Begging for peace, yes, from negotiating peace to begging for peace, it is just a word difference, but it shows the increasing decadence of the Manchu Qing clique.⊥
They lost the title of their country, professed their vassal status and returned to Jianzhou, presented the national jade seal, sent protons, and made offerings to the court year after year... The Manchu Qing Dynasty put forward new begging conditions, hoping to take a breath of relief. But in fact, the Ming army's military operations were
It continued without any delay. The frontline generals just detained the envoys, sent people to deliver messages to the court, and then continued to attack with force as if nothing happened.
It's very simple. The Manchus and Qing Dynasties no longer understand the Ming Dynasty's politics, military structure, and procedures for handling things. Soldiers, you just execute the orders and fight your war according to the plan. Whether to negotiate a peace or when to cease fire is not your concern.
It's not something you can control. Before receiving a new order from the court, what authority do you have to change the military plan? Or stop the attack without authorization?
Moreover, Zhu Yongxing had already revealed his bottom line. Apart from surrender, it was destruction. The Qing Dynasty had no other choice. The imperial court would definitely not make any move to negotiate for peace. Although begging for peace was one step closer to surrender, it was still unacceptable.
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The reason is very simple. It will never give the Manchus a chance to breathe, and it will never give the Mongolian tribes the possibility of thinking that the Manchus can exist. Once peace is negotiated, or the court has such an intention, the Mongolian tribes will attack the Manchus.
You will relax or even stop.
Only by showing the determination and will to completely destroy the Manchu Qing Dynasty will the Mongolian tribes not be at odds with each other, and the continuous defeat of the Manchu Qing Dynasty will also make the anti-Qing camp more and more powerful. In history, it was precisely
The Ming army's successive defeats led to more and more Mongolian tribes joining the Manchus. Standing on the side of the winner is always the most realistic consideration in this world.
When the news reached Beijing, it was no surprise that Zhu Yongxing was not even interested in meeting the envoy. He only informed the frontline generals and the Manchu envoy was released. The Ming Dynasty only accepted unconditional surrender, without any negotiation or begging for peace. The imperial court reported
But the emperor published this story, using the Tartars' humble words to beg for peace to boost the people's morale.
The name is ZTE, which is actually a reinvention. Although the name of the Ming Empire has not been changed, it is similar to every emerging dynasty. What it lacks is not vitality and self-confidence. People who have experienced the pain and war, whether they are officials or ordinary people, almost all hope to achieve peace once and for all.
, completely solving the great scourge of the Tartars. Although finances are tight, and although life is not particularly good, they are very enthusiastic about the war.
Of course, this has a lot to do with the Ming army's successive victories and the fact that the imperial court did not increase taxes excessively. If it were like the Chongzhen period, border rates, Liao rates, etc. were continuously increased, but they lost every battle and were still beaten.
The Tartars plundered the land of Jifu several times. As time went by, the people would naturally become resistant.
In fact, for the country, judging from their own abilities, ordinary people contribute more than those wealthy gentry and wealthy people. Just like when foreign invaders invaded, many prostitutes were more morally responsible than scholar-bureaucrats. In other words, although ordinary people study
Few or even most of them are illiterate, but in their simple concepts, they hope to be able to resist foreign aggression and live happily.
Precisely because the lives of ordinary people are not easy, their demands are not high, so they know how to be grateful. As far as the current Northland is concerned, the government's relief efforts are doing their best. Although the people have rough food, they still have to think about themselves.
There are some solutions, but as long as there is no turmoil, starvation, and hope, I will be grateful to the court and the emperor.
But even for ordinary people like this, they would never be satisfied with their small demands in the past dynasties. On the contrary, they are called refugees, rioters, thugs, unruly people, etc. in a variety of ways, all of which are derogatory terms. It seems like ordinary people
A slight dissatisfaction will cause trouble for the court and the country, but rarely solve the root causes of dissatisfaction so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment.
Is it blocking, guarding, fooling, or suppressing the people? Or is it guiding, educating, tolerant, and giving full play to their abilities instead of fearing the power of the people?
"Only a faint king is afraid of everything, afraid of rebellion, afraid of someone usurping the throne, afraid of -" Zhu Yongxing waved his arm vigorously and said: "From ancient times to the present, all dynasties have never prohibited the common people from owning weapons, and civilian muskets have been legalized.
It is just an upgrade of the sword. Moreover, this will be piloted in a certain region first, and then gradually implemented depending on the situation in each province."
"Long live the gun, the weapon is the country's weapon, and the people who wander around may cause more troubles." Guo Zhiqi was opposed to this, and he bowed and admonished: "The country has just been established, and social stability is of paramount importance."
"Guo Qing's words are reasonable, but he doesn't really understand my thinking and the steps to gradually legalize folk muskets." Zhu Yongxing stretched out his hand and pressed down, considered the words, and said slowly: "Folk muskets are legal.
This is just a general statement, and there are many restrictions. For example, when applying for a gun, you must go through government review, have a clean financial record, have no criminal record, etc. You must also swear to abide by the law before you can obtain a gun license issued by the government.
Certain people are prohibited from possessing guns, and there must also be strict regulations to prevent guns from falling into the wrong hands."
After a pause, Zhu Yongxing continued: "As for the areas to be implemented first, I think Liaodong should be the first. You must also know that at the current speed, it will be just around the corner for Wang Shi to regain the lost territory in Liaodong. But the Tartars retreated.
The war will continue. Hundreds of thousands of troops have to go deep into the interior to fight, and supplies and food are a big problem. But in the land of Liaodong, there are few people in the vast land, and it is difficult to support an army! Only by immigrating to the border can we alleviate the problem.
The country's food burden also ensures the recruitment of military personnel and the stability of the territory it occupies."
"Long live, in addition to immigrating to the border, there are still fields and border garrison that can be implemented." Zhang Huang said: "The land in Liaodong is bitter and cold, and there are worries about war. Now that the country has abundant land, who is willing to move?"
"Then we need policy guidance and encouragement." Zhu Yongxing lowered his eyelids and said thoughtfully: "As the saying goes, there must be brave men under heavy rewards. As long as the conditions are attractive enough, I believe that we will recruit people. And first of all, we will allocate people to the people in Liaodong.
The issue of muskets was also based on the local environment and the risk of war. If the Liao people had muskets back then, they would not have been massacred and enslaved by the Tartars."
"In addition -" Zhu Yongxing looked around at the ministers with a smile, "the policy of immigration to the real border will also be implemented in the northwest. How can we not learn from the lessons learned from the loss of land in the virtual border?"
In sparsely populated frontiers, immigration has always been closely related to consolidating defense. This has been successfully experienced in history. For example, when Zuo Zongtang led the Hunan Army to conquer Xinjiang from the west, he immigrated to the local area, and soon there was the emergence of "general conquering people from the west"
Before the return, the scene of "Hunan descendants are all over the Tianshan Mountains". And the contribution of "immigrating to the border areas" has been recorded in the annals of history. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!