The full name of the staff department is the "Department of Staffing and Clearing Officials of the Ministry of War". The main responsibility is to draw up military plans, carry out military overall planning and logistics work, and belong to the "high-risk posts" with high risks, high labor intensity, and little oil and water.

Yang Tinglin was originally the editor of the seventh grade of the Hanlin Academy, although the grade was not high, but because of his outstanding talent, he was appointed as an attendant in the East Palace and a lecturer. In this way, the identity will rise, and this time he was transferred to the military department, although the grade has been improved, but it is a bright rise and a dark drop in the standard.

How Yang Tinglin was transferred to the military department, Zhu Ping'an knew it in his heart. Thinking of this, Zhu Ping'an bowed to Yang Tinglin, but his tone was much colder. "I have heard for a long time that Lord Yang is a person who 'knows soldiers', but I don't know what Lord Yang thinks about this thing? Could it be that in the eyes of Lord Yang, this is just a small skill of carving insects? ”

Yang Tinglin stood proudly, with his hands behind his back, and when he heard the word "Zhibing", his face was slightly red. I was transferred to the military department this time because of these two words. When I heard this sentence at this time, my heart suddenly felt uncomfortable.

"This thing is just an ordnance, if you want to change the situation of the court and cheer up the military at one time, it is a bit too child's play! At a time of internal and external troubles, it is necessary for the monarchs and ministers to work together to promote the royal road with the teachings of the saints, rectify the rule of officials, and correct the dynasty, which will have a great future. Like Lord Zhu, indulging in some small roads and not extricating himself, what is the benefit to the country and the court? ”

Zhu Ping'an smiled faintly, "My lord has said so much, but I only want to ask two things." First, now that the thieves are in turmoil, the smoke is everywhere, and there are still Donglu outside the gate, and the court wants to calm the two chaos, where does the money and food come from? Second, to exterminate the bandits, the imperial court requisitioned and transferred no less than 100,000 officers and troops from Shanxi, Hebei, Henan, and other places, and it was about to wipe out the bandits. However, if the Dongyu enters the south at this time, how do you think it will be resolved? ”

"These two things, one is the key to using soldiers, and the other is the current shape, since you have great ambitions, you might as well solve these two problems first. After that, it's not too late to say anything about rectifying the rule of officials? ”

"What's so hard about that?" Yang Tinglin sneered and began to talk. "Let's start with your first point. I have a vast land and a vast territory. Jianghuai Jiangnan is particularly rich, as long as you send capable people to patrol the two places, dismiss the eunuchs of Yandao Town, and clean up the salt affairs, you can get hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. In addition, the sea trade between Fujian and Guangzhou, but the imperial court failed to profit from it, so the only way to set up a local city and collect taxes was to solve the problem of money and grain! ”

"And the second point you said, if the east goes south. Tens of thousands of elite troops of our border army were gathered on the front line of Shanhaiguan to hold on to the fortified city, and our army's artillery was sharp, so the enemy could only sigh with admiration. Also, Lu Inspector commanded a heavy army in Xuanda, his humanities and martial arts strategy, is my famous general, the thief heard his name and was terrified, with him, why worry about the east? As long as the Shanhaiguan line and Xuanda can firmly hold the main force of Dongyu. My Ming official army will be able to completely annihilate the remnants of the thieves, and then calmly go north, join forces with the border army, and attack the Tartars together! ”

After speaking, Yang Tinglin was refreshed. It took him a long time and a lot of effort to accomplish this. Unexpectedly, it was used in the debate with Zhu Ping'an today, which made him feel like he was using a knife to kill chickens.

Zhu Ping'an was very surprised, he didn't expect Yang Tinglin to see the important impact of salt and sea affairs on the imperial court's finances in the late Ming Dynasty, which is enough to prove that Yang Tinglin is not a nerd who only reads sage books. It's just that although it is commendable, it also proves from the side that Yang Tinglin entered the center of the East Palace directly from Jinshi after all, and has not been sufficiently trained by the grassroots level, and his knowledge is still in an empty and empty situation.

Zhu Ping'an sighed and clapped his hands twice, "Lord Yang's insight is good. Salt and maritime trade were indeed lucrative, and for many years, the imperial court did not really grasp the core and all of them. During the Jiajing Dynasty, the imperial court could not make ends meet, and the finances were tight. The imperial court sent the imperial historian to inspect Jiangnan, and obtained three million taels of silver, only to relieve the pressure slightly, and then fell into an embarrassing state again, and so on, until now there is still no set of effective management methods. The same is true for sea trade! Isn't it strange that the private merchants profited a lot from this, but the imperial court did not enjoy any of the benefits? ”

Zhu Ping'an stretched out his hand to block Yang Tinglin's interjection, and continued: "The Son of Heaven and the scholar rule the world together. This was originally a good statement, but the Son of Heaven ruled by the arch, and the Shidafu group lost its due supervision and balance. Behind the salt affairs and sea trade, the powerful people of the DPRK and China are all involved, and Lord Yang wants to cut off these two financial routes in a word, is it not to isolate himself from the world? ”

"Knowing that doing it without doing it is for the sake of the husband, Yang is not talented, this self-knowledge is still there!" Yang Tinglin's expression was resolute.

"Eat the rice in one bite, and the road must be walked step by step!" Zhu Ping'an said slowly: "I don't doubt Lord Yang's determination and ability at all, but even if you do it, I'm afraid it will take years or even more than ten years, right?" ”

"And I'm talking about the present!" Zhu Ping'an raised his voice. "If you have no money and no food, what kind of war will you fight? What kind of work is built? ”

"Let's talk about your strategy of clearing the wilderness, Liaozhen and Xuanda are trapped in the fortified city and block the Tartar cavalry from moving south. You can figure it out? ”

Hearing Zhu Ping'an's merciless reprimand, Yang Tinglin couldn't help but blush, "What's wrong with my strategy, at present, only Xuanda and Liaozhen in Northern Xinjiang can prevent the Eastern Captives from entering the Kou." As long as you are ready to fight, you can't take advantage of it! ”

"You use your brain!" Zhu Ping'an said more and more ruthlessly, and even Wang Pin on the side couldn't stand it anymore, and coughed vigorously to remind Zhu Ping'an of his wording.

"The main force of the Tartars is their cavalry, and they rely on the strong mobility of the cavalry and their unexpected actions, even if Liaozhen and Xuanda are cast into an iron wall, can the vast territory of my Ming Dynasty still erect a wall to resist the attack of the Tartars?"

Zhu Ping'an strode to a map of the territory of the Ming Dynasty hanging in Wang Pin's house, untied the saber at his waist, and pointed to a region on the map with the hilt. "Isn't it possible to go south here?"

"Mongolia?" Yang Tinglin and Wang Pin both exclaimed.

"In the eighth year of Chongzhen, Lin Dan Khan died of illness. Mongolia descended into civil strife. Khalkha and Korqin both took refuge in the Manchus, and the Chahar Department did not last long, and Lin Dan Khan's successor, Ezhe, soon became a defeated general of the Manchus, and since then, all the sixteen tribes of Southern Mongolia have defected to the Manchus, and Huang Taiji is the khan. Why couldn't the Manchus make a detour through Mongolia and break through the border wall to the south? ”

"Don't tell me, Ning Yuan's soldiers and the North Korean ** team can flank the rear flank of the Qing army!" Zhu Ping'an looked at Yang Tinglin, who wanted to speak in a hurry, and added.

"The Korean state has been forced to surrender, and there are 10,000 Manchu elite iron cavalry waiting on the border of the Korean state. Let's talk about Ning Yuan, do the two of them think that Ning Yuan's guards, including the generals of Liaozhen, have the courage to attack the Manchus? ”

Yang Tinglin opened his mouth, but finally sighed faintly and closed his mouth.

"Back to this pattern. Bi Mao Kang Bi Boss developed this kind of firecracker, I'm afraid even he himself is a momentary meaning in it! Zhu Ping'an patted his chest, "My Ming army against the Manchu cavalry has always been mainly defensive, and siege field battles and the like are even rarer. Ma Zheng was corrupted, the Ming Dynasty lacked cavalry, and the Guanning iron cavalry in Liaozhen was too small, although elite, but due to the cowardice of the generals, and out of fear of the punishment of the imperial court in case of defeat, there was never a case of taking the initiative to attack. Therefore, such cavalry is really useless except for spending money, food and other materials and decorating the façade! ”

"So, this shows the importance of firecrackers!"

Zhu Ping'an looked at Yang Tinglin, "Lord Yang's 'Knowing Soldiers' should know that the design speed of the firecracker is extremely slow, and this firecracker can increase the firing speed by one to two times!" ”

Faced with Zhu Ping'an's ridicule of yin and yang, although Wang Pin couldn't hear it, Yang Tinglin could only smile bitterly. "Knowing soldiers", it's ridiculous!

The imperial court was indeed cautious about the Manchu Qing outside the Guan, and some news from outside the Guanxi could be transmitted back from time to time. Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan sent an urgent report, and the troops and horses outside the customs were frequently mobilized, and it seemed that they were going to take action, in case the main force of the Qing army went south, the Ming Dynasty would inevitably have to respond. The emperor instructed his inner cabinet to order Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Xuanda, to strengthen his vigilance and strictly prevent the Qing army from entering the country.

But at the same time, there are two voices in the DPRK and China again, the main station and the main peace. The number of lords and factions did not understand, but most of them were civil leaders in the court, and they judged the situation and believed that the main problem to be solved at present was the internal troubles caused by the bandits, and only by first solving the bandits could the imperial court have the strength to deal with the Manchus outside the Guan.

However, Yang Tinglin is an out-and-out main battle faction, and has repeatedly criticized Yang Sichang, the current scholar of the Ministry of Rites and the scholar of Dongge University, in public or private. Because of this, he was sent to Lu Xiangsheng's army by Yang Sichang with a sentence of "knowing soldiers".

Yang Tinglin would not believe that Zhu Ping'an deliberately mocked himself with "knowing soldiers", so whenever Zhu Ping'an said these two words, Yang Tinglin had to break his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.

"My lord, imagine that if my Ming army could be equipped with this kind of firearm, then the number of tartars killed and wounded each time could be multiplied. Tartar men are scarce, and if you want to give birth to and train a male soldier, it will take at least fifteen years of work, which is far less than the speed at which I can replenish the troops. ”

Zhu Ping'an stretched out his finger, "The Manchu army uses Niulu as the basic unit. When the Manchu Qing Dynasty was first established, there were less than 200 Niulu, and the personnel of each Niulu were uneven, but the Manchurian soldiers were about 30,000 to 40,000. Today, the number of Manchu cattle should be less than 300, and according to the calculation of 200 people per cattle, the Manchu strong men should be about 60,000. Others, such as the Eight Banners of the Han Army and the Eight Banners of Mongolia, can mobilize at least more than 50,000 people. In other words, the total number of troops they can levy is more than 100,000, but they can never use all of them for combat. There should be two to three percent of the troops left behind ......! ”

Listening to Zhu Ping'an's gushing narration, Yang Tinglin fell into a state of madness. The bigwigs above the court, when it comes to things outside the Guan, it is the whole story, where is there such an incisive analysis, and now it seems that most of the so-called Manchu iron cavalry is bragged by officials.

Thinking of this, the sweat on Yang Tinglin's forehead trickled down.

"Oh, yes, there's one more thing!" Zhu Ping'an finally added: "It is absolutely unusable to hold on to the fortified city. Lord Yang seemed to have forgotten one thing. In the fifth year of Chongzhen, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming launched a rebellion in Denglai, although they were quelled by the imperial court, but Kong and Geng led the remnants of their soldiers to retreat to the outside of the pass, and now Kong Youde is the king of Manchu Gongshun. One point, the lower official wants to remind Lord Yang that Kong Youde himself is proficient in artillery manufacturing, and I think that at this time, the Manchu army is still equipped with artillery that is not inferior to that of my Ming army! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a "plop", and Yang Tinglin suddenly fell to the ground.