Guo Ning entered Zhongdu with elite troops and won the central power in three battles, covering nearly 20 military states in Zhongdu Road and Hebei East Road. The territory under his direct control was almost one-fifth of the Jin Kingdom at its peak. At the same time, more than 100,000 surrendered troops were subdued, laying the foundation for subsequent large-scale expansion of troops.
However, even in times of rapid expansion, the security of your base cannot be relaxed.
Although Shandong and Liaodong are still nominally the territory of the Jin Dynasty, there is the Song State in the south of Shandong and the semi-independent regime led by the remnants of Yang An'er and King Sui in the west; and Liaodong is full of foreign ethnic groups, like a pack of wolves running in the wild. . Guo Ning suddenly gained the benefits of the center of the Jin Kingdom, and various places in Dajin will react one after another. However, the powerful factions in many places may not be afraid of Guo Ning's force, and their reactions will probably not be out of goodwill. I am afraid that Shandong and Liaodong will face pressure within a considerable period of time.
Guo Ning himself must stay in Zhongdu for a long time to control the overall situation. The area actually controlled by the Ding Haijun regime is so vast, but the two base areas have priorities, and their chief officers need the authority to make emergency decisions. It is no longer possible to rely entirely on the direct management of Guo Ning's military government as before.
So soon, three other appointments from the Du Marshal's Mansion arrived one after another, for Monk Luo, Guo Zhongyuan and Han Xuan respectively.
In the document given to Monk Luo, the original defense of Shandong East Road was adjusted, and it was split from the original complete piece into two directions: east and west.
The east includes the three prefectures of Deng, Lai, and Ninghai, as well as the three prefectures of Mi, Ju, Yi, and Hai obtained from the Red Coat Army last year. Guo Zhongyuan took over Jing'anmin's position and served as the governor of the Anhua Army and the commander-in-chief of the military and horse capital in eastern Shandong.
The remaining military states were included in the west. Monk Luo was stationed in Yidu. As Marshal Zuo Dujian, he concurrently served as the military governor of Zhenhai and the general manager of the military and horse capital in the east and west of Shandong.
In the east direction of Liaodong, the area directly controlled by the Ding Navy was still small. It was mainly instigated and controlled through the commercial system of the Qunmu Institute, so the territory was not divided. Han Xuan was promoted to the military governor of the Liao Navy for his contribution to killing the Mongolian general. , General Manager of the Liaodong Military and Horse Capital.
After these generals have taken their places, the military adjustments and appointments have been completed. The next task is to recuperate and stabilize the area. If there are no major changes, there may be military progress in the next few months, one in Jinshan north of Zhongdu, one in the Liaohai Corridor on Beijing Road, and To the north of the corridor are Dading Mansion and Linhuang Mansion in Beijing.
These two directions are also the directions that the generals need to work hard. After all, they have fought with the Mongols before, and they all have blood debts on their hands, and even have the blood of naval officers. Even if everyone has their own masters on the battlefield, if they want to completely change the family, they still have to show true sincerity, but there is no reason to sit back and enjoy the success.
If they perform well enough, Guo Ning will not be stingy regardless of official position or military power, which just shows his generosity and benevolence and his unquestioning style.
If the results are not good, Wang Shixian and Qiu Huiluo will naturally follow suit. The two generals had made great contributions during the fighting in Zhongdu. Although the headquarters suffered heavy casualties and could not bear heavy responsibilities for the time being, it took half a year to restore the troops, which was enough. When the time comes, it will be natural for them to either serve as direct subordinates of the Marshal's Mansion with equivalent positions, or to take over the command in a certain direction as Jiedu Envoy or Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Horses.
In short, the adjustments to the positions and tasks of key military generals were quickly completed. The entire Dinghai Navy's power gradually formed a large ring surrounding the Bohai Sea. This large ring is centered on Fuzhou, Zhigu, Denglai and other places along the coast; it controls Zhongdu in the north and restores the Jin Kingdom's old Yanshan defense line; and Shandong is a solid foundation in the south.
In order to further stabilize the inner circle connection of this large ring, Guo Ning followed the example of the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty and set up a coastal deployment department under the Marshal's Mansion to coordinate all ships, shipping and even ports from Liaodong to Shandong. The post of coastal envoy is temporarily held concurrently by Wang Shixian.
While a series of military measures were being implemented, adjustments in government affairs, and even control of the imperial court in Zhongdu, were also being advanced.
This kind of back-and-forth approach to the court was different from the drastic and decisive action in dealing with military affairs, which was a bit difficult for Guo Ning. Fortunately, within Ding Haijun, this has long been a habit. Yili Chucai had always been fully responsible for government affairs, and he was already familiar with the ways of officials in Zhongdu. Coupled with Du Shisheng's assistance, things progressed very smoothly.
In this process, Xu Ding, who had been doing a lot of grain business with Ding Haijun, was indispensable. Although he was known for his ability in government affairs, he always regarded himself as a Confucian official. Earlier, he only sent his wings to work for Guo Ning, and he claimed to be ill. To avoid the harsh words of outsiders. When Wanyan Chenghui left Tongzhou and entered Zhongdu with Guo Ning, Xu Ding's illness immediately recovered.
However, Xu Ding rejected Guo Ning's proposal to promote him to a higher position, and still served as his right-hand prime minister. At the same time, he also served as a minister of the Zhongdu Privy Council under the Marshal's Mansion. His partners were Yi La Chucai and Liang Chisheng, who were both members of the Privy Council of Zhongdu.
The Privy Council of Dajin was originally based on the system of the Southern Court of the Liao Dynasty. Later, it imitated the system of the Southern Dynasties and controlled the secrets of military equipment. For example, San Duan, an old Jurchen servant who is now the most prestigious in the court, had previously served as Minister Zuo, Prime Minister, and Privy Envoy, nominally responsible for both civil and military affairs.
Guo Ning's Marshal's Palace has been established, and the subordinate Privy Council is a purely civil affairs institution. According to the division of authority, the Zhongdu Privy Council is responsible for the government affairs of Zhongdu Road, Beijing Road and Liaodong, while the Yidu Privy Council is responsible for Hebei and Shandong.
Logically speaking, the Yidu Privy Council is naturally located in Yidu, so as the deputy marshal of the left, Wanyan Chenghui, who signed the Yidu Privy Council post, quickly selected his own staff and went to Yidu to take office.
However, Yila Chucai served as Tongzhi Privy Councilor of both Zhongdu and Yidu Privy Councils, and the other Tongzhi Privy Councilor who was stationed in Yidu was Du Shisheng. For Du Shisheng, he had been acting alone in Zhongdu for a long time, and he happened to go to Yidu to familiarize himself with the government affairs routine of Ding Haijun.
And after Wanyan Chenghui arrives in Yidu, I'm afraid he won't have any official business to be busy with.
Within the framework of the Capital Marshal's Mansion, there are many general positions under it. Among them, Wanyan Chenghui occupied the left deputy marshal position, and Pu Sanduan became the right deputy marshal.
Pusanduan was actually a bit older. He was able to serve as the Prime Minister of the Left and the Privy Council because everyone recognized his old age, but he was not actually responsible for any military and political affairs. Now Guo Ning also likes him because of his old age, and his son Pusanna doesn't appear to be very smart. So not only did he become the right deputy marshal of the Du Marshal's Mansion, but he also received special permission from Guo Ning. He didn't have to come to work every day, so he had to take good care of himself.
There are also various important yamen, and Shandong officials have been gradually transferred to serve. For example, Liang Chisheng, Zhang Lin, Yang Chengzhi and others all obtained high-ranking positions one after another.
During the process, it was inevitable that there would be some backlash. At this time, Guo Ning's vicious reputation came in handy. Yi La Chu Cai and others often threatened, "If you don't get interested, you will report this matter to the marshal. At that time, What is being fought is not a verbal or written lawsuit, but a Tieguduo lawsuit. Our Marshal Guo comes from a rough background, and he likes to talk things with his iron bones. He pays attention to a crisp and clear speech, with broken muscles and broken bones.
】
A few days ago, a certain official from a certain Yamen insisted on confronting the envoy. Do you know his fate? Have you figured out the pros and cons?
Guo Ning inevitably got angry at the large number of officials in Zhongdu City, and he did deal with a few clowns in his eyes. He didn't know that his reputation was being used to intimidate Chu Cai. .
Most of his energy is still in military affairs. Occasionally, when I had free time, I would still patrol various military camps. Sometimes, if my hands were itchy, I would still call out a few warriors in the army to practice martial arts with myself. But he clearly found that everyone respected him more and more, so they didn't dare to show their true skills during the martial arts competition.
When Guo Ning retreated from northern Xinjiang to Hebei, he fought and fought with the Mongols again and again and rescued stragglers. The soldiers who had been rescued looked at him with such respect. But at that time, how many people looked at him like this? Ten or a hundred?
Later, he raised troops in Xijunhe and fought all the way to Zhongdu, and then established himself in Shandong. In the blink of an eye, after a few years of war, the territory became larger and larger, and his status became higher and higher. The number of people who looked at him with this look and treated him with this respectful attitude became more and more, and soon there were thousands. , tens of thousands.
Now Guo Ning casually walks around the military camp and is respected and flattered by people everywhere, ten times more than before. He's starting to get used to it, but it's really hard to get used to it.
The respect and admiration of so many people made him uncontrollably develop a strong ambition, as if he had turned into a giant with the sky above his head, able to overlook the world and fiddle with the fate of hundreds of millions of people. But he also knew clearly that he was just a pawn who was lucky enough to escape on the battlefield. With a big dream and some good luck, his destiny suddenly changed.
Changing the fate of one person still depends on luck; will it be so smooth to change the fate of hundreds of millions of people? What difficulties will there be in the future?
Thinking of this, he suddenly remembered two sentences: "It's like walking on thin ice when facing an abyss."
