Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 539: Here Comes Jianlu
When everyone saw this situation, they immediately knew that this was the emperor's promise to be honored by the title!So, who will get such a great honor?This is a curiosity in everyone's mind!
As for the generals, especially those general soldiers who accompanied them in the north and south, they were even more nervous.Although some people feel that they have little hope, what if?
Under the curiosity of the whole hall, Cao Huachun screamed: "Hu Dawei, the commander of the hussar battalion, and He Renlong stepped forward to listen to the order!"

Upon hearing this, all the eyes in the hall turned to Hu Dawei and He Renlong, and countless envious eyes immediately focused on them.

The two of them were naturally overjoyed, they both came out, and respectfully waited for the order. The voice that responded to Cao Huachun could clearly hear the excitement.

The matter of canonization can be regarded as a conclusion, but why the emperor chose the two of them to be knighted is a doubt in many people's minds.No matter what, especially military commanders, they all want to measure themselves to see if they can meet the conditions for being knighted?

Under Cao Huachun's eloquent reading, everyone could understand that, in the purpose, they first listed a series of performances of Hu Dawei and He Renlong starting from the 11th year of the King Qin War in Chongzhen. One or two can be seen from the number of medals.However, the most critical factor for the two of them to be knighted was also clearly explained in the imperial decree.

In the defense of Jiajiazhuang, Hu Dawei fought to the death and never retreated. He stood firm on the hills outside the city and was wounded in many places. The fierceness of the battle was rare in recent years in the Ming Dynasty;

Second, Hu Dawei stubbornly resisted the impact of Jianlu in the bloody battle of Guihua City, until the reinforcements arrived, the outcome was decided.

As for He Renlong, the imperial decree also emphasized the battle of Guihua City.It was He Renlong's troops who rushed to Guihua City first, withstood the biggest blow of Jianlu, and blocked Jianlu's escape attempt with all their might. When the reinforcements from Hu Dawei's troops arrived, they stood together until the main force arrived.

After hearing this decree, those generals who wanted to weigh the reasons why they were not knighted were all convinced.They all understood at once that the basis for the emperor's knighthood was not based on how many battles you won, but on the basis of winning more battles and being able to fight tough and hard battles!
Speaking of which, in terms of military exploits, Hu Dawei and He Renlong originally had quite a few. However, the defense of Jiajiazhuang and the interception of Guihua City that the two of them experienced were the battles of other general soldiers. unexperienced.The brutality of those two battles is obvious to all, and the significance of winning is also very important, it is a very important battle.

After thinking about this point, many generals secretly kept it in their hearts. At the same time, they also understood that a title is a title after all, and it is not so easy to get!
In fact, this is also the original intention of Emperor Chongzhen.

He has a golden finger, so it goes without saying that he is the first to predict the enemy.But sometimes, even if you know what the enemy is going to do, if your generals can't execute it well, you may not be able to win the battle.

The most obvious example is the battle of Guihua City.If He Renlong and Hu Dawei hadn't traveled day and night, marching in haste to stop the Jianlu army before they heard the news and fled, there would be no way to wipe out tens of thousands of Jianlu on the grassland.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen must encourage such generals who can fight hard and bloody battles. For this reason, the title is nothing, it is not a hereditary title anyway.

For hereditary titles, at least for the current Emperor Chongzhen, it is very cautious.

After the completion of the knighthood, this big court meeting will be over.

Emperor Chongzhen was well-off, with all civil and military officials, none of them owed their salaries, and even had year-end rewards, which made him feel a little bit better, and then, when the court was over, everyone went back to celebrate the New Year happily, and we will talk about things next year.

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Compared with Daming, where both the common people and officials are celebrating the New Year, Jianlu's side is in a very miserable situation.In addition to ensuring that Anshan Yibao can still eat, even the Shengjing Palace only has one meal a day, and most of it is rare.

It can be said that at this time, Jianlu was lying dead in his own house one by one, and he would not move as much as he could. When he was really hungry, he would drink some water to satisfy his hunger, and only eat some food when he was hungry.

But even so, many people still starve to death every day.Fortunately, here in Shengjing, people who starve to death can still have intact corpses; except for Shengjing, many people who starve to death end up with no bones left.

It can be said that this winter was the most tragic winter for Jianlu since he could remember. The number of downsizing was far beyond their imagination.

Dorgon, who was in charge of the military and political power, knew that by the beginning of next spring, the old and weak of the Qing Dynasty would probably never see him again.

It has to be said that the whole Jianlu, including Dorgon, at this time, the person who hates death the most is Kong Youde.If it wasn't for Kong Youde, they wouldn't be so hungry.

For this reason, many Han Chinese who originally took refuge in Jianlu were all implicated by Kong Youde. I don’t know how many people were beaten by Jianlu, and they ate their flesh and drank their blood as revenge.But those who received these books and forgot their ancestors couldn't believe it until they died, thinking that they would get such retribution for serving the Qing Dynasty!
However, there are also a few bright traitors who have been protected by Dorgon, for example, Fan Wencheng, Ning Wan and me are a few famous ones.Even Fan Wencheng was entrusted with reuse by Dorgon and sent to the country of Wa.

Before leaving, Dorgon told him in a serious tone: "Fan Qing should know what the attitude of the country towards you Han people is now? But I believe that Qing and the Kong thieves are different. Can he win the Qing Dynasty again in the future? Trust me, it depends on how much you can gain from your mission to Japan and whether it can relieve our Qing Dynasty!"

Having said this, he looked at the envoy who was on the mission, Ying Erdai, the Jianlu man with the most outstanding diplomatic ability who was urgently transferred back from Anshan Posthouse, then looked at Fan Wencheng and said: "For the Japanese country, after all, it is you. The Han people are more familiar with it. Therefore, although Qing is the deputy envoy, you must rely on Qing to adapt to any situation, and you must achieve this goal."

"Master, don't worry, even if the slave is heartbroken, he will repay the master's kindness!" Fan Wencheng was very excited when he heard it, and quickly knelt down and replied.

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Recalling this scene, Dorgon lay on the dragon bed, not caring about the people around him, and murmured in his heart: "At this time, no matter what, it is time to go to the capital of the Japanese country. I hope you will not disappoint me!"

He guessed right, Ying'erdai and Fan Wencheng had arrived in Edo at this time and were disembarking at the Edo wharf.

This time the mission is to show the strength of the Qing Dynasty, but also to be careful not to stimulate the Japanese country, and to talk to the Japanese country. Therefore, Fan Wencheng has spent a lot of thought, and even the entourage is carefully selected. A burly man from Liaodong was selected from the white armored soldiers.

When we arrived at the Edo Pier, we compared it with the people from the Japanese country. It stood out from the crowd. You could tell at a glance that they were not from the Japanese country.Moreover, the white-armored soldiers are the elite of Jianlu, soldiers who have fought in hundreds of battles, and the elite aura in them is not just talk.Ordinary Japanese people, looking up at such a sturdy man, would not even dare to think about asking for favors or fees.

Being so different is naturally very noticeable.Japanese officials knew that the Qing envoy had arrived, so they immediately sent someone to report to the shogunate.At the same time, some people ran to a mansion in Edo City.After nodding and bowing at the door and talking to a tall porter, he received the reward and left happily.

As soon as the concierge waited for the people to leave, he immediately went to the mansion, and soon came to the owner of the house, and immediately reported in Hokkien: "Fifth Master, Jianlu is here, just got off the boat!"

This fifth master is naturally the fifth son of the Zheng family, that is, Zheng Zhibao who was appointed as a hundred households of Jinyiwei by Emperor Chongzhen and sent to Edo.Before he came to Edo, he had already secretly visited Beijing.

At that time, Emperor Chongzhen clearly explained to him that Jianlu was likely to go to Edo and persuade the Japanese kingdom to fight against Ming Dynasty.

In addition, it is also necessary to pay attention to the movements of the Wa Kingdom, because according to reliable sources, the Wa Kingdom also intends to plot land.Moreover, because of the Ryukyu incident, Daming will uphold justice sooner or later, and have a war with Wa.

To be honest, getting such a decree was a bit unimaginable for Zheng Zhibao, who knew the Wa country before.

Because as far as he knows, the Tokugawa shogunate of the Wa Kingdom has learned the lessons of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and they have no intention of making an enemy of Daming at all. .Even Xiyi was expelled when he went to Wa country, all of this was to stabilize the rule of the Tokugawa family.

Unexpectedly, just after Zheng Zhibao came to Edo, the important minister of the Tokugawa shogunate, one of the four giants, Ometsu, this Inoue Masashige, who is similar to the commander of the Ming Dynasty Jinyiwei, made a special trip to visit him, and checked his tone inside and out. Ask about the Zheng family fleet, especially Zheng Zhilong.

If it had been before, he might have thought that the Tokugawa shogunate wanted to do business-related things. After all, the Zheng family was now the only foreigner who could do business with Japan.However, Emperor Chongzhen had given instructions in advance, and he immediately understood the true intention of Inoue Masashige's visit to him.

So, he was angry at that time.Telling him that the Zheng family was persecuted by the emperor, Zheng Zhilong had no choice but to lead part of the fleet to the north to serve the court and help the court defeat the Jianlu navy. In the end, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty just dismissed him because of his elder brother's small mistake. The eldest brother's official position ended up being idle.When he came to Edo this time, he was actually following the orders of his elder brother. He felt that the court could not be relied upon, so it would be better to expand more business.

Zheng Zhibao remembers very clearly that at that time, he said to Inoue Masashige: "My eldest brother is disheartened by the court, and the brothers who are still in the Denglai Navy also have a lot of opinions on the court, and they are negative, saying that since the court does not pay attention They use it when they need it, and treat it like this when it’s useless, they all want to go back to southern Fujian and continue to be pirates.”

When Masashige Inoue heard this, the wrinkles in the corners of his eyes were all smiles.Zheng Zhibao can assure you that this is definitely not a mistake!
(End of this chapter)