Chapter 91 Shenyang Insight into the Jurchens
If there is a covenant, it will shrink back.
If you tear it up, you will be honest.
And "not seeking peace, but seeking reconciliation", there is no need to carry a psychological burden, which is obviously better.
Among the seven kings, only the young and vigorous Dolgon was quite angry about this, but for the sake of the overall situation, he had to choose to endure it for the time being.
To sum up, Huang Chongzhen and his entourage came to Shenyang from Liaoyang, although they did not get the courtesy of "going out of the city for ten miles to greet each other", but they were not criticized, and they even entered the city very smoothly.
The children of the Eight Banners who were guarding the city gate also urged the slave soldiers under their command to conduct routine searches and interrogations against them.
Huang Chongzhen took advantage of this time to stand at the bottom of the Huaiyuan Gate, raised his head and looked at the three vigorous and powerful quaint small seals above, as well as the strong and continuous city wall, for a long time.
After all, the last time he came, he entered Shenyang from the other side.
This time I entered from the west, so of course I had to take a good look.
"Shenyang, extending in all directions, conquering the Ming Kingdom in the west, crossing the Liao River from Duerbi, the road is straight and near. The northern expedition to Mongolia can be reached by two or three people. The southern expedition to Korea can be entered from the Qinghe Road.
Shenyang Hunhe River leads to Sukesuhu River, and logging is in the upper reaches of Sukesuhu River, and the timber is not good for use along the river. Traveling and hunting, there are many beasts near the mountains, and the water tribes in the river can also be captured.
This is the original words of the slave chieftain when he moved the capital to Shenyang, which shows the importance of its geographical location. ”
Huang Chongzhen looked at this city, which could only be regarded as a military city under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, but because of the relocation of the capital of the Nunu chieftain and the change of its name to Shengjing, it became more and more important in the next long history, and he sighed with emotion.
"Hey, that Ming...... Akito, why don't you come over and get checked? Until, a child of the Eight Banners was really impatient with his deep appearance standing with his hands in his hands, and shouted at him arrogantly and loudly.
Huang Chongzhen stepped forward and glanced at him lightly, gently remembering this face that was still primitive and savage, and then opened his arms and let the two slave soldiers who stepped forward slap him twice.
Because this person and the teenagers who had undergone routine examinations seemed to be a little abnormal, they were not spared even the crotch and buttocks, but although they were not old, the scale was not small, so they did not lose face.
The slave soldier guarding the gate admired and apologized and bowed his hand to Huang Chongzhen, and another slave soldier moved the rejected horse away.
As a result, the Ming delegation with Huang Chongzhen as the core, under the gaze of all kinds of people inside and outside Huaiyuan Gate, slowly walked into the city gate and officially set foot in Shenyang.
This is also the first time in a few years, on behalf of the official footsteps of the Ming Dynasty, the first time to set foot on this land again, even Zu Dale these two stunned people, can't help but sigh, such as Zhou Ji and other sincere people, and even tears have been shed green bricks.
This city embraces them, and they all look at this city.
Although Huang Chongzhen came to Shenyang again, he had never been to this side of the city, so naturally there was no exception.
The decree that enslaved the Han people to the bones - shaving their hair and making it easy to obey has not yet been issued in Liaodong.
Therefore, although this former Ming military city has been transformed beyond recognition by the barbaric Jiannu people, it still exudes a relatively strong Han family atmosphere.
Pedestrians on the road, although they are based on the Jurchens, can occasionally be seen wearing Hanfu and combing the Han family's hair bun.
The buildings in the city, even if many have been demolished and rebuilt, are mostly built with reference to the architectural form of the Ming Dynasty, so they do not seem to be very different in style, "Ming and Qing Dynasty buildings", worthy of the name.
However, Huang Chongzhen felt that in this so-called Shengjing of the Later Jin Dynasty, there were rules and regulations that were even worse than those of the Ming Jingshi, as if the Jurchen tribe had its own barbaric attributes, but it had an extremely strict hierarchy.
The air that makes people breathe in it is extremely dull.
Huang Chongzhen also knew that from the moment he and the others stepped on the first green brick in this city, they were watched by countless pairs of eyes, either explicitly or secretly.
But if there is any abnormality, it will be communicated to the upper nobles of the Jurchens, and even stopped in time, or even killed on the spot.
Fortunately, they did not come to engage in sabotage, but to collect intelligence in the name of spy warfare, so that the Guan Ning Army and even the entire Ming Dynasty could deepen their understanding of the limitations of this primitive nation.
Therefore, he hid in the center of the mission, and kept walking forward without hurry, keeping as low a profile as possible.
He didn't know that since the moment they stepped into Liaoyang, the news of their envoy Houjin had been spreading far and wide, constantly passing towards the hinterland of Liaodong and between the white mountains and black waters.
It was so fast that it far outpaced the distance they could have traveled.
Therefore, when he and the fifty-two two-legged envoys, as well as the four-legged ones of Ergou, set foot in Shenyang, the grass guards who had infiltrated various areas of Houjin knew about their coming.
Eight hundred spy soldiers, both apostles and forerunners.
And now, Chongzhen, the instructor who taught them to be excellent undercover agents and pushed them into Houjin with his own hands, also came in person.
The grass guards were trained by Huang Chongzhen to be honest and loyal, so they didn't care about the purpose of the entire Ming mission's trip, whether it was for envoys or spy warfare, they only felt that the arrival of the instructor simply made them feel enthusiastic.
Because this is indeed as Huang Chongzhen said during training - no matter what this Ming is, in short, Huang Chongzhen's soldiers, he will not abandon it, let alone give up.
Faith, the belief of the secret war, and the belief of the death war, quietly took root in the hearts of these 800 grass guards.
And once people's beliefs take root in their hearts, they are often as unshakable as Mount Tai, harder than iron and stronger than steel.
As a result, the spy war network that Huang Chongzhen painstakingly weaved, because of his personal arrival, was able to take deep roots between the white mountains and black waters.
Absorbing the nutrients of the black soil with all his might, every silk thread is buried deep in the ground, but it becomes as strong and big as possible, and finally it is intertwined and unbreakable.
Although the 800 people scattered among the vast white mountains and black waters are like fine sand entering the sea, and they can't even make a splash, they are also more difficult to be detected by Houjin, so they play the role of apostles and walkers more secretly.
The person involved, Huang Chongzhen, didn't think so deeply, he only felt that as an instructor of the spy battalion, he was a spy in the name of an envoy.
However, he did not think of taking this opportunity to contact these people, so as not to be pulled out of the radish and brought out of the mud, so that the efforts of half a year would be in vain.
This is a very large arrangement of his hand, which must be carried out regardless of success or failure.
As Fan Wencheng said in film and television works: The Ming people don't know much about the Manchurians, but the Manchus are very familiar with the Ming people's set.
Therefore, in order to help the Ming Dynasty gradually regain its advantage in this protracted war and achieve the final victory, spy warfare is inevitable.
No matter how hard and tired it is, no matter how big the price is, it can't be like the brocade guards raised by the Ming Dynasty, and give over the vast white mountains and black waters to others.
Huang Chongzhen believes that in the Ming Dynasty, no one knew more about the importance of this black land to China than himself, although Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di were very prescient, and the emperors of previous dynasties also attached great importance to it.
After Huang Chongzhen and his entourage entered the city, Houjin's welcoming mission appeared.
Among them, there are pure-bred Jurchen Eight Banner disciples, and there are also Han Mins who surrendered to Cheng Houjin as translators, more than a dozen people, and there is no welcome ceremony or anything, let alone flowers and red scarves, the scale is pitiful, and there is no etiquette at all.
It's not as good as your own fifty-three people, plus a dog, and a cart of burnt knives and alabaster.
Well, there were fifty-three more gunpowder bags tied around their waists, but they didn't look bulging, only a few waists were added to make them look bigger and thicker.
The order to shave and make it easy to obey the Chinese civilization to sink into the endless abyss has not yet been implemented.
Therefore, these two types of people have their own customary hairstyles, and their clothes are quite uniform, but because of the difference in words and deeds, they seem to be extremely incompatible, and at a glance you can see which is the translator and which is the Jurchen.
However, there is one thing that is very similar, that is, in the attitude towards Huang Chongzhen and others, whether it is the Jurchens or the translators, they are extremely sarcastic and sarcastic, without any respect for the season.
The children of the Eight Banners watching from the side of the street were obviously used to being arrogant in this city, and they were even more hostile, and they often made provocative actions.
Wu Sangui, who is accustomed to the stars and the moon, is also a thorn, He has suffered such grievances, and immediately became angry at the crown, glaring angrily without showing weakness, and if he disagrees, he will fight him first.
Zu Dale Yuan Qi and the rest of the people, even Zhou Ji, an honest guy, were also angry, and glared at them angrily without showing weakness.
Only Huang Chongzhen, with slightly drooping eyelids and a face sinking like water, only walked silently in the middle of the team, still quietly observing this city that had been under the rule of Houjin for several years.
As the center of Houjin's power, most of the ordinary Ming people who originally lived here have been driven to farm outside the city, or they have been caught in the rear of Houjin to be enslaved to the dead.
Therefore, the Jurchenization of Shenyang is much more serious than that of Liaoyang, and it is rare to see Ming people, and even if there is, it is the kind of willing slave who sells his soul and body to Houjin.
The Han family buns of these people may still be preserved, but the Chinese clothes rarely exist, and there is no Hu and Han mixed living in Liaoyang City, and even the phenomenon of Han people as the main body is still faintly still there.
In addition to the few simple and beautiful Han-style mansions that can still be seen when entering the city, the more you walk into the city, the more mansions on both sides of the street are obviously in full swing, and the more rugged and luxurious they are.
Its high-gate mansion seems to indicate the view of the door here, which is extremely strict.
Huang Chong really thought: "The fine tradition of the Jurchen royal family's preference for royal gardens is genetic. ”
The slave maids who enter and leave these mansions don't know where they get their confidence, and they are even more arrogant, which shows that their master's status in Houjin is either high and powerful, or either rich or noble.