Chapter 48: The War in Guangxi

Just when the Ming Dynasty's energy was in North Korea and Haixi, the chaos in Guangxi broke out again, or it has never been interrupted. actually broke through a county seat.

This made Zhu Qizhen very annoyed.

Yes, Guangxi is a secondary position above strategy, and even acts as a strategic buffer zone between Daming and Annan.

There is such a reason why Zhu Qizhen does not want to make a big move in Guangxi.

It is easy to fight Guangxi, but once there is any misunderstanding on the part of Annan, it will not be very good.

After all, Annan has not been idle for so many years.

The envoys of the king of Champa have frequently come to the court to complain, accusing Annan of embezzling the land of the city, blocking the envoys of the city, and ambushing and killing the envoys of the city on the way.

But what can Zhu Qizhen do?

Although Zhu Qizhen is very unpleasant to Annan, the strategic direction of the Ming Dynasty cannot be changed. Zhu Qizhen is not Emperor Taizong, although he has the ambition of Emperor Taizong, but he is much more cautious and cautious when it comes to doing things.

Therefore, in the face of the Champa complaint, Zhu Qizhen could only send envoys to reprimand Annan, and ordered the Guangdong Navy to send tribute envoys back to occupy the city, acquiescing to the Champa envoys to buy weapons in Shaofu.

But the imperial court was determined not to end, and did not want to clash with Annan.

Therefore, the Tusi close to Annan is almost a land of two genera, and Zhu Qizhen just doesn't know it.

Allow the little mess to be like a bandit in the mountains.

In ancient China, bandits were a common thing, and they existed in almost every province. But the county seat has already been conquered, which is not allowed by Zhu Qizhen's plan.

As soon as the war became bigger and the energy of the imperial court was restrained, the grain and salary that Guangdong could have transported to Beijing was estimated to be paid to Guangxi. Second, who knows what Annan has in mind, and once he sees that Daming is not effective in suppression, will he have other thoughts.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Guangxi is surrounded by high mountains and dense forests, surrounded by toast. Even if there are thousands of troops and horses, they can't enter the mountains, so the war in Guangxi is not in good generals, but in capable ministers. Chen Xun said.

Zhu Qizhen snorted coldly in his heart, he also knew that with the fall of the Chengguo Gong family and the death of the British Duke, the Jingnan Xungui Group was already a thing of the past.

However, this does not mean that the Jing Nanxun Gui group has disappeared.

Liu Pu is now the anti-leader of the Jingnan Xungui group.

Liu Pu, Marquis of Anyuan, is the only remaining general who controls real power in Jingnan Xungui.

But the cruelty of politics is unmistakable at this moment.

Most of the generals of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies stepped on the position of Jing Nanxun, so it is good that Liu Pu did not fall into the ground.

Not to mention that saying good things to him in front of Zhu Qizhen is something you don't even think about.

It's the same with the civilian side. Wang Jicai was too lazy to say good things to Liu Pu, and they didn't have a relationship.

The reason why Chen Xun opened his mouth was that he didn't mean much to rescue Liu Pu, he just said a fact. That is, on a terrain like Guangxi, even if a large army is sent to encircle and suppress, what can it do?

Although Liu Pu didn't dare to say how capable he was, he was also from a family. It's a bit wristy. And who will replace Liu Pu with him?

Now among the generals in the Beijing camp who can stand alone, one is counted as one, and they are not willing to go to Guangxi.

The war in Guangxi is a big deal, and the real big war is in Vassi, this is already their consensus. It is the time to make contributions, who wants to go to Guangxi?

As if she had figured out this, Meng Ying said: "Marquis Anyuan has been guarding Guangxi for more than ten years, he has worked hard and is familiar with the local conditions. The minister also felt that what Shousuke-sama said was extremely true. When a famous minister is sent to assist the Marquis of An Yuan, he can win the hearts of the people and make chaos in Guangxi. Peace without a fight. ”

Zhu Qizhen pondered for a while and said, "Okay, that's it, who is it to use?" ”

Zhu Qizhen is actually not willing to spend more time on Guangxi, all his thoughts are on the war with the tile, and Zhu Qizhen's attitude towards the war in Guangxi has not changed from beginning to end.

That is control, as long as it is within the control of the officials and the army, and these thieves are confined to the mountains.

There is no need to plow the court to sweep the holes, and eliminate the evil in farming.

Li Xian came out and said: "The minister recommends one person, who can relieve His Majesty's worries." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Who? ”

Li Xian said: "Han Yong, the governor of Jiangxi. ”

Zhu Qizhen listened, and said secretly in his heart: "This is a cadre." He calculated carefully that Jiangxi Governor Han Yong had been in office for more than three years and met the conditions for transfer.

This minister is exactly the standard that Zhu Qizhen wants to use.

So Zhu Qizhen said: "Yes, it's Han Yong, appoint Han Yong as the governor of Liangguang, the prime minister of the war in Guangxi, be sure to pacify Guangxi, don't make me worried." ”

There are two more reasons why Zhu Qizhen was promoted to Han Yong's official.

The first reason is that Han Yong's contributions in Jiangxi are enough to be promoted.

can enter Beijing as a squire, although it is a flat transfer, but from a magistrate to a Beijing official, it can be regarded as a high promotion. And since Zhu Qizhen let Han Yong stay in Guangxi for a while, he naturally had to be treated.

The position of the governor of Liangguang corresponds to the title of Shangshu. That is, if there is a shortage of six departments in the future, he can directly serve as a scholar, and he can even directly enter the cabinet.

The minimum requirement for entering the cabinet is the squire of each ministry.

This is Zhu Qizhen's cultivation of Han Yong.

Second, it is the special reason of Liangguang, first of all, geographical reasons, because of the existence of Wuling, which is separated from the Central Plains and even more distant from Beijing. The second is the financial reason, although Guangxi

However, it is not the poorest in the provinces, after all, Guizhou is the poorest in the Ming Dynasty, and there is no dispute.

However, Guangxi really does not have any money and food, and since it has mobilized troops in Guangxi, it is natural that Guangdong will have to pay for it.

This political habit was maintained until the end of the Qing Dynasty, and many people were used to it when Guangdong paid money to support Guangxi. The two are one, and Han Yong must have enough power to control Guangdong and support Guangxi.

In fact, among the four permanent governors of the Ming Dynasty, there were two governors of Guangzhou, which shows that this place is really beyond the reach of Beijing.

Zhu Qizhen also settled this matter, and when he saw that it was not too early, he let the cabinet go down, but Liu Dingzhi was left behind.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Liu Qing, you did a good job on your errand last time, and you urgently raised 3.5 million taels, which can be regarded as solving my urgent need." It's just that the situation in the imperial court is still not optimistic. ”

Liu Dingzhi naturally knew this, and the last time he sold many workshops in Shaofu to raise this amount of money. But there is still a little money left over from this money.

But compared with the court's largesse, it is too much lacking.

Whether it is Henan, Shandong, and Hebei Weisho migrating to North Korea, or North Korea surrendering troops and migrating to Haixi, whether it is a large-scale tuntian in Haixi, or the establishment of Songyin City. Wait, one of these things doesn't need money, and that one doesn't talk about money.

The Ming Dynasty collected 123 million taels of taxes every year, plus 23 million stones of grain. Most of this year's disaster relief, military support, government expenses, and so on have already been spent.

Fortunately, the situation in the future will be much slower than last year. Otherwise, there will be no surplus at all.

Even so, the money is not enough.

But Liu Dingzhi understands Zhu Qizhen's thoughts too well, understands how many years Zhu Qizhen has been thinking about the Northern Expedition, how many years he has been operating in Haixi to destroy the thorns, no matter what he says, Zhu Qizhen will not stop. Instead, you will lose your holy grace.

So not saying a word at the meeting doesn't mean that he agrees to do so.

Facing Zhu Qizhen alone at this moment, he vented the dissatisfaction in his heart, he said: "Your Majesty, the minister is incompetent, not as capable as Zhou Wenzhong, the two libraries are exhausted, and they still can't meet the needs of the military state. ”

Zhu Qizhen smiled and said comfortingly: "Why do you need to say this, this is just a last resort, as long as you survive the past few years and destroy the tile thorn, the court will naturally recuperate, but you will be relaxed." ”

"Liu Qing and my lifelong monarchs, please ask Liu Qing to work harder for me."

Liu Dingzhi heard Zhu Qizhen say this, what else could he say? He sighed and said: "Your Majesty's spending money is like a landslide tsunami, and the people's savings are made up of wisps, with the wisps of savings, how can you fill the landslide tsunami-like use, Your Majesty, although the world is peaceful, but the people's livelihood is poor, although the country is big, forgetting the war will be dangerous, but the war must go, please think twice, please think twice." ”