Although the attitude of the imperial court is the attitude of the emperor, the attitude of the emperor most of the time depends on the opinion of the cabinet, and Shen Shixing, as the first assistant of the cabinet, fully understands how the cabinet usually thinks about this matter, and it is difficult for Wang Xijue to confuse the nature of Li Chengliang's matter.

The reason why the imperial court can ignore the materials obtained by Chahar through resale trade and pretend to be confused is because resale trade will increase the cost of Chahar's acquisition of materials. In the event that it is not possible to wipe out all the surrounding forces that trade with it, this situation can be tolerated for the time being, which can be regarded as a stopgap measure.

But if the trade ceases to exist, then the "trade sanctions" imposed by the Ming Dynasty on Chahar will become meaningless, and Chahar can get what it needs at an affordable price, which is intolerable.

What's more, the problem with Li Chengliang this time is that the products traded are too sensitive, and they are gunpowder that is banned by the imperial court, which is a typical military material - no one will believe that Chahar bought gunpowder with the intention of making fireworks.

Shen Shixing said his worries for a while, and said: "Zhang Xinzhai once served as Liaofu, and Wu Huanzhou was in charge of the military department for a long time, how could these two not know the stakes?" What's more, Gao Qiuzhen has only been back in Beijing for more than a year, and he knows what the situation in Liaodong is, once it is clear that this matter was done by Li Yincheng, I am afraid it will be very difficult to care. ”

Not long after Wang Xijue returned to Beijing, when he heard that this matter was so complicated, he couldn't help frowning, thought for a while, and said: "If this is the case, then it can only be brought from Li Yincheng for eighteen years, and Liao affairs cannot be made without him for a day." ”

It's hard to say whether Liao affairs are indispensable without Li Chengliang for a day, at least Shen Shixing feels that Gao Shixing will not think like this. However, Shen Shixing guessed that Wang Xijue's sentence actually meant something else: it may not matter whether the person from Zhenliao is Li Chengliang or not, after all, the Shixue school has a bunch of famous generals, even if Li Chengliang goes to work, Gao Shishi can be transferred.

Not to mention anything else, can't Ma Gui be the chief soldier of Liaodong? Even if most of the general troops in Liaodong came from this town, then Cao Yan could also be on top.

What Li Chengliang is truly irreplaceable is not his status as a famous general, but the 40,000 iron horsemen under him. Even if Li Rusong brought 5,000 when he was the commander-in-chief of Shanxi, there were still as many as 35,000 left in Liaodong.

These 35,000 iron horses are the capital of Li Chengliang's life, and the real reason why he is "irreplaceable".

Not only is the ability of these 35,000 iron cavalry to deter and fight against the outside world irreplaceable, but more importantly, if Li Chengliang is moved, how to deal with these more than 30,000 people. If one of them is not done well, there may be a mutiny.

It was common for the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty to make trouble, and it was common to engage in a "so-and-so camp riot" at every turn. A few years ago, when the riots in Zhenwuying in Nanjing almost scared Xu Pengju, the then Duke of Wei, out of urine, and Li Rusong also encountered it when he went to Taiyuan to take office two years ago, but Li Rusong had 5,000 elite followers in hand, and the suppression was very easy.

But this kind of commotion was all done by the guards, which was different from the elite troubles of the family. There is an example of the elite family making troubles recently: the Northwest Rebellion is, to a certain extent, related to the elite family members of Bibai.

The real elite of the Cangtou army is only three or four thousand, and a troublesome incident can lead tens of thousands of troops. What will happen if this is replaced by Li Chengliang's Liaodong Iron Cavalry? If the 100,000-strong army in western Liaoning can't do it well, it will have to change its flag tomorrow.

If this happens, who can afford it?

Therefore, the reason why Li Chengliang is irreplaceable is not that no one in the Ming Dynasty can suppress Liao, but that most of the 178,000 troops in Liaodong are bound to him, and many of his cronies have "owned the city", which is very difficult to control, Li Pinghu, Li Ning, Li Xing, Qin Deyi, Sun Shoulian and other generations have their own departments.

Such a force is placed in Liaodong, how can he not consider it if the imperial court wants to move? The unfinished meaning of Wang Xijue's words probably refers to this point.

But Shen Shixing felt that this was wrong and unsafe. Although Li Chengliang's power is great, the authority of the imperial court has not been shaken in the slightest, if it is just such a thing, the 100,000 troops in Liaoxi may move under Li Chengliang's orders, but if they really want to make trouble in the name of rebellion, I am afraid that the situation will be very different.

The point is, even if the 100,000 troops in Liaoxi are really messed up, will the imperial court really have no way to deal with them? Not necessarily.

Gao Pragmatic is still in Beijing to be his big Si Nong, he is the "first marshal in the world", and it is impossible for Xuanda Sanzhen, Jizhen and Liaodong Cao Yan to be afraid of Liaoxi.

Cao Yan's troops in eastern Liaodong may only be on the defensive in the face of Li Chengliang at most, but the four towns of Xuanfu, Datong, Taiyuan, and Jizhou have an army of 600,000 troops. It's really a last resort, 200,000 troops can be drawn, what are Gao pragmatic people afraid of?

Don't look at the fact that after the Battle of the Northwest, Li Rusong was temporarily transferred to serve as the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi, and I felt that Shaanxi would also be unstable. Shaanxi has just finished fighting the battle in the northwest, and it is also in a state of elite soldiers, Li Rusong's headquarters is only 5,000 people after all, and he is not familiar with life in Shaanxi, so it is impossible for him to cooperate with Li Chengliang in the northwest. What's more, with his character, it's hard to say whether he is willing to follow and be a traitor.

Of course, the imperial court has problems with the imperial court, and the difficulty lies in the lack of money. However, this kind of thing is above all else, just like the suppression of the rebellion in the northwest this year, you have to fight if you have money, and you have to fight if you don't have money to raise money. If Liaodong is really chaotic, it's a big deal to open the ban later, or to extend the expected three-year completion, and then ten or eight years or something, wouldn't this matter be right?

Shen Shixing explained this, and then said to Wang Xijue: "Although I don't know why Gao Qiuzhen is so anxious about solving the Chahar matter, I guess Brother Yuan Yu also knows that with the age of the saint and Gao Qiuzhen, there is no need to be anxious about this matter. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty repaired the Grand Canal, if it took him fifteen years to complete it according to the advice given to him at that time, how could the Sui Dynasty die? ”

The Sui Dynasty actually did not die as the second, but it can be regarded as the death of the second, so Shen Shixing said this.

His analogy is actually a bit taboo, but Wang Xijue obviously won't pick words with him, but smiled contemptuously, and said: "Yuanfu can't see it, Gao Qiuzhen, this kid is a person who is eager for quick success, I'm afraid he thinks that after fighting Chahar again, it will be enough to serve the emperor directly." ”

After a pause, Wang Xijue narrowed his eyes slightly, and then said, "Therefore, he will not let anything affect the battle against Chahar. For this battle, he was able to take the initiative to take risks and go straight to the Hetao during the Battle of the Northwest, so he could temporarily tolerate what Li Yincheng did. ”

This sounds reasonable, and Shen Shixing also felt that Gao Shixing actually went straight to the interior of the Hetao during the Battle of the Northwest, which was really a bit risky, unlike his previous combat style. Originally, Shen Shixing just felt that Gao Shixing's action should be due to the lack of time given to him by the imperial court, so he had to do so. But as soon as Wang Xijue explained this, he realized that Gao Pragmatism might really be because he was unwilling to delay the battle against Chahar.

After all, no one can say for sure what is going on on the battlefield, it is said that it is about a month or two to quell the rebellion, but it is not impossible to delay it a little, as long as the battle situation is controlled steadily, with his high and pragmatic sainthood, it is impossible for the emperor to be angry with him because of this.

In this way, high pragmatism is really "eager for quick success", eager to make a big contribution as soon as possible to enter the cabinet, so there will be this series of recent moves?

Shen Shixing shook a little, and asked in a deep voice: "What does Brother Yuanyu mean is that before the Pingchahar, Gao Qiuzhen will not make any moves to provoke changes in Liaodong?" ”

Wang Xijue said affirmatively: "Not bad." ”

Shen Shixing asked again: "Then how do you explain Cao Yan spreading out this matter?" If Gao Qiuzhen planned to calm things down, but Cao Yan jumped out and leaked this mouth, wouldn't it be troublesome for Gao Qiuzhen? ”

Wang Xijue shook his head and said, "There are two possibilities for this matter. One is the high desire for truth and profit, although he intends to calm things down, he still can't help but knock on a bamboo bar; The second is that Cao Yan's approach did not seek Gao Qiuzhen's consent in advance. ”

Shen Shixing frowned: "Without Gao Qiuzhen's consent, Cao Yan dared to do this?" ”

"It's hard to say." Wang Xijue shook his head again: "Cao Yan is a martial artist, Yuanfu should not think of him too wisely, he may not realize that doing this is against Gao Qiuzhen's wishes." Even, Cao Yan may feel that he is very smart to hold the pipa and half-cover his face, but he can advance or retreat. ”

Shen Shixing couldn't help but snort lightly: "These people can't honestly lead troops to fight, they have to get involved in these things they don't understand at all." However, after a pause, he said: "Cao Yan may have done the wrong thing on his own initiative, but judging from his high-minded and truth-seeking style, it cannot be ruled out that he will be wrong and really plan to use this to knock out the possibility of a bamboo bar, and we need to prepare in advance." ”

Wang Xijue hesitated for a moment, and said a little unhappily: "Actually, what if we are not blackmailed by him?" His bottom line is there, as long as he doesn't dare to provoke turmoil in Liaodong, we can ignore his blackmail. ”

Shen Shixing shook his head and said: "Brother Yuanyu, don't talk angry, no one wants to see the situation where the fish is dead and the net is broken." Besides, Gao Qiuzhen is not without other ways to deal with Li Chengliang's matter. ”

Wang Xijue frowned slightly: "What can he do?" ”

Shen Shixing said lightly: "Li Yincheng is sixty and two this year, and it stands to reason that he can also be a minister, and his eldest son Li Rusong has just made great achievements in the northwest this year, and it is logical to call back Liaozhen to replace his father." ”

Wang Xijue was slightly stunned, but immediately said: "But the Tieling Li clan was originally a father and son, and now there is one less person, isn't it still suppressed?" ”

Shen Shixing shook his head and said, "What's so difficult about this? Li Rubai is not a dead man, he is also a general, give him a deputy commander-in-chief, let him see the hope of the commander-in-chief, do others have anything to say at that time? No one can say that the imperial court has treated their Li family badly. ”

Now Wang Xijue really has nothing to say, Li Rubai will definitely not be able to compare with Li Rusong in terms of military exploits, and it can even be said that it is far behind, if Li Rusong is allowed to take over Liaozhen and add an official to Li Rubai as the deputy commander-in-chief, everyone in the world can see the emperor's care for their Tieling Li family.

In addition, Li Chengliang himself has been in the past, this disposition is completely reasonable, and it can even show the emperor's leniency and nostalgia.

Wang Xijue frowned and said, "Since there is such a way...... Yuanfu, do you think Gao Qiuzhen will simply fake the show and do it, so as to get rid of Li Yincheng and cut off my Liaodong arm? ”

"This is exactly what I'm worried about, and because of this, I feel that even if Gao Qiuzhen wants to knock on a bamboo bar, it's not impossible to talk about it, the key now is that I don't know what Gao Qiuzhen wants, and I have to wait for him to make a move."

Wang Xijue frowned and said: "If Gao Shishi didn't plan to cause turmoil in Liaodong, and didn't even consider letting Li Rusong replace Li Yincheng, I think this matter would probably fall on top of this Jingcha." ”

Shen Shixing frowned and said, "Take Li Yincheng in exchange for Jingchazhong, and we will back down to him?" As he spoke, he felt that there was some truth in it, and he couldn't help but hesitate: "It depends on how he wants to exchange." ”

Wang Xijue said calmly: "The exact situation is still unknown, but if I am not mistaken, this time in Jingcha, the focus of the Shixue School should be in the south rather than the north." ”

Shen Shixing was surprised: "How can you see it? ”

"Kill chickens with a knife." Wang Xijue sneered: "This time in Nancha, even Haigang Peak has been sacrificed, which is obviously not trivial. And what about Beicha, layer by layer, in the end, the person in charge is just a rootless and bottomless Gu Xiancheng - Yuanfu, haven't you noticed that the officials as a whole have been silent recently, and only Gu Xiancheng is jumping up and down alone, isn't this a deliberate act of the real school? What is he Gu Xiancheng, who can also sing a lone horn in Jingcha? ”

Gu Xiancheng can't say that it's nothing, but it's really nothing in front of Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue, Wang Xijue despises him so much, not only because of his status and reputation, but also because Gu Xiancheng always criticizes psychology.

But no matter what, Shen Shixing can't object to his point of view, Gu Xian is not even in charge, but because the person in charge of the real school is "sick", he actually became the principal of such an important Beijing Cha, is there no problem, there is no conspiracy?

Whether others believe it or not, Wang Xijue believes it. Now it seems that Shen Shixing also believed.

Shen Shixing took a deep breath and muttered, "Nancha...... Gao Qiuzhen has been thinking about Jiangnan for a long time, and this time I don't know if he can't help but do it. ”

Wang Xijue sneered: "Naturally, he can't help it, he is invincible in Jinghua, only in Jiangnan he always can't show it, with his smooth progress over the years, how can he swallow this breath?" Why don't you take this opportunity to do it quickly? ”

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