Chapter 172: Mobility
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Lu Xiangsheng smiled slightly: "Lord Xu, don't panic, this official just wants to transfer Yue Garrison to Hunyuan Prefecture as a garrison." You also know that the original garrison of Hunyuan Prefecture was too mediocre, and when the Tartars came, they would only send people for help, but they had no way at all, but such a person and the official really didn't like it, so he wanted to transfer the Yue garrison over to rectify the defense of Hunyuan Prefecture. ”
"Transfer Yueyang to Hunyuan Prefecture?" Xu Dingchen was a little unhappy, frowned and said, "If Yue Zhenghong is transferred to Hunyuan Prefecture, who will take over the garrison of Yingzhou?" ”
As if seeing Xu Dingchen's worries, Lu Xiangsheng continued: "It doesn't matter who takes over the post of Yingzhou garrison, let Yue Yang put forward the quota at that time, and we will submit it to the imperial court together." ”
"That's it!" Xu Dingchen groaned, just now he suspected that Lu Xiangsheng wanted to deliberately transfer Yue Yang away to weaken his strength, but now it doesn't seem to be the case.
Although Xu Dingchen was not happy, he had to respect Lu Xiangsheng's opinion on this issue.
The bureaucratic system of the Ming Dynasty is very interesting, in the Ming Dynasty, the governor and the governor were not local administrative officials. Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, in order to prevent the local power from growing and consolidating the centralized power, implemented a set of systems of separation of powers at the local level: the political envoy was in charge of civil affairs, the procuratorate was in charge of supervising the judiciary, and both commanded the envoy to be in charge of military affairs. Although Zhu Yuanzhang's original intention was good, the three divisions did not belong to each other and lacked adaptability.
This shortcoming became more and more prominent in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, so in the Jiajing period, in order to cope with the continuous internal and external troubles for many years, the two positions of governor and governor came into being.
The governors were in charge of military affairs, and the more fixed ones were Jiliao, Baoding, Xuanda, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and the four governors of Liangguang and Guangzhou. Others may be set up or abolished, and are not fixed.
The governor is in charge of civil affairs and is also involved in military affairs, which is basically set up in every province.
In these two positions, the position of governor is even more powerful, and in the tenth year of Hongzhi (1497), the Hongzhi Emperor set up a trilateral general system (i.e., governor) of Yansui, Gansu, and Ningxia. And made it clear that "the governor of civil and military affairs, from the general army, the governor to the bottom of the abstinence, listen to moderation".
Therefore, strictly speaking, Xu Dingchen, the governor, still has to obey Lu Xiangsheng's orders, so Lu Xiangsheng's ability to solicit Xu Dingchen's opinion is already very face-saving for Xu Dingchen.
Xu Dingchen thought for a long time, and then twisted his beard and smiled bitterly: "Lord Lu." To tell you the truth, it stands to reason that such a transfer is your responsibility, and this official is not good to say. But you also know that Yue Zhenghong is doing so well in Yingzhou Mansion and Wulizhai, and it was when it was in full swing that you suddenly transferred him away. I'm afraid he himself won't be too happy, especially since he still has those 8,000 athletes under his command, and if one is not well placed, something will happen. ”
After speaking, Xu Dingchen picked up the wine glass on the table, drank it all in one gulp, and sat on the chair without saying a word.
Xu Dingchen's words couldn't help but make everyone, including Chen Xinjia, stunned. Today's Ming Dynasty is no longer the early or middle Ming Dynasty, and the phenomenon of today's Ming private soldiers is particularly strict, which can be seen from the situation that the generals everywhere are desperately raising their families. Moreover, these family members belong to the private soldiers of the generals. They don't know what the truth is about allegiance to the imperial court, and the people they are loyal to are the generals who feed them.
This trip to Wulizhai, these bigwigs can be regarded as an eye-opener, millions of quintals of grain production, 8,000 strong troops under their command, I heard that this person also controls nearly eighty percent of Shanxi's salt, such a strong person can no longer treat him as a simple guerrilla general or garrison. Moreover, Yue Yang has been running Yingzhou like an iron bucket for more than two years, and now he is suddenly transferred away, will people be happy? If it's not good, it's going to be a big problem, think of it. Everyone looked at Lu Xiangsheng with puzzled eyes.
Lu Xiangsheng smiled, shook his head slowly, and said: "Lord Xu is serious, this official said that he would transfer Yue Yang to Hunyuan Prefecture, but he didn't say that he would be relieved of his mission in Yingzhou Mansion." The mission of Yingzhou's garrison allows him to recommend someone to come up, and Yue Yang, as a guerrilla general on the North Road, Hunyuan Prefecture was originally under his jurisdiction, if he takes office, he can still take some old troops to take office. What do you think? ”
"That's it!"
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out that Lu Xiangsheng didn't want to play the trick of unloading and killing donkeys. Everyone originally thought that Lu Xiangsheng had something in mind about Wulizhai after seeing the prosperity of Wulizhai, and wanted to take the opportunity to send someone to intervene to grab this piece of fat after transferring Yueyang away, but now it seems that this is not the case.
Xu Dingchen sighed slightly. Secretly sighed in his heart, it seems that Lu Xiangsheng is determined to transfer Yue Yang to Hunyuan Prefecture.
After the banquet was dispersed, Yue Yang, as the landlord, hurriedly asked people to arrange the accommodation of the bigwigs, and was about to go to rest after finishing this qiē, but was called by Lu Xiangsheng again.
In a guest room, Lu Xiangsheng received him. Lu Xiangsheng didn't talk nonsense, and soon told him of his intention to transfer him to Hunyuan Prefecture and asked for his opinion.
"Governor, do you want the last general to go to Hunyuan Prefecture to Tuntian and show his armament?"
Unlike Xu Dingchen, Yue Yang's first thought was about border defense and Tuntian.
"You're right, exactly!"
Looking at the young general in front of him, Lu Xiangsheng showed a look of appreciation in front of him. From Yue Yang's answer, he could see that in this young man's heart, he always put things such as border defense and Tuntian grain in the first place.
"Zhenghong, don't worry, there is nothing bad about this official to transfer you to Hunyuan Prefecture, and there is no intention of sending someone to pick peaches, Wulizhai is your hard work, and no one will touch him. The reason why this official sent you to Hunyuan Prefecture was also forced by the Houjin this time, and now the Ming Dynasty is worried about internal and external troubles, but the princes of the imperial court are still drunk and dreaming of death, if my generation does not work hard, I am afraid that the building will collapse.
Zhenghong, you have two missions to Hunyuan Prefecture. Tuntian and train soldiers, pay more grain to the imperial court, as long as these two things are done, it is not impossible for the officials to worship the generals and even the general soldiers in the future, the troubled times are coming, it is the time for our generation to make contributions, Zhenghong, you must not live up to the expectations of the officials! ”
To tell the truth, if others said this, Yue Yang would have spat on his face a long time ago, Nima's is playing Lao Tzu as a monkey, I think Lao Tzu's IQ is as low as you. But there is not the slightest doubt about Lu Xiangsheng's Yueyang, this gentleman's character has been tested by history.
Looking at Lu Xiangsheng, who was looking at him sincerely, Yue Yang pondered for a while before saying, "Governor, don't hide it. The foundation of the last general is in Yingzhou, if the government goes to Hunyuan Prefecture, what about Yingzhou Mansion and Wuli Village? ”
"You don't have to worry about that." Lu Xiangsheng waved his hand, "You can take the seat of the state government first, or you think who is suitable to take over your position can also be reported, and the official approves it."
"That's fine!"
Hearing this, Yue Yang was relieved, as long as Yingzhou Mansion was still in his hands. After thinking for a while, he said: "In this way, the last general recommended a defensive officer under the command of the last general, this person is named Yue Shunbao, and he has been with the last general for more than ten years, so let him take over the position of the last general!" ”
"Okay, you go back and report the list to the official, and the official will approve it."
"Yes......"
Lu Xiangsheng's trip to Yingzhou ended quickly, and he left Yingzhou in a hurry. But the aftermath of this incident is not over.
First Wulizhai ushered in a bumper harvest, which soon reached the ears of the imperial court, and then the entire imperial court began to boil again.
"What...... The grain harvest in Wulizhai has been bumper again, and the harvest this time is five million quintals? ”
Behind the dragon chair of the Warm Fragrance Pavilion, Chongzhen looked at the Hou Xian, who was kneeling in front of him, and only felt that his heart was beating wildly.
"Yes, the emperor, this matter is a joint performance of Chen Xinjia, Lu Xiangsheng and Governor Xu Dingchen, it is true, your majesty!" At this time, Hou Sui had a burst of crying in his words.
As the head of the Ming Dynasty, Hou Sui is regarded by outsiders as having unlimited scenery, and he holds the financial power of a country, which can indeed be called a high authority. But in fact, Hou Sui felt that he was the most bitter person in the entire Ming Dynasty, and with the gradual depletion of the Ming Dynasty's tax sources, the Ming Dynasty had fallen into an unsustainable predicament.
It is correct to describe the Ming Dynasty at this time as poor and rich, accounting for one percent of the Ming Dynasty's landlords and gentry class, owning ninety percent of the wealth of the entire world, but these people are not willing to take out even one copper plate from their pockets and hand it over to the imperial court.
And the most ironic thing is that in order to protect these greedy people, the imperial court has to desperately extract surplus value from the hands of the ninety-adult who only occupies one percent of the world's wealth to feed the entire imperial court.
By the time Chongzhen was in power, the financial revenue of the entire Ming Dynasty dropped from more than 20 million taels during the Zhang Juzheng period to a mere 4 million taels. In modern terms, such revenues represent the collapse of the imperial court.
In order to maintain the war in Liaodong, the three sides, and the suppression of bandits, the imperial court had to increase taxes, but the result of this was that more peasants would go bankrupt. To be honest, the imperial court is not unaware of such consequences, but at this time, Da Ming is already like a patient who is about to die of thirst, even if there is a cup of poisonous wine in front of him, he has to drink it, which is probably the so-called drinking water to quench thirst.
And now Wulizhai, where Yueyang is located, has had a bumper harvest for two consecutive quarters, which is undoubtedly a shot of strength into the already dying Ming Dynasty.
After confirming the accuracy of the news, Chongzhen's whole person became excited. He stepped out of the dragon chair and kept moving on the white marble tiles, muttering something in his mouth.
"Good...... All right! ”
Chongzhen, who had been walking several laps and barely suppressed his excitement, turned his head and asked, "Hou Aiqing, do the math, if the harvest of Wulizhai reaches five million quintals, how much grain can the imperial court collect from them?" ”