Because Yuan Yingtai only learned that the emperor also supported Xiong Tingbi's Liaodong strategy against the captives after Qin Liangyu and other Liao guest troops arrived in Shenyang and had educated Zhu Youxiao.
Therefore, after Zhang Heming received Xiong Tingbi's reply and wrote a letter to Yuan Yingtai, Tianqi Emperor Zhu Youxiao had not yet received Yuan Yingtai's memorial and the secret report from the Jin Yiwei he sent.
Although Zhu Youxiao said that the Jinyi guards sent had no intention of monitoring Xiong Tingbi and others, it was just talk.
Zhu Youxiao had long given the Jinyiwei who went to Liao the right to secretly report.
Back to the topic.
Because Zhu Youxiao has not yet received the memorial from Yuan Yingtai and the secret memorial from Jinyiwei, Zhu Youxiao still does not know that there is a phenomenon of inconsistent opinions on the economic and financial strategies in Liao that he does not want to see, and he is not aware of it yet. The Minister of War who came to him also disagreed with him.
But what Zhu Youxiao can make clear is that the civil servant group will definitely still not agree with Xiong Tingbi's strategy.
Because Xiong Tingbi's strategy of defending first and fighting later is too expensive.
Moreover, based on Zhu Youxiao's understanding of history, he knew that many officials of the Ming Dynasty in this era had not yet realized the power of Jiannu in field warfare and the military talent of slave chief Nurhaci.
Although the Ming Dynasty had already suffered the defeat of Saerhu, according to Zhu Youxiao's knowledge, many civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty in this era still had the idea of underestimating the enemy, and many military attachés dared to go out of the city to fight with Jiannu in the field.
For example, in history, Yuan Yingtai was defeated miserably after replacing Xiong Tingbi in the Liaodong strategy because he underestimated the enemy and took the initiative to move the defenders out of the city to fight with Jiannu. As a result, the bloody battle of Hunhe River occurred.
Although the bloody battle at Hunhe was very tragic, and both the Sichuan and Zhejiang soldiers who participated in the battle fought bravely, they were indeed defeated.
This undoubtedly shows that Jiannu was indeed stronger than the Ming army at this time in field battles.
Back to the topic.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao knew that the government and the public had not yet taken Donglu seriously, and did not even think that Donglu would become the master of China in the future.
There are still only a few officials who truly realize that Donglu cannot be underestimated.
Of course, Zhu Youxiao himself admitted that the current Donglu was nothing compared to the Ming Dynasty, but it was only a comparison in terms of overall strength.
Strategically, Zhu Youxiao still had to admit that he had to treat this power that later successfully seized the Central Plains with caution.
Therefore, Zhu You's school association supports Xiong Tingbi's more cautious strategy.
But Zhu Youxiao knew that his support for Xiong Tingbi meant that he was bucking the trend, fighting against the strong inertia of the Ming dynasty, which was hard to return, and singing against most people, not just most civil servants in the civil service group, but also There are some selfish military attaches and businessmen who are aware of their own interests.
Zhu Youxiao knew that he would have few supporters at the beginning and it would be difficult.
But he must keep going.
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Yuan Yingtai received Zhang Heming's letter, and he was very pleased.
With the support of Zhang Heming, Minister of War, he gained a lot of confidence.
In addition, Liao civilian officials such as Xue Guoyong and Zhang Quan and military generals such as Li Ruzhen also supported him.
Moreover, as the governor of Liao, Yuan Yingtai did have the power to lead troops. He could choose to obey the commander's orders, or he could choose not to obey the commander's orders and make his own military and political decisions within his own jurisdiction.
Therefore, after Yuan Yingtai received Zhang Heming's letter, he took the initiative to recruit a large number of Mongolians into Liaoyang City while Xiong Tingbi was in Shenyang, recruited a large number of so-called officers and soldiers who had defected from the Donglu, and began to train them, preparing to rely on these Mongolians. The people and the rebel generals and rebels took the initiative to restore the lost territory and completely solve the problem of the Eastern captives.
At that time, Nurhachi was plundering Mongolian tribes everywhere in order to solve the spring famine problem, so a large number of Mongolian refugees increased.
Yuan Yingtai naturally recruited many Mongolian refugees as a result.
Yuan Yingtai was quite proud of this, and ordered the commander-in-chief Hou Shilu and Liang Zhongshan: "Hou Shilu and Liang Zhongshan, you should train these Mongolians immediately and follow me out of the city to perform meritorious service in the future!"
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"Great Khan, since Yuan Yingtai, the governor of Liaodong over in Liaoyang, recruited a large number of Mongolians to surrender, my servants have arranged for our people to go in according to your instructions."
Li Yongfang reported it to Nurhachi not long after Yuan Yingtai did this.
Nurhachi nodded after hearing this, and he also laughed rarely because of this: "Yuan Yingtai, this idiot! He must only be thinking about quickly destroying me, Dajin, so that he can make great achievements, but he doesn't know that this Khan has already set his sights on Liaoyang City, and he is sending an order E Yidu and the others immediately withdrew their troops and prepared to attack Liaoyang next!"
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Xiong Tingbi also found out that Yuan Yingtai was recruiting Mongolians into the city. He was so angry that he rushed directly to Liaoyang and questioned Yuan Yingtai: "Yuan Dalai! What are you doing, recruiting Mongolians into the city? Why didn’t you inform me in advance?!”
Yuan Yingtai replied: "I was about to inform Yu Bu Tang."
Xiong Tingbi snorted and immediately ordered Hou Shilu and Liang Zhongshan: "Seal the city immediately! Kill all the Mongols and Jurchens who have mixed in the city!"
Hou Shilu and Liang Zhongshan glanced at Yuan Yingtai. They were the generals of Yuan Yingtai's standard camp. They had money, food and assessment in Yuan Yingtai's hands, so they naturally had to obey Yuan Yingtai's orders.
Yuan Yingtai looked at Xiong Tingbi, cupped his hands and said: "Butang! It is my decision to let these Mongols enter the city. They all have hatred against the captives, and they are all good at martial arts. Keeping them can prevent them from defecting to the Eastern captives. They can also be used as soldiers! If you kill them rashly, you will only disappoint these Mongols, and they will all turn to the bandits. Please think carefully about this."
"you!"
Seeing this, Xiong Tingbi knew that he could not make Yuan Yingtai listen to his words, so he had to say: "I will inform your Majesty to intervene in your matter!"
"I have sent a report to His Majesty to explain this matter."
Yuan Yingtai also directly criticized him.
"If Your Majesty listens to you, Liaoyang will be lost, and you, Yuan Yingtai, will have no choice but to die!"
After Xiong Tingbi finished speaking, he hurried back to Shenyang. This time he came in a hurry and did not let He Shilong, the commander-in-chief of the Biao Battalion who obeyed his orders, gather troops and horses to come to Liaoyang with him. He only brought the Jin Yiwei assigned to him by Zhu Youxiao, but In the end, Xiong Tingbi did not directly order Jin Yiwei to deal with Yuan Yingtai, because he was also a civil servant and did not want to completely offend the civil service group. Moreover, the governor was also the military and political leader of the Liaodong region in a strict sense. Therefore, he dared to use Shang Fang's sword to kill military officials, but he did not dare Kill civil servants.
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"Nonsense!"
After Zhu Youxiao received Yuan Yingtai's memorial, he didn't have to curse.
"The disagreement between the governor and the governor may not be conducive to the overall situation of Liaodong. Originally, the governor is a check and balance between each other, and the governor is the deputy of the governor to assist the military. Small matters can be discussed with each other, but major matters should be planned in one place, otherwise there will be internal strife. , in view of the minister's opinion, I should exchange for the minister."
Fang Congzhe saw that the emperor Long Yan was furious, so he hurriedly followed the emperor's wishes.
Han Xu frowned and said: "Yuan Yingtai is smart and capable. Unlike Xiong Tingbi who has a bad temper, he is more open-minded and accepting. He is especially good at managing money and food and appeasing people. During his tenure as governor of Liaodong, he overhauled water conservancy, which enabled a large number of refugees to live again. , he was the governor who Xiong Tingbi had originally recommended himself, in order to get more money and food support from the court, but now he has been replaced rashly. In the opinion of the minister, I should ask Xiong Tingbi what he wanted. Although the governor had different opinions and behaviors, he had not yet To the point where they are at odds with each other.”
