7. General situation inside and outside of Daqian
These days, Zheng Wen has been familiar with the government affairs and inside and outside the court.
Suddenly I found that the situation in the court was far less complicated and critical than he thought.
It turned out that Yanjing, the capital of Dagan, was located in Yan, close to the border, and was always under the military front of nomadic peoples. Therefore, Yanjing has stationed 300,000 troops all year round, divided into three parts. One is the Southern Army and the Northern Army set up according to the Han Dynasty, each with 100,000 people. They are all from the Northern Warriors, who are warriors all year round, fighting with nomadic peoples, are brave and proficient in war. They are elite troops that grew up in iron and fire. They are stationed in the north and south camps outside Yanjing City, guarding the capital, and are directly under the commander of the Privy Council.
The second is the Jingying, which was established at the beginning of the founding of the Dagan Kingdom. It has 100,000 people. It belongs to the garrison troops in the capital. It is responsible for guarding the palace and the capital. It is commanded by the Jingying Jiedushi. Therefore, Zheng Wen appointed Qin Fei as Duke, so he was so happy because he never thought of rebellion. It was too difficult. The 100,000 people in the Jingying had been peaceful for too long. He has never gone to war since the founding of the Dagan Kingdom. Moreover, the relationships inside are complicated, so factions are divided into many factions. The Jingying has long been a sieve. It is already very good for Qin Fei to have the overall grasp.
The Beijing camp gave Zheng Wen the feeling that this was a group of veteran soldiers, and their role in the capital was equivalent to that of police officers in later generations.
In addition to the imperial guards, the imperial guards are a very elite army, with ten thousand people, some of which are from nobles. They are military nobles and have high qualities. Some are selected by the North and South Army. The North and South Army themselves are prepared for war, so they are still very elite, while the other is selected by the border army. They are stationed in the Yan Dynasty for many years and are the front line facing the nomadic peoples, and their elite forces are no problem.
The change in the Daming Palace was only because the late emperor died suddenly and no last words were left. Therefore, as the late emperor's personal forces, they could not have any position. The position was the reigning emperor. Therefore, on that day, they were neutral, otherwise once the new emperor ascended the throne, they would be cleansed, and no emperor would have kept a personal bodyguard with his own ideas.
Zheng Wen summoned the commander of the imperial guard a few days ago. A burly man with bearded face was the closest guard of his father. He was only forty-one years old this year and was an orphan named Li Wei. He looked careless but dull and honest. He basically got Zheng Wen’s trust. Besides, no one has come to replace him now, so let him do it first!
Therefore, Zheng Wen basically gained control of the palace, and in the palace, Zheng Wen was considered safe.
Moreover, through the understanding over the past few days, Zheng Wen found that the army of Dakan was arranged in the north and the south, and 80% of the army gathered north of the Yellow River. In writing, Dakan had two million troops, 300,000 troops stationed in the capital, 100,000 troops stationed in Shandong, 300,000 troops stationed in Hebei, more than one million troops stationed in Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Shanhaiguan. There were only only 200,000 troops in the entire southern region.
When Zheng Wen saw this situation, he was speechless and helpless. It seemed that the rule of the South had been relaxed. Although the South had always been a wealthy place, the military was still strong in the north and weak in the south. He was not worried that the South would rebel, but he felt that this would make the southern forces rise up and make it more difficult for the South to rule the South.
Zheng Wen remembered this question deeply in his heart and wrote this in his notebook: There were two million troops in the court, one and eight million in the north and two hundred thousand in the south, more in the north and less in the south, so he was wary of the rising forces in the south. He also put a key talisman on his face.
Moreover, in the fifty-three years since he ascended the throne, he patrolled Jiangnan six times, and sent his sons to patrol Jiangnan several times.
Many people who did not understand the truth in later generations thought that Zheng Wen liked Jiangnan so much, and only went to Jiangnan six times! Of course, Jiangnan also had an indissoluble bond with Zheng Wen's life, and Zheng Wen also left many legends in Jiangnan.
Later generations also made a documentary "The Emperor of Gan Six Goes to Jiangnan" and many TV series and movies about it, which received public praise, and the ratings and box office were even more terrifyingly high. The actors who played the Emperor won the titles of King of Video and King of Film. Of course, this is a story later.
At this time, Zheng Wen was a little frightened and gritted his teeth. Why?
Because, he discovered that there were three regimes around Dagan at this time, one was Dali, one was Xixia, and the other was Mongolia.
It’s fine for Dali and Xixia, but in Mongolia, Zheng Wen discovered that it was a man named Kublai Khan who was the great khan of Mongolia. When he saw this information, Zheng Wen was shocked. Isn’t this the original ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty, Kublai Khan, in history?
If you look closely, it’s true! This Kublai Khan’s father is Tolei and his grandfather is Temujin.
Thirty years ago, during the Longcheng period, Zheng Wen's grandfather and Temujin fought three large-scale wars, which lasted for more than ten years. The two sides used as many as millions of troops, which also led to the fact that the South and North were transferred to the north, and there were only 200,000 soldiers left in the south.
In the end, both sides found that no one could do anything to each other, so they stopped the army and truce.
It just so happened that Zheng Wen's grandfather and Temujin both died in the same year. Zheng Wen's father was busy accepting the regime, and Mongolia was also trapped in internal strife. The border between the two sides only ushered in more than ten years of peace!
When both sides recovered, they found that the other party had recovered and no one could do anything to each other. The two sides had to sign a peace agreement, busy restoring internal affairs and survival, while Mongolia was busy expeditioning the West!
Therefore, the two sides have truly been peaceful!
Seeing these situations, Zheng Wen suddenly felt a lot of pressure because Mongolia was at its peak at this time. Zheng Wen didn’t know if the national strength he was working hard at this time could fight against Mongolia?
Dagan has been established for more than 300 years, and has fought against nomadic forces such as Liao and Jin. After experiencing great victory and great defeat, he almost defeated the Liao Kingdom in the time of great victory, but was defeated by the miraculously rising Dajin. Dajin thus conquered the Liao Kingdom, established Dajin, and resumed the previous confrontation with Dajin. Later, when he was preparing to fight and defeat Dajin, the Mongols miraculously rose up again, unifying Mongolia and destroying Dajin, which triggered more than ten years of war between Dagan and Mongols, until now!
When Zheng Wen learned about these situations, he immediately realized that this was God's deep malice. Looking at the founding of the country, he felt that his luck in doing things was not ordinary!
Why do you say so?
Looking at more than three hundred years, the good luck of doing big work seemed to be exhausted at the beginning of the founding of the country. Zheng Wu, the founding Emperor of Taizu, ascended the throne and became emperor for more than a year, and then he was unable to send troops to unify the Central Plains for more than a year. This was the only good luck of doing big work.
After that, he had a series of bad luck. Emperor Taizu, who was in his prime for more than two years, died suddenly. At that time, the army in the south was preparing to conquer the Dali Kingdom and had to stop. The Dali Kingdom has been free and has been here to this day.
After that, the Liaogan confrontation, which experienced several wars, led to the independence of Li Yuanhao in the northwest, thus establishing the Western Xia Kingdom.
Next, when we were about to conquer the Western Xia Kingdom, the Liaogan War broke out again! The Western Xia Kingdom has been free and has been here until now!
Next, just as we were about to conquer the Liao Kingdom, the Jin Kingdom rose again, forming a confrontation between Jin and Jin!
After cultivating and resting, he was preparing to conquer the Jin Kingdom, and the Mongols rose again!
This triggered a war between Dakan and the Mongols, and it took more than ten years to fight!
The national strength that had just gathered was consumed again!
Chapter completed!