Chapter 170: A Trip to Shaanxi 1
At the banquet, the civil officials sang praises of virtue, and the generals were full of admiration, which made Zhao Shujiao a little uncomfortable.
The officials toasted one after another, but were stopped by Sun Chengzong, who said: "I will have to discuss important matters with General Zhao later." As soon as Sun Chengzong spoke, no one came to toast.
After the banquet, Sun Chengzong led Zhao Shujiao, Man Gui, Zu Dashou, Mao Wenlong and other generals to the lobby, in addition to a few Taishi chairs in this lobby, there is a map of Liaodong on the mahogany table in the middle.
Sun Chengzong led the generals to surround the map, pointed to Jinzhou City, and said: "This great victory in Jinzhou, General Zhao, the first credit of the authorities. ”
"The young general doesn't dare to take it, if it weren't for Lord Sun arranging 30,000 iron cavalry near Jinzhou City, how could the young general defeat Dai Shan." Zhao Shujiao hurriedly said.
"General Zhao don't be too humble, the emperor gave the official will, let you come this time, is to let you enter the capital to face the saint, when you arrive in the capital, you must abide by your own body, the battle in the court is more cruel than the battle on our battlefield." Sun Chengzong reminded him.
Entering Beijing to face the saint, this should be the greatest glory of a military general, and many generals have some envy.
"The emperor recruited me into Beijing."
"Yes, this Jinzhou victory, the emperor is overjoyed, and he wants to see you by name." Sun Chengzong said with a smile.
Zhao Shujiao was also a little excited in his heart, as a general guarding the frontier, being summoned by the emperor can be described as a very great favor, how can he not be excited.
After chatting about this, the generals talked about the defense of Liaodong again, and Sun Chengzong was very dissatisfied with the defense of North Korea, and asked Mao Wenlong to speed up the training of the Korean royal army, increase the number of the Korean Ming army, and not turn over in the gutter, so that the Houjin could capture Korea.
Of course, Mao Wenlong also has a hard time, the North Korean army is unbearable to fight, afraid of the battlefield, and even more afraid of the Jurchens, this is an inner fear, how can it be easily changed, think that Dongying invaded North Korea during the Shenzong period, the Liaodong Army supported North Korea, and defeated the Dongying Army, at that time, in the hearts of the Koreans, they felt that the Ming army was very strong, but the Ming army was so powerful that they could not get any benefit in the hands of the Houjin, so that they could face the Houjin cavalry head-on, almost just flee from the wind, of course, in front of many generals, Mao Wenlong did not say it.
Sun Chengzong is also very clear that relying on foreign races, of course, can not become a big thing, but now Mongolia, the Ming Dynasty, the Korean tripartite alliance, the political defense system has been formed, the Mongolian soldiers rushed to the distance, annihilating more than 8,000 enemies, you can know, the Mongolian combat power is still possible, can also form a greater help to the Ming Dynasty, at this juncture, North Korea can not let go, Sun Chengzong immediately, issued an order, in the transfer of 5,000 Ming troops to North Korea by sea ship, to help Mao Wenlong stabilize the defense of North Korea, at the moment, Mao Wenlong is also very grateful.
Of course, this time Mongolia sent troops, Liaodong still has to bear a little financial loss, 50,000 taels of silver, but these silver taels Zhu Youzhen is indeed happy to give, although the treasury of the Ming Dynasty has long been empty, but can use silver taels to replace the lives of front-line soldiers, it is really worth it.
There are too many things to summarize in this war, but Sun Chengzong still reminded the generals that they must not be arrogant because of a victory, and Houjin was not hurt at all.
The generals hurried to be.
Luo Yangxing led hundreds of brocade guards to Shaanxi, and Li Shuo greeted him outside Chang'an City.
Luo Yangxing's arrival made many officials in Chang'an Mansion wonder, could it be that the imperial court was dissatisfied with the disaster relief led by Li Shuo, and even suspected that the local government was full of private pockets, so it sent the commander of Jinyiwei to come.
Shaanxi's disaster relief has been carried out in an orderly manner, under the leadership of Cao Dezhang, the Cheng Xuan Political Envoy Department cooperated well with the governor Yamen, and established a total of 1,123 porridge tents in the whole territory of Shaanxi, because of the Ming national policy, the disaster relief was all led by the government, all the food was distributed by the government, and each household made a register at a unified time to receive, which was also to avoid food through more people's hands.
Luo Yangxing and Li Shuo met under Chang'an City, Luo Yangxing hurriedly dismounted, arched his hand and said, "Lord Li." ”
"Commander Luo has made the journey tiring, and it is really hard."
"Along the way, when I saw the affected fields and people, I was unhappy, and seeing Lord Li at this time can be regarded as making Luo a little happier." Luo Yangxing said with a smile.
The two talked and laughed all the way into the city gate.
The officials of Chang'an Mansion followed behind, and unlike the countryside, the people in the city lived a relatively healthy life, except for the grain store, the shop was still open.
Luo Yangxing did not act like a post station, but went directly to Li Shuo's mansion.
Li Shuo set up a dinner party to wash the dust for Luo Yangxing, and the food was much better than Wen Tiren's time.
In addition to Cao Dezhang, the political envoy of Chengxuan, only Lu Xiangsheng, who was in charge of the guard, was left with him.
The imperial court set up a northwest camp in Shaanxi, and Li Shuo could not interfere in the management, and this time he wanted to use troops, so Li Shuo invited Lu Xiangsheng, who was under his jurisdiction, to come over, which was to catch the wind and wash the dust, and to catch the dirty case.
Lu Xiangsheng's skin is much darker than when he was in Datong, which shows that he has to worry a lot more about coming to Shaanxi than before, and the Shaanxi Guard Station has been recuperating for a year, cutting the old and weak, and because of the addition of the Northwest Battalion, the number of military households has decreased a lot, and the number of soldiers registered is 25,000, but because the rectification has not yet been completed, the real number of people is 40,000, and the share of this 15,000 people must be borne by the Shaanxi government itself, which is also a big burden on the government.
Li Shuo picked up the wine glass and said: "Commander Luo, our first glass of wine will pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty for thousands of years, and congratulate Liaodong on his victory." “
When Luo Yangxing set off, the news of the great victory in Liaodong had just arrived in Beijing, and the military department quickly informed all places, so when Luo Yangxing had not yet arrived in Shaanxi, the news of the victory arrived in Shaanxi.
The four of them picked up the wine glasses in their hands and clinked glasses and drank them all.
"Speaking of which, this Liaodong victory is really an unexpected joy, the official learned the news in Kaifeng Mansion, and he also wanted to get drunk to celebrate, but the emperor was entrusted with official business, so he could only set off again." Luo Yangxing put down the wine glass and said with a smile.
Lu Xiangsheng is an expert in leading troops, but he is not in Beijing, and he doesn't know the arrangement of Liaodong, so he asked: "Commander Luo, this big victory, I heard that Zhao Shujiao should be the first to work, I don't know if it's true or not." “
"To be honest, the official doesn't know, but thinking about it, the emperor reused Lord Sun, and Lord Sun reused General Zhao, who dares to say that this credit is all due to General Zhao, Commander Lu, don't say this, otherwise it will be passed out, and where will Lord Sun be placed." Lu Xiangsheng is still a small role in front of Luo Yangxing, but this time he was accompanied by the banquet and Lu Xiangsheng was accompanied by him, it is not difficult to see that this Lu Xiangsheng has a good relationship with Li Shuo in Shaanxi.
"Commander Lu, this really can't be said, the emperor knows people, you and I can see it, this Shaanxi is a natural disaster, if it is not a natural disaster, Governor Li will definitely govern Shaanxi in an orderly manner." Cao Dezhang sighed and said.
In fact, when Li Shuo came here, he first urged the military field and cut the military households, breaking the situation of many factions in Shaanxi officialdom at that time.