Wang Jiaping's words were very irritable, but Shen Yiguan had to respond. In particular, Wang Jiaping mentioned that he would abdicate in favor of a worthy person. If Shen Yiguan did not make it clear that he had no intention of replacing him, he would not be able to get along in the Ming court. After all, the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty had to do all the superficial work no matter what they were doing. foot.
"Yuanfu misunderstood, I didn't mean it that way." Shen Yiguan smiled and said: "Your Majesty, Yuanfu, everyone, the original intention of what I said just now is not to question, let alone to hold accountable, but to state the facts.
Gao Nanning's illustrious achievements have been left in history, and no one will doubt this. Otherwise, how can we explain the fact that Annan was included, Liaodong was rejuvenated, Ningxia was stabilized, Monan was unified... and even the Beijing camp was revitalized?
The reason why I said this just now is because I want to say that Gao Nanning's outstanding martial arts skills are actually due to the trust of the emperor and the planning of previous cabinet ministers.
It goes without saying that everyone knows how important the emperor's trust is to the achievements of his ministers. However, the strategizing achievements of cabinet ministers are often ignored. Your Majesty, I have something to say on this point.
Just now, Wang Yuanfu mentioned the former Yuan Fu Duke Shen, and mistakenly accused me of belittling Duke Shen. This statement is absurd - I thought Duke Shen's contribution was great, even as good as Gao Nanning! "
Shen Yiguan's words seemed to change so quickly that Wang Jiaping didn't even understand how he turned around and praised Shen Shixing. However, Wang Jiaping knew that as a member of the Xin School, Shen Yiguan was less likely to belittle Shen Shixing, and it was normal to praise him. Of course, now we must first figure out what Shen Yiguan wants to do.
"Shen Gong entered the cabinet very early, and he became an auxiliary minister at the time of Longwan. By the time he became an official, he had assisted the emperor for twenty-six years. When Shen Gong entered the cabinet, I had only been in the imperial examination for two or three years. Looking back now , so sad." Shen Yiguan sighed.
He paused and then said: "Since he has been in the cabinet for a long time, he has been the leader of the world for a long time. In the eleventh year of Wanli, Duke Ding of Puzhou in the former Yuan Dynasty resigned from the throne, and Duke Shen took the throne as the leader of the Jin Dynasty. This administration lasted for fifteen years, which is rare in the world.
Your Majesty, gentlemen, what major events happened during the fifteen years of Duke Shen's reign? I think there are at least the following: restructuring of the Beijing camp, opening up the vassal ban, quelling the rebellion in the northwest, fiscal and taxation reform, founding the state into two parts, defeating the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, pacifying Bozhou, and the First World War in Korea...
You may say, aren’t all the above achievements attributed to Gao Nanning? However, Gao Nanning has made so many achievements. At that time, the person who was in charge of the central government to assist the emperor and the ministers, wasn't Shen Gong?
Everyone, in the past when the late Emperor Mu Miao was in power, who was the one who had the most merit in granting tribute? Is it Fang Fengshi or Wang Chonggu? No, I would like to answer that the first merit of the tribute is Duke Gao Wenzheng, and the second merit is Duke Wenzhong of Zhang. It can be seen from this that Gao Nanning was responsible for the success, but the decision-making power lies in the center..."
When Shen Guanyi said this, everyone came to their senses. It turned out that he hoped to exalt Shen Shixing's "decision-making" merit to overshadow his pragmatic "deeds".
However, this underestimated the heroes of the world. Before Wang Jiaping could speak, Liang Menglong still coughed and retorted slowly: "Of course the decision is a great achievement, but Mr. Shen Ge was not in the cabinet at that time, not even in the Sixth Department. I’m afraid I don’t know a lot of things.”
Liang Menglong chuckled and said: "Most of the merits cited by Mr. Shen Ge were actually opposed by Duke Shen." When he said this, he slightly bowed his hands to the emperor, and then said: "I really want to talk about the merits of deciding the policy. In fact, most of these achievements can only be attributed to the Emperor."
Shen Yiguan obviously did not expect that his soft but strong move could be resolved so easily. Of course, this was mainly because of the problem Liang Menglong mentioned just now: "Old Shen Ge was not in the cabinet at that time, not even in the Sixth Department." He really I don’t know that Shen Shixing was opposed to most of those things.
In fact, if you really think about it, it is not difficult to understand. Unless the general trend is unshakable, how can Shen Shixing, as the leader of the Xin School, second the highly pragmatic suggestions?
It's a pity that although Shen Yiguang's political skills are quite good, he didn't do enough in intelligence work, so he made such an mistake. He rambled here for a long time, but was blocked by Liang Menglong. It's really How embarrassing.
Zhu Yijun was quite happy, but he was the emperor after all, and the emperor must have the emperor's considerations and stance, but he could not show his attitude at this time. As an emperor, balancing the strength and posture of his ministers is a basic skill, so not only can he not laugh at Shen Yiguan at this time, he even has to rescue Shen Yiguan.
Zhu Yijun waved his hand to stop the others who were about to speak, and said with final words: "Mr. Shen is a veteran of three dynasties. He has worked hard and made great achievements in serving the government for twenty-six years. I have already said these things in the imperial edict when he was allowed to take office. Today, people No need to repeat the explanation.
As for Mr. Shen, if you just want to complain about Mr. Shen, I can only say that there is no need. The imperial court clearly apportioned Mr. Shen's merits. Merits are merits, and mistakes are faults. They should not be confused. "
When Zhu Yijun said this, his tone suddenly changed and he said: "My dear friends, you may think that I have summoned you here today to discuss the Korean War, but this is not the case. As Mr. Shen just said, I have already appointed Nanning Marquis with full authority for the Korean War. If you want to make a plan, then I won’t interfere any more until the matter is completed. I have called all my dear friends to come here today. I have a rather interesting map for you to take a look at."
After Zhu Yijun finished speaking, Chen Ju, the Chief of Ceremonies, coughed slightly and waved slightly to the side. The small yellow door opened the curtain on the wall and displayed two maps.
Hey, wasn't it said that one map was worth mentioning? Why did it become two?
However, Zhu Yijun did not explain, but naturally pointed to the two maps one after another and said: "My dear friends, please look at this. This is the map of Korea of the Wang family, and this is the map of Korea of the Li family. Please look at these two maps carefully. , have you found any problems? Please look at this."
Zhu Yijun pointed to the large piece of northeastern Korea and said: "This piece of land belonged to the Jurchens during the Wang Dynasty's Goryeo Dynasty and did not belong to the territory of the Kingdom of Koryo. But this same piece of land became part of the Kingdom of Korea during the Lee Dynasty's Joseon Dynasty. The territory of today is the northern part of Pyongan Province and Hamgyong Province.
So here comes the question. Lee's Korea was founded almost at the same time as our Ming Dynasty. During the Yuan Dynasty, Wang's Korea did not have Northeastern territory. During my Ming Dynasty, Lee's Korea suddenly had Northeastern territory. What happened? "After Zhu Yijun asked, he glanced at the cabinet ministers lightly.
Did the Ming Dynasty cede this land to North Korea? It is definitely not accurate to say that it was ceded, because North Korea really did not have the ability to ask the Ming Dynasty to cede territory. But in fact, this area was indeed acquired by North Korea during the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasties.
From the perspective of future generations, this area has a natural port, Chongjin Port. If it belongs to China, it means that Jilin will have an outlet to the sea and will no longer be an inland province!
Why is all this happening? In fact, this event is indeed a historical fact, but it was simply passed over by China. However, it was recorded in Korean history books as "Taizong gave the land", which means that Emperor Taizong of the Ming Dynasty gave this piece of land to North Korea.
Who is Ming Taizong, you ask? In fact, it was Chengzu Zhu Di. His original temple name was Taizong, but it was later changed to Chengzu during the Jiajing period.
So why did Emperor Chengzu Zhu Di give this piece of land to North Korea? This involves a major event in the late Yuan Dynasty: the Red Turban Army's expedition to North Korea.
When future generations talk about Zhu Yuanzhang or Zhang Shicheng, they must be familiar with them. History buffs must have heard of Liu Futong and Han Shantong. However, if you want to talk about Mr. Guan and Po Tou Pan, many people must be confused. Who are these two? Judging from the name, it is too unconventional. Are they like those heroic bandits in Water Margin?
Not really. In fact, these two people were both Liu Futong's generals. Mr. Guan's real name was Guan Duo, and Po Tou Pan's real name was Pan Cheng. As for the reasons for these nicknames, the history books have not recorded them, and future generations will naturally not know.
Why start talking about them? Because as the commander-in-chief of a Northern Expeditionary Army, Mr. Guan actually fought all the way to the Korean Peninsula, which was a military miracle in ancient China.
Since they can be called miracles, why are they unknown? Probably because the "History of the Yuan Dynasty" was compiled by the Ming Dynasty, the deeds of these people were not written in detail. By the time the "History of the Ming Dynasty" was compiled, the deeds of these people had long been submerged.
However, "History of Goryeo" records this event, which states: "The red thieves fake Pingzhang Pan Cheng, Sha Liu, Mr. Guan, Marshal Zhu and more than 100,000 people crossed the Yalu River", "Xin Chou, Sha Liu, Pan Pingzhang, Guan Mr. and more than 300,000 thieves have penetrated into Wang Jing."
It turned out that this Northern Expeditionary Army was not only powerful and turned the Central Plains and the North upside down, but after their attack on the Yuan Dynasty was blocked, they actually turned their troops directly, walked through the Liaoxi Corridor, and captured Liaoyang City. Then, Mr. Guan led this partial division to become more and more courageous as they fought, and even crossed the Yalu River and invaded the Korean Peninsula!
You must know that logistics has always been a big problem in ancient societies' expeditions to the Korean Peninsula. Therefore, in Chinese history, only a few people such as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, Kublai Khan, and Huang Taiji succeeded.
However, according to the records in the "History of Goryeo", these red scarf troops are completely rogue bandits. They "stayed in Wangjing for several months, killing cattle and horses to skin the city, pouring water into ice, and no one can get along with them; they also slaughtered men and women, or Burning the breast milk of pregnant women for food, in order to indulge in cruelty." Of course, considering the political integrity of North Koreans, these descriptions may be exaggerated, or even simply framed.
In short, in the chaos of the late Yuan Dynasty, the 40,000 Red Scarf Army led by Mr. Guan and Po Tou Pan actually sang all the way and invaded the Korean Peninsula. What is even more bizarre is that the Goryeo army was vulnerable, and the Red Scarf Army actually captured the King of Goryeo. Xijing - today's Pyongyang.
You know, this happened in 1356! This year, Zhu Yuanzhang had not yet conquered Nanjing and did not even have his own base, but the Red Scarf Army had already turned the entire north upside down.
However, in fact, the time was not very mature at this time. The Yuan army was still very powerful at that time, so the Yuan army quickly counterattacked, just like the Qing army counterattacked the Taiping Army in the Northern Expedition. Starting from Zhili, the Red Scarf Army They suffered defeats one after another.
In the end, the Yuan army captured Bianliang. Liu Futong's Northern Expedition not only failed to capture most of the capital, but in the end Bianliang, the base camp of his own rebel army, was also lost. The next Northern Expedition will have to wait until twelve years later, when Zhu Yuanzhang sends Xu Da to the Northern Expedition. At that time, the time will be considered ripe.
Chinese history will obviously only record Xu Da's Northern Expedition, and will not record the rest, let alone care about the Korean Peninsula. However, a great general appeared on the Korean Peninsula at this time. It was this man who defeated the Red Turban Army and rose to the top with his military exploits. Who was he? Li Chenggui.
When Li Chenggui rose to prominence, he was only twenty-seven years old. At that time, he was just an ordinary general, born into a powerful local... he could be considered a small warlord.
At that time, the Chinese Red Turban Army invaded the Koryo Kingdom and captured Pyongyang, the capital of Xijing. The situation was extremely critical. Since Goryeo was a vassal state of the Yuan Dynasty, the King of Goryeo urgently asked the Yuan Dynasty for help. However, the Yuan Dynasty was too busy taking care of themselves at the moment and obviously had no interest in saving him, so they could only let them save themselves. Therefore, Goryeo's Prime Minister An You and General Li Bangsil led hundreds of thousands of troops to fight against the Red Turban Army.
Coincidentally, the Goryeo Dynasty at this time was the same as North Korea in previous years. It had been at peace for too long, and the army had no combat effectiveness at all. These hundreds of thousands of troops could not defeat a mere 40,000 Red Turban Army, and were defeated by the Red Turban Army. The beatings taught me a lesson that made me doubt my life.
At the critical moment, Li Chenggui stood up. He said that although the Red Scarf Army was coming fiercely, logistics was a big problem, and they had always relied on war to support war. To put it bluntly, they relied on robbery to maintain their combat effectiveness, so they only needed to cut off their rear. road, and then defeat them.
This is the truth, but as the saying goes, it’s all about talking and not practicing tricks. The real thing can only be seen under the hands. Therefore, Li Chenggui led 2,000 elite soldiers he had trained to go into battle, first cutting off the Red Scarf Army's retreat, and then luring the Red Scarf Army out of Xijing to fight outside the city.
At the critical moment of the war, the Goryeo army finally arrived, and the two armies worked together to defeat the Red Scarf Army. Li Chenggui even personally led the death squad to climb the Xijing tower and regain Xijing.
Young Future relied on a small group of elite soldiers to defeat the invading enemy. Is this record similar to Li Shimin's Battle of Hulao Pass? Yes, the bravery Li Chenggui showed on the Korean Peninsula at that time was just like Li Shimin who conquered the Central Plains in a battle hundreds of years ago.
After this battle, Li Chenggui became famous. In addition, the activities of the Red Scarf Army successfully freed the Kingdom of Goryeo from the control of the Yuan Dynasty and laid the foundation for independence. At this time, King Gongmin of Goryeo was mediocre and cruel, and many generals with great achievements were suspected by him and were killed one after another, such as Zheng Shiyun, An Cong, Jin Deokbae, Li Bangshi, etc., but Li Chenggui was always respected and was not killed. .
The Goryeo Dynasty valued him very much and ordered him to lead his army to seize the opportunity to recover the city captured by Liaodong King Nahachu. Nahachu was a famous powerful official in the late Yuan Dynasty. He had been entrenched in Liaodong for a long time. He was later defeated and captured by the Ming Dynasty in 1375. At this time, he was still king and hegemon in Liaodong, and he was arrogant.
Li Chenggui adopted a night attack, crossed the mountains in the middle of the night, and personally led 600 elite troops to attack the enemy camp at night. Later, he pretended to be defeated and lured the Yuan army, and shot and killed an elite general of the Yuan Dynasty.
After that, Li Chenggui defeated Nahachu in the Battle of Hamhung. Nahachu failed completely and withdrew from the Korean Peninsula. He expressed his willingness to reconcile with Li Chenggui. Soon he returned the two cities to King Gongmin of Goryeo and praised Li Chenggui. He said: "You are young and can use troops like a god. You are a true genius. You will be responsible for great things in your country."
In other words, although King Gongmin was fatuous in the late Goryeo Dynasty, relying on Li Chenggui's military exploits, Goryeo, a small country that had been difficult to expand its territory next to the Chinese Empire for a long time, actually completed a rare territory expansion.
Just as Annan's southern expedition destroyed the Champa Kingdom, the main direction of Goryeo's expansion was in the north. Li Chenggui defeated Nahachu, and Goryeo conquered all the land in the lower reaches of the Yalu River. However, Li Chenggui was not satisfied and wanted to conquer the Jurchens in the upper reaches of the Yalu River. He eventually conquered the Jurchens in the Yalu River and the Changbai Mountains, and expanded his territory to the Changbai Mountains.
However, a problem arose. In 1368, the once mighty Yuan Dynasty perished and was replaced by the Ming Dynasty. What Li Chenggui didn't expect in particular was that the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition actually captured Dadu in one fell swoop, which shocked him.
After that, in 1375, the Ming Dynasty was destroyed and Naha came out to capture Liaodong. However, at this time, King Gongmin of Goryeo was addicted to expanding his territory. After his assassination, his successor Wang You was also addicted to expansion and even ordered Li Chenggui to send troops to attack Liaodong and start a war with the Ming Dynasty.
Li Chenggui had fought with the Red Scarf Army in his early years and knew the combat effectiveness of the Red Scarf Army. At this time, he wanted to go to war with the Ming Dynasty. He thought about it for a long time and finally came up with an idea.
After that, Li Chenggui stationed troops on Waihua Island on the Yalu River for a long time. He refused to send troops no matter what, even if the King of Koryo urged him to do so. Finally one day, something unexpected happened. Li Chenggui sent troops, but not to the north, but to the south - he directly conquered the royal city and overthrew the Wang family of Goryeo.
Previously, King Gongmin of Goryeo had killed most of his generals in the name of rebellion, so now his son was truly alone. Perhaps what he never dreamed of was that Li Chenggui, whom he trusted most, actually rebelled and established a new country.
After overthrowing Wang's Goryeo, Li Chenggui turned around and wrote a letter to Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, asking for repairs. Speaking of the changes in Goryeo at this time, Zhu Yuanzhang was also very surprised. He had long heard that King Gongmin of Goryeo was a lunatic who had been prone to expansionism and cruelty for a long time. Fortunately, he was assassinated later, so Zhu Yuanzhang also valued Li Chenggui.
However, since Li Chenggui founded the country, it would be inappropriate to use Goryeo as the name of the country. Therefore, Li Chenggui was very aware of current affairs and sent someone to discuss with Zhu Yuanzhang.
At that time, some people suggested calling it "Three Hans", and some suggested calling it "Guning" because there was an ancient country called "Guning Gaya". Some people suggested calling it North Korea because the earliest political power in this land was the ancient North Korea established by Jizi. , has a history of 3,000 years, and the original meaning of "North Korea" is "North Korea is clear", and the meaning is also very good.
Obviously, Zhu Yuanzhang finally chose "North Korea", so he gave Li Chenggui the national title "North Korea." At this point, the Ming Dynasty and North Korea had good relations. However, after good relations returned, Zhu Yuanzhang soon discovered that something was wrong. At that time, the northern part of North Korea, Tielingwei in the north of Ping'an Road, was the territory directly under the jurisdiction of the Yuan Dynasty, but at this time it was under the jurisdiction of North Korea.
But the timing was not good at this time. In order to appease the new Li family's North Korean regime, Zhu Yuanzhang chose to take a step back and retreated Tieling Weibei to the north of the Yalu River and established it in Liaodong, which was later known as Tieling.
Zhu Yuanzhang also had another consideration at that time, that is, the Jurchens in the upper reaches of the Yalu River have always been difficult to manage, and Li's North Korea may not have a good way to deal with them, at least not in the short term. At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang's military focus was on Yunnan, so he ignored the Northeast for the time being. Sure enough, the Jurchens under Li's Korea later rebelled many times.
In fact, what was more important at that time was that the area where the Jurchens lived in Northeast China was not under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, so the Ming Dynasty had no particularly suitable reason to stop North Korea. When Emperor Chengzu Zhu Di came to the throne, he sent people to appease the Jurchens in the Northeast and established the "Nuer Gandu Division" to govern the Northeast. At this point, the Jurchen talents in the Northeast were all under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty.
In this way, the Ming Dynasty not only bordered Liaodong in the west, but also bordered North Korea on the Yalu River and Changbai Mountain in the east. So the problem arises again. The land in the upper reaches of the Yalu River has been annexed by North Korea for a long time, which is the North Hamgyong Province area that Zhu Yijun is pointing at now.
However, the main energy of the Ming Dynasty at this time was not in Korea, but in the Northern Yuan Dynasty - the Five Expeditions in Mobei. Therefore, Emperor Yongle Zhu Di decided to recognize the fait accompli and agreed to use the Yalu River as the boundary with North Korea. The north belonged to the Ming Dynasty and the south belonged to North Korea. This also meant that North Korea owned the land in the upper reaches of the Yalu River and Changbai Mountain.
This is also the reason why North Korea has always owned this land, that is, "Taizong gave the land" recorded in North Korean history books, which means that His Majesty Taizong had a large amount and gave us this land without starting a war with us.
Finally, during the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Shizong of Korea launched the Battle of the Zhupo River and defeated all the Jurchen strongholds on the south bank of the Yalu River and the Tumen River. Finally, he completed the conquest of all the south of the Yalu River and the Tumen River, and officially separated from the Ming Dynasty. The river governs.
However, Zhu Di still had an idea at the time. He set up the Jianzhou Guard on the Ming Dynasty land on the north bank of the Yalu River for the purpose of supervising North Korea on the south bank of the Yalu River. However, no one may have thought that the Jianzhou Guard would produce a Nurhaci hundreds of years later, and the Nurhaci in the original history became a rebel minister of the Ming Dynasty.
This is the history of the northward expansion of the Joseon Dynasty. In short, small countries also have ambitions to expand, but they are limited by their strength and most of them failed to succeed. The troubled times at the end of the Yuan Dynasty provided Korea with an opportunity, so there were these two different views. picture.
Although it involves a dusty history, the elders of the Ming Dynasty were all from the Hanlin Academy. They were top academics per capita, and they all knew about this period of history. Therefore, once Zhu Yijun laid out the Kanyu map, everyone knew what was going on.
The difference between the two Kantu maps is self-evident. What is important is the emperor's intention. This is the key.
There were some things that were not convenient for others to say, but Wang Jiaping, as the chief assistant, had to talk about them, so he asked: "From the two pictures shown by the emperor, we can see that the northeastern part of Korea is not the homeland of Goryeo. Could it be that the emperor wants to take back this place?"
Zhu Yijun did not answer directly, but looked around at the other ministers and asked, "What do you think?"
This was a pressing question. As the second assistant, Liang Menglong had no choice but to speak after Wang Jiaping and said: "The demarcation of the Yalu River is an old thing during the Yongle period. Chengzu's demarcation of this boundary was originally intended to reward North Korea for becoming a vassal. Now if we want to take it back ...I wonder if there is a reason that everyone can believe?"
The third person in the cabinet was Gao Jingshi, but Gao Jingshi was not there, so he was skipped, and it was the turn of Zhao Zhigao, a bachelor of Wuyingdian, to express his position.
Zhao Zhigao said sickly: "The reason is easy to find, but if you want 'everyone can believe it', it might be a little difficult."
Well, this is the most typical kind of "right bullshit". If Zhu Yijun wants to take back this land, the reasons are of course easy to find. For example, the Koreans themselves say that this land comes from the "Land Granted by Taizong", which means that this land was "gifted" by Zhu Di. Since it is a gift , then it can naturally be taken back - Zhu Yijun, as the emperor of tomorrow, can theoretically even send an edict to North Korea, saying that this land will not be given to you now.
But obviously, it is impossible to "convince everyone" by doing this. Your ancestors gave the land to the ancestors of the Korean King Li Xin. Why do you regret it for no reason? Where is the credibility of the mighty Ming Emperor?
After Zhao Zhigao finished speaking, it was time for Shen Yigui to express his position. Shen Yiguan likes to form cliques in the court, which shows that he is a very power-hungry person. Such a person is naturally very interested in the court's "expansion of territory", so he immediately said: "Everyone is convinced. Although the reason is difficult to find, it cannot be said that there is no reason. I have two plans for the emperor’s reference.”
"I didn't say what I was going to do..." Zhu Yijun explained for a moment, but then he changed the topic and said, "But since Mr. Shen has a plan, you might as well talk about it and listen to it."
Shen Guan had been a lecturer and academic officer for many years, and he still knew something about the emperor. He smiled slightly and said: "As a plan, on the pretext of regaining Wangjing for North Korea twice, we will take Xianjingdao and other places in the northeastern part of North Korea as a thank you gift." . The kindness of rebuilding is so important. It is natural for our country to take a small amount of thanks as a gift. Who can blame me for using this as an excuse to take Xianjing and other places?"
"Well..." Zhu Yijun seemed to respond, but it didn't seem to be a response, and he didn't know what his intention was.
Seeing this, Shen Guanyi knew that although Zhu Yijun was not necessarily opposed to this approach, he was not particularly satisfied with it, so he added: "Second plan, the court will not take Xianjing Taoism, but take it from Jurchen tribes. Jurchens, my court." The barrier is also the most sufficient reason for taking Xianjing Road.
There are three reasons: first, the place was the old Jurchen land two hundred years ago, and the Jurchens took it, and it is only natural that the things should be returned to their original owners;
Secondly, the Jurchen tribes have gone on many expeditions in recent years. This time, the Ping Japanese tribes also accepted the orders of the Ming Dynasty and ordered their troops to join the war. Their loyalty should be rewarded, and they should be rewarded with the old Jurchen lands. It is reasonable and reasonable;
Thirdly, after years of evolution, the various Jurchen tribes now have four stronger forces, namely Yehe, Jianzhou, Hada, and Ula. Among them, Yehe and Hada can be regarded as the most loyal right-hand men of the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong. However, because of their remote location, the Wula tribe can hardly play any role even though they are both our vassal.
Among the four forces, Jianzhou is naturally the one that attracts the most attention. At that time, Jianzhou had very strong elite troops and had a vague tendency to rise. In order to weaken its power, Gao Nanning not only used tricks to alienate Jianzhou and Ye He, but also planned Later, Jianzhou was divided into two parts.
Although these measures are effective, the power of Jianzhou's left guard Nurha Chibe still overwhelms the right guard Shuerhaqi, which can be regarded as a major unstable factor in Liaodong and needs to be dealt with urgently.
Based on this situation, if the imperial court could exchange Xianjing Road and other places for Nurhaci to move south and return them to the places where Jianzhou Zuowei is today, then Xianjing Road and other places would nominally return to the Ming Dynasty, and Nurhaci would abandon his old places and move to the Ming Dynasty. To occupy new territory, it takes more time to consolidate it, so that there is no power to cause chaos in the Liao Dynasty. Isn’t this killing multiple birds with one stone? "
His words were much more practical than the previous statements, and even inspired Zhou Yong, the newly promoted Dongge bachelor who was ranked lowest in the cabinet.
Zhou Yong immediately added: "Old Shen Ge's words are reasonable, and in my humble opinion, I'm afraid there are more than just the benefits mentioned by Old Shen Ge. I think that once this move is successful, the original land of Jianzhou Zuowei will be restored." Quite useful.
For example, the imperial court could either place it under direct control and send officials to govern it, or establish a new Han military garrison, as in the story of the Six Forts of Kuandian; or it could also use it as a reward to reward Ye He and Hada.
Of course, if it is used as a reward, then there are two options: one is to directly reward, that is, to divide these areas to Ye He and Hada. However, the court must not be too fair. Instead, it should give Ye He, The rewards for the second part of Hada are quite different.
This will create discord between the two tribes, facilitate the court to support the weak and resist the strong, and ensure that the strength of each Jurchen tribe is balanced, so that Liaodong will naturally be peaceful.
The second is to order Ye He and Hada to also "move towns", giving up all or part of their original territory and moving south to the Jianzhou Zuowei territory. The specific how to change the territory can be discussed slowly, but in short it still needs to be discussed. The main point is that the three tribes of Yehe, Hada and Nurhachi are adjacent to each other and close to the Ming Dynasty at the same time.
In this way, Ula is too far away, so we can ignore it for the time being. Manchuria will become a tripartite force, and it is most convenient to combine vertically and horizontally. At this time, I, the Ming Dynasty, have emerged from the world. As long as we ensure that none of the three branches is completely annexed, we can prevent the unification of Manchuria and ensure peace in Liaodong forever. "
Zhou Yong was the last to join the cabinet, and he joined the cabinet largely because of his good luck. He caught up with black swan events such as the downfall of Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue. Therefore, his status has always been embarrassing. The attitude of the emperor and other cabinet officials towards him Although there is nothing wrong with it on the surface, in fact it is still somewhat contemptuous.
Therefore, Zhou Yong himself also hopes to have a chance to show his face. He was quite satisfied with what he said just now, and after saying it, the effect was really good. Judging from the faces of the cabinet ministers, no matter how they expressed their opinions before, they couldn't help but look thoughtful after hearing this. It can be seen that everyone thinks it is worth a try, but Zhou Yong proposed more than one plan, so everyone needs to weigh it. trade off.
Zhu Yijun also seemed a little moved, and said thoughtfully: "Then what choice does Zhou Aiqing think is the most beneficial to our Ming Dynasty?"
Zhou Yong said: "If it is most beneficial to the Ming Dynasty, it is natural for the Jurchens to move southward as a whole, that is, Nurhachi moved to the town of Xianjing Road, and Ye He and Hada moved south to the vicinity of Jianzhou Zuowei.
However, how to allocate the territory needs to be carefully calculated. Otherwise, it might be okay to say that Hada's original territory was not large, but Yeheyuan's territory is quite large. It may be difficult to move south without harming their interests. This will inevitably lead to hidden dangers. . "
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PS: This chapter is a bit difficult to divide into chapters, otherwise the sense of separation will be too strong, so I will combine the two chapters of yesterday and today into one.
. Lewen
