Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 293
In the urgent military situation of Ma Chengxi, the commander-in-chief of Datong Town, Lin Danhan wants to join the Ming army to deal with the hammer bandit He Jinzhao, and is on the way to Beijing.

When Huang Taiji returned to Shenyang, he sent Amin and Shuotuo to lead five thousand troops.

Go to change defenses with Abatai and station in Yongping, Luanzhou, Qian'an, and Zunhua respectively.

The four cities occupied by Hou Jin were within the territory of the Ming Dynasty, like isolated islands in the vast ocean. How could Chongzhen allow them to fall into the hands of foreign enemies?

In May of the third year of Chongzhen.

Under the command of Sun Chengzong, Ma Shilong, the general soldier of Shanxi (released from the prison to fill in the vacancy), Zu Dashou, the general soldier of Jinzhou, and Yang Shaoji, the general soldier of Shandong.

Deputy generals Zu Dale, Zu Kefa, Zhang Hongmo and others led troops to attack Luanzhou.

At the same time, he ordered more than [-] people from the surrounding villages to take part in the siege of the city with their own supplies.

The garrisons of Ezhennamutai, Turge, Tanggudai and other garrisons in Houjingu Mountain were divided and defended, and they repeatedly defeated the Ming army and drove them out of the trench.

Then the two great men of the late Jin Dynasty, Baylor Amin and Shuo Tuo, got the news that Luanzhou was besieged in Yongping City, and only sent ministers to reinforce Luanzhou with Du Li and hundreds of troops, but they were all wiped out by the Ming army.

When Amin got the news, he was terrified, because he was very dissatisfied with being sent by Huang Taiji to the territory of the Ming army.

The eldest brother Daishan, the second cousin Amin, the fifth mang Gurtai, and the eighth emperor Taiji are the four great Baylors.

Since Huang Taiji came to power, he was dissatisfied with sitting with the other three Baylors. Daishan was powerful, so he began to beat Amin.

Knowing that the field battle was defeated, Amin immediately ordered the withdrawal of the Qian'an defenders and county residents without authorization, and entered Yongping Mansion.

The 3 people in the village had consumed almost everything, and the Ming army attacked Luanzhou City with Hongyi cannons, destroyed the battlements, and burned the towers.

Namutai, Turge, Tang Gudai and others in Luanzhou were unable to support them, so they agreed to abandon Luanzhou and go to Yongping at night.

At that time, it was catching up with heavy rain, and the Hou Jin army did not resist, retreated in panic, and the order was in chaos.

They walked in groups of 20 or 30 people and were not familiar with the terrain. As a result, they were strangled by the superior forces of the Ming army everywhere.

By dawn, more than [-] people had been killed.

After dawn, this matter spread to Yongping Mansion, and Amin and Shuotuo were shocked.

Then they did not send anyone to rescue the defeated army, nor did they wait for the reinforcements sent by Huang Taiji.

The two immediately ordered Zunhua guard Chahala to abandon the city and flee.

Bai Yangcui, the governor of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Yangchu, the magistrate Zhang Yangchu, Chen Wangting, the minister of Taipusi, Bai Yangyuan, the chief officer, Bai Yan, the county magistrate, and Chen Qinghua, the palm seal official, were all executed in Yongping.

At the same time, he ordered the massacre of the city and all the people in Yongping City.

In the end, he packed up the looted gold and silver, abandoned Yongping that night, and fled back to Shenyang out of cold mouth.

When the Ming army attacked Luanzhou, Huang Taiji immediately sent Belledu to lead elite troops to support Yongping when he received a request for help.

However, Du Du encountered the fleeing Amin army on the way, and got the news that the city was lost, so he had no choice but to retreat with him.

The four cities of Yongping, Luanzhou, Qian'an, and Zunhua were all lost within a few days. The Ming Dynasty called this victory the Zunyong Victory.

When Huang Taiji heard the news, he was furious.

And after the news of the defeat came out, Hou Jin felt bitter and hated at the same time.

The main reason is that everyone still wanted to go to Beijing to grab money, but in the end they lost Amin's offensive base. Who could not be heartbroken and angry?
Huang Taiji returned Amin from Yongping's defeat, and ordered Zhu Bei Le not to enter Shenyang. They all set up camp fifteen miles away from the city, and only the soldiers were allowed to return to the city.

Then Huang Taiji ordered Yue Tuo to announce Amin's sixteen crimes in front of all civil and military people.

Starting from Article [-], it is all related to guarding Yongping.

Huang Taiji sent Amin to replace Jierhalang to guard Yongping. He asked to stay with his younger brother Jierharang, but Huang Taiji refused.

Amin said to his uncle behind his back: If you don't let me stay with my brother, I will shoot him.

Uncle hastily reprimanded him, don't talk nonsense.

Amin waved his arms and forcefully explained that it was my younger brother who killed me, who can do anything to get me?
No. 11 is to enter the Yongping Mansion to exceed the regulations of Huang Taiji, to use two umbrellas to welcome officials, and Amin overstepped.

No. 12, entered the Yongping Mansion, hated the Han people deeply, did not want to raise the surrendered people, and publicly publicized that he allowed the soldiers under his command to fill their bags full and plunder wantonly.

No. 13 Drive the Han people into slavery, deliberately sabotage the great cause, and massacre cities in the interior, making the reputation of inhumanity spread all over the world. How many Han civil officials will surrender in the future?
No.14 The Han officials who guarded Yongping were unwilling to stay where they were, and wanted to go with the army, so they killed the matter directly, not focusing on state affairs.

No. 15, guarding Yongping sent people to Horqin, Mongolia to forcefully propose marriage, and took two daughters as wives.

No. 16, the Ming army besieged Luanzhou for three days and nights. Amin had the largest number of the most elite soldiers in the four cities, but he sat idly by and let it fall. He only sent hundreds of people to rescue him, and he died in vain.

According to these sixteen articles, the main reason is to abandon the seven crimes of Yongping City. The ministers of Baylor deliberated on the crimes and should be executed.

Huang Taiji ordered to be treated leniently, and he was treated the same as his father, Shuerhaqi, under confinement, but the treatment was better than his father.

Seizing the population, servants, property, and livestock that belonged to him, leaving only six manor houses and two gardens for Amin.

For his sons and more than [-] wet nurses, [-] sheep, [-] dairy cows and food cattle.

Shuo Tuo, Tang Gudai, Namutay, Babutai and Turg were dismissed.

Amin's downfall was not due to defeat, he was the second son of Nurhachi's younger brother (the eldest son was killed by Nu).

When Nurhachi was in power, Amin was highly regarded. When Huang Taiji came to power, he would sit side by side with Huang Taiji when discussing matters in the court.

So Huang Taiji wanted to take this opportunity to get rid of him.

Empress Jinhuang Taiji had its own punishment for "Zunyong's failure", and the Ming court was overjoyed at "Zunyong's victory".

After so long, he finally won a big victory and expelled Houjin's stronghold near Gyeonggi.

The nobles, civil servants and military generals in the capital all congratulated each other with crowns.

This battle was Houjin's first entry into the fortress, and it lasted seven months.

After that, the gold was like a broken bamboo, sweeping the long drive, until the city of Beijing, and almost achieved complete success.

On the contrary, the defense of the Ming army was empty, the soldiers and horses were weak, the money and food were insufficient, and the armor of the soldiers was rotten.

The monarch is faint and the minister is treacherous, the civil servants love money, and the military officials are jealous.

During this period, Chongzhen was unable to use it because of the sloppy city defense fortifications, so Zhang Fengxiang, who had just been transferred to the Ministry of Industry, was arrested and imprisoned.

There is also the reason why he recommended Song Yintong, the governor of Shanxi, but met the hammer bandit He Jinzhao who dared to use Ding You's excuse and didn't care about anything when he went home.

The directly responsible persons, such as Xu Guanji, the doctor of the Yingxiu Department, and Zhou Changying, the doctor of the Dushui Department, are all in their eighties.

As for Yuan Chonghuan, who has been in the prison all the time, the whole Liaodong, from Dashou, the commander-in-chief, to the fifty Liao generals below, all have unstable morale.

Now the monarch and his ministers are beating each other on the platform, and everyone is happy because they have repelled the Liaodong Tartars.

As a result, the military department gave Zhang Pengyun a report on the matter, saying that my Ming Dynasty's repeated failures were due to military command errors.

Chongzhen repelled the Liaodong Tartars, and was about to settle accounts after the fall, so he immediately let him open up.

"Your Majesty, the enemy cavalry invaded within half a month, and all the ministers could guess that the important places in Tongzhou and the mountain mausoleum in Changping all knew that the Tartars would come to attack, but they didn't have the slightest defense.

Fengrun to the south of Zunhua, and Pinggu to the north, all belong to the middle way, and no strange ambush has been heard, and there are no less than a few hundred scouts, but they can't even find out the number of enemy troops.

The reinforcements from all walks of life are like clouds, soldiers are like rain, and thousands of stones are spent every day. Is there any leftover food and grass now?How many battles did they fight the Tartars?

Especially artillery, there are not many lead stones, gunpowder, and logs. How to defend against the enemy?

The most important thing is to work hard for the king's soldiers. The soldiers were short of pay, and the soldiers fled. I heard that they all ran to the ranks of the rebel army and fought against me, Ming.

Whose responsibility is this? "

Zhou Yanru, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, who is also a bachelor of Dongge University and joined the maintenance department, immediately came out and said:
"Your Majesty, this is all the fault of Yuan Chonghuan, governor of Jiliao. If he hadn't allowed the Liaodong Tartars to plunder the capital wantonly, how could our Ming army have suffered such a defeat?"

"Yuan Chonghuan's killing of Mao Wenlong is a capital offense." Wen Tiren also stood up, he had just joined the cabinet.

Zhou Yanru didn't want to mess with Yuan Chonghuan because he let the Tartars into Beijing, Yuan Chonghuan was just an excuse.

What they want to do is Qian Longxi.

The Donglin Party was powerful at this time, and after Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren entered the cabinet, the two joined forces and became the strong opponents of the Donglin Party.

Since Daming fell in Shenyang, in the face of Houjin's successive attacks, there have been factional disputes within Daming, and there is no time to talk to Nurhachi at all.

Since Xiong Tingbi was killed, the Jinglue Wang Zaijin and Wang Zhichen appointed by him were all Wei Zhongxian's private parties, and no one could really use them.

Only Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan had the strategy of generals and dared to fight bloody battles with the Houjin Tartars in person.

Therefore, Qian Longxi recommended Yuan Chonghuan, and then Yuan Chonghuan was summoned by Chongzhen on the platform, and there was five years of flat Liao.

It's a pity that in less than a year, Huang Taiji entered Beijing to plunder.

If everyone wants to convict Yuan Chonghuan of treason, they want to drag Qian Longxi into the water.

The entire court ministers were silent, only another military officer, Qian Jiaxiu, ventured to speak out.

"Yuan Chonghuan is full of righteousness, loyal to the sun, and is a general. He has never prayed for an official position for his children. Since he took charge of the army, his mansion has remained the same, and his food and clothing have not changed. I hope the emperor can release Yuan Chonghuan and use him according to his salary."

Chongzhen didn't want to kill Yuan Chonghuan, especially Zu Dashou led troops to recover Zunhua and other places:

"Qing's play is full of loyalty and love. When things happen, let him go to the frontier fortress to make meritorious service."

Chongzhen waved his hand immediately: "I heard that the General Soldier of Datong has something to say, so listen to it."

Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren stood back silently. Today is just a test, and someone will continue to play in the future.

Ma Chengxi, the general of Datong, said that the Mongolian Khan Huduntu demanded that the city reward more than 30 taels of silver.

He didn't want to exchange horses, so he could help Daming wipe out He Jinzhao, the rebel hammer bandit entrenched in Shanxi Town.

"Your Majesty, Ma Chengxi should be removed from his post." Someone immediately played.

"How about you go to Datong to be the commander-in-chief?"

"I am frightened."

All civil servants of the Ming Dynasty are like this.

If you ask them to pick a problem, they are definitely experts. If you ask them to solve the problem, they all start to shirk.

Then the position of governor of Shanxi has not been occupied yet, and everyone does not want to go to that rotten quagmire.

Last year, because Lin Dan Khan was so embarrassing, Chongzhen still knew what Datong was like.

Now there are enemies on the left and right, and the little postman He Jinchao actually killed Tian Zhaodu, the deputy general of Shanxi Town.

In this way, it is still my Ming Dynasty who suppressed the civil uprising and died with the highest official rank.

"I remember when Yang He played, the hammer bandit He Jinzhao was still a bandit with less than a thousand people.

He took advantage of the battle between my Daming and the Liaodong Tartars, and turned Shanxi upside down. "

Chongzhen's tone was extremely angry. He didn't like the hammer bandit He Jinzhao, but thought he was an eyesore.

I never thought that it would become bigger, even though the strength is not the greatest, but who let him kill the vice president.

How did Yang He do things?
He Jinzhao, Gao Yingchun and others were actually sent to Shanxi.

Regarding the matter of Zhang Honggong, the former commander-in-chief of Shanxi Zhenyuan, everyone was speechless, specifying that those soldiers joined the rebel army to do it.

Because he brought the most elite soldiers in Shanxi to serve the king.

As a result, none of the 5000 people left was left, and they were designated to return to their hometown in Shanxi.

What are these elite soldiers doing back home?

Of course, he joined the hammer bandits or broke into the thieves, so the death of the deputy commander Tian Zhao made sense.

"Your Majesty, we still need to beware of the Liaodong Tartars coming back."

Liang Yandong, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, immediately reminded that Shanxi is in chaos now, and the capital is more important.

It's better to spend some money to send away those beggars in Mongolia.

"A market reward of more than 30 taels." Chongzhen muttered to himself, and then asked, "Is there any money from Fuyu?"

Bi Ziyan, Minister of the Ministry of Finance, stood up immediately.

Chongzhen was very moved when he saw this pig's head.

Because hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses from all over the world gathered around the capital, the supply of food, grass and military pay became a serious problem.

Bi Ziyan was blindfolded for more than a month, and his clothes were not untied, and he worked around the clock to deal with logistics and supply affairs.

Under his careful planning, the timely supply of food and salaries made great contributions to the siege of the Golden Tartars after the defeat.

After Houjin retreated, Bi Ziyan was so tired that his head and face were swollen as big as a bucket, and he vomited blood continuously, so he was added as the prince and Taibao by Chongzhen.

According to Bi Ziyan's statistics, Taicang's income already has a fixed amount.

It can be roughly divided into the Beijing border money and grain silver directly from each province, the salt department silver of each salt transportation department, banknotes and official silver, and some miscellaneous income, about 300 million taels, the first two are the bulk.

Taicang's expenditures are mainly military pay and internal donations, official salaries, Jingzhi Jingying Mizhebu flowers, and town reward silver.

The regular silver in Jingbian used up almost all the income of Taicang, the Ministry of Household Affairs. As a result, the dispatch of military pay in the border town was extremely rigid.

During the Wanli period, there were 800 million taels of silver in the old treasury of the Ministry of Finance, and 200 million taels of silver in the old treasury of Taipu Temple.

However, the appropriation of many wars in the Wanli Dynasty was exhausted by the first year of Chongzhen.

Bi Ziyan tried his best to explain, telling the emperor that the treasury is out of money now.

Even the reward silver issued to the soldiers this time has not been paid, let alone the city reward of more than 30 taels to Lin Danhan.

The court could not come up with the money.

Chongzhen nodded after hearing Bi Ziyan's explanation, and did not embarrass him, shouting where the money went.

"In that case, we can only increase the salary."

Hearing this, Bi Ziyan couldn't help his swollen face, and took out his notebook:
"Your Majesty, this is my minister's suggestion, please don't raise the salary easily."

Emperor Chongzhen opened Bi Ziyan's papers, watched them carefully, increased income and reduced expenditure, increased salt intake, ordered merchants to transport millet to the border, and reduced redundant soldiers.

Check the fake military pay, develop Jingdong paddy fields, investigate hidden fields all over the world, and set up military settlements.

Due to the long history, the acres of Guantun land have been occupied by powerful families, and the taxes cannot be paid, so it must be strictly investigated to the end.

"Very good."

Emperor Chongzhen approved all of them, and decided to suspend the increase in wages to the people: "How should we deal with the Shanxi matter?"

(End of this chapter)