Chapter 800: An Eventful Autumn (Part I)

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Military Department, University Sergeant Duty Room.

With a faint smile on his face, he looked at the two third-grade officials of the same age sitting at the bottom, who were the two new military department attendants, Tan Lun and Wu Dui.

Tan Lun was okay, Wu Dui's expression was a little excited, this time he was promoted to four levels in a row, from the fifth grade to the third grade, which made his mood calm down for a long time.

"Both of you are my best friends," Shen Mo smiled faintly, "Don't say much polite words." As he spoke, he smiled and said, "The relationship between you and me, in fact, is seen by both the court and the central government, and the hat of nepotism cannot be taken off...... Brother Zili is okay to say, you are a member of the third grade, and you will be transferred back to the military department as a waiter, and no one can say anything......" paused, looked at Wu Dui and said: "Brother Junze is different, it is said that you should release the military of any province, and then return to the ministry to be this waiter." ”

Wu Dui's expression became serious, and he nodded and said, "This is the right way." ”

"But only if you come to be this right attendant, I can rest assured." Shen Mo sighed lightly: "I don't know if it's to help you or hurt you." ”

"Where's the word, sir." Wu Dui said in a deep voice: "After the errand is done, naturally no one chews the tongue." ”

Hearing this, Tan Lun couldn't help but look sideways, and said in his heart: "It seems that it doesn't just rely on relationships, at least this unyielding arrogance far surpasses Yu Zi." ’

"It seems that I'm blindly worried," Shen Mo touched his nose and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll tell you the truth, Wang Guoguang will basically not come back." ”

This time, Wu Dui's expression did not change much, and he was not surprised that Wang Guoguang would not return to the military department. Tan Lun's face flashed with joy, it was impossible for Shen Mo to let an irrelevant person add to the chaos, so that Bacheng was personally serving as his own soldier, and the opportunity for him to show his strength and kicks had finally arrived.

"Some people are already saying that I am in the military department." Silent and said lightly: "How many pairs of eyes are staring at me, waiting for us to poke the basket and go wrong...... Hehe, a few days ago, the people from the military department put on a book, and scolded Qi Yuanjing to the point of squirting blood, which means that Sang scolded Huai, hehe......"

The two squires knew that Lord Shen was annoyed by Qi Jiguang's involvement, and those officials thought that it was too dangerous to let a martial artist hold so much power; He also had to transfer troops from the south to the north, and if he had ambitions, how would he control them?

There are more than one or two people who are worried, and Shen Mo has to explain to these people every day to block the open guns and arrows from all directions.

"I'll be cautious and try not to cause trouble to adults." The two assured.

"If you're afraid to cut down on trouble," Shen Mo waved his hand, "Then why should I take this mess?" As he spoke, he raised his eyebrows and said: "Now that we are waiting for the prime minister to be in power and in power, I just want to do something, why are I afraid of some people's words?" "No matter what you think in your heart, you must not admit it to your subordinates.

Seeing that the two of them were listening attentively, he said in a deep voice: "Do the things in your hands very much, don't let people find fault elsewhere, as long as you do these two, I, Shen, promise you, as long as I am here, you will be there"

"Yes" For an ambitious official, it is really a blessing to meet such a boss.

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"Let's talk about the division of labor." Shen Mo looked at Tan Lun and said, "Brother Zili, your task is to promote the strategic transformation of the nine sides. ”

Tan Lun nodded, he fully understood the meaning of silence, when they went to the Battle of Wanquan, they had studied the border defense strategy of the Ming Dynasty together, and finally thought that it would be divided into three steps. The first step is to realize the transformation from the current passive defense to active defense; The second step is to change from active defense to key counteroffensive; The third step is to achieve a comprehensive suppression of Mongolia. At each step, a detailed plan was drawn up, and the entire plan was optimistically estimated for ten to fifteen years.

"You did a good job in Xuanda," Shen Mo praised, "Let Ma Fang and Yin Feng make that spring offensive, and vigorously promote it in Jiubian." ”

"The subordinates don't dare to take credit, this is mainly Ma Zongrong's proposal." Tan Lun said modestly: "'If the enemy wants to move, I will move first, and the enemy will be heavily injured.'" Ma Fang has been shouting this sentence for 20 years, and I just borrowed it. ”

"You don't have to be humble." Shen Mo raised his hand and said: "Without your full support, in the middle of the coordination, this battle is so beautiful"

"Your Excellency has won the prize." Although Tan Lun tried to be as reserved as possible, there was still a hint of triumph. Although he has been the governor for less than a year, the improvement of the Ming frontier has been indiscriminately used in his tenure.

It can be said that the forty-five years of Jiajing are the beginning of Altan Khan's nightmare. Not only because of this hearty victory, which shattered his invincible myth, but also because Tan Lun, Ma Fang and others took advantage of this to soar and become the 'head of the border marshal's martial arts in one fell swoop. The most important thing is that the trio of Xuanda, who seem to be leaning towards one side - Governor Tan Lun, General Soldier Ma Fang, and Yin Feng -- can finally mobilize enough resources with sufficient power to show their strength and realize their long-standing combat strategy.

The so-called 'if the enemy wants to move, I will move first, and the enemy will be heavily damaged on the plug', which is replaced by the black words of the rivers and lakes, just eight words -- preemptively, using violence to counter violence as the border generals of the Ming Dynasty's northern Xinjiang dynasties, in the face of rolling Hu Cai, long-term self-defense and seeking peace, has become a chronic disease. Tan Lun and Ma Fang did not hesitate to complete the choice of this strong man, and took the lead in hanging a tyrannical wind in the northern Xinjiang of the Ming Dynasty

But 'if the enemy wants to move, I will move first' is easier said than done. In order to achieve a preemptive strike, Shen Mo instructed Jinyiwei to infiltrate the Mongols many years ago. After understanding that this would be the foundation of his future life, Lu Gang and the Thirteen Taibao would of course spare no effort to do this.

They ordered their subordinates to disguise themselves and blend into the fleeing people who were taken captive by the Mongol army, and take the opportunity to infiltrate the Mongol army undercover; The traitors trusted by Altan Khan also painstakingly rebelled at any cost, and successively developed a number of 'informants', and took the opportunity to send small agents to mix in. It is precisely because of these intelligence officers who were carefully selected and sent by Jinyiwei to lurk and send back all kinds of important information in a steady stream, Tan Lun and Ma Fang were able to know the activities of the Tatar tribes, especially the Altan Khan tribe.

General Xuan praised afterwards: 'Although Hu Qi comes and goes fast, it is impossible to escape the eyes and ears of Jinyiwei' is the best praise for them.

With the success of the intelligence war, Tan Lun gradually let go of his hands and feet, let Ma Fang boldly realize his 'preemptive' strategy, whenever Altan Khan's offensive information was sent, Ma Fang would send his own 'Ma family athletes', forming dozens of 30 to 40 small detachments, covertly scattered along the border between the two countries. When the Mongols invaded in a big way, the soldiers immediately went out on all fronts to carry out a frenzied retaliatory attack on their rear, or snatched horses, or burned pastures, or attacked their baggage grain and grass, and flanked the main force in front and rear to crush the Mongol invasion.

In addition, Ma Fang and Yin Feng organized the main force more times, launched large-scale punitive attacks on the border Tatar tribes, the two of them either bowed to the battle, or sent generals, several times a year to go out to smash the nest, burned and killed countless people, greatly weakened the most arrogant tribal strength in the border area, Ma Fang personally led the light cavalry deep behind the enemy for 600 miles, successively destroyed more than 20 large and small tribes, and finally climbed high on the site of Genghis Khan's mausoleum, and shocked the Mongolian tribes.

Of course, this arrogance also comes at a price, and if you walk too much at night, you will always encounter ghosts. Once in June this year, Ma Fang and Yin Feng led the main force to attack the North Beach, intending to repeat the old tricks and hit the main force of Altan Khan, but I was scheming, cleverly bypassing the Ming army, attacking Xuanfu and breaking through the important town of Longqing.

In the past, this crime was enough to make the two general soldiers dismiss their officials and go home, but under the silent circumstance, they were only severely reprimanded and demoted by the imperial court, and then remembered the past military exploits, and ordered them to 'wear the guilt and make meritorious contributions', and immediately raided Hohhot last month, almost burning down the royal court of Alta.

It was under this kind of fierce blow of unity and strong attack that although I had occasional victories, he became more and more jealous of Ma Fang and others, and without his orders, the Mongols moved their tribes far away from the border, preferring to occupy a small piece of pasture rather than be afraid day and night. In his subconscious, he wanted to avoid these fierce gods...... The most obvious example is that since the beginning of this year, the focus of Tatar infestation has gradually shifted to Yansui, Ningxia, Gansu and other regions, and the original 'hard-hit area' Xuanda is a daunting path. Since the beginning of this year, there has only been that surprise attack, and if it weren't for the carelessness of Ma Fang and others, they wouldn't have succeeded.

It was their victory on the battlefield that gave Shen Mo the confidence to speak for them, and also greatly reduced the resistance to Shen Mo's military reform.

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After arranging Tan Lun's task, he turned to Wu Dui silently and said, "Brother Junze is in charge, which is more and more complicated, and it is as important as Brother Zili." After a pause, he said: "People's energy is limited, you have to learn to grasp the big and let go of the small, and the daily ministry affairs will be handed over to a few Lang Zhong to do, and you will do a good job in the examination." It is necessary to put the main energy on the construction of the nine major arsenals, and the craftsmen of the original small workshops should be absorbed as much as possible, but they must be strictly trained before they can take up their posts, so that they can always remember what the production standard is. ”

"There is also a martial arts competition, you have to always supervise, put this matter into practice, and if you don't do it well, you will be replaced." Shen Mo commanded earnestly: "The hundred-year plan is education-oriented, and the same is true in the military

"Yes." Wu Dui nodded in response.

Shen Mo's 'martial arts competition' is an extremely important part of his series of reform plans, and the purpose is to improve the quality and status of military generals, which of course cannot be shouted out, because in the eyes of civilian officials, the so-called military generals are all rude, brave and ruthless reckless, and they simply look down on these people.

For many years, looking at Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou, whom he admired in his previous life, in front of those civil officials who were much lower than them, they were careful to flatter, whispered, and felt very uncomfortable in silence. However, he knew that the reason for the low status of such military generals could not be attributed only to the suppression of the civilian clique. As a matter of fact, the military departments of all dynasties racked their brains in the hope of finding ways to improve the combat effectiveness of the army, but the low quality of the generals themselves was a big problem.

Most of the military generals in this dynasty are hereditary, and these natural generals have long been without the bravery of their fathers, let alone the motivation to study and progress. Although there are also outstanding figures such as Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou, it can't change the fact that most of them are illiterate and can't shoot through waste materials...... Although they had to go to Beijing to take a test before they were to take up their military posts, they really didn't pass the test, and if the military department conducted a strict inspection, nine out of ten would not be able to pass the test in their lifetime. As a last resort, it's all in vain stories, don't look at all the gold, purple and silver and green returns, in fact, they are in vain, and they can't be of the slightest use. It's hell that such an officer can be respected.

However, the hereditary system of martial arts has continued since the founding of the country, and it is not a powerful person who can stop if he wants to. If we want to improve the quality of military generals, we can only start by improving the quality of those young people who have not yet inherited official positions. After doing the work of Tong Xu Jie, Shen Mo issued an edict in the name of the emperor, and then the Ministry of War moved the text, saying: "Please give up all the ministers who should be attacked by the superintendents, who are more than fifteen years old, and those who can be qualified, will be sent to school for support. Tao is through, and those who are skilled in bows and horses are superior; Those who are sparse and familiar with bows and horses are inferior; Tao is not accustomed to being inferior. Send the department to compete, wait for the lack of stewardship, medium with poor exercises, inferior and half-stipend, and wait for the second year to go to the ministry to repeat the comparison. Those who fail to win the second time will still be half-paid according to the state's political regulations; Those who fail to win three times will be dismissed into the army, and don't choose their children to take up their posts. ’

This is the most realistic and balanced method that Shen Mo can think of under the current conditions. First of all, for the military, middle-level officers and above can be literate and martial, and know how to strategize; The junior officers are also skilled in bows and horses, which naturally ensures the quality of the officers.

Secondly, for the imperial court, it has not changed any existing system, but only requires the following to improve the quality of test takers.

Third, this is also a great blessing for the general's family. You must know that most military generals can only maintain food and clothing, and let their children go to school and study, they can only think about it. Now that the imperial court has given this opportunity, the child can become a talent, and of course the parents are willing...... As for his son, if he fails three times, he will not deprive their family of qualifications, but they must be replaced by another son. In this way, except for the son who is first in line, the whole family is welcome, so it is not a problem.

Finally, for poor provinces, funding is a problem, but the Ministry of War will allocate a part of the special funds, and for the provinces with the highest performance, it will even bear the full amount; And this kind of achievement will be included in the achievements of the superintendents. So it's not a big problem.

Zhang Juzheng commented: "According to this method, the martial arts assessment is the strictest, and it is also the most forgiving, and it will not be abandoned for a long time, and this generation will think about itself." He fully supported this strategy, and generously said that he would try his best to help solve the financial problems of the provinces.

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"There are a lot of things," after explaining the task, he smiled silently and bitterly: "There are too many things to do well, and if you advance at the same time, there are really not enough people." Saying that, he smiled at the two of them: "Back then, Gao Ge Lao said that the situation of the military department was special, and in his opinion, it was enough to have two Shangshu and four waiters." It seems that this is true. "In fact, Shen Mo and Gao Gong have discussed very seriously that it is very necessary to add officers to the military department, but it is unrealistic before they grasp the power.

"We're not afraid of getting tired." Tan Lun smiled: "I'm afraid of messing up the adult's errand." ”

"Just concentrate on your work, and leave the task of thinking about the consequences to me," Shen Mo chuckled, "Give me a big victory, and I won't have so much pressure." ”

"This ......" Tan Lun smiled bitterly: "I can't be in a hurry, with my Ming armament, I can't afford to fight without a few years of preparation." After a pause, he whispered: "Besides, fighting is not just our military department's business. ”

"Then I'll give you an answer." He said silently: "Zhang Taiyue has promised me that he will have one year to sort out his finances, two years to turn losses into profits, and in the third year, he will have money to fight a local battle." ”

"And after that?" Tan Lun's eyes lit up.

"Who knows what will happen after that?" He said silently: "But after three years, the strategy of restoring Hetao or Songshan has been decided, you just need to realize it." ”

"Yes" Seeing the adults serving tea to the guests, Tan Lun got up to say goodbye, and Wu Dui also stood up.

Shen Mo sent them to the courtyard, looked at the chrysanthemums in the garden, and suddenly a sentence popped up in his mind: 'Stay until autumn comes to September 8...... The city is full of golden armor', I can't help but shiver, and quickly shake this ridiculous idea out.

Returning to the room and sitting down, he breathed a long sigh of relief, the rectification of the military department was successfully completed, and the final work was to summarize and write the song and hand it over, which could be regarded as a successful end.

It took a morning to write the gains and losses of this rectification into a 3,000-word note, but the title at the beginning was not written. Because he, a bachelor who has been calling for wind and rain recently, is actually an associate manager...... And the prime minister of the order is Cheng Guogong, although no one has ever shown up, but silence can't even deprive him of the right to sign?

I wanted to send it in the form of an official letter, but after thinking about it, don't make a big deal about it, no matter how many people are grandfathers of the country, let's take a trip-

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Humidity is 80 percent, how can this weather be over? Have you heard the Divine Comedy "Reading You"? I still have a lot of money in my head......