At this time, Emperor Chongzhen was very satisfied. One year after taking the throne, Emperor Chongzhen had completely taken charge of the power. Under the praise of literati, he also had the title of "Holy King". And the affairs in the court were nothing more than
It is about clearing away the remaining remnants of Wei Zhongxian's party in the court.
By the way, Xue Lian's sworn enemy in the capital camp at that time - Li Chengzuo, Marquis of Fengcheng, because when Emperor Chongzhen first came to the throne, he proposed to Wei Zhongxian the idea of letting Wei Zhongxian take charge of power and completely ousting Emperor Chongzhen.
Now he is being settled by Emperor Chongzhen Qiuhou.
Li Chengzuo was deprived of his title by Emperor Chongzhen, sent into exile on the border, and was captured back to the capital and beheaded in the second year of Chongzhen. Relatively speaking, Xue Lian, who is now under house arrest, got the best end.
The situation in the Ming Dynasty was also calm. The She'an Rebellion was suppressed by several major victories by the female commander Qin Liangyu. The rebellion in Henan was also quelled in a short period of time.
Although there are some sporadic reports of peasant unrest in northern Shaanxi, judging from the memorials submitted to the local officials in Shaanxi, it is basically a ragtag group of people, and it is expected that they will be quelled soon.
After the platform was summoned, Emperor Chongzhen squeezed out a large amount of money and grain from the Ministry of Household Affairs and sent it to Liaodong in order to satisfy Yuan Chonghuan's promise of "pacifying Liao in five years." The situation in Liaodong did calm down after Yuan Chonghuan took office.
Emperor Chongzhen did not only learn about this situation from the memorials submitted by Yuan Chonghuan. Other officials in Liaodong and the supervisors also reflected on the memorials submitted: Since the beginning of autumn, the number of harassing attacks by the slaves has increased.
To reduce this, the intervals are getting longer and longer.
After receiving such good news, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but feel a little proud of his wise move in using Yuan Chonghuan as the governor. In Emperor Chongzhen's opinion: The situation in Liaodong has greatly improved. As long as he has his support, Yuan Chonghuan will definitely succeed.
To achieve the goal of Ping Liao.
Therefore, in these days, Emperor Chongzhen seemed very relaxed. And because of the emperor's relaxation, the whole court also showed a scene of singing and dancing.
However, Emperor Chongzhen and many ministers in the court never thought that the situation they learned was not the same at all. The peasant rebellion in Shaanxi and the establishment of the slave army in the Later Jin Dynasty would become Emperor Chongzhen's nightmare in the future.
The object was actively engaged in some actions in the autumn and winter of the first year of Chongzhen.
Let’s talk about Shaanxi first.
When the flames of peasant rebellion were just ignited, the local officials in Shaanxi during the Ming Dynasty were afraid that the fire would burn themselves. They were worried that the court would investigate the responsibility and be severely punished.
At the same time, these officials also imagined that as soon as the summer harvest was over, the rebellious peasants who were forced by hunger and cold would automatically disperse and return to their hometowns. Therefore, they adopted an ostrich policy and prohibited all prefectures and counties from reporting news of "rebellions." At this point, the author is a little confused.
I'm speechless. The drought has turned out like this today. Are those officials so blind and brainless that they are still looking forward to a summer harvest?
However, there are always people with unlimited IQ. Hu Tingyan, who was the governor of Shaanxi at the time, whenever the state or county reported something as a "thief", he would give the person a good beating without asking for any reason, and said: "This hungry hooligan is also
, I will set my ears after plundering until the next spring."
Well, the biggest officials in Shaanxi are like this, so the petty officials in the lower counties will just be little ostriches. Then, these local officials are looking forward to the autumn harvest.
But among the farmers who farmed, some joined the rebellion because they could not survive, and some who were unwilling to rebel fled completely. There was no one to farm at all. How could there be an autumn harvest like this?
In the end, the paper could no longer contain the fire, and the momentum of the peasant rebellion was getting stronger day by day. These local officials could no longer cover it up, so they had to bite the bullet and report it to the court.
But when the Ministry of War was ordered to conduct an inspection, these local officials blamed each other. They were not good at handling local government affairs, but they were all excellent at wrangling.
When the farmers in northern Shaanxi first rebelled, the rebellious farmers joined the existing horse bandits and bandits one after another. Where did those horse bandits and bandits come from?
This is about the Battle of Sarhu during the Wanli period, which laid the foundation for the establishment of the Hou Jin regime. In the Battle of Sarhu, the Ming Dynasty army besieged the Hou Jin army on four sides, and was defeated by the Hou Jin army.
A huge defeat.
Among the four besieging armies, there were the Ming Dynasty troops sent from Shaanxi and Shanxi. After those defeated soldiers from Shaanxi and Shanxi fled back to their hometowns, they did not dare to return to the army for fear of being subject to military law, so they simply fell to the ground and became
of horse bandits and bandits.
In the army of the peasant rebellion in the early years of Chongzhen, it was these defeated soldiers as the main backbone, and the peasants who were struggling to survive as the peripheral bandits waving flags and shouting.
However, this situation provided abundant ammunition for the wrangling of local officials in Shaanxi. In Shaanxi Province in the Ming Dynasty, in addition to Hu Tingyan, the governor of Shaanxi who was mainly responsible for local affairs in Shaanxi, there was also a governor of Yansui who was mainly responsible for military town affairs.
Yue Hesheng.
It is conceivable that Hu Tingyan, the governor of Shaanxi, would definitely say that it was the border troops under the jurisdiction of Yue Hesheng, the governor of Yansui, who caused the rebellion, and it had nothing to do with local affairs; and Yue Hesheng, the governor of Yansui, would also say that it was the hungry people in the interior of Shaanxi who "
"Theft" has nothing to do with the military town.
As a direct official sent by the imperial court to supervise the local area, Wu Huan, the censor of Shaanxi Province, did not report the true situation to the imperial court, but instead made a quarrel.
However, the true situation of the peasant rebellion was understated.
But as a result, Emperor Chongzhen and the ministers of the imperial court were even more unclear about the situation of the peasant rebellion in Shaanxi. They could only believe the understatement of the peasant rebellion in the memorials written by these local officials. They thought that this was just some
The bandits are just causing trouble and are not a problem.
It can be seen from this that due to the ostrich and non-committal behavior of local officials in Shaanxi, at the beginning of the peasant rebellion in northern Shaanxi, the government did not take any organized disaster relief and suppression measures, nor did it timely
Tell Emperor Chongzhen and the ministers of the court about the peasant rebellion, not to mention receiving reinforcements, money and food from the court.
It was not until more than a year after the peasant rebellion, when Yang He became the governor of Shaanxi Province, that he told the true situation of the peasant rebellion to Emperor Chongzhen and the ministers of the court.
But at that time, the peasant rebellion had swept across the entire Shaanxi Province. Therefore, when the peasant rebellion in Shaanxi had just begun and had not yet become a climate, the best opportunity to quell the peasant rebellion in Shaanxi was with those stupid and foolish people.
In the hands of local officials in Shaanxi, it was lost in vain.
And why were the Houjin troops in front of Yuan Chonghuan's Ningjin defense line so calm?
After the death of his father Khan and the obstacles in his attack on the Ningjin Defense Line after he first came to power, Huang Taiji came to the conclusion that if the Ningjin Defense Line cannot be captured, it cannot enter Shanhaiguan. And if it cannot enter Shanhaiguan, then it is impossible to enter Shanhaiguan.
They could not enter the Central Plains. However, the Ningjin defense line was too strong. If they attacked from the front, even if the Hou Jin army finally won the victory, the Hou Jin army would suffer heavy losses and would no longer be able to launch an attack on the Central Plains.
And because of the threats from the two thorns on the east and west sides of Hou Jin's army - Mao Wenlong's army in Dongjiang Town and Chahar Lindan Khan's Mongolian army, Huang Taiji made such a military strategy: he would vigorously use Mongolia, and
Bypass Shanhaiguan and enter from each entrance of the Great Wall.
Therefore, in February of the first year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji personally led his two younger brothers Dorgon and Duduo to lead a large army to conquer the Dorote tribe to which Chahar belonged. They entered the Aomulun area and captured 11,200
Because of the great victory in Aomulun, Dorgon was given the name of Mergen Daiqing, and Duoduo was given the name of Erke Chuhuer.
But this great victory, because Lin Dan Khan escaped relatively quickly, did not hit the main force of the Mongolian Chahar tribe, and Lin Dan Khan's foundation was not shaken.
So in August of this year, Huang Taiji negotiated peace with Karaqin. In September, he mobilized troops from Horqin, Karaqin, Aohan, Naiman and Khalkha tribes to meet. On September 6, the army of the Later Jin Dynasty went out to investigate.
Har. On the 20th, we attacked Xilha, Xibotu, Ying, Tang and other places.
The next day, they pursued to the Xing'an Mountains and captured countless humans and animals. They returned victorious in mid-October. During this expedition, Hou Jin not only attacked the archenemy Chahar, but also further consolidated the control of the Mongolian tribes that had surrendered.
rule.
Soon, Huang Taiji sent Ashdar Han to these places to announce the edict. From now on, as in the conquest of Chahar, all Beile who are in charge of the banner will be under the age of seventy and above thirteen, and they will all join the conquest. Those who violate the rules will be fined with horses and camels, and will not be allowed to go to the meeting place.
The person also punished the horse.
Huang Taiji's expedition had completely defeated Lin Dan Khan's Chahar tribe. Although Lin Dan Khan still escaped, in the years until Lin Dan Khan died of illness, Lin Dan Khan never had any influence on the Hou Jin army.
any threat.
What is even more frightening is that because of the military deterrence of the Hou Jin army and a series of intermarriages between the Manchu and Mongolian nobles such as Huang Taiji and other tolerant measures, the Manchus and the Mongols formed a close military group. And the mouths of the Great Wall controlled by the Mongolian tribes also
It is completely open to the Hou Jin army.
All the actions of Huang Taiji's Houjin Army were due to the existence of the no-man's land and the fact that the Liaodong Army generals were unwilling to send spies into the no-man's land for reconnaissance and strangulation warfare in order to preserve their strength.
The movements of Tai Chi's Hou Jin army were unknown.
Yuan Chonghuan and other Liaodong officials and generals only felt from the surface that the harassment of them by the Later Jin army was much less. But they did not know that the main force of the Later Jin army had already set out to attack Chahar Lindan Khan of Mongolia.
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Therefore, at the end of the first year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen and the ministers in the capital felt that the world was calm because they had not received any bad news at all. They did not know that from the upcoming second year of Chongzhen
From the beginning, the entire Ming Dynasty would immediately fall into disarray under the impact of the times.
However, our Wu Shigong encountered a troublesome incident at the end of the first year of Chongzhen.
