To say that Zhu Yijun was afraid of Mongolia would be an injustice to him. He was not afraid of the Mongols at all.
Mongolia is currently in a divided situation. On Tumut's side, even if they just keep calm, they should probably be able to continue the current situation. As for Chahar, just based on the unsuccessful "joint attack on Ningqian" in Tumen last year, he knew that the opponent could not pose much of a threat to Ming Dynasty.
However, all this refers to the fact that the Ming Dynasty stayed within the Great Wall without taking the initiative to attack. Relying on the reputation of Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang, it could completely frighten Chahar and the surrounding Mongolian tribes; It is completely possible to win over Tumut and the surrounding Mongolian tribes with benefits.
But that's all. He lacks confidence in sending troops out to fight the Mongols on the prairie.
Although the Civil Engineering Incident happened so many years ago, the harm caused by that incident still affects the Ming Dynasty. And is the current Ming Dynasty really comparable to the early Yingzong in terms of military strength and national strength? I'm afraid it's a little hard to say.
Not to mention anything else, the Beijing camp back then could pull out more than 200,000 elite troops to go to the north of the Great Wall at once. The current Beijing camp... I still remember that during the Jiajing period, the Beijing camp was ordered to prepare for the expedition, and the entire Yanjing city burst into tears.
Of course, it is probably difficult to "cry together" now, because the Beijing camp can send out very few soldiers to fight. This can be seen by looking at last year's parade. The Beijing camp was selected many times, and the final number of troops submitted was only 10,000. Multiple people.
Although in Zhu Yijun's impression, the performance of these more than 10,000 people was good, he was not stupid. He could clearly see that Gao Pragmatic looked at this group of Beijing elites as if he was sizing them up. Sheep are expressionless at all.
If they were truly elite, they would certainly not have this pragmatic attitude.
Zhu Yijun knew that he did not understand military affairs, but Gao Jingshi's record made him feel that Gao Jingshi did understand military affairs - the battle of Annan was fought just like Zhang Fu's, he completely swept away thousands of troops like a rolling mat! This person naturally understands military affairs, there is no doubt about it.
Therefore, since Gao Pragmatic is not optimistic about Jingying, Zhu Yijun naturally does not have much confidence. In this regard, he was greatly influenced by his father Huang Longqing - it doesn't matter if I don't understand it myself, as long as I trust the ministers around me.
Of course Gao Pragmatic is not an assistant minister, but in Zhu Yijun's mind, he is an assistant minister. He has been trained as an assistant minister since his father's time.
Of course, maybe the Beijing camp doesn't need to be dispatched at all, maybe the border troops can handle it. Now, stretching from east to west in the north of the capital, there are Li Chengliang of Liaodong, Qi Jiguang of Jizhen, Ma Jin of Xuanfu, and Guo Hu of Shanxi, all of whom are not easy to mess with. Even the youngest Ma Jin has been in the army for more than 20 years. Not only has he experienced hundreds of battles, but probably dozens of battles are indispensable.
As for the military generals of the Ming Dynasty who can be "in office", in terms of record, they will definitely win more and lose less, because those who have more defeats have long been dismissed by the civil servants - you are generals, not nobles, you can only fight so much. Yes, if we still can't fight the war, will we feed you?
However, if you interfere in Tumut's affairs, you will not only defend it, but you may also have to go outside the wall.
This is not easy to handle. Although Daming has bought a much larger number of horses since he started doing business with An Da, An Da is not stupid either. He mainly sells geldings, and he will not act stupidly. They were sold to the Ming Dynasty's fine stallions, and the fine stallions were all bought secretly by Jinghua.
Besides, Daming couldn't raise too many after he bought them. First, there wasn't enough pasture, and second, he couldn't afford to raise them. These two things are complementary to each other, because the pasture is not enough, so it cannot be raised. Insufficient pasture means buying fodder and concentrate. The cost of raising 10,000 cavalry is almost more than that of 50,000 infantry.
Therefore, the current cavalry of the Ming Dynasty does not exceed 60,000 in the whole country. Among them, the number of truly capable cavalry is estimated to exceed 40,000.
What's worse is that Li Chengliang's side accounts for more than half of the 40,000 cavalry. In fact, in the early years before Ma Fang became an official, the number of cavalry in the three towns in Shanxi was no less than that in Liaodong. However, after the declaration of peace, the number of cavalry in the three towns in Shanxi was reduced in the past ten years.
So, use infantry to go out? Stop dreaming. If nothing else, just a food supply problem can kill people.
This is why Zhu Yijun thinks that the high-pragmatic plan is better, because according to the high-pragmatic plan, it is equivalent to the Ming Dynasty secretly controlling the top leaders of Tumut. By then, even if the Ming Dynasty sends infantry to Mongolia, at least the food and grass problem will be easier to solve - Tumut In recent years, due to Chineseization, they have also begun to grow food. Although it is not enough to feed themselves, they do not live on rice and wheat after all. Once necessary, these rice and wheat can be temporarily eaten by the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. Emergency headquarters.
Zhu Yijun thought about it and felt that there were too many uncertainties in this matter, so he hesitated and said: "Xiao Daheng had a filial piety before, but he had never done anything important. I am really worried about letting him handle this matter. "
Xiao Daheng is the current governor of Xuanfu and the closest official to Tumut. He was a Jinshi in the 41st year of Jiajing reign. He was first appointed magistrate of Yuci County, and later moved to become a doctor in the household department. He read a letter from his mother and asked to be adopted. Before arriving home, I heard that my mother had died of illness. After the mourning, he resumed his official duties and served successively as chief envoy and inspector. In the eighth year of Wanli, he was appointed governor of Ningxia, and in the ninth year of Wanli, he was appointed governor of Xuanfu.
As Zhu Yijun said, this person has a reputation of filial piety, but he has not experienced any major events, and it is not easy to determine his ability to do things.
Gao pragmatic asked: "How about Zheng Luo, the governor of Xuanda?"
Zhu Yijun sighed and said, "What's the difference between him and Daheng Xiao?"
Zheng Luo, courtesy name Yuxiu and nickname Fanxi. Gao Pragmatic, a native of Suicheng, Ansu County, Baoding Prefecture, returned to Xinzheng to take the exam. When he passed through Ansu County, he stayed in his villa. He was assassinated that time...
Zheng Luo was a Jinshi in the 35th year of Jiajing. In addition to being awarded the title of Dengzhou, he reviewed the case of gathering a crowd to steal minerals, corrected the original verdict, and released more than a hundred innocent people; he also investigated and corrected the robbery case of Sun Hua, making the injustice known and the real culprit revealed. He was captured and won the hearts of the people, so he was appointed as the censor by Jiajing imperial edict to take charge of inspections.
In the 41st year of Jiajing reign, Zheng Luo was ordered to investigate the corruption case of Yan Maoqing and others. Yan Song was found to be the culprit. However, Jiajing ordered Yan Maoqing to be executed. Zheng Luo, fearing that the court would ignore the important matter and take the easy way out, violated the order and changed Yan Maoqing's death sentence to dismissal from his post as a border guard. This shocked the whole court. Both civil and military officials obeyed.
In the forty-third year of Jiajing's reign, he served as the supervisor of the Sichuan Provincial Examination in the capacity of patrolling Sichuan and supervising the censor. In the second year of Wanli, he was transferred to the position of Yushi of Youqiandu and Youshilang of the Ministry of War. In the seventh year of Wanli, he was appointed governor of Xuanda.
This person is actually a bit stronger than Tycoon Xiao. At least he had impressive deeds back then. Although it has nothing to do with military affairs, it is related to government affairs. At least it can be seen that this person is more responsible.
Of course, the more important point is that he was used by Wang Chonggu and belonged to the same faction as Gao Pragmatic.
But now the emperor feels that he may not be able to preside over such a big thing, so it will be difficult to handle.
Gao pragmatic thought for a while, but he didn't have any good ideas. The key is that this matter must be handled by someone who is good at making decisions on the fly, and he must have full authority.
Zhu Yijun suddenly said: "How about you go?"
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