523 Infighting
After Emperor Chongzhen announced his decree, these people fell into silence.
This matter is related to the question of where they will live in the second half of their lives. It is considered a major choice in their life, and it is reasonable not to answer immediately.
Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen then turned around and instructed Hong Chengchou to ask him about specific arrangements for help.
"Your Majesty, I have thought about it. These surrendered soldiers have a high combat power. I am preparing to be incorporated into the Guanning Army." Hong Chengchou had already considered it and immediately replied, "In recent years, I have been committed to the cultivation of land and farming from Shanhaiguan to Ningyuan. Without the harassment of Jianlu, the harvest is still OK. It is not a problem to support 20,000 surrendered soldiers."
In the past, every autumn harvest season, Jianlu would come to grab food. At that time, the Ming army had no combat power and could only defend the city. Therefore, if Jianlu came, he could only watch Jianlu harvest all the wheat fields outside the city. Later, the harvest was early, and the output was much smaller. But even so, Jianlu would come early, so that the food and salary of Guanning Army had to be transported from within the Guanxiu.
However, since Emperor Chongzhen rose and began to win the continuous battles against the Jianlu, Jianlu had no time to come to Guanning again, especially to go deep into the Shanhaiguan line of Ningyuan to grab grain. When Sun Chuanting was the governor of Jiliao, he picked up the grain fields from the general's door. He knew that it was for himself to farm, and his enthusiasm was improved. In addition, Hong Chengchou would win people's hearts, let alone the food harvest from Shanhaiguan to Ningyuan line was more than expected.
Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but feel relieved when he heard this, especially in this era of food scarcity, it was even more pleasant to have unexpected surprises in grain production.
Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen issued another order, and according to Hong Chengchou's arrangements, he also told Hong Chengchou that the Guanning Army could continue to clear the remnants of Jianlu, and finally merge with Lu Xiangsheng to Haizhou, putting enough pressure on Jianlu after Anshan Yibao.
As for Wu Sangui's troops, Emperor Chongzhen asked him to stay in the Guanning Army, temporarily under the command of Hong Chengchou. After all, it is unbelievable that the Guanning Army lacks enough elite troops to be in charge.
After finishing all this, Emperor Chongzhen cordially condolences Kong Youde, personally pardoned his crime of turmoil in the past and surrendering to Jianlu, and praised his contribution this time. After losing his merits, he was appointed as the deputy general of the Guanning Army Jinzhou, and could draw elite troops from the surrendered stroke to train new subordinates, and be directly commanded by Hong Chengchou.
Kong Youde's family followed him to the capital to live, and Emperor Chongzhen would reward him with a mansion. In addition, Kong Tingxun was at the age of studying, so he also allowed him to enter the palace to become the prince's companion.
Kong Youde was originally just a general in the Dongjiang Army. Now that he was promoted, his son can become the prince's companion, but he was somewhat worried. Finally, he completely let go and immediately replied to the emperor, and he should serve the emperor to kill all Jianlu.
I have to say that if it were other emperors, they would definitely be wary of leaving elite troops outside, especially dealing with generals like Kong Youde who had experience in rebellion. However, Emperor Chongzhen did not and continued to entrust important tasks, which is very different from most emperors.
Emperor Chongzhen actually understood this very well. Because he had a wiretapping system in hand, he was not afraid of the powerful generals outside having strange intentions. He did not have to guard against military generals like the emperors of the Song Dynasty. It was simply that he would tie his hands and feet with a rope first, and then let them fight against the enemy, which was more strict than guarding against thieves!
Since the Ming Dynasty, especially after the founding of the country, the rise of civil servants has a lot to do with this factor.
However, Emperor Chongzhen was not afraid. If this were the case, why did he expand his territory? Now the original territory is already big enough. He only went to grab the colony with the West after eating enough. What should he do if he rebels?
This kind of worry may be related to the ancient Chinese emperors who were not keen on expanding territory. Because China itself is very large, it has reached the extreme that can be controlled in this state of transportation. If it expands, as long as the court is a little less strong, the remote territory will be easily lost. A best example is the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty.
Emperor Chongzhen is different from all other emperors. He has a system of eavesdropping, knows the future historical trends, and knows that globalization is the future way out. In addition, there is also a very important one, that Emperor Chongzhen has used enough war examples to prove that Emperor Chongzhen led the army to fight, and was invincible and defeated in every battle. The prestige established by this invisibly intimidated all the generals and made them dare not have any other intentions.
If Emperor Xian of Han knew about this, he would be very envious. Without soldiers, power and ability, he would have to be employed by the emperor to order the princes to become a decoration. If Emperor Chongzhen was appointed, Cao Cao would only be a capable minister in governing the world.
Emperor Chongzhen stayed in Jinzhou for two days, and even met representatives of the people of Jinzhou, condolences to them when they were on the front line of the enemy and were always harassed by Jianlu. At the same time, just like his promise to the people of northwest, he also made a promise to the people of Jinzhou. In the future, he would guarantee that they would never suffer from military disasters again. It would not take long, as long as he raised enough food and supplies, Emperor Chongzhen would once again conquer Liaodong and completely quell the Jianlu rebellion.
In addition, in front of these people, he explained to Hong Chengchou an important purpose of his visit this time. It was to abolish the military household registration system in the Guanning army. All men, over 18 years old and under 45 years old, must join the army, that is, the military service system of the whole militia.
In this regard, Emperor Chongzhen introduced the predecessor situation in the northwest and told them that since the implementation of this, the northwest has not been harassed by the Mongolian Tartars again. Now the Guanning Army must do this, at least before completely eliminating Jianlu, it is necessary to implement this system in order to maximize Guanning's combat power.
As a literati, Hong Chengchou was a bit resistant because the emperor was even scholars. Although there were not many scholars in Guanning, this trend was very bad. He felt that it was very likely whether it would be implemented in other places.
However, as the governor of Ji Liao, Hong Chengchou welcomed this move. Because in this way, it means that all the people under his command are soldiers, so Guan Ning's combat power will be greatly strengthened, and he will no longer be a spectator in the future when fighting against the enemy.
In addition, the most important point is that Emperor Chongzhen won consecutive victories, and his prestige was already deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Therefore, after hesitating for a while, Hong Chengchou did not object at all.
Therefore, the military service system of the whole militia was also implemented on the front line of Guanning.
After finishing all this, Emperor Chongzhen prepared to return to Beijing, the people who were originally looted to Liaodong also counted their wishes and handed them to the imperial front.
Among the more than 20,000 people, more than 10,000 people chose to stay in Liaodong. The reason is also indicated in this statistics that most of them were plundered by Jianzhu, and their entire hometown and even the surrounding villages were gone. And their aunts and aunts are often located within a radius of dozens of miles. Therefore, it can be said that they have no relatives in the pass.
Most of them have no grain fields in the pass, they are all from tenants. They are naturally tempted by the desire for land as long as they are the people of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, staying outside the pass and receiving double grain fields and money rewards is enough for them.
Regarding this, the officials in the statistics have asked, saying that Liaodong is poor, even if it is double the grain fields, it cannot match the inside of the pass. Why can’t I think it’s better to stay outside the pass?
The people did not agree with this. After experiencing the land reclamation and farming on the Liaohe Plain, they had realized that the reason why Liaodong was barren was that Jianlu could not serve him. They believed that as long as they worked hard, the grain harvest in Liaodong would definitely not be less.
Emperor Chongzhen knew this best. In later generations, the Northeast was a large granary. The grain produced on several plains was the largest in the country. In this era, although due to climate, seeds, farming technology and other reasons, the output could not reach as much in later generations. However, in this era, as long as you continue to work hard, I believe that the harvest will not be less.
In short, Liaodong is actually a treasure land, with farmland, mines, and oil fields. There are only people who know these and hard-working people to be their masters.
After understanding this, Emperor Chongzhen met their requirements, and then he brought the other people who were still going back to the pass to work together to return to Beijing.
When he set off, he quickly sent the counted people into the pass, so that local officials could find their relatives, tell them the good news, and let them go to the capital to welcome the rescued relatives.
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Jianlu's side was completely opposite to the Ming Dynasty. The big defeat caused an internal strife with tense situations.
Haoge escaped immediately, and he didn't even stop in Haizhou and headed straight for Shengjing.
Yue Tuo, who came to the back, followed the news and passed through Haizhou without entering, and also headed straight to Shengjing.
When Dorgon heard this, he roughly guessed Haoge's purpose. While hurriedly asked Duoduo to rush to Shengjing, he burned Haizhou, which he knew he could not defend, and arranged troops to garrison Anshan Yibao. Once this place was lost, the Ming army could march straight into and threaten Liaoyang and Shengjing.
To this end, Dorgon also instructed the left-behind general Ying'erdai that the Ming munitions were powerful, but the trenches could effectively reduce their power. Defensive measures must be taken. In addition, he also asked him to organize manpower to destroy all the official roads leading to Liaoyang.
In this way, if the Ming army captured Anshan Yibao, it would not be able to quickly advance to Liaoyang, which would give Shengjing more time to prepare.
After finishing all this, Dorgon led his troops back to Shengjing.
While on the way, he had already received a lot of news. He knew that Kong Youde had indeed defected to the Ming Kingdom and received the three thousand cavalry from Wu Sangui. Not only did he rescue more than 20,000 Han slaves, but he also burned all the food that he could not take away.
With this little force, he threatened Shengjing and burned all the villages within a radius of hundreds of miles. The Manchus, no matter who they were, were all in the city of Shengjing. Not only did the ashes of my father scattered, they also trampled on them. Finally, they slipped away before reinforcements arrived.
Haoge was the first to arrive in Shengjing and sent troops to surround the palace. Although he was stopped by Oboi, he persuaded Oboi that he was also the son of the late emperor, and that he did not want to seize the throne of his younger brother, but only asked the queen mother to remove Dorgon from the position of regent. The reason was very simple. The Qing Dynasty was almost done under Dorgon's command.
Obai was determined to agree with his statement. Among the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, the two strongest yellow flags began to cooperate, but Bumubutai had not yet let go.
After Yuetuo rushed back to Shengjing, Oboi immediately went to win over. According to the news coming, Yuetuo seemed to have agreed. At present, they were confronting Duoduo who had rushed back.
Each of these news made Dorgon very angry. He consciously had a clear conscience and really devoted himself to the Qing Dynasty, but unexpectedly he was treated like this.
No matter what, he was certainly unwilling to be seized. In fact, he could not tolerate being led by a man like Hauge. Therefore, he led his troops back to Shengjing to seek justice for himself.
What Dorgon didn't know was that when the situation in Shengjing was tense and seeing an internal strife that could break out at any time, Dai Shan, who was seriously ill and unable to take charge, seemed to have improved, and immediately called Yue Tuo over.
Before Yuetuo arrived at the bedroom, all the servants along the way knelt and shed tears. When he watched Yuetuo grow up, he hurriedly received Yuetuo and said with tears in his eyes: "Young Master, the master forced the shaman to take him secret medicine. Now he is back. I'm late, I'm afraid... I'm afraid..."
To be honest, when I heard Dai Shan wanted to see him, Yue Tuo was actually unwilling to come. Although he was a father and son, he was different and had nothing to say. At this time, he called him and thought about it with his toes and knew that there would definitely be no good things.
However, at this time, Yue Tuo heard Dai Shanming not long ago, and suddenly, for some reason, he speeded up and hurried over.
As soon as I arrived at the door, I heard Dai Shan’s intermittent anger: “Have you not come yet? Hurry up and go urging me, otherwise… Otherwise… I will die… and I will die with my eyes closed…”
"No need to urge me, I have arrived!" Yue Tuo heard this, with a gloomy face, strode into the room, and said at the same time.
He happened to see a shaman waiting outside. His sharp eyes stared at him, which scared the shaman so much that he didn't even dare to raise his head.
When Yuetuo's voice sounded, the room suddenly became quiet, and then Dai Shan rang with a hint of surprise: "Hurry up... help me get up!"
The maid lifted the curtain and bowed to the side. Yue Tuo stepped inside. At first glance, he saw Dai Shan who had just been helped up against the bed. With this glance, he was stunned.
Chapter completed!