Zhu Youxiao immediately ordered Kong Zhenning, the Duke of Yansheng, to express his loyalty to the court shortly after Kong Wenzheng and others were executed in the Tianjin area of the capital.
Kong Zhenning, Duke of Yansheng, also learned about Kong Wenzheng's execution by Dongchang through private channels just before Zhu Youxiao's imperial edict arrived in Shandong, and then received Zhu Youxiao's imperial edict.
Therefore, even if Kong Zhenning writes the memorial immediately in accordance with the imperial edict, it will still take some time before it can be delivered to Beijing.
Therefore, Emperor Zhu Youxiao and Fang Congzhe, the emperor's trusted ministers, were not aware of Kong Zhenning's arrogant attitude at this time.
Zhu Youxiao now had to focus on military affairs.
After all, Ming Dynasty now has to face two wars at the same time.
Not only the Liaodong War has not yet been completely resolved, but also the Southwest War that has just emerged.
For this reason, Zhu Youxiao specially called all the civil and military officials around him who were good at military planning to the political hall to participate in military aircraft.
"Although She Chongming's rebellion forced the Ming Dynasty to fall into a two-front war, there is no need to be too anxious. It just shows that the old chieftain restraint system is no longer appropriate, and it will be necessary to reform it in the future, otherwise , these chieftains with local real power will still instigate the bottom barbarians to rebel whenever they have the opportunity."
"And these powerful chieftains will not cause much power after they rebel, because first of all, their level of education is not as good as that of the Han people. Their performance in war is poor discipline, and they burn, kill and rob the Han Yi people at the bottom. The main thing is looting, and secondly, we don’t have a strong ability to provide food and grass. As long as the war is frustrated, we will easily fall into trouble. Therefore, I believe that Yuan Keli can completely put down this rebellion, and these chieftains in the southwest cannot become a big trend."
Zhu Youxiao first put forward his own views on this She Chongming rebellion.
Then, Zhu Youxiao continued: "However, although we know that these southwest chieftains cannot become a big trend, we cannot ignore it, because it is related to how much people, financial and material resources the court needs to spend to put down this rebellion. The court needs There is a general plan, and we need to know how to take advantage of this opportunity to counter the rebellion in the southwest to benefit the court and make the southwest more peaceful in the future."
"What your Majesty said is that throughout the history of the chaos in the Southwest, there has been no unrest. However, the disadvantage is that countless money and food were wasted. This is because there are three difficulties in using troops in the Southwest:
1. The ethnic composition is complex. In the southwest, Han and Yi people live together. Because of different customs, conflicts often occur. Even among the Yi people, there are differences between raw and mature people. Mature people are more likely to be controlled by the court, while raw people are more likely to be instigated by local officials. , there are also conflicts with each other;
2. The terrain is complex, and many areas are easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is difficult for a large army to attack quickly, while a small group of soldiers and horses can easily be ambushed if they advance quickly, and transportation is inconvenient. Therefore, it is difficult to transport grain and grass. Many roads cannot even be used by mules and horses, so only mules and horses can be used. Use people to transport;
3. The climate is unstable, with frequent rains, frequent miasma and epidemics. Usually when troops are deployed in the southwest, fewer people die in battles on the battlefield, but more people die from epidemics;
In my opinion, if the imperial court wants to achieve peace in the southwest once and for all, it must first calm its people, be ruthless to evil officials, and treat the people at the bottom, regardless of Han or foreigners, by appeasing them to divide their power, and then isolate the rebellion. By;
Secondly, if you want to save money and food, you must spend enough money and food at the beginning to make the soldiers use their lives to wipe out the rebels in one go, thereby preventing the rebels from getting bigger and running around. In the end, you should not rush to lead troops to supervise, because the use of troops in the southwest needs to wait for the weather to be decisive. Attack, and if the court is seeking speed, regardless of the actual situation, and one person urges the troops to lead the troops to supervise the advance, it will easily backfire. "
Wang Xiangqian, who was the governor-general of Sichuan, Guizhou, and Huguang military affairs, and participated in quelling the rebellion, put forward his own opinions.
Zhu Youxiao expressed his affirmation.
Next, Zhu Youxiao asked Chen Ce and other veterans who participated in the Bozhou Rebellion to express their opinions.
Chen Ce originally thought that these veteran generals in the capital were just teaching the younger generations to lead troops, but he did not expect that His Majesty the Emperor would also allow them to participate in military affairs. This made him very excited. After all, as a veteran who has been fighting for a lifetime, who doesn’t want to be involved in military affairs? Said, said.
Therefore, Chen Ce and other veterans actively expressed their opinions.
Chen Ce was the first to speak, and directly pointed out the reason why the chieftains in the Southwest have frequently rebelled in recent years. He said that the reason why the Southwest dares to rebel now is mainly because of the many internal abuses in the imperial court. First, a large number of military households from the guards fled, and finally they became serfs of the chieftains in the Southwest. From then on, The Han people became barbarians, and many of these military households were good at smelting iron and making firearms. As a result, the military strength of the southwest chieftains increased greatly, and their ambitions also expanded. Therefore, Chen Ce believed that the imperial court should remind the army not to underestimate the combat effectiveness of these southwestern chieftains. , and probably a lot of firearms, too.
Tong Zhongkui pointed out which chieftains in Sichuan were more loyal and which chieftains were less loyal based on his experience of being in charge of the Sichuan Dusi for many years and participating in the entire Bozhou Rebellion. He also produced a list of the defense importance of various cities in Sichuan that had been researched in advance. degree.
Zhu Youxiao was very glad that he did not replace Xiong Tingbi in the post of Liaodong Economic Strategy as in the original history, and did not ruin the Liao Dynasty. This also made Chen Ce and Tong Zhongkui, veterans who were familiar with the southwest operations and had rich experience, not like the original He died on the battlefield just like history, but became his own military adviser, allowing himself, the emperor, to have a more comprehensive understanding of the situation in the southwest region.
However, Zhu Youxiao did not agree to Chen Ce and Tong Zhongkui's subsequent request to lead troops to fight in the southwest.
Because, Zhu Youxiao still hopes to use this southwest war to train a group of young generals who can lead troops, and the veteran generals are still suitable to stay in the capital to advise him on military aircraft and at the same time cultivate military talents for himself. After all, talents are There cannot be any disconnect. When a war occurs, we cannot just expect the veterans to solve it without giving the young people a chance to perform.
What's more, there will be many wars in the Ming Dynasty in the future, and many commanders will be needed to stand out.
Then, Zhu Youxiao asked Wang Xiangqian, Chen Ce and others to analyze military threats in other places, such as Donglu and Mongolia, to determine how to control the overall situation.
After agreeing on the overall military strategy of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao asked Wang Xiangqian to write all the views on the southwest war and the overall military strategy of the empire that had been agreed upon by the Political Affairs Hall in the form of an imperial edict and send them to Yuan Keli for Yuan Keli to take action. refer to.
The imperial edict only provided overall guidance for the southwest war and did not issue clear orders. Therefore, Yuan Keli still needed to think about how to command the entire southwest war and meet the requirements of the Ming Dynasty's overall military strategy.
Therefore, next, imperial edicts on military matters were issued from the Political Hall.
The Zhengshitang suddenly seemed to have become the highest military organ of the Ming Empire.
The decision-making participants in the Ming Dynasty's important military affairs have also quietly changed.
In the past, the ministers and ministers of Jiuqing Jiake and Daoguan decided on military matters in the form of court discussions, and all were civilian officials. But now it has suddenly changed to only a few officials participating. It is obviously not as censorious as before, but it is no longer just civilian officials. Veteran military attachés with rich combat experience participated.
These veterans showed great enthusiasm. Tong Zhongkui even thought that the map of the Ministry of War was not good. Based on his experience, he personally drew a topographic map of Sichuan overnight. Then when he was called to the political hall to discuss the military plan, he took it out directly and made suggestions to the emperor. and other ministers used his pictures as a reference.
In addition, the efficiency of military decision-making at the center of the empire is obviously much faster.
In the past, the court had been wrangling for a month without deciding on a strategy.
Now, in just a few days, the central government of the imperial court has agreed on overall military guidance, and has also replaced a wave of reliable officials in Henan, Shaanxi, Jiangxi, Fujian and other places in advance to make strategic preparations to prevent the war from expanding. out of hand.
Yuan Keli has not yet received the directive edict from Emperor Tianqi.
At this time, he had just received Hou Xun's head.
"Your Majesty is wise!"
After Yuan Keli received Hou Xun's head, he immediately laughed and shouted: "Send the order to raise the account!"
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