No. 120 The Situation in the World (3)
Zhu Youlang didn't know about the chaos in Huguang, but at that time he himself was being chased and killed by Li Chengdong of the Qing army, his life was hanging by a thread, and he had no energy or strength to manage the mess in Huguang. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Now that Li Chengdong's army has been repulsed, and he has no ability to counterattack for the time being, and the financial crisis in the center has been initially lifted, he can finally free up his hands to solve the problem of Huguang.
Although there are many military towns in Huguang now, they are all arrogant soldiers and fierce generals, one by one occupy the territory and extort tyranny, once the army of King Sanshun goes south, there will definitely be many surrenders, and there will be few resistance, so it must be cleaned and reorganized, unified scheduling, and clean up potential traitors in advance, so that those soldiers and horses can really obey the orders of the imperial court, and exert some residual heat for resistance, and at the same time, they must also streamline the administration of the army, reduce the burden of the people, and win back the lost hearts of the people.
He Tengjiao's guy who has not done enough things and has more than enough failures is definitely incompetent, who should he choose? Zhu Youlang looked through the hundreds of ministers in the center, and couldn't find a suitable candidate for a while, Daming is really lacking in talent at the moment!
Chen Bangyan has the ability and experience in leading wars, but his qualifications are too shallow, and it will be difficult to convince the public if he is transferred to Huguang to serve as governor, and he is currently making every effort to rectify the malpractices of the guards in Guangxi, as well as the reorganization of the guards and the reclamation and distribution of military fields. Can't pull away.
Cabinet chief assistant Zhai Shiyun is supposed to be a good candidate, not to mention loyalty, and has qualifications and some ability, the pit is that he is too deeply influenced by the Confucian idea of loyalty to the monarch, too foolish and loyal, and has always had a strong hatred and prejudice against the remnants of the army who ruined the Ming Dynasty and harmed the life of Emperor Chongzhen, and he and He Tengjiao's thoughts are surprisingly consistent in this regard. Loyal ministers may not be easy to use, if he is sent to Huguang as a supervisor, maybe one day the loyal battalion will be forced to rebel, and then the situation in Huguang will be even more out of control, Zhu Youlang can really want to cry without tears, so Zhai Shiyun can't do it.
I can't find anyone in the center! After thinking about it, Zhu Youlang found that it was more appropriate to let the governor of Hubei, the governor of Jiangchen, block Yinxi, be the governor of Huguang.
Plugging Yin tin character Zhongxuan, is Chongzhen year Jinshi, Wuxi people, Fu Wang, Ren Huguang participated in politics, regent Hubei governor, to Tang Wangli, as the right deputy capital of the imperial history, the commander of military affairs and governor.
Although Du Yinxi and He Tengjiao are both Wenchen, after all, they are still a little different, and they are also a rare practical person in Shilin, and they have a big heart. At the beginning of his tenure as an official, he used to be a township soldier to break thieves, kill thieves, and be famous for knowing soldiers, but in Zhu Youlang's view, in the treatment of the remnants of the Ministry, it highlights the mind of blocking Yinxi.
Since the civil unrest in the early years of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng is the backbone of the thieves in the various departments, although he has been defeated repeatedly, but he has never been able to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, after Hong Chengchou came out, the Central Plains was empty, so he took the opportunity to become bigger, and finally caused the disaster of Jiashen! However, after Li Zicheng's death, the subordinates did not form a new leadership core, and gradually collapsed, each looking for a way out, or surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, or re-becoming a rogue.
The soldiers and horses of the Chuang Department have a certain combat effectiveness, and the influence is quite large, becoming a force to be reckoned with between the Ming and Qing dynasties, especially a soldier and horse led by Li Guo and others, known as 300,000, although defeated, but can not be underestimated. After Li Zicheng's death, they rushed to Lizhou with troops, and He Tengjiao was unable to measure his strength, and the battle with them was defeated.
Only plug Yinxi has a unique vision, strongly advocates the Fu Bureau, and personally goes to promote this matter, and absorbs the rest of Dashun as a loyal battalion. It prevented them from throwing themselves into the arms of the Qing army and strengthened the power of the Ming side.
However, He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang, could not understand the real predicament, and just blindly stumbled with the remnants of the Chuang Ministry, but he did not know that the Qing army was taking advantage of the fisherman.
For Li Chuang's actions, this national enmity, Zhu Youlang believes that Du Yinxi will not be forgotten, what is commendable is that he can start from the overall situation, and deeply realize that the strongest enemy at present is Manchurian Jiannu. The departure and stay of the remnants of the Chuang Department will profoundly affect the development of the war situation! For them, the Manchu Qing Dynasty also attaches great importance to them, and has already collected a lot, Li Guo and other troops carefully calculated, at least 50,000 soldiers are there, although not as good as the Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners, but it is also quite powerful, if it falls to the Manchu Qing, the consequences are unimaginable!
If you reuse the plugging Yinxi, you basically don't have to worry about the rest of the army defecting to the Qing army, and when the time comes, the thirteen towns of Huguang will be put in order, and after the king of Sanshun goes south, it will not collapse at the first touch.
After finalizing the candidates, Zhu Youlang did not drag his feet, and wrote two decrees by himself, one of which was to promote He Tengjiao to the secretary of the Ministry of War, and he entered the industry to assist the Son of Heaven; One was promoted to the governor of Hubei, and he was promoted to the governor of Huguang, and took office after entering the Beijing court. After the edict was drafted, it was transcribed in regular script, and the jade seals of the "Treasure of the Son of Heaven of Yongli" and "The Seal of the Imperial Book" were put on by himself, and he read them twice and made sure that they were correct, so he was satisfied with handing them over to Lu Shiren, the commander of the guards, and solemnly admonished: "Qing went to Huguang to spread his intentions on behalf of the emperor this time, which has a lot to do with the imperial court, but there is a difference, so I should come to see it." ”
"Obey." Lu Shiren kowtowed to receive the order, knowing that the matter was very important, and he didn't talk nonsense, turned around and walked out, ordered a group of cronies to escort, and carried the holy decree in his arms, quickly whipped his horse, took the land route, and rushed to Huguang overnight.