Chapter 509: 508: The Battle between the Two Yangs

After the first month of the year, the major yamen in the capital had resumed normal office work. Various memorials and documents from the two capitals and thirteen provinces were sent to the capital and then sent to the various yamen to handle them. Finally, the departments will report the resolution to the emperor to know. Except for urgent memorials, they must be directly met and issued after processing.

This is the operating model of the officialdom in the capital.

The world of Ming Dynasty has been in the world for more than a hundred years. Logically speaking, the world is peaceful. Even if there are small troubles in some places, natural disasters and man-made disasters have been continuous, but the affairs have not decreased.

Every day, the documents that flow like flowing water are still coming to Beijing and then returned, managing the big and small things that happened in the entire territory of the Ming Empire.

Over the years, although the imperial framework was established by Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang in the early Ming Dynasty, a large number of official duties had emerged from time to time in each department. In order to operate smoothly, the personnel had to be expanded again and again.

When you arrive at the local area, similar situations are not obvious, and the positions of the three departments and local government offices in each province have expanded several times.

There was a very interesting situation in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, that is, Zhu Yuanzhang established a relatively reasonable official system, but there were problems of redundant and shortage of officials at the same time.

A redundant official refers to an official who has no full-time job and is ready to perform temporary missions, and also refers to an idle official.

In ancient China, people were overly erect and bloated institutions often became a heavy burden for society, which was particularly serious in the Northern Song Dynasty. History textbooks include records of "redundant soldiers, redundant officials, and redundant expenses" in the Northern Song Dynasty.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, the flood of officials always plagued the court.

It is normal for officials to retire when they are old, it is normal for party disputes to cause officials to be dismissed, and it is normal for censors to report news. However, after the official position is vacant, due to various reasons, a suitable official cannot be found to be replaced after the official position is vacant.

It can be said that from the Hongwu Dynasty to the Zhengde Dynasty, the officials of the Ming Dynasty continued to grow. In the early Jiajing Dynasty, Emperor Jiajing conducted a large-scale streamlining. However, in the middle and late periods of Emperor Jiajing's rule, facing the endless domestic affairs, the official group quickly rebounded.

After the Ming Dynasty's forces in the northeast retreated to Liaodong, the three guards of Duoyan, which once served as a barrier to the border, often rebelled, which prevented the Mongolian forces from being suppressed and then entered near Liaodong, forming a state of Mongolian and Han mingling.

However, it is true that Liaodong generation has always been threatened by Mongolian tribes. The Ming army and Mongolian tribes will have wars of all sizes every year.

In the middle and late stages, it is basically related to party struggles, and the struggles in some important positions often trigger huge court turmoil.

"The people have arrived, but the soldiers have not arrived yet, so naturally they can only watch on the side, but there is no way."

To put it bluntly, even if Altan Khan really defeated the territory, they would not be able to defend it, and would only disperse their already insufficient strength.

"Thank you, Your Highness."

The arrival of the 42nd year of Jiajing seemed to be very smooth at the beginning, and nothing happened yet, but unexpectedly it seemed to be a late spring cold. In February, the weather suddenly cooled down again, and people feel that the cold winter is still cold when they are outdoors.

King Yu sighed first, and then said: "It is said that on the 29th of last month, the Japanese pirates suddenly withdrew from Xinghua Prefecture City and retreated to Qitou. The terrain is said to be good, surrounded by the sea on three sides, easy to defend but difficult to attack."

When setting up the official system, Zhu Yuanzhang fully considered the function of mutual restraint among officials and dispersed the power of officials. Not only did he add some official positions, but he also wanted to win over the hearts of the people and implement a system of shelter.

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"Your Highness, how big has Xinghua suffered?"

As the door curtain was lifted, Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng gave in to each other and walked into the house quickly.

Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng looked at each other and asked.

At the beginning of the year, the Ministry of War received news that Altan Khan's son Xin Ai Huang Taiji and Tubert Black Taiji gathered their troops and declared that they would attack Liaoyang and then control the entire Liaodong region.

As there are more officials, the affairs they handle are dispersed. As a result, when encountering problems, they often have to argue with each other and shirke the blame. Therefore, they can often have to set up a new official position to manage the dispute.

Yin Shidan spoke at this time.

At this time, the Northeast Plain was not effectively developed, and it was very difficult for the Han people to cultivate, but it was a natural pasture for the grassland tribes.

"Shandai, uncle, the weather is still cold today. Let's roast the fire first, and warm it up."

The two Yangs had serious differences. In order to ensure the stability of the border, Yang Bo went to Miyun in the name of patrolling the border, intending to persuade Yang Xuan that the Liaodong region would adopt a defensive force and focus on strengthening the defensive forces of Jizhen, especially along the Great Wall in the north of the capital.

Faced with prepared army attacks, Japanese pirates are incapable of resisting.

This is a loss-making deal, and Altan Khan will definitely not do it, so he judged that these words were simply lies and were not trustworthy.

In such an environment, it can only be said to be barely included in the territory, but the actual control is very weak.

To this end, Yang Xuan chose to gradually divide his troops and move eastward, determined to launch a war with Altan's army in Liaodong, and use the castle in Liaodong to consume the strength of Altan's army, making it unable to go south to threaten Xuanda and Jizhen.

If you defend a big city to the death, the Ming army would only send a large army to surround it continuously. After the strength accumulates enough, it is imperative to attack the city.

"Why."

"No, after the Japanese pirates occupied Pinghaiwei City, they established a large camp in Xucuo to prevent the official army from entering the fight."

King Yu said again, "After that, the Japanese pirates changed into our army's armor and pretended to be defeated and fled back, tricked the gate of Pinghaiwei Abram City, and then the Japanese pirates flocked in."

The two of them were talking in a sentence, and footsteps sounded outside the door, and they stopped when they walked outside the door.

"oh."

However, judging from the Mongolians' behavior, Yang Bo is even more worried that Altan Khan's army may launch a more sudden attack on Ji Town of the Ming Dynasty this year.

After Zhang Juzheng said so much, he felt a little thirsty. After picking up the tea brought by the servant and drinking it, he asked curiously: "Shandai, after saying so much, have you chosen to support Shangshu Yang or Governor Yang?"

In the past two years, his life has become more and more comfortable, and he can have more opportunities to get in touch with the government affairs of the court, but now he wants to find that there seems to be no good news in the court all day long, all of which are bad things.

"Thank you, Your Highness."

King Yu heard about the news of a disagreement between Yang Bo and Yang Xuan, but he didn't know much about the inside story, and he was far from the details that Zhang Juzheng knew, and Wei Guangde had never heard of this.

In fact, the news that Huang Taiji and Hei Taiji planned to capture Liaodong was still sent to the Ministry of War sent from the Ji Liao Governor's Office. It was just that the matter was very important and the Ministry of War had been strictly blocking the news.

And with the arrival of cold, there are unfavorable battle reports in Xinghua Prefecture.

"Have the Japanese pirates fled to Pinghai Acropolis?"

The official system in the Ming Dynasty was divided into three parts, namely the center, the local and the military. At that time, there was a saying in the selection of officials called "three ways to use together". In the "History of Ming Dynasty: Elections", it is also recorded that "Jinshi is one way, tribute is one way, and officials are one way, so-called three ways to use together." That is, through any of these three ways, you can be an official.

Zhang Juzheng spoke.

With this information, Yang Xuan, as the governor of Ji Liao, naturally attached great importance to it and personally supervised the army to prepare for the fight.

Once the Altan tribe is allowed to occupy Liaodong, the capture of the entire Northeast Plain will undoubtedly strengthen the strength of the Mongols.

However, the Mongols who entered Liaodong were all the people of the Sanwei tribe who claimed to be close to the Ming Dynasty, so the real situation was naturally hard to say.

"That is to say, in front of Pinghai Acropolis, the Japanese pirates set up another camp to prevent the official army from directly surrounding Pinghai Acropolis?"

Wei Guangde just frowned when he heard this.

"It should be reliable. Now the Ministry of War has been sealed off and we are discussing this matter internally. It's a pity that Yang Shangshu went to Miyun and I don't know when the Ministry of War will be able to make a strategy."

When looking at the map, Wei Guangde also thought that the Ming Dynasty ruled the Northeast region in later generations, but after learning about the actual situation, he gave up his idea.

"The news is true?"

The Ming Dynasty once controlled the entire Liaodong, and its scope of strength did extend to Jilin, Heilongjiang and other places in later generations, but this all required huge resource investment from the court.

With the economic level of Jilin and Heilongjiang at that time, this investment must have been a loss-making transaction and required supply from within the customs.

When Wei Guangde heard this, he nodded and agreed.

However, in terms of strategic direction, his judgment had major differences with Yang Bo, Minister of War.

"That is, it is said that from Xinghua Fucheng to Xucuo, and then to Pinghai Weicheng, there are terrain surrounding the sea on three sides, which is very unfavorable to the official army's attack."

"The commander Ouyang Shen thought there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, so he led his troops to advance on the way to evacuate the Japanese pirates, and caught them off guard. Unexpectedly, he was ambushed and wiped out the entire army, and he died there."

When King Yu heard Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng coming, he hurriedly shouted.

Looking from the perspective of others, if he was a Japanese pirate, he would definitely not be able to stand in Xinghua City. The longer he stayed, the more miserable he died.

However, Emperor Jiajing may not have seen these changes. After all, in his eyes, the court seems to be left with only the six ministers and ministers of the Secretariat, as well as other officials from the Five Temples, Second Supervisors, Second Courts and One Offices.

"Altan Khan said he wanted to attack Liaoyang?"

When a cycle is formed, people are overdoing things and ruling each other out of responsibility, making the officialdom increasingly bloated, almost a disaster, and the financial burden on the country is also very large.

Because in Yang Bo's eyes, the Liaodong area was bitter and cold. In fact, the Ming Dynasty's rule over this place could only be said to be able to balance income and expenditure, and even in natural disasters, they had to pay money for relief. For example, the Liaodong drought began in the 37th year of Jiajing, and the imperial court had to open a sea transport port for Liaoning.

However, although the Ming Dynasty withdrew the garrisons stationed in these places, Jilin, Heilongjiang and the indigenous tribes in the northeast, they still paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty all year round, and the Ming court would also enthrone the local chiefs.

Wei Guangde asked.

In fact, as long as the cabinet can be convinced, it is OK to work with the Ministry of War to strictly order Yang Xuan to obey the order.

Of course, as a ban on the outside, Yang Xuan could also choose to refuse, but by then, his career would be close to the end.

"Liaodong General Officer, now it's Yang Zhao."

Wei Guangde asked hesitantly.
Chapter completed!