Li Chengliang was finally persuaded by Zhang Juzheng to hand over the Li family's main financial source. Because Li Chengliang's matter involved the next military strategy of governing Liaodong, Zhang Juzheng did not dare to neglect it. In a few words, he wrote a short note and asked the internal officials to rush it to the Qianqing Palace.
After Zhu Yijun saw it, he asked the Wei Dynasty to pass an order to Zhang Jing to come to the palace early tomorrow morning. He opened his paper and read Zhang Juzheng's report again, and said in his heart that he was absolutely right to choose Zhang Juzheng to assist the government. This was indeed a spicy old carrot. What's even more rare is that the cooperation with him is getting more and more tacit - this little note is proof.
I also thought that fortunately the Li family hadn't grown too big yet, so Dr. Zhang was able to perform a painless abortion on him.
If he had time traveled a few years later and Li Chengliang, the Liaodong freak, had matured, it would have been more than ten times more difficult to remove it at that time. Probably the only option would be a caesarean section, which would inevitably take a toll on one’s vitality.
If one thing goes wrong, everyone in the world will be in danger - the Wanli Emperor of the original time and space was like this, and he was at both ends between his removal from office and his resurrection, which ultimately led to huge consequences.
Where Li Chengliang was in trouble, Wang Gao, Nurhaci, and Emperor Wanli of the original time and space all had some say.
Let’s talk about Wang Gao first. The Jianzhou tribe united by the defeated Wang Gao was the most unruly Jurchen after Chenghua. This is not only because Wang Gao is extremely vicious and his ambition overwhelms his courage, but also because of the economic foundation of the Ministry of State Development.
In the area under the jurisdiction of Jianzhou Jurchen, there are no high-priced specialties such as Dongzhu, sable, and pure sable. At the beginning, because they did not know how to manage crops, the farmland yield was also very low.
The materials exchanged for horses and ordinary furs, plus the income from hunting and planting, could not satisfy the Jianzhou Jurchens. Therefore, Jianzhou Jurchens needed to plunder Han people to help them farm.
This contradiction determined by the economic foundation is almost impossible to reconcile, and Wang Gao, Nurhaci and others just responded to the situation. Wang Gao was cunning and courageous, so he was able to unify various tribes and was known as Mafa. ——And Li Chengliang also needs such an opponent in Liaodong.
If Wang Tai is Li Chengliang's financial provider, in Li Chengliang's eyes, Wang Gao is the provider of side work.
In the original time and space, he intentionally or unintentionally controlled the intensity of the conflict between Liaodong and Jurchen tribes, allowing Wang Gao and Tatar tribes to continuously provide military merits to the Li family army. According to historical records, "Li Cheng, Liang, and the Crusaders fought ten battles, all of which were victorious."
And these so-called ten battles were all mainly defeat battles, with hundreds of people beheaded each time, rarely more than a thousand. Since then, relatives and a bunch of godsons have been promoted continuously due to the rewards given by the court, and the Li family has become more and more powerful. It's not that Li Chengliang can't fight a battle of annihilation like Qi Jiguang, but that he doesn't want to fight at all.
In the first year of Wanli, Wang Gao suddenly went crazy and tried to die. With the support of Lai Lihong, he killed Pei Chengzu and three hundred of his riders. For Li Chengliang, he was out of luck, and he must give an explanation to the court.
How does he explain the original time and space? He fought with Wang Gao twice in three years, and finally used the royal platform to capture Wang Gao and indulge his son. Wang Gao was beheaded in the capital, and the emperor and the court were relieved.
Li Chengliang then slowly dispersed Wang Gao's remaining forces. It was not until the ninth year of Wanli that he attacked Atai and completely destroyed Wang Gao's remaining forces.
During this period, Atai took over Wang Gao's power and continued to provide him with military exploits; and using Atai, Li Chengliang also intimidated the Haixi Wangtai who was doing business with him - he was like a big mountain pressing on the Jurchen tribes. It will always dominate the rise and fall of all forces in Liaodong.
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In this time and space, as Zhu Yijun participated in military and political affairs, the results of the two wars in Liaodong in the second year of Wanli were very different from those in the original time and space. In less than a year, Wang Gao's troops were wiped out.
It wasn't that Li Chengliang didn't want to let Wang Gao survive, but that the initiative in the war was no longer in his hands.
The "strategy" that Zhu Yijun played at the beginning of the year was also a decision made after a comprehensive understanding and judgment of the strength of the Liaodong Ming Army and the military power of the Jianzhou Ministry.
After Li Chengliang accepted the strategy that was "letter" on the surface but "purpose" in essence, he did not dare to play tricks anymore, so he achieved great success in the first battle, and beat Wang Gao to ashes in the second battle.
In the battle of Gule City, if Li Chengliang could dominate the battle, he would never completely destroy Wang Gao. He would only give him a heavy blow to weaken the Jianzhou Department and maintain the balance among the Jurchen Departments.
However, Zhu Yijun had already decided on the strategy of governing the Liao Dynasty and sent the Royal Horse Inspector to burn the city with kerosene, without giving Li Chengliang any chance to release water.
In the original time and space, after Li Chengliang destroyed Wang Gao, he then supported Nurhachi and followed the same path as he supported Wang Gao. However, Emperor Wanli saw clearly that he could not tolerate Li Chengliang any longer. He first dismissed him from office, and later dismantled the Li family army to pieces.
In the twenty-sixth year of Wanli, Li Rusong was trapped to death by Li Pinghu, Li Chengliang's godson, and died in a battle with the Tartars. The shadow of Emperor Wanli loomed behind him. From the strange historical record that Li Ping and Hu captured the emperor and died, but were promoted to nobility many times, they can roughly trace the intrigue hidden behind the words and remotely imagine the grievances and resentments between Li Chengliang and the Ming Dynasty.
And Li Rusong's death completely eliminated Li Chengliang's remaining thoughts of family, country and loyalty to the emperor. In the thirty-fourth year of Wanli, Li Chengliang, after being reinstated, abolished Kuandian Six Forts and personally destroyed the last barrier to Jianzhou's unification of the Northeast. He tore open a huge gap in the Ming Dynasty's already riddled body with constant blood loss. Wounds, and ultimately ended the last Han feudal dynasty.
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At this time in this time and space, Li Chengliang's time as the commander-in-chief of Liaodong is still short. The strategic idea of "raising captives to respect themselves" has just sprouted and has not yet been fully formed in practice. Zhu Yijun still has the opportunity to turn Li Chengliang around and get rid of him. Financial resources are the first step.
After being rubbed hard by Zhang Juzheng, Li Chengliang understood that the court had already intended to purge him, but he was just looking after the meritorious officials. Out of gratitude, he finally handed over his financial resources.
The next day, he went to the Royal Horse Prison to find Zhang Jing and tell all about his upstream and downstream business partnerships, real estate, and shops. He also said that he had sent people to collect relevant documents and would cooperate with Zhang Jing to complete the transfer this month.
Zhang Jing took a pen and jotted it down in detail, and did a quick mental calculation, secretly astonished at the profits of Li Cheng and Liang's family's industry.
Seeing Li Chengliang breathing in the cold air as he spoke, Zhang Jing smiled and said: "Uncle Ning Yuan holds these financial resources, which are beyond the scope of the general's duty. Your Majesty is not robbing your family's property, you must be aware of this." "
Li Chengliang smiled bitterly and said: "A certain family never thought that such a taboo would be violated, and it was an unintentional mistake. I can only thank God for the emperor's intention to protect the Li family, and there is no resentment. These words come from the bottom of my heart. Please also ask Eunuch Zhang I would like to convey our family’s thoughts on my behalf.”
Zhang Jing listened and stopped talking nonsense. He recorded the details of the properties and shops he mentioned, and asked him to sign and stamp each piece of paper. He also marked the pages of the document and took another piece of paper to write the abbreviation.
Then he said with a smile: "I don't dare to keep half of these things from Ning Yuanbo privately. These pictures must be shown to the emperor." This sentence completely dispelled Li Chengliang's last suspicion that Zhang Juzheng and Zhang Jing had embezzled his property.
Zhang Jing added: "Your Majesty has a high regard for Uncle Ning Yuan, and once told our family, 'The only tiger generals in the country who are handsome and talented are Ning Yuanbo, Jing Haibo and a few others.'"
Li Chengliang felt a tingling sensation in his heart after hearing this. He smiled and asked, "Is this true?"
After hearing this, Zhang Jing pretended to be displeased and said, "What did your uncle say? How dare we arrange the emperor's words? Not a single word has been changed."
After hearing this, Li Chengliang said with tears in his eyes: "I am fully aware of the emperor's intention to preserve it. Eunuch Zhang forwarded it on his behalf: 'Chengliang thanked Heaven for his kindness and tried his best. These bones and future generations will be used by the emperor!'
After hearing this, Zhang Jing gave Li Chengliang a thumbs-up and said with a smile: "You don't need me to tell you. If you come into the palace with my family, the emperor wants to see you alone."
Li Chengliang was stunned for a moment after hearing this.
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