Chapter 315 Ezhe's retaliation list is in hand.(1/2)
Chapter 315: E Zhe’s revenge, the list is obtained.
In the early morning of the next day, Ezhe, who had passed out from vomiting yesterday, had not slept enough. There was a knock on the door and an urging sound, which made him feel a little irritable before he woke up.
"Prince Chahar, wake up. Why are we still sleeping when our family is here?"
"What are you doing? Which dog slave dares to quarrel with me? Are you thinking about losing your head?"
When the servant knocking on the door heard the sound, he was about to kick the door with an angry look on his face. Hey, you are a slave-builder and a general, how dare you fight with our family here?
Fortunately, Ezhe's mind came to his senses. He was already determined to join him. How could he offend the most terrifying half-man around Chongzhen?
"Oh, I'm sorry, father-in-law Haihan, I'll get up right away, I just said the wrong thing, sorry, sorry."
Ezhe jumped up quickly. He came in a hurry yesterday and he didn't have any attendants by his side. This made him very unaccustomed to wearing clothes. Then he opened the door and looked at the soldier with a black line on his face, and his heart skipped a beat.
"I'm sorry, I just surrendered not long ago and I made a lot of gaffes. I hope you won't blame me, please don't blame me."
"Prince Chahar, you must remember that in the Ming Dynasty, apart from the law, only your majesty has the right to decide the life and death of others. There are certain things that cannot be said carelessly.
Let's go, His Majesty will go to court in a while, now I will take you to the palace to wait."
"Okay, father-in-law, please go first, please go first."
Seeing the palace ministers turn around and lead the way, Ezhe finally breathed a sigh of relief. If Chongzhen heard that he dared to speak to his ministers like this, he would be stunned.
Walking all the way outside the inn courtyard, there was already a motorcycle waiting. Ezhe sat on the back seat skillfully and hugged the soldier on the bike with his arms.
"Prince Chahar, please let go of your hands."
"Huh? Oh."
Chahar let go of his hand in embarrassment. He was afraid of this motorcycle. He was already very afraid of riding a sidecar yesterday. He always felt swaying when riding directly.
I restlessly put my hands on the back seat, but fortunately, driving a motorcycle is similar to riding a horse, so I quickly got used to it.
After arriving at the palace, Chahar waited in the side hall of Qianqing Palace for another half an hour before being summoned by Chongzhen.
"I am from the Chahar tribe of Mongolia, Borjijin Erkonguoluo Erzhe, the king of Chahar County in the Ming Dynasty. I am here to see your majesty. Long live your majesty."
"Forgive me, Chahar, what happened to your braids?"
After Chongzhen saw Chahar, he didn't talk about it directly, but asked about Chahar's money rat tail, which made Chahar react instantly.
"I have just been rescued by the Ming Dynasty. I am still learning the customs of the Ming Dynasty. I have forgotten about my hair. Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will cut it off after I retire."
"Okay, I summoned you today mainly to ask if you are used to living in Shengjing? Have your family been treated unfairly?"
"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. After I was rescued by Master Wang, I have never been mistreated, my property has been preserved, and I am living a very comfortable life. Master Wang has never done anything wrong to the people in the city, and the officials are wise, only a little worse than those in the capital."
"Just get used to it. I promised you. You must do it. If you say let's forget it, you won't repeat old scores.
I won’t follow you around anymore, I plan to take action against Shanxi merchants, and I need a list of Shanxi merchants who betrayed the Ming Dynasty, as well as the details of their betrayal of the Ming Dynasty."
After Chongzhen talked about this with Chahar straight to the point, Ezhe was shocked. He thought Chongzhen wanted to reuse him, but he turned out to be looking for information. This was not possible. He had to find a way to get himself out.
"Your Majesty wants to take action against Shanxi merchants, so I asked you the right question. The Chahar tribe also has the Eight Banners' mutual market transactions. Outside the customs, I am the old man who is in charge.
As for the two markets within the pass, they are basically run by two merchants, the Fan family and the Chang family.
One of them controlled the East Market, and the other controlled the West Market. They exchanged horses with us for the imperial court, sold us knives and armors, and sold information to make money from Huang Taiji."
"I have already known about selling soldiers. How did Huang Taiji come into contact with them? When did they know that Mongolia had been conquered by Huang Taiji."
Chongzhen's face had lost all anger. Yesterday, he had planned many ways for Shanxi merchants to die. He wanted to make all the tortures happen again.
"Oh, this process is quite long. Before His Majesty ascended the throne, and when the late Emperor was still there, the two trading ports were still the trading places for Ming Dynasty and my father.
Because Abu loves the Ming Dynasty, he has been guarding the Mongolian grassland for the Ming Dynasty and tried his best to resist the Jin Dynasty. This is also the reason why the Ming Dynasty has always been willing to open mutual trade with Mongolia.
But in the year when His Majesty ascended the throne, Huang Taiji couldn't bear that Abu had been unwilling to surrender and pay tribute, so he marched into Mongolia again.
This time all the Mongolian tribes surrendered and elected Huang Taiji as the chief khan. However, Abu was loyal to the Ming Dynasty and refused to surrender, so he led the Chahar tribe to retreat to Guihua City.
At this time, the Zhangjiakou tribes had surrendered to Huang Taiji, but in name they were still Mongolian tribes, and Huang Taiji was still the Great Jin Khan.
In the fourth year of His Majesty's accession to the throne, Huang Taiji once again campaigned in Mongolia. This time his goal was very clear, which was to defeat his father so that the Ming Dynasty would not have any friendly tribes outside the customs.
This time, 150,000 Mongolian troops joined along the route. Abu was defeated and completely lost all his territory. He withdrew from Guihua City and fled further to the prairie.
In the fifth year of His Majesty's accession to the throne, Huang Taiji went to Mongolia for the third time. This time, he completely defeated Abu. Abu fled after a bloody battle with the Jin army.
Finally, he contracted smallpox on the grassland. Before he died, Abu kept thinking of Your Majesty. He said he was sorry for Your Majesty and promised to fight against the Jin together with Your Majesty, but he lost the grassland.
Your Majesty, Mongolia is loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and Abu is loyal to Your Majesty.
After I was captured, I never joined the Eight Banners Army and never became an enemy of the Ming Dynasty. I will never forget that I am the son of Lin Dan Khan of the Chahar tribe of the Ming Dynasty."
As Ezhe spoke, tears flowed out. This was simply a good opportunity given by God to turn around.
In the entire Manchu Qing Dynasty, there were very few people with a clean background like him. After he surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Manchu Qing Dynasty did not allow him to participate in the military, but instead helped him clear his name.
Chongzhen felt his teeth itch after hearing this. He had done this trick himself a lot, so of course he knew the nonsense part of it.
Lin Danhan grabbed the jade seal not because he wanted to be Genghis Khan, but also because he joined the Ming Dynasty to fight against the Qing Dynasty to stand up. These are all interests, nonsense and loyalty.
But the people's hearts that need to be appeased still need to be appeased. They should...wait a minute, why did Ezhe take me off topic?
"Lin Dan Khan is my most loyal subordinate, and I have always cherished the memory of my beloved Lin Dan Khan's letters.
Sometimes, I wonder if Lin Danhan loves Qing... Lin Danhan always appears in front of my eyes. Every time I think of it, I will..."
After Chongzhen acted like this, even E Zhe felt his stomach churning. He really didn't expect that Chongzhen would be so disgusting, so eloquent, and so hypocritical.
But whether it's disgusting or not is another matter. The historian arranged by Chongzhen will only record the following information.
"In the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, the emperor summoned Ezhe from the Chahar tribe to inquire about the collusion between the Mongolian tribes and the rebel merchants. Ezhe mentioned Dan Khan and cried out that Dan Khan was loyal to the emperor. When the emperor heard this, he cried and said, how can you target a loyal minister?
Can you bear it?》
"I will remember those who are loyal to me. You, Abu, were loyal to me and still resisted the gold even to your death. I am very satisfied with this.
So I decided to posthumously title him the Mongol Khan of the Ming Dynasty and the Mongolian King of the Ming Dynasty, and he will be able to enjoy the temple."
"Thank you, Your Majesty. Thank you, His Majesty Tian Khan. I thank Your Majesty Abu on behalf of me."
When E Zhe heard this, he almost burst out laughing. With Chongzhen's arrangement, he could be sure that his future was stable.
"But you are far worse than your father. As soon as your father died, you gave all his inheritance to Huang Taiji.
Sigh, forget it, I hope you can endure the humiliation and bear the burden and wait for the appointment later."
"I thank Your Majesty for your kindness.
If anyone becomes an enemy of Your Majesty again in the future, I will fight him to the death. If anyone wants to oppose Your Majesty, he will step over my head!"
E Zhe didn't care about Chongzhen's criticism of him. He heard the criticism as praise.
Seeing this performance, Chen Ye in the corner secretly complained, I am afraid you have surrendered again, right? No Frenchman has surrendered so simply as you.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report."
"What's the matter?"
"I reported to the former Prince Zheng and Ji'erharang Azige that they were secretly organizing an anti-Ming and anti-Qing meeting and plotting to overthrow the Ming Dynasty. The key figures include Ji'erharang Azige, Ao Baibai, and Manggul Taimuchui.
…….”
Chongzhen's eyes were a little dull. What is this guy doing? Revenge? He wants the list of Shanxi merchants. Why is he always trying to kill the Manchu royal family? Can he answer his own question first?
Chen Ye's eyes lit up at the side. This was a good opportunity. When Chongzhen Huairou persuaded him to surrender, the conditions promised were too loose and the hidden dangers were great. Now is the time to tighten things up.
After sending the idea to Chongzhen, Chongzhen nodded. Although he was speechless, he also thought of this.
"Very good! I really saw you right. The men in your Bo'erjijin family are all loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty.
I will wait until the Shanxi merchant issue is over and grant you a public position in the Liaodong Defense Department, with the right to command the sergeants of the Liaoyang Guard Station.
Launch a devastating blow against these rebellious officials and traitors who pretend to surrender."
"I obey your decree! I will live up to your Majesty's expectations."
E Zhe's heart was filled with joy. It was good now. He finally got an official position in the Ming Dynasty, but the price was the Manchu royal family, which he already hated so much.
This time, he wanted to make the Manchu royal family happy and avenge them for chasing him on the grassland for several months.
"Now let's continue talking about trade issues."
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will explain the details carefully.
In fact, in the fourth year of His Majesty's accession to the throne, after Abu retreated to the farther prairie, Huang Taiji had directly controlled Zhangjiakou and killed the two mutual trade channels in Hukou.
However, the news that the Qing Dynasty was in charge of Mongolia was never passed on to the customs. Instead, it was traded with merchants at the two mutual market entrances.
During this period, Huang Taiji made suggestions based on the two markets and Fan Wencheng, and established connections with Fan Yongdou, Chang Wanjin, Wang Xian and others.
Although they knew that Mongolia had changed hands a few years ago, they still sold it without fail. Chang Wanjin even took the initiative to sell the weapons through our spies, asking for five knives and a horse.
In the fifth year of His Majesty's accession to the throne, when Huang Taiji attacked Mongolia again, he heard from us that His Majesty had arrived in Mongolia, and Fan Yongdou specially asked to see him.
He said that he had a very important news to tell Huang Taiji, and the condition was that the news would cost one hundred thousand taels of silver, or one thousand cattle and sheep."
"Creak, creak, creak."
Chongzhen's teeth began to make various noises. He really didn't expect that this thief would be so proactive. Is he raising a golden retriever? He was playing happily with the thief.
To be continued...