Go back to the end of the Ming Dynasty to be a soldier

Chapter 168 Too Shallow
Emperor Chongzhen came to this decree, which mainly has two meanings.

One is to reward Liu Zhaoji and Lin Yi.Two months ago, Lin Yi led only 800 warriors to defeat the 80000 army of Prince Hauge of the Qing Dynasty. The memorial of Liu Zhaoji was passed to the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War was handed over to the cabinet. After passing through the Supervisor of Rituals, it was passed on to the emperor. Shocked again, Emperor Chongzhen Longyan was delighted.

Lin Yi's contribution does not stop there. He instigated eight Mongolian tribes successively, and pulled them back from the Qing side to the Ming side. The strategic significance is even more important. There is an additional barrier in the northern border area, and it is still Lin Yi. With his own pocket, he opened the gates of these Mongolian tribes. Emperor Chongzhen was grateful for his loyalty and bravery, and after accumulating many achievements, he promoted Lin Yi to be the general soldier of Miyun.

This was unexpected by Lin Yi. Within a year, he became the chief soldier from the vice general. It has been less than three years since he crossed over to the present. In the past few years, due to the repeated invasions of Manchus from here, Miyun's status in Ming Dynasty has been rising, and now it has become an important town in the north of the border that the imperial court relies on. It is equivalent to the commander of a military region or military division in a certain place in later generations. For Lin Yi, this kind of promotion is definitely a rocket speed.

However, it is impossible to have two general soldiers in Miyun area, which means that Liu Zhaoji will be promoted. Lin Yi listened quietly, and Zheng Chongjian continued to read out the decree, compensating Lin Yi with 20000 taels of silver, and rewarding Lin Yi with 5000 taels of silver.

When he read the decree here, Zheng Chongjian paused for a while, and explained a few words to Lin Yi in a low voice, saying that this is the holy will.

In fact, Lin Yi knew without explaining that the Ming Dynasty really had no money. Otherwise, how could the majestic Emperor of Ming Dynasty reward such honorable ministers with 5000 taels of silver?If there is money in the national treasury, Emperor Chongzhen, who will lose face after death, will definitely not pay more than this amount, which is too much for his status as the emperor of a great country.

Zheng Chongjian also said that Lin Yi's trip to Mongolia will last for thousands of years, and will be used by future generations. Soon, Mr. Wu Sang, who was ordered by the order, will go to the eight tribes of Mongolia to formally sign an alliance agreement with these Mongolian tribes on behalf of the Ming court. .

Lin Yi kowtowed to the imperial decree, thanking the emperor for his mighty grace.

The second meaning of this decree is to praise Liu Zhaoji for commanding the army well, commanding properly, and achieving extraordinary achievements. Yang, Zunhua military affairs.

At the end of Ming Dynasty, except for Yuyang, these four places were all prefectures and counties under Yongping Prefecture.In the late Ming Dynasty, Yongping Mansion had a very large area, including most of Qinhuangdao, most of Tangshan and parts of west Liaoyang.

Therefore, Liu Zhaoji's promotion this time is equivalent to a small governor.

Liu Zhaoji quickly kowtowed and thanked him again.After the decree was read, Liu Zhaoji issued an order to set up a banquet to entertain the angel officials.

Before the banquet, Liu Zhaoji and Lin Yi got a lot of news from the imperial court from Zheng Chongjian, and they couldn't help but sigh that the government and the opposition have changed a lot in the past few months, because Lin Yi was stationed at the frontier fortress during this period, and for a few months he was still in Mongolia outside the fortress. In the region, the Ming Dynasty was vicissitudes of life, and news outside the customs was blocked, and Lin Yi only knew the details now.

The current minister of the Ministry of War is still Yang Sichang, Chen Xinjia has only been the minister of the Ministry of War for three months, and then he has a vacant post, and went to train as a supervisor.

To say that Chen Xinjia did have some skills and achievements.As soon as he took office, he gave Emperor Chongzhen a lot of positive suggestions and opinions in an attempt to revive the Ming Dynasty, such as stepping up border repairs and training, reforming the military system, casting and training firearms, vigorously fighting corruption, etc., and Emperor Chongzhen also adopted them.

But the good times didn't last long, and people who impeached Chen Shangshu came in droves.First of all, Liu Chengrui, the inspector of Shuntian Prefecture, impeached Chen Xinjia for staying and interfering with the operation.Immediately afterwards, Dai Ming told the incident that the Bingke told Chen Xinjia that the impeachment of Chen Xinjia was unclear, and he listened and believed.Next, there will be another mutiny in the Chen Xinjia Department, and the Emperor Chongzhen finally can't tolerate it. More importantly, after Yang Sichang was imprisoned, his plan to spread the net with four corners, six corners, and ten sides progressed slowly, and the effectiveness declined significantly. not ideal.

Emperor Chongzhen immediately made a decision to let Chen Xinjia assume the false title of Minister of the Ministry of War, and as a supervisor, gave him a Shangfang sword and asked him to go down to supervise the division to quell the chaos.

Emperor Chongzhen sneaked out Yang Sichang who was in prison again, and let him reinstate his official position. He still carried out his plan of spreading nets in four directions, six corners and ten sides, and tried his best to suppress thieves.

After Yang Sichang learned about the situation, he didn't dare to stay in the capital anymore, he had to go down to supervise the teachers. He knew that regardless of Emperor Chongzhen, it might not be a good thing to use him again now.If the suppression of the thief fails again, Emperor Chongzhen will throw him into prison again without mercy, or even kill him directly. He knows this suspicious and self-willed master too well.

Emperor Chongzhen gave him a Shangfang sword. Anyway, Emperor Chongzhen had a lot of swords, and he could pick any one that was Shangfang sword. In recent years, the ministers of the Ministry of War have been replaced frequently, and Shangfang swords are flying all over the sky.

Yang Sichang personally supervised the division, led Hong Cheng, Chou Sun Chuanting, and Xiong Wencan, and mobilized all the troops from all over the world to encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng. In the shocking world, the Shangshu of the Ministry of War changed another person, that is, Fu Zonglong.

Yang Sichang, Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, plus Xiong Wencan, this strategic combination is too powerful. A few months later, Zhang Xianzhong finally surrendered and accepted the imperial court's offer.Li Zicheng was also defeated in a row, and finally he was ambushed in Tongguan Nanyuan, and his entire army was wiped out. Only 18 cavalry fled to Shangluo Mountain. day.Yang Sichang's class teacher returned to the court, and Emperor Chongzhen finally smiled.

But the smiling face of Emperor Chongzhen was not bright, and there was still a lot of sorrow and worry behind the smile, because although the thieves were almost flat, the border troubles had not been eliminated.Within a year, Huang Taiji's soldiers invaded the border of the Great Wall in two groups, and Hauge personally dispatched his troops to trap Weng Niute.Although these were all smashed by Lin Yi, based on Emperor Chongzhen's understanding of Huang Taiji, they will definitely intensify and launch a larger-scale military invasion to the south.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen was still sleepless all night. At this time, news came from the border that the Qing army had stationed troops in Yizhou on a large scale, and Huang Taiji came in person. The intention is self-evident.

Now that Phi Island has also been captured by the Qing army, Mongolia and North Korea have also turned their enemies into friends. Huang Taiji and the others have no worries, and the Qing army's large-scale southward march has become stronger.

In this case, Emperor Chongzhen had to make two-handed preparations.First, immediately mobilize elite soldiers and strong generals to guard Gyeonggi.Of the three major armies at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Ningyuan Army was of course unable to move on the Guanning line of defense. The Tianxiong Army also survived in name only because of Lu Xiangsheng's resignation. Now there is only one Qin Army left, and Sun Chuanting has just made great achievements in suppressing bandits.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen transferred Sun Chuanting's Qin army from the front line of exterminating the thieves to the vicinity of Gyeonggi, and planned to summon him in person.

At the same time, Hong Chengchou was transferred to be the governor of Jiliao, Liu Zhaoji was transferred to Yongping, Lin Yi was assigned to Miyun, Hu Da was assigned to guard Xuanfu, Wang Pu was assigned to guard Datong, Wu Sangui was promoted to be the commander-in-chief of Ningyuan, and Mark was appointed as the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan.

But just when Emperor Chongzhen wanted to summon Sun Chuanting in person, Yang Sichang raised objections. He was a typical representative of the peace faction. He believed that the Manchu Tartars were suitable for peace rather than war, and prevented Emperor Chongzhen from summoning Yang Sun Chuanting because Sun Chuanting, like Lu Xiangsheng, was also a main fighter. In this case, Emperor Chongzhen only summoned Yang Sichang. When the news reached Sun Chuanting's ears, Sun Chuanting was very displeased, thinking that he had been treated unfairly. separated.

Emperor Chongzhen's second-hand preparation was to negotiate a peace with the Qing Dynasty. Of course, this had to be done secretly and under top-secret circumstances.Otherwise, the news would spread that his majestic emperor of Ming Dynasty actually planned to have peace talks with the border barbarians in the north.
Under such circumstances, Fang Yizao, the governor of Liaodong, came to Beijing and said that he had gone to Jinzhou to test Huang Taiji's bottom line. As long as the Ming Dynasty was willing to negotiate a peace, Huang Taiji was very willing to accept the peace negotiation, and he was willing to withdraw troops from Liaodong immediately after the agreement was reached.

Zheng Chongjian did not treat Liu Zhaoji and Lin Yi as outsiders at the banquet. These are the generals guarding the border that the emperor relies on. Of course, he is the court's confidant and favorite general. Otherwise, he would not have ordered him to pass the decree in person, and the reward is so great. , so the Minister of the Ministry of War told these things without any concealment.

While listening to it, Ji Dong compared it with the historical records of later generations, and he was basically able to match the number, and the general main line was like this.

After hearing this, Liu Zhaoji said worriedly: "Lord Zheng, the Manchu Tartars have always been arrogant and tough, and the peace talks may not be effective."

"Shhh, don't dare to talk nonsense about this matter. Mr. Yang Ge tried his best to mediate, and it will definitely be effective. If an agreement can be reached, the Manchu and Qing Tartars will retreat. Since then, they will live in harmony and the common people will not suffer from the war. Wouldn't it be better?"

"My lord said so, I hope so." Liu Zhaoji said no more.

Lin Yi smiled coldly in his heart, superficiality is too superficial, trying to negotiate peace with Huang Taiji is tantamount to seeking skin from a tiger, unless Emperor Chongzhen gave him the dragon chair, otherwise they would not let it go.

(End of this chapter)