The ten years of Wanli may not be too different for the ordinary people of the Ming Dynasty, but for the people of the capital, the perception is particularly different.
What is the difference? Good news comes every year, especially this year.
First, the Annan Recapture War that took place last year was vigorously publicized by the imperial court at the beginning of this year. At that time, Gao Shidu, known as the elder of the small cabinet, became the inspector of Guangxi after winning six yuan in a row. Soon there was an unstoppable war in Guangxi. The battle of "Partial Forces to Determine Annan" swept away the embarrassment of being forced to withdraw from Annan during the Xuanmiao period, and once again planted the flag of the Ming Dynasty all over the south of the world, correcting the righteousness and eradicating the evil, continuing to survive and perish, displaying the power of the Celestial Dynasty, and shining the benevolence of the Celestial Dynasty. , the people in the capital cheered and the theory of "Longwan Zhongxing" gradually emerged.
Not long after, the "Northern Captive" Anda Khan, who had troubled the Ming Dynasty for decades and made countless people in northern Xinjiang sleepless at night, passed away. Originally, the people of the Ming Dynasty thought this was a good thing, but unexpectedly, the Monan War broke out to compete for Tumut's dominance.
Tumen and Xin Ai, these two people are like devils in the eyes of the people of Ming Dynasty. If they join forces, can Ming Dynasty win? The people in the capital and border areas were all on tenterhooks, and some even began to secretly collect their wealth, ready to flee at any time.
However, what is both surprising and exciting is that under the unified command of Gao Shizhong, the imperial envoy of King Shunyi, all the towns on the nine sides of the imperial court not only did not let the "two devils" take advantage of them, but they also received good news frequently. Suddenly, Xin Ai succeeded in a surprise attack , killing Su Bahai, Dong Fox, and recovering Daning City... Then the most shocking news came: the Ming and Mongolian coalition forces defeated the Tumen and Xin Ai coalition forces, killing tens of thousands of enemies and capturing countless Calculate!
The people in the capital were like fire falling from the sky and falling into the sea of oil. They were overjoyed for a moment and took to the streets all over the city. They spontaneously set off fireworks and firecrackers to celebrate that the haze above their heads for generations had been dispelled! Celebrate the incomparable power of God! Celebrate Longwan ZTE!
After the ensuing ceremony of welcoming the emperor in the suburbs and paying homage to the Ancestral Temple, the unparalleled Gao Pragmatic returned triumphantly. The only six champions of the Ming Dynasty, he became a world-famous hero who everyone in the capital paid tribute to after dinner. All kinds of reputations such as all-round talent and heaven-favored hero were placed on his head.
But what ordinary people couldn't understand was that such a talented person was actually sent to a bitter and cold place like Liaodong to serve as a mere soldier.
Doubts and speculations abound.
However, Gao Longwen did not disappoint them. In just the past two months, he was in the "bitter and cold land" of Liaodong and sent back good news again. This time, he used the poor and weak land of southern Liaoning to defeat the Tumen and Huahua coalition forces. The two Mongolian coalition forces drowned and were killed, with more than 10,000 people, and the number of heads finally counted was more than 5,000! [Note: A small number of them were salvaged from the river and can still be identified clearly. ]
As officials from the Practical School frequently leaked rumors, the people in the capital slowly learned more about the inside story:
The Southern Liaoning Guard was in decay and there were very few available troops. Qin Deyi, the deputy general guarding Liaoyang, was ordered to send reinforcements to the south, but they were delayed for a long time and stalled. Zhou Yong, the governor of Liaodong, issued four transfer orders in succession to the Liaodong general soldiers and Ningyuan who were stationed in Gule Village. However, Bo Li Chengliang always said that the battle of Gule Village would be over soon and refused to immediately withdraw his troops and return reinforcements...
In other words, Gao Bingxian only relied on the thousands of servants under his generals to win such a war!
The generals of Liaodong, headed by Li Chengliang, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, suddenly faced a huge political crisis. The peak of this crisis was the sudden appearance of nursery rhymes in the capital, one of which was the most heart-wrenching: "Six Number One Scholars Shi Xiaoji" , it will be more than ten years of success in suppressing Liao."
The Xinxue school officials who had just secretly reached an alliance with Li Chengliang were nervous for a while.
It was originally thought that Liaodong was the weakest link among the nine sides of the Real School, and Li Chengliang was the most indispensable figure in Liaodong. Together with Li Chengliang, they broke the "Nine Sides in One" formation of the Real School, and in the court The most critical place in the future is controlled by the military power (this does not include the Beijing camp, because the Beijing camp does not dare to intervene). In the future, the military power can be gradually taken away by relying on the national policy of "Eastern control".
However, who would have expected that Gao Pragmatic could only control a small area in southern Liaoning, and the number of troops in his hands was only over 40,000 even "according to the book". In fact, it is hard to say whether there were 30,000, but he single-handedly defeated Tumen and Chaohua. The coalition forces even went so far as to arrest Chaohua himself!
This... this play can't go on anymore!
Even Yu Youding, an old minister of the cabinet, was so angry that he smashed his beloved Fang Duan inkstone in his study and cursed Li Chengliang for his incompetence in doing things, "The failure to advance or retreat has made Zhuzi famous!"
Wait a minute, "Shu Zi" doesn't seem to have become famous just today!
Shen Shixing and Shen Cifu were always experienced and calm, but this time he was sighing and frowning. He even asked for leave for two consecutive days and was not on duty. He said he was weak and angry, and he was dizzy.
Fortunately, only two days later, Liaodong sent another good news, which could be regarded as giving the big guys of the Xin School a resurrecting pill: Liaodong's chief military officer Ning Yuanbo and Li Chengliang destroyed Gule Village, captured and killed more than 3,000 people, and built Zhou Youwei, who had been suffering from a chronic disease for many years, was basically eradicated this time.
In the Ming Dynasty, the heads of the Jurchens were certainly not as valuable as the heads of the Mongols, and the three thousand mobs were not as valuable as the "more than ten thousand" Mongolian elites. But this victory at least gave the leaders of the Xin School the confidence to speak for Li Chengliang - although Li Chengliang He did not immediately go south to support Gao Pragmatic, but at least he did not lie. Judging from the time it took to conquer Gule Village, when he replied to Zhou Yong, Gule Village was indeed about to be defeated.
This truth finally makes sense: no one wants to let the cooked duck fly away!
What's more, Li Chengliang swore in his memorial that he did so because he was convinced that "with high military and natural talents, it will be easy to defeat the enemy, let alone defend the territory."
This is of course shameless. After all, "I didn't come to save you because I thought you were so powerful that it would be easy to defeat the enemy, let alone defend the area." This kind of statement itself means shirking responsibility. , and upon closer inspection, there is also a sense of self-admittance in it, and no one is willing to say it unless it is absolutely necessary.
Li Chengliang himself is a frontier commander with great achievements in battle. How could he use such a tone and say such words if it was not an emergency?
Fortunately, he is a border commander, a military commander. The military commander admits that he is not as good as the civilian border ministers, so it is not that difficult to say.
Regardless of how much there is to complain about, Shen Shixing, Yu Youding and other officials could not care less at this time. They could only hold their noses and admit it first. Not only did they want to prove that Li Chengliang did not deliberately refuse to support the South, but they also had to prove it. This time he was able to put an end to the source of chaos in Jianzhou Right Guards.
Otherwise, the rapid rise of high pragmatism cannot be curbed.
----------
Thanks to book friend "fengjiyue" for the tip, thank you!
Thanks to book friends "The Old West of Altay", "Myzen0915" and "Mysterious Pineapple" for their monthly support, thank you!
I went back to my hometown today and was stuck in a highway traffic jam. I will try my best to write the next chapter. If I don’t have enough time, I will write a chapter on anti-theft first and update it to the official one around 1 o’clock... Of course, I will try my best to update it without anti-theft before 12 o’clock.
