before, but in this life, after learning more information, his views gradually changed a little.

"The outbreak of the Battle of Yingzhou was not accidental. In the 11th year of Zhengde, the frontier military first investigated and learned that the Tatars had arrived in Weining Haizi, and predicted that the direction of their harassment was Biantouguan. The Ministry of War made a strict plan for this. Select elite soldiers from regiment training to enrich the front line of Xuanda, and secretly mobilize elite soldiers from Liaodong and Yansui to ambush, and open their pockets to wait for the Mongols."

Wei Guangde said: "The results of the subsequent battles were also very great. Twenty thousand Tatar riders divided the road and plundered Piantouguan and other places. They were chased by our Ming army and defeated in Kelan Prefecture. They beheaded more than [-] ranks. This battle is controlled by Du Yu. Shi Shanxi Governor Li Yue commanded for the victory of Zhenxi.

Since the victory of the battle, the Ministry of War summarized Tatar's usual practice of dispatching troops, so it took precautions and planned for the next military move of Prince Ranhan Dabagong (Dayan Khan) of the Tatar tribe in advance, and Emperor Wuzong Zhengde was patrolling the border at this time , I am afraid that the news has been leaked from the Ministry of War.

Let him know the plan of the Ministry of War, so I chose to go to Xuanda to patrol the border at this time. "

Wei Guangde replied.

Later generations talked about the Battle of Yingzhou, most of them said that the Tatar army approached the city, and Emperor Zhengde ran out from the capital to summon surrounding soldiers and horses to defeat the Tatars in Yingzhou. Obviously this was impossible.

Wei Guangde believed it before, but now he doesn't.

In ancient wars, deploying troops and dispatching generals did not mean that the soldiers and horses could be mobilized immediately after sending an order. It took two or three days just to prepare, and they could only march for tens of miles every day.

After having experience in Baoanzhou, Wei Guangde already has a full understanding of the wars of this era.

"Some people are confused when they say that the servant only beheaded the head of the sixteenth grade. They think that the record is not true, and the emperor's uncle personally beheaded the first grade."

King Yu asked again.

Wei Guangde smiled, this matter has been talked about a lot in later generations, and most of them think that the ancients fooled fools.

How long did the tens of thousands of people fight from Chenshi to Youshi?

According to the middle time, it is from 8:6 am to [-]:[-] pm, how many hours.

However, after the first battle in Baoanzhou, Wei Guangde probably had some guesses, maybe the sixteenth level really didn't talk nonsense.

"First of all, the number of casualties in this battle is definitely not limited to the number recorded in the "Records". It is true that our Ming army killed and seriously injured hundreds of people, but minor injuries are not included, maybe thousands, tens of thousands are unknown.

The sixteen levels of beheading recorded in "Records" does not mean that only 16 people were killed, but only sixteen heads were cut off, and the remaining Tatars were taken away by the opponent.

You must know that Ming did not win the battle of Yingzhou. The two sides fought evenly, and the Tatars retreated rather than lost.

In the great victory of Zhenxi mentioned earlier, our army pursued and attacked the divided Tatar tribe with superior forces, and only achieved the result of beheading more than [-] ranks, but actually killed and injured thousands of people.

The Ministry of War inspected military merits, and only the head of the captured person was used as evidence, so the Ministry of War would not admit that the body was taken away or the head was damaged. "

Speaking of this, Wei Guangde looked at King Yu and said lightly: "So, Your Highness, don't read the sixteenth level of beheading mentioned in the first draft of "Records", and think that this battle only killed 16 enemies. This is only confirmed by the Ministry of War. first level.

In the northern border town, most of the soldiers prefer heavy weapons, because whether it is my Ming soldiers or the Tatars on the opposite side, they are all wearing leather armor, iron armor and other protective gear. The spears are hard to hurt, and the power of heavy weapons is even greater.

However, this heavy weapon is good on the battlefield, but if it hits the enemy's head with a hammer, the head may be useless.

The result of this is that after a battle is fought, it’s okay to win. You can search the battlefield carefully and don’t let go of a head, but if you lose, you will get nothing. Not approved by Ministry of War inspection due to damage.

By the way, if there are traces of gunshot wounds on the head, the head will not be counted. "

"I see, I know."

After listening to Wei Guangde's explanation, King Yu nodded slightly, which seemed to eliminate a lot of his previous incomprehension.

That is because Wei Guangde has been on the battlefield and knows the key points, so he can explain it clearly to King Yu, otherwise he can only explain it according to the written meaning.

Later, Wei Guangde talked about the impact on both sides after the war.

"Prince Ranhan Dabagong of the Tatar tribe died shortly after the battle. It is not known whether he was injured by arrows on the battlefield. Emperor Wuzong Zhengde did not mention this. It can be seen that the battlefield was chaotic at that time, and the enemy chiefs could not be distinguished. However, after this war, the border of Ming Dynasty has calmed down a bit, and at least a large-scale military offensive of tens of thousands of people has never formed again."

Wei Guangde continued.

"The emperor's uncle made a great contribution to this battle. The victory in the battle of Yingzhou, regardless of whether Prince Dabagong was injured and died in this battle, at least the Tatars did not continue to attack."

King Yu immediately said happily.

But Wei Guangde's face was weird when he heard the words, and King Yu immediately put all the credit on Emperor Zhengde, which was not what he wanted to express.

Wei Guangde didn't know whether King Yu said this on purpose or not, but he still said: "The military department has contributed a lot to this battle. The planning before the battle, and Emperor Wuzong Zhengde's presence also greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers. It is not bad to say that the contribution is the greatest."

Wei Guangde just said this lightly, he didn't want to argue with King Yu, "However, the Tatars didn't dare to go south in a big way after that, in fact, it has little to do with this battle, the main reason should be the death of Prince Ranhan Da Bagong.

After his death, the tribes he left behind were inherited by his descendants. As a result, the various forces on the grassland were chaotic and attacked each other for their own interests. Naturally, in such an environment, they would not pose a threat to Ming Dynasty.

This situation lasted until the 21st year of Jiajing. Altan Khan became the leader of the tribe after the death of his brother Ji Nang, and it took several years to reunify other tribes.

It needs to be explained that Altan Khan is the grandson of Ranhan Dabagong Prince, who inherited the Ordos and Tumed tribes, and is considered to be the leader of one of the stronger tribes.

Therefore, there was no war on the border for more than ten years, which was related to the death of Prince Ranhan Dabagong, but whether he was caused by the battle of Yingzhou cannot be determined. "

"On the grassland, if the Great Khan dies, will the grassland fall into chaos?"

King Yu realized what Wei Guangde wanted to express. The tribes conquered by strength, once the Khan died and the tribes were inherited by his descendants, seemed to be separated from each other and did not belong to each other. Will go south to attack Ming.

"It's basically the same. Although they also have a descendant who will inherit the Great Khan, the key is that their enfeoffment is a real enfeoffment, and they get tribes, land and population separately, which is different from my Ming Dynasty's enfeoffment, so internal friction is inevitable."

Wei Guangde replied.

"Killing Al Da Khan will temporarily resolve the Nine Sides War?"

King Yu asked further.

"possible."

Wei Guangde's answer was also simple.

Altan Khan is dead, whether the grassland will split again, this can only be said to be possible, after all, it depends on whether any of his descendants have enough prestige to make others bow their heads.

However, Wei Guangde saw the brilliance in King Yu's eyes, so he couldn't help guessing that after he ascended the throne, his highness would not send the assassin masters of Jin Yiwei to the grassland to assassinate Al Da Khan, right?

After all, no matter who it is, it will be annoying to face the constant alarms from the north. Since there is a solution to the problem, of course they will choose to try it, even if it cannot be cured, it is only a temporary relief.

If it succeeds, the border can be loosened for several years or even longer. If it fails, it will be fought anyway.

When Wei Guangde and Yu Wang came out of the study, they saw Yin Shizhen and Zhang Juzheng sitting there discussing something.

Seeing them coming in, Yin Shizhen picked up a piece of paper and handed it to King Yu.

"Shangshu Ouyang has published the memorial book today, so please recommend the candidate for the left servant of the headquarters."

King Yu and Wei Guangde naturally knew what was going on, and they didn't know how Emperor Jiajing would choose this time when Yuan Wei was promoted to an vacant position, whether he would call the cabinet ministers to discuss it, organize it to push it, or appoint him directly.

"Master Gao, did you send any news?"

King Yu took the note and glanced at it, then asked.

"Su Qing sent a message before that he has done everything he should do and resigned himself to fate."

Yin Shizhen replied.

Wei Guangde understood that no matter whether he called the cabinet ministers or the direct ministers to discuss, it was nothing more than Yan Song, Xu Jie and Yuan Wei. What will be said in front of the emperor, I really can only wait.

As for the ability to push, it is the six divisions and nine ministers, which involve a wider range of people. I think Gao Gong will not be idle these days, and he should also be building a good relationship with them.

Thinking of this, Wei Guangde couldn't help nodding his head, and muttered: "Let fate."

Perhaps, others would think that what Gao Gong did was perfect, and that he had done everything that should be done, but Wei Guangde knew that what he did was useless.

No matter whether the cabinet ministers discussed or pushed, in the end, Emperor Jiajing couldn't get around. As long as he didn't nod, Gao Gong couldn't get up.

Will Emperor Jiajing recognize Gao Gong?

At least according to the news from Chen Ju, Gao Gong is useless.

If you know it, you know it, Wei Guangde will not say it, one is that this matter is just Chen Ju's speculation, and it cannot be taken as true, and the other is that this may be Wei Guangde's small revenge for Gao Gong's actions against him twice before.

Although they belong to the same camp, it doesn't mean that there will be no conflict of interests inside.

There are only so many benefits, and everyone wants to share more, but when it comes to external forces, it is good that everyone can help each other, and don't run away or cross the river and tear down the bridge.

"You are very concerned about this matter. Whenever Master Gao needs your help, you and the palace must take action. You don't have to report everything to me first, and you can also make up the report afterwards."

King Yu said at this time.

Yin Shizhen and the other three all bowed down to take orders. Anyway, King Yu is now their boss. Although there is a teacher-student relationship, it seems that only Gao Gong is worthy of talking to him about the relationship between teachers and students. .

On that day, Wei Guangde didn't intend to inquire about any news, although Yu Wang expressed this intention to him before leaving the Yu Wang Mansion, that is, he wanted to bypass him to inquire about the result.

Nothing to play, what to ask, Wei Guangde thought to himself.

But when the next day was approaching noon, the news came that Gao Gong had no chance of being the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Officials.

"This time, His Majesty was arbitrary and didn't summon anyone in the cabinet. He directly appointed Yan Na to the Ministry of Officials. At the same time, he promoted Li Chunfang to replace Yan Na as the left servant of the Ministry of Rites."

Yin Shizhen handed the note he had just received to King Yu, and said.

"Hey, I didn't expect it to be like this."

King Yu couldn't hide his disappointment.

Wei Guangde was also surprised, he didn't expect that Yan Na would follow in Yuan Wei's footsteps, he was quickly promoted to Zuo Shilang in the Ministry of Rites, and now he was immediately changed to the Ministry of Officials.

Did Emperor Jiajing plan to arrange for Yan Na to follow up after Yuan Wei joined the cabinet?
And Li Chunfang, it seems that Yan Na's next step will be his.

Thinking of this, Wei Guangde couldn't help being terrified. He still remembered what Chen Ju said, the guess that Yuan Wei would join the cabinet would not be long, maybe within a few months.

He didn't say what Chen Ju said before, that Minister Qingci might be promoted quickly and enter the court to be in power in the past two years.

If Gao Gong likes to fight, let him go. He should focus on Yuwang Mansion, Zhan Shi Mansion or Taichang Temple.

Zhan Shi Mansion and Taichang Temple, these yamen are the places where Wei Guangde is most likely to improve his rank now.

Who doesn't want to make progress, now he is only at the sixth rank, and he is still a green-robed official.

(End of this chapter)