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Mao Wenlong: "According to Lao Chen's idea just now, let's analyze the other two things, and you will know how much those guys deserve to die!

One is the sea ban and diversion mentioned earlier. Yuan Chonghuan and some ministers joined forces and said that they had to abide by the ancestral system of sea ban, so they wanted us to change the route.

Originally, our Dongjiang Town's food and supplies were transported from Denglai, Shandong, to Pidao by sea. However, Yuan Chonghuan and his men used the maritime ban as an excuse to change the Dongjiang route, which originally started from Dengzhou, to Shanhaiguan, change ships at Juehua Island, and finally transport them to Pidao.

All ships need to have an order from the military governor's office and hang a special flag before they can go out to sea. The problem is that most of my soldiers, Mao Wenlong and I, are stationed on Pi Island and other islands.

If they really succeed in this plan, it would be like tying our hands and feet completely. How could we cross the sea from the island to land in Liaodong and fight against the Later Jin Tartars?

The second is that according to the original history, on the first day of June in the second year of Chongzhen (1629), Mao Wenlong and Yuan Chonghuan met in Shuangdao. After that, they discussed issues such as food, wages, and troops for several days, but failed to reach an agreement.

During the meeting on June 5, Yuan Chonghuan claimed that he had received a secret order and ordered the forcible arrest of Mao Wenlong. He ordered the flag officer Zhang Guobing to behead Mao Wenlong with the imperial sword.

Then the most exciting thing came. After Yuan Chonghuan killed Mao Wenlong, the Later Jin Dynasty completely lost its worries. Just over three months later, the "Ji Si Incident" occurred, when the Later Jin army approached Beijing. About 100,000 elite troops of the Later Jin Dynasty bypassed Inner Mongolia, captured Zunhua from Xifengkou, and marched straight to the Ming capital Beijing...

In this battle alone, many generals and soldiers were killed, and countless civilians suffered, causing great damage to the Ming Dynasty.

If Mao Wenlong and the Dongjiang garrison were still there, would the Later Jin Tartars dare to charge into the interior without regard for their retreat? Aren't they afraid that Mao Wenlong would raid their lair?

Regardless of whether Yuan Chonghuan knew about it or not, the interest groups behind Yuan Chonghuan must have colluded with others in this matter, otherwise how could the enemy be so fast? Lao Li said that those traitors and traitors should not die? "

I am!

Everyone present gasped when they heard this!

The traitors are so cruel!

In that era when transportation depended on walking and communication depended on shouting.

Later, the Jin Dynasty's social status was half tribal and half serfdom, coupled with the already small population.

In order to quickly raise a large army, one must avoid the eyes and ears of the Ming army, and also unite the Mongolian tribes.

Then they secretly took a detour to break into the Great Wall and fought their way to the outskirts of Beijing.

So many things.

I want to complete it all within three months.

It's just a fantasy no matter how you look at it!

But they did it anyway. What does this prove?

This shows that the Later Jin Tartars were well prepared.

In all likelihood, all preparations have already been made.

Just waiting for Mao Wenlong to die.

The Later Jin Tartars no longer had any worries.

They started taking action...

After a brief shock.

Li Yunlong cursed: "Damn it! All the traitors and traitors deserve to die! Next time I will go with you and kill all those traitors and traitors."

Mao Wenlong: "Old Li, you don't have to be too angry, otherwise you will get angry to death! Because traitors and traitors are everywhere, for example, in your era, you can go to Shanghai and the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas.

Many of the wealthy families in those places flirted with the Japanese, and at the same time they were hooking up with Chongqing. They were rich and powerful, so they bet on both sides. No matter which side won, it would not affect their wealth and glory!"

Brigade Commander Chen: "That's true, this is one of the survival rules of the aristocratic families, otherwise how could they have been passed down for hundreds or even thousands of years?

As long as there is enough benefit, there is nothing they dare not do! For example, the situation of the Wenlong brothers, the Later Jin Tartars entered the pass and plundered, gaining a large number of people and wealth.

However, most of the wealth fell into the pockets of smuggling gangs after it was transferred. Later, the Jin Tartars had more salt, iron and weapons, and could plunder more wealth.

Then the smuggling groups controlled by the aristocratic families can continue to make huge profits from the Later Jin Tartars by smuggling various materials. This is really a good business to make a lot of money! Haha..."

Mao Wenlong: "Old Chen is right. For example, the Shandong family is famous for their family's practice of surrendering! But their influence is so great that they don't even need to show up for many things. There are many people willing to help them.

If the interest groups behind Yuan Chonghuan wanted to make such a big move, they would most likely have to go through the Shandong family, and that family might even be one of the masterminds behind the scenes!

As the saying goes, for a thousand-year-old family and a hundred-year-old dynasty, for aristocratic families with a long history, selling out the country is just their basic operation!

Those traitors in the late Ming Dynasty not only sold out the country in secret, but they also opened the gates of Beijing and sold the country and Emperor Chongzhen to Li Zicheng.

What was the result? They turned around and found that Li Zicheng was not a good boss because he was too harsh on them. So those guys turned around and sold the great Han Dynasty to the Jiannu..."

Zhao Gang asked: "Brother Wenlong, are you now suspecting that Yuan Chonghuan was also involved in the treasonous activities?"

Mao Wenlong: "It is not certain yet, but Yuan Chonghuan must be involved with those interest groups that collaborate with the enemy and sell out the country, otherwise he would not be so hard against me!"

Brigade Commander Chen: "Brother Wenlong is right, but Yuan Chonghuan should be just a knife in the hands of others, and someone wants to use this knife to get rid of Brother Wenlong.

Judging from Yuan Chonghuan's ending, he must have known a lot of things, and then was killed by the mastermind behind the scenes with the help of Emperor Chongzhen.

Otherwise, given the situation in the court at that time, if the mastermind wanted to protect him, he should have been able to save his life!"

This is absolutely true.

Let’s take the issue of commercial tax as an example.

During the entire Ming Dynasty period of nearly three hundred years.

Most of the time, there is no way to receive business taxes.

These are interest groups such as salt merchants, maritime merchants and Shanxi merchants.

He joined forces with the aristocratic families and dragged all the ministers in the court into the water.

Interest groups in various places engage in various forms of tax evasion and tax avoidance, and can also incite public opinion to oppose the court's commercial tax policies.

The ministers in the court shouted slogans such as "This is competing with the people for profit."

The result was that the commercial tax in the Ming Dynasty became a joke.

——The commercial tax is just in name only, but hardly any money is collected.

This shows how great an influence those interest groups and aristocratic families had on the Ming Dynasty's court.

If they really wanted to save Yuan Chonghuan's life.

I can’t say that it can be kept for sure, but the chance of it being kept is still very high.

Maybe people think that Yuan Chonghuan is just a pawn.

And this chess piece has been used up.

There is not much use value after that.

It's not worth it for people to spend so much energy to protect him...

……

After thinking about this.

Mao Wenlong decided to spare Yuan Chonghuan's life for the time being.

Maybe it would even allow Yuan Chonghuan to engage in a dog-eat-dog show with the person behind the scenes...

Let’s put aside the matter of Yuan Chonghuan for now.

Mao Wenlong continued to discuss future strategic direction with Brigade Commander Chen and others.

Mao Wenlong said: "I plan to delay for a while, bring my mother and uncle's family to my side, and then leave the Ming court.

First, we will capture the Korean Peninsula. After we become stronger, we can destroy the Later Jin and occupy the entire Liaodong, and by the way, completely wipe out the Japanese.

Liaodong has a large amount of minerals. If you know about the Fengtian Arsenal, you should be very clear about this. If there were no various minerals, how could Zhang Zuolin and his son have established the Fengtian Arsenal?

As for the Japanese, there is a place called Iwami Silver Mine. I heard that the entire mountain is a silver mine, and it is an open-air silver mine, so it is very convenient to mine.

It would be a waste to leave such good things to the Japanese. We should use them to develop and strengthen our team and add impetus to our great cause.

This is my future strategic direction. Do you have any good suggestions? "

Li Yunlong exclaimed: "Do the Japs really have a mountain of silver?"

Mao Wenlong: "Of course it is true. In later times, information is very developed and many people know about this."

Li Yunlong: "What else is there to say? Hurry up and take action. I, Old Li, will lead the independent regiment to help you..."