Hearing Sun Chengzong say that Huang Taiji was ten times more powerful than Nurhachi, not only Tianqi was surprised, but even the three military ministers next to him, including Zhang Weiying, Gao Di and Wang Yongguang, were very surprised, and they all looked at Sun Chengzong and waited for him to explain further. Sun Chengzong was a little proud in his heart, smiled and said: "First of all, the Jurchen people are not the people who support the knot, and Huang Taiji can cross several eldest brothers to sit on the sweat seat as a younger brother, which in itself shows that he is outstanding, and he can also make several eldest brothers honestly obey him, which proves that he is an extremely skilled person. ”

Seeing that everyone couldn't stop nodding, Sun Chengzong said again: "Second, Nuerhachi is an arrogant person, he has fought for many years, whether it is the Ming army, Koreans or Mongols, he will fight anyone he sees, although such a person is fierce but not worth fearing. As soon as Huang Taiji came to power, he negotiated with us with a low profile, and also said that he would send envoys to meet the emperor, which Nurhachi was absolutely unwilling to do‖ the agreement signed with us a few months ago had the flavor of a declaration of war, and as soon as he died, Huang Taiji sent someone to renegotiate, which shows that Huang Taiji can be more supported than Nurhachi, is such a person more powerful than Nurhachi who only knows how to use force? ”

Wang Yongguang looked at Sun Chengzong with a smile and said, "Lord Sun is reasonable, the lower officials really admire!" ”

Sun Chengzong nodded to Wang Yongguang and continued: "Third, Yuan Keli, the overseer of Liaodong, mentioned in the report that the captured Ming army may be related to Nurhachi's death, if it is true, then this Huang Taiji is even more powerful, eating and saying that the hatred of killing his father is not the same as Dai Tian, Huang Taiji actually let go of the enemy who killed his father in order to show the sincerity of the negotiation, which shows that he has a terrible calm and very pragmatic attitude, and the reason why I say he is powerful is because I can't do this." ”

Tianqi thought for a while and asked, "Sir, according to what you say, are you still negotiating with the Jurchens?" ”

Sun Chengzong asked Tianqi rhetorically: "I don't know what the emperor said when he asked someone to give Nurhachi mahjong cards?" ”

Tianqi said: "At that time, I just said that people would die in battle, so that Nurhachi would have time to come to Beijing and I would meet him at the mahjong table. Of course, this is not true, I just send a message to them, that many things can be solved peacefully, and there is no need to see blood. ”

Gao Di said at this time: "It seems that this Huang Taiji wants to show that he really wants peace, and he is following the emperor's wishes, so that the emperor can't open his mouth to refuse." ”

Sun Chengzong nodded and said: "Yes, our idea is that the Jurchens will either lay down their weapons or retreat to Mobei, both of which are estimated that they will not be willing, so that they will not be able to talk about it, and it will be in vain, although it is better to talk about it than not to talk about it, and the minister suggested agreeing to their request." ”

As soon as Sun Chengzong finished speaking, he saw an internal guard come in to report that there was an urgent military situation, Sun Chengzong took it and looked at it, his face changed greatly, and he said to Tianqi: "Your Majesty, Zhu Mei, the deputy general of Ningyuan, who was responsible for building a city at the mouth of the two rivers, and his 3,000 people were all killed by the Mongols, and Zhang Jing'an, the deputy general of Jizhou, who led the troops from the mouth of the two rivers to the east to explore the place of garrison, and the 2,000 people of his department also do not know their whereabouts. ”

Hearing that Zhu Mei was killed, his eldest son Zhang Jing'an did not know the whereabouts, and the British prince Zhang Weiying's face also showed an anxious look. Tianqi glanced at Zhang Weiying and asked, "Which part of the Mongols did it?" Insert Han Department or Duoyan Department? What's going on with Zhang Jing'an? How did he, the deputy general of Jizhou, go out of Shanhaiguan and run to the mouth of the two rivers? ”

Sun Chengzong said: "I don't know which part of the Mongols did it, but even if it wasn't for the Han Ministry to direct them, they couldn't get out of it, and they had 5,000 people there to help build the city, and it was impossible to stay out of it." As for Zhang Jing'an......"

Before Sun Chengzong finished speaking, he heard Zhang Weiying say: "Your Majesty, Zhang Jing'an's affairs were arranged by the minister, and the minister was in charge of the military intelligence department, but he found that the intelligence source of Liaodong was only one direction of Phi Dao, and there was basically no intelligence collection on the grassland. Seeing that General Zhu Mei was building a city at the mouth of the two rivers, he thought why not let people find suitable places for intelligence collectors to collect intelligence and hide along the Daling River, and also train men and horses to adapt to mountain battles, and at the same time take care of each other with General Zhu Mei. The minister suggested to Lord Sun to let Zhang Jing'an go, who knows...... Alas! When he said these words, he already had a look of regret on his face.

Tianqi thought for a while and said, "First, I sent someone to investigate, and second, I informed Lin Danhan to ask him for an explanation, quickly!" After saying that, he left sullenly.

The next day, the news came from the Lianghekou side again, this time the news was more detailed, saying that Zhu Mei was killed for three reasons, one is that the Duoyan Department was instigated and suddenly broke out, and led 10,000 people and horses to quietly surround the Lianghekou, and then colluded with 5,000 people from the Han Department to assist in repairing the city. The second reason is that the imperial court was too hasty with the Duoyan Ministry, and proposed to set up a fusion zone in the Duoyan Ministry, so that the Mongols in the fusion zone could either lay down their arms and become obedient people or leave, which made the leader of Duoyan very disgusted.

The third reason is Zhu Mei's own reasons, he asked the lazy and accustomed Mongols of the Han tribe to be the same as the Han soldiers under his command, and if the Mongols could not meet his requirements, they would not give them food, and gradually accumulated the resentment of the Mongols who came to assist in repairing the city, so these people immediately colluded together as soon as they were seduced by Duoyanbu. As for Zhang Jing'an's 2,000 men who were training in the mountains at that time, the whereabouts of Zhang Jing'an and his subordinates are still unknown.

When Apocalypse came to the Military Affairs Yuan again to see this information, his angry heart had gradually calmed down. He said to Sun Chengzong: "Sir, the matter has happened, I don't know what follow-up measures the Military Affairs Yuan has?" ”

Sun Chengzong said: "The minister's plan is three, one is to send someone to Lin Dan Khan again to send all the information he knows to him to see what to do, all our actions in the Daling River Valley are stopped, and a decision will be made according to Lin Dan Khan's behavior." The second is to find General Zhang Jing'an and the 2,000 people he led into the mountains to train as soon as possible, 3,000 people have already died, and no more 2,000 people can die. The third is to consider in detail the relationship between the imperial court and the Duoyan Ministry, and see if we can use this as an opportunity to turn disadvantages into advantages and completely solve the problems left over from history. ”

Tianqi nodded and said, "This is very good, just do what Mr. said, but do your best to find Zhang Jing'an." ”

In the afternoon of the same day, the Military Affairs Yuan sent a letter to Lin Dan Khan of the Han Department again, telling him what had happened and seeing how he could solve it. In fact, Lin Dan Khan is not a deaf and blind man, he knew what happened in Lianghekou that day, and he was struggling with how to explain to the Ming Dynasty, because these 5,000 people were people from two of the eight major departments of the Han Dynasty, but not the people ♀ of his own department, and the two departments were closely related to the one that defected to the Jurchens a few years ago.

Although the 5,000 Mongol soldiers who colluded with the Duoyan Department at the mouth of the two rivers and killed the 3,000 Ming army were agitated by resentment, it is difficult to say whether there was any deliberate and premeditated element in it, and the two departments to which they belonged have always tended to make peace with the Jurchens, but they were forced to block by Lin Dan Khan's high-pressure rule and failed to do ♀ so, Lin Dan Khan may be because he is young, and the means of managing the internal departments of the Han Dynasty are very simple and rude.

No matter where you manage, you should be rewarded more if you are punished heavily, so that people can be desperately attached to you, the rules are in your mouth, everyone abides by your words rather than abiding by a certain system, which is what young people like to do, because young people have vitality and courage No A management method is to minimize human intervention as much as possible, and try to use the system to manage all affairs, and use the system to manage people will make the manager less and save a lot of heart. This is what middle-aged and elderly managers who have some declining energy and physical strength like to do, but the disadvantage is that if the system is not hard, it will make people feel unfair and gradually lose people's hearts.

Lin Dan Khan is a very ideal outlier, he doesn't need the system to manage people, he likes to have the final say, but he is very lazy and afraid of trouble, and there is no other way to do anything except scolding, this is mean and unkind, so there are many people who resent him internally, and what is happening in Lianghekou now is a test of his political wisdom.