Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 392 Broom Star

On the same day, another tragedy occurred in the Manchu Palace. The specific incident was not leaked because it involved the royal family.In other words, people who know the information dare not leak it.Some people have never been seen by outsiders.

After finishing this matter, Huang Taiji heard that Ban Zhifu had been taken to Shengjing, so he sent people to start a secret interrogation, wanting to know whether Ban Zhifu had defected to the Ming Dynasty and then released him as a traitor.

The reason for the secret interrogation was that Huang Taiji didn't want to make this kind of thing a big deal.Otherwise, everyone in the Qing Dynasty will be in danger, and the situation will only get worse.

However, he did not expect that among the people he sent to interrogate, relatives died at the hands of the Ming army this time.It was a hateful interrogation, and Ban Zhifu must confess.

But Ban Zhifu is not a fool, he would not even dare to admit to such a crime even if he was beaten to death.As a result, he was not careful, and instead of being tortured into a trick, he was really beaten to death.

The statement reported to Huang Taiji was that Ban Zhifu was a spy of the Ming Dynasty, but he was stubborn and refused to confess, so he was tortured to death.

Huang Taiji was very dissatisfied with this.However, people are already dead, what else can we do?
As a result of the final processing, there was one more missing person in the Manchu missing persons file.Anyway, Shang Kexi is already dead, and there is no need to explain anything to anyone.

But he didn't know that Ban Zhifu's relatives couldn't wait for the news of Ban Zhifu for a long time, even though the greatest benefactor, Shang Kexi, was dead.But in order to save people, of course, he would still look around for trustees, thinking of rescuing Ban Zhifu.In the end, they begged and begged, but they begged to the side of the remaining two Manchu kings with different surnames.

Jinzhou, Kong Youde's house, Kong Youde and Geng Jingzhong were both there, looking at the man who knelt at the door, Kong Youde frowned slightly and said: "You are Ban Zhifu's younger brother? Then you should know that he followed Fortunately, our two families have festivals!"

"Your Majesty, I...I know, but I really have no choice." Ban Zhifu's younger brother, Ban Zhigui, kowtowed repeatedly and begged, "Please consider that my brother and the two princes are Han Chinese, and in the past This is all for the sake of the old generals of the Dongjiang Army, please help..."

"Shut up!" When Kong Youde heard this, he couldn't help but shouted sharply, "Now we are both princes of the Qing Dynasty. If you want to mention the past again, someone will come and beat him out!"

How could it be possible for someone who betrayed Ming Dynasty to seek refuge with the enemy to be willing to bring up the past?
Geng Zhongming also looked disgusted, and immediately shouted: "Go, go, your brother was taken away, it's none of our business, go away quickly, lest you really get beaten out!"

Hearing this, Ban Zhigui turned his head and saw that a member of the Confucian family was chasing him away. He became anxious immediately, and without kowtowing, he straightened his neck and said, "The reason why they arrested my brother has something to do with the two princes. !"

Hearing this, Kong Youde couldn't help feeling a little strange, so he waved his hand to signal the servant to go down, then he stared at Ban Zhigui and asked, "What's the matter?"

Ban Zhigui secretly gritted his teeth and emboldened himself, and then immediately replied: "You two princes don't know that when the court took my brother away, they said they suspected that my brother had secretly defected to the Ming Dynasty. However, my brother said that he was He is not afraid of the slanting shadow, he is loyal to the Qing Dynasty, and the emperor is wise and powerful, so he will definitely be able to give him justice. But who knows, there will be no news after he goes there. "

At this point, he saw that Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming looked a little strange, so he quickly added: "Two princes, the reason why the court suspected my brother is because it is said that someone from the Qing Dynasty leaked the news about the last war. Over there in the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was able to send troops to Liaodong in time to disrupt the Korean War, and even caused Prince Rui's entire army to be annihilated. In the court, they will definitely not doubt their own people, and we Han people, especially the original Those who come from the Dongjiang Army are the people they are most suspicious of."

Hearing this, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming's expressions immediately became ugly.

In the last battle, it was said that someone leaked the news to the Ming country, and the two of them also heard about it.After all, some people still know about Dorgon's memorial.Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming were kings with different surnames in the Qing Dynasty, so they had their own channels and could hear a little bit.But the two of them have always felt that they have been stationed in Golden State, and this matter has nothing to do with them.

But now, listening to what Ban Zhigui said, it seems that the imperial court is investigating this matter, but it is not known who leaked it, and it is already investigating.The first to bear the brunt is Ban Zhifu, what about the next one?

Today, the Ming Dynasty is so immortal that it has rebuilt the Dongjiang Army.This made them, who were originally from the Dongjiang Army, indeed the biggest suspects.

But the key point is that the two of them feel that they are kings with different surnames from the Qing Dynasty, and their treatment is far better than that of the Ming Dynasty. It is impossible for them to betray the Qing Dynasty!
But now it seems that some people in the court don't think so.So after Ban Zhifu, will you check other people?Even if it wasn't them, it would be too much for the two of them to find out about their generals.

Thinking of this, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming glanced at each other, and both could see the worry in each other's eyes.But there were outsiders present, so it was inconvenient for them to say anything.

So, Geng Zhongming shouted at Ban Zhigui: "Don't talk nonsense. Your Majesty is wise and powerful, how can you wrongly accuse innocent people! There must be something wrong with your brother and he was found out. Go back and wait patiently. , thunder, rain and dew are all your kindness. If you run around again, be careful that your own life is not saved!"

Hearing this, Ban Zhigui couldn't help but turn pale, and when he wanted to say more, Kong Youde yelled, called the servant to come in, and kicked him out.

When there were no one to be seen and there were only the two of them in the lobby, Geng Zhongming said to Kong Youde worriedly: "We can't be careless about this matter!"

"Then what can we do? We haven't done anything wrong to the Qing Dynasty or the emperor, so there is nothing to worry about." Even though Kong Youde said this, it was obvious from his tone of voice that his confidence was a bit lacking.

Geng Zhongming was silent for a moment, and suddenly he raised another topic and said, "I heard that the emperor has vomited blood several times!"

When Kong Youde heard this, he immediately turned his head to look, and there was no outsider, so he sighed in a low voice: "The emperor is so fat, it's not surprising that there are some things. But the matter of the emperor vomiting blood, you can't talk about it, just pretend you don't know about it!"

"No, what I mean is that the emperor vomited blood from anger." Geng Zhongming quickly explained in a low voice, "It can be seen that the past few years have not been going well, and the emperor is already full of anger. I dare to investigate the matter of the traitor." Definitely, it will never be left alone. Even if there is no movement on the surface, there must be a strict investigation in the dark."

"Then what do you mean?" Kong Youde asked a little worriedly.

The two of them have been together for many years, and they will discuss with each other and tide over difficulties together, including fighting Jianlu together, and rebelling against Ming and surrendering Jianlu together.

Geng Zhongming said in a low voice: "I don't think this Ban Zhigui's matter of coming to us can be concealed from someone who is interested. Therefore, I think we should go to the Emperor and report this matter first. In addition, Ban Zhifu will be told Why did you bring up the matter of being released by the Ming army. Anyway, the two of us have never been captured by the Ming army, so there is still a difference."

This means that it is best to crucify Ban Zhifu as a traitor, so that they can feel at ease.Kong Youde understood this and nodded.

Maybe they don't know the saying that dead fellows don't die poor daoists.But of course they are clear about the truth in it.What's more, if you really want to say it, that group of Zhifu are Shang Kexi's confidantes, and to them, they deserve their death.

The matter should be settled like this, but Geng Zhongming sighed suddenly, then turned his head and looked around, then turned his head and said to Kong Youde in a low voice: "Why do you say that when we were in the Ming Dynasty, there were so many intrigues and fights for power and profit?" Now, we are on the side of the Qing Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty is bound to intrigue. Also, when we were in the Ming Dynasty, we were suppressed and beaten by the Qing Dynasty; but now we are on the side of the Qing Dynasty. Looking at the situation, It seems a little bad! I don’t know if the emperor has a way to get out of the current predicament?"

Feelings are broom stars?Thinking about it, Kong Youde couldn't help laughing at himself, but didn't make a sound.After a moment of silence, he suddenly raised his head and said to Geng Zhongming in a low voice: "I think, after all, Daming has a profound foundation, even if he was such a prodigal before, once the Emperor of Ming recognized the loyal traitors in the Qing Dynasty, Liaodong's strength would not be able to compete! "

"..." Geng Zhongming was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then asked tentatively, "Isn't it, do you regret it?"

"Regret?" Kong Youde replied without hesitation when he heard this, "What is there to regret? If you hadn't proposed crossing the sea and surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, we would have turned into loess."

Speaking of this, he thought it was wrong, so he added: "It's not that we are afraid of death, but that we fought for Daming in Liaodong, not to mention the lack of food and clothing, if it wasn't for Mao Shuai to support us, we would probably have starved to death. However, after we arrived in Ludi, those officials and those rich people don’t know how rich they are. Not to mention, they have been discriminating and bullying us Liaodong people. This tone is really hard to swallow!”

When they mentioned what happened back then, both of them fell silent by coincidence.

After a while, Kong Youde suddenly turned his head to look in the direction of the capital, and muttered to himself, even Geng Zhongming almost didn't hear clearly: "What's wrong with Da Ming today?"

Geng Zhongming didn't answer this sentence, so he pretended not to hear it.After a while, the two began to write letters to Huang Taiji.

Emperor Chongzhen, who was far away in the capital, had no eavesdropping seeds, so naturally he didn't know the conversation between the two of them.However, there are some things that others don't know because of the eavesdropping seeds, but he already knows them.

First of all, from the feedback from the eavesdropping seeds of Zheng Chongjian, the governor of the three sides, the Emperor Chongzhen knew that the main force of Jianlu in the Hetao area suddenly appeared in Ningxia.

However, just as Jierhalang took advantage of the victory to burn, kill and loot everywhere, and captured the city, Zheng Chongjian led the army to arrive and stopped the Jianlu's burning, killing and looting. In other words, it should be that Jierhalang had already plundered enough people and materials. , so retreated.

This is what happened just now, and Emperor Chongzhen frowned when he saw it.

Jianlu's move is indeed a bit hard to guard against.If the Jianlu in Hetao are not eliminated, the invasion with Jianlu as the backbone will definitely make the Ming Dynasty border areas miserable.Along the Great Wall here, there are no natural dangers like Shanhaiguan, and there is no sea to separate it.It's really difficult to deal with.

However, the grassland is not as vast as Liaodong, and it is definitely not that easy to eliminate Jianlu.The last time the Tumed Department in Hetao was eliminated, it was because Turge was deployed as a chess piece, which made Turge think that he could enter the pass to plunder and take revenge. He wiped out the main force of the Tumed Department in the pass.If it was changed to the grassland, they would not be able to annihilate them at all if they fled in all directions.

It is really difficult to solve Hetao Jianlu!Emperor Chongzhen thought so, so he went to see the information of other eavesdropping seeds first.

It's okay if you don't look at it, but after looking at it, he suddenly felt that there might be a solution.

Because what Emperor Chongzhen saw was that Ying Erdai and the others followed Huang Taiji's order and ran to the Hetao.In this way, Ying Erdai's status should also be able to know about the movements of the Jianlu in Hetao and the military situation they discussed. This also means that Emperor Chongzhen can know about it.

Know thyself, ever-victorious!As long as there is a targeted attack, it may be the best chance to eliminate Hetao Jianlu!Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help sighing in his heart: "It seems that I still have to go to the imperial court myself!"

At this time, it was already August of the 14th year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, and disaster prevention and relief were in progress.However, Emperor Chongzhen has already explained what should be explained, and disaster prevention and fighting are all proceeding in an orderly manner.

The Beijing camp's elimination of the weak and retention of the strong has already yielded results.In the entire Beijing camp, there were only [-] people left who could fight.According to Emperor Chongzhen's wishes, Liu Kongzhao cooperated with the Ministry of War to resettle the old and the weak, reform engineering soldiers, and train elite soldiers.

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In short, after Emperor Chongzhen returned from Liaodong, he has been dealing with internal affairs.Generally speaking, he just gave the policy and strategy, and the specific implementation is naturally led by the cabinet and the supervisor of rituals.

In this case, the conditions were met for Emperor Chongzhen to lead the army again.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen convened another meeting of the six chief ministers of the cabinet and the supervisor of rites, which was held in the Wenhua Palace.

After the ministers saw the ceremony, he said to the subordinates in a melancholy tone: "Jianlu stationed more than ten thousand troops in Hetao Guihua City, leading all the tribes in the grassland, and has been harassing the border of Daming. I am very worried about this matter. !"

Hearing this, the Chief Assistant Xue Guoguan came out first and said: "It's all thanks to Your Majesty's brilliance and martial arts. The nine border towns were properly defended, and the prisoners were as far away as Hetao, and the mobilization of the army was in vain. Your Majesty, don't worry!"

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen shook his head and said, "On this point, Xue Qing is wrong!"

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