I'm really not the carpenter emperor

Everyone's opposition failed to stop the news that Xiong Tingbi summoned the Liaoyang Ming Army to march to Shenyang.

Nurhachi was not surprised when he received the news, but he did not plan to start a large-scale war with Xiong Tingbi before the Ming reinforcements arrived.

The Ming army in Liaoyang City was nothing to be afraid of. What really concerned him was the 20 troops who left the pass, which was almost half of the northern army that the Ming Dynasty could mobilize at present.

If this support army could be defeated, the vast Liaoshen Plain would be in his hands.

At this time, the bloody fight with Xiong Tingbi was meaningless.

But after all, Xiong Tingbi made the momentum to fight decisively, and Nurhachi could not remain indifferent. He personally led Baylor, the leader of the four banners, to go.

On March 22, Xiong Tingbi met Nurhachi at Fengji Fort.

The Liaoyang Ming army falsely claimed [-] soldiers, and Nurhachi claimed [-] soldiers. The armies of both sides gathered in the small Fengji Fortress. For a while, the flags covered the sky, and the swords and guns were sharp.

Nurhachi personally led Zhu Baylor to the front of the army. Seeing the Ming army in the distance lined up neatly, with bright armor and a head with dried blood hanging on the flag, he dared not act rashly.

He stopped Zhubeile's discussion of asking for a battle, and suddenly saw a group of Ming troops galloping out in front of the formation.

I also saw the cavalry of the Ming army on the horse, all of them were full of energy and stately, and their combat effectiveness should not be weaker than their Eight Banners cavalry.

At the front came a general with shining armor and a figure of more than seven feet. Behind him was a flag raised high, with big shoulders and a round waist, with an extraordinary bearing.

No need to think about it, this general with a dignified murderous look on his face and a heroic spirit from afar is the current Liaodong strategist Xiong Tingbi.

Nurhachi looked around, stared and said:

"It should be Xiong Tingbi who came."

"Huifu Khan, it is Xiong Tingbi, the governor of Liaodong!" When Dai Shan spoke, he also showed deep fear, and he didn't think this person in front of him was easy to deal with.

Dai Shan had always been conservative, and he also felt that if he fought Xiong Tingbi to the death before the decisive battle with the Ming reinforcements, he would have lost the battle before it was fought.

Their bannermen are even more vulnerable to consumption than the Ming army.

Nurhachi nodded, really amazed in his heart, the emaciated camel of the Ming Dynasty was bigger than a horse, and there were such powerful people under the little emperor Tianqi.

Although he didn't say anything on the surface, anyone could see the meaning in his expression.

While Baylor and Nurhachi, the masters of Houjin Zhu Banner, were looking at this side, Xiong Tingbi also looked at the old slave with a binoculars from a distance.

He sneered and said:

"This group of barbarians are all born with ugly looks, especially the old slaves. The so-called Jurchen money rats are wretched and ugly, and they really live up to their reputation!"

After the words fell, the generals of the Ming army burst into laughter.

"Get the arrow!"

Shaoqing, a soldier presented a strong bow and arrow.

Xiong Tingbi concluded that Nurhachi would not start a fight with him first. The stronger he is now, the more he can convince the old slave and give Fuyuwei an advantage.

He fetched the bow and arrow, nocked the arrow, and aimed it at Gushanzhenyan, who was inlaid with the blue flag in front of the formation of the two armies, held his breath, and let go suddenly.

"what--!"

Iran'a was still sneering disdainfully one moment ago, but fell down in response the next moment, with a sharp arrow stuck in his chest.

This scene made the cavalry with the blue banner around him panic and shocked.

"Whoosh-"

Immediately afterwards, another sharp arrow roared towards it with the sound of piercing through the air.

Lu Ezhen, a cow with a blue flag beside Iran'a, screamed and fell off his horse. The arrow was still impartial and hit his chest.

Immediately, the third arrow arrived.

Because of the previous two examples, the leader of the Houjin Army with the Lantern Banner learned a lot and retreated to the rear. This time, only an ordinary vest was shot.

"Good archery!"

Huang Taiji was taken aback for a moment, and then involuntarily let out an exclamation.

While Nurhachi was furious, he still had some reason.

He knew that Xiong Tingbi's move was undoubtedly to push himself into the army, so as to fall into the trap he had prepared.

After thinking about it again and again, he ordered the troops to be withdrawn, and led the four banners to retreat to the camp outside Shenyang City, leaving only a part of the people to guard Fengji Fort to stop the Liaoyang Ming army.

After Xiong Tingbi's provocation, Nurhachi still chose to calm down, and deployed the main force of the Jin army to meet the reinforcements in the pass.

Xiong Tingbi's inference was confirmed again.

After the Liaoyang Ming army killed a Gushan Ezhen and a Niulu Ezhen in the field battle of the Jin army, they did not lose a single soldier, but forced the Houjin army back to Shenyang.

As soon as the news came out, everyone inside and outside was shocked, and the morale of the army was greatly boosted.

Xiong Tingbi, on the other hand, said that he sent troops without authorization this time.

Chapter 318 Empress Jin's Retreat

The Houjin camp was gloomy, and everyone was downcast.

After losing several small battles in a row, many people don't know if they can defeat the Ming court's reinforcements like they did in the battle of Saerhu.

Nurhachi was furious, tied up more than a dozen officers of different banners, big and small, and took them to the front of the army to rectify the law and purge the morale of the army. He called Baylor, the leader of the banners, and swore in front of everyone:

"My Eight Banners Army has never encountered such humiliation before the war, this revenge must be avenged!"

It was the exact opposite in the Houjin camp. After Xiong Tingbi returned to Liaoyang, he raised his account and rewarded the three armies, calling it a small victory, which was passed down to Emperor Tianqi in Nanjing.

Xiong Tingbi kept a low profile, but the generals below were happy.

Since the Liao incident, the Ming army in Liaodong often fled looking at the banner of the Eight Banners Army during the war, and it was even more likely to collapse in the field.

The generals were greatly encouraged, and they admired Xiong Tingbi's low-key and calmness even more.

Even the defenders in Shenyang City spread the news among the common people, neighbors heard about it, and for a while, the soldiers and civilians in the city saw the hope of victory again, united as one, determined to fight.

In recent days, Nurhachi's health is obviously not as good as before. After experiencing Xiong Tingbi's anger repeatedly, he is depressed all day long.

Huang Taiji is different from the rest of Baylor, he has long been eyeing the position of the Great Khan of the Later Jin Kingdom.

One day, he received a "reminder" from Hanchen Fan Wencheng, and went to see Nurhachi in person. While expressing his concern about his health, he bluntly persuaded him:

"Father Khan, my son thinks that the time for a decisive battle with the Ming army has not yet come. Why don't we retreat several miles one after another to give the Ming army in Shenyang and Liaoyang an illusion."

"It would be best if the defenders in the city go out to pursue them. We will kill him and return to the carbine, taking advantage of the situation to take Shenyang."

"If Man Gui continues to stand still, we don't need to worry."

"Wait until Horqin and other five ministries defeat Zai Sai, then order them to go south to assist and fight a decisive battle with the Ming army in Shenyang!"

"At that time, my army will be far larger than the reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty who have left the customs. After defeating them, I will find a chance to deal with that little emperor."

Nurhachi lay on the couch, coughed a few times, pondered for a moment before nodding:

"Huang'er, you are right."

"Go down and pass the order..."

……

The next day, Huang Taiji ordered to retreat ten miles.

After the Jin army camp was swept away, the situation in Liaoshen initially improved due to Xiong Tingbi's war strategy, but this is not something to be happy about.

What Xiong Tingbi used was a deception, which only confused the slaves for a while.

Once Nurhachi knew that Zhu Youxiao had transferred all the reinforcements from the pass to Fuyuwei, he was bound to make a comeback and attack Liaoshen with heavy troops.

The situation in Liaodong is not bad these days. The two sides are fighting wits and courage. The success or failure of each step of Xiong Tingbi, Nurhachi and Zhu Xieyuan is related to the wealth and lives of nearly one million soldiers, soldiers and civilians in Liaodong.

Because of Zhu Youxue's reforms in the Ming Dynasty, it was also a time of troubled times, with one wave of unrest and another wave of resurgence.

The reform in the south of the Yangtze River started when Zhu Youxiao issued an edict to reform various ministries in Nanjing.

Half a month later, the original Nanjing officials of various ministries and institutes conducted a big test under the examiner of the accompanying military ministers and cabinet ministers.

Originally, many people regarded this temporary test as a joke.

Although they were demoted to Nanjing as officials, they were also serious court officials. How can they be abolished if they are abolished, or reformed if they are said to be abolished?

This big test, many people thought it was a facade, and then they would be arranged to be officials in other places, but when the results came out, they were all dumbfounded.

Zhu Youxiao once again issued an edict, announcing that the top [-] officials in this big test will be appointed to fill the vacancies in other provinces and continue to serve as officials.

The implication is that most of the remaining people don't even have to be officials.

500 people seems to be a lot, but compared to the dismissed officials from Nanjing Six Ministries, Metropolitan Procuratorate, Dali Temple and other ministries, the admission ratio is really too low.

To put it bluntly, Zhu Youxiao is doing a big layoff in a different way!

Their apocalyptic emperor not only wanted to abolish the Nanjing Ministry, but also fired most of the original Nanjing officials!

As soon as this incident happened, officials in both Beijing and Nanjing couldn't sit still.

This is almost a major matter related to the livelihood of each of them. Some officials in the DPRK who claim to be upright found a good opportunity to fight for fame.

It was not enough to keep presenting to the imperial court in Nanjing. The capital's military computer room, the cabinet's signing room, and even the Qianqing Palace and the Compassionate Ning Palace all received their self-righteous and nonsense chapters.

There is only one general meaning. This so-called reform will ruin the country and society of the Ming Dynasty for nearly 300 years.

Some people also said that Zhu Youxiao was deceived by Wei Zhongxian again, and this was Wei Zhongxian's bad idea again. They begged to depose Wei Zhongxian and restore the government to a peaceful world.

This time, Wei Zhongxian was furious.

Our old Wei has been staying in the capital well. This reform is obviously the emperor's own intention, and our old Wei tried his best to cooperate.

These civil servants don't care about 21 and [-] when they meet shit pots, and they can't get along with them at all, so they insist on pinning me on the head?

Wei Zhongxian mobilized his means and network to get through the Queen Zhang Yan and Concubine Liu in the harem, and a group of "eunuchs" were called in the court, and they preached the benefits of reform all day long.

The "Beijing News" and the factory guards are also sparing no effort to promote it.

The point is, even though Wei Zhongxian has his hands and eyes in the sky, and has opened up everything from the inside to the outside, the civil servants seem to be determined to stop the reform this time.

More importantly, even the eunuchs are no longer of one mind this time.

When Zhu Youxiao abolished the Nanjing Ministry at the end of last year, he had already indiscriminately touched the interests of the Manchu officials, which included various parties, such as the Qi Party, the Chu Party, the Zhejiang Party, and the most prestigious among the people. Donglin Party.

Among the many officials who were brutally dismissed after the big test, a considerable number of them had made friends with the eunuch party.

If one's own interests are damaged, there are not many civil and military people in the Manchu Dynasty who can still talk to the emperor by pulling their necks. Only Wei Zhongxian is an out-and-out "power eunuch".

The chief assistant, Han Yu, remained silent. In addition to Gu Bingqian, the eunuch of the eunuch party, two more cabinet ministers asked to resign one after another.

The entire court, the six courts, some supported the emperor, and some wanted to cancel the reform, all of them were arguing, and the memorials flew around as if they didn't want money.

In a word, it's a big deal.

Now it doesn't matter what party you belong to. For those who oppose the reform, even if you were an eunuch before, as long as you have the memorial, we are still good friends.

From the court to the people, no one has a positive attitude towards this sudden reform, and even those who support the reform have such thoughts in their hearts.

Eleven out of ten people feel that this reform will end in farce.

……

On this day, Zhu Youxiao hid in the palace, looking at the memorials of the capital in a big box in front of him, he felt a severe headache.

Although it was expected, it was not expected that the slave chief would take advantage of this juncture to start a war.

Counseling cannot be done. After the north starts to work, the south must pay attention to maintaining order. The reform must continue no matter what, and there must be no chaos in the country.

It's time to crack down hard!

Chapter 319 Showdown

Not only the civil and military officials of the imperial court who stayed in the capital, but also the important officials from various ministries brought by Zhu Youxiao were also involved in this dispute, attacking each other for their respective interests.

Zhu Youxiao sat on it, quietly watching the officials below, but his heart was peaceful.

There's nothing quite like watching a bunch of hotheads spitting each other out, and if not, watch for a while.

Zhang Shize, the son of Zhang Weixian, the British Duke, and Xu Wenjue, the son of Wei Guogong Xu Hongji, who joined the emperor's camp not long ago, were not immune.

The two stood up one after another and said a few simple words to show the positions of the relatives in the north and the south.

The Xun Qi was hardly affected by this reform, and in addition, they had been subdued by Zhu Youxiao before, so they all naturally supported the reform.

Zhang Weixian and Xu Hongji were the heads of relatives in the northern and southern capitals respectively. Their absence this time was also a chance for their sons to show their faces and shake their prestige in front of others.