Chapter 22 Chapter 22 Expansion

The year is coming to an end, and Emperor Wanli hasn't spoken to the ministers or given any instructions for more than half a year since the Yaoshu case was closed. Guo Zhengyu was released from prison and went back to his hometown. Shen Li, who was extremely frustrated, asked for his resignation, but Emperor Wanli didn't read or ask people to read the memorial at all, so he didn't know his request at all—without an answer, he couldn't even leave. There are still two assistant ministers in the cabinet: Shen Yiguan, Zhu Geng, and Shen Li, just dawdling without embarrassment.

Nothing happened anyway—as long as there was no further disturbance involving the palace like the demon book case, Emperor Wanli would feel that the world was peaceful. He also became lazier. After more than half a year, he still didn't summon Concubine Zheng, let alone any other concubines, and he couldn't count how long he hadn't seen the Queen; as for Crown Prince Chang Luo, he didn't announce to talk again; Once, a thought came to his mind, and he called the eunuch and asked, "How long has the crown princess been registered? Are you pregnant?" The eunuchs answered truthfully: "I'm not pregnant yet."

So, he gave an instruction: "Choose more women who are suitable for men to enter the palace for the prince, so as to give birth to the emperor's grandson as soon as possible!" This was the only thing he did for Chang Luo in half a year, and after that, he didn't even ask. In the past half a year, disasters were still frequent throughout the Ming Dynasty, and the floods were particularly serious. The flood in Changping destroyed the stone beams of the Chang, Tai, Kang, and Zhaosi Tombs; next, even the capital was destroyed by continuous heavy rain. city ​​walls; however, he was completely indifferent.

Not to mention the memorials from Liaodong, they went straight into the warehouse. And the weather in Liaodong is completely opposite to him—— This year, Nurhachi was so busy that he even tried to shorten the time for eating and sleeping so that he could devote more time to work. He has several important plans to be completed within the scheduled time, and he must go all out. First, he decided to expand the outer city of Hetuala. Second, he plans to spare time to personally visit Beijing and Mongolia—especially the Chahar tribe where Lin Dan Khan is located. Third, he wanted to increase many productions in Jianzhou, including fur, ginseng, etc., in order to increase trade income.

In addition, he also wants to strengthen ties with North Korea, and wants to subdue several small groups such as Donghai Varka—he wishes he could use it for three days a day and do more things than others. The grief of the death of Mongolian sister has been restrained by himself. He has devoted himself to his work. He has worked tirelessly to build a majestic homeland. He has made continuous efforts—— The construction of the outer city of Hetuala was carried out ahead of schedule—because he wanted to finish it early. Often, he personally supervised the work, personally comforted the craftsmen, and personally planned the larger city-state construction plans in the future.

He doesn't feel tired, because a great hope is close at hand and is about to be realized, and he feels that everything is good. Soon, the outer city of Hetuala was completed as scheduled, and the scale of Jianzhou was expanded again—Nurhachi once again rode a horse, led his subordinates, and circled the city happily. The expanded Hetuala city is of course a bit more magnificent than the original city, and it is more prosperous - he looked around conceitedly and said: "I dare say that Hetuala city is the largest city of Jurchen! !" No one doubted his exaggeration, because Hada among Hulun's four tribes had been destroyed, and the remaining Yehe, Wula, and Huifa were far inferior to Jianzhou in scale, let alone the construction of the city wall.

Moreover, shortly after the Hetuala Outer City was completed, Jianzhou got a new development: "The Mongolian Khalkhabayuete tribe, the son of Darhan Baturubel, sent a letter from Taiji Engedel, I would like to make good friends with Jianzhou, and I am ready to choose a day to come to the DPRK!" He was overjoyed, and quickly ordered: "Reward the visitor, and say, Jianzhou welcomes you!" Then, he immediately summoned his subordinates to discuss the matter. "Although the Khalkha tribe of Mongolia is not too far from my Jianzhou, it is separated from other tribes in the Ming Realm. It is not easy to take a detour to make friends with me!"

He has also prepared maps of the various ministries of Mongolia, so that everyone can see clearly, and the matters to be discussed will be more specific. Moreover, he has a clear understanding of the three major parts of Mongolia, and analyzes them one by one. "There are currently three parts in Mongolia: Moxi Erut, Mobei Khalkha, and Monan—" The entire territory of the Khalkha tribe is in the upper reaches of the West Lamulon River and the Liaohe River. It is bordered by the Yehe tribe in the east, the Chahar tribe of Mongolia in the west, Guangning in the Ming Dynasty in the south, and the Horqin tribe of Mongolia in the north.

However, the current Khalkha Department is fragmented; it has been split into five departments: Bahrain Department, Jalut Department, Ongirat Department, Uziren Special Department and Bayue Special Department. These five ministries sometimes unite with each other, sometimes fight each other, frequently contend for plunder, and have endless internal strife. Therefore, the strength of the five ministries has been weakened, and none of the five ministries is truly strong—— Fei Yingdong asked a question: "Now that the Bayue Special Department has come to build friendship with me in Jianzhou, is it because they want to use Jianzhou's power to surpass the other four departments?"

E Yidu also said: "Or, he is afraid that the other four ministries will unite to destroy him, so he wants to win over Jianzhou?" However, Nurhachi smiled: "Even if there are these purposes, what's the problem?" He explained: "No matter what, I built a state and gained one more friend department for nothing! What a wonderful thing!" Then he said: "What's more, contacting Mongolia was originally one of my planned plans; Jianzhou has long been on good terms with the Horqin tribe, and Khalkha has not yet proceeded because of the long distance. Now, Engedertaiji has taken the initiative to send people Here it is, it really fits what I want!"

He looked elated-- Things went very well, too: a few months later, Engedertej himself came and brought twenty fine horses to offer. Moreover, both Fei Yingdong and E Yidu's guesses were wrong. When Engedertaiji came to Jianzhou, what he proposed to Nurhachi was: "All five of my Khalkha tribes have good relations with Jianzhou. Xin—everyone recommends me to be the first one to come, and soon, people from my five divisions will come together!" Nurhachi was very happy, patted him on the shoulder, and said loudly: "Okay! I all regard you as brothers!"