With Feng Ziying's approval, Yang Sichang also had mixed feelings in his heart.
First, I was happy to win the approval of the other party. Feng Ziying is now recognized as a knowledgeable military and civil servant in the imperial court. It is a special privilege to be known as the same as Sun Chengzong, Yuan Keli, Xiong Tingbi and others. You must know that Sun, Yuan, and Xiong are three people. Since the late Yuanxi period, Feng Ziying has been regarded as a scholar who is proficient in the art of war and can lead troops among civil servants. Feng Ziying has only been in the industry for a few years, but she has already caught up with these three people and has to be admired.
On the other hand, I thought that the other party and I had just passed the Jinshi exam six years ago. I was still in the first class, and the other party was in the second class. But now the other party has far surpassed me in terms of reputation and official rank, and it is even difficult to compare with him. Now he is even more I directly reported to my boss, and the gap felt like it was getting wider and wider.
"Ziying, designing Nurhaci is not that simple. There is a considerable difficulty." Yang Sichang shook his head and looked at Feng Ziying.
Feng Ziying nodded and chuckled, "Li Yongfang?"
Yang Sichang felt a little frustrated, but he could only nod: "Yes, Li Yongfang's existence is more harmful to Liaodong than the 30,000 Jianzhou Jurchen army!"
Yang Sichang's words convinced everyone.
As time went by, everyone in the Ministry of War felt more and more that Li Yongfang, a Han woman, had brought great harm to the Great Zhou Dynasty.
This guy has been in Liaodong for too long, and he knows all the officials and generals, military situation, city passes, mountains and rivers in the entire Liaodong Town very well. The key is that he has close friendship with many middle and lower-level military officers and officers. It is easy to win over them. And it’s hard to guard against.
"The Jianzhou Jurchens know everything about us, but we know only a little about the Jianzhou Jurchens. The intelligence collection work of the Staff Division is still seriously lagging behind in this area, and it is far from the requirements that the Ministry of War needs to meet. Not only the Jianzhou Jurchens For the Chahars, Tumuts, Nanjing, Southwest Chieftains, North Korea, Japan, Uszang, and Yarkand, the intelligence collection was superficial, which greatly restricted the Ministry of War's ability to make war arrangements. There is no room to look forward, but we can only fight with each other, and we are tired of dealing with them..."
Yang Sichang started to show off again. Feng Ziying secretly smiled bitterly. This guy was letting himself go a little bit again. Zhang Huaichang and his immediate boss Yuan Huazhonghe were still present. The previous position of Fangsi doctor was Yuan Keli who had already served as the governor of Shanxi. There were still people in the lobby. There are many colleagues from the functional department, many of whom are Yuan Keli's old subordinates, so they are criticizing in such a big way, okay?
Originally, Yang Sichang Qingyun went straight to the Staff Department to become a member, which caused a lot of criticism from the original directors of the Staff Department. Now that you have just arrived, you don't want to improve the relationship with colleagues. After all this trouble, you will be able to carry out work in the future. Bear it.
This guy's emotional intelligence is really tough.
Yuan Huazhong's face was gloomy, but he was still stable, but his colleagues in other departments couldn't bear it.
"Wen Ruo's words are wrong. It's not that the Staff Division has no arrangements for various places, but Li Yongfang's problem is not a problem of the Staff Division, but a huge hidden danger left by Li Chengliang. For this reason, both the Staff Division and the Metropolitan Procuratorate reported to the court Warnings were raised but were not acted upon..."
"Exactly, Lord Feng may not know how much funding the Staff Division has received in recent years, but Lord Zhang knows it, and Lord Sun knows even better. It is easier said than done to send foreign agents to infiltrate and establish an intelligence system, especially in the case of Jurchens and Mongols. It is easy to just talk about the development information inside. To develop and buy bribes, it cannot be achieved overnight, but the staff department can do it, but the Ministry of Accounts has to allocate funds. The annual expenditure budget made by the staff department is reported to the ministry. The ministry sent it to the household department without any discount, but what about the household ministry? We never thought about the full amount. Discounts are inevitable, but it is not a 20% discount, a 50% discount, or even a 30% discount, but Give us a discount, a discount. We reported that we needed 500,000 taels of silver, but when the allocation came, we only had 50,000 taels of silver. What do you want us to do?"
The heads of two consecutive staff departments spoke out to express their dissent, especially the second one who spoke so passionately that he almost called the national traitor in the household department.
Feng Ziying really didn't know the inside story here, but no matter what, 50,000 taels of silver was really appalling for a Ministry of War staff department to spend only 50,000 taels of silver a year on developing an intelligence network outside the territory.
According to Feng Ziying’s idea, just
The investment in establishing the Jurchen intelligence system and collecting intelligence in Jianzhou cannot be less than one hundred thousand taels of silver per year.
This is the lowest line, preferably fifteen to two hundred thousand taels.
The Chahar and Tumut Mongolian tribes cannot be less than 100,000 taels, and the Japanese and Korean families are also required to have 20,000 to 30,000 taels of silver.
Uszang and Yarkand can take a little time off, but a lot of work needs to be started early, and it is also necessary to invest tens of thousands of taels of silver every year to start laying the foundation.
In other words, if the external intelligence collection system of the Zifang Division is truly established and maintained to function normally, an investment of 500,000 taels per year is the bottom line. Considering the current difficulties of the court, the worst case scenario is to keep it at 300,000 taels. More than silver.
But maybe I can only think about it now. I didn’t listen to what the chief executive just said. It’s only 50,000 taels of silver a year. If it is spread to Liaodong, it is probably only 20,000 taels of silver at most. Now the main force of the staff is still in Nanjing. But what can twenty thousand taels of silver do?
Thinking back to the time when the Inner Khalkha people invaded and the virus was indiscriminately treated, in order to get the Inner Khalkha people to withdraw their troops and redeem the captured officers from the Beijing camp, they spent a lot of money, one or two hundred thousand taels of silver without blinking an eye. It was spread out, but such an important department as this department actually only had 50,000 taels of funds for intelligence development and collection. How could this be possible?
According to the practice of the Ministry of War, the Shangshu is in charge of all aspects, the General Affairs Department is under the direct control of the Shangshu, the left minister is in charge of the military selection department and the chariot and driving department, the right minister is in charge of the party department and the arsenal department, as well as the hall and the customs clearance.
In other words, the Minister is in charge, and the Zuo Shilang is in charge of personnel, chariots and troops, as well as the security affairs in the imperial city. Theoretically, the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies is also under the jurisdiction of the Zuo Shilang, as well as the establishment of the Shangsanqin Army and The command was also decided by the emperor and the Ministry of War, and Zuo Shilang was mainly responsible for this aspect.
The Right Assistant Minister is in charge of operations, intelligence, weapons, armor and stomach preparation, and the hard work and dirty work are all done by the Right Assistant Minister. This is why when you go on an expedition or serve as a governor, you often have to add the title of Right Assistant Minister, which means that you To do these jobs.
Feng Ziying changed from the false title of right minister of the Ministry of War to full-time right minister, which means that you have gone from doing those jobs part-time to now doing these jobs full-time.
Yang Sichang's face looked a little ugly. He didn't expect that as soon as he opened his mouth, he would be counterattacked by his colleagues. Although it was not pointed at him explicitly, the disapproval in his words was clear.
"The threat of Jianzhou Jurchens is so great that there is no need to explain. The current situation is enough to explain a lot. It is a fact that the staff's department has insufficient funds, but this is not the reason for the lack of intelligence collection on the Jurchens. Of course, the staff's department must work with the ministry to report to households The Ministry strives for sufficient funds, but when the funds are insufficient, can we consider focusing on the current enemy? Isn't it possible to temporarily squeeze out and divert other funds to ensure needs? If you insist on being rigid, the result will be passive beatings, and you will eventually pay the price. The price may be dozens or hundreds of times!"
To continue arguing like this would be to deviate from the topic.
Feng Ziying also thinks that Yang Sichang is talented, but his emotional intelligence is low, or he has not been tempered by setbacks. What is the discussion today? They are here to discuss the military affairs arrangements in Liaodong.
Now you, a member of the Communist Party of China, do not put forward opinions and countermeasures according to the issues, but talk endlessly about the company's own affairs. On the one hand, you are still arguing with your colleagues. How can you satisfy your boss and convince your colleagues with this approach?
Seeing both Zhang Huaichang and Sun Chengzong frowning, Feng Ziying could only intervene: "Wen Wei, we will discuss the funding issue of the Staff Department. Let's talk about today's theme first. Just now, Master Shangshu asked you, what suggestions do you have for the current Liaodong war situation? ?」
Only then did Yang Sichang realize that he had gone off topic. He thought for a while and then said: "We must ensure the Shenyang Central Guard, but if we want to defend the Shenyang Central Guard, the Puhe Station and the Fushun Station must be defended, and the Juniper Department must come back. This The first battle was not going to be easy, so the lower official considered whether he could concentrate his forces on the Fushun Suo and Fushun Pass sides to defeat Daishan's troops. That is to say, he would defend from the west and attack from the east, push back Daishan's troops, and let Yanlusuo and Fanhe The east flank of the station was exposed, forcing the Jianzhou Army east of the Panhe Station on the Lu Road to move eastward. They could use the line of Sanchaer Fort and Hoi'an Fort to fight a battle, and they could even go all the way east out of Fushun Pass to fight. .”
Sun Chengzong understood clearly, "Wen Ruo, what you mean is that we don't follow the rules
Nurhaci's intention is to let him fight his side, and we fight ours, letting the Juniper Department hold on, while we concentrate our main force to annihilate the Daishan Department, and even attack Fushun Pass? "
"Yes." Yang Sichang nodded vigorously, "That's what it means. Otherwise, if we open up Lilu Suo and Fanhe Suo to the north, we will only fall into his trap. He can block the line between Lilu Suo and Fanhe Suo in his free time. , and even used the forces on the east and west wings to choose fighter planes with ease to annihilate our army coming out from the north."
"Wen Ruo, to achieve your goal, the troops currently in Cao Wenzhao's hands are far from enough." Feng Ziying certainly understands that direct speech is the key.
"So we need to mobilize the Northern Front Corps to go all out for support." Yang Sichang was full of confidence.
Feng Ziying was noncommittal.
Theoretically, it seems that Yang Sichang's suggestion is feasible. Leaving Fushun Pass in the east will threaten Hetuala, the hometown of Jianzhou. Nurhachi dare not ignore it, but to achieve this goal, there are still many problems that need to be solved. First, the northern front army The second is the problem of mobilization time and route, the second is the supply problem, and the third is what if Nurhachi has the determination and does not follow his own preset route?
