Win the Ding 1617

On May 11, the 25th year of Chongzhen, Shenyang City.

In Huang Taiji's palace, the soldiers of Gebush Xianchaoha camp lined up along the palace gate to the front of the Hall of Ten Kings.On the Ten Kings Pavilion, the princes, county kings, Baylor, and Beizi were lined up according to their respective flags, and it seemed that they were all in one place, very lively.Dozens of nobles, senior generals, and officials in the Qing army gathered together. The nobles talked and laughed loudly. The generals discussed this year's harvest, whether the army horses could be fattened up, and whether the slaves would farm well.The Han officials of the Inner Three Courts tried their best to be reserved, and their speech and demeanor were quite elegant.

Looking at the scorching sun outside the window, entering May, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, time flies so fast.

Seeing that the summer harvest is about to come, Liaodong can finally survive this year's spring drought.The rice harvested this year and the grain shipped from various places can make the soldiers and civilians of the Eight Banners more comfortable in winter.However, Huang Taiji has his own ideas.He does not intend to use these grains to feed his army, people, and slaves.You can use other people's food to feed your soldiers and horses. This is called giving food to the enemy, which is the purpose of Huang Taiji's meeting today.

The regime established by Jiannu in Liaodong, whether it was the original Tianming Khan Nurhachi, or the later Tiancong Khan, Chongde Emperor Huang Taiji, was first of all a group with a strong military color.In order to ensure the survival of this group, it is necessary to continue to fight outside, and through one victory after another, obtain enough money and materials to maintain the operation of the group.

In order to maintain such a strong military force, the Qing Dynasty formed a large number of heavy armored infantry and cavalry, which is not available in other nomadic and fishing and hunting peoples.Compared with the Ming army, Korean army, and Mongolian army.The military advantage of the Qing army is obvious. The number of elite main forces, high morale, and strong combat effectiveness all make them daunting.

However, to equip and maintain such a large army requires a considerable industrial base.

Even handicrafts.

As early as the Nurhachi period, there were blacksmith shops stretching for more than ten miles outside the city of Shengjing, with fireworks going on day and night, and a large number of workshops and craftsmen gathered in the west of the city.Specially build weapons for the army.Because the Qing Dynasty has strict management on weapon building.Decapitation is frequent, so the weapons and armor they produce are quite sophisticated.

At this time, smoke, fire, dust and mist outside the city of Shengjing covered the sky, and the sound of tinkling continued. Under the supervision of the Qing soldiers, countless craftsmen were busy coming and going like swarms of worker ants.Moving materials.Forge weapons.There are countless workshops, large and small.It seems that there is no side to see, and most of them are blacksmith shops.Thousands of sallow, emaciated, ragged craftsmen are busy nervously in front of the fire.Make knives and guns.No one dares to be serious about making blunderbusses, casting cannons, etc.

Compared with the Ming army's skimping and embezzling military manufacturing industry, the Qing army's quality supervision and management of weapons production is very strict.Every cannon, every knife and gun has the title of the relevant personnel, one is to show merit, and the other is to be held accountable.This kind of tactic is not new, it has been used since the Qin State, and any barbaric and vigorous regime will adopt it.If they won because of excellent weapons and firearms, the Qing Dynasty would not hesitate to reward them. Excellent craftsmen can be given official positions, especially for gunsmiths and bronze workers.

Those who don't want to be officials will be rewarded with two taels of grain and silver every month, and five stones and three buckets of rice every quarter.

In the fourth year of Tiancong, because of the triumphant return of Houjin, Fan Jupao, an iron official, was specially ordered to reward him.In the fifth year of Tiancong, Wang Tianxiang, a cannon-casting craftsman, was promoted from a slave to Labulhafan, who worshiped him.

It is precisely because of the hard work of these craftsmen that the weapons produced in the Qing Dynasty can be excellent.

How far has the military industry of the Qing Dynasty developed?

In the Ming Dynasty, the former Deputy Assistant Manager of the Jingying Rongzheng, the right servant of the Ministry of War, Liu Zhilun, and the deputy general Ding Qiming, who had a reputation of being "good at casting red barbarian cannons", were captured and surrendered. For the production of bird guns, in the year of Tian Cong, he was in charge of supervising the manufacture of a series of "God Bless the Great General" Hongyi cannons. He commanded craftsmen Jin Shixiang and Wang Tianping to successfully cast a batch of cannons, which was appreciated by Huang Taiji. .

With a huge team of workers, strong technical force, strict quality inspection and supervision system, and sufficient input of raw materials regardless of cost, the military equipment for the Qing army surpassed several nearby armed forces, making it one of the most well-equipped armies in Asia and even the world at that time.

However, just like any regime that disregards economic laws and forces industries to develop industries, especially heavy industries, when the agricultural foundation is not enough to provide enough food and meat for many industrial workers, Huang Taiji is also facing the same crisis.

Although he has never read Mr. Ma's book, nor can he understand political economy, and whether he has read "Guanzi" is still a guess, but he understands the principles of economic operation.

Although after he ascended the throne, he adopted a series of measures to improve the status of the Han people and ease the conflicts between the Manchurians and the Liaodong Han people. The number of slaves that high-level officials and nobles should enjoy, and the rest are classified as private households and cultivated in Liaodong.

In order to weaken the power and prestige of the major baylors and nobles, Huang Taiji also withdrew from the Liren system, stipulating that all nobles who committed serious crimes such as treason and disobedience would be allowed to recover their freedom after the slaves reported.

Although these measures have played a positive role in restoring agricultural production and alleviating conflicts, just imagine a regime with hundreds of thousands of troops, handicraftsmen, officials, nobles and other personnel who are not engaged in agricultural production, and it is located in a cold region. How could there be enough food for these people without metal tools and fertilizers?Otherwise, there would be no record of the price at which a stone of millet mixed with sand could be sold for eight taels of silver in Liaodong.

Therefore, when he could not guarantee enough food for his army, craftsmen, officials, and dependents, he could only look outside.

One of the external sources is trade, through the eight merchants in Shanxi to purchase in the territory of Daming, and the other source is to enter the customs to grab it by yourself!

To know.Even for trade, hard currencies such as gold and silver paid are also obtained through looting through customs!

Since the beginning of spring, some merchants from Shanxi have purchased a large amount of grain from the distant Nanzhong through the relationship of the Fujian Navy, and there are dozens of ships in number.Although it is still a drop in the bucket for getting rid of the predicament of spring famine, it is very important for alleviating people's hearts.However, Shanxi merchants can pay on credit, but these guys under the banner of the Fujian Navy want to pay for the real money and deliver the goods.

If you want to have food, cloth, even artillery, knives, armor, and high-quality iron in the warehouse, you have to exchange them with yellow and white things, but.Those things were also looted from inside the pass.

To have these things.There is only one way to own those grains, cloths and satins, enter the customs and grab them!

Today, this court meeting is called.It is to discuss the matter of entering the customs and cutting Ming Dynasty.

certainly.This is a high-sounding banner.The translation is to enter the customs and grab it!Grab money, grab food, grab people, grab supplies!Otherwise, the regime of the Qing Dynasty, which is entrenched outside the customs, will have a greater crisis due to poor financial operations and lack of supplies. It must be alleviated before the crisis occurs!

However, the princes and ministers who participated in this court meeting may not be able to fully understand Huang Taiji's thoughts.They just chatted with each other next to the pavilions under their respective banners, cultivated friendship, inquired about the products in their respective villages, and showed off their pendants, such as fire sickles, flints, small silver steel knives for eating meat, and pure steel studded with broken gems. Small flagons have become a symbol of their respective status.

And most of these are purchased at extremely low prices from the Longsheng shops on the middle street, at least in the eyes of the adults and princes, they are high-quality and low-priced items.

"The Emperor is here!"

"Slaves, see the emperor!"

Amidst the voices of the princes, counties, kings, bannermen, Baylor, Minister Shan, under the umbrella of Huanglong, Huang Taiji was dressed in a dragon robe, and under the protection of several trusted ministers, he was advocating the promotion of the palace.

Looking at the prince, county king, banner owner, and Baylor kneeling at his feet, a smile appeared on Huang Taiji's black face.

"Everyone, please rise."

Following Huang Taiji's grace, everyone got up from the ground under the leadership of Prince Heshuoli Daishan, stood up according to the shift, and followed their respective banner owners to take their seats.

In today's court meeting, Huang Taiji didn't intend to make the atmosphere too formal, and passed on the word early that he would invite all princes and ministers to eat meat.

Several huge wooden plates were set up by the attendants from the back of the hall, and they were full of large pieces of pork boiled in white water, which smelled a bit fishy.

This smell made Fan Wencheng, Bao Chengxian, Ning Wan and others, the bachelors of the Third Inner Academy, frown slightly. Although these people have been officials in the Qing Dynasty for a long time, they still find it difficult to accept the crude diet of the Manchurians. .Every time this kind of feast of rewarding meat is a kind of torture for them.Especially at the end of May, the weather is so hot and unbearable, but you have to eat such greasy white meat.How can we not make them feel hard to swallow?

Things seem to be much better today, though.

Behind the guards, dozens of court ladies came out holding small wooden trays one by one, and placed the wooden trays on the small wooden tables of the adults.There are a few exquisite small pots on the wooden plate. From the taste, Fan Wencheng and others can tell immediately, "salt, soy sauce, garlic juice, chili, and various spices from the South China Sea." This smell made everyone excited Zhen, I think this meal is not so bad.

After drinking a few bottles of shochu and eating a few pieces of meat, the atmosphere suddenly became lively.

Zhang Jing, who was in the Yellow Banner, took the lead, and ministers kept coming out to thank Huang Taiji and say something about the king's kindness.Huang Taiji also nodded and smiled.

"All ministers and workers, I have something to announce for a banquet today."

Seeing that the fire was almost ready, Huang Taiji threw out his motion.

"When the summer grain is harvested and the autumn is high and the horses are fat, our army of the Eight Banners will be able to visit the pass."

As soon as this remark came out, the younger Azige, Duoduo, Haoge and others all shouted in joy, knocked on the table, and jumped out one after another to ask for the entry of the front.

In their view, entering the customs is just the most comfortable and leisurely hunting, and the prey is the children, treasures, food and property in the cities and castles.

And Prince Dorgon, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, even said: "Because of the majesty of the emperor, the people of the Ming Dynasty are frightened, and tens of thousands of soldiers dare not fight. If our army marches westward and captures the capital of the Ming people, the emperor will be defeated." It can achieve a generation of hegemony and create an incomparable achievement that Emperor Gao did not have."

Dorgon's words made the princes and ministers of the Eight Banners who were present couldn't help but thump their hearts, especially Hauge, the main prince of the Zhenglan Banner, who was about to move.It's not so annoying to look at this fourteenth uncle.The Ming army is so weak, even though they are still unable to capture the entire Ming country, taking that capital and taking all the children of its people into captivity will deal an extremely heavy blow to the Ming country, and it will be easier to capture people and money in the future .

Sitting on the throne, Huang Taiji smiled and looked at the group of young students who had volunteered to lead the battle, especially on Dorgon's face, he was very kind and encouraged, and he slowly shook his head: "The spirit of the Ming Dynasty is not exhausted. By the time."

He said: "Take it from the Ming Dynasty. It is like a big tree with deep roots and lush leaves. Taking Beijing is like cutting down a big tree. First cut from both sides, and the tree will fall by itself."

There was a thoughtful expression in his eyes: "I have thought about it repeatedly. After our country is established in the future, the soldiers will move in one fell swoop. If he knows that he abandons Yanjing and rises, will he pursue it? Or he will attack the capital instead of chasing it, or it will fail. That is, surround and guard?"

"If the master of the Ming Dynasty wants to ask for peace, does he agree? Does he refuse? If I don't allow it, but he forces him to ask for peace, how should he deal with it? If God blesses and takes Yanjing, what should his people do? Anji? Baylor and others in our country are all greedy, what should be prohibited?"

"All kinds of methods, I haven't thought about it yet, and I can't take the capital of Ming Dynasty!"

What Huang Taiji said made all the ministers around him admire him even more, even saying that the Holy One is far-sighted, and he is really a great talent.Dorgon paid a lot of money for his free flattery, and he couldn't help praising that this kind of high-level attack strategy was beyond his imagination. The emperor is indeed a wise and wise master. It is not something the slaves can guess.

Ning Wanwo, a scholar of the University of Hongwen, echoed Huang Taiji loudly: "The emperor is wise, and I look at today's situation. His Ming country has deep roots. If he directly takes the capital, the time has not yet come, and there may be a repeat of the Liao Dynasty. The disaster of Emperor Yelu Deguang. There is a saying in ancient times that one generation of monarchs and ministers must be made by another generation. For today's plan, the sage only takes the sages of the past as models, learns the classics of the sages, reforms the rules, and gradually adopts the Chinese system. And don’t be in a hurry.”

This Ning Wan, I am the core figure in the think tank in Huang Taiji's pocket, and I have offered advice and advice more than once, which Huang Taiji relies on very much.This time, he advocated sending troops to attack Ming Dynasty to relieve the pressure on the treasury. This person has made a lot of achievements.

After listening to Ning finish my words, Huang Taiji said solemnly: "What Xueshi Ning said is very true. Since I ascended the throne, I have established the official system and distinguished the clothes. I strictly ordered the Sixth Department and the Second Academy to use the 'Minghui Code' as the basis for the regulations. Dealing with our country's government affairs. I once thought of the strategy of defeating the Ming Dynasty, conquering Korea in the east, and connecting Mongolia and Tibet in the west, so as to encircle the Ming Dynasty for half a month. Gentlemen, translate and compile the classics of the Ming Dynasty's "Hongwu Baoxun", and perfect our country's strategy of defeating Ming."

After Ning Wan, I was so grateful that I bowed deeply: "I will do my best, and I will die."

"Your Majesty, this servant has some foolish opinions, and he fears causing public outrage, but he dares not to speak out."

Prince Li Daishan, who was already in conflict with his sons Yue Tuo and Shuotuo, slowly put down the knife in his hand, wiped the greasy corners of his mouth with a piece of brocade handkerchief, and knelt down to speak to Huang Taiji when he left the class.

"Your Majesty, although we gained a lot when we entered the customs the year before last, our soldiers of the Eight Banners also suffered a lot of losses. The slave's Zhenghong Banner Manchurian Banner alone lost a Jiala warrior, and the Zhenghong Banner Mongolian Banner also lost a warrior. Jiala, if you include those slaves in coats, the loss of the last entry is the most since Emperor Gao raised his troops. With such a loss, the slaves are worried that the soldiers of the Eight Banners will not recover, so they rush into the army I'm afraid there will be more losses."

"There is a detailed work from the Southern Dynasties. It is said that since the first year of the Chongde War, all the ministries of the Ming Army have organized their troops and trained soldiers to forge swords and guns. The slaves are worried that the Hexiwu Battle will repeat itself. And most of the rogues in the Southern Dynasties were appeased. , The Ming army has plenty of officers and soldiers. When entering the customs at this time, I am afraid that I will encounter heavy troops from the Ming army. If it is delayed until next year, when there are changes in the Ming country and the officers and soldiers are difficult to care about each other, my Eight Banners cavalry will break through the wall in one fell swoop, or To plunder Xuanda, or to ravage Jifu, to have soldiers and horses rushing to and fro is all up to me."

Daishan is indeed the oldest guy among the Liaodong rebels, and what he said is extremely appropriate.On the one hand, it showed the original loss, on the other hand, it pointed out the current situation of the Ming army, and finally set a new stage for Huang Taiji. Let's not go this year, but go next year.Anyway, the grain in the warehouse is enough for a while, and the wheat in Liaodong will be harvested soon.

"Prince Li's words, although they are seeking the country for the old, but they are too serious."

Before Huang Taiji could speak, Dorgon guessed his inner thoughts from the slightly changing muscles on Huang Taiji's black face, and immediately went out to refute.

"Although the Ming army claims to be a military force, it is just using this reason to wantonly embezzle and sell military weapons, food and grass. If Prince Li doesn't believe it, you might as well find someone to ask about the various weapons that our Eight Banners have recently equipped. Where did the Shanxi merchants get it from? It is nothing more than the towns of Guanning Army and Xuanda Army! Such an army is wearing several layers of iron armor and what can they do with the sharpest knives and guns in their hands?"

"Besides, if the emperor of the Ming Dynasty quells the rebellion of the bandits and frees up his hands to deal with our Qing Dynasty with all his strength, with the money and food of the soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty, our soldiers of the Eight Banners will fight bravely, and sometimes they will not be able to catch them!"

Here, Dorgon refuted Prince Li Daishan, and Azig, Duoduo, and Haoge on the side, although they usually dislike each other, they stood together unexpectedly at this time. Dorgon chimed in.

But Daishan's two sons, Yue Tuo and Shuotuo, just cut and ate meat with a knife, as if the debate had nothing to do with him. (To be continued..)

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