Chapter five hundred and forty fifth trouble again
But during the ceremony of proclaiming the emperor and founding the country, the North Korean envoy felt disgusted with Huang Taiji. How could this not make Huang Taiji furious? But Huang Taiji also controlled his emotions very well, because in the Manchu Qing Dynasty
In the overall strategy, North Korea will play a very important role.
After Huang Taiji succeeded to the throne, his first personal expedition was to conquer North Korea. Because for Huang Taiji, the role of North Korea was too important.
The first is strategic considerations. This has been introduced before, so I won’t go into details here;
The second is to ask North Korea to respect the Manchu Qing Dynasty politically. If North Korea, the original Ming Dynasty's die-hard vassal state, transforms into a Manchu vassal state, then politically it will add a lot of points to the Manchu Qing Dynasty;
The third is economic opening trade. The Manchu Qing Dynasty wanted to trade with the Ming Dynasty through North Korea, and in this trade, Zheng Zhilong, who had no concept of country or nation at all, also joined his merchant fleet.
In addition, when the Manchus were short of food, they would use North Korea as a "cash machine" and squeeze everything out of North Korea;
The last thing is to borrow troops in the military. It's ridiculous. At that time, North Korean soldiers were just rubbish on the battlefield in the Far East, but they had one unit that was highly valued by the Manchus, and that was the North Korean Fire Gun Soldiers.
Moreover, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties had a very accurate vision, and North Korea's fire gun soldiers would have great performances in the future. Therefore, anyone who says that the Manchu and Qing Dynasties did not pay attention to firearms and only paid attention to riding and shooting is nonsense. It is just that the Manchu and Qing Dynasties did not master firearms.
It's just manufacturing technology.
However, North Korea has always been obedient to the demands of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties. Since the Manchu and North Koreans became brothers ten years ago, North Korea has still been disconnected from the Ming Dynasty. In order to win over North Korea, Huang Taiji told North Korea in detail every time he won,
They tried their best to pull North Korea away from the Ming Dynasty, but with little success.
In fact, the reason is very simple. It is not that North Korea admires the Ming Dynasty or anything. The main reason is that in the minds of North Korea's monarchs and ministers, they are extremely afraid of the strength of the Ming Dynasty's army.
At that time, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's 200,000 Japanese troops almost destroyed North Korea. However, the Ming army dispatched 40,000 troops, but drove the 200,000 Japanese troops into the sea. Therefore, North Korea could not afford to rebel.
The heart of Ming Dynasty.
So there was a scene where the North Korean envoy refused to pay homage. So Huang Taiji secretly made up his mind and decided to conquer North Korea again and completely turn North Korea into a Manchu vassal state.
But before that, Huang Taiji was still preparing to carry out a "bloodletting" operation against the Ming Dynasty. Although the Ningjin defense line built by Sun Chengzong was incomplete, Jinzhou and Shanhaiguan still played a very important role in the military operations to defend the Manchus.
In order to preserve the vitality of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Huang Taiji would definitely not attack these two fortified cities that were heavily defended.
So as soon as he proclaimed himself emperor and founded the country, Huang Taiji called Azig to him and asked him to lead the army in the first battle of the entrance. The Manchu and Qing Dynasties would dispatch twenty armored soldiers per Niulu, plus the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Eight Banners of Han.
Together with the Han army of King Sanshun and the soldiers of the Mongolian tribes, there were more than 16,000 soldiers. They were preparing to invade the Ming Dynasty again in May.
"Why hasn't Wu Runing sent troops to Jining? He missed a major event in the government. Can Wu Runing afford it?" Gu Zhengqing lost his temper at his housekeeper.
It is now April of the ninth year of Chongzhen, and Gu Zhengqing, as the newly appointed prefect of Runing, has been in Jining for almost a month.
Speaking of which, Gu Zhengqing was an old acquaintance of Wu Shigong. He was the Nancheng inspection censor-Gu Censor when Wu Shigong was the commander of the Nancheng Army and Horse Division.
Gu Zhengqing is really unlucky. After so many years, he has just been released as a prefect. But this is also the tragedy of a marginal political figure!
Originally, Gu Zhengqing had figured it out. Since there was nothing to pursue in the officialdom, he would make a lot of money wherever he went, so that he could become a rich man when he returned to his hometown. But he didn't expect that he would be assigned to work in Tianjin.
The murderous city of Runing, Henan. As we know from the newspaper, it is an area where bandits are rampant and wars are frequent.
So Gu Zhengqing was a little desperate, but he couldn't do it without going to Runing to take office. So after Gu Zhengqing took his family to Jining by boat, he sent a message asking the Runing garrison to send troops to protect him and rush to Runing.
When the left-behind Runing magistrate sent Gu Zhengqing's official documents to Wu Shigong, Wu Shigong sneered at it. Under the control of the Runing army, Guide and Runing were quite safe along the route. If Gu Zhengqing was still worried, that would be totally wrong.
You can go with the caravan of Sihai Trading Company. Who has the spare time to protect Gu Zhengqing?
Besides, Wu Shigong's current mentality can be described as arrogant. Wu Shigong no longer looks down upon a mere prefect.
When Runing Tongzhi tactfully conveyed Wu Shigong's meaning to Gu Zhengqing, Gu Zhengqing was immediately furious. But after calming down and thinking about it, he recalled that Emperor Chongzhen was unusual in his speech.
Officials who leave the capital to take up a post in a local area must go to the emperor to give a speech. This kind of speech is often a formality, with several officials going to court at the same time, and then being encouraged by the emperor to end it with a few words. Sometimes the emperor even
They didn't come forward, but entrusted the cabinet's bachelor to carry out this formality.
But Gu Zhengqing's speech was a little different. He was received by Emperor Chongzhen alone. Although Emperor Chongzhen didn't say much, he mentioned Runing's deputy general Wu Shigong.
Gu Zhengqing remembered clearly what Emperor Chongzhen said: "Wu Runing has always been arrogant and unreasonable. I'm here for you. I need to keep more control over him after he passes. Don't let him cause trouble again."
So Gu Zhengqing vaguely understood that the imperial court appointed him to be the magistrate of Runing Mansion in order to take care of the little eunuch who used to be a troublemaker in Nancheng!
Gu Zhengqing's guess was correct. Gu Zhengqing's appointment was for this purpose. Because during this period, Wu Shigong did another major event that caused a sensation in the government and the public. And this matter was related to Hou Xun, Wu Shigong's good friend.
Wen Tiren, the chief minister who felt that he was full of power, finally showed his butcher knife to Hou Xun, one of the leaders of the Donglin Party and the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs. In March, Hou Xun was sentenced to prison on charges of corruption.
But to be honest, the evidence of Hou Xun's corruption is conclusive, and among the officials in the late Ming Dynasty, Hou Xun was still outstanding. Therefore, Wen Tiren did not accuse Hou Xun unjustly.
Moreover, under Wen Tiren's overwhelming power, no official in the world dared to plead grievances for Hou Xun. At this time, no one expected that when the news reached Runing Mansion, a military attaché in Runing fired at Wen Tiren.