After listening to Zhang Daojun's words, Yang Fan was silent for a long time, put down the tea cup and stood up.
I walked to the floor-to-ceiling windows and looked at the Dahei River and grasslands in the distance.
It was already afternoon, and the latitude here was high. The sun went down early, and the sunlight cast a golden light on the distant Daqing Mountains and the splendid Guihua City.
"A generation of imperial master, alas! Let me tell you what is good about him." Yang Fan was in a very bad mood.
Zhang Daojun understood Yang Fan, walked up behind Yang Fan, patted his shoulder and said, "People in this world are nothing more than fame and fortune. But fame comes first. If a person is greedy for fame, it is often more terrifying than greedy for money."
"Brother Yang, although you and I have no friendship, you and my Zhang family are old friends. Therefore, I specially accepted this errand to come to see you once and tell you the truth. In case you lose the Marquis and don't know who he is. Who made the stumbling block?"
Yang Fan was in a bad mood, not because the emperor didn't mention the matter of becoming a marquis. But he was completely disappointed with Ming Dynasty's officialdom. Daming always refreshes the lower limit of his knowledge again and again.
Originally, no matter how bad the Ming Dynasty was, there were still a few people who caught their eye. But I didn't expect that that brave man was also this kind of guy.
"The Duke of Zhou is afraid of the day of rumors, and Wang Mang is humble and corporal." Yang Fan could only sigh with emotion. He could not say anything except his disappointment in the Ming Dynasty's last conscience.
Zhang Daojun sneered and said: "The warlords call you a thief. Whoever defends Cao Liu is right. Who is a moral gentleman in this world? It just depends on who is better at acting, who is better at playing, and who is more beautiful. I really want to tear off the scholars. That mask, the ugliness and filth behind it, is very disgusting."
"Otherwise, every person who slaughters dogs for justice is a scholar who has a negative heart."
There is no need for a heavy hammer to play the drum, some things can be revealed at a glance. Wise people don't need to speak clearly.
Zhang Daojun was much older than Yang Fan, and he became an official earlier. In 1621, the first year of Tianqi, his father Zhang Quan died in Liaoyang, and he was promoted to Jinyiwei Yamen. Throughout Tianqi Dynasty, he was a bystander in the central struggle.
That long-famous imperial master enjoyed almost all the fame in the late Ming Dynasty. Even when the Qing Dynasty compiled the history of the Ming Dynasty, he was the only one to write a biography for him alone. His evaluation is very high and he is almost perfect.
Yang Fan understood everything Zhang Daojun said just now.
Why did Xiong Tingbi die? How did the situation in Liaodong collapse to this point? Why would they take action to plot against themselves secretly?
There are people in history who, while they were still alive, held power but also gained infamy. Such people are like Qin Hui. For the sake of benefit, I paid for the false reputation.
Some people have been acting all their lives, but when they get older they become more mature and exposed. That's called not guaranteeing the late festival. Such a person is Qian Qianyi. I'm old and no longer shameless, so you can scold me all you want.
Some people can deceive the world and gain fame and fortune while they are alive, but after their death, the world realizes that they were deceived by this old thief. Such a person is Li Chengliang, who will be famous for a lifetime but will be infamous for eternity.
Some people are not only successful while alive, but also serve as role models for hundreds of years after their death. Such a person is the Imperial Master.
In fact, if you calm down and think about it, he has done three things in his life.
The first thing was that in order to solve financial difficulties, he proposed Liaoning rates. This is the originator of the lijin tax in Chinese history. Allocate war taxes to acres of land, allowing the bottom peasants to bear the heavy military tax burden. This huge tax burden lasted from the Tianqi period to 1931.
It is recognized that Liao's salary was one of the reasons that eventually led to the collapse of Ming Dynasty. Natural disasters, man-made disasters, and border disasters alternated, and the apportionment of tens of millions of taels of silver completely crushed the backbone of farmers.
The second thing is to kill Xiong Tingbi. Xiong Tingbi represents another way to solve the Liaodong problem. Xiong Tingbi was the only minister who advocated using military means to solve the Liaodong issue. At the same time, he also has the ability to use military means to solve the Nurhaci group. At least it can stabilize the situation and prevent it from collapsing.
When he took charge of Liaodong for the first time, the military deployment he adopted was a complete defense system. It relies on solid stronghold cities such as Shenyang, Liaoyang, Kaiyuan, and Tieling, and also has a mobile cavalry system for dynamic defense.
Large-scale defense in depth, using battle as defense, and switching from battle to defense. Nurhachi was left helpless and could only lie dormant.
It's not that the Ming Dynasty's army couldn't fight, but that the subsequent military strategies were completely random. Otherwise, under the same conditions, why would Xiong Tingbi get the job done and Wang Huazhen would have messed up everything.
Xiong Tingbi was taken down because the nobles, eunuchs, and civil servants in the court were all trying to support the bandits out of the need of party struggle. Xiong Tingbi's line was the same as the wars against the northern peoples in previous dynasties. Qin Shihuang, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, and Li Shimin all fought in this way.
But the strange thing is that after Xiong Tingbi was knocked down, Ming Dynasty started to play strangely. This style of play has never been seen before or since. And this style of play was the third thing the imperial master did, which was to build the Guan Ning Jin defense line and form the Guan Ning Army.
The third thing is to build the wall. Is there any example in history where an enemy country was defeated by building a wall bit by bit? How ridiculous this must be.
They changed Xiong Tingbi's strategy of attacking from defense to defending from defense. Basically never attack again. Just focus on building the castle and push towards the north little by little.
However, Ming Dynasty's annual fiscal revenue was only 4 million taels, and the Guanningjin defense line he built with his own hands cost a total of 3 million taels in construction costs. In addition, it costs 800,000 taels to maintain the castle every year. There is also a military expenditure of five million taels a year to support Guan Ning's army.
It is not possible to have a long-lasting military force and benefit the country.
Although wars cost a lot of money, large-scale wars last only a short time. Spend ten million taels and solve the problem, that's it. What Xiong Tingbi did was normal.
And they Donglin built this 30 kilometers wide and 185 kilometers long defense line. Exchequer-breaking money is spent every year. From the Tianqi Dynasty to the fall of Chongzhen. A full twenty years. Drain all the blood from Daming.
Throughout the ages, this has not been the case.
Most of the war money will be spent on the battlefield. Who knows where the money spent on the project went. Is it better to make more money by fighting wars or by doing projects? The gentlemen of Donglin naturally understand this account.
These three things are actually one thing, which is to build the wall. Turn war into engineering. Only in this way can the benefits be maximized.
According to Xiong Tingbi's approach, if the slaves were gone, where would they go to make a fortune?
So he must be stopped! .
It's so good now, Guan Ning has sucked all the blood of Daming. The other side was smuggled through Mao Wenlong. He also earned 70 to 80 million taels of silver by massacring the Jiannu slaves and the Han people in Liaodong. It is in the best interest to maintain this status quo.
It turned out that Wang Huazhen was responsible for the entire Liaodong rout, and Wang Huazhen was directly imprisoned. He must be killed. Xiong Tingbi returned home after opening a vacancy. Tell him to get lost.
After all, he is a rare military talent. Maybe one day something goes wrong and he will have to be used.
The Chinese art of power operation requires you to play a role before you can play a role. If you are not required to play a role, you cannot play a role.
Originally, he stayed in his hometown, and it was okay if he slowly faded out of the court's sight.
But Xiong Tingbi couldn't let go of Liaodong, so he came back again.
Finally, some big shot couldn't tolerate it anymore.
