Chapter 378 "Father is Wise"
When Zhao Zhenji felt that King Jing could not lead him, Zhang Juzheng's Ming army was also progressing smoothly.
From Kaifeng to Luoyang, after reorganizing the army, Zhang Juzheng quickly went south and got in touch with the prefect of Xiangyang.
The prefect of Xiangyang immediately expressed his welcome to the king and prepared supplies for the labor force, waiting for Zhang Juzheng to march into Xiangyang.
Zhao Zhenji suggested to King Jing to go to Jingzhou personally, but at this critical moment, King Jing hesitated again.
Zhao Zhenji was so angry that he was half dead. King Jing refused to go out, so Zhao Zhenji could only go to Jingzhou with his army, hoping to occupy Jingzhou before Zhang Juzheng captured Xiangyang.
When the war in Huguang was in full swing, in Wujingzhou, Guangxi, a small fleet sailed upstream from the Xunjiang River and sailed into the canyon between the mountains.
"This is Tengxia Gorge." A waiter pointed to the mountains on both sides and said to the young man on the boat.
This young man was Li Yangong, the logistics staff officer of the Fifth Brigade. After delivering grenades, mountain artillery and other equipment to the Fourth Brigade, Li Yangong volunteered to go to Guangxi to investigate the situation of the Yao Rebellion.
Yu Zigao agreed to Li Yangong's request, so he disguised himself as a merchant and went to Tengxia to gather information.
The guy is a Han Chinese, his name is She Zheng, and he used to be a caravan guide who often went to Tengxia.
Since the Tengxia Yao Rebellion started, She Zheng had no work.
Li Yangong hired She Zheng as a guide at a high price, and She Zheng gritted his teeth and took Li Yangong to Tengxia.
Li Yangong looked at the mountains on both sides of the strait and couldn't help but sigh. It's no wonder that the Tengxia Rebellion happened repeatedly, but the Ming court still couldn't put it down.
This place is too dangerous. The mountains on both sides are impossible to climb. The water in the Xun River is fast and large ships cannot pass. As long as we hide in this mountain, with the fighting power of the Ming army, there is really nothing we can do against these Yao people.
She Zheng said: "I heard from my grandfather that Tengxia rebelled once when the emperor came to the throne, and it was put down by Xinjian Bodai's people. Later, my father said that there was another rebellion, and that time it was put down by Zhang Jinglue's people.
" Bo is Wang Yangming, and Zhang Jinglue is Zhang Jing.
After checking the terrain of Tengxia, Li Yangong returned to Guiping City in Xunzhou Prefecture. Based on his on-the-spot investigation, he drew a map of the local Yao rebellion and quickly sent it to Yu Zigao, who was stationed in Zhaoqing Prefecture.
A few days later, in Zhaoqing Mansion, the staff headquarters of the Fourth Brigade was brightly lit.
Yu Zigao and Tan Lun sat in front of the map sent by Li Yangong, and the entire war room was full of debating staff officers.
Tan Lun said: "This time, the governor-general has given us full authority to handle the Guangxi affairs." "The governor-general
said: 'The military situation is ever-changing, and there is no need to repay everything. It is all decided by Tan and Yu through
consultation.'" Yu Zi Gao couldn't help but be moved. He heard his father Yu Dayou talk about many things within the Ming army, such as checks and balances that held each other back.
"The Governor sent people from Shanghai to send information on the Ming Dynasty's two pacifications of Tengxia. These are all good things."
Yu Zigao also nodded. These materials include the information reported to Wang Yangming and Zhang Jing during their pacification of Tengxia. The military information of the Ministry of War also includes memorials written by Wang Yangming and Zhang Jing, describing in detail the two battles to pacify Tengxia during the Jiajing year.
These were naturally "scrounged" by Su Ze from the capital, which would be of great guiding value to the Fourth Brigade that was about to enter Guangxi.
Wang Yangming and Zhang Jing were both the most capable civil servants and generals during the Jiajing Dynasty. Their battle against Tengxia still has reference value for the Fourth Brigade.
The Tengxia Rebellion occurred three times in total.
They were the first Tengxia Rebellion in the Chenghua year. This time the Ming Dynasty's chief general Han Yong was also a fierce man. He was a Jinshi at the age of twenty and was capable of both civil and military affairs.
After Han Yong put down the Tengxia Rebellion, he changed Tengxia to Duantengxia, which means that the war disrupted the luck of the Yao people in rebellion. He also designated the place where Duantengxia is located as Wujing Prefecture, and specially appointed military and political officials to manage it.
However, Han Yong's pacification of the Tengxia Rebellion has no reference for the Fourth Brigade, because the Ming Dynasty during the Chenghua period was still strong. Han Yong mobilized an army of 100,000 and advanced eight ways into Tengxia. It was considered that he defeated ten guilds with one force. .
Nowadays, there are not so many soldiers in the southeast, and the supply consumption of a hundred thousand troops is astronomical. The governor's office will not invest so much in Guangxi.
Therefore, the second Tengxia Rebellion in the seventh year of Jiajing period has more reference significance for the Fourth Brigade.
At that time, Wang Yangming, the new uncle who countered the rebellion, only had 50,000 soldiers in his hands. It was impossible to directly enter Tengxia Liting to sweep the caves. Therefore, Wang Yangming attacked Qianjiang Bazhai at the entrance of Tengxia and adopted the strategy of encircling the points to provide reinforcements. tactics.
Sure enough, after the Qianjiang Bazhai, the barrier in and out of Tengxia, was attacked, the Yao people in the mountains came out of Tengxia to support them. Then they were ambushed by the ambushed Ming army, beheading more than 2,000 people, and finally uprooted the Bazhai and leveled the first. The Second Tengxia Rebellion.
However, only ten years had passed since the second Tengxia Rebellion. In the 17th year of Jiajing, there was another rebellion in Tengxia. This time, Zhang Jing led troops to put down the rebellion.
Zhang Jing basically followed Wang Yangming's strategy, attacking Bazhai first, cutting off the gate of Tengxia, and then waited for the Yao people in Tengxia to be exhausted before dividing his army into three groups and entering Tengxia.
Tan Lun looked at the map and said: "Sure enough, Tengxia is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Xin Xinbo and Zhang Jinglue's method was to start by moving to the eight villages in the Yangtze River. They would first destroy the external supply channels of Tengxia and trap the rebellious Yao people in the mountains. ."
Yu Zigao also nodded and said: "Bazhai is the passage for supplies in and out of Tengxia. Even the Yao people cannot be self-sufficient in Tengxia. They must supply supplies from outside cottages. Bazhai and Tengxia Both inside and outside, they are indeed the gateway to Tengxia."
Tan Lun sighed and said: "Back then, Uncle Xinjian wrote to the Ming court, asking him to move Si Kangwei to the edge of Qianjiang Bazhai and build Zhou'an Fort to deter the Yao people of Bazhai. , It's a pity that Xin Xinbo died of illness after the Battle of Bazhai, so this matter could not be carried out."
Yu Zigao "If Zhou Anbao was built, there would be no next Tengxia Rebellion."
Tan Lun He shook his head and said: "The Ming Dynasty was in power, and the Tengxia Rebellion was not just a military issue." "
Twenty years after the first Tengxia Rebellion was put down, the second Tengxia Rebellion happened." "
But the second Tengxia Rebellion happened. After the first pacification, chaos broke out again only ten years later."
"The conflict between the local barbarians was sharp, which was the main cause of the Tengxia Rebellion."
Yu Zigao also nodded and read from the memorial summary of the battle between Wang Yangming and Zhang Jing. This can also illustrate Tan Lun’s point of view.
The cause of the second Tengxia Rebellion was that in order to keep the waterway of the Xun River unobstructed, the officials in charge of the Ming Dynasty made an agreement with the Yao people near Tengxia that merchant ships entering the gorge would be given fish and salt according to the size of the ship.
Most of the people traveling to and from Tengxia were Han merchant ships, and the fish and salt had to be paid by the Han. And these Yao villages, which relied on the natural danger of Tengxia to collect fish and salt, grew rapidly through the salt in their hands, became even more greedy, and often attacked the Han people. merchant ship.
In the end, the relationship between Han and barbarians was completely imbalanced, and the Tengxia Rebellion broke out.
The third Tengxia Rebellion was simply because Cen Bangzuo, the magistrate of Wujing Prefecture, could not guard and tame the people, and secretly accepted bribes to give refuge to the rebels. At this point, the rebel forces north of Tengxia recovered and became increasingly rampant.
This time, the Tengxia Rebellion was caused by the fact that the wolf soldiers recruited by Zhang Jing did not receive adequate severance pay and were not paid for their hard work, which led to these released wolf soldiers returning to their hometowns to gather in rebellion.
Yu Zigao looked at the map and said: "Our soldiers are small but elite. We still need to start from the Qianjiang Bazhai. We must first cut off the access to Tengxia and force the rebels to come out for a decisive battle." Tan Lun nodded and said, "But after
two During the conquest, the Yao people in Duanteng Gorge also made a lot of progress, especially this time, several leaders of the Yao people had fought under Zhang Jing, so they must not underestimate the enemy." Yu Zigao nodded, remembering
that Su Ze taught at the Fuzhou Naval Academy that public security warfare is becoming increasingly difficult to fight.
Because both warring parties are constantly summing up experience, the lagging party is often faster in catching up. The example Su Ze talked about in class was the century-old Qiang Rebellion in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
The Qiang rebellion in the northwest can be said to be the most fundamental reason for the downfall of the Eastern Han Dynasty. At first, the Qiang people were just scattered tribes, and they were sporadic rebellions that broke out because of land and other Han-Qiang conflicts.
In the early days of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Qiang rebellion could be easily suppressed.
However, as the Qiang rebellion continued, its scale began to expand, and the Qiang people also united, making it gradually more difficult to quell the Qiang rebellion in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
The Qiang people were also learning the military technology and political system of the Eastern Han Dynasty, gradually changing from loose tribes to a closer tribal alliance, and even eventually a separatist regime emerged.
By the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Qiang rebellion had become a serious problem in the northwest for the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Tengxia Yaoluan also has this trend.
At the beginning, these Yao people fought independently. At most, they established an offensive and defensive alliance to support each other.
During the second Yao Rebellion, the Yao people had formed a tribal alliance and gathered under unified command.
By the time of the third Yao Rebellion, the Yao people had already elected a "Yao King" to lead all tribes in battle.
Tan Lun said: "Information sent by Li Yangong, the leader of the Yao rebellion this time is called Pan'an. He was once a member of Qianhu, a wolf soldier under Zhang Jing. He fought in the north and south with Zhang Jing, and he had a high reputation among the local Yao people and was elected. He is the king of Yao and claims to have gathered 100,000 troops in Teng Gorge." "
After Pan'an returned to Teng Gorge, he united the villages and set up eight generals to guard and assist each other with the eight villages in Qianjiang." "
So we must quickly attack Qian . Jiangbazhai, otherwise with Pan'an's knowledge, he would definitely know the importance of moving to Jiangbazhai and would definitely raise troops to save it." After agreeing on the
plan, the entire Guangdong military and political system went into full gear, including intelligence, logistics and other work Operation in an orderly manner.
At the same time, after the Ming court sent away Huang Taiji, the son of Anda Khan, a new discussion on Mongolia's policy immediately began in the court.
Relying on his contribution to the "peace talks and borrowing troops" with Huang Taiji, Li Chunfang was specially appointed to the cabinet and became the fourth-ranked cabinet minister in the Longqing cabinet.
Now in the cabinet, the first assistant, Yang Bo, is the elder of the Clay Sculpture Pavilion. He basically does not express opinions, and the opinions he expresses are all in agreement with the emperor's and Xini's opinions.
The second assistant, Gao Gong, was an upright person. As the emperor's teacher at that time, he won the trust of Emperor Longqing. Now he presides over the new affairs reform and outshines the first assistant Yang Bo.
The third assistant, Zhang Ju, was preparing for the rebellion of King Pingjing and basically did not participate in matters in the court.
This time Li Chunfang entered the cabinet, for those officials who were familiar with the Ming Dynasty, they smelled something different.
Li Chunfang had many direct disputes with Gao Gong because of matters in Mongolia.
The conflict between the two people can be said to have become public. Letting Li Chunfang join the cabinet at this time made these ministers who stayed from the Jiajing Dynasty feel familiar.
It seems that after Gao Gong relied on his support to gain power for several months, the Ming Emperor finally awakened to his ancestral skill - "stirring up different opinions" and began to promote Gao Gong's political opponents into the cabinet to check and balance Gao Gong.
When a second leader appeared in the cabinet, those officials who opposed the new reform naturally gathered under Li Chunfang.
Li Chunfang quickly gathered a group of forces and began to challenge Gao Gong.
Whatever Gao Gong supports in the court, Li Chunfang's faction will definitely oppose.
At today's cabinet meeting, Li Chunfang once again had a heated argument with Gao Gong.
After the last peace talks with Mongolia, Gao Gong immediately wrote a letter reminding the court to be on guard against the Mongols and suggesting that the court divide the grasslands.
The Central Plains dynasties have been playing this game for thousands of years. From Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty recruiting the Southern Huns to surrendering, to Pei Ju in the Sui Dynasty dividing the Turks, the Ming Dynasty has always played this way.
It can even be said that the Ming court is behind the rise of Anda Khan to replace the Oara people as the overlord of the grasslands.
This memorial is nothing, but the bad thing is that all the information from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rites has been moved away by Su Ze!
The process of the Ming Dynasty's two hundred years of fighting on the grassland, the memorials of ministers with experience in fighting on the grassland, the origins, conflicts and customs of the grassland tribes, all were packed away by Su Ze!
How can this be fun?
Gao Gong felt more and more that Su Ze didn't touch other things in the palace and only took away the documents and files of the capital. How powerful was this move!
However, there is nothing that can be done if it is lost. Gao Gong suggested summoning ministers who are familiar with the situation in the north to write a new letter to discuss the affairs in the north.
Then send spies into the caravan to inquire about the situation on the grassland.
It would be best to find a tribe that does not deal with Anda Khan and support them to check and balance Anda Khan.
For example, the Mingting Court could contact the recently rising Lord of Wuyuan City and give them some support to check and balance Anda Khan.
Gao Gong's suggestion naturally encountered fierce opposition led by Li Chunfang.
The reason for the objection is also very simple. We, the sovereign state, have just signed a contract with the vassal states, and now we are doing it behind the scenes. This undermines the majesty of our superior state. How can these vassal states serve the Ming Dynasty in the future?
Moreover, Huang Taiji had promised that Mongolia would send 5,000 troops to help the Ming court suppress the rebellion. If this matter were leaked, wouldn't it cause resentment among the Mongols?
The imperial meeting was held several times, and each time it ended on bad terms.
Emperor Longqing, who had always supported Gao Gong, also remained silent on this matter.
The emperor was silent, and Yang Bo, the chief minister of the cabinet, was naturally silent.
The conflict between Gao Gong and Li Chunfang further deepened, and the officials under both sides began to attack each other. The new affairs presided over by Gao Gong also became the target of attack.
When things got to this point, Emperor Longqing had to stop.
Due to the lack of information from various Mongolian tribes, he sent Dongchang Jinyiwei spies to the border city of Sigong to collect intelligence on the grasslands.
I have just signed a contract with Huang Taiji, but I still have to abide by the secret agreement and cannot do business with Wuyuan City.
This time, Emperor Longqing, who had been on the throne for less than a year, felt the feeling of "Holy Judgment" for the first time. He finally understood why his father always put a minister in the cabinet who could not deal with the chief minister.
Emperor Longqing missed his father again.
He was indeed "a wise father"!
So hard to write. . . .
Damn, I never thought there would be so much information to look up when writing history.
Sure enough, history dogs don’t even write about it!
(End of chapter)