Chapter 1436 Jia Heng: The Emperor probably won’t survive this winter
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Shengjingcheng
The night is low and the moon is bright in the sky.
The sky is as dark as ink, and in the vast and endless night sky, a few sparse stars are twinkling, and inside the palace city, bright fires can be seen, shining on the earth.
Jia Heng nodded and said: "There is a fire in Shengjing City."
Could such a big fire mean... self-immolation in the palace?
There was a hint of joy in King Wei's sharp eyes, and he said: "The shouts of killing in the city have also become quieter."
King Chu said: "The city should be completely destroyed now."
Chen Xiao said: "I'll send someone to take a look."
With that said, he ordered an accompanying Jinyi palace guard to enter the city wall and inquire about the situation.
After a while, the Jinyi palace guard left and returned, clasping his fists and saying: "Captain, the palace city is on fire. It was the Jurchen King who set fire to the main hall of the previous court. Now Xiehou is ordering the accompanying cavalry to put out the fire."
It turned out that Dorgon led a group of horses to retreat to the Xiande Hall, and dry firewood and kerosene had been prepared outside the hall. After putting the torches in, the flames burned brightly in an instant.
Jia Heng looked at the kings of Chu and Wei standing aside and said, "Dorgon actually set himself on fire."
The king of Wei looked a little sad and sighed, and said: "This king of captives does not want to be captured and humiliated by my big man."
The King of Chu said loudly: "Aren't you going to be humiliated now? If you burn yourself after losing your country, won't future generations laugh at you?"
Jia Heng was silent for a moment, just looking at the majestic city wall in the distance, feeling a sigh of relief in his heart.
Jia Heng turned to look at King Chu and King Chen Ran, with a look of thoughtfulness in his eyes, and said loudly: "Your Highnesses, if you are hungry, please go back to the military tent for dinner first."
King Wei smiled and said, "Ziyu, I'm not very hungry here."
King Chu also nodded.
Jia Heng's face paused slightly, he looked at the two vassals, was silent for a moment, and said, "I'm hungry."
King of Wei and King of Chu: "..."
However, as soon as I thought about it, I felt inexplicably frustrated by this calm and composed demeanor.
This is why Mount Tai does not change color even after it collapses.
Jia Heng said no more and called the king of Wei and the king of Chu. With the retinue of the palace guards, he rode his horse back to the camp.
At this moment, Shengjing City has been breached, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty has become meat on the chopping block of the Han Dynasty, allowing them to be slaughtered.
The next step for him was to write this military report and deliver it to Shenjing City by fast horse.
The destruction of Shengjing City means that the Han court's plan to pacify the Liao Dynasty has come to an end, but it does not mean that the subsequent events in Liaodong can rest easy.
After wiping out the remnants of the Jurchen Eight Banners, how to divide them and win over the Mongolian nobles and the Jurchen upper class dignitaries, these aftermath matters are top priorities.
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Although it was dark at this moment, the Han army entered Shengjing City in large numbers and gathered in front of the palace garden, with pine oil torches crackling.
Under Xie Zaiyi's thick eyebrows, his eyes were a little deeper, and he whispered: "Immediately send someone to take over the palace and various ministries, in addition to the armory and warehouse, seal the treasury. These are public property and cannot be privately owned."
Seize every bit of it.”
After hearing this, all the Han generals nodded in agreement.
"Clean up the battlefield and welcome Commander Ji into the city tomorrow." Xie Zaiyi said in a deep voice, his eyes flashing aggressively under his thick eyebrows that looked like blades.
Upon hearing this, all the military generals present spoke in response.
Then, the generals in the Beijing camp began to order the soldiers and began to clean up the messy battlefield. At this moment, soldiers' armor and flags could be seen everywhere, as well as the corpses of Han soldiers and Jurchen Eight Banners.
Xie Zaiyi turned to look at Jia Fang and asked, "Have you ever found any traces of Jurchen and the pretender?"
Jia Fang said loudly: "The soldiers and horses in the city have been searching for traces, but no trace of the hypocrite and the queen has been found."
Xie Zaiyi frowned, paused slightly, and whispered, "What's going on?"
At this moment, Hebei Admiral Kang Hong, who was accompanied by several personal guards Ma Bian, came up with a thoughtful look on his face. He turned to look at Xie Zaiyi and said, "Xie Hou, is there a secret passage like this?"
place?"
After all, Kang Hong was older and had more experience. Now he opened his mouth to ask, and he suddenly hit the key point.
Hearing this, Xie Zaiyi looked at Jia Fang and whispered: "Go and have someone search."
Jia Fang clasped her fists, then turned around and left without saying another word.
Xie Zaiyi asked: "After this battle, how will the generals and commanders of the Jurchen and Mongolian and Han armies be placed?"
Kang Hong smiled and said: "We may need Duke Wei to make up his mind."
Compared with these, he is still more concerned about whether he can be granted the title of marquis with this merit. Even if he cannot be granted the title of marquis, he will be satisfied if he can be granted the title of first-class uncle.
Just as Kang and Xie were talking, they saw a crowd in the distance, surrounded by several noble people in rich clothes and noble bearings, walking quickly towards them.
Looking up, they were clearly Wang Shuirong and Mu Sheng of Beijing.
Xie Zaiyi walked closer and asked, "Your Majesty, how is the situation in the city?"
Shui Rong said: "Soldiers have been sent to take over the Jurchen's office in Shengjing City. The Jurchen Internal Affairs Office is also counting the relevant properties and putting them in boxes and registering them."
Xie Zaiyi turned to look at Mu Sheng and asked, "Where is the young prince Mu?"
Mu Sheng looked solemn and said: "We have also sent people to take over the armory and equipment warehouse. The relevant prisoners are under guard in Nanyuan, waiting for the fate of the Duke of Wei."
Xie Zaiyi nodded and said: "Now that the city has been destroyed, we should send troops and horses to the Jiangnan camp."
Although Xie Zaiyi's title was not high, everyone present knew his relationship with Jia Heng. Jia Heng had previously granted him temporary military command.
At this moment, a military general came quickly and said with cupped hands: "Xiehou, you have captured a surrendered general of our great Han Dynasty. He was originally the commander of the Datong Guard. He is in Jurchen, but according to what he said, he is from the Jinyi Mansion.
The secret agent’s codename is Zhongshan Wolf.”
It turned out that after the city was conquered, Sun Shaozu was besieged by some surrendered Han officials. Then, the Han army found out and stopped Sun Shaozu's siege.
Xie Zaiyi heard this and said: "Zhongshan Wolf?"
After thinking for a while, he looked at the Imperial Guardsman of Jinyifu who was accompanying him.
The captain of the Jinyi Mansion's guard paused slightly and said, "I don't know about this humble position. I'll ask Princess Le'an later."
Xie Zaiyi nodded and said: "There is indeed a spy of our great Han Dynasty in the city. Let's take him into custody first and wait until Duke Wei enters the city before meeting him again."
The guard of the Jinyi Mansion should be holding his hand.
Immediately, Xie Zaiyi, Wang Shuirong of Beijing, and Kang Hong, the admiral of Hebei, began to dispatch soldiers to deal with the aftermath.
Seal the vassal treasury, take custody of prisoners, and take over all offices and halls.
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The next day, the sky was bright and the autumn breeze was cool and pleasant.
It was autumn, and the golden morning light shone on the towering city walls at this moment, and in the blink of an eye another sunny day arrived.
In this way, after a night passed, the shouts of killing in Shengjing City had completely subsided.
Jia Heng, together with the King of Chu, King of Wei and Chen Xiao, walked quickly towards Shengjing City, accompanied by a group of retinues of Jinyi palace guards.
At this moment, a large Chinese army banner embroidered with the character "Jia" was rustling in the wind, while flags of brocade flames were fluttering in the wind in the autumn wind, like balls of flames, burning fiercely.
Xie Zaiyi and Jia Fang led the cavalry and came quickly. They stared at the young man in the python suit and whispered: "Duke Wei, the battlefield in the city has been cleared."
Jia Heng asked: "Have the soldiers and generals been put under surveillance?"
Xie Zaiyi looked at the python-suited young man with a dignified and solemn demeanor with sharp eyes, and said loudly: "Hui Jie Shuai, we have sent someone to monitor him."
Jia Heng nodded and said, "Have the treasury and government offices sent anyone to take over?"
Xie Zaiyi said: "Someone has been taken over. The Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of War, and the warehouses have all been sealed, waiting for the imperial court to take stock of the treasury."
Jia Heng did not continue to ask anything else. This was just a routine inquiry.
At this moment, Xie Zaiyi hesitated for a moment and said: "Commander Jie, the puppet king in the city escaped from the palace along the secret passage. Now our Han army is sending troops to chase him."
Jia Heng frowned and asked, "Let the little emperor of the Qing Dynasty run away?"
Xie Zaiyi said: "Commander Jie, our soldiers and horses have discovered the secret passage in the palace and are chasing after it."
When Jia Heng heard this, his face was solemn and he said in a deep voice: "We must catch up to avoid endless trouble."
Accompanied by the kings of Wei and Chu, they entered the city of Shengjing.
In fact, even if the little emperor Fulin escaped and wanted to cause trouble outside, it would not be easy.
At this moment, Jia Heng, the king of Wei, and the king of Chu entered the city in a mighty manner, and could vaguely smell the bloody smell of hunting, which was pungent and unpleasant.
Because of the fighting of more than 100,000 people yesterday, there was almost a layer of blood on the street. Although it was cleaned with water, the smell was still not very good.
As the cavalry behind them entered the city of Shengjing in a mighty manner, the doors on both sides of the streets were still closed. It was obvious that the shouts of killing yesterday had made the people in the city fearful.
At this moment, the King of Chu and the King of Wei were holding reins and walking side by side, looking at the magnificent and majestic palace city in the distance.
Well, because at this moment there is no lively scene of eating pots of milk to welcome the king's master, but it has somewhat satisfied the vanity of the King of Chu and the King of Wei.
Jia Heng held a horse rein in his hand, his eyes were as bright as lightning, he looked at Xie Zaiyi beside him and asked: "Has the notice of peace of mind been posted?"
Xie Zaiyi nodded and said: "We have sent people to post it, but in the past few days, the Jurchen rebels and the nobles of the Eight Banners have to be searched in the city, so the martial law cannot be lifted for the time being."
Jia Heng said: "I heard that Dorgon burned himself to death. Have you ever verified his true identity?"
Xie Zaiyi looked calm and said: "I have found Dorgon's Fu Jin and the palace maid to verify his identity, and I am sure it is Dorgon himself."
Wei Wang Chen Ran raised his sword eyebrows, his eyes couldn't help but be a little surprised, and asked: "Did you also capture other Jurchen princes?"
Xie Zaiyi pondered for a moment and said: "The noble princes on the Jurchen side have been cut off by the generals in several battles against the captives. The remaining two people, Luck Dehun and Hu Sai, were beheaded by our Han generals, and then they were captured.
We have captured some Baile and the county king, and are being held in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment."
The King of Chu said: "The other Jurchen Eight Banners also surrendered to the imperial court."
"There are some elderly bannermen who have expressed their sincerity to the imperial court." Xie Zaiyi introduced.
The Jurchens have occupied Shengjing City for almost thirty years since the Nurhaci period, which means the replacement of one or two generations has been completed.
Naturally, there are some elderly bannermen who no longer have the same enthusiasm as before, or they are dissatisfied with Dorgon for bringing the Qing Dynasty into darkness countless times.
While everyone was talking, they entered the official office of the Household Department of the Qing Dynasty. At this moment, Wang Shuirong of Beijing was meeting with Kang Hong, the governor of Hebei.
In the hall of the Hubu Yamen, everyone entered the lobby, and the King of Chu and the King of Wei sat on a pearwood chair in the official hall.
The servant served him a steaming cup of tea and then slowly withdrew.
Jia Heng picked up the tea cup, took a sip, and said, "Have you ever taken control of the Jurchen soldiers, bannermen, Mongolians, and high-ranking Han nobles in the city first?"
Xie Zaiyi said: "Jie Shuai, we have sent people to monitor them now. Does Jieshuai want to see them?"
Jia Heng nodded and said: "I won't see you for now, wait until everything in the city is settled, and then we can slowly deal with these personnel matters."
Among them, there may be some talents, but the Han Dynasty can’t use up all its own talents, so how can it be possible to use these fake officials?
In particular, the treatment of these Manchu elders obviously cannot be based on being gentle and win over.
We cannot even allow them to ascend to high positions, but prevent, control or even suppress them so that they gradually decline. This is the proper way to control.
Or transforming the poor bannermen into new aristocrats, and then unleashing the fanaticism of the converts on the big Han, is the long-term solution to the rule.
At this moment, a royal guard wearing a flying fish suit and an embroidered spring knife hanging from his waist quickly entered the hall, raised his hands and said, "Commander Jiejing, Prince Beijing and Admiral Mu are here."
While talking, Wang Shuirong and Mu Sheng from Beijing entered the hall hand in hand, followed by a large number of retinues of generals.
"Ziyu." Beijing Wang Shuirong looked at the boy in the python suit with a bright smile and said loudly.
At this moment, Mu Sheng also came forward and clasped his fists in greeting.
Jia Heng nodded, and after everyone sat down, he glanced at a few people and asked, "Has everything in the city been taken care of?"
Wang Shuirong of Beijing smiled and said, "We have already started to sort things out."
Mu Sheng stared at Jia Heng and said: "Rumors have been spreading in the city these days. The Jurchens are privately rumoring that the Han people want to kill them all in revenge for years of kidnapping."
Jia Heng nodded and said: "As I said before, let bygones be bygones, the people in the city don't have to be afraid."
Jia Heng said: "During this period, we have to identify the Han people, Jurchens, and Mongols in the city, and at the same time wear their hair and Han clothes. The so-called growing hair and changing clothes is just that."
When King Chen Ran of Wei and Chen Qin of Chu heard this, they both had thoughtful expressions on their faces.
Because this theory of assimilation, support and governance was something I heard from Jia Heng.
Jia Heng said: "His Royal Highness the King of Wei, you can take out the royal wine and meat from the treasury and distribute it to the soldiers."
Wei Wang Chen Ran nodded, smiled and said: "Zi Yu, our army has also raised a lot of wine and meat this time, so we can reward the generals and soldiers in the army."
Jia Heng said: "Now that everything is settled, I will write a military report and memorial to the court after lunch."
As soon as these words came out, the people in the Beijing camp below could not help but twitch their ears and get very energetic.
At this time, Beijing Wang Shuirong looked at Jia Heng and asked: "Zi Yu, since Liaodong is peaceful, how can we manage this vast territory?"
Although the Jurchens are highly "urbanized", there are still some Jurchens in some village tribes.
Both of them are military ministers, so it is not surprising to discuss these matters.
Jia Heng said: "Establish an official system and restore the garrison. As for the soldiers on the nine sides, they can be appropriately eliminated to make up for the shortage."
While speaking, Jia Heng glanced at the dim sky outside and said, "It's getting late, so get ready for lunch."
After everyone heard this, they went to the side hall, sat down, and drank among each other, and the atmosphere became more and more lively.
It was already afternoon after a celebration banquet, and the high-ranking generals stationed in Liaodong of the Han Dynasty each returned to rest.
Jia Heng, accompanied by Chen Xiao, came to a wing of the back house and found a pear wood chair and sat down.
Chen Xiao brought a cup of tea and said, "Shengjing City should be fine."
Jia Heng took the tea cup, took a sip of the tea, and said, "Yes, the rest are just finishing touches."
At this moment, the Han army has more than 200,000 troops stationed in Shengjing City. Naturally, it wants to deal with future troubles. Even if the army returns to Beijing, tens of thousands of troops will be left behind to control the situation.
Chen Xiao came to the desk, helped Jia Heng grind the ink, and said softly: "What are you going to do next? The teacher will return to Beijing."
At this moment, Jia Heng took a blank memorial, spread it out, took the brush, and said: "It's too early for the teacher to return to Beijing, at least until next year."
The emperor probably won't be able to survive this winter.
By then, he had hundreds of thousands of troops and two princes beside him. How could he be able to help and protect him? As the new king came to the throne, he slowly exerted influence and gradually controlled the government.
He doesn't want to sit idle in the forest. Even if he retreats on the surface, he still needs to maintain a huge influence and be able to abolish and establish things.
Navigating the sea depends on the helmsman, and it is the right choice for history for this big ship of China to be helmed by a person who can see the future.
Chen Xiao nodded and said loudly: "That's fine."
Jia Heng said: "I will write another memorial to bring peace to Liaodong, to warn the Rakshasa Kingdom on the northern border, and to prepare for the establishment of the government and security system in Liaodong."
There are some things that need to be done by him as a time traveler. Not only the Rakshasa Kingdom, but also the Mongolian land that originally belonged to the Manchu Qing Dynasty should also fall into the hands of the Han Dynasty.
Otherwise, replacing the Manchu Qing Dynasty as the orthodox ruler of China, but failing to secure a vast territory that would make the world famous for future generations, then in a sense, it would be better to let the Manchu Qing Dynasty enter the pass.
Jia Heng composed himself, soaked in ink, and started writing on the memorial.
It is mainly about the form of establishing Fuwei in Liaodong.
The set of guard posts established in the former Ming Dynasty was not suitable for the vast land of Liaodong, and the production and construction corps to reclaim wasteland was the only way to return Liaodong to rule.
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At this moment, a hundred miles away from Shengjing City, a carriage, accompanied by Bai Shiqi's retinue, fled towards the northern grassland.
Concubine Zhuang changed into ordinary women's clothes, without any makeup, but her face was haggard and pale. At this moment, she took Fulin's hand.
Under the control of two drivers, the carriage galloped northward to escape from Mongolia.
Concubine Zhuang was born in Horqin, so she naturally knew how to ride horses, so although the carriage was bumpy, she was able to get used to it, but Fulin beside her looked pale and seemed a little overwhelmed.
Around the carriage were several palace maids, a dozen eunuchs, and a hundred or so eunuch guards, accompanying them.
At this moment, a guard wearing black armor came on horseback, with a look of panic on his face, and said urgently: "Mother, the Han army is catching up."
The pursuer in the rear is none other than Jia Fang.
After tracing the traces of Concubine Zhuang and Fulin through the secret passage, Jia Fang made a prompt decision and personally led the three thousand cavalry troops.
"Mother concubine." Fulin said worriedly.
Concubine Zhuang showed a worried look on her face, looked at Fulin aside, and comforted her softly: "Don't be afraid, even if you really fall into the hands of the Han army, I will risk my life to save you."
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On the other side, Jia Fang held a horse rein in her hand and drove the horse at her hip. Sweat was on her forehead and temples, and sweat beads as big as soybeans fell down.
The Beijing camp cavalry galloped all the way. At first there were three thousand cavalry beside them, but after galloping all night long, when they reached a hundred miles of grassland, they found that there were only more than two thousand cavalry.
Because of the overnight pursuit, it was obvious that some cavalry did not keep up with the follow-up pace.
The deputy general Guo Ji on the side said with a loud voice: "General, we are just ahead."
With the mighty cavalry behind them, like a whirlwind, they gradually closed the distance to the carriage where Concubine Zhuang and Fulin were.
"hiss……"
With the sound of people roaring and horses neighing, the carriage and horse team with high shafts came to an abrupt stop. They were obviously blocked by a winding river in front of them.
Concubine Zhuang, who was on the carriage, suddenly changed her crystal-clear jade face. She opened the hanging bamboo curtain of the carriage and asked, "Why did it stop?"
The Jurchen general in front, who was wearing light yellow bronze armor with spiked nails, also had a look of panic on his face and said, "I remember, I remember, there is no river here."
The so-called panic and not choosing the right path is probably true.
At this moment, Concubine Zhuang felt her hands and feet were cold, she closed her eyes, but didn't say anything for a while.
Fulin, who was on the side, turned pale with fright.
At this moment, Jia Fang also led two thousand cavalry troops and surrounded them with a dark pressure.
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