478 Ryukyu Emissary
The local Qing army was not enough to suppress them, and they did not dare to suppress them, so they could only watch the Mongols like locusts, robbing everything near Changshan that could be robbed and eating everything that could be eaten, and spreading to nearby places.
What to do? What to do? Bumu Butai felt that his hair was going to turn gray.
At this time, she no longer hesitated, and asked Dolgon directly: "Prince Rui has a good plan, so say it quickly!" ”
The others were a little surprised when they heard her say this, and they couldn't help but turn their heads to look at Dorgon.
In fact, Dolgon also had a headache, the matter over there in Changshan was sudden, and he didn't even think about it.
However, when the opportunity comes, it must be seized, so when he heard Bu Mu Butai ask, he immediately replied: "There is a way, but this is a way...... Forget it! ”
"......" Haoge was speechless for a while, then he became angry, and immediately shouted loudly, "The Qing Dynasty has become like this, do you have any way to say it quickly, do you have to wait for the Qing Dynasty to die?" ”
"Phew!" When Dai Shan heard this, he immediately snorted three times in a row, and then looked at Dolgon and said, "If there is a good way, say it quickly, we will all listen to you!" ”
"yes, we'll all listen to you!" Dodor chimed in. For him, listening to Dolgon, it was not a psychological burden at all.
Yue Tuo and Azig are also urging, and they have already burned their eyebrows, what are they still hiding?
When Dolgon saw this, he turned to look at Bumu Butai, then looked around at the other princes, and said slowly, "If I say something that works, will you all listen to me?" ”
At this time, as long as there is a good way, of course, it is to listen.
Bumu Butai knew what he meant when he saw Dolgon look at him before, but now when he heard the other princes agree, he made up his mind and immediately said: "This palace thinks that the difficulty of state affairs now is the most difficult since the founding of the Qing Dynasty!" Now that the emperor is young, and I have to tide over the difficulties together in the Qing Dynasty, therefore, this palace intends to crown Prince Rui as the regent, the prime minister, until the emperor is in power, this matter is witnessed by all the princes, can you? ”
As soon as these words came out, these people in the Chongzheng Hall were a little surprised. Thinking of Dorgon's performance, it suddenly became clear in his heart that it was premeditated.
In response, Dodor was the first to stand up and speak out in agreement.
The emperor is still so young, and when he can be in power, he doesn't know how many years it will take, and the variables in the middle are too big.
Dai Shan looked at Dolgon's humility, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and nodded in agreement.
He understands that among these princes in the palace, if you want to say that you have the greatest ability, you still have to count Dorgon. This point, when Huang Taiji was alive, also thought so.
If the six kings discuss politics and are all good at political affairs, then forget it, but Hauge, Azig and others are all brave and unscrupulous, let them discuss together, and there are more people who pull back. From this point of view, it is really best for Dorgon to be the regent.
When Azig saw that both Dodor and Daishan agreed, he finally remembered that he and Dorgon were half-brothers, so he agreed.
Of course, Haute and Yue Tuo didn't want to agree, but at this time, there were already three princes who had agreed, and the number was the majority, and most importantly, neither of them had a good way. In the end, I had to reluctantly agree, but bargaining was inevitable.
In the face of the external crisis, in the matter of Dolgon's position, it was ultimately the same as it was in history.
As soon as Dolgon became the regent, he immediately issued an order, first mobilized the surrounding Jianyu army, all of them pressed towards Changshan, regardless of the Mongol cavalry, only surrounded the old and weak women and children of the Mongol tribe, and immediately seized the lifeline, so that the Mongol cavalry did not cause any more damage to Liaodong.
But no matter what, there is always food. If you don't have anything to eat, no matter how you grasp the lifeline, you will rebel.
At this time, Dolgon began to protect the big and lose the small again, that is, to cut in with the in-law relationship between the Manchu Qing and the Korqin people, indicating that the Horqin people could barely survive, and the Manchus were not polite to the Kulen and Naiman tribes of the small tribes. Directly killed their old and weak, killed the leader, swallowed the tribal army, and dispersed into the Mongolian Eight Banners.
In addition, a cavalry army was sent to Korea to collect supplies, and the kind that had to be scraped dry and cleaned, as many as there were, were counted as many as they could, so as to supplement the shortage of food in Liaodong.
In addition, Dolgon also ordered to abandon Jinzhou, Fuzhou and other cities close to the sea, and retreated on a large scale, only defending the line of Haizhou, Phoenix City, and Zhenjiang Fort, and abandoning Xiuyan City.
The explanation he gave was: After several successive defeats, although the foundation of the Qing army is still there, its strength is indeed much weaker. If you want to defend the coastal city again, you will definitely be broken by the Ming army from the sea, just like this all-out attack by the Ming army.
After such a reduction in troops, the troops in various parts of the Qing Dynasty can be relatively sufficient, and they are far away from the coastline, which can be regarded as leaving enough buffer zone. With Tanma active in this area, even if the Ming army has any movements, the Qing Dynasty will know about it, and it will not be attacked again. If the Ming army dared to attack, with the advantage of the Qing cavalry, it would be easy to cut off the rear route of the Ming army.
I have to say that Dolgon is very courageous, and he can give up so much land, which even Huang Taiji has not done. Of course, this may also be the reason why Dorgon is only the regent, and he is not very distressed.
Emperor Chongzhen learned about his approach from the eavesdropping system, and he had to sigh that this Dolgon was indeed a capable person. But it doesn't matter, I've just played with you, so I'll rest for a while, and then I'll go back and continue to tease you guys.
Of course, the most important thing is that there is still no food and grass supplies. Even if he fought this time, he captured countless booty from the grassland. It is enough to make up for the consumption of grain and grass materials for the army along the Shanhaiguan Road. However, the army on the Gaizhou side and the Dongjiang army on the side could not continue.
So, Emperor Chongzhen decided to return to Beijing first, and before leaving, he told Hong Chengchou about the measures taken by Dolgon on the Jianyu side.
"Your Majesty, this Dolgon is afraid that he is my great enemy of the Ming Dynasty, and he can take the initiative to give up his territory in exchange for the initiative in the war against my Ming Dynasty!" When Hong Chengchou heard this, he was taken aback and got to know that Dolgon again.
In these ancient times, few people were willing to give up the land they occupied.
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he smiled and said, "This Dolgon is indeed a little knowledgeable among the remaining slave chiefs, but that's all. When I gather the grain and grass, there is a way to break him! ”
Dolgon had a Grade A eavesdropping seed on his body, and with that alone, how could he fight himself? Emperor Chongzhen was very confident in this.
Of course, if there were no Class A eavesdropping seeds, it would not be so easy to deal with. But if that were the case, Dolgon would not have been released when he was captured.
As soon as Hong Chengchou heard the emperor's words, he remembered that the emperor was always like a god, and now he knew Jianyu's plan, so he put down his heart and sincerely praised the emperor for being amazing!
For these words, Emperor Chongzhen was already immune, and he told Hong Chengchou: "Jianyu is missing grain and grass, this is the lifeblood of Jianlu, after I return to Beijing, Qing can grasp this little bit of heart!" However, there is no need to fight a decisive battle with Jianyu, it is better to avoid a decisive battle, or a big battle! ”
"Wechen obeys!" Hong Chengchou listened to it and immediately agreed, and he also agreed with this.
Emperor Chongzhen looked at him and explained again: "Because he couldn't supply the people of those tribes, Jianyu killed the old and weak of the Kulun tribe and the Naiman tribe and annexed the others. This is a point that Qing can make a fussabout. Publicizing the brutality of Jianguo made the Jianguo army unstable, and also made the grassland tribes recognize the true heart of Jianguo and isolate and disintegrate the Jianguo army! ”
"Wechen obeys!" Hong Chengchou nodded again and again when he heard this, and said again.
Emperor Chongzhen still trusted Hong Chengchou's ability, and after explaining some other things, he returned to Beijing.
Of course, he also sent people to send a message to Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Baoding, to let the Dongjiang army do the same. In addition, there is another point, Jianyu will send troops to North Korea again to search for grain and grass materials, and if there are fighters on the Dongjiang Army's side, they may as well add blockage to Jianyu.
As for the cities that Jianyu voluntarily abandoned, except for Jinzhou, which can be reoccupied, the other cities should not be occupied first, even if Fuzhou by the sea, they should not be occupied, so as not to disperse the forces of the Dongjiang Army, so that they could not cope with the offensive of Jianyu.
On October 11, the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen's class returned to Beijing. For the victory of the emperor this time, the people of Jingshi were no longer as excited as before. But I must still be happy, and I talked about the results in the streets and alleys.
"Did you see it, the emperor led the army to fight, and the prisoners were so frightened that they fled when they heard the news! Throw away all the coastal cities! ”
"Yes, I didn't expect those murderous prisoners to have such a day!"
"That is, the emperor is wise and martial, and he is afraid of Jianyu, this kind of thing is not unusual at all!"
"Now that the grassland allies of Jianyu have been subdued by my Qing Dynasty, my son estimates that when the emperor takes the imperial expedition again, it will be time to pacify Liaodong!"
"Don't worry about this, anyway, this Liaodong, the emperor will take it back sooner or later, those days of Jianlu, the rabbit's tail can't grow!"
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All the people of Beijing are full of confidence in the Ming Dynasty's eventual recovery of Liaodong.
In a restaurant called "Drunken Eight Immortals", there was a table of diners, listening attentively to the surrounding discussions, their faces showed surprise, hurriedly settled the bill, and quickly left, returning to the Jingshi Station.
In a courtyard, a person was looking up at the birds on the tree, heard the sound of footsteps, turned his head to look, and found that it was his subordinates who had returned, so he asked with a little anxiety: "Is the Ming Emperor back?" ”
"Lord Hui, it's the Ming Emperor who triumphed." The person who came hurriedly and respectfully announced, "And the villain also heard the news that the Ming Emperor is wise and martial, and Liaodong Jianyu is already vulnerable, and the recovery of Liaodong is just around the corner." In this way, maybe the adults will be able to ask for the Ming to be the master for us! ”
When this man heard this, he was immediately overjoyed.
He was the Ryukyu State Orthodox Doctor Cai Jin, and in the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, King Shangfeng of the Ryukyus died. The following year, that is, the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, his third son Shangxian ascended the throne as the son. The reason why he is not succeeding to the throne as the king of the Ryukyus, but because he wants to become the king of the Ryukyus, he must be canonized by the suzerain, that is, the Ming Dynasty.
In the original history, in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Shang Xian, the prince of the Ryukyus, sent Cai Jin and others to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute and ask for the title. However, due to the frequent wars in the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong have already established the country, and their own countries are in chaos, and they are only a few months away from perishing, so they cannot send a sufficiently large canonization team. Therefore, Cai Jin and others failed to do so, so they had to return to China first.
Later, Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself from a tree with a crooked neck, and Emperor Nanming was short-lived, and the Ryukyu prince who later sent a messenger was never able to get canonization, even if Ryukyu finally recognized the Manchu as the suzerainty and wanted to get the Manchu canonization, but when the Manchu canonization envoy arrived at Ryukyu in the sixth year of Shunzhi, the Ryukyu prince Shangxian was already dead. In this way, this Shangxian became the only prince of the Ryukyus who had applied to China for the title but had not completed the formalities for receiving the title, and he was the only son of the world until his death.
In this plane, because of the butterfly effect, Cai Jin and his party only arrived in Beijing in the sixteenth year of Chongzhen. After arriving in Beijing, I learned that the Ming Emperor was not in Beijing.
When Cai Jin heard the news, he was worried.
When he came, he had already heard that Daming himself was also anxious, rebelled everywhere, and the people were struggling to make a living.
After arriving in the Ming Dynasty, what I saw and heard was different from the rumors. At least there is no imaginary war, but a prosperous scene of national peace and security. This surprised him, but after careful questioning, especially when he arrived in Beijing, he learned that even the Ming Emperor had gone out to fight, which showed that the Emperor had to go into battle in his own affairs. In this case, I'm afraid that the affairs of the Ryukyus will not be able to be taken into account by the Ming Dynasty.
When he came to Daming, Shang Xian had a secret conversation with him. Therefore, when he came to the Ming Dynasty, in addition to paying tribute and requesting the canonization of the Ryukyu prince as king, he also had another very important mission, which was to ask the Ming Dynasty to send troops to help Ryukyu expel the Japanese invaders.
Originally, he thought that this was impossible, but when he heard the news from his subordinates, his mind suddenly became active again, and he felt that Ryukyu was saved!
Since the 37th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, Ryukyu has been invaded by the Japanese invaders, and even their king has been captured by the Japanese invaders.
By the 39th year of Wanli of the Ming Dynasty, King Shangning was forced to sign the "Fifteen Articles" with the Satsuma Domain, recognizing the Satsuma Domain's control over the Ryukyus. At the same time, the five islands of Amami (i.e., Kikai Island, Tokunoshima Island, Amami Oshima, Okinagabu Island, and Yoron Island) were placed under the direct jurisdiction of the Satsuma Domain, and they were released and survived.
In addition, the Ryukyus were forced to send envoys to meet with the shogun, a move known as "Kamiedo". After that, the Shimazu clan became the master of the Churyug trade. Since then, the Ryukyus have entered the period of "one country, two genera".
If it weren't for the fact that the Japanese were afraid of the Ming Dynasty, there would no longer exist in the Ryukyu Kingdom.