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

Chapter 375 Just kill a few more people
Chapter 375

There are actually no fools in this world.Wang Chengen only met Cheng Shijie when he came to Jinzhou. He saw that Ning Haijun had taken almost all the land in western Liaoning except Shanhaiguan in the name of quelling the rebellion of Guanning Army. This showed that Cheng Shijie had actually received the news a long time ago.

His heart was actually sinking. It was clear that Cheng Shijie knew that Emperor Chongzhen was in danger, but he remained indifferent, which explained the problem.

Cheng Shijie was angry because Emperor Chongzhen did too much to Cheng Shijie. In fact, when Li Guofu advised Emperor Chongzhen, Wang Chengen had advised Emperor Chongzhen, but it was a pity that he spoke lightly and was glared at by Emperor Chongzhen. I dare not say any more.

Cheng Shijie had indeed given Wang Chengen benefits, but these benefits were not enough for Wang Chengen to help Cheng Shijie speak regardless of the consequences. He tried to persuade him, but to no avail. This was not something Wang Chengen could decide.

Wang Chengen arrived in Jinzhou first, hoping to find Zhu Weiti in advance so that Zhu Weiti could help Emperor Chongzhen for the sake of his half-brother and sister.

However, Zhu Weiti had no feelings for her half-brother. If it were Emperor Tianqi Zhu Youxiao, even at the risk of being punished by Cheng Shijie, she said she would still say that if Emperor Tianqi hadn't protected her back then , The grass on Zhu Weiti's grave is no longer tall.

But what about Emperor Chongzhen?
Because her mother was Concubine Li Kang, the adoptive mother of Emperor Chongzhen, but because of political issues, this brother often bullied Zhu Weiti and did not add insult to injury to Emperor Chongzhen. Even if she, Zhu Weiti, had a conscience, how could she help him?

Zhu Weiti used the excuse of throwing water out of her married daughter. She is not the princess of the Ming Dynasty now, but the wife of the Duke of Haiguo, the wife of the Cheng family. The Cheng family does not have the tradition of hendom. In fact, apart from caring for their husbands and raising children, the truth is Let Wang Chengen go find Cheng Shijie.

"Come here, take the prince down to take a bath and change his clothes!"

"Yes!"

Wang Chengen didn't want to waste time and wanted Cheng Shijie to send troops immediately, but the problem was that the smell on his body was too strong and Cheng Shijie couldn't stand it.

In desperation, Wang Chengen had no choice but to follow his servant to take a bath.

When he broke out from the Ming Army's Northern Expedition camp at Sanshen Mountain, Wang Chengen vowed to complete the mission. But the problem was that now that he saw this situation, Cheng Shijie was lukewarm towards him, which made Wang Chengen feel that the problem was very troublesome.

Jinzhou General Military Mansion also has a bathhouse, and it is even larger than the bathhouse in Cheng Shijie's Jinzhou General Military Mansion. In fact, Zu Dashou's bathhouse is much larger than Huaqing Pool. Who makes Zu Dashou know how to enjoy life?
When he came to one of the small baths, the eunuch next to Wang Chengen waved the servants to leave, and then quietly looked inside the bathroom. He did not find any monitoring equipment. In fact, there were monitoring equipment in ancient times. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period, a monitoring equipment called a listening urn appeared. There are also private listening devices called receivers.

This is how the so-called walls have ears.Of course, as long as you pay attention, you can find listening devices, so in many cases writing is used to communicate. It can be seen that eavesdropping devices were more popular in ancient times than in modern times.

"Daddy, I'm afraid this mission won't be easy to handle!"

Wang Chengen closed his eyes, but he didn't feel any frustration: "We have to do the easy things, and we have to do the hard things. Your Majesty is waiting for our family to save lives!"

"Now that General Cheng has occupied western Liaoning, I'm afraid..."

"Everyone in Guan Ning's army should die, they deserve it!"

When Wang Chengen came along, he saw many officials from western Liaoning who were hung on trees. They were close confidants of Zu Dashou and Wu Xiang. Their fate was almost the same. Their homes were ransacked and hung on trees. As for the old, weak, women and children at home, They will also be put on public trial, and once the main perpetrators are found, they will also be publicly executed.

On the surface Wang Chengen was confident, but in his heart he had no confidence. He traveled more than 2000 miles to ask for help. As a result, Cheng Shijie's response was mediocre, but Emperor Chongzhen didn't know how many days he could hold on.

Wang Chengen set out with more than 80 cavalry, but only more than 15 people successfully arrived in Liaodong, and only [-] people came to Jinyi. They were either exhausted or died of illness.

Just when Wang Chengen entered the bathroom to take a bath, Sun Zhimuan, Zhou Ning, Li Xin and others came up to him.

"I heard that Wang Chengen is here?"

"Ok!"

Cheng Shijie nodded and said: "You are here just in time. Please tell me what to do about this matter!"

Since Jiannu retreated from Shenyang, the Ning Navy has not only occupied the 25 Liaodong guards such as Shenyang and Tielingwei, but also directly occupied the former Liaodong Dusi and the long-abolished Nurgan Dusi according to the map. The Nurgan Dusi had long been After being repeatedly washed by Jiannu, the tribes here either became Jiannu's servants, such as Sauron's dead soldiers, Xibo flying cavalry, armored war slaves, etc., or they were driven away or died out.

After more than six months of searching, it was found that the huge Nurgan Dusi had less than [-] tribes with more than [-] troops. They also swore allegiance to Cheng Shijie or were eliminated on the spot.

Nurgan Dusi now belongs to Cheng Shijie in name. Of course, the development value here is not great, and Cheng Shijie does not have the ability to run it like Liaonan. It is only in Nurgan City (today's Nikolayevsktlin, Russia) The [-]th Ninh Navy Brigade, the Far Eastern Provincial Management Committee, was established.

So far, the Far East Management Committee is still in the preparatory stage. In addition, based on the Taining Guards, it is gradually annexing the Daning Capital Commandery Department. Cheng Shijie is no longer the king of Liaodong, nor the king of Northeast China, but directly Governor of the Far East.

Starting from Shanhaiguan in the west, to Sakhalin Island in the east, from Lushun in the south, to Waixing'anling in the north, it is now Cheng Shijie's territory.Although this territory is large, it has high dimensions, cold weather, and sparse population. Most areas are not suitable for human habitation and survival.

Sun Zhiman muttered: "Commander, as the saying goes, if the name is not justified, the words will not be obeyed. If the words are not obeyed, things will not happen. Although we have captured western Liaoning, we have not been recognized by the court. Why not take this opportunity to take the name?" Got it!"

Seeing that Cheng Shijie didn't express his position, Zhou Ning suddenly became anxious.

Cheng Shijie said: "Isn't this taking advantage of others' danger?"

"How can this be considered taking advantage of others' danger!"

Sun Zhilan said with a serious face: "I don't know how many families were forced to die in the Ming Dynasty because of Liao's wages. Now that western Liaoning is controlled by our Ning Haijun, the Ming court naturally does not need to collect Liao's wages anymore, and the court will be better off in the future. !”

Cheng Shijie nodded and said, "What does General Staff mean?"

"It's not that important whether we are famous or not. It's just that our territory is getting bigger. We can see that there are hundreds of thousands of troops, but the new territory needs to deter young people. I'm afraid we won't be able to mobilize many troops this time!"

Zhou Ning said with a serious face: "The new surrender of Liaoxi requires a large army to maintain stability. After all, the Zu family and the Wu family have occupied western Liaoning for more than ten years. They will definitely not be willing to abandon western Liaoning. If there is no deterrent, I am afraid there will be more troubles!"

"That's indeed the case!"

Cheng Shijie thought for a while and said: "Yongyan, go and contact Wang Chengen first to see what he means. I will never believe that he came empty-handed!"

Sun Zhitan said calmly: "Okay!" After Wang Chengen took a shower, it was time to eat.

The food was quite rich. After nearly a day of bumpy road travel, everyone was so hungry that they ate ravenously.Only Wang Chengen couldn't eat.This made Wang Chengen's godson Fang Zidong extremely depressed.His godfather couldn't move his chopsticks. Is it reasonable for his godson to gobble it up?

Fang Zidong felt very uncomfortable when he looked at the table full of fragrant food but couldn't eat it. Fortunately, Wang Chengen said: "Zidong, you can eat it!"

"Godfather eats first!"

"All right!"

Wang Chengen also knew that Fang Zidong knew the rules. If he didn't move his chopsticks, Fang Zidong would never dare to move his chopsticks. Just after Wang Chengen finished his meal and put down his chopsticks, Sun Zhidong sent someone over to invite Wang Chengen.

Both sides talked nonsense for half an hour, but did not get into the topic. Sun Zhiman poured out his bitterness to Wang Chengen, saying how many casualties Ning Haijun had to pay to quell the rebellion of Guan Ningjun and then take over Liaoxi. Now Ning Haijun wanted to resettle There are more than 100 million people in western Liaoning, and how much food they have to provide.

Sun Zhiwan was not entirely complaining to Wang Chengen, but was still asking for credit. Nurgan Dusi and Daning Dusi were basically taken down by Ning Haijun. Now they are just clearing out the remaining enemies. At most, by this time next year, the Ming Dynasty will be able to send more Nurgan troops. Ergan and Daningdusi are two territories.

Now Wang Chengen couldn't hold on anymore. Emperor Chongzhen was still in danger. How could he waste time.

Wang Chengen directly told Sun Zhiman: "How can Ning Haijun go north to King Qin?"

"Ning Haijun is loyal to His Majesty. We can learn from it with the sun and the moon. Now General Cheng is ordering troops. Your Majesty, you also know that in the battle of Lanzhou last year, almost all of Ning Haijun's cavalry was lost in Lanzhou. Now Ning Haijun can mobilize three or four thousand Cavalry, go north to King Qin to rescue you!"

"Three or four thousand cavalry, this..."

Wang Chengen wanted to say how could this be done, but he realized that Sun Zhiwan was asking for a favor from him. Wang Chengen was not a political person after all. He directly copied Emperor Chongzhen's imperial edict.

Sun Zhiwan felt that the negotiation was meaningless, because Emperor Chongzhen dared to grant him the title of king without mentioning it, and he was promoted to the Shangzhu Kingdom and the third division of Kaifu Yitong.

Although it is said that the title of the third division of Yitong, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, is just a false title, but if you ask who it is, if Cheng Shijie opens a mansion and establishes a government office, this is something that everyone in Ning Haijun wants to see. If there is someone who opens a government office and establishes a government office, In terms of power and reputation, Ning Haijun would not set up a nondescript Liaodong Management Committee.

As the leader of Liaodong government affairs, he is at least considered a high-ranking official in the imperial court, but he only holds the title of director of the management committee. For those who don't know, he thought he didn't even have an official position. With the name of Yitong Sansi, Cheng Shijie You can recruit talented people, just like when Cao Cao was Sikong, there were five caos and 25 divisions under the Kaifu, including Li Cao (in charge of the transfer of officials), Zuo Min (in charge of people's household registration, taxation), and Ke Cao (in charge of the affairs of the vassal state and government affairs). Diplomatic affairs with Eastern Wu, Shu and Han, and the Five Soldiers (in charge of officer selection and army training).

Cheng Shijie no longer has to hide and tuck in. Although there are people and organizations doing this now, it cannot be done openly. What Ning Haijun pursues now is not to be sneaky, but to go to the front desk and gain greater power and freedom.

On August 27, the ninth year of Emperor Chongzhen's reign, Cheng Shijie was in Jinzhou. He accepted the imperial edict of Emperor Chongzhen and was granted the title of King Guangping.

Cheng Shijie took over the imperial edict.

Wang Chengen breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he was willing to accept the order, but he was afraid that Cheng Shijie wouldn't accept it, which would be a bad thing.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, you are well deserved!"

"This commander is going north to help King Qin, and you guys will be ready with food and fodder!"

After Cheng Shijie accepted the imperial edict, he ordered four cavalry regiments of the Guards Brigade, and more than [-] cavalry went north to Qinwang. Then, Ning Haijun began to march towards the capital from two directions, Tianjin and Western Liaoning.

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In Shengjing, Monan, Erendabu Sannur City, this temporary capital of the Qing Dynasty was recaptured by the slaves, and guarded here by Lei Shi Shengbu's defeated soldiers and civilians, nearly 10 troops, except for Lei Shi Shengbu's thousands Except for those who successfully broke through, most of them died in battle. More than [-] soldiers and civilians survived and surrendered to Huang Taiji.

Huang Taiji announced to the outside world that Emperor Chongzhen and the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition army of more than [-] troops were completely wiped out. Of course, Emperor Chongzhen and Lu Xiangsheng are still hiding in the Hot Spring Valley to survive.In Huang Taiji's view, Lu Xiangsheng's troops had nothing to worry about. They had run out of ammunition and food and only had one last breath left.

In fact, if they just annihilated the army led by Emperor Chongzhen, the Manchus might not be so excited. After all, it is normal for the Qing army to defeat the Ming army over the years, such as the Battle of Haizhou and the Battle of Baliwan. The disastrous defeat at the turn of autumn was an accident.

Anyone with a little experience can see that Emperor Chongzhen chose the worst season to launch this expedition rashly. As long as Huang Taiji and the princes, who have experienced hundreds of battles, deal with it calmly, it is not difficult to defeat the Ming army.

It’s just that they didn’t expect that the victory would be so glorious. The armor and weapons, food, cloth, mules, horses and artillery they captured were piled up like mountains, and they captured too many prisoners to count. All this not only made the bannermen, but also the Mongols and The Han people's eyes were burning and their blood was boiling!

The most exciting thing was that Guan Ning's army changed its flag. When they heard the news, the bannermen couldn't believe their ears. After making sure they were not joking, the cheers almost collapsed the city walls of Shengjing!

Even an idiot knows what it means for Guan Ning's army to change its banner. The Guan Ning defense line that has blocked them for more than 20 years is about to be opened to them. The capable soldiers in Beizhili have been ruined. There is no force that can stop them from breaking through. Then it entered and swept across the North China Plain!
Regardless of whether they were bannermen, Mongolians or Han people, they all beat their chests and shouted impatiently: "Enter the pass! Enter the pass! Destroy the Ming Dynasty, and this world will be ours! Enter the pass! Enter the pass!"

And those Jia La E Zhen were even more excited. At an informal celebration banquet, they all drank and staggered around, danced and laughed wildly and shouted: "Now that the Ming Dynasty has exhausted its energy, even the emperor has become a bereaved dog. The Ming Dynasty is like this." A ripe peach is just waiting for us to pick it! The Ming Dynasty has lasted for 260 years, so our Qing Dynasty should also have a national destiny of two to three hundred years, right?"

The calls to go south are getting louder and louder, and everyone can’t wait.This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity given to them by God. They destroyed the Ming Dynasty's defeated army in one battle and turned Beijing into an undefended city. The mountains and seas and the pass were also opened to them. As long as they gave them a single blow, this old man would be defeated. The dynasty would collapse, and then they could build a new dynasty on its ruins.

How could you let such a good opportunity pass by?All the banner owners looked forward to entering the customs as soon as possible and sweeping across North China and establishing unparalleled martial arts. The bannermen hoped that after entering the customs, they would be allocated large areas of fertile land, as well as magnificent mansions, beautiful women and various exquisite utensils. The Han people Baoyi also looked forward to becoming a serf and singing songs after entering the customs, and changing from a slave to a slave owner.

But when it comes to urgency, no one can compare with Guan Ningjun and the civil servant group in Beijing. They betrayed the Ming Dynasty and had no choice but to go to the dark side. The Qing army entered the pass a day earlier and destroyed the Ming Dynasty. They The earlier you feel at ease, the earlier you reap the huge benefits of betraying the Ming Dynasty!
But, why hasn't Huang Taiji entered the customs yet?
In fact, Huang Taiji was also very anxious. He hoped more than anyone else to enter the customs as soon as possible and capture Beijing. Even if he could not sweep across Liuhe and annex the world, at the very least he would want to recreate the pattern of confrontation between the Khitan and the Northern Song Dynasty across the Baigou River!

As long as he can break out of Shanhaiguan and capture Beijing and Tianjin, his dynasty will be overwhelming to the Ming Dynasty!With the support of Beizhenli's fertile land, population, and property, it is not impossible to eventually sweep the world and become a legend!
But he clearly realized that Chongzhen and Lu Xiangsheng were always a big worry. Before entering the customs, they must kill these two bombs that may explode at any time. Otherwise, once the monarch and his ministers return to the customs, the situation is likely to be reversed!

The most ideal situation is of course to kill Lu Xiangsheng, and then capture Chongzhen and hold the emperor hostage to order the princes. This is really not possible, and it is acceptable to kill them both together. Anyway, no future troubles can be left.However, these two lives are too tough. 10,000+ troops are ambushing and chasing them from all sides, as well as wind, snow, and artillery.

Two to three hundred thousand Ming troops were buried in this way. They struggled to crawl out of the pile of dead people again and again, and under the protection of the remaining defeated generals, they advanced towards the Hot Spring Valley with difficulty and perseverance!
After annihilating the main force of the Ming army, Huang Taiji did not continue the pursuit. He just sent out a large number of Mongolian cavalry to keep them biting the Ming army. At the same time, he asked the Qing army along the way to stick to the camp, strengthen the walls and clear the field, and kill the Ming army as much as possible. Even if If you can't hold the camp, you can't leave a grain of food for the Ming army.

As for the main force of the Qing army, they retreated to Shengjing early to replace the Ming army equipment they captured, recharge their batteries, and wait for the best time to enter the customs.However, good news of annihilating the Ming army continued to come, but the heads of Lu Xiangsheng and Chongzhen still stubbornly stayed on their necks, and they would not come off if they couldn't tell, which really made Huang Taiji anxious!
What makes Huang Taiji even more troubled is that there has been no good news from Tong Tu Lai. What he is most worried about is Cheng Shijie.Once he fails to reach an agreement with Cheng Shijie, then going south to enter the customs is asking for death. Even if tens of millions of people in Beizhili support him, the result will still be the same. At most, Cheng Shijie will kill a few more people.

(End of this chapter)