"Juzi, I came to Liaodong this time because I was sent here by my mentor Sun Chengzong. My mentor did not explain why he sent me here. You have been in Liaodong for some time. Can you guess what your mentor is thinking?" Li Yi asked.

When Master Sun asked him to come to Liaodong, the apparent reasons were firstly to deliver a message to Yuan Chonghuan, and secondly to let himself experience the customs of the border area, but Li Yi understood that there must be some deeper meaning.

Juzi heard Li Yi's doubts and said with a smile: "Your master has been an official for four dynasties and is still very keen on the turmoil in Liaodong. He asked you to come to Liaodong just to understand one thing."

"Understand one thing?" Li Yi was a little confused.

The giant nodded and said: "Since Nurhachi raised his troops, he has never been defeated in the southern and northern wars. After frequently using troops to achieve victory, the powerful enemies around the Jin Kingdom have been eliminated by three out of four. It can be said that the national strength has greatly increased. Now Chahar has already

After being defeated, North Korea also surrendered. Obviously, the next step for the Jin Kingdom is a very important issue."

Li Yi didn't know much about the Kingdom of Jin, so he immediately said: "Since three of the four powerful enemies have been eliminated, their next target should be the Ming Dynasty."

The giant shook his head and said: "Zizheng, you don't know much about this matter. You must know that although a country is big, if it is warlike, it will perish. The Jin Kingdom clearly knows this truth, but it still fights in the north and south. You said it is because

What?"

Li Yi thought for a while and said: "Chahar is not willing to see the Jin Kingdom become stronger. In addition, North Korea is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty and has a feud with the Jin Kingdom. Therefore, if the Jin Kingdom wants to survive, it must use troops against them.

"

Juzi nodded and said: "You are half right."

"half?"

"The Kingdom of Jin frequently uses troops. In addition to the reasons you mentioned, it is also for integration." The giant paused slightly and sighed: "The Kingdom of Jin is different from other nomadic countries. Guards have been set up during the Taizu period and farming has been done for generations.

This is already the land that gave birth to the Han people. The Jin Kingdom was able to seize this land with its powerful army, but they could not own it. Nurhaci knew deeply that this land would be a desperate place without the Han people, so he did everything possible to launch

The purpose of foreign wars is to gain enough living space and accumulate enough victories to integrate the Liao people. Only by integrating the Liao people can the land of Liaodong not be abandoned and have enough wealth to strengthen both the strong and the weak.

Jianzhou Jurchen."

"But Nurhachi failed. I once talked with a Liao citizen, and he told me that Nurhaci originally wanted the Han and Jurchens to live in harmony, with the Han farming the land and the Jurchen fighting, but this was impossible. The Han only produced food to survive.

If they go on, they don't need a war, and they don't want to see a war, because they can't get anything from the war, but the Jurchen tribe will not agree. They can get everything they want from the war. The two nations

When the conflict became manageable, Nurhachi made up his mind. He could not leave his ethnic group, so he brutally killed the Liao people, violently destroyed all those who dared to resist, and then treated the remaining Han people as slaves.

.The illusions of Zhu Shen and the Nikan family were completely shattered. Zhu Shen became the master and the Han people became slaves. Because of this, the Jin Kingdom can truly stabilize."

Thinking of the tragic death of Wu Yun'er, Li Yi shed tears on his face and choked up: "The people of Liao were killed so cruelly. They thought they could build a happy paradise by driving away the corrupt officials of the Ming Dynasty. But,

What they didn't expect was that the Houjin were not a good tribe who resisted oppression. They were rebels, an ambitious ethnic group who wanted to separate themselves and become rulers. The Liao people thought that they helped the Jurchens drive away the greedy officials, and the Jurchens would

Let’s live in harmony with them, but it’s a pity that all this is a lie, or Nurhaci once thought so, but it didn’t come true in the end.”

The giant also fell silent. He looked at the dark night outside, his voice a little tired, "The Ming Dynasty is rotten to the core. The civil servants are corrupt and the military officers cherish their lives. They use power as a tool to make money and the people's hopes as a means to exploit.

, the generals in the northwest have lost confidence in such a court, and they have chosen to resist. The successive military disasters have spread from northern Shaanxi to the entire Shaanxi. It will not be long before the civil unrest breaks out and sweeps the entire Ming Dynasty. By then, it will be too late.

.”

Li Yi looked at the giant and said: "I have two teachers. Master Li once said that he would stop it. Why did the situation deteriorate so quickly?"

"It can't be stopped. Without enough food, no one can stop the civil uprising. Now the entire Ming Dynasty is short of food. There is a surplus of food in Sichuan and Huguang, but it all has to be transported to the border. Chongzhen wants the families in Jiangnan to provide help.

, only they had enough money and food to relieve the northwest. He did not hesitate to threaten to raise commercial taxes and restrict merchant ships, but the families in Jiangnan were not afraid of him at all. The Donglin Party resolutely resisted Chongzhen's decree to increase commercial taxes. This matter has already

There is no way to save it."

"Then why did my teacher ask me to come to Liaodong? Why didn't he send me to help Master Li?" Li Yi asked doubtfully.

"Because the situation in Liaodong is more dangerous than in the northwest." Juzi lowered his voice and said: "If I guess correctly, your teacher must have given you a secret document and asked you to hand it over to Yuan Chonghuan."

Li Yi was slightly startled, looked left and right, and nodded gently.

A look of understanding appeared on the giant's face, and he said: "Before and after Nurhachi's death, the situation in Liaodong was deteriorating dramatically. At that time, I thought that civil strife was going to break out in the Jin Kingdom, but I didn't expect that it would calm down quickly after Huang Taiji came to the throne.

The crisis of civil strife. He established his authority through foreign wars and diverted domestic conflicts. Then after Banshi returned to the court, he formulated national policies. He improved the status of the Han people, restricted the rights of Zhu Shen, and promoted a group of

Han officials came to fight against the disobedient bannermen. Now he proposed Hanization and began to lead the Jin Kingdom in a direction that Nurhachi had not thought of. After this rebellion, the Jin Kingdom's national power did not decline, but instead increased.

Yuan Chonghuan could no longer hold back. Both he and Sun Chengzong guessed that the Jin Dynasty would fall into civil strife, but Huang Taiji's series of policies made things develop in a direction they did not expect. Seeing that Hou Jin not only did not decline, but instead became stronger step by step.

The strategy they had formulated before was completely useless. Yuan Chonghuan understood that he could not wait any longer, otherwise he would have no chance. So he began to actively prepare for war, gather power, and wanted to risk interrupting the prosperity of the Jin Kingdom, but in the Jin Kingdom

Mao Wenlong in the rear doesn't want to take risks with him, and the conflict between the two has become more and more serious. Your teacher asked you to come here for this reason."

The giant expressed his opinion.

The direction of the country, the prosperity of the dynasty, everything appeared in front of him like this. Only now did Li Yi realize that the Ming Dynasty had reached the edge of the cliff. As long as someone pushed him from behind, he would fall into the cliff and be shattered to pieces. And

Teachers, Yuan Chonghuan, giants, including myself, have all been involved in this catastrophe and become part of witnessing the changes of the times.

Suddenly, Li Yi raised his head and stared at the giant and asked: "Sir, since you see so clearly and know that everything is irreversible, why are you still trying to prevent the chaos in the northwest, and why are you responding to Yuan Chonghuan's request to help him build the city?"

Juzi did not expect that Li Yi would ask such a question. He was slightly stunned, stood up and laughed: "Why do you do it when you know you can't do it? This is where justice lies."

After speaking, he chuckled and turned to leave.
Chapter completed!