According to Gao Pangshi's original itinerary plan, he planned to take a boat to Tianjin Port and land at Yingkou, and then go straight to Gaizhou to take up his post. However, after Zhu Yijun heard about it, he strongly opposed it and believed that taking a boat was not safe enough. "This spring, wind and flood disasters occurred in Jiangnan and Liaodong. If a hurricane suddenly breaks out on the sea during this trip, wouldn't it mean that I lose my arms?"
Zhu Yijun's attitude is very resolute. He is not afraid of Gao Pragmatic going to war because Gao Pragmatic has proven his ability. However, as the number one otaku in the Ming Dynasty, he only gets his knowledge of the sea from words.
In his eyes, there were countless records such as "dozens of ships were destroyed in hurricanes" when water transportation was changed to sea transportation in the past. Naturally, he still remembered it and did not dare to let Gao Pragmatic take such a dangerous path.
Since the emperor insisted, Gao Pragmatic had no choice but to obey the order, so he took the land route instead.
However, there were some visits that could not be avoided by taking the land route. For example, the governor of Jiliao, Liang Menglong, did not need to go by sea, but he had to go by land.
The governor of Jiliao was stationed very close to the capital, in Miyun. Gao Pingshi's trip would only take him about a day, so he took five hundred cavalry to Miyun first. Since the whole party was on horseback, they could arrive in half a day.
Although Miyun is the residence of the dignified Governor Ji Liao, it is only a county town. The city is not big, but it is solid to the naked eye - not only is the city high and the walls thick, it is built with large blue bricks, and the middle seams of the blue bricks are You can actually still see cement inside, which is obviously the result of reinforcement after Jinghua Cement became famous in recent years.
As the governor of Jiliao, Liang Menglong had three governors under his jurisdiction: the governor of Shuntian, the governor of Baoding, and the governor of Liaodong. His status was several levels higher than that of Gao Gong. However, as a disciple of Zhang Juzheng, he was able to be retained and promoted by Gao Gong, which was already considered a high status. Important ministers of the pragmatic school even need to call Gao Gong "favor". Of course, Gao Pragmatic's visit cannot be taken lightly.
The south gate of Miyun County was wide open, and Governor Liang Menglong of Jiliao personally led his people to greet Gao Pangshi and his party at the gate.
It was said to be a greeting. After all, he was both a senior in the examination room and a superior official, so he sat on the horse and waited for Gao Xiang to dismount and come to see him first.
"Gao Jingshi, Minister of Yuanmasi, Liaodong, is responsible for the army." Gao Jingshi's self-reported family name did not mention "Shandong Inspector" because this position was not theoretically under the jurisdiction of Liang Menglong. The Ming Dynasty often had such overlapping arrangements to prevent local If power is too concentrated, the tail will be too big to lose.
In fact, Gao Pragmatic doesn't like this kind of setting, because it may also lead to unclear powers and responsibilities. Once the officials are in charge, many things are prone to wrangling - and facts have proved that in the original history, the official administration in the late Wanli period was no longer good.
After Liang Menglong and other Gao Pragmatics raised their hands and said this, they immediately laughed, got off the horse, stepped forward to help Gao Pragmatics's arm, and laughed loudly, "Menglong Pan and Gao Longwen have been meeting for a long time. Today, we have met each other for a long time. See, if you want to talk properly, why do you need these false courtesy? Gao Longwen called me Ganjike, how old is Menglong Chi, so he asked me to call Gao Longwen to ask for truth, okay?"
Ganji is Liang Menglong's name. They call each other by the same name, which means they are friends among the same generation.
Gao Jingshi hesitated slightly and said, "Mingquan is a senior in the examination room and a pragmatic official. I'm afraid the world will say that pragmatic is arrogant."
"Hey, that's not what I said, and that's not what my generation said." Liang Menglong smiled brightly, stepped forward and said pragmatically to Gao, "In the past, Duke Zhang of Jiangling was my mentor, and Duke Gao of Xinzheng was my benefactor. We are old friends who share the same goals. In this way, Qiuzhen is not only my same generation, but also almost the same disciple... It is the most correct principle for you and me to talk about friendship between our peers, so how can I say you are arrogant?"
Gao Pingshi's heart moved, and he slightly guessed Liang Menglong's intention. He nodded with a smile and bowed slightly, "I have met my senior brother."
Liang Menglong laughed, "That's right...the weather is hot. Come on, brother, please talk to Brother Yu, the governor."
Good guy, now when you say "senior brother" and I say "senior brother", they are considered brothers in the same sect.
The governor's office is not the governor's office, but the governor's office.
In the Ming Dynasty, the word "yuan" was used to refer to some yamen. For example, when Gao Jingqing was in Guangxi, the yamen of the imperial censor was called Cha Yuan; at that time, the yamen of the governor of Jiliao was called Du Yuan; similarly, If it is the governor's yamen, it is called Fuyuan.
Probably due to the fact that Miyun is only a county seat and the city is relatively cramped, the governor's office of Governor Jiliao is not very impressive, and it is not even as impressive as the Guilin Procuratorate when Gao Jingjing was in Guangxi (the most powerful procuratorate in the province). They are set up in every government office to facilitate patrol inspections (Guilin is the provincial capital and the main residence). However, compared to the Guilin Procuratorate, the security of the Procuratorate is much tighter, with dense sentries and neat military appearance. It can be seen that Liang Menglong Although he is a civilian official, he has a good way of running the army.
Although Liang Menglong was walking half a step in front of Gao Jingshi, he kept paying attention to Gao Jingshi's every move out of the corner of his eye. When he saw him carefully looking at the guards guarding the hospital, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Although these soldiers are soldiers from the local guard station, But after three years of training by Qi Yuanjing, I finally have some appearance. However, Brother Shi is used to seeing the elite, and he is unbeatable in both 'Annan and Dingbei', so he must not be very fond of him, and Brother Yu is very ashamed."
Chen Han, who is highly pragmatic and "Annan Nan Ding Bei", was just awarded this morning. Unexpectedly, Liang Menglong had already learned the news. Thinking about it, Qi Jiguang also arranged "intelligence agents" in the capital. It seems that these frontier officials have the skills. I'm afraid there are "Beijing offices" here.
However, Gao Pragmatic did not dare to take Liang Menglong's words seriously. Although he did have the ability to "pacify the south and orient the north", he usually did not train his own troops. When it came to military training, he basically remained at the level of a master on paper. When he observed these soldiers, he also The most he can do is look at military discipline and spirit, and expect him to know at a glance how strong a person is, what weapons he is good at, and even his fighting style like Liu Wei did. That is pure dreaming.
Besides, Qi Jiguang's ability in training troops was the best in the Ming Dynasty, and there was no semicolon. How could he have confidence in questioning the pragmatism of the troops he trained? His own servants were all trained by Qi Jiguang - although Ma Fang taught cavalry, he was not responsible for military appearance and discipline. These were all Qi Jiguang's fault. After the two actual battles of "Annan and Dingbei", Gao Pragmatic felt that the effect was quite good.
Gao Pragmatic was polite in a hurry. His words were nothing more than self-effacement, and he praised Qi Jiguang by the way.
Liang Menglong had carefully studied Gao Pragmatic. If he had known that Gao Pragmatic would definitely say this, there was no surprise. He smiled and pulled him into the study to talk.
Not in the main hall of the yamen, nor in the reception hall, but directly in the study, this shows that Liang Menglong is deliberately trying to get closer to each other. Gao's pragmatic expression remains unchanged, but he understands Liang Menglong's intention in his heart.
It seems that Liang Zhijun plans to completely tie himself to Gao Dang.
Sure enough, after the two of them sat down in the study room, Liang Menglong did not try any foolish things and went straight to the topic. With a serious look on his face, he asked seriously, "Brother Shi has been appointed to Liaodong this time. Could it be that the imperial court is doing something big in Liaodong?" I wonder how Brother Yu can cooperate here?"
Well……
Gao Pragmatic was really not used to a civil servant like Liang Menglong being so straightforward. He hesitated for a moment, then coughed dryly and looked around subconsciously.
Liang Menglong waved his hand and said with a smile, "I have sent him away a long time ago. Brother Yu is the only one here. As long as Brother Yu can trust Brother Yu, it doesn't matter if you have anything to say."
The highly pragmatic Hao Ran said with a smile, "My brother is too cautious... Senior brother, the imperial court is in the north. For more than ten years, it has been focusing on 'Western Huaihua Eastern System'. Now that Western Huaihua has been achieved, the rest is naturally Eastern System." "
Liang Menglong nodded thoughtfully, but then hesitated a little, and said, "You can take advantage of his illness to kill him. Brother Yu certainly understands this. But can the current treasury of the imperial court really support successive wars? It should be noted that this year Jiangnan and Liaodong They were all severely affected by the disaster. The emperor waived tribute of almost 700,000 taels in succession. Liaodong had just fought a war before. Not only had the rewards not been paid in place, but the replenishment of various supplies also took time. Now I want to I’m afraid it won’t be easy to activate it again.”
What he said are all facts, and Gao Pragmatic is well aware of it. However, what Gao Pragmatic knows better is that apart from the fact that Liaodong will definitely be short of food due to the disaster this year, military supplies are basically sufficient.
What really makes it difficult for Liaodong to send troops is actually what Liang Menglong said just now - the rewards have not yet been distributed.
Whose reward? Li Chengliang's subordinate.
There is a well-known thing. The combat effectiveness of Li Chengliang's troops is directly linked to the rewards. In this year's battle of Monan, Li Chengliang also contributed a lot. Killing a leader of a large Mongolian tribe is no joke, so the reward is The problem becomes more serious.
In fact, including Qi Jiguang's troops, the Ming army was looking forward to rewards. After all, the usual military pay was very shabby, but Li Chengliang's troops only magnified this to the extreme.
It can be said that the characteristic of Li Chengliang's tribe is that as long as the money is in place, he dares to go to the Nine Heavens to kill the Jade Emperor, and can go to the underworld to kill Yama.
But the trouble now is that money... is a little hard to come by.
During the previous cabinet discussions, Gao Pragmatic almost had a problem because he spent too much on this battle. Now if Gao Pragmatic arrives in Liaodong and inexplicably starts a war, I'm afraid not only will the cabinet start another war of words, but even This war of words is very likely to spread to the entire government and opposition parties.
At Liang Menglong's level, of course he has some idea of how much money the imperial court has left. Even if it is not accurate, he can still know roughly.
The imperial treasury did have a surplus in the past few years. However, firstly, Zhu Yijun continued to reduce taxes (agricultural taxes) in order to highlight benevolent governance. Secondly, the expenditure on various border defense construction and renovations was also increasing. Thirdly, this time The battle in Monan is expected to cost millions of taels, far exceeding the pre-war estimate. Before the war, they only knew that Gao Pragmatic would not mobilize many domestic troops, and the war might not last long, so according to the usual In terms of expenditure level, it is only about 200,000 taels, which is more than 300,000 taels.
Suddenly there was a big hole of 700,000 taels, and it was really unlikely that the imperial court could support another fight with the Tumen.
Moreover, it is unrealistic to expect the emperor to pay from the internal funds. King Lu will be getting married next year. This is the emperor’s only biological brother. Even if it is just for show, he will definitely do it with great splendor. Where will there be money to use to fight the war in Liaodong? go?
If you can make up for the rewards that Li Chengliang should receive, it will be Amitabha.
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