Chapter 797: Don’t borrow money, just ask for alms
Zhu Yijun actually knows clearly that the scale of debt is uncontrollable.
He just planned to dissolve the cabinet and reorganize it when he couldn't repay the debt. The treacherous ministers mistook me. This kind of trick has been repeated repeatedly in history.
But Wang Guoguang said from the beginning that the debt owed must be repaid. If the court does not repay it, the people will repay it.
The notes of securities are debts; banknotes are debts; salt is also debts, but any money owed must be repaid, and it depends on who is responsible for repaying it.
If the imperial court does not repay the money mainly made of silver coins and copper coins, the virtuous rural gentry, powerful right-wingers, and wealthy businessmen who have lost their principal will exploit it, exploit the poor people and work hard, and double the principal they have lost. to ask for it back.
The court cannot be too harsh because it owes them money.
Even if the gold story is told in the future and silver-based banknotes are issued and debts are owed, there will be another way to repay the money, which is to print a large amount of money and repay the debt through rapid price increases.
A large amount of money was printed, and the court's creditors had more money, but the money in the hands of the people did not increase at the same time. With more money and less goods, the people's money became thinner and devalued. At this time, the price of soaring prices is It is entirely borne by the people.
This is also a kind of retribution. In essence, they are all exploits. There is no essential difference. They are all exploits by the ruling class in connivance with the local ruling class.
Whether it is money law or banknote law, as long as you owe money, you must pay it back.
And there is a terrible problem here, that is, corruption will spread.
In the process of the spread of corruption and disorder in the world, the powerful and powerful people cannot escape from it, because corruption will spread to all aspects of society, even the rich cannot escape it.
Take security for example. When order is stable, security in wealthy areas is better than in slums, and security in Ming City is much better than in the countryside. But when disorder gradually breaks down, security becomes a luxury.
Five years after the death of Xu Xiake, the famous traveler of the Ming Dynasty, a slave rebellion broke out in the family during the Ghost Festival. Tenants and slaves rushed into the Xu family's mansion and slaughtered almost everyone in the Xu family, leaving only an outer room and a living room. nephew.
For example, in education, when order is stable, the rich can enjoy better education. Even if their children are ineffective, they can still worship famous teachers and live a life of luxury as celebrities. But after order is corrupted, education is also a luxury.
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang could not recruit the bureaucrats to manage the dynasty, so he launched a heavy campaign and required scholars to serve as officials, but some people chose to act crazy and act like fools.
But during the Wanli period, even Sun Shangli's candidates could not enter the Yamen because of their bad reputation.
Such as firefighting.
When the order is stable, the watchman in the tower will go to the street regularly to remind people to be careful of the fire, and the fireman will be on call all day long. If there is a fire, he will put out the fire and ask for a small reward. For this, he may be scolded and disliked. The fireman came late.
However, as corruption spreads and the world becomes disordered, the home of a powerful and powerful person may not be able to be saved.
Debt development is likely to accelerate the rate of decay of the empire. This is why the Ministry of Revenue firmly resists. Debt is debt, and if you owe it, you will definitely repay it in various ways.
The court officials of the Ming Dynasty did not believe in the wisdom of future generations, and history has repeatedly proven that future generations are not very reliable.
Taking advantage of the rising stage of the country, the main idea of the Ming Dynasty was to save a large amount of inheritance for future generations.
It's like sliding on a watermelon rind, paddling wherever you go, falling through, and dynasties change.
This is why Zhang Juzheng and Wang Chonggu always feel that time is waiting for us, and they always want to get things done as soon as possible.
"Your Majesty, the most urgent task for government officials is to establish a normal school." Liang Menglong bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty is engaged in farming and mulberry cultivation. This barren land cannot have a good harvest."
"We need to clear up wasteland, cut down trees, dig out tree roots, and clear away gravel and debris. It will take three years to cultivate the cleared fields before weeding them all. In addition, we need to build ditches. Without water, there will be no water." Fields are only fields here.”
"That's all, it depends on God's mood. Only with good weather can we have a good harvest."
"If you want to have a good harvest and fruitful results in the official law, you need the success of the Dinghai academic system led by Gao Qiyu."
Reclamation is very hard. Wilderness, raw land, cultivated land, and permanent fields must not be missed at every step.
In addition to reclaiming wasteland, roads and ditches must be built to be considered successful. The success of the official education system must rely on the success of the Dinghai academic system.
Only when the Ming Dynasty made education universal and had enough educated scholars, the official system could select the real talents.
The bureaucracy grows out of the education system. If the education system completely collapses and is controlled by a few people, the bureaucracy will also become corrupt.
Liang Menglong continued: "In today's era of rapid changes in the Ming Dynasty, everything is new and changing with each passing day. If you want to perform the functions of each yamen, you need more professional talents. Compared with the official examination method, what is more important is professional ability and resume, that is, "Xunli."
"Schools must have teachers. At this time, Kowloon University Hall can still hire students from the Capital University Hall as teachers, and the Capital University Hall can satisfy this requirement. However, according to the Dinghai academic system, the higher, secondary, and elementary schools cannot hire enough full-time professors. Industry to solve the problem? I think it can’t be done.”
"Private schools and family schools provide higher education, while public schools run by the imperial court cannot provide as much education, so we can only try to cultivate them ourselves."
"At this time, the only thing we can do is to urgently set up normal schools, which should be done quickly."
"It is the Royal Institute of Technology, not the Capital University." Zhang Juzheng clearly corrected Liang Menglong's wrong statement. Some people call the Institute of Technology the Capital University just to remove the word "royal".
The Institute of Science and Technology belongs to His Majesty. It is wholly owned by His Majesty to build and recruit students. Its maintenance is also funded by internal funds. That is why the Ministry of Household Affairs said that students from the Institute of Science and Technology would be ungrateful if they did not serve the imperial court.
Because there is true kindness, for the one hundred and twenty silver repairs, sixty silver was an interest-free loan given by His Majesty, and the tuition money was also paid by His Majesty himself.
After Zhang Juzheng corrected Liang Menglong's remarks, all the ministers fell silent. Even the emperor's hands were repeatedly tapping on the table, obviously thinking.
Liang Menglong frowned. He felt that what he said made sense. Why did Mr. Ming remain silent? There was something wrong with the atmosphere!
"Shaozukazai, we have no money." Zhu Yijun sighed heavily, and there was an echo of the emperor's sigh in the Wenhua Palace.
Zhu Yijun, the richest man in the world, admits that he is a poor man.
"North Korea is at war, Longkaichi Road is being built, and gold needs to be collected and stored in preparation for the issuance of treasure banknotes. I still have some money in my internal funds, but it is only enough to build the Kowloon University Hall. If there is more, it will really be gone. .”
"The same goes for national money."
Wang Guoguang thought for a while and said: "There are still eight million silver in the old inventory. Would your Majesty want to take it out?"
Zhu Yijun glanced at Wang Guoguang in surprise, this guy is the second most powerful person in the Ming Dynasty!
The silver stored in Lao Ku is Wang Guoguang's silver coins one by one. After counting, he puts them in Lao Ku. He checks them once a year, looks at them every day, and even checks the dust.
The 8 million silver deposits in the old treasury were the capital of the Ming Dynasty. Wang Guoguang was willing to use it before entering the war with Korea, but he did not use it because he was powerful and wanted to donate it.
Now for the sake of education, Wang Guoguang, a big boss, has become more generous.
"Da Situ is willing to take out Lao Ku's savings. I am very relieved. No matter how poor you are, you can't afford education." Zhu Yijun thought for a while and said: "How about this? Let the tax inspection institute collect the taxes. I let go. Reins and let them do whatever they want"
"When the storm surges, I will withdraw the tax-collecting Tiqi, and when the time is right, I will spread them out."
The cost of popularizing education in the Ming Dynasty was paid for by the emperor's reputation and power.
Zhu Yijun sighed and said: "And education is not suitable for borrowing money. After all, it is not an asset, it is purely losing money."
Tishuai Zhao Mengyou, who was sitting at the end, finally couldn't bear it anymore and went out to report: "Your Majesty, it is not easy to establish the Tax Inspection Institute, and it is really difficult to spread it out after it is taken back. Your Majesty, please be careful."
The emperor would definitely be able to tell the difference between a full meal and a full meal, but isn’t there nothing we can do now?
We can only take care of the present first.
To implement the Dinghai academic system, the Kowloon University Hall and the Teachers College must be promoted together. Otherwise, even if the university hall is built, there will be no students. After all, there are no students in the higher, secondary, elementary, crafts school, or primary school. Where will the students come from the university hall?
Talents do not grow from the ground. They are mature once a year, or even nine times in two years. According to the Dinghai academic system, it takes at least fifteen years to cultivate a talent. This is not ten years of hard work, but fifteen years. Cold windows are bitter.
"Your Majesty, the Taxation Yuan must not be abandoned because of depleting the lake for fishing. This is the imperial court's purse, and money is actually simple." When Zhang Juzheng saw that the emperor was worried about money, he immediately left work. Isn't it just money?
The Tax Inspection Institute and anti-corruption have the same idea. They are both a knife, which increases the cost of tax evasion, curbs the scale of tax evasion and evasion inside and outside the Ming Dynasty, and narrows the scope of tax audits through proactive tax filing, and uses Li Kaifang's formula conditional screening to increase the number of successful tax audits. probability and reduce taxation costs.
It took the Ming Dynasty a full fifteen years to establish an initially effective Taxation Yuan. Almost all of the tax laws and taxation in the Ming Dynasty revolved around the Taxation Yuan.
Once the Taxation Yuan is gone, it will be like the emperor losing the capital, and the tax system of the Ming Dynasty will immediately become precarious.
The existence of the Taxation Yuan is more important than His Majesty imagined, and it is an important force in local games.
"I will send an official letter to the governors in various places, asking local powerful people to pledge a sum of money to build a normal school." Zhang Juzheng gave a way. He said with a relaxed face: "If it is really to build a school instead of misappropriating it, If he uses it, he will recognize it.”
In the Ming Dynasty, the powerful right-wingers and the virtuous and wealthy gentry in the countryside were not all rebels, and they had to go against the imperial court.
When the Ming Dynasty wiped out the Japanese in Korea, the food and salary raised alone was enough to support the army for two years. Some people even received the news late and hesitated, and wanted to pledge donations afterwards, but there was no way out.
Yin Zhengmao and Ling Yunyi were in Guangdong and Guangxi, forcing the powerful powerful people in Guangdong and Guangxi to donate military expenses. If Yin Zhengmao and Ling Yunyi really destroyed the Japanese, the powerful powerful people in Guangdong and Guangdong would also admit it.
Later, after the two left, all powerful people in Guangdong and Guangxi missed Yin Butang and Ling Butang. At least they were both open-minded people, and they did things openly and clearly, but they did not rely entirely on guessing.
The imperial court asked meat-eaters to pledge donations. If it was really a promotion, if an inscription could be erected in the school to clearly state the amount of the donation, and then the matter would be written down in the local chronicles, there would be many people pledging donations.
"It is necessary to make public announcements and announce the list. As long as the money is used to start the school, when the school starts, invite local dignitaries to unveil the list together, make it lively and enjoy the compliments, and there will not be so much resentment." Zhang Juzheng Explained his thoughts succinctly.
He knew that there was not much money left in the country's funds, otherwise the emperor would not have said that he would borrow money.
Zhang Juzheng's method is very simple. He doesn't borrow money and only asks for alms.
Begging for alms is not a shameful thing. Emperor Gao, the great ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, was born a beggar, and Emperor Gao also retained his experience as a beggar. This is not to show off, but to prevent future generations from making up nonsense.
It can be regarded as the ancestral law.
Since Liang Menglong wants to make a proposal, he must communicate with his teacher Zhang Juzheng. Financial constraints are the current situation. Before the Longkachi Road is repaired, the court may always be in a state of tension.
Zhu Yijun sighed and said, "Sir's method is good, but I'm afraid it's not enough. It's very expensive to set up a school."
Zhang Juzheng narrowed his eyes slightly and said calmly: "It's easy to refuse to donate. Add refusal to donate as one of the conditions for tax evasion. If this condition is met, plus other conditions, a special tax audit can be carried out on this family." ”
"We can put up a list to search for clues about tax evasion. My family donated, but yours didn't? Naturally, such a powerful person will report what he knows to the tax inspectorate."
"If you don't obey the imperial court's orders, you are unwilling to be loyal to the emperor and the country, and you are unwilling to establish schools and prosper the cultural heritage of your hometown. Naturally, you will not be able to settle down and be a herdsman."
This is no longer an ordinary move to be bold, it must be a heavy blow!
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Zhang Juzheng knew very well that these powerful, right-wing, rural and virtuous gentry must be scrutinized closely. If one of the nine is a gentleman and has a strict family tradition, he is lucky. As long as they are scrutinized closely, there will definitely be some problems.
Even Zhang Juzheng, if Hai Rui's anti-corruption policy was strictly followed, the bribes he had collected in the early years would have been enough to remove him from office and strip him of his title.
Greedy, and a lot of it. The Taxation Yuan is only responsible for tax collection, and tax collection itself is an extremely sharp knife.
In the Wenhua Hall, even the court officials including Liang Menglong glanced at Zhang Juzheng. It was indeed Zhang Juzheng's style. He would not take any action. When he did, he would throw a series of punches. Each punch was harder and more deadly than the last.
"In that case, let's follow what Mr. Yi said." Zhu Yijun thought for a while and approved Zhang Juzheng's method.
Zhang Juzheng's method is actually very simple. It is to go around in a circle. There are many things in the court. By going around in such a circle, there is room for change, instead of falling into extreme passivity.
Wang Chonggu is good at speed and wind and fire; Zhang Juzheng is good at twisting and turning.
"Your Majesty is wise." Zhang Juzheng returned to his chair. Your Majesty is very wise. Your ministers must learn to share your worries and solve problems for Your Majesty.
The emperor is not lazy at all. The memorials yesterday and the day before yesterday were all approved, but they were only sent to the cabinet today. This shows an attitude rather than true laziness.
When the Taoist master was lazy, the dragon could not see its head but not its tail, and the courtiers could not see it even if they wanted to.
Your Majesty won't. Your Majesty stole half a day's free time and went to the Beijing camp to parade the military horses. This gave the ministers the opportunity to block His Majesty.
On the third day of May in the fifteenth year of Wanli, the capital of the Ming Dynasty became lively again because of the opening of the sales inspection day. All the major wine merchants are working hard to compete for the best wine in the world. This year's favorite to win is The fairy wine from Shanghai County and the Kuaiqu wine from Beiya.
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The two schools have isolated hundreds of strains of bacteria from koji from various places. During the fermentation of liquor, these strains will produce various flavor substances. These flavor substances include sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, salty, astringent and other flavors.
The progress of research around bacterial flora, flavor substances, and taste determines the ranking on the opening inspection day. Whoever studies more clearly will have a more delicious wine.
In the competition of distiller's yeast and microbial engineering, the northern and southern academies are at odds with each other, vowing to take the lead on this opening inspection day.
The Ming Dynasty Sell-Off Inspection has reached its fifth year. Except for the hurried holding of the first year, every subsequent year, the wineries that took the lead have gained huge economic benefits.
The production scale of some wineries has expanded several times in just one year. The fire in the stove is like a house, and sudden smoke can be seen from miles away.
Guojiao, which is made from the residue left over from sweet potato and potato starch production, does not taste very good, and it is not even considered a grain wine. However, Guojiao is still the top seller of Ming Dynasty wines.
After all, this stuff is sold in the Imperial Mansion, and it's not very tasty and expensive, but no one who drinks it dares to say it's not good for fear of being kicked down by Tiqi the next day to collect taxes.
When the Ming Dynasty launched the opening inspection in full swing, the Korean battlefield ushered in new changes.
Even though Qi Jiguang carefully controlled the speed of the advance, the Ming army still advanced outside Zhongzhou City. The main army and the Chinese army's tent were stationed at Wanfu Pagoda in Tianzi Mountain, and the forwards had already arrived at the foot of Zhongzhou City.
The capital of North Korea is called Seoul, and there is a river in Seoul called the Han River, and Chungju is on the upper reaches of the Han River. After the Japanese pirates conquered Chungju, their attack to the north would be overwhelming.
"Chungju is located on the upper reaches of the Han River and is the gateway to the North Korean capital. If Chungju is not defended, this area will be attacked by enemies for hundreds of miles along the river. If our army does not capture Chungju, it will not be able to continue to march southeast to regain the lost territory. Chungju It’s crucial.” Chen Dacheng introduced the strategic location of Chungju.
Chungju and Seoul share the water of the Han River. The Ming army can only capture Chungju first before they can move on a large scale and regain lost territory. Otherwise, the battles of Seoul and Inchon will be in vain.
As soon as the Ming Dynasty army moved, the Japanese pirates would pounce on them, and the Ming Dynasty army was attacked from both sides.
"In fact, the Korean rebels can also defend Seoul." Yi Sun-shin has arrived at the front line of Tianzishan Wanfu Pagoda from Pyongyang.
He made a suggestion that North Korean troops guard Seoul, Yangpyeong, and Yeoju, and the Ming Dynasty army marched southeastward to recover Cheongju, Geumsan, Gunsan, Jeonju, Gwangju and other places along the way.
The only question is whether the North Korean army can hold Seoul.
Qi Jiguang shook his head and said: "Currently in Tianan, the Liaodong Army is defending, let's attack Zhongzhou first. It's not that I don't trust the Korean Rebel Army. I know very well that the Korean Rebel Army led by General Li is completely different from the previous Korean Army."
"But General Li also has to consider that the Ming army came across the sea and cannot tolerate a little failure. Once it fails, the whole game will be lost. Not only North Korea will lose, the Ming Dynasty will also lose, and the Wanli Reform will also lose. .”
"Can you understand? In order to save North Korea, His Majesty also pushed the fate of the Ming Dynasty to the battlefield. He was only allowed to win, not lose."
Qi Jiguang gave the reason. It really wasn't that he didn't believe in the combat effectiveness of the Korean rebels.
Even Li Rusong praised the bravery of this group of rebels in fighting.
Li Rusong once saw a Korean rebel soldier through a telescope. He was stabbed once in the arm, shoulder, and once in the head. At a huge disadvantage, he bit the Japanese pirate's hand, elbow, shoulder, and teeth. , gouging his eyes, and kicking him three times, he finally grabbed the opponent's short sword and killed him in the ravine.
The entire battle lasted for nearly a quarter of an hour. When Li Rusong led his troops to rush for reinforcements, the rebels had already killed their opponents.
The accompanying medical officer diagnosed and treated the rebel. Although he was not dead, one eye was lost forever.
The Korean rebels want revenge, and they want to take revenge severely. Their only thought in life is to kill the Japanese pirates.
The rebels' hatred for the Japanese pirates came from the destruction of their families, the destruction of their country, and their bloody hatred. The Korean rebels once paid thousands of casualties and tore down a mountain city built by the Japanese pirates.
This is a group of very brave people.
The Korean rebels had a 90% chance of being able to defend Japan's mad dog attack, but the remaining 10% chance of defeat was that Qi Jiguang could not make such a decision.
Whether you say Qi Jiguang is greedy for life or afraid of death, or you say he is timid and cowardly, Qi Jiguang cannot lose the Korean War.
When Japanese pirates invaded, the Ming Dynasty had to fight. Otherwise, if the Japanese pirates came ashore, the Ming Dynasty would not be able to live in peace for generations to come.
"Chungju is not easy to fight." Yi Sunchen put the map of Chungju on the table and said solemnly: "The two tributaries of the Han River meet at Tanqintai. Mingshancheng, Nanshan Mountain City, Houshan Mountain City, and Dalin Mountain City are guarded by four mountain cities. ”
"Namsan Mountain City and Chungju City are at odds with each other, which is almost adding insult to injury."
"We have to cross the river to attack and capture the surrounding mountain cities one by one to completely capture Chungju."
Zhongzhou is a tough nut to crack. If Zhongzhou is not captured, the Ming Dynasty will not be able to continue to recover its lost territory, and it will be very difficult to capture Zhongzhou.
"Yes, Chungju is surrounded by mountains on two sides and water on both sides. No matter how you look at it, one man is in charge of the barrier and no one can open it. How did such an important city get lost?"
"It is self-defeating without fighting, and it is surrendered to others." Wang Rulong looked at Yi Sun-shin and said: "If it weren't for the various decisions of North Korea's deposed king Li Hao, how could the Ming army have such a hard nut to crack?"
"As long as Li He is a human being, how can he throw away Chungju City? The Japanese pirates don't have wings, can he still fly?"
There was also such a city in the Southern Song Dynasty, called Diaoyu City. Even the Mongol Khan Meng Ge, who almost penetrated Western Europe, could only hate Diaoyu City.
When Meng Ge participated in the Mongolian eldest son's Western Expedition, he defeated the Rus Kingdom and became the founder of the Golden Horde. The Golden Horde collected taxes there until the fifteenth year of Hongzhi.
The terrain of Chungju City faced by the Ming Dynasty was somewhat similar to that of Diaoyu City.
Hard to beat.
Qi Jiguang stretched out his hand and said: "Li Rusong and Ma Lin each led two infantry camps, crossed the river from the northeast and attacked Jiming Mountain."
"Chen Dacheng and Wang Rulong each led two infantry camps, crossed the river from the southwest, and attacked the mountains behind Dalinshan River."
"Yi Sun-shin leads his headquarters to pretend to attack the piano platform. The noise must be loud. Beat the drums and blow the horns. I will give you another 120 boats. At dawn tomorrow, we will immediately create a momentum to attract the attention of the Japanese pirates in Chungju City."< br>
"Fight for three days and capture Chungju!"
"The last general takes orders!" All military generals took orders.
Qi Jiguang had already made specific arrangements. The hardest bones were given to Li Rusong and Ma Lin, while the relatively weak areas of Dalin Mountain and Back Mountain were given to Chen Dacheng. This part was mainly a support to make the enemy think that they were coming from all directions. The enemy is overwhelmed.
"Qi Shuai, are the Ming army going to fill the mountain city with elite troops?" Li Shunchen clenched his fists and said, "Give me the Nanshan mountain city that is the most difficult to gnaw! I will gnaw it."
The mountain cities of Japan are designed like a maze, which is really hard to guard against. The only way to fill such a mountain city is to use human lives to fill it.
"Of course we don't have to use human lives to fill it." Qi Jiguang shook his head and said: "The nine-pound artillery can pry open the turtle shell, and the Ming army can enter."
"Ah?" Yi Sunchen was stunned for a moment.
Qi Jiguang said with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty noticed that the frontline battle encountered resistance from the mountain city, so he specially mobilized 10,000 pairs of iron-mixed armor from the rear and used heavy infantry to pry the turtle shell."
Yi Sun-shin gradually widened his eyes and said blankly: "Ten thousand pairs?!"
Li Sunchen was very aware of the terrifying power of the Ming Dynasty's Iron Hun Armor.
It takes sixty steps to penetrate the armor of a tiger-powered bow or a flat blunderbuss, and the shot must be accurate enough, otherwise the curved surfaces will deflect the arrowheads and lead bullets, rendering them unable to cause effective damage.
The 60-pound bow commonly used by the Japanese country was unable to break armor at all.
Ten thousand pairs of iron armor, coupled with the extremely high armor wearing rate of the frontline soldiers, were enough for the Ming army to wear armor to pry turtle shells.
Qi Jiguang said with emotion: "In my theory of war, I have repeatedly emphasized that the essence of war is the competition of manpower, material resources, and people's hearts. The Ming Dynasty is powerful and can come up with different countermeasures in the face of various complex battlefield environments. way.”
"There is no doubt that in the wild, unarmored musketeers move more easily and can carry more gunpowder to kill the enemy more efficiently."
"In a fortified battle, especially in a Japanese mountain city dominated by roads, heavy infantry is its nemesis."
The theory of war is the art of war that changes from cold weapons to firearms.
He had already begun to think about this set of military tactics when he came to Jizhou to resist the prisoners, but he had always lacked practice and could not practice it. It was really too expensive to practice the contents of the theory of war.
A theory without practice to demonstrate it, no matter how far-sighted it is, is just talk on paper.
Guns, artillery, gunpowder, high-quality soldiers, and high-intensity training all require real money.
However, the Ming Dynasty's strong national power and His Majesty's forbearance against enemies still took fifteen years to give Qi Jiguang the opportunity to demonstrate the theory through practice.
Previously, Li Rusong believed that clumsy military units such as heavy cavalry and heavy infantry would gradually withdraw from the battlefield with the application of firearms, but Qi Jiguang still retained the training of 3,000 heavy cavalry and heavy infantry.
But now it comes in handy to pry the turtle shell.
Qi Jiguang raised his hands in the direction of the capital and said: "Your Majesty is not good at generalship, but he knows the importance of dispatching food and fodder, so he can strategize and win decisively thousands of miles away."
"Your Majesty is wise."
Your Majesty really gave too much!
Before leading the Beijing camp, he was victorious in every battle. It was true that Qi Jiguang was really strong. But after leading the Beijing camp, half of his chances of winning were due to Shengde.
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