In the end, each of the ten Jianlu prisoners were dragged into Wuying Hall by two Dongchang servants.
At first, these ten prisoners refused to kneel, and it was the Dongchang officers who beat them on the crooks of their legs and then forcibly pressed their shoulders to make them kneel on the ground.
Seeing them struggling hard, as if they would rather die than surrender, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but sneer in his heart. If you really had this determination, you shouldn't have been captured in the first place!
Each of these prisoners was strong and strong. If they had not been tortured by seasickness and were not given a full meal when they were escorted all the way to Beijing, two ordinary Dongchang guards might not be able to hold one of them down.
At this time, Emperor Chongzhen stared at them, watching them look back at him angrily, and immediately sneered: "It is already fish meat on the knife board, it should look like fish meat. Otherwise, I will have someone give it to you." How about shaving your head bald and writing on your forehead that Huang Taiji is a stupid pig?"
In the beginning, these Jianlu held their heads high and ignored them. It didn't matter if their heads were shaved, or if their heads fell off. They had already realized this. However, when they heard that Emperor Chongzhen actually wanted to carve words on their foreheads, and also wanted to write something like Huang Taiji was a stupid pig, they immediately became uneasy.
Ying Erdai was their leader, and he spoke first: "Thank you for being the Ming Emperor. If you have the ability, you beheaded us all. You still respect you and humiliate us. What kind of hero do you think you are?"
"Oh?" Emperor Chongzhen heard this and sneered, "Whether I am a hero or not is not up to you. As for humiliating you, I don't think so. I just think Huang Taiji is a stupid pig, who else? Nurhaci, yes, he is also a stupid pig. He will carve you on your forehead and face, and then parade around the capital for a few days to let everyone know this fact, and then put you back to let more people know..."
"Fart, Xianhan and the emperor are the most powerful of our Manchu tribe..." A Jianlu replied angrily, "Thirteen armors raised an army and beat you smart dogs and lost the entire Liaodong. To say it is stupid, You are stupid, you are the stupidest..."
He still wanted to curse, but Wang Chengen, the admiral of the Dongchang who had been standing next to him, changed his expression and immediately stepped forward and slapped him, interrupting his curse.
Seeing this, the other Jianlu prisoners began to struggle, but were held down by the Dongchang officers.
Emperor Chongzhen knew from previous information that the person who cursed was a Niulu Ezhen from Zhengbai Banner, named Xilin Jueluo.
There is no point in beating people. If you really want to cause them physical pain, just let Dongchang take care of them. There is no need to do it in Wuying Palace. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen stretched out his hand and shook his hand to stop Wang Chengen from beating him.
However, even so, Xilin Jueluo was still beaten with blood all over his mouth.
After such an episode, these Jianlu became a little softer, but of course they themselves would not admit it.
Emperor Chongzhen looked at them and said in a cold voice: "Nurhaci and Huang Taiji are stupid pigs. They brought about the annihilation of the Jurchen clan for your Jurchen state. I can give you a chance. I will let you go back and tell Huang Taiji to surrender immediately and unconditionally." Otherwise, we will just wait to be exterminated."
"Bah, you are so shameless!" Xilin Jueluo was indeed the most violent among these people. He did not forget to beat him, and immediately cursed loudly: "My Qing Dynasty is invincible in the field, where do you have the ability to dare to destroy my Qing Dynasty?"
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he stared at him and sneered: "Invincible in the field? Then how did you come here? Don't say you like it, you came here by yourself? And in the previous battle, except for this Zhengbai Banner Gushan Ezhen In addition, Xiangbaiqi Gushan Ezhen was also captured by the Ming Dynasty. He killed 30,000 captives, but have you selectively forgotten them? I sent Lu Qing to Liaodong, captured Lushun, and destroyed your navy. , have you all forgotten too?”
"..." Xilin Jueluo opened his mouth and wanted to refute several times, but he couldn't. After Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, he still said stubbornly, "These don't count!"
"Haha! Whether it counts or not is up to you!" Emperor Chongzhen sneered and said nonchalantly: "When you go back, tell Huang Taiji what I said, so as not to say that I will be executed for not teaching you! Get out!"
When the Dongchang officers heard this, they set up two soldiers one by one and dragged the ten prisoners out.
Now, these ten Jianlu were confused? Is it possible that we really have to let them go back like this? Just to bring a message to the Qing Emperor?
Ying Erdai didn't believe it and said loudly: "What do you want to do? Just tell me? Don't use this falsehood, we will not accept this!"
However, Emperor Chongzhen didn't bother to pay attention to him at all. He had already planted the eavesdropping seeds and quickly threw them back to Liaodong to avoid wasting food here.
If it weren't for the fear that they would not be taken seriously after returning to Liaodong due to their missing arms and legs, Emperor Chongzhen would have really wanted them to keep some parts, or perhaps actually carve words on their foreheads and have a remote conversation with Huang Taiji.
Last time, Lu Xiangsheng's side won the North Korean ambush and captured these captives. The system also rewards one Grade A eavesdropping seed and two Grade B eavesdropping seeds. Including the eavesdropping seeds that were previously rewarded in the Battle of Lushun, and the additional eavesdropping seeds that were mobilized, Emperor Chongzhen "rewarded" one to each of them.
Among them, Ying Erdai of course needs a Class A eavesdropping seed, and then Xilinjueluo has a good relationship with Duduo, so he is also "rewarded" with a Class A eavesdropping seed. The remaining eight people were allocated another four Class B eavesdropping seeds and four Class C eavesdropping seeds.
What made Emperor Chongzhen a little regretful was that these ten Jianqi were not distributed among the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, but were concentrated in the Zhengbai Banner. Otherwise, sources of information can be more diverse in the future.
Letting these ten Jianlu go back, there should be no Jianlu gathering a large number of troops to attack Zu Dashou next time, but he didn't know that such a thing happened. Emperor Chongzhen thought to himself and began to live a good year with peace of mind.
Looking back on the thirteen years of Chongzhen, the thing that made him happiest was actually not the rectification of officialdom after the Changshu Civil Rebellion, nor the Liaodong War known as "Operation Nail", but the unexpected agreement with Zheng Zhilong.
Emperor Chongzhen spent a lot of effort to rectify the officialdom after the Changshu Civil Rebellion, one rectification after another. Therefore, the final result of the rectification was completely within his expectation. He was happy, but not the happiest.
The same is true for "Operation Nail". The army that Lu Xiangsheng brought to Liaodong was composed of old thieves selected by Emperor Chongzhen as the backbone. These people were voluntarily willing to go to Liaodong to atone for their sins, and they themselves had great subjective initiative. Such soldiers are far more useful than ordinary soldiers. Moreover, the navy under Lu Xiangsheng was specially transferred from Fujian, and the war horses were specially snatched from Hetao.
If such a big effort is put into it, to be honest, even if Lu Xiangsheng is not the leader, but Sun Chuanting or Hong Chengchou is replaced, the record will not be bad. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen was also happy about the Liaodong War, but not the happiest.
Compared with these two things, Zheng Zhilong's gain was definitely unexpected, and it was also the biggest gain.
You must know that Zheng Zhilong's fleet made tens of millions of taels a year just by collecting protection fees. If it was divided into 50 and 50, the court could get about 5 million taels for free. After that, most of the silver was still entrusted to the Zheng family, and was directly exchanged for grain from Nanyang and sent to the north of the Ming Dynasty.
During the Little Ice Age, natural disasters were no joke. When there is a flood in the south or a drought in the north, it is not possible for man to conquer the situation in one fell swoop. Although the construction of water conservancy projects has been ongoing. But it will take at least three to five years to be effective. As for the disasters that occurred during this process, the court still had to provide disaster relief from other aspects.
The most practical aspect of disaster relief is to ensure that the victims have something to eat. In addition to the strict supervision of local government disaster relief, the most important aspect of Emperor Chongzhen was that the Zheng family continuously imported grain from Nanyang to the Ming Dynasty.
It was precisely because of this premise that although there were disasters in the country and the imperial court still deployed troops in the northwest, southwest and Liaodong, there were no disasters so severe that people starved to death. It also gave Emperor Chongzhen the possibility to rectify his officialdom and open up the Liaodong front. Otherwise, the imperial court would never have the energy to do these two things well.
The food issue in the coming year will still be a top priority! Emperor Chongzhen was thinking about this. After all, to open up the Liaodong battlefield, a large amount of food would have to be imported there! The soldiers at the front only have warm clothes and enough food, but how can they have enough energy to fight!
After thinking about things in Liaodong, Emperor Chongzhen thought of the war in the northwest again. One thing that surprised him was that the enemies in the northwest, the foreign enemies who had colluded with the traitor general Chai Shihua, were almost all vulnerable to a single blow. They were defeated several times by the local army and Wu Sangui. Fortunately, the other party was also a cavalry force and could escape quickly. Otherwise, even several tribes would not be able to be wiped out.
In the original history, the rebel general Chai Shihua did not cause any trouble. He colluded with troops from the west and Turpan to invade, but was defeated by his deputy Wang Shichong. Chai Shihua had no choice but to set fire to himself and die!
However, in this plane, due to the butterfly effect, the Urad tribe also became Chai Shihua's support, making its military strength much stronger than in its original history. Therefore, at this time, Chai Shihua was still making trouble, but with the addition of Wu Sangui's cavalry, they were still defeated and abandoned as usual in history.
Thinking about this matter, Emperor Chongzhen also remembered that the ancestral army had been destroyed by Jianlu. After weighing it in his mind, he made a decree to let Wu Sangui return in triumph and enhance Guan Ning's combat power. After all, He Renlong's department did not belong to Guan Ning, but was temporarily transferred from the Royal Horse Supervisor.
As for the southwest, fighting in this primitive rain forest is not very easy, so the war has not made significant progress. Emperor Chongzhen didn't worry too much at this time.
The three major battalions under the Royal Horse Supervisor have all made great progress after more than a year of training.
At Panshi Camp, the sidecars and other vehicles that were not equipped during the previous expedition have been equipped in place and have been trained for a period of time. All kinds of artillery are already available. After training for another year and a half, he will definitely be able to achieve what Qi Jiguang required in his military book. However, the consumption of gunpowder was a bit large, and a batch of artillery pieces were also eliminated. However, the imperial court has money now, so supporting training is not a problem.
The new recruits from the Yongwei camp were individually selected and had a sparring session with the Jingying camp, and they beat the Jingying camp to a pulp. Although it cannot be proved that the new recruits of Yongwei Camp are ready to fight Jianlu, from another perspective, Jingying Camp is also bad enough and it is time to rectify it.
Relatively speaking, the training in the Hussars Camp is the slowest. When selecting new recruits, although there was a requirement that they must know how to ride, cavalry training requires not only training of soldiers, but also of horses. They must be able to cooperate with each other, and they must get used to the sound of artillery and muskets, etc. Content really cannot be done in a short time.
Emperor Chongzhen inspected these three camps from time to time and had a very good grasp of the training situation. Therefore, in his opinion, it is best to continue the training of the three major battalions for another year, so that they can be more confident when they are sent to Liaodong to fight. Moreover, in one year's time, the Ming Dynasty's military industry will make greater progress, and it will be able to be more open to the equipment gap with Jianlu.
In the next year, the 14th year of Chongzhen, based on the three major camps, the Beijing camp can also be reorganized. After the reorganization of the Beijing camp is completed, the guards all over the country will be reorganized with the capital as the center. In the future, when we use troops against the South, we cannot use troops from the North. To be strong, the Ming army must be strong as a whole.
For the time being, this is what Emperor Chongzhen planned. But he also knows that plans often don't change quickly. Over in Liaodong, the slave chief Huang Taiji will definitely not sit still and wait for death. He will definitely cause something. Maybe, the Korean War will break out again. Let's wait and see. Anyway, we can't let Huang Taiji get his wish.
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen thought of Hong Chengchou's secret message. He wanted to launch a war against the Mongolian grasslands, continue to divide and disintegrate the military alliance of the Jianlu, and mainly attack the hardcore Jianlu. For example, the Aohan tribe and the Horqin tribe invaded the Ming Dynasty Pass and were die-hard loyalists to Jianlu.
Emperor Chongzhen naturally agreed to this, and let Hong Chengchou take care of it in the coming year.
Farewell to the thirteenth year of Chongzhen. After that, it’s time to look forward to the fourteenth year of Chongzhen. History has changed. The fourteenth year of Chongzhen will only be better than the thirteenth year of Chongzhen!
Emperor Chongzhen was full of confidence in this! The wheel of history is rolling forward, and the Ming Dynasty has begun a new fourteenth year of Chongzhen.
During this period of time, the North Korean monarchs and ministers were always on tenterhooks. However, until the arrival of the New Year, Jianlu did not launch a large-scale attack, which made the Korean monarchs and ministers relieved.
According to previous practice, Jianlu's attack on North Korea usually started in early December. But when the New Year came, Jianlu still thundered loudly and raindrops were light, which meant that Jianlu was actually just threatening.
Thinking this way, the North Korean monarchs and ministers finally relaxed.
At the same time, Huang Taiji began to exert his strength.
