"Such a master is not worth working for him." Tong Jianye advised.
Huang Tengyuan lowered his head and said nothing, he understood in his heart. The emperor wanted to cheer up and had the ideal of reviving the Ming Dynasty. However, his character is really not good, and his methods are too cruel and vicious. It is difficult for the people below to be such a master.
Doing well does not necessarily bring benefits, and doing poorly will most likely be sacrificed by the emperor.
This person is profoundly ungrateful. In today's terms, he is mean, cruel, self-willed, and obsessed with saving face. And he is very suspicious, and he doesn't trust anyone but himself. When he was young, he experienced strife and brutal fights in the palace several times. Living in danger all the time. I have seen the evil people's hearts and the cruelty of political struggles.
However, in the Ming Dynasty, both scholar-bureaucrats and military generals had long-standing traditional thoughts. That is, the world belongs to the people of the world, not to the emperor alone. It was not easy to pass the psychological barrier of betraying China by joining the Jiannu.
Huang Tengyuan made up his mind that he couldn't do this. But if you want to escape unscathed today, you still have to meander a bit.
His expression gradually became firm. He opened his mouth and asked: "Brother Xian, it is a long journey from Da'ankou to Shenyang, and the Liaohe River has long been closed. Uncle Dingyuan has wiped out Monan Mongolia, and the imperial court has mobilized all the soldiers and horses from Datong and Xuanfu Town. We went along the Liao River, and the Fengsui Castle is connected along the way, so it’s not easy for us to get there.”
After saying that, he looked at Tong Jianye with a suspicious look on his face. Is your idea a bad idea? Is it reliable? The Liaohe River is so strong this season that it is impossible to cross without a ferry. There is still thousands of miles of no-man's land along the way, and the Liaohe River is still blocked.
I heard that the Longhu Navy in the hands of Yuan Chonghuan sometimes went north from Juehua Island and entered the Liaohe River to patrol. This is not an easy thing to do.
Tong Jianye saw that his expression changed before and then became firm, thinking that he was tempted.
"Brother, are you underestimating my virtuous brother? If I didn't have a clue about this matter, would I tell you?" Tong Jianye said with a smile. At this time, if you want people to follow you, you have to bring your things.
"First of all, it is already summer on the grassland. Marching is not difficult. We all robbed money and food. Supporting us to Shenyang is not a problem. As for the problem of the Liaohe defense line you mentioned, this is even less of a problem. There are people over there to support us. Us. We will disguise ourselves as a caravan, camp in a certain place, cross the river at night, and go straight to Shenyang."
Huang Tengyuan immediately asked: "Which fort can help us cross the river?"
Tong Jianye had a straight face and said: "It's not that I don't trust you, this matter is related to the lives and fortunes of many people. I just bring my troops and horses with me. You will know when we get there."
Huang Tengyuan rolled his eyes and said, "If we even sold our ancestors, shaved our heads, changed clothes, and joined the Eight Banners, we would have to sell them at a good price. I don't know how my brother-in-law's negotiations are going."
This question must be asked clearly, it is not a trivial matter, and only by asking this question can we gain the trust of Yu Tong Jianye. Praise and criticism are buyers, and only customers who are interested in buying things will be picky.
"Now, Tiancong Khan is forming the Eight Banners of the Mongols and the Eight Banners of the Han Army. If we can pull down all the seven or eight thousand rebels this time, and there are more than fifty thousand family members, we can ask the Great Khan to set up a separate banner for us. Dear brother, I will make a flag master Dangdang. Brother, you can get a Jia La by yourself and be a Jia La Ezhen. I will arrange a position for him in the flag. Be my deputy. You see what happens. When the time comes, our brother The two of us are high-ranking officials who have to sit down."
Huang Tengyuan sneered and said: "Xian brother, you think it's good. The two of us, new here, can gain the trust of Cong Khan that day. I heard that the banner owners are all the nephews of the Great Khan, and there are no outsiders at all. I'm afraid. It’s not just wishful thinking between the two of us.”
At this point, Huang Tengyuan finally knew what medicine he was selling in his gourd.
It was also clear why he had to pull him.
Based on his humanity and reputation in the Jizhou army, apart from the more than 3,000 people between him and the two of them, the remaining more than 4,000 rebel soldiers were divided into more than a dozen groups. Most people wouldn't follow him.
The significance of him taking 2,000 of his own people and their families to seek refuge is completely different from taking more than 8,000 soldiers and 50,000 to 60,000 people to seek refuge.
"Brother, you don't know something. The newly-built Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Han Army Banner are all appointed surrenders. Last year, Tian Cong Khan attacked Chahar, Lin Dan Khan lost consecutive battles, and three of the eight battalions invested heavily. In addition, Zha Saktu Khan also invested a lot of money with his troops. Now, two separate Mongolian flags have been set up. The people who came to vote are the flag owners."
Huang Tengyuan shook his head and said: "I'm afraid this matter is not that simple. I'm afraid that our brother will go away, be deprived of military power, and be placed as an idle servant. Then it will be too late to regret it."
Seeing that Huang Tengyuan didn't believe it, Tong Jianye also understood. How can people believe this kind of thing with empty words?
To become a slave is not like an ordinary betrayal. You have to shave your head and change your clothes. Since ancient times, the traditional concept has been that the body, hair and skin are inherited from the parents and should not be easily damaged, otherwise it will be unfilial. Now they are unfaithful. Should I continue to be unfilial?
Even if the officials above them are willing, what do the sergeants below think? The army is not like an ordinary organization. They will mutiny if they get impatient.
Moreover, if the Yi Di enter China, the Hua Xia will be conquered, and if the Hua Xia invade the Yi Di, the Yi Di will be conquered.
In other words, if ethnic minorities are naturalized into the Chinese region and accept Chinese culture, they will not be recognized as Chinese in a few generations. However, if the Chinese people enter the Yi and Di areas and accept the customs of the Yi and Di, they will not be regarded as Chinese ethnic groups.
There are clear examples of this. Yang Yinglong, who rebelled in the Wanli Dynasty, is a living example. Their ancestors were authentic Han Chinese, and they entered the Zunyi area in the late Tang Dynasty in the form of family armed forces to establish the chieftain regime. In order to consolidate their rule, their family accepted the local language, customs, clothing, etiquette, etc. After several generations, they have been regarded as Yi Di chieftains by the Chinese region.
Many chieftains in the southwest are of Han descent and are not of the same ethnic group as the people they rule. Qin Liangyu, the female chieftain of Shizhu, is an authentic Han Chinese from Dazhou, Sichuan. She is currently busy suppressing the rebellion in She'an.
She Chongming, the chieftain of Yongning, Guizhou, started an uprising in Chongqing in September of the first year of Tianqi, and An Bangyan started his army in February of the second year of Tianqi.
The war lasted from the first year of Tianqi to the tenth year of Chongzhen. It lasted for 17 years and affected the four provinces of Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and Guangxi, with more than one million casualties and large-scale fighting lasting for 9 years.
This battle caused a heavy blow to Sichuan, the wealth center in the southwest, and seriously affected the fiscal revenue of the Ming Dynasty. This made the Chongzhen Dynasty even worse and more difficult.
During the war, Xu Keqiu, the governor of Sichuan, died, and Wang Sanshan, the governor of Guizhou, died. Prime Minister Lu Qin, who was known as the top general in the southwest, was defeated and committed suicide. The general of Guizhou was killed in battle at the gate of Guiyang. During the siege of Guiyang in October, more than 400,000 people died of starvation, and only 20,000 people remained.
Finally, they were put down by Sichuan Governor Zhu Xieyuan, Shizhu Commander-in-Chief Qin Liangyu, Sichuan Commander-in-Chief Du Wenhuan and others.
Now, since you want to win over people to become Yi Di, you must give them enough benefits. Because in this world, there is no deal that cannot be negotiated, only a price that cannot be afforded.
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