Chapter 857: Take Shenyang in one fell swoop
Most of the civil officials in the court are scholars, and they are all majoring in liberal arts, and they all have a certain amount of research on history.
Cabinet minister Cai Guoyong immediately went out and said: "The old minister agrees with Shoufu's proposal, the 'King of Hanjiang County' leads the 'Red Banner Army' to be invincible, and it is well known that he should be added to the ranks.
However, there are so many wars in the future, not only to destroy Jiannu and recover Liaodong, but also to suppress the Liukou and recapture Shaanxi, and it is the general trend for the 'King of Hanjiang County' to enter the king of the domain, why do you care about the time sooner or later? ”
Cabinet minister Fan Fucui said to Zhang Fengyi and Wu Xiang: "Justice is in the hearts of the people, the 'King of Hanjiang County' has made great contributions to the community, and everyone in the world has a good reputation, and the old man is also sincerely admired."
The court did not treat him badly, and the exception of the king is enough to explain the problem.
Too many people will not only damage the image of the 'King of Hanjiang County', but also arouse common indignation. ”
Huang Han had just been canonized as the king of the county for more than a year and wanted to seek the title of vassal king, which was simply pressing step by step, and it really made many civil officials and military generals feel that it was too much, and they discussed it one after another.
Seeing that the ministers were whispering out of form, Liu Yuliang raised his voice and said:
"The 'King of Hanjiang County' is a virtuous man with great wisdom, he must be able to understand the hardships of the imperial court, the road is long, and the days of meritorious achievements are long, and he will not care about the gains and losses of the moment."
Chongzhen saw that the three ministers played appropriately, and took the opportunity to speak: "The 'King of Hanjiang County' has made great achievements in managing the army and the people, and I will never forget it, and it is natural to give generous gifts.
And when I need to work together to destroy Dongnu and Liukou, the world is not yet peaceful, and it is inappropriate to add the title of vassal king at this time. ”
The emperor's reply was also expected by Zhang Fengyi, Liang Tingdong and others, but they didn't expect the courtiers' reactions to be so strong.
They were very knowledgeable, and did not insist that the imperial court give Huang Han an official knighthood, but changed the conversation and asked for a reward for the civil and military generals who had made military exploits.
Because Huang Han is the king of the Ming Dynasty if he wants to be promoted, it makes the emperor and his ministers feel oppressive, and it is not a problem to reward Sun Yuanhua, Jin Sheng, Yang Dalang, Song Pengfei and other civil and military generals.
Since Huang Han contracted Pingliao for five years, the treatment of civil and military generals in the "Red Banner Army" system was also included in the monthly salary of 300,000 taels of silver.
The emperor instructed the cabinet and the ministry to discuss the reward of the meritorious personnel of the "Jinzhou Great Victory", and basically did not veto the proposal of the "King of Hanjiang County" too much, after all, these people all served in the "Red Banner Army" system, and the imperial court wanted to change it.
Chongzhen, who was anxious, was most concerned about whether Huang Han could complete Pingliao ahead of schedule, and took the initiative to ask Sun Yuanhuadao:
"Sun Aiqing has been leading troops in Liaodong for several years, and he must be well aware of Dongnu's deployment, but after recovering Jinzhou, does the 'King of Hanjiang County' have the intention of making persistent efforts to take Shenyang in one fell swoop?"
Sun Yuanhua knew that his junior brother's intention of sending him to Beijing to face the saint was to make himself raise his eyebrows, and the moment he entered the Beijing Division, Sun Yuanhua was really embarrassed for a while.
The scene of six years ago came to mind, and the "beheaded prisoner" death row prisoner who was sent out of Beijing to fill the army has returned.
Sun Yuanhua, who returned from the cloth, was a general at the level of the commander of the battalion of the "Red Banner Army", the supreme commander of the artillery, and one of the heroes of the recovery of Jinzhou.
He not only has the Ming Dynasty's five-rank civil service Ningqian Bingdao, but also has the title of the fourth-grade Zuo Du Yushi, and is an important member of the nomination of the governor of Liaodong this time.
Huang Han gave Sun Yuanhua the official position of governor of Liaodong, which was actually just a fictitious title, and Sun Yuanhua could not manage the army and the people like he served as the governor of Denglai, or be his artillery commander and part-time senior praiser.
Where is the "Red Banner Army" going? What kind of path will junior brother Huang Han take in the future? Sun Yuanhua, who has long opened his eyes to the world and has a high level of education, has thought about it seriously.
When today's son almost cut off Sun Yuanhua's head, it was all saved by his junior brother to save his life, and it was the junior brother who gave him the opportunity to continue to make meritorious contributions, so that he became the governor of the Ming Dynasty again.
If the junior brother goes further, he Sun Yuanhua will definitely be the first to get the moon near the water. If Huang Han loses his military power and is liquidated by the emperor, he Sun Yuanhua will definitely be reinforced.
Whether it is public or private, reasonable or for self-preservation, Sun Yuanhua will firmly choose to follow Huang Han, and he thinks that his understanding of artillery and artillery is unparalleled, and the "Red Banner Army" needs a commander like him who knows the performance of artillery incomparably.
Sun Yuanhua was one of the senior generals of the "Red Banner Army," a senior brother of Huang Han, and a disciple of Academician Xu Guangqi, president of the "Hanjiang University." Of course he knew the action plan of the "Red Banner Army."
Seeing the question from the Son of Heaven, he immediately went out to give a salute and said: "The minister returns to Your Majesty, and it is the established strategy of the 'King of Hanjiang County' to fight steadily and not give Dongnu a chance.
The capture of Jinzhou captured a large number of Han troops and Goryeo soldiers, but only about 3,000 Manchu and Mongolian cavalry were captured and killed, which shows that the main force of Dongnu did not suffer heavy losses.
Pingliao has a long way to go, there is still a large-scale battle to be fought, and the degree of tragedy can be predicted, and the "Red Banner Army" must be fully prepared, and it is not realistic to launch a campaign to attack Shenyang this year.
Moreover, there are still two full years left in the five-year period of Pingliao, and one more year is given to the development of the 'Red Banner Army', and the strength will be increased by at least three points when the big battle of attacking Shenyang is launched. ”
Chongzhen is an anxious son, in history, Hong Chengchou in the decisive battle of Liaodong when Chongzhen constantly issued orders to urge, many historians believe that the defeat of Songshan is not unrelated to Chongzhen's impatience.
In fact, such an argument is biased, even if Chongzhen does not urge Hong Chengchou to fight a quick battle, with Hong Chengchou's level and the strength of the Ming army, it is impossible to defeat the Qing army led by the Red Gangsters himself.
Today's Chongzhen is still very urgent, he hopes that Huang Han will fight to the death with Jiannu sooner, and after listening to Sun Yuanhua's play, he can't help but be disappointed.
He really longed to work hard, and his brother's last words before his death, "Come, my brother should be Yao Shun." "It's been spurring him on.
And it backfired, he just ascended the throne to kill Wei Zhongxian, cleaned up the eunuchs, and when he was in power, he was ruthlessly pitted by Yuan Chonghuan, making Jiannu directly hit the door, resulting in the displacement of millions of people in Gyeonggi, and the population and economic losses are incalculable.
In the next ten years, disasters were not a single line, internal and external troubles were everywhere, so that he was busy tearing down the east wall and making up the west wall every day, how could there be an opportunity to carry out reforms and rectify the rule of officials.
The person who longs for peace in the world the most is Emperor Chongzhen, who really wants to see Huang Han complete the Pingliao plan as soon as possible.
asked: "The 'Red Banner Army' will not fall behind against the Dongnu cavalry, and attacking Jinzhou Xiongcheng is like destroying the withered and decaying, with such strength, why be afraid of the Dongnu?"
Why didn't the 'King of Hanjiang County' take advantage of the prestige of the 'Jinzhou Victory' to attack the east until it reached the nest of Dongnu? ”