There has long been a rift in the father-son relationship between Li Zhu and Li Yu. Historically, after the Qing army entered the customs in the 17th year of Chongzhen, Dorgon said that the overall situation has been decided, and you can go back first. The second brother is waiting for the third brother in Beijing. , so Li Jian first returned to Shenyang and then took his wife and children from Shenyang to North Korea in the 18th year of Chongzhen, that is, February 18th, 1645, which lasted forty days.
Two months later, Li Jie died of a sudden illness. Immediately afterwards, Li Jie had Crown Prince Sohyun's wife Jiang killed for treason. His three sons were exiled to Jeju Island. Two died within a few years, and the third one lasted more than ten years. He was later pardoned, and the North Korean leader Jin Liu was dismissed because he opposed the death of Jiang, and was succeeded by Jin Zidian.
Historically, Prince Zhaoxian had to get the consent of the Qing court, so he brought his family back with him.
But it was different now. He and his second son, Li Hao, entered the Pass with the army and got lost during the rout and were captured by the Ming army. They were then secretly sent back. His wife and children were still in Shenyang.
Then the butterfly effect began. First of all, Li Zhu didn't have to poison his son with his own hands, and there was no need or reach to kill his daughter-in-law and exile his three grandchildren. After all, they were still in Shenyang, so Jin Liu wouldn't do it. He opposed the execution of Jiang family and was dismissed from office.
By the way, Jin Liu was the hero of Injo's efforts to bring order to the chaos, so he was also a pro-myeong faction. However, his official career was quite unsatisfactory. He was impeached and ostracized in various ways. He was dismissed several times, one of which was because of Bingzi. Hu Luan (that is, Huang Taiji invaded North Korea for the second time) and his son's inability to deal with it led to North Korea's defeat, and he later took the blame and stepped down.
His son Jin Qingzheng was serving as an inspection envoy to guard Ganghwa Island. Because the Qing army was approaching Namhansanseong Castle, many royal family members and ministers were hiding on Ganghwa Island in the sea. It is said that Jin Liu thought that the Qing army could not cross the sea, so he recommended his son to guard the island. , who knew that in the end, he failed to defend Namhansan Fortress, and his son also failed to defend Ganghwa Island. As a result, all the princes and ministers' families on the island were captured. Jin Liu's wife, daughter-in-law, and grandson-in-law all committed suicide and died, and his grandson was captured and taken away by the Qing army.
Afterwards, the ministers wanted Jin Qingzheng to die to apologize. Li Zhu couldn't bear it because he was Jin Liu's only son, but in the end he could not overcome the insistence of the ministers. In the end, Jin Qingzheng was executed and Jin Liu was dismissed from office.
Until March of the 17th year of Chongzhen, which was the time when the Qing army entered the customs in history, because of his involvement in handling Shen Qiyuan's rebellion, he was named a hero of the Ning Kingdom and returned to the prime minister. However, he did not serve in office, was impeached and was immediately removed from office. This year, in February of the eighteenth year of Chongzhen, he was appointed prime minister for the third time, and he agreed to establish Li Hao as the crown prince.
The trajectory of history has changed in some cases, and in others it remains the same. It is now the 18th year since Chongzhen, and the Qing army has not entered the Pass, but Jin Liu still pays homage to the prime minister for the third time at this time in history.
And it would not happen that he would be dismissed from office because he opposed the death of the Jiang family, but now that Prince Zhaoxian is dead, he must support the establishment of Li Hao as the crown prince as he did in history.
But now, although Li Hao has the intention to make Li Hao the crown prince, he has not taken any action. It's not that he doesn't want to, but that he can't!
Because in history, Li Hao came back with the permission of the Qing court and brought his family with him. But now, he was secretly rescued and brought here by the Ming court. The Qing court didn't know about it at all, and even thought they died in the chaos. It's in the army!
If it was known that Li Hao might have run back to his hometown in North Korea, what do you think the Qing court would do?
Everyone knew it, so Li Hao's return was an absolute secret. Only a few people knew about it, and they were all Li Hao's trusted ministers, and Jin Liu was one of them.
But hiding it like this is not a good idea. Now that Ming Dynasty can straighten up, but the Tatars have been beaten and crippled, shouldn't we take the opportunity to do something?
What can be done? North Korea's treasury is now empty and impoverished, and its army is not worth mentioning. Those who could fight and dared to fight were all killed indiscriminately a few years ago. The remaining civilians and soldiers were snatched away by the Tatars and used as slaves and cannon fodder. .
Besides, let alone having no soldiers or generals, even if there were, there would be no money to support them.
What made him even more worried was that although the Qing army did not officially station troops elsewhere in North Korea, it did have an army of hundreds of people in Seoul. Of course, it was not an army in name, but similar to an embassy in later generations, but its real purpose was Everyone knew it was to monitor the Korean court.
This force was very lawless and tyrannical in Seoul, but even though everyone in the imperial court was angry, they dared not speak out!
Wealth is sought in danger. Since he can't stand the bullying of his father in the Qing Dynasty and he has his father in the Ming Dynasty in his heart, he has to take some precautions. So what should he do if he summons his ministers and starts plotting?
But he didn't plot to make a fool of himself. After all, the situation was still unclear at the beginning. The Manchu and Qing Dynasties were just defeated and could not be said to be abolished. The Ming court could not defeat the Manchu and Qing Dynasties just because of a victory. Moreover, I still don’t know what Mingting means, so I don’t dare to make any moves.
At this time, Li Hao suddenly remembered what he once said to himself when he met the eunuch in Beijing: wait for the time and act according to orders.
When Li Zhu and others heard this, hey, I understand, it seems that Ming Ting has made arrangements, I just need to wait for the letter!
But the waiting was long and the process was quite painful, because during this period Dad Qing reached out again.
Dorgon was defeated at Ningyuan, and then sneaked into the pass to steal chickens, but he lost a lot of rice. Not only the army suffered heavy losses, but the supplies were extremely expensive. At this time, it was almost impossible to ask Shenyang for food and grass, because Shenyang's food and grass All the reserves were given to him before he entered the customs, and they were still waiting for him to supply supplies to Shenyang after he entered the customs.
What should we do? We can't let Jinzhou's tens of thousands of troops go hungry and wear thin clothes through the winter.
In other words, when there was a famine in the capital of the Ming Dynasty last year, the life of Dorgon in Jinzhou was not very easy. It was just that the Ming court had Chang Yu who cheated and mended everything, but the Qing court had a godson to provide supplies.
Dorgon asked North Korea to provide it. Even though he had just suffered a disastrous defeat, Li Jian did not dare to refuse. After all, although Dorgon had suffered a disastrous defeat at that time, the worries of the Ming Ting family's thieves were imminent. Who didn't know the direction of the current situation.
After Li Hao was sent back, and with the continuous good news from the Ming court, and the great eunuch's invincible campaign in the south and north, Li Hao felt that it was time to do something.
What can I do? I can't do anything.
Then let’s have a look first.
So I sent someone to the Qing court to ask, we are so grown up.
The Qing court said it was very good, give money!
Li Jie thought to himself, Good luck to you Male Gobi.
After a while, I asked again, we are so grown up, could we let them come back for a kiss?
The Qing court said that the current situation was unstable and could not send food and grass.
Li Li thought to himself, still pretending.
After a while, I asked again, there are rumors that our two grown-ups got lost when they entered the customs war last year, right?
This time he planned to go straight to the point.
Unexpectedly, the Qing court replied that the rumors were not credible. Your eldest son is doing very well, but he is just suffering from an illness. When he recovers, we will find an opportunity for them to go back to visit relatives. Winter is coming soon and the New Year is coming. Please send money and food to your father quickly. , as well as cattle, horses and livestock...
These words already have the meaning of threat.
Prince Zhaoxian and others were held hostage in Shenyang and lived in a place called Shenyang Pavilion, which was similar to the Huitong Pavilion in the Ming Dynasty. In addition to his wife and children, there were also some prisoners or accompanying officials, such as the one mentioned above because he had infiltrated the Ming court. Cui Mingji, the former leader of the government, also lived there when he was escorted to Shenyang. However, the scope of activities of these North Korean courtiers was tightly controlled, while the princes had slightly greater freedom. They could go shopping or travel around, but they were always there Under the surveillance of the Qing court.
However, no matter how strict the surveillance is, there are still loopholes, so what Prince Wang did in Shenyang will be spread to North Korea through some channels, so some of Prince Zhaoxian's actions gradually made Li Zhu feel disgusted, and then he became murderous.
Therefore, the Qing court obviously also knew that North Korea must have heard the news that the two princes were missing, and asked repeatedly whether they were important people, but Dorgon didn't care about this at this time and didn't bother to explain, so There is a threat in the response. It is probably that if you don't continue to submit the confession, you will really not be able to see your son. And don't forget that besides your son, there are other princes, ministers and their families here.
However, he had calculated everything, but he had not calculated that the two princes had already been secretly sent back to North Korea by the Ming court, not to mention the ruthlessness of people's hearts. Li Zhu could even kill his own son, kill his daughter-in-law, and kill his own grandson. In exile, would you still care about the safety of others?
As a result, Li Zhu also began to be stubborn, "No, I have to see the baby, otherwise I will give him supplies."
This confidence came from the situation. He knew that Dorgon's vitality was severely weakened at this time, and he would not send troops to fight even if he refused, because the Qing court was also suffering from internal and external troubles at this time, fighting internally and internally, and the troops at hand had to deal with the Ming court. There is not enough food and grass...
Secondly, at this time he received a secret letter.
A secret letter from Ming Ting.
Faced with Li Zhu's stubbornness, the Qing court intensified its anger and asked Prince Zhaoxian to write a letter and send it to him, saying that he had contracted the plague during the expedition and had passed it on to Lao Er and others. Although his life was not in danger now, he was still infected. I will go back to visit my relatives after I recover...
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This was false at the time. The Qing court simply found someone to imitate Prince Zhaoxian's handwriting.
Of course Li Zhu also knew, but he couldn't expose it, so he wrote back and said, no, if he doesn't see his son, he won't fly, and he won't provide food and grass supplies.
Dorgon was furious, and then Duduo was asked to raise troops to deal with North Korea.
What did Mi Xin say that made Li Jie's waist suddenly so straight?
The Ming court said that a Ming army will land in the near future. Before the Ming army lands, Qing Jun will be on his side!
It is said that when Li Zhu saw this secret letter, he hugged his second brother Li Hao and cried like pear blossoms with rain. Ten years, ten years, ten years of bearing the humiliation and burden, his own father finally sent someone here, my Ming father finally But I haven’t forgotten my godson Xiao Chaochao who lives on an isolated island thousands of miles away.
Although my father Ming has so many godsons, Smita is the one he loves the most!
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