962 Chasing Tong Yangxing
A big gift? What big gift? It almost destroyed the newly reclaimed farmland of Jianlu. This is a big gift! Emperor Chongzhen was a little confused, so he asked about the specific situation.
Hai Lanzhu immediately replied: "It was Tong Yangxing, the general officer in charge of farming in Jianlu. He took the serfs several times to stop us from destroying the farmland, which annoyed my brother. He said that he was overestimating his abilities, so he decided to take his head to His Majesty."
Tong Yangxing said that he was a Han Chinese, and some said that his ancestors were Jurchens. He did business in Fushun and did a lot of work. No matter what, he was a member of the Ming Dynasty. In 1616, he used all his wealth as a gift to meet with Wild Boar Pi Nurhaci. It can be said that the large amount of money he provided gave Wild Boar Pi a great help at the beginning of the rebellion. Therefore, Wild Boar Pi was immediately happy and immediately chose a daughter of the royal family to marry him, named "Shi Wuli'erfu".
Huang Taiji also appreciated Tong Yangxing very much and always valued it, even better than Fan Wencheng. Fan Wencheng had never had real power before. But Tong Yangxing was the general officer who managed Han slaves. In the original history, at this point in history, he had already commanded a firearm unit composed of Han people, named "Wu Zhen Ha Chao", and made great contributions to the capture of the Daling River.
On this plane, due to lack of food, the firearms troops were unable to be formed, and Huang Taiji changed to the general manager of the agricultural worker responsible for land reclamation and farming in the north. The matter of food was Huang Taiji's most concerned thing, but it was handed over to Tong Yangxing to take charge. This shows Tong Yangxing's status.
It is not certain that Han people are not traitors, but he is definitely one of the most famous Ming traitors in the late Ming Dynasty, which is a sure thing. It is also because he has such a great reputation that Wu Keshan was blocked by him several times and then became ruthless and wanted to capture him and present it to the Emperor of Ming Dynasty. He is sure that Tong Yangxing is definitely the one who Ming Dynasty wants to survive so quickly!
This is not because Wu Keshan is bold and has to cause extra trouble even though he knows that Jianlu is siege and blocking. Instead, he feels that he is very sure of doing this.
Wu Keshan's subordinates were two thousand elite Korqin tribes, and they had specially selected them, and they had two horses. But Tong Yangxing had originally had some army, but Huang Taiji recruited a large army across the country, and even Jianlu who were over 15 years old had to recruit, let alone the army in Tong Yangxing's hands.
Therefore, the person in Tong Yangxing's hands was actually the serfs responsible for clearing the land and farming. He was motivated by him and said that he would stop Wu Keshan from destroying the grain fields, otherwise everyone would starve to death. Therefore, he led these serfs to block Wu Keshan's elite cavalry.
Although the final result was useless, the combat power of the troops on both sides was not at the same level at all. Tong Yangxing's subordinates did not even have the most basic weapons. However, under his harassment, it did hinder Wu Keshan. This annoyed Wu Keshan and got into trouble.
"Your Majesty, Tong Yangxing has suffered heavy losses. Now my brother is chasing him and fleeing in a panic." Hai Lanzhu reported the details, "My brother said that one day at most, he will be able to surround Tong Yangxing and catch him!"
Emperor Chongzhen heard something and immediately asked, "You mean, are you and your brother no longer together?"
"Well, my brother asked me to take five hundred people to take a detour to block the front, and he followed Tong Yangxing to chase him. I guess he would meet in the evening tomorrow to block Tong Yangxing!" Hai Lanzhu replied.
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he frowned slightly. In the pursuit of Jianlu army, he did not have his own eyewitness and did not know where Jianlu was. But if you infer from time to time, Jianlu must have surrounded him. So he reminded again: "The strategic goal of this war has been achieved. Although Tong Yangxing is someone I want to crush my bones and throw ashes, he does not need to take risks for him. The future is long and there are opportunities. After you meet your brother, you will pass on my will and tell him not to delay any more. Otherwise, the risk is too great. Return to the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible. Safety is the best!"
Hearing this, Hai Lanzhu felt relieved. The young emperor was finally in his heart. So she quickly agreed.
After dealing with this matter, Emperor Chongzhen checked other private chats and chat records in the chat group, focusing on two aspects. One is the matter of extermination of pirates on the southeast coast. Only Zheng Zhilong, a navy, was still too weak. Especially when the pirates are now in a mess, they robbed everywhere, so that Zheng Zhilong was exhausted and rescued the field everywhere. The situation was a little stiff for a while. However, Li Zhiqi's Denglai Navy was almost here. By then, the strength of the two navy troops would increase greatly after the meeting, and the situation should be improved.
The Portuguese in Macau did not dare to rebel like the Dutch in Taiwan. In the end, they sent a fleet obediently. While heading south to trade in Southeast Asia, they also took on the task of escorting the Ming merchant ships.
Another thing that is more important than this is the collection of personal income tax or luxury tax. The previous half-year buffer for the violation of service houses has almost arrived. This matter can be said to be a major event in the next few years. It must be strictly implemented to change the Ming Dynasty's atmosphere, and at the same time, taxes from rich merchants are also levied in disguise.
From the current news, we can know from the chats between people in the chat group, the south, south, west and north, that most people, especially the rich people in Jiangnan, are still waiting and watching and not paying for their violations. In this regard, Emperor Chongzhen also understood the reasons, such as those large salt merchants' mansions, are almost comparable to the palace gardens. If they are estimating that they want to continue to enjoy the previous luxury, they will definitely have to bleed once. For these merchants, they will definitely not be happy.
After Emperor Chongzhen verified the situation from the chat group again, he made up his mind and decided to start the reform of the Censorate and the army while the Liaodong war came to an end and achieved major victories.
He had actually considered this matter for a long time and had not moved before because of the fact that Jianlu was a confidant, and everything was important to the Liaodong war. However, after the consumption of the past two years, at least in terms of food, he had already held the Jianlu's seven inches and could not make much trouble. The Liaodong war had already taken the initiative in the hands of the Ming Dynasty.
Chapter completed!