Chapter 31 Chapter 31 Infighting
Yang Lian only rested for one day and took a few doses of medicine. He felt that his mental and physical strength had recovered, so he canceled his leave the next day and went back to the morning shift.
There was a burst of vitality in his heart supporting him, making his vitality stronger than ordinary people, and easily overcame the illness; and then, a happy event came—his official position was promoted to military department. in progress.
This is the first person to be promoted among the "heroes" who support the new emperor. He has repeatedly said that he dare not take the position, and repeatedly declined, but after all, the edict has been issued, so how can it be withdrawn because of his humble speech?After three speeches, he changed to kowtow to thank him, and accepted the new post solemnly.
Zuo Guangdou was the first to congratulate him. After exchanging greetings and congratulations, Zuo Guangdou immediately expressed his deepest expectations to him: "Brother Nian's promotion is a great start. ; Next, the new government and the new policy will have some personnel changes one after another—the timing is great, and I, a member of Donglin, if we grasp the opportunity of this wave of changes, we will make great achievements again!"
Yang Lian felt the same about these words, and immediately responded—he first said modestly: "My stupid brother is actually 'throwing bricks to attract jade'!"
Then he immediately said freely: "Since Ye Ge resigned, it has been difficult for Donglin people to control the political situation for a long time. Now, I really have a chance!"
Fang Congzhe's incompetence has long been dissatisfied. Although he has made a lot of efforts to support the new leader this time, "the situation is stronger than others." Assisted.
If the successor is a member of Donglin, or even Ye Xianggao re-enters the cabinet, then the era of "Donglin ruling" will come; and the person who can influence the selection of the cabinet chief and assistant, at present, the most important person is Yang Lian!
Although Yang Lian was not yet qualified to join the cabinet due to his young age and lack of qualifications, after the two cases of "Hongwan" and "Yigong", he became famous all over the world and became a famous minister in the court——Zuo Guang Dou still analyzed: "The first emperor once specially summoned Brother Nian to the palace to face the saint. It was because of the fact that he was 'fate', and now he is the number one hero in supporting him-now, Brother Nian has a lot of weight in speaking in front of Long Live Lord. Has surpassed the chief minister of the cabinet—"
He even asserted that Yang Lian's promotion this time was just a "preliminary" move, and that there will inevitably be "three consecutive promotions" in the future; favorable!
The good hope and the bright future have come before us!
So, the two simply started planning carefully, counting down the Donglin people who "should" take up important positions one by one: Ye Xianggao, Zou Yuanbiao, Zhao Nanxing, Gao Panlong—and they also began to think from a distance, when these honest gentlemen took power , how will it promote political reforms, and revitalize the declining Ming Dynasty——
Before the change of the personnel of the chief assistant of the cabinet, the personnel of Liaodong took the lead in the change, as if bearing the brunt, and the target was concentrated-in fact, there was only one person who changed, and that was Xiong Tingbi.
Xiong Tingbi originally had a rift with Donglin, and the grievances between the two parties were forged as early as the thirty-ninth year of Wanli.
That year, Xiong Tingbi served as the censor of the Southern Zhili School; Jiangnan was a place where the style of writing flourished, and literati received the most courtesy. They often fought against trivial matters, surrounded the government, or burned the houses of the gentry. From time to time, cases were reported to the court; When he was an official, he always suppressed the literati in the south of the Yangtze River in a vigorous and vigorous way. Although the incidents of students' resistance were reduced, it caused resentment among many people.
Then, he vigorously reformed all kinds of malpractices in Jiangnan's educational changes, and as a result, he forged more hatred.
It turns out that, according to the system, the academic officer is promoted to a three-year term. During the term of office, two kinds of examinations are held, one is the annual examination and the other is the scientific examination; There are six grades of good and bad. The first and second grades are rewarded and qualified to participate in the provincial examination, which is called the imperial examination student. Since the future depends on "examination results", the purpose of reading is also for the exam, and the books he read are all stereotyped essays for the exam; Xiong Tingbi, who has ideals, of course does not agree with this secular abuse, and vigorously reforms. Scholars must be required to write four scriptures and treatises in each test, and those who have not submitted them will not be included in the first or second class; in this way, many people's futures have been ruined.
Moreover, in order to rectify the fraud and fight against local evil forces, he vigorously promoted humble people and dismissed the important children of the country gentry, especially the children of Donglin.
In his opinion, most of Donglin's children rely on the shade of their father and brother, pamper them, seek fame, and don't devote themselves to studying hard, and even don't teach, and don't behave modestly—he must be eliminated.
During the year-old examination, he simply placed Gu Yuting, the eldest son of Gu Xiancheng, the leader of Donglin, at the bottom of the ranks, making Gu Yuting cut off from the imperial examination. ——This is tantamount to openly challenging Gu Xiancheng, and the consequences can be imagined.
Now, Donglin is gaining power——
There was no need for people in Donglin to hint anything, someone in the imperial court would come forward to impeach Xiong Tingbi first, not to mention, there were indeed many people who disapproved of Xiong Tingbi's Liaodong policy.
First, Yao Zongwen, who had a long-standing grudge with Xiong Tingbi, slandered the court and impeached him on the one hand, criticizing him for "raising the enemy" by sticking to the policy of not attacking, attacking, and recovering lost land.
Then, Liu Guojin, the head of the Ministry of War, originally advocated recruiting Liao people as soldiers, and recruited more than 17,000 people, but soon fled more than half, and was reported to the court by Xiong Tingbi. When people are combined, the power to attack Xiong Tingbi becomes stronger.
After that, Gu Shi, the censor, followed Xiong Tingbi to leave the customs for more than a year without any achievements; Feng Sanyuan impeached Xiong Tingbi for eight people who had no schemes and three people who deceived the emperor. ;Wei Yingjia also followed up in the incident—Xiong Tingbi first resisted and defended himself, but the impeachment that was not conducive to him came again and again. Return Shang Fang's sword.
Therefore, the imperial court changed Yuan Yingtai as Liaodong economic strategist.
As soon as he heard the news, Huang Taiji blurted out a sentence: "Father Khan really knows things like a god—"
He said to Daishan: "Nothing can escape the grasp of Father Khan, let alone what you can see or hear, Father Khan knows everything about it, even things as far back as the Ming Dynasty, Father Khan knows everything about it. Khan could have predicted it many days earlier—”
He felt reverence in his heart, so he talked a long way without stopping; but because of an accident that happened not long ago, Dai Shan, who was uncomfortable in his heart, listened to it and didn't answer, but just smiled and carried it away ; Huang Taiji, who was originally radiant in his expression and excited in his tone, had no choice but to calm down and change the topic.
And this is only the superficial situation, the voices in the hearts of the two are completely different——
Daishan snorted coldly in his heart first: "Father knows things like a god, and he knows every detail - aren't you pointing at the monk and scolding you for being bald?"
He was convicted of the subtle things discovered by Nurhachi's superpower of "predicting things like a god, knowing the details"-on that day, Nurhachi suddenly issued an order, saying that Dafujin Fucha Gundai stole gold and silk, ordered to abandon.There was only this one thing in the order, and he didn't mention it at all, but he knew it in his heart, and he was deeply afraid that Nurhachi would punish him in a few days, so he was restless for a long time, and he didn't dare to think about himself for a long time. Every night, he was worried about his life and death, not knowing whether Nurhachi would categorically order him to be executed after dawn.
During those days, he kept thinking of his elder brother, Chu Yinglai. The cause of Chu Ying's death was a mystery, and everyone said that it was because Nurhachi personally ordered the execution. At that time, his mother had already passed away. No brother or sister dared to ask why——
After many days passed, he began to feel a little relieved—after abandoning Fucha Gundai, Nurhachi seemed to intend to play down the matter as soon as possible, and never said a single word again. At that moment, his gaze and attitude remained the same as before, as if nothing had happened; he secretly screamed, and the head on the neck was finally saved.
After many days, he dared to secretly send his henchmen to find out the whole truth of the matter.
The news of the return is only limited to the surface:
As early as March, Nurhaci's concubine Deyinze had secretly reported Fucha Gundai's behavior, saying: "Da Fujin prepared delicacies twice and gave them to Dabeile, and Dabeile received them and ate them. One time he prepared delicacies and sent them to Dabeile." Give the four beiles, and the four beiles have not eaten. Da Fujin once sent people to the big beile two or three times a day to discuss important matters——Da Fujin also left the palace courtyard two or three times late at night!"
But Nurhachi didn't believe it immediately, he sent four ministers Hu Erhan, Erdeni, Yaxun and Mang Atu to investigate in detail; only Nurhachi himself and these four ministers knew what the investigation report was; and Nurhachi heard the report. After that, no expression was made.
However, soon, a new report came into Nurhachi's ears: "When Zhubeile, princes and ministers gathered to discuss state affairs, Dafujin was dressed in gold beads and brocade. He came here under the pretext of having something to do, and openly looked at Dabeile—"
This time, Nurhachi made a disposition——
A simple explanation made Daishan break out in a cold sweat, thinking carefully: "I have always been polite to concubine Deyinze, and I have never had any unpleasant things. How about slandering me in front of me? Even if she is jealous of Gundai, there is no need to implicate me! What's more, there is no need to be jealous of Gundai. Slandering Abahai is the one!"
However, his confidants reminded him as if to solve his doubts: "Could it be that someone instigated Concubine Shu to play tricks in front of Da Khan?"
Then the inference went on all the way: "This instigator, maybe the person you really want to deal with is you, Dabeile—now, the Great Khan is old, and he is thinking of a successor in his heart; you, Dabeile, are now the leader of Zhubelor, He has won the hearts of the people with his 'generosity' and is the most promising successor, so he has become a thorn in the side of this person!"
Therefore, the instigator was ready to say: "This person is also aiming at the Khan position, and if he hits you, he will be able to take over the Khan position!"
"Looking at the Baylor, there is only this person—"
The name was not spoken, but the speaker stretched out his hand, gestured with one finger, and stretched out four fingers——
And Daishan was getting more and more sweaty all over his body, he sighed and said: "I know that I lack a bit of domineering, I am not a hero, and I have never coveted the position of sweat! Why did Huang Taiji take action against me?"
However, he also immediately ordered his subordinates: "Don't say this again, otherwise, things will get worse and more complicated, and if Father Khan finds out, it will cause trouble again!"
Moreover, after a pause, he actually said: "What's more, I don't know whether it is Huang Taiji or not!"
He made up his mind, at the moment, the best and smartest thing to do for himself is to try his best to cover up and forget about it—just like Nurhachi's attitude, as if it never happened!
However, in the dead of night, he couldn't help but occasionally or couldn't help asking himself: "I have to blame myself for this. When Gundai delivered the food, it didn't mean anything, at most it was just a temptation; Huang Taiji refused to eat whatever he said, but I I couldn't help but take a few bites—oh! It turned out to be a wrong step, a wrong step!"
Now, the hard truth is before his eyes: he has been insulated from inheriting Khan's position!
He is not young anymore, and he has seen quite a lot of worlds. At such a time, he knows very well that he must accept the facts, and even, the smarter way is to actively assist Huang Taiji to ascend to the Khan throne, so that , at least you can get a "support"!
Therefore, he tried his best to adjust his mentality, "play the role that suits him best, and earnestly implement the established principles"-of course, his life cultivation has not yet reached the state of perfection, although he has already thought about it intellectually. He is transparent, but he can't completely control his emotions. Sometimes, when he sees Huang Taiji, he still feels uneasy——
However, Huang Taiji couldn't understand the many deep and tortuous thoughts in his heart. He just thought that he was not interested in "Xiong Tingbi's resignation", so he changed his words and said to him: "The opportunity for us to go to the battlefield has come again—Xiong Tingbi As soon as he leaves, Father Khan must immediately prepare to attack Shenyang and Liaoyang!"
This time, Daishan replied: "Yes! You should prepare well in advance and train your soldiers and horses carefully, so that you can shine on the battlefield!"
But these words were something that made Huang Taiji unable to continue, and made Huang Taiji ponder in his heart immediately: "What's wrong with him? He has been acting like this for several months—"
However, the words were not speculative, and he didn't want to say any more, so he turned around and left; after going out, he wanted to ride his horse and gallop across the field for a while, but he only got halfway, but he saw He Heli, who had gone to North Korea, coming back. As soon as he entered the city, he was facing him head-on.
When he saw it, he immediately threw Daishan's yin and yang strangeness to the sky, and with a smile on his face, he urged his horse to catch up with him and called out: "Brother-in-law—you are back!"
Although He Heli was busy with the world, he was not tired in spirit, his eyes were shining brightly, when he saw him, he responded happily, and asked kindly: "I want to go out of the city!"
Huang Taiji quickly shook his head and said: "It's just a slip-up, of course I won't go now!"
So he turned his horse's head and walked side by side with He Heli, and accompanied He Heli. Along the way, he seriously asked about various things about North Korea. He Heli also told him in detail, and finally explained his impressions: More than 20 years ago, Japan sent troops to invade and called it the "Imjin Japanese Disaster". However, it is a pity that the lessons of the last disaster were not firmly remembered, and the military equipment was still unrepaired. A great river and mountain full of grain!"
Huang Taiji asked in surprise: "Could it be that in such a big country, there is no one who has knowledge and remembers the lesson?"
He Heli smiled slightly and said: "Of course it's not that there is not even one—and more than one—some scholars are worried, writing books and giving lectures, telling disciples to remember the lessons of the past; They are not high-ranking officials, and in the whole country, they are only a small number of people, no matter how you say it, it will not work!"
After hearing this, Huang Taiji nodded his head twice, and stopped talking thoughtfully. After a long while, he sighed to He Heli and said, "I really want to go to North Korea for myself and take a closer look at their middle school. Situation——It's a pity that Father Khan always sends you on this kind of errand, and won't consider me!"
What he meant was that Nurhachi always thought that he was young and needed to be experienced, so he was not good enough to be alone; especially when he went to a foreign country and needed to complete a variety of tasks, he always sent veterans to take care of it; Said: "In the past, Father Khan sent Fei Yingdong there!"
However, when the words reached the edge of his tongue, he suddenly thought that Fei Yingdong, who was good at reading and knowledgeable, was no longer alive, his heart felt sour, and his eyes were red, but he had no intention of talking about Fei Yingdong with Huang Taiji at this time It caused the sadness in my heart, so I restrained myself. After a while, I changed my tone and said to Huang Taiji: "Don't worry, Father Khan may send you to attack North Korea in a few days!"
Huang Taiji smiled, with self-confidence in his smile, and a three-point conceit hidden: "I hope this day will come soon——I will never disappoint Father Khan, and I will definitely conquer North Korea in one fell swoop!"
He Heli stretched out his hand and gave a thumbs up: "Good brother! No wonder your elder sister always tells me that you are the most like father Khan, with a high spirit in your heart, you are not afraid of any difficult things, and you want to do any big things!"
However, when Huang Taiji heard this, his expression suddenly became serious, and he asked seriously: "Did the elder sister really say that? Usually, she is the closest to the second brother, loves Duo the most, and the most—least often talks to me." I'm talking!"
He seemed to mean something—
And He Heli was also suddenly alerted: "Dong Guo and Dai Shan have the same mother, and it is natural for the elder sister to love the younger brother; but why did Huang Taiji suddenly pay attention to Dong Guo's opinion of him? In the past, he was not like this Yes—ah, after all, he is no longer a child, and a person who is almost thirty years old will not be completely heartless—could he be probing something?"
Thinking of this, he immediately decided to "shut up", lest there be any right or wrong?Fortunately, the road has come.
He decided not to go home first, and ordered his servant to say: "You go back to the mansion first, and report to Ge Ge, I will go see Da Khan first!"
And Huang Taiji didn't see him, and accompanied him into the hall and went to Nurhaci; his heart was full of special feelings about North Korea, and when he walked to the door, he still said to He Heli: "Father Khan's situation in North Korea is very important. There must be his unique views and plans—I guess, at this moment, he must be eager to hear the whole story of your trip!"
How could they know that this speculation unexpectedly made a mistake—Nurhachi was concentrating on another important matter, and when he saw He Heli and Huang Taiji walk in, he didn't even know the word "North Korea"? He didn't mention it; moreover, when He Heli finished his salute and was about to report to him about his trip to North Korea, he stopped him from going back.
He spoke first, so that He Heli had no chance to speak: "The Ming Dynasty sent a man named Yuan Yingtai to manage Liaodong—the news has come, and you have come at the right time. Let's take a look at this man's situation and study the countermeasures!"
Therefore, the focus of He Heli and Huang Taiji's interviews shifted from North Korea to the Ming Dynasty, and the father and son-in-law paid attention to Yuan Yingtai, the newly appointed Liaodong strategist of the Ming Dynasty.
Yuan Yingtai is from Fengxiang, a Jinshi in the 23rd year of Wanli. He used to be an official of Linzhang County.
Later, he was promoted to be the head of the Ministry of Industry and the military officer of the Ministry of War, but he encountered an accident when he was serving as a counselor in Huaixu Bingbei.
In that year when there was a great famine in Shandong, he tried his best to relieve the disaster and set up a porridge factory for the refugees to eat. There were countless people alive, so he won the praise and respect of the people; The impeachment of the Ministry of Household Affairs said that he misused public funds; at that time, he had been promoted to deputy envoy, but he had to resign.
It was many years later that he got the chance to recover and participated in politics as Henan You; then he became Xiong Tingbi's most important logistics subordinate as an inspector general and Yongping; He tried his best to make up for all the supplies, so that Xiong Tingbi had no worries——
"This person has a good official voice, he should not be an ordinary person!"
This seems to be the conclusion, but Nurhachi said: "Since he is an enemy that our country must deal with, we must carefully understand his strengths, and even more carefully find out his weaknesses—"
As if it was a task entrusted to He Heli and Huang Taiji, thoroughly study Yuan Yingtai's strengths and weaknesses.
After thinking about it for a while, Huang Taiji put forward his own opinion very carefully: "His previous positions as county magistrates and officials of the Ministry of Industry were not related to using troops to fight; the most famous thing he did in the Ministry of War was disaster relief—— He has never been on the battlefield in person, nor has he ever planned a battle; even, he has never served as a high-ranking officer in the past, let alone went to Liaodong. He suddenly came to Liaodong as a strategist. of!"
Nurhachi nodded and smiled, "Well! You are very careful!"
Then he asked He Heli: "What do you think?"
He Heli originally listened to Huang Taiji's thorough analysis, so he intentionally asked Huang Taiji to perform more. He didn't want to say too much. Unexpectedly, when Nurhachi asked him, he still had to say a few words, but he deliberately restrained himself and only talked about one important point: "I only Consideration of his resignation due to disaster relief: this person is charitable in heart, and he is very responsible in his work, and dares to embezzle public funds to save the people; There are many, why use a method that will be punished? Benevolence does not know the law, and there is a sense of responsibility but does not choose a good strategy; this person's heart is a huge shortcoming!"
Nurhachi looked up to the sky and laughed loudly: "This person is not enough to achieve great things, and he is not my opponent in the Houjin Kingdom!"
Huang Taiji immediately asked: "Father Khan intends to take advantage of him just taking office, when he first arrived in Liaodong, and before he has figured out the situation in Liaodong, to kill him first?"
However, Nurhachi shook his head: "Even though he is new here and unfamiliar with everything, Xiong Tingbi's achievements are still solid. Why should we fight hard? After a while, all the achievements of Xiong Tingbi It’s all corrupted, so we don’t need to make too much effort to attack!”
Moreover, he still wants to send troops after the completion of Saarhu City——
"Next spring!" He thought for a while, and said with certainty: "People who are too kind are not suitable for managing or using soldiers; wait for a few months, and Yuan Yingtai will take care of Liao and Shen by himself." After most of the military equipment is destroyed, we can start—”
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