Volume C Section 115 Entering the Cabinet
Feng Ziying didn't have so much leisure to think about his own reward, and his mind at this time was occupied by the strategy of borrowing debt, which was in full swing of discussions and consultations.
"Lord Zhang, I understand what you mean, Lord Chai has a letter to you before leaving, and I am also entrusted by Lord Chai to convey his meaning to you, the nine-sided grain must be the priority, but it must also be emphasized, Jiliao, especially Liaodong, must continue to increase investment, students can understand, but Xuanda and Jizhen are not necessary to ,......"
Feng Ziying and Zhang Jingqiu stood on the map board and patiently explained: "At present, Nurhachi's main energy is still focused on digesting and annexing the Hada and Huifa tribes of the Haixi Jurchens, and the war against the Ula tribe has not yet made substantial progress, and it is impossible for them to invade ,......the south in the short term."
"Ziying, I know that you have also put a lot of thought into military affairs, so Zishu wrote to me and said, if you have worked in the Hanlin Academy for a year, would you be willing to come to the military department?"
Zhang Jingqiu also felt that Feng Ziying had a broad vision, considered far-reaching problems, and put a lot of effort into military intelligence, but he didn't expect that his research on the situation in Liaodong was so deep, and he was very surprised.
According to the usual practice, the Shujishi are to enter the Hanlin Academy to serve as an editor and reviewer in order to have better development prospects in the future.
That is to say, you must at least stay in the Hanlin Academy for a period of time, and only if you have this kind of qualification can you be considered to have the qualifications to enter the cabinet, of course, it does not mean that you can enter the cabinet if you have entered the Hanlin Academy, but this is the foundation, and the experience of the Shu Jishi who studied history in the Hanlin Academy is not counted.
Seeing Zhang Jingqiu divert the topic, Feng Ziying also knew that Zhang Jingqiu was still more worried about the defense of Xuanda and Jizhen, and couldn't help but sigh.
It seems that the Jianzhou Jurchen has indeed put a lot of pressure on the Jingshi side, but he thinks that now, or in three or five years, Nurhachi does not have the strength to go south.
Without completely annexing and digesting the Jurchen tribes of Haixi, without co-opting or forming an alliance with the Korqin and Transkhalkha tribes, or even without completely resolving the Chahar tribes, Nurhachi would not venture south, at most he would create trouble for Liaodong.
Of course, the defense of Xuanda and Jizhen is important, but the financial situation of the imperial court is like this, so there must be a trade-off, or it needs to be based on the timeline.
Liaodong is now the most important, and now the Hetao has been to the line of Bansheng, the current confrontation between Bu Shitu and Sunang Taiji has been formed, after solving the strategy of entering Shazhou and Hami in the west, only need to stabilize Gansu and Ningxia Town, it can be said that the entire nine-sided land, from the three sides to the seven towns of Xuanda will not have much problem, so the follow-up should strengthen the defense of Liaodong, while taking into account Jizhen, and then open up Denglai and Liaodong to form a line, enhance the strength of Liaodong to curb the expansion of Jurchen.
But the new secretary of the military department obviously doesn't agree with his own point of view, especially the urgent need to strengthen defense like Xuanda to Jizhen, which Feng Ziying can't understand.
There is only so much silver, if you are inclined to one side, you must relax on the other side, it is such a realistic problem, he has always thought that Zhang Jingqiu will be soberly aware of this issue, but now it seems that Zhang Jingqiu is not as clever as he imagined.
"My lord, where the students go is also the arrangement of the imperial court, and the students naturally obey the orders, but what the students want to talk about now is the problem of Xuanda,......" Feng Ziying was a little helpless.
Zhang Jingqiu also smiled and shook his head, this guy is really persistent, do you really think you can't see the situation clearly?
"Ziying, if Xuanda is weakened, it will cause many consequences,......"
"Master Zhang, it's not to weaken Xuanda, but to temporarily stabilize the current situation, whether it's Su Nang or Lin Dan Batur, it is impossible for them to commit a crime in the south in three or five years, this student dares to assert! And the Jianzhou Jurchens don't have the courage to go south regardless of the flank and back road! So why can't you spend the limited amount of silver where it's needed more? Don't adults understand the importance of Denglai? Enhancing Denglai is to make up for Liaodong's stamina! ”
Feng Ziying stared at Zhang Jingqiu's eyes and said word by word.
Zhang Jingqiu also looked at Feng Ziying, and changed to another Shujishi, Zhang Jingqiu had already sent out a sentence, but Feng Ziying, he cherished his talent, and he also knew that the emperor also admired this son.
Smiling, Zhang Jingqiu nodded: "Well, Ziying, what do you think of Shandong here?" ”
"Set up the Governor of Denglai, take charge of the Second Guard of Denglai, Qingzhou Wei and Tianjin Wei, form a fleet of sailors, operate with all efforts, and open up the back road of Liaodong,......" Feng Ziying cut the iron.
Zhang Jingqiu was taken aback, and quickly pondered.
The reason why he said before that he would continue to strengthen Xuanda was actually for a reason.
After Wang Ziteng returned to Beijing, he said that the two towns of Datong, Shanxi Province had transferred elites to Ningxia and Gansu to quell the rebellion, and now the two towns were seriously understaffed, and they demanded that they should be made up immediately, and that the military salaries, grain and grass should be given priority.
And Wang Ziteng also vaguely revealed that if he was to be allowed to serve as the governor of the three sides, he would rather be a minister, which would inevitably cause a wave of turmoil, and the emperor would not allow this to happen.
But now Feng Ziying has proposed another new strategy, the new establishment of the Governor of Denglai and the formation of the Navy Fleet, which is undoubtedly a very tempting position, maybe this can remove Wang Ziteng from the position of Governor of Xuanda?
On the Liaodong side, Wang Ziteng was unwilling to go and did not dare to go, and he was unwilling to go on the three sides, but the position of the governor of Xuanda could not allow him to occupy it all the time, which was the most powerful force outside the city of Beijing and the most elite force second only to the Liaodong soldiers.
The Beijing camp is in the hands of Niu Jizong, and the soldiers of Xuan are in the hands of Wang Ziteng, and Wang Ziteng's means are extraordinary, maybe wait another two years, Xuanda may become Wang Ziteng's sphere of influence, which the emperor cannot tolerate.
In order to vacate the prince, it is necessary to have a position that is attractive enough to be able to explain to the outside world.
Governor Denglai, well, a good idea.
Seeing that Zhang Jingqiu suddenly fell into deep thought, Feng Ziying stopped making a sound and waited for Zhang Jingqiu's thoughts.
It took a long time for Zhang Jingqiu to wake up from his thoughts, but he did not mention this topic again, but only mentioned the possibility of considering the establishment of a naval fleet in Fujian and Zhejiang.
Feng Ziying mentioned that it was clear that there must have been scholars from the south who put pressure on Zhang Jingqiu, for them, since they want to open the sea and borrow money, then the debt object will definitely be the southern businessmen, and the natural diamine must ensure the safety of maritime trade to the greatest extent, so that their money is worth it.
This is also a reasonable thing, but there are many aspects involved, and it is inevitable that there will be disputes.
Coming out of the military department and looking at the time, Feng Ziying went straight to Qi Yongtai's mansion.
"Master Qi, Lord Zhang basically accepted our point of view, Denglai should be good at management in order to support Liaodong, establish a water fleet and open the sea to Denglai, do you think you can convince others?"
Seeing that his student had a tired look on his face, Qi Yongtai was also a little unbearable.
In the past few days, Feng Ziying, as an envoy from all sides, has been constantly passing words and words, and she is very tired.
This is also unprecedented, after all, the imperial court has not yet officially finalized the opening of the sea - the strategy of borrowing, that is, it is afraid of being boycotted and opposed and dying, which will be a great blow to the prestige of Emperor Yonglong, and will also give some people with intentions an opportunity, so only through this semi-open dialogue and communication can all parties achieve compromise.
It is only when the opinions of all parties are gradually unified and basically agreed that the household department and the military department will formally put forward the strategy to the cabinet and make it public, and then the princes of the court can openly discuss and discuss in the court, and before that, it is more like a kind of solicitation and discussion.
"Ziying, if Xuanda is like this, will it be a little thin?" Qi Yongtai is a calm person who needs to think through every aspect, but this often means that he can be a little conservative.
"No, Lin Dan Batur is still young and has not yet officially grasped the real power of Chahar, and Su Nang is busy competing with Bu Shitu, and he has no time to look south, but if he waits for another three or five years, I am afraid that he will have to consider the problem of Lin Dan Batur, whether to support Lin Dan Batur to control Horqin and Transkhalkha to compete with the Jurchens, and to support the victors of Bu Shitu and Su Nang to attack Chahar to the east, in order to form a confrontation with the Jurchens, it depends on the situation."
Feng Ziying's words did not reassure Qi Yongtai, "Then what do you think?" ”
"Qi Shi, it's hard to say now, if Lin Dan Batur really has the ability to control Trans-Khalkha and Korqin, then Da Zhou should support him, and suppress the Tumuts to avoid dragging Lin Dan Khan's hind legs, so that the Jianzhou Jurchen will not tolerate Lin Dan Batur to take away Horqin and the Trans-Khalkha tribes, there will be a war, which is beneficial to us, I am afraid that Lin Dan Batur is talented and has a low master, and even the Horqin and Transkhalkha tribes can't control it, then we have to support Su Nang or Bu Shitu to go east into Liaoxi."
Feng Ziying sighed lightly.
In the history of his previous life, Lin Dan Khan was the latter, and as a result, his collapse even brought the entire Mongolian left and right wings together, and let the Jianzhou Jurchens pick up a big bargain in vain, and the Jurchens, who controlled the entire Mongolia, were able to unscrupulously pose a threat to the Ming Dynasty on the thousands of miles from Liaodong to the Hetao, making the Ming unguardable.
Therefore, Feng Ziying is worried that Lin Dan Batur may still be the same as in the history of the previous life, and the inertia of history is often quite huge.
"You're not optimistic about Lindan Batur?" Qi Yongtai sensed Feng Ziying's worries, and said carefully: "If Lin Dan Batur is a Adou who can't be supported, and we can't catch Horqin and the Trans-Khalkha tribes for the time being, can we make a fuss about the remnants of the Haixi Jurchens' Ula and Yehe tribes?" ”
Feng Ziying's eyes lit up, Qi Yongtai actually began to pay attention to military affairs, this was a novelty, and suddenly reacted: "Master Qi, are you going to enter the cabinet?" ”