When the first snowflakes fell, a team walked leisurely into Shenyang City.
Looking at the slaves in ragged clothes and struggling to carry large logs in and out of the city gate, the nobleman on the horse did not show any joy.
There were two other people accompanying him, one of whom was Han Chinese.
The Han man saw the opportunity and said: "Look, this place is no longer the same as the place you know. Without your shelter here, your future will only be a dead end."
The person on the other side was a Jurchen, but her words were the same.
"Kultang, if Dahai dies, you will die too. How you choose depends entirely on your wishes."
The man in the middle closed his lips tightly and said nothing.
The cavalry entered the city and drove directly to the palace.
After occupying Shenyang, Nurhaci began to build palaces.
After ten years, Nurhaci was dead, but the palace was still under construction.
After Huang Taiji ascended the throne, he did not live in Nurhachi's palace, but converted his original Sibeile Mansion into a new palace.
This inadvertently increased the construction period, so that winter was about to begin, and the slaves were still forced to work, even if they were exhausted.
"My minister Kuertang, my servant Leng Sengji, and my servant Wu Jiang pay their respects to the Great Khan. Long live the Great Khan!"
The three of them met Huang Taiji smoothly.
"Kultan, why are you so late?"
Huang Taiji's first question made Kurtang feel cold all over. He braced himself and explained: "Thank you, Great Khan, I took the wrong path, which delayed the time. Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty was eager to negotiate peace, and I didn't Disgraceful of mission.”
Huang Taiji nodded, seeming to agree with his statement.
"It would be nice if we could negotiate peace."
Kultan almost collapsed.
He knew that he was dead.
Kortang's grandfather Lai Luhun was originally the governor of the Haixi Jurchen Hada tribe. Later, he and his father Suotalan led their troops to submit to Nurhaci.
For recognition, Nurhaci married his daughter to Suotalan, and Kurtang was the second son among his four sons.
Kurtang showed extraordinary talent and learning since he was a child, and was favored by Nurhachi. He was also raised in the palace by Nurhaci.
As an adult, Kurtan has been presiding over civil affairs.
After Huang Taiji established the Wenguan, Confucian officials were divided into two levels.
The Confucian officials headed by Dahai were responsible for translating Chinese classics, while Kuertang was responsible for recording the facts so as to show the trustworthiness of history.
During this period, Kortang and Erdeni compiled "Taizu Laodang" together. In addition, he served as a civil servant on many missions to North Korea and Mongolia, and made great contributions to the establishment of an alliance between the Later Jin Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty.
It can be said that Kultang originally had a bright future.
Unfortunately, not long ago, he made a fatal mistake.
Kuertang and Liu Xingzuo had a close relationship. Before Liu Xingzuo's defection, everyone knew that Liu Xingzuo had second thoughts. Only Kuertang tried his best to protect Liu Xingzuo.
Later, Liu Xingzuo actually defected, which caused Kuer to lose a lot of points with Huang Taiji.
But after Liu Xingzuo died in battle, Kuertang secretly collected Liu Xingzuo's body, which completely angered Huang Taiji.
However, because he was an important minister, Huang Taiji tolerated it for the time being.
However, Kultang did not feel the crisis yet and once again made a political mistake.
Because he co-chaired the library with Dahai and had many interactions with Han people and Sinology, Kuertang was deeply affected.
So together with Dahai, he repeatedly suggested to Huang Taiji that the Jurchens should be Chineseized, and even suggested that Huang Taiji change to wear Hanfu.
As a talented and ambitious politician, Huang Taiji certainly knew the benefits of Sinicization.
But he understood more clearly that now was the time when the Jurchens were prospering, and the whole clan needed to maintain the momentum of forge ahead, and there was no time for Sinicization.
The actions of Dahai and Kultang are undoubtedly affecting his layout.
At this time, Huang Taiji finally became murderous towards Kuertang and Dahai.
Unfortunately, Dahai was seriously ill and died soon.
Death was the most important thing, so Huang Taiji let Dahai go, but he held a grudge against Kuertang even more.
In April, Kuertang was ordered to travel to Xuanfu, Zhangjiakou, and Datong to negotiate peace with the Ming Dynasty.
Although an agreement was finally reached with the Ming Dynasty and a large amount of food and benefits were obtained for Hou Jin, Huang Taiji still found an excuse.
On his way to the Victory Fort to negotiate peace, Kuertang wasted time and ended up being late, which was a serious crime of delaying the military plane.
At the same time, someone reported that he secretly accepted gifts while on a mission to North Korea, which added another crime.
The Kultang people were still along the Great Wall and would not have known about Huang Taiji's plan.
But Wu Jiang and Leng Sengji teamed up to find him and provided information.
When he thought that he had worked hard for the Jurchens and worked hard, but Huang Taiji was suspicious of him and killed him quickly, Kuertan couldn't help but feel disheartened.
"Kultang, after all, we are not from Jianzhou. Huang Taiji has always been on guard against us, and he has to clean up all of us before he can be happy."
Leng Sengji confided in Kuertang, and his words touched Kultang's heart.
Because Leng Sengji, like him, is a Haixi Jurchen.
Leng Sengji's full name is Yehenara Leng Sengji. Not only is he an authentic Haixi Jurchen, he is even a tribesman of Chief Yehe Jintaishi.
After the Yehe tribe was destroyed, the Mongolian Aohan tribe came to submit to Houjin. Huang Taiji took the initiative and married Mangguji to Sonomu. Leng Sengji followed Mangguji to Mongolia as a domestic slave.
No one knew that Leng Sengji had always had great aspirations and longed to repeat the glory of Ye Hebu.
Therefore, he was always looking for opportunities to weaken Hou Jin's power.
He noticed the conflict between Mang Gurtai and Huang Taiji, and knew that Mang Gurtai was a powerful general of the Later Jin Dynasty. He planned to find an opportunity to inform Huang Taiji and get rid of Mang Gurtai first.
He had always hidden this thought in his heart, but in front of General Wu, there was no way to hide it.
This Han Chinese who has recently become a celebrity in Fujian seems to have the magic power to understand people's hearts.
"Since Mang Gurtai has a grudge against Huang Taiji, if you want to deal with Mang Gurtai, aren't you helping Huang Taiji eliminate his opponents and consolidate his power? By then, the people of Jianzhou will be more united, what chance will you have?"
Leng Sengji broke into a cold sweat and couldn't help but feel murderous intent.
"If I were you, smart enough, I wouldn't do anything. Because although we are not friends, at least we have a common enemy, right?"
Leng Sengji looked at Wu Jiang's face with red lips and white teeth. He hesitated several times and still did not dare to take action.
"who are you?"
General Wu stretched out his finger and pointed to the south.
Leng Sengji thought he understood and felt that General Wu was from the Ming Dynasty.
In this case, what General Wu did was reasonable and reasonable.
"Then what do you think we should do?"
Wu Jiang smiled slightly and poured Leng Sengji a cup of milk tea.
"We Han people have a saying that the enemy of our enemy is our friend. A united Jianzhou Jurchen is obviously not in the interest of you and me. Therefore, the conflict between Mang Gurtai and Huang Taiji may be an opportunity we can take advantage of."
Leng Sengji is not so easily convinced.
"It's useless. Mang Gurtai has lost power. Huang Taiji will crush him to death, just like crushing an ant to death. Helping such people will lead to the end of us."
General Wu's smile was always so calm.
"Mang Gurtai is a fool, so he can't defeat Huang Taiji. But it's just because he is a fool that he can be used by us, right? Let Mang Gurtai have a head-on conflict with Huang Taiji. He doesn't have the ability. But if he is a person who just wants to
Where is Mang Gurtai who is still alive?"
Leng Sengji looked at it for a moment and couldn't help asking: "What do you want to do?"
General Wu picked up the teacup and placed it under the candlelight to look at it carefully. The glass smuggled from the pass was so bright when illuminated by the candlelight.
"It is indeed amazing that the Jurchens have come to this day. But there will be those who are successful, and there will naturally be those who are frustrated. I believe you know this better than me. Those who are frustrated, see others with rich clothes, fine food, rich flesh and blood, what do you think?
, how do they feel?"
Leng Sengji said nothing.
He certainly knows how many frustrated Jurchens there are today.
Normally he didn't notice it, but when General Wu said it, he suddenly realized that it was a force that could not be ignored.
Wu Jiang finished his milk tea and said categorically: "Mang Gurtai can become a flag, a flag that unites the frustrated. When the frustrated all unite around him, I believe Huang Taiji will also have a headache."