Paper Maker: This is the end of the Ming Dynasty in Liaozhai

Chapter 206 Zhu Youjian, whose heart is bleeding
"I wonder what Brother Fang's plan is next?"

After chatting for a few more words, Su Hao asked, "Do you intend to become an official in Daqi?"

As for Fang Haichuan, he still wanted to make up for one or two. He could have today because of Fang Haichuan's support at the beginning, and he was not a person who forgot his roots.

"I can see through this officialdom."

Hearing Su Hao's words, Fang Haichuan shook his head and said with a smile, "Now, my brother only wants to establish a sect in Jinan Mansion and leave a legacy for the family members."

Regarding Su Hao's invitation, Fang Haichuan shook his head and refused. As a master of martial arts, he also has his own pride. Su Hao was his subordinate at the beginning, but now he is asked to work under Su Hao's subordinate, he can't let go of this face.

If it wasn't for the fact that Daming is still looking for him, and Lu Zhen is still chasing him, with his martial arts master's cultivation, he can get along well anywhere, and he doesn't need to come to Jinan Mansion at all.

"Since Brother Fang wants to establish a sect, my younger brother will naturally support it. Brother Fang can choose the mountain outside Jinan Prefecture."

Hearing this, Su Hao smiled and said, "The Sun family's mansion in the city is unoccupied, Brother Fang can settle down in the Sun family first."

He wasn't surprised by Fang Haichuan's choice. If he changed his position in Fang Haichuan, he would make the same choice. After all, he couldn't bear the face of working for his former subordinates.

"Then thank you Brother Su."

Regarding Su Hao's overture, Fang Haichuan accepted it with a smile. Although he did not plan to work under Su Hao's command, it didn't mean he had to draw a clear line with Su Hao.

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Shenyang City.

Houjin Palace, Dazheng Palace.

In the main hall, Daishan, Manggurtai, Huang Taiji, and Jierhalang sat side by side, and below them were Azige, Dorgon, and Duoduo, all of whom had extremely gloomy faces.

It’s fine if Guangningwei was taken back by Da Ming. They had made preparations before that, but Da Qi’s robbery was beyond their expectations. Blowing soot took away a third.

However, in order to deal with Da Ming and control the tribes in Monan, they can't mobilize many troops. Da Qi has nearly [-] troops. If they send fewer troops, they may not be Da Qi's opponents, but if there are too many, they will Can't get it out again.

"what should I do now?"

Dai Shan said with a gloomy expression: "That dog Su Hao is aggressive, if we don't teach him a lesson, he will think we are easy to bully!"

When it comes to the hatred towards Su Hao, these people are not much inferior to Huang Taiji, and many of their subordinates died in the pass, which caused them to lose a lot of strength and prestige.

"Now that the Ming army is pressing hard at every step, we simply can't spare any troops to deal with Su Hao."

Huang Taiji sighed, he wanted revenge more than anyone else, but this was not something he could achieve. In order to suppress the tribes in Monan, not only Mang Gurtai went to Monan with the Zhenglan Banner, last month, They also mobilized tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to support Mangurtai.

Now there are less than 6 people in Liaodong including Menghan Niulu. It is very difficult to resist the 10,000+ Ming army. It is impossible to deploy more troops to deal with Su Hao.

Hearing Huang Taiji's words, everyone fell silent. It's hard for a smart woman to cook without rice, and the troops are insufficient, so everything is nonsense.

After a long silence, Jierhalang said, "What should Yuan Chonghuan do?"

Now Yuan Chonghuan is encroaching on the territory of Guangningwei, and they have no way to stop it. The cavalry does have a maneuvering advantage, but Yuan Chonghuan has built a large number of chariots, and he is fighting steadily step by step. They are not aggressive at all. They want to find opportunities to defeat Yuan Chonghuan Can't do it.

If it continues, Yuan Chonghuan will come to Shenyang City sooner or later. At that time, they will have no way to retreat, but in a war of attrition with the Ming army, they will not be able to defeat the Ming army even if they have three heads and six arms. Only by suppressing the Ming army in the city will they have a chance of winning.

"Then let Ouba and Abdul Zidarhan send troops to deal with Daming together."

Huang Taiji said, this is the main content of their discussion this time. He proposed this method half a month ago, but Daishan and the others did not agree.

"But if you do this, Obama and the others might rebel."

Daishan frowned. Although doing so can solve the current problem, Ouba and Abdul Zidarhan are just allies of the Jurchens, not subordinates. Besides, Ouba and the others are still ready to move. If they are forced too much, Ouba will If they rebel, it will be their turn to be in a dilemma.

"Now the Ming army is pressing hard at every step. If the situation cannot be broken, the Ming army will come to Shenyang City sooner or later."

Huang Taiji calmly said: "At that time, what should we do? Return to Nuer Gandusi or go north to the grassland?"

After fighting for half his life, he knew very well that according to the current situation, it would be extremely difficult for them to defend Liaodong. In the past, they could suppress Daming mainly because of the fierce internal fighting in Daming and the small number of troops. Half of the tens of thousands of soldiers were guard soldiers, and less than [-] were recruited soldiers, and the border generals also withheld military pay, which caused most of the Ming army to be afraid of fighting.

But now Yuan Chonghuan has 15 recruits under his command, and after Yuan Chonghuan's rectification, the military salaries have been paid in place, and the Ming army is also fighting with high spirits after the first battle in the pass. Now they have no chance of winning against the Ming army.

This is not to say that they can't win, but that they can't afford it. The entire Jurchen clan is only a few hundred thousand people, and there are less than 10 people who can join the army in their prime. Thirty to forty thousand people can wipe out their Jurchen clan.

After a pause, Huang Taiji continued: "Nu'er Gandusi is barren and can't afford to support our [-] Banner disciples, and there are Auba and Abdul Qidarhan on the grassland, so it is difficult for us Get a foothold on the prairie."

"Then what do you mean?"

Hearing this, Daishan frowned and said, "Let Auba and Abdul Zidarhan fight the Ming army with all their might, and we secretly annex Horqin and other ministries?"

Although it is common for tribes on the grassland to annex each other, the five tribes of Nekhka were annexed by them and the tribes of Monan after they were defeated by them.

But their Jurchen clan and the Monan tribes are not of the same clan. Even if they were annexed, it would take a long time to fully integrate into the grassland.

"Not necessarily."

Huang Taiji shook his head and said: "If Liaodong can be defended, that would be the best. If not, we have a way out."

To be honest, if possible, he would never want to leave Liaodong. Their Jurchen clan can also farm, and there are nearly 20 Han people farming in the plains around Shenyang City, which can provide a large amount of food for their nearly [-] children. Escaping to the grassland, it will not be so easy to maintain another hundred thousand Eight Banners soldiers and horses.

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The capital, the imperial palace.

In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youjian looked at the information sent back from Liaodong with a satisfied expression on his face. Since the defeat of Jiannu in the pass, the good news has never stopped.

Yuan Chonghuan defeated Jiannu again in Liaodong and regained Guangningwei, and An Bangyan's rebellion in the southwest was also suppressed.

The Liaodong frontier is in peace, and the southwestern rebellion has been decided. Except for the puppet Qi in Shandong and the sporadic rebellion in Shaanxi, it can be said that ZTE Ming is close at hand.

"Your Majesty, apart from sending the battle report, Yuan Jinglue also sent a memorial to ask for payment."

Just when Zhu Youjian was secretly happy, Han Yu said.

Hearing Han Yu's words, the smile on Zhu Youjian's face disappeared instantly, and he frowned and said, "Why do you need to pay again? When I went to Liaodong before, didn't I approve 100 million taels of military salary and 70 shi of military rations?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, Liaodong owed a lot of salary before, and the salary that Yuan Jinglue brought before was only enough to make up for the previous salary arrears."

Hearing this, Han Yu sighed and said, "This time Yuan Jinglue made a statement, saying that the soldiers in Liaodong are now fighting with high spirits, and it is really inappropriate to delay payment again, otherwise it will hurt the fighting spirit of the soldiers too much."

Hearing this, Zhu Youjian could only rub his temples, and said in a low voice: "How much money can the Ministry of Household draw out now?"

"Return to Your Majesty, the Ministry of Households can no longer withdraw any money."

Han Yu shook his head. In the past two years, water transportation has been blocked, and it has been difficult for grain to enter Beijing. He can only go by land. The huge expenditure has almost wiped out the treasury. The 100 million taels given to Yuan Chonghuan last time was barely scraped together. Now I want to It is impossible to collect more military pay for Yuan Chonghuan.

After being silent for a long time, Zhu Youjian sighed: "I will take 50 taels of silver from the internal funds as military salary."

Although he is the emperor, the whole world belongs to him, but the only thing he can actually move is the internal money. Once he wants to move the money from the treasury, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty will oppose it.

After a pause, Zhu Youjian said immediately, "How much grain from Nanzhili has been delivered?"

"Return to Your Majesty, all have been transported to the capital, a total of 110 million stone."

Han Yu clapped his hands and replied.

"How come there are so few?"

Zhu Youjian frowned and said: "I remember that there should be nearly 200 million shi grains in Nanzhili, right?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, there is a total of 160 shi in the grain in Nanzhili."

Han Yu replied: "When passing through Shandong, 50 stones were intercepted by the puppet Qi according to the agreement."

50 stone!

Hearing Han Yu's words, Zhu Youjian also thought of it, and felt so distressed that he almost bled, 50 shi grains, that's nearly 30 taels of silver, just crossed the road, and nearly 30 taels were detained silver!
"Rebel!"

Zhu Youjian gritted his teeth and said, "I will execute you Ling Chi one day!"

Seeing Zhu Youjian's appearance, Han Yu sighed slightly. Zhu Youjian only knew that he felt sorry for Cao Liang, but he didn't think about how many more soldiers and horses Su Hao could raise with the extra 30 shi of Cao Liang.

What's more, it's mid-October now, and taxes have already started to be collected at the end of the year. I'm afraid there will be more than 200 million shi grains to enter Beijing via the canal. This is another 80 million shi grains that will fall on Su Hao. hands.

And as far as he knew, Su Hao also set up checkpoints in Jining Prefecture to collect high taxes from merchants passing through the canal. In just two or three months, Su Hao collected at least 10,000+ taels of tax.

But after thinking about it, Han Yu didn't report to Zhu Youjian immediately, Zhu Youjian was in a fit of anger, who knows what Zhu Youjian will react to what he said now.

At this time, Zhu Youjian also came back to his senses, and said: "Allow 50 stones from the grain to Yuan Chonghuan."

Han Yu clasped his hands and said: "I obey the order!"

"In addition, the taxes in various places have already started to be collected, and I urge all places to escort them to Beijing as soon as possible."

Zhu Youjian continued.

"Your Majesty, are the taxes from various places still transported from Henan to Beijing?"

Hearing Zhu Youjian's words, Han Yu asked knowingly, he didn't want to talk about this matter at first, but he didn't expect Zhu Youjian to bring it up on his own initiative.

(End of this chapter)