Lu Xiangsheng's purpose of arranging the state army to camp next to the big tent of the Chinese army, Yue Yang knew that Lu Xiangsheng's move was to show everyone that he valued himself very much, and secondly, to convey a message to the generals of Liaodong, this person is covered by me, you are all polite.

For Lu Xiangsheng's kindness, Yue Yang naturally appreciated it, so after he ordered the troops to set up camp, he came to Lu Xiangsheng's big tent to express his gratitude.

At this time, it was already dark, and when Yue Yang entered the barracks, he saw Lu Xiangsheng standing in front of a huge map with his back and meditating by candlelight in the big tent.

Yue Yang didn't disturb him after entering, just stood quietly behind Lu Xiangsheng.

After a long time, Lu Xiangsheng turned around, and when he saw Yue Yang at first glance, he couldn't help but ask with some surprise: "Zhenghong, is there anything wrong with you not resting so late?" ”

It was night, and there was no one else in the big tent, so Lu Xiangsheng called Yueyang's table to show his closeness. Yue Yang said with a smile: "My lord, the last general has just arrived, but now the colleagues from Xuanda Town and the colleagues from Liaodong in our army don't seem to be very harmonious, and I have some doubts in my heart, I want to come over and ask the governor what is going on?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng sighed lightly and said helplessly: "Alas...... It's not for Dongnu to make trouble. This time, the Dongnu soldiers invaded my Ming Dynasty in three ways, so that we couldn't reflect for a while, so that the Tartars approached Gyeonggi, the emperor was furious, and mobilized the official to lead the army to help, because the soldiers and horses of the king of Qin did not arrive in a hurry, it was the emperor who also mobilized a part of the soldiers and horses in Liaodong to enter the customs and return to the command of the official, but the result you also saw. The Liaodong soldiers all boasted of being the strongest army in the Ming Dynasty, and their eyes were above the top, and the officials were also very good at mobilizing them. ”

"The first strong army of the Ming Dynasty? Hehe......" Yue Yang sneered, and said in a tone full of sarcasm: "They can afford to look down on themselves too much, I'm afraid they are the first strong army of the Ming Dynasty to ask for silver, right?" ”

Hearing the thick disdain in Yue Yang's words, Lu Xiangsheng frowned and reminded: "Zhenghong, you are cautious, it's okay to say what you say here." If the generals of Liaodong heard it, it would be troublesome. ”

Lu Xiangsheng didn't say that it was okay, but as soon as he said Yue Yang, he became even more angry: "What's the trouble, a group of wastes who can only take money and can't do things." ”

When it comes to today's Liaodong military group, we have to mention Li Chengliang, a famous general in the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

And when it comes to Li Chengliang, we have to mention another general in the same period, Qi Jiguang.

Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang are both very capable of fighting, but their styles are completely different.

No matter where Qi Jiguang goes, he always solves the problem in the most direct way: to the south, he uses the Mandarin Duck Array to annihilate the Japanese Invaders; To the north, use the Great Wall, firearms, and destructive attack power to subdue the Mongols. So where he guarded, there will be no more war for a long time.

And Li Chengliang's way of fighting is completely different from Qi Jiguang. He always pulls one and hits the other. And to leave a way back for the half-beaten enemy. For example, first pull A to beat B, beat B half-crippled, and then support a C to come back to fight A, and then wait for C to grow, and then take B who has recovered his injuries to fight C. He never really eliminated a threat completely, but just fought back and forth - a method that ensured that the war was continuous and all were won. If it is described in an idiom, it can be called "raising a thief to invite merit".

The two of them have different styles and different results. Qi Jiguang relied on Zhang Juzheng's appreciation to guard Jibei, and there was basically no war for more than ten years. Long-term peace is certainly a good thing for an empire. But for Qi Jiguang personally, it is definitely not a good thing. Because there was no war for a long time, Qi Jiguang had no military achievements to stand, so he could not be named Marquis Jinjue. Moreover, the emperor and the ministers of the court did not feel his importance, and as soon as Zhang Juzheng died, he was immediately excluded, attacked, framed, and seized of office. In the end, he died depressed, and his family was not rich until he died.

And what about Li Chengliang? Ruled Liaodong for more than 30 years, fought countless victories, and the good news was passed to Beijing one by one, so that the emperor was going to sacrifice to the suburban temple at every turn, and was congratulated by the ministers, so the emperor gave Li Chengliang a golden crown and countless treasures. The history of the Ming Dynasty said: "(Li Chengliang) martial arts are prosperous, and they have not been seen in 200 years." In the end, he became an official himself, and the whole family was knighted, and even the slaves became nobles. The wealth of the Li family is also innumerable, and the military taxes of the entire Liaodong are all controlled by the Li family, known as "the profits of the merchants and people of Liaodong are all taken into their own".

The results for individuals are different, and the results for the country are also different. Qi Jiguang went to the south to fight the Japanese invaders, and since then there were no more Japanese robbers along the coast of China, and went to the north to defend the border, until the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the Mongols never dared to invade the Great Wall again. And what about Li Chengliang? After decades of fighting, the people's livelihood in the Northeast withered, and all ethnic minorities hated the imperial court. In the end, he also raised a family of sons and daughters, a guy named Nurhachi. It was this who called Li Chengliang his godfather, this guy who was supported by Li Chengliang immediately turned against the Ming Dynasty in the name of the Thirteen Great Hatreds soon after Li Chengliang's death, and a few years later he was also respected by his descendants as: Emperor Gao of the Qing Dynasty.

After Li Chengliang's death, his successors also consciously inherited his thoughts, that is, they constantly used the threat of the Manchu Qing Dynasty to blackmail the imperial court, asking for military salaries today and ordnance tomorrow, and later generations collectively referred to these military expenses as Liaoyu.

In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the military expenditure on border passes was only about 220,000 taels per year. By the time of Wanli, the annual number had increased to 3.8 million taels. After Nurhachi rebelled against the Ming Dynasty, from April of the 46th year of Wanli to the first year of the Apocalypse, in less than four years, the amount of silver used in Liao was 17.2 million taels, with an average annual salary of more than 4 million taels. In the first three times, a total of 9 percent was raised, with a total of more than 24.8 million taels of silver, of which less than 3 million taels were left after deducting Beizhili and other local purposes, and Shanhaiguan alone needed 4 million taels of silver a year. Therefore, the salary of Liaoyuan has made the livelihood of the people of the whole country miserable.

It can be said that there are two important reasons for the demise of the Ming Dynasty, one is the continuous erosion of the Liukou inside, and the other is that it was dragged down by Liao.

If Yueyang was not so angry that all or most of the Liao's salary was used to defend against the threat of the Manchu clique, Yueyang knew very well that the imperial court allocated so much military expenditure every year, but most of it was embezzled and deducted by bureaucrats and generals at all levels of the Liaodong clique. Therefore, Bi Ziyan, the head of the household department at that time, once wrote to the emperor: "Even if the commander of the eastern division is ordered to lie in the cave, not to leave a single arrow to the west, and my world has been sitting." ”

Therefore, Yue Yang, who knew the ** of Liaodong Group, was disgusted when he mentioned them.

For the shortcomings of the Liaodong Group, Lu Xiangsheng as the governor of Xuanda is naturally clear, but he has no choice, today's Liaodong Group has become a behemoth after decades of evolution, and the vested interests in it are too huge, not to mention Lu Xiangsheng, even Chongzhen, the emperor, is helpless.

After a long time, Lu Xiangsheng sighed and said: "Zhenghong, the affairs of Liaodong are something that you and I can manage from time to time, let's not talk about it." However, I have always wanted to talk to you, but I don't have time. Since you're here today, let's have a good chat. ”

Yue Yang was stunned, and then nodded: "The governor has this Yaxing, and the last general should accompany him." ”

Lu Xiangsheng pointed to the stool on the side: "Sit down!" ”

After speaking, he took the lead in sitting down, and only after Yue Yang also sat down did Lu Xiangsheng say: "Zhenghong, after you have guarded the North Road in the past two years, the North Road has been made prosperous by you, resettled the displaced people, exterminated the thieves, and opened up the wasteland, and even handed over 700,000 loads of grain and more than 100,000 taels of tax silver last year. But there is something that the official wants you to tell the truth, is that okay? ”

Yue Yang arched his hand: "Please make it clear to the governor!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng stared at Yue Yang with his eyes and said, "Zhenghong, how many soldiers and horses have you recruited now?" You have to tell the truth! ”

Speaking of this, Lu Xiangsheng stared at Yue Yang with two cold lights in his eyes, and a faint majesty began to permeate him.

Yue Yang naturally felt this coercion lightly, looked at Lu Xiangsheng thoughtfully for a while, and said very calmly: "Don't dare to hide from the ministers, now there are more than 18,000 sergeants on the North Road, and this time the end will bring 8,000, and leave 10,000 troops to guard the North Road." ”

Lu Xiangsheng took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed the surprise in his heart, and continued to ask: "This official heard that you are going to the imperial court today and will recruit another 10,000 soldiers, is it true at this time?" ”

"Don't dare to hide from the governor, it's really true at this time!" Yue Yang admitted the matter very simply: "A few days ago, Chen Xinjia moved the official to transfer the last general out of the North Road, but none of the princes of the Manchu Dynasty spoke for the last general, you also know what the consequences will be if the last general is transferred out of the North Road, the last general is purely forced to make this decision, I hope the governor will be clear!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng was silent, when he reached his position, he was naturally very clear about many things in Daming, and he also knew very well the virtues of those officials in Daming. Once Yue Yang leaves the North Road, everything he has done on the North Road in the past few years will be in vain, and those greedy officials will definitely swallow up his huge wealth in the first place, and without the support of the North Road's financial resources, Yueyang's seemingly powerful army is bound to fall apart in the shortest possible time.

And the reason why Yue Yang will raise another 10,000 troops is actually a message to the imperial court, if you force me to be anxious, don't blame me for being unkind.

Looking at Yue Yang's sincere eyes, Lu Xiangsheng was silent. Personally, Yueyang's actions were for self-preservation, but from the country's point of view, Yueyang's move was to follow the path of local warlords. (To be continued......)

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