Chapter 280 Fighting for national destiny

Many people may not know Jiang Yu. But in the original history, this person was also a named and surnamed family slave with three surnames.

The Jiang family has been full of Ming generals for generations, and the Ming court is particularly fond of him. In Jiang Quan's generation, he himself was the commander-in-chief of Datong, General Zhenshuo, his eldest brother Jiang Rang was the commander-in-chief of Yulin, and his younger brother Jiang Xuan was the deputy commander-in-chief of Yanghe. It can be said that he is full of generals.

However, the Jiang family, which was full of generals and was particularly handsome in the Ming Dynasty, did not send a single soldier to serve the king when the Ming Dynasty was in decline.

Not only that, in the original history, he surrendered to Li Chuang without using a sword or a shot, then rebelled and surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and finally died in the rebellion against the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Zheng Jiu followed the orders of Xia Wang Ying Yi to eliminate the remnants of the Ming Dynasty and establish the northwest theater. After taking Xuanfu, he immediately rushed to Datong.

Jiang Yan, a dirty guy with a three-inch bone in the back of his head, surrendered immediately.

But just like his fate in the original history, he eventually died at the hands of Zheng Jiu. But this rebellious boy thought that he should get greater power after surrendering, and he had extremely high demands for this. However, Zheng Jiu wanted to reorganize and break up his army, seize his capital, and send him to the capital. Be a rich man. So he secretly planned to kill Zheng Jiu at the banquet, but he didn't know that Zheng Jiu was like a superman and killed him instead.

This time, Zheng Jiu also wrote a letter to plead guilty, saying that he underestimated the culprit and almost ruined Ying Yi's important event.

If Zheng Jiu himself was not extremely strong and his soldiers were also tyrannical, it would be impossible for someone else to really fall into Jiang Yu's hands.

Jiang Quan is a man who is said to be cunning and calculating. The Jiang family has been in the important town of Jiubian for many years and has a deep collusion with the local area. Many local gentry and wealthy businessmen are involved with it. Form a huge interest network. This is also the fundamental reason for Ming Ting's graceful appearance.

Because many people spoke for the Jiang family, but the emperor of the Ming court did not know what was going on, thinking that the Jiang family was loyal.

Little did he know that in this land of mountains and Shaanxi, the Jiang family's crimes were too numerous to describe.

After Zheng Jiu killed Jiang Yu, he collected a lot of evidence. For example, the wealthy merchants from Lianshan and Shaanxi smuggled important national materials and sold military intelligence to foreign countries, colluded with the gentry to seize people's land, bullied soldiers and withheld military pay, and there were countless others.

Among them, every one of the eight imperial merchants that the Tatars called later was included in them.

From these crimes, many things can be speculated - such as why Shanshan is the cradle of bandits and why they are constantly suppressed. The deep-seated reasons are closely related to it.

Gao Yingxiang was from Shanshan. Li Zicheng was from Shanshan. Zhang Xianzhong, a native of Shanshan. There are a lot of thieves, most of them have names and surnames, and they are all from Shanshan!

On this land, the army, gentry, and wealthy businessmen all colluded together to form dark clouds covering the sky. Coupled with the continuous natural disasters, the people could no longer survive and had no choice but to rebel.

The more rebellious the people are, the greater the benefits for these people. They greedily absorb the sweetness of blood and ignore everything.

If Mingting didn't know, it probably wasn't true. But Mingting was helpless.

Because this land is so dark that there is no way to clean it.

But in Ying Yi's case, it's not a problem at all. In the previous dynasty, the Ming court had to worry about the gentry, the scholars, and the army, and did not dare to take action. Ying Yi is just the opposite. He wants to wash away all of this with blood and fire!

The establishment of the Northwest War Zone was aimed at attacking Tatars externally and cleansing the country from contamination internally. Now that Jiang Quan is dead, every one of the gentry and wealthy businessmen on this land will be targeted by the army for purges. Even if this land is whitewashed, Ying Yi will not hesitate!

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Jiexiu, Shanxi, the Fan family mansion.

The artillery roared and shattered the fortress. Strong soldiers like wolves and tigers rushed in. No matter men, women, old or young, they all were dragged out and killed on the spot!

Within half a month, the Fan Yongdou family, Wang Dengku family, Jin Liangyu family, Wang Dayu family, Liang Jingbin family, Tian Shenglan family, Zhai Tang family, Huang Yunfa family and a series of businessmen, gentry, and frontier generals who were involved with these eight Shanxi merchants , the officials of the former dynasty pulled out the carrots and brought out the mud, and killed them all in one go!

When Huang Taiji heard the news, he vomited blood and fainted.

Half a month later, in mid-August, slave chief Huang Taiji died in Shengjing. After some internal fighting, the Manchu Eight Banners established their youngest son Fulin as the slave chief, Dorgon as the regent, established Yuan Dynasty, and began military adjustments.

"Fan Yongdou and others were uprooted by the Xia thieves, causing me to lose an arm of the Qing Dynasty. My eyes are like night, and it is difficult to understand the situation of the southerners."

Dorgon said: "The Xia bandits are about to become a big force. If it is delayed and they are sorted out, it will be difficult to enter the pass. Now that the situation of the Mongolian Eight Banners, the Han Eight Banners and the Korean ministries has stabilized, we must send troops immediately. Interrupt its vigorous momentum, otherwise our Qing Dynasty will be in danger!"

The little slave chief Fulin sat on the dragon chair tremblingly, looking around in a panic. He was just a yellow-haired kid who didn't understand anything.

After Dorgon finished speaking, he ignored Fulin and said to the important officials of the Eight Banners: "I, the regent, want to mobilize the entire country to compete with the Xia thieves for the destiny of the country."

Hearing this, all the important ministers of the banner had strange expressions on their faces.

Dai Shan was mature and prudent, and said: "Although what the regent said is not bad, the whole country's army is too much. Our Manchu people are not as large as the Han slaves, with a population of only a million, and an elite army of less than 100,000. The regent's move is no different. It is really dangerous to entrust the destiny of the country to a war. If there are setbacks, I will be in danger!"

Even Dorgon's brother Azig objected: "It's best to take action slowly."

However, Hauge, who lost his throne, was even more radical and said: "The regent is right. We must interrupt the Xia traitor's flourishing trend to avenge Amma!"

Dorgon glanced at everyone and said calmly: "Prince Li's words are very reasonable. Just as Prince Li said, the Han slaves have a large population, but I only have one million people."

When Hauge heard the words, he glared angrily, but saw Dorgon change his voice and said: "But that is why we must send troops quickly. The Han slaves have a profound background. If we do not send troops while the civil strife is not over, we will wait until they stabilize." Maintain order, and if we send out troops again, we will only end up with a bloody head!"

"What's more..." Dorgon took a deep breath: "Judging from the news coming from below, the Xia thief Ying Yi doesn't have a good impression of me in Manchuria! If I don't send troops, one day he will send troops. Attack. When the time comes, his troops will be strong and hundreds of thousands of troops will swarm in. Prince Li, what will you do to resist?!"

Daishan suddenly turned pale.

Dorgon said: "We must defeat its power while its foothold is not yet stable. Otherwise, no matter what, the outcome of our Manchuria will not be too good. Instead of waiting for death, it is better to take a chance. If you can succeed, follow the example of Tie Now that Mu Zhen has taken over the Central Plains, wouldn’t it be great to be able to take whatever you ask for in that great country?!”

In the end, Dorgon overcame all opinions and decided to mobilize the entire country to launch a war on the fate of the country. With Hauge as the vanguard general, he led his banner's 58 elite cavalry and 16,000 men to take the lead, pointing directly at Shanhaiguan.