Hundreds of households in Liaodong, covering the light with one hand

Chapter 94 Oh, just an old slave
  In the East Pavilion, the dragon candle was burning, and the whole hall was as bright as day. Zhu Youxiao was not in the mood to sit down. Instead, he stood in front of the screen with a map of Liaodong, and carefully studied the layout of the Liaohe River line on it.

"Summon the cabinet ministers and the great scholars to the palace for an audience!"

"I pay my respects to Your Majesty!" Ye Xianggao, Han Xu and others were all there.

Before Zhu Youxiao started to speak, he heard Zuo Guangdou say: "I don't know if your majesty is in a hurry. I will ask all the cabinet ministers to come to the palace at night!"

The inquiries from the Minister of War and the Grand Bachelor of Jianji Palace also put Zhu Youxiao under some pressure.

Emperor Tianqi looked at Zuo Guangdou, and then moved his eyes to Han Xu: "Han Aiqing has received an urgent report from Liaodong, and I want to call you to discuss it together."

Seeing this, Han Xu stepped forward and handed over the urgent report in his hand: "Your Majesty, Xiong Tingbi, the manager of Liaodong, reported that our army has recaptured Haizhou Guard, and the troops once reached dozens of miles outside Liaoyang City. There is a high hope of regaining the lost territory! "

"Xiong Tingbi led his army to recapture Haizhou Wei?" Zhu Youxiao was happy at first, and then became confused: "Is there no movement at all in Jianzhou?"

"To return to your majesty, I also have a letter of credence from North Korea." Han Xu took out a letter of help from North Korea from his sleeve: "Xiong Tingbi took advantage of the overwhelming power of the Jin army to attack North Korea before sending troops to cross the border. Liaohe, the army of the Later Jin Dynasty is currently reaching Seoul, the capital of North Korea! The Li Dynasty is asking for help from our country."

Humhhhhhh! ! !
  Zhu Youxiao hurriedly walked down the jade steps, took the memorial from Han Xu, and looked down.

The others also stretched their heads to read the contents of the memorial in detail.

However, Ye Xianggao had some different views at this time. Perhaps because of his cooperation with Wang Qi, he always started from the bad side: Wang Qi had just left Beijing for Liaoning, and Xiong Tingbi had recaptured Haizhou Guard, which was only one step away from Liaoyang City. remote?
  Has he achieved such great success?

How could Nurhaci be so careless?
  Clap!
  Zhu Youxiao closed the memorial book in his hand, and the smile on his face could no longer be suppressed: "Okay, okay! Wang Qi has done a good job in guarding the country, and Xiong Tingbi is in sight of regaining the lost territory. I am so relieved to have such a minister in Liaodong in the country! I am so relieved! ah!"

"Your Majesty, I think that for the sake of safety, we should ask Xiong Tingbi to withdraw to the west of the Liao River. After Wang Qi arrives in Liao, we can then make a decision on whether to fight or retreat!" Ye Xianggao stood up and spoke in a mature and prudent manner.

"What are you waiting for Wang Qi for? The battlefield opportunity is fleeting. By the time Wang Qi arrives in Liao, the day lily will be cold!" Han Xu snorted coldly and contradicted his long-time friend for the first time: "This should be done Let Xiong Tingbi make his own decision!"

Because of Wang Qi, a rift has appeared between the two!
  Zhu Youxiao, on the other hand, touched his chin: The battlefield fighter planes were indeed fleeting and there was no room for hesitation. The young emperor also hesitated about whether to wait for Wang Qi to go to Liao.

"Your Majesty, along with Xiong Tingbi's urgent announcement, there is also a letter written by Wang Qi." A smile appeared on Han Xu's face, as if by magic, he took out another letter.

Everyone in the hall, not only Zhu Youxiao, but also Zuo Guangdou, looked at this colleague with suspicious expressions - Are you just letting this important military matter go for fun?

"The messenger met Wang Qi who was going to Liao in Jizhou Mansion. After reading the news about Xiong Tingbi, Wang Qi wrote a personal letter to the cabinet explaining his suggestions." Han Xu ignored the expressions of everyone in the palace and handed the envelope Hand it over: "General Wang is not optimistic about this action to recapture Haizhou Guard. He recommends that Xiong Tingbi retreat immediately and ask the imperial court to send troops to support Guangning City!"

"Huh?" Zhu Youxiao raised his eyebrows, a little confused.

But in the eyes of Zuo Guangdou and others, all Wang Qi's actions now are obviously jealous of Xiong Tingbi's achievements, and want to let his disciples return to the court and wait until he goes to Liao to perform meritorious service.

At this time, Wang Tiqian's figure appeared at the entrance of the main hall. “Your Majesty, Liaodong Lu Enguang’s secret message has arrived!!”

In the Ming Dynasty, the Civil Service System and the Lijian System were two postal mail systems. Now it seems that they are neck and neck in terms of speed.

"Bring it quickly!" Zhu Youxiao's face was filled with joy.

The more information, the better it is for people to accurately judge the situation.

Wang Tiqian stepped into the hall and handed over the envelope.

Zhu Youxiao hurriedly opened it and took a look.

Not long after, everyone in the palace understood the whole story.

Judging from Lu Enguang's letter: It turns out that since the end of April, Houjin Nurhaci has carried out a brutal purge among the Jurchen clan's top leaders. Due to the death of Huang Taiji, the old slave's already violent and unstable temperament has slipped into an even more violent state. Pathological paranoia.

When Huang Taiji was still alive, he wrote a letter and agreed to five years of recuperation, five years of vertical and horizontal alliances, and five years of comprehensive occupation of Liaodong. The strategy has been completely overturned by the old slave. Now the old slave only thinks about one goal day and night. One year later Internally occupy the entire territory of Liaodong and massacre all the Han, Mongols, Koreans, and Jurchens in the Near East who dare to resist! No matter who he was, Nurhachi ordered anyone who dared to resist his decision to be imprisoned and executed, even the leader of the Eight Banners, Gushan Dutong.

During this period, the most widely implicated case was the case of Bayala, Nurhaci’s half-brother. Because he was dissatisfied with Nurhaci’s decision to send troops to the Ming Dynasty within three months, Bayala and his nephew Jierhalang wrote a letter to Lao Nu , I want to remonstrate with him. After all, under the continuous use of troops, the vital interests of the noble banner owners were lost. In the last battle of Guangning City, the banner owners and Gushan Dutong lost not only the population, but also the wealth and silk. , livestock, etc., there was no harvest, but a large number of Han slaves and soldiers were lost, which was really heartbreaking. There were already some voices of dissatisfaction within the Houjin Eight Banners, represented by Bayala.

At that time, Bayala wrote to Nurhaci, claiming that the Hou Jin Dynasty was not stable internally. Although the Eight Banners were strong, their number was still too small compared to the Han or Jurchen non-banner people. At present, the focus should be on reforming the internal constitution and re-dividing the banner people. At the same time, it gave the lower-class Jurchens, Mongols, and Han people a clear path to rise, further improving their social status so that they could be willingly used by the court. Moreover, the Liaodong area occupied by Jianzhou was vast and sparsely populated, and large areas of land were uncultivated. The mines, salt and iron lands are becoming increasingly deserted, and the Ming Dynasty caravans in the southwest were cut off by Wang Qi. Necessities such as food, cloth, and ironware are in short supply. We should focus on developing production and promoting agricultural output, which should no longer consume national power in this time and space. Raising troops to march southward, the internal situation of the Jin Kingdom further slipped into the abyss.

The original intention of Bayala's move was not only to persuade Nurhachi, but also to further win over the people of the court to fill the power void within Jianzhou after Huang Taiji's death. It can be said that it kills three birds with one stone. But Bayala underestimated the old slave's anger at this time, and also forgot that in addition to Huang Taiji, Nurhachi also had Daishan, Burian Gurtai, Babutai and other descendants. This move immediately angered the old slave, and he directly ordered his half-brother to be imprisoned and executed directly the next day. Jirharang, who was also involved in the crime, was also ordered to be imprisoned by Nurhaci. Without the order of the Great Khan, no one was allowed to approach or visit his nephew. Except for Bayala's eldest concubine who was directly buried, all the other concubines were rewarded with their fortunes to the other banner owners, and all their descendants were also removed from their aristocratic titles and directly demoted to civilians.

At this moment, the originally vociferous opposition in Jianzhou disappeared, as if it had never appeared at all.

But after beheading Bayala, Nurhachi seemed to suddenly wake up and no longer insisted on using troops against Ming Dynasty, but turned to North Korea.

"Why did the old slave suddenly turn to North Korea?" This was Ye Xianggao's first reaction after reading the letter.

"Perhaps Bayala's death made him understand that my Ming Dynasty is not a divine weapon that he can covet!" Zuo Guangdou snorted.

"Pass the message!" On this side, Zhu Youxiao finally made up his mind after reading Jin Yiwei's secret letter.

Everyone in the hall bowed.

"Let Xiong Tingbi defend the Haizhou Guard with heavy troops and threaten Liaoyang City with his troops. On the one hand, it will relieve North Korea's predicament, and on the other hand, it will let it know that in my hands, the Ming Dynasty will not give in again!"

Xiong Tingbi's success in regaining the Haizhou Guard made Zhu Youxiao's confidence greatly increase in an instant!
  (End of this chapter)