There is no leisure in life and politics, and you can only steal half a day of leisure while being busy.
This is a true portrayal of Chongzhen since he returned from the Firearms Research Institute.
The entire Ming Dynasty was developing according to the established plan. North Korea was fine for a while, there was Luo Sigong on the Yao people's side, and Qin Liangyu in the southwest, so he was quite relaxed.
He handles government affairs in the morning every day and plays with his son in the palace in the afternoon. His life is extremely leisurely.
But this tranquility was soon disrupted by a piece of intelligence from North Korea.
"Your Majesty, news has come back from North Korea!"
On this day, Li Ruolian hurriedly entered Dongnuan Pavilion and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, it seems that we are being used by Huang Taiji again!"
"Took advantage of it? What's going on?"
"Your Majesty, this is detailed information about North Korea. Please take a look at it!"
Li Ruolian submitted a piece of information and continued: "Your Majesty, the North Korean royal guards lurking in Seoul responded that after the North Korean royal family was killed, the royal tombs were bombed again, which aroused the anger of the North Korean nobles and common people, and they rushed to Ganghwa Island and Baengnyeong Island. support,
As a result, Huang Taiji bloodbathed dozens of nobles, thousands of people were massacred, and all supplies were looted. At the same time, the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty attacked Ganghwa Island and bloodbathed Ganghwa Island.
The 2,000 troops stationed on Ganghwa Island and the supporting 5,000 nobles and more than 6,000 aborigines were all massacred. Suddenly, the incident happened suddenly. Only two of our more than 50 lurking Jinyi guards who were pretending to be Prince Sohyun survived! "
"All the more than fifty imperial guards were slaughtered?"
"Jiannu is really looking for death!"
Chongzhen was stunned for a moment, then slammed the table and stood up, his face full of anger.
He has been flying wild geese all day long, but now his eyes are pecked by geese.
To be honest, it was expected that the Korean nobles and common people were slaughtered. The death of tens of thousands of people and the death of tens or hundreds of thousands were no losses to Ming Dynasty.
Moreover, many nobles died. After destroying Jiannu and Fusang, Ming Dynasty added North Korea to Ming Dynasty territory and had better control.
But the bombing of the royal tomb and the bloodbath of Jianghua Island were a bit strange. Even the Jinyiwei controlled by Wei Zhongxian would not do such a thing, let alone the current Jinyiwei.
Moreover, Ganghwa Island is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It was the refuge of the Joseon royal family and its fortifications were extremely complete. How could it be that everything fell in just a few hours?
Seemingly seeing the emperor's doubts, Li Ruolian continued to explain: "Your Majesty, the reason why Ganghwa Island was quickly captured was because some Korean nobles took refuge in the slaves, or because some nobles were already slaves after the Dingmao Rebellion. Under control, and in this operation to support Ganghwa Island,
Moreover, Jiannu had a large number of firearms when he attacked the island. Thanks to the internal and external cooperation, Ganghwa Island was quickly captured.
All the supplies stored in Ganghwa Island were taken away and loaded onto hundreds of ships. "
"Even so, there is no need to bloodbath the indigenous people on the island at this juncture!"
"Maybe it's to scare the nobles and resisters in North Korea!"
"No, Huang Taiji did it on purpose!"
Chongzhen suddenly thought of something and continued: "You said before that the plan for the Joseon royal family went smoothly. Huang Taiji guessed that we had people lurking in front of the court, and also guessed that Ganghwa Island was planned by us.
Fortunately, he used the trick to obtain resources, and bloodbathed the nobles to obtain resources. The bloodbath of the aboriginal people was to kill the Jinyiwei and Antan lurking in Ganghwa Island. They were already mortal enemies anyway, so killing each one counts.
It also reminds us that he has seen through our plan and is provoking us! "
"Your Majesty, forgive me!"
Li Ruolian's forehead was covered with cold sweat. Although it was impossible to verify Huang Taiji's thoughts, the emperor's analysis was definitely the most consistent with the development of the matter.
"Although you are responsible for this, it is not a big one. Who would have thought that there were nobles who had been controlled by Jiu Nu for a long time, and who would have thought that Jiu Nu would actually kill the entire island at this juncture in order to kill the Ming people lurking on the island. Slaughtered!"
Chongzhen shook his head, his eyes full of emotion.
I have to say that Huang Taiji is really ruthless and an absolute tycoon.
If it were him, he might not be able to do this.
"As for the destruction of the royal tombs, it was most likely done by Huang Taiji. Our judgment is based on two points.
First, the entire bloodbath process was all done by Jiannu, with the participation of various parts of Fusang and Mongolia.
Secondly, after Jiannu massacred the gentry and Ganghwa Island, Huang Taiji claimed on the wall of Seoul that we were responsible for the murder of the royal family and the destruction of the royal tombs.
Then he led his army from Seoul and went straight to Pyongyang on the Pingan Road, pulling thousands of carts of supplies. Before that, there were already thousands of carts of supplies pulled to Pyongyang.
According to our estimates, the food amount is at least five million dan, which, combined with the food in Jiannu's territory, can meet the needs of Jiannu for at least ten months.
Wang Guoxing and the others originally planned to burn down their supplies camp, but as a result the defenses were extremely tight and they couldn't find the slightest chance. "
"It's better if you can find it. If you can't find it, you have to investigate where the military supplies are stored!"
Chongzhen waved his hand, and after thinking for a moment, his face became serious: "Send an order to Mao Wenlong and Ma Xianglin, asking them to keep an eye on Jiannu's baggage team.
If they transport supplies across the Yalu River towards Shenyang and look for opportunities to attack and harass, aren't they looking for food to tide over the food shortage? Then do something for them! "
"In addition, send an order to Wang Guoxing to find out which noble families have defected to Jiannu. We must settle this account."
"Your Majesty, according to the investigation, it is likely that they are the Cui family and the Zheng family, the Han family, the Che family and the Chi family of Suwon Liushou Mansion, which is connected to Seoul."
"Have you checked it out?"
Chongzhen was deeply surprised, and then his face turned cold: "Invite Wang Guoxing to investigate these five families, and when they attack Fusang next year, they will completely slaughter these five families to avenge the more than fifty Jin Yiwei who died in the battle.
The pensions of these fifty or so Jinyi Guards will be increased threefold. After Jiannu and Fusang are eliminated next year, monuments will be erected for them on Ganghwa Island as a commemoration! "
"However, before that, I need to collect some interest first! Send an order to Sun Chuanting to seize the opportunity to capture Guangning City and kill all the slave-building nobles in the city. If I kill fifty of my people, I will kill five hundred of them."
"I thank Your Majesty on their behalf!"
"Send this information to the cabinet and inform them of my arrangements, and tell them to make every effort to prepare for the Northern Conference next year. They must be fully prepared."
"Besides, there will be a ceremony to honor Confucius in a few days. Please be careful in Qufu and don't let anything big happen!"
"I understand!"
After Li Ruolian left, Chongzhen stood by the window with his hands behind his back, looking in the direction of Liaodong.
From the bloodbath of the Korean gentry and Ganghwa Island, as well as the clean evacuation of Gyeonggi Province, it can be judged that Huang Taiji has reached an agreement with Fuso and obtained firearms technology.
What's more important is that he is ready for a decisive battle with Ming Dynasty.
"A fight to the death? Haha..."
After Chongzhen muttered to himself, he stopped thinking about it. The result was already determined.
