It is also not clear whether those troops are under the jurisdiction of him, the governor of Henan, and the troops there are under the jurisdiction of Hong Chengchou.
For example, Zuo Liangyu, for example, was under the jurisdiction of Hong Chengchou. Hong Chengchou sent him to Ruzhou to fight against the bandits. After Hong Chengchou led his troops back to Shaanxi, he left Zuo Liangyu behind.
Later, Hong Chengchou was revoked from military jurisdiction over Henan, and he lost direct contact with Zuo Liangyu.
But, Zuo Liangyu didn't listen to Chen Biqian...
Zuo Liangyu thought that he was a guest army. Although he was fighting in Ruzhou, he was not under the jurisdiction of the Henan governor.
You, Chen Biqian, just obediently give you money and food. Don't force me to do anything else, otherwise I will fall out with you...
In short, Chen Bibi was confused for most of the first six months when he took office as the governor of Henan. Strictly speaking, he had not yet entered the state...
But just like that, when the big shots in the imperial court were discussing who should be the governor of the Eastern Front, a group of big shots and Chongzhen were fighting over each other, and finally found that only Chen Biqian was the most suitable...
As mentioned before, the Ming Dynasty had its own set of rules for official promotion, especially the promotion of frontier officials. Not just anyone could directly become a governor or a frontier official.
First of all, the level must be sufficient, with titles such as the title of Censor of the Capital City, Right Vice-Censor of the Capital, and Right Minister of the Ministry of War. At the same time, one must have rich local experience and a certain amount of experience in leading troops, so it is best to have served as a governor or governor.
As a result, there are only a few suitable candidates left.
Coupled with factional struggles and other situations, whether it is the former Prime Minister for Military Affairs of the Five Provinces or the current Governor for Military Affairs on the Eastern Front, the choice is actually between those few people...
When he was looking for the prime minister's military personnel from the five provinces, because the few qualified candidates were not very good, Chongzhen was even forced to sue Yang Sichang...
There was no way, Chongzhen really couldn't find anyone more suitable than Yang Sichang.
Now that Yang Sichang has resurrected, he has to set up a governor for the Eastern Front battlefield. This is another candidate who has given Chongzhen and several big bosses a headache for a long time.
Many people recommended Zhu Dadian, but Chongzhen was still very unhappy with Zhu Dadian. In the second half of last year, Chongzhen had just demoted this man and asked him to stay in his post for meritorious service. He even thought that if Zhu Dadian lost another battle, he would kill this man. Finished it all at once.
Speaking of which, Zhu Dadian was also unlucky.
Before last year, Zhu Dadian had a prosperous official career. He was the governor of Shandong in the fifth year of Chongzhen. When he encountered the Dengzhou Rebellion, he led the army to suppress the rebellion and punched Kong Youde. He was eventually promoted to the right minister of the Ministry of War for meritorious service, and he still served as the governor of Shandong.
At the beginning of the eighth year of Chongzhen's reign, Gao Yingxiang and others marched eastward and entered Fengyang. After destroying the imperial mausoleum, the Ming court was extremely frightened and immediately appointed Zhu Dadian, who had the title of right minister of the Ministry of War and was the governor of Shandong, to be the governor of water transportation, and also the governor of Lu, Feng, and The four prefectures of Huai and Yang were in charge of military affairs in Jiangbei.
However, it wasn’t long before he was reprimanded by the court for “losing the state and county, and overdue the time to defeat the thief”, and he was even demoted for a time...
At this moment, Zhu Dadian could not protect himself. How could he gain Chongzhen's approval and take another step forward?
Several other people are not suitable. It is worth mentioning that Gan Xuekuo, the governor of Shaanxi, is about to be demoted.
After this man took office as the governor of Shaanxi, he was tortured by thieves from all walks of life. He was simply not qualified for such an important position as a feudal official. In addition, he did not get along well with Hong Chengchou and other big bosses.
Therefore, this person's dismissal has become a foregone conclusion, and the court has already begun to look for the next governor of Shaanxi.
It is said that Xie Sheng, the official minister of the imperial court, has already begun to rub his fists and palms, preparing to kick Sun Chuanting, the prime minister of Shuntian Prefecture, who has often been disgusted with him recently, to be the governor of Shaanxi. He is also secretly praying that Sun Chuanting will be kicked out as soon as he takes office in Shaanxi. The bandit was chopped to death with one knife...
Zhu Dadian, Gan Xuekuo and others failed to live up to expectations. In the end, the court officials, especially Emperor Chongzhen, looked around and realized that only Chen Biqian was left who could barely use it.
So, just half a year after he took office as the governor of Henan, Chen Biqian, who had done nothing but gained a reputation for being "good", became the governor-general of Henan, Fengyang, Anlu, Jiangxi and other places, and was also in charge of the military affairs of Henan, Fengyang, Anlu, Jiangxi and other places. Water transportation.
In the process, Chongzhen conveniently removed Zhu Dadian's title of governor of water transportation and other titles, leaving him with only the title of governor of Fengyang.
He also gave an order to reprimand Zhu Dadian, saying that he should be punished for his crimes and make meritorious service to protect the thieves. If he did well, he would be promoted and make a fortune. If he did not do well, he would be punished by one more level, and he would die!
After all this trouble, the Ming Dynasty completed a series of military strategic deployments against thieves during the first month of the ninth year of Chongzhen.
Let Hong Chengchou, Governor of the three sides, namely Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Yansui and other places, mainly focus on Shaanxi. While continuing to exterminate Gao Yingxiang and other bandits, he also fought against the westward invasion of Hanzhong Prefecture and other places and the rivers of Gao Yingxiang and other bandits.
Let Chen Biqian be the governor of the military affairs of Henan, Fengyang, Anlu, Caoyun, Jiangxi and other places, take charge of the war on the eastern front, and prevent the rebels from entering the Central Plains and southern Zhili areas.
Let Yang Sichang prime minister for military affairs in Huguang, Yunyang, Sichuan and other places, take charge of the war on the southwest front, fight against the Bao thieves, capture southern Chu, and enter Sichuan.
Facing the Chu Empire in this way, a large network surrounded on three sides was formed!
The Ming Dynasty did a pretty good job in strategic planning. At least it knew that the encirclement and suppression of the bandits could not be accomplished by one governor and two governors, but required the joint efforts of the governors and governors from the surrounding areas.
But that's all.
Apart from arranging high-level personnel and dispatching some troops from Xuanda University to the south to support Chen Bibi, the Ming court did not do much else.
And when it comes to money and food, they just pretend to be ostriches. No matter who it is, the answer is unanimous: no money!
Yang Sichang asked for money and food to start a new standard army, but the court said there was no money. If you want to do it, I won't stop you.
Hong Chengchou asked for money and grain to appease the Shaanxi rebels. When Gao Yingxiang and other rebels were defeated and their momentum was reduced, he took the opportunity to appease the rebels and restore people's livelihood. The court also said that there was no money, but you still have to do the work of people's livelihood. If you don't do it well, you will be punished...
Chen Biqian was very sensible. He did not ask the court for money or food. Anyway, he knew that his search would be in vain.
Chen Biqian only asked the court to mobilize some troops from other directions for reinforcements, preferably some border troops.
The imperial court readily agreed to this and directly dispatched a total of more than 10,000 border troops from various towns in the north to go south. However, they only gave orders to mobilize troops. Naturally, the imperial court did not care about how to deal with money and food along the way.
But the border troops who had received the transfer order and went south didn't care, and were even happy.
If you don't give money and food, you won't give money and food. As long as we go south to the hinterland of the Central Plains, it is best to go to South Zhili, Jiangbei or even Jiangnan. Let alone not giving money and food, we can find a batch of money and food for the imperial court.
More than 10,000 border troops marched all the way south. When they left the border area, they were all hungry and malnourished. By the time they reached the Henan area, their complexions had recovered a lot and they were all stronger. stand up.
Among them, more than two thousand border troops were sent to the front line of Anqing Mansion by Chen Biqian, preparing to join the battle under Anlu Governor Shi Kefa. When these border army soldiers arrived at Anqing Mansion, each of them had become fat and round-waisted.
So many frontier soldiers are saying that no wonder Dongdu wants to enter the pass every year. The Central Plains is much better than the bitter cold land in the north.
That’s a lot of money and food!
And if you stay away from the border areas, you can stay away from the Eastern Captions.
As for the fake Chu protector, these frontier generals didn't pay any attention to the protector.
These frontier troops have such confidence.
These more than 10,000 border troops were either drawn from the Xuanda front line or the Jiliao front line, and some were drawn from Baoding and other places.
These frontier armies all have a common characteristic, that is, they face threats from Tatars and Eastern captors all year round.
These people had fought many battles with the Dongjie, and they could be considered as people who had seen powerful armies. Naturally, they looked down upon the Ming troops in the inland areas of the Central Plains.
In the past, the Ming court often mobilized the Ming army from the hinterland of the Central Plains to fight on the Jiliao front line with Dongdao, but the results were not good.
Now, even ordinary border soldiers know that the officers and soldiers in the interior of the Central Plains cannot fight, but the chieftain white-pole soldiers in Sichuan can do just fine.
As for those security thieves, they were all weak-footed shrimps from the Central Plains Guards Station, and they were not very capable.
Because if it were their border troops who came to fight, they could also hang up the officers and soldiers in the hinterland of the Central Plains and fight...
Under such circumstances, if you ask the border troops to think how strong the Hometown Protection Army can be in defeating the officers and soldiers in the hinterland of the Central Plains, they will not believe it.
However, this is only the thought of most soldiers going south, and it does not mean that everyone is like this.
Among the frontier troops going south, Wu Sangui, who replaced his father and responded to the imperial recruitment and led 3,000 Guan Ning troops to go south, just felt that this kind of army protecting thieves was weird and he was afraid it would be difficult to deal with.
In Ruzhou City, Wu Sangui, who led his army to arrive here, was still not allowed to enter the city. In the end, he could only find a Zhuangzi camp outside the city.
Wu Sangui looked at the closed city gate not far away, looking like a formidable enemy in Ruzhou City, with a gloomy expression on his face: "Damn it, sooner or later I will make you look good!"
He had been walking for so long, passed through so many places, and not even been able to enter a city, which really pissed him off.
In the early years, he led his army to fight in Shandong, which made a lot of achievements, and Zhu Dadian also valued him. Although at that time, he encountered some situations where some local cities did not allow them to enter, but he would not say No one is allowed to enter any city along the way.
But he himself also knew why this happened, because a frontier army heading south passed by a county one day, and the local magistrate kindly allowed them to camp in the city, and also prepared food and wine to reward the army.
As a result, when these officers and soldiers entered the city, the already hungry and destitute frontier troops could not hold back for even half a quarter of an hour. As soon as they entered the city, they started looting mode...
They robbed the entire county, including the official warehouses and the warehouses of the gentry in the city!
After the incident was resolved, the military general over there threw out a few scapegoats, then patted his butt and continued southward with a group of officers and soldiers who had gained a lot.
Then, the officials in other places learned the lesson and closed their city gates tightly to prevent anyone from entering...
