155 Poison
Yongping is a big city and the location of Yongping Prefecture. The entire city has a population of about 400,000 to 500,000. After Jianlu invaded the capital, the surrounding people hid in the prefecture, and the number of people would only be higher than usual.
Now Jianlu has burned Yongping Mansion, and there are probably nearly 350,000 old and weak people outside the city. So many people are exposed to the wild in such cold weather, without food or drink. Even if Jianlu doesn’t kill him, how long can they live?
Hu Guang thought that so many people were not sure of their lives and death, and his heart was thrust. He immediately thought of Zunhua, who was a similar situation, and immediately switched to the Jinyiwei working group. He found that Gao Yingyuan had already left a message, so he clicked to listen.
As expected, Zunhua City was like Yongping. All the people were driven outside the city, looted the city and set fire to the city. Because of Gao Yingyuan, the inner force, Hu Guang finally knew about Jianlu's plan.
The old and weak who were driven outside the city did not resist, Jianlu did not kill any of them, but sent troops to monitor them and retreated until the city burned out.
Hu Guang could be sure that the castles controlled by the under-architecture will have the same fate. All the property was looted, and all the young and strong were plundered, leaving only the old and weak who were in urgent need of rescue.
Huang Taiji, you are so poisonous! Hu Guang secretly resented himself, so he quickly switched to the working group, clicked Wen Tiren's icon, explained the situation, and asked: "It seems that Jianlu is really leaving, but he is so cruel before leaving. Is there a million people who are affected? What good plans do Wen Qing have?"
Wen Tiren was silent for a while before answering: "Your Majesty, the people must be saved, but there is no food in the court, so they can only be transferred from the south. Tomorrow morning, I will start this matter so that all the ministers in the court and the people of the world know the emperor's love for the people!"
Hu Guang was stunned when he heard this. Although Wen Tiren's answer was just right, Hu Guang was not the Emperor Chongzhen who had never experienced the world. He could immediately hear the true meaning of Wen Tiren's words.
The court must make a gesture and save people, but because it does not have the ability, it is better to be slow or hurry. If some old people and weak people are starved to death, the pressure on the court will also be reduced.
The final result was that the court would still save it, but they themselves couldn't hold on. This was no wonder that the court would have to blame. If you want to blame, you can only blame Jianlu.
From a rational point of view, Wen Tiren's answer was indeed a pertinent move. With the resources in his hands, he could not save everyone, and the compromise was the only way.
However, Hu Guang came from later generations and could not face human lives indifferently, especially millions of lives! If he could not do his best to save people, he would probably be uneasy in this life!
Therefore, Hu Guang immediately stated: "If there is too little food in the south, the neighboring provinces will be recruited and then replenished from provinces a little further south. At least this will be faster."
He could quickly collect food in this step-by-step manner. Before Wen Tiren could speak, he said again: "I will discuss this matter tomorrow morning, so I won't have this year!"
"I obey the order!" Wen Tiren sighed slightly in his heart, and understood that the emperor couldn't bear it, so he agreed. However, he was not optimistic about what good measures would be for tomorrow's morning court to discuss.
In fact, Hu Guang could guess a little about this. But if he only thinks about such a huge mess, he is afraid that he will miss some good measures, so he will save less people.
However, Hu Guang was not so naive that he really wanted to put his hopes on tomorrow's morning court. After thinking about it, he switched to the Jinyiwei working group, clicked Liu Xingzuo's icon and asked, "Liu Qing, how are the Jinyiwei masters?"
"Your Majesty has his order, I will do my best!" Liu Xingzuo answered immediately, with a positive tone.
In other words, the Jinyiwei can do things. Hu Guang understood this meaning and immediately ordered: "Tomorrow morning, except for the rotation of the Jinyiwei, the rest of the Jinyiwei will gather together to wait for my order!"
Little feeling that something big was about to happen, Liu Xingzuo immediately responded loudly: "I obey the order!"
After Hu Guang handled these things, he couldn't sleep and got up in his clothes. He summoned the commander-in-chief of the city defense, Man Gui, the commander-in-chief of the Beijing camp, Li Fengxiang, and Gao Shiyue, the eunuch in charge of the imperial horse.
After a while of busyness, it was already late at night. It was almost dawn. Hu Guang simply stopped sleeping, entered the chat group, clicked the Liu Wang family icon, and asked her to meet Sun Chengzong immediately.
Liu Wangshi acted as a telephone and contacted both sides. She listened to the emperor and the cabinet discussing matters. It was not until dawn that she went back to rest tiredly.
At the Xifengkou Pass, one of the famous passes in the Great Wall, Huang Taiji looked at the white fish belly rising from the east, turned to look at the direction of the capital, and said with a smile: "I can't underestimate you! Since that's the case, let you be busy!"
After saying that, he stepped down from the city and rode his horse out of seclusion and returned.
At the beginning, Huang Taiji felt that the Ming army in Guan was vulnerable, and he really wanted to win people's hearts to see if he could gain a foothold in Guan Guan.
Just like in the original history, after Jianlu occupied the city within the pass, he did not make such a big move. Instead, he left many people to gain a foothold in the pass. However, when the Ming army counterattacked, the left-behind Heshuo Beile Aisin Gioro Amin did not have the intention to stick to it and ran away.
When Huang Taiji saw that not only the capital could not defeat him, but even Changli could not defeat him, he realized Jianlu's own shortcomings.
Especially the courage he showed by the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, his determination to strengthen the walls and clear the fields, and the dialogue under the capital made him clearly realize that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty was a powerful figure, and the Emperor of Ming Dynasty was ultimately a giant, not something that the gold today could eat.
In this case, Huang Taiji, who was well versed in politics, came up with a vicious plan and left a very big mess for the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, which was far more poisonous than massacre of the city.
In this way, it will not only weaken the strength of the Ming Dynasty in the north, but also make the Ming Dynasty busy with disaster relief in the capital and unable to free up the move to deal with Dajin, thus giving Dajin a time to digest and absorb the results of this battle, and also providing opportunities for the Ming Dynasty's party struggles, which can be said to have multiple goals in one fell swoop.
Thinking of his own tricks, Huang Taiji was also very proud.
Although the expedition to the Ming Kingdom this time lost about ten thousand people, most of them were just Han slaves and Mongolian tribes. If it weren't for the consumption under the capital, and the damn Ajige's underestimation of the enemy, there would probably be no casualties of the two thousand Jurchens.
As for Dajin, the harvest is huge, and the wealth and young population alone are a huge number. After this battle, Dajin's reputation will be at its peak. It is time to start to change the affairs of the Eight Kings' political discussions!
Huang Taiji thought, and was in a good mood, he was suddenly interrupted. He rushed over to the scene after hearing the news. Looking at the Jingguan made of two thousand people, he couldn't help but turn his head to look towards the capital, his eyes a little deep.
Tomorrow's update should be noon, and you will have to work overtime tomorrow night or the morning after tomorrow. You have to wait for notice. Therefore, I am not sure when to make up for the two updates I still owe, but I will make up for them as soon as possible if I have the chance.
Two days a day is the basis, and I will never forget this, although I did not attend all this month.
Chapter completed!