A Journey Through the Worlds of Film and Television.

Chapter 152 Death of Yuan Yingtai

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A few days later, another group of Mongols from the grassland came to the city of Liaoyang, claiming that they had suffered a disaster. They heard that Yuan Yingtai, the governor of Liaodong, was kind and righteous, so they rushed from the grassland to join him.

When Yuan Yingtai heard the news, he was also very happy. He believed that his previous actions had achieved the purpose of education and made those foreigners come to him just by hearing his name.

If this continues, maybe we can defeat the enemy without fighting and leave our name in history books.

For a time, people in Liaoyang City also spread the rumor that Yuan Yingtai's generosity and kindness moved the foreigners and made them voluntarily submit to him.

This made Yuan Yingtai even happier, and he almost forgot himself. In order to show his sincerity and generosity, Yuan Yingtai specially gathered the Mongols who came to seek refuge and the surrendered soldiers, gave them a speech in public, and distributed food to them as a token of his kindness.

Since there were many grassland people who had come to surrender recently, and there was no suitable square in the city, someone suggested to Yuan Yingtai that he build a high platform outside the city gate, so that Yuan Yingtai could stand on the high platform to meet the surrendered soldiers and grassland people who had come to surrender.

The platform was quickly built, and the Mongols and surrendered soldiers who came to surrender gathered together. There were several thousand of them, forming a huge crowd there.

Looking at the crowd below, Yuan Yingtai was obviously very excited. He wore a bright red official robe and an official hat, walked to the high platform majestically, and spoke loudly to the people below: "Dear herdsmen from the grasslands, soldiers who have returned to the Ming Dynasty, on behalf of the Ming Dynasty, I welcome you.

You can rest assured that as long as you arrive in Liaodong, I will have the obligation to provide you with food and clothes. I will never let you starve or freeze. I will also treat you equally, as the people of Liaodong and the people of the Ming Dynasty. "

"Your Excellency's kindness, we will definitely repay you generously!"

"Thank you, sir. You are our second parents!"

Listening to the thunderous cries of gratitude coming from below and looking at the herdsmen who had surrendered sincerely, Yuan Yingtai felt extremely satisfied and a sense of pride arose spontaneously, as if he could already stand on equal footing with those ancient sages.

However, Yuan Yingtai was not a person from later generations, and he did not know one thing: the person who applauds you may not be your friend, but may be preparing to kill you.

Just as Yuan Yingtai was waving at the people below with a smile on his face, more than a dozen arrows suddenly shot out from the crowd. Several of them hit Yuan Yingtai directly, and one accurately hit Yuan Yingtai's throat.

The smile on Yuan Yingtai's face instantly turned into horror. He wanted to say something, but only blood spurted out of his mouth. Then he felt a black screen in front of his eyes and fell heavily to the ground.

"Protect your lord!"

"There are assassins!"

"Catch assassins!"

In an instant, the scene fell into chaos.

There were many real spies mixed in among the Mongols and surrendered soldiers below, but those spies did not expect such a thing to happen. Why was there no prior notice?

Then someone in the crowd shouted in Mongolian: "Yuan Yingtai is dead, everyone leave!"

"Yuan Yingtai is dead, mission accomplished, let's go!"

As a few shouts fell, the spies mixed in the crowd immediately fled. After all, such a big thing had happened, the Liaodong soldiers would definitely interrogate them strictly, and might even kill them all directly. If they stayed here, they would only die.

So, the spies in the crowd ran away first, and the others, whether they were spies or not, naturally followed suit when they saw so many people running away.

Thousands of people fled in all directions in an instant. There were not many cavalrymen in Liaoyang City, and it was difficult to disperse them and pursue them.

You Shigong, the general stationed in Liaoyang, immediately sent people to notify the generals, lieutenant generals, and commanders throughout Liaoyang to strictly investigate all the surrendered soldiers and Mongols.

Not long after, in the residence of General Dingguo of Haizhou Wei, the head of the Intelligence Department, Bao Wenlong, received a carrier pigeon. After reading the information on it, he immediately came to Lu Cheng's study and said, "Your Excellency, the information from Liaoyang has been transmitted back."

"How is it? Is it going well?"

"Everything went smoothly. Yuan Yingtai died on the spot. Our two men escaped in the crowd. The grassland people also fled to the Horqin grassland, leaving some traces along the way."

Lu Cheng nodded and said, "You did a good job. Next, your Intelligence Department will cooperate with the caravan of the Logistics Department to go to the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang and the southeast coast. Buy some ships and bring them back. They should be larger ones."

"Yes, my lord."

Once Yuan Yingtai died, the imperial court would certainly send someone else to govern Liaodong.

But after such an incident, how many of those ministers who were afraid of death would dare to come to Liaodong?

What's more, this place is originally a big fire pit. If you do a good job, you may not get any benefits, but if you do not do it well, you will definitely be held accountable.

If Lu Cheng's judgment is correct, the court will most likely re-employ Xiong Tingbi.

However, this incident also caused some unfavorable effects. For example, those soldiers who surrendered to the Later Jin Dynasty might not dare to return to the Ming Dynasty. Those grassland people who originally wanted to surrender to the Ming Dynasty might also turn to the Later Jin Dynasty.

But these are minor problems and do not pose any impact on the entire Liaodong.

Moreover, given the current situation in Liaodong, it is already very difficult to feed its own soldiers and civilians, so where would the food come from to feed those outsiders?

However, after experiencing Yuan Yingtai's life, Lu Cheng had new ideas in his mind and adjusted his future plans in time.

According to Lu Cheng's original plan, he was prepared to proceed steadily and grow stronger step by step. Before his power was thoroughly strengthened, he would not touch some things for the time being and would retain some technologies for the time being.

The advantage of doing this is that it is stable and has low risk.

Now the Carpenter Emperor Zhu Youxiao has just ascended the throne. The era of Emperor Chongzhen is still far away, and there is still a long time before the chaos in the Ming Dynasty, which is enough time for Lu Cheng to develop.

But after experiencing this incident, Lu Cheng decided to change some strategies. He must expand into more areas and speed up development. He must not focus only on Liaodong.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket, and even a cunning rabbit needs three burrows.

Rebellion itself is a risky thing. We cannot always try to avoid risks and seek stability.

Although Lu Cheng was a person from later generations, he had never done anything like rebellion. Before, at most he was in charge of a company or a special operations team. He had never done anything like starting from scratch and establishing an empire.

Therefore, sometimes some ideas may inevitably appear immature.

However, successful people never make no mistakes, but they know how to learn from their mistakes and correct them in time.

Therefore, after receiving the message from other generals, Lu Cheng asked Ding Xiu to patrol with 1000 cavalrymen to stabilize the security of his territory. On the other hand, he began to focus on the various islands along the coast, and turned his attention to Jiangnan and even the southeast coast.

Since the number of regular troops is limited, the territory is limited, and the official rank is difficult to be promoted again in a short period of time, let's change our thinking.

Like pirates, bandits, and horse bandits, those who can be eliminated should be eliminated, those who can be recruited should be recruited, and those who can be recruited should be recruited by ourselves.

Anyway, the imperial court has no time to care about the pirates along the coast. Liaodong is already in such a rotten state, let alone the navy.

There are so many islands along the coast, and they are all good places.

The Liaodong Peninsula is now under the jurisdiction of Lu Cheng, and Changhai County in Houshi is also under the jurisdiction of Lu Cheng.

Changhai County alone became an island border county with a population of 60,000 to 70,000 in later generations.

Even the current level of productivity cannot reach the standards of later generations.

If all the islands there were utilized, they could at least support tens of thousands of people, plus a garrison of one or two thousand.

After that, we can develop southward along the coastal islands, or even go to Southeast Asia to do some things in advance.

Compared with Liaodong, the land in Southeast Asia is more fertile and can produce two or three crops a year. If you can occupy a piece of land there, it will definitely be a good grain production base.

Lu Cheng sat alone in the study with a huge world map in front of him. He wrote and drew on paper with a pen in his hand, planning future development.

If we want to develop rapidly, we cannot rely solely on existing conditions. It is also time to improve productivity and lay the foundation for industrial development.

Moreover, he controls four guard posts, so he can also make flintlock rifles and other things in advance...