After all, he and Li Chengliang were not familiar with each other. Despite the affectionate manner in which they were called, in fact, they had no mutual understanding at all. Gao was pragmatic and did not consider asking Li Chengliang directly for help. Anyway, Nurhachi was not yet prosperous, and could not even talk about being independent. There are still plenty of chances to kill him.
In fact, as long as Li Chengliang is defeated - whether it is surrender or capture, and Li Chengliang does not condone Nurhaci, Nurhaci will never accumulate enough strength to rebel against Ming in his lifetime.
It is not bad to use barbarians to control barbarians, but the premise is that you have enough strength to suppress the "barbarians" who serve as your thugs or cannon fodder, and what Li Chengliang did to Nurhaci was a fool's errand.
According to Gao's pragmatic comparison and analysis, Li Chengliang probably thought that Jue Changan and Takshi were capable at first, so he killed them by borrowing a knife to kill them, and then went to support Takshi's son Nurhachi. Train him to be your lackey.
The reason why Li Chengliang did this was probably because he felt that his plan to kill someone with a borrowed knife was very clever. Nurhaci would be deceived by him and even be grateful to him in turn, so he was willing to be his loyal lackey. In addition, Nurhachi was young and could only rely on his support. Only then can you be self-reliant, so you will be more loyal to him.
However, Li Chengliang did not expect that the plan to kill someone with a borrowed knife would go wrong, and Nurhachi took advantage of the plan. While pretending not to know, he blamed the Jianzhou Jurchen's intended opponent for his father's murder; on the other hand, he gained Li Chengliang's trust and received various benefits from him. , including but not limited to conniving him to send troops to conquer the Jurchen tribe in Jianzhou, providing material support, and allowing him to trade minks and ginseng, etc.
Li Chengliang didn't know that what he was conniving at was a depth bomb that was resentful towards him and the Ming Dynasty. Instead, he trained him to become the sole leader of the Jianzhou Jurchens.
Originally, this was the only way to save the country, but who knew that there would be unforeseen circumstances. First, there was trouble in Ningxia. Li Rusong led a large group of Li Jiajun's direct servants to conquer Ningxia. As a result, although Ningxia was peaceful, the Li Jiajun suffered heavy losses.
However, the Li family army at this time was still very strong. If it took a few years, they could still recover their strength. Who would have thought that there would be trouble in Korea again, and they would be beaten and beaten by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who had just unified Japan, crying and shouting? Please help Daming’s father.
Emperor Wanli originally didn't want to get involved in this mess because it cost money, but he couldn't stand the King of Joseon's pleading, and he learned that Toyotomi Hideyoshi's attack on Korea was just a springboard, and the next one to fight was the Ming Dynasty. .
This couldn't be tolerated, and Ningxia was already settled at this time, so Emperor Wanli dispatched the Liaodong Army to resolve the situation in North Korea.
Surprisingly, the first time they sent out troops, they underestimated the determination of the Japanese. They did not know that the number of Japanese troops was hundreds of thousands, while the Liaodong Army sent troops with only a few thousand troops. They were beaten and fled back.
Now, not only Zhu Yijun was angry, but Li Rusong was also angry. So during the second battle, not only did the main force of the Liaodong Army come out, but domestic reinforcements were also sent. After several hard battles, the results were pretty good. Basically, they suppressed the Japanese army and beat them back. By the way, Feng Feng was angry to death. Hideyoshi, Japan withdraws its troops. (There are still many details in this, which I will write about later.)
This battle seemed to have a brilliant outcome. Da Ming helped his younger brother to have a life-and-death battle again, and Huanghuang Celestial Dynasty's self-confidence directly exploded.
However, trouble has actually come - the Liaodong Army suffered huge losses, especially Li Chengliang's starting army. The tens of thousands of his cavalrymen suffered such heavy losses that they could no longer be described as injured, but almost to the point of severed limbs!
Why do you see that the direct family members of the Li family have suffered such heavy losses after this battle that they seemed to have lost their limbs? There are facts to prove it, and that is the death of Li Rusong.
When the Liaodong Army was at its strongest, it fought solely against Mongolia. They fought with fewer strikes and more strikes all year round. I have never heard of a situation in which an ambush resulted in huge losses. As a result, after the Korean War, Li Rusong still fought according to his usual fighting style and force comparison, but he was ambushed and died!
It's not strange to be ambushed, but the strange thing is that with the bravery of the Li family army back then, how could the coach die directly there? This battle alone was enough to show that the direct lineage of the Li family army at that time was not just "going downhill", but its combat effectiveness had actually dropped off a cliff!
And Li Rusong's own death in battle broke Li Jiajun's spine. Although Li Chengliang came out for the second time after that, it was meaningless. Not only did his ambitions fade, but the Li family army itself could not return to its past glory and could only wither step by step.
In the past ten or twenty years, Nurhachi has risen, taking advantage of the chaos to unify Jianzhou, and even came close to unifying the entire Jurchen.
At this time, Li Chengliang had already transformed, and was no longer as brave as he had been in the past. He had become a typical bureaucratic warlord. He was obsessed with preserving wealth and did not dare to use his last bit of capital to fight Nurhachi to death, so he did something. The biggest folly: abandoning the Six Kuandian Forts he had built in the past - which were then occupied by Nurhaci and became his stable and developed rear.
After Li Chengliang died of illness, the descendants of the Li family had no courage to fight anymore. According to historical records, "the old stories of father and brother no longer exist, and like Bai Ji and his brothers who indulged in love and debauchery, there are no more young heroes." At this point, Liaodong The army itself no longer has the strength to resist Nurhaci, let alone suppress it.
Therefore, the imperial court had to transfer Ma Fang's son Ma Lin and other generals to Liaodong. However, the funny thing is that when Ma Lin and others were transferred to Liaodong, they could not be used - the generals of Liaodong did not listen to them!
Serving the good and violating the secret? That's quite polite, but many people even refuse to give him face, and even dare to lose face on the spot.
The Liao affairs cannot be revived at this point.
Therefore, in Gao Pingshi's view, Li Chengliang himself did account for most of the blame for the corruption of the Liao Dynasty, but he could not entirely blame him for the rest. It was indeed the Ming Dynasty that was unlucky enough.
But having said that, since he is a time traveler with high pragmatism and has "foresight", these unfortunate events are not inevitable, or at least he can avoid such a bad ending in history - as long as he prepares in advance.
This day's meeting with Li Chengliang ended in a great time for both guests and hosts. Li Chengliang's attitude was very enthusiastic, but he did not guarantee anything. In addition to bragging about his past achievements, he tried every means to find out Gao Pragmatic's intentions.
Li Song didn't brag about anything, and was even very humble and low-key. But as soon as Li Chengliang began to roundaboutly ask why Gao Pragmatic came, his expression would become obviously nervous, and he would listen attentively, obviously very concerned about this. care.
In fact, speaking of it, Gao Jingshi can understand their nervousness. After all, judging from his holy family, if he insists on causing trouble in Liaodong, I am afraid no one can stop him - Liang Menglong, the current governor of Jiliao Although he does not seem to be from the Gao Party, he was able to do this because of the promotion and support of Gao Gong and Guo Pu. It is impossible for him to attack Gao Pragmatic due to emotion or reason.
And what about Zhou Yong, the governor of Liaodong? He is from Yanjin, Henan...
Before the Monan War, when Zhu Yijun and Gao Yongshi were discussing, they also said they were worried about Zhou Yong's lack of ability, but Gao Yongshi did not take the opportunity to express his intention to replace Zhou Yong. The reason is this - until now, the Ming Dynasty has not been able to fight among the township parties. It is easy to move. As a student of Gao Gong, Xu Guo has been in the court for several years and is still suspected by others. It is not because of anything else, simply because he is from Shexian County, Huizhou, and there is a place where spiritual learning flourishes. place.
So now Liaodong was originally very "calm", but when Gao Pragmatic, a fish covered in golden scales, jumped in, would he jump around and make waves, or would he just plan to quietly lurk and fight for qualifications? This is the question for the entire Liaodong The officialdom is all focused on things that attract everyone's attention, regardless of civil or military matters.
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