Chongzhen revived the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 27 Admiral Mangui

"Lin Dan Khan has six thousand households, the Zhongjun Ten Thousand Households are under the command of his brother-in-law Gui Yingqia, and the other five ten thousand households are under the control of the first five Fujin."

"If you bring these six people together, Lin Danhan will have no one to support him if he wants to move westward!"

Speaking of his plan, Zhu Youjian asked Kong Zhenyun to fill in Gui Yingcha's name on a duke's document, and Shi Sumu, who commanded the armored cavalry under his command, could also be rewarded as appropriate.

As for several of Lin Danhan's blessings, Zhu Youjian asked Kong Zhenyun to also promise to marry their daughters as concubines to see how many of them he could win over. Ezhe, the eldest son of Lin Dan Khan, who was born to Su Tai of Sanfu Jin Dynasty, was treated as a county king and received a salary of two thousand taels.

Kong Zhenyun had no opinion on Ezhe's reward, and even planned to use him to interfere in Lin Danhan's funeral affairs. But he expressed dissatisfaction with Zhu Youjian's plan to marry Lin Danhan's daughter. How could the mighty Ming Emperor marry the daughter of a barbarian chief? What does this make the world think?
Zhu Youjian could only explain:
"I plan to seal their children as vassal kings on the grassland when they grow up, or marry them to the leader of a large tribe."

"In this way, there will be real Ming princes on the grassland, who can contain King Shunli, King Shunyi and others."

"I will leave this matter to the ministers and bring my personal letter to win over Lin Dan Khan's wife."

Thinking that Kong Zhenyun, as a civil servant, might be embarrassed to do such a thing, Zhu Youjian asked Wang Wenzheng to go to the clerk's room to select a few servants to help him deliver the message.

When Kong Zhenyun heard that he was not responsible for this matter, he immediately stopped talking and asked Lin Danhan what to do if Lin Danhan was willing to accept the canonization and follow the seal and canonization ceremony of the title of King of Li.

Thinking that the seal would not be engraved for a while, Zhu Youjian said:
"Without issuing the seal yet, let Lin Dan Khan present the jade seal first. Tell him that if he is willing to accept the canonization, he can be rewarded according to the old rules of King Shunyi."

"To show solemnity, I will send a bachelor and a distinguished relative to the grassland to preside over the canonization ceremony."

Thinking of what he had told Hou Baoshan before, Zhu Youjian summoned him and ordered:

"Take a silver medal and give it to Lin Danhan, so that he can have the power to communicate directly with me."

"All the documents that are written in the silver seal are kept by you and can only be viewed by me."

Hou Baoshan happily accepted the order and recounted his thoughts about the secret memorial of silver seals these days.

Zhu Youjian was satisfied with what he heard and asked him if he would like to go on an envoy with Kong Zhenyun. Although Hou Baoshan was a little scared, he gritted his teeth and expressed his willingness to go for the sake of future wealth.

Zhu Youjian was overjoyed when he heard this. He immediately gave him the position of supervisor of etiquette and eunuch in the hall, and led the attendants in the clerk's room to accompany him.

In this way, the ministers, civil servants, and nobles have all been arranged, and all that is needed is the presence of military commanders——

There needs to be a general who can intimidate the grasslands!
Thinking of the past events when I was granted tribute, Zhu Youjian once again lamented that the Ming Dynasty lacked a general like Qi Jiguang, and it was difficult to force Lin Dan Khan to accept the canonization by force. If Lin Danhan insists on moving westward, the Ming Dynasty today will lack the power to intervene in matters on the grassland.

But even so, Zhu Youjian still had to send a general, just to show off——

Only he knows whether he is strong enough. It is estimated that Lin Dan Khan today would not have thought that he would use the autumn wind to sweep away the fallen leaves and defeat the right-wing coalition forces such as King Shunyi.

If the Ming Dynasty showed its intention to stand with the right-wing tribes, it might be able to deter Lin Dan Khan from moving westward.

Wang Xiangqian is now in his hometown in Shandong, and it will take time to rush to the border. Moreover, he is over eighty years old this year and will definitely not be able to go to the battlefield. A general is needed to lead Xuanda's five thousand cavalry.

Who does this person use? Without generals like Dongli and Xima, Zhu Youjian could only ask his left and right, who can take on this important task?

At this time, Li Xingzhong, Li Shunzu, Li Zunzu, Li Yingzu and others happened to be outside asking for an audience. Zhu Youjian immediately let them in and asked who could command the Xuanda army, which shocked Lin Danhan and others.

Li Jiajiu was in Liaodong for a long time and knew the Mongolian tribes very well. Even back then, Li Rusong was ambushed and killed by Lin Danhan's grandfather Buyan Khan. The Li family and the Lin Dan Khan family can be said to have a blood feud.

Hearing that the emperor asked him to recommend candidates to shock Lin Danhan, Li Xingzhong thought about it for a while and said:
"Shanhaiguan Commander-in-Chief Mangui was a vanguard of the Xuanfu. His grandfather was kidnapped by the Mongols and married a Mongolian woman on the grassland. He was not rescued until his father's generation."

"In February of the fourth year of Tianqi, Mangui and Youshilu attacked the Mongolian tribes at Daling River, and the tribes fled one after another. Lin Danhan should know his name."

"And he comes from Xuanfu, so he is suitable to lead the army in Xuanda!"

Having some impression of this name, Zhu Youjian knew that he was a capable general, so he immediately ordered:

"Then order Mangui to rush to Xuanda with his own soldiers and command the five thousand standard battalion."

"He was ordered to take the title of Left Governor and supervise Xuanda, Jiliao and other departments of the Great Wall border affairs. He will act as the supervisor until the arrival of Supervisor Wang Xiangqian."

This appointment is not unimportant. It can be said that Man Gui was directly appointed as Wang Xiangqian's deputy and actual executor.

Prior to this, the Ming Dynasty had only a few military generals such as Li Rusong and Ma Gui who had been appointed as admirals and had the power to control the general army. Not to mention that Man Gui took over the post of acting governor as admiral, which was an unprecedented breakthrough for military generals.

It further confirmed the emperor's intention to re-employ military generals, and Li Xingzhong and others were ready to make a move. At this time Zhu Youjian asked again:
"With Mangui gone, who should bear the important responsibility of Shanhaiguan Commander-in-Chief?"

Li Xingzhong wanted to take the opportunity to recommend it, but Kong Zhenyun said:
"Your Majesty, this position needs to be promoted and should not be decided in private."

Zhu Youjian thought for a while and felt that he was not familiar enough with Liaodong affairs, so he could only put aside the idea of ​​​​interfering and let the deputy general of Shanhaiguan take over temporarily.

At the same time, he also ordered Wang Zhichen, the governor of Liaodong, to prepare troops and horses. Once Lin Dan Khan insisted on moving westward, he would send troops to copy his retreat and gather the small tribes left behind to serve as a barrier to the Ming Dynasty.

Li Xingzhong took the opportunity to recommend himself and wanted to lead troops in Liaodong. Zhu Youjian hesitated, worried that the Li family had any old tribes or old grievances in Liaodong, which would not be conducive to the stability of Liaodong.

But then I thought about it, Nurhaci from Houjin just died of illness last year, Huang Taiji is competing with his brothers for power, and there won't be a war in Liaodong for a while, so it might be a good idea to send Li Xingzhong to test the waters. Channel:
"Li Qing took the initiative to ask for the imperial tassel, so why don't you ride on a fast horse and go to Shanhaiguan to announce the decree to Mangui."

"Then tell the king's ministers to deploy five thousand cavalry as the standard battalion. Once Lin Dan Khan moves west, he will send troops as the vanguard."

"You will serve as the deputy general of this camp, and the commander will be... Zu Dashou!"

After thinking about it, Zhu Youjian decided to transfer Zu Dashou from the Liaodong front line and serve as the leader of this army. Lest this famous second minister surrender to the enemy on the front line in the future.

　"Chongzhen Changbian": Yan Yuncong, the governor of Liaodong, was led by the commander-in-chief Zhao to teach his private son-in-law, and the commander-in-chief of Ningyuan was guarded by Man Gui. Gui Gushu Bianyan said:
　　From then on, I said that I was of Western descent, and I pretended to build Gaoyang. Chen is originally from Yixian County, Yanzhou Prefecture, Shandong Province, and lived in the vanguard of Xuanfu Prefecture due to his ancestral position...

　　
　
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