According to the exchange of gold and silver at that time, one tael of gold could be exchanged for eleven taels of silver, and the thirteen thousand taels of gold were nearly 150,000 taels of silver, plus the 240,000 taels of silver, the total of gold and silver alone was nearly 400,000 taels. In addition, the antiques, calligraphy and paintings that Shi Dayong said left in his hands are even more valuable.

Gao Qiqian is a big crotch in the inner court, and he naturally likes antique calligraphy and painting on weekdays, and there is no shortage of capable people in appreciation, according to their reports, if this batch of antique calligraphy and paintings is brought to Beijing to be sold, I am afraid that it is worth no less than the 12,000 taels of gold and 240,000 taels of silver. In this way, I am afraid that the total value can be nearly one million taels of silver.

What is the concept of a million taels of silver? When Liao's salary was continuously levied by the three dynasties of Wanli, Tianqi and Chongzhen, it was only six million taels of silver. Now Gao Qiqian has obtained one-sixth of the salary out of thin air, and he doesn't have to worry about the tyranny and extortion that will cause the people to take risks, and he doesn't have to worry about the noise of the foreign court's science and Taoist officials, and he can put this huge amount of money into his own pocket if he is safe and sound. Wouldn't it be a fool not to do such a deal?

Gao Qiqian is certainly not a fool, but he also knows that he can't swallow this huge amount of money alone, and if he really swallows it alone, he is afraid that this stomach will have to burst. Besides, what Shi Dayong is asking for is too big, and the stakes are too big, so he must block the mouths of a large number of people, otherwise if any of them exposes a few words, I am afraid that this silver will not be blessed.

The Dirty Alliance was soon established, and its members included Lin Qing, commander of the Beijing camp, Pei Shaokuan, commander of the army, Jin Guochen, chief soldier of Jizhen, deputy general Le Guoqi, Deng Ci, chief soldier of Chongqing, Wang Hong, chief soldier of Chengdu, and Zhang Guochen, director of the military department. Although there were a lot of people involved, the big head obviously fell into the pockets of Gao Qi Qian, and the royal horse supervisor team that had returned to Beijing in the past few days was several in a row, and each group was a large car and a small car dozens of taels.

In private, Dayong bleed again, not only returning the silver he had snatched from Shang County to Lin Qing, but also taking out 200,000 taels of silver to "help" Deng Ci, Wang Hong, Jin Guochen and others. Regarding Shi Dayong's generosity, the generals said that the deputy general of Jinzhou was really a benevolent and righteous person, but he didn't say it.

Soon, led by Gao Qiqian, Lin Qing, Jin Guochen, Deng Ci, Wang Hong and others jointly signed the recital, and they rushed into Beijing.

It is said that the thieves Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde saw that the army was strong and lost their nest in Dengzhou, so they surrendered again and wanted to raise the anti-flag after the army returned to the division. Fortunately, Shi Dayong, the deputy general of Jinzhou, saw through the tricks of the thief and led the army to quell the rebellion in time. During the battle, Liaodong staff general Zu Dabi and guerrilla Wu Sangui were unfortunately killed.

In the middle of the recital, Gao Qiqian pleaded guilty to the Son of Heaven, saying that he failed to recognize the thief's rebellious tricks, almost caused a catastrophe, and caused the death of Zu Dabi and Wu Sangui, which is really an unforgivable crime, and implored the Son of Heaven to punish him severely. But at the same time, he also said that he was in the middle of the strategy, not afraid of the thief army to personally supervise the formation, and commanded the Jinzhou army and the soldiers and horses of Jingying and Jizhen to work together to quell the rebellion, so that the rebellion was put down in time.

As for the rebellion of the Jinzhou army that he reported earlier, Gao Qiqian also explained at the same time, saying that it was to pacify the rebels as soon as possible, so he secretly discussed with Shi Dayong, and lied that the Jinzhou army was plotting rebellion, so that the rebels would not be vigilant, so that the Jinzhou army could draw troops out to attack Dengzhou, and eliminate the rebels' nest in one fell swoop, so that the rebels' hearts were gone, the soldiers had no will to fight, and the overall situation was decided in a war. In order to prevent this plan from leaking, the rebels were prepared, so they risked the crime of bullying the monarch and even concealed it from the imperial court. Now that the matter is decided, please also ask the emperor to punish him for the crime of deceiving the king.

The pleading is the pleading, and the crime of bullying the king has also been admitted, Gao Qiqian's bet is too big, not to mention anything else, but this crime of deception can only make his head fall to the ground. But he was not afraid, because he knew the young emperor in the Forbidden City too well. If he found nothing in Denglai, then this crime of bullying the king must be confirmed, and the Son of Heaven will definitely cut himself down when he is angry. Now, with the great merit of counterinsurgency in hand, the Son of Heaven will never cure him as a great hero. Of course, the biggest reason for Gao Qiqian to dare to admit that he was a bully is the controversy in Wenhuadian. Just in case, Gao Qiqian still took out tens of thousands of taels of silver to enter Beijing to make a point, and Wang Dehua, the master of ceremonies, must be a good one, and the eunuch Wang Chengen of Bingbi can't be left behind, and the rest of the celebrant eunuchs and the imperial eunuchs around the emperor can't be left behind.

At the same time, Zhang Guochen, the director of the Ministry of War, was also sent to Beijing, and the general content was similar to that of Gao Qiqian's superiors. Yang Yufan, the general soldier of Tongzhou in Laizhou City, also confirmed that Li Konger rebelled and rebelled and was killed.

Shi Dayong also said that although the thieves Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde had been killed, the remnants of the rebels still had many activities in Denglai, and in order to ensure local tranquility and prevent the thieves from resurrecting, the Jinzhou army was sparing no effort to expropriate and suppress the remnants of the rebels. At the same time, he also asked the imperial court to temporarily use Dengzhou as a temporary place for the Jinzhou army, and when the Denglai rebels were completely eliminated, the Jinzhou army would return to Guanwai.

At the same time that a letter was sent to Jingshi, the Qincha proclamation team that set out from Jingshi also arrived in Shang County. Zhu Dadian, the superintendent who supervised the troops in Shandong, finally led 5,000 Lu soldiers to Laizhou slowly.

During this period, Dayong led the Jinzhou army to escort tens of thousands of rebels back to Dengzhou. When he arrived at Zhaoyuan, Dayong personally executed Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde's five horses, and sent the heads to the capital in an iron box

After Huang Taiji decided to make an expedition against Chaharindan Khan, he ordered the Mongol tribes to return to Houjin to come to the meeting. In April, the ministers of the Korqin, Zalut, Bahrain, Naiman, Aohan, Karaqin, Tumut, Alu Korqin, Ongniut, and Asuut ministries met on the banks of the Xilamulun River, with a total strength of about 100,000. In late April, Huang Taiji led a large army across the Xing'an Mountains and garrisoned the Duli River. That night, two Mongols with yellow flags stole their horses and escaped, reporting the news of the army's pressure on the border to Lin Dan Khan. Lin Dan Khan wanted to lead his troops to retreat to Mobei Khalkha, but the Khalkha Three Khans were at odds with him. So Lin Dan Khan led his 100,000 people, went west to Kukh Delsu, passed through Hohhot, and crossed the Yellow River to Ordos. Huang Taiji divided his troops into three routes to pursue Lin Dan Khan for 41 days, and in late May, he entered Hohhot and learned that Lin Dan Khan had crossed the Yellow River south. Then the pursuit was stopped and returned via Xuanfu and Zhangjiakou. On the way, tens of thousands of people were gathered in the remnants of Lin Dan Khan.

Lin Dan Khan fled to Qinghai after crossing the Yellow River in the south, as the descendant of Genghis Khan, holding a jade seal symbolizing imperial power, dominating Mongolia for more than 20 years, Lin Dan Khan originally wanted to use the power of the Ming Dynasty to unify Mongolia first, and then destroy the Jurchens, and then return to the Central Plains and dominate the world. Unexpectedly, his grand plan was shattered by Nurhachi and his son. Now, he was forced to Qinghai by Huang Taiji, the weather here is changeable, the ice and snow all the year round, the conditions are very bad, how can the pampered Lin Dan Khan withstand this blow, he is angry and annoyed, and soon he fell ill in Qinghai, and soon the deadline came.

Before dying, Lin Dan Khan summoned his eldest son, Ezhe, pointed to the jade seal next to the pillow and said to him: "Ezhe, I'm afraid that time is running out for my father, you remember, we are the descendants of Genghis Khan, and we are nobles and golden blood." This jade seal is a treasure of the past dynasties, lost for more than 300 years, to the father of this return to the old master, this providence is also a sign of immortal heaven to revive my Mongolia. The jade seal is here, the imperial power is there, as long as you hold the jade seal, sooner or later you can still command Mongolia. You can't stay here for a long time, after the death of your father, you can lead the people to return to the east, clean up the remnants, lie down and taste the gall, regroup, the vast desert for thousands of miles, and you can deal with Huang Taiji. Remember: for the father and the daughter are not together, you want to join the Ming Dynasty in the south to reject the Houjin, and when the time is ripe, you will destroy the Houjin first and revive my Chahar heroism. ”

Ezhe looked at his father's thin and unphased face, and couldn't help crying. Lin Danhan struggled to make a dying request, and Ezhe nodded vigorously: "Well, well, don't worry, Erchen remembers." ”

After explaining the most lucid words to his son, Lin Dan Khan entered a coma, and in the second half of the night, he swallowed the last breath of the ladies, and was only thirty-six years old.

After burying his father, Ezhe did not want to stay in Qinghai for a day, and after the first seven years, he led the remnants back to Mongolia. Along the way, some old tribes heard that they had returned to the east, and they came to invest in the Yellow River, and there were more than 2,500 households and more than 10,000 people.

They traveled all the way, arguing all the way. The faction led by Ezhe was bent on carrying on Lin Dan Khan's legacy and reviving the great cause, while others who were frightened by the Jurchens advocated the return of gold. At this time, Ezhe's blood was strong, and he ignored several ministers who surrendered, and the main surrender faction had no choice but to encourage Ezhe's biological mother, Empress Dowager Sutai.

After all, the Empress Dowager Su Tai has experienced many ups and downs, and her mind is much more sober than that of Ezhe, she advised Ezhe: "Er's father's dying words are the deaf and confused words of a dying person, and my son should not be too serious." You have great ambitions, and you are naturally very happy to be a mother, but at the beginning, Er's father had 400,000 people and Ming's support, and he had never fought for Dajin. Now that you've reached this point, why are you going to fight against it? ”

His mother's words made Ezhe very unconvinced, and he said confidently: "With the fact that I am the descendant of Genghis Khan, with this jade seal in my hand!" ”

The young and vigorous of her son made the Empress Dowager Su Tai shake her head and sighed: "Don't talk about this jade seal, I think we have fallen to this point today, and it is all this jade seal that is causing trouble." ”

Hearing this, Ezhe was taken aback: "Mother, how can you say this?" ”

The Empress Dowager Su Tai wept and said: "Before Father Er's father got this jade seal, he was diligent in political affairs, able to fight well, and good at collecting the hearts of all departments, and soon had hundreds of thousands of troops. But since he got this jade seal, he changed his past, began to command and give orders, and regarded himself as Genghis Khan, which hurt all the ministries. It was at this opportunity that Nurhachi took advantage of this opportunity to divide and disintegrate, first pulling the Horqin tribe over, and then the Naiman tribe and the Ao Han tribe...... Eventually, his father became a loner, so much so that he died in a foreign land. I saw with my own eyes that after your father had this jade seal, he went downhill step by step, do you say this jade seal is a mascot? ”

"But the jade seal is indeed a rare treasure in the world, and our ancestors have made a great cause by it." Ezhe did not dare to agree with his mother's words.

Empress Dowager Su Tai shook her head and said, "Maybe our lives are thin and we can't afford this big burden." ”

"What do you mean?" Ezhe couldn't figure out what his mother was trying to say to him.

After some hesitation, the Empress Dowager Su Tai finally made up her mind and told Ezhe: "Return to gold, this is the only feasible way at the moment." ”

"Return to gold?!"

Ezhe was taken aback, did not squeak, lowered his head, and did not say anything.

Seeing this, the Empress Dowager Su Tai persuaded again: "When mothers look forward to their sons being able to achieve a career, who wants to see their sons grovel and send others under the fence?" But this is not what it used to be, when your father was dying, he asked you to join the Ming Dynasty to resist Jin, but now there are peasant troops in the Ming Dynasty to make rebellion, and there are Houjin forces outside, some soldiers are afraid when they hear Jin, they are still too busy to take care of themselves, and they can still manage us? With our current strength, we want to compete with Huang Taiji, son, think about it, what will be the consequences? ”

What his mother said was indeed the truth, Ezhe couldn't help but nodded, and hesitated: "What the queen mother said has some truth, but ......"

Author's note: Here Lin Dan Khan's death was half a year earlier.