In fact, Dong Lin was not surprised or surprised by Mao Wenlong's thoughts.
Because someone has done this before, and he was almost beaten to death by Dong Lin.
That person is Li Chengliang.
Human beings always have one nature, that is, they are greedy.
At that time, Taishi Li's family already dominated the sky in Liaodong. Every time they sneezed, the common people in Liaodong would tremble. The center of rule in Liaodong almost changed from Liaoyang to the Li Mansion in Tieling.
Back then, he gave hundreds of thousands of hectares of cultivated land in Liubao, Kuandian, to Nurhachi's Jianzhou Zuowei. This was the direct reason for Nurhachi's rise.
Its military geographical location is very important. Each of these six fortresses guards a section of the Liaodong Great Wall, approaching the territory of the Jurchens, sealing them in the mountains and unable to get out. There is no room for development.
At the same time, the land where these six forts are located has beautiful soil and water, and borders North Korea to the east. It not only facilitates the trade of goods, but also can greatly expand the land for food production, so that "the number of people living there increased day by day, to 64,000 households."
After the construction of Liubao, the land was developed, grain production increased greatly, and the population grew rapidly. It gradually became an important military garrison of the Ming Dynasty in southeastern Liaodong.
In the thirty-fourth year of Wanli (1606 AD), Li Chengliang abandoned Kuandian and other six forts on the grounds that they were "lonely and difficult to defend". As a result, the Liaodong Jurchens obtained this fertile land and their strength greatly increased. How many years of cultivation was done on this land?
After generations of military households and civilians refused to move, he launched a bloody massacre of the civilian population.
From this point of view, even if Li Chengliang felt sorry for Nurhachi's father and ancestor, it would be enough compensation for him to directly give him a piece of land with developed industry and agriculture of 800 miles and the people on this land.
This kind of thing can be accomplished, which shows how terrifying Li Chengliang's power has reached.
After that, Li Chengliang became a first-rank official and the emperor of Liaodong. He began to think of becoming the king of Korea.
He wants to transform his family from a local powerful and official family into a royal family that rules Joseon. He wants to replace the Lee family of Joseon with his own family.
Of course, it is impossible to get permission from Donglin and the emperor for this kind of thing.
Although Emperor Wanli did not go to court, he was like a spider hiding in the center of a spider web. He could feel the vibrations in any direction of the empire.
Li Chengliang was severely punished in his later years.
It was because everyone saw through his ambition. His family was exterminated after the Battle of Salhu.
His rebellious behavior in his later years and his crazy money-making were all aimed at annexing North Korea. The money-making was to raise war expenses and support Jurchen to raise a private army to fight for his ambitions.
Later, when the Wanli Dynasty sent troops to North Korea, Nurhachi repeatedly asked Li Rusong to take him to serve with the Jianzhou Jurchen Army. But they were all rejected. This is the reason why Nurhaci asked for military leave.
At that time, the Donglin Party eliminated Li Chengliang's gang for this reason. He suffered a complete defeat in the political struggle, almost lost all power, was forced to go home to retire, and died soon after.
Now that Mao Wenlong is also a highly respected minister, he also has this idea. Of course, Dong Lin cannot tolerate it.
Dongjiang Town is said to be a military formation, but it is actually just a few islands. Lushunwei is just a small peninsula south of the Dalian Isthmus.
If Mao Wenlong wants to further develop and expand his territory, he has only three options:
The first is to develop towards Liaodong. This is obviously impossible.
The second is to develop into Shandong, which is not easy.
The third option is to develop towards North Korea. This is the most feasible option.
If he could deceive the emperor and let him supervise the country of Korea, he would be able to evade the king of Korea.
Use members of the Mao family to replace officials at all levels in North Korea. Otherwise, why would he accept three hundred adopted sons?
He has 20,000 to 30,000 elite cavalry and more than 200,000 civilians. In addition, because of Nurhachi's unification war, the Jurchen troops who fled were defeated. In addition, with the name of righteousness, these
This thing that seems absurd is actually very practical.
Mao Wenlong is now dancing on the three eggshells of Jiannu, Ming Dynasty, and Korea. He cannot accidentally step on any of them. Otherwise, he will be beyond redemption.
Mao Wenlong, who squatted on several islands, was the one with the most sense of crisis because his territory was too small.
Although his position is high, his actual interests are much different, and the two are extremely inconsistent. Even the land is borrowed. At least half of the nine counties of Jingxiang were borrowed by Uncle Liu Huang at the beginning.
He is the only frontier commander whose territory cannot support an army. Without food, troops, or land, he is in danger every moment.
It was said that he came to power because he took refuge with the eunuchs. Now Wei Dugong is finished. His position in the new dynasty is embarrassing. If one day the Ming Dynasty cannot survive, he must leave a way out for himself.
Contacting Nurhaci and contacting Huang Taiji is to prepare a way out. If you can't surrender, you can still be regarded as a banner lord prince.
If you can annex North Korea and become a vassal king, that is the best way out.
The worst thing is that if Donglin forces him into a panic, he may simply counterattack the Shandong rebellion, which is also a way to survive.
Shandong was chosen because half of the millions of people who fled Liaodong went to Shandong.
These refugees from Liaodong were oppressed in Shandong and could easily cause unrest if they were instigated.
In the fourth year of Chongzhen's reign, Kong Youde and others launched the Wuqiao Rebellion. It was because of the sharp conflict between a large number of refugees from Liaodong and the local gentry, officials and people in Shandong that war broke out all over the place.
When Li Chengliang wanted to plot against North Korea, he was still a Korean, and neither Dong Lin nor the emperor allowed it. What's more, Mao Wenlong, a Zhejiang native, also had this idea. Of course he had to be dealt with.
Qian Longxi and Li Banghua are studying how to get rid of Mao Wenlong next.
I saw a member of the Ministry of War running in in panic, standing outside the door and not daring to come near. He knew this was a confidential place.
Qian Longxi was a little unhappy and cursed: "What are you doing in such a hurry?"
The foreign minister raised his hands in panic and said: "I'm reporting to the Prime Minister, Grand Sima, something big happened. From last night to today, Mr. Qiu, the left minister of the Ministry of War, died. It was said that there was a sudden death. Mr. Ma, the head of the Zhifang Department, was beggars.
He was beaten to death. There was a fight between the patrol camp and the soldiers from the Northern Army and Horse Division. General Ma Shen from the patrol camp was also hacked to death. The murderer ran away and was not caught."
Qian Longxi and Li Banghua stood up in shock. These people were all from Donglin, and their positions were very critical.
So many things happened suddenly, it is impossible that there is no mastermind behind it.
Thinking of this period of time, they drove the nobles into panic. No need to guess, they knew it was the nobles who did it. They have been in the imperial capital for more than two hundred years, and they are familiar with every inch of the land here.
.City foxes and community rats also rely on them to survive.
Li Banghua immediately realized that action must be taken, otherwise the situation would continue to worsen.
"Prepare the sedan, I will go to the military headquarters immediately." Li Banghua was about to leave.
Qian Longxi grabbed him and said, "If you go out like this, be careful of something happening. Obviously, people are targeting us."
Li Banghua sneered and said: "I will take Cangzhou Lu Daxia with me. Anyone who is not afraid of death can come."
