Chapter 518 517 Liaohe Great Wall

"Crack"

The wheels of the carriage rolled onto the ground and made a harsh sound. A rather gorgeous carriage passed through the city gate and entered the capital.

A team of mighty knights followed behind the carriage, showing the extraordinary identity of the carriage owner.

When I entered the streets of the capital, the ground was a little flattered, and perhaps the people on the carriage felt it. Then the curtains were gently lifted open, and an old face appeared in the carriage window.

The old man's face was not good, and he didn't know if it was because of the fatigue caused by long-term rides on a carriage or something.

After all, although horse-drawn carriages are a very luxurious means of transportation in this era, the journey is too long and the taste is not so good.

After the old man saw the street outside the car clearly, the curtains were put down again.

The old man on the carriage was Yang Bo, the Minister of War of the current dynasty. He had just returned to the capital from Miyun. From his shocking glance just now, those who were interested could still find the deep worries hidden in his eyes.

Yes, this time his trip to Miyun to meet with Ji Liao Governor Yang Xuan was made in no way possible.

In fact, the court also used this to restrain the army of various towns.

Xu Jie's suggestion is that at present, the best choice to clamp Yang Xuan.

This is also one thing that he, his ex Yan Song, his ex, and countless cabinet chiefs are doing, that is, to cultivate party members, even if they may be stained with the stain on forming cliques for personal gain.

In the 37th year of Jiajing, Altan surrounded the Right Guard of Datong. Datong Governor Zhu Ji was arrested for being punished. He followed the Minister of the Interview, Jiangdong, and General Zhang Chengxun was ordered to lift the siege of Datong. Later, Emperor Jiajing was promoted to Yang Xuan as the Right Censor and replaced Zhu Ji's position.

From this, we can roughly know what the emperor thinks.

For the grassland people, what they want is actually more to go south and continue to expand the land south across the Great Wall. What they covet is the warm land in the pass, where they grazed and hide from the cold in the north.

"Since you don't want the Jizhen army to leave the customs and Yang Xuan is unwilling to obey your warnings, it's better to just ask his subordinates to detain a batch of food and fodder for Jizhen so that he can't assign the army to move east."

Yang Bo was a little surprised by Xu Jie's actions, but when he heard his question, he thought about it, and replied: "Since last year, the Tartars' invasion of Liaodong has indeed increased, but this is definitely not evidence that Altan Khan had ambitions for Liaodong."

Not to mention the tight food and grass, even if the food and grass are not tight, the court will never transport too much food and grass to the border towns, so that they can have no worries about food and clothing.

No one was around, Xu Jie asked in a low voice: "During this period, the Tartars have been harassing the border. Do you think there will be a war this year?"

Yang Xuan even asked the Ministry of War to send orders to border towns such as Xuanda, Yansui and other places, so that after the war broke out in Liaodong, they could send elite cavalry northwards to sweep away the Mongolian tribes that could be seen along the way, so that Altan Khan could not concentrate all his troops to participate in the Liaodong war.

Regarding Yang Xuan, Yang Bo could feel the trust of Emperor Jiajing in him, otherwise he would not have given him a position like the Governor of Ji Liao.

"But the promise that when His Majesty summoned me two days ago, he mentioned this matter."

It seems that the emperor is also a dilemma, but as long as he has this in his heart, it is difficult to avoid him from betting on it and taking a bet.

Yang Xuan was a Jinshi in the 23rd year of Jiajing, Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty. He was initially appointed as an official and later promoted to the censor and served as deputy envoy of the military preparations of Yizhou.

Because this Great Wall is surrounded by a large V-shaped shape to the south and is located on both sides of the Liao River, it is called the "Liaohe Great Wall".

However, in Yang Bo's eyes, Yang Xuan has the ability, but he just likes to be clever.

Cultivating party members is just to pass your own orders down to the bottom and be faithfully executed without pushing and hindering for various reasons.

According to his idea, as long as one or two thousand Mongolians were killed, Inner Mongolians would not dare to look at the Liaodong region for decades.

Starting from Li Chengxun, the border wall built in Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty deliberately bypassed Liaoze and placed this area outside the border wall. Naturally, it also hoped to reduce the impact of Liaoze on the construction of border walls.

Later generations only knew that it was difficult for the Ming Dynasty to ensure that the border soldiers were eating and that the food and salary were deducted, but who knew that this was also a means for the imperial court to control the troops in the border town.

In fact, there are already traces to the cabinet's handling of government and military affairs. As long as you look at the relevant archives and information, you can know how to deal with things.

The result is that during the Spring and Autumn Period, the Mongolian Tartars would enter the Liaohetao area, find Ming army fortresses to be attacked, break through the border wall and enter the Ming Dynasty controlled area south of the border wall to loot.

"Your Majesty is very conflicted. He wants to cut off Altan Khan's arm and teach this opponent a lesson, but he is also worried about repeating the mistakes he made back then."

Yang Bo understood Yang Xuan’s idea, but did not think it was feasible.

"Power it."

Just knowing that it is one thing, but how to do it is another.

Xu Jie was not very satisfied with Yang Bo's answer and asked again.

"It is definitely not a good thing for the troops in Jizhen to move eastward."

You should know that the soldiers and horses on the Nine-side have fought with the northern grassland people for a long time, and their soldiers are the strongest in the Ming army.

Xu Jie's words made Yang Bo suddenly feel energetic and he wanted to learn more about the details.

The upper reaches of the Liao River, such as the Laoha River, Wulijimulun River, and Xilamulun River flow to the Liao River Plain. Due to the flat and low-lying terrain, the flow rate slows down, the riverbed is silted, and the river water is flooded. A large area of ​​protective swamps were formed in this area, forming the Liao River.

However, will these so-called people really do things in accordance with their own wishes?

Of course, they don’t know exactly. They also have their own selfish intentions, that is, the orders have not affected their interests.

On the second day after Yang Bo returned to Beijing, he went to the cabinet to communicate with Xu Jie and Yuan Wei about Ji Liao.

It’s just that the situation has not yet reached the point where it cannot be cured, so he said that he could temporarily suppress it.

Xu Jie nodded and watched Yang Bo leave.

They only need to have the ability to communicate with the Six Departments. After all, more rights are still in the hands of the Six Departments.

Fujian is too far away and the capital cannot take care of it. What Xu Jie is most concerned about is the safety of the important towns on the nine sides. He is also a person who has experienced the Gengxu Incident.

Fortunately, although these officials and generals have troops, they always lack food and grass support for long-term combat.

This is also the reason why the cabinet ministers of the Ming Dynasty really did not need strong adaptability and did not need to have local experience.

"Okay, I know what to say before His Majesty."

Yang Xuan could indeed command the military operations in Jizhen, and he could not control the orders of the Ministry of War or even the cabinet at all. However, there was one thing he had to be restrained by the court, that is, Jizhen was a border town, and the food and grass he raised on his territory could not support the army's operations at all.

So, what else can the court do?

Then I can only urge you to issue an official document to urge Fujian to start the war as soon as possible and eliminate the Japanese pirates entrenched near Xinghua Prefecture.

After several constructions, the Liaohe River wall went south from Baituchangguan to the west, and passed through the eastern bank of the Liaohe River through Heishan County, Dataizi, and Liutaizi of Tai'an County, to Niuzhuang Town, Haicheng County, and crossed the Liaohe River to the northwest, then turned northeast, along the eastern bank of the Liaohe River to Kaiyuan, Changtu County, and ended at Zhenbeibao.

This was forcing him to express his opinion, but at this time, Yang Bo had no time to be angry, but he thought for a while before nodding.

In the early years of Zhengde, Li Chengxun was in charge of Liaodong. "I asked to build a border wall, from Sancha Hebei, Liaoyang, and directly to Kaiyuan, extending more than 500 miles."

"I also know about this. It's just that the Japanese pirates in Fujian and Guangdong are frequently active and cannot mobilize large troops to support Xinghua Prefecture. The Governor Zhao from Zhejiang is unwilling to transfer elite troops to Fujian to suppress the Japanese, so it has been delayed until now."

What's more, since the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, has the soldiers rush to pay and even cause mutiny?

Yang Bo is not the character of his mother-in-law. Since he believes in this matter, he will not be careless. He immediately plans to deduct the food and grass of Ji Town, so that Yang Xuan cannot send troops outside the pass according to his own ideas.

Upon hearing this, Yang Bo's eyes were dark.

While the two were talking, Xu Jie had already walked out of the house and stood in the yard with Yang Bo.

If a person with ulterior motives appears in the important towns of the nine borders and has a large army in hand, it will also be a great threat to the court.

Only by crossing the Great Wall and seizing the warm land in the south can they provide guarantees for the expansion of their ethnic group.

Xu Jie expressed his thoughts.

Xu Jie knew what he was thinking when he saw Yang Bo's expression and smiled and comforted him.

The local officials below each have their own thoughts. Sometimes even if he, the Secretary of State, knows the details, it is difficult to directly order anything. This is the unspoken rule of the officialdom, and he dare not easily tear the window paper.

As the chief minister of the cabinet, Xu Jie certainly knew what happened in Shandong.

When it comes to suppressing the Japanese, Xu Jie only needs some manpower. He is confident that Zhao Bingran can obey it, because this order will not affect his interests.

Xu Jie can only say that.

However, this strategy was later regarded as a major mistake by countless people.

Yang Bo knew very well that Yang Xuan wanted to achieve his merits and completely eliminate Altan Khan's hand that he wanted to extend eastward.

This trust made him blindly believe the so-called top-secret information he sent back. Altan Khan planned to completely control the land outside the Great Wall and completely confront each other through the Great Wall in the Ming Dynasty.

For the grassland people, they still cannot obtain too much value from it, and it is still difficult for them to reproduce in large numbers.

As for whether they are worried about the soldiers' rebellion, haha, if the officials on the Nine Borders cannot handle these things well, it will only mean that they are incompetent in control and will naturally be thrown out as a lamb to calm the public's grievances.

In his eyes, Yang Xuan believed too much about his so-called intelligence channel.

Yang Bo lamented.

Yang Bo replied with some depression.

Xu Jie looked at Yang Bo and knew what he thought, and he didn't keep it a secret, and directly told the answer he wanted to know.

"Haha, just make an appointment, don't worry about this."

Once they have the opportunity to leave, they will find a way to leave even if they lose everything.

He didn't know what Yang Bo said.

After Yang Bo told the result of this trip and revealed his deep worries, Xu Jie said to him.

The older the official, the more party members they need to be cultivated. What is the purpose?

Don’t they know that if they do this, sooner or later, they will be in trouble because of some people’s insatiable greed and eventually cause trouble?

Yes, no matter how big the land is, their population is only so large. What's the point?

At the same time, through this battle, Altan Khan's Nanpi's thoughts will be completely wiped out, so that the border areas can maintain peace for a period of time.
To be continued...