Become the richest man in the world from answering questions

Chapter 166 The Ballad
"Okay, now let's talk about a story, the thing is like this, there is a folk song, it's like this."

"The son-in-law of the slave chieftain is the guardian. I don't know who will be in Liaodong. If I want to ask Zheng Zhifan for something, I should go to Wu Shulan. If I know a third-rate man, I can handle anything."

"It is said that this official in Kaiyuan City in the late Ming Dynasty elected Zheng Zhifan's brother-in-law Wu Sanliu to be an official. Because this Wu Sanliu is a local ruffian, the people are very angry."

"So much so that there was a folk song at that time saying that Wu Sanliuzi was not a human being, and he cursed and beat people. Wu Sanliuzi was a scoundrel who bought and sold by force."

"At that time, the Liao people traced back to the land of Liaodong as the source of the disease. I don't know what it means to be a teacher for the time being. They also said that there are three diseases in the left and right of Liaodong, but the Jurchens in Jianzhou are not."

"What do you mean? That is to say, at that time, the Liao people thought that the Hu people in the west were the biggest threat, and they looked down on the Jurchens who made their fortunes in Jianzhou at all."

"Moreover, the Han people in Liaodong are basically the families of soldiers and officers. That is to say, the so-called Liaodong is different from the place in the belly. It is either a soldier or an officer, or an officer or a soldier. Everyone is a soldier."

"It is precisely because of this relatively special living environment that after the Gaohuai chaos in the Liao Dynasty, the imperial court did not take proper measures to deal with the aftermath, which led to many Liao people wanting to seek refuge in Nurhachi."

"It is said that many young and middle-aged people fled to Jianzhou because they could not bear Gao Huai's persecution, and only the old, weak, sick and disabled remained in Liaodong. Root cause of non-recovery."

"As for Nurhachi, they also welcome the arrival of the Liao people. After all, they can enrich their combat effectiveness. Why not do it?"

"And Nurhachi also said that although the living environment in Jianzhou is not very good, at least those Liao people who moved here are no longer persecuted by Gao Huai."

"So after Liaodong, there was a folk song that said, it is better to live in Hu than to be born in Liaodong, which means that it is better to go to Liaodong to develop than to be born in Liaodong."

"In the period of Ming Shenzong Zhu Yijun, the officialdom was chaotic, he acted against the law, and disregarded the safety of the country. Not only did he not go to court, but he also reused a large number of eunuchs and asked the eunuchs to collect taxes in the local area. Hey, this led to many chaos like Gaohuai. Incidents like Liao's."

"Those eunuchs who were ordered to open mines and collect taxes, under the banner of the emperor's imperial envoys, all acted like wolves and tigers, committing all kinds of evil, and finally aroused civil rebellion, mutiny, commercial rebellion, and finally rebellion."

"At that time, such situations occurred almost all over the country, and the situation in Kaiyuan City was the most serious."

"Gao Huai was sent to Liaodong and harmed Liaodong for ten years. This caused panic among Liao people, and people wanted to flee. They felt that fleeing to NMG and Jianzhou was better than staying in Liaodong."

"Hey, so folk songs spread again, which is the sentence that my teacher said just now, it is better to live in Hu than to be born in Liao."

"There are historical records, it is said that it was the first year of Hongzhi, which was 1488 AD, and the phenomenon of Liao people fleeing was very serious."

"In the fifth year of Longqing, that is, in 1571, Kaiyuan City set up a military force of 5000, but more than half of them ran away."

"In the seventh year of Wanli, that is, in 1597, more than half of the Liaodong army and civilians fled. Some of them fled to NMG, some fled to Jianzhou, and some even hid on the island. Anyway, they just avoided the important things and never returned."

"There are records in "Ming Shilu". It is said that in the 30th year of Wanli, there were more than 6 cavalry in Liaodong. Because of the severe corvee, many people ran away. Where did they go? They went to Jianzhou to join Nurhachi."

"So, it is better to live in Hu than to be born in Liao. This folk song truly reflects the situation in Liaodong in the late Ming Dynasty. This is a portrayal of the real situation in Liaodong at that time."

"Some soldiers were originally unwilling to serve as soldiers, but in the end they were squeezed and exploited by officers and eunuchs. It would be strange if they didn't run away."

"In the 25th year of Wanli, Liaodong was equipped with 15 troops. In the 30th year of Wanli, only more than 6 people were recruited, and more than half of these 6 people fled later, resulting in insufficient combat power of the Liao army."

"Xiong Tingbi, who was in charge of Liaodong Economic Strategy at the time, also said that the number of troops in Liaodong was actually 6, but half of them ran away later. Although there are 8 troops now, most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled. In fact, there are only about 2 people who can fight.”

"At that time, there were no soldiers who fled. When they heard that the imperial court wanted to recruit soldiers, they could only cry, and they had to sell their wives and children in exchange for sharp knives to go to war."

"What do you mean? That is to say, when you went to serve as a soldier, you had to buy weapons yourself to go to the battlefield. Those who had no money had to sell their wives and children for money to buy knives."

"As for the soldiers who fled, because they couldn't bear the oppression of the court, they ran to Nurhachi, and there were some technical talents among them, such as soldiers who manipulated firearms."

"Okay, as long as you understand the background, you just need to know that there were not enough soldiers and civilians in Liaodong at that time, and the Liao people didn't trust the troops sent by the court, and the combat power was insufficient."

"Now let's move on to the real thing. It is said that the Zhejiang soldiers and the Baigan soldiers were pushed to the ground and beaten by the Jurchens, but the Liao soldiers just refused to save them. You should be able to think of the reason for this now, right?"

"In addition to the Korean War, the Baigan soldiers and the Zhejiang soldiers had conflicts with the Liao soldiers. Not only that, hey, the Baigan soldiers and the Zhejiang soldiers also had conflicts."

"As early as when the Baigan soldiers and the Zhejiang soldiers gathered in the capital to set off to reinforce Liaodong, they had a group fight because of a disagreement. Everyone was killed or injured, and even the firecrackers and cannons were used."

"However, they were still in the capital at that time, and the two sides did not engage in any serious fighting. This matter was settled later, but I didn't expect that the more intense ones were yet to come."

"Because the Liao soldiers, the Zhejiang soldiers, and the Baigan soldiers are full of confidence and think that it is not a problem to destroy Nurhachi with their own combat power, so they all want to wait until all of them are killed before attacking with all their strength."

"That's why it's okay for the Liao soldiers and the white soldiers and the Zhejiang soldiers to stumbling each other in front of the enemy, and they don't trust each other, let alone cooperate. In the end, I didn't expect that they were all defeated one by one by Nurhachi."

"Now let's talk about what happened. It was 1621 AD, the first year of the Apocalypse."

"That year, the Liaodong manager Xiong Tingbi was arrested and returned to Beijing for some reasons, and Yuan Yingtai replaced the Liaodong manager. However, this new official, Yuan Yingtai, served three times and did a lot of stupid things."

"As for the stupidity, let's not talk about it for now, but Nurhachi took advantage of Yuan Yingtai's loss and sent troops to the south. In March, he led the army to approach Shenyang, and ordered an attack on Shenyang City on the [-]th."

"Hey, just when Shenyang was about to be captured by Nurhachi, a white-armed army stationed on the bank of the Hun River outside the city, commanded by Qin Liangyu, the commander-in-chief of the white-armed soldiers, was eager to try."

(End of this chapter)