The imperial court was busy until winter came. Only then did Zhu Yijun breathe a sigh of relief. The imperial court was finally stable.
Liaodong was also stable. Everyone began to come back.
Zhang Weixian was the first to come back because the British Duke Zhang Yong was dying. Zhu Yijun asked him to come back to see Zhang Yong for the last time.
Yang Zhao took over as the Governor of Jiliao, and Liu Wei took over as the Admiral of Jiliao.
Liu Xian's son, after the battle of Horqin, was conferred the title of Earl Chengde. He was promoted to the Crown Prince's Junior Protector, third-rank Zhaoyong General, and was appointed as the Admiral of Jiliao.
The situation in the grasslands was stable. The soldiers in the capital began to return.
Along with the army were the groups of the grasslands tribes who came to see the emperor.
Whether it was the team leaders or the team leaders, all the leaders of the tribes came with their men.
Anyway, they just put on a show that they were very obedient and didn't want to be beaten.
The big tribes like Chahar, Nekhalkha, and Ordos also sent their men.
Zhang Weixian and Qi Jiguang sent their cavalry to force Buyan Chenhan of Chahar. The old guy who had fought with the Daming for so many years was terrified this time. He sent his son Arslan to the Daming.
After winter came, the imperial court began to get busy with these things.
Forbidden City, Wenhua Hall.
Zhu Yijun saw the travel-worn Qi Jiguang. When the two met, they were naturally affectionate.
After that, Qi Jiguang reported the war in the north to Zhu Yijun in detail.
"You said you saw Nurhachi?" Zhu Yijun looked at Qi Jiguang and asked slowly.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Qi Jiguang was slightly stunned. He did not know why His Majesty asked about Nurhachi. But seeing Zhu Yijun's serious expression, Qi Jiguang's expression also became serious.
"What do you think of this person?" Zhu Yijun looked at Qi Jiguang and asked with a smile.
Zhu Yijun was very curious about Qi Jiguang's opinion of Nurhachi.
As one of the most capable generals in the world, Qi Jiguang should have his own acumen and views as a general.
"A very ambitious and accomplished person!" Qi Jiguang muttered to himself for a moment before replying.
Hearing Qi Jiguang's words, Zhu Yijun immediately became interested. "Tell me about it!"
"When I was in the Yehe tribe, I heard about this person, so I asked someone to learn about this person, and I found something interesting," Qi Jiguang said with a serious face, "If Liaodong is in chaos, then it must be Nurhachi's chaos."
Zhu Yijun was stunned. He looked up and down at Qi Jiguang and couldn't help sighing in his heart. Qi Jiguang was indeed worthy of being called Qi Jiguang!
This time, Zhu Yijun was even more interested. He signaled Qi Jiguang to continue with his eyes.
"Nurhachi's father and grandfather were once guides of the Ming Army, and then they died in the chaos. It is unknown who killed them.
Nurhachi accused Nikanwailan of killing them, but Li Chengliang said they died in the chaos. "
"I didn't investigate in detail. I won't say anything about who killed Nurhachi's father and grandfather."
Zhu Yijun nodded. Zhu Yijun understood this. This was also one of Qi Jiguang's strengths.
In fact, Zhu Yijun felt that this was done by Nikanwailan. Li Chengliang should not have participated. If Li Chengliang participated, Nurhachi would definitely die.
Nurhachi's father and grandfather were guides. The possibility of a guide mistaking an enemy was very small. It was not the first time these two had been guides of the Ming Army. The possibility of this kind of accidental killing was very, very small.
Nikanwailan was different. His motive was very strong. Nikanwailan was the governor of Jianzhou Jurchen Suke Suhu River tribe at that time. The reason why Nikanwailan wanted to attach himself to the Ming Army was to lead the Jianzhou Jurchen.
Jue Changan was the commander of the Jianzhou Jurchen at that time. He attached himself to the Ming Army because he wanted to establish a foothold in Jianzhou, so the contradiction between them was self-evident.
This was proved later. Nurhachi testified against Nikanwailan, saying that he killed his grandfather and father, and asked Daming to make the decision.
Li Chengliang did not make the decision. He only said that it was accidental and that he wanted to kill Nurhachi.
At the same time, Li Chengliang claimed that he wanted to build a city on the deck and make Nikanwailan the "King of Manchuria".
It was obvious that the money was paid!
The only problem was that Nurhachi ran away. How did he run away? Some people said that Li Chengliang's wife let him go because Nurhachi looked majestic and heroic. They almost said that Nurhachi slept with Li Chengliang's wife.
Of course, this was nonsense. Another theory was that Nurhachi's daughter married Li Chengliang's son, Li Rubai, as a concubine. Nurhachi could run away because of Li Rubai's help.
The truth was unknown. After Nurhachi returned, he officially sent messengers to question Daming. Why did he kill his grandfather and father because they were innocent? The spearhead was pointed at Daming.
One had to know that Nurhachi's grandfather was the commander and Daming's general. It was a big deal to be killed without any crime.
Once it got out of hand, Li Chengliang might not be able to bear the consequences. In addition, Nurhachi had run away. Anyway, he could not be killed, so Li Chengliang's appeasement came.
He returned the bodies of Nurhachi's grandfather and father and gave him "30 imperial edicts, 30 horses, and the title of Dragon-Tiger General. Return the imperial edict to the governor."
With this, Nurhachi had the capital to make a big deal. As for the thirteen sets of armors, the seven great resentments, and so on, the later generations flattered them more.
Of course, Qi Jiguang did not know these. These were not that important to Qi Jiguang. He pondered for a moment and continued, "This Nurhachi succeeded his father's position in the eleventh year of Wanli."
"This year, in the eighteenth year of Wanli, he has already unified the Jurchen in Jianzhou."
"This tribe is strong, so it is inevitable to attack other tribes to strengthen itself.
After unifying the Jurchen in Jianzhou, Nurhachi's target must be the ruler of the Jurchen. "
"Then the target can only be the four tribes of Hu Lun, which are led by the Yehe tribe."
"Once the four tribes of Hu Lun are destroyed, Nurhachi can continue to the north and conquer more Jurchen tribes to strengthen himself." Speaking of this, Qi Jiguang stood up.
"If Daming does not interfere and let them develop to the north, then they will occupy here, here, and here."
Zhu Yijun looked in the direction of Qi Jiguang's finger and found that Qi Jiguang was pointing at the line north of Shenyang to Daxing 'anling in Heilongjiang, plus the original Jurchen territory in Jianzhou.
"After unifying the Jurchen in Jianzhou, the next step is to unify the whole Jurchen, and he is almost done."
"It's not that Yehe Tribe didn't see this. Before I sent people to Yehe Tribe, Yehe Tribe had already prepared to unite with other tribes to attack Nurhaci. They also saw that Nurhaci had the ambition to destroy them and unify Jurchen."
"If Nurhachi unifies the Jurchen, then he has two directions to go next. One is to send troops from the original Yehe tribe to attack Horqin. The second is to send troops south to attack Daming's Liaoyang and Shenyang."