Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 213 Conspiring to Hetao

Chen Qiyu, in fact, is the same kind of person as Hong Chengchou, both of whom started their brilliant official careers from suppressing thieves.Both of them care about fame and maintaining relationships with colleagues.In short, not as stunned as Sun Chuanting.

Therefore, when Chen Qiyu heard that Sun Chuanting had taken office, he actually adopted the strategy of clearing the villages to pay.Although he was under the banner of Taizu and had soldiers in his hands, Chen Qiyu concluded at that time that Sun Chuanting had offended too many people by doing this, and it would be difficult to turn around and there would be no good results.

However, what he didn't expect was that although Sun Chuanting had something to do, the emperor protected him and gave him a lot of trust.Not only was he promoted to the official position of governor of Jiliao, but he even temporarily took over the official position of the chief army of the Beijing camp.

You must know that the Beijing Camp is the garrison of the Beijing Division, and non-emperor cronies cannot command it.Generally speaking, it is the nobles who live with the country to lead, or the emperor's cronies and eunuchs lead.However, Sun Chuanting was able to get this official position, even if it was temporarily, that was enough to show Sun Chuanting's position in the emperor's heart.

At this moment, after listening to the emperor's words, he immediately understood what the emperor meant. In this regard, he finally understood that if the emperor is wise, he must embrace the emperor's lap. This is the real backer.Being friendly with those officials and local powerful people would make the wise emperor dissatisfied.

Thinking of this, he had confidence in his heart, so he didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly played respectfully: "I understand, I will never owe Your Majesty any more favors!"

Emperor Chongzhen stared into his eyes and saw sincerity.Imagining his experience, it feels like he should never be exiled again.Then he nodded and asked: "Nowadays, Daming's war horses are in short supply, what can you do?"

Everyone knows that there are war horses on the grassland.However, the prairie people also know that war horses cannot be given to the Central Plains Dynasty casually.Just like the reason why the Central Plains Dynasty was unwilling to give ironware to the grassland people.

Chen Qiyu was taken aback for a moment when he heard Emperor Chongzhen's question, and then came to his senses, knowing that this was a test for himself in front of the emperor, a chance to restore his image in front of the emperor.

So, he thought seriously for a while before bowing and answering: "There are horses on the grassland. In my opinion, there are two ways to get them!"

"Oh, please tell me." Emperor Chongzhen immediately nodded and asked after hearing this.

Chen Qiyu's face was serious and he played seriously: "First, we can exchange for materials that are extremely scarce in the grassland. Ironware cannot be given, but we can use grain, salt, tea, etc. However, the grassland Tatars are cunning and know that my Ming Dynasty is short of horses, so they ask for a high price. It’s high, and it’s absolutely impossible to give more in total.”

Emperor Chongzhen nodded after hearing this, but did not say anything.

"Second, the Mongol Tartars on the grassland have all defected to the Liaodong Jianlu. For my Ming Dynasty, they are enemies and not friends. Therefore, if my Ming Dynasty can learn the specific news of the grassland, we can send troops to the grassland to grab them directly. In this way, We can get enough war horses! But the key to this method is that it is very difficult for me, Ming Dynasty, to know the news on the grassland. With limited troops, if we cannot attack in a targeted manner, if we send troops to the grassland, we will not be able to get enough war horse spoils. There are also many dangers.”

After Chen Qiyu finished talking about these two methods, a slight embarrassment appeared on his face, and he said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Therefore, I suggest that, first, we can try to conduct negotiations with the Mongolian tribes in the west and those Tartars who are far away from Liaodong." In addition, we will also send people to spy on the grassland news, to see if we can get precious grassland news, so that we can go out and conquer it!"

To be honest, although he said there are two methods, in fact, these two methods are not very good.Even if they are used together, they are not very good.The first is that they don’t know that war horses can only be traded in the Year of the Monkey and the Horse Month, and the number of war horses will not be large.It is even more unreliable to spy on grassland news because of objective reasons.

Chen Qiyu actually knew this well, so after he finished speaking, he looked at the emperor with a little uneasiness, unsure of how he would react.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't show any displeasure, he seemed to be concentrating on his two methods.

After a while, suddenly, Emperor Chongzhen came back to his senses and asked: "In your opinion, if I send troops to the grasslands of the Ming Dynasty, what target will be more sure?"

Chen Qiyu couldn't help being taken aback when he heard this, it seems that the emperor still prefers to fight?But I have already made it clear enough that without reliable sources of information, it would be very dangerous to send troops to the grasslands to conquer the Tartars!

Although he thought so, he still thought carefully about the emperor's question before answering: "The Hetao area was originally occupied by the Tumut tribe, but it was occupied by Lin Dan Khan in the first year of Chongzhen. Defeated and fled to the west. However, the Liaodong Jianlu did not let Lin Dan Khan go. They attacked Lin Dan Khan several times in the eighth year of Chongzhen. They completely defeated the Chahar tribe and moved the Chahar tribe back to Liaodong. Today's Hetao area has returned to Tumote. In the ninth year of Chongzhen, Jianlu divided the surrendered Tumote tribe into two wings, with Guluge as the left wing commander and Hanggao as the right wing commander..."

Some of the news existed in the memory of the original Emperor Chongzhen.But some news, Emperor Chongzhen was not clear.He listened carefully and immediately grasped the reason why Chen Qiyu said these things.

Sure enough, I heard Chen Qiyu say next: "...Tumed's army has gone through famine and war, and now it has been divided into two by Jianlu. Its strength is far inferior to that of Altan Khan back then. Against the current Tumed tribe, at least in terms of combat power, there is a chance of winning."

When he said this, his tone was very firm, but then he changed the subject and continued to emphasize: "But the grassland is vast and boundless, and without accurate information as a premise, the Tumote Department is likely to hear the news and run away. Easy to grasp!"

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and agreed with his statement, but he didn't have any regrets like Chen Qiyu, because he had a golden finger, which happened to be an expertise in news.At this moment, he was thinking, how should he use his golden finger?
In fact, it is easy to say, that is, how to send the bugging seeds to the grasslands and to the leaders of the Tumote Department.If this is the case, they will be able to learn the specific news of Tumed's Ministry, which will solve the most difficult problem.

Thinking about this problem, after a long time, just when Chen Qiyu thought that the emperor was about to fall asleep, suddenly, he saw Emperor Chongzhen slap the imperial case suddenly, making a "snap" sound, which startled Chen Qiyu.

But Emperor Chongzhen looked excited. He stared at Chen Qiyu and asked quickly: "If I take the Jianlu captives this time and send them to the Tumote Department to ask for exchange of war horses, what will Chen Qing think?"

Fearing that Chen Qiyu would not know the results of this battle, Emperor Chongzhen added: "This time, there are nearly 100 more Jianzhou Jurchen Tartars captured. One of them is the son of E Yidu, a powerful general of the dead slave chieftain. Niu Hulu-Turge is the Gushan Ezhen of Jurchen with a white flag."

The situation of capturing the Tartars was actually written in the battle report.Emperor Chongzhen didn't say anything, but Chen Qiyu knew about it.But when he emphasized this, Chen Qiyu was even more impressed.

So, after Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, Chen Qiyu was taken aback for a moment.Such a high-level Jianlu, the emperor didn't use it as a sacrifice to the Taimiao, but instead exchanged it for war horses?
After coming back to his senses, he suddenly grasped one of the emperor's principles, which seemed to be practicality first.Or maybe the emperor still looks down on Gushan Ezhen, and wants a higher-level Tatar who is qualified to sacrifice to the Ancestral Temple?
No matter what, just follow Emperor Chongzhen's thinking.Therefore, Chen Qiyu immediately nodded and replied: "Your Majesty, this method is wonderful. For the Tumut tribe, the Jianzhou Jurchen is their master. Even if it is an ordinary Jianzhou Jurchen, the Tumut tribe dare not ignore it. As long as we set a time limit so that the Tumote Department has no time to send people to Liaodong to report the news, I believe that the Tumote Department can only use war horses to redeem these Jianzhou Jurchen Tatars."

"How many war horses do you think these Tatars can exchange for?" Emperor Chongzhen continued to ask with a smile on his face.

Regarding this question, Chen Qiyu still thought about it seriously and said: "Your Majesty, I think that I should be able to exchange for about a thousand horses."

A war horse, on Daming's side, in today's troubled times, is almost worth around a hundred taels of silver.In other words, nearly a hundred captives are equivalent to 10 taels of silver.More importantly, 10 taels of silver is hard to come by, but a thousand war horses are rare.

Chen Qiyu naturally knew about this.Therefore, he was a little excited: a thousand horses!
However, Emperor Chongzhen still shook his head and said, "A thousand horses is still too few!"

Daming's demand for war horses is a bottomless pit.Let’s just say that they are urgently needed. At least about [-] horses are needed for Huqiying’s side, and at least [-] horses are needed for Lu Xiangsheng’s side. The total is [-] horses.

Chen Qiyu was a little dumbfounded when he heard this, a thousand war horses, never traded so many from Mongolia before, the emperor is not satisfied?
Sure enough, Emperor Chongzhen continued to say: "Then change it first, and grab it after the change."

At this time, he already had a clear idea.Throw the eavesdropping seeds on Turg and other high-status Jianlu Tatars, and after exchanging them to the grassland, they will definitely communicate with the leader of the Tumote tribe, so that you can know the situation in the grassland.If we suddenly send out troops in a targeted manner, according to Chen Qiyu, we should be rewarded.

However, how to do it in the middle still needs to be carefully discussed.And Chen Qiyu is an important figure in planning the Hetao area, so Emperor Chongzhen said to Chen Qiyu: "You don't have to worry about the specific grassland situation at that time, I have my own way. You think about it carefully, how to do it, so that you can use it first." The captives are exchanged for war horses, and then let the captives stay in the Tumed department for a while, and then we can successfully conquer the Tumed department?"

Hearing this, Chen Qiyu thought about it carefully, and was suddenly very surprised.Because he felt a key point, let the captives stay in Tumed's department temporarily, and then there will be news?If this is the case, are these captives, these Jianzhou Jurchen Tartars, able to be used by the emperor?

Think about it, feel a little incredible!

But since the emperor said so, he must be sure.Therefore, Chen Qiyu immediately agreed, and was going to think about this matter carefully.

The next day, while Chen Qiyu was still thinking about this matter, he received the emperor's order and rushed to the Forbidden City immediately.

At this moment, he was still a little bit uncertain.After all, he hasn't gone to Shaanxi to take office yet.There is still a lack of comprehensive understanding of Shaanxi's current military strength.The emperor was in such a hurry to summon him, which made him a little worried.

But what Chen Qiyu didn't expect was that Emperor Chongzhen didn't ask him how he was thinking, but took him to the Yumajian.

As soon as he entered the Yumajian barracks, Chen Qiyu was attracted by the sound of training.As soon as he heard his voice, a word flashed in his mind: the heat is in full swing!
Emperor Chongzhen came here in casual clothes this time, and did not notify this side.Therefore, the soldiers here are all training.Therefore, Chen Qiyu saw the training situation of the three battalions under the Yumajian.

This army can be said to be the foundation of Emperor Chongzhen.Therefore, even though the capital's food is still under strict control, the food supply of this army can still ensure that the soldiers can train well.It can even be said that, at least from Chen Qiyu's point of view, this army really deserves to be the forbidden army in the palace, and the logistics supply is a bit extravagant.

Half of the army is veterans and half is new recruits. The old lead the new, and they are trained with Qi Jiguang's military training method. Young people can be seen everywhere.Although it is almost May now, it is still a bit cold in the north.But these soldiers practiced sweating profusely one by one.

Emperor Chongzhen took Chen Qiyu mainly to watch the training of the hussars battalion.Look at the mental outlook of the soldiers of the hussar battalion, look at the ordnance and armor attached to the hussar battalion, and look at the current situation of the horses in the hussar battalion.

Chen Qiyu was not stupid, she immediately understood that Emperor Chongzhen had the purpose of doing this, and she couldn't help but feel delighted.

After reading it quietly, I arrived at the Yumajian Yamen.Emperor Chongzhen really said to Chen Qiyu: "The cavalry should be the main force in grassland warfare. I will send out all the hussar battalions that can be mobilized, okay?"

Hearing this, Chen Qiyu immediately responded happily: "Your Majesty, if this is the case, the left and right wings of Tumote must not be my opponents."

"Okay, then let's eat this Tumote!" Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but be equally happy after hearing this.Later, he summoned the two generals of the Hussars Battalion, namely Hu Dawei and He Renlong, and together with Chen Qiyu, they began secret discussions on the conspiracy of the Tumote Department.

Among them, Hu Dawei is from Mongolia, and He Renlong is from Mizhi County, Shaanxi Province. They were already familiar with the Tumote tribe, so they provided a lot of suggestions.

Two days later, after earning a lot of money from the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Turge and the others, who were smashed with sandbags every day, were finally taken out. They were escorted by Han Leyu, a thousand households of the Hussars Battalion, led by five hundred cavalry troops, and followed Chen Qiyu to Shaanxi. .

In this regard, the people in the Ministry of punishment are very sorry.However, they had no choice but to watch Turg and others be taken away.

Emperor Chongzhen also began to prepare.But he didn't expect that within the past few days, the seeds he had planted before would yield consecutive harvests.

(End of this chapter)