After Dolgon took the position of regent, in order to divide the opposition forces from within the Eight Banners, he wantonly used many Han Chinese as his minions. Fan Wencheng is one of them, and he even fabricated the origin of Fan Zhongyan, a famous minister of the Northern Song Dynasty.

"Regent, the Ming army appeared in Pyongan Road, Korea, and this matter must not be brushed aside."

Fan Wencheng knew the regent's thoughts very well, he had been preparing for two years for this war, and seeing that the autumn harvest was about to end, and he could send troops in another month, he made such a fuss again. Anyone would be annoyed by this matter, let alone a regent who was eager to establish absolute authority with military exploits within the Qing Dynasty.

However, if the army was hastily dispatched because of this, it would be a fatal hidden danger, so he tried his best to dissuade the regent, and he could only invent it south on the premise of stabilizing the Korean state in the rear.

"If the date of sending troops is delayed due to the civil unrest in North Korea, how should we deal with it?"

Dolgon's face was ugly, and his voice was hard.

"If that's the case, the minion suggested that the regent would rather send troops next year, and must first solve the source of chaos in the Korean Kingdom!"

Dorgon shook his head flatly, got up and walked around the room twice, as was his habit, and when faced with a difficult problem, he did so to relieve his emotions.

"The source of chaos in the DPRK must be resolved, and the dispatch of troops in a month cannot be delayed!"

Out of the regent's palace, Fan Wencheng shook his head and sighed, since he became the regent of the ruling and opposition, Dolgon has become more and more arbitrary. With the current situation, anyone can see that it is no longer suitable to rush into the army.

Moreover, the appearance of the Ming army in the Korean national peace road may not be groundless. As early as a few days earlier, Fan Wencheng had received a letter from his brother of the same clan, in which he vaguely mentioned that he had discovered that the Ming army was operating on the other side.

In Fan Wencheng's consciousness, even if there was a Ming army in Korea, it could only be a sneaky private action. Who would have expected that in the evening, there would be a messenger sent by the local tribe of Xin'an Province, crying and grabbing the accusation, the Ming army blatantly fired artillery on the Yalu River, and killed a lot of Manchurians, asking the regent to make the decision for them.

Dolgon was furious at this, he did not believe that the Ming army could be so rampant, or he did not believe that the Ming army had the ability and courage to dare to penetrate into Korea alone. He thought that this was the local tribe exerting pressure on the imperial court in order to justifiably expand the Niulu.

For this reason, Dolgon almost had the tribal envoys who were crying and grabbing the earth blasted into the yamen and handed them over to the soap for interrogation.

After Fan Wencheng was summoned, he once again urged Dolgon, "This matter is indeed as the regent expected, and it is better to send a competent person to the left and left of the Yalu River to investigate in detail." On the other hand, the imperial court should immediately send an envoy to question the Min family......"

Hearing Fan Wencheng mention the evil Min clan, the source of the Korean rebellion, Dolgon immediately interrupted him.

"The Min family, the traitor of the Li family, if the Great Qing State recognizes him, wouldn't it be appeasement and connivance against the thieves? What's more, the Li clan has already surrendered, if the Qing Dynasty, as the suzerain, does not make decisions for it, how can it be trusted in the future? ”

Fan Wencheng's view is much more practical than Dolgon's, and the Li family has always been obedient to the Qing Dynasty, ostensibly submitting to the Qing Dynasty, but has been secretly at odds with the Ming Dynasty. This has also been a destabilizing factor located in the rear of the Great Qing Dynasty. Now that the Min clan has stepped forward to get rid of the Li clan, haven't they done what they have always wanted to do?

At present, the most appropriate means of dealing with it is to immediately send an envoy to the Korean state, on the one hand, to win over the Min family, and on the other hand, to find out the attitude of the Min family.

"Now that the imperial court is in a hurry to cut down the Ming, it can't easily move the Min family! Could it be that the regent intends to send troops to the Korean state again? ”

Dolgon was deflated, "You're right, but this king just can't swallow this breath, and he has been preparing for two years, but when it came to the end, he was stirred up by the beam-jumping clown of the Korean country." ”

Fan Wencheng persuaded: "Not really, after all, there is still a month to send troops, and it is still necessary to find out the truth of the Korean Ming Army as soon as possible." If it's groundless, you can send troops to attack Ming as usual! In fact, he didn't say the second half, if it weren't for the groundless, he wouldn't have been able to send troops to fight for a few years anyway.

In fact, Dolgon didn't know what was at stake, but Sun Chengzong, an important minister of the Ming Dynasty who guarded Shanhaiguan, had just died a month ago, and people in Shanhaiguan and even within the Ming Dynasty were panicking. If you send troops this year, you will definitely receive miraculous achievements.

If we wait until next year, when the curtain comes down on the internal turmoil of the Ming Dynasty, won't we lose this great opportunity?

After venting, Dolgon came back to his senses, pondered for a while, and said slowly: "In this case, you will personally go to Korea to see if there is any Ming Dynasty army in Ping'an Road." At this, Dolgon's face suddenly turned fierce. If the Ming army really appears in Ping'an Road, it is enough to show that the Min clan and the Ming Dynasty have colluded a lot, and sooner or later this king will destroy the Min clan! ”

Fan Wencheng saw that Dolgon was finally relieved, so he praised it: "The regent is clear!" ”

Fan Wencheng, in the name of the Great Qing Emperor Qincha, left Shengjing with 5,000 Han troops on foot and rode all the way east to the Yalu River. However, the foot soldiers walked slowly, so Fan Wencheng took the cavalry to take the first step in a hurry, and it only took one day and one night to arrive at Xin'anfu, which is across the river from the Korean National Peace Road.

When he arrived in Xin'an Mansion, Fan Wencheng found that the real problems were far more serious than he imagined.

Xin'an Mansion even lost the prefect's mansion, and Fan Wencheng, who was anxious and angry, immediately summoned officials at all levels of Xin'an Mansion to give a lecture, asking them why they didn't report to the court early, and their parents who had lost a lot of land dared to hide such a big thing, could it be that the head on the neck was too comfortable?

A group of officials in Xin'an Mansion immediately shouted grievances, "Qin sent to spare his life, and the lower officials and others had already sent someone to Shengjing to report the news, didn't the imperial court receive the letter?" ”

Fan Wencheng didn't think much about it, he just thought that these officials were shirking their responsibilities one by one. But it has come to this point, and even if they are cut off immediately, it will not help. If the news from the Sin'an area had been sent to the regent's desk earlier, perhaps the regent would have made up his mind to send troops to Korea.

In fact, when the news of the Min clan's calamity against the Korean state and the replacement of the Li clan as the lord of the Korean state had just reached Shengjing, Fan Wencheng already had a premonition that this year's plan to destroy the Ming might also be in vain, and the crusade against the Korean state would inevitably be put on the agenda.

If the Min clan really surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, he should have petitioned for guilt and surrendered as soon as he replaced the Li clan. But the fact is that until now, the Min clan has not sent a word to the Qing Kingdom, not only that, but there are even rumors that the Ming army appeared in Ping'an Road. There are signs that the situation is getting worse.

And the words of the officials of Xin'an Mansion made Fan Wencheng feel like five thunders.

"Qin Cha Rongyu, what the Ming army said is definitely not a rumor, just yesterday they also put a day of artillery on the Yalu River, caught, caught a lot of people, and then went back!"

It was only at this time that Fan Wencheng finally realized the seriousness of the problem, where is this still scabies, it is clear that the Ming army intends to provoke the border!

Fan Wencheng immediately dismissed the officials and locked himself in his study to write a letter to the regent Dorgon. But when the letter was written, he hesitated.

Now all the situation has been heard from the mouth of an outsider, and he himself has not seen it with his own eyes, nor has he obtained any tangible evidence, and it is only inappropriate to write back if he dares to write back.

So, early the next morning, Fan Wencheng took a thousand Han army flag warriors and went to the Yalu River to explore the reality. At this time, it was late autumn, and the yellow, yellow, green and green all over the mountains were obviously an excellent scenery, but this famous minister of the Northern Song Dynasty did not have a good mood of appreciation.

After walking along the Yalu River for half a day, he found nothing.

After much consideration, Pham Van Cheng categorically ordered to cross the Yalu River at a shoal and enter the Korean National Pyongan Road. If there is really a Ming army, I believe it will definitely meet it.

At this time, Fan Wencheng, like the vast majority of Manchu officials, did not look down on the army of the Ming Dynasty, thinking that it was enough to have a thousand people around him, even if he encountered a Ming army ten times his size, he was not afraid.

Today's Ming army has long been exhausted by the anti-thieves in its country, even if a new army suddenly killed a three-guard army a few years ago, hasn't it disappeared in the past few years? I heard that the confused emperor of the Ming Dynasty used Yang Sichang's half-hung son again, and Sun Chengzong finally died, it would be even more difficult for the Ming army to make a move in the Korean state without backup.

Fan Wen** is worried, in fact, it is the North Korean country, although the Korean country is a small country, but after all, there are millions of people, if under the provocation of the Ming Dynasty, the whole country opposes the Qing Dynasty, I am afraid that the Qing Dynasty will not want to cut down the Ming Dynasty again in a year or two.

Until the sun went down, Fan Wencheng didn't meet anyone who looked like the Ming army, and the mountain hunters of the Korean country caught a lot. But after a simple interrogation, they were all released, after all, it was difficult for the people of the Korean State to benefit the Qing Dynasty, and he had no intention of using these poor people to warn the Min family who committed rebellion.

However, Fan Wencheng still got a valuable message from Orion's mouth!

"Big lord, the villain really doesn't know anything, Gyeonggi Province sent a lot of soldiers and horses, I have been hiding away, I heard that the newly appointed envoy of Ping'an Province is a Qing official, who has done a lot of good things for our people, and killed a lot of rich landlords who are not benevolent to the rich......"

This dethroned person in the hunting household made Fan Wencheng a little impressed, his brother of the same clan had vaguely mentioned this person in his letters, and he had some means, and the clans who had controlled one side for generations fled one after another, and this person seemed to be a Han Chinese.

Thinking of this, Fan Wencheng trembled up and down violently. He finally figured out the crux of the matter!