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

Huang Taiji quietly looked at the Chechen Khan tribe in the encirclement, the three tribes of Mobei Mongolia, although the population is less than the 120 million people of Monan Mongolia, but there are still 70 million people, and the Chechen Khan tribe alone has more than 20 people. There are more than [-] Kazakhs, Cossacks and other people outside Mongolia.

As for the land of Mobei, Huang Taiji had never considered it before. As the saying goes, who wants to eat steamed buns?
However, it is different now. With the strong rise of Ning Haijun, the Eight Banners of Jiannu, not to mention one-on-one, even three-on-one, can’t beat Ning Haijun. In this case, their only development direction is to go west. North, using the desert as a barrier.

Even in the most powerful period of the Central Plains Dynasty, they could only reach Mobei. Like Huo Qubing and Wei Qing, they swore their sovereignty in Mobei. The Chechen Khan once swore allegiance to Lin Dan Khan, but in fact, Lin Dan Khan had no way to intervene The affairs of Mobei Mongolia.

If it is normal, even if Huang Taiji is all the elites of the Qing Eight Banners, he may not be able to take down Mobei Mongolia. Even if the northern Mongols can't defeat Jiannu, they can escape.

You know, when Lin Dan Khan led the escape, Huang Taiji chased him for ten months, and only captured more than [-] troops. To be honest, compared with the capture and sacrifice in the battle, Huang Taiji was actually at a disadvantage. Ten months of continuous combat However, the food and supplies consumed cannot be made up for by winning more than [-] troops.

Now there are less than 3 remnants of the Chechen Khan, and they are all out of people and horses. With [-]% of their combat effectiveness, they may not even be able to exert [-]% of their combat effectiveness. More importantly, they can't run now, and they don't even have a chance to escape.

However, Huang Taiji still doesn't want to fight. The best thing is to force the Chechen Khan to surrender, because once the Mongolian beasts in Mobei fight, even if the goat is angry, it can use its horns to kill people, let alone people?
The elite of the Eight Banners lined up majestically to confront the Mongolian army of the Chechen Khan. Thirty to forty thousand sabers and twenty to thirty thousand long spears were pointing obliquely at the sky, like a cold, crouching steel jungle. Looking at it, there is a sense of powerlessness.

In particular, the large group of Mongolian cavalry is distributed on both wings of the infantry, moving back and forth, waving a compound bow with a much greater range and power than the opponent, shouting loudly at the Mongolian army, showing off their might... Although most of them are It's the Mongols.

In fact, Mobei Mongolia and Monan Mongolia are not the same family, but natural enemies. The living environment in Monan is much better than that in Mobei, and the living space of Monan Mongolia is also limited. Mobei Mongolia wants to go to Mobei. When they came to the south, Monan Mongolia drove back Mobei Mongolia. The two sides fought each other more than 200 times, and they had already formed a bloody feud.

Just like this time when Mobei Mongolia went south, they were the first to kill Tumed Mongolia and Ordos Mongolia. Because Mobei Mongolia belongs to the Mongols, they will make an exception. On the contrary, they are more willing to kill Mobei Mongolia quickly.

Another reason is that no matter which tribe it is, they are ruthless characters who can turn their faces faster than turning a book. Once they choose to serve an empire, they will turn around and slaughter their own compatriots to be more ruthless than anyone else.

Because of this, the Han and Tang dynasties, as well as the ancient Rome, all liked to recruit barbarians to form vassal cavalry, and then let them fight the barbarians on the grassland and kill each other.

Now these Mongolian cavalrymen on the left and right wings of the Kingdom of Jin can't wait to show their sharp fangs to their compatriots, eagerly waiting for Huang Taiji's order, so that they can rush up and kill them, and exchange those heads for their own fame and wealth.

"Less than [-] riders, the horse is too thin!"

Daishan was very satisfied. This number was just right for the Jiannu Eight Banners. If there were too many people, it would be difficult to swallow them in one gulp.

"[-] Mongolian Tartars is [-] shi of grain, which is already a lot!"

Dorgon said with some hesitation: "We have exchanged more than 40 shi of grain from Ning Haijun. Who can be sure that Ning Haijun will definitely pay us the food when we cut off the heads of these Mongolian Tartars?"

"If you say that, it's really possible. If it were us, we wouldn't be able to sell our precious horses to Ning Haijun!"

"Eliminate Chechen Khan and occupy the pastures in Mobei. The income will be ten times, or even dozens of times, that of [-] shi of grain!"

Huang Taiji smiled and said: "Mobei Grassland, Ben Khan is about to be settled!"

Haug was a little puzzled: "What do these Tartars mean? Are they fighting or not?"

"They haven't made up their mind yet!"

Just as Huang Taiji guessed, the Chechen Khan did not have a unified opinion. Now Shuo Lei originally had six chiefs of ten thousand commanders. No, it should be Jinong. In Mongolian, this means vice king or vice khan. Originally, Shuo Lei was Jinong. After he called himself Chechen Khan, he promoted his subordinates and set up six major Jinongs of the Chechen Khan.

Although it is said that Tumian Nayan is the real chief of troops, in fact, the Chechen Khan does not have a full number of chiefs. (Qianfuchang (Qianhu)) walk everywhere.

However, during this escape, none of his six Jinongs, that is, the original Chief Wanfu, was by his side now, and he didn't know whether he ran away or died in battle. Shuo Lei couldn't directly command The following ten thousand or thousand commanders.

Seeing Shuo Lei, these chiefs of thousands and ten thousand did not respect them as much as before. For the Mongols, only a leader who can win a battle will be respected, but Shuo Lei lost to Cheng Shijie and was defeated by Cheng Shijie. It's like a dog. Such a leader is not worthy of being the Khan of the Chechen Khan.

By Shuo Lei's side, it's like a vegetable market, full of quarrels, and no one takes Shuo Lei seriously. If it was in the past, Shuo Lei would have killed people and established himself, but now he can't do that. .

"Shut up, stop arguing! The situation is critical now, this is not the time to quarrel!"

Shuo Lei gritted his teeth and said, "Now that the enemy is strong and we are weak, it is unwise to fight to the death, but the pride of the Mongols does not allow us to surrender, so we can only try to buy peace with money."

All the Chechen Khan generals were stunned: "Spend money to buy peace?"

"We gathered thousands of war horses to redeem Jianu's life. Jianu has suffered heavy losses from the Ming army in the past few years. With so many good horses, they will definitely be tempted. Once they are tempted, our chance will come! "

Shuo Lei looked around at the crowd and said in a deep voice, "Redemption with a horse, do you agree?"

No one answered.

"Does anyone have a better way?"

Still no one answered.

"Then it's settled like this. Ben Khan will go to Jiannu to negotiate. You should be ready! If Jiannu agrees to the deal, you will give them your horses. If Jiannu disagrees, we will fight to the death with them!"

Shuo Lei grabbed a flag and clamped the horse's belly, and galloped out to Jiannu's army.

Seeing that the Chechen Khan had no intention of fighting, Huang Taiji breathed a sigh of relief. The Chechen Khan wanted to negotiate to resolve the issue. This is the best and most in line with the interests of Jiannu, because every soldier of Jiannu is precious. of.

Good luck is contagious, no matter how you look at it, this is an inevitable defeat for Daming. However, they have calculated thousands of times, and they did not count that Xie Zhiliang actually intercepted thousands of routs and led these routs to defend the isolated city. The reinforcements are all thousands of miles away, facing the upright Mongolian army, no matter how you look at it, it is a doomed situation.

However, Xie Zhiliang persisted until the arrival of Cheng Shijie. When Cheng Shijie came to Pingdingzhou City, facing the Mongolian army with dozens of times the advantage, Cheng Shijie let the tens of thousands of Chechen Khan tribes Mongolian army once again under the absolutely impossible situation. Withdrew hastily in front of the battle flag.

What is even more incredible is that this kind of good luck will also be transmitted to the friendly army. At the cost of running and killing more than 2000 horses, the Tianxiong Army arrived before the Mongolian army broke through the city of Pingdingzhou, and the reinforcements of the Ning Navy arrived in Pingdingzhou ahead of schedule. The Mongolian army, which had an absolute advantage in numbers, was defeated in the first battle under the bombardment of a thousand rockets.

Lu Xiangsheng also lamented that as long as Cheng Shijie commanded, the Ming army would be as energetic as eight liters of chicken blood. What is even more unexpected is that in Changzhi County, Lu'an Prefecture, Hong Chengchou blocked Zasaktu in one breath. The most incredible thing about the Khan Department is that a cannon under Hong Chengchou's command hit more than six miles away, causing an avalanche, and buried more than 3000 Mongolian soldiers at once.

The power of this cannon, even if it cannot be achieved by the artillery of later generations, even if it is a cloud bomb, it needs a specific environment to achieve this.

It also means that since December 29, the eighth year of Chongzhen, the war situation in Shanxi has undergone earth-shaking changes, and the mortal situation of Ming Dynasty has survived.

When the news of Pingdingzhou reached the capital, it was already the second day of the first lunar month in the ninth year of Chongzhen. In the past ten days, the weather in the capital has become more abnormal.

Official struggles have always been bloody, the victor has everything, the loser loses everything and has nothing.

When Cheng Shijie went to Pingding Prefecture alone, Wu Zongda was the happiest. As long as Cheng Shijie died in Pingding Prefecture, they could fabricate all charges against Cheng Shijie. In fact, Wu Zongda had already fabricated the twelve deadly crimes for Cheng Shijie.

The first crime is that Cheng Shijie opened the town for four years, watching and raising bandits, and he should be executed.

The second crime is to falsely report the number of troops and embezzle military pay, and the second should be executed.

The third crime is colluding with slaves and colluding with internal and external enemies. The third should be executed.

The fourth crime is that Afu's ministers formed a party for personal gain, and they should be executed four times.

The fifth crime is accepting bribes widely, selling officials to sell nobles, and the fifth punishment is to be executed.

The six crimes are to turn soldiers into bandits, disregarding human life, and six should be executed.

The seven crimes, the crimes of a minister, if you don't deceive the emperor, seven should be executed.

The eighth crime is bullying the vassals, seizing tribute for private use, eighth to be executed.

The nine crimes are stealing and selling armor and weapons, and aiding the tyrant in abusing the tyrant, the nine should be beheaded.

The ten crimes are killing the good and accepting the traitor, falsely reporting military exploits, and the ten should be beheaded.

The eleventh crime is to belittle military aircraft and act recklessly.Eleven should be cut.

The twelve crimes are bullying the prince, Yin is a disobedient minister, and the twelve should be beheaded.

In all fairness, Wu Zongda is still of a certain level. Cheng Shijie’s charges are more or less related. It is true that Cheng Shijie waits and sees to raise bandits. Cheng Shijie used the army that attacked Xiaotian to attack Jiannu. Jiannu survived, but he had to shed a layer of skin. At least he could take back Shenyang City. Cheng Shijie could do it.

Cheng Shijie's second crime, he accounted for half of it. If Cheng Shijie falsely registered, this happened. It was not like other generals who reported more, but less. The number is only more than [-] people, of which only [-] are Shuai Shuai.

If it is said that Cheng Shijie colluded with the slaves, it is not wronged Cheng Shijie, it is true, and the fourth article, the ministers of Afu, is also true. At least half of the ministers around Emperor Chongzhen took bribes from Cheng Shijie. Well, Cheng Shijie has really formed a party. As for the fifth and sixth articles, selling officials to sell nobles and turning soldiers into bandits, this is pure nonsense. Cheng Shijie can be said to be the richest person in Ming Dynasty at present, so he needs to sell officials. ?
What's more, Ning Haijun's military discipline is very strict. As long as Ning Haijun recognizes the second, one of the Ming army will count as one. Who has the strict military discipline of Ning Haijun?Cheng Shijie has always been relentless in dealing with the soldiers who violated the discipline of the Ning Navy.

As for Articles [-], [-], [-], [-], [-], and [-], to some extent, deceiving the emperor is a very serious crime. Which official would not deceive the emperor if he is bold?To tell the truth to the emperor, all the ministers of the Ming Dynasty should be killed. With this rule, even if all the ministers of the Ming Dynasty were killed, none of them would be wronged.

To say that Cheng Shijie bullied Gongfan, this happened, and it was not once. After all, whether it is North Korea or other feudal states, Cheng Shijie has no advantage to take advantage of.Bullying the prince, as a teacher, is it wrong to teach students a lesson?

But the problem is that for the same thing, as long as you pick faults, you can definitely pick them out. Now Wu Zongda is proudly reading out his memorial to impeach Cheng Shijie. Wang Yingxiong and Wen Tiren all praised Wu Zongda for his brilliant writing.

However, at this time, the news that the Chechen Khan was defeated by Cheng Shijie and Lu Xiangsheng under the city of Pingdingzhou reached the cabinet. Of course, the battle report of Pingdingzhou was actually Lubu's victory. We all know.

No one in the capital doubted the authenticity of this victory report. After all, Cheng Shijie had never been defeated since the victory in Haizhou. He is Cheng Shijie's defeated opponent.

For the people of Ming Dynasty, it is not uncommon for Ning Haijun to win a battle, but it is uncommon for them to lose a battle.

All of a sudden, the streets of the capital were filled with people who were setting off firecrackers and celebrating excitedly. These cheers and the sound of celebration fell on the ears of the cabinet bosses, and they were particularly ear-piercing.

Cheng Shijie tried his best to turn the dead situation of the Ming Dynasty back to life. However, in the eyes of the big bosses in the cabinet, the sky in the Ming Dynasty was even more gloomy. Dark clouds like lead blocks weighed heavily on the ground, as if the whole sky might collapse at any time down.

After reading this urgent report, Wu Zongda was furious. He angrily swept a pile of memorials all over the ground, and let out a roar: "Damn, damn! It's all this far, and you can still lose in the end. Shuo Lei is a pig!" If Cheng Shijie kills 10,000+ pigs, more than 2000 of them will die from exhaustion, Shuo Lei deserves to die! Chechen Khan should die too.”

Wang Yingxiong and Wen Tiren looked at each other in astonishment.In their view, Cheng Shijie led less than [-] cavalry, with no supplies, a world of ice and snow, and strong enemies around. Even if Cheng Shijie had ten lives, it would not be enough to die. It was only a matter of time before his head was hanged on the head of Pingding Prefecture.

However, under such circumstances, Cheng Shijie not only survived, but he was able to turn the tables. In World War I, the Chechen Khan was defeated and the Zasaktu Khan was left. I am afraid that it will be a matter of time before the defeat.

What a ghost, is Cheng Shijie really a cat with nine lives?
Wang Yingxiong muttered to himself: "How is this possible?"

Wen Tiren frowned and wanted to speak, but he swallowed the words back.

This matter has been overturned by Cheng Shijie. He must admit his mistakes and stand upright when he is beaten. This is Wen Tiren's way of doing things. When it is time to admit defeat, he must admit defeat.

What to do now is wrong, not moving like a mountain is the most correct choice. First of all, in this overall situation, Wen Tiren is not the mastermind. He really doesn't have much interest in Jiangnan. The one who really has interest is Wu Zongda.

Of course, Wen Tiren is not a good person. In fact, a good person can never be the chief assistant of the cabinet. As an official in Ming Dynasty, there is only one who has a conscience, a responsibility, and a responsibility. Ordinary people can't compare with Lu Xiangsheng.

Wang Yingxiong said: "Can you go talk to Hong now..."

Wu Zongda is now like a drowning man grasping at the last straw: "Yes, I will go now..."

Before Wu Zongda finished speaking, Wen Tiren finally couldn't help but said: "Shangyu, have you ever thought about how to deal with this matter?"

"The aftermath?"

"That's right!"

Wen Tiren pondered and said: "Shangyu, now Wu Luyou (Wu Shen's nickname) has fallen into Cheng Shijie's hands!"

"Wu Luyou is a smart man, he must know what to say and what not to say!"

Wu Zongda sneered: "Even if he bites Wu, he has no proof!"

"Ugh……"

Wen Tiren sighed for a long time. He didn't know whether Wu Zongda was really naive or stupid. What time is it now, and there is evidence that Wu Sheng is not a fool. He can be admitted to the Jinshi and become a provincial governor. Will you stay behind?What's more, no matter how strict his mouth is, can he be stricter than Jin Yiwei's various instruments of torture?

Under the three trees, gold and stone are open.

In other words, under torture, even a stone can't bear it, let alone a person?Wen Tiren understands better, is Wu Tong really for the sake of morality and righteousness?
These are just slogans, they are all false. He is also motivated by profit. He is just trying to find a way to help Wu Zongda deal with Cheng Shijie. He just wants to overtake him in a corner, because when he dealt with Wei Zhongxian, in the seventh year since the Apocalypse, Wu Zong was dismissed from office and promoted to Shanxi The governorship was not what Wu Di wanted. His ambitions were even greater.

If Cheng Shijie promised him that no punishment would be imposed, Wu Zhen would definitely turn his back on him.

"The only hope now is the Zhungeer Department, their tens of thousands of troops..."

Wen Tiren couldn't help but smile: "When they hit Lanzhou, they were already exhausted. Cheng Shijie's generals were guarding Lanzhou. They have been blocked for more than 20 days. Now I'm afraid they are hearing the news that the Chechen Khan has been defeated. I'm afraid they will retreat! "

What's more, what if Zhun Geer's troops conquer Lanzhou?Cheng Shijie's contribution was already great enough. After this battle, Cheng Shijie's performance was very impressive. As long as there was no water in Emperor Chongzhen's head, he would not move Cheng Shijie, and would use Cheng Shijie's momentum to clean the court.

The current Emperor Chongzhen is not as easy to fool as before. For more than half a month, Emperor Chongzhen has hardly bothered about the Nine Borders, because he knows very well that he is powerless against the Nine Borders defense now and can only rely on Cheng Shijie.

Most importantly, with their help, Cheng Shijie looked less and less like Wang Mang. Wang Mang would be friends all over the court, and everyone praised Wang Mang as a good minister.

But Cheng Shijie has been impeached by them into a sieve. The more they impeach Cheng Shijie, the more Cheng Shijie will be trusted by Chongzhen.
In the process of impeaching Cheng Shijie, the vanguard Wu Zongda has been exposed.

Emperor Chongzhen hated ministers forming cliques the most. Wen Tiren could still cover it up without revealing it, but Wu Zongda and Wang Yingxiong were jumping up and down during this time, having a lot of fun. Even if Cheng Shijie was really unlucky and died in battle in Pingdingzhou City, Cheng Shijie should have Ai Rong, not at all less, but Wu Zongda and Wang Yingxiong should be unlucky.

"Shangyu, it's time to get out. If you don't stop, you will be disturbed. If you hesitate any longer, I'm afraid you will miss the golden opportunity!"

Wen Tiren looked at Wu Zongda and said, "Shangyu, please resign!"

In Wen Tiren's view, Wu Zongda's role as a pawn has been exhausted, and it's time to change to an obedient pawn. After all, Xu Guangqi is in poor health and is dealing with semi-retirement. Wang Yingxiong and Wu Zongda resigned, at least they can be decent.

Wu Zongda shook his head and said: "We haven't lost yet, we still have a chance. Although Cheng Shijie defended Pingding Prefecture, Taiyuan Mansion was lost, and tens of thousands of people died in the military disaster. This is Cheng Shijie's responsibility, and he can't shirk it! "

Wen Tiren didn't speak, he looked at Wu Zongda as if he was looking at a dead person.

Wu Zongda was stunned, and he still couldn't see the essence of the matter. No matter how many people were killed or injured in Taiyuan Mansion, as long as there was no problem in the capital of Ming Dynasty, there would really be no problem.

When Shenyang fell, Liaodong was completely abandoned, and more than four million Liao people were almost killed by Nurhachi. Has the court held them accountable?

It's just dismissal. What's more, unlike the situation in Liaodong, Cheng Shijie will definitely regain Taiyuan Mansion, and his merits outweigh his demerits.

Give Wu Zongda face, but Wu Zongda doesn't want it, so don't blame Wen Tiren for not showing affection. He really can't do it if he sends someone to assassinate Cheng Shijie. However, Wen Tiren can still easily do it against Wu Zongda.

On the morning of the fourth day of the first lunar month in the ninth year of Chongzhen, there was a wailing sound from Wu Zongda's mansion. Wu Zongda was found by his housekeeper and hanged in his study. After Wu Zuo inspected the scene, Wu Zongda committed suicide...