Chapter 10: Loyalty and Unfaithful
While reporting to Suna, he sent people to pursue the so-called Ming army that went deep into the hinterland of Dajin, but naturally nothing was chased. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
After Suna's report was submitted, Huang Taiji was furious, and as soon as he succeeded to the position of Great Khan, he had twice harassed the hinterland of the capital with soldiers and horses from Dongjiang Town (Note 1).
So Ke sent a large army to search around, but found nothing, and Huang Taiji was even more annoyed.
At this time, some Han officials under Huang Taiji believed that there were two consecutive Ming troops attacking the village fort in the hinterland of Liaodong. Otherwise, almost all the villages near Shenyang are the same, and there are troops stationed in most places, why can the enemy army accurately find the weak place of defense, and rob the place where there are not many people stationed and there are many property.
Huang Taiji thought that this statement was reasonable, so he sent a message: "It is reported that Mao Wenlong sent a detailed work to separate our country. There are people sent by Mao Wenlong to send them to remember the merits. If you don't take it and are sued by others, you will be punished with the crime of destroying the door, and the person who first accuses will be credited. ”
The next day, Zhang Bingyi, the general manager of Shicheng ironmaking, arrested the person who delivered the letter to Mao Wenlong and came to ask for credit. So he promoted Zhang Bingyi to the general manager of Qian, and his subordinates captured the blacksmith who worked together and rewarded ten taels of silver. With the power of example, countless people who want to be promoted and make a fortune rack their brains to capture the spy or go to the first place.
In a village about 50 miles east of Shenyang City, Chen Xin looked at Wang Changfu who was tied in by Wuhua with a pale face, and was speechless for a long time.
Wang Changfu suddenly broke free from the left and right, fell to the ground, buckled his head and said, "My lord, you go around the villain, the villain is also confused for a while, ask the adult to be gracious", seeing that Wang Changfu broke his head, Chen Xin still didn't say a word.
At this time, 5 days have passed since the time of escorting Suna's forehead, and from time to time I can hear who caught a Ming spy and was promoted to a higher level, and who first sued his boss or friend as an official.
Chen Xin has always thought that he has done a good job, and his subordinates are all hardcore, and nothing will happen. However, I didn't expect a biochemical dog I had made before to report that Wang Changfu, who asked for leave to go to the toilet during training, went to the stable. Chen Xin, who knew that something was wrong, immediately released No. 1, and under the guidance of the eagle falcon, he captured Wang Changfu, who wanted to go to the village, to inform.
Looking at Wang Changfu, who was crying with tears and blood on his face, Chen Xin really didn't know how to speak. Chen Xin reflected on his past behavior, and did not find anything sorry for Wang Changfu, the atmosphere in the team has always been very good, there has never been a contradiction between everyone, why should the other party report it? Is it just to be an official?
Chen Xin, who found a reason, returned to normal, walked over and squatted in front of Wang Changfu and said, "In order to become an official, you can't bear to report the brothers who get along day and night?" We get along day and night, and the comrade-in-arms can't even match the official position of Sesame Mung Bean? ”
Wang Changfu cried even more sadly, choked up, "It's me who is wrong, I am not human." ”
After saying this several times, the cry decreased, and then he continued, "My lord, I'm not here to be an official, I'm really afraid, why are we in front of Dajin's soldiers, and secretly doing the act of killing heads, why do we want to be the disloyal person in a stable life?" I was so ashamed, and I was afraid that another brother would sue us, so I decided to do it first. ”
Wang Changfu's words deeply stimulated Chen Xin, kicked over, and Wang Changfu shouted angrily: "You say you are ashamed? You say we're unfaithful? Chen Xin observed everyone's expressions, and most of the people standing around looked at Wang Changfu angrily, but there were actually two people who seemed to agree.
Chen Xin was a little relieved, and most people were not dizzy, but at the same time, they were extremely disappointed in those two. How much energy and energy did I spend, and when the people cultivated by the lineage actually appeared in the guy who thought he was an unfaithful person.
"In the sixth year of the Mandate of Heaven, when Nurhachi first entered Liaodong, in order to solve the problem of Jurchen residence, he ordered the Jurchens to live in the same household with the Han people. As a result, the original landlord became the slave of the tenant, and even his wife and children were also slaves, which made the sharp confrontation between the Later Jin and the Han Chinese, and the people of Liaodong were always fierce, unwilling to endure the status of slaves, and the resistance and defection were fierce.
In the same year, in order to prevent the Han people from defecting, Nurhachi forcibly relocated the Liao people along the coast, and the violators were killed, and neither arranged food and accommodation along the way, but also did not have enough fields and houses to distribute in the place, so that countless people died on the way to the migration, the hatred continued to expand, and the resistance of the Liao people became more intense.
In the ninth year of the Mandate of Heaven, Nurhachi could no longer control the situation, he had no ability to govern the country, he broke the jar and broke it, so he simply ordered to kill the people without grain, and the Han people were hunted and killed if each ration was less than six or seven gold buckets, and later changed to four buckets, he said, "Regard those who have no food as enemies, and there is no friend among them", there is no thinking logic at all.
Later, it was even more straightforward, and the reason was gone, "go separately, go to the village fort, that is, dismount and kill". In this way, most of the Han people have died, and there are more people who have fled left, and Nurhachi saw that there were still people resisting, so he came again to screen and massacre, and this time most of the remaining Han people died.
After the implementation of these policies, Nurhachi was still worried, so he organized the remaining Liao people into a village, and set up a village in thirteen dings, and sent them to the generals and officials above the imperial level as slaves, and there were almost no free Han people in Liaodong.
At this time, the remaining Han people were less than one-tenth of the original 5 million Liao people, the trade routes were blocked, all industries withered, materials were scarce, especially the price of food was high, and by the time Huang Taiji ascended the throne this year, he was already starving everywhere, not only the Han people, but even many Jurchens could not afford heavy taxes and military service, and fled to Mongolia or the Ming Dynasty. ”
Chen Xin's voice was full of sadness, and the brutality of Nurhachi's reign was eloquent.
Everyone present, except for Chen Xin, are all lucky people who have survived these tribulations, as young men in their twenties and thirties, there is no family member to enter the blue flag with them, which has explained everything.
After calming down a little, Chen Xin grabbed Wang Changfu's shoulders, stared firmly into his eyes, and asked in a low and powerful voice, "Now, you tell me that you are not loyal to Jin, are you ashamed?" What are you feeling guilty about? ”
Letting go of the other party, Chen Xin walked in front of everyone, stared at them and said loudly, "I don't understand, what is Wang Changfu guilty about, Jin Guo ruined his home, killed his parents, and humiliated his wife and daughter, and now he actually told me that he did something disloyal to Dajin, and he felt guilty?" ”
When he walked past the two people who had shown strange expressions before, he stopped, stared at the two of them and shouted loudly, "Do you think Wang Changfu is pathetic?" The two fell into the memories, struggling to survive until now, they didn't understand why they had the idea of being loyal to the Jin Kingdom before, and now when they thought of their dead relatives, the two couldn't hold back anymore, knelt on the ground and cried.
Note 1 Dongjiang Town: The military town founded by the Ming Dynasty general Mao Wenlong, based on the coastal areas of Liaodong and the surrounding islands and parts of North Korea, has been harassing all parts of the Later Jin Dynasty and is a major problem for the Later Jin Dynasty.