Chapter 2605: Hidden worries behind the Gui scroll

Nurhaci didn’t dare to think any further.

How many Jurchens were there in Jianzhou and how many Han people were there?

Just a few hundred thousand people can annihilate the Jianzhou Jurchens. And if this trend continues, if two to three million people come, will there be any Jianzhou Jurchens?

If this situation continues, the Jurchens in Jianzhou will have no chance of survival.

 To break the situation, when the opponent has such an advantage, if you just lay out some tricks and traps, they will definitely not fall for the bait. You must have something that can impress the opponent.

There is also a hidden secret line in Jianzhou on the Zhou side. Nurhaci has known about it for a long time. Otherwise, Shuerhaqi and his son would not be easily bribed by the other party. A Jianzhou right guard commander coaxed Shuerhaqi and his son into ignorance. Last name.

 After finally getting rid of Shuerhaqi and his son, Chu Ying was targeted by Dazhou again and could not hide Nurhaci.

Even Chu Ying frankly stated that someone had indeed contacted him quietly and wanted to support him in escaping from imprisonment. However, firstly, the risk was too great and the conditions were not mature. Secondly, Chu Ying never gave up that he could take over the position of his father Khan. , so the negotiation failed.

It is precisely because of this reason that Nurhachi wondered whether he could use Chu Ying to fish out Dazhou.

 But if Chu Ying is suddenly released and entrusted with important responsibilities, he will definitely not be able to hide it from the other party, so this still needs a step-by-step process.

Using his own defeat in these two games as an excuse, he pretended to make people dissatisfied with him, and various "contradictions" and "internal strife" began to appear. Some people even began to think that Chu Ying was a better fighter than Daishan, Mang Gurtai and Huang Taiji. He was better able to lead troops and began to appeal in front of himself. He was under pressure or felt a little "guilty", so he released Chu Ying again and slowly granted certain positions to create this situation.

It’s just that such a process does take too long, and Nurhaci did not dare to place all his hopes on such a weak-looking “trap plan”. What if Zhou Dazhou didn’t believe it or didn’t take the bait?

This can only be said to be a possibility. Of course it would be best if it can be achieved, but if it cannot be achieved, there must be other backup strategies.

Nurhachi was a little disappointed with the Chahar people. In fact, the Chahar people were the greatest threat to Liaodong. In the Western Liaoning Corridor, apart from the Horqin people, it was the Chahar people's sphere of influence. As long as they were willing to contribute, they could The roar of wind, cranes, and soldiers in the Liaoxi Corridor can force the Liaodong side to not be able to drag it down in such an orderly manner.

The Inner Khalkha people are actually located farther away than the Chahar people, but Lindan Batur has too weak control over the internal affairs of Chahar. On the contrary, Zasai has great control over the five Inner Khalkha people. If With Zai Saiken joining in, there is still room to turn the situation around.

The North Koreans have become cowarded and have ignored the people they sent there. No matter how they lobby, they remain silent and neither agree nor object. However, it is absolutely impossible to get them to take action.

The Japanese also responded, but Nurhachi knew very well that water far away could not quench the thirst of the near. No matter how cheerful and enthusiastic the Japanese were, they were alone on the sea and could not help Liaodong at all.

 Inner Khalkha people are the key.

 But the key is that the Inner Khalkha people are not willing to get on the ship easily.

Knowing that once the Zhou Dynasty really defeated the Jurchens in Jianzhou, the Khalkha people among them would not be in a good position in the end, but Zasai was unwilling to change his current attitude easily.

Nurhaci also roughly knew the doorway inside. In recent years, the Great Zhou Dynasty had used material trade to bind the Inner Khalkha people together. Those Inner Khalkha people could no longer lose all kinds of supplies that were constantly being transported from the pass to the grassland. Supplies, including iron materials, ironware, tea, ceramics, cotton and silk, spices and salt, and various southern goods. Without the supply of these supplies, the Inner Khalkha people will be in chaos.

Even Zaisai did not dare to ignore the attitude of the five Inner Khalkha tribes. There were still many people among the five Inner Khalkha tribes who were not convinced by it, so he had to reconsider it again and again.

 The problem is that Jianzhou Jurchen feels like she can’t wait any longer.

 Even if it is a risk, he must take action.

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“Is Ziying’s style of play too slow to take effect?” When Guan Yingzhen stepped into Wenyuan Pavilion, he heard Li Sancai discussing this issue with Tang Binyin.

"It's been a year and a half. Four border towns have been mobilized for reinforcements. The loss has exceeded 40,000 troops. The cost is huge. Last year, Dongjiang Town and Denglai Town had already reached Gushan Fort, but a year later, the battle line is still there. In the battle between Gushan Fort and Jianchang Fort, Datong Town lost more than 4,000 people in the last month alone..."

“The cost is also quite huge, from the Ministry of Household Affairs…”

Guan Yingzhen frowned, Li Sancai was showing signs of breaking up more and more, and he was a little out of tune with Qi Yongtai.

It turned out that the two could still maintain a basic harmony, but as Gu Bingqian became more and more powerful after becoming the second assistant, Li Sancai became more and more angry, thinking that Qi Yongtai had deprived him of the opportunity of the second assistant, and Gu Bingqian was not qualified at all. Taking over as the second assistant was purely a matter of private acceptance by Qi Yongtai.

Ziying is Qi Yongtai's favorite disciple. This time he went to Liaodong to relieve the imperial court's worries.

When he first went to Liaodong, Li Sancai also supported it with both hands, and when Feng Ziying went to Liaodong, he had already explained the strategy, which is that it may take three to five years to see results, and we cannot expect to achieve the goal in one or two years. We all knew it, but we didn't expect that Li Sancai would start acting like a monster again.

 Li Sancai was not like this before, Guan Yingzhen knew very well, but now Li Sancai, who has an unbalanced mentality, seems to be a little careless.

Seeing Guan Yingzhen come in, Li Sancai didn't care, "Dongxian, I'm afraid it's not possible to continue the stalemate in Liaodong. Tens of thousands of troops have passed through Ganning Town and Datong Town, and Denglai Town has not withdrawn. Now There are two hundred thousand troops pressing down on Liaodong, and people are eating horses' chews every day. I'm afraid the court won't be able to bear it."

Before Guan Yingzhen had time to respond, Huang Ruliang stepped in at the door and continued: "The Ministry of Household Affairs is indeed in difficulty, but Liaodong is still allocating money in accordance with the standards set at the beginning, without giving an extra penny. As for Liaodong's current huge expenditure, Ziying will find a way herself, which is what she promised at the beginning, otherwise she will give up halfway or interfere with the front line rashly, and I am afraid that the gain will outweigh the loss."

In fact, Huang Ruliang was not too optimistic about Gu Bingqian, but after all, Gu Bingqian was a scholar from Jiangnan, and he had been the minister of the Ministry of Rites for many years and had very senior qualifications. Even Ye Xianggao and Fang Congzhe could only recommend Fang Congzhe when they became officials. Huang Ruliang also just joined the cabinet. He might have gone ahead of Gu Bingqian, so he had to maintain this scene.

Li Sancai snorted, "I can't say that tomorrow. I know that Ziying benefited from the help of those businessmen in Liaodong. He was involved in chaos, relocation, and extensive construction of bridges, roads, and workshops. He was doing a lot of things. But this is also the policy given by the imperial court. I heard that he stated that the rebels will divide the land in Liaodong. They will be tax-free for five years and cultivate for ten years. The land will be owned by the rebels. This may be inappropriate. This is the land of the imperial court. ,…”

"Daofu, yes, these lands theoretically belong to the imperial court, but the imperial court has too much land, and the land in Dongfan also belongs to the imperial court, but is anyone willing to go? The Anfu merchants are not willing to pay to transport people there. .Also, to the west, Guazhou and Hami are theoretically the land of the imperial court, but so what? The Yarkand people occupy it, or simply leave it uncultivated. Is that okay?"

 Huang Ruliang was extremely disdainful of Li Sancai's views.

 Sovereignty lies with the imperial court, but no one has cared about it for decades, so what are you doing with it?

Now that we have finally coaxed these rebels to settle down and reclaim wasteland in Liaodong, what about five years of tax exemption and ten years of ownership?

Land rent is gone, but taxes are indispensable. Huang Ruliang wishes he could bring dozens or millions of people to cultivate land, whether it is Liaodong, Dongfan, Luzon, Kuwu, or Eni.

Don’t care about the small profits in front of you. As long as people gain a foothold there and take root, the source of taxation will naturally and slowly develop.

Li San wouldn’t understand such a simple truth?

 Huang Ruliang didn’t believe it. This was just deliberately picking a fight against Feng Ziying.

"From the Ming Dynasty, Dongfan, the Western Regions and Liaodong cannot be compared,..." Li Sancai did not expect Huang Ruliang to be so serious, and argued with some reluctance: "That is the land that has always been in the hands of the imperial court..."

"It has always been in the hands of the imperial court, but has it ever been used by the imperial court? In the past, Ming Nuer Gandusi was the governor. This dynasty simply set up military towns, and the garrison was limited to the western Liaoning corridor. Eastern Liaoning and southern Liaoning were basically a wilderness. , this also led to the fact that the logistics support of Liaodong had to be transported from within our customs, which consumed a huge amount of money. Now that Niuzhuang and Jiuliancheng ports have been opened and completed, and shipping has developed, things have come back to life. The road from Niuzhuang to Liaoyang has been completed. These rebellious people can rely on roads to reclaim wasteland and the promotion of potatoes. Without these, southern Liaoning would still be thousands of miles of wilderness. If Jianzhou Jurchens were to be wiped out, the land would be expanded for thousands of miles and it would be a wilderness. The court still lacked that A little bit?"

 Huang Ruliang was rude and used tricks at every turn. Li Sancai's words were full of loopholes. He wanted to use this to target Feng Ziying's strategy in Liaodong, but Huang Ruliang could not agree.

"But tomorrow, do you know that for more than a year, the war in Liaodong has been continuous, with heavy casualties among soldiers, and the people in Beijing and Jiangnan have reacted. How can there be a war that has been fought for one or two years without an outcome, and nine people have been mobilized? There are six border towns. How long will it take to fight like this? There is a general saying that we cannot continue fighting like this endlessly. Even if those businessmen support Ziying, Ziying also regards the land of Liaodong. The various monopoly rights used as collateral for the issuance of Liaodong bonds will ultimately fall on the court to repay the principal with interest..."

Li Sancai dared to make such an attack, so he naturally had someone to rely on.

 (End of this chapter)