Unlike Wang Chengen who focused on buying some stocks and making some money, Chongzhen would not pay attention to this matter. Just paying attention to that is also the Queen's business.
He was thinking about how to abolish the nine general soldiers in the trilateral governor-general area after Dingyuan Bo's victory.
Chongzhen thought in his mind, looking at this situation, Zhuozi Mountain City is no longer a problem. After winning Zhuo Zishan, naturalization will be just around the corner. It seems that many things need to be prepared in advance.
"The Xuan Cabinet is here. I want to discuss with them the specific matters of the Qing army." Chongzhen said.
Watching Wang Chengen happily go to the Xuan Cabinet to meet. Chongzhen couldn't help but took out a pack of fiery red Daming Wannian brand cigarettes from the drawer, lit it with a gold-plated Zippo that Yang Fan paid tribute to, lit the cigarette, and started smoking.
He just liked the design of this cigarette box, it looked festive. Especially the sign, "The Ming Dynasty will last for ten thousand years" makes me feel angry just looking at it.
While puffing away the smoke, Chongzhen was still thinking. From the looks of it, it took two days to beat Jining. Zhuo Zishan was probably captured in one day.
Guihua City can be fought for a few days, and it probably won't be too long. Once the three cities of Guihua, Jiuyuan and Linhe are captured, the coat will be basically settled.
The coat mainly refers to the narrow farming and grassland area north of the Yellow River and south of the Yinshan Mountains.
Neitao refers to the Ordos Plateau within the shape of the Yellow River, south of the Yellow River and north of the Great Wall of Northern Shaanxi.
Xitao refers to a large triangular desert area west of the Helan Mountains in Ningxia, north of the Great Wall of the Hexi Corridor in Gansu, and south of the Altai Mountains in Xinjiang and the Gobi Altai Mountains. This place is also called Alxa Mongolia.
Once the coat is taken down, the nine general soldiers under the governors of the three sides can be mobilized immediately to cooperate with the Beijing camp to siege the Ordos department.
Once the inner sleeve is removed. Then the entire northwest region will be completely closed. Part or even most of the nine-border town can be abolished.
Chongzhen thought in his mind that it seemed that he had to plan in advance to rectify the army.
He didn't think that Yang Fan couldn't take down the last remnants of Monan Mongolia.
The destruction of Tumut, Ordos, and Alxa is only a matter of time.
As for Jin Yiwei's reminder, there are unusual movements in the Mongolian tribes in Qinghai, the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, and the northwest of the Altai Mountains. He didn't pay attention.
In his view, the Mongol Empire was already a thing of the past. The four great khanates fought to death and alive. Now, except for Yarkand in southern Xinjiang, which is considered the successor of the Chagatai Khanate, the other major khanates have been split into countless small states. The hatred between them is much higher than that of Ming Dynasty. It would be strange to be able to unite.
Wang Chengen left Qianqing Palace and headed towards Wenyuan Pavilion.
The cabinet of the Ming Dynasty was located in Wenyuan Pavilion. This was the center of administrative power in the Ming Dynasty.
There is a complex of buildings in the southeast of the Forbidden City called the Wenhua Palace Complex.
The Wenhua Hall is laid out in the shape of "work" and is divided into two small halls, the front and rear. The front hall is the Wenhua Hall, which is built on the top of a mountain with yellow glazed tiles. The back hall is called the Jingdian Hall, and its regulations are similar to those of the Wenhua Hall. The Wenhua Hall and the Main Jing Hall are connected by a corridor.
In the early Ming Dynasty, Wenhua Hall was the place where the crown prince watched government affairs. In the mid-Ming Dynasty, it was changed into a place for holding sutra banquets.
At the very back of this large courtyard, there is a wooden structure with two floors and three floors. It's called Wenyuan Pavilion and is the location of the Royal Library.
During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Juzheng, the chief minister of the cabinet, made this most inconspicuous house in the Forbidden City become a prominent place.
The cabinet working in Wenyuan Pavilion became the de facto government decision-making team of the Ming Dynasty.
Legend has it that the Forbidden City has 9999.5 rooms. This half of the house is in Wenyuan Pavilion. It's a stairwell and half a room.
Wang Chengen left after conveying the emperor's will.
There were two people on the verandah on the third floor, holding on to the railing and smoking cigarettes, watching Wang Chengen leave.
The first assistant Li Biao looked at the second assistant Qian Longxi and said: "Uncle Dingyuan is really capable in fighting. He just came out of seclusion and captured Jining in two days. During the Yuan Dynasty, the Mongols had several internal strife. Ning has never been defeated, but it is known as a fortified city."
"Why do you think His Majesty summoned us at this time?"
Qian Longxi frowned and said: "Nine times out of ten, it is a matter of the Qing army. Your Majesty wants to hide behind the scenes and let us come forward to the Qing army. However, he also wants to take this opportunity to seize Xuanda's military power. Now, Mo Mo Nan has been basically cleared. There are no Mongols outside Ji Town, Xuanfu Town, and Datong Town. Your Majesty is more anxious than us to abolish Jiubian."
Li Biao said: "Your Majesty has taken control of the Beijing camp, and he must not continue to control the border troops on the nine sides. Otherwise, according to today's temper, he may embark on the path of militarism. The Ming Dynasty is now full-screen in one breath, but it is extremely difficult. Sorry."
"We want to reorganize the army in order to save the court's expenses. But if His Majesty wants to take charge of this matter, he can only seize the best soldiers. If all nine sides are abolished, there will be a total of fifteen general soldiers. After eliminating the weak and retaining the strong, he will be transferred After arriving at Chifeng City and Fuxin City, I'm worried that His Majesty will launch an attack on Jiannu next." Qian Longxi said worriedly.
"Alas! In the entire court, your majesty is the only one who is obsessed with recovering Liaodong. Your majesty does not understand that the Ming army is not capable of fighting in the field against Jiannu. The Ming Dynasty's finances cannot provide this military expenditure. At this time, only In order to seek a country, the key is to first maintain a peaceful environment with Jiannu and concentrate on solving the internal problems of the Ming Dynasty."
In Li Biao's view, it can also be said that in the Donglin Party's view. The fundamental reason why the Ming Dynasty was in such a mess was that the civil service group was torn apart due to party strife. Various factions, no matter whether they are right or wrong on major national affairs, only the party agrees and opposes differences. It brought the country to a semi-paralysis.
If Donglin wants to change this situation, he must take back power and clean up these messy factions such as the Jin Party, the Lu Party, the Chu Party, and the Zhejiang Party. Achieve unification of government orders.
"This time, we don't want to openly oppose His Majesty. We just need to seize the leadership of the Qing army. We will work hard on the implementation. We will remove the best soldiers and leave the rest to Your Majesty. He can do whatever he likes. Him. We can also avoid conflict with His Majesty," Li Biao said.
People who are responsible for specific tasks should be assigned to them. This is the essence of Chinese power operation. These people who do specific work are more useful than those high-ranking officials.
If anything happens, it will be done in private. It won't alarm the people above at all.
No matter how rigorous the plan is, there is a lot of room for implementation and operation to operate privately.
"What should we do with these elite soldiers after they are taken away? Where should we put them?" Qian Longxi asked.
"Leave it to Yuan Chonghuan first. We don't trust it if we leave it to anyone else. He can hide wherever he has more troops. Anyway, Your Majesty also knows that Jiubian is a mess now. No one knows how many elite soldiers there really are."
