Because the prince's studies have not yet begun, Gao Pragmatic has not officially "went to work" yet. After receiving the "Prince's Curriculum" from the Hanlin Academy, he went back. This afternoon he and Wei Ximin will finalize the matter of buying and renting a shop in the capital. At the same time, there are also things such as setting up a transshipment warehouse by the Yongding River outside the city. He didn't know why it was so easy for other people to do business in time travel, but he was obviously very lucky and things were progressing smoothly, but the complexity could not be reduced.
Gao Pragmatic realizes that he has a lot of things on his hands. In fact, compared to Gao Gong, they are really child's play.
Since his recovery a year ago, Gao Gong has devoted himself to his ideals with great enthusiasm for work. Such as rectifying the civil service, rectifying finances, promoting new tax laws, innovating the method of official examination, paying attention to the opening of seaports, rectifying military affairs... In all aspects, how can the level of complexity be compared with the high and pragmatic things at hand?
Today, neither Gao Gong nor Zhang Juzheng is writing, but as allies, they still often interact with each other. For example, they discussed two important matters in the cabinet together today. The first is the cabinet report today. There is some trouble in Shuixi, Guizhou. If it is not handled properly, there may be a military disaster. Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng have just directed and acted on their own to move Liu Xian to Guizhou, but Liu Xian has not had time yet. After taking office, if war breaks out in Guizhou at this time, I'm afraid it will be a big problem.
The second is that Gao Gong wants to discuss with Zhang Juzheng how to further improve the border situation in Northern Xinjiang - in other words, to discuss the focus of military affairs in Northern Xinjiang.
Shuixi, Guizhou has always been a place where accidents often happen, and this year is no exception.
At the beginning of the year, a vendetta by local officials occurred in Shuixi: Guizhou Xuanwei envoy An Guoheng killed Anxin, the son of the late Xuanwei envoy An Waquan, which caused Anxin's brother Anzhi to retaliate and falsely accused him of treason to the governor of Guizhou.
Wang Zheng believed it to be true, so he took An Dachao as his commander and went to suppress An Guoheng. As a result, the officers and soldiers were defeated, An Dachao was dismissed, Wang Zheng returned to his hometown to listen to his instructions, and An Guoheng also defended himself with troops, creating a confrontational situation.
At this time, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng were sitting around serving tea. Gao Gong said: "In Guizhou, there are few soldiers and poor people. Originally, there were few major events. When something happened, it was necessary to calm down and make decisions before taking action. Now, the king The imperial court is quite embarrassed by what Zheng did. I know that when the news came out today, someone in the imperial court must be shouting for troops to quell the rebellion, but this matter... I think there is something fishy in it."
Zhang Juzheng nodded and said more bluntly: "What Duke Zhongxuan said is absolutely true. I think the matter of Shuixi has nothing to do with the imperial court at all. It's just civil strife among the chieftains and they want to kill each other. This kind of thing rarely happens in the southwest." Stone is used to seeing the court's well-behaved arbiters acting improperly, so he jumped off the court early to catch the sword himself. Isn't that what a goose does?"
He said bitterly: "Wang Zheng, this idiot, clearly only needs to show that the court will deal with it in accordance with the law, send people to investigate in detail, and submit orders to make a decision at the same time. However, he inexplicably believed in the words of one family and caused such a big trouble. It's really Damn it."
Gao Gong muttered: "Wang Zheng is now under house arrest. According to Governor Zhu, an investigation is ongoing. Judging from the current situation, he may have accepted bribes."
"Then he should be killed." Zhang Juzheng said angrily: "We are currently preparing for the matter in the north and are about to concentrate our efforts. And his matter is related to the stability of the southwest and the stability of the rear. How can we convince the public if we don't kill him?"
Gao Gong nodded and did not dwell on this issue. He just said: "The new governor, I mean, let Ruan Wenzhong go."
Zhang Juzheng was not interested in the arrangements of the governor of Guizhou. He nodded in approval, but added: "Before Liu Xian took office, he must tell Ruan Wenzhong not to start a war without authorization."
Gao Gong smiled: "That's natural. Moreover, even if Liu Xian arrives, it is impossible to start a war for a while. What I mean is that in the matter of Southwest, the court must be fair and upright, and never go to war if it can be avoided. Then It’s the next best thing.”
Zhang Juzheng nodded and changed the topic: "The war is still concentrated in the north... If Xuanda and Jiliao are regarded as the left and right wings of the capital, in the current situation, one wing must exert its strength to frighten the northern captives. .”
Gao Gong's heart moved and he thought to himself: Sure enough, Zhang Taiyue still cares about this matter. However, this matter is not as simple as it seems.
Since the Ming Dynasty embarked on strategic defense during the Civil War, the troubles caused by pirates from the south and the north have spread continuously. For this reason, the Ming court and the people on the border have paid a heavy price, and the long-term efforts have had little effect.
By the Jiajing Dynasty, this situation intensified. The occurrence of the "Gengwu Incident" and even the "Fenshi Disaster" in the first year of Longqing forced the court to make some adjustments and rectifications to the northern border defense.
From the late Jiajing period to the Longqing period, a number of military generals such as Yang Yiqing, Wang Qiong, Weng Wanda, Qi Jiguang, Wang Chonggu, Ma Fang, Li Chengliang, and Fang Fengshi were appointed or promoted. They made useful contributions to strengthening border defense. Tan Lun was transferred to the left minister of the Ministry of War and the right censor of Qiandu, governor of Ji, Liao and Baoding. At his suggestion, the Ming court spent two and a half years to build a hollow enemy tower in the spring of the fourth year of Longqing.
In November of the first year of Longqing, Xinyou, Xu Jie and others held a "court meeting to prevent captives". After discussion, they formed the "Thirteen Matters for Defending Captives", including the effectiveness of responsibilities, the determination of responsibilities, and clear battle and defense. Although these words were all clichés at the time. , but after the direct care of Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, some new developments emerged in border affairs.
In August of the second year of Longqing, Zhang Juzheng wrote "Six Matters", one of which was "ordering military preparations", and he also implemented it. In September of the third year of Longqing's reign, Mu Zong "gave a grand review of the soldiers at the Jingying teaching field." There were 120,000 elite soldiers participating in the parade, which was of great significance in changing the long-standing fear among soldiers that "all shed tears and dare not move forward, and the generals also looked at each other and changed their colors" when encountering battles.
This review was promoted by Zhang Juzheng. Gao Gong was not in the court at the time, but he was very satisfied with it. The grand review marked the beginning of the reversal of the imperial court's military weakness, and it gradually gained the initiative in dealing with the northern Tatar issue. In addition, Zhang Juzheng has been doing his best to implement reforms such as recruiting silver to supplement the number of troops.
In fact, it was precisely because Zhang Juzheng was no better than Licorice prime ministers such as Xu Jie and Li Chunfang that he could do things, so Gao Gongming knew that the two had begun to have some discord, but they still remained allies.
Of course, Gao Gong himself had his own considerations in these aspects. He came back at the end of the third year of Longqing. At the beginning of the fourth year of Longqing, he wrote "Discussing the Treatment of the Disease and Supervising the Ministers on the Border to Promote Military Preparation to Facilitate the Great Plan of Peace and War", and successively published "Pushing Up the Plan". "Reinforcing the right minister of the Ministry of War and distributing matters", "Discussing the emergency situation of the captives and dealing with the ministers involved", "Discussing the handling of the subordinates of the army department in order to support the border affairs", "Discussing the affairs of the border affairs department in order to consolidate the border areas", "Discussing the Military Preparedness of Various Provinces" and other books were all replied to by Emperor Longqing.
Gao Gong quickly launched the reform of the military system and the rectification of armaments, including the establishment or establishment of a series of systems such as the personnel adjustment of the Ministry of War, the reserve system for military personnel, the leave and inward relocation system for border officers, the special relocation system for military officials, and the long-term appointment law. Apply strictness, eliminate mediocre and weak generals, select the most capable, and so on. These measures greatly improved the armament situation of the Ming Dynasty.
At this time, Ming Dynasty's "internal strength" has achieved some results, so he must find an opportunity to show it off to shock An Da.
But the question is: Should we directly send troops from Xuanda to confront An Da, or should we start from Ji Liao and attack the barbarians to scare An Da?
