Chapter 409 C-character volume Feng's

  The corners of Emperor Yonglong's mouth curled up slightly, and he smiled with satisfaction. This is a qualified general. A general with too many ideas or no desires does not meet the expectations of the court.

  This Feng Tang has vision, courage, and prestige in the frontier army. If he has no desire, then he really needs to think about it.

   Fortunately, this person is rich but has a bottom line, and his son is a civil servant, so that is a good thing.

   "What do you think of Feng Tang's strategy?" Emperor Yonglong asked.

   It is reasonable to say that Lu Song, as the commander of Long Jinwei, has no right to participate in such court affairs, but he is a veteran of Emperor Yonglong's hidden residence, and his loyalty is guaranteed. That's why Emperor Yonglong asked him and he dared to answer.

   "This strategy is very good. Divide and rule has always been the imperial court's strategy for the grassland tribes, whether it is the Tumed tribes or the entire Tatar tribes, but..." Lu Song hesitated.

   "But what?" Emperor Yonglong was a little surprised. This should be the court's consistent strategy. Is there anything wrong?

   "Zhang Jin also talked about this strategy when he came back from Xijiang. He said that he also thought it was the best strategy for managing the grasslands, but Feng Keng had a different opinion..."

  Lu Song's answer surprised Yonglong Emperor. Isn't this what Feng Ziying has always advocated? How come there are still different opinions?

"Zhang Jin said that Feng Keng thinks this is acceptable for now, but Lindan Batur of the Chahar Department is quite ambitious. If he follows the court's strategy, he will inevitably provoke a dispute between the right wing and the left wing of Mongolia, preventing the right wing from unifying the left wing or The left wing unifies the right wing, especially to prevent Chahar, who is a descendant of the Jin family, from becoming bigger,..."

  Emperor Yonglong was also very attentive to military matters, so he naturally understood and nodded: "This is the correct answer."

"But he said that the Tatar tribes are not stupid, and they naturally understand the intention of the court. It turns out that they have nothing to do, but now the Jianzhou Jurchen rises extremely fast, not only speeding up the pace of unification of the Jurchen tribes, but also the generals Extending to the Horqin and Outer Khalkha tribes in western Liaoning, if the imperial court still adopts the strategy of dividing and ruling the Tatar tribes to support the weak and suppress the strong, I am afraid that Lindanbatur will soon lose the Horqin and Outer Khalkha tribes. Influence and control, push the Horqin and Waikha tribes to the Jianzhou Jurchen, then the Chahar tribe will have difficulty resisting the Jianzhou Jurchen offensive, and the entire balance outside the pass and outside the Great Wall will be broken."

  Emperor Yonglong frowned.

  Jianzhou Jurchen has become the biggest hidden danger. The situation in Liaodong and Liaoxi is quite embarrassing. The evacuation of Kuandian Six Forts has caused a very bad follow-up impact, making a considerable number of Han people also invest in Jianzhou Jurchen, making Jianzhou Jurchen expand more aggressively.

  This also triggered many people in the ruling and opposition parties to attack Li Chengliang, believing that he had colluded with Jianzhou Jurchen.

  But Emperor Yonglong knew that although Li Chengliang was responsible, the more important responsibility lay with the court himself.

  The huge shortage of food and salaries made any general in charge of Liaodong a headache.

In particular, it is too difficult and costly to transport grain to Liaodong, and the increase in taxes on the local Han people has made the Liaodong Han people more and more resistant to the imperial court. I am afraid that Li Chengliang had to give up the Six Forts of Kuandian in the end. an important factor.

Of course, another reason is that the aggressive momentum of the Jianzhou Jurchen has made the Six Forts of Kuandian an orphan. If there is no strong support, it is very likely that the Jianzhou Jurchen will provoke and take the opportunity to swallow it. Li Chengliang bears the responsibility Sorry.

If Horqin in the west of Liaoning and the tribes of Wai Khalkha in the north are all drawn or annexed by the Jianzhou Jurchen, then the entire Ji Town and even Xuanfu will be completely exposed to the blades of the Jurchen iron cavalry. Can Liaodong still keep the capital? It's hard to say.

  At that time, the entire capital will be in flames from the northeast to the true north and then to the northwest, and even in this palace, people will not be able to sleep well.

   "What does Feng Keng mean by these words?"

Lu Song replied: "Zhang Jin also asked Feng Keng if there is a solution if this is the case. Feng Keng said that there is no good solution now. Hetao has just stabilized and balanced. The situation in Chahar remains to be seen. The unfavorable situation made it impossible for the Great Zhou to influence the tribes of Horqin and Waikha, which gave the Jianzhou Jurchen an opportunity to take advantage of..."

  Emperor Yonglong suddenly became in a bad mood.

  The day before yesterday, he did not discuss the situation in Liaodong with Feng Ziying. He did not expect Feng Ziying to have such a deep understanding of border military affairs, and even so familiar with the situation in Liaodong, and even had deeper insights.

  But from Feng Ziying's words, it can be heard that the other party is very pessimistic about the situation in Liaodong.

After taking a deep breath, I calmed down. This is not something that can be solved in a day or two. Perhaps Feng Ziying strongly demanded to form a naval fleet and open the sea in Shandong, that is, to strengthen support for Liaodong. Thinking of Yonglong Emperor's mood improved slightly.

"Well, I know about this matter." Emperor Yonglong nodded, "Feng Tang's performance in the battle against the rebellion this time, I have also read the memorial you submitted. The situation of Ningxia and Gansu towns was compared with Yulin before. , of course there is a gap, but it is not big, why is it completely different? Could it be that Feng Tang has been in Yulin for two years, and he has the power to defy the sky?"

Lu Song hesitated for a moment, but finally said: "Your Majesty, the original situation of Ningxia Town was not bad, but Shi Guangjue brought Ningxia Town to its knees. It can be seen that it is still quite effective, but its internal contradictions are more prominent. Liu Dongyang seized this opportunity, but the situation in Gansu Town is indeed very bad. This is mainly due to its special geographical reasons. Supplies are too difficult, coupled with the fact that the commander-in-chief has been short for a year, the deputy commander-in-chief Ma Xia's ability is poor, and he fears the enemy like a tiger,..."

  Emperor Yonglong's face became even more ugly.

Naturally, he knew exactly which route Shi Guangjue took to climb up to the position of the commander-in-chief of Ningxia Town, but Daheng Xiao has now retired, and he will inevitably be criticized if he pursues it, and he is the same as who is hiding behind Daheng Xiao Clearly, such things can only be exposed at this point.

The performance of this gang of martial arts is really disappointing, or quite different. There are shrewd people like Wang Ziteng and Niu Jizong, and people like Feng Tang who are accustomed to fighting, but more people like Shi Guangjue and Ma Xia People who are mediocre and incompetent only know how to make money, which makes Emperor Yonglong's attitude towards this group complicated.

But Emperor Yonglong knew very well that he still had to find a way to win over this gang of martial arts, and the children of martial arts in the army still had a considerable weight, but if he didn't win over, if he was won over by the boss, it would be a fatal threat to him, and it would be the worst. Also keep them neutral.

"Lu Song, according to your observations, can the status quo of Gansu Town and Ningxia Town be maintained?" Judge from another angle other than the Ministry of War.

"Your Majesty, if we can't keep going, we can only persist. Otherwise, once the Tatars from the West Sea cross the Qilian Mountains, and the Yarkant Khanate forces entrenched in Hami and Turpan infiltrate Hexi, then our entire northwest will be corrupted and out of control. Go through the predicament of the Song Dynasty."

   On this point, Lu Song still has a very clear mind. Although Emperor Yonglong has no intention of giving up the Northwest, it is inevitable that he will have such an idea when he is in short supply in the future.

"Of course I won't give up on the Northwest. I just want to know how much the imperial court will invest if we want to continue to maintain the status quo of Gansu Town and Ningxia Town, and go west to Shazhou and Hami. You should know that the debt-raising incident has just been reported. According to the wind, countless people have already set their sights on this area, and the number of people who handed in the memorials is more than before. I know that they are all here for this,..."

Emperor Yonglong shook his head worryingly, "Without money, there is the hardship of not having money. With money, you can realize the importance of money. When you don't have money, you can bear anything. Once you have money, you can still make cakes now." It looks like, I feel that I can't survive anywhere, and I need money."

  Lu Song was amused by Emperor Yonglong's words, but he could only hold back.

Sighing, he withdrew his thoughts, and Emperor Yonglong turned back to the topic: "Chai Ke has some plans for the northwest to ensure that the situation in the northwest is not chaotic, but this requires a prestigious and skilled minister to take charge, and Chai Kezhen wants him to come back. , not now, but I have to come back next year, how is Wang Ziteng doing during this time?"

  Lu Song was slightly taken aback. Could it be that Wang Ziteng is going to be transferred to be the governor of the three sides? This is not a good arrangement.

   "Your Majesty, the prince has just returned from his inspection tour in Shanxi. Recently, he has been in contact with Niu Gong, Chen Ruiwen, Chen Daoxian and others. He has also been in frequent contact with his brother-in-law Rong Guogong Jia's family..."

  Emperor Yonglong was startled slightly by Lu Song's words, and his brows furrowed deeper, "The Jia family? Duke Rong and Duke Ning?"

   "Rong Guogong Jia's house, Ning Guogong's side has no movement, it's still the same." Lu Song understood Emperor Yonglong's worry, and hesitated for a while: "There is nothing unusual there, Prince Yizhong is also there,..."

  Waving his hand, Emperor Yonglong gave a sneer of contempt and disdain, "Boss is really a passionate seed, don't you shy away from father?"

   Lu Song naturally did not dare to answer such topics, so he could only remain silent.

   "Well, I got it." Emperor Yonglong returned to the subject, "Tell me about Feng Keng. Please explain the situation of this son in detail. I need to seriously investigate this person."

Lu Song was stunned, he always felt that he had paid enough attention to this son, but unexpectedly he underestimated it. Just based on the emperor's words, it can be seen that this is the first time the emperor has commented on a child in this tone after Yuji. Young man, the last one was Zhang Jingqiu, but how old is Zhang Jingqiu? How old is this kid?

Lu Song began to introduce Feng Keng's family background, from the situation of his mother's Duan family in Datong, and the marriage between Feng and Duan's family to Feng Keng's growth process, to the situation of the Linqing civil uprising, one by one. .

  (end of this chapter)