Chapter 28 Chapter 28 Thrive

The Ming Dynasty did not have any storms on the surface - the future storms were just quietly buried like a seed. The appearance that reveals something beyond hiding is in the personnel changes of the imperial court. In April, the long-delayed candidate for the cabinet scholar finally had a clear text; Emperor Wanli agreed to three ministers to join the cabinet and become the new university scholar. Ji, and Ye Xianggao, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs in Nanjing. Yu Shenxing's calligraphy is Wugou, a native of Dong'e. He was a Jinshi in the second year of Longqing. . At that time, Zhang Juzheng was in great power, but he was disappointed in the officialdom because of his disobedience. Please set up the prince early and go out of the cabinet to study, but Emperor Wanli was displeased, and he resigned simply because of strict orders; Ting Tui cabinet minister, he ranked first, was awarded the crown prince Taibao and Dongge University Bachelor.

This year, he was sixty-three years old, he was suffering from an illness, and he was reluctantly pushed into the cabinet. Both internally and externally, he was struggling—— Li Tingji, courtesy name Erzhang, was born in Jinjiang. When he was young, he was proud of the imperial examinations. He was the first in the provincial and general examinations, and the second place in the palace examination. Therefore, he was awarded the official editor, and soon changed to sacrificial wine. He is very clean and honest as an official, but he is a bit stubborn as a man, so his official career is bumpy and not so smooth.

In the twenty-seventh year of Wanli, he served as the right servant of the Ministry of Officials in Nanjing, and he handled it very fairly. Regarding Guo Zhengyu's matter, he secretly defended Guo Zhengyu, and he and a few colleagues convicted Lu Shengguang as soon as possible, avoiding many innocent entanglements. Although he was opposed by many people when he was promoted to the cabinet this time, he himself resigned three times modestly, and finally took office smoothly. Ye Xianggao and Li Tingji were Jinshi of the same discipline in the eleventh year of Wanli, and their official careers in the first half of their lives were not very smooth.

He was born in Fuqing, he was born in Fuqing, he was awarded a good scholar after being a Jinshi, he entered editing and editing, and soon moved to Nanjing Guozijian to be in charge of the industry. In the twenty-sixth year of Wanli, he was called to be the concubine of Zuo, and served as the eldest son of the emperor. Shangshu's persuasion; Emperor Wanli certainly didn't listen to it, and even didn't listen or pay attention to it at all. For several years in a row, he was completely in vain, and it also affected his official career. He was soon promoted to be the right minister of the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing - this is a promotion and a fall in secret. All official positions in Nanjing are the same as those in Beijing in terms of establishment, but they have no real power and are useless; however, he has the blood and ideals of a scholar, as well as A kind of stupid energy, actually endowed with leisure, but his heart is not idle, he still keeps asking Chen's interests, please stop mining tax; .

And these kinds of upright actions, of course, made Shen Yiguan secretly hold grudges in his heart, and tried his best to suppress him. Therefore, he stayed in Nanjing for nine full years. However, there are still some fair people in the world after all-his honesty and outspokenness made him frustrated in the officialdom because he offended the young man, but he won the respect among scholars and made him have a high reputation in public opinion and among the people. This time the court pushed the cabinet ministers, and he entered the cabinet with a clear hope. He was in Nanjing, and it was already May when he received the imperial decree. He began to prepare for his journey to the north; After the news, everyone came to see him off one by one.

And the most special among these groups of friends is the Donglin people headed by Gu Xian—because they share similar auras, he has always had the closest conversations with this group of friends; this time, in his Facing the biggest turning point since his official career, he certainly would not stop having a long talk with his friends before going north. Of course, what we are talking about is the national economy and the people's livelihood, the government and the current situation—— In fact, since Donglin Academy was completed and began to hold various gatherings, academic studies and talks are just one of them. There are also many gatherings focusing on discussing government affairs and Yuedan figures—the lives of people in Donglin The goal is not to be a secluded person who lives in the mountains and reads for self-entertainment, but to be proactive and engage in political reforms to save the hearts of the world; although all members have been forced to resign, the object of concern and discussion is still politics reform.

Although Ye Xianggao is not a member of Donglin, he has attended several meetings of Donglin, and he has a very close personal relationship with Gu Xiancheng—so, because of his joining the cabinet, the development of Donglin has undergone new changes. This is also like a seed that has fallen to the ground and will soon take root, germinate, and grow into a new life. And the growth of new life, no matter what form it takes, is gratifying. The growth of Donglin is not known to Nurhachi, what he feels happy is the growth of Jianzhou under his leadership. The result of the battle of Wujieyan was so good that he was very satisfied, and it also prompted him to take advantage of the victory and work harder to expand the power of Jianzhou.

He planned carefully— In May, he sent his youngest brother, Bayara, E Yidu, Fei Yingdong, and Hu Erhan to lead a thousand troops to conquer the Oji tribe in the East China Sea, which was originally attached to the Ula tribe. The Oji Department is an inconspicuous small department, so weak that it has almost no ability to resist. The Jianzhou Army easily captured the three roads of Heshihei, Omo and Sulu, and Fonakhtokso, and captured Two thousand people, and then returned in triumph. Of course, for such an overwhelming and small-scale victory, Nurhachi also rewarded all those who worked hard, but the weight in his heart is not heavy-this victory is like a song for him. Prelude, the real highlight is behind.

He has decided to deal with and eliminate the Huifa and Wula tribes in the short term—the annexation of the Hulun four tribes was planned many years ago. Now, the Hada tribe has long since disappeared in his hands, and the remaining three tribes have also disappeared. Sooner or later; and the order of things should be planned according to the actual situation. This time, the order he arranged was to kill Huifa first. This is of course not without reason. After Huifa’s ancestor, Xing Guli, was handed down to Wang Jini, Wang Jini recruited neighboring tribes to build a city on Huerqi Mountain by the Huifa River—a place with Jianzhou to the east and south, and Hada to the west. It is adjacent to Ula in the north; since the Hada tribe was destroyed, Huifa was surrounded by Jianzhou in the east, south and west.

The reason why Huifa Department was in a state of anxiety all day long was not too surprising. However, Baylor Baiyindali of the Huifa Department is not an outstanding figure, and Baylor's position is even more wrong. He is the grandson of Wang Jipi——Wang Jipi has eight sons, and he is the son of the eldest son—when his grandfather Wang Jipi died, his father died first; and although he was not an outstanding person, he was ambitious and ruthless. Silently, he killed his seven uncles first, and then declared himself Baylor. However, the development of the facts exceeded his expectations.

After killing all the uncles, not only did not eliminate all the forces that opposed him and competed with him, but made Huifabu and himself even more difficult. First, his cousins ​​led their men and horses to escape from Huifa City collectively, and took refuge in Yehebel Narinbulu. Then, some of his subordinates were ready to defect because they were afraid of his fierceness. In desperation, he had no choice but to ask Nurhachi for help. He took the sons of seven important subordinates as hostages in exchange for reinforcements from Jianzhou. Nurhachi agreed to his request, and sent a thousand troops to aid him and stabilize Huifa's interior. However, Nalinbulu knew that he was approaching Nurhachi, and immediately resorted to provocative means. Nalin Bulu sent the most eloquent person in the ministry as an envoy to deliver a message to Baiyindari: "If you withdraw the hostages who stayed in Jianzhou, I will return all the Huifa people who betrayed you. , leave it to you!" Of course, these words moved Baiyin Dali's heart - he just wanted to kill all those traitors! So, he really turned around and made friends with Nalinbulu. On the one hand, he also withdrew the hostages who stayed in Jianzhou, and sent his son to Yehe as a hostage. How did he know that Nalinbulu's promise to him was just a means, once he alienated Jianzhou, he would break his promise, and he would never send back the Huifa traitor who fled to Yehe. This time, he failed at both ends, and he was so panicked that he had no choice but to bite the bullet and seek refuge in Jianzhou again. He sent someone to cry to Nurhachi, saying that he was deceived by Nalinbulu's lies, and now that he knew he had been fooled, he regretted it, and he would definitely belong to Jianzhou forever. Moreover, he asked Nurhachi to marry him, and asked to marry a daughter to him, and take himself as his son-in-law. Faced with such a situation, Nurhachi also made some careful considerations, but the result was still "focusing on the overall situation" as the premise: "Forgive him this time, and agree to his request-by marrying him, you can isolate yourself." Ye He, that's the important thing!" Therefore, Nurhachi quickly gave him a clear answer, agreed to his request, and asked him to come to meet his relatives some day. Unexpectedly, Baiyindari, who had just received Nurhachi's kind words, hesitated again: "If you marry Nurhachi's daughter, you will definitely offend Nalin Bulu—Yehe is also in the majority, so what can I do?" After thinking about it, he became more and more afraid; when it was time to welcome his relatives, he actually hid himself and didn't dare to show his face, and he didn't even dare to send someone to Jianzhou to say a word, making Nurha Chikong wait in vain all day. As a result, Nurhachi was of course furious—— "I've already forgiven him once, there can't be a second time, otherwise, wouldn't I lose my prestige?" Therefore, he quickly made a plan. In September, he personally led the troops to conquer Huifa. Huifa City is not far from Jianzhou, and it takes less than half a day's journey to arrive; Huifa City is built on a mountain, and the terrain is very steep, but there are no decent generals in the entire Huifa Department, and the morale of the army is even lower. As soon as they heard that the Jianzhou army was coming to attack, no one dared to go out of the city to meet it. Baiyindali had no choice but to order the city to be closed, and he took his son to sit on the tower, praying to the sky: "Looking at the blessings of the heavens, my city is fortified and the roads are dangerous. The Jianzhou army is difficult to attack, and I will retreat automatically—" However, the heavens did not seem to listen to his voice—— It is true that there are many difficulties in attacking from the bottom to the top, and the possession of natural dangers in Huifa City is also a special condition; Any natural danger can stop the achievements of the day after tomorrow's hard work - the two sides had a stalemate for less than a day and a half, and the Jianzhou Army successfully broke through Huifa City. The heads of Baiyindali and his son were separated, leaving only Yehe and Wula in Hulun's four tribes.