Chapter 630: Taking Advantage of the Situation - Nurhaci
[Nurhaci was born into a noble family of the Jianzhou Jurchens.]

[His grandfather Juechang'an and his father Taksi were both nobles of Jianzhou Jurchens and were appointed officials of Jianzhou Zuowei by the Ming Dynasty.]

[So he practiced horse riding and archery since he was a child and developed good martial arts skills. ]

[When he was ten, his mother died. He did not get along well with his stepmother and separated from his parents when he was nineteen.]

……

On the canopy.

Between the white mountains and black waters.

Several figures wearing fur coats were moving back and forth in the lush forest.

Footprints a foot deep were left on the vast white snow.

The scene changes.

Several young men in robes and fur hats were hawking their wares in the street.

……

[In order to make a living, Nurhaci and his companions would go to the vast forest to dig ginseng, pick pine nuts, hazelnuts, mushrooms, etc. during the gathering season (March to May and July to October). At night, three or four people would stay in a shack they built.]

【Then they took these mountain products to Fushun and sold them to earn a living.】

【Thus, during the trade activities in Fushun Guanma Market, he made many friends with Han people, learned about the social and economic situation of the Han people, and was deeply influenced by the Han culture.】

[So he understands Chinese and knows Chinese characters, "likes Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin", and "thinks he has strategy"]

[Later, Nurhaci joined the army of Li Chengliang, the general commander of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty.]

……

Big man.

“This experience…”

Liu Bang squinted at the sky.

Understand the grassroots, understand society through trade, and then join the army to learn military knowledge.

This set of experiences to hone one's talents and courage is a standard requirement for a promising leader.

"One rises while the other falls..."

"It has some shadows of the Song and Jin dynasties."

……

Tang Dynasty and Gaozong period
Li Zhi seemed to be thinking about something.

The Ming Dynasty’s opponent appeared?

This situation is indeed a bit precarious.

However, unlike the Song Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty still held important border towns in its hands.

As long as there is no one like Shi Jingtang, these people will not be able to break in.

……

Song Dynasty: Zhezong Period
Zhao Xu was a little angry.

"Damn the Later Jin!"

Whenever he mentions Jin Dynasty, he thinks of those three bastards!
Shame on Jingkang!
"Even if I peel off the skin, I won't feel relieved!"

Then the Later Jin Dynasty popped up!
But as for the current situation of the Ming Dynasty...

Zhao Xu sighed softly.

"I'm afraid it will become a serious problem."

……

Qing Dynasty - Taizong Period
Huang Taiji's eyes were sharp.

"The world belongs to those with virtue!"

"The Ming Emperor is immoral, so it is right for our Qing Dynasty to take over."

……

[In the second year of the Wanli reign (1574), Wang Gao, the commander of the Right Guard of Jianzhou, unified the three guards of Jianzhou, which aroused the vigilance of the Ming Dynasty.]

[The Ming Dynasty always implemented a policy of divide and rule towards the Jurchens, and did not allow a hegemon to emerge, because once a hegemon emerged in a fishing or hunting tribe or a nomadic tribe, it would pose a great threat to the Central Plains dynasty.]

[Wang Gao actually took the initiative to attack Liaoyang and Shenyang, two important cities in Liaodong, but was defeated by Li Chengliang, the general of Liaodong. He was then escorted to Beijing and executed. His son Ata fled to Gulezhai.]

[In the 1583th year of the Wanli reign (), when Li Chengliang attacked the Gulezhai Atatai garrison, Nurhaci's grandfather Juechang'an and father Taksi were both unjustly killed.]

[Because Ata's wife at that time was the daughter of Nurhaci's uncle Lidun. ]

[When Juechangan heard that Gule Village was under siege, he and his son Taksi entered Gule Village to rescue his granddaughter. Juechangan "wanted to take his granddaughter home, but Atai refused."]

【Then the Ming army broke through Gule Village, and in the chaos, Juchang'an and Taksi were also killed by the Ming army. 】

……

On the canopy.

The young man with a calm temperament was wearing armor.

There are six armored cavalrymen on each side.

They roam between grasslands and mountains and rivers.

There are more and more people behind me.

... [Li Chengliang felt somewhat guilty about the mistaken killing of Nurhaci's grandfather and father, so he granted him 30 imperial edicts, 30 horses, and appointed him as the governor of Jianzhou as a token of sympathy.]

[Nurhaci inherited his grandfather's post as the commander of the left guard of Jianzhou.]

[At that time, Nurhaci believed that it was another Jurchen leader, Nikan Wailan, who instigated the Ming army to kill his grandfather and father. In the 1583th year of the Wanli reign ( AD), he raised an army with sets of armor left by his grandfather and father and dozens of his followers to attack Nikan Wailan's base in Tulun City, which was known as the "Thirteen Armor Uprising".]

[This marked the beginning of his thirty-year-long military campaign to unify the Jurchen tribes.]

[At the beginning, the scale of the battle was very small, usually a fight between dozens of people, besieging the opponent's fortress, and then gradually expanded and escalated, with more and more people participating in the battle, reaching hundreds and thousands of people, and Nurhaci's power also grew. ]

[In the 1588th year of the Wanli reign (), Nurhaci unified the Jianzhou Jurchen tribes. ]

……

Ming Dynasty and Xuande period
Zhu Zhanji suddenly felt a chill on his back.

This person came prepared!
The position of Jianzhou Commander is eligible for tribute!
To pay tribute from Jianzhou to Beijing, one had to pass through Fushun, Shenyang, Liaoyang, Guangning, Jinzhou, Ningyuan, Shanhaiguan and other places.

As long as you are familiar with this road, you will be very familiar with the Liaoxi Corridor, Liaodong Defense, the Great Wall, Shanhaiguan and Beijing!
At the same time, because he was under the command of the Ming army, he would have a more thorough understanding of the court officials' style of doing things and the basic situation of the Ming army's combat readiness, armor, bows and arrows, firearms, etc.!
But here comes the problem...

How much did the court know about him at this time?
……

{Li Chengliang, Qi Jiguang, and even Wanli himself had not yet realized that Nurhaci was actually a more dangerous enemy than Wang Gao.}
……

Ming Dynasty - Shenzong Period
Zhu Yijun coughed heavily twice.

He looked at the sky with a gloomy face.

"Now, I know."

……

{Do you think Li Chengliang deliberately condoned the enemy and nurtured the enemy for his own benefit?}

{Not necessarily. Apart from the God's perspective, before Nurhaci, there were already many similar figures who were eliminated by the Ming Dynasty. Wang Gao was just the most recent one.}
{In Li Chengliang's view, even if Nurhaci rebelled, he would be nothing more than the second Wang Gao.}
{The reason why he did not interfere was that he wanted Nurhaci to become a "white glove" for the Ming Dynasty to control the Jurchen tribes in the process of unifying the Jurchen tribes.}
{After all, if they could control Nurhaci, they would control the Jurchen tribes. The Ming Dynasty did not want to directly intervene in the management of the Jurchen tribes, so it could only find an agent.}
{All I can say is that Nurhaci was indeed somewhat lucky.}
……

Ji Han.

Although Liu Bei deeply agreed with the word "luck", he did not agree with it.

"He is simply too self-righteous and arrogant."

"This luck was given to me by Daming himself."

……

[In the 1592th year of Wanli (), the war to pacify Japan and aid Korea began. ]

[As one of the main forces to aid Korea, the Liaodong cavalry, which was originally used to deter the Jurchen tribes, suffered heavy losses in Korea.]

[The Liaodong garrison began to stay out of the annexation activities of the Jurchen tribes. ]

[In the second year after the Korean War began, Nurhaci took the opportunity to defeat the 30,000-strong coalition army of nine tribes led by the Yehe tribe of the Haixi Jurchens.]

[The number of combatants suddenly increased from dozens or hundreds to tens of thousands, reaching a very large scale.]

[But the Ming Dynasty generals thought that as long as Nurhaci did not explicitly rebel and nothing happened during their tenure, it would be fine.]

……

Northern Zhou Dynasty: Emperor Wu Period
Yuwen Yong didn't know what to say.

Scold these border generals?
They deserve to be scolded, but the real reason is that it was the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty who dug a pit and buried them.

"One sip and one peck."

He didn't even consider what he could do if he were put in that position.

Because nothing can be done.

……

[In the 1603st year of the Wanli reign (), Nurhaci built the city of Hetuala as the center of his political power.]

[In the 1616th year of the Wanli reign (), he proclaimed himself Khan in Hetuala City.]

[Just one year before Nurhaci proclaimed himself Khan, the Governor of Ji and Liao of the Ming Dynasty reported to the court that Nurhaci was loyal to the Ming Dynasty and would obey orders.]

[What is even more ridiculous is that two years after Nurhaci proclaimed himself Khan, Wanli still didn’t know that Nurhaci had proclaimed himself Khan and founded a country.]

……

Qing Dynasty and Qianlong period
Qianlong clapped his fan on his hands.

Without disguising:
"Look! Look!"

"To say that he died was an injustice to him!"

"The lazy government has made the entire Ming Dynasty lazy!"

"You should take him as an example!"

Yongyan felt annoyed when he saw his father who was still full of energy at such an old age.

I'd rather you were lazy.

……

[In the third year of the Tianming reign of the Later Jin Dynasty and the forty-sixth year of the Wanli reign of the Ming Dynasty (1618), a major flood hit the Later Jin Dynasty, leading to a severe famine.]

[In order to resolve the crisis, Nurhaci publicly accused the Ming Dynasty of crimes and issued the "Seven Great Grievances", complaining about the Ming Dynasty's historical oppression of the Jianzhou Jurchens, mainly the murder of his grandfather and father.]

[Immediately afterwards, Nurhaci captured Fushun, an important border town of the Ming Dynasty, and Wanli learned that Nurhaci had proclaimed himself Khan and established a country.]

【Wanli was furious, and immediately a massive counterattack was organized.】

(End of this chapter)

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