In the East Pavilion, the dragon candle was burning, and the whole hall was as bright as day. Zhu Youxiao was not in the mood to sit down, but stood in front of the screen with a map of Liaodong, carefully studying the layout of the Liaohe River line on it.

"Summon the cabinet ministers and the great bachelors... to the palace for an audience!"

"I pay my respects to Your Majesty!" Ye Xianggao, Han Xu and others are all here.

Before Zhu Youxiao started to speak, he heard Zuo Guangdou say: "I don't know if your majesty is in a hurry. I will ask all the cabinet ministers to come to the palace at night!"

The inquiries from the Minister of War and the Grand Bachelor of Jianji Palace also put Zhu Youxiao under some pressure.

Emperor Tianqi looked at Zuo Guangdou, and then moved his eyes to Han Xu: "Han Aiqing has received an urgent report from Liaodong, and I want to call you to discuss it together."

Seeing this, Han Xu stepped forward and handed over the urgent report in his hand: "Your Majesty, Xiong Tingbi, the manager of Liaodong, reported that our army has recaptured Haizhou Guard, and the troops once reached dozens of miles outside Liaoyang City. There is a high hope of regaining the lost territory!

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"Xiong Tingbi led his army to recapture Haizhou Wei?" Zhu Youxiao was happy at first, and then became confused: "Is there no movement at all in Jianzhou?"

"To return to your majesty, I also have a letter of credence from North Korea." Han Xu took out a letter of help from North Korea from his sleeve: "Xiong Tingbi took advantage of the overwhelming power of the Jin army to attack North Korea before sending troops to cross the border.

Liaohe, the army of the Later Jin Dynasty is currently reaching Seoul, the capital of North Korea! The Li Dynasty is asking for help from our country..."

Thumb thump thump!!!

Zhu Youxiao hurriedly walked down the jade steps, took the memorial from Han Xu, and looked down.

The rest of the people also stretched their heads to read the contents of the memorial in detail.

However, Ye Xianggao had some different views at this time. Perhaps because of his cooperation with Wang Qi, he always started from the bad side: Wang Qi had just left Beijing for Liaoning, and Xiong Tingbi had recaptured Haizhou Guard, which was only one step away from Liaoyang City.

Far away?

Has he achieved such great success?

How could Nurhachi be so careless?

Snap!

Zhu Youxiao closed the memorial book in his hand, and the smile on his face could no longer be suppressed: "Okay, okay! Wang Qi has done a good job in guarding the country, and Xiong Tingbi is in sight of regaining the lost territory. I am very relieved to have such a minister in Liaodong in the country! I am very relieved to have such a minister in Liaodong.

Ah!"

"Your Majesty, I think that for the sake of safety, we should let Xiong Tingbi withdraw to the west of the Liao River. After Wang Qi arrives in Liao, we can then make a decision on whether to fight or retreat!" Ye Xianggao stood up and spoke in a mature and prudent tone.

"What are you waiting for Wang Qi for? The opportunity to fight on the battlefield is fleeting. By the time Wang Qi arrives in Liao, the day lily will be cold!" Han Xu snorted coldly, speaking out for the first time to contradict his long-time friend: "We should do this.

Let Xiong Tingbi make his own decision!"

Because of Wang Qi, a rift has appeared between the two!

Zhu Youxiao, on the other hand, touched his chin: The battlefield fighter planes were indeed fleeting and there was no room for hesitation. The young emperor also hesitated about whether to wait for Wang Qi to go to Liao.

"Your Majesty, along with Xiong Tingbi's urgent announcement, there is also a letter written by Wang Qi," Han Xu said with a smile on his face, as if by magic, he took out another letter.

Everyone in the hall, not only Zhu Youxiao, but also Zuo Guangdou, looked at this colleague with suspicion - Are you just letting this important military matter go for fun?

"The messenger met Wang Qi who was going to Liao in Jizhou Mansion. After reading the news about Xiong Tingbi, Wang Qi wrote a personal letter to the cabinet explaining his suggestions." Han Xu ignored the expressions of everyone in the palace and handed the envelope Submit: "General Wang is not optimistic about this action to regain Haizhou Guard, and suggests Xiong Tingbi to withdraw immediately and ask the imperial court to send troops to support Guangning City!"

"Huh?" Zhu Youxiao raised his eyebrows, a little confused.

But in the eyes of Zuo Guangdou and others, all Wang Qi's current actions are obviously jealous of Xiong Tingbi's achievements, and want to let his disciples return to the court and wait until he goes to Liao to perform meritorious service.

At this time, Wang Tiqian's figure appeared at the entrance of the main hall.

"Your Majesty, Liaodong Lu Enguang's secret message has arrived!!"

In the Ming Dynasty, the Civil Service System and the Lijian System were two postal mail systems. Now it seems that they are neck and neck in terms of speed.

"Bring it quickly!" Zhu Youxiao's face was filled with joy.

The more information, the better it is for people to accurately judge the situation.

Wang Tiqian stepped into the hall and handed over the envelope.

Zhu Youxiao hurriedly opened it and took a look.

After a while, everyone in the palace understood the whole story.

Judging from Lu Enguang's letter: It turns out that since the end of April, Houjin Nurhaci has carried out a brutal purge among the Jurchen clan's senior leaders. Due to the death of Huang Taiji, the old slave's already violent and unstable temperament has slipped into a more violent state. Pathological paranoia.

When Huang Taiji was still alive, he wrote a letter and agreed to five years of recuperation, five years of vertical and horizontal alliances, and five years of comprehensive occupation of Liaodong. This strategy has been completely overturned by the old slave. Now the old slave only thinks about one goal day and night. One year later He occupied the entire territory of Liaodong and massacred all the Han, Mongolians, Koreans, and Jurchens in the Near East who dared to resist! No matter who they were, Nurhachi ordered anyone who dared to resist his decision to be imprisoned and executed, even the Eight Banners. Flag leader, Gushan Dutong.

During this period, the most widely implicated case was the case of Nurhachi's half-brother Bayala. Because he was dissatisfied with Nurhachi's decision to send troops to the Ming Dynasty within three months, Bayala and his nephew Jierhalang wrote a letter to Lao Nu , I want to dissuade him. After all, under the continuous use of troops, the vital interests of the noble banner owners were lost. In the last battle of Guangning City, the banner owners and Gushan Dutong lost not only the population, but also the wealth and silk. , livestock, etc., there was no harvest, but a large number of Han slaves and soldiers were lost, which was really heartbreaking. There were already some voices of dissatisfaction within the Houjin Eight Banners, among which Bayala was the representative.

At that time, Bayala wrote to Nurhaci, claiming that the Hou Jin Dynasty was not stable internally. Although the Eight Banners were strong, their number was still too small compared to the Han or Jurchen non-banner people. At present, the focus should be on reforming the internal constitution and re-dividing the banner people.

At the same time, it also gives the lower-class Jurchens, Mongols, and Han people a clear path to ascend, further improving their social status so that they can be used by the court willingly.

Moreover, the Liaodong area occupied by Jianzhou was vast and sparsely populated, and large areas of land were left uncultivated and increasingly deserted. The mines and salt and iron lands were gradually abandoned. The Ming Dynasty caravans in the southwest were cut off by Wang Qi, and necessities such as grain, cloth, and iron tools were cut off.

We are stretched thin, so we should focus on developing production and promoting agricultural output... We should not waste national strength at this time and send troops to march southward, causing the internal situation of the Jin Kingdom to further slide into the abyss.

The original intention of Bayala's move was not only to persuade Nurhachi, but also to further win over the people of the court to fill the power void within Jianzhou after the death of Huang Taiji. It can be said that it kills three birds with one stone. But Bayala underestimated the old slave at this time.

In his anger, he also forgot that in addition to Huang Taiji, Nurhachi also had descendants such as Daishan, Burian Gurtai, and Babutai. This move immediately angered the old slave.

After receiving the order, his half-brother was imprisoned and executed directly the next day. Jierhalang, who was also involved in the crime, was also ordered to be imprisoned by Nurhachi. Without the order of the Great Khan, no one was allowed to approach or visit his nephew. Except for Bayala,

Except for the eldest concubine who was directly buried, all other concubines were rewarded with their share of the fortune to the other banner owners, and all descendants were stripped of their aristocratic titles and directly demoted to commoners.

At this moment, the originally vociferous opposition to Jianzhou disappeared, as if it had never appeared at all.

But after beheading Bayala, Nurhachi seemed to suddenly wake up and no longer insisted on using troops against Ming Dynasty, but instead turned to North Korea.

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"Why did the old slave suddenly turn to North Korea?" This was Ye Xianggao's first reaction after reading the letter.

"Perhaps Bayala's death made him understand that my Ming Dynasty is not a divine weapon that he can covet!" Zuo Guangdou snorted.

"Pass the message!" On this side, Zhu Youxiao finally made up his mind after reading Jin Yiwei's secret letter.

Everyone in the hall bowed.

"Let Xiong Tingbi defend the Haizhou Guard with heavy troops and threaten Liaoyang City. On the one hand, it will relieve North Korea's predicament, and on the other hand, it will let it know that in my hands, the Ming Dynasty will not give in again!"
Chapter completed!