Huang Taiji summoned all the Baylors to discuss matters.
He took out a stack of yellowed papers, the top one was still as white as new.
These are "Hanzhong Weekly", not a single issue is missing.
"Fan Wencheng, please read the latest issue to everyone."
Fan Wencheng was so excited that he finally had a chance to come forward.
He learned that Huang Taiji was very concerned about a rebel bandit in the Hanzhong Prefecture of the Ming Dynasty.
Fan Wencheng made good friends with Shanxi merchants and obtained a large number of "Hanzhong Weekly".
He often studies the contents of "Hanzhong Weekly" by himself at home.
He didn't recognize the simplified Chinese characters in the newspaper at first.
I can only keep guessing what these words mean based on the meaning of the newspaper.
Now I can read simplified Chinese characters proficiently. Every once in a while, merchants from Shanxi bring me "Hanzhong Weekly".
He was able to read newspapers to Huang Taiji and gave him insights that satisfied Huang Taiji.
Fan Wencheng picked up the latest "Hanzhong Weekly" and read the contents.
"Commander Su led the army to occupy Rongcheng, tried the king of Shu and the officials of Ming Dynasty, deprived the gentry of their land, and redistributed land to the people..."
After the Jin Dynasty, many Baylors did not say a word, and Fan Wencheng silently read the newspaper.
When Huang Taiji heard that Fan Wencheng had finished reading the newspaper, he looked at the Baylors and said, "What do you think?"
Poseidon Baylor did not want to speak and was prepared to be a transparent person silently.
He Shuo Beile Mang Gurtai trained Eight Banners soldiers in the camp.
Before going out, Mang Gurtai drank three jars of Erguotou and died suddenly.
All his Eight Banners troops were swallowed up by Huang Taiji.
Huang Taiji now controls four of the eight banners and is the most powerful. No Baylor can challenge him, and his position has been stabilized.
Mang Gurtai's death was unclear, and Huang Taiji claimed that he died of drunkenness.
Rumor has it that the Erguotou given to Huang Taiji was poisonous wine.
Someone used the Erguotou rewarded by Huang Taiji to feed the prisoner a large amount of alcohol, and the prisoner died soon after.
Daishan all admired Huang Taiji, "This man is so ruthless."
In order to poison Mang Gurtai to death, he drank poisonous wine himself.
The Fan family of Shanxi merchants sent people to drink Erguotou themselves, and others drank it, proving that it was not poisonous wine.
He also found "Hanzhong Weekly" to prove that Erguotou is also a very expensive famous wine in Hanzhong.
Many people drink Erguotou in Daming, and no one has any problems with it.
Daishan just sneered, it wasn't the wine that was the problem, it was the person who delivered the wine.
From that moment on, he knew that the era of discussing major issues with Baylor was over, and now it was the era of Huang Taiji who kept his word.
Daishan was not ready to speak, but he saw Huang Taiji's eyes already staring at him.
He could only bite the bullet and said: "Khan, I think this is a good thing for us at this stage.
But we must not take it lightly. After the thieves in yellow rise, it may not be a good thing for us."
He expressed his opinion and stopped talking.
"Tell me more about it."
Huang Taiji ordered in a calm tone.
Daishan had no choice but to say: "Learn from the past.
The era when the Central Plains dynasty was strong was the era when our nations outside the Pass suffered.
The contrast between the Xiongnu Turks of the Han and Tang Dynasties and the Liao, Jin and Mongols of the Song Dynasty is very obvious.
Now the thieves in yellow emerged in the western part of the Ming Dynasty and captured Sichuan in a short time.
This shows that the yellow-robed thieves were extremely powerful and the Ming court could not stop the yellow-robed thieves' attack.
Things are very favorable to us now.
The Ming court was unable to support the suppression of the rebels and resist us, and there was no way to start a war on two fronts.
The Ming court did not have that much money, nor that many troops.
The Ming Dynasty will definitely increase taxes again, which will lead to wars in the country.
We can take advantage of the Ming Dynasty's weakness to capture Monan Mongolia.
If we can break through the Daling River and occupy the Ningjin defense line.
That is the most advantageous situation for us.
The thieves in yellow can really overthrow the Ming Dynasty and unify the Central Plains.
The abilities they are showing now are much stronger than those of the corrupt Ming Dynasty.
The Han population is too large, even if it takes ten Han people to replace one of our warriors.
We cannot afford this kind of battle-loss ratio.
Only if the decayed Ming Dynasty exists for a long time will it be most beneficial to us."
When Daishan said these words, Baylor present fell into deep thought.
It was as easy for them to lead troops to kill Ming's army as to slaughter a dog.
Occasionally, some Ming troops were very difficult to attack, which made them look at them differently.
The entire army of the Ming Dynasty has turned into a tough guy. This situation is terrible.
Azig couldn't help but said: "We must not allow the Han people a chance to unify the world.
A divided Han people would be more beneficial to us.
Our goal at this stage is to capture Monan Mongolia.
After taking Monan Mongolia, the area we occupy can directly invade the Ming Dynasty or the thieves in yellow.
The Ming Dynasty was strong, so we united with the thieves in yellow to attack the Ming Dynasty.
The yellow-robed thieves are strong, so we will unite with the Ming Dynasty to attack the yellow-robed thieves.
It's like "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" written by the Han people, where the three forces restrain each other."
Hauge couldn't help but ask: "What if the thieves in yellow and Ming Dynasty unite to attack us?"
Huang Taiji looked at his eldest son's performance and was very dissatisfied.
This son is very brave but very lacking in political acumen.
Huang Taiji looked at Fan Wencheng and asked:
"Fan Wencheng, tell me your opinion."
Fan Wencheng didn't want to talk at this time. Here were all the Baylors of Houjin. He, an outsider, would easily offend others if he spoke too much.
Everyone here can pinch themselves to death at any time.
He is just a slave with some status.
Fan Wencheng heard Huang Taiji's inquiry and expressed his opinion.
"Great Khan, dear Baylor.
I think Azigbele is right in saying that we must never allow the Central Plains Dynasty to emerge as a strong and unified dynasty.
It is impossible for Ming Dynasty to unite with the thieves in yellow.
The gentry of the Ming Dynasty did not care who ruled them.
As long as their privileges are guaranteed, their land is not plundered, and they can be officials.
These people will not resist anyone who rules them.
The thieves in yellow were completely different. They started to massacre the gentry as soon as they raised their troops.
"Hanzhong Weekly" focused on reporting that Su He, the leader of the yellow-robed thieves, personally presided over the killing of gentry in Chengdu.
They deprived the gentry of all their land and killed them with harsh punishments.
They also revised the imperial examination questions to prevent these gentry from being promoted to official positions.
The Ming Dynasty was ruled by scholar-bureaucrats, and it was absolutely impossible for them to unite with the thieves in yellow.
We don’t need to explicitly form an alliance with anyone.
As long as a certain tacit understanding is reached, everyone will reach a tacit understanding and achieve the common goal.
These gentry hate the thieves in yellow much more than they hate us.
They have no choice but to accept our rule, but they will never accept the rule of the thieves in yellow."
After Huang Taiji listened, he praised: "Fan Wencheng said it well, Hauge, you should learn more."
"Yes, Father Khan."
Hauge lowered his head and admitted his mistake.
There was murderous intent in his eyes as he stared at Fan Wencheng.
Huang Taiji saw that the Baylors had finished their discussion and understood the cause and effect of this matter.
He concluded: "Our established plan remains unchanged, and the main goal now is still to break through the Ming army's Daling River defense line.
Send troops to capture Monan Mongolia and increase our strength.
As long as we have troops in hand, any changes in the Han Dynasty in the Central Plains will not affect us."
Huang Taiji was also caught off guard by the sudden rise of the yellow thief.
The first time I heard about the thieves in yellow was when they wiped out 100,000 Ming troops in Shaanxi in one battle.
I heard again about the results of the thieves in yellow, they had taken Sichuan.
The thief in yellow is no longer a little thief.
They have grown into a force that can influence the surrounding situation.
There was no way he could influence the thief in yellow who was thousands of miles away.
Huang Taiji can only choose to do his best to develop and strengthen Houjin. As long as he has the strength, he can cope with all changes by remaining unchanged.
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Shaanxi Yansui, Chuangwang camp.
Li Zicheng slapped a newspaper on the table.
"Little scholar, read the above content to me."
"Sir, I don't recognize the words above."
Li Zicheng was furious, took out the long knife from his waist, and put it on the scholar's neck.
"You're insulting me, I don't know the words on it.
You have been reading books for more than ten years and you still don’t know the words on them. Who are you bluffing?
Do you look down on me and don't want to serve me?
Let’s see if your backbone is stronger or my sword is stronger.”
The knife fell, and a line of blood flew out.
"Drag it out and bury it.
I don’t believe there’s not a single person who can read in this Yansui area.”
Gao Yingxiang walked in with an angry look on his face.
He saw the smell of blood in the tent, frowned and asked, "Huang Lai'er, what's going on?"
Li Zicheng said respectfully: "Uncle, a merchant has brought a new copy of Hanzhong Weekly.
I caught a scholar and asked him to tell me what was in the newspaper. This man gave me extremely ridiculous reasons.
This man was directly killed by me."
Gao Yingxiang looked at Li Zicheng with approval.
"You are right, these scholars should be killed.
These scholars look down upon us mud-legged people.
After they became officials, they exploited us to enrich their own pockets.
Some time ago, we broke into Yan'an City and tortured these corrupt officials to see how much money they had stolen.
Old thief Hong ran very fast at that time, otherwise we would have caught him and cooked him to avenge the other brothers."
Li Zicheng was full of resentment towards the two kings. He complained:
"Uncle, you don't look very good when you come back. Did something happen to the Second Prince?
We all fled from the city, but these two people are still making trouble. If it doesn't work, we will separate and go our own ways."
When Gao Yingxiang heard Li Zicheng's question, he sighed and said, "This team is going to disperse."
Li Zicheng was not surprised when Gao Yingxiang said this.
Thinking about the situation of the rebel army during this period, the good situation was ruined by the two kings.
The governor-general of the three sides, Hong Chengchou, and Cao Wenzhao's Guan Ning Army.
Because Emperor Chongzhen ordered them to attack Suhe.
This resulted in a lack of military strength in Shaanxi, especially in northern Shaanxi.
Multiple units of the rebel army united and captured the entire Yansui area in one go.
Li Zicheng personally led the troops and captured the city of Yan'an.
After entering the city, you will gain a large amount of wealth and population.
Many generals of the rebel army, especially the nominal leader Wang Jiayin.
He began to recruit civilian girls and selected more than a hundred princesses.
Other generals of the rebel army followed suit, living in mansions and taking civilian girls as concubines.
The soldiers at the bottom also followed suit. If they couldn't get a young lady, they would get a married woman.
Many rebel generals began to expand and expand their territory outwards.
Wang Jiayin controlled the army's food and grass. Li Zicheng wanted to send troops to expand, but was restricted from food and grass.
Wang Ziyong also sent troops to seize Li Zicheng's territory.
There is a lot of turmoil within the rebel army, and they want to fight against each other.
Hong Chengchou and Cao Wenzhao were defeated and retreated from the Weihe River defense line, and they led their troops to fight back.
Guan Ning's cavalry defeated the rebel army in one battle and captured Bu Zhan Mu.
In order to survive, Bu Zhanni surrendered to Hong Chengchou and led the way to attack other rebels.
The old thief Hong suddenly got a lot of money and cast many cannons.
Artillery attacked the city and Yan'an City and Suide City were lost.
Now the rebel army is huddled in the northern area of Yansui, fighting with the Ming army.
Gao Yingxiang sighed and continued: "
Hanzhong Suhe River occupies Sichuan.
We began to divide internally.
Wang Jiayin persisted in resisting to the end because he was reluctant to part with this inheritance.
Wang Ziyong proposed to go south and seek refuge in Suhe."
When Li Zicheng heard that Su He had captured Sichuan, his eyes widened and he said in disbelief: "Uncle, is this true?
The news just came out some time ago.
Su He from Hanzhong led his troops into Shu, and the old thief Hong led his troops to attack them.
We also sent people to deliver the news there anyway.
In just a few days, Suhe has already captured Sichuan."
Gao Yingxiang pointed to the newspaper on the table and said categorically: "This matter is true and it is written in this newspaper.
Wang Ziyong found a scholar to read the newspaper to us.
It was after reading this newspaper that he thought about going south to seek refuge in Suhe.
I also didn’t expect that Suhe could capture Sichuan in less than half a year.”
Li Zicheng's eyes lost focus and he kept murmuring: "It's too fast, it's really too fast."
Gao Yingxiang saw that his nephew was in a daze, so he slapped Li Zicheng to wake him up.
Li Zicheng woke up with a start and kept encouraging himself in his heart.
"You have to have confidence in yourself. Su He is just one step ahead. I will never lag behind others."
"Uncle, what should we do? Stay here or seek refuge in Suhe."
Li Zicheng had his own ideas. His uncle really wanted to join Suhe, so he could only leave with his own soldiers.
Gao Yingxiang sighed and said helplessly: "We have just been stable for a few days, and we have to lead troops to move around.
Many generals and soldiers now have families.
After these people get married, their fighting spirit gradually declines.
These people don't want to leave at all, they just want to stay on the hot bed with their wives and children.
But I can't leave, I can't stay here.
The old thief Hong and Guan Ningjun Cao Wenzhao are too powerful, and our hearts are not unified.
There are ways to deal with this, but we are going to run out of food.
Drought and locust plagues alternate here in northern Shaanxi. As we marched, we could see that many villages were empty.
During last year's autumn harvest, we didn't receive much grain. We only relied on robbing the gentry to store grain, so we couldn't last long.
It is even more impossible to go south and seek refuge in Suhe.
I usually have people read "Hanzhong Weekly" to me and learn a lot of knowledge.
I learned about Su He from this. If we take refuge in him, we may not survive.
Even if I survive, I won’t be able to live as nourishingly as I do now.”
Li Zicheng heard his uncle Gao Yingxiang give him a small start and read "Hanzhong Weekly".
He felt that there was still a gap between his uncle and him, and he didn't even bother to read the newspaper with him.
"Uncle, what do you mean, we have to flee to another place.
Have you thought about which direction to escape to?"
Gao Yingxiang took out a map from his pocket, unfolded it and placed it on the table.
"I think we are running directly to Shanxi as we thought before.
I heard that Shanxi is also prone to disasters and there are many refugees. It is easy to build a team there.
When Su He conquers Sichuan, he will definitely become a thorn in the side of the Ming Dynasty.
Let’s hide far away and not be affected by these two forces.”
Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng discussed it and they felt that it was too dangerous to be in the Yansui area.
He gathered his troops and came to where the granary was.
Li Zicheng sent troops to attack the granary. These were Wang Jiayin's men.
Knocking out the guarding soldiers, he forged military orders and loaded all the grain collected by the rebels in the Yansui area into trucks and took them away.
Gao Yingxiang rushed to Shanxi under the banner of Chuang Wang.
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Hong Chengchou, the Governor-General of the Trilateral Region, and Chen Qiyu, the Chief Envoy of Shaanxi Province, are reading "Hanzhong Weekly".
Hong Chengchou put down the newspaper and said: "Brother Yuxuan, these are troubled times.
I originally thought that the thieves in yellow were easy to deal with, as long as they trained their troops well and relied on the strength of the border army and the support of the court.
Trap the thieves in yellow to death in Hanzhong and slowly destroy them.
Unexpectedly, the thieves in yellow developed so quickly and have now taken over Sichuan.
The yellow-robed thieves have grown stronger, and now that the imperial court has deployed all its strength to encircle and suppress the yellow-robed thieves, it may not be possible to conquer Sichuan."
Chen Qiyu took out a newspaper, pointed at the artillery pattern and said: "Brother Yan Yan, the firearms of the thieves in yellow are too sharp.
An inch longer and an inch stronger, the thieves in yellow can attack our army from a long distance.
It can't be defeated in a field battle, and it can't be defended in a city.
The army must be reformed and focus on the development of firearms.
If you want to wipe out the thieves in yellow, you must first arm your army with firearms.
It is really difficult to use broadswords and spears to defeat the yellow thieves with guns and cannons."
Hong Chengchou nodded, Chen Qiyu thought basically the same as him.
"The weapons of the thieves in yellow are too sharp, so we attacked the Weihe defense line.
The thieves in yellow can't hide, but we can't do anything against them.
After several strong attacks, they lost all their troops and generals, so they had no choice but to retreat.
I also learned a lesson and focused on cultivating a firearms army.
The use of Hongyi cannons and blunderbuss to suppress the rebels in northern Shaanxi was very effective.
Yan'an City and Suide City are now almost recovered.
I don’t know how the muskets and cannons of the thieves in yellow were cast.
Especially for muskets, the barrel is integrated, so there is no need to worry about the chamber exploding.
I have sent some of the muskets I obtained to the capital for craftsmen from the Ministry of Works to imitate."
Hong Chengchou knew that news of the loss of Sichuan had reached the capital.
Emperor Chongzhen will definitely be furious, and Governor Zhu Xieyuan will not survive.
This time he did not complete the task, in order to prevent being dealt with by Emperor Chongzhen.
Hong Chengchou could only pick up the weak persimmons first, so as to achieve success in annihilating the rebels and make the emperor happy to let him go.
He used thieves in yellow to intimidate the gentry into giving money and effort to help him suppress the bandits.
This approach doesn't work at all.
What the thieves in yellow did in Chengdu, they wrote down in newspapers and distributed them all over the world.
When every gentleman sees this situation, they will be very panicked.
But without a knife on his head, it is simply impossible to ask these people to pay.
Hong Chengchou could only unite some knowledgeable people and promise them huge benefits, such as quotas for the imperial examination.
He also promoted the children of these people's families and let them join the army.
Most of the gentry were unwilling to pay.
However, some aristocratic families realized the danger of thieves in yellow clothes and asked their children to recruit slaves to join the army.
Before Hong Chengchou had very few troops, they were all captured by the Shaanxi bandits in the Yansui area.
After he gained the support of the gentry, he had money and people, and built cannons to strengthen the army.
The rebel thieves in northern Shaanxi who have been beaten are now running away in confusion.
Chen Qiyu said worriedly: "Brother Yanyan, will the thieves in yellow be targeting us in Shaanxi?
The main leaders of the yellow-robed thieves are all from Shaanxi.
They conquered Sichuan and there was no need to expand into Yunnan and Guizhou.
They are all remote areas and sparsely populated.
The imperial court in the Central Plains region will definitely focus on defense.
I feel that the thieves in yellow are very likely, and their next expansion will be directed at us."
Hong Chengchou thought for a moment and then responded: "What Brother Yuxuan said makes sense.
I think the strategy of the thieves in yellow is imitating the Qin state.
They wanted to occupy the Sanqin land first, and then seize the Central Plains.
When the thieves in yellow come calling, we must try our best to resist them.
Now I don't seek to exterminate the thieves in yellow, I just want to slow down the thieves in yellow.
I can buy more time for the imperial court to build guns and cannons and train a new type of army."
After Hong Chengchou finished speaking, he also tested Chen Qiyu's thoughts.
"Brother Yuxuan, we both submitted a letter to the court together.
Let the court pay attention to firearms and train new-style troops.
Only an army equipped with firearms can resist the expansion of the thieves in yellow.
We can raise our own military expenses and let the imperial court implement it in Shaanxi."
Chen Qiyu immediately responded: "Okay, let's go to the court together.
Times have changed now, and an army that mainly uses firearms must be established to stop the thieves in yellow."
Hong Chengchou began to write the title book.
He also had his own selfish motives and asked the court to allow him to form an army mainly composed of firearms.
By observing the actions of the thieves in yellow, Hong Chengchou had seen that an army with firearms would crush an army without firearms.
He wanted to hold Shaanxi, but he couldn't hold it with just his original soldiers.
Firearms troops must be established to have any hope of holding on.
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South Zhili, on the Qinhuai River cruise.
Many Donglin scholars were listening to the Qingguan people playing music.
A teenage boy ran onto the boat, yelling loudly.
"Brothers, something big has happened."
"Hou Fangyu, what happened? You came to disturb our elegance."
Maoxiang watched Hou Fangyu carrying a bunch of things and stumbling towards here, and he quickly took them.
He opened the package and saw hundreds of identical copies of Hanzhong Weekly.
When Maoxiang saw the content above, he couldn't help but get furious.
During this period, they often received Hanzhong Weekly, which contained many deviant remarks.
They, a group of scholars from Donglin Academy, often gather together to criticize the contents of newspapers.
Many people gradually learned to read newspapers in simplified Chinese.
Maoxiang distributed newspapers to everyone, and at the same time he did not forget to thank Hou Fangyu.
"There are traitors in the imperial court. We in Donglin defeated the eunuchs, but there are some traitors who deceive the emperor."
Maoxiang's words were directed at Zhou Yanru, the chief minister of the dynasty.
This person has enmity with many people in the Donglin Party, and the Donglin bosses all want to remove him from his position as chief minister.
Maoxiang now saw an opportunity, and he was ready to mobilize the scholars to create a storm of public opinion.
Soon someone echoed his words.
Chen Zhenhui said loudly: "Zhou Yanru deceived Shengting, which led to Sichuan being occupied by thieves in yellow.
Zhang Lun, the governor of Sichuan, is also a waste.
and Governor Zhu Xieyuan.
He commanded troops from five provinces, but allowed the yellow-clad thieves to capture Sichuan. He must bear the unshirkable responsibility.
Only our Donglin Party can save the Ming Dynasty."
Hou Fangyu patted his small chest and said in a low voice: "The thief in yellow is too scary.
They hanged Zhu Zhishu, the king of Shu, and killed so many gentry.
These were all the pillars of the Ming Dynasty, but they were massacred by the thieves in yellow.
We must support the imperial court and must not allow the thieves in yellow to attack Southern Zhili, otherwise we will all be killed."
Hou Fangyu's clear voice made the Donglin scholars turn their attention from the court to the actions of the thieves in yellow.
They saw that 99% of the officials and gentry in Rongcheng were arrested by thieves in yellow clothes.
Maoxiang tore the newspaper into pieces, his face turned red with anger, and he shouted loudly: "I, Maoxiang, are at odds with the thieves in yellow."
Fang Yizhi said soberly: "We should publicize the actions of the thieves in yellow and let everyone know the cruel side of the thieves in yellow.
Call on all gentry to jointly resist the thieves in yellow."
Donglin scholars agreed with Fang Yizhi's statement. They took "Hanzhong Weekly" and went to the homes of gentry everywhere to publicize the brutality of the thieves in yellow.
The gentry of Donglin recognized a force called thieves in yellow.
Fang Yizhi and others called on the Donglin gentry to unite other gentry in the Ming Dynasty to jointly deal with the thieves in yellow.
They think society is too simple.
The scholar-bureaucrats and gentry were reluctant to part with the interests in their hands, and there was no possibility of alliance.
The wealthy families tried their best to intervene in local military affairs to protect their own safety.