Chapter 52: Qu Neng took command of the expedition to the west

Another reason why He Xi attached importance to this battle was that this was the first complete major policy decision since the establishment of the Beijing government.

Previously, the Beijing government had no control over the military.

It is He Xi who determines the strategy and relies on his own influence to ensure the implementation. The Battle of the River, in particular, was essentially like that. A lot of things are actually out of line. Because there were no rules at all.

He Xi didn't want this situation to continue.

Without him, He Xi could not have been the first assistant of the cabinet. He Xi also didn't want his successor to have the power he has now. After all, He Xi actually knew that his power was more than that of a first assistant.

He Xi hopes to complete a system, just like the system of three provinces and six ministries, and become a central decision-making system. From one thing to propose, demonstrate, execute, inspect, evaluate, the whole process performs its own duties.

So as to complete the grand strategy.

He Xi is cautious and prudent in the northwest strategy, on the one hand, this matter is really important, and the other thing is to think about whether there is a problem with the framework of the Ming court. There is no problem with the ministries exercising their powers.

Are there any problems with the various meeting procedures and charters? Wait a minute.

However, now the whole process is actually complete.

All kinds of questions have been thought about almost completely.

It's time to start deciding.

After He Xi went back, he sorted out a complete set of plans for the expedition to the west in the name of the cabinet, and then sent them to the palace, after Zhu Xiongying used the seal. He Xi began to implement this edict on the basis of this edict.

First of all, He Xi called Zhang Youzhi over and approved the Shuozhou Iron Works plan.

Shanxi Bank raised 10 million taels, Zunhua Iron Works invested in technology, and local iron ore and coal mines also became shareholders. In the end, the Tuguan shares of the Zunhua Iron Works accounted for 51 percent of the shares, and the Bank of Shanxi, along with many other businessmen, controlled 49 percent of the shares.

He Xi actually knew that Zhang Youzhi's incident was immediately borrowed from 10 million taels after King Yan captured Hami. Before, it was only about three million taels.

Lian Zining paid a special visit to He Xi and discussed the issue of Yanwang's national debt.

But He Xi gathered this matter on the grounds that the time was not ripe. But it made him change another way, that is, when he was building the Shuozhou Iron Works, he participated in it, and assured these people that the Western Regions would give priority to the purchase of Shuozhou Iron Works' goods.

As a result, the factory has not yet been enclosed, and it is immediately possible to make a profit.

That's why these people are actively participating.

It's just that they didn't know that the money that Lian Zining got immediately took out a batch of iron tools on credit from Shuozhou Iron Works. When the production is out, it will be sent to the front line in the Western Regions immediately.

The second is to hold a meeting of the Privy Council.

At the meeting, the General Staff presented a plan for the operation. The Cabinet and the Privy Council all listened to the plan.

This plan is extremely detailed, and there are more than a dozen sets of backup plans for A, B, C, and D, and almost every possible decision of the Nanjing Imperial Court has been deliberated. Especially for the study of Geng Bingwen, I don't know how many there are here.

After all, there is a broken thread between the north and the south. There are quite a few people here in Beijing who are familiar with Geng Bingwen.

The data from all sides are summed up to form such data.

Under these materials, various means were prepared for Geng Bingwen.

After He Xi heard this, he nodded secretly in his heart, and said secretly: "This has a bit of the demeanor of the staff in my mind." As for how much style he has, He Xi doesn't know, after all, he is not a person in the army, and he doesn't know how the army staff works.

For He Xi, this level is just satisfaction. But for many people, it is a shock that cannot be put into words.

For example, Qu Neng.

As a veteran, Qu Neng followed his father to fight and Lan Yu to fight, and he has seen the combat style of many generals, such as Lan Yu's. For example, Xu Da's. Fu Youde and others, etc. But not a single person was prepared to this point before fighting.

It's not that these veterans are not ready.

Many generals have their own habits

, and even former enemy reconnaissance and so on. However, there has never been such a systematic establishment of a set of combat plans. It can't be described as a complete strategy at all, it's simply perverted.

On the one hand, Qu Neng felt that this was too bookish. Because of the war, no matter how precise the plan, once the war starts, all will be invalidated, this is the norm, many generals before going to the battlefield, there is only a general strategy, the rest are on the battlefield to see the moves, improvisation. Look at the book

On the other hand, Qu can say that these are useless. Although the situation on the battlefield will change, it is almost impossible to get the enemy to dance completely to his baton. However, there are always similar situations on the battlefield, which is very enlightening for generals.

Immediately, Qu Neng suddenly felt that the war had become something he didn't recognize. He suddenly felt that he could not command the battle.

He Xi turned his head to look at the stunned Qu Neng and said, "Old General Qu, what do you think?"

"Okay." Qu Neng was a little sluggish and said, "Very good."

He Xi said, "Is there anything else you can add?"

Qu Neng pondered for a moment and said, "No. Almost everything they can think of, they have thought of it, and I can't think of anything."

He Xi said, "Then please ask Privy Envoy Qu to carry out this plan, right?"

Qu Neng was stunned for a moment and said, "My lord, what do you mean?"

He Xi said, "This is the will of God. Three days later, a ceremony will be held for General Qu, and General Qu will be asked to pay attention to it at that time."

Qu Neng, as the general of the expedition to the west, presided over this expedition to the west, which is already a tacit understanding between He Xi and Zhu Xiongying, which does not need to be said explicitly. Zhu Xiongying allowed Ye Shen to control the military power on the front line, but he definitely did not allow all the military power in the world to be in He Xi's hands.

He must support a character in the army who can match Ye Shen, and this character is Qu Neng.

And Qu Neng is also very familiar with the northwest.

In terms of the operation itself, there are so many high-ranking generals in Beijing, and Qu Neng is also the most suitable.

He Xi also knew that his tacit understanding with Zhu Xiongying was largely based on the fact that He Xi would retreat. In this matter, He Xi categorically cannot deceive Zhu Xiongying, and whether to deceive or not in politics is not to see how to say it, but to see how to do it.

If He Xi keeps holding on to military power, he will not give up a single step. How could Zhu Xiongying believe that He Xi would give up power.

It is inevitable to allow Zhu Xiongying to cultivate forces in the army.

As for Qu Neng's worship ceremony, Zhu Yuanzhang also presided over such a ceremony, not someone else, this is Xu Da. Xu Dabai will go on a northern expedition. After that, there are very few.

This time today, it was Zhu Xiongying's idea, Zhu Xiongying wanted to give Qu Neng an honor and let Qu Neng return to his heart.

And He Xi wanted to reduce the mystery of the monarchy. I want to make this ritual a custom. Since then, the relationship between the monarch and the minister has been reversed to the Spring and Autumn Period, so naturally it has not been stopped.

Qu Neng didn't know.

He naturally knew Xu Da's worship ceremony back then. One to the point that he can be compared with Xu Da, he can't help himself with joy, although Xu Da is no longer there, but Xu Da is still the peak in the minds of the generals of the entire Ming army.

An insurmountable peak.

Qu Neng was very excited and had the idea of carrying the jade dragon to die for the king.

A few days later, it goes without saying that the altar will be a great ceremony, which is very grand. Needless to say. After it again, the battle of Beijing's Western Expedition was already ready to be launched, and it was impossible to hide. There were two armies, and tens of thousands of cavalry, rolling westward, and the imperial court mobilized tens of thousands of people to follow. There is also a railway built in the back,

It's impossible to make people not know.

For a time, the world was in an uproar. Countless messages were delivered from Beijing to Nanjing.

Among them, the biggest reaction was Geng Bingwen. Because Geng Bingwen knew too well what the situation was in the northwest and what kind of situation the army would encounter when it went west, Geng Bingwen was anxious, and wrote letters to the Beijing Division.

Immediately, the army went out of Yanmen Pass, and did not dare to go too deep, so it was outside Yanmen Pass, relying on Yanmen Pass to attack, so that the northern army would leave an army

Only by confronting the southern army at the Yanmen Pass can we ensure that the Shanxi army will not attack Datong, which greatly affects the westward expansion plan.

However, this is also one of all the plans of the General Staff, and Geng Bingwen has no further authority before the Nanjing order.