"Sir," Wang Xiang hurried into the house and said to Zhang Han: "The cabinet has officially issued an edict. Sun Chengzong, a Grand Secretary of the Dongge and Minister of War, was the new Liaodong Minister. The emperor gave Shangfang sword, silver medals, silver coins, python clothes and other items. He told Sun Chengzong not to return to Beijing, but to take office directly in western Liaoning. ≯≧ Chinese ≤≤≤.≤≤≤.﹤ The king was transferred to Nanjing as Minister of War in Jin. He had left Shanhaiguan and did not come to Beijing to express his gratitude. He took a boat to Nanjing directly."

Zhang Han rubbed his eyebrows and smiled and said, "Why are Wang Zaijin here to thank him? It would be nice if he didn't jump into the foot and scold me."

This time, Wang Zaijin was humiliated from the beginning by Sun Chengzong. This resentment was extremely great, even if he belonged to the Donglin lineage, he could not be eliminated. During the Chongzhen period, Sun Chengzong made many mistakes in military affairs in Liao Town, especially the crushing defeat in Yaozhou in Ma Shilong and Lu Zhijia, which was even more fiercely attacked by Wang Zaijin. It is estimated that Wang Zaijin did not forgive Sun Chengzong until his death.

"Governor Wang Xianggan and Governor Yan Mingtai are still in power." Wang Xiang said: "However, based on the information from Chengfang, Sun Chengzong was also dissatisfied with the two of them. Wang Xianggan and Wang Zaijin both advocated giving up the place outside the pass. Yan Mingtai had no real talent and was a member of the three parties. Recently, there were signs of surrendering to Wei Zhongxian. How could Sun Chengzong tolerate him? Furthermore, Yan Mingtai was recommended as the governor of Liaodong in the last meeting. Sun Ge's troops are now the governor. How could he be convinced? Even if the court makes this, he will transfer Yan Mingtai away first."

"Not bad, the analysis was very good." Zhang Han praised.

This was the third night that Zhang Han came to the capital.

There was no news from the palace that Tianqi wanted to see Zhang Han. It was just that Wei Zhongxian sent eunuchs to say that he had reported to the Emperor Ming. However, there have been many incidents in the palace recently. There are several large-scale ceremonial activities that the emperor personally needs to participate in, which makes the emperor unable to escape. Even if he can escape, there are still several governors and governors waiting for the meeting in front of him. The two new ministers are also within the scope of introduction, including more than a dozen Jingqing, more than a dozen Jingjians and more than an outside general. Military officers, only a few civil and military officials are qualified to introduce them separately, and most of them are taken to the palace to meet the emperor in batches. Generally, they are in a few words, and they are asked to serve with peace of mind. The ministers bow down. Only a few senior officials will be asked about specific policies. Some governors will write their ideas into clips, and the emperor will read them first, and then they will talk to each other in person when they meet... These people and things are more important than Zhang Han, so Zhang Han can only wait with peace of mind.

Xia Xiping said: "The most important thing in Liaodong below is Thirteen Mountains. How is Cheng Fang and the others now?"

Wang Xiang said: "Thirteen Mountains will not be broken for the time being. The food is enough. The mountain people are very fierce. Many of the refugees have participated in the group training and have simple weapons. Yang Er and Cheng Fang and others have the weapons raised by us and Yu, which are very good. Jianlu wants to attack the mountain from the front, but the price is too high, so they will not do this."

Zhang Han said: "The key is whether Sun Ge's troops are determined to aid Shisanshan."

Wang Xiang said: "The current news is that Sun Ge's army ordered Zu Dashou to send a soldier to the Thirteen Mountains to see if he could break through the siege and provide assistance to the mountains. However, there were not many soldiers and horses sent, only two thousand infantry and cavalry. How could this amount of soldiers be enough?"

Xia Xiping thought, "It seems that the court is still defeated, and even Sun Ge's troops do not have the confidence to fight with Jianlu again. What they want most now is to build Ningyuan City Defense, and then Ningyuan, Juehua, and Shanhaiguan are mutually supportive, and a military fort piers are built in the middle. I heard that I plan to build a border wall of more than 200 miles, so as to completely separate western Liaoning from the old places in central Liaoning and eastern Liaoning and southern Liaoning... short-sighted!"

Xia Xiping concluded with a sharp tone: "It is said that Sungei is a rare border talent. I don't think he is much stronger than Wang Zaijin. The king cooperates with the old city and the camps in the mountains. Such defense is enough to prevent Jianlu from entering the pass. Sungei's army has built countless military fortresses, and the training of troops is a million dollars a year. This will cause the court's financial resources to be exhausted. If there is any change, it will be difficult for the court to put it in a pot. Once there is a change, the court will have no wealth, and there will be no soldiers, or the vassal state will appear again. This is indeed a danger of the destruction of the country."

Xia Xiping's criticism of Sun Chengzong was naturally a bit too much, and even Wang Xiang looked disapproving. At least Wang Xiang lived in the capital. Since Sun Chengzong took office, the people in the capital have become much more at ease. He felt that Xia Xiping didn't know much about these things and was a little too demanding and blamed them.

Wang Xiang said a little dissatisfied: "As Xiping saw, just build Shanhaiguan?"

"There is Jizhen." Xia Xiping said: "It's obvious on the map. After losing Guangning, Jianlu's current goal is to unify the Mongolian tribes. In the years to go on, there will be no big threats on the border of the Ming Dynasty. Jianlu is not crazy. He knows that he can't get any benefits and cannot gain a foothold in the pass now... His tens of thousands of people are almost dead, even if Shanhaiguan asks him to fight, come all the way, Yongping Zunhua Santun Camp, then Changping Juyongguan Gubeikou, and then to Baoding. If you want to occupy the key points around the capital, how can you attack? If you don't set up troops to defend, how can you guarantee his logistics?

There is only one situation where 10,000 or 20,000 combat soldiers conquered the capital, that is, the people in the city are dispersed and the city will be surrendered. Otherwise, the capital can be defeated with this little force? The important thing now is to enrich Jizhen, and they cannot be asked to unite with Mongolia. If Nuerhaci next tied the Mongols together and recruited more Han troops to enrich their troops, ten years later, they would have all the Mongolians from 20,000 to more than 100,000 soldiers, and Mongolia would be all over it. At that time, the Ming Dynasty was truly in danger of destruction. Now I am afraid that Shanhaiguan will be lost, and I think about building a border wall in Ningyuan. What is this short-sighted?"

"Well……"

Wang Xiang looked embarrassed. He was a Lahu who was slapped in the flower-shot. The current leader of the military information sub-station was very limited in current affairs and military affairs. After Xia Xiping finished speaking, his mind could no longer be turned around and he had no idea what Xia Xiping was talking about.

However, Li Guobin had bright eyes and was very immersed in his ears. Finally, he sighed, not knowing why.

Zhang Han smiled and said, "Xi is parallel. Some things are easier said than done. Putting you in the seat of Sun Gemen is definitely not as good as he does."

Seeing that Xia Xiping was a little dissatisfied, Zhang Han said seriously: "It can be trusted by the government and the public, integrate the power ahead, suppress Qiu Ba and his colleagues, and restore the morale of the soldiers in front, protect food and salary, train troops, and push the city defense hundreds of miles away. This is already a very good job, and it is not easy..."

Sun Chengzong's achievements are what Zhang Han said. Although he has not done it yet, he has pushed the broken Liaoxi defense line forward for hundreds of miles in a few years, stably strengthened Ningyuan and recovered Jinzhou and other places, trained dozens of battalions of Guanning Army, built more than a hundred military fort stations, and brought back a lot of the most dangerous situation in the second year of the Tianqi... But as Xia Xiping said, Sun Chengzong did useless work, and was going further and further on the wrong path...

But no matter what, it was meaningless to use these to criticize Sun Chengzong. Among the literati and officials at that time, there was actually no better candidate than Sun Chengzong.

As for Wang Zaijin's approach, it is only that young people like Xia Xiping who are outside the situation would think so. The stability of the people in the capital after Sun Chengzong took office shows everything. Sometimes the correct strategy cannot be implemented because too many people are in the fog of war. Only those with supreme power can see through the fog, can they choose the most correct path to go. Emperor Tianqi is just a young man who has just been in power for a while, and it is unrealistic to have such hope for him.

It can only be said that the history of the late Ming Dynasty is like all the apocalyptic dynasties. Every historical turning point is moving towards the road to destruction, and there is no second possibility.

"We have already planned the matter of Thirteen Mountains, and we can move after a while..." Zhang Han said to Wang Xiang: "The important thing now is that Thirteen Mountains itself wants to contact Ningyuan and maintain a relatively stable channel. It is not to send a few tricks to come over again, so that the civil and military officials in the court and Ningyuan's garrison will not take it seriously."

"Sir, there are guests."

Liu Ji rushed over, called out, pushed the door and said, "Mr. Wan Jingwan, the doctor of the Ministry of Works, come and pay homage."

Liu Ji also had a greeting book in his hand. The big red enveloped greeting book was very formal, with Wan Jing's name and characters written inside, as well as simple information such as his hometown.

This kind of prayer is equivalent to the business card of people of the time. At least from the shape to function, there is almost no difference from the business card of later generations. It is just that there are telephone numbers on the business card of later generations, but there is no prayer at this time.

"Do you often deal with this person?" Zhang Han thought for a while. This doctor in the Ministry of Works was not his old acquaintance. When he and Li Shenming were running official connections in the capital together, they seemed to have never dealt with this person.

Liu Ji wiped his sweat and said, "Mr. Wan should be recognized by Mr. Li?"

Li Guobin said at this time: "Wan Jing is from Nanchang, Jiangxi Province. He is also the same as my family's ancestral home. In the past, Pig Iron from Yusheng had to join the Ministry of Works to handle relations with various places. This man and I met with the villagers and gave him fifty taels of silver. In addition, the ice charcoal for a year was given to him as usual. I came here this time, but I don't know why he was."

"Fifty taels?" Zhang Han smiled and said, "Guanbin, you are very stingy."

Li Guobin smiled and said, "I wanted to give him two hundred taels at that time, but this person said too many things and he couldn't ask for too many rules. As a result, he collected fifty taels. I had a damn idea of ​​his ice charcoal. He gave it according to the rules of the doctors of the six ministries. He accepted it with a smile. He would drink two drinks with me every time. He is a good man and has no bad intentions."

"Okay." Zhang Han put down the official document he was reading and said, "Since that's the case, go to the living room to meet someone."

Everyone stood up, Wang Xiang was in front, Li Guobin and Xia Xiping surrounded Zhang Han one after another, and after each of them pushed the door out, a cool breeze blew, and they all felt refreshed.

"The weather will turn colder in two months," Zhang Han said: "That was the most critical moment for Thirteen Mountains."

He thought for a while and said to Li Guobin: "Guobin, let me leave the matter of Thirteen Mountains to you, how about it?"

Li Guobin said: "Actually, I want to go to Zhaoyuan more, but the time is not right, so it's better to go to Ningyuan."

Zhang Han smiled and said, "Let's talk about Zhaoyuan in a few years..."

Li Guobin was very interested in Zhaoyuan's gold mine. He had inspected it many times. If He Yusheng took it down, with He Yusheng's ability, he would use He Yusheng's ability to get Cai Jiu from Zunhua Iron Field to Zhaoyuan. At least tens of thousands of taels of gold can be harvested a year, and the profit is abundant. The only obstacle is that the local gentry in Zhaoyuan is not unsolvable... But now it is not time, Li Guobin sighed regretfully again.
Chapter completed!