In the more than two hundred years since the founding of the Great Rebellion, there had never been a precedent for shaking hands with the enemy and making peace. Even if the Great Wall defense line was repeatedly penetrated by braids, the extremely arrogant civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were not willing to compromise easily with the Emperor Taiji.
To maintain the current state of confrontation, the so-called "Qing Dynasty" is nothing more than a military group with strong force. Once a peace treaty is reached, it means that the legitimacy of the other party's authority must be formally recognized. This is an unacceptable result for the whole country.
This is tantamount to a disguised admission that the military campaign against Hou Jin in Liaodong in the past twenty years had been a complete failure. The other party's military strength also made the Ming Dynasty surrender, and it had to seek peace to alleviate the civil war crisis in various parts of the country.
It is actually feasible to imagine mutual understanding like the fat man Yang Sichang did before. The key is that the subordinate status of both parties cannot be changed. Huang Taiji is definitely not willing to continue to surrender to the Ming Dynasty as an indigenous chief.
Even if they want to claim vassal status and pay tribute, they must be in the status of a vassal state. At the worst, they must rise to the same level as the relationship between Ming Dynasty and Kimchi. Only in this way will Emperor Taiji give up the use of force in a short period of time to teach Zha Ming how to adjust foreign relations. idea.
Otherwise, a time traveler as powerful as a certain prince would feel a headache if he came to teach the Zha Ming court once a year. The scapegoat could only sit in the Jinluan Palace and stare, then get furious and continue to kill his enemy, the Minister of War!
Inserting Wang Zaijin into Shanhaiguan was a reminder to Zu Dashou. With Lao Wangtou behind him, Zu Dashou could still feel confident. Even if the braided army besieged Jinzhou, he could still hold on for two or three years.
However, the situation in western Liaoning has long been in a passive situation across the board. If we do not achieve one or two major victories in the near future, which can kill tens of thousands of people, it will be impossible to reverse it. In the next few years, we will have to implement a passive defense strategy.
The reality is that the Ming army in western Liaoning has no fighting spirit from top to bottom, and the soldiers have no fighting spirit. They will be beaten when they leave the city, and they will be ambushed when they are rescued. The result of fighting in the field with the pigtails is the annihilation of the entire army. There is no doubt at all.
Not being able to fight in the field means that we can only defend the city. Recovering the area north of Jinzhou is a pipe dream. There are fewer and fewer strongholds, the defense line is moving further south, and the military pressure is increasing. Now even the main war faction in the court is not doing it. Such an unconventional fantasy.
Except for Dong Lin, no one is willing to take over the mess in Liaoxi. Maybe one day Emperor Taiji gets interested and will launch a massive attack on Jinzhou and Ningyuan, so the governor of Liaoxi is a job that can lose his head at any time.
Most of the courtiers are happy to see Wang Zaijin sitting in this position. Anyway, the old guy's time is short, and everyone will not be jealous. It would be better if he can hold on.
Let everyone do their best to run errands for the court, and everyone will be willing to do it for the sake of the monthly salary that has increased significantly. But if it is put on a fire and roasted, not many people will agree.
Once Huang Taiji knew that a certain prince had arranged for him a "Lao Wang next door" in Shanhaiguan, he probably wouldn't take the initiative to provoke him. As for his tricks, Lao Wangtou had already known it.
The only method that works and has accumulated a lot of experience is to continue to attack the Great Wall and bully the new governor of Jizhen, Yan Yingyuan, and bully this newbie on the battlefield.
"In view of the current precarious overall situation, I believe that it is necessary to establish a Military Aircraft Department to handle war reports from various places. We must make quick decisions to avoid delaying the war. The Military Aircraft Department is above me and below is the court meeting. In addition to this, I In addition, there are nine permanent members, composed of two cabinet members and seven ministers. The first assistant and the second assistant preside over the meeting, and the seven ministers participate in the decision-making. If there is a disagreement, either a report to the palace or a vote will be passed by a majority vote. The first assistant and the second assistant are permanent staff. Non-essential meetings of the seven ministers can handle government affairs in their respective yamen. If the general-level officials are in court, they can attend the meeting and have the right to speak and vote. This is the teaching of Emperor Taizu. The method with this palace can be used to deal with the current complex situation."
The smaller the number of people, the shorter the time to make decisions.
Bringing everything to the court meeting means having tea parties every day...
There are no bullshit censors with ulterior motives in handling military aircraft, so a certain prince will feel much better.
Originally I didn't want to cram so many people in, but after careful calculation, I really need so many people.
If money is needed to fight a war, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue must be present.
Defending the city and building fortifications required the Ministry of Works to execute orders, and the Minister of Works was indispensable.
If there are issues involving foreign affairs, the Minister of Rites will also be present.
To adjust the positions of relevant personnel, the Minister of Personnel must be notified.
Officials who abandoned the city without permission and generals who fled on the battlefield had to be detained by the Minister of Punishment.
The Minister of War is the most indispensable, and the Medical Department is also responsible for treating wounded soldiers, so he must come and listen.
If Sun Yingyuan hadn't been injured somewhere, a certain prince would have stepped in as the spokesperson of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion.
Huang Degong can exercise the right to vote on his behalf, but he will not consider adding this common man to the team for the time being, lest he be despised by a group of scholar-bureaucrats...
Besides, the Yongwei Camp is the same as the East Palace Guards. Now Huang Degong and Zhou Yuji are busy recruiting troops and practicing their troops, and they have no time to come over and have meetings every day.
If you really want to make up the numbers, you might as well bring in Yan Yingyuan, the governor of Ji Town. This guy is also a civil servant and a native of Jifu.
Not counting a certain prince, among these nine people, the first assistant, Xue Guoguan, was his prospective father-in-law, and the Minister of Rites, Feng Quan, was Xue Guoguan's follower.
Wu Zong, the second assistant, Zhang Guowei, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, Lu Zhenfei, the minister of the Ministry of Medicine, Wang Jiayan, the minister of the Ministry of War, and Du Yinxi, the minister of the Ministry of Personnel, were all promoted by a certain prince.
Li Daiwen, the Minister of Household Affairs, and Zhen Shu, the Minister of Criminal Affairs, were relatively responsible and qualified to serve as officials, so they have survived since a certain prince took charge of the country.
If there are major differences and a vote has to be held, a certain prince can only expect to get two votes stably, and at most three votes if Wu Zong is included. The rest of the votes will depend on the conscience of other people.
A certain prince was quite good at voting at court meetings, but holding court meetings was a waste of time and he had to bother his beautiful mother to go through the motions.
But one advantage of holding a court meeting is that you can get a lot of approval votes by voting, because there are still a group of dignitaries holding chicken thighs in the court meeting. Although the number is not as large as before, it is better than none at all.
Voting in the Military Aircraft Department does not have this benefit. It is all based on connections. Fortunately, the ministers who are qualified to attend the meeting are not particularly poor. If they can talk and discuss, they can pass relevant resolutions.
If it really doesn't work, discuss it at the court meeting and finally use the power of nobles to force it through. This can only be regarded as a last resort.
If the empire's cabinet is too strong, it will be detrimental to the emperor. The cabinet is too weak and cannot handle the various ministries, so a certain prince plans to form a Privy Council in the future to balance the two.
This is more conducive to his plan to shrink the imperial power. Only in this way can he make major decisions quickly and avoid issuing decrees after scolding people in court meetings as before.
The conditions for establishing the Privy Council are not yet met, because the Privy Council must include many courtiers outside the palace, many of whom are holding their breath and planning to confront a certain prince.
If this gives them the opportunity to defeat the prince, they will definitely seize it. Therefore, it is not conducive to a certain prince to tear down the court meeting. If they want to tear down the prince, they must tear it up.
The Military Aircraft Department is the result of the upward split. Although Xungui is not allowed to join, the speed of decision-making is greatly improved.
In the future, when a certain prince creates a new group of nobles, such as Zheng Zhilong, who is about to become Zhenhaibo, then the Privy Council can be established.
With the help of this group of nobles, a certain prince could completely control the Privy Council, which was equivalent to weakening the cabinet and ministries, and allowing the imperial power to be highly concentrated in his own hands.
Of course, a certain prince would not be stupid enough to split the Privy Council into the Upper and Lower Houses. Once this happened, the scumbags in the House of Commons would do everything possible to prevent the resolution passed by the House of Lords.
If there is only one Privy Council, for example, if there are fifty seats, more than ten seats belong to nobles, and more than ten seats belong to a series of ministers who are close to the prince. If the total number exceeds twenty-five, then you can get what you want. The vote is in.
If nothing unexpected happens, this will be the nerve center of the empire's ruling machine, and a certain prince will control the entire empire through the Privy Council in the future.
The Military Aircraft Department was nothing more than a compromise between the cabinet and the court. It was regarded as a transitional product to the Privy Council. It was not completely consistent with the later Qing Military Aircraft Department.
This was mainly due to the fact that a certain prince found that he had control of the cabinet but could not manage the Seventh Ministry. It was really hateful that officials from the Seventh Ministry would give him a slap in the face at court meetings.
Blindly changing officials is not conducive to the smooth operation of each yamen, so after much deliberation, a certain prince personally organized a condensed version of the small court meeting.
The main original intention was to weaken the deliberation ability of all officials in the court meeting and concentrate most of the decision-making power in the hands of nine people in the Military Aircraft Department.
If the Military Aircraft Department model is no longer in use and a certain prince activates other models, the possibility of rebuilding the Privy Council in advance cannot be ruled out.
"The Military Aircraft Department is located outside the East Palace. The first and second assistants can work here after they retire from the court. The ministers of various ministries can also work here if there is nothing to do in the yamen. If there is an emergency military situation, a military aircraft meeting can be held at any time. I wonder what you all, dear friends, think?"
In fact, it is also convenient for eating. Not only Bo Dacai, but also a group of ministers are addicted to eating. Especially the small stove provided by a certain prince when he holds a small meeting is much more delicious than the lunch after the court meeting.
For such a good thing like free food and drink, even a well-fed official will not miss it easily. Even if he has food and drink while running errands, it can be considered that his work is not in vain.
Wu Zong, the second assistant, thought for a moment, then nodded and praised: "Your Highness is wise. In this way, we can quickly make decisions on major military matters. There is no need to postpone the meeting to the next day. The time limit can be advanced by at least half a day."
It's okay to hold court meetings in normal times, even if they are held every day. Seeing that the Huguang area is about to be raging, it will be impossible to work slowly and slowly in the capital. The prince's method is very feasible.
As the prospective father-in-law of a certain prince, Xue Guoguan, the first assistant, immediately expressed his position: "There are many people participating in the court meeting. Once disagreements arise, they will argue endlessly. It is time-consuming and energy-consuming. It is far less capable and quick than the military aircraft department!"
Of course, it would be easier to have dozens of people discussing together than to have a meeting with just ten people, not to mention that there are a group of guys standing outside the hall who are watching the excitement and don't take it too seriously. If they don't fan the flames for you, it's already a high-profile event.
Subsequently, the seven ministers also agreed to such a cunning plan. After all, they had to stand up for three hours at the court meeting, and they had to get into disputes with their own opinions. For a long time, they could not get a result that satisfied everyone. This was indeed very frustrating. Something that worries people.
The most important thing is that standing up for a court meeting is definitely a physical job. For older officials, it is more comfortable to sit and have a meeting with the prince, without having to worry about someone stabbing you in the back.
Since it was Emperor Taizu Gao's will, there is no need for everyone to deliberately block it. Besides, the Ming Dynasty will be destroyed in less than five years. At this time, it is better to believe that it exists than to believe that it does not exist.
Seeing that everyone agreed with his method, Yao Ji responded with a smile: "My dear friends, I am very pleased that you are doing so well. I will propose it at the court meeting tomorrow. After it is approved, the Military Aircraft Department can be officially put into operation."
The court meeting will definitely pass this proposal, because a certain prince has already controlled the court meeting. The disadvantage of the court meeting is that it is a routine large-scale meeting with too many participants. Even those waiting outside the palace are eligible to attend the meeting.
In order to hold a court meeting, everyone must be gathered together. The speed of operation is really too slow. In a few days, people may die every second in Huguang. The meeting in Beijing will be held after they wake up. Then Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting had to wait until the moment was imminent.
The Military Aircraft Department can greatly improve the shortcomings of the court meeting. It will be trial run for a month to see the effect. If it is good, it will continue to play like this. If it is not good, it will either return to the original state or directly form the Privy Council.
Wang Jiayan, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, suddenly remembered an important matter. While the prince's expression was still kind, he asked tentatively: "Your Highness, I dare to ask for instructions. I wonder if Military Master Liu in the immortal world has ever planned to suppress rogue bandits on such a large scale. It is expected that the imperial court will When will we achieve victory?"
This is also something that other people are very concerned about. If the rogue bandits cannot be exterminated, the imperial court will not be able to mobilize troops from the south to fully respond to the invasion of Donglu, and the north will still be seriously threatened by the Donglu army.
Of course Yao Ji knew what answer the other party wanted to get, but the truth was so cruel, so he sighed and said: "It can be as short as five years, or as long as ten years. Military Master Liu said that rogue bandits have become a common phenomenon, and there are many people. In a short period of time, The King's Division is no longer able to annihilate them all. Once the rogue bandits suffer a losing streak, they will retreat to the mountains. At that time, the King's Division will have no way to attack. Therefore, I hope that all my dear friends will make long-term plans. Encircling and suppressing the rogue bandits is as important as resisting the Donglu. This is the long-term strategy of the Ming Dynasty, and it cannot be achieved overnight, let alone the idea of achieving it overnight."
Not to mention Zhang Xianzhong and the large group around him, even if it was the fifth battalion of Gezuo that rushed into the Dabie Mountains, the officers and soldiers would stare at them and find nothing to do.
Even if you know very clearly that someone is in trouble in the mountains, you won't be able to assemble enough troops to encircle and suppress them.
Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai are even more intelligent. They fight if they can beat them, and run away if they can't beat them. This has always been the routine.
So this time a certain prince specifically told his right-hand man to carry forward the spirit of a mad dog and pursue the bandits relentlessly.
Keep chasing their butts so that they don't lose the trace of their prey. Even if they are ambushed, it doesn't matter.
There are a large number of officers and soldiers participating in the battle this time, and they also carry a large number of mortars. When the time comes, the bandits will find that they cannot ambush the ambush...
A certain prince's plan is to severely damage the main force of the rogue bandits this year and annihilate most of their effective forces so that they will not be able to engage in field battles with the official army next year.
Then a net was set up to encircle them, gradually compressing the space for the bandits to move, and finally turning this group of thieves who were robbing houses into what they are now like Courier Brother Li.
From now until the end of the year, the commanders of the two major cities in the east and west can receive a monthly salary of up to 300,000 taels of silver. The reward for killing the bandit leader on the wanted list is additional.
No matter what, for the general soldiers under his command, fighting bandits is much easier than fighting gangsters. Whether they can make money depends on their own abilities.
