Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

Updated: 2012-11-10

In the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Kangxi with a sick face was leaning on the edge of the kang, looking at the memorials on the kang table.These memorials include the report of the Ministry of Household Affairs on the situation of the autumn collection and collection into the treasury, the situation of the Yunnan-Guizhou War reported by the Governor of Yunnan-Guizhou, and the request of the Lifan Court for Zhungeer's urging of the remaining old coins.Although there were no large-scale typhoons, droughts, and floods in the area under the control of the Qing court, unlike under the Ming and Zheng regimes, the successive years of campaigns and the huge expenditures such as paying tributes and yearly coins to Jungar also made people who have no money and no food. The Qing army on the front line could not take advantage of the problems in the Ming and Zheng dynasties to make a comeback.

What worries Kangxi even more is that the sequelae of large-scale donations have emerged. Governors from all over the country have reported the evil deeds of donating officials to wantonly collect money, and sporadic civil uprisings have occurred because officials forced *people*.Fortunately, the anti-Qing uprisings in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces with the most serious problems have been quelled by the returning Qing troops one after another.However, the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou, especially Guizhou, had become white land. Even if the Zheng army did not attack again, the Qing army in the province had to retreat to the Sichuan-Guizhou and Yunnan-Guizhou borders in order to obtain supplies from the two provinces nearby.

"It seems that corruption is about to be suppressed." Kangxi muttered in a low voice, wrote his own cognition with red pen on several similar edicts, and raised his hand to the chief eunuch Li Dequan. "Issued to the cabinet, and the three legal divisions sent cadres to the provinces to investigate and visit. If it is found that it is not limited to Manchu and Han, one will be severely punished."

Li Dequan took these papers, turned around and went out and handed them to the imperial guards outside, at this time Kangxi picked up another memorial.This one was sent by General Pingdong and Prince Sikang Chuntai from Pyongyang, saying that all the Eastern Mongolian cavalry recruited by Kangxi in the Mulan paddock were in place.In this way, the Qing court in North Korea had eight Banners, including Oros, six participating leaders, seventeen assistant leaders, and four thousand, and Jilin and Liaodong, including eleven Oroqen, Xibo, and Ewenke Zuo leaders. Seven thousand troops from the Eight Banners, 500 soldiers from the Han Army Banner and Eight Mongolian Banners, 300 Eastern Mongolian Cavalry, and a total strength of nearly 9000 troops. Although it is not as strong as before the Qing army retreated, it can still be called Above is an army that destroys the country and destroys the country.

"According to investigations, there are [-] people in Haini's court and there are sailors and boats to assist in the battle." Kangxi thought for a while and wrote in the memorial. "Leading soldiers and ministers should be cautious on the front line, follow the same steps, and don't act recklessly and rashly." He also felt that writing like this would make Chuntai restrain his hands, so Kangxi instructed again. "The strategy of the march is very good, but the military situation is changing rapidly, so there is no need to announce everything, so as not to delay the military plan, which is against my original intention."

When Li Dequan returned to the wing room and waited for Kangxi to hand over the memorial to him again, he whispered admonishment: "Your Majesty, you are just recovering from a serious illness, don't overwork yourself, drink the milk first, and take a rest."

"I can't rest." Kangxi sighed softly. "The war situation is dangerous and the place is in trouble. If I slack off any more, the Qing Dynasty will be destroyed."

Maybe he felt that what he said was unlucky, Kangxi shook his head subconsciously, and then accepted Li Dequan's kindness half-heartedly: "Forget it, just bring the milk here, I will drink while watching."

Li Dequan hadn't come to Kangxi with the plate, when Kangxi suddenly yelled: "You bastard!"

Li Dequan turned pale in shock, looked around, and realized that it was not Kangxi who was scolding him, but he said to the memorial in his hand at the moment: "Who is this in charge, who actually advocates making peace with Haini!"

While cursing, Kangxi slapped the Kang table furiously, and he swept the memorials piled on the Kang table to the ground, so frightened that Li Dequan hurriedly put down the tray, turned over and knelt down on the ground and said: "The emperor calms down, the emperor calms down!" Ah, your body and bones are important, it is not worth getting angry with these people."

But Li Dequan's wry smile was completely in vain, and Kangxi, who was furious, scolded indiscriminately: "Get out, you are a eunuch, you can talk about military affairs."

Li Dequan ran out in a frenzy, but Kangxi was walking quickly in the wing room impatiently. At this moment, he was full of thoughts, and his mind was full of murderous thoughts.However, Kangxi's pace gradually slowed down, and after a while, he even bent down to pick up the peace request memorial that had just been thrown under the window sill, and read it carefully again.However, after reading it, his anger surged again. As a last resort, Kangxi held this booklet and walked into the small Buddhist hall next to him.

Maybe it was the blessing of the gods and Buddhas, or maybe it was because his mood gradually stabilized after reading the scriptures. Kangxi read this memorial for the third time. This time, he showed a thoughtful expression on his face.Yes, Ming Zheng might not accept the peace negotiation, but he can try it anyway. The Qing court is too tightly bound now, and it really needs a time to relax.

Just trying to understand this point, Kangxi looked down at the signature of the memorial, "Engineering to Shizhong Boerzi".

Looking at the name, Kangxi knew that there should be a full staff, and he felt relieved, so he ordered to Li Dequan who was kneeling outside the house: "Go, send me the rotating university scholars."

Li Dequan just wanted to get up, when Kangxi suddenly changed his words: "Slow down, there is no need to go, just find someone to call Li Guangdi."

Negotiating peace is a major event, because it involves Zheng Shuo and the legitimacy of the regime, which will inevitably attract different reactions from all sides, so it must not be exposed in broad daylight before a decision is made.Of course, Kangxi is not a superman, and he needs a consultant, so he decided to consult with Li Guangdi first.

Here, opinions on the agreement are still being sought, but the Korean battlefield has already sharpened its sword.

After receiving the order sent back by Kangxi Kuaima, Prince Sikang Chuntai left one of the Eight Banners, one leader, two assistant leaders, and one part of the Jilin Eight Banners. A total of 500 people stayed in Pyongyang to defend the grain roads. All go south.

Concerned about the water power of the Zheng army, the main force of the Qing army going south, with more than [-] people, marched along the east bank of the Zaining River after crossing the Datong River, passing through the Qilin Road towards Jinchuan County, and then crossing the Licheng River, approaching Si Kaesong, one of the capitals.In addition to this road, there are about [-] Han army flags and [-] North Korean royal troops whose combat power is impossible to estimate. Chuntai hopes to use this road to disperse the Zheng army. attention.

Although Chuntai's plan was good, it soon ran into trouble.The road conditions in North Korea were not much better than those in the areas under the Qing government. The official post roads were especially narrow, and an army of more than 6000 people crowded on them, making it impossible to move fast.What made Chun Tai even more troublesome was that the Mongolian cavalry recruited from Eastern Mongolia had extremely bad military discipline and plundered the Korean people along the way. Not only did officials loyal to the North Korean royal court along the way come to cry, but even the Korean people along the way were forced to come and cry. flee, and even organize to rebel.Therefore, the Qing army had not yet reached Kaesong, and had lost nearly a hundred riders along the way.

Nearly a hundred horsemen may not be a big deal to the Qing army with [-] troops, but the actions of the Mongolian soldiers may make the Qing army's hope of supplying supplies on the spot dashed.What annoyed Chun Tai even more was that seeing his compatriots go unpunished, there was also chaos in the Mongolian Eight Banners. Many people secretly participated in the looting activities of the Eastern Mongolian cavalry, making things even more difficult to control.

Because there are many princes and nobles such as county kings, Jinong, Baylor, and Beizi among the Eastern Mongolian cavalry, Chuntai is not easy to deal with. Finally, under the persuasion of his staff, Chuntai decided to transfer the Mongolian soldiers to the Eastern Front to support South Korea. Even if the Royal Court's imperial army fights to cause harm, it has nothing to do with the main battlefield.

In this way, without any action by the Zheng army, the Qing army divided its troops on its own, and together with the garrison troops left along the way, when they arrived in Kaesong, Chuntai had only 2000 troops left in his hands. Has a considerable advantage, but the original overwhelming advantage no longer exists.

After occupying Kaesong for the third time without bloodshed, the Qing army crossed and continued to advance, and drove to the banks of the Han River one by one.However, although it was October, the Han River had not yet frozen, and the Qing army had nothing to do with the small cruise ships of the Zheng army that appeared on the river from time to time, so they had to stay in Jiangbei.And because all along the route were within the attack range of Zheng Jun's naval division stationed in Ganghwa Island, Chuntai had to order the whole army to return to Kaesong to rest and wait for the Han River and the coast to freeze.

As the saying goes, if you plant flowers deliberately, the flowers will not bloom, but if you plant willows unintentionally, they will make shade.Just as Chuntai was trapped in Zheng Jun's defense line on the Han River and was forced to retreat, the Eastern Mongolian cavalry transferred to the east coast of North Korea caused great terror to Li Yu's side.

Although the more than 3000 Eastern Mongolian cavalry are not many compared to the huge eastern North Korea, everyone has two horses, or even three horses, so they are extremely mobile.Often, the Seoul side just received reports that it was attacking the previous town, and then the next town fell, and the report came one after another, so that the North Korean army was completely defenseless, and could only let it go all over the place.

Under such circumstances, the governors of Gangwon Province, such as Huaiyang, Xiangyang, Chuncheon, and Cheorwon, fell one after another. Counties, counties, and prisons such as Yangkou, Langchuan, Hongchuan, Yangkou, Linti, and Hengcheng were also ravaged one after another.Fortunately, the old problem of Mongolian soldiers not being good at attacking cities has not been improved, so the capital of Gangwon Province, Gangneung Daduhufu and the important town of Wonju, did not fall.

But even so, Gangwon-do has three police officers a day, and neighboring Sangcheong-do and Gyeonggi-do also feel chilly. Hundreds of North Koreans have fled south one after another. It is a tragic end-time scene.

The royal court of South Korea had no choice but to ask Zheng Fan for help.However, it is no longer enough to defend the Han River defense line with the [-]th Division of the Longxiang Army, so how can we have the strength to go to the Eastern Front.In order to avoid the sudden appearance of the Eastern Mongolian cavalry on the front line of Seoul and make dumplings for the South Korean royal court, the court king Li Yu decided to move the royal court and the government to Quanzhou on the one hand, and on the other hand, he sent Cui Yingzhi to Nanjing to beg Zheng Zheng. Helping hand