Huang Taiji entered the customs and retreated a little earlier than the first time in history.
However, many things remained unchanged. As soon as Huang Taiji retreated, Yuan Chonghuan was imprisoned.
His imprisonment was inevitable.
Who makes him the official governor of Liaodong? He can't stop the slave thieves from entering the pass. The losses caused by the slave thieves in Beizhili must be counted on him.
And Yuan Chonghuan had already hated Chongzhen.
Chongzhen, who has always positioned himself as the land of rejuvenation, has a daily headache of money and food. Most of the memorials sent from various places are from people who want money and food.
Most of the taxes collected by the Ming Dynasty every year were spent on military affairs in Liaodong. Even he, the emperor, had to live a tight diet.
Even so, the army of slaves and thieves still surrounded the capital.
As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, how could he not hate Governor Yuan Chonghuan and Yuan Chonghuan who made him live austerely but could not share the worries of the Ming Dynasty.
In addition, Yuan Chonghuan once curried favor with Wei Zhongxian, and Wei Zhongxian was the person Chongzhen hated the most. If Yuan Chonghuan had not won several battles in Liaodong, Chongzhen would have been unable to resist replacing Yuan Chonghuan.
Now the army of slaves and thieves surrounded the capital, giving Chongzhen a reason to deal with Yuan Chonghuan openly.
There were even fewer ministers in the court who were willing to speak well of Yuan Chonghuan.
The scourge suffered by slaves and thieves in Beizhili caused a lot of money losses to the nobles and eunuchs. Naturally, Yuan Chonghuan was responsible for this debt.
The war in Liaodong enriched the generals of Liaodong, and it was difficult for others to share the benefits, and naturally they offended a lot of people.
Yuan Chonghuan was the spokesperson who pushed out the Liaodong generals. How could other officials put in good words for Yuan Chonghuan? Whether it was the Donglin Party or the remnants of the Eunuch Party, they all disliked Yuan Chonghuan.
Chongzhen also had a young mind, eager for quick success, and impatient in doing things. In addition, he was willing to believe the words of the ministers around him. Naturally, he was even more displeased with Yuan Chonghuan, who was impeached by many ministers.
The most important thing is to resolve the siege of the capital. Yuan Chonghuan is no longer that important, and the court needs a significant scapegoat.
There was nothing wrong with him being the emperor, but the ones who were at fault were the ministers below, and Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Liaodong, naturally became the best candidate.
As for whether there will be problems in Liaodong without Yuan Chonghuan, Chongzhen does not think so.
Without Yuan Chonghuan, there is still Sun Chengzong. He feels that Sun Chengzong is more suitable to be the governor of Liaodong than Yuan Chonghuan.
On the second day after Yuan Chonghuan was imprisoned, news of the appearance of the Tiger Flag army in Huairou reached the capital.
The reason why it was one day late was because the messenger saw that the capital was under siege and had to hide outside the capital. It was not until the army of slaves and thieves outside the capital retreated that the message was sent into the capital.
At the same time, the Tiger Character Banner defeated the army of slave thieves on the grassland, and news of the capture of Beile Yuetuo began to spread in the capital.
When the news reached the palace, several vases in Qianqing Palace were smashed.
The few months of expenses Chongzhen saved may not be as much as the value of these vases.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. These are all rumors deliberately spread by someone, just to make you angry, Your Majesty." Wang Chengen comforted Chongzhen on the side, and at the same time he did not forget to ask the little eunuch next to him to quickly clean up all the broken porcelain pieces on the ground.
"It's this tiger-character flag again, it's it again. Since I ascended the throne, the last thing I want to hear is any news about this tiger-character flag." Chongzhen said angrily.
Aspiring to revive the Ming Dynasty, the tiger-character flag was a shame in his imperial career.
Wang Chengen said: "Since your Majesty doesn't want to hear the news about the Tiger Flag, you might as well ask the Jin Yiwei to arrest everyone who spreads rumors about the Tiger Flag. There must be some collaborators among them."
"Let Luo Yangxing investigate for me and find out who is spreading rumors and deceiving people." Chongzhen agreed to Wang Chengen's proposal.
He didn't believe a word of the rumors about the Tiger Character Banner's victory over the slave bandit army.
It was determined that someone said this deliberately to humiliate the court and him, the Ming Emperor.
Luo Yangxing is the commander of the Jinyi Guards.
After the fall of Wei Zhongxian, the Luo family once again took charge of Jinyiwei and Beizhen Fusi.
While Chongzhen was still focusing on investigating the source of the rumors, Huang Taiji had ordered slave soldiers and horses from various places to evacuate in the direction of Fengrun Qian'an.
Prepare to quit the Ming Dynasty.
The soldiers and horses of the Tiger Flag passed Huairou and marched all the way towards Jizhou.
Huang Taiji, who had been paying attention to the movements of the Tiger-Character Banner army, determined through the march route of the Tiger-Character Banner that the soldiers and horses of the Tiger-Character Banner were coming towards them, and he did not dare to stay longer in the Ming Dynasty.
He had almost grabbed everything that needed to be grabbed, and he would not be at a loss if he withdrew his troops from the Ming Dynasty at this time.
This time, entering the customs from thousands of miles away was smoother than expected. If it had not been blocked by the tiger-shaped flag, it would have been even smoother.
In Huangzhuang, southeast of Kuancheng, there are more than 300 slave soldiers and horses and more than 1,000 Mongolian cavalry guarding here.
Nearly half of the wealth and population stolen from the Ming Dynasty were here in Huangzhuang.
The leader of the slaves and thieves is Amin with the blue flag.
Most of the bannermen of the Xianglan Banner were taken away to the Ming Dynasty capital by Huang Taiji, leaving him with only about 300 bannermen of the Xianglan Banner. In addition, he was left with a Mongolian cavalry.
The leader of the Mongolian side is Colonso.
Mangusi, Nomu and others followed Huang Taiji to the Ming Dynasty to plunder.
Looking at the large amount of goods shipped every once in a while, Amin's eyes turned red, and he wanted to go to the Ming Dynasty immediately to participate in this carnival.
However, he did not dare to abandon Huangzhuang, let alone go against Huang Taiji's wishes and lead his troops to leave privately.
He hated Huang Taiji with all his heart. He knew clearly that Huang Taiji deliberately left him here in Huangzhuang, but he couldn't do anything about it.
Even Daishan and his son, who even lost two red flags, were taken by Huang Taiji to participate in this carnival against the Ming Dynasty.
As the great political leader, Amin could only stay here in Huangzhuang to look after the goods for them.
Even his soldiers with the blue flag participated in the robbery of the Ming Dynasty, but he, the leader of the flag with the blue flag, was left in Huangzhuang and was not allowed to leave.
Seeing the army snatching away more and more goods and people, he could no longer bear it.
Daikin has always robbed more, the more he gets. If he doesn't participate in the plunder, he won't get much.
"Master, when will we be the leader here? Otherwise, you and the Great Khan will ask for someone to come to Huangzhuang to guard these things." A left collar man with a blue flag came to Amin's side, his face full of smiles. He whined and complained in front of Amin.
Amin glanced at the other party and said: "What? Are you not happy staying with me in Huangzhuang? Otherwise, if you leave now, you might be able to catch up with the Great Khan to attack the capital when you go to the capital of the Ming Dynasty."
"Slave, that's not what you meant." Zuo Ling looked embarrassed.
