Chapter 45 Discipline
In any case, large-scale confrontations between the Union and Confederate armies were temporarily suspended before the onset of winter.
Everyone knows this is just a pause.
Even in the twelfth lunar month of winter, Sheng Yong would still be nervous for a while, just to see how the Yellow River would freeze.
Just because the Yellow River freezes does not mean that the army can cross the ice. After all, there is a difference between freezing and freezing. If the entire river is frozen solid, then there is nothing to say and just walk across the ice. Of course there is no problem.
But if the ice layer is not thick, it will be a catastrophic event. Once walking in the middle of the river, the ice layer will break, making it impossible to advance or retreat.
This is still a personal action. If you march, the requirements for the ice layer will be even higher. It is impossible to move without freezing the river.
In other words, unless the weather is extremely cold, you can only cross the river on ice during the coldest month of winter. There are even some mild winters where the Yellow River does not freeze at all. Especially in some relatively warm times, the freezing of the Yellow River is also a small probability event.
Most of the entire Ming Dynasty was the Little Glacier Season, but as far as the early Ming Dynasty was concerned, there was still an era of climate warming.
For Sheng Yong, he still had to patrol the Yellow River during the coldest winter, but at this moment, he wanted to see Fu Youde.
Report to Fu Youde on the battle situation on the front line and what you have gained.
Take advantage of this period to continue to implement military reforms. In anticipation of a counterattack next year.
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When Sheng Yong went south.
Yao Guangxiao opened the curtain and saw the bustling streets of Nanjing. He sighed and said, "I'm back again."
Nanjing was originally the focus of Zhu Yuanzhang's business, and it was also one of the few cities in the south with an industrial foundation. These industrial foundations were also brought by the Shaofu. Moreover, Nanjing was originally a trade center on the Yangtze River.
Goods from all over the world circulate in Nanjing.
The Industrial Revolution brought about the circulation of a large number of commodities.
It also brings strong vitality to Nanjing. Don't forget it. During the Hongwu period, Zhu Yuanzhang almost never collected taxes from Nanjing and the counties near Nanjing. Of course, this refers to land taxes.
In order to repay the support given by the Nanjing elders to Zhu Yuanzhang when he was conquering the world.
In this way, it also brings an important consumer group to Nanjing.
Therefore, looking at Nanjing alone, it has been prosperous and more prosperous since Zhu Yuanzhang occupied it. If the prosperity of Suzhou is due to hundreds of years of accumulation since the Tang and Song Dynasties, the prosperity of Nanjing is due to the policy tilt since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.
It is closely related to the national destiny of the Ming Dynasty.
Although Yao Guangxiao is used to Beijing being more prosperous and prosperous day by day, when he came to Nanjing today, he still felt that Beijing lacked the heritage compared to Nanjing. The biggest heritage was probably the cultural atmosphere of the capital. In other words, there are some middle- and lower-level officials in Nanjing who followed Zhu Yuanzhang in raising troops, or many people who bet on Zhu Yuanzhang. They may not be rich and powerful, but they can be regarded as having a small fortune. They are the foundation for the prosperity of Nanjing citizens.
Although Beijing produces a lot of materials, there is no such consumer group in Beijing, or in other words, such consumer group is not large. Most of Beijing's local output is sold to various places, and Beijing's local consumption is not too much.
These situations are reflected in the market.
Yao Guangxiao may not know this, but he can see it.
Yao Guangxiao was very familiar with Nanjing. After he came to Nanjing, he did not start taking action directly. He began to explore the Nanjing market, the price and consumption scale of various materials, etc.
This approach shocked the people around Yao Guangxiao.
Next to Yao Guangxiao is Ji Gang.
Historically, Ji Gang was a restless person.
After King Yan reached Dezhou, he defected to King Yan. But it's different now.
Ji Gang is from Texas. After the war, Texas was owned by Beijing. Later quit. After thinking about it, Ji Gang decided to defect to Beijing. The reason was simple. It was difficult for Ji Gang to get ahead under the Nanjing system.
Ji Gang was skilled in bow and horse, and originally wanted to stand out in the army, but unfortunately, after the military reform,
Later, the army had very low requirements for proficiency in bows and horses. Many soldiers don't like firearms, but bows and horses are good. After all, the founding of Hongwu was not far away, and martial arts was at its peak.
Many people actually don't want the skills they have learned since childhood to be invalidated all of a sudden. I can only go to the cavalry.
Under such circumstances, the quality of the Northern Army's cavalry was greatly improved. After all, the number of cavalry is limited. If you don't have any skills, you can only use the infantry to carry the blunderbuss.
Ji Gang's proficiency in bow and horse meant that he was among scholars and among the army. Not much. Even if he joined the cavalry, he would not be able to achieve a high position. He failed to surrender to the army. What about Congwen?
It’s okay to follow the text.
After all, in ancient times, no matter which era, there was a shortage of scholars.
No matter what you say, Ji Gang is also a scholar.
But unfortunately, the official school in Beijing is He Xi’s theory. He Xi's disciples and grandsons are the orthodox ones.
Although He Xi's new theory was proposed more than ten years ago, the time is still too short for a theory. This has not been what Ji Gang has learned since elementary school, and now it is too late to change it. As for working in the government, it is impossible to do without a literary foundation.
Ji Gang has no future no matter what he does.
However, suddenly an opportunity came for Ji Gang to stand out.
It was none other than after the Northern Army captured northern Shandong again. Send people to investigate and find out that these places support the forces of the Confederate Army.
He Xi took this matter very lightly. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with what these people did. But that’s what political alignment is. If you take the wrong side, you will have to pay the price. If you don't crack down on these people hard, if you let the forces that support Beijing get benefits, if you make people feel fearful, they will not dare to betray easily.
Naturally, someone has to do such a thing. By chance, Ji Gang was responsible for the investigation of Texas.
This matter also needs to be measured.
We can't do things to the best of our ability. If we really do it to the best of our ability, it would be too much to make Texans hate Beijing so much. But if we don’t deal with it severely, these people still dare to collude with Nanjing. Proportion is difficult to grasp.
Ji Gang did a good job and severely punished the local forces in Texas.
He also made the local people in Texas feel grateful to Beijing, and from now on, everyone in the department would not dare to have anything to do with Beijing.
Tie Xuan felt that Ji Gang had done a good job, so he asked Ji Gang to inspect Xindingfu County in Shandong Province. A thorough investigation was conducted to identify the rebellious people. No matter how well these people hid, they could not escape Ji Gang's eyes.
But no matter what, what Ji Gang does is dirty work.
After Shandong and other places settled down, Ji Gang was no longer suitable to be in Shandong. Everyone in Shandong is very afraid of Ji Gang.
Tie Xuan recommended Ji Gang to the center.
Tie Xuan didn't like Ji Gang too much. Because Ji Gang is very powerful when he does this kind of thing, but he is still one of the cool officials. And Ji Gang was from Shandong, so he was so cruel to his fellow countrymen. Naturally, this person is not highly regarded in this era.
However, there is no denying Ji Gang's talent.
Nowadays, all the ministries in the capital have various departments, but there is still a lack of talents. Ji Gang is not suitable to be a people-friendly official in the civil affairs system, but he is suitable to be other officials.
It's just that Ji Gang was recommended by Tie Xuan. But there was no one behind it.
After all, Shandong people have no influence in Beijing, and Tie Xuan himself is not close to him.
There are indeed official positions to arrange Ji Gang, but they don't have much future. He Xi found out about this. He Xi thought about it and recommended Ji Gang to Yao Guangxiao. After all, Ji Gang is very qualified as a cool official and an intelligence officer.
It would also be good to let Yao Guangxiao train him.
Of course, this can be regarded as He Xi's idea of balancing the power in the court. Although only part of Shandong is in the hands of Beijing, Shandong people should have their own representatives at the court. After all, the imperial court is in charge of the world and seems to regard the world as one. However, the imperial court is composed of people, and people have biases.
It is almost impossible to keep a bowl of water flat.
He Xi can be sure that Liaodong will receive the most policy favoritism for a long time to come. This is also human nature. But as the person in charge, He Xi
We don’t want a situation like Liaodong being occupied by half of the DPRK.
This is the same even if the Liaodong faction is He Xi's own team.
Because this is unbalanced, interests elsewhere will be ignored. Of course, He Xi could only do it casually. If no one came forward in this place, He Xi had no choice.
