At this time, Gao Jingshi had just learned that Fei Yingdong was among the envoys sent by Ye Hebu. However, at this time, the other party had already set off from Tianjin and would not be long before arriving in the capital. He would not specifically send an order to his cavalry. Recruit Fei Yingdong for a while as soon as possible.
Gao Pragmatic was still very interested in meeting this famous general among Nurhachi's "Five Assistant Ministers" who was known as the "enemy of ten thousand people". It’s not for anything else, it’s just that I’m very pragmatic and it’s hard to believe that a person can shoot a “strong bow with more than ten stones” at the age of twelve.
Gao Situ may have been forgetful after playing too many conspiracies. When Liu Wei went into battle for the first time at the age of thirteen, he had already destroyed the city. Not only did he lead his elite Japanese soldiers to break through the dangerous obstacles and reach the top of the city first, but he also attacked them on the spot. Killed two of the three barbarian kings.
When it comes to young heroes, it is not impossible to find him who is highly pragmatic.
However, Fei Yingdong was able to become the head of the five ministers under the command of Nurhaci, who was full of capable people, so he must have the ability and talent. The reason why he was not well-known in later generations was mainly because he died a little early, and most of his achievements came from the Jurchen Unification War.
His greatest victory against the Ming army was when he broke through the left wing of the Ming army and killed Juniper in the Battle of Saarhu. As for the subsequent capture of Kaiyuan, Tieling and other places, he just performed normally: he did not do badly, but he was not particularly outstanding. Of course, he can be regarded as the first to defeat Ye He later.
Considering that Fei Yingdong died of illness at the age of fifty-seven just one year after the Battle of Saarhu, normally speaking, he must have been no longer at his peak during that battle.
He is so good at fighting even when he is not at his peak. He is truly worthy of being Obai's uncle. His bravery is indeed something that cannot be overshadowed.
In addition, Gao Pragmatic is also curious. In the original history, Sorguo took his son Fei Yingdong to seek refuge with Nurhaci, which seems to have happened in the 16th year of Wanli. It is now the winter of the fifteenth year of Wanli. It stands to reason that Solguo should have begun to consider joining Jianzhou. Why did he go to Ye He now?
Gao Pragmatic thought about it and felt that the most likely thing was that he had changed the situation of the Jurchens. It was even possible that his attitude had affected the judgment of many people, including Sorgo.
Su Wanbu is just a small department, sandwiched between Ye He and Wula, and it must be unsatisfactory. In particular, the Yehe tribe was regarded as the strongest Jurchen tribe after the rise of Qing Jia Ni and Yang Ji Ni. Even Hada, the nominal co-leader, did not take it seriously, and it was naturally impossible for it to have a polite attitude towards the surrounding tribes. .
So as Su Wanbeile, Sorguo's attitude towards Ye He must not be much better. This is also very likely to be a major reason why Sorguo took refuge with Nurhachi in the original history.
However, the situation may have changed now. Ye Hebu's temper has probably not changed much, but they have gained more backers.
Although the Ming Dynasty in the original history always insisted on ensuring the status of the North and South Passes, it did not have much good looks towards Ye He. Li Chengliang felt that Ye He was more unruly, so he initially supported Hada, but later he discovered that Menggebulu was really When Xiniba couldn't help him up the wall, he began to support Nurhachi. As mentioned earlier, Nurhaci was extremely deferential to the Ming Dynasty in his early years, and he was even more submissive to Li Chengliang.
The current Ming Dynasty does not have such an attitude. Although the Jurchens are not familiar with the situation in the Ming Dynasty, let alone analyze it clearly, at least they will not misunderstand the actions that Ming Dynasty puts on the table - Daming has already supported the Hada turned to support Ye He.
In this battle in northern Liaoning, if we put aside everything and just look at the result, it would be that Ye He and Hada were beaten at the same time, and the Ming Dynasty chose to directly send troops to help Ye He rescue the siege. As for Hada... the Ming Dynasty let Meng Gebulu and Nurhaci Shake hands and make peace, make friends.
What?
Nurhachi has beaten me in my yard. You, the father, don’t save me. You want me to make friends with Nurhachi?
The Jurchens may not have read any books, but they can still see such an obvious difference in treatment. It's not like they don't have eyes.
What does this mean? This shows that in the eyes of Ming Dynasty, Ye He is already more important than Hada.
Why did the Ming Dynasty think so? The various Jurchen tribes had their own calculations: Hada's decline seemed irreversible. Although Ye He had a challenger like Nurhaci, at least judging from the current strength, Ye He still clearly had the advantage. In this way, supporting Ye He can immediately make Ye He the de facto "Lord of Manchuria" and ensure the general stability of the entire Jurchen situation.
At the same time, Ye He controlled Beiguan and was close to the declining Nanguan. It was convenient to replace Hada's position without causing the decline of Kaiyuan. It was also in line with the consistent principles of the Ming Dynasty.
On the contrary, the Fushun Pass controlled by Nurhachi is inherently inferior to Yehe Beiguan in terms of geographical location and trade volume. If the Ming Dynasty turns to support him, it will be a lot of trouble and may even lead to the collapse of the Ming Dynasty. The original status declined, thus affecting the Ming Dynasty's overall layout of Liaodong.
Finally, there is another point. Ye He is in a position directly facing Chahar, which makes Ming's support of Ye He a win-win situation: Ye He needs Ming's support to ensure that he will not be inexplicably beaten by the Mongols again. Fat beat, and Ming also needs a relatively stronger Jurchen tribe to contain Chahar for itself, and even join Ming in launching an attack on Chahar in the future.
People who understand the interests behind these will naturally use this to judge Ming's subsequent attitude, which will inevitably be to support Ye He and suppress Jianzhou.
At this time, no one among the Jurchens must have dreamed of defeating the Ming Dynasty. Since Ming Dynasty cannot be defeated, of course they can only change with the change of Ming Dynasty's attitude. Ming Dynasty selected Ye He, which means that Nurhachi has no chance.
Sorguo did not go to Nurhachi, but instead took refuge in Ye He. It is probably because of these reasons.
However, Gao pragmatically thought about it and shook his head. Ye He's current two Belles did not seem to be as powerful as Nurhaci's methods. One of the biggest features of Nurhachi's conquest is that to conquer a certain tribe, you must completely control it. The first important task to achieve this kind of control is to abolish the title of Baylor of the leader of the tribe and grant him the official position within Jianzhou .
Baile is the past Arrow Master and current leader. The presence of Baylor means that this tribe still exists, and everyone still has the idea of "restoring Xu Tu". Once Baylor is gone, everyone is leaderless, and their morale naturally slowly dissipates.
Ye He's current approach seems very stupid. By analogy, it is a bit like Xiang Yu back then. Originally, Qin Shihuang had eliminated all countries and established a unified dynasty after unifying the world. Who knew that after Xiang Yu established his dominant position, he would do the same as before, dividing the countries into feudal states, and he was only satisfied with being an overlord.
There is no need to delve into the meaning of Overlord. Simply put, it is the leading brother among the kings. But the problem is that taking the lead is meaningless, because you have not widened the status gap between you and other kings, and you are still just a king.
But Liu Bang was much smarter. When Xiang Yu was completely defeated, Liu Bang immediately proclaimed himself emperor, letting everyone in the world know that he was different from the king. He was the emperor, one level higher than the king.
what does that mean? This means that when he wants to attack the kings in the future, he will naturally grasp the righteousness - I beat you to obey the orders of heaven and defeat the disobedient, and you beat me to commit rebellion and treason.
Obviously Ye He's two Baylors did not reach this level of thinking. They were still content to be "the most powerful Jurchen chieftain".
However, Gao Pragmatic doesn't intend to teach students. In his opinion, the current situation is not bad: It's fine if you are willing to be the Jurchen leader. At least after I take care of Chahar, I won't suddenly find out when I turn around. The Jurchens were unified.
Gao pragmatically sent an order to wait for Ye He's envoy to arrive in Beijing. He did not need to let them meet him immediately. Those who should pay tribute must pay tribute first, and all matters will be discussed after the tribute is completed.
In other words, you should go to the Etiquette Department first and come to me after the "official business" is completed. However, Gao Pragmatic did not specifically explain what to do about Meng Guzhezhe.
In fact, he himself didn't know what the best choice was. This matter is not only his family matter, the key is to consider the emperor's reaction. Although Liu Xin thinks that the emperor will not object, he himself is still very cautious about his relationship with the emperor.
A thousand-mile dike breaks in an ant nest. No matter how heavy the trust is, it cannot withstand all kinds of small misunderstandings. The best way to maintain trust is to avoid any misunderstandings and take precautions in advance.
Gao Pragmatic may be lucky today. He was thinking about how to find an opportunity to let the emperor know about it, and Zhu Yijun happened to send someone to summon him.
The people in charge of the ceremonial department didn't know why the emperor summoned Gao Situ, but they told him that the emperor was in a good mood today and didn't seem to be worried about anything.
Gao Jingshi felt relieved and asked Gao Mo to reward him with a few taels of silver, and then followed the eunuch into the palace.
After entering the palace, I discovered that Zhu Yijun was not in the Wenhua Palace this time, but was waiting for him in the Qianqing Palace. This is a bit abnormal, because since Gao Jingshi resigned as governor of Liao Dynasty, when Zhu Yijun summoned Gao Jingshi for political matters, he would basically choose to go to Wenhua Palace, while when summoning Gao Jingshi to Qianqing Palace, he would mostly talk about private matters.
Private matter? Recently, there seems to be no news from Huang Mengyu or Chen Ju that the emperor has any private matters worth mentioning. What's going on?
Although he was full of doubts, Gao Pragmatic still didn't have stage fright and walked into the East Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace with a normal expression.
In fact, it stands to reason that the Qianqing Palace is the main residence of the emperor, including sleeping (if not going to the harem) and working here. However, Zhu Yijun's habits were somewhat different. When he was the prince in his early years, he had been studying and observing politics in the Wenhua Palace, so he later liked to go to the Wenhua Palace to handle government affairs. When he was in Qianqing Palace, he liked to summon his trusted ministers in Xinuang Pavilion, and review memorials and so on in Dongnuan Pavilion.
Today, it was really magical. After summoning Gao Pangshi, he actually got Dong Nuan Pavilion.
As soon as Gao pragmatic entered Dongnuan Pavilion, he realized that something was not right. There were no eunuchs around him, and of course there were no palace maids. When he looked up, he only saw the emperor sitting alone by the gilded stove, thinking about something. Gao Pragmatic didn't even notice when he came in.
Seeing the heater, Gao Pragmatic realized that the temperature in Dongnuan Pavilion was not right, and the earth dragon was not burned. He thought to himself: What does the emperor mean? Do you want me, the Minister of Revenue, to see how thrifty he is?
"The minister of household affairs is highly pragmatic..."
"Ah, you scared me! Okay, okay, don't see me anymore, come over and warm yourself by the fire." Zhu Yijun seemed to be really startled, and after seeing clearly that Gao Pragmatic was the person, he hurriedly waved him over.
Gao Pragmatic was a little dumbfounded. This guy was acting wrong. What could have made him distracted like this?
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Any other minister would not have dared to run around and warm up with the emperor, but for Gao Pragmatic, it would not be a big deal to warm up with the emperor. When they were studying, they had secretly shared the same table for dinner many times (according to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, ministers could not share the same table with the emperor). Which minister outside had this honor?
So Gao pragmatically walked over politely, and Zhu Yijun acted even more "heroic". He stretched out a leg and gently hooked the leg of a pineapple flowerwood chair next to him, brought it to the heater, and pursed his lips: " Now, sit down and talk."
Good guy, this treatment is a hundred times better than the ordinary gift of a seat.
Gao Pragmatic was still very "ungrateful" and joked: "Your Majesty, if your actions are known to the outside court, I will have to go to court and resign."
"We are the only two in the whole Dongnuan Pavilion, how does the outer court know?" Zhu Yijun curled his lips: "I see it's so cold outside, you must have walked all the way when you came in from Donghua Gate, I'm afraid you were almost frozen, right? Stop talking about what you have and don’t have, and sit down quickly, I have something important to tell you.”
Gao Pingshi sat down obediently and stretched out his hand towards the large gilt heater to keep warm.
This stove is relatively uncommon. Because it is placed in a palace, it cannot see the open flame. However, through the exquisitely carved hollow structure, the heat of the fire will emerge from it, and it will be very warm when you get closer.
This thing is also available in high-end and pragmatic houses, but it is smaller, and the hollow carvings are obviously different. The ones in the emperor's house are all in the shape of dragons, while the ones in Gao Pingshi's house are mostly traditional auspicious animals such as cranes and turtles, and some are the four gentlemen of plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum.
As soon as he sat down, Zhu Yijun coughed lightly and said, "The queen sent someone to invite me yesterday."
Gao Pragmatic was taken aback for a moment, but his words were a bit sensitive, so he couldn't ask directly. He just looked at the emperor with slightly doubtful eyes.
"Looking at your blank expression without speaking, I knew you had misunderstood." Zhu Yijun smiled bitterly and said, "The queen has no other intentions. She has something to tell me."
"Oh..." Gao Pingshi suddenly realized and asked, "What's the matter?"
Zhu Yijun said: "She plans to ask Li Shizhen to see a doctor." After that, the emperor looked at Gao Pragmatic seriously and asked: "You brought this up before, but you still think that the queen has not been pregnant again for several years. Is it because of that...injury?"
"That time" refers to the fact that the queen gave birth to the emperor's eldest daughter. It is said that the situation was quite dangerous at that time, and the queen's condition was not very good. Not only did she become sickly, but she never became pregnant again.
Gao pragmatic was relieved after hearing this: After trying every means to persuade for several years, the queen finally figured it out. Thank God.
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