Chapter 373: Fan Wencheng's Shame

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The defeat of the Battle of Yongning brought a very heavy blow to the Qing Dynasty, and in less than a year, the Manchurian Eight Banners suffered two heavy defeats, which can no longer be described as accidental, and the Qing Dynasty paid a ransom of 10 million silver for this.

The greatest humiliation of the defeat in the Battle of Yongning was that Azig, the king of Wuying County, was captured alive by the Ming army.

You must know that Azig is not an ordinary person in the Great Qing Kingdom, his younger brothers Dolgon and Duoduo are both princes of the Great Qing Kingdom, Dolgon is in charge of the Ministry of Officials, and Duoduo is in charge of the Ministry of Rites, both of them are in power, and their own brother was captured by the Ming army, they must have wanted Azig to come back safely.

In the battle of conquering Korea, Huang Taiji plundered a lot of money, including hundreds of thousands of people, if there was no fiasco in the battle of Yongning, it can be said that Huang Taiji's campaign deployment this time was perfect, but unfortunately the Ming army seized the opportunity and suddenly occupied a large area from Lushun to Fuzhou, completely eliminating Huang Taiji's campaign deployment.

Huang Taiji knew very well that even if he made North Korea submit, it would not have much effect, after all, the Ming army controlled the coast of Liaodong, and North Korea felt that it was relied upon, and it was impossible and reluctant to return to the Qing Dynasty.

With this in mind, Huang Taiji decisively changed his strategy, withdrawing troops from Korea and plundering at the same time.

As soon as he returned to Shenyang, Huang Taiji received information from Liaodong that the Ming army did not launch a large-scale attack, and even a small attack did not appear.

Liaodong is stable, and there will not be much of a problem for the time being.

At this time, the court was fried, and the prince, the prince of the county, Beile and Beizi, etc., all put forward demands, imploring to lead a large army to attack Fuzhou and other places, and recover many places from Lushun to Fuzhou, and the Ming army must not be arrogant.

At the same time, both Dorgon and Dodor made a clear demand that Azig must be redeemed.

In particular, Duoduo even cried silently in the Great Palace. After all, Azig was captured by the Ming army in order to protect him.

There were many voices in the court asking for war, but Duoduo and Abatai never expressed their position, and the two did not express their attitude, and they did not know whether they were in favor of or against attacking Fuzhou and other places.

Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi and others stationed in Haizhou and other places. was also summoned to Shenyang, as for what they thought, no one cared, and no one asked, discussing things in the Great Political Palace. Only the Manchus have the right to speak, except for Fan Wencheng, the Han people are not qualified to speak, even if Kong Youde, who was named the King of Gongshun, Geng Zhongming, the King of Bad Shun, and the King of Zhishun, Shang Kexi, the Manchus look down on the Han people from the bottom of their hearts.

When he returned to Shenyang, Huang Taiji found that many Manchus vented their grievances on the Han people, including Dolgon and Duoduo, and the Han slaves at home were ruthlessly beaten and scolded, and even beaten to death. The shops of the Han people on the street were also robbed, and no one cared about them.

Huang Taiji instinctively wanted to stop this situation, but he couldn't take a high-pressure posture.

Since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, the Manchu Eight Banners suffered two fiascos, and nearly 30,000 children of the Eight Banners were killed, which involved the red flag, the red flag and the white flag, and there were too many children of the Eight Banners who died. Let the Manchu hatred of the Han people reach its peak, and it is understandable that there is bullying of the Han people at this time.

Huang Taiji is very clear. Manchu anger must find an outlet, otherwise the huge anger will be concentrated on him, the emperor, you must know that Manchu people are very straightforward, and their words are also very direct, if they are angry words, he, the emperor, is afraid that it will be difficult to bear.

So Huang Taiji indulged the occurrence of such situations. He can only look for opportunities, and once someone goes too far, then it will be used as a typical lesson, and with such a model, the spread of bullying of Han people will be comprehensively stopped.

Fan Wencheng, who returned to Shenyang, had a hard time, in the Qing Dynasty, his status surpassed that of any Han people, Kong Youde and others could not compare to his status at all, although Fan Wencheng was only a university scholar and a second-class Lazhangjing, and his rank was not very high. It's a pity that the wave of rejection and insults of the Han people in Shenyang is already very strong, and he can't stop it at all, and he can't open his mouth in front of Huang Taiji.

The strategy of preferential treatment and solidarity with the Han people was proposed by Fan Wencheng to Huang Taiji, and this proposal was adopted, and Huang Taiji attached great importance to it, and for a while, the status of the Han people was indeed improved.

Shenyang appeared a wave of insults and rejection of the Han people, in fact, it has a lot to do with the two fiascos of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, not to mention the number of Manchurians, they used to live between the white mountains and black waters, the conditions were extremely difficult, and finally after so many years of fighting, occupied most of the places in Liaodong, life has gradually become better, and the battle against the Ming Dynasty has almost every time is a major victory, which makes many Manchus look forward to life in the Guannei, looking forward to the Qing Dynasty to completely defeat the Ming Dynasty and enter the Central Plains, Then they will be blessed.

At this time, the Manchu Eight Banners suffered several defeats in a row, and the losses of the soldiers were extremely heavy, which made the expectations of some Manchus uncertain, and the dissatisfied Manchus must have vented their anger on the Han people.

has been by Huang Taiji's side all the year round, Fan Wencheng knew that the emperor was embarrassed, so he pretended to be deaf and dumb and didn't mention these things.

But there is one thing that Fan Wencheng clearly stated, that is, the question of whether to attack Fuzhou and other places.

Fan Wencheng was clearly opposed, he knew that Huang Taiji was also opposed, but it was not easy to say it clearly, so in the voice of many Manchus who wanted to insist on attacking Fuzhou and other places and completely defeating the Zheng Jiajun, he stood up to oppose it.

This is a great risk, you must know that the anger of the Manchus has not been completely vented because of the bullying of the Han people, and some of the Manchus have brought their anger to the court, which is a very dangerous signal.

As the most trusted Han of Huang Taiji, Fan Wencheng felt that he needed to stand up and insist on standing up for Huang Taiji no matter what insults he encountered.

The reasons put forward by Fan Wencheng are also very sufficient.

One is that the Manchurian Eight Banners have just conquered Korea, and after returning to Shenyang, they need a period of rest and recuperation, and rashly attacking Fuzhou may not be able to achieve the expected results.

The second is that although the Ming army in Liaodong has no movement, the connection between Fuzhou and Liaodong must be close, and the sailors of the Ming army can transmit information at any time, once the heavy troops of the Eight Banners encircle and suppress Fuzhou and other places, the Ming army in Liaodong will launch a large-scale attack at this time, and the Qing State will lose its advantage in Liaodong.

The third is that the combat effectiveness of the Zheng army is strong, which is by no means comparable to other Ming armies, and if the Qing Dynasty wants to completely exterminate the Zheng army, it will take a period of careful preparation.

Fan Wencheng's three reasons are reasonable and well-founded, including Dai Shan and others, and they are not easy to oppose.

It is precisely because the reasons put forward by Fan Wencheng are full and detailed, that the proposal to attack Fuzhou and exterminate the Zheng family army has been temporarily suppressed, and those Manchus who are bent on revenge are also helpless.

Fan Wencheng's loyalty to Huang Taiji is from the bones, although the family is disgraced, and the family in Liaodong has no choice but to leave their homes and come to live in Shenyang and Liaoyang, but Fan Wencheng doesn't care, he is now a bachelor of the Qing Dynasty, a second-class Lazhangjing, according to his identity as a showman, I am afraid that the master of the nine products in the Ming Dynasty will not be able to do it.

Fan Wencheng has always believed that it is a matter of time before the Qing Dynasty defeats the Ming Dynasty and enters the Central Plains, and the decaying Ming Dynasty is already full of holes and is difficult to sustain, even if there is a Zheng family's army, it is impossible to maintain it for a long time, the pillars of the house are rotten, and there are huge cracks in the foundation, and it is impossible to support it with only a few pillars.

For the birth of Zheng Jiajun and the appearance of Zheng Xunrui, Fan Wencheng is not particularly anxious, he has a more profound analysis of the Ming Dynasty, Zheng Xunrui is a person like Zheng Xunrui, it is difficult to gain a foothold in the Ming Dynasty, and he will eventually encounter other people's calculations, and Zheng Jiajun will also decline rapidly.

With this understanding, Fan Wencheng believes that the most important task of the Qing Dynasty at present is to stabilize the interior, digest and properly settle the hundreds of thousands of people looted from Korea, and at the same time devote itself to internal development, enhance the cohesion of the upper and lower levels, and wait for the opportunity to attack the Ming Dynasty on a large scale again, and this opportunity is the civil strife in the Ming Dynasty again.

Fan Wencheng's analysis was approved by Huang Taiji, so after returning to Shenyang, Huang Taiji asked the household department to properly settle the hundreds of thousands of people looted from Korea, and everyone should be registered, whether they became slaves of princes and princes, or were given to the children of the Eight Banners, these people must participate in production and labor.

Fan Wencheng's suggestion was adopted by Huang Taiji, and he was so happy that he forgot about the danger.

On this day, Fan Wencheng, who returned home, found that his wife Qian did not come to greet him, and he thought that his wife had wandered on the street, so he didn't particularly care.

When Shen Shi, the housekeeper came to the study with a pale face, and his body trembled and spoke.

"Old, sir, Madame has been robbed of ......"

Fan Wencheng was reading a book, and suddenly heard the housekeeper say this, his body trembled, and the book fell to the ground.

Fan Wencheng's wife, Qian, is young and beautiful, the two have only been married for about two years, and it is the time of affection, but I can't imagine that he, a bachelor of the Great Qing Dynasty and an official of the second-class Lazhangjing, was snatched away in public.

"Tell me what's going on."

"Old, lord, when Mrs. was choosing jewelry in Fumei Building, a group of people suddenly came, didn't say anything, viciously snatched Mrs. away, and the entourage was also beaten, and the person who snatched Mrs. said that it was a matter of Prince Yu's family, and no one was allowed to ask."

Fan Wencheng's body trembled again, he never imagined that such a thing would happen. (To be continued.) )