Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1201
With the matter of Yinzi settled, Zhu Yijun was in a good mood, chatted with Gao Wushi for a while, Gao Wushi responded with his usual attitude, then changed the subject and mentioned the Liaodong issue.

"By the way, I heard that the governor of Liao Dynasty, Li Song, asked Cao Yu to release Nikan Wailan to Nurhachi. I wonder if this is true?"

It is certain that it is true, but the news from Wu Dui, a cabinet assistant, can be false?Gao Wushi's question was just trying not to involve Wu Dui, and pretended that it was just a "rumor".

However, the Ming Dynasty "has its own national conditions", and news from the palace has always flowed out like a sieve, so Zhu Yijun didn't think much about it, and nodded when he heard the words: "There is such a thing... hey, don't say it, I was going to ask you what you think. It seems that Cao Yu is saying that it is your intention to take in Nikan Wailan?"

"That's right." Gao Wushi nodded and said, "This matter was decided when I was in Liaodong. At that time, Nikanwailan was a bit out of support. I was about to enter Beijing again, so I confessed to Cao Yu. In case Nikanwailan Desperate, he must come to Daming, and I asked him to take him in and protect him decisively."

Zhu Yijun pondered and asked: "Why did you do this? Nikan Wailan had such a big advantage before, but he was defeated by Nurhaci in such a short period of time, which shows that this person is incompetent, and he is not a Han citizen. What's the use of Daming keeping a chieftain like him?"

The Jimi area is all divided according to strength, in order to stabilize the frontier. Of course, the chiefs are not "the virtuous ones", but "the powerful ones".Although Zhu Yijun's words seemed a bit harsh and unkind, it also depended on who he was addressing. After all, he clearly said "it's not Han people." It can be seen that this attitude was specifically aimed at the Jiji area.

Gao Wushi shook his head and said, "This matter is not that simple. I have carefully observed and thought about the Jianzhou Jurchen problem when I was in Liaodong. Including the investigation of Nikan Wailan and Nurhachi, I have several judgments."

Zhu Yijun nodded slightly: "Okay, tell me."

Gao Wushi said: "First of all, we can be sure of two things, one is that Nikan Wailan is good at management but not good at military affairs, and the other is that this person is indeed a loyal minister of my Ming Dynasty. He can be what he is today for half of his life, thanks to the cultivation of Ming Dynasty. He himself is sincerely devoted to Daming."

Zhu Yijun thought for a while, and said, "Maybe, but so what, is Nurhachi unfaithful?"

"Nurhaci seems to be a loyal minister now, but his loyalty is different from that of Nikanwailan." Gao Wu replied convincingly.

Zhu Yijun sat up straight a little: "What's the difference?"

"Nikan Wailan's loyalty is deeply rooted in his bones. He is devoted to Daming. This can be seen from his dedication to learning Chinese and demanding that his subordinates do their best to do so - he is the kind who hates himself for not being a Han. Your Majesty, If you remember some of the analysis of Shichen when discussing history with Chen, you should understand that such people are often more loyal than ordinary Han people."

That's true, Gao Yushi has given an example before, and the reasoning is roughly equivalent to the fact that after a traitor surrenders to a foreign race, he is often more loyal than that foreign race's own people. The reason is that he has no way out and can only go one way. black.

The same is true of Nikan Wailan, who is rarely mentioned even by his real name in Jurchen, but is called "Nikan Wailan" - a Han document.What is there to doubt about this loyalty?Even if Han Chen rebelled, this kind of person would not rebel.

Zhu Yijun nodded in a daze, and asked again: "What about Nurhachi? I remember seeing him once. He stayed under Li Chengliang's hands for several years, and it was you who cultivated him to succeed later?"

Gao Wushi said: "These two situations are true, but that doesn't mean anything. I'm not the person involved in the original situation of Ning Yuanbo, so I don't want to comment too much, but the so-called 'cultivation' of Nurhachi is right. It was wrong. Under the circumstances at that time, Jianzhou Zuowei was actually falling apart because of the death of Jue Changan. If there was no suitable candidate to stabilize the situation, Jianzhou Zuowei would be annexed by Nikan Wailan sooner or later. ..."

"Huh? Wait, wait..." Zhu Yijun frowned and reminded, "You just said that Nikan Wailan is a loyal minister."

"He is a loyal minister, but what happens after he dies?" Gao Wushi spread his hands: "Nikan Wailan is over 50 years old, and when he dies is not up to the minister to decide. As loyal as he is, and at that time the Jianzhou guards were unified by him, this is not a good thing for me, Ming. Therefore, Nikan Wailan is a loyal minister, and we just treat him better, so as to improve his status. But it cannot always allow him to control more real power and strength without restriction."

Zhu Yijun nodded thoughtfully, and gestured for Gao Wushi to continue.

Gao Wushi then continued: "Actually, I also dealt with Nurhachi in the same way. His role is to stabilize the left guard in Jianzhou, but he does not admire and obey Daming from the bottom of his heart like Nikan Wailan. It is intended that he stop at Jianzhou Zuowei."

"But you didn't stop him from seeking revenge on Nikan Wailan, did you?" Zhu Yijun was obviously puzzled.

Gao Wushi smiled and said, "Why did you stop me? Nikanwailan was in great power at that time, and it was almost on the verge of establishing a unified state. Let Nurhachi come forward to sing against him. A fight between the two sides can prevent Jianzhou from becoming the second Hada and Ye. Heh. And if Nurhachi wins, wouldn't Nikanwailan need to rely on me, Daming?"

Zhu Yijun thought for a while: "But if Nurhachi lost at that time..."

"Then Daming will support Nurhachi and help Nurhachi out." Gao Wushi said indifferently: "The reason is very simple. Your fights have affected the stability of our Daming border, so now I, Daming, want to mediate the long-cherished wishes of both parties and ask both parties to keep their promises. Frontiers, defend the borders for my Ming Dynasty, whoever dares to use weapons again, my Ming Dynasty will send troops to suppress them."

Zhu Yijun couldn't help laughing: "Good method. At that time, Nurhachi was newly defeated, so of course he wanted to 'guard the border', and Nikan Wailan was afraid of Ming Dynasty, so he didn't dare to continue to attack...well, I understand what you mean You just want Nikan Wailan, who can't fight, to maintain his advantage in strength, but also let Nurhachi, who can fight, be able to threaten him at any time. In this way, both sides have to look at my name and act .”

Gao Wushi also smiled and said, "It was indeed the original plan."

Zhu Yijun sighed: "It's just that Nurhachi was too good at fighting, so there was an accident?"

"Well... this is one aspect." Gao Yushi is not modest: "But if I am still in Liaodong, I will not let this happen. After Nurhachi has established an advantage, I will intervene and let Ni Kanwailan ceded several cities to Nurhachi as compensation for the 'accident' at that time, and then ordered Nurhachi to withdraw his troops."

Zhu Yijun was a little helpless: "This was an accident. If you hadn't been called back at that time, the battle between Yunnan and Burma might have been troublesome."

Hey, that's more than trouble. I'm afraid that the war between Yunnan and Burma will be fought like it was in the original history. After more than ten years of fighting, it was clear that the Ming Dynasty had the upper hand in the war, but the foreign propaganda department was thrown away. It was so clean that it made people speechless.

But the problem now is that when Gao Yushi was recalled to the capital to report on his duties, Liao Fu did not resign. Later, after he was transferred to the Ministry of War, Liao Fu was vacant for a period of time before being reappointed. During this time, Nurhachi just finished In order to attack Nikan Wailan, Nikan Wailan was defeated and lost, desperate.

In other words, at that time, no one in Liaodong could decide how to deal with the situation of Jianzhou, forming a virtual power vacuum, so Nurhachi took advantage of the situation and won a big victory.

Gao Wushi thought for a while, and said: "Nurhachi has shown a strong performance outside Fushun Pass this time, and even asked Cao Yu to release him, forcing Qi Jin to lead his troops to Fushun Pass from Shenyang himself, which in itself shows some problems."

Zhu Yijun frowned and said, "What's the problem? Is Nurhachi already in dire straits?"

"That's not enough." Gao Wushi shook his head: "Although his strength has greatly increased now, Jianzhou Youwei and other sites have not been completely digested, and his core strength still comes from Jianzhou Zuowei. It is difficult to control. But he dared to show off his power outside Fushun Pass, which shows that he is testing me, Ming..."

"Oh?" Zhu Yijun sneered, and said solemnly: "What is he trying to test? Let's see if his 3000-odd soldiers can take Fushun Pass?"

Gao Wushi shook his head slightly: "Of course he still doesn't dare to fight with Da Ming. His purpose of this move is to see if Da Ming will continue to pamper him because he doesn't want to see the border instability."

Zhu Yijun's face darkened, and he said in a concentrated voice: "You mean... he guessed that I, Da Ming, was going to attack Tumen, so he didn't think Da Ming would waste his energy on him at this time?"

Gao Wushi nodded and said: "I think that eight or nine are not far from ten."

Zhu Yijun paid more attention to it, frowned and said, "Practical, I'm not questioning your judgment, but will you think highly of this guy? How can he have such a vision as a Jurchen savage?"

Gao Wushi knew that at this time, Daming had a huge psychological advantage over the Jurchens. The main enemy in Daming's eyes was the Mongols, and the Jurchens were not ranked at all. That's why Zhu Yijun had such a mentality—after all, the Jurchens The real people have been played by Da Ming for 200 years, and it is unbelievable that they can have such a big picture all of a sudden.

But Nurhachi is obviously not an ordinary Jurchen, so there is no need to explain it.It's just that Gao Wushi couldn't say that. He could only say: "Your Majesty, it's easy to see that Daming is going to do something to Tumen around Liaodong. It's not surprising that Nurhachi can see it."

"Why is that?" Zhu Yijun was a little puzzled. Could it be that the secrecy work is messing around again?

Gao Wushi said: "After the Battle of Southern Liaoning, I defeated Chaohua and regained the Hetao area of ​​the Liaohe River. It stands to reason that it would be convenient to tilt the center of gravity to the east of the Liaohe River at this time, but in fact it didn't. We are continuing to strengthen In western Liaoning, all kinds of strategic reserves, including military armor, gunpowder, food and grass, etc., are trying their best to stock up in western Liaoning. As long as Nurhachi is not a fool, he can see that Ming's center of gravity is in western Liaoning instead of eastern Liaoning.

What can western Liaoning use for hoarding so many strategic reserves?Chaohua is dead, and the only target in western Liaoning is Tumen. Of course, Daming did this to continue to target the Chahar tribe. Based on this, Nurhachi can conclude that Daming must intend to defeat Tumen in one fell swoop and completely conquer Mongolia. old enemy.

In other words, before Daming defeated Tumen, no matter what he did in Jianzhou, Daming should tolerate it first.And he should also be clear that this period of time is the last window for him to expand his strength. Once Daming frees up his hands and turns to Liaodong with the power of conquering Mongolia, he may not have much chance.

In his view, the only chance is to take advantage of this opportunity to grow bigger, and hope that Daming himself will suffer a lot in the process of conquering Chahar, so that he can unify the state... Although the unification of the state cannot be achieved. Compete with Da Ming, but if Da Ming really suffers a lot of damage, he will have a chance to make Da Ming acquiesce in his victory, and this can be regarded as achieving his goal. "

After such an analysis, Zhu Yijun understood, and said with a sneer, "The moth shakes the tree."

However, having said that, Zhu Yijun really felt a little tricky for a while-as Gao Yushi analyzed, the power of Daming in Liaodong is actually gathered in Liaoxi, and these forces are all prepared to deal with the Tumen. It is good for Liaodong.

The main problem here is money.War must cost money, and this year not only the court has run out of money, but also the internal funds have been emptied because of King Lu's incident. Although Gao Wushi has come up with many methods and the prospects are promising enough, money is not There will be a mouthful, and there must be a process of accumulation.

Now the problem lies in the time. If it takes three to five years, Tumen's problem is solved, and Nurhachi's trouble is of course nothing.But now that Tumen are still there, Zhu Yijun has even made up his mind to solve such sensitive issues as suzerain and vassal. Obviously, he will not abolish the Xihuaidong system halfway because of Nurhachi's trivial matter, and instead use troops in Liaodong.

Therefore, even though Zhu Yijun said that Nurhachi was a gnat that shook the tree, it is a pity that now he has no feet to trample the gnat to death.

so annoying……

Zhu Yijun frowned deeply, and after thinking for a while, he asked, "Then what do you mean now...or keep Nikan Wailan?"

Gao Wushi nodded and said very simply: "Yes."

"What about Nurhachi's Yaobing outside Fushun Pass?" Zhu Yijun said in a deep voice, "Qi Jin won't be angry for a while, and really go out to fight Nurhachi, right? I'm not afraid that he won't be able to defeat him, but I'm afraid that Nurhachi will be red-eyed. The whole Jianzhou is in turmoil, and if Ye He and other ministries also see the opportunity and start a fight together, it will be hard to say whether the Chahar fight will be successful... "

Gao Wushi said: "Nurhachi's side, I wrote a letter to warn him a few days ago, he should not dare to continue to take the initiative to provoke. However, when the emperor mentioned Ye He and other ministries, this matter has to be guarded against... What I mean is, Maybe Nurhachi will contact them secretly, but I haven't had time to think about how they will plan."

Zhu Yijun sighed: "It's hard for you, it's not Liaofu anymore, but it's still planning for Liaodong."
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