After Dorgon's defeat in Ningyuan at the beginning of last year, Li Hao began to wait and see. When Li Hao returned to China and various good news from the Ming court came, his mind was moved. At this time, he was concerned about the various demands from the Qing court. From reluctance to all kinds of prevarication.
After receiving the secret letter from the Ming court, he refused to provide any more supplies on the pretext that the birth of his two sons was unclear and wanted a clear explanation from the Qing court.
Rejection is also a temptation.
Test the bottom line of the Qing court.
And this kind of temptation also has confidence.
The confidence came from the Ming court secretly sending a troop of troops.
But there are only a few people who know this confidence, and they can be counted on one hand, so other princes and ministers who don’t know the truth are not so calm. Seeing that he and the Qing court are so hard-core, some people are worried that if they refuse categorically, they will be rejected by the Qing court. In addition, the pro-Qing faction believes that this is treasonous and unethical. You can't starve your godfather just because you are poor. You are not afraid that your godfather will be angry and the army will suppress the situation...
In fact, Li Jian was not without scruples. First of all, he did not know how many troops the Ming army sent, let alone the detailed plans of the Ming court, so he did not dare to completely break up with the Qing court. In addition, there were also princes and ministers. And my daughter-in-law and grandson are being held hostage by the Qing court.
Although the most ruthless emperor's family is, for Li Shu, the eldest son is dead, and the eldest daughter-in-law and three grandchildren are no longer needed, but the second son is destined to be the successor, and his wife's son is still with the Qing court. If he can It would be best to find a way to get it back, so I still have to fight with the Qing court.
They discussed this for a long time as to whether the Qing government would be furious and send troops. They felt that the possibility was relatively small, because Dorgon had too much to take care of himself at this time, and it was snowing in the winter and the mountains were closed in the blink of an eye. How could they send a large army? At most They sent someone to scold and threaten him, not to mention that the Qing court did not know that they were now enlightened, nor did they know that Li Hao had been sent back, nor did they know that the Ming court had sent troops.
As for sending people to beat him up, it's not something that has happened before. I've known him as my godfather for almost ten years. After a while, he came to scare me and beat me up. In his heyday, I didn't even send troops here, not to mention that he looks like a dead bird now.
Therefore, as long as they do a good job of confidentiality and do not let the Qing court know about their transparent conspiracy, the Qing court will not really send troops. In this case, it can be seen that the attention is focused on the side of the Qing monarch mentioned by the Ming court.
The so-called Qing Jun side means that he should deal with the pro-Qing faction around him!
There were many North Korean ministers who were close to the Qing Dynasty, and the longer they surrendered to the Qing court, the more they were close to the Qing Dynasty. Among them, Zuo Yizheng Jin Zidian was the leader. He was not only the second minister but also the leader of the party. He was extremely powerful. It would be really hard to get rid of him. not easy!
At this time, North Korea was almost the same as the Ming Dynasty. It doesn't mean that just because you are the emperor, you can kill whoever you want. Especially for such a big boss party leader, if you want to deal with him, you must have full evidence and charges, and you must get the approval of the cabinet. , which involves factional disputes between political parties. It is not that easy to bring down someone.
Even after Emperor Chongzhen came to power, he wanted Wei Zhongxian to die so much that he had to do every step of the way, calculating bit by bit, and settling accounts bit by bit. If it were so simple, how easy would it be to just pull him out and kill him, let alone the Ming Dynasty and North Korea? This is the time In the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the emperor had absolute transfer power, but if you wanted to become a big boss, you had to discuss it with the four major Baylors and the banner owners. To put it bluntly, it was just a matter of arm wrestling among the various forces!
Like in North Korea at this time, it is even more difficult to get rid of a pro-Qing minister. How difficult is it?
Let's put it this way, Li Zhu was a king who was close to the Ming Dynasty, but why did he promote a minister who was close to the Qing Dynasty to be the prime minister?
It's not like he can't defeat the partisan forces behind him.
Moreover, historically speaking, after Li Hao ascended the throne, his first goal was to overthrow Jin Zidian, just as Chongzhen was as urgent as he wanted to overthrow Wei Zhongxian after he came to power. After a political struggle, he finally managed to drag Jin Zidian down and exile him. , yes, at this time he was just in exile. It was not until three years later that he found an opportunity to use the Zhao family curse case in his father's harem to come to light, take the opportunity to dig out Jin Zidian's dark history, and execute him in Lingchi!
That's right, it took three years and all kinds of overt and covert means to get rid of this scourge!
The reason why he wanted to do this was not only because the Luo Party to which Jin Zidian belonged was powerful, but also because he was close to the Qing Dynasty and had the Qing court as his backer. He could only figure it out slowly.
Even so, the process was frightening. For example, after Jin Zidian was exiled, his confidant translator Li Xinchang said that Xiaozong deposed his old Qing ministers, appointed denounced scholars, and conspired against the Qing Dynasty. The text of Injo Jangneung's Chronicle of the era is used as evidence. [It happened that at this time Xiaozong reported on the "Japanese sentiment" and requested permission for North Korea to build cities and train soldiers to defend against Japan. At the same time, he requested that drifting Han ships be sent to the Japanese Pavilion, which angered the Qing Dynasty. Dorgon, the regent of the Qing Dynasty, sent Qi Chongge and six other envoys to attack North Korea. This was an incident of questioning the six envoys in the spring of the seventh year of Shunzhi (1650). According to historical records, at that time, "human sentiments were frightened" and "the government and the public were in turmoil." There were rumors that the Qing troops were suppressing the country. When Xiaozong heard about it, he was "so frightened and worried that he could not sleep at night." He appointed Yuan Doupiao, who had been dismissed from office, as his distant envoy, and Li Jingshi, the political leader, also volunteered to go to Yizhou to investigate the situation.
As a result, the Qing Dynasty envoys made loud noises but only asked about building the city. In the end, Li Jingshi and Zhao Xi, who wrote the "Japanese Love" memorial, were exiled to Baima Mountain City. The Qing envoy also proposed marriage to Dorgon by the way, and Xiaozong took the daughter of Li Kaiyin, Lord Jinlin of the royal family, as his adopted daughter, named Princess Yishun, and married Dorgon. A diplomatic crisis was resolved.
It can be seen from this that it is not easy to bring down a powerful official who is pro-Qing. The matter must be kept secret and no leakage can be revealed, and at the same time, one must be cautious.
One mistake could result in someone being thrown out of power by a coup, or in the worst case, the country could be destroyed.
Therefore, the people involved in this matter must be loyal ministers of the pro-Ming faction.
There is no need to say more about Li Jie as a close relative, but a few more words about his son Li Hao.
Why did Li Zhu kill his eldest son and establish a younger one? Just because the eldest brother became a Qingfan, and the second child was said in Shenyang that he was ignorant and lazy, and it was precisely because of his ignorance that he was spared the brainwashing by the Qing court. The most important factor that made Li Hao insist on being a fanming was, It is the shadow of his youth!
When Li Hao learned that Ganghwa Island had fallen and the princes and ministers were captured, he had no choice but to leave the city and surrender. He knelt three times and kowtowed to Huang Taiji on the south bank of the Han River. Li Hao witnessed this humiliating scene with his own eyes. From that time on, he secretly swore to himself that he would To avenge shame, to avenge shame!
So after he succeeded to the throne, he began to secretly plot against those pro-Qing ministers, and at the same time he was brewing his "Northern Expedition" plan to cooperate with the anti-Qing forces in the Central Plains, overthrow the Qing government by force, restore the Ming Dynasty, and snow Ding Chou down to the city (Li Zhu surrender incident) ) Shame!
Li Hao's theory on the Northern Expedition is actually quite interesting, and he firmly believed that it would succeed, so he copied it out for everyone to see.
