Chapter Ninety-Nine: Checks and Balances
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Hetuala.
"What? Liu Cheng has already entered Shengjing? Also adopted Fulin as an adopted son? Dolgon's hand trembled, and the teacup in his hand almost fell to the ground, and Dordor, who was already on the side, had already jumped up, his eyes almost spewing fire, and shouted to the sentry who was kneeling on the ground, "Are you sure this is true?" There are city fortresses along the way, could it be that Liu grew wings and flew over? β
"It's true!" The sentry didn't dare to look up: "Liu Cheng arrived at the city of Quang Ninh five days ago, and before that, Kubilong rushed to Quang Ninh, killed the local Mel Zhangjing Darhan, and surrendered to Liu Cheng Kaicheng. Then Liu Chengcheng went all the way north, and the city fortresses along the way were opened and surrendered, and Liu Cheng entered Shengjing City without a single shot. Straight into the Yongfu Palace, he immediately adopted Fu Lin as his adopted son in front of all the relatives and noble ministers, and everyone also supported him as the regent of the imperial father! β
"Curb Pilon, this dog thief!" The creaking of Duoduo's teeth was already hated to the extreme: "When I take him, I will cut him to pieces inch by inch and feed it to the dogs!" β
"That's it, old fifteen, don't say such useless words!" Dolgon snorted coldly: "If Curb Pilon takes you and me, he will definitely not spare us, he is a dog of Huang Taiji, we killed Huang Taiji, in order to avenge his master, not to mention helping Liu Cheng, even if it is to help the devil underground, he is also willing!" β
"Dolgon, what do you think we should do now?"
"Adopt Fulin as an adopted son and become the regent of the imperial father!" Dolgon sighed twice: "This Liu Cheng is really a smart person, so that he can control the Jurchen tribes in the fastest time, and will not arouse the opposition of all relatives and nobles, after all, the real Great Khan is still Fulin, and Fulin is just a child who is still breastfeeding, and there is no threat to him, it can be described as the best of both worlds." I thought that these two families would have a conflict over this matter, as long as there is a conflict together, I will have a chance to rise again, but now it seems that I was wrong! β
"Dolgon!" Seeing this, Duoduo became more and more anxious: "Why do you still say that you don't have these things?" What should we do now? Once Liu Cheng controls the situation in Shengjing, the next step is to deal with us? Staying here in Hetuara isn't a long-term solution, is it? β
"Well, it's not a long-term solution!" Dolgon nodded: "It's a pity that I still underestimated Liu Cheng, otherwise we should have gone to Mingguo earlier!" β
"Tou Mingguo?" Surprised, Dodor asked, "Why do you say that?" β
"It's very simple, after Liu Cheng pacified Liaodong, the elite soldiers of Mongolia and Jurchen were all owned by him, and he made friends with Heshute Khan and the Mobei tribes, and the Oirats were married to him. That is to say, his east is the sea, and the northwest is a friendly country, and the only one who can develop is the Ming Kingdom. He has all the elite soldiers and fierce generals under his command, and he understands the inside story of the Ming Kingdom very well, how can there be any reason not to go south? If the two of us go to the Ming Kingdom, we can use the power of the Ming Kingdom to compete with it! β
"W-this will work?" Duoduo asked in surprise, "Will Ming Guo accept us?" We killed a lot of them in the first place, and we had a great enmity with them! β
"This time and that time!" Dolgon patiently explained: "How can there be no wise person in the Ming Kingdom who can see Liu Cheng's ambition and harm? It's just that they wanted to use Liu Cheng's power to deal with our Dajin Kingdom before, and now that Dajin Country has been pacified, their next step is to guard against Liu Cheng, you and I have a great enmity with Liu Cheng, and we have strength at hand, how can the monarchs and ministers of the Ming Kingdom grasp the past and hold on to the past and ignore the great enemy in front of them? Don't worry, as long as we can escape to the side of the Guanning army, the Ming Kingdom will definitely reuse us! β
Duoduo listened to Dolgon's words, thought for a while and replied: "What you said also makes sense, but the Guan Ning army can't even beat us, how can we resist Liu Cheng?" What future do we have for them? β
"Hey, don't I know that Guan Ningjun is not Liu Cheng's opponent? It's just that we have nothing else to remove now? Don't forget that since Fu Lin succeeded to the throne of Khan, you and I are the thieves who killed the previous Great Khan, and everyone will be punished. Liu Cheng must be very happy to use our heads to buy the hearts of the people of the Eight Banners, and don't forget, you shot and injured Liu Cheng in the Baiger River in the first place, this is a big revenge! β
When Duoduo heard Dolgon mention the old matter of the Baiger River, he couldn't help but shudder, and nodded again and again: "What you said is that it must not fall into the hands of Liu Cheng, we will leave immediately!" β
"No, let's go tonight, just bring the elite of the two white flags!" Dorgon whispered.
"Why only the elite with two white flags?" Duoduo asked, puzzled.
"Liu Cheng has taken Shengjing, he must be wary of us, if we lead the army south, we will definitely not be able to evade his interception, now that the righteous name is on their side, and the families of the soldiers are also in his hands, we will definitely not be able to win. If you only bring the elite with two white flags, one person and two horses, it is possible to avoid his interception. And after all, we are going to take refuge in the Ming Kingdom, if we bring too many people and horses, it will cause the confusion of the Ming Kingdom, I am afraid that we will not be able to suppress us, but it will cause unforeseen disasters! β
"You have a point!" Duoduo nodded, when they set out from Shengjing to crusade against Abatai, there were more than 20,000 people, after the attrition and escape of the march on the road, there were probably 16,000 or seven left, such a large army is not only inconvenient to move, but also the monarchs and ministers of the Ming Kingdom will be worried about the big bully, and they will not be able to control them but cause trouble, it is better to go south with the elite of the two white flags, since there are few people can concentrate horses, the action is convenient and it is not easy to be intercepted by Liu Cheng and the army, and the second is that the Ming Kingdom is also relatively easy to accept.
"You go and prepare now, don't leak the news!"
"I'll save it!" Duoduo nodded, he walked to the door, suddenly stopped, turned around and asked, "Dolgon, do you have a feeling that this Liu Cheng was born out of thin air, and he was sent by God to deal with our Jurchens?" β
"Providence is unpredictable!" Dolgon sighed and replied, "But if Liu Cheng is really a celestial star, I'm afraid it's not just our Jurchen family that he will deal with!" β
Beijing.
Summer has arrived, and when we first arrived, the sun of the white flowers had already risen in the sky, almost cracking the backs of pedestrians. There were hardly any pedestrians on the road, and the people hid in the shade, from the sun, and there was no one in the yard, and the women were hiding in their houses, wearing small shirts, not because they were afraid of being ugly, but because the ground in the yard was already burning their feet.
As the first assistant of a country, Yang Sichang naturally does not have to suffer such suffering, a few pieces of ice prepared in winter were taken out of the cellar and placed in the basin in the corner of the house. These days, the official affairs have also been quite smooth, the Liukou in the Guannan has basically subsided, the eastern captives in Liaodong have not had any troubles, and the Tusi in the southwest has basically stopped doing things since the Shuixi Rebellion, and the country is coarse and peaceful, and there is a feeling of peacetime.
"My lord, the Tang newspaper from Liaoxi!" Chen Xinjia came in from outside, with unconcealed excitement on his face, Yang Sichang frowned, isn't Donglu entering the army again? But the season is not right, it's summer now, Dongyu likes the cold and heat, and at this time, the sword soldiers are used to transfer the people, what do you eat in the autumn?
"What's going on? Did the East send troops? Yang Sichang put down the brush and asked in a deep voice.
"No, Chieftain Dorgon, more than 2,000 horsemen, please surrender!"
"What?" Yang Sichanghuo stood up suddenly, his movements were too violent, and he took the inkstones on several cases, and the splashed ink fell on his sleeves without realizing it: "Is this true or false?" β
"It's true!" Chen Xinjia said in a low voice: "The Tang newspaper said that there are seals, armor, and utensils that will be delivered later, as well as a list of officers and soldiers who are invited to surrender, and they will be sent later after the statistics!" How is this kind of thing fake? β
"Hmm!" Yang Sichang nodded, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was common for border generals to kill good people and make false reports of military achievements, but there were very few false reports like this. After all, the heads of the people are heads, and the heads of the Tartars are also heads; As for turning defeat into victory, it's even simpler, anyway, it's just a matter of a few lines. But like Dolgon and Duoduo, a famous captive chieftain, more than 2,000 captives and horsemen are all big living people, and the military department will find out when they come down to investigate, who would do such a stupid thing?
Yang Sichang took Chen Xinjia's Tang newspaper, and just read a few lines, his originally stretched brows suddenly wrinkled: "What? Liu Cheng has already led his troops into Shengjing, accepted the new Khan Fulin as his righteous son, and proclaimed himself the regent of the imperial father. Is there such a thing? β
Chen Xinjia's face was a little embarrassed, and he said in a low voice: "My lord, I'm afraid this is the words of the captive chief, Lord Liu has killed a lot of captives, and the captive chief has a grudge against him, and it is reasonable to slander him!" β
"I'm afraid it's not that simple!" Yang Sichang sneered: "I'll go see Xianggong Wen first, and here you help me keep an eye on it first!" With that, he flicked his sleeves and walked briskly out of the house.
Wen House.
"If that's true, that's not good!" Wen Tiren took a sip of herbal tea and stroked his beard under his chin: "Dongyu is different from Mongolia, and the Mongolian tribes are grasslands outside the Saiwai, not the territory of the imperial court. And Liaodong is the hometown of my Ming Dynasty, where the capital of Liaodong is located. Liu Cheng didn't go to the court, so he did his own thing, and his meaning was very obvious! β
"What Gong Wen said is true!" Yang Sichang sighed: "I thought that Liu Cheng would be able to defeat Donglu in a few years, so I was temporarily patient with his behavior, I didn't expect him, I couldn't imagine that he was-" Speaking of this, Yang Sichang was stunned, and his anxiety was already overflowing.
"Wen is weak, don't be too anxious!" Wen Tiren said with a smile: "Actually, the most important thing now is not Liu Cheng, but in the court!" β
"Chaozhong? How do you say this? Yang Sichang was stunned.
"Wen is weak, you are such a smart person, you haven't thought of it yet?" Wen Tiren smiled: "It seems that it is really a fan of the authorities!" Do you remember what I told you before? As the first assistant and the leader of the aircraft department, it is an extraordinary move, and now that the East has been leveled, do you think it can continue like this? β
"Gong Wen, although the Dongyu is flat, but there is another Liu Cheng, I'm afraid ten Dongyu can't compare!"
"Wen is weak, you can't say that!" Wen Tiren said in a deep voice: "You know that Liu Cheng is a threat to the Ming Dynasty, but others may not recognize it?" The officials in the DPRK will only say that you are greedy for power and are traitors to the country. In the past, there were rogues inside and captives outside, and the Holy One could allow you to monopolize the power, but now that these two things are gone, do you think the Holy One can still tolerate you? β
"But, but it's clear that Liu Cheng he-" Yang Sichang was stammered by Wen Tiren's words, so he could only stammer.
"But Liu Cheng hasn't raised troops to rebel yet? Besides, everyone in the world knows that Liu Chengnai is Ling Zun's hand, isn't he your person? β
"This, thisβ" Yang Sichang could no longer speak. He was reminded by Wen Tiren that if Liu Cheng did not rebel, he would be a person who was greedy for power in the eyes of the ministers and the Son of Heaven; If Liu Cheng rebelled, he would be a traitor to the country in collusion with the thieves. He lowered his head dejectedly and sighed, "It seems that all this is still mine!" β
"You can't say that!" Wen Tiren said with a smile: "Wen is weak, if it weren't for Liu Cheng, the Liukou would not have been pacified so quickly, and the various departments of Outer Mongolia would not have been so deferential, and the Dongyu would not have been pacified so quickly." Whether it is you or Liu Cheng, you are meritorious to me, as long as you have a little heart, you will understand, and the saint also knows! β
"What do you mean, Duke Wen?"
"The text is weak, the merit is the merit, and the passing is the excess. You have done a great job, but that doesn't mean you can continue to be in this way. If the saint is not satisfied with you, the corporal doctor will not be satisfied with you, so can you deal with Liu Cheng? Wen Tiren asked: "Now the plan, you can only retreat as advance, first let go of part of the authority, lead the father and son, Huang Daozhou and others into the court, and abolish the tax increase, so that the Son of Heaven will not feel that you have taken power, and the scholars of the world will not hate you for blocking their entry steps, so that the Manchu Dynasty can only have a way to deal with Liu Cheng if they work together in harmony with each other!" β
"Hou family father and son, Huang Daozhou?" Yang Sichang smiled bitterly: "Duke Wen, it's not that I'm narrow-minded, it's just that if these people enter the court, will they fight with each other, but mislead state affairs?" β
"Don't worry, people will say which position they are, these people in the opposition will naturally say so, when they enter the court and become officials, they will naturally feel the threat of Liu Cheng, you can rest assured, they will only be more active than you in dealing with Liu Cheng!"
Yang Sichang thought about it and felt that there was no other way, so he had to sigh: "After thinking about it, it can only be like this!" Gong Wen, I didn't expect that things would end up like this! β
"Wen is weak, don't be too anxious, at least now that Dongyu has calmed down, you have no merit. Dolgon and Duoduo were in their hands, and they also had an extra weight to contain Liu Cheng. He pacified the eastern captives and integrated the forces of the various ministries, at least a few years, with these few years, the Ming Dynasty, the two capitals and thirteen political divisions, hundreds of millions of people, the whole army practiced martial arts, and rested with the people, so he could naturally be governed, and how could he be compared with the bitter cold land outside the fortress? β
"What Gong Wen said is very true!" Yang Sichang's face was slightly gentle, and he suddenly sighed and said: "Hey, although I have a clear conscience in asking myself, but Liu Cheng can have today, I really have a lot of strength, I really don't know how to comment on the history books of later generations!" β