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As soon as Yue Su arrived, he issued two orders, one was to transfer He Shangkun, the former governor of Xuanfu, to the governor of Liaodong, and the other was to transfer Wu Sinan, the governor of Fujian, to the governor of Xuanfu. As for who will fill the vacancy of Wu Sinan's governor of Fujian, this will be left to the cabinet to agree on and select a suitable candidate.

Yue Suyou proposed the second thing for this matter, that is, to release Li Wenzhang, who had been exiled in Yunnan, and to add a title of earl. The reason is that at the time of the national crisis, the Li family subsidized 800,000 stone of grain and rice to solve the crisis in Sichuan, so that the people of Sichuan and Shaanxi could live and work in peace and contentment.

Li Wenzhang is Yue Su's father-in-law, and he was exiled at the beginning, this is Yue Su's case, and he was fined silver. Now not only do you have to put it back, but you also have to give it an earl, which is also the head chosen by Lord Yue. Originally, if this matter had been raised by someone else at another time, it would have been scolded, and the cabinet would have to deny it at that time. Because the merchant was knighted, that is something that has not been done since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Shinong Industry and Commerce, the merchant is ranked the lowest, why should he be knighted.

But in the current cabinet, the biggest official is Yue Su, who proposed it. The cabinet ministers below, half of the officials of the Duyue Party, and the other half are officials of the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang, and the officials of these three parties have a good relationship with Li Wenzhang. The big guys have collected a lot of money from the Li family, and the Li family still has offerings every year, at this time, it doesn't matter if you don't help talk, if you take the lead to open it, it's too much to say.

Qi Shijiao and other officials of the three parties looked at each other and felt that this fact was embarrassing. According to common sense, if Yue Su dares to bring up this matter, he should directly oppose it, but it is about the Li family, how can he say this. exchanged glances with each other, and finally Qian Menggao, a scholar, said: "Lord Yue, this merchant has been knighted, and since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there is no such precedent...... If this matter had been changed in the past, there would have been no discussion of it. However, at this time and at that time, the Li family did make a contribution to the country, donated so much grain and rice, and rescued countless displaced people, it can be said that the merit is in the community, and it is understandable to be rewarded. This is really embarrassing, or let me wait until I go back and think about it, and then discuss it tomorrow. ”

When I think about it, in fact, the officials of the three parties will sit in a circle and study it carefully after they go home. After all, it's not easy to negotiate here.

Yue Su understood what they meant, and said, "Okay, this matter will be discussed tomorrow, and after you go back, you can all think about it." Next, let's discuss the matter of the Liukou, you are all in the capital, and you have received much more news than this official, now that Wang Jiayin is dead, and the Liukou from Shaanxi have also flowed into Gansu and Shanxi, what is the situation on both sides? ”

"Back to my lord's words, there was news in Shanxi, there was news that Wang Ziyong, the leader of the Liukou, had been driven into the mountains and was about to be annihilated, but the Tartars detoured to Shanxi, so they had no choice but to withdraw the soldiers and horses of the bandits and surround Taiyuan, causing Wang Ziyong to take the opportunity to escape, and now there is no trace. The first Gansu side is not very good, where it is already poor, because of the drought, many people have been living like a year, since Gao Yingxiang rushed into Gansu, soon gathered a large number of hungry people, attacked the county, and even several cities. The official army was difficult to resist, Hong Chengchou had the intention to exterminate the rogues in Shaanxi, so he rushed to Gansu, but he had no choice but to send troops to the king. The current Liukou has captured nearly half of the cities in Gansu, and the number of Liukou has reached one million. Hong Chengchou is urging troops and salaries, saying that without reinforcements, food and grass, it is really difficult to exterminate. Zhang Zhenggang replied.

When he returned from Sichuan, Yue Su first met with Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, and learned about the general situation in Gansu from him. Liukou is powerful, especially that Gao Yingxiang, his skills are really outstanding, not as good as ordinary Liukou, he has eight teams of people under him, they are all brave, they were able to drive them away from Shaanxi, it took a lot of effort, and now they want to exterminate, how can it be so easy. Hong Chengchou said that if he wants to completely annihilate the Liukou, he must have at least 100,000 horses, but looking at the current situation, it is too difficult to gather so many people and horses at one time and have combat effectiveness. Moreover, Shaanxi also needs food to appease the people, otherwise the people will have no food to eat, and it is difficult to say when they will make trouble again.

On the Shanxi side, Wang Ziyong fled without a trace, and no one knew where to go, but it was estimated that it would not be long before he would be headed.

"In this way, it will be difficult to mobilize reinforcements for a while, so first transfer the food and salary that Hong Chengchou needs. In Shaanxi, food is also needed to appease the people, and if the imperial court wants to raise so much food, it also needs the cooperation of private merchants. In this way, the household department approached merchants from all over the country to buy grain. The affairs of the Li family should be discussed as soon as possible, and the imperial court will buy grain in Huguang in the future, and the Li family will also need help. Okay, that's all for today, let's be busy with whatever we need to do, and the official should also take a look at the recent official documents. Yue Su said.

"Yes, sir."

Next, Yue Su began to read the memorabilia, but all those who scolded and quarreled were thrown aside first, and only those that had substance were looked at. After reading it, write down the handling opinions and then send them to the celebrant and superintendent.

He's busy here, and there's a place that is more hearty than him. Somewhere, that's Liaoyang.

Since Liaoyang City was surrounded by Dolgon's soldiers and horses, Wenlong's life has not been easy, although there is some food, but there is no rescue outside, and these grains will have to be eaten up sooner or later. Holding Nurhachi's corpse alone and guarding the lonely city is really not a solution.

Seeing that the days go by, the food in the city is getting less and less, and Dolgon just doesn't attack the city, anyway, he will consume it with you, see what you do?

After guarding the lonely city for a month, Wenlong thought that he couldn't spend it here anymore, otherwise, once Huang Taiji's army came back, he would really fight with himself, and he would have to be in Liaoyang. Just, let's withdraw first.

So, on this day, Wenlong ordered the withdrawal of troops, the sailor stopped at the north gate, and he directly led the army out of the city, got on the ship and left Liaoyang. In this way, the final result of this battle was that the Ming army suffered heavy losses and lost Jinzhou, and the defeat could not be defeated again.

A few days after Wenlong left Liaoyang, Huang Taiji led his victorious army back to Liaodong. Tiancong Khan returned to Shengjing and praised and rewarded the generals who fought and the generals who stayed behind. Among them, Dolgon's bounty was the heaviest, Jin Feng and Shuobel.

At the same time, he also heard another news, that is, Xiong Tingbi, the governor of Jiliao, had retired, and he was replaced by Yuan Chonghuan. He had heard of Yuan Chonghuan, but whether he had the ability or not, that would have to be said. At the moment, Huang Taiji personally led the army to attack Ning Yuan, in fact, to put it bluntly, that is, to test the attack and see how Yuan Chonghuan's ability was.

Yuan Chonghuan was very familiar with Ningyuan City, and when he learned that Huang Taiji had sent troops to come, he immediately asked Zhao Shuojiao, who had rushed back, to lead his army to Ningyuan to defend against the enemy.

The two sides fought a battle, and it was difficult for Huang Taiji to cross the thunder pool by half a step, and attacking the city was not a strong point, and it was normal that he could not attack it. But then, Huang Taiji made another unexpected move and sent people to negotiate peace. This time, he didn't mention anything about the vassal countries, only said that the two families had dismissed the army and exchanged trade routes.

Don't look at Inspector Yuan's boasting in front of the emperor, five years of pacification, whether he can be pacified, he knows most in his heart, if he wants to pacify Liaodong, how can it be so easy, the reason why he said that is to let the emperor and the queen mother feel relieved and make their official positions bigger.

It is best to be able to negotiate peace, as long as you don't fight, it is better than anything else. Inspector Yuan also sent a representative to hold talks with the Jurchen representatives. In fact, the representatives he sent could not represent the imperial court at all, but now the troops at hand are too small, so let's drag it first, and wait for the reinforcements allocated by the imperial court to come, plus the number of soldiers and horses he has recruited enough, train it, it's almost, and then study the others.

In fact, Huang Taiji also understood what the other party meant, but now he wants to capture Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan, which is not within his ability, and siege warfare is not his strong point. Da Ming can agree to trade, that is the end, even if we don't agree, let's play with saliva.

In this negotiation, Huang Taiji led a large group of men and horses to return to Shengjing. The next day, while the belles were deliberating, Dorgon made an opinion.

"Great Khan, in the battle of Liaozhong, although our army won, it has revealed one of our weaknesses, if we don't make up for it, in the long run, it will be really unfavorable to my daughter's true future."

"Dolgon, where do you start? Tell me about it. Huang Taiji said.

"Yes, Great Khan. In the first battle of Liaozhong, our army was able to win, but it was also a narrow victory, if Xiong Tingbi was a battalion step by step and did not rush forward, our army would have to pay a heavier price if it wanted to win. Although my Eight Banners Iron Cavalry can run rampant in the world, it is weak because there are few people, otherwise, the Great Khan will make a detour into the customs, and Xiong Tingbi will not dare to take the opportunity to attack my Shengjing. The foolish brother thought that if he could expand the army and horses, whether it was now or in the future, it would be beneficial and harmless. Dorgon said.

Huang Taiji nodded, but before he could speak, Mang Gurtai hurriedly said: "Expanding the number of people, it's easy to say, my Jurchen population is so much, how can I all go to join the army?" ”

Huang Taiji was a little displeased with Mang Gurtai's rush to speak, in fact, he also wanted to ask this question, but he couldn't rush to ask questions when I didn't approve it. Compared with Mang Gurtai, Dolgon was much calmer, not saying a word, just waiting for the Great Khan to speak.

Huang Taiji was particularly satisfied with Dolgon's attitude, and said: "Dolgon, what Mang Gurtai said also makes sense, we women and men can't all go to join the army." ”

"That's true, but the meaning of the foolish brother is not to expand the Jurchens into the army, but to integrate the Mongols and captured Han Chinese into the army, and let them fight for us Jurchens." Dolgon said calmly: "This question, after the foolish brother confronted Xiong Tingbi, he thought about it, and I don't know if it is feasible, and I ask the Great Khan to decide." ”

"Integrate the Mongols and Han into the army...... Huang Taiji sighed, but before he could speak again, Mang Gurtai shouted again: "Great Khan, this is not good, how can the Han people mention us Jurchens to fight, if they defect to the battle, then what can we do?" As for the Mongols, you can consider it, after all, when my father Khan was there, he had woven a special Mongolian cattle record. ”

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