Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1056
An eagle croaked and flew across the sky, and its voice pierced through the clouds. In its eagle eyes, a group of cavalrymen on the ground, with a small flag of [-] miles in the back, galloped wildly on the desolate northwest land. Where the cavalry passed, clouds of yellow dust were raised, forming a fan-shaped trail behind the cavalry.

The cavalry galloped all the way, passed Jiayuguan, followed the official road south of the Great Wall, passing through Gansu, Liangzhou, Lanzhou, Fengxiang, and finally arrived at Chang'an.The cavalry galloped all the way from Guazhou to Chang'an, drawing a horizontal line on the territory of Jin Kingdom.

The bell of "dong dong dong" rang.

The entire city of Chang'an came alive because of the urgent beating report sent by the cavalry, and everyone from the government to the people became nervous.

After losing Sichuan last year, it took nearly a year for Jin Guo to slowly recover.

As Wu Sangui successfully evacuated from Sichuan and repelled the Nanming army attacking Hanzhong, the precarious situation of the Jin Kingdom gradually stabilized.

After a year of rest, the Kingdom of Jin gradually came out of the shadow of failure, and changed its national policy to westward expansion again, and it has already achieved initial results.

If the Kingdom of Jin is given 15 years to make Guanzhong cultivate and thrive, multiply the population, and destroy Yarkand to the west to open up the trade route in the Western Regions, the Kingdom of Jin may not be unable to achieve a career, but no one thought that sitting at home would be a disaster. drop.

When Hauge and his ministers heard that Zhungeer's 20 troops were about to go south, they were so shocked that they couldn't sleep or eat.

Before and after Jin plundered the Ming Dynasty, it was a pleasure. Now that Hauge is the emperor of the Han Dynasty, he was looted by the Mongols in turn.

The Kingdom of Jin made a wrong step and was always passive. If Hauge did not break the contract and invade the south, with the strength of the Kingdom of Jin, how could he be afraid of Zhungeer? His combat power plummeted, and he became a soft persimmon that anyone could squeeze.

At this time, Hauge really regretted it.

The Imperial Palace of the Kingdom of Jin, the Cabinet Hall of Deliberation, as the Manchus were pushed out of the court, and the state affairs were controlled by the Hanchens. As the emperor, Hauge, his power was also weakened by more than half, and he could no longer be arbitrary, but had to consult the cabinet Otherwise, his will will be sealed by the cabinet.

The reason why the Jin State’s cabinet is so bold is that the failure of the Southern Expedition caused the Manchus directly under Hauge to lose their strength. The Han people controlled more than [-]% of the military power of the Jin State. The cabinet has the strength to challenge Hauge. Another reason It was the officials of the Kingdom of Jin who were affected by Nanming's restrictions on monarchy.

Nan Ming is strong and Jin Guo is weak, so there will naturally be voices in Jin Guo to learn from Nan Ming, and reformers will start to appear, demanding reform and strengthening. Under this atmosphere, the power of the cabinet is gradually strengthened.

In the past, when there were important matters in the Kingdom of Jin, they must be discussed in the Fengtian Hall where Hauge handles official business, but now they are mostly handled in the cabinet meeting hall.

In the meeting hall, several pots of charcoal fire were crackling, making the room warm.

Haoge was seated in the center of the warm pavilion, with seven academicians sitting on both sides, Meng Qiaofang sat on the left, Han Chaoxuan sat on the right, breaking the original confrontation between the left and the right of the Han Dynasty.

Soni, the only remaining Manchu scholar in the cabinet, sat at the lower head of Han Chaoxuan. He was originally wearing a Manchurian official uniform and shaved money pigtails.

This is something that can’t be helped. In the past, the Manchus still had the strength to share the Jin kingdom equally with the Hanchens, but now the Manchus are alone and alone. Nowadays, most people change their hair and clothes and choose Sinicization. Only a very small number of people still maintain Manchu attire, and they are almost unable to move an inch in the court of the Kingdom of Jin dominated by Han people.

In the warm pavilion, everyone was seated. After a while of silence, Hauge first said: "The information sent by King Guiyi and Yu Qing has also been read. The 20 troops of Zhungeer Mongols went south to plunder. How can you scholars know what to do?" The enemy's strategy!"

Before Hauge came, the cabinet of the Kingdom of Jin had already discussed it.

"Your Majesty, the soldiers are coming to cover up the water and the earth. Since King Guiyi has detected Zhungeer Mongolia's southward movement, I, Dajin, can only accept the move!" Meng Qiaofang, the king of Yongping, stood up and said as the chief assistant.

Zhungeer has already decided to go south, and it is useless for Jin Guo to panic now, so he can only bite the bullet and go.Meng Qiaofang and other cabinet members were not frightened to the point of not knowing what was wrong.

Hauge calmed down, and then asked, "I don't know what countermeasures the cabinet has!"

"Report to Your Majesty!" Meng Qiaofang cupped her hands and said, "The cabinet's countermeasures are divided into internal policies and external policies. The internal policy is our own, while the external policy is to seek help from the outside."

Hauge frowned slightly. He didn't know the internal policy, but the external policy must be asking Dorgon for help.

Last time he lowered his face and asked Dorgon for help, hoping that Dorgon would go south to attack Nanming and help him keep Sichuan. Attack Nanming.

When Dorgon instigated him to attack Quanchuan, Hauge broke the contract with Nanming and fought with Nanming, but Dorgon successfully diverted the attention of Ming Dynasty , to be able to get out of the quagmire and carry out self-cultivation.

Hauge helped Dorgon a lot, and he sacrificed himself for others, but when Hauge asked Dorgon to send troops, Dorgon only acted, which made Hauge very annoyed.

"The foreign strategy is to ask Dorgon to get out?" Hauge frowned and said, "Dorgon is a cunning man, and he can't afford to suffer. Will he send troops to rescue us?"

Meng Qiaofang nodded, understanding Hauge's meaning, "Your Majesty, Dorgon will definitely send troops!"

"Why?" Hauge asked.

Han Chaoxuan on the right replied for Meng Qiaofang: "Your Majesty, it is because it is profitable. Last time I asked Dorgon to send troops south to attack Ming, it was not profitable for Dorgon, but there was a danger of falling into the quagmire again. He can stop Nanming from continuing to attack us by putting pressure on him. Naturally, he has no need to attack Nanming. This time, it is different when dealing with Zhungeer. Zhungeer is also a danger to Dorgon. He wanted to attack Zhungeer to make up for the loss of the Mongolian Eight Banners, so he saw that Zhungeer's elite were attacking our dynasty, so he would be willing to send troops to attack Zhungeer's lair."

Hauge listened, pondered for a while, and then nodded, "Okay! Let's do this for the foreign policy, let's talk about the internal policy!"

Meng Qiaofang immediately cupped his hands, "Your Majesty, although Dorgon is very likely to send troops, he is cunning. Even if he sends troops, it will definitely not be too early. He will definitely think that Zhungeer will fight us almost before sending troops to sit back." profit."

Hauge's face was heavy when he heard the words. What Meng Qiaofang said was very likely to happen, and Dorgon was such a rotten person.

"The defense against the enemy this time is mainly up to us!" Meng Qiaofang said, asking someone to take out a map and hang it up, and then said: "The Ming Dynasty had a very complete defense system in Shaanxi and Gansu. A little repair will be of great use. The cabinet decided that before the Zhungeer Ministry has gone south, it will immediately recruit civilians to repair the various fortifications, and mobilize soldiers and horses to garrison dangerous points to keep Zhungeer from the Great Wall."

The Ming Dynasty fought against Wala for a hundred years. The defense system of the Great Wall is indeed very complete and the fortifications are very strong. The Jin Kingdom is now losing a lot of troops, and there is no other way but to rely on the Great Wall.

Hauge nodded, and suddenly asked, "What about the Hexi Corridor?"

Meng Qiaofang and the others glanced at each other, and they were a little depressed. To the west of Jiayuguan, they really had no choice. "The cabinet recommends withdrawing to Jiayuguan!"

Haoge frowned, "If I go back to Jiayuguan, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to expand westward."

(End of this chapter)