Chapter 1486: Situation
"Your Majesty, according to the news that our spies have sent back from Jincheng, the capital of Houjin has been breached, and all the territories have fallen into the hands of the Song people, which means that the Jurchen border troubles that have been bothering us are no longer there!"
On this day, the ministers immediately told Zhu Shangwu about this matter.
Because since the fight against Nurhachi, the Manbaqi has been threatening the Ming Dynasty, and once became a big trouble, even Jincheng was surrounded.
In order to resist and prepare for Houjin, most of the taxes of the Ming Dynasty were also used for the huge military consumption in northern Xinjiang.
However, due to the lax armament of the Ming Dynasty, which has always taken defensive measures against the Later Jin, there is no way to curb the growth of the Later Jin's national strength.
Therefore, every year the Ming Dynasty will encounter several invasions from the Houjin, losing a lot of territory and wealth to the people.
Now it's okay, Houjin was actually defeated by the Song people, and even the country was captured. In other words, the Houjin Kingdom has now been destroyed by the Song people.
This news is really good news for Zhu Shangwu and the Ming Dynasty.
However, soon a minister stood up and expressed his concerns to Zhu Shangwu.
"Your Majesty, although Houjin has become a declining trend now, there is no threat in my eyes. But Lao Chen thinks that this matter can't be seen like this, because there is no Houjin, but there is a stronger Song force than Houjin......."
The words of this old minister caused many ministers who participated in the early dynasty to think deeply, and many people frowned.
The meaning of what this old minister said was very clear to all the ministers, and no one was a fool who could not understand it.
It's just that some people have inextricable interests with Zhao Hongyu's side, so this old minister's worries about Zhu Shangwu, once Zhu Shangwu really cares about it, then the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and Zhao Hongyu's side will change. Then it has a great impact on them, such stakeholders.
So, at this time, someone has to stand up and make some rebuttals to this.
You must know that the various commodities of the Song Empire in the Americas are behind the agents in the Ming Dynasty, but they are implicated with more than half of the ministers of the Ming Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, the minister thought that what he said was a bit alarmist, and it seemed to the minister that the Song people were of my Yanhuang ethnic group, and they were better than the Jurchens. What's more, the relationship between the prince of the Song people and my Ming Dynasty has always been very friendly. The relationship with Majesty is also ......"
The middle-aged minister who stood up refuted the minister just now, and Zhu Shangwu nodded frequently while sitting on the throne.
To be honest, Zhu Shangwu doesn't think that Zhao Hongyu will succeed Houjin and become a hidden danger or even a threat to the Ming Dynasty.
You know, people borrowed 20 million taels of silver from Daming.
If he becomes a hidden danger that threatens Daming, then don't you want these 20 million taels of silver?
Obviously, this is not possible.
At the same time, during the time when Zhu Shangwu and Zhao Hongyu were in contact. According to Zhu Shangwu's understanding of it, it is obvious that the Song Empire in the Americas represented by Zhao Hongyu will not be interested in the Ming Dynasty at all.
And, for some time. Zhao Hongyu kept communicating with the members of the Intelligence Department lurking in Jincheng, and asked the eunuchs he befriended to convey a meaning to Zhu Shangwu.
That is, after the Later Jin ceased to exist, the power of the Song Empire would not pose any threat to the Ming Dynasty. It will just extend further north.
Further north, there are some barren lands, and to be honest, Da Ming is not interested at all.
Besides. That side is not the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and even if the Song Empire of the Americas occupies those places, it has nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, Zhu Shangwu firmly believes that this friend of his will not embarrass him.
Moreover, they solved the Houjin and occupied the territory of the Houjin. Daming has nothing to lose, is it possible that after the fall of Houjin, Daming also asked people to hand over Houjin's territory to Daming?
If you do that, it will cause unnecessary friction.
Therefore, Zhu Shangwu would not do such a brain-dead thing.
Besides, the business of his cooperation with Zhao Hongyu is not small now.
If he fell out with Zhao Hongyu, wouldn't his royal business be without money.
How much time I have enjoyed a comfortable life, thanks to Zhao Hongyu.
If he hadn't shared his worries for himself and resisted the threat of Houjin, then how could he have studied 'H comic painting skills' and privately spread his 'H heavy comics' products in the capital, becoming the most famous se-love painter after Tang Bohu.
Yes, the current Zhu Shangwu has a great reputation in the SE love painting circle.
And after he learned another time and space given to him by Zhao Hongyu, the 'comics' from the island country, he immediately learned this style of painting, and combined his own skills to create a new genre.
In the past year or so, he has privately spread his h comics to people, and he didn't expect to be liked by many people all of a sudden.
Although the island country H comics are very heavy, they can't stand the people of this era, and the entertainment is not so much, Zhu Shangwu's H comics filled part of the gap at once, allowing these people to find new fun.
What's more, although the island style H comics have a heavier taste, the plot and dialogue in it can be said to be something that is not available in this era.
Therefore, this makes the characters appear flesh and blood, and it is easy for people to substitute for them. Not to mention Zhu Shangwu's H manga, most of the content is YY, that is, the story of Diaosi's counterattack on Miss Bai Fumei's daughter is the majority.
Like a landed scholar, with a big gun under his crotch, the story of dozens of rich families and daughters of official eunuchs ups and downs, these have made many Ming scholars addicted.
It's as if they're the main characters themselves.
Of course, it is precisely by virtue of this means that Zhu Shangwu can be said to be famous, and he has gained a lot of fans at once.
However, Zhu Shangwu is not stupid. Definitely won't publish a book under his real name. Instead, he used the pen name 'Heavy Mouth Daoren', and constantly introduced his heavy-tasting YY comic series.
This is thanks to Zhao Hongyu, if he hadn't given him this quiet and stable life, then he would not have achieved such a great achievement.
I have to say here that Zhu Shangwu is wonderful, he has no interest in being an emperor, but his greatest wish is to become a painter in the love painting circle.
Moreover, because Zhao Hongyu lent him a large sum of silver, he could do it for a long time. Don't worry about money.
Otherwise, where would he have the time to dedicate himself to the cause of se-love painting.
Therefore, Zhu Shangwu is the most unwilling to have a bad relationship with the power of the Song Empire in the Americas represented by Zhao Hongyu, and he is very unwanted. Because once you have a bad relationship, you can't live such a leisurely life, and you have to continue to return to the old life of worrying about various things every day.
Therefore, for the minister who expressed his worries, Zhu Shangwu was very unhappy.
Fortunately, many ministers stood up and said good things for the Song Empire represented by Zhao Hongyu. Refute those who say that the Song Empire will become a new threat.
This made Zhu Shangwu relax a lot.
It seems that many people still understand that the Song Empire is very friendly.
In fact, Zhu Shangwu didn't know why most of the ministers wanted to say good things about the Song Empire.
Because these ministers are more or less involved in the matter of acting for the goods of the Song Empire, they have such and such interests with the Song Empire.
Otherwise, if you let them say good things for the Song Empire, it will be impossible at all.
It can be seen that Zhao Hongyu uses the money method. It really works.
In this way, the voices within the Ming Dynasty about the threat of the Song Empire in the Americas were completely suppressed.
In the end, the Ming Dynasty set the tone internally, that is, it has always maintained friendship with the Song Empire in the Americas. As long as Zhao Hongyu can not touch the interests of Daming, as for what he wants to do around Daming, then he has to do it.
Anyway, he didn't get the Ming.
The Ming Dynasty was able to think about it, which saved a lot of trouble.
But it's different from here in the Ming Dynasty. The Koreans are not having a good time now.
Because Houjin was occupied by Zhao Hongyu, even the national capital Shengjing was captured, so Dolgon and Duoduo, who led the army outside. After analyzing the situation, it was decided to continue the attack on Goryeo in order to gain a foothold in Goryeo so that they could recuperate.
Instead of returning to the army and Zhao Hongyu to fight to the death, let all the military forces of Houjin be buried there.
Strictly speaking, Dolgon's choice wasn't wrong.
It's just that Dolgon and the others still don't fully understand how powerful the military power in Zhao Hongyu's hands is.
Because no matter what choice they have, they can't avoid the fate of destruction.
Of course, before Zhao Hongyu's army arrived, Dolgon and them could still find some balance on the side of the Koreans, who made the Koreans so weak in battle.
So, who are you bullying if you don't bully them?
Therefore, Dolgon led 150,000 troops of the Eight Banners, who had lost their homes, and fought very frantically on the side of Goryeo.
In the face of the army of the Eight Banners, which had become mad dogs, the Koreans were beaten in pain, and they lost more than a dozen cities in succession, and in a short period of time, they lost half of their country.
Now that Dolgon and them have occupied half of the territory of Goryeo, although the rule is not so stable, it can also be seen that the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners Army is still good.
Of course, the Eight Banners were not without losses, but the losses relative to Goryeo were almost negligible.
It's just that Dolgon's luck can't continue at this point.
The reason is very simple, the more than 60,000 troops led by Daishan, as the vanguard, have arrived in the territory occupied by Dolgon and began to fight with the troops under his command.
Faced with this situation, Dorgon wisely chose to shrink his forces rather than disperse his defense.
Therefore, Dai Shan led more than 60,000 troops to chase after him all the way, forcing Dolgon to fight a decisive battle with him.
After Zhao Hongyu received the news from Dai Shan, he immediately ordered the troops to speed up the journey and go to help Dai Shan.
At this point, the battle against the last military force of the Houjin is about to begin. (To be continued......)