Chapter 70: Supporting the Troops and Respecting Themselves (1)

In December 1640, the first snow in northern Shaanxi finally fell in the long-awaited wait, but the disappointing thing is that it only lasted for one night and then stopped, and the whole northern Shaanxi became dry and cold again, and next year it is estimated that another major drought is inevitable.

As a southerner, Zhao Kang never thought that this winter in northern Shaanxi could be so cold, wearing a thick down jacket inside and a layer of red official clothes outside, although it looks a little nondescript, but it can make him feel warmer.

Taking the holy decree from Wang Jixiang's hand, Zhao Kang asked while playing with the "Auxiliary General Seal" in his hand, "What?" The court appointed me as an auxiliary general, transferred the Shanxi general army to me, and asked me to immediately set out to attack the Mongols in the Chahar tribes? You're going to be a prisoner? ”

Wang Jixiang looked at the little fat young man with fine skin and tender flesh in front of him, and he couldn't associate him with the governor of Yansui in northern Shaanxi and Yangwei Hetao, and even seriously doubted whether he recognized the wrong person. At this time, he heard Zhao Kang's question, so he replied: "Yes, the emperor and the ministers of the court and the ministers of the court personally discussed the decree before issuing it. Please follow the orders. ”

Zhao Kang asked Daniel Zhang beside him, "What is this auxiliary general?" ”

Daniel Zhang replied: "If you return to the adult, the auxiliary general is a military attaché with a loose rank, which belongs to the honorary title, not an actual position, and is a loose official from the second rank. ”

Zhao Kang said to Wang Jixiang depressedly: "Princess, isn't this fooling me!" I am now the imperial envoy of the second rank of the left of the capital, and after recovering the Hetao for the court, I am an auxiliary general from the second grade, isn't this teasing me? Do you want to be demoted? ”

Wang Jixiang replied: "Lord Zhao doesn't know, the position of auxiliary general is very good, and it is a hereditary title. Although each generation is downgraded by one rank, the lowest will only be reduced to the rank of lieutenant of Fengguo. Although the rank of the auxiliary general is not as good as that of the imperial envoy of Zuo Youdu, it can allow Lord Zhao to enjoy the blessings of the saint from generation to generation. ”

Zhao Kang thought to himself: Nima Ming Dynasty will be over in a few years, and it will be for generations, fortunately, Brother Zhao, I have studied history.

Zhao Kang muttered dissatisfiedly: "Okay, okay, I understand." I said, Princess, look at this cold day, it's not good to nest at home, lie on the kang, what kind of Mongolia is you going to fight if you have nothing to do? It's not fun to fight. During this time, I will accompany you to take a good tour of this Yulin, take you to visit the places of interest in northern Shaanxi, and see the enthusiasm of our little girl in Yulin. When the spring starts next year and the weather is warmer, how about we go to trouble the Mongols again? ”

Wang Jixiang had a bitter face, he was very angry in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it: "Lord Zhao! This is an order from the court, a holy decree issued by the emperor himself! It's a great sin of disrespect for you to resist the decree! Now that Jinzhou is surrounded by the puppet Qing, Lord Hong Chengchou has led his troops to the rescue, and is currently fighting with the puppet Qing in Tashan and Xingshan, and it is extremely necessary for Lord Zhao to contain the forces of the puppet Qing from the west. If we wait until the beginning of spring next year to send troops, it will be too late! ”

"What? Hong Chengchou has already gone to Liaodong? Hearing that the traitor Hongda had embarked on the road of no return to Jinzhou, Zhao Kang was still very surprised.

Wang Jixiang said: "Yes, since April this year, Prince Shuo Zheng of the puppet Qing Dynasty, Jierharang, has surrounded Jinzhou for more than half a year, doesn't Lord Zhao know?" ”

Zhao Kang thought to himself: I know a special egg, the labor and management information is obviously that the traitor will surrender next year, and the ghost knows that the battle of Songshan, which originally destroyed the Ming Dynasty, has already started this year.

Zhao Kang said: "This ...... Of course I know this, but if you want to send troops, you have to pay the soldiers first, right? When you go to war, you have to eat food, right? You said that the emperor didn't give me money, and second, he didn't give me food and grass, did I tell my soldiers to go to war hungry and bare-bottomed with a stick? ”

Wang Jixiang squeaked and said, "Isn't there no way to do this in the court?" In order to raise the salary of the Liaodong army, the emperor can't eat a few meals of meat all year round, and even the dragon robe is patched. ”

Zhao Kang said: "It's not right for the prince to say so. Their soldiers in Liaodong are soldiers, but aren't our soldiers in Shaanxi soldiers? You see, that Liaodong, every year to levy Liao, starting from the forty-sixth year of Wanli, I'm afraid that it will be smashed down hundreds of millions of taels of silver, right? See what they did? Retreat from Ulsan to Shenyang, from Shenyang to Guangning, from Guangning to Jinzhou, will it be returned to Shanhaiguan in a few years? Why do they take so much money and don't do anything, and don't give me a penny and ask me to work hard? ”

Wang Jixiang said: "The ministers of the court and the central government think that since the adults can not pay a penny of silver or a grain of grain, they have miraculously solved the problem of famine in northern Shaanxi that has plagued our Ming Dynasty for decades, and it should be very easy to raise some grain and grass for sending troops to Mongolia." ”

Zhao Kang said angrily: "Wo Cao! It turned out that they took me as the wronged leader! You ask my generals, if they don't give them salary, food and grass, are they willing to go to war? ”

Wang Jixiang weakly looked at the five people below Zhao Kang, Li Laoguan, Daniel Zhang, Wang Fuchen, Wang Pingfan, and Zhao Liangdong, and saw that the five of them were glaring at him angrily, so frightened that he quickly swallowed his saliva and said, "I am just conveying the will of the Holy Lord......

Zhao Kang thought for a while and said: "Well, although we are still very difficult now, but the will of the Holy Lord cannot be violated, otherwise, first transfer Xu Dingguo, the chief soldier of Shanxi, to Yulin to accept the reorganization, and then I will find a way to raise food and wages." ”

Wang Jixiang asked, "Then when is Lord Zhao going to send troops to Chahar?" ”

Zhao Kang said: "It's hard to say, at least three or two months, at most a year and a half, during this time, I will bother the prince to live in this governor's yamen temporarily." When I finish my preparations, I will invite the prince to gallop the Mongolian steppes together! ”

Wang Jixiang was shocked: "Lord Zhao must not, at this time, the puppet Qing army is fighting with Lord Hong in Jinzhou, and almost all the elite and strong Mongolian tribes have been transferred by Huang Taiji, it is the best time to take the Chahar tribes!" As the saying goes, the opportunity cannot be lost, and it will not come again! ”

Zhao Kang thought to himself: Of course I, Tama, know that the opportunity cannot be missed, and it will not come again, the key question is what Brother Zhao can do if I defeat the Naturalization City and sweep the Ulanchabu League? And then the eggs. The railway was not built, and the mineral resources in those places could not be transported to Yulin.

Zhao Kang said: "Princess, I'll tell you the truth, it's not that I don't want to go, you see that the court doesn't allocate a penny of silver, a penny of grain and grass to me, what will I take to fight?" Do you want to make the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army under my command eat grass like cattle and sheep? ”