Zhu Youzheng was observing the Monan Mongolian tribes outside the Ming Dynasty's Jiubian Army Town on the map. If he wanted to leave the border with peace of mind to fight Nurhaci, he not only had to stabilize the border, but also wiped out these forces at his doorstep.
Mongolia is now in great chaos and has been completely divided. Bordering the Ming Dynasty are the three major tribes of Horqin, Chahar, and Tumut, and there are countless small tribes wandering between the Ming Dynasty and the stronger tribes.
The Horqin tribe is the closest to Lao Nu. There are many marriages between them, and their geographical location is far away from the Ming Dynasty.
The Tumut tribe is ambiguous, neither close to the Ming Dynasty nor close to Lao Nu, and they are even at odds with several other tribes.
The Chahar tribe is the nominal suzerainty of all Mongolian tribes. The current leader of the Chahar tribe is Lindan Batur, a direct descendant of Genghis Khan and the seventh grandson of Dayan Khan.
This Lin Dan Khan is also the thirty-fifth Great Khan of the Mongol Empire. However, although this brother has a high status and great ambitions, he has been committed to rebuilding the glory of the Mongol Empire and making the Mongol Empire as powerful as it was during the Genghis Khan period.
His idea is good and right, but his ability cannot support his ambition.
Lin Dan Khan and Emperor Chongzhen in history were the same type of people, with great ambitions and limited talents, but suspicious and changeable temperaments. One of them was the emperor of the Central Plains, and the other was the Great Khan of the grasslands. Yet they were beaten to the ground by Nurhaci and Huang Taiji.
Lin Danhan was later beaten so hard that he had no place to live in Monan and fled directly to Qinghai. Emperor Chongzhen was also beaten and couldn't take care of himself.
Zhu Youxiao circled the Chahar tribe on the map with a red pen.
The reason why Zhu Youxiao chose Chahar was simple. He knew Lin Danhan. Although he was currently the strongest tribe on the grassland, he could still defeat him with his talent.
Moreover, Zhu Youxiao's purpose in this battle was to tell the people of the world that the Ming Dynasty was not weak yet, and to wipe away the shadow of war brought by the Battle of Saarhu to the Ming Dynasty.
The goal of this battle was to frighten the Mongolian tribes, make the Tumote tribe surrender to the Ming Dynasty, and regain the military power of the three Liaodong guards (Duoyan, Fuyu, and Taining) for their own use.
"Wang Banban, pass my instructions to Sun Yunhe, asking him to go to Xuanfu Datong to mobilize the elite Ye Bu to collect, to find out the situation of the Chahar tribe for me, and to draw a map. If the two towns of Xuan and Datong cannot be used, then Let him go to Liaodong to mobilize Xiong Tingbi's Ye Bushou. In short, I want Chahar's complete information."
"In addition, we are drafting an edict to order thirty experienced and capable people from each of the nine border towns and eleven towns to stay in the capital at night."
When marching and fighting, intelligence is crucial. A simple piece of intelligence can affect the success or failure of the entire war. Midway Island in later generations has proved that a war is not only about national strength and logistics, but also about who has more intelligence on both sides. precise.
Zhu Youzhao stared at the map and pondered, and the little eunuch outside came in to report:
"Your Majesty, Xu Xianchun is here!"
"Your Majesty, these are the test questions that have been submitted in the past half month. Please take a look at them!"
Nearly twenty days have passed since Zhu Youxiao issued the test questions to the public. Countless people go to Beizhen Fusi every day to answer the questions. Zhu Youxiao looked at the test questions submitted by Xu Xianchun, and there were at least five One hundred percent.
Zhu Youxiao watched the answers of these people carefully. Most of them were people who overestimated their abilities and were boasting. Some even directly said that it was Xiong Tingbi who supported the bandits and respected themselves, which was the reason why Nurhaci could become powerful now.
Some people say that as long as the Ming Dynasty mobilizes its troops and generals, it can crush them all the way.
Zhu Youxiao read fifty answers in a row and felt really overwhelmed. There were hundreds of millions of people in the Ming Dynasty. Is there not even one person with a little bit of real talent and learning?
It seems that the demise of the Ming Dynasty was not without reason in history. These scholars, who can be said to be the mainstay of the Ming Dynasty, are now thinking about how to make money as officials and regard the common people as ants.
"Wang Wangfu, please find a few young eunuchs to inspect them carefully and select out and burn those who are boastful and boastful!"
Then he turned to Xu Xianchun below and said:
"In the future, whenever anyone answers questions at Beizhen Fusi, they will be inspected by your Tiqi first. Those who fail will be burned. Don't stain my eyes!"
"I obey the decree!"
Zhu Youxiao looked at the memorials that were picked out one after another in a daze. Is it true that there are no talented people among the people?
It seems that there is no hope in relying on this summoning order, or we can only rely on the famous ministers and generals in history.
"Wang Banban, what happened when I asked you to deliver the edict last time?"
What Zhu Youxiao was talking about was of course the last edict he issued, regarding Sun Chuanting, Song Yingxing and other powerful men. It has been more than ten days now and I don't know where they are.
"Your Majesty, only Xu Guangqi has news at the moment. He has now integrated the newly trained troops in Tongzhou in compliance with your Majesty's orders. He should be able to arrive in Beijing the next day. There is no news about the others yet."
Xu Guangqi was training new soldiers in Tongzhou under the order of Emperor Shenzong. However, because Emperor Shenzong died, the court did not support Xu Guangqi's idea at all. But Zhu Youxiao couldn't give up. These recruits were carefully trained by Xu Guangqi, and they were at least worthy of use.
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"Great Khan, a large-scale investigation was carried out in Shenyang City a few days ago. All the spies sent by me were killed by the bear barbarian."
When the superior Nurhaci heard this, he frowned.
"What's going on in Liaoyang? Are our people still there?"
And the following Fan Wencheng with a money rat tail replied:
"Liaoyang has not changed, it is the same as usual."
"What's going on? How dare Xiong Manzi do this? Those bright dogs have never dared to do this, so Yuan Yingtai didn't stop him?"
Fan Wencheng also replied doubtfully:
"It stands to reason that now the ministers of the Ming Dynasty are impeaching Xiong Tingbi and want him to step down. At this time, he should be more cautious."
"And the last time the Great Khan attacked Puhe, the people in Beijing didn't attack Xiong Tingbi. It's really incredible."
Fan Wencheng was also confused. Based on his understanding of the civil servants and gentry, shouldn't they all put pressure on Xiong Tingbi at this time?
Why is there no movement at all in the Ming Dynasty? Then Xiong Tingbi killed all the Jurchens and Mongols in Shenyang, and the civil servants didn't stop them?
Huang Taiji, Nurhaci’s fourth son, stepped forward and said:
"Father, the internal intelligence in Shenyang is gone. Should we still go south as planned at the beginning of spring?"
Nurhaci will not make a decision at this time. After all, what he is best at is cooperating inside and outside. This trick is useless against Shenyang now.
"Let's wait and see what happens next and see what the Ming court will do next. The sons and daughters have just taken Puhe, so let's rest for a while and prepare for spring plowing first."
"This servant (minister) will obey the orders of the Great Khan!"