"Your Majesty, great victory, Taiyuan is restored!"
Early in the morning, before Zhu Yihai woke up, General Secretary Shen Wenzhong came with a glowing face to announce the good news.
"Taiyuan?" Zhu Yihai chatted with his eldest son Hongjia until almost dawn last night, and he was still sleepy. "What, Taiyuan is restored?" He suddenly woke up and was a little unbelievable.
"Aren't the eight towns in Hebei fighting against Baoding? How can they regain Taiyuan?"
What happened is a bit fantastic. Zhu Yihai patrolled the Central Plains to the west and drove all the soldiers and horses from Shandong and Henan to Hebei. With the last decree, the soldiers and horses entering Hebei were reorganized into Shanxi and Hebei.
The town provincial camp plus six regiment training towns are under the command of two governors, Tu Guobao and Ma Guozhu.
He deployed troops in the Central Plains and pointed his sword at Huguang.
They let the Hebei side bluff and contain some Tatar soldiers and horses, but they did not let them take serious action. However, Ma Guozhu and Tu Guobao had so many soldiers, no matter whether they were strong or not, at least they were in large numbers, claiming to be more than 100,000 soldiers.
In addition, the situation in various parts of the Ming Dynasty is now very good, so many officials and generals in Hebei and Shanxi have also contacted either directly or secretly. In short, few of them are determined to stay with the Tatars.
However, Geng Zhongming of Liaodong, Li Shi of North Korea, and others were not willing to be left alone. They were all beating the drowned dog and killing him while he was sick. Geng Zhongming and the Korean New Army were extremely brave at this time. Anyway, the Tatars have become insignificant outside the customs.
They lived like wolves and tigers. They said they were conquering the Tatars for the Ming Dynasty, but in fact they were robbing and killing people everywhere outside the customs.
They won't let go of this kind of advantage. Even if the emperor says to slow down outside the customs, don't be anxious, take your time.
But Geng Zhongming and the North Koreans promised well on the surface, but in fact they became more and more aggressive.
This caused the Tatars to be on fire everywhere, focusing on one thing and not the other.
Tu Guobao, the governor-general of Zhili, besieged Baoding, and then the imperial camp also harassed Tianjin and Shanhaiguan at sea. Jierhalang was busy moving the Qing court from Beijing to Chengde outside the customs.
This move of the capital brought about a huge disadvantage, which was that the morale of the Tatars completely collapsed, especially the surrendered generals in Zhili and Shanxi. The Tatars had all moved their capitals, which was a fool's errand.
Everyone is in danger, looking for a way out, and thinking of ways to atone for their sins.
It should be said that Tu Guobao and Ma Guozhu are indeed relatively capable. On the Tatar side, there are governors and governors, and they are also strong men. Nowadays, there is even more trouble, and they have become proficient in the tactics of bluffing, recruiting surrender, and instigating rebellion.
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Tu Guobao bluffed with a hundred thousand troops to besiege Baoding, but Ma Guozhu quietly entered Shanxi with his men and horses.
Because the traitors Zhang Ji, Bian Dashou and Shi Tingzhu had no good intentions for a long time, they had been doing smuggling trade with them secretly. In order to avoid being discovered by the two young sons of Jierhalang who came to Shanxi, they even took the wife directly
Pass and Guguan were both given to the Ming army.
It was originally agreed that these two passes would be given to the Ming army just to facilitate the smuggling business, but Ma Guozhu, the former Tatar governor of Shanxi Province, was not so trustworthy.
Tu Guobao bluffed and besieged the city in Baoding, and Yuying Navy attacked Tianjin and Shanhaiguan in Yangyang.
Ma Guozhu secretly led his troops through Niangzi Pass, and then made a surprise attack all the way to Taiyuan City. When Taiyuan was discovered, it was already surrounded.
At this time, there were not many soldiers in Taiyuan City, because Tu Guobao had previously attacked Baoding with great fanfare, and the Ming army over there attacked Tianjin, causing the three Tatar governors of Baoding to rush around asking for help.
But at this time, there were no troops in Beijing, but Prince An Yue Le wanted to guard Beijing and Tianjin. Governor Ma Guanghui, governor of rivers Yang Fangxing, governor of water transportation Wang Wenkui, and governor Lang Tingzuo discussed it and decided that Baoding could not be abandoned, and Beijing and Tianjin could not come to help, so they decided
Can ask for help from Xuanda Shanxi.
Shanxi Governor Shi Tingzhu objected to sending troops to rescue Baoding, but Jierhalang's sons Jidu and Ledu were in charge of Shanxi's military and political power. Shanxi Governor Zu Dashou had been in Beijing and moved to Chengde at this time. The two young princes insisted on sending troops to rescue.
There was nothing Shi Tingzhu could do.
In the end, they simply allowed the two young princes to take away the elite Eight Banners of Shanxi.
They went north from Taiyuan, entered Lingqiu via Pingxing Pass, crossed Taihang Pass and Zijin Pass, and entered Yizhou in Baoding Prefecture, just behind Baoding.
Shi Tingzhu and others originally thought that since they couldn't be stopped anyway, they might as well just let them go, which would also facilitate their smuggling business.
Who would have expected that Ma Guozhu would suddenly march out of Jingxing and attack Taiyuan City.
Ma Guozhu surrounded Taiyuan, but he was not in a hurry to attack the city. He rested his troops for two days, and then began to persuade them to surrender while sending troops to sweep the outskirts of Taiyuan.
Ma Guozhu also used a trick on Shi Tingzhu.
He quietly evacuated some of his troops from the city every night, and then arrived with great fanfare during the day. So every day, there were more camps under the city, and soldiers and horses from all walks of life gathered together with flags.
He also had people deliberately spread all kinds of news.
One time, the Liaodong Ming Army had already captured Shenyang, the other time, the Hebei Ming Army had captured Baoding, and the next time, the Navy had captured Tianjin.
Tomorrow, the emperor will kill Nikan again in Nanyang, and the day after tomorrow, Wu Sangui will kill Obai Li Guohan in Guanzhong, and then Meng Qiaofang will surrender.
In short, all kinds of news are flying all over the sky.
The city of Taiyuan was in shock every day, and people were in panic.
Ma Guozhu sent people to shoot arrows into the city to persuade him to surrender. Zhang Ji, the chief envoy of Shanxi Province, was a corrupt official. Seeing the Ming army gathering at the city gate and encamping for ten miles, his face turned pale with fright.
After some thought, he quietly sent someone out of the city to see Ma Guozhu.
Ma Guozhu was no stranger to Zhang Ji, an old friend. They exchanged secret letters between the two sides, and soon Ma Guozhu knew everything about Taiyuan City.
Zhang Ji also received a guarantee from Ma Guozhu, saying that as long as he behaved anyway, he would not be held accountable for his crimes after Taiyuan was restored, and he would also seek credit for him.
Zhang Ji is no longer interested in being an official. What he cares about now is saving his life and the large amount of property he has accumulated in Shanxi in the past two years.
After receiving the promise, Zhang Ji also moved around. Bian Dashou, the magistrate of Taiyuan, was the man who had dug up Li Zicheng's ancestral grave, and had secretly engaged in smuggling with Zhang Ji a long time ago. The two quickly reached an agreement.
Within a few days, Zhang Bian and his two surrender factions had gathered a large number of officials, generals, and gentry in Taiyuan. They also went to persuade Shi Tingzhu several times.
Even the people around Shi Tingzhu were bribed by them.
Shi Tingzhu was not a fool. He couldn't understand the situation in Taiyuan City. He hesitated again and again, and finally asked Zhang Ji to negotiate with Ma Guozhu on his behalf to try to get some good treatment.
Ma Guozhu and Shi Tingzhu were also familiar with each other. They had been ministers of the same palace before outside the customs. After several secret discussions, Shi Tingzhu met Ma Guozhu under the city in the middle of the night and got Ma Guozhu's personal commitment.
When the Jidu brothers heard the news in Baoding, they quickly led their troops back to Taiyuan. As a result, they rushed all the way. As soon as they arrived at Pingxing Pass and climbed Taixi Mountain, they received news that Taiyuan had been lost.
Shi Tingzhu was very wicked. Although he surrendered, he was worried about his family members in the Tatars, so he had to let Ma Guozhu cooperate in a play.
Ma Guozhu led his troops to attack the city, and Shi Tingzhu led his troops to meet the enemy. The two sides fought. Then the gentry in the city suddenly switched sides and opened the city to meet the enemy. The Ming army he had already killed retreated. As a result, Taiyuan was lost. In the end, it was attacked from both sides and was helplessly surrounded.
He drew his sword and committed suicide, but his subordinates seized the sword and he was eventually captured.
Anyway, the loss of Taiyuan is not his problem.
It was the Jidu brothers who didn't listen to his persuasion and fell into the Ming army's plan to divert the tigers away from the mountains. They took away the few soldiers and horses, giving the Ming army an opportunity. Then he originally could win in a fight to the death, but was defeated.
Some cowardly surrendering factions were harmed.
Regardless of how the play went, Taiyuan was indeed recaptured by the Ming army.
Even without losing any blood.
After Ma Guozhu captured Taiyuan, he quickly led Li Jiyu, Xu Dingguo and Ding Qiguang to the north and captured Lingzhou and Daizhou.
The Jidu brothers came a step late with their troops. Daizhou had been recaptured by the Ming army. The brothers were still unwilling to lead their troops to attack. However, Ma Guozhu led his troops to defend the city. There were constant cannons and artillery, and there were several defensive positions outside the city.
The Qing army attacked the fort three times and suffered a disastrous defeat every time.
As a result, Ma Guozhu made another midnight sneak attack. The camp roared and the Eight Banners collapsed in the middle of the night. There was a roar of wind and cranes all the way, and soldiers were all over the grass and trees. They retreated to Pingxingguan for an inventory, stopping ten times and seven times.
After Ma Guozhu's victory, he was not in a hurry to go north. He guarded Daizhou himself, divided his troops to guard Yanmen Pass, Hepingxing Pass and Ningwuguan Pass, and then divided his troops to attack other prefectures and counties in Shanxi Province.
Ignore Daibei Datong Prefecture for now, and first focus on Taiyuan and Daizhou to sweep the rest of Shanxi Province.
"It's a pity that Baoding was not captured. Ma Guanghui and Shi Tingzhu defended it very tenaciously."
Zhu Yihai didn't take it seriously, "If the Tatars lose Taiyuan, how long can they hold Baoding?"
"How to deal with people like Shi Tingzhu, Zhang Ji, and Bian Dashou?"
Zhu Yihai despised these people because they were either old traitors or corrupt. However, considering the need to stabilize the hearts and minds of those who had surrendered in Zhili and Shanxi, he decided to appease them for the time being.
"Confer casual officials with the corresponding grades according to the original position, temporarily hold the original position, grant the title of wife and son, grant the title to the ancestors, grant one of his sons to the Imperial Academy, and grant the other son to the Martial Arts Hall, and let them be sent to Tokyo."
"Where are the Shanxi merchants?"
Shanxi merchants became angry when they heard the name Zhu Yihai, especially the Eight Families represented among them, representatives of traitors and profiteers.
However, considering the situation at hand, Zhu Yihai planned to endure it a little longer, "Didn't Shanxi merchants join forces with Zhang Ji and others to secretly smuggle trade and trade with us? We can continue to let them smuggle and use their channels to Daibei, Beijing and Tianjin,
As well as smuggling trade in Mongolia beyond the Great Wall, gathering intelligence, etc."
These profiteers should all be killed.
However, killing them now is too cheap and a bit wasteful. "Let them donate a sum of gold and silver, even if it is temporary atonement, then it will depend on their performance, and I hope they can make atonement for their sins."
"I hope they can contact the Mongolian tribes in Monan on behalf of the imperial court and convey my goodwill to the Mongolian tribes. I hope they can turn over the dark side and stop working for the Tatars.
If the Mongolian tribes surrender to the Ming Dynasty, they will definitely have a brighter future."
Especially the Ordos tribe in the Hetao area. Since the mid-Ming Dynasty, the Mongols have occupied the Hetao area. After the Ming Dynasty lost the Hetao area, the Tao captives became one of the serious border troubles of the Ming Dynasty. Although there were several plans to reinstate the area, they were ultimately not implemented.
After the Qing Dynasty defeated Lin Dan Khan, the Ordos tribe in the Hetao area surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty divided the Ordos Six Banners here, controlling the vast Hetao area in the south and northern Shaanxi, the Great Wall of Ningxia, and the North Langshan and Yinshan Mountains in the Yellow River in the north.
Of the regions, only Xitao, that is, Ningxia, is still in the hands of the Central Plains.
Both the front and back sets are in the hands of Six Banners of Ordos. The two sets are surrounded by the Yellow River on three sides. The land is fertile and can be cultivated with mulberry. It is two thousand miles from east to west, from the border wall in the south to the Yellow River in the north. The far one is eight or nine hundred miles, and the near one is two thousand miles.
Three hundred miles.
The Yellow River is full of dangers, but only the Hetao is rich.
The Hetao is both a good land for raising horses and a granary. Except in the northwest, there is no such good land.
When the Ming Dynasty lost the Hetao, it also suffered from the Hetao problem that had plagued the Ming Dynasty for two hundred years. The Hetao became the base camp for the southern Mongolian invasion.
Zhu Yihai has now recovered northern Shaanxi and Gansu, as well as half of Shanxi and Hebei. Next, he will naturally start to contact Monan Mongolia, especially the Ordos tribe that bears the brunt of occupying the Hetao.
First, continue to trade with the Ordos Mongolians through Shanxi merchants. Not only cannot the market be closed, but they must also increase tea-horse and other trade, making the Mongolians inseparable from the Ming Dynasty's economy.
Open the way for the economy, and then talk about abandoning the Qing Dynasty and attaching importance to the Ming Dynasty.
Step by step, the ultimate goal must be to take back the entire Hetao area, which is the foundation of ZTE's founding. The Central Plains cannot lose the Hetao, just as the West cannot lose Jerusalem.
"Send someone to Wu Sangui to deliver the good news of the recovery of Shanxi. Let Wu Sangui block the Lanwu Road for me. Ask Wu Sangui again if he can hold it. If he can't hold it, let him know immediately. I will personally lead the troops into the pass.
Come and fight the Tartars."
From the Jiajing period when they gave up on regaining the Hetao, to the present hundred years, the Mongols have continued to fight for it, and finally firmly occupied it, and settled the Babaishi dedicated to Genghis Khan in the Hetao area.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! From the Four Dry Ears worshiping Genghis Khan to the Ming Dynasty, it evolved into the Babai Room to worship Genghis Khan. The tribe where the Babai Room is located is therefore called Ordos.
From the King of Jin who was in charge of Genghis Khan's sacrifices to Jinong, the leader of the Ordos tribe, the sacrifices were initially held in Mobei. Later, according to legend, Genghis Khan wanted to spend his later years in Hetao and was even buried there. Therefore, the sacrifice site was later moved to Hetao, Ordos.
The tribe and its leader Jinong were also stationed here.
The Ordos people were originally a tribe in Mongolia that guarded many palaces. They were the guards who guarded Genghis Khan's mausoleum. They moved to Hetao during the Chenghua period. When Datin Khan was the emperor, they were one of the six Ordos households in Mongolia.
Ten years ago, Ordos was annexed to the Qing Dynasty, and each was granted the title of Zhasak, with a total of six banners. The six banners under his command formed a league of their own, called the Yin Kezhao League.
In the Qing Dynasty, Bo'er Jiejin and Eluochen were conferred the title of Jinong of Ordos. He was also appointed as Zhasak, the Ordos Left Wing Middle Banner of the Yin Kezhao League, the prince of Jinduoluo County, and the leader of the Yin Kezhao League.
"Send a mission to Hetao to formally announce the imperial edict to Efuchen. I canonize him as a farmer of the Ordos tribe and the king of Jiuyuan County in the Ming Dynasty. He will also serve as the protector of the Yin Kezhao League and continue to lead the Ordos Left Wing Center Banner.
Granted the title of Commander-in-Chief. I propose marriage to Ephoschen, hoping to bring her a daughter into the palace as a concubine."
Zhu Yihai felt that the alliance flag system used by the Manchu Tatars to manage the Mongols was not bad and could be learned and used.
However, he planned to change the leader of the alliance to the governor, the banner Zasak to the governor, each alliance to the governor's mansion, and each banner to the governor's mansion. In the future, the name can be Chineseized, and he can also marry them, plus mutual trade
Regarding trade, we need to bring them over first and then talk about it.
In fact, in the Hetao and Trilateral conflicts in the Ming Dynasty, Mongolia's request for tribute and the Ming Dynasty's refusal to pay tribute were important causes of the conflict. Mongolia was a nomadic tribe and relied heavily on the Ming Dynasty for its economy, not only tea, cloth, but even salt and iron.
They relied on the Ming Dynasty, and some of their nomadic skins, hair, cattle and horses needed to be traded to the Ming Dynasty in order to make greater profits. Otherwise, Mongolian nomadism would be very difficult, especially for the upper-class Mongolian nobles. Through tribute trade, they
Can get more benefits.
However, the Ming Dynasty often used military conquests and economic blockades to deal with the Mongols. Later, it divided the Mongols and only allowed some Mongolian tribes to conduct tribute trade. However, the border markets were small in size, so not only was smuggling serious, but the Mongols often went south to plunder.
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Later, in the nine-border defense line established by the Ming Dynasty, such as the three sides to guard against the Hetao, those border troops were poorly paid and relied on driving horses, breaking nests and robbing Mongolian tribes to make extra money. Therefore, when the Mongols asked for tribute, the soldiers on the three sides were most opposed.
If they were allowed to pay tribute, they could not plunder legitimately, so the servants of the generals on the three sides often deliberately provoked border provocations.
The troubles in the Ming Dynasty never went away.
These things are a bit unbelievable to Zhu Yihai. Although the economic blockade is helpful in fighting the Mongols, it is a double-edged sword. In fact, blind blockade will only be counterproductive. It is better to use trade to fight economic war with the Mongols. As long as it is done well
, economic weapons will be more effective than swords, guns, bows and arrows.
You can even use the money earned from trade with Mongolia to strengthen border defense, arm the army, and reward and subsidize soldiers. This is far better than the Ming Dynasty who built the Great Wall, abandoned the Loop, and deployed 200,000 troops on three sides all year round, which cost countless money.
On the contrary, it was often invaded and plundered by the Mongols from the south.
The court was not allowed to pay tribute, but border smuggling was still serious, and the de facto blockade was not completed. Instead, the court lost a lot of tax revenue, profits, etc. It was just as stupid as the sea ban.
He is now willing to do the opposite. As long as E Fuchen is aware of current affairs, Zhu Yihai is willing to trade with him comprehensively. Even if he is unwilling to betray the Qing Dynasty for a while, Zhu Yihai is willing to start trade with them.
Open up trade, expand border markets, and even restore border inns, forts, etc. through the One Belt and One Road Initiative. We can also use Shanxi merchants to enter the Hetao grassland caravans, go deep into the tribes, find out the true and false, and even bribe and win over the tribal leaders.
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In fact, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Mongols were no longer the same Mongolian people as before. After the rise of the Hou Jin Dynasty, they were already a being that everyone could defeat.
Zhu Yihai can now win over the Mongols with trade and seals. In the name of tribute, the Mongolian tribes want to trade with each other, so they can pay tribute and ask for seals. The court takes advantage of trade to officially canonize the Mongolian tribes.
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For the sake of trade, by accepting canonization, the Mongols got the trade they had always wanted, and the Ming Dynasty was also able to cut off the Jurchen allies and incorporate Mongolia into its own celestial dynasty system.
During the Longqing period of the Ming Dynasty, relations with Mongolia eased, and there was an attempt to establish a tribute and mutual trade relationship with both Mongolian wings. However, only Anda Khan accepted the title of King Shunyi of the Ming Dynasty and established a tribute relationship, while the Tuman Khan on the left wing, that is,
Zasaktu Khan of Transkarkha did not accept it.
Of course, the Longqing Peace Treaty itself was indeed an alliance under the city walls. The emperors and ministers of the Ming Dynasty have always been ashamed of it. The Mongols themselves also believed that the Ming Emperor was afraid of them, so they paid tribute to seek peace. Later, the Ming Dynasty simply praised and trampled on each other, divide and rule, and supported them.
One suppresses the other.
The Ming Dynasty did not burn wastelands or destroy nests to drive horses, while Anda Khan did not go south to the border with the invaders. After the peace negotiation, there was indeed peace for several decades.
Now Zhu Yihai is willing to give Ordos a more comprehensive trade market to untie them from the Manchu chariot and appease them so that there will be no conflict first.
Mutual benefit can also be gained through trade. You can sell tea, cloth, porcelain, salt, iron, tobacco, wine, etc. in exchange for furs, cattle and horses, and you can also collect taxes. This business will never be a loss. If you can achieve a marriage and marriage, there will naturally be more benefits and a more stable relationship.
As for the recovery of the Hetao area in the future, that will only happen after the Jianlu are killed and even the three guards of Jianzhou are recovered. That is still early. There is no need to treat Ordos as a mortal enemy now. There is no need to make enemies on all sides.
"If E Fuchen wants to marry a Ming Dynasty woman, I can agree to it."
The Ming Dynasty had an ancestral motto of not making peace, not paying tribute, and not ceding territory, but Zhu Yihai felt that marriage between the two parties was not a bad thing. He did not need to marry a princess. He could recruit maids from the palace who volunteered to go to Mongolia to become princesses or wives of the duke, and adopt them as adopted daughters.
, just give her the title of princess and send her to get married.
It is not a bad thing for an ordinary palace servant to go to the grassland to become a tribe's princess, or even become the emperor's adopted daughter and princess, as long as it is voluntary, and many people can only dream of it.
Moxi and Mobei Mongolia are now on friendly terms with the Ming Dynasty, and have paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty and even made peace with the Ming Dynasty. Monan Mongolia can definitely be appeased and win over.
Be polite first and then fight. Unless you are really stubborn, there is no need to make enemies everywhere.
Zhu Yihai is a pragmatist.
Even if it is the ancestral precepts of the Ming Dynasty, he will not take it seriously. Anyway, he has already violated many ancestral rules, and he does not care if he violates one more.
The first priority in everything is to revive the Ming Dynasty and revive China, and everything else can give way.
