Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 559 Trapped in Kaifeng Tu Datong
The emperor was eating breakfast, and an eunuch came over with a plate, on which was the meal card for meeting officials, which was the same as the green head card for the concubines.

The emperor would turn over the cards twice a day. During breakfast, he would turn over the officials' cards to decide which officials to meet today;

Yumen came back early to listen to the government, and Zhu Yihai was hungry.

Before the sign was turned over, Liu Chao came and told a bad news.

"Master, Datong has fallen."

Zhu Yihai, who was eating steamed buns, stopped, "Is it still too late?"

The day before yesterday it was reported that Zhu Zhongyi led Guidezhen to Kaifeng north, joined Li Jiyu, Xu Dingguo, Li Huajing, and Liang Min's tribes, conquered Kaifeng City in one fell swoop, crossed the Yellow River smoothly, and marched into Hanoi.

As a result, today it was reported that Datong had fallen.

"Jiang Tuan was betrayed by his traitors Yang Zhenwei and Wang Fuchen and beheaded to sacrifice the Tartar Yue Yue."

"En." Zhu Yihai sighed.

"My lord, the two traitors Yang Zhenwei and Wang Fuchen led more than [-] members of their family to attack Jiang Yu's mansion, captured and beheaded Jiang Yu's brothers, took the heads of the three brothers and surrendered the city, and the soldiers of Datong abandoned their weapons and surrendered.

Tartars, Tartars slaughtered the city. "

When Liu Chao said this, he was very angry.

"Over 10 soldiers and civilians in Datong resisted defending the city for ten months, united as one, and as a result, the two traitors killed the generals and surrendered to the captives, and led the Tartars into the city. After entering the city, the Tartars confiscated the weapons of the soldiers, and then slaughtered them like a plow. Except for the family members of Yang Zhenwei and Wang Fuchen and more than [-] family members, all [-] people in the city were slaughtered.

Only about 10 people escaped due to lack of food, but more than [-] people were massacred.

The Tartars massacred the city for several days, and there was no sound of people in the city.

After Yue Le entered the city, he searched all over the city, and finally found five prisoners in a forgotten dungeon, because these five were deserters who had tried to defect to the captives before, and Yue Le spared their lives. "

"Datong has become a dead city!"

"After the Tartars slaughtered all the people in Datong City, they sent troops to raid the outskirts of Datong, and killed the Han people they encountered. Afterwards, the Tartars sent people to lower the walls of Datong City by five feet and destroyed all the fortifications."

"After the Tartars slaughtered Datong, they began to send troops to wipe out the remaining rebels in Shanxi. There were still cities that resisted. After they were defeated, they were all slaughtered. They have slaughtered several cities in a row and killed tens of thousands of people."

Zhu Yihai felt his stomach rolling.

Feeling extremely sick, he pushed away the breakfast, feeling uncomfortable.

The more the Tartars were about to perish, the crazier they became.

Datong, an important town on the nine borders, besieged October, and after taking it, the city was destroyed and the city was destroyed to vent their anger. They also launched a bloody massacre in revenge against Shanxi, in order to vent the damage caused by the previous uprisings in various places.

This really shows that the Qin-Jin uprising did deal a heavy blow to the Tartars.

Jiang Guan defended Datong for ten months, and the Tartars attacked three times, losing countless troops, at least tens of thousands of people, including two or three thousand in the Eight Banners.

And the rebels from all over the country raised troops and killed many officials, as well as the Eight Banners and the Green Battalion.

Facing the counterattack of the Ming army, the Tartars could only use this kind of horrific massacre to intimidate the righteous men of Ming Dynasty. They even feared that Datong would not be able to defend it, so they took the initiative to lower the city wall to prevent it from being taken away again.

"Previously Wang Yongqiang was defeated in Sanyuan, tens of thousands of horses were annihilated, Wu Sangui slaughtered Pucheng, and now Yue Le slaughtered Datong, and they are still cleaning and killing everywhere. These people are extremely cruel and crazy. This sum of money is worthless. Remember."

"Where's Dong Zhining, was he killed and martyred?"

"Dong Yushi refused to surrender and resisted desperately with his blunderbuss. It is said that he killed two Tartars and three traitors, and was finally captured. Yue Le asked him to surrender, but he refused to surrender. He was asked to kneel, stand upright and curse, and was ordered by the Tartars Kneeling forcibly with two legs broken, Dong Yushi scolded endlessly, but Yue Le didn't kill him, but sent him to Beijing."

Dong Zhining is one of the Six Crazy Students in Ningbo. Zhu Yihai also admired the hot-blooded scholars who were the first to revolt back then. Now they are also in the Ministry of Military Affairs, including Shanxi Yushi and Datong Supervising Army. Unfortunately, they were captured and tortured.

"Send someone to find Tartar, find a way to redeem him, take Tartar captives in exchange for money. These loyal ministers must be rescued!" Zhu Yihai immediately instructed Dong Zhining when he heard that Dong Zhining was still alive.

After Liu Chao stepped back.

Zhu Yihai wasn't in the mood to flip the sign anymore, "Call the Prime Minister to Zhenyangmen to discuss matters."

The Zhenyang Gate is outside the original Water Master's Mansion in Shuicheng, which is now equivalent to the Qianqing Gate. A row of public buildings has been added, and the Prime Minister's Office is here to work and discuss.

When Zhu Yihai came over, the Prime Minister and Associate Ministers in Tokyo all came.

Liu Chaoxian informed everyone about the Datong massacre.

Standing there, Zhu Yihai took off the winged crown from his head, "Please join me in mourning for the soldiers and commoners who died in Shanxi Datong!"

Everyone took off their hats and bowed their heads together. Although there was no such etiquette before, the emperor took the lead, and they all followed suit.

Bow your head in silence.

a long time.

Zhu Yihai sighed and returned to his seat.

"This blood debt must be recorded, and the people of the whole world must be told. The Tartars have committed another heinous crime. It is unforgivable, and everyone should remember it."

The vigorous Qin-Jin uprising was extinguished again.

Jiang Guan defended Datong for ten months, but was betrayed by traitors and killed Xiancheng, and the Tartars massacred 1 soldiers and civilians.Wang Yongqiang went south to Xi'an, encountered Wu Sangui in Sanyuan, was surrounded and wiped out, and Wu Sangui slaughtered more than [-] people in Pucheng.

Yuedong was in Shanxi, and Wu Sangui was in Shaanxi, and they both launched crazy revenge on the rebels. Now the Shanxi rebels have been wiped out, and the rest either fled into the mountains or scattered all over the country.

Wang Yongzhen, the brother of Wang Yongqiang in northern Shaanxi, had also led his troops to abandon Yan'an and retreat to Ningxia, but he was still pursued by Wu Sangui, and he was defeated repeatedly and suffered heavy losses.

"Tell Zhu Zhongyi, Xu Dingguo, and the others not to go to Shanxi again, and not to cross the Wangwu Taihang, lest the lone army go deep and be surrounded and wiped out.

Leave one army to garrison Hanoi in Huaiqing, and the rest will turn around and attack Luoyang. "

Since we haven't caught up, there is no need to go deep into Shanxi, and go back to level Henan first.

"Let Wang Yongzhen and Wu Dading all retreat towards Lanzhou, and He Hongqi, Mi Layin and others move to the Longshan area to guard the front line of Longshan and prevent Wu Sangui from taking advantage of the victory to advance westward. We must rely on favorable terrain to stop Wu's bandits. Remember Don't go across Long for now, don't go to Guanzhong and don't go to northern Shaanxi."

In the Prime Minister's Office, which is now fully assisting the emperor in handling important military and state affairs, Zhu Yihai acted decisively and readjusted the deployment.

Although the Qin-Jin uprising failed, this round of uprising dealt a heavy blow to the Tartars. The Qing army directly killed 2 people, including several thousand from the Eight Banners. In addition, it captured dozens of counties, especially Shanxi. , almost the whole territory has been breached, money and food supplies, and local order have been destroyed.

Many traitors who surrendered, including those semi-colon shops of Shanxi merchants, were also severely hit this round.

After this chaos in Shanxi and Northern Shaanxi, it has been maimed again, especially the bloody massacre of the Tartars, which has caused serious damage to the people's livelihood and economy, and it will not be possible to recover within ten years.

The Tartars are seeking their own death.

So in the future, the Ming army will no longer have to march into Shaanxi and Shanxi. They will attack Henan first and then Shandong.

Although Shaanxi has a large number of Qing troops, they cannot last long without money and food support. Now the more troops are stationed against each other, the greater the logistical pressure will be, and in the end they will not be able to persist on their own.

Just like in history, after the early Qing Dynasty invaded Sichuan, Guizhou and other places, because the war damage was too serious, they could not get money and food supplies, and finally had to retreat. From Shunzhi to Kangxi, they fought for many years before finally gaining a foothold in the southwest. .

For the emperor's arrangement, whether it was Song Zhipu, Liu Zongzhou, or Hong Chengchou, they all expressed their support. Henan is now more and more beneficial to the imperial court, and it is now ripe.

At this time, it is natural to put in more effort.

However, this does not mean an all-out attack on Henan. For example, the imperial battalion is still being reorganized, and it is being reorganized as it is being fought.

The place was severely damaged by the Tartars, and the Ming army had to restore stability and restore people's livelihood, recruit refugees to resume production, and even repair the city and the destroyed Huaihe embankment, etc. Otherwise, the rear would be unstable and accidents would easily occur.

So the main thing is to use these local forces in Henan to let them gain a foothold in the local area, plus some weapons supported by the Ming army and some small elites to cooperate with them to fight against the Tartars.

The discussion was very positive, and there was no major controversy.

The biggest reason is that the emperor holds the decision-making power, and because the emperor has a better grasp of the overall situation, and will not be like emperors such as Tianqi and Chongzhen. It's hard to make a decision.

"Since the imperial court moved here, I have personally approved Zhu Hong, and Liu Chao has also asked me to resign the right to approve Zhu Hong several times. After much deliberation, I feel that there is really no need to approve Zhu Hong."

The emperor's words shocked the hearts of the ministers.

The system of internal and external courts, which has been formed for a long time and has always been a delicate balance, has been drafted by the cabinet and approved by the supervisor of ceremonies. However, after the rise of the army today, it is an emperor who is arbitrary, insightful, diligent and capable.

In the past, when the leader of the army was away, the Supervisor of Ceremony was ordered to approve it on his behalf, but now the emperor handles the test books himself, so there is really no need for the Supervisor of Ceremony to approve it on his behalf.

Of course, this actually involves a more core issue, that is, the emperor took power everywhere and delegated power involuntarily.

Especially the devolution to eunuchs.

This is a good thing for the ministers in the palace, especially for ministers like Liu Zongzhou, who used to fight against the eunuchs and couldn't wish for it.

"I look at the systems of previous dynasties and plan to reset the eunuch system."

"I will restore the old chapters, and will not spend money on court codes, and will not use internal codes to serve military power."

"Eunuchs are no longer used to command the army, nor are eunuchs to supervise the army."

"Eunuchs are not allowed to draft edicts, eunuchs are not allowed to discuss government affairs, and no elections and interference in the appointment and dismissal of officials are allowed."

"Strictly control the number of eunuchs, and the number of eunuchs must not be overstaffed at will. The eunuchs must not exceed the fourth rank. Each eunuch is only allowed to adopt one son as an heir. Only those who have reached the age of [-] and have no adoptive father can be adopted, and must be reported to the Secretary. For the record."

The emperor threw out the eunuch reform plan that had been planned for a long time.

(End of this chapter)