Zhao Liangsong was puzzled: "Can this work?" If someone asks a student, what do adults do when they buy property in Beijing, what do students say? ”

"What do you do when you buy a property? What do you say you do to buy a property? To make money, of course. Yang He smiled.

Smiling, Yang He continued: "In the future, when someone asks you why you make friends with people everywhere, you will answer in this way." ”

Zhao Liangsong said with a smile: "Getting around making friends with people is to broaden your network, so as not to make trouble for someone in my family in the future." ”

"Hahaha, the children can be taught." Yang He laughed.

Soon after Yang He took up his post as the head of the Fang Division, Zhang Heming, the secretary of the military department and the Liaodong Economic Strategy, submitted his resignation to Zhu Youxiao, the emperor of the Apocalypse, again on the grounds of old age and infirmity.

Seeing that Zhang Heming did nothing after becoming the Liaodong Economic Strategy, Zhu Youxiao thought about it again and again, and finally agreed to Zhang Heming to go home for the elderly.

Subsequently, Zhu Youxiao appointed the governor of Xuanda to take over as the governor of Liaodong, and the governor of Xuanda sent three official documents in a row and refused to serve as the governor of Liaodong.

This move angered Zhu Youxiao, and he immediately announced the dismissal of the governor of the university.

Then Zhu Youxiao was promoted to the military department, and Wang Zaijin became the secretary of the military department and the right deputy imperial envoy to serve as the Liaodong Economic Strategy.

Wang Zaijin: The word is in the early Ming Dynasty, the number is Yun, a native of Taicang, Jiangsu, a Jinshi in the 20th year of Wanli, a member of the Zhongshu House, a political envoy of Jiangxi, the governor of Shandong, and a left waiter in the military department.

Wang Zaijin analyzed the situation in Liaodong at that time and said: "The eastern affairs are separated from the Phi, one is worse than Qing (Qinghe) and Fu (Fushun), then worse than Kai (Kaiyuan) and Tieling (Tieling), three is worse than Liao (Liaoyang) and Shen (Shenyang), and four is worse than Guangning. The initial bad is a dangerous situation, and then the bad is a defeat, the third bad is the endgame, and as for the four bad - donating the whole Liao, there is no situation to do! Gradually retreat to the mountains and seas. There is no step back after that. ”

Wang Xiangqian, the governor of Xuanda at the time, advised Wang Zaijin: "If you have Guangning, you can't keep it, and you will be punished." It is better to set up risks in the heavy pass, defend the mountains and seas, and defend the Beijing division. ”

Wang Zaijin thought that Wang Xiangqian's suggestion was reasonable, and came to Shanhaiguan. The editor surveyed the terrain of Shanhaiguan and planned to build another city near the left of Shanhaiguan, in order to defend against the enemy outside Shanhaiguan.

Then Wang Zai Jin soothed: "Gaoling has the momentum of taking advantage of the tower, and Doucheng is like the shape of the bottom of the pot." The help of the soldiers of the terrain of the former Wuhou Yun, and those who seek victory without knowing the battlefield are also not. The slave has a battlefield, and I have no land. The mountains and seas are not the way to pass through the Yi Gongyi, and the defense of Yan Yuanshu is guaranteed by two rivers, so why worry about the capture of Yi. Now I think it's a stopper. How can this be a tangible moat, and it will become an indefatigable golden soup. The ministers and their colleagues conspired with them, and those who wanted to build enemy towers and live in high mountains and high mountains first. If it is taken by the thief, it will help it to hit with Gao Bo, and I lose its control. There is a way to rebuild the border city from Sesame Bay. or from eight miles, about thirty miles long. Around the mountain in the north, to the sea in the south, a piece of stone is all overall, and the horn mountain and the joy ridge are all included. Such a close door can be a cover. ”

The gist of this passage is to the effect that the terrain and the situation of the enemy in the area of Shanhaiguan were analyzed, and it was suggested that another city should be built between Zhimawan and Balipu to block the attack of Jianyu.

When Yang He learned of Wang Zaijin's plan, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

The location where Wang Zaijin chose to build the city was only eight miles away from Shanhaiguan, and if he could block the construction of the city in Bali. Then in Shanhaiguan can also block the construction of the captive, if the Balipu can not block the captivity, then the Jianguan will take advantage of the trend, and it will be broken together with the Shanhaiguan. That is to say, it is useless to build a city in Balipa.

In addition, Wang Zaijin's budget for the construction of this new city cost hundreds of taels of silver. With the current financial situation of the Ming Dynasty, when the city is completed, it will basically go bankrupt.

Even if it is not bankrupt, it will take two or three years to build such a city, and in two or three years, Jianyu may have almost pacified the North Korea and the surrounding Mongol tribes behind him.

After pacifying the Mongol tribes, Jianyu could have made a detour through Mongolia to launch an attack from the north of the Ming Dynasty, and it was useless to build such a city at that time.

There was a saying in later generations, if you are not afraid of god-like opponents, you are afraid of pig-like teammates, this Wang Zaijin is a pig-like teammate, Daming's finances are so tight, and he still wants to do such a big deal, it is completely to help Jianyu lose the last family of Daming, and then sit back and wait for Jianyu to develop and grow.

From the perspective of strategic vision and courage, Wang Zaijin is not as good as his subordinates.

The courageous person is called Zhao Shujiao.

Zhao Shujiao, the word Xilong, the number Mingshan, the north Zhili Jiyang people (Hebei Jiyang), Wanli nineteen years, Zhao led the teaching of the martial arts, served as the Ganzhou Division, successively served as the guerrilla of the Nian Bo Battalion, the general of Jingyuwei, the general of Yansui, and was later impeached and dismissed.

After Nurhachi raised troops to attack the Liaodong region, the imperial court issued an edict to let the dismissed generals who had raised families lead troops to the front line to make meritorious contributions, and Zhao led the people to go out with his uncle Zhao Menglin, and was appreciated by Yuan Yingtai, who was promoted to deputy commander-in-chief, in charge of the affairs of the Chinese army.

In the first year of the Apocalypse, Liaoyang was broken by the Houjin army, Yuan Yingtai committed suicide, Zhao Shujiao absconded, and then defected to Wang Huazhen, Wang Huazhen abandoned Guangning, Zhao Shujiao fled with Wang Huazhen, and after Wang Zaijin came to Liaodong, he defected to Wang Zaijin.

Not long after defecting to Wang Zaijin, one day he took the initiative to find Wang Zaijin and proposed to make meritorious service and regain the lost territory. The lost land that Zhao led the sect to recover was called Qiantun, which was located between Shanhaiguan and Ningyuan.

Wang Zaijin did not refuse Zhao Shujiao's request, but only told Zhao Shujiao that he had no soldiers.

Zhao Shujiao did not ask for soldiers, and only took thirty-eight family members and left.

However, when Zhao led his sect to the Zhongqian Station, he found that the Qiantun guard had been occupied by the Mongols, so he stopped, camped on the spot, began to gather the people, gathered refugees, and selected strong people to fill the army, and then organized the people to camp in the field.

When Zhao led the sect to leave Shanhaiguan, he only took 38 people with him, and a few months later, he had nearly 10,000 soldiers under his command and more than 50,000 people.

Zhongqiansuo is about sixty or seventy miles away from Shanhaiguan, and from the geographical point of view, there is no strategic value here, but Zhao Shujiao has taken the first step to regain the lost territory after all, and he has done it very successfully.

The person with strategic vision is called Yuan Chonghuan.

Yuan Chonghuan, the word element, a native of Dongguan, Guangdong, a Jinshi in the forty-seventh year of Wanli, the first Shaowuzhi County, Fujian, entered Beijing in the second year of the Apocalypse, and the Hou Sui of the Imperial History thought that he had military talent, and recommended him as the head of the Ministry of War (a position with Yang He, but Yang He belonged to the Liaodong Branch of the Ministry of War, and only in name. The specific duties are to select and train the new army and cast firearms, and Yuan Chonghuan is the errand of the serious department).

After Yuan Chonghuan took up the post of director of the Fang Division, he rode out of the customs to inspect the military situation in Liaodong, and after inspecting it, he returned to the capital to report the results of his analysis, and said: "Give our army Maqian Valley." I'm here alone. ”

At this time, all the ministers in the court were reluctant to take up their posts in Liaodong, Yuan Chonghuan took the initiative to ask for help, and Zhu Youxiao immediately promoted Yuan Chonghuan to the military preparation (Zheng Wupin), and ordered him to supervise the army outside the Guan.

Wang Zaijin advocated the construction of another city and a side wall at Balipu (eight miles from Shanhaiguan), but Yuan Chonghuan strongly opposed it and wrote letters to Xianggao, the head of the dynasty, twice.

Yuan Chonghuan believed that the city should be built in Ningyuan, where the terrain was dangerous, and Ningyuan should be defended. It can choke the passage of the captives into western Liaoning. Moreover, Ningyuan is very close to Guangning, and the garrison here can launch an attack on Jianlu in Liaodong at any time, so that Jianguo does not dare to act rashly, and can greatly restrain Jianlu's energy.

Yuan Chonghuan's suggestion coincides with Yang He.

However, Yang He looked further, and Yang He believed that two more cities should be built in the Songjin area, and the frontline positions should be set up in the Songjin area. It is closer to Quang Ninh and more convenient to contain the Jian.

After Wang Zaijin submitted his plan. was opposed by Yuan Chonghuan, and for a while Zhu Youxiao and the ministers of the court couldn't make up their minds, and finally Zhu Youxiao had no choice but to find his teacher.

Zhu Youxiao's teacher is called Sun Chengzong.

Sun Chengzong, the word Zhizhi, was a native of Gaoyang, Baoding (now Baoding, Hebei). In the sixth year of Wanli, he was only sixteen years old. Later, Sun Chengzong successively worked as a tutor in the homes of court officials such as Jiang Bi, the right Cheng of Dali Temple, and the guards of the military preparation and Taoist houses, and gradually came into contact with officialdom.

In the twenty-first year of Wanli, Sun Chengzong entered the country to study, and was promoted in the following year. Because Fang Shoushi was promoted to the governor of Datong, Sun Chengzong accompanied him, and Datong was an important border town. While teaching at the border, Sun Chengzong began to study military affairs.

In the thirty-second year of Wanli, Sun Chengzong ranked second in the Jinshi (Bangyan), awarded the Hanlin Academy for editing, and entered the Hanlin Academy for ten years.

In the forty-eighth year of Wanli, Sun Chengzong served as a Japanese lecturer as a left concubine, entered the Zhan Mansion to do things, and tutored the then crown prince Zhu Changluo to study, that is, the later Taichang Emperor. After Zhu Changluo's death, Sun Chengzong served as the teacher of Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Apocalypse.

In the second year of the Apocalypse, Sun Chengzong served as the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, Wang Zaijin served as the Liaodong Economic Strategy, and Sun Chengzong took over as the secretary of the Ministry of War and a scholar of Dongge University, and entered the cabinet.

After Sun Chengzong took office, he pointed out the shortcomings of the military system and operational command at that time and sought reform.

The main contents are as follows: First, there are too many soldiers to train, and there are too many salaries without nuclear training. This means that the army lacks training and the logistics supply is chaotic.

Second, to use the generals, and to recruit and train with civilian officials, to be in battle, and to use civilian officials to command, and to use military strategy, and increase civilian officials in the shogunate. Point out the mistakes in the command strategy of using civilian control and military force.

Third, he pointed out the inappropriateness of "taking the lead from the middle" and advocating that the military command should be handed over to the generals at the front.

Sun Chengzong's omission can be said to be in one sentence, pointing directly to the root cause of the repeated defeats of the Liaodong Army.

Zhu Youxiao asked Sun Chengzong for advice, and Sun Chengzong bluntly said that he needed to go to Shanhaiguan to inspect before he could make a decision.

Subsequently, Sun Chengzong rushed to Shanhaiguan.

After Sun Chengzong arrived at Shanhaiguan, he immediately carefully inspected Shanhaiguan and the Balipu New Town advocated by Wang Zaijin, and then went to inspect the strategic topography of Zhongqiansuo, Yibianshi and Loess Ridge.

During the inspection of Balipu New Town, Sun Chengzong had a heated argument with Wang Zaijin.

(Note: There are two versions of this conversation, one is recorded in the history of the Ming Dynasty, and the other is recorded in the Liao Shilu of the Three Dynasties written by Wang Zaijin, and the results of the two versions are completely different.) ）

History of the Ming Dynasty:

Sun Chengzong asked: "The new city is completed, that is, the old city is moved by 40,000 people to defend it?" ”

Wang Zaijin replied: "No, we should set up more troops." ”

Sun Chengzong asked again: "In this way, there will be 80,000 guards within eight miles." A piece of stone in the northwest should not be set up in the northwest? And the pass is built within eight miles, the back of the new city is the toe of the old city, and the pit mines of the old city are set up for the enemy, or are they set up for the new soldiers? The new city can be defended, and the old city can be used? If it can't be defended, then 40,000 new soldiers will defect to the old city, extend the switch into the city, and suppress the retreat to entrust the enemy? ”

Wang Zaijin replied: "There are three passes outside the customs that can be entered. ”

Sun Chengzong asked: "If this is the case, then the enemy will arrive and the soldiers will flee as before, and the security will be heavy?" ”

Wang Zaijin replied: "Three villages will be built in the mountains to wait for the rout." ”

Sun Chengzong asked: "If the soldiers are not defeated and build a fortress to wait for it, it is the defeat of the religion." And the rout can enter, and the enemy can also enter at the tail. Now we will not plan for restoration, draw a pass and defend it, and we will remove the fence completely. The day is noisy, and there is Ning Yuhu in Jidong? ”

Wang Zaijin couldn't cope, but he was still stubborn. (To be continued.) )