Yu Youding walked quickly to the door of Shen Shixing's check-in room, and then he stopped. He calmed down for a moment, straightened his clothes, then knocked on the door gently and said, "Is Cikui here?"
Shen Shixing's voice came from the room on duty: "Brother Bingzhong is here? Please come in quickly."
Yu Youding then smiled and pushed open the door. Over there, Shen Shixing had already stood up from the Taishi chair behind the desk and was coming to greet Yu Youding.
Seeing that it was Yu Youding, Shen Shixing hurriedly said: "Brother Bingzhong, you are not in good health, why do you work so hard? If you have something to tell me, send someone to let me know. I went to see you myself. Why did you come here in person? ?”
Yu Youding smiled and said: "The cabinet is not a big place. It's only a few steps away. Why not take a walk? Rumo, although we are the same age and I am nine years older than you, you are in trouble now." , we still need to have the proper rules and decency.”
Shen Shixing never showed any airs in front of Yu Youding, his younger brother. After hearing his words, he just nodded in agreement, and quickly asked Yu Youding to sit down and talk.
Not only were they the same age, but they were also good friends. Therefore, after Yu Youding sat down, before Shen Shixing could ask, he directly said, "Do you know about Uncle Ning Yuan's memorial?"
"Uncle Ning Yuan?" Shen Shixing thought for a while and asked, "But about the upcoming troops to Gule Village?"
Yu Youding waved his hands quickly: "It's not that matter. A small matter like sending troops to Gule Village could have been approved by the governor. It was just Uncle Ning Yuan who went to the court to be cautious. I think there are only a few thousand people in Gule Village at most. How long can Jia have? Isn’t it possible that the imperial court will not allow him to send troops? I’m talking about his other essay, which was just sent to the cabinet from the General Affairs Department this morning, but Yuan Fu’s draft has already been issued.”
Shen Shixing didn't ask him how he knew the situation so quickly, but just blinked subconsciously and asked, "What's wrong with Uncle Ning Yuan?"
Yu Youding smiled and said: "Liaonan Gao Bingxian's new official took up his post with three things in mind. Within ten days of taking office, he locked up Li Rugui, the commander of Fuzhou Guards - his second son was the son of Ning Yuanbo's second brother Li Chengcai. "
Shen Shixing opened his eyes wide: "Seriously?"
"Seriously, seriously." Yu Youding smiled and said, "Uncle Ning Yuan came here to ask for forgiveness."
"Oh? Please forgive me..." Shen Shixing rolled his eyes: "Is he admitting defeat, or is he retreating in order to advance?"
Yu Youding smiled and said: "Anyway, he said that he would resign from the title of Earl of Ningyuan, and also ask the emperor to eliminate all the Li family's descendants."
"Haha, it's true." Shen Shixing sneered: "Li Chengliang has been too smooth in Liaodong these years. He thought that the court really felt that without him, Butcher Li, in Liaodong, they would have to eat pigs with hair on them."
Yu Youding chuckled: "After all, the Li family has 40,000 servants, which is why he dared to do this."
Shen Shixing shook his head and waved his hand: "I am not good at fighting, but I once said something in the cabinet when Gaoxin Zheng launched the opening of Hong Kong. I have understood it deeply over the years."
Gao Xinzheng naturally refers to Gao Gong rather than Gao pragmatism. Yu Youding was a little surprised when he heard this. After all, although Gao Gong is already "Wen Zhenggong" and is generally not easy to slander, for himself and Shen Shixing, if not political enemies, he is at least a "dissident". Shen Shixing actually said that he was a political opponent Do you understand what Gao Gong said?
Shen Shixing saw Yu Youding's doubts and sighed softly, saying: "I don't agree with the practical school, mainly because I think they put the cart before the horse... That's all, let's not mention these for now. Gao Xinzheng said in the past that he opened the sea , is to manage finances for the country, and to manage finances for the country is to enrich the country and strengthen its military.
At that time, he once said that the reason why the frontier army was getting weaker every year was precisely because the frontier army had insufficient pay, so that the equipment was old and the rewards were unfavorable. In this case, the governor, the commander-in-chief, etc. did not dare to suppress it vigorously and could only let it go. He neglected to train and his combat power was at a loss. If enough money is obtained, warriors will naturally emerge in large numbers and fight effectively. "
Yu Youding frowned and said: "This is the insufficiency of the human heart! If you use money to seek courage, courage will make you brave, but if the money is gone, it will be scattered, which is not enough to rely on."
Shen Shixing smiled bitterly and said: "I thought so at first, but... looking back, Qi Jiguang was very effective in training troops. Military discipline is known as the strictest, but the military pay he gave was far better than that of other armies; Li Chengliang used the entire Liaodong to support him Those 40,000 servants who served as servants, therefore had "achievements that have not been achieved by frontier commanders for two hundred years"... How should I say this? Moreover, Gao Xinzheng meant that since enough money will be given to brave men, the court will find ways to make money. yes."
Yu Youding shook his head: "I just said that there is a lack of people's support. This year, giving ten taels will make them work harder. Next year, it may be eleven taels, and the year after that, it may be twelve taels. When will it end?"
"That's why we have to give money and suppress at the same time. There must be a degree of restraint in this." Shen Shixing said, waving his hand: "Okay, okay, Brother Bingzhong, what I just said was just an introduction, not a statement. I fully agree with what he means...I want to say that Li Chengliang used his 40,000 servants as a bargaining chip, and this matter may not be as easy as he thought."
"Oh?" Yu Youding frowned and said, "Why?"
Shen Shixing sighed: "Although I don't know much about his methods, there must be only a few of them: depriving the guards of military pay, forging guard account books, reselling guard supplies, or even smuggling."
Yu Youding looked a little ugly and said: "This is a chronic disease everywhere, and Li Chengliang is one of the best."
Shen Shixing shook his head: "The leader is probably right, but I always feel that he has other means. Otherwise, why would he have more servants than anyone else? However, this is not the point of what I want to say."
"So, Rumo, what do you mean?" Yu Youding asked.
Shen Shixing tapped the armrest lightly and said slowly: "Since you can raise elite soldiers if you have money, then... How many soldiers can Gao Qiuzhen, the richest man in the world, raise?"
Yu Youding was stunned for a moment and his expression changed, but in the end he said, "But he is a civil servant."
"He is a civil servant." Shen Shixing nodded, but shook his head and said: "But he is no longer in the center, nor is he even a patrol official, nor is he the chief minister. He is a military officer, one of the nine guards. ! The governors and soldiers of Jiubian often have servants, and there are even prefects and county magistrates in various places in Jiubian. Some of those prefects and counties have servants, and the court does not restrict this. If you say that Gaoqiu really wants to give him that What will happen if the Merchant Guard Cavalry from Jinghua Trading Company is transferred to Liaodong?"
Yu Youding's expression changed again, and he asked, "How many of these cavalrymen are there in Jinghua Trading Company?"
"How do I know?" Shen Shixing spread his hands: "However, the business route of Jinghua Trading Co., Ltd. went west from Shanhaiguan to Gansu a few years ago. Later, I heard that it was looking to develop in Qinghai and Sichuan. After Gao Qiuzhen went to Guangxi , and even Yunnan and Guangxi have their people... I estimate that there must be at least ten or twenty thousand at least."
Shen Shixing originally wanted to explain the power of Jinghua Trading Company, but after he said this, Yu Youding smiled instead: "In this case, it doesn't matter. His stall is too spread out, and there are so many places. How many business routes should be opened up? A dozen or so may not be enough. Not to mention 20,000, even 40,000 of the cavalrymen of his Jinghua Trading Company have been divided into many small shares, and there is no way to extract much..."
When he said this, he thought for a while and asked: "During the last battle in Monan, he seemed to have only mobilized three thousand cavalry, right?"
Shen Shixing added: "I heard it was three thousand at first, but then it seemed that a little more was mobilized. In the end, it was about four thousand, right?"
"Look, isn't this right?" Yu Youding said: "In such an important war as the Monan War, Gao Qiuzhen went out in person, so he was in danger. If he could mobilize more servants, would he No adjustment? No adjustment, doesn’t it mean that these four thousand cavalrymen are the limit of his dispatch?”
Yu Gelao waved his hand and said: "Four thousand cavalrymen are not considered weak if they are weak, but if these four thousand cavalrymen can replace Li Chengliang's 40,000 servants and become the mainstay of Liaodong, Yu categorically does not believe it."
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