Contrary to Ruan Dacheng, Zhen Zidan and others, Li Weihan, the governor of Liaodong, and Han Yuanshan, the commander of the capital, did not think that the envoy's entourage Jinyiwei and Lianshanguan musketeers killed the thirteen cavalry of Jiannu, including Huerhan, was a great achievement, but was worried, Li Weihan knew very well that Huerhan, as one of the five ministers, was in Nurhachi's mind, Huerhan died in the Ming Dynasty, Nurhachi was willing to rest, not to mention that Zhang Yuan also arrested Nurhachi's most powerful civil official, Nalan Bakeshi!

-- At the beginning of this year, Li Weihan inspected the eastern line of the Liaodong border wall, from Dingyuan Youwei on the bank of the Yalu River to Kaiyuan City at the junction of Han, Mongolia, and Manchuria, and then returned to Guangning via Fushun and Qinghe, which lasted three months and traveled more than 1,600 miles, and carried out a comprehensive inspection of the armaments of the Liaodong border guards. Li Weihan learned from the Fushun guerrilla Li Yongfang and Qinghe general Zou Chuxian that the Eight Banners Army was brave and good at fighting, and the Liaodong border army had not experienced a major war in recent years, and it was not as good as Nurhachi to go around to conquer and annex the Jurchen tribes, so Li Yongfang and Zou Chuxian asked Li Weihan to increase the troops in Fushun and Qinghe to beware of the slave chieftains, Li Weihan said that after returning to Guangning, he would discuss with Han Commander and Zhang Zongbing to increase the troops appropriately, but strictly ordered Li Yongfang and Zou Chuxian and other border generals to defend themselves and not to provoke Jianzhou lightly, and cited the guerrilla Feng Yougong in Qinghe City last year as an example. Feng Yougong built barracks for the sergeants and indulged the soldiers and civilians to cross the border to collect wood, causing more than 50 civilians to be killed by the Jurchens. So keep the borders. Don't cause trouble-

Li Weihan heard that the imperial court was Nurhachi, and the murderer of the Han people had been executed under the city of Fushun. But now Zhang Yuan brought back the head of the culprit Huerhan, which made Li Weihan quite embarrassed, and he was also worried that Nurhachi would take the opportunity to make trouble, if the war in Liaodong was together, he would be anxious as the governor, Li Weihan was over sixty years old, did not seek merit but no fault, and returned to Beijing to be his imperial history after two years of peace. I really don't want to have a dispute at this time, this is the reason why Li Weihan is dissatisfied with Zhang Yuan's actions in North Korea and the killing of Huerhan, although Li Weihan knows that Huerhan broke into the Ming realm in order to rob, but he still said to Han Yuanshan, Zhang Chengyin and Eunuch Lu that this is a big disaster caused by Zhang Yuan, if it is not for Zhang Yuan's arrest and killing of Nalan Bakesh and his party, there will be no revenge from Huerhan, and now it has caused the death of his twelve Jinyi guards and the death of Huerhan, the minister of the Jianzhou guard, how should this end?

Zhang Yuan had a clear understanding of the fact that there were many officials like Li Weihan who only cared about their own future and did not care about the danger of the country, and he clearly felt that Li Weihan was indifferent to him and the whole delegation. He didn't say it to Ruan Dacheng and the others, but it was expected that Li Weihan thought they were in trouble.

Zhen Zidan ordered his lieutenants to investigate the reason. Soon Jinyiwei found out the reason, Zhen Zidan learned that Li Weihan was worried about Nurhachi's revenge because they killed Huerhan, and couldn't help but be furious, and immediately reported to Zhang Yuan, and said angrily: "Governor Li is dissatisfied with our bloody battle to kill Huerhan, and thinks that we should be restrained and let the thieves kill and loot, so that things can be calmed!" ”

Ruan Dacheng was also very angry and said: "I have always heard that Li Weihan is cowardly, but I didn't expect it to be so shameless, he didn't comfort us and others, but he sympathized with Jiannu. ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Governor Li is not sympathetic to Jiannu, but afraid of Jiannu, for fear of war, he will be guilty if he fails to supervise the war, he thinks that forbearance can dispel Nurhachi's ambitions, it is really ridiculous." ”

Ruan Dacheng said: "Let's leave for Beijing tomorrow and make all this public." ”

On the evening of June 25, he and the DPRK envoy Yu Yan visited Li Weihan again, but Li Weihan opened his mouth and said: "Zhang Xiushu was ordered to send an envoy to canonize the prince of Joseon, but this trip failed to complete the mission." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Zhang Yuan is an envoy with moderation, always focusing on the prestige and interests of the Ming Dynasty, and is not confined to the mission. ”

Li Weihan sneered slightly and asked, "What is Zhang Xiu's intention to bring Nalan Bakshi to the capital?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Of course, it is to let the court understand Nurhachi's ambitions and make a defensive plan as soon as possible." ”

Li Weihan looked at the young Zhang Yuan and thought: "How much do you know about the military and politics of Liaodong as a young scholar, and dare to speak out in front of the old man." He said: "Although Nurhachi is unruly, he does not dare to face the Ming Dynasty head-on, but you capture Nalan Baksh and kill Huerhan this time, I am afraid that there will be no peace in Liaodong from now on." ”

Since Li Weihan clearly blamed Zhang Yuan, Zhang Yuan was not polite and asked: "Then according to the boss's opinion, how should Zhang Yuan deal with the matter of the slave chieftain being sent to North Korea?" In the Phoenix Mountain, how should the mission avoid conflict when it encounters the raids of Jiannu? ”

Li Weihan is a Jinshi in the early years of Wanli, more than seven subjects earlier than Zhang Yuan, the rules of the Ming officialdom "more than seven subjects, sit next to avoid horses", the road meets Zhang Yuan to avoid the side, and Li Weihan is the right deputy of the three products of the imperial history of the governor of Liaodong, a high position, Zhang Yuan is just a six-grade idle job, I thought that only he taught Zhang Yuan a lesson, but I didn't expect Zhang Yuan to dare to question him face to face, I couldn't help but be angry, and said loudly: "You are a knotty Qincha, do you want the old man to teach you how to do it?" ”

Yu Yan on the side saw Li Weihan angry, and his face turned pale with shock, but Zhang Yuan was uneasy, Li Weihan couldn't do anything to him, there were some things he had to say, and said loudly: "As an official, without him, loyal to the monarch and love the people, presumably the boss has no objection to this?" ”

Li Weihan sneered: "What do you want to say?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "What the younger generation wants to say is that in the face of the crisis in Liaodong, don't hold on to the idea of calming people, but have the courage to face it, share worries for the monarch and relieve the misfortune of the people." ”

Li Weihan was more and more embarrassed by Zhang Yuan's central thoughts, and got up and said, "Send off guests." ”

Zhang Yuan stood up and said: "Think twice, the slave chieftain was called Khan last year, and the heart of the non-subordinate has long been demonstrated, and the invasion of the Ming Dynasty is a matter of time or time, and since last year, the state has been frequently damaged, and the Jiannu will want to rob the Ming Dynasty to tide over the difficulties, this is by no means forbearance can be stopped, if the Liao affairs are bad, the boss will not be able to escape the blame, according to the views of the younger generations, Fushun and Qinghe must be heavily guarded, and Kaiyuan must join forces with Yehebu, so as to curb Nurhachi's ambitions, otherwise, there will be the humiliation of losing the division and breaking the city." ”

It doesn't matter whether Li Weihan can listen to it or not, Zhang Yuan finished speaking in one breath, turned around and left, walked outside the hall door, and heard the cracking sound of the teacup falling on the ground, Zhang Yuan didn't stop, and soon went out of the governor's office, but seeing the moonlight, the big characters in the east and west two squares of the governor's yamen were clearly visible, and the east square was written "Fusui Liaodong", and the west square was "purging Guanning"-

Yu Yan, the judge of the Korean courtesy Cao, whispered behind Zhang Yuan: "Angel Zhang, this offends Governor Li and is not good for our state." "Unless there is a major event in Korea, it has to send an envoy to the Ming Emperor, and the daily affairs are directly dealt with Liaodong, and the governor of Liaodong can be said to be the top boss of the Korean state.

Zhang Yuan looked up to the sky and sighed, and said in his heart: "The huge and bloated body of the Ming Dynasty, if you don't give a knife, you don't know the pain, what I want to do is not to let this knife be fatal, but this knife still has to suffer." He turned his head to Yu Yan and said: "Loyalty is against the ear, but the matter is urgent, so I have to speak out." He added: "Although you can rest assured about the canonization of the king of Joseon, the difficulty now is not here." ”

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Early in the morning of June 26, Zhang Yuan and his entourage left Guangning, except for Li Weihan who did not come to see him off, Han Yuanshan, Zhang Chengyin and Eunuch Lu were all sent out of the city, Zhang Chengyin was straightforward, and he had a good impression of Zhang Yuan, and he showed off his strength and said: "The young general has 15,000 elite soldiers, 200 cannons, 2,000 small cannons, and 5,000 birds. ”

Zhang Yuan smiled and said, "General Zhang's courage is admirable, but there is a heartfelt remark below-"

Zhang Chengyin said politely: "Zhang Zhuangyuan, please speak." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "The Houjin Eight Banner Army is long in the charge field, short in the siege, General Zhang and the enemy, it is advisable to avoid its edge, according to the mountain danger, digging trenches, and bombarding it with firearms is the best policy, do not fight with it in the plains." ”

Zhang Chengyin disagreed, and replied: "Zhang Xiu wrote good words, and the young general wrote them down." ”

Zhang Yuan bowed to the send-off group, rode on the chestnut horse, waved goodbye, Guangning City is far away, Shanhaiguan is near, Liaodong where the beacon smoke will rise is left behind, he got the news in Guangning, Nurha Chi led troops to conquer the Sakha Company and Huerha Department on the right bank of the Heilongjiang River at the beginning of the year, and has not yet returned to Hetuala-

Zhang Yuanxin said: "When Nurhachi recruits Sakhalian and Huerha to return to Hetuala, it is the time to declare the 'Seven Hatreds' to the Ming Dynasty and use troops, this is not something I can stop, the mess in Liaodong is not cleaned up in three and five years, with my current status and ability, there is only this I can do, with Li Weihan's mediocrity, the loss of Fushun and Qinghe is inevitable, my mission is to avoid the defeat of the Battle of Sarhu, although I am very clear about the cause of the defeat of the Ming army in the Battle of Salhu, but when I try to change one point, Nurhachi must also have a countermeasure, Nurhachi can fight habitually, old and calculating, this is not something I can compare, the prophet is not omnipotent, so I can't have the slightest lightness of the enemy, now the question is, how can I exert influence on Yang Hao, the commander of the battle of Sarhu? ”

Suddenly remembering something, Zhang Yuan laughed, Nurhachi raised an army against Ming on the grounds of "Seven Great Hatreds", will he add one hatred to become "Eight Great Hatreds" now?

At this time, Mu Jingyan urged the horse over and said, "Master Zhang, that guest light is gone first." Mu Jingyan, the yellow-bearded man, noticed that one person was missing from Zhang Yuan's personal guards.

Zhang Yuan smiled and said, "I know, Uncle Mu doesn't care about this." ”

Keguang first resigned to Plaintiff Zhang yesterday and said that he wanted to go back to Yehe City, and Zhang Yuan agreed.

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The trip to North Korea is over, and I finally return to Beijing, all kinds of tired. (To be continued.) )