Chapter 288 Three-sided General System

Chapter 28

"Song Nan, you'd better not say too much about military affairs." Liu Jin said coldly.

Song Nan smiled and said, "Since it's a court discussion, why can't I say what I think? Isn't the discussion of national affairs just brainstorming?"

Liu Jin said coldly, "It's good to brainstorm, but isn't it a mess if everyone comes to interrupt?"

Zhengde waved his hand and said, "Liu Jin, Song Nan also experienced the battle of Xinpingbao. When you accompanied me in Weizhou, Song Nan was fighting with the Tasan on the battlefield. Although his status as a brocade guard is inconvenient to participate in military affairs, it should not be aimless to make suggestions."

Liu Jin was speechless and bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, I'm just afraid that many words will affect the decision."

Zhengde said, "It doesn't matter, Song Nan, what do you have to say?"

Song Nan thanked and said quietly, "Your Majesty, my lord, Liu Shangshu's discussion is not practical, but the weakness of the defense of the border town this time does exist. I believe that the key to the problem is not whether the Xinping Fort can be rebuilt or whether the road along the Great Wall can be built between the neighboring stations of Datong Xuanfu Township, but lies in How to coordinate the use of troops. Understand the enemy's intentions before they act, so that they can be targeted and carry out defense or rescue as soon as possible, which is the key to the problem.

Zhengde was confused and didn't understand what Song Nan meant. Jiao Fang said lightly, "Lord Song said lightly and insight into the enemy's intentions. It's easy to say, but difficult to do."

Song Nan said, "What's the difficulty? As far as I know, the 10,000 cavalry of the Tatar attack on our Datong Tiancheng Erwei was mobilized from Shaanxi Border Town, but such a large transfer of troops to the east, Shaanxi-Ganbian Town did not send a piece of message. Shouldn't this be improved? Admittedly, the soldiers and horses in the border towns around Shaanxi and Gansu did not know that the emperor was patrolling the territory of Datong, but if the Tatar cavalry gathered from Yansui in Lingzhou to the east, our Shaanxi and Gansu area could send the news in time. No matter how stupid my garrison was, they knew that the Tatars would take action. What's more, the emperor will understand his intention in Datong. How can he let the emperor go through the following dangers?

The ministers nodded secretly, which is also quite reasonable. The military affairs of the border towns in various places are under the jurisdiction of the governors, and there is little information at ordinary times. Shanxi and Shaanxi governors are each guarding their respective border towns, and the troops are enough to defend against the attacks of the Tarans, so there are not many military affairs between them. This time, if Shaanxi can inform Wang Xun, the commander-in-chief of Datong, the news of 10,000 Tarmas riding eastward, Wang Xun will understand that the Tarmas must come to the emperor. Maybe he has already pierced his pockets and waited for the Tartans. How could he be so embarrassed that the Tartans broke through the Great Wall, and the Tianchengwei and the peaceful guards were almost lost.

As long as Datong and Xuanfu have a place that can prepare for defense in advance, and the method of holding the two wings of the Tartans does not work, they will not dare to stay in Xinping Fort for a long time, and it is even difficult to dare to enter the Xinpingbao Valley.

Song Nan continued: "In fact, it is a problem with the reaction mechanism. Whether the emperor goes on a tour this time or not, if the Tatars want to mobilize troops and horses to make a sudden attack, they will always suffer from slow reaction. The speed of the Tatsars is fast. If the soldiers and horses in my border town want to effectively curb their assembly raids, they may have to pass the news quickly, speed up the response, open their pockets and wait for the Tats to get in. This is the mechanism to solve the problem of passive beatings.

Zhengde seemed to understand, and his eyes passed through the faces of the ministers. Listening to Song Nan's tone, it seemed that he could solve the problem of poor rescue in the border town without spending a lot of money to build a road and fortification. It sounds like a little taken for granted, but with Zhengde's ability, he really can't tell whether Song Nan said or not. Reasoning.

All the ministers are frowning and thinking. Of course, some of them think that what Song Nan said is reasonable, but some people think that Song Nan is talking nonsense. According to the inherent idea, the defense of the border town of the Ming Dynasty still needs sufficient soldiers and horses and the strong fortress, which is the necessary hardware. Because the plank road is still blocked and it is impossible to reach Xinping Fort quickly, it is reasonable to say that the solution is to build two connected roads.

"The old minister has something to say." In silence, one person slowly stepped forward to salute Zhengde.

When everyone saw it, they couldn't help but be stunned. The speaker, the British prince Zhang Mao, was surprised that the husband would take the initiative to speak. When the ministers discussed the matter, the two princes rarely participated in opinions. Even if the emperor asked for opinions by name, they still hummed and did not say anything, as if it was the first time to take the initiative to speak like this.

"Oh? Husband, please speak. Zhengde smiled.

Zhang Mao thanked him, took a look at Song Nan and said, "Your Majesty, after listening to Lord Song's words, I couldn't help but remember the 14 years of Hongzhi. That year, the Tart fire screening tribe went south to disturb the important town of Yan Sui, and Yan Sui was almost captured by the Tart soldiers. Fortunately, our border army fought bravely to retreat from the stubborn enemy. But in that battle, I was destroyed, and more than 6,000 soldiers and civilians were killed and injured. It was actually a tragic battle. In fact, it was said that it was a victory. In fact, it was a defeat. The Tart soldiers looted the people's cattle, sheep and other things and returned with a full load of things. Does Lord Liu still remember this battle?

Liu Daxia nodded and said, "Why don't you remember? It's really a deep pain."

Zhang Mao said, "The reason for this defeat is that the towns of Gansu, Ningxia and Yansui were ordered to undertake the tasks of the imperial border within their jurisdiction alone. In case of war, they did not cooperate with each other. Therefore, Yansui was attacked. Because each town adhered to the town and did not dare to easily go out to assist in defense, resulting in Yansui's alone. Later, the emperor decided to set up a three-sided general government, which could be uniformly dispatched to assist in defense in wartime, but for various reasons, although it was proposed, it was not implemented.

Liu Daxia frowned and said, "There is no need to hide it. The reason why it could not be implemented was just because of the officers and governors of each town. They always thought that there was an additional temperant official on their heads, so they rose up against it. The emperor took into account the opinions of the people and temporarily suspended it."

Zhang Mao nodded and said, "Lord Liu remembers it clearly, and it is true; Lord Song just said that my reaction was slow and the transmission of news was not smooth, and I was deeply touched. In recent years, the little prince of Tartar unified his departments, his strength gradually became stronger, and the harassment was also extremely frequent. This time he boldly entered our territory. The attack on the emperor's driving is enough to see its rampant extent. I thought it was very simple. I immediately restored the three-sided general system, coordinated the three-sided soldiers and horses in the northwest and Ningxia, Gansu, and established a military linkage with the eastern Datong Xuanfu. When there is an enemy, they communicate with each other and cooperate with the enemy, which is the way to solve the solution.

Zhang Mao's proposal was immediately supported by many people. The general officer of the border town was three-legged. There have been many times that they were hesitant when they were constrained by each other. Every time there was a border war, it was mostly a failure, and this matter had become a cancer of the military affairs of the border town. The middle official is the eunuch sent by the inner court. Above the lobby, the middle officer often sits in the middle, and the left and right are the governor and the general officer. When they encounter something that needs to be decided, the three are pinned to each other. The middle officials often make decisions randomly based on the power of the inner court. What are the benefits of people who don't understand military affairs to make decisions?

Many people can see this kind of drawback. Hongzhi also wanted to avoid this kind of harm of quarreling with each other when he set up a three-sided chief, but once it is established, it obviously weakens the power of the general officer and the governor, and it is not surprising that it attracts large-scale opposition.

At that time, not only Ningxia and other towns in Gansu Province opposed it, but also the generals and governors of other nine important towns such as Guyuan Jizhou, Datong Xuanfu. The reason is very simple, and the fire will burn on their heads sooner or later.

The inner court relied on the dispatched Chinese officers to participate in military affairs, which was a part of the power of the inner court. Although this move also weakened the influence of the inner court, it naturally attracted the opposition of the inner court headed by Wang Yue. In the voice of opposition, Hongzhi put the matter aside, and the position of the three-sided general system became the absence of positions. The empty government office of the real official.

Today, Zhang Mao mentioned this matter again. Both the timing and his position were very good. As soon as Zhang Mao opened his mouth, he immediately attracted many people's secondment. Needless to say, the Ministry of War, Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe were also keenly aware that this move was an opportunity to weaken the inner court and spoke seconded.

"My husband's words are reasonable, and the border town can no longer fight separately. The little prince of Tatar has gathered 40,000 horses and raided in three places in just over ten days, which shows that the Tatars are ambitious and their strength cannot be underestimated. The defense of the border town will become tighter and tighter, and it is time to eliminate the shortcomings. The old minister thought that even the two important towns of Xuanda could set up the post of governor of Xuanda, control the military affairs of the two towns and coordinate operations. Li Dongyang did not lose time to become more and more. If the governor's mansion was set up in Xuanda, more than half of the inner court's influence in the border army would be almost cut off.

Liu Jin's face was pale. Song Nan suddenly proposed today that her husband came out to sing and make peace. Finally, he attributed the inability of rescue in the two towns of Datong in Xuanfu to the past of the three towns in Ningxia, Gansu in the west, and then proposed to restore the general system. All this seems that Song Nan and her husband have colluded. If it is really Song If Nan colluded with them, this would be a signal, a signal to go to war with the inner court.

Liu Jin nervously thought about countermeasures. The current situation is that the rescue of Xuanda University was indeed weak and was caught off guard. In fact, Zhengde just issued a decree to reprimand the salary. It is logical to propose a change in this situation, but the problem is how can the inner court's strength be weakened. Question mark Isn't it a decoration to mount a governor-general appointed by the military department on the head of the eunuch of the Chinese army sent out?

Although Liu Jin's teeth were itching, he was not yet confused. Her husband proposed that the cabinet seconded it. It was unwise and there was no reason for him to object. Thinking about it, Liu Jin's heart lit up and suddenly smiled.

Everyone thought that Liu Jin would oppose this move in court like Wang Yue, but when they saw that Liu Jin seemed to be unconscious, they looked calm and did not say a word, which surprised everyone.

Zhengde muttered: "Since you all think that the establishment of a general manager can eliminate the disadvantages, I..."

Jiao Fang suddenly said, "Your Majesty, the three-sided general system can be set up, and the Xuan Grand Governor's mansion proposed by Li Shoufu needs to be slowed down. After all, I don't know what the effect is. Why not set up a three-sided general system to test the effect. If the post of governor of Xuanda is established in the future, if it is invalid, it will not cause chaos in the defense of the two important towns north of Beijing. The positions of Xuanfu and Datong can be much more important than those in the northwest.

Zhengde nodded and said, "What is said is that I allow the establishment of a three-sided general system first, publican and other places and observe its effectiveness before calculating; the candidates for this three-sided general system still need to be selected at your discretion, and the candidates will be decided after the newspaper comes up. Today, I'm a little tired. Let's retreat from the court."