Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

But during the ceremony of proclaiming the emperor and founding the country, the envoy from North Korea disgusted Huang Taiji.How could this not make Huang Taiji angry?But Huang Taiji also controlled his emotions very well, because North Korea would play a very important role in the general strategy of the Qing Dynasty.

After Huang Taiji succeeded Khan, his first personal expedition was to conquer North Korea.Because for Huang Taiji, the role of North Korea is too important.

The first is strategic considerations.This point has been introduced before, so I won’t go into details here;

The second is to ask North Korea to respect the Manchu Qing politically.If North Korea, the hardcore vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, was transformed into a vassal state of the Manchus, it would add a lot of points to the Manchus politically;

The third is the economic opening trade.The Qing Dynasty wanted to trade with the Ming Dynasty through North Korea, and in this kind of trade, Zheng Zhilong, who had no concept of a country or a nation at all, also joined his maritime merchant fleet.In addition, when the Manchu Qing was short of food, they would also use North Korea as a "cash machine" and wantonly squeeze everything in North Korea;

The last is to borrow troops in the military.It's ridiculous. At that time, the soldiers of North Korea were just rubbish on the battlefield in the Far East, but he had a unit that was highly valued by the Qing Dynasty, and that was the North Korean firecrackers.

Moreover, Man Qing's vision is very accurate, and the North Korean firecrackers will still have wonderful performances in the future.Therefore, anyone who says that the Manchus did not pay much attention to firearms and only paid attention to riding and shooting is bullshit, but the Manchus did not master the manufacturing technology of firearms.

However, North Korea has always been obedient and obedient to the requirements of the Qing Dynasty.Since the Manchu Qing and North Korea became brothers ten years ago, North Korea is still disconnected from the Ming Dynasty.In order to win over North Korea, every time Huang Taiji won a victory, he told North Korea in detail that he tried his best to win North Korea over from the Ming Dynasty, but with little success.

In fact, the reason is also very simple.It wasn't that North Korea admired Ming Dynasty at all, mainly because, in the minds of North Korea's monarchs and ministers, they were terrified of the strength of Daming's army. [

Toyotomi Hideyoshi's 20 Japanese troops.North Korea was almost about to be destroyed, but the Ming army dispatched 20 troops, but drove the [-] Japanese troops out of the sea.Therefore, there is no way North Korea can afford to betray the Ming Dynasty.

So there was this scene where the North Korean envoys did not worship.So Huang Taiji secretly made up his mind and decided to conquer North Korea again, to completely turn North Korea into a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty.

But before that, Huang Taiji was still preparing to carry out a "bloodletting" operation against the Ming Dynasty.Although the Ningjin defense line built by Sun Chengzong back then was incomplete.However, Jinzhou and Shanhaiguan still played a very important role in the military operations against the Qing Dynasty.In order to preserve the vitality of the Qing Dynasty, Huang Taiji would not attack these two fortified cities that were heavily defended.

So as soon as the proclaiming of the emperor and the founding of the country were over, Huang Taiji called Azig to him and asked him to lead the army in the first battle of entrance.The Manchu Qing will draw [-] armored soldiers in Every Niulu, plus the Mongolian Eight Banners, the Han Eight Banners and the Sanshun Wang Han Army.There are more than [-] soldiers from the Mongolian tribe, and they plan to attack Ming Dynasty again in May.

"Why didn't Wu Runing send troops to Jining? Can Wu Runing afford to miss a major event in the mansion?" Gu Zhengqing lost his temper at his housekeeper.

It is now April of the ninth year of Chongzhen, and Gu Zhengqing, as the new prefect of Runing, has been in Jining for almost a month.

Speaking of which, Gu Zhengqing is still an old acquaintance of Wu Shigong, he is the inspector of Nancheng when Wu Shigong was the commander of the Nancheng army and horses - Gu Yushi.

That Gu Zhengqing was really unlucky.After so many years, he was released as a magistrate.But this is also the tragedy of marginal political figures!

Originally, Gu Zhengqing had also figured it out, since there was no money to be made in the officialdom, he would search for a fortune wherever he went, so that he could be a rich man when he returned to his hometown after becoming an official.Unexpectedly, he was arranged to go to the heavenly Henan Runing.From the report in the residence, it is known that there are riots and bandits, and the area where wars occur frequently.

So Gu Zhengqing felt a little desperate.But it is impossible not to go to Runing to take office.So after Gu Zhengqing brought his family to Jining by boat, he sent a letter asking the Runing garrison to send troops to protect him and rush to Runing.

When Tongzhi Ru Ning, who stayed behind, sent Gu Zhengqing's official document to Wu Shigong, Wu Shigong sneered at it.Under the control of the Runing Army, Guide and Runing are quite safe.If Gu Zhengqing is still not at ease, he can go with the caravan of the Four Seas Trading Company.Who has the spare time to protect Gu Zhengqing?

Besides, the current Wu Shigong's mentality can already be described as arrogance, a mere magistrate.Wu Shigong no longer paid attention to him.

When Tongzhi Ru Ning tactfully conveyed Wu Shigong's meaning to Gu Zhengqing, Gu Zhengqing was furious immediately.But after calming down and thinking about it, he recalled the unusual behavior of Emperor Chongzhen when he gave his majesty's speech.

Officials who leave Beijing to take office must go to the emperor to give his majesty a speech.And this majesty is often a form.Several officials went to the court at the same time, and then they were encouraged by the emperor to end it. Sometimes the emperor didn't even show up, and the grand scholars of the cabinet were entrusted to carry out this form.

But Gu Zhengqing's majesty speech was a little different, he was received by Emperor Chongzhen alone.Although Emperor Chongzhen didn't say much, he mentioned Wu Shigong, the deputy general of Runing. [

Gu Zhengqing remembered very clearly that Emperor Chongzhen said this: "Then Wu Runing has always been arrogant and ignorant. You are the original master. After the past, you must be more disciplined, and don't let him cause trouble again."

So Gu Zhengqing vaguely understood that the imperial court appointed him to be the magistrate of Runing Mansion to take care of the little eunuch who used to make troubles in Nancheng!

Gu Zhengqing guessed right, and Gu Zhengqing's appointment was exactly for this purpose.Because during this period of time, Wu Shigong did another major event that caused a sensation in the government and the public.And this incident was related to Hou Xun, who Wu Shigong had befriended.

The chief assistant Wen Tiren, who felt full of wings, finally showed his butcher knife to Hou Xun, one of the leaders of the Donglin Party, the Secretary of the Household Department.In March, Hou Xun was sentenced to prison for corruption.

But to be honest, Hou Xun's corruption is well-documented, and among the black crows among officials in the late Ming Dynasty, Hou Xun was still one of the best.Therefore, Wen Tiren did not wrong Hou Xun.

Even under the power of Wen Tiren, no official in the world would dare to complain for Hou Xun.At this time, no one expected that when the news reached Runing Mansion, a military officer in Runing fired at Wen Tiren. (to be continued...)