Chapter 25 Chapter 25 Diligence and Laziness
Nurhachi has also obtained supreme happiness and satisfaction in his own field...
Under his leadership, the various constructions of Jianzhou are on track, and the progress is rapid, and the crowds of people from all over the world are getting denser. After such a virtuous circle, the strength of Jianzhou is increasing day by day. The mountain had nearly doubled in size before the Great War—with such a result, he felt extremely relieved.
After spring, he had another plan to use troops. This time, his target was the Huifa Department.
This plan was not a temporary idea - in his mind, he had already developed a complete set of ideas for unifying the Jurchen as a whole: "If you want to unify the Jurchen tribes, you must first flatten the Hulun four tribes; secondly, the wild Jurchen tribes; Xiaobu, you can make them surrender without fighting!"
This order was also decided after careful consideration. The main reason is that first, Hu Lun’s four tribes are close to Jianzhou, while the savage Jurchens are far away from Jianzhou. It is in a semi-primitive state and does not have the strength to invade outwards, but the four tribes of Hulun all participated in the Gule Mountain War that invaded Jianzhou; moreover, because the four tribes of Hulun are strong tribes, many small tribes "look up" to them Yes, if they are flattened, there will be no small ministries who know that they are uncomfortable...
He thought about this over and over again, and he was familiar with a map showing the four tribes of Hu Lun and the tribes of the barbarian Jurchen. Even if he closed his eyes, he could draw a map silently—the great cause of unification The plan has gradually taken shape in his mind, and what is needed next is time - he will follow the steps in the plan one by one.
This time, he chose to send troops to Huifa, and there were several reasons. First, he took part in the Battle of Gule Mountain, which invaded Jianzhou two years ago, because Huifa had never had any grievances with Jianzhou. The reason is very upright; secondly, in the first battle of Gule Mountain, both Yehe and Hada suffered heavy losses. Beileb Zhantai of the Ula tribe was captured, and now people are still in Jianzhou, only the Huifa tribe The loss of Huifa is not big-he thinks it is necessary to attack Huifa, which not only weakens part of Huifa's strength, but also gives Huifa a disarm.
He decided to personally conquer, the time was selected in June, and the target was Huifa's Duobi City.
Huifa is very close to Jianzhou—generally speaking, Huifa’s geographical location is exactly between Jianzhou and Yehe—Huifa originally lived on the bank of Heilongjiang in the extreme north. At that time, Nima There was a chief named Anguri Xingguli from the Ministry of Cha, who brought the wooden master from Heilongjiang and moved to Zhalu, where he settled down; and Kayanga and Tumo from the Hulun tribe lived in Zhangcheng. The surname is Nala, Anguri Xingguli belonged to their clan, slaughtered seven cows to sacrifice to heaven, and changed his surname to Nala. This is the ancestor of Huifa.
After several generations, there was a talented person named Wang Jichu among his descendants. He subdued several neighboring tribes and expanded into a considerable force. So Duhui sent the river to Huerqi Mountain and built a city. Name your tribe "Huifa".
The fortress of Huifa is dangerous and tough, and Zasaktu Tumen Khan of the Mongolian Chahar tribe personally led a large army to attack but failed. Huifa City is famous for its fortification.
When Wang Jichu died, his eldest son had already died, and his grandson Baiyin Dali killed seven uncles and established himself as Baylor—this is the current Huifa Baylor.
Baiyindali is ruthless, and killing uncles is not a mediocrity; despite the history of the Huifa Department, under his leadership, he was ranked among the four Hulun Departments, and he did not get it by luck ;In terms of personal talent, Baiyindali is better than Nalinbulu of Yehe tribe-he is not like Nalinbulu's brutality, courage and lack of strategy, and restlessness, and he does everything in a down-to-earth manner. He never yelled out his mouth before he succeeded; but the ambition hidden deep in his heart was even stronger than that of Nalinbulu; two years ago, Nalinbulu launched nine coalition forces to invade Jianzhou. Lin Bulu invited him to participate, and he agreed without hesitation. In fact, he had already thought it over in his heart.
Although he never revealed on the surface that he coveted his ambition to build a state, he has thought about it for thousands of rounds in his heart: "Nurhachi is getting more and more arrogant-you can't let him sit big, otherwise, there will be no me in the future." Huifa is in the world—you have to swallow him before his wings grow hard!"
Therefore, participating in the Nine Allied Forces is multifunctional for him; first of all, the risk of success or failure is shared by the nine tribes. The loss will not be too great; and the most important thing is that in this war, he can calmly and carefully observe and evaluate Jianzhou, and even the future enemies Yehe, Hada, and Ula in his mind. His strength—he is clear in his heart, if he wants to be the co-owner of the Jurchens, these few movies will have to be dealt with sooner or later...
With these basic ideas, he will have a basis for taking practical actions, and he will not mess up at all; during the war, he commanded his own army. strength, but I and several main cadres pay attention to the strength and strategy of the several parties at war.
The Nine Allied Forces were defeated in the end, but he felt that he had gained a lot; after returning to Huifa, he thought about all his observations and feelings on the battlefield in his mind several times, and then called The subordinates came to discuss together; in the end, I summed it up and made a conclusion, and revised the future development plan of the Huifa Department based on this...
However, Nurhachi pre-empted the strike without waiting for his plan to be implemented.
In June, he personally led an army to besiege Duobi City of Huifa Department.
Duobi City has natural dangers, steep terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack; Baiyindali's defenders in Duobi City are the famous warriors Ke Chongge and Su Mengge in the Huifa Department. When they received the news that Nurhachi's army was coming, they immediately sent 3,000 more troops to Duobi City in two parts to support them; however, none of these could withstand the fierce offensive of the Jianzhou Army...
The battle ended in just over two hours, Duobi City was breached, and Kechong and Su Mengge were given the leadership.
Fortunately, the purpose of Nurhachi's dispatch of troops this time was to demonstrate and intimidate, and he was not planning to make a large-scale invasion of the Huifa Department. Therefore, after breaking through Duobi City, he returned to Jianzhou triumphantly on the same day with the captured humans, animals and property. .
Instead, Baiyindali convened his subordinates to discuss for several days before deciding on a way to deal with this matter-weighing strength, after all, Baiyindari did not dare to retaliate rashly and sent troops to attack the city of Jianzhou, but They were also unwilling to reconcile that Duobi City was attacked and looted in vain; several people thought about it and thought of several countermeasures, such as contacting a few more departments to attack Jianzhou together, etc., but when they discussed it, they had to overthrow the original plan. I discussed it, because since the battle of Gule Mountain, several of the defeated troops were not only seriously injured, but also full of fear of the Jianzhou Army. In a short period of time, no one is willing to start a war again; so, let’s talk Discussions went on and on, and on the fourth day, the conclusion was finally reached, which was to file a complaint with the Ming court.
The person who made this suggestion believed that Huifa and Jianzhou were both tribes rewarded by the Ming Dynasty. Now that Huifa has been attacked and looted by Jianzhou for no reason, the Ming Dynasty, as the feudal state, should do it for them. This matter upholds justice, condemns and punishes the aggressors.
So, there was another burst of busyness; it took a lot of time just to write a memorial to the Emperor Wanli of the Ming Dynasty - until the memorials of these "imperial petitions" were sent to the governor's office in Liaodong, and the request was forwarded to It was already ten days later when the emperor arrived; however, Baiyindari had no complaints about these troubles; It was determined that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was "big", and he would uphold justice and punish Nurhachi. As soon as this memorial was sent out, he was relieved, and the next step was to "wait for a rabbit" and wait for Daming The arrival of the righteous teacher from the DPRK, help him find Nurhachi to seek justice.
But he didn't know at all that not only would the emperor not be interested in reading this memorial, it would even be impossible to reach Emperor Wanli at all—for officials of the Ming Dynasty, receiving such a memorial was just " "Bianyi trivial matter" is of no importance at all, it is just sent up according to the general procedure, sent to Qianqing Palace, and allowed Emperor Wanli to "stay in China", forgetting everything completely.
No one has noticed this matter—since Li Chengliang resigned in the Ming court, few people are proficient in the affairs and problems of Liaodong; Dare to talk too much?However, the general officials who deal with Liaodong affairs have limited knowledge, and most of the disturbances in Liaodong and other high-profile incidents are provoked by the local barbarians and Taining troops, so their attention is directed there; as for the Jurchen, What was going on was all "civil war" and did not affect the people and cities of Ming Dynasty, so they would "do one more thing than one less thing"; "Remain in China", even after the relevant official documents were sent from Liaodong two years ago in the Gule Mountain Barbarian War, they were "remained in China" after being processed according to the general official document process; Liaodong has already faintly formed a trend And Nurhachi's ambition, because of laziness and ignorance, was completely neglected in the Ming court.
It is occasionally mentioned that Chaohua led the crowd to invade Liaodong again. Dong Yiyuan, the newly appointed general officer of Liaodong, personally led troops to give Chaohua a head-on blow; or, Jianzhou sent Shu Erha Qi came to Beijing to pay tribute and gave "feasts" - like some embellishments in the Taiping years, but no one realized that the Taiping years were actually just an illusion transformed by the smoke of drugs.
Of course, the entire Ming court was not completely busy, especially the Ministry of War. The work of officials, large and small, was not easy; The envoys are also ready to go, the task has not been completed, and there are still too many things to be dealt with; the battle to conquer Yang Yinglong in Bozhou, Sichuan has also started, and it is in full swing, and the staff who undertake this matter are very busy. No breath at all.
The chief envoy who went to Japan to preside over the tribute ceremony chose Li Zongcheng, marquis of Linhuai, and the deputy envoy selected Yang Fangheng, commander of the capital; It's not without reason that I haven't set off late. The first one is ignorance.
Originally, the ministers in the imperial court had very different opinions on the matter of "paying tribute", and even the majority disapproved; but this idea was put forward by Shi Xing, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and he is now in power, so this idea has become decision making.However, even though Shi Xing came up with the idea, he himself has no knowledge of Japanese affairs. He only heard from Shen Weijing that the supreme leader of Japan is Toyotomi Hideyoshi Kanbai. Then ask Shen Weijing: "There used to be Japanese kings in Japan, but do they still exist now?"
Shen Weijing was even more unable to answer this question; however, if these details were not clarified, there would be more questions about tribute—it would be difficult to draw up any name for Toyotomi Hideyoshi—so he had to send Shen Weijing secretly went to Japan first to find out everything, and then the chief and deputy envoys officially sent by the imperial court set off for Japan.
The whole process was tortuous and stalemate, just like the current situation between Japan and North Korea. Although Shi Xing himself was getting gray hairs increasing rapidly, the officials who undertook it were even more miserable. They dealt with these trivial matters over and over again, but things were procrastinating. Pulling in progress made everyone feel irritable.
The war to conquer Yang Yinglong was also full of twists and turns. Governor Xing Jie arrived in Sichuan in the first month. He first accepted the opinions of several people, and then gave Yang Yinglong a chance to reform, so he sent people to appease him; During the month, Wang Shiqi, the prefect of Chongqing, was ordered to show righteousness to Yang Yinglong; but this time, Yang Yinglong's performance was not bad. With a heart of kindness, he made a final decision later, requiring Yang Yinglong to lose 40,000 gold to atone for his sins, and to be dismissed from his post. His son Chaodong will take his place, and his second son Kedong will be taken as a hostage to be pursued by the Jifu.
Unexpectedly, after Yang Yinglong was forgiven, he soon reverted to his old ways and became arrogant; and his second son who was a hostage died in Chongqing. The urging officer yelled, "Give back my son's life, and I'll pay—"
In this way, there was no room for turning things around, so of course he had to use troops; Yang Yinglong summoned a large number of Miao soldiers to defend himself against the official army; After the battle, Yang Yinglong didn't take advantage of anything. On the contrary, because Yang Yinglong was able to fight against the army, his arrogance became even stronger.
After Xing Jie, the governor of Guizhou, received the report of the first battle, he was silent for a long time before subconsciously sighing, and said to the officials and generals at all levels standing around him: "Everyone has traveled a long way and traveled thousands of miles. , I came to Sichuan from the capital, I'm afraid I won't be able to go back in a short time!"
Yang Yinglong's matter was getting tricky, and he had a vague premonition that it wouldn't be resolved within three to five years.
He felt worried because of this. Apart from thinking about the sufferings of his subordinates, he also thought about the waste of people and money brought about by the war; especially since he came to this backward southwestern frontier from the prosperous capital in the first month, it has been more than ten months. It's been a while, and during this not-so-short period of time, he witnessed with his own eyes that in this area where the Han, Miao, and Yao ethnic groups live together, all the conditions are so bad that compared with the legend that "there is no land without three miles, and the sky has no three levels." Sunshine, people do not have three taels of silver." A few words are more than half a hundred years old, and he is a first-level official in the imperial court. It is the first time in his life that he has realized how poor the frontier areas of the Ming Dynasty are. , lagging behind—he finally had a deep understanding of what is meant by "the suffering of the people's livelihood"!
He was born in two ranks of Jinshi, and he grew up in books, paper, pen and ink, and became an official. Although he has accumulated a lot of administrative experience, he has also let go of local officials many times, but this is the first time he has penetrated into such a barren land; The task entrusted to him by the imperial court was to suppress the "rebel" Yang Yinglong, but after seeing this rebel, the people who depended on this "rebel", and even the lives of the people in the entire region, he couldn't help crying secretly; The people here are so poor that they have no clothes and shoes, and it is very common for them to be naked, or to cover their bodies with animal skins and rags. Even some people living scattered in the mountains and forests are still living a semi-primitive life; Can't help but sigh in pity: "They are all citizens of the Ming Dynasty, and the court is unable to take care of them—"
After reading a bellyful of poems and books, there is already a concept passed down from generation to generation in his heart: "The people are the foundation of the country, and the foundation is solid and the country is peaceful—"
Since the lives of the people are so difficult, it is no wonder that there are endless rebellions in the southwest region; however, his job and responsibility is to use force to suppress these rebellions!
There was an impulse here, and he really wanted to bring up his pen immediately and write to Emperor Wanli, stating the fundamental problems in this area, and proposing several major solutions that he conceived after his in-depth observation and understanding in this area. The main points of the law: "It is advisable to improve people's livelihood, reduce taxes, build houses and roads, open markets, set up schools, and choose good officials to govern—"
His voice from the bottom of his heart was as loud as thunder and a tsunami. He clearly understood that the people in this area were also citizens of the Ming Dynasty. life, the rebellion will naturally not happen, instead of sending troops to kill all the people involved in the rebellion!
However, it was another thing to cry out in his heart - he thought for a while with tears in his eyes, and after being agitated for a while, his reason returned to his heart, and the boiling blood in his whole body slowly cooled down.
Because, having been an official in the court for many years, he knows very well the current situation in the court. Emperor Wanli has not been in court for many years. Will it attract the attention of Emperor Wanli?As a subject myself, no matter how many memorials I make, it is useless. The issue of the Southwest Border Region will be ignored along with Emperor Wanli's laziness.
Unless there is such a thing, Emperor Wanli, like King Zhuang of Chu during the Warring States Period, suddenly became "a blockbuster" with great enlightenment, and worked hard to cheer up-but this possibility is very small, and no one in the Manchu Dynasty has embraced it anymore. Such hope and waiting.
There are many people in the court who are as clear-eyed as he is. They don't say anything, but they have already seen through Emperor Wanli in their eyes. In the dynasty, the monarchy has not been left behind, which shows that he is really capable of surpassing others!
"Emperor Shizong Jiajing did not come to the court, and Yan Song had all the power in the world; now, the Long Live Lord has not been to the court for many years, and the court has neither the right to be equal, nor the palace to be eunuchs. It's just that there is no cure for 'laziness' It can be cured!"
This is already the consensus of the general people in the court. Thinking about it at this moment, I feel more emotion and despair, and I feel heartbroken-looking at Banzhou from the wooden window of Xingyuan alone, surrounded by the strange and steep mountain peaks that day. There was a layer of black air, and it was hard to tell whether it was the miasma and the murderous air of the rebels. His heart was heavier and full of powerlessness——he once again realized deeply that being a student of this dynasty The sorrow of those who are officials and officials is that there is always an insurmountable gap between ideal and reality, and the person who caused this gap is the emperor with supreme power!
Therefore, he couldn't help asking silently in his heart: "When will a person who is an emperor really have the heart of 'people and things'?"
Of course, this voice can only be expressed secretly in his heart, and it must not be revealed on the surface; therefore, when he really wanted to start writing the melody, he could only succumb to reality with a feeling of helplessness—— ——His memorials are the same as others, full of papers praising "the emperor's sage", and the end is the same as other memorials. stay in".
Autumn is passing and winter is coming, and in a blink of an eye, it is the cold weather with fine snow. Sitting in the palace with a copper brazier, enjoying the blessings and listening to the singing and dancing in front of you, the life of Emperor Wanli is very comfortable. In particular, this group of Zheng Guotai has recently trained and sent them to the palace to "honor" his female singers and maikos. The standard is even higher than the previous batches, which makes him very satisfied. In addition to Zheng Guotai, he also ordered the group of female musicians and maikos to wait on him all day long, playing and dancing for him; sometimes, he even sang songs with the accompaniment of the dancing of the maikos and the female musicians himself - he is intelligent by nature. , learning music is like divine help, he can sing the charm of a piece of music almost without practicing more than three times. Among the pieces of music, the one he sings most is a piece composed by Li Cunxu, Emperor Zhuangzong of the later Tang Dynasty:
Once feasted in the deep cave of Taoyuan, danced the phoenix and sang the phoenix, long remembered the time of farewell, and went out with tears to see each other, like a dream, like a dream, the waning moon and falling flowers and smoke are heavy.
Every time he sang this song, the lingering sound lingered, and it also attracted Concubine Zheng and all the dancers, eunuchs and maids present to applaud and applaud. After falling asleep drunk, he has not dreamed of his childhood past for many years, let alone the story Zhang Juzheng once told him in his childhood, the story of Li Cunxu, Emperor Zhuangzong of the later Tang Dynasty, who died due to loss of music - he had already Forgot all about it.
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