Chapter 53: Nanjing takes advantage of the situation
Eight hundred miles of urgent messengers rushed to Nanjing from various places to report the Beijing army's westward march to Nanjing.
But Zhu Yunwen already knew it without them reporting it.
Jinyiwei is just in internal chaos, and many things are not in order. Not completely paralyzed. This simplest intelligence work can still be done well.
After Zhu Yunwen heard the news, he immediately summoned ministers for discussion. And specially sent someone to ask Fu Youde, who was on the front line, to express his opinion.
However, the reason why a conspiracy is a conspiracy is that even if you can understand many things, there is no way to decipher them.
Although it is said that due to military reforms, the Southern Army may not be able to defeat the Northern Army, there is no lack of understanding among the top generals. Who doesn’t know that Guanzhong has a commanding position over Guandong? If Guanzhong is not protected, it will be difficult for me to own Shanxi.
Once Shanxi is gone, the Yellow River will hardly be able to serve as the northern frontier.
The strategic situation is extremely bad.
When that time comes, don't think about counterattack. It would be nice to be able to go to the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
However, Zhu Yunwen was not the only one who was determined not to accept the separation of the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Even any of these ministers would find it difficult to accept.
But in the face of such a situation, no one can come up with a good solution.
If you want to use troops in the northwest, you must mobilize troops to the northwest. However, the northwest is in decline and there is not much local output. Shaanxi has been in decline for a long time, not just a year or two. You're welcome. During the Northern Song Dynasty, when troops were deployed in the northwest, Shaanxi's local output could never supply the army. Food must be brought in from elsewhere.
The same is true today. At the beginning of the Northern Expedition, all the people from the northwest were collected and resettled in Guanzhong. But there are two million old and weak people. Even if you include the people in Guanzhong, there are only a few million people. How to support a large army for conquest.
That is to say, use troops in the northwest. Not only do we need to send troops and transport heavy equipment, but even the civilian laborers who transport heavy equipment must be mobilized elsewhere. And the rations of these civilians who transport heavy supplies must also be transported from other places. As a result, one can imagine the huge expenditure.
It is estimated that millions of people will be needed to supply hundreds of thousands of people on the front lines for the war. As a result, not only all the people's power in Shaanxi will be used for the war, but also the people's power in neighboring provinces will be overdrawn. Don't talk about imposing taxes.
It would be better if it does not cause a civil unrest.
But not doing this? It is even more impossible to give up on Shaanxi.
"Your Majesty," Duke Han said, "Shaanxi cannot afford to lose anything. What we need to do now is to dispatch troops to the northwest to prepare for any eventuality."
"Your Majesty," Fang Xiaoru said, "What thief has sinister intentions? What we have to do now is to protect the northwest, and we can make plans in the future. I would like to request your Majesty to order the troops and horses of the Sichuan Commandery Division to go north, and to prevent the grain from Sichuan from being transported to the capital. , transported directly into Guanzhong, and dispatched ministers of the Ministry of Household Affairs to mobilize the people of the southwest to support Guanzhong." Kanshu La
Zhu Yunzhen's breathing was a little rapid. He also knew that the methods adopted by South Korean princes Li Qi and Fang Xiaoru were actually just tricks.
Obviously, there must be problems in following He Xi's rhythm, but nevertheless, not accepting the move is even more problematic.
If they don't accept the move, the battle line will be pushed directly to the Qinling Mountains, which will be even more unacceptable to Nanjing.
Zhu Yunwen said: "That's right."
Li Qi, Duke of South Korea, said: "Your Majesty, Song Sheng, the current military commander of Shaanxi Province, is in charge of the northwest military affairs. General Song Sheng can be entrusted with a big task, but the troops in the northwest are weak and divided into Xining, Gansu, Ningxia, and Shaanxi. Another one followed Geng Bingwen. Shanxi, if the Northern bandits attack in large numbers at this moment, we may not be able to defeat them. I would like to order Geng Bingwen to go out from Yanmen to attack Datong and cut off the bandits' westward route, then Shaanxi will be safe."
"Korean Lord," Qi De said, "the thieves have been preparing for their westward march for more than half a year. After the beginning of spring, they made a big fanfare and declared to the world that it was not in line with the way of using military force. There must be fraud in it. The lower official thought that he was building a plank road in the open to covertly attack Chencang. In Shanxi. It is to lure Marquis Changxing to send troops."
"What Mr. Han said is exactly what the thieves are trying to do."
The Korean father said: "So what?"
Qi De was stunned, not knowing what Mr. Han said. Duke Han said: "Master Qi, he is a scholar after all. He doesn't know that victory or defeat on the battlefield is always determined by swords and spears. Isn't it that Marquis Changxing has been in Shanxi for so long to fight against thieves? Now.
Isn't it a fighter opportunity, and even if Changxing Hou is defeated, it can delay time, and Shanxi cannot lose it. It can also give Shaanxi more time to prepare. "
"The imperial court is in a critical situation and has to make a choice."
"Your Majesty, please clarify."
Zhu Yunwen was a little irritable. Before he came, he had seen the military situation in Shaanxi. It can be said that since the war began, the Shaanxi Dusi has mobilized troops into Shanxi many times. I dare not say that I have found time. But the land of Guanlong is indeed empty of troops. In the entire northwest, only border fortresses such as Gansu, Ningxia, and Yulin have sufficient troops.
Apart from that, the troops are very few.
Even if there are plenty of troops on the border, it is still relative. After all, this is a border that stretches thousands of miles. Hundreds of thousands of people and horses are not too much. Now it would be good to have hundreds of thousands.
It is difficult to resist the opponent's attack.
Zhu Yunwen said: "That's right. That's it for today. Mr. Ding stays."
Everyone else leaves. Only Ding Xian stayed.
Zhu Yunwen said: "Why doesn't Ding Xian speak today?"
Ding Xian said: "Your Majesty, I am thinking about something."
Zhu Yunwen said: "What happened?"
Ding Xian said: "It's a long way from Beijing to the northwest. Isn't there a lot of problems? Before Shanxi is solved, how confident does Beijing have to fight in Shaanxi for a long time and consume us?"
Zhu Yunwen was stunned for a moment. He thought about it carefully. He had never thought about this problem before. Or that was the conclusion he got so directly from the minister. Think about it, from Sichuan to Shaanxi, from Henan to Shaanxi, there are mature official roads. Many of these official roads were not built in the Ming Dynasty, but were opened up by the Han and Tang Dynasties and repaired from generation to generation.
In later generations, this road would be no different from ordinary rural roads, but in this era, it is already quite good.
When attacking Shaanxi from Beijing, many places along the way are simply no man's land. If Nanjing's logistical logic is followed, Beijing will probably have to recruit millions of people to fight every step of the way. Only by maintaining the logistics line can we supply the army to fight on the front line.
Just like the Northern Expedition of Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty, nearly a million civilians were responsible for the logistics, and there was only one camp for tens of miles to support tens of thousands of cavalry in the deep grassland.
The consumption is too great.
Zhu Yunwen said: "How dare the northern thieves do this?"
Ding Xian said: "It's the railway."
Zhu Yunwen said: "Railway?"
As emperor, Zhu Yunwen had a full job. Although he is not as diligent as Zhu Yuanzhang, he is not bad either. But there are so many things in the world that it is impossible for one person to handle them all. You must be focused.
That's the problem.
It was also a common tactic used by ministers to fool the emperor.
When the emperor faced a sea of memorials, he often saw whatever the people below wanted him to see.
Don’t forget Fang Xiaoru’s origins. Even if Fang Xiaoru doesn't do anything, the people under Fang Xiaoru won't do anything.
Is the railway good?
Where is the effect of the railway? Anyone with a discerning eye knows the benefits of railways. The railway can even be said to be the signature of He Xi's new learning and new policies. Many people actually do not understand the benefits and connotation of the New Deal. But when it comes to railways, of course you know what they are.
Fang Xiaoru was also speechless about the railway.
In the face of railways, all the denigration of the New Deal can no longer be said.
But if you can’t speak out, is there no way to deal with it? That's too naive. If politics were just about distinguishing right from wrong, it would be a peaceful world.
Many times, we only look at positions and interests, rather than right and wrong.
So, with Fang Xiaoru's acquiescence, he blocked the railways and even many other things.
Unless people of a certain level, they have no idea that this thing exists in the north. Even in the memorial to Zhu Yunwen, he avoided the important and ignored the important, was vague, and manipulated the words to change the important into the unimportant.
In the Nanjing memorial, the Beijing-Ying Railway was changed to the construction of the Beijing-Ying Straight Road.
There is a difference between Qin Zhidao and Chi Dao. Chidao is similar to a railway, but without tracks
, but wood. The straight road is not. But under the writing of these people, if there is a little ambiguity, that's it.
I have to admit that language is an art.
Zhu Yunwen didn't think much about this matter at all. After all, in his opinion, repairing roads is a normal thing.
