Chapter 603: Sun Chengzong Misled the Country
Please enter the text Outside the Emperor's Palace, Cui Yingyuan's flesh and blood were blurred with a crackling spine, this is Chang Wei's real fame!
In the past, in the hearts of the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, Chang Wei was just a favored minister and a capable minister. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info And now they see a young minister, that's right, it's a minister!
What is it that is not a minister? The holy decree is exactly the same as his words, what is it that is not a minister? He reprimanded Wei Zhongxian's nephew and beat Wei Zhongxian's right-hand man on the Jinluan Palace.
Ma Lie, Zhuo Qizhen, Batu Baihu, and others really opened their eyes! Although they were far away, they were all important figures on the grassland, and over the years, they had heard the name of Wei Zhongxian one after another, and after entering the Guannei, they saw the majesty of those eunuchs, and naturally knew that this was the first person under the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and even the name of murder was even louder than that of the emperor.
However, the scene that just happened told them unequivocally that Chang Wei was not less powerful than Wei Zhongxian, and even refuted Wei Zhongxian's face on the spot, scolded his nephew, and beat his subordinates.
The martial arts are good, they can train the world's first-class infantry cavalry, the guns and cannons they make are the most advanced, the command of the war is first-class, and they will make money, and the prestige of the court is also first-class. This Qin Guogong is really unfathomable, it seems that he has really found a good backer this time...... The heroes of the grassland thought like this.
Chang Wei coped with it in the palace for a while, and retired before dark, this time he did not go west to Xi'an Gate to return to his own mansion in Anfufang, but went directly south out of the noon gate, and as soon as he arrived at Daming Gate, the guards passed a message to him.
"Big brother went to the teacher's house to wait for me? It's just right, save trouble!" Out of the imperial city, he went straight to Beizhen Fusi, sent his subordinates who came up to see him, and directly asked for a horse and went straight to Shiyongfang on the north side of Chang'an West Street.
As soon as he entered the door, the two masters of Gu and Chen greeted him, and Chang Wei hugged his fists and said: "Hello two seniors, I haven't thanked you two in Xifengkou." ”
Gu Chen and the others hurriedly returned the salute, "Grandpa Guo is polite, it is our duty to do things for Lord Yuan." By the way, Guogong's subordinates are all in the mansion. ”
Chang Wei said with a smile: "It's still the two seniors who thought it through, which saved me a lot of trouble." ”
"Don't dare, it was ordered by Lord Yuan. ”
The teacher is really an old man, and he knows that there are a lot of things to say today, so he directly called everyone together. As he spoke, he entered the third conservatory, and he didn't expect that there were many people present.
Yuan Keli sat at the top of the room, Chang Kuan accompanied him in the guest seat, and twelve people in official uniforms sat at the bottom, Tang Jinyi and Ma Yuanjing accompanied the last seat, and Chang Li sat there by the door chewing sauce beef.
This guy always looks like he can't eat enough, and when he heard the footsteps, Chang Li looked up at Chang Wei and said: "Third brother, I said I didn't want to come back, the whole sheep, beef legs, and camel meat on the grassland are delicious, and when I come back, I only have this small piece of beef, but it's not enjoyable." When will I be able to go back to the grassland and eat a large piece of meat?"
This guy has been in the army for a long time, mixed in tens of thousands of people, his language skills are getting better and better, and his speech is becoming more and more organized.
Before Chang Wei could speak, a group of people stood up in the greenhouse, "I've seen Qin Guogong!"
Chang Wei returned the salute with his fists and said with a smile: "You adults don't have to be formal, this is the teacher's house, not the court, I will be the master of the teacher over the courtesy, you are free, don't be polite." ”
Yuan Keli on the throne laughed, "You're still really welcome." ”
The first official on the left hand looked relieved, and said loudly: "I have heard that Qin Guogong is funny, but now I have seen it." ”
Xu Guangqi, who was second on the left, said with a smile: "Wang Shangshu wants to say that Guogong is too majestic in the Imperial Palace, right?"
"Huh?"
"Hahaha!"
A group of people laughed, Chang Kuan shook his head and smiled bitterly, helpless, Chang Wei bowed in front of him and said: "Big brother, I know you want to teach me a lesson, but now is not the time, I don't know this room full of adults." ”
"Yes, you can't scold the third brother. Chang Kuan didn't speak yet, Chang Li, who was sitting at the door, dropped the beef in his hand and said: "Ma Yuan taught me, he said that the third brother is now a big official, and he must have official authority, we can't talk nonsense, otherwise the third brother will not be able to lead the soldiers." ”
"Oh, hahaha!"
"This little friend is interesting. ”
"That's right, Chang Shangshu, your family motto should be kept. ”
Chang Wei laughed and said, "Ma Yuan is right, in this way, the two of you can help me do something urgent." ”
After that, he pulled Ma Yuan and Chang to the side, and told them what to buy, what jewelry, silk, and gifts to choose...... Ma Yuan wrote it down carefully, and muttered with a smile, "Master, this is for a woman, right?
"Go, this matter must be kept secret, only the two of you know. ”
"Don't worry, it's going to be done!"
Waiting for Chang Wei to come back, Chang Kuan said: "Fearless, let me introduce you, this is Lord Shangshu of Nanjing." ”
"Oh, it's Lord Yuyun. Chang Wei's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly arched his hand: "I have heard the name of the adult for a long time, and I have long wanted to ask about the war in Liaodong, and it is an honor for the younger generation to see it today." ”
Wang was in the Jin Dynasty at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, called Yunyun, and was a native of Taicang in the south. In the twentieth year of Wanli, he was first awarded the Zhongshu Sheren, and later served as the political envoy of Jiangxi, the governor of Shandong, the governor of Caoyun, and the left squire of the relocation department. After Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen lost Guangning, the imperial court was shaken, Xiong Tingbi was killed, and Wang Huazhen was arrested.
In the second year of the Apocalypse (1622), Wang Xiong Tingbi in the Jin Dynasty was the secretary of the military department and the right deputy capital of the imperial history, passing through Liaodong, Jizhen, Tianjin, Denglai, and giving python jade, clothes and belts, and Shangfang swords.
Wang Zaijin believes: "The affairs of Liaodong are worse than Qinghe and Fushun, then worse than Kaiyuan and Tieling, three bad for Liaoyang and Shenyang, and four bad for Guangning. The initial bad is a dangerous situation, the second bad is a defeat, the third bad is an endgame, and as for the four bad -- donating and abandoning the whole Liao, there is no situation to deal with! Gradually retreat to the mountains and seas, and there is no further retreat after that. ”
The court thought: Wang Zaijin is iron-hearted, eloquent and far-sighted, seeing is like watching the fire with a candle, and his shoulders are as heavy as a blade, but he is upright, and he is drunk and sober!
However, Wang Zaijin's series of propositions were opposed by Yuan Chonghuan, the chief of Ningqian's military preparation, Shen Di, and Sun Yuanhua, who praised the painting, and Yuan Chonghuan asked to build the border wall of Ningyuan, which was 200 miles away, but Wang Zaijin did not listen.
Yuan Chonghuan wrote directly to his teacher, Sun Chengzong, who was in charge of the military department of the university, and Sun invited himself to go to Shanhaiguan in person. Sun Chengzong and Yuan Keli are equally famous, they are also emperors, and they are famous ministers of the imperial court, so the emperor was overjoyed, and Sun Chengzong's prince Taibao was given python jade and silver coins to show his honor. After Sun Chengzong returned to Beijing, the face of the king was not appointed in Jin, and he was reappointed as the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department.
In the Jin Dynasty, Chengzong invited himself to supervise and appointed Ma Shilong, but the result was defeated, and Sun Chengzong was implicated and resigned and went home to live......
Wang Zaijin's eyes lit up, and then, his expression darkened, and he shook his head and said: "My little strategy, even Mr. Huodong, Sun Chengzong, Yuan Chonghuan and others can't look down on it, not to mention Guogong? Guogong broke the cavalry with cavalry and made immortal achievements, far better than us." ”
Huodong is Sun Yuanhua's number, Sun Yuanhua cooperated closely with Yuan Chonghuan at the beginning, and disagreed with Wang Zaijin, so he was a political enemy. Chang Wei subconsciously glanced at Sun Yuanhua who was present, smiled and didn't speak.
Sun Yuanhua's face was pale, "The original matter, Mr. Yun Yun don't want to mention it again, now that the Duke of Guo has set an example for us, how about this matter be revealed?"
Wang Zaijin said silently: "That's the best!"
Wang Zaijin is still angry in and out of his words, no wonder Wang Zaijin suffered a big loss at the hands of Sun Chengzong!
In the second year of the Apocalypse, Wang put forward a Balipu plan after being promoted to Liaodong Economic Strategy, which was actually the best plan to solve the situation in Liaodong. Why?
Because the best place to defend is in Shanhaiguan, but there is a section of the city wall in Shanhaiguan built under the high ridge, so that the enemy can condescend to look down on the city, Wang Zaijin gave a solution, that is, to build another wall in Balipu to surround these high ridges, so that the defense of Shanhaiguan can be achieved with the smallest budget.
However, Yuan Chonghuan, Sun Yuanhua and others were dissatisfied with Wang Zaijin and wrote to the imperial court, and Yuan Chonghuan also complained to his teacher Sun Chengzong in private, so the emperor sent Sun Chengzong, a cabinet scholar, to inspect Shanhaiguan.
Sun Chengzong has Yuan Chonghuan, Sun Yuanhua and other front-line generals in his hands, which can be described as menacing, and as soon as he arrived at Shanhaiguan, he went straight to the king of Liaodong Jinglu Zaijin, and came up with a fierce question.
Scholar Sun asked: You said that you want to repair the Bali Pu Heavy City, will you fill in the current 40,000 people to defend it after it is repaired?
Wang Jingluo replied: Another 40,000 people will be added.
When Scholar Sun heard this, his momentum soared: Wang Jingluo, the old and new cities, 40,000 plus 40,000, that is, 80,000 people, do you have so many soldiers? How much money does the imperial court have to add?
Besides, if the defenders of the new city are defeated and retreat to the old city, will not those arrangements be prepared for their own families?
Also, if the new city can be kept, what is the old city for?
Wang Jingluo's eloquence was not as good as that of Sun Daxue, and he was confused by a series of questions at that time, and he returned after a while: he left three cottages on the mountain for the rout.
Master Sun was angry and funny when he heard this, because Wang Jingluo was too stupid, and he didn't expect Wang Jingluo to be stupid like this: The art of war is about putting people to death and then rejuvenating, but you, Wang Jinglue, prepared the escape route first, didn't that make the defenders of Xincheng greedy for life and afraid of death? Not to mention that you, Wang Jinglue, gave up the outer positions, and retreated to the eight miles before the pass to build another city? How can you ensure the safety of Gyeonggi?
Although Wang Jingluo was unprepared, and he did not have the eloquence of an emperor, he was also born as a jinshi and was the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, and he was by no means easy to match. After listening to Sun Chengzong's questioning, I realized that this person was here to find fault.
At the moment, he told Scholar Sun in a hurry: These tens of thousands of border soldiers are ruffians, and they are especially good at escaping.
If they really meet the elite of Houjin, the last team in line will directly change to the front team and run away first. In view of this situation, I need two cities to stabilize the morale of the army and discourage them from escaping.
How can we stabilize the morale of the army? Quite simply, this new city is a dead land, and once it enters, it will only be a desperate battle.
Sun Chengzong's face was ashamed, he found out that he had been fooled. Wang Jingliu is simply setting a trap, and he is also looking forward to his series of questions about "traps for recruits", "switching to welcome defeated soldiers", and "retreating to refuse defeated soldiers". Because, this old city and the mines and traps in front of it actually replaced the warlords, and Sun Ge's face couldn't be hung up.
This is not over, Wang Jingluo's counterattack came: You said that those three cottages? That is a lie! It is just a rhetoric that allows 40,000 border soldiers to enter the new city with peace of mind, and with this excuse, they will happily fill it in.
And Sun Gebu, as the emperor's teacher, was tricked by Wang Jingluo, just like those soldiers, and thought that there was a way out to retreat into the city, which was really ridiculous!
In the face of this sinister counterattack, Scholar Sun was powerless to fight back, so he could only write in his own recital: "The minister is unable to respond"!
Wang Jing was very generous, and did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, and did not completely trample Sun Ge Lao to the ground, and treated each other very frankly.
At this point, Sun Ge Lao confessed, Wang Jing said slightly, this came to an end through the move, and the fight between Sun and Wang was broken, but Sun Ge Lao, who had suffered a loss, did not give up!
Sun Chengzong grasped the problem of the Liao people again, and ruthlessly participated in Wang Zaijin, plus Yuan Chonghuan, Sun Yuanhua and the warlords of Liaodong, the Donglin Party in the court added fuel to the fire, and finally brought down Wang Zaijin.
However, although Zhu Youxiao didn't care about other things, he had to take care of military affairs, so he asked Yuan Keli in an edict. At that time, Yuan Keli, who served as the governor of Denglai, wrote a good word for Wang Zaijin, so Wang Zaijin was transferred by the emperor to Nanjing as the secretary of the military department. Later, Yuan Keli was demoted to the Nanjing Military Department, and Wang Zaijin was appointed as the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, until now.
What is the problem of the Liao people? How could Sun Chengzong use this to drive Wang Zaijin away? This is really the key to the Liao affairs!
The Han people in eastern and western Liaodong were the people of the Ming Dynasty, and they were agricultural civilizations that had been inherited for thousands of years, which were incompatible with the slave-like backward society of the Later Jin Dynasty at that time.
When the Later Jin plundered grain and attacked border cities, they often plundered the population, and then used the captives as slaves. As a slave-like society, the development of the productive forces of the Later Jin Dynasty is fundamentally derived from the number of slave populations, so the Houjin Dynasty's thirst for food and population is no less than the occupation of land and cities.
In recent years, the eastern Liaoning region has suffered from severe drought and severe cold, which can be described as thousands of miles of red land, and the population has decreased very severely.
Liaodi is the northernmost territory of the Ming Dynasty, and the land is meaningless in the case of thousands of miles of red land, and there is no Liao people in Liaodi, and it makes no sense for the Later Jin to occupy it, so the Later Jin Dynasty has no interest in Liaoxi and Jinzhou, which the Ming Dynasty abandoned.
So much so that in the fifth year of the Apocalypse, Yuan Chonghuan could tour Guangning in the east, and Jinzhou, which Huang Taiji had paid a heavy price and did not occupy, was only destroyed and not garrisoned after the final conquest, all for this reason.
From a military point of view, under the circumstance that the financial crisis led to the abandonment of the Ming army's combat strength and the immaturity of the conditions for post-purging Jin, and in the case of the complex situation of the multi-ethnic and miscellaneous inhabitants of Liao, and the repeated failures in holding on to the city, the only way to protect the Liao people was to clear the field and transfer the Liao people to the customs.
From the perspective of people's livelihood, at that time, in order to save the Liao people, it was also necessary to transfer the Liao people into the customs, because Liaodong and Liaoxi suffered a catastrophe, and the red land was thousands of miles, and the imperial court transported a large amount of grain from Jiangnan to the north through Cao Yun and sea transportation, and the transportation cost was huge on the way. The loss is huge, the cost of food and salary for the army is also large, the cost of repairing the city to strengthen the defense is even greater, and even so it cannot guarantee the safety of the city, and the imperial court is still in a serious financial crisis, and the nine border towns are almost unable to support it, where can it still afford to support the people of the entire territory of Liaodong and Liaoxi?
Therefore, it is necessary to transfer all the Liao people to the customs, so that they can be properly protected and a lot of money can be saved. What's more, the Liao people suffered natural disasters outside the Guan, and they couldn't survive at all, and the Liao people would stay outside the Guanxi and not starve to death, and they would be taken captive by the Houjin and suffer from slavery, so it was better to let them cultivate and grow their own crops and be self-sufficient in the Guan.
Therefore, after the Liao people were transferred to the Guannei in the way of clearing the wilderness, Liaodong and Liaoxi were bound to be uninhabited for thousands of miles under the natural disasters of drought and severe cold, and the Ming Dynasty only had to cut off the horse market outside the Guan, and not let a grain fall into the hands of Houjin from the Guannei, then Houjin had no other way than to starve and freeze and starve to death a large number of people!
But the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty thought that this sin was too great!
However, at that time, was it necessary for the imperial court to compete for Liaodong, which was thousands of miles away from the red land, with Houjin, which had already become extremely vicious due to natural disasters, when its own financial resources were so insufficient that its military strength could not be restored?
Previously, Xiong Tingbi, as the strategy of Liaodong, decisively withdrew hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians to Guannei after Wang Huazhen lost Guangning, not only giving up Liaoxi, but even Jinzhou and Ningyuan, which is a very correct strategy!
After Xiong Tingbi's strategic retreat, if Houjin wants to attack Daming again, then he has to move from Shenyang to Shanhaiguan Guancheng, all the way to the barren people, thousands of miles of red land, in this way, Houjin's supply line will be pulled to thousands of miles, you must know that the Shanhaiguan of Daming is not a small earthen city and small tent of the tribe on the grassland, and it is something that you don't even think about when you step on a horse, and you need a large number of siege weapons, even heavy artillery. Among them, it has to pass through the Liao River, the Daling River, and the Xiaoling River, how difficult is it?
Pull the Houjin from Liaodong and Liaoxi to Shanhaiguan to close the gate to the decisive battle, the Houjin is a labor division to attack the far, and the Ming army is to wait for work, this kind of thing people who know a little bit about military affairs understand!
If the Ming Dynasty intends to fight a decisive battle with Houjin, it should be chosen in Shanhaiguan, not Jinzhou, going to Jinzhou is to lengthen the supply line of the Ming army, and choosing to be in Shanhaiguan is to lengthen the supply line of Houjin, which is a very simple strategic problem.
At this time, the correct choice of the Ming army should be to strengthen the defense of Shanhaiguan, and it should be to support Xiong Tingbi, Wang's grand strategy of clearing the wilderness in the Jin Dynasty should be to listen to Yuan Keli, give full support to the gradual growth of Dongjiang Town, ensure the security of Korea, and carry out a military and economic blockade of Houjin; it should be to encircle the Tatar Lin Dan Khan, first, to jointly contain the Hou Jin, and second, to stabilize several other border towns adjacent to Lin Dan Khan, so that no other problems will arise in the border defense; it should be to listen to the king's ministers, and never open the horse market to the Hou Jin, never let a grain of grain flow into the territory of the Hou Jin, and let the Hou Jin enjoy the power of natural disasters.
However, none of these strategies have been implemented.
But Yuan Keli saw it, Wang Zaijin saw it, and later Wang Zhichen saw it, and many people saw it; but Sun Chengzong didn't see it, Yuan Chonghuan didn't see it, the Liaodong warlords didn't see it, and the Donglin Party didn't see it, or they didn't want to see it!
Why can't we see such a simple question or don't want to see it? There are three main reasons.
Outside the Guanguan, whether it is repairing a city, building a city, training troops, and so on, it requires money, and the Chinese officials of the DPRK can deduct and charge a large amount of handling fees, which is the so-called drifting. Once Ningjin is abandoned, it will drift away, and the interests of civilian officials will be damaged, so the Chinese officials of the DPRK must not support the abandonment of Ningyuan and Jinzhou.
Second, who is willing to bear the infamy of abandoning the land? No one dares to take on the Chinese of the court! In other words, no one can afford it, and the crime of discarding hundreds or thousands of miles of land is enough for one or dozens of officials to exterminate the nine ethnic groups and leave a stench for 10,000 years. Xiong Tingbi just tried, and he was beheaded, and it was rumored that the first nine sides would never be allowed to collect the corpse! Yuan Keli, Wang Zaijin, and Wang Zhichen together could not resist such a crime!
In the near future, many civil officials in the DPRK and the Central Committee will demand the recovery of Ning Jin for the sake of a false name, and then they will be able to effortlessly unilaterally announce the restoration of the land for 400 miles, and they will be able to leave a name in history and be rewarded by the court! Just look at Chang Wei, you will know that after fighting for more than half a year, he will become the commander of the Duke of Qin, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, the addition of Sangu, and the praise of the unknown sword to the palace, and the collection of Liaodong and the destruction of the Houjin, and the title of king! Of course, Chang Wei's exploits and the number of casualties are real, and there is no moisture!
For these reasons, no one dares to use Xiong Tingbi and Wang Zaijin Jianbi to clear the wilderness and fight Shanhaiguan in a decisive battle, so they can only use the methods of Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan!
What is the method of Sun and Yuan's master and apprentice, ?-- Guan Ningjin defense line!
Sun Chengzong drove Wang Zaijin away, and together with Yuan Chonghuan, he built a defense line from Shanhaiguan to Ningyuan and Jinzhou, which stretched for 400 miles, and the defense line was densely packed with castles, and the garrison expanded from 40,000 to 150,000. I have to say that Sun Chengzong is too funny, one of the main reasons why he questioned Wang Zaijin was to expand the army, but as a result, Wang Zaijin only needed 40,000 people, and he increased 110,000 at once!
This army was paid 4 million a year, and in the later period, the defense of Jizhen was weak, and Huang Taiji entered the pass from Jizhen several times to burn, kill, and plunder, resulting in the existence of this defense line in name only, and became a ridiculous ornament! From here, we can see how important it is for Changwei to occupy Daning and consolidate Jizhen!
Why did Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan push the battle line forward so much? The answer is still in vain! They are eager to regain lost territory and seize merit, but the red land outside the pass is thousands of miles, and the danger is abnormal, and every year after the Jin army has to sweep back and forth several times, can you expect to collect grain there?
Sun Chengzong operated the Guanningjin defense line for several years, opened 200,000 acres of land, and recovered 150,000 taels of silver. What kind of achievement is that? Not enough for him to cover for a month!!
But his reason is very sufficient! What should Nurhachi do when he hits the door of his house? What should he do if Shanhaiguan can't withstand it? Who is responsible! This reason is untenable, because Houjin doesn't dare to touch Shanhaiguan at all!
Because, between the North China Plain and the Northeast Plain is the Yanshan Mountains along the coast, and Ningyuan is building on the mountains, but the Yanshan Mountains turned left in front of the North China Plain, closing a gate to the Liaoning West Corridor, thus forming the world's first Xiongguan - Shanhaiguan.
The terrain of Shanhaiguan is magnificent and majestic, the mountains and rivers in the north are vertical and horizontal, the transportation is inconvenient, the land is barren, there is no strong ship and artillery of the naval division can not carry out any troops at all, and can not be stationed for a long time, and the south of Shanhaiguan is open, the land is fertile, the transportation is convenient, and the Ming army in the pass can enhance the troops, equipment and various defense materials anytime and anywhere, such a terrain is not only Houjin those broken artillery can never break through Shanhaiguan head-on, even Chang Wei's rifled guns can only look at the pass and sigh!
Theoretically, Shanhaiguan cannot be broken! However, no one dares to guarantee that Shanhaiguan cannot be broken, because there is no 100 percent problem in the fierce war! In addition to the three major reasons of drifting, crimes, and false names, as well as the huge influence of the civilian-official clique, everyone can only let Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan toss the ordinary Guanningjin defense line!
Is it ridiculous? The affairs of the imperial court are so absurd! This is a major evil result of Donglin's misguided country! This is the so-called Sun Chengzong's misguided country!
However, now everything is different!
Because, with Changwei!(To be continued.) )