Chapter 8 Chapter 8 Salhu

Nurhachi is a great military strategist, at least I think so. As a nomadic leader who has never been to a private school, never attended a military academy, and never received systematic military training, Nurhachi knows what war is and how to win it.His campaign command level has reached the point of perfection. In Fushun, Qinghe and a series of subsequent battles, he showed amazing military talent, whether judging the opponent's movements, choosing fighters, or playing tricks, he was impeccable. Without a doubt, he was the most outstanding military general of our time - before those two men came along.

But for the Ming Dynasty, this very good military strategist was just a very bad robber.Not only bad, but cruel. After the battles of Qinghe and Fushun were over, Nurhachi, who had robbed enough and killed them, not only did not apologize, did not send a receipt, but also did an extremely shameless thing. He selected 300 local civilians and killed 299 of them before Fushun Pass, leaving only one. He cut off the man's ear and asked him to bring back a letter justifying his senseless killing: "If you think I'm doing something wrong, then make an appointment to fight! If you think I'm doing something right, you can send gold, silver, and silk, and you can calm things down!"

I have seen the kidnappers a lot, but this is the first time I have seen the kidnapper who tore up the ticket first and then blackmailed him. The Ming Dynasty was not the Southern Song Dynasty, and there was no custom of giving gifts.Their policy has always been not to compromise with the robbers, let alone the robbers who tore up the meat ticket.Since we want to fight, let's fight for real. In March of the forty-seventh year of Wanli (1619), after a long period of preparation, the Ming army assembled and launched an attack on Hetuala. The Ming army is divided into four routes: east, west, south and north, led by four generals. The commander and attack route are as follows:

Liu Ting, commanded by the East Road, attacked from North Korea. Jun Jun, commander of the West Road, attacked from Fushun. Marin, commander of the North Road, attacked from Kaiyuan. Li Rubai, commander of the South Road, attacked from Qinghe. There is only one target of attack, Hetuala. The above four Ming armies, totaling 120,000 people, were dispatched from various places, and these four commanders also had a lot of background. Li Rubai has the highest status. He is Li Chengliang's son and Li Rusong's younger brother, but his level is the lowest. If you say he doesn't know how to fight, it would be unfair. If you say he is good at fighting, it would be nonsense.

Ma Lin's father is Ma Fang. This person has not been mentioned before, but he is very powerful. His son Ma Lin, who was originally a literati, became the chief soldier.As for Mr. Ma's combat level, I believe you already know it. The basic situation of these two roads is like this, from the commander's point of view, there is really nothing to do. But the other two paths are completely different. East Route Commander Liu Ting is also an old acquaintance.With a big sword weighing more than 60 kilograms, it also "rotates like flying", first hitting Japan, and then sweeping the southwest. The "Three Great Marches of Wanli" fought two major ones. Let him command the East Road, which can be said to be determined to win.

But in the Fourth Route Army, the biggest main force is not the East Road, and the most fierce general is not Liu Ting.These two honors belong to the West Route Army and its commander, Jun Song. Juniper, a native of Yulin, Shaanxi, was originally a general of Shaanxi, nicknamed Du Taishi. As mentioned earlier, Grand Master is the first-rank professional title of the imperial court. There are very few people who get this title. Except for Zhang Juzheng, the other winners are generally dead and ratified. But the title that General Du got was granted by someone else, but... not the imperial court.

When he was guarding the border, he often took the initiative to attack Mongolia, and he was extremely vigorous. There were more than a hundred battles before and after, without a single defeat.The Mongols were frightened by his beating, and it was useless to beg for mercy. I heard that the Taishi was the largest among the officials of the Ming Dynasty, so I called him the Taishi. And General Du is not only brave, but also good-looking, because he has been charging and fighting all year round, so his face is covered with scars, and his face is so hideous, it is said that people can't stop shivering just looking at it.

But this fierce man, who even Liu Ting was willing to bow down to, came to take up the post this time, and he came in shackles, because not long ago, he just made a mistake. Although juniper is very fierce, it has a problem: narrow-minded. The so-called narrow-mindedness usually means getting angry and making things difficult for others, but what makes people laugh and cry is that Mr. Jun is narrow-minded and always makes things difficult for himself. For example, before, he used to quarrel with others, and with the temper of a military general, he was so angry that he would attack someone and beat him up, but Brother Du was so angry that he became a monk.

This is really a strange thing, people can't figure it out, but before others can figure it out, Juniper figured it out, so he returned to vulgarity and continued his murderous business. Later he was promoted and became a general in Liaodong, but his temper did not change after he was promoted. He suffered losses in battles (not counting defeats), and changed to someone else. He just wrote a self-criticism and came back next time. But this brother didn't know what was wrong with him, so he wanted to commit suicide. At least he was stopped by someone, but he didn't stop. He burned the military supply depot with a torch, and was driven back home for his crimes. This time, he returned to his hometown.

Although he has said so many years and experienced so many things, his colleagues were surprised to find that this person has not changed at all. He started to bluff as soon as he reported to Shenyang (Ming Army General Camp): "I came here this time to capture Nurhachi alive. Don't snatch it from me!" It's not a good thing, who will snatch it from you? Facts also proved that no one dared to rob him of this glorious mission, not even Liu Ting, so the most elite West Route Army became his subordinate. The four Ming armies mentioned above totaled 120,000 people, and the general situation was like this. There were many people in the Ming Dynasty, and the forest was too big. There were all kinds of people, and all kinds of birds could fly.

Forgot to mention, there is also a bird man——Yang Gao of Liaodong Economic Bureau. Yang Hao is a person who came out of the scene. To be honest, I don't really want this person to come out again, but unfortunately, I am not a director and have no right to change actors. As a helpless bystander, watching its opening and ending, nothing but sighs. The Ming army that participated in the war was composed of the seven provinces of the country, North Korea, and Yehe tribes, and they were commanded by competent generals.The entire army has a total of 120,000 people, known as 470,000. This is the largest military operation in the Ming Dynasty since the Tumubao Change. One hundred and twenty thousand people are needed to make things happen, but one person is enough to make things bad. From this perspective, Yang Hao should be regarded as a very accomplished person. Since the defeat of North Korea, Yang Gao has been quiet for a while.But although this person can't engage in military affairs, he can engage in relationships. In addition, he is relatively honest. Twenty years later, he became the left servant of the Ministry of War and the right capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.In addition, he also joined the organization - Zhejiang Party. At that time, the chief assistant of the imperial court was Fang Congzhe, a die-hard Zhejiang party member. The chief assistant of the Zhejiang party naturally had to use the generals of the Zhejiang party, so this glorious task fell on Yang Hao. Although later many Donglin parties used Yang Gao as an argument and attacked Fang Congzhe, but to be fair, Mr. Fang was also taken advantage of in this matter. I checked, and the date of birth of brother Yang Hao is unknown, but he was a Jinshi in the eighth year of Wanli (1580). Considering his IQ and performance, the possibility of passing the exam before the age of 20 is really very small. It is possible to stand upright and forty years old without confusion. In this way, in the forty-seventh year of Wanli (1619), Uncle Yang was at least sixty years old.Among the military generals at that time, he was probably the only one with senior qualifications and war experience. Fang Shoufu had no choice. Therefore, there is no choice in the outcome of this war. On February 21, the forty-seventh year of Wanli (1619), Yang Gao sat in Shenyang and announced the dispatch of troops. Shortly after ordering, returns: It's raining heavily today, so I can't go. If you can't go, then rest. This rest lasted for four days. On February 25, Yang Gao said that troops would be dispatched today. Shortly after ordering, it returned: Snow fell in the Liaodong area, and the marching road was muddy, so a postponement was requested. For decades, although Mr. Yang Gao said that he was not good at fighting, he was still good at being a man. He seldom blushed with others. He was more accepting of reasonable suggestions. In this world, good people are not afraid, and bad people are not afraid, only people who are good and bad, and have convulsions for no reason. Yang Hao is just a person with convulsions. I don't know if there is a problem with that tendon, so he suddenly lost his temper: "The country's support of soldiers is only for today. If there is an opportunity to push back, military law will do it!" After finishing the work, he hung Shangfang's sword outside the door, which means that whoever dares to speak again will do it one by one. After being useless for decades, it is gratifying to suddenly rise to prominence. However, the scene that happened next made Mr. Yang unbearable. According to the usual practice, before leaving the army, there must be a ceremony. Usually, a traitor or traitor is found to kill the sacrificial flag, and then kill a few animals to sacrifice to the sky. When sacrificing the flag, I found a deserter from Fushun, killed him with a knife, but when sacrificing to the sky, something went wrong. Facts have proved that sometimes, slaughtering animals is much more difficult than slaughtering people. I don’t know whether the cow sacrificed to the sky is a divine cow or the knife for killing the cow is too rough. Get rid of this cow. In a feudal society, it is natural to have some feudal superstitions. When this happened during the sacrifice to heaven, everyone talked about it. However, Mr. Yang Hao suddenly surpassed the times and showed a fearless spirit of not believing in ghosts and gods.He firmly issued the order: Go! Then he did something stupid, something horribly stupid. Before going out, Yang Gao wrote a letter with the time, place, and direction of his attack, and sent it out, and repeatedly told him that it must be delivered. The name of the recipient is Nurhachi. For his move, many future generations find it difficult to understand, and some people think that he is suspected of being a traitor. But I don't think it's surprising that with Yang Hao's IQ, he would do such a thing. From Yang Gao's point of view, he had 120,000 troops in his hands, while Nurhaci's subordinates had only 60,000 troops. Juniper and Liu Ting under him had experienced many battles and had to deal with the guerrillas in the valley. , no problem. Based on this understanding, Yang Gao believes that writing this letter is very necessary for the army of the Celestial Dynasty. After successfully killing a cow and writing a letter to demonstrate, the four-way army officially set off, known in history as the "Battle of Salhu", and thus kicked off. But before the prologue kicked off, the outcome of the battle was actually doomed. Because almost everyone has ignored a basic problem for hundreds of years: this Ming army alone cannot destroy Nurhachi. Although Nurhachi's army has only 60,000 people, it has experienced hundreds of battles, is extremely elite, and is mainly composed of cavalry. The Ming army is different, with 120,000 people from all over the world. Except for Song and Liu Ting, their combat effectiveness is quite unreliable. In terms of the level of command, it is even more impossible to say. You must know that Mr. Nurhachi is not a bandit in the cottage. He lived with Li Chengliang back then, and he has seen the world. With military talent, if Li Rusong is still alive, he probably still has a fight, but with the abilities of Juniper and Liu Ting, they cannot stand up to it. Strength, this is the truth of failure. Yang Gao's mistake was not that he did anything, but that he didn't do anything. In fact, from the day he took over, failure was doomed.Because with the strength of the Ming army at that time, it was not easy to win, and with his old man, it became impossible. It's a pity that the uncle was unaware of this, and divided the army into four. Among these four troops, he handed over 60,000 of the most elite troops to Juniper as the vanguard.The remaining three tribes, each with 20,000 people, besieged Nurhachi. This idea is very reasonable in theory, but it is ridiculous in practice. According to Yang Gao's idea, the battle is fought like this: Nurhachi will stay in Hetuala, and he is not allowed to move around. When the four armies of the Ming Dynasty come under pressure, they will join forces gloriously. On the battlefield, 120,000 versus 60,000, Two against one), and don't ride a horse, you can only fight on foot, and then fight to the death and return to the court victorious. People with this kind of brain are only worthy of hitting the wall. You must know that Mr. Nurhachi’s daily job is the guerrilla captain, he will be divided if he is robbed, and he will run away if he is hit. This means that if Nurhachi concentrates his forces, Juniper will not have any advantage. In addition, General Du's brain has always been short of strings, and if he plays against an old fox like Nurhachi, he will undoubtedly lose. And when Nurhachi heard the news of the four-way march of the Ming army, he only said one sentence: "As long as I have come, I will only go all the way." I seem to see that a tragedy is being staged, and there is no joy in the play. On February 28, Jun Jun, the vanguard of the Ming army, arrived in the suburbs of Fushun. In order to take the lead, he ordered his soldiers to march day and night, but because they were blocked by Jurchen troops on the road and their supplies fell behind, he finally stopped on March 1 and set up camp on the spot. The place where he camped is called Salhu. At this time, Juniper had already understood a little bit. Since he set off on the expedition, there had been no big battles, and there had been no small battles. He set fire today and attacked tomorrow, and the logistics were cut off, so he could only camp and stick to it. Years of war experience told him that the enemy is right in front of him and may launch an attack at any time. The situation is very unfavorable. His subordinates suggested that he should evacuate this place. But he did not retreat, but divided his 60,000 men into two divisions, stationed at Jilin Cliff and Sarhu respectively. Juniper did not underestimate the enemy. In fact, he had already judged that the main force of the Jurchen army was hiding near him, and the number of them was at least 20,000. With my current strength, attack is impossible, but defense is still not a problem, so there is no need to retreat. It should be said that his judgment was accurate, with only one difference - it was not the main force of the Jurchen army that was ambushing here, but all of them. When the Fourth Route Army set off, Nurhachi had made it clear that the real main force was Juniper's West Route Army.So he immediately mobilized all his troops and marched towards Fushun for a decisive battle. Of course, before the decisive battle, he still had to play some old tricks, such as detecting whistles, night raids, and stealing food. When Juniper was overwhelmed by harassment and camped in Sarhu, he was already sure of victory. What happened next is out of suspense. On March 2, Nurhachi mobilized six of the eight banners, with a total of more than 40,000 people, storming the Ming army's Sarhu camp. The Ming army was outnumbered and the entire army was wiped out. Juniper, standing in the Jilinya camp, saw the destruction of Saerhu with his own eyes. Without saying a word, he put on his own armor, gathered the remaining soldiers, and prepared for the final battle. Nurhachi launched another attack. This time, he led all the troops of the Eight Banners and launched a general attack on Jilin Ya. Facing the overwhelmingly superior enemy, Juniper was fearless. He led the Ming army to fight desperately, fighting fiercely until night, severely injuring the enemy. However, strength is strength, and the brave and fearless Juniper finally died in battle, and there were tens of thousands of soldiers who would rather die than surrender with him. The West Route Army was wiped out. In fact, whether it is a wrong decision or a wrong command, it doesn't matter anymore. As a brave general, Juniper has fulfilled his duty. Because he died in battle. Marin was the first to know the news of the annihilation of the West Route Army. At this time, his position was only a few tens of miles away from Saerhu. As a literati, Marin has no practical experience, but even if he has no experience, he knows that disaster is coming. At the critical moment, Marin showed amazing theoretical talent. He divided more than 20,000 people in his department into three parts, echoed each other, and dug trenches, strengthened defenses, and waited for Nurhachi's attack. No matter from which point of view, as a general who is on the battlefield for the first time, it is not bad to have such a performance. But good is not enough. A day later, Nurhachi launched the attack.Facts have proved that Marin's deployment has caused him considerable trouble. More than 60,000 people fought for a long time, but there was no progress at all. But Comrade Marin's performance will stop here. After all, he is facing an enemy three times his size.As a literati, he also had some problems with his concepts. At the last moment, he left his two younger brothers and ran away first. The Marlin Army on the North Road was wiped out. The West Route Army was finished, and the North Route Army was also finished. The news quickly spread throughout Liaodong. But Liu Ting from the East Road didn't know about it, because he couldn't even find the way. Liu Ting's luck was quite bad (or quite good), because his marching route was relatively biased, he lost his way shortly after he left, and the enemy did not find him, of course, he did not find the enemy either. But this dark game didn't last long.Nurhachi had already wiped off the blood on the knife, and began to focus on looking for Liu Ting. On the fourth day of March, he found it. At this time, Liu Ting's army strength was only more than 10,000, which was a quarter of Nurhachi's.The outcome is divided before the battle. However, Liu Ting, who was still wandering in the valley, did not hear the deafening sound of killing, but waited for a messenger, Juniper's messenger. The purpose of the envoy was only one: to deliver Juniper's order, hoping that Liu Ting would join him. At this time, Juniper was already dead, so the envoy was faked by Nurhachi. But Liu Ting was not fooled, he immediately rejected the envoy's request. However, his reason for refusal is indeed a bit funny: "I am the chief soldier, and Juniper is also the chief soldier, why should he order me!" Now even the false envoy became anxious, and even said a lot of good things with gestures, Liu Ting finally agreed to go to meet Juniper. Then, according to the guidance, he came to a place called Abdali Gang, which is only a few dozen miles away from Hetuala. Here he saw Juniper's banner and army. But when the army burst into formation and attacked, he knew he had been fooled. Outnumbered, surrounded by heavy siege, there is no doubt of defeat and death. But Liu Ting still calmly drew his sword and began to fight. Everything after that is described in the history books as follows: There was chaos, the arrow hit the arrow, injured the left arm, and fought again. Reinjured his right arm, still fighting fiercely. The inside and outside were cut off, a knife was cut in the face, and half of the cheek was amputated, still conflicting left and right. Dozens of people were killed by hand. In today's terms, roughly like this: The battle was chaotic, Liu Chen was hit by an arrow and injured his left arm, so he continued to fight. In the battle, his right arm was also injured, but he continued to fight. Surrounded by heavy siege and helpless, half of his face was cut off by a knife, but he continued to fight, rushing left and right. In the end, he killed dozens of people and died in battle. This is the last record of a general in desperate situation. This is a text without emotion and dialogue, but behind the cold text, I heard Liu Ting's last words and shouts: Rather die in battle than surrender! Liu Ting died in battle, and the Eastern Route Army was destroyed. Now, only the South Route Army remains. The commander of the South Route Army is Li Rubai. Because his troops were too slow, they walked for several days before arriving at the scheduled location. At this time, the other three route armies were completely wiped out. So after sitting and waiting for a day, he finally led the South Route Army back to the court in honor. Except for running too fast, he trampled on himself and killed a few people, but he was unscathed. In terms of military ability, he was the worst among the four, but his luck was really good, and he was able to retreat unscathed. Perhaps all this is not because of luck. Because many people vaguely remember that he is Li Chengliang's son, and he once married a woman, but this woman happened to be Nurhachi's younger brother and Shuerhaqi's daughter. Whether it was luck or knowing too early, he was back anyway. But in wars, especially in defeats, those who survived are shameful, and Li Rubai still paid the price after all. After he came back, he was unanimously impeached by the officials, and for such a person who ran away alone, everyone's attitude was the same - contempt. Li Rubai, who was stealing a life, finally couldn't take it anymore. In this environment where life was worse than death, he chose to commit suicide and end his own life. The Saarhu War ended. The Ming army was defeated in this battle. More than 310 generals were killed and injured, more than 45,870 soldiers were killed and injured, and countless property losses were lost. When the news was sent back to the capital, Wanli was furious. As I said, Mr. Wanli doesn't care about things, he doesn't care about small things. He is really useless after fighting such a bad battle. He felt useless, so he naturally had to find someone to settle the score. The general soldiers of several groups were all dead, so he naturally wanted to find Yang Gao. Yang Hao was quite calm, after all, he had a good relationship, since he came back, there were endless reports of impeachment from officials, but with Fang Congzhe, an old superior and old accomplice, he didn't panic too much. But this fact is too big, the emperor ordered to investigate, and the officials chased him desperately, especially a censor named Yang He, who wrote letters twice in three days, making it clear that he was desperate. Tieling was captured, and a few sticks were swung down, but it was really unbearable. Soon after, he was arrested, thrown into imperial prison, sentenced to death after interrogation, and beheaded a few years later. The responsibility was investigated, but when the responsibility was investigated, Nurhachi did not rest, and took advantage of the momentum to capture Tieling, a relatively large city in the country. So far, all the northeastern part of Liaodong was occupied by Nurhachi, and only Shenyang and Liaoyang were left as the bases of the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong. It seems that the situation is very critical, but in fact, it is extremely critical. After the Battle of Sarhu, the Ming army fell into complete chaos. Many places did not see the enemy, and they ran away when they heard the news. However, due to the complete disruption of the command system, the court's military salary could not be distributed for several months, and there was no food. For Nurhachi, this place was already at his fingertips. But he didn't get it after all, because the person who replaced Yang Hao had already arrived.His name is Xiong Tingbi. Xiong Tingbi is an unpleasant guy. Xiong Tingbi, courtesy name Feibai, was born in Jiangxia (now Wuhan, Hubei). He was smart and eager to learn since he was a child. But this person has a bad temper, so bad that he can't get along with anyone he sees, and he's so bad that he hasn't been promoted after 20 years as a censor. He also has a hobby - swearing at people, and he swears so badly that even his colleagues in the procuratorate couldn't bear it and ignored him at all, which is basically disgusting. But if there is no such annoying guy, I believe that Ming Dynasty can almost close the stall and go to rest. In the forty-seventh year of Wanli (1619), after the Sarhu War, amidst the chaos, Xiong Tingbi, the new manager, entered Liaodong with a few entourages. When he set off from the capital, Kaiyuan had not yet fallen, but when he arrived in Liaodong, even Tieling was lost. When he arrived in Liaoyang, he discovered that the only remaining Shenyang and Liaoyang in the Ming Dynasty were almost empty cities. He ordered his subordinates to go to Shenyang to stabilize the situation. When he called one, he was so frightened that he cried and dared not go if he was beaten to death. So Xiong Tingbi said: "I go by my own." He set off from Liaoyang, walked all the way, and when he encountered fleeing people, he persuaded them to go back; when he encountered fleeing soldiers, he recruited them; In this way, by the time he arrived in Shenyang, he had assembled tens of thousands of civilians, thousands of soldiers, and several fleeing generals such as Wang Jie and Wang Wending. After resettling the civilians and rectifying the soldiers, the fugitives were pulled out and beheaded. The fleeing general begged for mercy, saying that it was not easy for us to escape, so why kill us. Xiong Tingbi said: If you don't kill you, how can you feel sorry for those who didn't escape? Then, he went to see Li Ruzhen. Li Ruzhen was the defender of Tieling, but when the Hou Jin army attacked, he stayed in Shenyang. Not only did he stay in Shenyang all the time, but when Tieling was attacked by the enemy, he didn't even send reinforcements. He just sat and watched Tieling fall, which made people very puzzling. Xiong Tingbi didn't intend to study this issue, he just found this man and told him: Get lost. Li Ruzhen was still the general soldier at the time, not saying that he would be exempt if he was exempted, but Xiong Tingbi was too vicious, Li general soldier got out immediately, and after returning, he was impeached by Xiong Tingbi, and finally he was imprisoned and sentenced to death (later changed to the army) ). So far, the glorious family of Li Chengliang, a generation of famous generals, is completely over. Except for Li Rusong, there is nothing good to end. Even his hometown Tieling is occupied by Nurhachi, who was under him back then. It can be described as clean and thorough. In the historical records of that year, Li Chengliang's deeds can be described as innumerable, and Qi Jiguang, who was at the same time as him, was almost completely overshadowed by his brilliance. But hundreds of years later, Qi Jiguang is still glorious in history and admired by thousands of people, but Li Chengliang is almost unknown. I know that history only boasts of those who deserve it. When everyone thought that Xiong Tingbi's actions had come to an end, he said another sentence: "I'm going to Fushun." Everyone thought Xiong Tingbi was crazy. Fushun at that time had already fallen into Nurhachi's hands. Given the current situation, taking a few people to Fushun would undoubtedly mean death. But Xiong Tingbi said that Nurhachi decided that I would not dare to go, so it would be the safest thing for me to go now. That's what I said, but whether I dare to go is another matter. Xiong Tingbi went, and everyone was trembling, but he didn't panic, and walked around leisurely. When everyone was terrified, he gave another maddening order: blow the horn. The entourage is going crazy, it's like breaking into a bandit's stronghold alone, shouting to catch the bandit, sneaking in, and making a lot of noise, what if someone really rushes out, what will you do? But the order must be carried out. When people came and the horn blew, the Jin army remained motionless.Xiong Tingbi swaggered home. A few days later, Nurhachi learned the truth of the matter. Instead of launching an offensive annoyed, he sent people to block the entrance and exit of Fushun, strictly guarding it and not attacking at will. The reason why Nurhachi behaved so low-key was because of a conversation he had with Li Yongfang, the number one traitor. When the news of Xiong Tingbi's arrival reached Houjin, Li Yongfang hurried to find Nurhachi and told him that he was a fierce man. Nurhachi didn't take it seriously: Liaodong has reached this point. No matter how powerful this barbarian (Later Jin's general name for Ming Dynasty generals) is, there is only one person. How can we save the crisis? Li Yongfang replied: As long as there is him, the crisis can be saved! Everything that happened after that proved Li Yongfang's judgment. It took only a few months for Xiong Tingbi to stabilize the situation. After that, he went out of his way. In addition to defense, he also organized many guerrillas to harass the areas occupied by Hou Jin , making the other party exhausted, the momentum is very fierce. Therefore, Nurhachi decided to temporarily stop the attack on the Ming Dynasty, recuperate, and wait for the opportunity. The time limit for this opportunity is only one year. However, it was this critical year that saved the Ming Dynasty.Because at this time, several earth-shattering events are about to happen in the imperial court. In many history books, the history of the middle and late Wanli is basically like this: the emperor always rests, no one is in charge of the government, and the ministers have nothing to do. The first two may be correct, but the third is absolutely incorrect. Hidden under the calm appearance is an extremely fierce struggle.The protagonist of the struggle is the Donglin Party. In the minds of many people, Donglin is a symbol of morality and justice. A group of intellectuals with ideals have come together for the same goal.They participated in politics with ambitions, and once took control of the political power, but because they were entrapped by evil forces, they finally failed. I think this is a more objective statement.However, many people overlook a problem, a very interesting problem: How did a group of nerds and intellectuals who can only read books control the political power? Justice and morality are worthy of admiration, worship, and worship. However, justice and morality cannot be eaten or worn, and it is impossible to control the political power. Because the only way to control power is to fight.