A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 738 Buffering
Seeing the general like this, everyone in the hall is a little confused. Although they are reluctant, everyone has to admit that the new year name chosen by the Tartars is magnificent and grand, and it can be regarded as a good one. How can it be related to the demise up?
However, the general's actions often have deep meanings. Could it be that there is some mystery in this Xuantong year name?While reading the information, many people were deep in thought.

Gao Shiyin snorted coldly: "This broken Xuantong can be regarded as a lack of basic salary. Shunzhi is more pleasing to the ear. The more Dorgon lives, the more he will go back."

Qi Tianliang agreed with his words, Zhong Xian smiled slightly, and the rest also smiled and remained silent.

Ye Xizhi looked at everyone, since Chongzhen entered Wang Dou's command in 12 years, a few years have passed in a blink of an eye, and he is over forty years old, but the sharpness of Gu Panjian has not changed at all.Especially step by step into the core of the shogunate, the slightly round face, the soaring look is more obvious.

Just now he was not allowed to intervene in military and political matters, but at this moment he can certainly speak, stroking the short beard under his chin, he said loudly: "Otherwise, there are all talents in the Tartars, and this can be seen from the year name. , Da Ye, the ruler, the great rule. The slave chiefs are declaring that they have won the hearts and minds of all the tribes in Manchuria, that they will no longer decline after the Liaodong War, and that the country will be rejuvenated! Moreover, they also took Korea from the east, spied on Dongying, and looked at Shandong. The great enemy of our country, the general must not ignore it, let alone underestimate it!"

Wang Dou nodded. He came from later generations to understand the meaning of Xuantong, but everyone in Ming Dynasty did not understand it at this time. He was relieved that his subordinates could correctly understand the threat of the Qing Dynasty based on the facts. After all, this is the barbarian in this world. man's greatest threat.

And this information was collected from the Tianjin area by the intelligence department. After Dorgon ordered the change of the year name, he sent a large number of spies to spread across the Liaodong Sea to Tianjin and the capital. not effectively.

In a short period of time, the news of the change of the Qing Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty has spread all over the capital.

Wang Dou briefly discussed with everyone. Right now, Dorgon is looking eastward, which is a good thing for the Duhufu. At this time, Daming lacks time, and Wang Dou even less. Recently, all his energy will be devoted to the development of various matters in Monan. Only for the intelligence services to pay closer attention.

There is another piece of news that Li Banghua, the imperial envoy, Zuodu Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and deputy governor of the Anbei Governor's Mansion, is almost here.

Seeing this news, Wang Dou had a half-smile on his face: "Unexpectedly, all the loyal ministers and righteous men of Daming gathered here."

At the time of the fall of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zhifeng, the governor of the Xuanfu, Cai Maode, the governor of Shanxi, and Wei Jingyuan, the governor of Datong, all fought against Li Zicheng's army and died unyielding. On the contrary, except for Zhou Yuji, the generals of the three towns were all soft-boned figures, competing to contribute. The city fell.

In addition, the eunuch, who is a loyal domestic slave of the royal family, is also unreliable. Du Xun went out of the suburbs for dozens of miles, kneeling to welcome Li Zicheng into the city.

In history, Li Banghua, the Zuodu censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, also died and martyred for the country. Now that these people have all come to his side, Wang Dou doesn't know whether he should be happy or distressed.

"Oh, loyal minister?"

Gao Shiyin clenched his fist with a smirk, and said viciously: "Originally, Lao Gao planned to show this fellow a little color after Li Banghua arrived, and let it be a loyal minister."

"He, Li Banghua, is a loyal minister. Is it a good thing for the general? Is it a good thing for the Protectorate?"

Han Chao sneered: "The news of the court is now known to the world. Wouldn't it be chilling for the general to do this for the court, but to be so jealous by the monarch and his ministers?"

He sternly said: "Isn't the general doing enough? Is the Jingbian Army not doing enough? What are they going to do?"

The general of the Jingbian army was very angry, and he slapped the table even more heavily, and shouted: "Especially this Li Banghua, how did you say in Dongnuange, 'Is Song Taizu not loyal to Zhou Shizong?', there is this It sticks in my heart, how will the general go to see His Majesty in the future? How dare he go to see His Majesty?"

He has followed Wang Dou for many years, and he is the most clear about what the general did, but he was wronged for no reason, how could Han Chao not be angry?
Zhong Xiancai sat firmly, and also smiled contemptuously: "Li Banghua even suggested depriving the general of his military power. What does he want to do? Hand over my Jingbian army to those useless hands? If they have the ability, Daming Jiangshan will be able to do so." It won't come to this point!"

The cold wind outside the window was stern, and the snow wind rolled and fluttered from time to time, rushing in from the window, and the hall was silent, only the sound of Wang Dou tapping his fingers lightly on the desk.

He had no expression on his face, Wang Dou knew all the news from Dongnuan Pavilion, and even the dialogue between the monarch and his ministers. Li Banghua's words were not wrong.

Whether you are a threat does not depend on how friendly the relationship is, but whether you have the ability. After all, with the support of strength, attitude changes are only a matter of time, but being too straightforward and not paying attention to timing and occasions will eventually lead to irreparable consequences. Influence, some words, should not be said.

After a long time, Wen Fangliang said quietly: "When the achievements are magnificent, it is a crime. A certain history book, I once saw this sentence: "The minister who doubts the master will be punished, the minister who doubts the master will rebel, the minister who doubts the master will rebel, and the minister who doubts If the master does not rebel, he will be punished." The blame is to blame the general for being too outstanding, and our Jingbian army is too strong."

Qi Tianliang agreed and said: "Yes, don't talk about such important military and political affairs, even in the countryside, if the gentry does good deeds, if they do too much, they will be labeled as a big hat for buying people's hearts, let alone this situation? Beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it, oh..."

The Deputy Minister of Military and Political Affairs shook his head endlessly.

Gao Shiyin looked at this person, looked at that person, and muttered: "It seems that loyal ministers can do bad things too."

"Of course it will be bad!"

Ye Xizhi sneered, and he said in a loud voice: "The people of Qingliu are only for righteousness. They are not afraid of swords and axes. They are not afraid of death, and even want to die! It is just for the righteousness in their hearts that they often ignore the situation. .As ministers and officials, sometimes they should know how to advance and retreat, but they only know how to advance, but they don’t know how to retreat, so they often create tragic situations, especially when the country is in danger and needs to retreat appropriately.”

Gao Shiyin said: "Well, the way to be an official is to take a step back and endure the calm for a while..."

He looked at Wang Dou: "General, what should we do with this Li Banghua? Should we be the last general..."

Wang Dou saw the fierce light in his eyes, and just shook his head, Zhong Xian glanced at Gao Shiyin, and said softly: "Old Gao, what are you going to do, don't embarrass the general, let alone ruin the reputation of the general... It's not your decision, understand?"

Gao Shiyin was taken aback, touched his head, and giggled: "Indeed, look at my wooden fish head."

Looking at everyone, Wang Dou said slowly: "I, Wang Dou, have come to this step with no regrets in every step. Our shogunate also has a goal, and it is for the people of this land. No matter what the court does, our goal is not the same. will change."

He pondered for a while, relatively speaking, loyal ministers were indeed more troublesome, but people like Du Xun made Wang Dou feel more relaxed.But at his stage, a mere Li Banghua is insignificant, he said: "After all, he is a great Confucian of the generation, a member of the imperial court, the courtesy and dignity he deserves cannot be short."

He was in a daze. It is undeniable that people like Li Banghua have various problems, but just because Daming has these people...

He finally laughed and said: "Also, the person who can be the censor of Zuodu is not an idler. He can't waste all his abilities. When he sees it, find him some work. It's like Du Xun. Not now Did you do a good job?"

All the generals in the hall laughed loudly, and a sense of pride was born. Indeed, Du Xun, the current captain of the urban management team, has done a great job and has taken a lot of scapegoat for the shogunate.

Everyone suddenly looked forward to seeing what the general would arrange for the Zuodu Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the deputy governor of the Anbei Governor's Mansion.

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The matter of Dorgon, Li Banghua and others was just a small episode, and even the court's understatement of Wang Pu's praise made everyone shake their heads. They feel that the court is now a perverse little daughter-in-law. This kind of clumsy divorce has no effect, it is purely disgusting .

Everyone in the hall chatted for a few words, but no one mentioned it again. When Wen Daxing entered the hall earlier, the generals were discussing matters related to the defense area in Monan.

After the class teacher came back, Wang Dou also held a ceremony of conferring honors and promotions on the generals of the Jingbian Army. Han Chao, Wen Fangliang, Gao Shiyin, Zhong Xiancai, and Li Guangheng were all promoted to generals, and a large number of others were also promoted.

Regarding the military rank system of the Jingbian Army, Wang Dou and the generals also made fine-tuning changes to the military rank system, which was more in line with the situation in Ming Dynasty at this time.

According to the rank of military rank, there are three ranks in the army: cavalier, captain, and general.

The ranks of soldiers are corporal, sergeant, and sergeant.

The team officer and the general are cavalry captains, the inner deputy team officers are Wu Qiwei, team officers are Yunqi, deputy chief Feiqi, and general Xiaoqi.

Chief Qian and his superiors are captains, Chief Neiqian is awarded captains of cavalry, Guerrilla is awarded captains of cavalry, generals are awarded captains of light vehicles, and vice generals are awarded captains of light vehicles.

This is the same as most of the honor ranks of the Ming Dynasty at this time, and the honor ranks of the military officers of the Ming Dynasty are imitated from the Tang Dynasty.

After Han Chao, Wen Fangliang, Gao Shiyin, Zhong Xiancai, and Li Guangheng were appointed generals, they all served as generals in the military, and they could be given various beautiful titles and honorary titles.

In the middle, Han Dynasty awarded General Hussars, Wen Fangliang awarded General Yingyang, Gao Shiyin awarded General Baotao, Zhong Xiancai awarded General Huben, Li Guangheng led the cavalry battalion of the Chinese army at this time and was stationed in Guihua City, and also awarded General Hulie.

Among the five generals of the Jingbian Army, the Hussar General of the Han Dynasty is the most noble and respected. After all, he has made the most contribution to this expedition beyond the Great Wall, and the award and promotion of the Jingbian Army was only announced in the military newspaper, and did not comment on it. Open to the outside world.

In order to better conform to the habits of Ming soldiers at this time, in the Jingbian army, those below the commander-in-chief will only be called military ranks, such as Deputy General Zhao and General Zhong Shen.

Those with the rank of general in the general army can be referred to as military ranks or honored as military ranks, such as General Han, General Wen, General Hussars, General Yingyang, etc., which also reflects the preciousness of general ranks.

Through Chen Xinjia's information, Wang Dou had known the emperor's request for permission to set up the Anbei Capital Protectorate early on, and he could proceed more calmly with his own layout.

In Wang Dou's plan, the Han Dynasty was the seat of Xuanfu Town, which was his core vital point.

Although he will often stay in Xuanfu Town, and the General's Mansion here will not move, he will definitely go to various places in Monan from time to time, and he needs a confidant general to sit here, Han and North Korea are a good choice.

As for the entire Monan and Anbei Protectorate, Wang Dou will divide them into three towns, Monan West Town, Monan Middle Town, and Monan East Town. Initially, he intends to station Gao Shiyin in Monan East Town, Xingyuan Station, It is under Wolong Mountain, the former site of Kaipingwei.

The town and Xuanfu Town will lean on each other, protecting the north, east, and even the north line of defense of Xuanfu Town, extending all the way to the desert.

Monan West Town covers the entire Hetao Plain in the west, all the way to the edge of the gravel, and roughly reaches the Baotou area in the east, which is considered an important land for reclamation.

The same is true for Monan Middle Town, with the fertile Tumot Plain inside, the line of defense has to cross the Daqing Mountain, and the north extends to the edge of the desert. , counted personally leading the battalions of the Chinese army to sit in town.

The focus of everyone's discussion is not only to defend the north, but also to defend the south?

Wen Fangliang strongly insisted that for the safety of the Anbei Protectorate, all ministries in Mobei must not only take precautions, but also leave enough safety buffers in places close to Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Ningxia to avoid future settlements in the Hetao Plain. The plains of Tumote and Tumed were suddenly poisoned by war, which affected the grain storage plan.

"My teacher can build a city at the original Dongshengwei and Zhenluwei in the middle town of Monan, and then go down the Yellow River and march to Shanxi and Shaanxi. You can do whatever you want!"

"It is also necessary to build a city in Hetao, to communicate with Ningxia Town, and it is best to support several people, just like Wang Pu of Datong Town, who thinks that the Dufu Mansion will protect the wings..."

Wen Fangliang's clear voice slowly echoed in the hall.

(End of this chapter)