Chapter 111: Negotiations Concluded
Mo Li naturally knew that it was not so simple to make Chongzhen admit his mistakes, not to mention the dignity and prestige of the emperor, Chongzhen's character was originally stubborn and self-serving, and it was difficult for him to admit his mistakes. However, Inspector Yuan's grievances cannot but be appealed, otherwise the more years go by, the more difficult it will be to clear up the charges.
Moreover, at the beginning of the establishment of the Renaissance Army, it was under the banner of avenging Yuan Chonghuan's grievances, which called these many brothers, and Mo Li also relied on this to rise to the throne and become the leader of the Renaissance Army, and consolidated the position of the boss in the hearts of the brothers.
At this time, when negotiating with Zhao'an of the imperial court, if he did not mention the reversal of the case for Inspector Yuan, I am afraid that it would also cause an emotion to the brothers below, and it may even be unstable in the army.
Therefore, the first condition for the peace talks proposed by Moli and Cao Wenzhao was to avenge Yuan Chonghuan.
"Sun Gebu, even if you can't overturn the case for the superintendent for a while, some people can't open their mouths and shut up to insult the superintendent! What do we, the former subordinates of the Overseer, think? And I believe that God will definitely supervise the teacher to do justice! Mo Li said with a deep groan.
Sun Chengzong thought for a while and said: "Moli, about Yuan Chonghuan, let's put it aside for a while, otherwise your wish will be difficult to come true, I heard that you formed this army just to return to Liaodong one day and fight against the Tartars." β
Mo Li nodded and said: "Sun Gebu Mingjian, Mo Li's group of brothers, none of them have a bitter hatred for the Tartars, everyone dreams of being able to return to the battlefield and kill all the dogs and Tartars who are inferior to the beasts!" β
Sun Chengzong nodded appreciatively, twisted his long beard and said, "Not bad!" A good man should be determined to drive out the Tartars and stabilize the country, and strive to ensure that my Chinese country will never change its color! You think Yuan Chonghuan is wronged, then good, you can use the blood of the Tartar to clear his name! Let the world know that at least the subordinates taught by Yuan Chonghuan have been resisting the Tartars and killing the Tartars! β
"Good! We'll fight until we drive the Tartars back into the mountains and become savages! Mo Li said loudly.
Sun Chengzong twisted his long beard and said, "Let's continue to talk about ......."
The negotiations went on for a long time, and the two sides had detailed discussions on various issues.
On behalf of the Renaissance Army, Mo Li made several demands.
First of all, the imperial court was asked to restore Yuan Chonghuan's reputation and clear the charge of traitors. Later, after repeated negotiations with the imperial court, Yuan Chonghuan's family was no longer held jointly and severally responsible, and he was allowed to live freely.
Mo Li and the others also knew that it would be difficult to completely overturn the case for Yuan Chonghuan for a while, and they had to accept this compromise plan at the moment.
Second, the Huaxia Revival Army was recognized as the legitimate army of the Ming Dynasty. Later, the imperial court agreed to this request, and all of them were reorganized into subordinates of the Pingyang Bandit Suppression Army, and appointed Mo Li as the Bandit Suppression Commander, with a total establishment of 35,000 people, Du Geng, Guan Feng, and Ma Jinzhong were promoted to deputy generals, Cheng Qingzhu, Ba Laodao, Cao Bianjiao, He Zhendong and others were promoted to generals, and the rest of the generals were all promoted.
Third, the Pingyang Bandit Suppression Headquarters is still stationed in Lingchuan for the time being, and it is allowed to manage all civil affairs in Lingchuan City on its own.
Fourth, the imperial court was asked to send a special person to be responsible for promoting the planting of sweet potatoes and potatoes and other miscellaneous grains on a large scale, so as to minimize the starvation of the people.
Fifth, it is suggested that the imperial court should refer to the practice of Lingchuan City to re-measure the land throughout the country, rectify the behavior of landlords and local tyrants in stealing and annexing land, and implement measures such as rent reduction and interest exemption. The plan was abandoned because it was resisted and opposed by the vast majority of officials.
Sixth, it is necessary to rectify the rule of officials, severely punish corruption, and implement benevolent governance.
Seventh, listen to the tune and not listen to the announcement.
Eighth, release Cao Wenzhao, and appoint Cao Wenzhao as the deputy chief soldier of the suppression of bandits, as Moli's assistant.
After many rounds of bargaining, when the Zhao'an negotiations were finally reached, it was already more than two months later, and communication was not developed in this era, and there were many things that Sun Chengzong and Gao Qiqian had to report to Chongzhen for approval before they could be implemented, and this would take a lot of time.
But no matter what, the negotiations were finally reached, and Mo Li also achieved his own wishes, no longer had to bear the name of a bandit, and returned to the ranks of the regular army, and everything he did in the future became famous. The most important thing is that there is no need to waste energy with officers and soldiers in vain.
In the past two months, the BaissΓ€ Army has also grown rapidly, and countless young and strong people have come to join the Baxing Army, and by the time the negotiations were completed, the strength of the Baxing Army had reached 43,000. Since the imperial court only gave Moli 35,000 men, this meant that 8,000 people would need to be eliminated.
However, if these people are eliminated, it will inevitably be a blow to the morale of the military. And if it is not abolished, it will inevitably be suspected of supporting the army and self-respecting, not to mention that he has just accepted the recruitment, and if he violates the yang and the yin in this way, it will inevitably give people a handle, which will be greatly disadvantageous to the next road.
However, how can this little thing be difficult to reverse. In the name of maintaining law and order, Moli formed a city defense police force with these old and weak people who had been laid off, which was specially responsible for security patrols in peacetime, and could be immediately pulled into the battlefield if there was a war, which was regarded as a second-line reserve force.
Since Lingchuan Castle was a highly autonomous government, except for a limited number of officials such as the county commander and the county chief register, who were paid by the imperial court, other government officials, including the police force, were paid by the Fuxing Army.
The Huaxia Renaissance Army, ah no, after the Pingyang Bandit Suppression Corps accepted Zhao'an, soon received the first combat order - to go to Hequ to suppress Wang Jiayin's bandits.
Originally, Mo Li was going to ask to go to Jinzhou to defend Liaodong on the front line, and these subordinate generals were mostly in favor of a bloody battle with the Tartars, and Mo Li also wanted the newly recruited recruits to go to the battlefield to accept the tempering test of blood and fire, and only in the bloody battle with the Tartars could the combat effectiveness of this army be tempered.
And another important reason is that Mo Li probably remembered that in July and August of this year, the Later Jin Emperor Taiji would personally lead a large army to surround Dalinghe City, if there were no variables, Dalinghe would be lost, and Zu Dashou surrendered Huang Taiji and killed He Kegang.
If he can lead his troops to the front line of Liaodong to garrison and produce cement with his own scientific and technological capabilities, he will be able to speed up the process of building Dalinghe City and make the city defense facilities in Liaodong more perfect.
Coupled with his own sophisticated weapons and advanced training, if he joins the Liaodong defensive front with this powerful force, then the Tartars may not have a chance to encircle Dalinghe City, and history may be rewritten.
However, due to the fact that there is no war in Liaodong for the time being, not to mention that there are Zu Dashou, He Kegang and others guarding it, there will be no emergency military situation for a while. After discussing with the ministers, Chongzhen decided to send the Pingyang bandit commander Mo Li's department to fight the Hequ.
That night, Mo Li and the generals discussed the details of the upcoming expedition to the river meander, and after the meeting, they came to the bedroom, Lin Guo and Liang Peijun were whispering in the room, and when they saw Mo Li coming in, both of them blushed a little, and hurriedly stood up, and saluted: "Husband." β
Mo Li smiled: "Why haven't the two ladies slept yet?" It's getting late. β
Liang Peijun pursed his lips and said, "Husband, Sister Guo'er has good news for you." β
"Really? What's the good news? Mo Li was in good spirits.