I don't know whether it was because Dong Empress Yang Qing'er returned safely, or the eighty-one resurrecting soups of Lao Songtou had an effect. After occupying Dongchang Mansion, Emperor Wu Ding's violent behavior was significantly reduced. Specifically, the emperor used to like to use Lingchi to kill people, but now he just orders beheading.
Ma Shiying and his entourage stayed in Linqing for a long time, worried about the war in Liaodong, and had trouble sleeping and eating every day. They wished that the Linqing soldiers could be sent out immediately to assist the Shenyang war. After hearing that the emperor had recovered slightly, Ma Shiying immediately went to Chaoguan Yamen to urge the dispatch of troops as soon as possible.
On September 30th, Ma Shiying was allowed to have an audience with the emperor. When Zhang Mazi took him into the Chaoguan living room, Ma Shiying was stunned by what he saw. A huge map hung on the wall of the living room, which was densely marked with characters that Ma Shiying did not recognize. The emperor turned his back to him and was still writing and drawing on the map.
Ma Shiying claimed to be the most talented person in Northern Zhili. He took the scientific examination in the 47th Wanli Examination. If the examiner had not been clumsy and concealed his talent, he would have been a top scorer even if he did not get the top prize in high school. However, even if he was as knowledgeable and knowledgeable as he was, he could not figure it out after looking at it for a long time. Identify what Emperor Wuding is labeling.
"His Majesty,"
After standing at the door for half an hour, Ma Shiying finally couldn't bear it anymore.
"Your Majesty, I have something important to report."
Emperor Wuding was indifferent, as if he hadn't heard anything, so Ma Shiying had no choice but to raise his voice and repeat: "Your Majesty, I am the Minister of Rites..."
Liu Zhao and Sun Meng turned around and saw Ma Shiying standing behind him anxiously. Then he put down the pencil in his hand and said indifferently: "What do you want? Come in."
Ma Shiying bravely took two steps forward, pointed to the location of Liaodong on the map, and cried to the emperor with red eyes:
"Your Majesty, the army in Liaodong is fierce and dangerous, and we cannot delay it any longer. One month after my arrival in Qing Dynasty, Shenyang was captured by Jiannu in the blink of an eye. Why has the army not sent out to rescue for so long? Your Majesty..."
Although the violent emotions in Emperor Wu Ding are no longer present, he is no longer the Liu Zhaosun of the past. Just now, the emperor was thinking about the problem of transporting grain and grass for the army when he marched to Denglai and wiped out Shandong. His careful thoughts were suddenly interrupted by the man in front of him. One can imagine the anger in his heart.
"I have my own plans for Liaodong, so there is no need to say more!"
Emperor Wu Ding did not want to spend more energy explaining to Ma Shiying. He would not easily cross the sea to aid Liaodong before stabilizing Shandong (at least Denglai). There were still a considerable number of remnants of bandits in Shandong, not to mention local powerful forces. Now these forces They all regard Da Qi as a scourge. Only by completely eliminating these two forces can the Qi army take the next step. The lessons of the two-front battle were painful enough, and the emperor would not make the same mistake again - although he had already made this mistake at least three times. The three times were: in the first year of Taichang, he marched into Shandong to annihilate the Wenxiang Sect, in the first year of Tianqi, he attacked Liaoxi, and in the first year of Chongzhen, Expedition to Japan.
The first two divisions of troops led to insufficient internal construction and frequent rebellions, while the third expedition to the Japanese country directly caused the bandits to become powerful in Shaanxi, and in the end almost destroyed everything.
Seeing that the emperor was so resolute and ruthless, Ma Shiying was so different from the image of a benevolent Lord who had taken the high road in Kaiyuan. He had mixed feelings in his heart, and he knelt down and begged:
"Your Majesty! Liaodong is the foundation of Qi Dynasty! Du Dulang Gu Yingwang is so insidious and cunning that I am worried that Shenyang will not be protected, not to mention North Korea..."
Liu Zhaosun waved his big hand, looked back at the palace and bedroom, and said thoughtfully:
"I have made my own decision to assist Liaodong. Now we must stabilize Shandong first, and then Liaodong. I will not make the same mistakes as before."
As he spoke, he suddenly moved closer to Ma Shiying, almost touching the face of the Minister of Rites, and said word by word:
"I won't make any mistakes again."
Ma Shiying breathed rapidly, raised his sleeves, pointed at Liu Zhaosun's nose and cursed:
"Forget it! Forget it! Right now, the empress dowager and the prince are still suffering in Shenyang. There are still a lot of elders in Shenyang city who are waiting eagerly for your majesty to abandon everyone for a few women! Indulging in female lust and not thinking about progress! Victory and defeat are common matters for military officers. The capital has been defeated, and it is unclear why it will come back again. Why it has fallen into this state, what Kang Supervisor said at the beginning is true, your Majesty is nothing more than a warrior!"
Zhang Dong, who was guarding the door, looked inside. Emperor Wu Ding's expression remained unchanged. After Ma Shiying finished speaking, he waved his hand and said loudly:
"That's not a reason, Zhang Dong!"
Zhang Dong thought that the emperor was going to kill someone again, so he rushed in to plead for mercy. Emperor Wu Ding raised his arm, and Zhang Dong suddenly did not dare to move.
Liu Zhaosun pointed at Ma Shiying, who was crying on the ground, and made a sound like a dragon roaring and a tiger roaring:
"The capital was besieged, Shen Lian died in battle, Wang Erhu died for his country, Wu Youke died for his country, Kang Yinggan killed his wife and abandoned his son. They only wanted to protect Daqi and save my life. But now I can't occupy the land of three states and two counties. With a population of one million, the country has been destroyed, and wives and children are scattered, how can we have the dignity to go out and meet the elders of Liaodong!"
Zhang Dong said nothing and looked up at Emperor Wuding quietly. Ma Shiying also stopped crying.
"Why does Da Qi want to become a violent Qi? I don't want to imitate Northern Qi, nor do I want to imitate those crazy people like Gao Huan! Kill local tyrants, divide the land, abolish private property, and put all of it into the national treasury. It is for the common people of the world. It is just the butcher's knife that goes first. It is different from the past. No different! What I do is to make enemies of the gentry and thieves in the world. If I win, the world will not be able to go out or stay warm, and there will be no more famine disasters. If I am not careful, I will lose everything. If I really lose. It's over, people's hearts are shattered, there's no way to deal with it! You, me, and these tens of thousands of soldiers all die without a burial place! This is what Li Xianzhong, Zhang Zicheng, Du Du, and Zhu Changhui can afford to lose ten or eight times, but I, Liu Zhaosun, I can’t afford to lose even once!”
"Ma Shiying, I hope you will serve the country wholeheartedly, and I will spare your life! Remember, you are not allowed to discuss political affairs in the future. You should learn from Kang Supervisor and fully support Kang Yingqian... Leave the city immediately today, and I will ask Zhang Dong to send more troops The guards will escort you back to Liaodong. Go back and tell Du Du that I have allowed him to continue to be my guard, and I will make him and the Rakshasa ghost into a living figurine to guard the northern border forever!"
Ma Shiying wiped away her tears, regained her composure and said:
"Listening to your majesty's words, I feel enlightened. Your majesty still has important things to do in Shandong. I can't hold back Da Qi. I don't need guards. Lin Yu and Wei Zhao will escort me back to Liaodong, which is enough."
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"Barbarians! How shameless!! Come, come! Get this dog wrapped, escort him to the North Gate Wengcheng, and execute him in front of the Tatars!"
On September 29, the first year of Wuding, Wuding Hall, Shenyang Palace.
Kang Yingqian, who had gray hair, stamped his feet, tore into pieces the "Certificate of the Qing Dynasty" written by Du Du in his hand, and threw it to the floor. Because of the excessive force, Lao Kang staggered and almost fell down. Yang Tong, the guard, quickly stretched out his remaining right arm to support the furious Prime Minister Kang, but was pushed away by the latter before his fingers even touched Lao Kang.
Upon seeing this, Yang Tong immediately waved the iron hook of his left arm, and two burly Qi army guards came up next to him. They couldn't help but drag the Qing envoy who kept begging for mercy, and dragged him out of the palace like a dead man.
The wrapped messenger with the money rat tail was being dragged by the guards while still looking back and shouting at Kang Yingqian:
"Master Kang! Don't act on your own initiative! If you don't think about yourself, you should also think about the interests of our brothers in the Qi army."
"Shenyang has been besieged for three months. There are no reinforcements outside and there are rebels inside. How many people do you have left and how much food and grass do you really want to bury with this baby emperor? If this is facilitated, the Qing Dynasty can also give you official posts. Lord…”
Kang Yingqian was so angry that he drew his sword, pushed away Qiao Yiqi and Song Yingxing who came to persuade him, and swung his sword to chop down the rude man.
The little emperor Liu Kan, who was less than one year old, was sitting on the dragon throne. He was being supported by two palace maids. His body was slightly leaning forward, his mouth was drooling, he was making a cry, and his big eyes were looking at this man with curiosity. world.
Qiao Yiqi grabbed Kang Yingqian and persuaded his old partner in a low voice: "Old Kang, it's better to use the trick and stabilize Jiannu first, so that we can let the soldiers..."
Kang Yingqian was furious and kicked Qiao Yiqi away:
Gu Yi: "Young man Du Du, how dare you covet the Empress Dowager of Da Qi? This is unbearable! If I don't kill this thief today, I will be ashamed of the emperor's spirit in heaven!"
The emperor in Kang Yingqian's mouth was of course not the little emperor who was still drooling now, but Liu Kan's father, the former emperor Liu Zhaosun.
Liaodong became increasingly frightened when there was no news from the emperor in March. Ma Shiying and his party sent to the south never returned, and there has been no news to this day.
After more than three months of siege, the city of Shenyang was still strong, but hungry Liao people began to come out at night to surrender and become slaves.
Kang Yingqian advocated shooting the fleeing people, while the Empress Dowager Cisheng said that the Qi Dynasty was founded on kindness, and if the emperor was in Shenyang City, he would definitely try to save the lives of the people.
Coupled with the obstruction of Qiao Yiqi and others, Kang Yingqian had no choice but to compromise. The defenders acquiesced in allowing the fleeing people to leave the city, as long as they did not carry food out of the city.
At the end of July, Kuandian, Fushun, Kaiyuan, Qinghe and other cities fell one after another, and Tieling was also captured by the Jiannu. The fall of Tieling was almost exactly the same as in the original history. There were still internal agents in the city. Fortunately, there were only 500 Qi troops guarding Tieling. , most of the soldiers and horses fled towards Shenyang when the city was broken.
At the beginning of August, the Qi army continued to shrink and concentrate its forces, and continued to mobilize troops from Liaoyang to reinforce Shenyang. At the end of August, Liaoyang fell.
In early September, the Qing army and the Korean army joined forces and stormed Shenyang. Since then, Daqi's only cities outside the pass were Fuzhou in southern Liaoning and Shenyang in eastern Liaoning.
After the failure of the first few attacks, the Qing and Korean troops surrounded Shenyang City and were not in a hurry to attack the city. Uzhenhachao shelled the city day and night.
Du Du and Li Jian knew very well that Shenyang was already an isolated city in Liaodong and had completely lost foreign aid. It was only a matter of time before the city could be conquered. Whether it was a quick victory or a long-term siege, the initiative on the battlefield was in their own hands.
During the protracted siege, the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty had a sudden idea and sent an envoy to propose to the Empress Dowager Cisheng of the Qi Dynasty. He said that if Jin Yuji could remarry the Qing Dynasty, the two families would have a good relationship and turn their hostility into friendship. As a condition, Du Du guaranteed that Jin Yuji could marry him. Dafu Jin, and at the same time try to save the lives of the surrendered Qi troops.
Du Du was originally greedy for money and lustful. When the Liaoshen Campaign just broke out, he sent an envoy to Mongolia to propose to Horqin Khan Bumbutai, but the envoy was beheaded by Dayu'er.
After that, he did not give up at all, and began to covet Jin Yuji again.
As for when Du Du coveted the beauty of Empress Dowager Cisheng, there is no way to verify it. When historians of the Qi Empire in later generations analyze this period of history, they often analyze it from the perspective of historical psychology:
Perhaps it was because before Du Du became the Khan of Jianzhou, he had been serving as the guard of the Emperor Wuding - the dignified Queen Jin Beile actually stayed under the shelter of others. In any case, this was a humiliation and a stain. Du Du, who endured the humiliation, now believes that the only way to conquer Wuding is to occupy Wuding. The emperor's queen, the woman who conquered Liu Zhaosun, could relieve his psychological shadow as the Qing emperor.
Of course, this nonsensical proposal caused an even greater tragedy for Dudu.
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A strong and steady female voice came from behind the curtain.
"Kang Supervisor, wait a minute."
Kang Yingqian looked up and saw that the Empress Dowager Cisheng had walked down the hall and asked Yang Tong and others to stop first.
A group of civil and military ministers above the main hall looked up at the young Empress Dowager Da Qi.
Jin Yuji was dressed in military uniform and walked steadily towards the steps under the throne. When passing the dragon chair, the Queen Mother looked at the young emperor gently and whispered to the maid:
"Change Kaner's diaper."
"Book of Qi: Biography of Jiannu" records that in the year when Liu Zhaosun of Wuding disappeared, Empress Dowager Jin Yuji received a "letter of proposal" from Emperor Du Du of the Qing Dynasty. The full text is as follows:
"The solitary king was born in Juze, grew up in the city of wild cattle and horses, and traveled to the border. He is willing to travel to Liaodong. The Queen Mother is independent and lives alone. The two masters are not happy and have nothing to worry about. I am willing to exchange everything for her. Nothing!"
As a native Korean, Jin Yuji heard from her father when she was young that the Donglu and even the entire Jurchen nation had the custom of "accepting step marriages". Jin Yuji's father had been negotiating with Jiannu and Mongolians on the Korean border all year round. He was naturally familiar with the customs of these barbarians and often told them to his studious daughter.
The so-called "step marriage" is an academic term, and the popular saying is "if the father dies, the wife will be the stepmother; if the brother dies, the wife will be the wife of the stepmother."
Judging from the ethical concepts of Han and Korean people, "step marriage" is undoubtedly a bad custom, a bad habit, and an unreasonable and beastly behavior.
However, for the slaves who had just transitioned from slave society to feudal society at that time, this custom was the most effective means for them to maintain family property and ensure population reproduction. In a slave society where the strong can eat the weak, women's status is far lower than that of men, but they are not equal to cattle and sheep as many people imagine.
The Huns, Mongols, Jianzhou and other tribes all advocated force. Every adult man must be a qualified warrior, otherwise the tribe would not survive.
Frequent wars have led to a sharp decline in the number of men, leaving a large number of orphans and widows. In order to reproduce the population, raise women and children, and for the continued survival of the tribe, widows must remarry. This is true for the Xiongnu, Mongolia, Jiannu, and the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods.
For Jiannu, step marriage was the best way to protect family strength and property. At the same time, due to the vast territory of Liaodong and the dispersed fishing and hunting ethnic groups, it is difficult for widows to find men of suitable age to marry from other families, so remarrying in the husband's family is the best choice. This is even more obvious among the upper echelons of Jiannu. Stepmarriage is also an effective means to maintain noble blood and unite the relationship between clans. For example, the beautiful lady Dongge Yehenara has attracted countless heroes to compete for her waist. Her life is destined to be influenced by Yehenala. The status of Princess Hebe has become a political weight. This woman has been promised to different men several times:
In the 21st year of Wanli, when the four tribes in Haixi gathered for an alliance, Mantai, the leader of the Ula tribe, proposed to Ye He that his younger brother Bu Zhantai would marry Dong Ge.
In the 23rd year of Wanli, Dongge's brother promised Dongge to Nurhachi and made a "good marriage alliance" with him. Nurhaci solemnly offered the job, but Dong Ge vowed not to marry until his death.
In the twenty-seventh year of Wanli, Ye He expressed to Hada that if he could switch sides and kill Nurhaci, he would marry Dong Ge to his leader. Meng Gebulu, the leader of the Hada tribe, actually agreed! As a result, he was eliminated by Nurhaci.
In the thirty-fifth year of Wanli, Ye He said that Brother Dong could marry Baiyindali in exchange for his betrayal of Nurhachi. Baiyindali immediately broke the engagement with Nurhachi's daughter, married Dong Ge, and prepared for the war to establish a state. As a result, he was eliminated by Nurhachi.
In the forty-third year of Wanli, the old and beautiful Dong Ge finally married Mang Gurdai, the eldest son of Mongolia's Belbag Darhan.
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Before Empress Dowager Cisheng could speak, Zheng Yishi immediately roared angrily: "Queen Mother, kill the envoy first. At the end of the day, we will go out of the city to fight and bring Dudu's head in front of the palace."
All the generals were gearing up and agreed with Zheng Yishi.
Jin Yuji's eyes were calm, she faced the shivering envoy who was kneeling on the ground, and said kindly:
"The Great Khan did not forget the poor towns and gave them books. The poor towns were afraid. He retreated to pursue his own goals. I am a little girl from the Eastern Kingdom. I have no special appearance. She is already a queen of the Qi Kingdom. The Great Khan has heard of it, which is not enough to defile myself. I am innocent and should be pardoned in court. I have stolen two royal chariots and two horses to serve as regular drivers. (I was born in Korea, and the Qing Emperor did not forget about people from a small place like me. I was very frightened and worried. I was already a member of the Qi Dynasty. There is no reason for the empress dowager of the country to remarry the Qing Dynasty. I wonder where the Qing Emperor heard about my beauty? There are beautiful cars and BMWs in Shenyang City, and the Qing Emperor is always welcome to come over at any time."
After Kang Yingqian and other civil servants heard this, they all stroked their beards and smiled. On the surface, the Cisheng Dowager's words were condescending and she did not hesitate to tarnish herself. In fact, they revealed murderous intentions. She stole two chariots and two horses to serve as a regular driver. I've prepared the car and welcome you. The underlying meaning is to tell the Qing army that Shenyang is already ready. If you continue to attack the city, Shenyang will accompany you to the end.
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