Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Return of the Qing Dynasty Targets North Korea

Seeing Concubine Zhuang's expression, Fan Wencheng knew that his words had hit her heart, and he said that no matter how smart a woman is, she has her own weaknesses. When Concubine Zhuang was ruined in this country, the only thing she cared about was her son's life or death.

After a moment of panic, Concubine Zhuang asked, "What is your opinion?" ”

"The fact that the Zhang Dong family in Yaogang treats you and the emperor so well shows that the Zhang Dong family still thinks you are useful," Fan Wencheng analyzed, "Then let's stop worrying about face now, and try to make them think that we are still useful." I don't know if I'm right? ”

"Humph! The country is shattered, those big heroes have no face, what face do we orphans and widows have to take care of! Sir, let's talk about what we should do, shall we? Concubine Zhuang regained her composure at this time.

"Presumably they have already looked for Niangniang Chitose, the hearts of the people of Yaogang are very big, and they are not afraid that Niangniang will not want to listen, to be honest, they did not take our Daqing too seriously. They have recovered Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, and sent hundreds of thousands of them to Annan to recover Annan, and they subdued Zhang Xianzhong, who led hundreds of thousands of people in the southwest to clean up the Tusi in the southwest mountains. To the west, they had driven the Mongols far away. Now that their army has arrived in Liaodong, they will soon clean up Korea, and after they want to re-pack Nuer Gandusi to the north, they will develop northward, and then they will have to deal with the Mongols in Mobei. Therefore, they hope to restore peace in Liaodong as soon as possible. But we are full of people everywhere who are not convinced, and they are still resisting. The problem they faced was whether to destroy all these rebels by force would make them all stop resisting, submit to them, and be obedient people. They hope to use your and the emperor's influence to shout to the Manchurians to stop resisting, that is, to stop killing. The minister thinks that this is also a good thing for us, what meaningless resistance we do, except for the death of some more people, there is no meaning, it is better to leave some people for the Manchurians, maybe the situation will change in the future, and there will be some achievements. ”

In fact, Fan Wencheng's words had already entered Concubine Zhuang's heart, but Concubine Zhuang still said: "Mr. Fan is still a lobbyist for the kiln people!" ”

"Hey! Niang Chitose said so, I don't know what to say? Fan Wencheng also knew that Concubine Zhuang listened to his words.

"What are the conditions of their kiln people?" Concubine Zhuang asked, "They spent so much effort to defeat Liaodong, won't there be no conditions?" ”

"There are conditions," Fan Wencheng said, "and they demand that the Manchus return all the Han land and houses they have seized, that all the preferential conditions of the Manchus be abolished in the future, and that legislation be enacted in the future to ensure that all people of all ethnic groups enjoy equal treatment!" ”

"They didn't ask us Manchus to be lower than their Han Chinese?" Concubine Zhuang asked.

"Nope!" Fan Wencheng said, "I have been to their kiln, and the biggest feeling is that everyone is really equal there, and whoever has the ability will do more and get more!" ”

"Let you say, is it really heaven in Yaogang?" Concubine Zhuang is also interested in Yaogang.

"Chitose Niang! I don't know what heaven is like, but I do know that the world is like a kiln! Fan Wencheng couldn't help but tell the truth.

"Huh! I know why the Lord Regent put you under house arrest! Concubine Zhuang said with a rare smile.

"Oops! Damn it! Fan Wencheng also knew that he had lost his words, but he was not worried, and now to be honest, it was fine.

"Have you seen Zhang Dongjia in that kiln?" Concubine Zhuang asked, "What kind of person is that?" ”

"He's in his thirties! People are very easy-going, and they are polite to everyone. But there is no one in Yaogang who does not respect him from the heart! The kiln posts under his governance are full of streets, and there is no one to ask for food. There are nursing homes for the elderly who have no one to support, children without parents, orphanages, and all children have to go to school. At school, the children not only do not spend money, but they are also given uniform clothes and take care of food. Not only should we eat enough, but we must have meat and vegetarian food at every meal, and pay attention to nutritious meals. As a result, the children studying in the kiln are in very good health, and the most obvious thing is that the children are exceptionally tall. Fan Wencheng couldn't stop when he said it.

When Emperor Fu Lin heard this, he interjected and asked, "Where did they get so much silver to support so many students?" ”

"Hey! "There is no shortage of silver in the kilns," Fan Wencheng said, "and there are big factories everywhere in their kilns, and there are more than 5,000 female workers in one machine weaving factory. I am afraid that the amount of what they produce every day is exchanged for more silver than we receive in a year! ”

"If these are true, we can't fight anyone!" Concubine Zhuang couldn't help but say.

"Do they also want to build our Liaodong like that?" The little emperor Fu Lin asked, "If that's the case, our Manchu people will also be hooked by them, and they won't listen to us anymore!" ”

"Huh! Mr. Fan, so ah! The regent put you under house arrest, and you are not wronged at all! Concubine Zhuang said with a smile.

"I'm really wronged! I'm just telling the truth! Fan Wencheng deliberately said with a bitter face, he knew that he had persuaded Concubine Zhuang.

"Mr. Fan, do you think we should go up and down the book?" Concubine Zhuang turned the topic back to the topic.

"Such a big thing, it's up to the mother to decide!" Fan Wencheng didn't dare to say much.

"Huh!" Concubine Zhuang smiled and didn't embarrass Fan Wencheng anymore, "Actually, we don't know if people like it or not, we are already prisoners and have no capital to surrender." Make an appearance, and give our warriors who are still fighting in the Qing Dynasty a reason to survive the truce! ”

Glancing at Fan Wencheng, who didn't speak, Concubine Zhuang asked, "Mr. Fan, when you went to Yaogang, you made friends with the Yaogang people, right?" Otherwise, Hong Chengchou and Shang Kexi were all caught, your reputation is not smaller than theirs, why didn't you be caught? ”

Fan Wencheng really admires Concubine Zhuang in his heart, switching back and forth on topics, not messing up her thinking, and using her freely. However, Fan Wencheng was not an idle person, and immediately said: "Hehe! This is also the cleverness of the Yaogang people, I am now a traitor in the eyes of the Han people, and in the eyes of the Manchurians, it will be surrender if I don't surrender. really responded to that sentence, and I couldn't wash it by jumping into the Yellow River! ”

After a pause, Fan Wencheng said again, "Niangniang Chitose may not know that since the Yaogang people entered the city, they have sent soldiers to stand guard in front of my mansion to protect my mansion. I said that the kiln gang people are smart! They seem to have thought of it for a long time, and from the time we arrived at the kiln, they began to lay out a big game. I've always been a pawn in their game! I haven't escaped yet. Many of us think that we are very clever, but compared with the kiln people, it is simply a small thing, not worth mentioning! ”

"Huh! If I can live, I really want to meet Zhang Zhimu of this kiln gang and see who he is! Concubine Zhuang said with a smile.

"E-niang! Hugh wants to grow up people's ambitions! The little emperor said unconvinced.

"Your Majesty, people! To understand current affairs, it is stupid to lose your head in a momentary righteousness! Concubine Zhuang taught the emperor a lesson, "Mr. Fan is not an outsider, you can say whatever you want, you are absolutely not allowed to talk nonsense in the future, we must strive to survive is the right way!" ”

Concubine Zhuang's words not only taught Fulin not to talk nonsense, but also said that Fan Wencheng was his own person, so Fan Wencheng had to admire, so he had to say in harmony, "Your Majesty, in the future, you must be careful everywhere!" ”

"Thank you, Mr. Fan, for still seeing our orphans and widows at this time, you go back and tell the people of Yaogang, we will go down tomorrow and ask the people of Yaogang to treat our people of the Qing Dynasty well!" Concubine Zhuang said loudly.

Fan Wencheng hurriedly got up and retired!

After Fan Wencheng left Yongfu Palace, when he saw Li Wei, Li Jing and Jiang Ting, he told Concubine Zhuang that Concubine Zhuang would surrender tomorrow and ask the people of Yaogang to treat the people of the Qing Dynasty kindly.

Li Wei, Li Jing and Jiang Jian were of course very happy, they knew that in this way, the governance of Liaodong would be much more convenient. Jiang Jian immediately sent a telegram to the command center to report the effect of Fan Wencheng's work.

Ouyang He from the command center also immediately called back and said: "Mr. Fan Wencheng has made immortal contributions to the tranquility of Liaodong and the reduction of casualties, and his merits are immeasurable. We kiln people will not forget the special contribution made by Mr. Fan at this critical moment! ”

Fan Wencheng looked at the return call from Yaogang, and was also a little excited, and said, "Mr. Ouyang has won the award!" It's over! ”

Concubine Zhuang was really very trustworthy, and the next day, in the name of Emperor Fulin, on behalf of the Qing Dynasty, she submitted a letter of surrender to the Yaogang people, indicating that she would completely submit to the Yaogang, and at the same time ordered the Qing army and people to stop resisting and obey the leadership of the Yaogang people.

Jiang Zhu got the "Descending Book Shun Table" from Emperor Fu Lin, and immediately used the radio to send the content of "Descending Book Shun Table" back to Yaogang.

Everyone in the kiln gang command center has been waiting for a long time, and they are all very happy to receive the telegram sent back by Jiang Ting. Editor-in-chief Fan, who was waiting here in advance, said to Zhang Zhimu: "Mr. Zhang, there's no problem, let's broadcast it right away!" ”

"Yes, yes! Broadcast on the radio right away! Zhang Zhimu said, "Tomorrow the newspaper will also publish the full text!" Also, forward a copy of the contents of this telegram to the emperor! ”

Emperor Chongzhen was both happy and uncomfortable when he received this "Book of Surrender", because the Qing Dynasty surrendered to Yaogang, not the Ming Dynasty, which made Emperor Chongzhen a little unhappy.

However, Emperor Chongzhen thought more about this, and the matter of Liaodong was basically solved. I don't know what the kiln people are going to do next?

Jiang Jian and his command team did not stay in Shengjing for too long, and marched towards the side of Nuer Gandusi in the north. On the Liaodong side, Jiang Zhu and they printed a large number of Fulin's "Descending Books and Tables" with wax plates overnight, and the cadres and policemen of Yaogang, with the assistance of the Yaogang army, took these "Descending Books and Tables" and the leaflets of the Yaogang people themselves, and went to various places to start taking over various places.

However, what I didn't expect was that there was a period of temporary chaos in Liaodong, and the Han people who had been suppressed for a long time knew that it was now the Han people who had fought back, and they took up arms one after another and killed a lot of Manchurian Tatars who usually oppressed them.

Jiang Jian promptly ordered to stop these indiscriminate killings. But the organized liquidation began at the same time, otherwise the Han people in Liaodong would not be able to vent their anger in their hearts, and sooner or later it would be a problem. Those who forcibly seized the land, houses, and property of the Han people were returned, and those who killed the Han people for no reason were publicly executed. However, the decree of Yaogang stipulates that the Manchus will enjoy the same rights as the Han people in the future, although the Han people are not easy to accept this article, but this is the law, and the officials and police and army soldiers of Yaogang have repeatedly propagated it, and at the same time severely punished some guys who took the opportunity to bully the Manchus, and the matter was accepted by everyone. The people who have calmed down from their anger also know that everyone is waiting for equality and waiting for the right way, and no one should bully anyone.

After a period of raids, Wei Xiang, who was sitting in Zhenjiang (Dandong), was very satisfied with the results of the battle, and due to the sudden and rapid action and the strong weapons, all these castles on the east bank of the Yalu River were captured in one day.

Just as Ouyang He reminded him by call, the Korean army on the east bank of the Yalu River received the news that the Yaogang army had completely subdued all the castles of the Qing Dynasty on the west bank of the Yalu River, and they were really panicked, and they immediately sent an envoy from Yizhou to cross the river to Zhenjiang to ask to see the leader of the Ming army. They thought it was the Ming army that fought back.

The person who came was Li Kai, the deputy commander-in-chief of Uiju in North Korea, who came to find out the situation for himself. If it was really the victory of the Ming Dynasty, they would have to hurry up and say that the cannon was a misunderstanding. Otherwise, the Ming army would not have spared them.

When Wei Xiang was in Yaogang, he heard Ouyang He tell them a lot about North Korea, and when he heard that a deputy general soldier of North Korea came to ask for a meeting, he knew that the official who came was not a small official, and informed the envoy to come in to see him.

After the envoy came in, Wei Xiang was also polite and gave him a seat.

Wei Xiang said to Li Kai: "Our Yaogang People's Army is on the order of the emperor to recover the land occupied by the Qing army. Now, we have basically recovered all the castles on the west bank of the Yalu River, and we are sending officials to take over the places. ”

Li Kai said: "We have been bullied by the Qing Dynasty for a long time, and we have been looking forward to the Ming Dynasty army coming back. I'm looking forward to you coming back this time, it's so good! ”

Hearing Li Kai say this, Wei Xiang smiled and asked, "Really?" You welcomed us with cannons the other day, and we got it! ”

"Oops! That's a misunderstanding! Li Kai hurriedly explained.

"Misunderstanding? You have fired all the long-range artillery that can be fired, killed many of our soldiers, and damaged our barges, you say this is a misunderstanding, right? Wei Xiang asked politely.

"General Wei! This is really a misunderstanding! Li Kai knew that this was not good, and explained eagerly.

"Tomorrow we'll go over and kill you all, and then say it's a misunderstanding, okay?" Wei Xiang forced Li Kai to ask.

"General Wei, we will compensate you for the losses caused, but this matter is really a misunderstanding!"

Li Kai would only say that it was a misunderstanding, Wei Xiang was really angry, "Our brigade is attacking Zhenjiang, and you are firing from behind, such a thing, you actually said that it was a misunderstanding, do you think we are fools?" Is it true that if we are defeated, this matter will not be a misunderstanding, and you can ask the Qing Dynasty for credit? ”

"General Wei is angry! It's already happening, and we don't want to see it. Look, what should I do? ”

"Don't say anything else, we can't see any sincerity on your part in this matter!" Wei Xiang glared at Li Kai and said, "Don't talk about the things in front of you, just because you surrendered to the Manchus and cooperated with them to send troops and food to support the Manchus to attack the Ming army, we should settle accounts with you." ”

When Li Kai heard that he had turned over the old accounts, he was also angry, "We Koreans are loyal to you Ming Dynasty, but the Qing Dynasty attacked us twice, and you didn't send troops to help." Our princesses and princes were all captured by the Qing Dynasty, forcing our king to surrender in humiliation. Are you embarrassed to say? ”

Wei Xiang slapped the table and said loudly: "He is to blame!" When our Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty fought the decisive battle of Salhu, your Guanghai Jun Li Hui secretly hooked up with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and originally hoped that you would send troops to cooperate, but you pushed back and reluctantly sent more than 13,000 troops, and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty on the battlefield. Our Ming Dynasty has experienced decades of great drought and internal and external troubles, and it is already very difficult, but we still have more than 47,000 troops stationed in your North Korea. As a result, after you made peace with the Manchus, you worked together to encircle and suppress your benefactors, killing more than 44,000 Ming officers and soldiers, and more than 3,000 captured soldiers, all of whom were tortured and killed by your Korean soldiers. We will settle these accounts with you slowly. Go back! We will not be kind to you capricious villains. Wait for us to settle the old accounts with you and the new ones! ”

Li Kai was dumbfounded by Wei Xiang's words, because he knew what Wei Xiang said, and they really couldn't say the reason for the misunderstanding. It turned out that they thought that they would just say a misunderstanding, give the Ming Dynasty some face, and let the Ming Dynasty, which has a good face, get by. However, after coming into contact with Wei Xiang, he also knew that this general knew too many things, which was different from the original Ming generals who only knew how to eat and drink. Li Kai hurriedly took people across the river and went back in a panic.

Back in Yizhou, Li Kai told him about the situation, and the officers in Yizhou felt that it was really troublesome. They already knew that the fighting power of the Yaogang soldiers who came over now was simply too strong, and if the Yaogang soldiers wanted to cross the river to attack them, they would not be opponents, so they sent fast horses to Wangjing Hancheng overnight to report the situation to the current king of Korea, Yi Liang.

It is said that Li Liang is still a Korean king who is inclined to the Ming Dynasty, and Li Hui, the king of Gwanghae, launched a palace coup d'état with the support of the pro-Ming ministers because of the two ends of the Ming Dynasty, and the princess of Xuandong launched a palace coup d'état, announced the abolition of him, and supported Li Liang to come to power. However, Li Liang could not stand the conquest and suppression of the Qing Dynasty, and there was no way to surrender.

Li Liang and the ministers were shocked when they heard that the Ming Dynasty had defeated the Qing Dynasty again, and they all knew that they did not send troops to support the Ming Dynasty because they blamed the Qing army for attacking them, and after they surrendered, they killed the officials of the Ming Dynasty and more than 40,000 Ming officers and soldiers in Korea, and the more than 3,000 Ming officers and soldiers who were captured were tortured to death by those Korean officers and soldiers who were not satisfied with the Ming Dynasty's failure to send troops, and the tragic situation is unspeakable. Li Liang and the ministers all knew that the Ming Dynasty would not forget these things when it slowed down. In particular, when the Ming army attacked Zhenjiang this time, its own army also opened fire on the Ming army, killing other people's soldiers and damaging people's boats. How good is that!

After a period of panic, one of the ministers said: "The wolf-like Qing soldiers have been defeated by the current Ming army, and our military strength is really unable to confront them." It's better for us to find a way to bribe the generals of the Ming army, we have to say small things, and the officials of the Ming Dynasty will tell us what to do when they get our benefits! ”

Li Liang thought for a while and said: "This is a way, there are few officials in the Ming Dynasty who are not greedy." But we also have to prepare for what they don't accept. According to the reported news, they are called Yaogang people, as if they are not exactly the same as the Ming army, and the envoys we sent to see them have a different impression of them than the original Ming army. I don't know if these kiln workers can accept our benefits. ”

Another minister also said: "Although we are not satisfied with the Ming Dynasty, in fact, they are also too busy to take care of themselves, but what we did really hurt their hearts, otherwise the words of the people in Yaogang would not be so ugly!" Our army will soon be fully mobilized and move closer to the Yalu River. At the same time, he kept sending people to say good things to them. As the Chinese saying goes, raise your hand and don't hit a smiling person. Let's hear what they have to say! ”

Li said: "The army we have mobilized is more than 200,000 people, and only 100,000 people can be sent to the Yalu River. This is still a bit of a recovery in the past two years. They are all soldiers like tigers and wolves, and they have robbed me and our more than 300,000 strong laborers to be their slaves. It's hurt us. Ay! I don't know, this time the Ming Dynasty can spare us! ”

One of the ministers said: "We must send an important minister to see them, which shows that we attach great importance to them, and we must not let them bring troops to fight, in that case, things will not be easy to handle!" Also, Your Highness, you should directly send a letter to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, stating our feelings of missing the Ming Dynasty, and explaining that our submission to the Manchu Qing Dynasty is just an expedient measure forced by helplessness. ”

Li Liang thought for a while and said: "Things are already like this, who knew that the Ming Dynasty would slow down again!" We do everything we need to do, but I think this time we are too weak to do it, I think it really can't be done, we are desperately going to fight them in the Yalu River with natural risks, if we can show some strength, it will be easier for us to surrender. ”

In fact, the whole of Korea is willing to be a subject of the Ming Dynasty, even Li Hui, the king of Guanghai, also has a good impression of the Ming Dynasty more than the Qing Dynasty, and his two-faced approach is also to strive for the greatest interests of North Korea. In the final analysis, the relationship between countries is more of a relationship of interests.

This time, Li Liang didn't know that the Yaogang people they were facing were not only from the Ming Dynasty, but also not exactly the same as the people from the Ming Dynasty, they had a person from the next few hundred years as the leader, and they learned the historical lessons of the next few hundred years in advance, and the grievances between North Korea and the Ming Dynasty were simply not worth mentioning to them, and they had little impact on their decision-making at all. Regardless of whether Li Qi and the others want to or not, they will take measures that are more beneficial to their own country and nation.

The fate of North Korea has already been decided.

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