The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty.

Chapter 331: Beijing Army Commander Qiu Yue
The Marquis of Zhongshan lost power.

The news swept across the capital like a hurricane.

The Zhongshan Marquis Mansion, which was originally bustling with people, was now unusually deserted.

The world is cold, but so.

Tang Hao also had some rare free time to spend with his wife and children.

After playing with the child for a while, Zhang Jingshu smiled thoughtfully and said, "My husband has had a lot more free time recently."

"Of course not. Now that all the troubles have been thrown away, it's time to take a break." Tang Hao replied with a smile, pointing a finger provocatively at the little one in the cradle.

It seemed that little Tangtuo had really come to Tang Hao to collect debts. As soon as he saw his father's face, he pouted and pretended to cry.

Zhang Jingshu quickly reached out and slapped Tang Hao's fingers away, glaring at him unhappily.

"Speaking of which, grandpa's health has been getting worse and worse. He was seriously ill recently."

Tang Hao was silent for a while after hearing this.

This is like a veteran warrior who suddenly returns to the countryside and becomes idle. He has lost his energy and can't find anything to do. The final result is that his hidden disease breaks out and he dies.

This is Zhang Fu.

Previously, the military generals and nobles were increasingly declining, and he, as the head of the Military Merit, had to hold on and find ways to safeguard the interests of the Military Merit. He even selected generals from the nine frontier military towns and supported them to take the position at all costs so that they could succeed him as the leader of the Military Merit and ensure the profits of the Military Merit Group.

Until Tang Hao emerged and led the rise of military heroes, Zhang Mao, a veteran of five dynasties, gradually lost his status and finally chose to cede all power to Tang Hao.

Zhang Mao, a veteran of five dynasties, doesn't have much time left!

"Let's go see Grandpa this afternoon!"

Tang Hao sighed.

Zhang Mao is the only surviving veteran of the Five Dynasties.

If he passes away, it also means that a new era is about to begin.

This is the Zhengde era of the Ming Dynasty, an era belonging to Tang Hao and Emperor Zhu Houzhao!

Just at this moment, the doorman came to report.

"My Lord, Marquis Xianning wants to see you!"

"Please come to the study!"

Seeing the guests coming, Zhang Jingshu tactfully took the child and left.

When Tang Hao arrived at the study, Qiu Yue immediately stood up and saluted, his face full of fear and trepidation.

"My Lord, I really don't have any intention of seizing power. Please understand my Lord!"

Just today, the imperial court is nominating the candidate for the commander-in-chief of the Beijing Army. After all, Marquis Zhongshan was stripped of his military power, so the position of commander-in-chief of the Beijing Army is vacant. This is a great opportunity for some people.

Therefore, at the request of various forces, the imperial court immediately carried out the recommendation.

The person recommended by the civil officials and gentry was Xiong Xiu, the Assistant Minister of the Ministry of War.

This person is also an old acquaintance. He used to be a member of the party of Li Dongyang and Liu Daxia. However, after Liu Daxia retired, he has been honest and well-behaved and has not been purged by the emperor.

However, it was also because of this that Emperor Zhu Houzhao had a bad impression of Xiong Xiu and naturally would not let him command the Beijing Army.

This was actually just an attempt by civil officials and gentry.

After all, the military power of the Beijing Army is the foundation and lifeblood of military honors!
In the past, the military camps of the Beijing Army were commanded by the Minister of War or the Vice Minister of War, which meant that civil officials and gentry controlled the military power of the Beijing Army.

Later, Zhongshan Hou Tang Hao emerged and seized the military power of the Beijing Army from the hands of civil officials and gentry. With the help of these brave and battle-hardened soldiers of the Beijing Army, Zhongshan Hou also supported a large number of military heroes and even directly rebuilt the Five Military Commandery.

After waiting so long for Zhongshan Marquis Tang Hao to fall from power, the civil officials and gentry would not miss this great opportunity. After all, testing the Emperor's attitude would not affect anything.

However, the person recommended by the Minister of War Yang Yiqing was Xianning Marquis Qiu Yue.

This general, who came from one of the Nine Frontier Military Towns, was familiar with military affairs and was both wise and brave. He was undoubtedly the best choice to succeed Tang Hao as the commander of the Beijing Army.

Yang Yiqing promoted talented people without any hesitation and was wholeheartedly devoted to the Ming Dynasty.

The person recommended by the military generals and nobles was Xu Tianci, the Marquis of Jiangxia and a descendant of Xu Da, King of Zhongshan.

Marquis Zhongshan had left the capital many times before, and it was Xu Tianci who temporarily took over the capital's army. Moreover, this boy was mature, steady and calm, and was also a good candidate.

Unfortunately, during the turmoil in the capital that night, Xu Tianci was impulsive and followed Tang Mu and others in mutiny, thus losing the qualification to lead the Beijing army. The same went for Tang Mu, An Guo and others.

Therefore, two of the three candidates nominated by the three forces had already been killed, leaving only Xianning Marquis Qiu Yue.

He had the title, the military achievements, the military strategies; no one could find any fault with him, so Qiu Yue was promoted by the court to be the second commander-in-chief of the Beijing Army.

As a result, when Qiu Yue heard the news, he was not happy at all, but felt extremely terrified. He immediately hurried over and asked to see Zhongshan Hou Tang Hao.

There was no way. Qiu Yue didn't want to offend Marquis Zhongshan.

On the one hand, Qiu Yue respected Tang Hao very much and believed that he could bring a better future to the Ming soldiers; on the other hand, Qiu Yue was not stupid, and he certainly understood that he could not mobilize the Beijing army at all, and Beijing army generals such as Tang Mu and An Guo would never obey him!
Therefore, the so-called second commander-in-chief of the Beijing Army was actually just an empty title. No one could shake the position of Zhongshan Marquis Tang Hao in the Beijing Army, including Qiu Yue himself.

Therefore, Qiu Yue quickly put himself in a good position and rushed to Zhongshan Marquis's Mansion as soon as possible. Seeing his panic-stricken look, Tang Hao couldn't help but laugh.

"What are you nervous about?"

“This is the best outcome at the moment.”

"It can not only dispel the emperor's fear and suspicion of us, but also prevent those civil officials and gentry from continuing to clamor."

Tang Hao chuckled and said, "The training of the Beijing Army soldiers is a self-contained system. You don't have to worry about it. They will proceed on time."

"As for Tang Mu, An Guo and others, they will gradually leave the Beijing Army and go out on their own, either guarding the Nine Border Military Towns or going out to sea to guard Japan!"

Qiu Yue fell into deep thought, then looked at Tang Hao.

"My Lord, when will we... send troops to the Northern Tartars?"

Tang Hao's eyes moved when he heard this, and then he shook his head.

"Now is not the time!"

"If we want to send troops to the Northern Tartars, the prerequisite is Liaodong!"

"Liaodong?" Qiu Yue frowned. "The situation in Liaodong is not peaceful. The barbarians' looting and harassment are getting worse and worse."

"Yes, it is Liaodong!"

Tang Hao took out a geomancy map and circled Liaodong.

"If we want to send troops to the Northern Tartars, the prerequisite is to ensure that the rear is safe, otherwise there will be the risk of being attacked from both sides."

"So Liaodong is a problem that must be solved. After the Japanese iron ore is fully digested, the firearms produced will be equipped to the Liaodong soldiers first."

"Now that we have completed the military reform and the soldiers' combat effectiveness has been improved, it will not be a problem to deal with these Liaodong barbarians!"

Liaodong!

Qiu Yue nodded and kept the matter in mind.

The two of them then had a conversation and roughly finalized the matter of the Beijing army, and Qiu Yue left with peace of mind.

As long as Lord Tang supports Qiu Yue to be the commander-in-chief of the Beijing Army, Qiu Yue will feel confident and will not be completely sidelined.

Qiu Yue left with peace of mind, but Tang Hao looked at the map and fell into deep thought, his eyes fixed on Liaodong.

When talking about Liaodong, we have to mention Emperor Chenghua’s military exploits, Chenghua Liting!

"Ploughing the courtyard" is used to describe the brutality of the battle, just like the entire land had been plowed thoroughly. The so-called "ploughing the courtyard and sweeping the holes" is nothing more than this.

Since the early years of the Zhengtong period, the Jianzhou Jurchens had settled in the upper reaches of the Hunhe River and the Suzi River basin, and their relationship with the Ming Dynasty had become increasingly close. However, after the "Tumu Incident" in the 14th year of the Zhengtong period, the prestige of the Ming Dynasty was frustrated, border affairs deteriorated, and all the foreign barbarians saw the weakness of this powerful dynasty. The Jianzhou Jurchen leaders such as Li Manzhu and Dong Shan began to "take advantage of the opportunity to plunder the border, causing distress in Liaodong."

Liaodong was bitterly cold and had no output, and the people of the three guards of Jianzhou lived in poverty. Even after opening up trade, they were still extremely poor.

What else can we do for the tribe to survive?

The only option is to rob, but where?

To the north are our mortal enemies, the Wild Jurchens, who are even poorer than the Jianzhou Jurchens!
To the west are the Mongols, who are more ruthless than the Jurchens and better at fighting than the Jianzhou Jurchens!

Then there is only the Ming Dynasty in the south, which is both richer and easier to rob than the Mongols, just like Nurhaci did hundreds of years later.

As a result, the Jianzhou Jurchens gathered other tribes and invaded the border every year, killing and looting tens of thousands of border residents and stealing countless properties. Even the Ming Dynasty commander Shi Dengzuo was ambushed and killed in the battle.

This time, the Ming Dynasty really couldn't bear it anymore.

In the third year of Chenghua, Emperor Xianzong Zhu Jianshen ordered an attack on the Jianzhou Jurchens. The order was: "Destroy their nests and exterminate their species." The court appointed General Zhao Fu to lead an army of 50,000 and divided the troops into three routes to attack the Jianzhou Jurchens. At the same time, Zhu Jianshen ordered the vassal state of Korea at the time to send troops to fully cooperate with the Ming army in the suppression.

After a month of encirclement and suppression, the Ming army beheaded more than 630 people and captured more than 240 people. Li Manzhu and his son were beheaded by the Korean army. Another leader, Dong Shan (leader of Jianzhou Right Guard and Nurhaci's fifth-generation ancestor), was also captured by the Ming army. Dong Shan tried to escape and was killed during the escort.

"The strong were killed, the old and the young were all captured, just as the earth collapsed and the fire was extinguished, just as the bricks collapsed and the ice melted, the storage was emptied and the houses were covered, the holes were blocked and the nests were empty. Within ten days, the enemy's territory was desolate."

The Jianzhou Jurchens were badly wounded and kept their tail between their legs, not daring to invade for ten years.

As a result, ten years later, the Jianzhou Jurchens, who had gradually recovered their strength, became restless again. They joined forces with the Haixi Jurchens and continued to invade Liaodong. Chen Yue, the governor of Liaodong, fought back and won a small victory.

Then the Ming Dynasty court came to a conclusion: they did not fight enough last time, so they must attack and suppress them severely.

In October of the 15th year of Chenghua, Zhu Jianshen issued another order, asking Wang Zhi to supervise military affairs, Funing Hou Zhu Yong to be the general, and Governor Chen Yue to assist in military affairs, commanding the army to conquer Jianzhou.

"The bandits were badly defeated, 695 of them were captured and killed, 486 people were taken captive, more than 450 camps were destroyed, more than a thousand cattle and horses were captured, and countless armor and weapons were captured."

From then on, until the rise of Nurhaci, for nearly a hundred years, the various Jurchen tribes in Liaodong no longer dared to provoke the Ming court. This was the "Chenghua Li Ting".

The Jianzhou Wild Boar Skin encountered the hawkish Emperor Chenghua, and as a result, they were almost killed and their clan was exterminated.

It's a pity that the Ming army did not try its best, otherwise there would have been no Qing court in the future.

Tang Hao nodded thoughtfully, and then found Yang Tinghe.

"What do you want the memorial from Liaodong for?"

(End of this chapter)