Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

Updated: 2012-11-01

Regardless of whether it is flattering or not, Aixinjue Luo Xuanye can be regarded as a generation of sages in later generations, at least it shows that he is a basically qualified ruler. Since he is a basically qualified ruler, he naturally understands when he should do what What not to do.Therefore, under the current situation where there are so many bad news and bad news, he resisted the urge to retaliate, but sent envoys to sternly reprimand the North Korean envoys for participating in the Yinfeng rebellion, and demanded that the North Korean envoys make amends and deliver rice on time as previously required. west.

Maybe Kangxi's forbearance was only temporary, maybe the emperor was waiting for the crisis on the western front to be resolved, and then turned around to punish North Korea's betrayal, but the facts were completely contrary to what Kangxi had imagined. North Korea, which is very respectful, did not bow its head and obey its ears this time. Instead, it mobilized its troops from all over the country and marched to the border of North Korea and Qing Dynasty to demonstrate with force.

North Korea's abacus may be intended to help the former Ming Dynasty restore the country, or to invade the long-awaited Jiandao area and then erode and occupy the entire Northeast mainland. After the Eight Banners troops stationed in Jilin were assembled, North Korea fell into a panic. After all, "Dingmao chaos" has only passed 60 years ago, and "Bingzi chaos" has not even arrived 60 years ago, and there are still people alive. The old people who have been around for a long time tell the story of the tragedy.

In order to avoid being invaded again, on the one hand, North Korea sent envoys to Beijing to admit their mistakes, and on the other hand, they also sent people to Jeju to pay homage to the governor of the garrison, hoping to transfer it to the country, so that Zheng Kezang, who was in the Ming Dynasty or had an in-law relationship, could help them In one hand, they either directly garrison troops to participate in the war or threatened the hinterland of the Qing army by the sea, so that they did not dare to go south easily.

In fact, not all North Koreans want Zheng Fan to provide help.

On the one hand, many Korean Confucian scholars accused Zheng Fan of treachery for occupying the entire island of Jeju. North Korea will lure wolves into the house in the future.

However, the Qing court did not know whether it would forgive North Korea’s offense, and it would not be an enemy on both sides to make a stalemate with Zheng Fan. Therefore, no matter how much discussion there was between the government and the opposition, the North Korean envoys still embarked on a long sea journey and finally arrived in Wuding. In early November of the third year, escorted by cruise ships of the Beiyang Fleet of the Navy, they arrived in Nanjing.

When the Korean special envoy arrived in Nanjing, Zheng Jun marched into Baoqing and Changde again, forcing Sang'e and Sige to retreat further to Chenzhou, Yuanzhou, and Lizhou Zhili Prefecture.Since Chen, Yuanfu, and Lizhou are mostly barren lands ruled by chieftains, there is no supplement for soldiers and food supplies, so the Sanger Department is actually on the verge of defeat, and the Sige Department is only relying on the support of the Huguang Qing Army to survive. The bridgehead on the west of Dongting Lake and on the banks of Lishui River.

Of course, it is not without good news for Kangxi. After learning of the news of Galdan's defeat, the Oros side, which once tore up the "Nerchinsk Treaty", shrank back the military might of the Qing court, which made the Qing army The threat from the northeast border was removed, allowing the Qing court to assemble the cavalry under the command of the three generals outside the pass to suppress North Korea externally and suppress the guerrilla units sent by Zheng Jun internally.

On the eighth day of November, Kangxi received the good news he had been looking forward to for a long time. Facing the news of the Qing army's strict defense in Shaanxi and Gansu and the news that Fei Yanggu's army was approaching Khobduo, he did not want his troops to be out of control for a long time and cause The Xizhun Great Khan Tsewang Alabatan, who was split within the clan, finally decided to withdraw from Gansu after extorting a sum of money.

This shrewd Khan unscrupulously offered to exchange the head of Galdan and the land of Gansu in Yilibali (Ili) in exchange for a one-time compensation of 300 million taels from the Qing court and 50 taels of old coins every year in the future. .Faced with the sky-high asking price, the envoys of the Qing court paid back the money on the spot if they did not lose the battle.

After a lot of fierce bargaining, the two parties who had no intention of fighting again finally negotiated a huge deal to redeem the land in Yumen Guandong at a price of 100 million taels.At the same time, the two parties agreed that the emperor of the Qing Dynasty would give the Zhungeer Empire a yearly gift of 25 taels at the end of each year. Of course, this yearly gift can be exchanged for the price with tea, silk and other goods.In addition to the above two items, the two parties also agreed to trade at the border. The Zhungeer people will exchange horses, furs and other grassland specialties for various consumables and luxury goods in China.

Although the peace obtained by paying goods and goods is unreliable, although the payment of foreign enemies hurts the sageness of the monarch, although the amount of money, food and annual gifts paid in the peace agreement is large, Zheng Kezang's offensive has forced him to parry Kangxi, who had the power to do so, still ignored the objections of the ministers in the court and accepted it categorically.

In mid-December of that year, at the cost of hollowing out the household department, the Qing court collected more than [-] taels of tea, wine, pearls, jade, gold and silver and sent them to the Dace Lingbu army who invaded Gansu. After the fortune, the Zhunjun first handed over the body of Galdan who committed suicide in Anxi, and then began to withdraw from Gansu in batches.

Now that the quasi-army had begun to retreat, Kangxi immediately ordered the Sichuan Qing army to dispatch to Yunnan and Guizhou.Of course, Kangxi, who was guarding against the comeback of the Zhungeer Army, did not order the Shanshan Green Battalion to withdraw from the original defense and transfer to the front line of Henan and Hubei. Instead, he ordered the green flag soldiers of the two provinces to take over the prefectures and counties of Gansu one by one, and instructed Wu He, the Governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, to Gansu rebuilt the Great Wall and built more forts as a precaution.

Rebuilding the Great Wall, building additional fortresses, paying Zhungeer's annual currency, coping with the huge military expenditures in front of him, providing for palace expenses and salaries for hundreds of officials, all of these require money.However, Jiangnan and Guangdong, the main wealth places of the Qing court, have been lost, Huguang is dilapidated, and the uprisings of the people in Yunnan and Guizhou have not yet subsided. A country of abundance alone is unable to support such expenses. As for donations, lijin, etc., miscellaneous changes, etc. After thinking about it, Kangxi didn't want to dry up the marshes, fish and burn forests, and hunt and drive the people to Mingzheng.Therefore, after much deliberation, if you want to solve the problem as quickly as possible, it is still a word of "grab".

Looking around, the only thing that can be robbed is North Korea, which has been at peace for a long time. So not long after the peace agreement with Zhungeer was reached, Kangxi secretly made a decision to attack North Korea.However, although North Korea is big, it can't fight without [-] to [-] soldiers.However, the strength of the Qing army is now tight everywhere. Unless they sing an empty city strategy in the Zhili area again, they will not be able to mobilize the tens of thousands of mobile forces.Moreover, food and fodder is not a small number for a large army to conquer the dynasty. Although it is possible to fight the enemy because of food, it cannot be unprepared at all.In addition, it is not suitable to use troops in winter, so Kangxi finally decided to punish North Korea for its disrespect after the beginning of spring.

In addition to Kangxi and Zheng Kezang, the ones who want to deal with North Korean goods and food, but now he is beyond the reach of North Korea, so he can only use soft knives against North Korea on the premise of keeping the Seogwipo Governor's Mansion and Jeju Island Ranch, so the The arrival of the North Korean envoy actually made him secretly happy.

So, after a period of indifference to the other party, he finally summoned the other party after the North Korean envoy resorted to the ultimate trump card to present Zheng Kezang's concubine Li's family letter.Sure enough, after handing over the hand of Li Yu, Lord Yiyuan, the Korean envoy took the opportunity to cry to Zheng Kezang about the threat of the Qing court, and repeatedly pleaded with Zheng Fan for assistance.

In this regard, Zheng Kezang could only introduce the current situation to him, and unequivocally rejected the other party's request to send troops.

Naturally, the North Korean envoy could not return home with such an answer, so he knelt down and tried to impress Zheng Kezang.Li Shi, who followed the curtain to talk to the envoy, also worried that the state of his parents would be destroyed again, so he cried to Zheng Kezang.Seeing that the heat had come, Zheng Kezang said that it was impossible to send troops, but he could sell them to North Korea Bingjia firearms.

The so-called firearms are naturally captured bird guns, tiger squatting guns, and some Hongyi cannons cast in Ming and Qing dynasties. Such firearms are not as good as the rifles and field guns equipped by Zheng Jun, but they can be regarded as sharp weapons.

Seeing that the North Korean envoy, who was really impossible for Zheng Jun to dispatch, had no choice but to accept the reply reluctantly.

However, Zheng Jun's artillery and armor were not cheap, but in the face of the sharpening Qing court, the envoy finally agreed.But unexpectedly, the North Korean envoy who returned to Seoul on the Zheng Jun cruise ship reported the negotiation process, but was flatly rejected by the political leaders of the Yi government.

According to the false content sent back from Beijing, the North Korean side believed that as long as Bai Migong was defeated, the Qing army would not enter the peninsula. Fang purchased supplies such as armored cannons, gunpowder and other materials, and ordered the disbandment of the army in the north.

The cowardice of the court and the weakness of the ministers stimulated the envoy, which made Cao Zhenglang, a gift named Cui Yingzhi (the fifth grade), have a different idea.So on the one hand, Cui Ying contacted his comrades who were determined to fight against the Qing Dynasty, and on the other hand, he sneaked back to the Zheng Jun warship outside Jemulpo and made an incredible suggestion.

"What?" Dong You, the captain of the cruise ship who was in contact with Cui Yingzhi, looked at him in shock. "Master Cui, what are you talking about, taking Uiwon-kun as the king of Joseon? This, this," Dong You looked at the other party with firm eyes, and couldn't help but take a deep breath. "Is this not a joke? Well, even if it's not a joke, it's not up to you and me to decide."

"This is natural." Because North Korea has the same custom of emphasizing civility over military affairs as in the Ming Dynasty, Cui Yingzhi, who is a Dongban (civilian), actually despises Dong Youduo, who is equivalent to the status of a Spanish general in his country, but the other side is A minister of the state, secondly, the implementation of his own ideas requires his help to spread the word, so Cui Yingzhi is a little enthusiastic while being reserved. "Your Majesty, Shangguo, report to His Royal Highness King Xia, but as for Lord Yiyuan, there will be officials coming to make contact with you." Cui Yingzhi said confidently. "Thinking that there is a discord, for King Xia's sake, the country does not dare to do anything to Lord Yiyuan."

"That's true." Dong You nodded. Under the deterrence of Zheng Fan's force, Yuan Jun's family would not lose their heads because of this, and he, the instigator, would not get the wrath of Zheng Kezang's inner court. "Okay." Thinking of this, Dong You breathed a sigh of relief. "After returning, the lower officials will report Master Cui's idea."

"Then please"