Gou was a member of the imperial family in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 1121 Keeping Hair and Changing Clothes
Zhu Shenzui had already decided on the candidate for the future governor of Liaodong and Northeast provinces. This person was none other than Sun Chuanting, the former governor of Shaanxi and Gansu and deputy commander in this Liaodong campaign.

Zhu Shenzhui believed that Sun Chuanting was the most suitable candidate. He was not only good at both civil and military affairs, but also loyal to the court. In addition, Sun Chuanting had rich experience in managing the army and the people. Whether it was when he led the army to clear the bandits or when he later served as the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu in the northwest, he was able to shoulder this important task.

The reason why Sun Chuanting was transferred back to the capital and made Wang Jinwu's deputy was not only to ensure the smooth implementation of the plan on the Liaodong battlefield, but also because Zhu Shenzui had decided to hand over this area to Sun Chuanting after the war.

With Sun Chuanting's ability, there would be absolutely no problem with him being in charge of Liaodong. In addition, Zhu Shenzhui would also appoint Li Xin as the governor and governor of Liaodong, and transfer Gao Jie, the general of Jizhou, to Liaodong to serve under Sun Chuanting.

Li Xin had made great contributions to Shandong's governance over the years, and his achievements were enough to warrant a promotion. However, Liaodong was in need of talent, so Li Xin had to be transferred to Liaodong first, and then transferred back to the capital for further use after Liaodong stabilized.

Since it was just a lateral transfer, Zhu Shencui would not let Li Xin down. His rank would be raised. Although he was only the governor-general and chief minister of Liaodong, his rank was one level higher than that of an ordinary chief minister, second only to Sun Chuanting who was the governor-general.

After Li Xin left Shandong, Lu Xiangsheng would take over the post of Shandong Provincial Administration Commissioner, while Zhu Shenzui of the Liao army would remain unchanged for the time being.

After all, Liaodong had just been pacified, and there was still a lot of follow-up work to be done. In particular, although the Jiannu in Liaodong were annihilated, many of the Eight Banners were captured, including ordinary Jurchens. If there was no strong military suppression in Liaodong, no one could guarantee whether these people would suddenly rebel at some point, and war would break out again in Liaodong.

Keeping these Liao troops temporarily was, on the one hand, to suppress Liaodong, and on the other hand, to appease these generals in Liaodong. Even if Zhu Shenzhu intended to break up the Liaodong generals, gradually transfer them away from Liaodong, and eliminate their influence in the army, now was far from the right time.

It would not be too late to slowly start to attack the Liaodong generals after the problems in Liaodong are gradually solved. It would take several years or even more than ten years, and by then the Liaodong generals would be completely solved, and the military and political power of Liaodong would be completely under the control of the imperial court.

As for the captured Eight Banners and other Jurchens, the court would gradually move them out of Liaodong and disperse them to various places in the Ming Dynasty. Not only that, Zhu Shenzhu also decided to let all these Jurchens change their Chinese surnames and names, and completely abandon their original Manchu names. Moreover, when changing their names, they were absolutely not allowed to change their Chinese surnames based on their original Manchu surnames. For example, Aixinjueluo was changed to "Jin", Tongjia was changed to Tong, Guaerjia was changed to Guan, etc. Such a change of surnames and names still retained the characteristics of the Jurchens in essence. As long as they matched, they could understand what the old surname was. In Zhu Shenzhu's view, this was just a change of soup but not medicine.

If you want to change, you have to change it thoroughly, otherwise it will be useless. Zhu Shenzhu planned to randomly select a surname from the Hundred Family Surnames, and then draw lots to decide which surname the other party would use. Moreover, the surname change must be carried out when the other party is moved away from Liaodong and resettled. At that time, these people will be resettled in other places and no one else will know. In this way, except for the people who were resettled in the same place, no one else knows what surname or name the other person has changed to, and what the old Manchu surname was before.

In addition to changing their surnames and given names, they were also required to keep their hair and change their clothes. The customs of the Jiannu could no longer be adopted. These people would change into Ming people's clothes, and the rat tails on their heads had to be cut off and their hair grown long. They could not speak Manchu, but had to speak the official language of the Ming Dynasty. In addition, in order to avoid resistance to the implementation of these policies, Zhu Shenzhu decided to issue an order to "keep the braid but not the head". If anyone resisted the court's policy, Zhu Shenzhu's knife was very sharp, and it would be easy for him to chop off a few heads. Moreover, this measure was a good job that the Ming army, which already had a deep hatred for the Jiannu, was willing to rush to do.

Eliminating a nation is not as simple as just killing people. If it was just killing people, then the Jian Nu would not have existed in this world long ago. You should know that during the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chenghua attacked the Jian Nu in Liaodong many times and promulgated the cruel policy of Chenghua Li Ting, which almost caused the Jurchens in Liaodong to suffer a devastating blow.

But even so, the Jurchens still survived, and after recovering, they eventually caused a disaster during the Wanli period. Therefore, in order to completely solve this problem, the only way is to use this method to exterminate this nation on a cultural basis.

Moreover, there are quite a lot of Jurchens in Liaodong now, as many as one million. It is impossible to kill so many people just by killing them. Moreover, killing too many people is not a good thing. Once Zhu Shenzui adopts the means of massacre to solve this problem, it will not be good for either himself or the Ming Dynasty. God is merciful, and Zhu Shenzui does not want to be evaluated as a "murderer" in history books in the future.

A million people may sound like a lot, but it is not difficult to disperse them and settle them in different parts of the Ming Dynasty. Just like a drop of water merging into the sea, the final result can be imagined. Moreover, while settling these people, the local government and Jinyiwei will also monitor them, strictly restrict their free movement in the local area, and force their children and descendants not to marry within the same ethnic group, but must marry with Ming people and then separate from the family. In this way, after a few decades, the older generation of Jurchens will gradually grow old and die, and after several generations of separation and migration, their descendants will be no different from ordinary Ming people. These people will truly integrate into the Han nationality. This approach can also be said to promote national integration, right? It can be said to be a great merit.

Zhu Shenzhu would show leniency to the Han people in Liaodong who surrendered to Jiannu. After all, most of these Han people did not surrender voluntarily, nor did they become slaves of the other side. Most of these people were just ordinary people who were just trying to survive. And their situation was because of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty was defeated in the Liaodong battlefield, which led to the people being plundered by Jiannu, thus causing this situation.

Therefore, Zhu Shenzui would not be too harsh on these Han people. He would not only restore their freedom, but also distribute land to them in Liaodong, allowing these Liao people to return to the embrace of the Ming Dynasty and become the people of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, this is not limited to those traitors who took the initiative to surrender, or even sold out their masters for glory. For example, those Han people Zhu Shenzui who attached themselves to the Jiannu and served as officials in the Jiannu pseudo-court were not so polite. None of these people would be spared, and their fate was cruel punishment and death.

One person who must be mentioned is Fan Wencheng, who was known as the first Han minister of the Qing Dynasty. Fan Wencheng was deeply trusted by Huang Taiji. Even after Huang Taiji's death, the young emperor ascended the throne and Dorgon became the regent, Fan Wencheng's position remained stable.

Over the years, Fan Wencheng has been giving advice to the Jiannu. Although he was a Ming Dynasty man, his actions were even worse than those of the Jiannu. It can be said that Fan Wencheng's hands are stained with the blood of his compatriots. He relied on betraying his compatriots and becoming an accomplice to the evildoers, which stained his own hat and led him to a high position.

Originally, Zhu Shenzhu planned to wait until the Liaodong War was over and the Ming army captured Fan Wencheng, then have Wang Jinwu send this person to the capital, to see what Fan Wencheng looked like, and then ask him why he helped the Jiannu to harm his compatriots and target his own country. Unfortunately, it is no longer possible now. This guy actually committed suicide on the day when Shenyang was captured. Perhaps he knew in his heart that if he fell into the hands of the Ming army, he would definitely not have a good end. It is better to end his life early than to die in humiliation. When Wang Jinwu's troops broke into Fan Wencheng's mansion, this guy hung himself on the beam in the official uniform of the pseudo-dynasty, and even his family members and children were killed one by one by him before he committed suicide.

Although Fan Wencheng died, Ning Wanwo, Shang Kexi and others were all captured. They have been ordered to be escorted to Beijing, and they will arrive in the capital in a few days. Their fate can be imagined, and Zhu Shenzhu will use the laws of the Ming Dynasty to severely punish these traitors and tell the world the consequences of betraying their ancestors and becoming traitors.

As for the captured Manchu nobles and royal family, they naturally could not escape, and they would be escorted to Beijing one by one to await trial. But Zhu Shenzhu would not kill all of them. It was not difficult to kill them all, but it would be more useful to keep them. After all, he had to stabilize Liaodong and implement the assimilation policy for these Jurchens. In this case, leaving some of them would still be very useful.

Besides killing those who committed the most heinous crimes, there were also most of the women and children. It was impossible to kill them all, right? In addition, as for the treatment of Hauge, since he had made a promise before, Zhu Shencui did not intend to break the contract. The great Ming Empire could not do such a shameless thing. However, Zhu Shencui still needed to think carefully about how to deal with Hauge. Anyway, there was still plenty of time, and it would not be too late to talk about it after Hauge arrived in the capital.

A few days later, the cabinet discussed with the emperor and finalized a series of policies for Liaodong, and began to implement them.

First, the Ming Dynasty established Liaodong Province on the basis of the original 13 provinces, and restored the establishment of Nurgandusi. At the same time, in view of the current special situation in Korea, Sun Chuanting was appointed as the governor-general, and Li Xin was transferred to Liaodong as the governor and governor. At the same time, Lu Xiangsheng was transferred to Shandong to replace Li Xin, and Gao Jie, the general of Jizhou, was transferred to Liaodong Province as the new general of Liaodong.

In addition, the remaining Jiannu forces in Liaodong continued to be encircled and suppressed to ensure that there would be no more Jiannu in Liaodong. Wu Sangui's Guanning Iron Cavalry and part of the Liao Army continued to pursue the whereabouts of Dorgon, the pseudo-Qing Empress Dowager, and the young emperor, while the Suolun tribe was ordered to cooperate in the northward sweep to consolidate the Ming's rule in this area.

As for the migration of the Liaodong Jurchens, including the resettlement of the original Liao people and a series of policies for the immigration of people from the interior of the Ming Dynasty to Liaodong, a conclusion has been reached, and they will be implemented one by one. In addition, the court also gave corresponding rewards to the meritorious officials of this battle. Because this battle was of great importance and achieved a great victory, solving the problems of Liaodong and Jiannu in one fell swoop, the court's rewards this time were not small. The commander-in-chief Wang Jinwu was promoted from the first-class marquis to the second-class duke, and the deputy commanders Sun Chuanting and Li Xin were promoted to the third division. In addition, the generals of various armies were either promoted to titles or promoted to higher positions. Among them, three were given the title of marquis, six were given the title of earl, and there were even more viscounts and barons.

(End of this chapter)