Chapter 23 Chapter 23 Hatred and Marriage
The target of the next crusade is Dongcheng, Nurhachi decided to be stunned, and those who left behind who needed time to recuperate also took part of their troops to defend Feiala City.
The battle went very smoothly, Dongcheng was quickly captured, and the city lord Zhahai surrendered with little resistance. Therefore, Nurhachi was very happy and treated Zhahai and all the surrendered Dongcheng in a very lenient way. The citizens of the city rewarded their troops in a timely manner before returning to Feala City.
However, after returning to Feiala City, E Yidu came to report to him, which was beyond his expectation; E Yidu smiled and said to him: "When you went out to fight, it happened that Hada Belle Daishan from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent someone to present a gift, and proposed that his father Hu Ergan married a daughter to serve you, and I hope you accept it——I will accept the gift for you, marriage Agreed too!"
When Nurhachi heard this, he was taken aback and said, "Why didn't you reject him for me?"
Er Yidu asked with surprise on his face: "Why did you reject him? It is a good thing that he offered to marry his own sister to serve you. How can you refuse?"
Nurhachi was taken aback by this question, and after a while he sighed and said, "I have hired the daughter of Yehebu as my wife, have you forgotten?"
The forehead also realized something "Oh" and said: "So that's what you are doing - I haven't forgotten your marriage contract with Ye Hebu, but these two marriages are not in conflict; Hada tribe I only said that I want to marry Hu Ergan's daughter to serve you, but I didn't ask to marry her to be your regular wife, you just bought an extra house of concubines, what does it matter?"
Nurhachi smiled wryly and said: "I have already bought several concubines, and I have given birth to several children!"
Er Yidu laughed and said, "Wouldn't it be better to have as many concubines and children as possible? Anyway, it's not like you can't afford to support..."
Before the laughter stopped, he suddenly realized: "What? You don't seem to like this marriage very much?"
He felt that Nurhachi's reaction was quite different from usual, so he guessed and asked, "Is it because the other party is the daughter of Hada?"
Nurhachi was silent for a long time before he nodded and said: "Yes. I have never forgotten how the Hada tribe treated me in the past; you will never forget that Hada soldiers went to Jianzhou Zuowei several times to rob livestock and property - Let’s say ‘the daughter of the Hada tribe’. Isn’t Bayara’s mother Hu Ergan’s younger sister? After marrying my father, she regarded me as a thorn in the side, and later her younger brother Samzhan tried every means to find me. They murdered me, if Bayara didn't take the risk to come back and tell me, maybe I would have died in their hands!"
Hearing this, the surprise on E Yidu's face deepened: "You have always been the most magnanimous, and you never miss the old evils of others. Why did you remember the hatred of the Hada tribe today?"
Nurhachi smiled lightly and said, "I'm not holding grudges, I'm just lamenting the warmth and coldness of people..."
Er Yidu stared more and more surprised, looked at Nurhachi carefully and said: "You are really different from usual today-in the past, you always told us that now, we are weak, so we are bullied by others." Don't blame others for being snobbish, but blame yourself for not having the ability to be looked down upon by others; remember this shame, and be more self-reliant and self-reliant. When we have strength, others will naturally look down on us——you have always warned , The one who taught us has never felt so moved like today!"
Hearing what he said, Nurhachi couldn't help laughing: "Yeah, my mood today is really special - just like a Han Chinese saying, 'Feng Shui turns around'. In the past few years, seeing the Hada department change from strong to Bad, I don't want to give it up, but I can't help but feel emotional when I think about it!"
E Yidu said: "It is because the Hada tribe is not as good as before, so they want to marry a daughter to Jianzhou Zuowei, so as to win the relationship - maybe they are because they have been beaten by the Yehe tribe recently, Seeing that you are about to marry Ye He's bride, I am afraid that Ye He's tribe will unite with the left guard of Jianzhou to beat them, so why don't you hurry up and marry a daughter?"
That's not bad at all.
Since the death of Wan Khan in the Hada tribe, the three brothers Huergan, Menggebulu, and Kanggulu have been fighting each other. Looting, his strength is getting worse day by day.
Soon, Hu Ergan died, and his son Dai Shan succeeded him and divided the property left by Wan Khan equally with his two uncles. However, there were extremely complicated relationships and fierce conflicts among the three uncles and nephews.
Kang Gulu, who originally defected to the Yehe tribe after Wan Khan's death because he could not compete with Huergan and Menggebulu, returned to the Hada tribe after Huergan's death, and had an affair with Menggebulu's mother, Sister Wen. As a result, the relationship between the two brothers became strange and close, so they joined forces to deal with Dai Shan; while the Yehe tribe often waited for opportunities to invade, making the situation of the Hada tribe even worse.
However, after the brothers Qing Jiani and Yang Jipi of the Yehe tribe died in Li Chengliang's "city circle plan", Qing Jiani's son Buzhai and Yang Jipi's son Nalin Bulu continued to deal with the Hada tribe; not long ago In April of that year, Nalinbulu sent Wutai and led 10,000 horses to attack Hada. Dai Shan asked the Ming Dynasty for help before he broke through the siege; Antu, since Sister Wen is their aunt, they joined forces with Sister Wen to influence Mengge Bulu to help Kang Gulu deal with Dai Shan.
As a result, Dai Shan's situation is of course threatened; he certainly understands that it is very difficult for him to fight against two uncles with one enemy two, so he also tries hard to seek help from outside; this time, he thought of taking his sister The way to marry Nurhachi is, of course, to hope that with this kind of in-law relationship, Jianzhou Zuowei will not join forces with the Yehe tribe to attack him; secondly, he hopes that when he encounters difficulties, Jianzhou Zuowei can give him some help...
And for the development of all these situations, Li Chengliang is even more clear-everything in Liaodong, no matter how big or small, is all within the scope of his understanding and control, even when he personally goes out to deal with the local barbarians, Duo During Yan and Taining's few episodes, the eyeliner sent out did not withdraw, and all the news still reached his ears correctly.
Of course, everything in the Hada tribe is no exception. He soon learned of Dai Shan's "marriage" action, and several thoughts swirled in his mind: "Dai Shan was picked on by the Yehe tribe, and Mengge Bulu He and Kang Gulu are overwhelmed, marrying a girl to find a helper—hey, let him go, anyway, the Hada department is divided into three to restrain each other, and there is no way to play any tricks; it is best to wear Shanduo dragged some people into the water, and the Jurchens would kill themselves first, which would save a lot of trouble—but Nurhachi, who was shaking, would let people automatically send him to his door to marry his sister—this is good, Marrying the daughters of Ye He and Hada at the same time, it depends on how you can have "the right and the wrong"!"
Between Yehe and Hada, the relationship between hatred and marriage that has been entangled for several generations is already "inseparable". If you add Jianzhou Zuowei, the relationship will become more complicated, and there will be more in the near future. A multi-faceted fratricidal situation emerged——Thinking of this, the corners of his mouth raised up unconsciously, and it took a long time for this smug smile to gradually disappear.
The reason why his smile disappeared was not because of the triangular relationship between Ye He, Hada, and Jianzhou Zuowei—he had a well-thought-out plan, and he had already forgotten the problems of these Jurchen departments—annoyance flooded into his heart, making him His brows are clouded by his sons and the court of Ming Dynasty...
None of his sons did not succeed, and none of them did not bother him, especially recently, the eldest and second child had some troubles separately. Although the matter was finally settled after a lot of trouble, it made him feel anxious every time he thought about it. Worry endlessly.
Li Rusong was repeatedly impeached by the officials during his tenure as the admiral in the capital, and finally became the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu; At that time, he sat side by side with more courtesy, and Wang Xueshu, who was in politics, could not understand his arrogance, and came to accuse him. After working hard, the old father secretly assisted him-rao, it took a lot of effort to get him transferred to Shanxi.
Li Rubai's troubles were even more outrageous. He originally relied on his father's influence and was a rich family in the capital. When he was half drunk, he actually ordered someone to fire military cannons to cheer him up. The sound of the cannons was so loud that even the occupants could hear him. Of course he ended up being dismissed from office; However, his greedy and absurd nature has not changed at all, and sooner or later something will happen again...
Ruzhen, Ruzhang, and Rumei also served as commanders and commanders; however, he himself knew that none of his sons was a real general, and his current positions were all based on interpersonal relationships. In case of a situation where "trees fall and monkeys scatter", the consequences will be unimaginable!
I don't know how long I can sit in the position of "General Soldier of Liaodong"—he is well-informed, and he has a tight grasp of the news among the courtiers. In the past few days, the power struggle accidents that occurred in the court are the same. It also entered his ears, and of course worries inevitably followed.
Infighting among courtiers and power strife often affect the changes of frontier generals. Qi Jiguang's southern transfer a few years ago is an obvious example. If a person has a change in position, it will affect him!
"Even if the position of the general soldier remains the same, once he is transferred from Liaodong, there will be no drama..."
He reminded himself once again that he must be absolutely perfect in this regard, otherwise, everything he has now will be lost!
Jiuzhen Liaodong, he is no different from the "underground emperor" of Liaodong. He dominates one side and takes whatever he wants. It was included in his hands; if he was transferred to any place in the interior, it would not be so convenient to search for the people's fat and people's anointing.
Not to mention the inland areas, even the other places in the border towns would not have so many benefits—the main defense object of the other towns was Mongolia, and since Wang Chonggu and Fang Fengshi took important positions respectively, they formulated After a set of strategies to live in peace with the Mongolian tribes, the entire line of defense has not had a war for many years...
As a descendant of "Yuan", Mongolia has always been the main enemy of this dynasty. From the beginning of the founding of the country, it has been attacking and defending with all its strength. The strength of the Ministry is strong, and the threat has not diminished slightly in the past two hundred years, and several wars have even caused serious consequences.
During the orthodox years of Yingzong, the result of the imperial conquest was a "civil change". He was captured by Ye Xian, the object of his conquest, and lost 500,000 teachers. During the Xianzong and Xiaozong periods, the Dayan Khan rose, The national power has grown stronger.
Dayan Khan was a British lord who established many systems and invaded the Central Plains many times, causing restlessness on the border. After his death, his third son, Arsu Borod, succeeded him and invaded the Central Plains many times. ; In the hands of his grandson Al Da, the trouble is even greater.
I Da is brave and good at fighting, and is good at managing the army. He led a mysterious and fast-moving cavalry to harass the border, loot, burn and kill. With Wang Chonggu and Fang Fengshi reused, it is still unknown what kind of situation the Mongolian border troubles will turn into!
Both Wang Chonggu and Fang Fengshi were Jinshi in the 20th year of Jiajing. Although they were scribes from the imperial examinations, they both liked to talk about military affairs, were familiar with border affairs, and participated in many battles. He has a more professional training on national defense issues.
In the early years of Mu Zong's Longqing period, Wang Chonggu was appointed as the right minister of the Ministry of War and the censor of Youqian capital, governor of Shaanxi, Yansui, Ningxia, and Gansu military affairs; in the fourth year of Longqing, he was also governor of Xuanfu, Shanxi, and Datong military affairs; Appointed as the governor of Datong, and work together to rule the border.
At that time, several Han people, headed by Zhao Quan, defected to Alta, recruited tens of thousands of desperadoes for Alta, followed the example of house tenants, and built city walls and palaces for Alta, and made Alta the emperor. His own mansion is imitated by a king; what's even worse is that he relied on his familiarity with the geographical environment of the interior to act as a guide for the Alta soldiers, invade the interior, plunder and harass the four towns in Shaanxi for thirty years, and the court has a headache for this matter Terribly, a reward was issued, and those who captured Zhao Quan would be rewarded with a thousand gold, and the officials would command envoys; but it didn't work at all, Zhao Quan and others were still at large, guiding the route for the invasion of Alda soldiers.
Therefore, after Wang Chonggu and Fang Fengshi took office, the first targets to be captured were Zhao Quan and other traitors.
Half a year later, the two got a god-sent opportunity, that is, Alda's grandson surrendered Hannaji.
Han Naji is the son of Alta's third son Tiebei Taiji. He lost his father since he was a child and was raised by Alta's wife Ikhatun; he originally hired Alta's granddaughter San Niangzi as his wife. He was so beautiful that I took it as his own, so he was annoyed by this, so he found an opportunity and led more than a dozen people to surrender.
When Fang Fengshi reported the matter to Wang Chonggu, the two agreed that they should seize this opportunity to solve the problem of endless battles for many years; therefore, Wang Chonggu took in Han Naji very politely, and at the same time sent a letter to the court to propose A complete and detailed set of handling methods, and exchanged letters with Zhang Juzheng, who was in power, to discuss his proposed strategy for Mongolia.
Due to his practical experience in border affairs for many years, and a very deep understanding of the situation of various Mongolian ministries and Alta, Wang Chonggu's strategy is very close to the heart of the problem; he believes that the main reason for the frequent southward invasion of Mongolian ministries It is the lack of necessities of life, not war for war's sake; the main reason why they use war and robbery to obtain people's necessities of life is the lack of channels to obtain them in a proper way-based on these cognitions, he He believes that the fundamental way to solve the border issue is to establish peaceful and friendly relations with various Mongolian ministries, and to use trade methods to allow them to obtain the materials they need; Reward him with a noble official title, so that he can understand the sincerity of the court, and also make me understand the benefits of surrender; and exchange Han Naji as my answer for Zhao Quan and other nine traitors, so as to prevent future troubles forever.
When this suggestion was reported to the court, it was handed over to the court for discussion. The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were divided into two factions in favor and opposition, each holding its own opinion, and there were many discussions; those in favor believed that "peace" was indeed better than "war". Alda lived in peace, and since then there has been no war on the border, the people can be happy, and the imperial court has saved all the effort to go to war; Annihilation is the truth, but peace talks will inevitably "increase the ambitions of others and destroy one's own prestige"; a few people who are obsessed with the past even cited the example of the nomadic peoples in the north from the past, proving that the Hu-Han peace talks have never been successful, and have led to the subjugation of the country. There was a lengthy debate in the court, and the result could not be reached for several days.
Fortunately, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, who were in charge of state affairs at that time, both supported Wang Chonggu's strategy after making some evaluations. Therefore, they rejected the public opinion and adopted Wang Chonggu's proposition.
Therefore, the Ming Dynasty immediately issued an edict to appoint Han Naji as the commander, and sent people to negotiate with Alda; Alda's wife Ikhatun was crying all day long because of the loss of her grandson, which made Ida annoyed her. Of course I was very happy when there was news about Hanaji. In addition, the person sent to negotiate analyzed the pros and cons of surrendering to him in detail, so I thought it through and made a decision immediately.
In the end, everyone was happy—I Da tied up Zhao Quan and other nine traitors, and sent them in exchange to send Han Naji back. Grandparents and grandchildren embraced each other and wept, and received the Ming Dynasty's reward together.
In March of the fifth year of Longqing, Al Da accepted the title of "King of Shunyi" from the Ming Dynasty, and named the city he lived in as "Guihua" to symbolize the sincerity in his heart; his subordinates, brothers, descendants and grandchildren were also given titles; The Ming Dynasty also announced the method of the tribute market, allowing 150 tribute envoys to bring 500 horses to the capital every year to "pay tribute". Items, the court also has other rewards. The "mutual market" lasts for one month every year, and is open to free trade between the people of both sides in several designated places. The Mongolians trade special products such as gold, silver, cattle, horses, sheep, and leather with the silk, satin, cloth, iron pots, iron kettles, and tea of the Han people. Trading: Wang Chonggu, who is familiar with border affairs, knows that one of the main reasons for the conflict between the Hu and the Han is the unfair trade. Therefore, he has formulated many fair trade methods before it happens, so that the trade can be led on the right track.
In this way, the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and Alta changed from war to peace, and it was truly peaceful. Since then, there has been no war on the border with Mongolia, which is thousands of miles long from east to west.
After Ida's death, his son Huang Taiji inherited the title of "King of Shunyi", and the third lady remarried Huang Taiji according to the custom. In Xifeng, the third lady also remarried to Li Ke, Xifeng, and still insisted on peace - for more than ten years, the people in the two places enjoyed peace and happiness, and no one died because of the war.
Wang Chonggu's contribution cannot be said to be insignificant - but, in the eyes of Li Chengliang, he is an out-and-out fool!
If there is no war, how can we make the first contribution?How to increase the level?promotion?How can I profit from the implementation of fair trade?There is nothing wrong with the border, so how can the border officials be valued by the court?
"To be named an earl with the general army of a town, since the founding of the dynasty, there has been only one commander..."
Thinking of this, Li Chengliang unconsciously showed a smug smile. Compared with Wang Chonggu, he was much smarter: "Mongolia has been fine since then, do you still want to be promoted?"
Moreover, under the system of this dynasty, official salaries are very meager. If you are an honest official, you can only live a life of "not enough to eat and starve to death". Three generations of officials cannot afford a small-scale house; Wang Chonggu It is well known that people who have made great achievements in the country have nothing to do with their sleeves. If he himself is like this, will his subordinates still have windfalls to make?
After much deliberation, there is still only one conclusion - Li Chengliang narrowed his eyes, and muttered to himself: "You must not be transferred to other places - every joint must work harder - only Liuzhen Liaodong, it is what I want, what I want..."
The joints in the imperial court had to be doubled, and of course he had to create more of the "troublesome Liaodong" situation.
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