Chapter 224: Surrender

Wei Liangchen had met Zasaktu, and the last time outside the Beijing tea shop, Liangchen was humiliated by a Jiannu Tongshi who knew Chinese because of the three words "dead tartar". At that time, the other party directly deducted a hat for Liangchen - "destroying the friendship of border people". This hat is compared with the destruction of unity in later generations, which is punished by banning at least and punishing at worst.

At that time, Liangchen always thought that the people of the Ming Dynasty should be extremely hateful to the Jianzhou Jurchens, and everyone shouted and beat them, but the actual situation is that the current Ming Dynasty, from the court to the people, has a "friendly" attitude towards the Jianzhou Jurchens, and most of them are "friendly".

This is because Jianzhou has been subjugated to the Ming Dynasty, and it is guarding the border for the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong; Second, Li Chengliang, the supreme commander of the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong, strongly supported Jianzhou, resulting in the Ming Dynasty having no defense against Jianzhou at all.

Until the outbreak of the Salhu War, when the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong reported to the imperial court on the establishment of the state, they mostly used words such as "nothing to do" and "respectful" to report. I really have to report the time, and I just use the word "small trouble".

These reports were not true at all, which naturally influenced the imperial court's policy towards Jianzhou, and directly led to the fact that during the Battle of Salhu, the blind military officials ignored Yang Hao's request to delay the army, and then went out again when they were ready, and spread the red flag to force the army to march as soon as possible.

The officials of the Ministry of War obviously thought that Jianzhou was really a "small trouble" and that the army would be able to succeed as soon as it came out, so that the early start of the division would save a lot of food and wages. Otherwise, the army will be stationed outside for a long time, and the food and salary, whether it is the military department or the household department, will have to do their best to raise it. It's a thankless chore.

On the other hand, the Jianzhou mission went to Beijing several times to pay tribute, and each time it was given a grand welcome by the Ming Dynasty. In Liaodong, whenever Li Chengliang asked for the title of Jianzhou, the imperial court also gave him permission. Many officials who dealt with Jianzhou were deeply implicated in Jianzhou, and some officials were directly appointed by Jianzhou.

In the area of general affairs, that is, the translation of diplomatic envoys, it is almost full of people related to Jianzhou, who, because of their own interests, even know that the growing Jianzhou is already a threat to the Ming Dynasty, but they conceal it and do not report it, and even directly deceive the imperial court.

For example, last year, Gao Huai's eunuch stationed in Qingyuan was captured and killed by the Jianzhou people, and both the local and Liaodong newspapers alleged that the eunuch in the horse market was tyrannical and aroused the anger of the people in Jianzhou, and then he was killed, without mentioning the legal impropriety of Jianzhou's move and the contempt for the imperial court behind it.

Gao Huai has been in Liao for ten years, and he has been majestic for ten years, but he once lost power because of the establishment of the state, which shows that the establishment of the state is untouchable.

The overall situation is like this, and the good minister dared to put the word "dead Tartar" in front of the human mission, which was boring for himself. Fortunately, he is young, and the people of Jianzhou did not care about him in general, otherwise, it would be light to report to the government and imprison him for a few days.

To a certain extent, the current state building is not a copy of something in Liangchen's previous life. Struggle can unite and compromise, only connivance, and in the end, the smoke rises, and countless people die.

Because he wants to go to Fushun Pass, Liangchen naturally has to know more about the current Jianzhou and Nurhachi. Although he knows a lot, it will happen in the future, so it is necessary to know the specific situation of the current state building.

Li Yongzhen doesn't know this, and he can't help Liangchen.

Fortunately, Tian Gang and Li Wei were born in Jinyiwei, who sent a large number of military intelligence personnel to Korea and Liaodong during the campaign to resist Japanese aggression and aid Korea.

However, because in the battle with the foreign dynasty, Emperor Wanli was always at a disadvantage, resulting in having to "hide" in the deep palace, so that Jinyiwei could not get the strong support of the emperor and indirectly lost the dominance of Liaodong intelligence. Li Chengliang has been in Liao for decades, and under his strong suppression and the deliberate support of the imperial court, the Jinyiwei intelligence system in Liaodong can be said to have been hit hard, and the rest is difficult to affect the situation.

Luo Sigong, the current commander of the Jinyi Guard, is very close to the Donglin Party, and this person has a poor reputation in history, but when the palace was moved, he was in the limelight. Because, it was with the help of him, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, that Yang Lian and other Donglin party members were able to unscrupulously rush into the palace, kidnap the prince, coerce Li Xuanzhi, and even threaten Zheng Guifei, who had been registered as the queen by Wanli's edict.

The Han generals and the palace guards under the Jinyi Guard are the last checkpoints to protect the palace, and if this checkpoint is rebelled, I am afraid that even the emperor will have to swallow his anger.

Luo Sigong relied on his outstanding performance in the palace removal case and lived happily for four years during the Apocalypse. In the end, he was overturned by his second uncle Wei Zhongxian, and he was replaced by Tian Ergeng, who was contemptuously called one of the "Five Biao of the Eunuch Party" by the Donglin Party.

That's a good guy who fights tigers.

After the fall of the second uncle, Luo Sigong's son Luo Yangxing was re-propped up by the Donglin Party to the position of commander of the Jinyi Weidu, this person did not perform anything during the Chongzhen period, but after the Qing army entered the customs, he took the lead in shaving his hair and surrendering.

Luo Sigong tried his best to take refuge in the foreign court, and it was impossible for him to fight for anything for his subordinates. He himself has not seen the emperor for more than ten years.

Tian Gang and Li Weifei tried their best to help Wei Liangchen get some information. But even so, this intelligence is valuable.

One of them shocked Wei Liangchen, that is, since the 24th year of Wanli, more than 100 people in Liaodong have been dismissed from office or locked up and imprisoned for the establishment of the state.

And the reason why these people were dealt with was that they were tyrannical to Jianzhou, or provoked border provocations, or verbally provoked Jianzhou, or overstepped their superiors and exaggerated.

These people have one thing in common, that is, they are all natives of Liaodong, not Beijing officials. This is not difficult to explain, because Li Chengliang is covering the sky in Liaodong with one hand, and he will never be able to do anything to the officials sent by the imperial court. The best way to deal with Jingguan is to buy it.

It's a pity that there is a Xiong Tingbi. Although it is a seventh grade, he does not sell Li Chengliang at all, and after only half a year in office, he submitted three notes to the imperial court to impeach Li Chengliang and Xiong Tingbi's predecessor, which made Li Chengliang disgraced.

"The soldiers and horses of Jianzhou are all self-proclaimed Ming officials."

Although Zheng Duo is a Korean, he has fled to Liaodong for 20 years, and he naturally knows something about Jianzhou.

In the process of unifying the Jurchens, Nurhachi was completely dressed in the tiger skin of the Ming Dynasty, which made many small tribes fall to the wind, especially the Jurchens further north. As soon as he heard that the official army of the Ming Dynasty was coming, he either followed far away, or was subdued by Jianzhou and became a member of his four banner soldiers.

As for the conquest of Ula, Huifa, Hada, Yehe and other departments, Jianzhou also received great help from Li Chengliang. When Nurhachi was defeated, the local garrison Ming army would directly attack and rescue him, and even disguised himself as Jianzhou soldiers and horses to help him attack.

The most important reason is that when Jian Da was in office, he withstood Li Chengliang and launched many offensives against Jianzhou, which undermined the pace of Nurhachi's unification of the Jurchens and caused heavy losses to the Jianzhou people.

This "Hao Shou Yuanbian" old man even had his name deleted after his death. On the other hand, Li Chengliang's evaluation of the history of the pseudo-Qing Dynasty is outrageously high, and he is called the Ming generation and the first contributor to side affairs.

It's not ironic.

"Shuerhaqi is in Heitumu, which is very close to Tieling, and Tieling is Li Chengliang's hometown, so it is impossible for him to go to Tieling. In Shenyang, he wouldn't go, so if he wanted to stop him, he could only wait for him by staying in this place. ”

Li Yongzhen and Tian Gang are not familiar with the terrain of Liaodong, and the only familiar Shen Lian is a member of the Li family. Now, the guide who can help is Zheng Duo's gang of Flying Tiger Army.

The place Zheng Duo said was Changsheng Fort, which was located in the territory of Shenyang Zuowei, bordering Mongolia in western Liaoning. Zasaktu went to Beijing to file a complaint on the order of his father, and Li Chengliang was involved, so it was impossible for this person to have the courage to take the avenue, so it was his only choice to cross the mountain and enter the customs from Changshengbao to Quang Ninh.

This road can not only avoid the pursuit of the Jianzhou people, but also avoid Li Chengliang's soldiers and horses. As long as he enters the customs, no matter how long Li Chengliang's hands are, it is impossible to openly send troops to chase and kill.

However, a looming problem had to be solved.

That is, Wei Liangchen had no soldiers in his hands.

He can know through Yehedongge that Shulhaqi sent Zasaktu to enter the customs to complain, then Nurhachi and Li Chengliang can also know.

If both sides made the same choice and sent people to hunt down Zasaktu, Wei Liangchen would have to have the same manpower if he wanted to take down people.

With Zheng Duo and the fifty of them alone, they may not be able to block the two pursuers.

Liangchen looked at Tian Gang and Li Wei with some embarrassment, thinking that these two guys were Jinyiwei's people, could they find a way to let Jinyiwei in Liaodong help.

But Li Wei directly asked him to dispel this idea, because the Jinyi guards in Liaodong are now in the dark, and there is not even a yamen on the surface, and there is no contact point. These people are only good at lurking and detectives, and it is impossible for them to fight with the Liao army.

Unless, there is a warrant to command Luo Sigong, but this, don't even think about it.

Li Yongzhen shook his head, he couldn't help.

Liangchen thought of Xiong Tingbi, he was the Liaodong Patrol, and he could nominally use the name of suppressing bandits to mobilize troops and horses, but he didn't know where this person was, and even if he moved, he still transferred the Liao army. It is also unknown whether these Liao soldiers are willing to help him fight against Li Chengliang's people.

Time is urgent, and he can't afford to delay the ministers more, he has a heart, he has never eaten pork and has never seen a pig run away, so he used Zheng Duo to rob people.

Zheng Duo and the others were originally horse bandits, and among these fifty people were Han Chinese, Koreans, Mongols, and even a few Jurchens.

These people used to be rampant people, and it was difficult for good ministers to let them obey the law. told them to kill people and set fires, but each one became more powerful than the other.

It is said that wealth and wealth are in danger, and defeating Li Chengliang is equivalent to avenging Gao Huai. The matter of closing the military mutiny and the establishment of the state to ask for money may also have a chance to turn around.

Zheng Duo and the others were willing to join the Flying Tiger Army, and what they were rushing for was the future that Gao Huai had promised them. Fighting and robbing homes for a lifetime, who doesn't want to have a professional pension for a safe life, and who is willing to live a lifetime of worry.

Now, the opportunity is in front of them, whether you do it or not, you choose.

"Grandpa Zhang wants us to come with Sheren, and I'm just risking my life, but," Zheng Duo paused, "We need some help in this matter." ”

Liangchen is speechless, he wants to have manpower, can he rely on you alone?

Zheng Duo said: "I know that there are people who can help to surrender the Japanese, if the Sheren can release them, there is a ninety percent certainty of this matter." ”