Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 468 I, Kangxi, am still the Great Khan of Mongolia (two chapters in one)

Kangxi is right, the lifeline of the Qing Dynasty is now Mongolia, as long as Mongolia is still in hand, the Qing Dynasty will not die.

It is estimated that Kangxi, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, will probably degenerate into Kangxi Khan.

Not to mention, Kangxi has the title of Mongolian Great Khan: Enhe Amugulang Khan.

This is what the Mongols called him.

"Where is Suo'etu?"

As ministers of the Qing Dynasty, rare old people in the court, like Nalan Mingzhu, Li Guangdi, and the two Yu Jackie, who died and surrendered, Suo'etu is almost the only fruit left, and naturally needs to bear more responsibilities.

Suo'etu's old face was serious, he got up tremblingly, and bowed to Kangxi, "Your Majesty, what are your orders?"

Kangxi smiled wryly and said, "After all, Duolunuoer is not a place to live for a long time. Where do you think is the treasured place for my Qing Dynasty to establish a capital and recuperate?"

"Your Majesty, the veteran thinks that the best strategy is to move to Ningxia Mansion, the middle strategy is to move to Yili, and the worst strategy is to move to Yuanhui."

Suo'etu, who was so experienced in seeking the country, immediately came up with three plans that were most in line with the interests of the Qing Dynasty.

Looking at the map, the best strategy is in the middle of the existing territory of the Qing Dynasty, the middle strategy is in the west, and the worst strategy is in Heilongjiang.

The Ningxia mansion he mentioned is the Yinchuan of later generations, the former capital of Xixia.

The Qing Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty was also sealed there, so there are ready-made palaces in Ningxia City that can be used without losing the dignity of the Qing Dynasty.

Agriculture in Ningxia Prefecture is relatively developed. It has two major irrigation areas in Ningxia and Lingzhou. The surface water source is sufficient, the water quality is good, and it is rich in sediment, which has the merit of fertile land.The ditches in the territory form a network, and there are many lakes and wetlands.

It is also known as "Phoenix City" in folklore, "Xingqing Mansion" and "Ningxia City" in ancient times.

Therefore, the land of Ningxia Mansion is enough to support the army and population of the Qing Dynasty.

Moreover, Ningxia Prefecture is also close to the Hetao Grassland. There are various Mongolian ministries such as Alxa Erut Banner, Ordos Zuoyizhong Banner, and Zhenglan Banner Chahar. This is the territory of Monan Mongolia directly under the Qing Dynasty. Kangxi thought they were better than Karka Mongolia and Junggar ancient Mongolia are much more loyal!

Therefore, the establishment of Ningxia Prefecture as the capital is also conducive to the Qing Dynasty's control of some Mongolian ministries.

In addition, Ningxia Prefecture is relatively close to the snowy plateau, and those great lamas have a good relationship with the Qing Dynasty, so they can strive to establish a united front against the Ming Dynasty!

Of course, there are also shortcomings. One is that Ningxia Mansion is too far away from the ancestral land outside the Guan, and it is not convenient to control Siberia. Fortunately, the Raksha devils have been beaten and hurt, so they dare not come here for the time being, otherwise the Qing Dynasty will die!
The second disadvantage is that the Qing Dynasty in Ningxia Prefecture is also relatively easy to evolve into a separatist regime similar to Xixia.

Emperor Kangxi nodded and said with a smile: "Suo Aiqing's thinking is similar to mine. Ningxia Mansion is indeed a good place for the Qing court. However, in my vision, the future Qing court should have two capitals, Xijing and Ningxia. The government and accompanying capital Yuanhui."

"Of course I have to sit in Ningxia Mansion. As for Aihui, it will be managed by Heilongjiang General Sabusu."

Kangxi specifically mentioned Aihui outside the Guan. There are actually two reasons. One is that there are many people from the Eight Banners outside the Guan, and there are four alliances in the vicinity of the host Mongolia. The territory, but also to abduct their population.

The second reason is to appease the courtiers and servants who want to move eastward to Aihui City. In the eyes of many old Manchurians, it seems natural to return to their hometown after losing the Central Plains. As for whether they can gain a foothold outside the pass, they have never consider.

Although Kangxi was beaten to pieces by Zhu Kezang, he was still a wise king, so he knew that it was impossible for the Qing Dynasty to gain a foothold in its hometown after losing the Central Plains.

The way out for the Qing Dynasty is to go north and west!
Entering the "world" of the Mongols, first question the Mongols, then believe in the Mongols, and finally become a Mongol!
"Emperor Shengming!"

Of course Suo'etu supported Kangxi.

Of course, the princes and ministers below did not dare to object, and they all shouted Shengming in unison.

After solving the problem of the way out of the Qing Dynasty, Kangxi was in a good mood, so he thought of a small problem again, that is, the "fake Kangxi", who always made people in the Central Plains mistakenly think that he had surrendered, and the Qing Dynasty fell. thing ah!

Kangxi wanted face, he had to find a way to clarify it, and let the world know that the Kangxi captured by Daming was a fake!
Thinking of this, Kangxi showed a sad expression: "Prince Gong has suffered on my behalf. Although he is willing to die for the Qing Dynasty, I still have to find a way to save him. Do you have any good ideas?"

"Your Majesty, this servant is willing to send an envoy to Daming to redeem the prince."

Xu Qianxue, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, limped out of his shift with a cane, and was about to kneel down to Kangxi.

He was the first batch of ministers who followed Kangxi Beishou, and now he regrets it!
This Northern Xinjiang is too bitter!

Xu Qianxue is Gu Yanwu's nephew, but the historical evaluation is mixed.

He is not only a well-known scholar in the Kangxi Dynasty, with a body of works, countless books, and former students and officials all over the country, but also a villain with lack of character, corruption, falling out of favor and arrogance, and engaging in academic corruption.

By the way, the most interesting thing is that Xu Qianxue's son, Xu Jun, was chopped off by Shengming's master Yongzheng because of "the bright moon should know me, Qingfeng has no intention of not keeping people", "Qingfeng is illiterate, why flip books randomly"!

What's even more troubling is that Xu Jun still lives uneasy after his death.

During the Qianlong period, once the folks had signs of anti-Qing thoughts, there would be a large-scale literary inquisition to frighten the Han people.

Qianlong borrowed old songs to brew new wine, and turned Xu Jun out again. This time, the excuse was the same, but he found a new poem, "Toast a cup and suddenly see the son of heaven, and throw the pot aside."

Qianlong wrote a lot of poems, and more than 4 poems can shock the poets of the Tang Dynasty, but if you have to read it, you will be stunned.

"It's a pity that the end of the year is miserable, and the benefit is others." This sentence is not bad to please the common people, but it is a pity that he is a bit cruel to Xu Jun.

Qianlong believed that "Tomorrow Son" was the Ming Dynasty, and "Huer" was "Huer", alluding to the ancestors of the Qing Dynasty who lived nomadicly on horses outside the pass.

This is obviously based on a little knowledge to say that the Qing Dynasty has no culture, so Qianlong, who wrote [-] poems, was not convinced: Xu Jun, you are disrespecting the Qing Dynasty, you have to pay the price!
Therefore, Qianlong ordered people to dig up Xu Jun's grave, cut open the coffin, and killed the corpse again. By the way, Xu Jun's children and grandchildren were beheaded, and the local officials were also killed. Fight against each other, I will kill the living, and I will not spare the dead!

Xu Jun is really an unlucky boy, but Xu Jun is not a good person in the first place, so he deserves it.

Xu Jun studied under Zhou Yunkai, a famous local teacher in Kunshan.

Zhou Yunkai has very strict requirements on students, which makes Xu Jun feel resentful.

One year, after Xu Jun passed the examination, he went to Beijing to participate in the examination held by the Ministry of Rites.

Zhou Yunkai accompanied them. When they were walking halfway, Xu Jun cooked soup with crotons and poisoned the teacher to death. After hearing about this, people in the capital nicknamed Xu Jun "Pharmacist Buddha".

Since his father and uncle were both officials in the imperial court, Xu Jun poisoned the teacher to death, but he was not punished, but the exam was delayed for several years.

The dragon begets the dragon, the phoenix begets the phoenix, and the mouse's son can make holes. Both father and son are not good things, and if they fall into Zhu Kezang's hands, they will not be able to please.

By the way, Xu Qianxue is still from the Nalan Mingzhu faction, not from the Suo'etu faction, no wonder he wants to go back so much.

"Xu Aiqing, you don't have to kneel down this time."

Kangxi looked at Xu Qianxue who broke his leg during the hunting process, and hurriedly waved his hand to tell him not to kneel.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace."

Xu Qianxue was not polite, and thanked him directly, "Your Majesty, I can go to the capital or Yingtian to redeem Prince Gong along the way."

"redemption?"

When Kangxi heard about this method, he immediately frowned, "But now the country is struggling, and the Qing Dynasty doesn't have much money!"

Xu Qianxue smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I will try my best, but I really don't have enough money. We can use it to pay for other things, such as Mongolian cattle and sheep."

In fact, Kangxi understood that Chang Ning's life would be difficult to redeem, but he still nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, Xu Aiqing, then I will appoint you as an envoy to negotiate peace, to go to Ming Dynasty, to negotiate peace and redeem people!"

"A slave will never disgrace his life!" Xu Qianxue stepped back with a happy expression on his face.

Kangxi was a little tired, since the ancestral grave was dug up, he felt that the Dragon Qi had been emptied by Daming, and his health was getting worse and worse, but the court meeting could not end yet.

"Ahem, dear friends, the last topic is how to reinvigorate the fighting power of the Qing army?"

Kangxi put a towel made of luxurious silk on his mouth, as if he was coughing up blood.

"Your Majesty, my minister's idea is that the Manchus and the Han family should follow the Eight Banners New Army model to include the brave Han people into the Manchu Eight Banners!" Chen Tingjing suggested.

Fuquan brought a hundred thousand strong Han men, and if all of them were included in the Eight Banners, then the Qing would be able to dominate one side again, and even if they couldn't beat the Ming, they would still be able to beat the Rakshasa!

"Extend the fart! How to expand? Do you want to put up a sign to recruit people on the grassland? How to raise them after recruiting? The hard-core crops of more than 200 banner people are [-] million taels of silver every year, and these new banner people The family needs to be supported, and the Qing Dynasty is poor and white now, does the court still have money to do other things?"

The Eight Banners system sounds like a scam. It implements a system of hereditary soldiers plus lifelong soldiers. Hard-core crops are not counted until they die, and they can be passed on to future generations!

So it is easy to expand the Eight Banners now, but it will be difficult to raise these new Eight Banners in the future.

Kangxi expanded it once before, and he relied on his own prestige to enforce it. This time it was difficult. Suo'etu, an old Manchu, was the first to jump out and object.

Chen Tingjing waved his hand and snapped his fingers: "How could it be? Now that the Eight Banners are expanding their enrollment, they only need to be young and healthy, and at most one hundred thousand young and strong are allowed to marry a wife and raise the flag. The maximum is 20. Now the Eight Banners are full. How many people are left?"

What Chen Tingjing said is correct, under the massacre of Ming Dynasty, the population of Manchurian Banners has dropped sharply. If there is no further expansion, Manchurians will disappear like the Xianbei and Khitan tribes!

He paused for a moment, then lowered his tone: "And the minister of state affairs thinks that the new army of one hundred thousand and eight banners can survive to peace?"

Suo'etu gasped when he heard the words, and thought to himself, how could he forget this, and now he is at war with Mingni, do I really have to rely on these Han people in the Eight Banners!
"Minister of State, now wars do not rely on proficiency in bows and horses, but rely on foreign guns and cannons. After a battle, there will be a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood!"

Isang Ah, Minister of the Ministry of War, who escaped from Shuntian, also said with a sad face, "There are few people in Manchuria Banner. Mingyao will come to start a few more big battles, and I will be full of people!"

After experiencing the Battle of Shuntian, Ethan Ah understood that Han Chinese and Manchus are equally unreliable at critical times!

"It seems that we can only continue to expand the Eight Banners!"

Kangxi looked at Chen Tingjing and Yisang'a, "You two lovers, my mind is in a mess... Give me some advice, how should the Eight Banners be expanded now?"

Chen Tingjing and Ethan A glanced at each other. Chen Tingjing first said: "The new Eight Banners can not only be selected from the [-] strong men brought by Prince Yu. After the Qing Dynasty moved to Ningxia Mansion, Gansu is a close neighbor. The Gansu Green Camp has always been brave and good at fighting. I think you can still choose from the green battalion soldiers in Gansu."

"Your Majesty, let me add, you can also recruit simple farmers and herdsmen. The focus can be recruited from the nomadic Eight Banners of Khalkha Mongolia, Junggar Mongolia, and Huihan farmers in Gansu."

The Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty were divided into "Manchurian Eight Banners", "Mongolian Eight Banners" and "Han Army Eight Banners".

The Eight Banners of Manchuria is the core, and all Manchus are children of the Eight Banners.

However, the Mongolian Eight Banners do not include all Mongolians. In addition to the Mongolian Eight Banners, there are also nomadic Eight Banners. Although they also have the title of "Banner", they do not enjoy the treatment of the children of the Eight Banners.

This is an important reason for the separation of Outer Mongolia in history. The nomadic Eight Banners of Outer Mongolia were basically the targets of the Qing Dynasty's prevention and oppression, and the treatment was very different from that of the Mongolian Eight Banners in Inner Mongolia.

In fact, the Mongolian Eight Banners and the Nomadic Eight Banners have become two different ethnic groups after the Qing Dynasty ruled for more than 200 years.

The former has a very high degree of Sinicization, and many people can't even speak Mongolian well, while the former still maintains the living customs and culture of grassland Mongolia.

In addition, the Gansu Green Camp has always been the most capable unit among the Qing Green Camps, and the Ping San Francisco actually relies on the Gansu and Shaanxi Green Camps.

However, not all the Han people in the Ganshan Green Camp, there are also quite a few Hui people, who are even more brave and good at fighting.

"It is feasible to recruit Han farmers from Gansu to join the banner."

Kangxi thought about it and said, "Gansu's folk customs are simple and they have always valued martial arts over culture. They are good materials for soldiers. Moreover, there are great contradictions between Hui and Han in Gansu. They often fight with weapons and the law and order are not good. Recruiting more brave men to join the army can help." Play a role in stabilizing the place.”

"You can also recruit some Tubo people from the snowy plateau." Ethan A paused for a while, and then said, "The new Eight Banners can recruit regardless of Mongolian, Hui, Han, and Tubo...but the proportion of Han people should not exceed [-]%."

The new Eight Banners is the banner army, not the Han army, so the number of Han people still needs to be controlled. After all, these Mongolian, Hui, Han, and Tubo people who have just raised the flag will not immediately recognize themselves as Manchurian bannermen. It will take several generations to count. It is really reliable, so it is necessary to control the components of the new Eight Banners and let them check each other for easy control.

Yisang'a is really a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty. He really racked his brains for the sake of the Qing Dynasty. It seems that Yisang's escape was really for a better tomorrow of the Qing Dynasty!

"Ahem, that's great, Minister of State, do you have any objections?"

Seeing Kangxi's sick and consumptive appearance, Suo'etu had mixed feelings: I have to see the prince in the future!
Thinking this way in my heart, I said on my mouth: "The emperor is wise, and the servant has no objection!"

Amidst the sound of shouts of long live, the rare court meeting came to an end.

Chang Ning, who was far away in Yingtai, ushered in a new "opportunity".

(End of this chapter)