Become the richest man in the world from answering questions

Chapter 165
"Okay, now that we've finished talking about Zhejiang soldiers, let's talk about Baigan soldiers and Liao soldiers. After talking about this, you will understand why they want their own people to fight their own people."

"Let's talk about the white-armed soldiers first. The so-called white-armed soldiers are a special type of soldiers who are good at fighting in mountains and trained by Qin Liangyu, chieftain of Shizhu, SC Province, for his husband Ma Qiancheng at the end of the Ming Dynasty."

"Why do we say it is a special force? This is because the weapon held by the white-pole soldiers, that is, the white-pole gun, is made of strong white wood, that is, the ash tree, into a long pole with a barbed hook on the top and a hard one on the bottom. the iron ring."

"When fighting with this weapon, the hook can be used to cut and pull, and the iron ring can be used as a hammer weapon, because the fighting power is very powerful."

"As for the Liao soldiers, I won't introduce too much as a teacher. Liaodong iron cavalry are good at riding horses. There is no problem in hacking and killing. They are also very ferocious in battle."

"But what I want to say is that we talked about the Korean War before. Hey, the Liaodong cavalry had already suffered heavy losses at that time. By the first year of Tianqi, the strength of the Liaodong cavalry was not much."

"Then when it comes to the grievances between the Liao soldiers, the Zhejiang soldiers, and the Baigan soldiers, we need to expand our knowledge, what? Let's learn about an incident called the Gaohuai chaos in Liao."

"It is said that in the 24th year of Wanli, that is, in 1596 AD, Zhu Yijun sent the eunuch Gao Huai to Liaodong to open mines and collect taxes."

"In the 28th year of Wanli, that is, in 1600, Gao Huai, who was far away in Liaodong, framed a dozen intellectuals as the leaders of the rebels, and put them in prison."

"Now let's talk about the specific process. It is said that after Gao Huai was sent to Liaodong, because he was ordered to open mines and collect taxes, Gao Huai was very arrogant and arrested many people to mine."

"At that time, the Ming government's finances were declining day by day. Zhu Yijun asked Gao Huai to open mines and collect taxes. In fact, he wanted to collect more money for the treasury. The original intention was good."

"But when Gao Huai came here, things changed. Gao Huai took two-thirds of the money that was supposed to be handed over to the treasury."

"For example, if 1 taels of silver are collected from the mining tax, then Gao Huai can embezzle up to 7000 taels of silver, and finally send it to the state treasury, at most it will be 2000 taels, because when he arrives in the capital, he will inevitably have to pay more. Be embezzled by some people."

"So Gao Huai discovered this business opportunity. Not only did more and more mines be opened, but the amount of tax collected was also increasing."

"You think, he has opened so many mines, so he needs a lot of labor, right? But this Gao Huai is really selfish. He doesn't ask the people to work for him, but arrests people and forcibly arrests them to make money for him. .”

"Over time, people who have no food and no money can only rebel, so the scene just mentioned happened. Gao Huai arrested more than a dozen leaders of the rebels and put them in prison."

"But this matter was quickly suppressed by Gao Huai himself. Although the people complained, but with Gao Huai around, Zhu Yijun couldn't hear the voice of the people at all."

"So the thing that shocked the court is still behind. It is said that in the 36th year of Wanli, 1608 AD, because Gao Huai withheld the food and pay of the guards for a long time, a mutiny occurred."

"The course of the matter is roughly like this. Gao Huai not only deducted the food and pay of the guards, but also beat some junior officers."

"Why did you beat the lower-ranking officers? The main reason is that Gao Huai forced the people of Liaodong to work for him, without food or money. The soldiers who are also from Liaodong naturally couldn't stand it, and it was inevitable that they would intentionally release water to the people."

"Hey, after Gao Huai learned about this, he didn't take out his anger on the common people, but on those soldiers and officers who deliberately released water. He didn't even mention beating people, and even killed people."

"Over time, not only the common people hated Gao Huai deeply, but also the guards were very dissatisfied with Gao Huai."

"So one night, an officer gathered some soldiers who were dissatisfied with Gao Huai's behavior, intending to kill Gao Huai, and even shouted to eat Huai meat, that is, to chop Gao Huai up, and then eat his meat .”

"However, when the soldiers were about to take action to kill Gao Huai, a general found out about their plan."

"But the general didn't report them, but persuaded them not to act rashly. It turned out that the general was very dissatisfied with Gao Huai, but if they really wanted to kill Gao Huai, they probably wouldn't end well."

"In the end, after the general's earnest persuasion, the soldiers gave up the idea of ​​killing Gao Huai and went back to their barracks. The first mutiny failed before it happened."

"But in June of that year, the guards in Jinzhou and Songshan mutinied for the same reason. They were dissatisfied with Gao Huai, and they wanted to kill Gao Huai."

"It turned out that there were so many people who wanted to kill Gao Huai, so the garrison guards in Gaohuai's garrison also launched a mutiny, planning to respond to the garrison guards in Jinzhou and Songshan to kill Gao Huai together."

"When Gao Huai heard that the Tunwei Army mutiny was coming to kill him, Gao Huai probably was scared to pee at that time, and ran away with his younger brothers without saying a word."

"I forgot to say just now, the reason why the Liao soldiers hate the Zhejiang soldiers and the Baigan soldiers is because they were transferred from the pass by the imperial court. In other words, the Liao soldiers think they are all the Central Army."

"But because Liao soldiers have four major hatreds for the Central Army, what four major hatreds, the Gaohuai chaos Liao mentioned just now is the first hatred, and there are three hatreds, let's go on."

"In fact, since Liaodong fell into the hands of Houjin, the Ming Dynasty soon perished. Therefore, it can be concluded that the demise of the Ming Dynasty actually depends on the survival of Liaodong."

"That's why I say this because some people of insight have foreseen it. During the Jiajing period, Wang Zhihao, the governor of Liaodong, had foreseen it."

"He said that in Liaodong, the northern side can defend the Hu people in the north, the southern side can monitor North Korea, and the eastern side can control those small tribes. All in all, Liaodong is a treasure land."

"And I also said that if the Ming Dynasty has the land of Liaodong, it can deter the Hu people. If the Hu people get the land of Liaodong, then the Hu people will be able to fight against the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the gains and losses of Liaodong are actually related to the Ming Dynasty. National luck."

"After that, Li Hualong saw Gaohuai's rebellion in Liao and Nurhaci's development in Jianzhou, and he thought that Liaodong would be robbed by others soon."

"So Li Hualong exclaimed, if Gao Huai is still in Liaodong, then Liaodong is very dangerous, if Gao Huai is not there, then Liaodong will be safe and sound."

"It is only [-] miles from the capital to Liaodong. If Liaodong is taken away, it will not be far from the Ming Dynasty being destroyed."

"It is said that the Liao people have no brains, it is because they were poached by Gao Huai, and it is said that the Liao people have no bone marrow, it was all sucked away by Gao Huai, in fact Li Chengliang replaced Gao Huai, he was absorbing the Liao people bone marrow."

(End of this chapter)