Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 922
The frontier generals of Liao Town have always been honest about those tribes with few people who fight like chopping melons and vegetables, but now that Nurhachi has integrated Jianzhou Jurchen, this is different.

When Li Chengliang attacked Jianzhou Left Guard and Jianzhou Right Guard back then, although he was sure to win with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai, he was unwilling to spend too much effort for these indifferent small tribes. The owner of the city, Nikan Wailan, can be said to be loyal to Daming, so this person came forward to persuade the left guards of Jianzhou to open the gate of the village. The ending was naturally very simple. The Ming army rushed in and killed all the people inside.

After the two Nurhachi brothers fled back to Jianzhouwei, they once questioned the border generals in Liao Town, asking why a villain like Nikan Wailan was put in charge. The side general also uttered big words, saying that since you say so, then our Liao Town wants him to be the lord of the Jurchen.

The title of Lord of the Jurchen sounds scary, but in fact it is what it is, but all the ministries of Jianzhou and the Jurchen tribes outside took it seriously, and Nikanwailan was very beautiful for a while.

However, the two Nurhachi brothers stayed at the residence of Li Chengliang, the chief soldier of Liao Town. Some people said they were servants there, and some said they were soldiers there. , and people themselves have talents, even though most of them were wearing leather robes and commoners when they started their business, and there were only thirteen sets of armor, but they became stronger and stronger, and their strength gradually expanded.

Still the same sentence, Nurhaci is considered a noble family in the Jurchen tribe, but in the eyes of the Ming Dynasty border generals, he is like a mouse. There was no need to mobilize troops for him. Nurhachi's strength grew, and Jianzhouwei gradually lost the place for Nikanwailan.

His own city of Tulun was breached, and he hid in Jianzhou Weidong, but Nurhachi seemed to turn his hiding in Tibet into a means of unifying Jianzhou Wei. Whoever took him in, he would attack here At the end of the day, the Jurchen ministries no longer dared to take in this Nikanwailan.

In desperation, Nikanwailan could only hide in the fortress of Liao Town. In the past few years of conquests, Nurhachi was able to mobilize [-] soldiers, and he could also bring in three soldiers. There are more than a thousand Mongolian cavalry assisted by a powerful force. To deal with such a force, it is no longer enough to rely on the thousand households on the border of Liao Town, and it needs to be treated with caution.

Nurhaci only asked the general to hand over Nikanwailan and return the bodies of his father and grandfather, and did not say anything else.

One thing more is worse than one thing less, and Nikan Wailan is not an important person, and if he is handed over without fighting a fierce battle, Liao Town's generals will be able to calculate the gains and losses.

Nikanwailan was handed over, and was hacked to death by Nurhachi's soldiers under the side wall of Liao Town. Then, the bodies of Nurhachi's father and grandfather were returned by the Ming army.

Nurhachi kept the agreement, respectfully sent gifts, and agreed to various requests from Liao Town, such as not making troubles at random, and assisting Liao Town soldiers and horses when needed, and so on.

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Except for the people on duty, Jinyiwei Yamen arranged to go back for the New Year's rest. Yang Sichen also had a leisure time here, but he was called by Wang Tong to the South Street Public Security Department on duty to read these documents together.

The matter was very simple, it was just a small dispute on the border, and there were no deaths or injuries of Ming officers and soldiers, such facts would not attract too much attention.

If it weren't for Nurhachi, he would be regarded as a hero outside the pass now, and the guards on duty there would not even pay attention to him.

There is only so much that can be learned by reading those documents, but there are more exciting things to listen to the introductions of those merchants who often travel between the capital and outside the customs.

For example, regarding how Nanurhachi and Shuerhaqi were released from captivity, many people said that it was Li Chengliang's wife who saw the extraordinary appearance of these two people, so she let them go.

At first glance, this story seems to be a story of pity and love for talents, but when you think about it carefully, there is something wrong. Li Chengliang now has the title of Duke, and he was already an earl before that. Just like a palace, these high-ranking figures have strict family rules, and even more segregation between men and women.

With such an honorable status as Mrs. Li Chengliang, how could she see the two young barbarians in the captive camp? This is quite interesting.

It is said that Nurhachi and Shuerhaqi are both tall and strong men with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and they are not uncivilized Jurchen savages who know how to groom and understand Chinese.

Li Chengliang has many wives and concubines, perhaps the main house has been left out in the cold, and it is more likely that when this Nurhachi was in Li Chengliang's mansion, there was already a story. Most of the Liao Town is a powerful warrior, and it is not polite to cover up Yes, it's such obscene things that everyone talks about.

What's more, this matter is the family matter of Li Chengliang, the chief soldier of Liao Town. What kind of person is Li Chengliang in Liao Town?

And there is another thing that people don't quite understand. Li Chengliang's second son, Li Rubai, is also the de facto lieutenant general of Liao Town today. He took in a new concubine the year before last. , This concubine is Nurhachi's younger sister, and it is not clear whether she is a biological sister or a cousin.

These gossips must have been mentioned in private after dinner in Liao Town, and everyone was talking about them, but at this time, they heard something different.

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"There was a rumor before that Liao Town's general had sold weapons to Nurhachi privately. If he really worked in Li Chengliang's residence and his younger sister married Li Rubai, it would be much easier to obtain weapons than others, although Jurchen himself It can also be forged with iron, but it is definitely not as good as the ones in Liao Town."

Wang Tong opened his mouth and said, Yang Sichen excerpted a passage there, raised his head and said in agreement:

"What Hou Ye said is right. With such a relationship, weapons are still a trivial matter. This Jurchen chieftain may also have great convenience in trade, which will allow him to rise rapidly."

Wang Tong nodded. If other people don't think so, but in Wang Tong's system, he attaches great importance to trade. After all, this method can quickly accumulate wealth. With wealth, you can buy weapons and recruit people. If this Nurhachi has talent and these conveniences, he will definitely rise.

After all, Yang Sichen didn't pay much attention to this, but he was just a new and rising chieftain. There were people like this everywhere on the border of Daming, so there was no need to be so careful. He came to read the document because he wanted to Let's see how we can sort out a newspaper against Li Chengliang among these materials.

Wang Tong didn't know why, he patted the table, pondered for a while, and said:
"Letting Nikan Wailan go out and letting him be hacked to death by Nurhachi's men seems to eliminate the border troubles. I am not dead, one soldier and one people, and the captives retreat. This is meritorious service, but in fact, this is It was Na Nurhachi who slapped Daming hard on the face, and let the Jurchen and other Mongolian ministries outside the side wall see that a small slave chieftain could be with the dignified Daming border town dignitaries, and that Daming Bian Zhen still had to give it, wouldn’t this make the Nu Chief famous from the side, increase his influence, and let more people follow suit?”

Halfway through the speech, Yang Sichen came to his senses, spread out the decree, picked up a brush and hurriedly recorded, what Wang Tong said may not conform to the regulations, he had to convert it into words to make the corresponding decree.

"Furthermore, Liao Town's move made the people of all ethnic groups who are loyal to Daming and have their hearts turned towards the Celestial Dynasty feel chilled. They worked for the pioneers of Daming and did things for Daming, but in the end they were not protected by Daming. This Nikan Wailan feels sorry for His Majesty. Ende, serving His Majesty, did not expect to get asylum, was thrown outside the city, and was killed by bandits in full view. This kind of situation spread outside the region. Who would dare to defect to Daming in the future? Who would dare to do things for Daming? Doesn’t this fate make people vigilant?”

After Wang Tong finished speaking, Yang Sichen also finished recording after a while, and while deliberating about changes, he said in a low voice:
"Master Hou, wait a moment. When the rough draft is finished, I will ask Master Hou to review it."

"Find someone who is friendly with us to sign this memorial and submit it. We don't need to come forward directly, but we need to let the other side know that it is this side's instigation."

"Please don't worry, Lord Hou, there are some officials who are presently leaning over on their own initiative."

Yang Sichen replied there, Wang Tong pushed the paper, and leaned back on the back of the chair. Inexplicably, his heart became a little heavy, and he said again:
"Nikanwailan seems like a trivial matter, but it actually allowed Nanurhachi to establish his reputation in Jianzhou. The other ministries saw that he could make Daming bow his head, so they naturally felt that this person was strong. And after this Nurhachi became strong, with the habit of Liaozhen border generals, he will deal with him even more in the future, which has fueled his arrogance, and it will go round and round, waiting for Daming to support this fellow."

"Master Hou, don't worry. These people are nothing but clowns. Raise your hand and you'll be equal."

Yang Sichen said something with a smile, Wang Tong sat there shaking his head slowly, and said:
"Benhou has wiped out the Alda tribe, and now Guihua City is cutting flesh and bleeding everywhere on the grassland. All the Tartar tribes on the grassland are weak, and the existence of the nine border towns is becoming less and less necessary. There are no foreign enemies, and they should enter with swords and guns." Ku, how to ensure the prosperity and wealth of our own family, naturally we have to think of other ways, and now that Mongolia is weak, if we can make an enemy on the side of the Jurchens outside the pass, it is also a good strategy."

"Master Hou, do they really dare?"

"This Marquis is also guessing, but for the sake of glory and wealth, why don't they dare!?"

Wang Tong said very helplessly.

(End of this chapter)