Sweaty palms don't have to be scared, or even nervous, and sometimes they can be excited.

It's hard to say whether Cao Yan is a little more excited or nervous at this time, but presumably he is not afraid.

Three letters, two pieces of evidence of a major crime. One involved Nurhachi, who was the default responsibility of his deputy commander-in-chief in Liaoyang; One involved Li Chengliang, which was the biggest obstacle to his further progress in Liaodong.

If these two pieces of evidence are handed over, if the imperial court wants to move Nurhachi, the first responsible person is probably him Cao Yan, in other words, most of the candidates for the main battle are him, and of course the battle merits will also belong to him.

If the imperial court wants to move Li Chengliang, it will be even better, because of the special environment in Liaodong, its general army has always been mainly filled by local generals, supplemented by foreign transfers, and the proportion of primary and secondary is very clear, and the total soldiers transferred from abroad are still relatively rare.

Now among the local generals in Liaodong, if Li Chengliang is excluded, the most qualified candidate to take over as the general soldier is none other than Cao Yan, no matter in terms of seniority, military exploits, prestige in the army, or any other aspect.

This is an advantage on the surface, but there is also an advantage in the dark. Li Chengliang is now a member of the Heart School, once something happens to him, the Heart School will definitely have a big head, and the Real School will definitely be unforgiving, and he will inevitably take the opportunity to overthrow Li Chengliang and take the important post of Liaodong General Army in his own hands.

Liaodong, especially the area west of the Liaohe River, is one of the two regions that are most convenient to launch an offensive against Chahar under the current Ming Dynasty's national policy of "West Huaidong System", and it is on an equal footing with Jizhen.

The area west of the Liaohe River is the direct jurisdiction of the Liaodong General Army (the east of the Liaohe River is usually supervised by the deputy commander-in-chief, but Li Chengliang's prestige was too heavy when he was in office, and he needed military exploits to generate income for his family, so he often ran over to mobilize troops in person).

Under such circumstances, Cao Yan felt that Gao Situ would definitely not let go of this opportunity, and would definitely take Liaoxi into his own hands, forming a situation in which the entire "Eastern System" was under control. After all, in this way, it can not only ensure that the orders of the various ministries of Chahar in the First World War are forbidden, improve the chances of victory, but also allow the Shixue School to take over the great merits, thus suppressing the Xinxue School above the court.

Since being rescued by Gao Pragmatic, Cao Yan has always wanted to find a chance to repay him, in addition to the loyal "Cao Mou, the lackey of Mu En's door", he has always wanted to prove his ability.

This time the troops were sent to recapture Beiguan, although the real battle was only the battle of Yehe River, but from a strategic point of view, Cao Yan thought that the task was still well completed.

In Cao Yan's view, Nurhachi stopped at Nanguan and sent his younger brother to accompany the army, which shows that he was afraid of his own military might; Although Buzhhatu played a lot of spears, he was eventually repulsed by the Yeh River, and by the way forced the Mongols to abandon the city of Yehsi, which they had already owned; Even after the recovery of Xicheng, two major collaborations were found.

No matter how you look at it, he Cao Yan fought this battle beautifully. As for the specific battlefield performance, according to the results of the battlefield inventory sent by Zhang Wanbang just now, the casualties of the Ming army in this battle were even lower than those of the Mongolian cavalry. Considering that the soldiers even invested 2,000 heavy cavalry in this battle, and the loss of heavy cavalry was as high as more than 1,200, the loss of less than 1,000 people in the Ming army was even more commendable.

The infantry faced the heavy cavalry onslaught like this, and anyone who evaluated it had to give a thumbs up and praise a hero, didn't he?

If you want to be more detailed, then the loss of Zhang Wanbang's headquarters is only more than 300 people, which makes Cao Yan even more relieved - Zhang Wanbang's department does not see the term "Zhang Jiajun", but his department is a model of Gao Situ's "riding by foot", if his department loses a lot, it will not be easy to explain if Gao Situ does not do well. Now Zhang Wanbang's loss is very small, presumably Gao Situ must be satisfied when he hears the news.

Gao Situ's support is Cao Yan's biggest hole card, and it is also where his confidence lies. With this victory in Beiguan, and if Li Chengliang has an accident, who else can Gao Situ support if he Cao Yan is the commander-in-chief of Liaodong?

Cao Yan was excited in the cloth house alone for a while before he gradually calmed down, and then he thought of a question: Can these three letters be used as evidence of crime?

For Nurhachi, this letter should be sufficient, because Nurhachi is a "captive chieftain", belonging to the group of people who "are not of my race, and their hearts must be different".

To put it mildly, sometimes the imperial court does not even need any conclusive evidence to deal with these captive chieftains, as long as the imperial court or even only the governor of Liaodong and the general town think that you should be beaten, then maybe a large army will be sent to you the next day. As for the captive chieftain himself, you may choose to send an envoy to surrender and lie down and mock it; Or choose to resist stubbornly and wait for the plough to sweep the hole.

Truth be told, lying flat and laughing is probably the best option. For example, Ye He was killed by Gao Shipra without saying a word, but Ye He immediately lay down and laughed, not daring to squeak at all, and the result was that the Ming army went out to save them this time and life and death, which can be described as a reconstruction.

For example, Wang Gao didn't listen to Li Chengliang's greetings back then, and had to consider himself a hero, but he was swept away by Li Yincheng's plough court and broke Gule Village twice in a row - his father Wang Gao once, and his son Atai once, and they were wiped out.

Speaking of which, if it weren't for Wang Gao's father and son who had to jump on the grave and die to death, how could there be anything to happen to Nurhachi later.

Therefore, this incriminating evidence of Nurhachi must be useful, and it is nothing more than whether Gao Situ intends to use this incriminating evidence to trouble Nurhachi. However, it is true that it is highly pragmatic to say it or not, but he Cao Yan handed over this letter, which can always be regarded as a meritorious service.

But whether the two letters of "Tong Weixun" are considered evidence of Li Chengliang's guilt, Cao Yan sobered up and thought about it, but felt that he was still a little uncertain.

The biggest hidden danger of these two letters is that the name and surname of the "master" are not mentioned throughout the article, and the "Tong Weixun" who signed the letter, Cao Yan doesn't know who it is.

The surname Tong is a big surname in Liaodong, which is rumored to be derived from the surname of the concubine, from the descendants of Taishi Zhonggu at the end of the Xia Dynasty, and belongs to the name of the ancestor changed to the clan. According to the historical book "Road History", at the end of the Xia Dynasty, the Tang King actively prepared to cut down the Xia Dynasty, and the Taishi of the original Xia Dynasty was virtuous and virtuous in ancient times, and the world was important, so the Tang King called him to enter the business. After returning to Shang Tang in ancient times, his descendants took the name of the ancestor as the surname, called the end of the ancient family, and then changed the word "end" to the side of "silk" to a single surname "Dong", and then added "people" to the side and changed the name of Tong, which has been passed down from generation to generation, and is known as Tong Zhengzong in history, which is one of the very ancient surnames.

At the end of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, during the Northern Yan period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, there was a scholar Tong Wan in Liaodong, and then there was a general Tong Shou, so the surname Tong took Liaodong as the county, just like the famous surname Gaomen such as "Longxi Li" and "Taiyuan Wang". Later, the surname Tong took Liaodong as a base and slowly migrated to the south. Probably in the Ming Dynasty, the population surnamed Tong was mainly concentrated in Hebei, but it was always a big surname in Liaodong.

However, it should be noted that the surname Tong at this time and the Manchu surname Tong Jia in the later Tatar and Qing dynasties have both origins and differences.

Manchu Tong Jia, Manchu DonggiyaHala, originated from the Han Tong clan, after entering the Manchurian flag, add a "Jia" word after the surname to distinguish the Han surname that has not entered the flag.

This Tong Jia's family is not a Manchu surname, it was originally a Han tycoon in eastern Liaodong, and Tong Jia was originally a place name, in the territory of Xinbin Manchu Autonomous County, Fushun City, Liaoning Province in later generations.

At the beginning of the establishment of the Jin regime at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were two local brothers, Tong Yangxing and Tong Yangzheng, who lived in the land of Tong Jia, because they thought they were clans. After the Houjin army conquered Fushun, Tong Yangxing lost money to Nurhachi, and Tong Yangzheng simply brought his clan to Nurhachi's newly formed Zhenglan Banner Han Army.

Later, Tong Guogang, the grandson of Tong Yangzheng, said in the 27th year of the Kangxi reign of the Tatar Qing Dynasty: "The minister was ordered by Taizu to examine the tribal clan genealogy with the ministers of the Baduli Meng Atu of the Tong Jia clan, and now please return to Manchuria." ”

As a result, the Tatar Qing Ministry concluded: "Tong Jia's clan has many official positions, and it should have been affiliated with the Han army; Only Tong Guogang's branch should enter Manchuria, so he was a native of Manchuria's White Banner. So the Tong Jia clan, who was originally born in the Han nationality, came to a "Manchu and Han subordination, the clan is large and multiplying, and it is the most popular among the eight surnames of the national dynasty." ”

In addition, there are also some tribes in Mongolia and Taqing that changed their surnames to Tong after entering the banner. For example, Mongolia has Brut's, Dalut's, Tongnigot's, Tongniyaot's, etc.; The Manchus include Tong Cang, Dong A, Hesheri, Jiamuhu, Li Jia, Sakda, Tangda, Tong Qi, Tong Ero, Tong Sai, Tuseli and so on.

Although there are many reasons for changing the surname to Tong, many of them may be because the surname Tong was originally a big surname in Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty - they may feel that this surname is more noble, so they also changed it for themselves, so that they can boast of being superior.

Since the surname Tong is a big surname in Liaodong, it will be very troublesome to find out who and where a person with the surname Tong is who is not famous. In other words, it is very difficult to prove that the "master" mentioned in Tong Weixun's letter is Li Chengliang.

First of all, you have to find this Tong Weixun, which doesn't need to be explained; secondly, because the bigger the surname, the easier it is to have the same name, so you have to prove that this Tong Weixun is the other Tong Weixun; In the end, you have to prove that the master in Tong Weixun's mouth is Li Chengliang, not that he has another identity in private, but he is actually serving others, and he is in Li Chengliang's mansion just to hide people's eyes.

You look at the difficulty: first you have to find a needle in a haystack, and after you scoop it up, you have to prove that this is the needle I am looking for, and finally you have to prove that the owner of this needle is really his master.

The quest is too difficult, and the player applies for a weakening ...... I'm sorry, only Gao Pragmatic would come up with this kind of thought, and Cao Yan can only figure it out by himself.

If you want to find a way, it's not that there are no ideas.

Although Li Chengliang has many customers, since this Tong Weixun is responsible for dealing with the Mongols and writing letters himself, then he must know "Fanyu", even if these two letters are written in Chinese, it will not change this fact.

Writing in Chinese can only show that Tong Weixun has a psychological advantage over the Mongols, and he knows that even if he uses Chinese, the other party can't say anything like you are not polite.

What's more, these two letters were written to Burihatu, and as we all know, Buzhhatu is a scholar among the Mongols, and the level of Chinese can be tested in the Ming Dynasty, and Tong Weixun's writing in Chinese will not cause him any trouble at all.

Therefore, Tong Weixun's identity only needs to be secretly investigated among Li Chengliang's doormen, especially among those who know Fanyu, and most of them will be gained.

The next question is to prove that "this Tong Weixun is the other Tong Weixun", which cannot be said to be difficult at all, as long as you find the handwriting of "Li Chengliang's guest Tong Weixun", you can judge it by comparing it with these two letters.

Confirming handwriting is a matter that basically requires professionals to do in the future, and it is very difficult for ordinary people to do it, especially if the other party deliberately conceals it, but this matter does not need to be so "professional" at present.

The court bigwigs in these years are all from scholars, and their calligraphy attainments are higher than one another, otherwise most of them will be brushed down during the imperial examination - you can be on the gold list, at least the special font for the imperial examination must be profound, and it is basically not difficult to write other fonts after the cabinet is written, because the foundation is hard enough.

Therefore, as long as he can get handwriting, even if he Cao Yan doesn't judge, he will hand it over to the court bigwigs for a glance, and judging a handwriting or something is simply pediatric. Not to mention the court bigwigs, even today's saints are known for their good handwriting, and it is not difficult for Chen to break the handwriting of the two.

Wanli Mobao has authentic handwriting and photos, and the level can probably make some calligraphers ashamed now. Historically, he wrote very well when he was a teenager, and Zhang Juzheng praised it at the beginning, but Wanli was encouraged to practice calligraphy harder. Who knew that Zhang Juzheng would not boast later, until one time, Zhang Juzheng finally spoke, but he advised the little emperor not to focus on writing, but to read more useful books, so as to govern the country and the country in the future.

Zhang Juzheng said to the little emperor at that time in the text: "The emperor has been paying attention to Hanmo for several years, and yesterday he looked up to the great book of the ministers, the pen is strong, and the physique is solemn. However, the study of the emperor is a major task, from Yao Shun to the lord of the Tang and Song dynasties, all of them are to cultivate virtue and administer, govern the world and the people, and do not hear the skill of skill. However, Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty knew the rhythm of sound, and he could play Xiao Duqu, Emperor Liang Yuan of the Six Dynasties, Emperor Chen Houzhu, Emperor Yang of Sui, Emperor Huizong of Song, and Emperor Ningzong of the Song Dynasty, all of whom could do their best, but they could not be saved from the chaos. It can be seen that the greatness of Junde is not in the skills. Now that the emperor is open to the sun, it is advisable to pay attention to governance in a timely manner, and take the holy emperor and king as the law, if the matter of writing, but if this is to rest assured, although it is close to the bell and the king, what is the benefit? ”

Zhang Juzheng's words are actually true, but they may have caused a lot of psychological blows to Xiao Zhu Yijun. However, in this life, Gao Gong replaced Zhang Juzheng, he was not responsible for Wanli's love of calligraphy, and Gao Pragmatic also said to him, "It is better for the emperor to love writing than to love nonsense", so the calligraphy level of Wanli in this life is better than in history.

People can be found, words can be right, but there is only one difficulty that is not easy to do, that is, even if someone is found, the other party is under the protection of Li Chengliang, how can he Cao Yan make him admit that the "master" mentioned in the letter is Li Chengliang himself?

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