Chapter 186: The Eve of the Second Battle in Changli
Although Abatai is Nurhachi's biological son, he always thought that he was born because of his concubine, so he was not welcomed by Huang Taiji and other brothers. Please remember the URL of this website:.
He had been humiliated repeatedly by his brothers in power, so that was all. Now even their slaves came to humiliate him, so he became a little angry and prepared to punish this slave.
Jierhalang is a good person and a discerning person. He has been actively getting closer to Huang Taiji and is deeply trusted by him.
Now he saw Abate's face turned the color of pig liver, and threatened the Great Khan's bodyguards. After all, he came out to fight with him. To prevent things from getting out of hand, Jierhalang said: "I'm not polite, first of all."
After meeting Baile, I will slowly tell you about the war."
As soon as Abatai heard that Jierharang had given him face, he became cold and stopped getting angry. He only waited for Aobai to come and pay his respects.[
Unexpectedly, Aobai didn't care about him at all. He only regarded him as air. He still faced Jierhalang and said loudly: "The Great Khan only ordered his servants to come to inquire about the battle situation, and the others ignored him at all. The latest chapter of The Legend of Another World: Wu Po Jiuxiao
.Looking at the flag at the top of Changli City, I’m afraid someone is holding back our flag.”
Abatai couldn't bear it any longer. He slammed the table and shouted: "How dare you, slave, to talk to your master like this? Are you really brave? Are you not afraid that Ben Beile will chop your head off?"
"Master, who is the master? I am a slave of the Yellow Flag, a slave of the Great Khan. Do you want to be the master of the Yellow Flag?" Obai said directly without any fear.
Jierhalang knew that Huang Taiji usually disdained Abatai, and was afraid that it would affect his personal guards. This Aobai Wuyong was a martial artist, but he was stubborn and went against Abatai. Unless Huang Taiji personally
Come, otherwise no one can make him bow his head.
So, he directly changed the subject and said: "We fought a battle early this morning, but we didn't win it. It was because we were careless. We are going to fight again tomorrow and take Changli in one fell swoop."
"How many Ming troops are there in Changli City, but the small county town can't be captured?" As soon as Obai heard Jierhalang talk about business, he ignored Abatai.
Jierhalang was a little embarrassed when he heard this, but Obai asked because he wanted to respond to the Khan and could not hide it, so he replied: "There are not many Ming troops, most of them are rural soldiers guarding the city."
"What?" Obai was shocked and lost his voice, then glanced at Abatai and said: "I'm afraid someone doesn't want us to raise the yellow flag and win another city. Tomorrow we will raise the yellow flag, and I will wait for Baylor to enter the city before reporting to the Great Khan, and let others
Go ahead and be jealous."
Obai is a close confidant of Huang Taiji, and he understands that his master is trying his best to suppress all opponents who can get a hold of the throne, including potential opponents. Abatai is a soft persimmon, so he should be suppressed first, otherwise Huang Taiji would not have humiliated him many times due to his wisdom.
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"Don't talk nonsense! It doesn't matter, I'm tired from fighting the Zhenglan flag, so let's take a rest. Tomorrow I will attack with the Yellow flag." Jirhalang first scolded Obai, and then discussed it with Abatai.
He thought that as long as he took it seriously, it would be easy to conquer a mere county town. Aobai's idea was a good one, as it would earn Huang Taiji more face and restore the lost prestige in Shanhaiguan and Funing.
Abatayyn stood up and left the tent with a sullen face, without saying a word.
Early on the next morning, as the second offensive and defensive battle of Changli was about to begin, the anti-corruption storm in Be Jingcheng had begun to show its signs.
Luo Yangxing, the commander of the Jinyiwei, was worried about the matter and came to the Yamen early. His subordinates did not disappoint him. The confessions of Yuan Hongxun and Gao Jie were already on his desk.
Yuan Hongxun and Gao Jie did not know that they would only be detained in Jinyiwei Prison for one day, so they confessed all their corruption under Jinyiwei's various forms of torture without leaving any trace.
The amount of corruption between the two of them made Luo Yangxing jealous. He immediately packed up his things and went to the palace to meet the emperor.
When Emperor Chongzhen saw what was written in the confession, he immediately became angry.
The confession stated that Yuan Hongxun had repeatedly collected bribes from jade sales and impeached his competitors, both in business and politics, and the total amount amounted to 83,000 taels.
This is still a trivial matter. He took advantage of his supervisory authority to participate in the work of Li Renji, the left minister of the Ministry of Industry, and divided the money from the embezzled work, totaling more than 94,000 taels.[
Gao Jie was even more daring and took advantage of the opportunity of inspecting the salt administration to steal all 200,000 taels of treasury silver. He distributed it to others and waited for less than 50,000. The rest went into his pocket.
He also accepted a bribe of eight thousand gold for Liu Peng, the right minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and acted as an intermediary, while he extorted ten thousand gold from the wealthy Yu Chengzu.
There are also a lot of odds and ends, but the amount is not as large as listed above.
What's even more despicable is that the dirty money obtained by these two people was transported back to their hometown to buy fields. Even after ransacking the house, they could not get much cash.
Emperor Chongzhen immediately ordered Luo Yangxing to arrest Li Renji and Liu Peng and dig out their stolen money from corruption and bribery.
The Criminal Division gave the case to He Kai very much. It was clearly written on the confession that on a certain day of a certain year, a certain month, for a certain place (or with someone) and for what reason, how much money was obtained. Read the full text of the officialdom password. Therefore, the driving post was stamped,
Jinyiwei once again went out in large numbers to arrest people in the capital.
Yuan Hongxun and Gao Jie handed over to Dali Temple, and Li Renji and Liu Peng entered Jinyiwei Prison. The four of them happened to meet at the door.
"You have defeated the censor's iron bones, and it only takes one day. I can't hold on for a long time. Damn it." Li Renji spat at Yuan Hongxun with disdain.
After hearing this, Xie Dong, a member of the escorting family in Jinyi, thought to himself, if you pampered worms can survive for a day, I will take your surname.
Naturally, Li Renji and Liu Peng didn't know what Xie Dong was thinking. Under the escort of Captain Jinyi, they marched majestically into Beizhen Fusi Prison together.
Yuan Hongxun and Gao Jie were left with a question: what does one day mean? When they found out, they regretted it. The anti-corruption gap opened up for them, and they began to follow the clues.
After Emperor Chongzhen got angry for a while, he summoned Wang Cheng'en, the admiral of Dongchang, and said to him: "Send someone to Dali Temple and ask the Third Division to start the trial tomorrow, and supervise their interrogation. There must be no cover-up or injustice.
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Dongchang had done this before, so it was no stranger to it. Wang Chengen happily accepted the order.
The factory guards were all dispatched. Some people were unhappy, but Zhong Jinwei was very happy at this time.
A large new cement kiln is about to be topped out, and a small glass and steel experimental furnace is also about to be completed.
Zhong Jinwei looked at the bustling crowd on the construction site and thought that it was really a good deal to have so many free laborers working hard after the imperial court issued an order.
The cost of taking care of food was automatically ignored by Zhong Jinwei who came from later generations. This was the most basic condition. But in ancient times, people who served as corvees actually had to prepare their own meals. It was also because these people were refugees that they took care of food.
Accompanied by An Guiyi, Zhong Jinwei inspected the construction site and ducked into a work shed.
Wu Shengda, who is now the authority on cement construction and has practiced it the most, is teaching experience in using cement to some selected key craftsmen here, and there are copywriters beside him who are concentrating on taking notes.
These are all requirements of Zhong Jinwei. As soon as cement production increases, cement projects will be carried out on a large scale.
Not to mention the bank that has been planned before, a cement road will be built from the cement factory to the main official road in the capital, which is not only convenient for transportation, but can also be used as a demonstration. There is also cement that is about to be sold, which also requires craftsmen.
To guide, these require a large number of skilled craftsmen to be masters.
Therefore, the world's first plasterer training class was established in the Ming Dynasty. After the first batch of plasterers were trained, let them practice and supplement the experience book with written records based on their own experience, and prepare to use them as masters every day.
If someone brings another team out, and does this several times, the initial demand for plasterers should be able to be solved.[
When the craftsmen in the work shed saw Uncle Zhongxing coming in, they all saluted. Zhong Jinwei looked at the old and young mason apprentices, their faces full of vitality and expectation, and he thought of the words of later generations in his heart, as long as you give me a fulcrum, I can pry.
Move the whole earth. In the same way, if you give these craftsmen a hope, they can add a solid foundation for Ming Dynasty to become an empire on which the sun never sets.
Zhong Jinwei sat back and listened for a while, and found that Wu Shengda was not very comfortable, so he left An Guiyi and went back to his office to read Sun Chengzong's military books and prepare for the upcoming military training. He made up his mind, and
A strong military training is also needed to create a strong army, so as to provide a model for the current restructuring of the Ming Dynasty's army.
Zhong Jinwei was leisurely, but the people of Changli were not as prepared as he was, and they were already waiting for the attack of the rebels outside the city.
Outside Changli City, there were about 4,000 soldiers with yellow flags lined up in several rows, heading towards the city wall.
The rest were from the Zhenglan Banner that Abatai belonged to. They just stayed in the camp and waited to watch the excitement. They were still cursing in their hearts that the Xianghuang Banner was unable to attack. Although they knew that in front of the serious Golden Army, Chang Li could