Chapter 834 Time Is Not Waiting for Me (I)

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When Zhang Juzheng visited Gaofu, Shen Mo was meeting with Tan Lun and Wu Dui at the military headquarters.

No one can believe it, but today's gathering of the three of them is the first time this year...... First of all, he went to Huizhou silently at the beginning of the year, and before he came back, Wu Dui went to various arsenals to inspect. Half a month later, Tan Lun went to inspect the nine sides again, and only returned to the capital the day before yesterday. If this meeting starts two days later, I'm afraid it won't be able to get enough people again.

"Today is Tanabata, the Cowherd Weaving NV Magpie Bridge Meeting." Facing the two henchmen, Shen Mo didn't have the usual shelf, leaned comfortably on the back of the chair, and said with a smile: "We are similar to the pair of hard-working mandarin ducks, why is it so difficult to see each other?" ”

Seeing that Lord Zhongtang was in a good mood, Tan Lun and Wu Dui were also very relaxed, and the latter smiled: "We are two people, we are three people, of course it is more difficult to get together." ”

"Haha, don't come ......" Tan Lun said awe-inspiringly: "I'm only interested in young nv. ”

"I don't know this without saying it......" After all, Wu Dui has been in the ministry, and he can't stand the fact that Tan Lun is in the Qiu Eight team.

"Ahem......" Shen Mo coughed lightly, and said in his heart, doesn't he exist when he is an official? Then he looked at the Western Bell in the corner of the wall: "Let's get down to business." The two shìlangs hurriedly sat down.

"In the blink of an eye, the two of them have been in office for a year." Shen Mo said softly: "Today is a simple debriefing." As he spoke, he looked at the two of them and said, "Who will come first?" ”

Hearing his words, Tan Lun and Wu Dui's expressions became serious, and now Yang Bozhishi, the position of the head office is vacant. Presumably, Lord Zhongtang will not let him fall aside, as long as nothing goes wrong, the Eight Achievements will fall on Tan Lun's head, and Wu Dui can also go one step further and replace the right with the left.

The two glanced at each other, and Tan Lun said, "The next official will come first." Seeing Shen Mo nodded, he said in a deep voice: "The task assigned by Lord Zhongtang to the subordinate officials is to promote the strategic transformation of the Nine Sides from passive defense to active defense. "The border defense strategy that has been set long ago is divided into three steps: first, from passive defense to active defense; and then from active defense to focused counteroffensive; Finally, the comprehensive suppression of méng ancient was realized. A detailed plan has been developed for each step and has been continuously improved. The most optimistic estimate is 10 to 15 years to realize the whole plan.

"This year is the second year of the implementation of the plan, and it is also a crucial year related to whether the goal can be achieved." I only heard Tan Lun say: "So from the beginning of the first month to the present, the lower officials have basically patrolled the towns on the nine sides. ”

"Good work," Shen Mo nodded, expressing comfort, "And how is the completion?" ”

"Overall, it's quite gratifying," Tan Lun said a little excitedly: "'I will move first when the enemy moves, and I will hit the enemy on the plug hard.'" The benefits have been shown on the front line of Xuanda. Now Ji Liao and Sanbian have also taken the initiative to attack on this year's chūn day, sending Jīng Rui's ranger detachments to look for the Tartar camp everywhere, or rob the horses, or burn the pasture, or sneak attack their camp, although because of the lack of strength, and the méng ancients have been on guard, resulting in few captures. But under their frequent disturbances, the méng ancients also had to make changes, first of all, they no longer dared to scatter into xiǎo shares to graze around as before, but gathered into large tribes to prevent us from sneaking attack. But as a result, their grazing is greatly affected...... As long as we increase the intensity of sāo disturbance in the next stage, their cattle and horses will not be able to eat enough grass, and if they can't stick to the autumn fat, they will hum ......" Tan Lun smiled a little and said dangerously: "The winter blizzard is not easy to endure." ”

Shen Mo nodded and motioned for him to continue. Tan Lun continued: "Second, their range of activities has also retreated from dozens of miles close to the border to two hundred miles away. This is important for our early warning and can effectively prevent their sneak attack. ”

"The third point is not good news." Tan Lun said in a deep voice: "Although the number of méng ancient tribes is generally less than in previous years, after discussing with several governors and generals, they all agree that this is a harbinger of a big battle. After a pause, he decomposed for silence: "Since the Tumu Fort, the méng ancients have been pressing us to fight, and it has been a hundred years since we suffered such a big loss in Wanquan Right Guard?" How have you ever been bullied like this? The leaders of the various departments must be angry, but seeing that I didn't make any moves, they had to stand still. ”

"Well......" nodded silently, he knew why I had not retaliated, first of all, of course, the battle of the right guard, which dealt a heavy blow to it, and it didn't take two or three years to recover. Secondly, after I answered's xiǎo uncle Rabu Ketaiji, who was used as a shield by Li Chengliang, died horizontally...... The Wushen department under his command was one of the 30,000 households on the left wing, with strong soldiers and horses, and his strength was very strong, so he did not listen to my dispatch in the first place. This time, Rabuk died so strangely that their people turned their suspicious eyes to me, believing that he was plotting against the Vultures, so they killed Rabuk. Alta sent messengers to explain, but they killed him.

The reason why the Wushen tribe dared to do this was because in the battle of the Wanquan Right Guard, the other 20,000 households on the left wing led by my son Bingtu and Buyan suffered heavy losses, so they had the heart to unify the left wing and fight against the Lida. My answer was also devoted to dealing with this increasingly untamed tribe, which also led to its unfavorable disturbance of the Ming Dynasty this year.

There is also a third point, the architecture of Hohhot City, so that for the first time I have my own royal city, its tribe will live according to the city, no need to go out to graze, reliable agriculture and handicrafts in the surrounding Bansheng area self-sufficiency. To a certain extent, this also diminished the hope of capturing the Ming Dynasty...... Every time the ancient people invaded, what they were most eager for in the Ming Dynasty was not the gold and silver that they could not eat or wear, but the necessities of life such as iron pots, kitchen knives, cloth, buckets, and food.

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"Last year, in order to save face, I attacked very fiercely, but we have been prepared for a long time, don't look at him making a lot of noise, and he didn't reap much benefit, so this year it has taken its original form." Tan Lun continued: "The rest of the tribes have been following his horse head for half a year, but they have been disturbed by us, and there is no blood supply from Bansheng, so they can't grab enough supplies for the winter, and they won't be able to open the chūn in the coming year." Therefore, they will definitely send troops and fight us fiercely. And I replied that in order to win people's hearts, eighty percent of them want to come out of this. In the end, Xiang Shen Mo concluded: "So it is very likely that they will have a large-scale invasion after the browing period of the war horses, as early as September and October." ”

Shen Mo asked in a low voice, "How are the preparations on all sides?" ”

"I already know, Wang Chonggu, Huo Ji, Cao Bangfu, these are all handsome talents who can be in the field, as long as they are vigilant, they will not repeat the scene of the year before last." After a pause, Tan Lun looked at his silent face and said, "But the side matter has been abandoned for a long time, and they don't dare to pack tickets, but make it difficult with me." They all said: 'I don't have many soldiers, I don't have enough food, and I can't command anyone, so I'm afraid it will be difficult to lose everything.' ’”

"What do you think?" looked at Tan Lun silently.

"The lower officials think that all three are not enough." Tan Lun is a silent henchman, so naturally he will not be covered with clouds and mountains, but said bluntly: "The husband and soldier do not suffer from the few, but the weak." Although there is a serious shortage of the border army today, but the food register is in stock, if it can be solicited according to the nationality, the hidden occupation can be checked, the appropriate recruitment and replenishment, and the training is carried out, why should there be no soldiers? Moreover, in the past few years since the transfer of troops from the south to the north, there have been tens of thousands of guest soldiers in various towns, and there is no shortage of soldiers in any case; As for the lack of food, and the donation of useless and unurgent expenses, and their financial resources, in order to support the warriors, why should they have no money? As for the generals, who are not able to be judged, who are rewarded to persuade meritorious service, and who is lenient in grammar to extend the power of generals, then the loyal and brave husband is not thinking hard, so why should he trouble if he has no generals? ”

Hearing this, Shen Mo clapped his hands and said: "If you want to make a contribution, you have to have this bearing!" He said with a smile: "But how do I think that the three points they mentioned have other sounds?" ”

"Zhongtang is wise, and the lower officials also think so." Tan Lun said in a deep voice: "Although the grievances of the three governors are insincere, they can also reflect the real contradiction behind this...... The so-called 'not many soldiers' is actually that there are too many guest soldiers, different authority, and inconvenient deployment; The so-called 'lack of food' is actually jealousy of the abundant supply of guest soldiers; the so-called 'generals are not able to be appointed' is only because they think that there are too many generals in the south, they have their own faction, and they do not listen to dispatches. ”

"So in the final analysis," Shen Mo said lightly, "is it the contradiction between the main soldier and the guest soldier?" ”

"Yes," Tan Lun said: "The northern military town, the hereditary officers and soldiers, have long been the three major groups that cannot penetrate the needle and splash the water in the past two hundred years; And the hundreds of thousands of guest soldiers in the south came with the victory, and they were in a foreign land, so they would naturally join together. The three governors had the slightest idea of splitting up, and some soldiers mutinied, and their authority was greatly reduced, which was naturally unhappy. ”

"Hehe, this is really unflattering." A wry smile hung on the corner of Shen Mo's mouth.

The transfer of southern soldiers to the north was first proposed by Tan Lun, but now it is actually this result, which makes him a little embarrassed, and he hurriedly explained: "According to the original plan, the transfer of southern soldiers to the north is only the first step, and the second step is to beat it up, this step is very important, because the soldiers of Yan Zhao have been on the border for a hundred years, and their sharpness has been exhausted early, and there is no military discipline at all. As he spoke, he spread his hands and said, "But now that the host and guest forces are in full swing, how can they succeed?" ”

"I've made up my mind about this, but it's just not ripe yet." Shen Mo waved his hand and said lightly: "Now wait to repel the Tartars again, and you can do it!" ”

Tan Lun said solemnly when he heard this: "Obey!" ”

Shen Mo looked at Wu Dui, who had been quiet, and said, "Jun Ze, what's wrong with you here?" ”

Wu Dui said in a deep voice: "Xiaguan's task this year is the construction of the nine arsenals and the martial arts competition. After a pause, he said: "Let's talk about the previous one first, in the past year, in accordance with the requirements of the adults, the Ordnance Factory has been set up, and I personally serve as the chief director, and I have also established nine special arsenals in Beijing, Zhili, and Shandong, respectively to produce armor, swords, firearms, artillery, chariots, and ......" He sighed lightly and said: "But after this year, the effect is not optimistic, there is a lack of craftsmen, low efficiency, serious costs, and poor quality...... For this year's military procurement, the Ordnance General Factory can only meet 30 percent, and the remaining 70 percent has to rely on those xiǎo workshops under the Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of Industry to provide it. ”

According to his plan, all the military workshops should be closed this year, and all weapons production should be transferred to the General Ordnance Factory under the Ministry of War, but the Ministry of Industry is unwilling to abolish the Ordnance Bureau, and those nobles are also unwilling to close the military workshops, the reason is nothing more than the word 'profit', and they don't want to give up the féiròu in the bowl to the Ministry of War......

"However, we have raised the acceptance standards," Seeing that the silent face was not good, Wu Dui hurriedly said: "In short, the quality of the weapon has improved a lot compared to before." ”

"I'll solve this ......" Shen Mian said in a deep voice, "Let's talk about the 'martial arts competition'." ”

"Yes." Wu Dui hurriedly responded: "Although there are still two years before the first 'competition' is held, the problems that have erupted now are not optimistic. Our military department naturally tried its best to implement it, but the problem was mainly in the localities, and the provincial ministers and superintendents of the military departments had to run the military department, and it was extremely difficult to provide teaching for the children of the military generals who responded to the attack. Therefore, in this year, only the government schools in Zhili, Shandong, and several southeastern provinces opened martial arts schools to recruit students who should be attacked. Now that a year has passed, and if the rest of the provinces do not carry out again, there will be big problems in the future competition! ”

"Hmm......" Shen Mo nodded slowly, "Then what is the opinion of the governors of the provinces?" ”

"What they mean is that either these generals will pay for their own expenses, or the military department will allocate special funds." Wu Dui smiled bitterly: "But this is unrealistic, if you follow the first method, the generals will rebel; According to the second method, not to mention how the military department has money, even if it can afford this money, it will be exploited layer by layer, and it is really unknown how much of it can be used for special purposes. ”

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Today's meeting was really breathless, and basically the tasks assigned by themselves were not completed by the two shìlangs. But Shen Mo also knew that he couldn't blame them, because there was a problem at the root, and it was difficult to let the two shìlangs solve it.

Seeing that there was no jīng on the faces of the two, Shen Mo had to cheer them up and said: "The previous conditions were not ripe, if it weren't for the time, I wouldn't have forced you to implement these measures, it's really difficult for you." The two of them didn't dare to say anything, waved their hands silently, and said to Yan Yue: "Besides, this year has not been in vain, at least let you have a deep understanding of your respective fields, once the time is ripe and the conditions are met, I firmly believe that you will use the shortest time to make the best results!" ”

There was some brilliance in the eyes of the two, and they asked in unison, "When will that be?" ”

"It's coming." "The night has passed, and the dawn is just around the corner." ”――

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I'm really sorry, it's not that I'm lazy, but sometimes when I encounter something that's hard to write, I really have to grit my teeth and hold back niào, and I can't write it...... Good thing in the past. There's definitely more to ...... tonight