Ming Zuo

Chapter 446 Houjin's Disappointed

When the first snowflakes fell, a team walked leisurely into Shenyang City.

Seeing the slaves in ragged clothes and struggling to walk in and out of the city gate carrying big logs, the nobles on horseback did not see any joy.

There were two other people by my side, one of whom was a Han Chinese.

The Han man saw the opportunity and said: "Look, this place is different from the place you know. There is no place for you to live here, and your future is only a dead end."

On the other side is a Jurchen, but the words are the same.

"Kurchan, if Dahai dies, you will die too. How to choose depends entirely on your will."

The man in the middle squeezed his lips tightly and said nothing.

The horse team entered the city and drove directly to the palace.

Since occupying Shenyang, Nurhachi began to build palaces.

After ten years, Nurhachi died, and the palace was still under construction.

After Huang Taiji came to the throne, he did not live in Nurhachi's palace, but rebuilt his original Sibeile Mansion into a new palace.

This invisibly increased the construction period, so that winter was coming, and the slaves were still driven to work, even if they were exhausted.

"The minister Ku Erchan, the slave Leng Sengji, and the slave General Wu pay homage to the Great Khan, long live the Great Khan, long live the Great Khan!"

The three met Huang Taiji smoothly.

"Ku Erchan, why are you a few days late?"

Huang Taiji's first question made Kurchan feel cold all over.Strongly cheered up and explained: "I report to the Great Khan that I went the wrong way, which delayed the time. Fortunately, the people of the Ming Dynasty agreed with each other, and the minister fulfilled his mission."

Huang Taiji nodded, seeming to agree with his statement.

"It's good to be able to negotiate a peace."

Kurchan, however, was almost paralyzed.

He knew that he was doomed.

Kurchan's grandfather, Lai Luhun, was originally the governor of the Hada tribe of Haixi Jurchen, and later led his tribe to Nurhachi with his father Suotalan.

Nurhachi married his daughter to Sotalan for approval, and Kurchan was the second of four sons.

Since he was a child, Kuerchan has shown extraordinary talents and learning, and he is quite liked by Nurhachi, who was also raised in the palace by Nurhachi.

After Ku Ertang became an adult, he has been presiding over literary affairs.

After Huang Taiji established the Wenguan, Confucian officials were divided into two values.

The Confucian ministers headed by Dahai were responsible for translating Chinese classics, while Kurchan was responsible for noting the facts and making history known.

During this period, Kurchan and Erdeni compiled "Taizu Laodang".In addition, he has been sent to North Korea and Mongolia as a civil servant many times, and he has made great contributions to the establishment of an alliance in the later Jin Dynasty.

It can be said that Kuerchanben has a bright future.

Unfortunately, not long ago, he made a fatal mistake.

Ku Erchan and Liu Xingzuo had a very close relationship. Before Liu Xingzuo defected, everyone knew that Liu Xingzuo had two hearts, but Kurchan tried his best to protect Liu Xingzuo.

Later, Liu Xingzuo defected as expected, which caused Ku Ertang to lose a lot of points with Huang Taiji.

But later, after Liu Xingzuo died in battle, Ku Erchan secretly collected Liu Xingzuo's body, which completely annoyed Huang Taiji.

But because he is an important minister, Huang Taiji endured it for the time being.

However, Kurchan has not yet felt the crisis, and once again made a political mistake.

Because he co-hosted the Wenguan with Dahai, and mostly intersected with Han people and Sinology, Kurchan was deeply affected.

So together with Dahai, he suggested to Huang Taiji many times to Sinicize Jurchen, and even suggested that Huang Taiji change to wear Hanfu.

As a talented politician, Huang Taiji certainly knows the benefits of Sinicization.

But he understands even more that now is the time when Jurchen is flourishing, and the whole family needs to maintain the momentum of forging ahead, and there is no time for Sinicization.

The actions of Dahai and Kurchan are undoubtedly affecting his layout.

At this time, Huang Taiji finally became murderous towards Kurchan and Dahai.

Unfortunately, Dahai was seriously ill and died soon.

Human death is the most important thing, so Huang Taiji let Dahai go, but he hated Kurchan even more.

In April, Kurchan was ordered to travel to Xuanfu, Zhangjiakou, and Datong to negotiate peace with the Ming Dynasty.

Although an agreement was finally reached with the Ming Dynasty and won a lot of food and benefits for Hou Jin, Huang Taiji still found an excuse.

On the way to Deshengbao to negotiate a peace, Kurchan was delayed, and he was late, which was a major crime of delaying the military plane.

At the same time, someone reported that he received gifts in private when he was on a diplomatic mission to North Korea, which added another crime.

Ku'ertang was still along the Great Wall, so he didn't know Huang Taiji's plan at first.

But Wu Jiang and Leng Sengji found him together and provided information.

When he thought of running and working hard for Jurchen, but Huang Taiji was suspicious of him, and he did not hesitate to kill him before he was too fast, Ku Erchan couldn't help feeling disheartened.

"Kurchan, in the final analysis, we are not his Jianzhou people. Huang Taiji has been guarding against us all the time, and we can only be happy if we are cleaned up."

Leng Sengji confided his heart to Kurchan, and his words reached Kurchan's heart.

Because Leng Sengji, like him, is a Haixi Jurchen.

Leng Sengji's full name is Yehenara Leng Sengji, and he is not only an authentic Haixi Jurchen, but also a member of Chief Yehe Jintaishi.

After the Yehe tribe was destroyed, the Mongolian Aohan tribe came to surrender to Houjin. Huang Taiji took the lead and married Mang Guji to Sonomu. Leng Sengji followed Mang Guji to Mongolia as a domestic slave.

No one knew that Leng Sengji had always had a great wish, eager to repeat the glory of Ye Hebu.

Therefore, he has been looking for opportunities to weaken Houjin's power.

He noticed the conflict between Mang Gurtai and Huang Taiji, and he knew that Mang Gurtai was a fierce general of the late Jin Dynasty.I planned to find an opportunity to inform Huang Taiji and get rid of Mangurtai first.

He has been hiding this thought in his heart all the time, but in front of General Wu, he has nothing to hide.

This Han Chinese who has recently become a celebrity in Fujin seems to have the magic power to understand people's hearts.

"Since Mangurtai has enmity with Huang Taiji, if you want to deal with Mangurtai, aren't you helping Huang Taiji eliminate his opponents and consolidate his power? At that time, the Jianzhou people will be more united, what chance do you have?"

Leng Sengji broke into a cold sweat, and couldn't help feeling murderous.

"If I were you, if I was smart enough, I wouldn't do it. Because although we are not friends, at least we have common enemies, don't we?"

Leng Sengji looked at Wu Jiang's face with red lips and white teeth, hesitated several times, but still dared not make a move.

"who are you?"

General Wu stretched out his finger and pointed to the south.

Leng Sengji thought he understood, and felt that Wu Jiang was from the Ming Dynasty.

That being the case, what General Wu did was reasonable.

"Then tell me, what should I do?"

General Wu smiled and poured Leng Sengji a cup of milk tea.

"We Han people have a saying that the enemy of the enemy is a friend. A united Jianzhou Jurchen is obviously not in our interests. Therefore, the conflict between Mang Gurtai and Huang Taiji may be an opportunity we can take advantage of."

Leng Sengji is not so easy to be persuaded.

"It's useless. Mangurtai has lost power, and Huang Taiji will crush him to death, just like crushing an ant. Helping such a person will make us die too."

General Wu's smile was always so calm.

"Mang Gurtai is an idiot, so he can't fight against Huang Taiji. But because he is an idiot, he can be used by us, isn't he? Mang Gurtai is not capable of confronting Huang Taiji head-on. What about the surviving Mangurtai?"

Leng Sengji glanced at it for a moment, and couldn't help asking: "What do you want to do?"

General Wu picked up the teacup and watched it carefully under the candlelight.The glass cups smuggled from the customs are so bright when they are illuminated by candlelight.

"It's amazing that the Jurchens have come to this day. But there are winners, and there are also losers. I believe you know this better than me. Those losers, seeing other people's clothes and flesh and blood, you say , how do they feel?"

Leng Sengji didn't speak.

Of course, he knows exactly how many frustrated Jurchens are now.

Usually he didn't notice it, but now that General Wu said it, he suddenly discovered that it was also a force that cannot be ignored.

After finishing his milk tea, General Wu said decisively: "Mang Gurtai can become a banner, a banner that unites the frustrated. When the frustrated all unite around him, I believe Huang Taiji will also have a headache."

(End of this chapter)