"The minister is against!" Sun Chengzong's face was flushed, and his angry chest rose and fell and panted: "Sun Chuanting is just a small official department, he has never been in contact with the army, and he has never been on the battlefield, so it is okay to talk about the army on paper, and it is not a joke to use him to supervise Liaodong!" ”

"Your Majesty should be cautious," Shoufu Huang Liji also persuaded, "Jiliao Governor, in charge of the military affairs of Jizhou, Liaodong, Denglai, and Dongjiang towns, in charge of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, facing the sharp edge of the Dongyu army, is related to the safety of my Daming Society, and must not be careless." ”

The second assistant Shi Fenglai opened his mouth, wanting to show his support for the emperor, but he couldn't say anything, it was really the emperor's decision-making was too unbelievable, and he actually used a Wupinlang with no fame and no merit as the Jiliao Governor, which was too unbelievable and too capricious. Although Shi Fenglai is unprincipled, he also feels inappropriate, and now he is attached to the emperor, and he is not afraid of being targeted by the cabinet and the Manchu Dynasty, and once Sun Chuanting causes trouble in the future, it will not be good to implicate himself again.

"If it's good to talk about the army on paper, it's just that, but look at his strategy, what do you say to give up castles such as the big and small Linghe, the castle that the imperial court spent a lot of money to build, but he gave it up lightly, and hundreds of miles of land were handed over to Jiannu, how can there be such a Jiliao Governor?" Sun Chengzong was furious, the defense line in western Liaoning was planned by him, and it took a lot of effort to do so, but he was completely denied by a "hairy boy", how could he accept it!

Sun Chuanting had been listening silently, and he also knew that it was a bit unbelievable for the emperor to appoint him as the overseer, and it would definitely provoke opposition from the courtiers. However, Sun Chuanting didn't care, and these criticisms couldn't stop him from galloping on the battlefield in western Liaoning. Commanding an army of 100,000 and building slaves outside the country, this is what a husband should do, and it is a waste of time to be on an errand in the Yamen of the Ministry of Officials.

However, when Sun Chengzong, the secretary of the military department, denied his strategy, Sun Chuanting couldn't help it, and protested: "Sun Shangshu is bad!" ”

"The court does not want to give up hundreds of miles of land in western Liaoxi, but only to give up the fortresses in the northeast of Jinzhou. In the northeast of Jinzhou, the terrain is open, and the forts such as the Great and Small Linghe are not stuck in the main road, and the Jiannu cavalry can bypass them at any time, and the soldiers are in Jinzhou and even under the city of Ningyuan. Building so many fortresses and spending a lot of money and food not only thinned the forces of Liaoxi and was broken by Jiannu, but also failed to block Jiannu, so what is the use of repairing them? Sun Chuanting asked aggressively.

Sun Chengzong said angrily: "What do you know! Dalinghe and other fortresses, if the nails are generally inserted in the front line of western Liaoning, if Jiannu is not uprooted, how can they dare to attack Jinzhou Ningyuan with all their might, and they are not afraid that the back road will not be guaranteed? If it is to besiege fortresses such as the Daling River, it can consume its troops, and the army of Ningyuan Jinzhou takes the opportunity to attack the back road of Jiannu, so that Jiannu cannot advance or retreat. If our army attacks Liaoshen, then Daling River and other fortresses can be used as bridgeheads to protect the grain routes behind our army! ”

Sun Chuanting shook his head: "That being said, but Sun Shangshu might as well think about it, these forts are dozens of miles or hundreds of miles away from Jinzhou, and grain and grass need to be transported from Jinzhou or even Ningyuan, how much manpower and material resources will be consumed just for transportation?" The strength of the Liaoxi army is only more than 100,000, if each fortress is stationed, a city will be stationed in thousands of soldiers, once the Jiannu attack will be moved, in the face of tens of thousands of Jiannu iron cavalry, thousands of soldiers Ding Ji What? It will only be broken by each of the Jiannu. And if Jiannu attacks Dalinghe and other fortresses first, can Jinzhou be saved? If it is saved, Jiannu will besiege the city and send reinforcements, our army will lose the geographical advantage of the fortified city, and how can it be its opponent in the field battle with Jiannu? ”

Sun Chengzong said angrily: "It's just nonsense......"

Listening to the argument between the two, Zhu Youzhen pondered, remembering that in the previous life, in the fourth year of Chongzhen, Sun Chengzong presided over the military affairs of Liaodong and rebuilt Dalinghe City again. Huang Taiji led the Jiannu army to attack, besieging the city of Zu Dashou tens of thousands of horses in the city of Dalinghe, 40,000 troops went to the rescue, but was defeated by the Jiannu army in the field, the leader of the army Zhang Chun was captured by Jiannu. And the Daling River, which was besieged for three months, all the grain, grass and horses were eaten, and even had to eat people in the end, and there was no rescue outside and no food and grass inside, so Zu Dashou had to lead the people to surrender.

The battle of Dalinghe exhausted the few remaining elites in Liaoxi, and since then, the soldiers of Liaoxi no longer threatened Jiannu, and Jiannu could calmly detour into the territory of Daming to rob, and even indirectly caused Kong Youde to rebel and occupy Denglai, making the Jiaodong Peninsula almost white, and the imperial court spent a great price to calm down......

"Needless to say, I've made up my mind!" Zhu Youzhen said categorically, the hall calmed down, and everyone waited for the emperor's decision.

"Liaodong has spent too much money and grain, and the treasury of more than 5 million taels of silver per year cannot support it at all. From then on, stop building the fortress of the Great and Small Ling River, and the soldiers of Liaoxi can hold the line of Jinzhou and Ningyuan. ”

"Your Majesty," Sun Chengzong was anxious, "if you give up building the Great and Small Ling River, how can you deter Jiannu?" Don't you want thousands of miles of land in Liaodong? ”

Zhu Youzhen shook his head: "I didn't say no." But just by building a few fortresses, can you deter Jiannu and recover Liaodong? It is better to use the money and food to recruit and train the army. Wouldn't it be better to wait until the soldiers were well fed to then seek to capture Liaodong. ”

Sun Chengzong sighed in frustration, knowing that it was useless to say anything more.

"But Your Majesty, Sun Chuanting is just a five-grade official, and he has no merits before, and he was suddenly promoted to Jiliao Governor, is it too fast? The minister is afraid of arousing the courtiers' discussions. Huang Liji persuaded.

Jiliao Governor, in charge of Jizhen Liaodong Denglai Dongjiang several towns of soldiers and horses, at least hang a military department Shangshu title to suppress the governors of various places, the military department is a second-grade member, and Sun Chuanting is just a five-grade Langzhong, which is equivalent to a sudden promotion of six levels, it is really a bit unbelievable, as the first assistant of the cabinet, Huang Liji had to speak out to remind the emperor.

Zhu Youzhen nodded: "It's really going up too fast, so let's let Sun Chuanting be the governor of Liaodong as the right of the Inspectorate, so there's no problem, right?" ”

"Your Majesty." Huang Liji nodded and retreated.

In the Ming Dynasty, the governors and governors were all temporarily sent, and the governors generally hung the title of imperial history or squire, the governor had at least one squire, and most of the governors had the title of secretary. And the imperial history of the capital is just a positive fourth grade, and Sun Chuanting has been promoted by two levels, which is not too much.

"Your Majesty, what about Yuan Chonghuan? The imperial court has already sent someone to summon him back to Beijing. Sun Chengzong asked with a glimmer of hope. Sun Chuanting is now just the governor of Liaodong, so can Yuan Chonghuan still serve as the governor of Jiliao?

Zhu Youzhen smiled: "Some time ago, didn't there be a rebellion of people in southern Gannan to attack the county seat?" Let Yuan Chonghuan be the governor of Jiangxi and pacify the rebellious mob. ”

Yuan Chonghuan still has some talents, so it's a pity, but the superintendent Liaodong doesn't have to think about it anymore.