I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 202
Chapter 201

Huang Taiji knew very well that the consequences of failure in the Liaoyang battle were very serious. In the final analysis, the Dajin Kingdom lost the myth that the Jurchens were dissatisfied with ten thousand, and ten thousand were invincible. opponent!
This consequence is quite serious, because grassland nomads have always had milk and mothers, and enemies they cannot defeat will actively join in, just like the Huns, Xianbei, and Turks in the Sui and Tang dynasties, whether it is the Huns or Xianbei, Or the Turks, both rose very quickly and collapsed very suddenly.

The intuition of the power of the grassland people is very accurate. Once they find that the power they are relying on begins to weaken, they will immediately turn their backs. Rebellion is considered light.

After the defeat in the Battle of Liaoyang, even if it was a world of ice and snow, even if food and grass were scarce, even if people were poor and horses were scarce, Huang Taiji gritted his teeth and persisted. Among the remaining elites, there are as many as 640 white-armored soldiers alone, and this is also the only remaining white-armored soldier in Dajin.

Therefore, Huang Taiji made a gamble. If the expedition to the Chechen Khan failed, Dajin would collapse instantly.For this expedition, Huang Taiji personally led the army, and even killed more than [-] horses as rations.

These more than [-] war horses, if it was in the past, building slaves would not be a big deal, but in the case of Liaoyang's defeat, the entire country of Dajin only had more than [-] war horses, and one third of them were ponies Qu, unable to fight at all, however, Huang Taiji was like a red-eyed gambler, who took all the property of the Dajin Kingdom in one breath.

This time, Huang Taiji won the bet.

The Khan King of the Chechen Khan is called Shuo Lei. He was originally an ally and brother-in-law of Lin Dan Khan. This Lin Dan Khan, I have to say, is a wonderful work.In name, he is the co-owner of the various tribes of Mongolia and the master of the Chahar tribe. He is determined to unify the tribes of Mongolia and reproduce the glory of the Genghis Khan era.

However, this "Genghis Khan" was very unlucky. He encountered the rise of Hou Jin early on, and inevitably broke out in war with Hou Jin. , When you are in a good mood, punch twice, and when you are in a bad mood, kick your feet.

When the late Jin Dynasty was in power, he adopted the strategy of uniting the Ming Dynasty to fight against the Jin Dynasty, which was wise. However, after repeated fiascos, he ransacked the nine border areas of the Ming Dynasty in a whimsical way, trying to get some compensation from the Ming Dynasty. It can only be described as "retarded". Instead of saving his tribe, he turned himself into a common target of the Later Jin Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty.

Because in January of the fourth year of Chongzhen, Lin Dan Khan conquered the West Ramulun River and attacked the Alukorqin Dalai Chu Huer pasture, which had been surrendered to the slave gold. Chu Huer lost to Lin Dan Khan and was beheaded by more than [-] people. He asked Huang Taiji for help, and Huang Taiji led the elite slaves to join forces with the Horqin tribe of Mongolia to attack Lin Danhan with a total of more than [-] troops.Lin Dan Khan had only [-] cavalry and was poorly equipped. He lost to Huang Taiji and was forced to flee west.

As Lin Dan Khan fled to Qinghai, Lin Dan Khan's rule in Mongolia also collapsed instantly. He was originally an ally of Lin Dan Khan, and his brother-in-law Shuo Lei Jinong took the opportunity to stand on his own as Chechen Khan. Ujumqin and Sunit under Lin Dan Khan , Hao Qite and other departments took refuge in him.

Under this situation, Shuo Lei was actually very nervous. He was ready to escape at any time. However, when the news of Huang Tai's defeat in the Battle of Baliwan came, Shuo Lei was thinking that he should form an alliance with Cheng Shijie. The reason is that he wants to send people south after the beginning of spring.

However, Shuo Lei did not expect that Huang Taiji led more than [-] elites to raid the Barhu Grassland (now in the northwest of Hulunbeier City) where his Khan Court temporarily resided, when his vitality was seriously injured.When Huang Taiji led the army to attack, Shuo Lei was completely unprepared, and the elites from various Mongolian ministries he had assembled were also scattered to various places.

In this way, Huang Taiji successfully raided Shuo Lei's sweat tent and beheaded more than [-] horsemen under Shuo Lei's command.

In February of the sixth year of Chongzhen, Shuo Lei gathered nearly [-] Mongolian cavalry in Kukuhetun (named "Guihua City" by the Ming court) to fight a decisive battle with Huang Taiji.It's just a pity that Shuo Lei fell into Huang Taiji's strategy. Seeing that Shuo Lei had gathered a large number of trilogy, Huang Taiji pretended to retreat.

Huang Taiji first retreated towards Liaodong at a speed of fifty or sixty miles a day. On the third day, Huang Taiji's troops were already more than 200 miles away from Kuku and Tun, and Shuo Lei relaxed his vigilance again.As a result, Huang Taiji hid during the day and came out at night, and spent one night returning to Kuku and Tun again. More than [-] white armored soldiers under his command had been lurking near Kuku and Tun, and there was no shortage of people and horses. A night raid was launched.

It is said that no matter how powerful the white armored soldiers are, there are more than [-] Mongolian cavalry in Kukuhetun, how many people can the white armored soldiers under Huang Taiji kill even if they are exhausted?But the problem is that Shuo Lei's subordinates are in chaos in the dark night, and the Jiannu equipment is well equipped, and the weapons of the Mongolian cavalry cannot cause damage to the white armored soldiers. This kind of battle makes the Mongols very desperate.

In desperation, Shuo Lei surrendered to Huang Taiji.

After the battle between Kuku and Tun, the various Mongolian tribes, who had different minds, understood one thing. Although the Ming army could defeat Jiannu, Jiannu still had no problem cleaning up the Mongols.

Under such circumstances, Huang Taiji not only stabilized the military spirit of Mongolia, the main ally, but also used Shuo Lei's wealth to survive the most difficult moment.

With the grain of cattle and sheep seized from the Chechen Khan, Jiannu no longer has a food crisis.But the problem is that Shenyang's biggest problem as the capital of Dajin is that it is too close to Liaodong.

Lushun, the southernmost tip of the Liaodong Peninsula, is only more than 400 kilometers away from Shenyang, which is more than 800 miles.As the center of Liaodong, Jinzhou is only 360 kilometers away, or more than 700 miles away.

The distance from Liaoyang controlled by Cheng Shijie is only 170 kilometers, that is, more than [-] miles. If Cheng Shijie wants to attack Shenyang, with the marching speed of the Ning Navy, he can even arrive at dawn and at night.

This made Huang Taiji very insecure. If it was before the Battle of Baliwan, Huang Taiji would not have worried about this problem, because "Jurchen is not satisfied with ten thousand, and ten thousand is invincible!" With 2 horses, Daming did not have an army of [-], so he dared not bring up the idea of ​​​​attacking Shenyang.

But the problem is, with the defeat of Baliwan, the defeat of Liaozhong, and the battle of Liaoyang, Ning Haijun tore off Jiannu's disguise with tough and rough methods.

In fact, this can’t be regarded as Jiannu’s pretense, they are really powerful, Huang Taiji is too clear, losing the myth of “Jurchen is less than [-] and invincible”, Da Jin and Daming’s offensive and defensive positions changed instantly.

Now that Cheng Shijie has a strong army, he got news again that Emperor Chongzhen sent fifteen guards and eight independent thousand households to Cheng Shijie, which is nearly [-] troops.

According to the past, for the nearly [-] Ming army, he could send at most one banner, that is, tens of thousands of slave cavalry, and he could easily deal with it.But now, if Cheng Shijie attacks Shenyang, he will have to garrison a large number of troops in Shenyang City.

But the problem is that there are still [-] people in Jiannu, and a considerable number of them have a great fear of the Ming army. He is really afraid that Cheng Shijie will lead the army to attack Shenyang.

He was stationed in Shenyang, but he didn't have the strength to support a huge army. He had to support his own army. Because of this, Huang Taiji became thinner and thinner. Now he has grown from a fat old man to a strong old man.

That's right, originally his saddle was oversized, otherwise it wouldn't be able to fit his fat butt, but now it's fine, he can ride on a normal saddle, and he has lost weight virtually.

However, Huang Taiji couldn't laugh.

Facing Huang Taiji's hidden worries, Fan Wencheng was very relaxed: "King Khan, you don't have to worry!"

"How can King Ben Khan not worry about this?"

Huang Taiji looked at the huge map in front of him. This was the defense map of the Ming army. Of course, this was not the real defense map of the Ning Navy, but the defense map of the fifteen guards and eight thousand households.

The current [-] guards and [-] households have newly established [-] guards from the east of the Liao River to the south of the Taizi River, from west to east, which makes Huang Taiji worry a lot.

Fan Wencheng explained: "King Khan, when he was in Liaoyang, if Cheng Shijie continued to order the pursuit, what would King Khan think?"

"The consequences could be disastrous!"

"Then why didn't Cheng Shijie pursue him?"

"The food and grass of the Ming army are unsustainable?"

"No!"

Fan Wencheng said solemnly: "Cheng Shijie is not short of food, nor is he short of soldiers. The reason why he didn't pursue him is actually very simple. Cheng Shijie accepts it when he knows it is good!"

Huang Taiji understood.

Cheng Shijie is also playing with self-esteem.

In fact, if Li Chengliang hadn't played the role of raising the bandits' self-respect, then Nurhachi would have no chance to raise troops with the Seven Great Hatreds, and now Cheng Shijie has become the original Li Chengliang.

Huang Taiji finally breathed a sigh of relief.

……

In mid-April of the sixth year of Chongzhen, the warm spring breeze made the land of Liaodong green. After a long cold winter, the dormant life began to sprout vigorous vitality again.The solid ice in the river has already turned into flowing river water, and the river banks, fields, forests, and swamps are dressed in green again.

After following Zhu Weiti to southern Liaoning, it was only then that Cheng Shijie had five adoptive sons and daughters, namely Cheng Shi, Cheng Hu, and Cheng Anjing and Cheng Anning.

The youngest is Xiao Jiaxin.

When Zhu Weiti saw Xiao Jiaxin for the first time, she liked Xiao Jiaxin very much. At this time, Xiao Jiaxin can already run around, and because of Cheng Shijie's love, Xiao Jiaxin is not like most children in this era , she looked very bold.

The first time I saw the princess Zhu Weiti, I looked at Zhu Weiti with big watery eyes and said, "Who are you and why did you come to my house?"

When Zhu Weiti asked Xiao Jiaxin to call her mother, Xiao Jiaxin asked instead: "What's the benefit of calling you mother?"

In the end, under Zhu Weiti's bribe of three cakes, Xiao Jiaxin became Zhu Weiti's daughter, and Yang Yunniang became Xiao Jiaxin's aunt.

At the moment when the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, Cheng Shijie also feels that he has been very busy with work recently, and it is time to relax. His proposal won the approval of Yang Yunniang, Jin Qiaoer, Yang Waner, Wang Wei and others.

Cheng Shijie's so-called spring outing is actually to inspect the farming situation in various places in southern Liaoning. Just looking at the data and reports, Cheng Shijie naturally knows that the spring farming work in southern Liaoning has come to an end.

But in fact, you still need to see it with your own eyes.

After several days of preparation, Cheng Shijie's team started to set off from Jinzhou. The first stop was Xinghai City in southern Liaoning. On the way to Xinghai City, the farmers who were working in the fields looked at them happily with hoes It opened vigorously.

The original wasteland is now covered by tender green wheat seedlings and potato seedlings. The greenness is very gratifying. The river flows happily along the long ditches, bringing necessary water to the fields.

There was a lot of snow last winter, but there have been only a few light rains since the beginning of spring, and there are some droughts everywhere, but southern Liaoning has not been affected by the drought. Drought impact.

At this time, many factories were built in Jinzhou, and these factories, without exception, used a large amount of coal. Although they had not officially entered the steam era, the advantages of coal had been fully utilized in southern Liaoning.

For example, imitation factories need to wash and dry fabrics, which requires a lot of coal. The same is true for woodworking factories. Of course, there are also some factories that are purely for the welfare of workers.

Because of Cheng Shijie's request, there are almost no unkempt people in southern Liaoning. No matter what factory, they must build collective bathrooms, take frequent baths, and take hot baths. Not only can they relieve fatigue, but the key is to reduce illness. The spread of insects such as lice, people's health and safety can be guaranteed.

But the problem is that what is gained is what is lost. Although a large amount of coal is burned, there are already particles of dust in the air. Even if Cheng Shijie is sitting in the carriage, there are dust stains on his white clothes.

Environmental issues are a necessary way for industrial development, and they cannot be circumvented. As for how much the environment will affect people, Cheng Shijie thinks it is bullshit.

Hansteel Group is a heavy industry group, especially the workers on the front line of production, who directly face high temperature, strong magnetism, and high radiation. So how many sub-health problems do steel workers have?Yes, but very few, at least healthier than those white-collar workers in the metropolis.

Entering the territory of Xinghai City, the situation is obviously different. This is Cheng Shijie's pilot of agricultural technology, so wherever he passes, he can see the farmers in Xinghai City carefully fertilizing the crops. The fertilizer applied is of course There are all kinds of fertilizers, including phosphate fertilizers produced in the original way, plant ash, and organic fertilizers.

But the chemical fertilizer has a strong smell. Zhu Weiti pointed to the military households in the farmland by the roadside and asked, "What are they doing? It smells so bad!"

"They are all fertilizing the crops. Don't look at them sprinkling it little by little. This fertilizer is hard-won, and it is directly related to the harvest. They cherish every bit."

When he came out this time, Cheng Shijie really discovered the problem.In the farmland, many children were pulling weeds in the field. This scene reminded Cheng Shijie of the past.

He is a rural person. When he was young, his father Cheng Weiguo was a veteran, so he was placed in the Hangang Group, but his mother had a rural household registration. At that time, their family did not have a house in the city, so they could only live in the countryside. live.

At that time, the age of mechanization had not yet entered, and primitive harvesting methods were adopted. Cheng Shijie had to help his mother to work in the fields when he was very young.

This situation continued until around 68. At that time, Cheng Weiguo was allocated a two-bedroom, one-living room with 68 square meters in the last welfare housing distribution of Hangang Group. Of course, this is the actual usable area, and there is no shared [-] square meters House of.

Although Cheng Shijie invested a lot of money in education, he also provided free school uniforms, free breakfast and lunch for the children.But the problem is that there are still too few schools, and school construction cannot keep up with the increase in immigration.

This is a serious question.

Zhu Weiti was very happy. It was still more than ten miles away from Xinghai City. Originally, Cheng Shijie could enter the city immediately, but he suddenly thought, wouldn't it be possible to have a picnic in this weather.

Do as soon as you think of it, Cheng Shijie ordered to stop in front of a river beach.

"Marshal, what are your orders!"

"The scenery here is nice, let's have a picnic!"

"Yes!"

Dozens of maids and eunuchs got busy immediately. Although Zhu Weiti had a carriage and caravan to rest, they still built a tent for Zhu Weiti.

To say that Zhu Weiti’s princess frame is really not small, these maids and eunuchs took the wooden boards from the carriage one by one, and built them directly in front of the river beach. These wooden boards can be combined at any time. , The parts of the three carriages were assembled into a small wooden house for Zhu Weiti.

The size of the wooden house is really small, about thirty or forty square meters, occupying half of the river beach, and there is a small terrace.

Cheng Shijie looked at his horse-drawn caravan, and suddenly felt a little unsightly.

No matter how comfortable the carriage house is, it is limited by the space, giving people a very depressing feeling, but this kind of wooden house is different, with a height of nearly one foot, especially the roof of the wooden house, and the waterproof rain cloth, even if it rains, you are not afraid.

When the wooden house was formally assembled, there were still a few steps that could reach directly to the river. Several court maids pulled up the curtain, and Zhu Weiti sat on the steps, releasing her feet from her shoes.

Cheng Shijie saw the problem, the original Zhu Weiti didn't have her feet bound, but now she has her feet bound.

Cheng Shijie looked at Zhu Weiti and said, "You obviously didn't bind your feet, why are you binding them now?"

Zhu Weiti smiled slightly: "In the palace before, I deliberately didn't bind my feet. I have big feet, so I couldn't get married. Now it's different. I'm married to my husband, so I can't embarrass him!"

Then Cheng Shijie remembered the legend of the so-called three-inch golden lotus.Foot binding, as the name suggests, is to wrap the feet with cloth to prevent their natural growth and development, making the feet sharp and small. This is an important mark for evaluating women's beauty or ugliness in ancient times. A woman with a pair of natural feet has a face No matter how beautiful you are, no matter how good your figure is, you will be disliked.

However, the price of doing so was the contracture of the soft tissues of the feet, as if the feet had been burned, and turned into a severely distorted lump with an abnormal skin color, which was very ugly.

Of course, the ancients did not see it this way. They thought it was beautiful, but they did not realize that the price of this beauty was that women would become disabled and lose their ability to work. Arthritis would accompany women all their lives and make them suffer.

The woman's feet are useless, and it is inconvenient to walk. She can only support her husband and teach her children at home.

In the Ming Dynasty, the practice of foot-binding was not strong, and it was mainly concentrated in rich families, because they had someone to serve them and could bind their feet, but it was different for ordinary families.

Many people have explained that the foot-binding in the dynasty was very heavy. This is actually a slander against the Ming Dynasty. Foot-binding really spread. Since the Qianlong period, foot-binding, which was not very popular in the south, has also become popular, even in the northwest and southwest. Some ethnic minorities in China are also infected with the custom of foot binding.

I have to say that this request is abnormal.From the pre-Qin period to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, there was no dynasty that required women to confine their feet, let alone a dynasty whose literati strongly praised women's confinement, but since the Song Dynasty, the trend of confinement has spread.

Of course, it was not accidental that foot ban spread in the Song Dynasty. At that time, the Song Dynasty was extremely passive in the war against the northern nomads. From the Northern Song Dynasty to the Southern Song Dynasty, they were always in a position of being beaten. Women look for their own broken dignity. They can't make themselves stronger, but they can make women weaker. Since ancient times, the strength of men has been set off by the weakness of women.

In the later generations, the status of women has improved, and pseudo-mothers have become popular, because only pseudo-mothers can reflect the masculinity of women. To be honest, those sissies, even a man would feel disgusted, because women like them, so they will be commercialized.

It has to be said that this is the tragedy of the times.

Cheng Shijie mentioned Zhu Weiti's foot wrap and threw it directly into the river: "From now on, no foot binding is allowed. If you wrap your feet properly, you won't be able to cripple your feet with this wrap!"

Zhu Weiti smiled wryly and said, "If you don't bind your feet, you will embarrass your husband..."

"Ha ha……"

Cheng Shijie pointed at Zhu Weiti and said, "What kind of logic is this, that you bind your feet for my face? I don't believe in this evil, you lose your face, face is given by others, you are not allowed to bind your feet! "

Zhu Weiti still wanted to explain.

Cheng Shijie said directly: "When you enter the Cheng family's door, you are a member of the Cheng family. The Cheng family will never bind their feet. I will also make a law. Anyone who binds their feet will be fined one tael of silver a year."

"Is it only a tael of silver?"

"In the next year, you will be fined two taels of silver, in the third year you will be fined four taels of silver, in the fourth year you will be fined eight taels of silver, and so on!"

Zhu Weiti said: "Nowadays, those who bind their feet are all big families, so they are not afraid of being fined at all!"

"Ha ha……"

Cheng Shijie said with a smile: "No matter how much property they have, I can punish them to the point of bankruptcy!"

"how can that be?"

Zhu Weiti calculated silently in her heart, and she found that, as Cheng Shijie said, no matter how much money she had, she would be fined and ruined.

(End of this chapter)