The emperor said that he had something for his ministers to handle. Normally, ministers should not take the initiative to ask, but Gao Pragmatic seemed not to be in the "usual" case. He nodded naturally and said: "If the emperor has something to do, just tell him, and I should do my best."
Zhu Yijun said: "During the late Emperor's reign, you were fully involved in the issue of tribute. You should know the strategy of 'making the West Huai East the East', right?"
Gao pragmatic nodded and said: "I know."
Zhu Yijun sighed slightly and said: "Xihuai, so far, is still very successful. I have settled down over the years, and you asked the court to strongly support his plan to introduce the Yellow Sect. It seems to be quite successful now." Useful, I heard that Anda has been staying in Dazhao Temple for the past two years, and all government affairs have been handed over to Zhongjin Hatun, which has made the border market more prosperous in the past few years, and my Ming Dynasty has also acquired many good horses."
Not long ago, Gao Pragmatic was still worried whether the power of the right-wing Mongolia would decline too quickly. Now that he saw what Zhu Yijun meant, he was very satisfied with the situation. He couldn't help but murmur in his heart, but he couldn't say it clearly, so he just nodded. Silent.
Zhu Yijun frowned and said, "But the Eastern system... didn't go well."
Gao pragmatically said: "Li Chengliang did a good job, right?"
"Not bad, not good either." Zhu Yijun looked a little cold and said: "You may not be clear about some things after you have been out for a year. Li Chengliang's record is there, but... at most half of it is real."
This statement surprised Gao Pragmatic, and he said in surprise: "How do you say that?"
Zhu Yijun looked at him with a half-smile, and asked: "Do you think Li Chengliang seems to be invincible? A small victory in three days, a big victory in five days?"
Gao Pragmatic chuckled: "It's a bit exaggerated, but generally speaking, it should be more wins and less losses."
"That's useless." Zhu Yijun snorted and said, "The imperial court is cooperating with him...Pragmatically, you are also a person who knows soldiers. Tell me, if we really want to be good at fighting, can Li Chengliang surpass him?" Qi Jiguang?"
Gao Jingshi frowned slightly, shook his head and said: "It's not easy to make an analogy. Li Chengliang is good at riding on horseback, and Qi Jiguang is good at fighting on foot. Their own conditions are different, and their combat targets are also very different. I'm afraid it would be biased to force an analogy."
"Hehehehe..." Zhu Yijun laughed for a while and then said: "Well, I heard that after Ma Fang became an official, you invited him to train cavalry. You should know him very well, right? Then you Tell me, when it comes to leading cavalry, can Li Chengliang be better than Ma Fang?"
This question was a bit difficult. Gao Pragmatic frowned and thought for a moment, then said: "I have met Ma Fang, who is a strong and capable warrior, but I have not seen Li Chengliang in person, so I don't know what he is like. "
"Li Chengliang..." Zhu Yijun recalled: "He is also in his fifties this year. Just from his appearance, he doesn't have much energy. He is trembling in front of me. He looks like he is afraid of saying the wrong thing. generally."
Of course Zhu Yijun had met Li Chengliang - as the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, Li Chengliang was in a critical position and of course he had to go to Beijing to report on his duties.
But Gao Pingshi laughed when he heard this and said: "It seems that Li Chengliang's acting skills are good."
Who knew that Zhu Yijun also laughed and nodded: "Haha, the hero sees the same thing. I also think he is acting. However, the fact that he is willing to act shows that he is still afraid."
He said, waving his hands indifferently: "It doesn't matter how many people talk to me without acting? It's up to you... Look, I gave you a seat, and you sat down. I tested it at that time and asked Offering a seat to Li Chengliang, he was so frightened that he couldn't even speak clearly."
Gao Pragmatic laughed. In fact, he also acted, but he knew better what Zhu Yijun wanted to see.
Zhu Yijun waved his hand again, subconsciously punched his right leg, and said: "Li Chengliang is very honest in front of me, but he may not be honest in Liaodong. If all his big and small victories are real, I guess , even if Chahar is not dead, he should be half dead, but in reality? People are still committing crimes every day. In April this year, Liaodong even had a big defeat. Have you seen this in Guangxi? Repay it? How did you say it?"
"The defeat of Liaoyang", Gao pragmatically read the Di newspaper.
In April of this year, the Black Carboniferous Division invaded Liaoyang. Ming Army Vice General Cao Yu led his troops in pursuit and pursued them to Chang'an Fort. They were ambushed. As a result, 317 people including Qian Commander Chen Peng and others were killed and 460 horses were lost. . After hearing the news, the imperial court ordered the arrest of Cao Yun, but did not accuse Li Chengliang, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong. This defeat was known as the "Defeat of Liaoyang" in history.
The Di Bao that Gao pragmatic saw was like this, relatively simple.
After hearing this, Zhu Yijun snorted three times and said: "Cao Yu, the deputy general, was recommended by Li Chengliang. He is his confidant, and Li Chengliang tacitly approved of his sending troops. However, this is not a big problem. The real problem is that this time The losses in defeat were more than just over 300 people and 400 horses.”
Gao Pragmatic frowned slightly and asked, "So how much is the actual loss?"
"I don't know." Zhu Yijun's face became even colder, and he snorted again and said, "I, the emperor, don't even know how many soldiers there are in Liaodong now. If you want to ask, I'm afraid you have to ask Li Chengliang."
Gao pragmatic frowned and said nothing, feeling a little strange in his heart: in the original history, Li Chengliang was a general that Zhu Yijun trusted quite a lot, and it might even have affected his later perception of Li Rusong. Li Chengliang seems very dissatisfied?
Zhu Yijun saw that Gao Jingshi did not say anything. He also deserved Gao Jingshi's special caution in certain matters. He rarely said anything without clear evidence, so he said: "Someone in Liaodong reported that the Liaodong army was killed or captured at that time. The number of soldiers should be more than 1,500, and the loss of horses is close to 2,000. What's more, some censors impeached Li Chengliang and said that the losses reported by Li Chengliang were probably only one-tenth of the actual losses."
Gao Pragmatic frowned and asked, "Is there any evidence?"
"No...how could it be possible?" Zhu Yijun snorted and said, "But Yan Guan said that Li Chengliang reported a 30% increase in salary this year just to make up for this big loss."
"So, how does Li Chengliang himself explain this 30% increase in wages?" Gao pragmatically asked.
"How does he explain? It has something to do with you." Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said: "He said that your Jinghua has modified the Longqing II type this year into a lance style, and the gun body has become shorter. In short, the officers and soldiers of Liaodong are quite satisfied. We must vigorously Purchase, but this gun is obviously shorter than the previous one, and the price is still 20 to 30% more expensive. In addition, if you equip more muskets, you will need to use more projectiles and gunpowder, and you need to train for a period of time, so the military pay must be increased... Go to the Ministry of War Jinghua asked, that gun is really more expensive than an infantry gun, why is that?"
Gao pragmatically said: "I have just come back and I don't know much about this matter yet, but generally speaking, it shouldn't be due to the cost of iron materials. I estimate... Jinghua may need to open a separate production line, but the amount of production And it’s not big enough to share the cost. This problem is not easy to solve, unless the court buys more of the Longqing Type II lance models, more will be cheaper, less will be more expensive, this is generally the case in business. "
"Oh...then let's ignore this for now." Zhu Yijun changed the subject and said: "The imperial court's system of making west and east was to concentrate its efforts on defeating the Yuan court on the left wing of Mongolia first. Although Li Chengliang has won more and lost less, he can Yuan Ting still seems to be alive and well, and I am very dissatisfied. I always feel that it is not that Li Chengliang cannot be beaten, but that he is unwilling to beat him too hard."
Gao pragmatic frowned and said: "Is the emperor suspicious of Li Chengliang's self-respect for raising bandits?"
Zhu Yijun looked at Gao Pragmatic and said with a half-smile: "Isn't your Jinghua Trading Company selling soap to Liaodong? I know it is handed over to the Xue family of Yangwu Marquis Mansion as an agent, but do you know that the Xue family sends the soap to Liaodong? After that, I couldn’t sell it myself and had to transfer it to Li Chengliang before it could be sold in Liaodong.”
Gao Pragmatic said in surprise: "Is there still such a thing? I haven't paid attention to the soap business for a long time... To be honest with the emperor, I only supply goods to various agents. How did they sell in the end? Don’t ask.”
Zhu Yijun chuckled and said: "Jin Yiwei told me that as long as your soap arrives in Liaodong and is passed through Li Chengliang's hands, nothing will change, but the price will be increased by three coins per piece. In addition, I also know that the Marquis of Yangwu Mansion will get it. Their profits are not as high as those of Li Chengliang."
Since the two old men of Chengguo Palace passed away one after another, Gao Pragmatic happened to be busy with work, and now he has no control over Jinyiwei - in fact, he didn't have any control before. At first, he was able to indirectly influence Jinyiwei by relying on Zhu Xixiao's advantage. Now, He completely lost contact with Jin Yiwei.
Zhu Yijun said calmly: "Not only soap, any business in Liaodong cannot be done without Li Chengliang's nod. Moreover, the original policy of the imperial court is to control the West and Huaidong, and the Mongolian right wing is allowed to trade with each other, while the Mongolian left wing Mutual trading is not allowed there, but in fact... it is really difficult for the Mongols to do business in western Liaoning, but in eastern Liaoning they can trade with the Ming Dynasty through the Jurchens."
Gao pragmatic thought for a while and said: "Through Jurchen's words... it is too far to go to Fushun in the southern city. It seems that the Mongols should go to Kaiyuan in the northern city?"
"good."
Gao pragmatic asked: "Ye He or Hada?"
"It's not clear. I think it should be Ye He, but Hada might also be involved." Zhu Yijun frowned and asked, "Do you want to teach Ye He a lesson?"
Gao Pragmatic shook his head and said: "Where the benefits lie, people follow the trend. If the Ye He tribe really helps the Mongols to smuggle, then the Mongols must have given them a lot of benefits. The imperial court must restrict the Ye He tribe from helping the Mongols to smuggle. In the end, I really want to think of other ways, relying on lessons... I think it may not work, but it may push the Yehe tribe to the side of the Mongols. The Yehe tribe is one of the four strongest in Haixi, and I don't think anything about it when I use it. Being my enemy would probably be an annoying trouble."
In fact, it is not just because of what he said that Gao Pragmatic does not advocate attacking the Yehe tribe. There is also a very key reason, which is that the conflict between the Yehenala family and the Aixinjueluo family has been around for a long time. In controlling the rise of the Jianzhou Jurchens, the Yehenala clan may be of great use.
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