It seems that Shen Yuanfu's words "won my heart", as evidenced by Zhu Yijun's nodding.
However, Gao Pragmatic suddenly became confused and quietly took a look at Shen Shixing. It's a pity that Shen Shixing is also a veteran actor for many years. His expression is calm, but there seems to be some worry between his eyebrows, as if he is worried about the situation in the northwest.
snort.
Gao Pingshi snorted in his heart. He didn't believe that Shen Shixing's words were just to flatter someone Gao, but it seemed that he couldn't observe anything from his expression for the time being, so he could only analyze it himself.
Shen Shixing did not want to get involved in the affairs of the northwest, which was completely understandable by Gao Pragmatic. After all, that was the sphere of influence of the Real School, and the matter was in the hands of Gao Guangxian. As long as this mess is still there one day, it belongs to the Real School. Responsibility, Shen Yuanfu has nothing to do with this mess, so what does he have to worry about?
Even if he wants to take the credit, this is not the time to do it. Unless he is willing to transfer all the 40,000 members of the Li family in Tieling to the northwest as the main backbone and let Li Rusong forcibly regain the northwest, otherwise the Xin School will not be able to take the credit. However, the Li family in Tieling seems to have defected to the Xin School, but in fact due to the situation, the Li family's status is quite special. It is unlikely that Shen Shixing will force Li Chengliang to sacrifice his wealth to help him get chestnuts from the fire.
Would Li Chengliang himself be willing to go to the northwest? impossible. Would you be willing to lose 40,000 housekeeping capital to the northwest? Not possible either.
When the Kuaibai Rebellion occurred in history, the situation in the northwest was much simpler than it is now, but Li Chengliang refused to go despite all obstacles. Only Li Rusong, a young marshal of the Li family who did not have enough military exploits, accepted the imperial edict without saying a word. He took his five thousand servants with him and went to quell the rebellion.
Li Chengliang is Li Chengliang, and Li Rusong is Li Rusong. The difference in habits between father and son is really big. Li Rusong is ten times more upright than his father.
It's just that in the current situation in the northwest, although Li Rusong's five thousand servants are strong, they are definitely not enough. There is no need for Shen Shixing to cause him to waste his strength in vain.
But even so, it seems that Shen Shixing shouldn't have said what he just said, because if it didn't include the sentence "It's just that Gao Jinglue has other important matters and is too busy to go to Ningxia," it would be equivalent to It is recommended that Gao Pragmatic take command and go to the northwest.
This is very abnormal.
Although the current situation in Ningxia is bad, not only is the town of Ningxia lost to only Pinglu City, but also there are brothers Huo Luochi and Zhuli Tu in the west, and Mongolian Jinong Boshu Ketu in the east. Even a child can see that these three forces must be secretly united, and it will not be easy for the court to pacify the northwest.
But this is not easy and it depends on who it is. If Gao Pragmatic takes charge personally, with his prestige in Jiubian and his special status within the Shi School, he can firmly control the power of the imperial court in the northwest. His success The chance of counterinsurgency is much greater than that of others.
From Gao Pragmatic's point of view, Shen Shixing definitely didn't want to see the Practical School calm down this chaos easily, so he had no reason to recommend him to take command of the three sides. So what he just said cannot be explained.
"Seeking truth?" Zhu Yijun suddenly called him.
"Huh?" Gao Pingshi came to his senses and said, "I'm here."
Zhu Yijun just thought he was thinking about the situation in Ningxia and didn't think much about it. He just asked: "What Mr. Shen just said makes sense. In fact, you are the best person to deal with the chaos in the northwest. But as Mr. Shen said, you have another choice now." I have important things to do, but I don’t know how to deal with them... Well, I want to ask you, if you are asked to pacify the northwest, will Tumen still be able to control it?"
Gao pragmatic frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and said cautiously: "It's hard to say."
He paused for a moment and explained: "To a certain extent, it can be said that Burihatu's plan has succeeded in causing such a big disturbance in the northwest. At this moment, if I are not on the front line of Jiliao, there will be no guarantee that Tumen will not take advantage of the opportunity.”
Zhu Yijun frowned and said, "What if King Shunyi doesn't move? Will Tumen still march westward?"
"Maybe not." Gao Pingshi knew Zhu Yijun's thoughts and sighed: "A few years have passed, and I don't know if Tuotuo is still as capable as he was in previous years? Your Majesty, the strength of Tumote's troops Although strong, some famous generals seem to have withered in recent years. Tuotuo is getting older year by year, and he is seriously ill and is about to die. Although King Shunyi himself was trained in the Battle of Monan, he has never personally commanded a large-scale battle... Minister I am worried that Tumen, with the help of Burihatu, may have some clever plan to defeat Tumote, and this is something that I, the Ming Dynasty, will never accept."
Zhu Yijun was very troubled when he heard this, and sighed: "But it would be annoying to restrict you here and not be able to move."
When he said this, Gao Pragmatic couldn't help but said: "I am sitting on the front line of Jiliao. My role is to control the scale of the war, lay a solid foundation for the Ming Dynasty to open the vassal ban, and delay time. Now that the chaos in the northwest has begun, to some extent It disrupted our plan. For the present plan, the northwest must not only be pacified, but also must be quickly..."
"That's why I thought of letting you go." Zhu Yijun said helplessly: "You may not be the only one who can pacify the northwest, but when it comes to hurrying up, I don't think anyone has more hope than you."
This is a real dilemma.
Zhu Yijun now felt that in comparison, Wei Xuezeng was really a good choice second only to Gao Pragmatic. At least his prestige in the Practical School was high enough to be able to control the situation in the northwest.
But at this moment, Shen Shixing spoke abruptly: "If your Majesty wants to hurry up, I think Gao Jinglue might actually be able to do something about this matter."
Zhu Yijun was stunned and asked: "What do you mean by Mr. Shen's words?"
Shen Shixing said: "Wei Xuezeng was far away in Nanjing. From the time when the order to transfer the governor of the three sides was issued to when he rushed to Guyuan to take office, he could not stop for a month. During this period, the governors of the three sides were still vacant. This was very important for the northwest. The pacification of the chaos will have a great impact. In this case, why not let Gao Jinglue temporarily take charge of the military affairs of the three sides?
Your Majesty, judging from the current situation, it may be difficult for the three sides of Shaanxi to quell the chaos quickly by relying solely on their own strength. If the imperial court wants to send reinforcements, it can only call them from the nearby Xuanda Third Town for the time being. Gao Jinglue was in charge of seven towns, and the third town of Xuanda was also under his management. It was also his responsibility to mobilize reinforcements. Therefore, I thought that I might as well use Gao Jingluo to supervise the reinforcements and take charge of the northwest military affairs before Wei Xuezeng took office to see if he could quell the rebellion quickly... Even if he couldn't, it would certainly be able to lay a more solid foundation for Wei Xuezeng to fight the rebellion. "
This proposal was quite creative, and Zhu Yijun was really moved, but when he thought about Tumen's side, he still hesitated, and asked: "What if Tumen's side is moved..."
Shen Shixing said: "From a time perspective, I'm afraid Tumen won't be able to move within a month, because Burihatu can't go directly through the Tumote territory back to Chahanhot. He has to take a detour to Mobei, which will make the journey longer. He was delayed. And even if he rushes back to Chahanhot a month later, it will still take some time to prepare to send troops. If Gao Jinglue is like the Monan War, the northwest may not have been pacified by this time."
Gao Pingshi cursed in his heart: You really think highly of me! Although the battle in Monan was fought very quickly, it was because of preparations in advance, and the battlefield was actually relatively close. However, the battle in Ningxia was twice as far away, so how could it be fought so fast?
But thinking about it, Shen Shixing's words are not completely unreasonable. At least Wei Xuezeng couldn't have gone from Nanjing to Guyuan to take office so quickly. This period of time cannot be wasted for no reason, giving Kuai Bai a chance to stabilize Ningxia. Thinking about it this way, Gao Pragmatic couldn't shirk it again.
When Zhu Yijun saw Gao Jingshi and said nothing, he became more interested and said thoughtfully: "Mr. Shen is an old man who seeks the country, and his words are very reasonable. Jingjing, how about you take this opportunity to lead Shanxi reinforcements to Ningxia?"
Gao Pingshi looked troubled and frowned: "If it's only for more than a month, you can go, but this time may not be enough to reach the northwest."
Zhu Yijun waved his hand: "It doesn't matter, you can go if you want. I expect that Huo Luochi and others may be timid when they hear that you are going in person. Even if there is indeed insufficient time, they can still give Wei Xuezeng as Mr. Shen said By laying a good foundation, at least the situation around Ningxia will not continue to rot."
The emperor had said so. Of course, Gao Pragmatic couldn't push back any further, so he had no choice but to nod and say: "In that case, I am willing to go to Ningxia."
Zhu Yijun was overjoyed and said with a smile: "Okay, then the matter is settled. Tomorrow there will be an imperial edict ordering you to supervise the reinforcements and control the military affairs in the northwest until Wei Xuezeng takes office. Well... you are going to Ningxia, do you have any other requirements? No?"
Gao pragmatic thought for a while and said: "I need to mobilize the full power of the troops in the third town of Xuanda."
Zhu Yijun was startled at first, then smiled and said: "You are the manager of the Seven Towns. You already have the full power in your hands. Why do you need to ask me for it again?"
What is this nonsense? My seven-town manager is just in name only. You see, apart from asking them to submit reports, I only ordered them to do a big exercise. The purpose is just to shock the people and do a "understanding investigation" by the way. When will I really dare to Are these 850,000 troops mobilized indiscriminately?
But since the emperor said so, Gao Pragmatic didn't say much. He just nodded and said: "In that case, I have no other requests."
Zhu Yijun suddenly smiled: "Is it really gone?"
Gao Pragmatic was startled: "Your Majesty's words...I don't quite understand."
Zhu Yijun laughed: "You send troops for free? Or are you planning to empty Shanxi's treasury?"
Not to mention, Gao Pragmatic originally planned to move the local treasury, but after Zhu Yijun asked, he couldn't say anything. He could only smile and said: "Of course the money has to be spent."
Zhu Yijun then said: "I can give you 200,000 taels of internal funds first. As for military rations and so on, you can go through the treasury yourself. It doesn't matter if it's from Shanxi or Shaanxi. You can take care of it yourself."
This power is not small. Gao Pragmatic quickly thanked him and said, "I just remembered something. Zhang Weizhong, the chief military officer of Ningxia, committed suicide and died for his country. Both the chief and deputy chief military officers are vacant..."
Zhu Yijun said: "Are you going to transfer a general to Ningxia's general army?"
Gao pragmatic shook his head and said: "Otherwise, I will recommend someone else."
Zhu Yijun smiled when he heard this and said, "But what about Xiao Ruxun from Pinglu City?"
Gao Pingshi also smiled and said: "That's right. This person guarded Pinglu, and Ningxia fell but Pinglu was not lost, which made Kuaibai unable to rest assured and plundered the land everywhere. It is true that he is a brave general and must be reused."
"Of course, you have to use it." Zhu Yijun frowned slightly: "But isn't it a bit hasty to promote him directly from the staff general to the commander-in-chief? Otherwise, make him the deputy commander-in-chief first, and wait for him to make special achievements under your command. What do you think of rewarding him with the title of Chief Military Officer?"
Gao pragmatic thought for a while, nodded and said: "That's okay, but in this case, the chief military officer is still short of personnel..."
Zhu Yijun wanted to say that he would leave it for now. Anyway, the Ningxia General Soldier was reserved for Xiao Ruxun, so why rush to arrange it?
Unexpectedly, Shen Shixing suddenly interjected at this moment, cupped his hands and said: "I think that the post of Ningxia Commander-in-Chief may be transferred to Shanxi Commander-in-Chief Li Rusong."
Zhu Yijun was stunned for a moment and looked at Gao Jingshi. Gao Jingshi was also a little confused and pondered without answering immediately.
Shen Shixing said calmly: "The northwest is also a place where cavalry roams freely. Li Rusong has five thousand elite cavalry under his command, which is suitable for this battle. Moreover, Li Rusong is in his prime, and he had killed enemy chieftains in the battle of Monan before, which shows his bravery. . With him as the commander-in-chief of Ningxia, he is unlikely to be able to perform extraordinary feats again... Gao Jinglue always knows people well and is responsible for their duties. I wonder what you think of my recommendation?"
Gao Jingshi had roughly guessed what Shen Shixing was thinking at this time, but he still smiled slightly, nodded and said: "Yuan Fu's recommendation is very reasonable, and the students also believe it."
Zhu Yijun was quite happy to see that they both had similar views on heroes, and said with a smile: "I have seen Li Rusong too. He is tall and heroic. He is indeed a strong general. He must be more than enough to be the commander-in-chief of Ningxia. Just That’s settled.”
Shen Shixing and Gao Pragmatic both bowed their hands, and then Shen Shixing said, "There is one more thing that must be decided by the emperor."
Zhu Yijun nodded and said, "Mr. Shen, please speak."
Shen Shixing said: "The changes in Ningxia have occurred suddenly. Although Gao Guangxian, the governor of the three sides, must be at fault, judging from the current situation, I am afraid there is someone else who is most responsible..."
Zhu Yijun frowned and said slowly: "Mr. Shen, are you talking about Ningxia Governor Liang Wenmeng?"
Shen Shixing glanced at Gao Pangshi as if nothing had happened, and said calmly: "Exactly. Your Majesty, Kuaibai contacted hundreds of generals in advance. How could such a serious situation go smoothly without Liang Wenmeng being slow and arrogant?"
Zhu Yijun frowned slightly, glanced at Gao Pingshi, and asked, "What do you think of Qiuzhen?"
This is not easy to answer. From Shen Shixing's entry point just now, we know that he is serious about this matter. Generally speaking, Liang Wenmeng's biggest trouble now is that as a governor, he was actually arrested by Kuai Bai. This is very passive for the court. Normally, Shen Shixing should use the reason of avoiding passivity to propose changing the governor. .
But if this is the case, Gao pragmatism still has something to say. For example, although Liang Wenmeng is in the enemy's hands, he has not spoken to Kuaibai so far, which shows that he has not surrendered. This means that although he may have made mistakes in his actions, his actions are not bad. There is no need to rush to dismiss him at this time. It will not be too late to make a decision after finding out afterwards.
But Shen Shixing didn't start from here at all, but directly questioned his ability: You know nothing about such a big movement, how did you, the governor, do it? Or maybe you don’t know anything, but you don’t take it to heart. That also shows that you are arrogant and careless, so much so that you caused such a big trouble. How can you have the nerve to continue to be the governor?
Gao Pinggong said sincerely: It's a loss this time. The position of governor of the three sides is still in his hands, but the governor of Ningxia... It seems that Shen Yuanfu is determined to win.
Forget it, someone has to be responsible for such a big mess this time...
Gao Jingshi had no choice but to hand over his hand and said: "As Yuan Fu said, although Liang Wenmeng seems to be in good hands at the moment, this matter can be considered to have started because of him. Now if the court does not belittle him, it may be difficult to convince the public."
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