After the meeting ended, Wu Dui directly found Shen Mo with a dark face and said: "According to this spending method, at most this month, this year's budget will be exhausted, how to support it in the second half of the year?" ”

"It doesn't matter," Shen Mo smiled and comforted him, "You just have to spend money, and there will be no shortage of you when the time comes." ”

"It's not that I don't have confidence in you," there was no one around, and Wu Dui was not polite to Shen Mo, and sighed: "It's just that this is only the stage of war preparation, and the money is like flowing water, if it really starts a war, how can the imperial court withstand it?" ”

"Don't worry," Shen Mo smiled and said, "The military department is only in charge of fighting, and it is the business of the household department to pay for it." ”

"Isn't that all the court's money?" Wu Dui smiled bitterly: "Forget it, I'm 'the emperor is not in a hurry, the eunuch is in a hurry', what kind of heart do you have?" After speaking, he got up and left, but he hesitated a little.

"Between you and me, what can't be said?" The silence saw that his words stopped.

"I heard that Tang Ruji is coming back to be a scholar?" After Wu Dui finished speaking, he explained: "I don't have any idea about this position, it's just that this person has never led a soldier, can he be competent?" ”

"His specialty lies in coordinating logistics." Shen Mo said lightly: "Before, we were all defending and fighting at home, and the pressure on logistics was not too big, but once we had to take the initiative to attack and go deep into the grassland, the pressure on logistics would be terrifying." After a pause, he said: "It is no exaggeration to say that logistics will be the key to success or failure." So I'd rather be said to be a cronie, and I have to let him be this Shangshu," he said, looking at Wu Dui: "You two work together, one is responsible for military production, and the other is responsible for logistics supply, so that I can go to the front line with confidence." ”

"To the front?" Wu Dui was shocked and said, "Do you need to go out in person?" ”

"Why don't you need it?" Shen Mo's brows condensed a trace of worry and said, "As the saying goes, three monks have no water to eat. We're pretty much ...... The border army is from the Shanxi Gang, the Beijing army is from the nobles, the guest army is from the southeast, and the three families are not good at stubble, if there is no one to suppress them, I am afraid that they have not yet fought with the Mongols, and they will be the first to catch fire. ”

"It's also ......" Wu Dui nodded, suddenly remembered the recent rumors, and asked tentatively: "Is it also related to them, clamoring to knight you?" ”

"Hmm......" Shen Mo nodded and didn't speak, but he could see that he was in a bad mood.

Wu Dui's so-called 'knighthood' has to start from the present chūn.

In order to get rid of the weakness of recent years and re-establish the prestige of the Mongolian tribes, this time the intensity was stronger than before, and the seven invasions of Jizhen, Xuanfu, Datong, and Guyuan were launched seven times in succession, but they all returned in vain, and even suffered small losses one after another.

The reason for this is that since he was in charge of the military, he has been very concerned about border affairs, even minor matters, and has never been sloppy in the slightest. He knows very well that the Ming Dynasty is the Son of Heaven guarding the country, and the northern border defense is the responsibility of the country's fortunes.

The first is to transfer troops and send generals, he transferred most of the world's strong generals to the nine-sided front, Shaanxi has Wang Chonggu and Chen Qixue, Wu has Liu Xian, Li Xi, Jiang Yingxiong, etc.; On the Xuanda side, there are Tan Lun and Fang Fengshi, Wu has Ma Fang, Yin Feng, Zhao Ke, Ma Gui, etc., and on Jiliao's side, there are Cao Bangfu and Zhang Xueyan, Wu has Qi Jiguang, Li Chengliang, Lu Bo, Tang Kekuan and others, which are definitely handsome and talented, and the stars are gathered, which has never been seen since Yongle.

At the same time, he also paid great attention to the voices of the commanders and generals. Not long after taking charge of the military department, Cao Bangfu, the governor of Jiliao, suggested that the enemy platform should be built on the front line of Jizhen, that is, pillboxes, one for each mile. Soldiers are stationed in Taiwan, and they are responsible for lookout in peacetime, and they can attack in wartime...... Jizhen is the gateway to the Jingshi, and when the defense line of Jizhen is broken, Gyeonggi is exposed. At that time, the court was learning from the pain, wanting to avoid the situation where the Jingshi bell rang every year, and Cao Bangfu's proposal was precisely to strengthen the defense line of Jizhen.

Although Cao Bangfu has always been not very good with Shen Mo, but after receiving his recital, Shen Mo immediately replied: "I saw your suggestion to play it yesterday, this is indeed a good way to 'set up a danger and guard the essentials'." The Ministry of War will approve it immediately. But if you say that an enemy needs 50 soldiers, then 1,000 miles will need 50,000 men. I don't know if these 50,000 people were used by the soldiers who originally guarded the town, or whether they were guest soldiers. If the original soldiers were used, then the defense of the city would have to be handed over to the guest soldiers, would it cause contradictions? Then he asked: "Looking at the style of the enemy platform you attached, the circumference is only one foot and two, although it is said to be the style of closing the top, but I guess that the foundation is only more than twice as large as this, how can so many people maneuver in such a small place?" And the soldiers' clothing, food, firewood, and water were filled with things, wasn't it too narrow? If so, please give us an answer. ’

When Cao Bangfu gave a proper solution, he immediately accepted it, and personally supervised it, and in a year, he repaired all the enemy platforms, and sent troops to station, building a tight defense line before Gyeonggi. This is precisely this line of defense, blocking the iron hooves of the invasion of Alda, so that for the first time in the capital, the whole year has not heard of the news.

This incident also made Cao Bangfu have a new understanding of silence, and he is no longer as resistant as before.

Shen Mo's attention to border defense is all-round, and he attaches great importance to those places that previous ministers will not pay attention to. For example, when he learned that Yulin's military rations required the soldiers to go one or two hundred miles away to collect them, he wrote to Wang Chonggudao: "I heard that soldiers rely on one stone of grain per month to survive on a family of several people. At the same time, they are asked to go hundreds of miles away to wait for collection, go back and forth to the road, hire people and hire cars, who pays for this? Besides, there have been some apportionments recently, all of which are out of this grain, and if they want to feed the soldiers and fight against insults for the country, can that be done? I consulted the classics and found that in the past, there were official warehouses in all districts, so I ordered people to go and check them, and learned that although the warehouses are now damaged, the system is still there, and the officials are still there. Can you fix it and send military rations nearby? You don't have to worry about this matter, just discuss a solution with Guan Lianglangzhong. ’

Silence is like this, there is a report below, not simply criticizing a 'agree', 'disagree', but drawing inferences from one another, exhaustively investigating the roots, being as careful as an old farmer, and when rì things are finished, there will definitely be no delays. Cabinet ministers are so conscientious and meticulous, how dare those governors who deal with him slack off?

Of course, this is also related to the clear distinction between rewards and punishments for silent silence, for meritorious generals, he never hesitates to reward, and always spares no effort to win rewards for them. Regardless of old grievances, he promoted and appointed Cao Bangfu and Wang Chonggu, and spared no effort to improve the status of the border pass civil and military. And for officials who make mistakes, the punishment is just as severe, even for the governor...... Huo Ji, the governor of Xuanda, cowered and fought in the face of my answer, and punished Ma Fang, Yin Feng and others who took the initiative to fight.

Speaking of rewards and punishments, he said to several governors more than once: 'There is a kind of man in the world who gloates about misfortune, who is jealous of the merits of others, and who hinders them from accomplishing things. They are required to avoid envy and envy, and to work together and unite to do a good job in border defense.

It was under such painstaking efforts and open-mindedness that silence finally made all the generals return to their hearts and look at his horse's head. He never forgot the safety of the border defense, and the various defense areas naturally always sharpened their troops and horses, and waited for the battle, so that I could not get along with the barbarians.

There are both famous generals guarding the town, and there are good ministers planning and scheduling, to the three years of Longqing, the encounter between the Ming prisoners, the Ming army has been repeatedly won...... The situation between strength and weakness is quietly changing.

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Frustrated, unwilling to lose face, I decided to concentrate on Xuanfu to carry out a 'key attack', according to his subordinate Han Jiān Xiao Qin's advice, I replied carefully planned, ordered his son Xin Ai to lead the troops to feint to attack Ulzhou, and after the Ming army planned to attack, and then sent Jīng sharp cavalry to attack Xuanfu by taking advantage of the situation, in an attempt to repeat the good drama of Jiajing's blitzkrieg attack on Xuanfu in the 42nd year of Jiajing.

However, with Tan Lun in charge, the Ming army was not fooled this time, when I answered and led a heavy army to blitz to Xuanfu, not only saw that the important town of Xuanfu was already in a tight position, but also dug a trench, set up a horse rejection, and formed a defensive line to contain the Mongolian cavalry assault. Knowing that he couldn't succeed, I immediately pulled the horse back to the north with interest. Ma Fang did not give up, and immediately led his troops to follow and chase for 200 miles, and finally broke the main force of Altan Khan in Changshuihai.

Ma Fang's front foot was just a teacher, and he immediately gathered heavy troops on his back foot, and ran again with murderous spirit. When the soldiers approached, Ma Fangbu was still eating, and when he heard the news, Ma Fang immediately threw dishes on the ground and shouted to the generals: 'Let me take the food!' Immediately led the troops to battle, and fought a bloody battle with the Altan army in Anzi Mountain, and a head-on attack once again made Alta flee north in embarrassment.

After the war, Ma Fang ordered people to cook food and bury it with the bones of the fallen soldiers in the battle. After hearing this, Shen Mo couldn't help but praise: 'Love soldiers are like this, and there are tiger masters!' ’

After the setback of Xuanfu, I replied to turn the gun, and then turned to the Datong generation to focus on the attack, this time Tan Lun misjudged, ordered the Datong general Zhao Cao to guard the heavy troops in the Bauhinia Pass, although once repelled the enemy, but I answered to avoid the real attack, bypassing the Bauhinia Pass and attacking Huairen, Shanyin and other areas. In anger, Tan Lun simply gave me a 'right paste', and ordered Ma Fang, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, and Zhao Cao, the chief soldier of Datong, to change guards, and transferred Ma Fang to Datong to guard against me. Unexpectedly, I continued to 'hide' Ma Fang, not only no longer attacking Datong, but turned the gun again, launched a strong attack on the Xuanfu area, and when Ma Fang led the army to help, I answered the army and immediately fled north...... It's not that Zhao Cao is much worse than Ma Fang, but that Ma Fang and I have fought a hundred battles, and there have been many big victories, and they have already made a great reputation. As soon as they heard that Ma Wang Ye was coming, the arrogant Mongolian cavalry immediately became short of breath, and only wanted to smear oil on the soles of their feet, and did not want to face him. And the rest of the generals do not have this deterrent power.

In the face of my tactics of bullying the soft and fearing the hard, you advance and I retreat, Ma Fang decided to take the initiative to attack, and he had to make a big difference!

Just this month, Jin Yiwei found out that I Da would camp the main force in Xianning Haizi, and Ma Fang immediately recruited Yin Feng and concentrated all the main forces to attack. Before the war, Ma Fang strictly ordered the three armies, and the whole army abandoned the baggage and materials, and only brought three rations per person to show the heart of the battle. On the 7th of June, the whole army marched, and along the way, "people were silent, horses were ranked", and they quietly marched at high speed, and when they arrived at the periphery of Xianning Haizi, they were ambitiously planning a new round of southern invasion, and they were unaware of it. Ma Fang launched a general attack in the early morning, first attacking with firearms, Ma Fang's Jīng Ruijia soldiers, from the two wings of the enemy camp, Ma Fang led the main force to assault frontally, Yin Feng led the army to intercept and kill on the escape road of Altan, and Altan Khan, who was caught off guard, was hit again, and was surrounded by Ma Fang's army on all sides, galloping and rushing to kill. The army had no choice but to abandon the camp in a hurry, and the people who were trampled and slashed and killed were very heavy.

After a night of bloody fighting, I finally fled, and the Ming army pursued closely, chasing dozens of miles from Xianning Haizi all the way to the west. In this battle, the casualties of the troops were very heavy, and there were more than a dozen captured tribal leaders alone, and countless horses and baggage were captured, which was another great victory after the battle of Wanquan Right Guard. After Tan Lun, who was sitting in the rear, read the war report, he was overjoyed on the spot and said: "Datong has nothing to do for the time being!" ’

The good news spread to the capital, the whole country celebrated, and the emperor went to the temple to pay tribute to the ancestors and reward the generals. Ma Fang was promoted to Zhengyipin Taibao and Dadu Governor, Tan Lun and Yin Feng also won a prince Taibao, and the rest of the generals and armies were rewarded and happy.

In the midst of a reward, Zou Yinglong, the left deputy capital Yushi, proposed that Shen Jiangnan, the second assistant in charge of military affairs, had worked hard and made great achievements, and the great victory of the right guard was also achieved under his command, and asked to be knighted. As soon as these words came out, many officials echoed them, and they flew to the front of the palace like snowflakes for him.

Emperor Longqing was already on the rise, and he felt that he had wronged Master Shen by letting Gao Gong cut in line as the first assistant, and he had long wanted to compensate him.

When the news came out, he was silent, and Shen Mingchen scolded: "This is just a cheat......

Although there is no explicit provision, it is already a consensus that those who receive knighthoods cannot serve as the head of the cabinet. But silence can't be shirked, otherwise he will be regarded as ambitious, and he will fall into a dilemma all of a sudden.

After analyzing the cause and effect, Wang Yin told Shen Mo with certainty, I feel that you have fallen into a conspiracy, but I don't know whose calculation it is.

Shen Mo smiled bitterly: "This familiar taste, except for my good teacher, there is absolutely no semicolon." Saying that, he sighed slightly and said: "I've been waiting for his revenge, and now that the boots have finally landed, although my heart is steady, it's really hard to deal with." ”

It turned out that Xu Jie had already known where his weaknesses were...... As a cabinet minister, silence holds the military power of the Ming Dynasty, which is a sin in itself.

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