The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 243 National Thief
"Reduce half of the tribute from the Sunite Department?" Dorgon was taken aback when he heard the words. That's right, Teng Jisi, who had always wanted to deal with disobedience before, forgot the reason for the war with the Sunite Department.

It's just a tax tribute from a tribe. The biggest hidden danger of the Qing Dynasty now lies in the Han people in the south of the Yangtze River.If only less cattle, sheep, and furs can be exchanged for the tens of thousands of elites of Duoduo, it is definitely a good deal.

In this way, taking advantage of the unstable foothold of the southerners and the opportunity of Zhejiang's self-reliance, it can once again gather troops to march south and wipe out the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop.When Jiangnan is pacified, the little Sunite department, why don't you let yourself decide?

He then looked at Ning Wan and me, thinking that these Han officials still had a lot of ideas, if he hadn't warned me, there would have been tens of thousands of dead and injured.

"Master Ning is thoughtful, and he is a great talent in the country." He then ordered, "Then, Lord Ning will go to Mobei on behalf of the court. As long as Teng Jisi still submits to our Qing Dynasty, he can be exempted from all taxes and tributes." .”

After Ning Wan, I hurriedly bowed and said, "Minister, you should fulfill your mission."

Dorgon nodded in satisfaction, and said: "Prince Su fought well, Zhang Xianzhong is currently trapped in Shu, maybe he can return victorious at the end of autumn..."

As he was speaking, he saw his bodyguard Ao Bai standing at the door and cupping his hands, "Master, there is an urgent case from Jiangnan."

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"Hey." Aobai reported, "The insiders in Fujian sent news that Yingbeile is still alive. It was just that he was sent out of Fujian more than a month ago, and his whereabouts are unknown."

Dorgon stood up abruptly, a look of joy flashed in his eyes.Although he had some quarrels with Azig, Azig was his elder brother and an important political ally after all.

Azig has great influence in the two white flags. Dorgon's success in overtaking Prince Su Haoge to take the position of regent is inseparable from Azig's strong support for him.

Therefore, if Azig died, it would greatly shake the foundation of Dorgon's rule.

In addition, Azig was also the twelfth son of the Emperor Taizu. If he died at the hands of the southerners, it would be a shame and humiliation never seen since the Qing Dynasty entered the customs.

Dorgon ordered loudly without hesitation: "Decree, mobilize all the forces in the south of the Yangtze River, and make sure to find out where Azig is. Whoever can rescue him will be rewarded ten thousand catties and promoted to three levels!"

After the meeting of the king and ministers discussing politics was over, Dorgon returned to the palace with a tired expression.

A few months ago, he still thought that the Han people in the south of the Yangtze River had no resistance at all, and all they had to do was get them in their pockets as long as the army drove through.Unexpectedly, the seemingly dying Nanming court would cause him to stumble so hard.

But recently, the party disputes between the Central and the North and the South have been raging fiercely, and Han officials have filed complaints against each other if they have nothing to do.So many things happened inside and outside the Qing Dynasty, which made him physically and mentally exhausted?
"Master, Cai Du Yushi asks to see you." As soon as he entered the gate of the mansion, a servant came to report.

Dorgon was upset and frowned, "Cai Shiying? What is he doing here?"

"Returning to the master, the servant only knows that he also brought a southerner and a blunderbuss, saying that it is something very important."

"Let him wait in the side hall."

"Whoo."

After a while, Cai Shiying saw Dorgon coming from the back house, and hurriedly knelt down to salute, "I pay my respects to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent."

Dorgon glanced at the person behind him, his face tensed, "Who is this?"

Cai Shiying took a sneak peek at Dorgon's sullen face, and said with a smile, "Bringing this person may relieve Your Highness' worries."

"Who is it?"

Cai Shiying didn't dare to betray her anymore, and turned her head to signal the man, "This is Wang Yinghua's younger brother, Wang Yinghua, Minister of the Ministry of Officials in the small imperial court of the Southern Ming Dynasty, Wang Yingshi."

"Oh?"

Wang Yingshi immediately took a step forward, cupped his hands and said, "Caomin Wang Yingshi. My brother was convicted for offending King Chen of the Southern Dynasty. Caomin was lucky not to be in Fuzhou City at that time, so he was able to escape. He went north by sea to surrender..."

Dorgon glared at Cai Shiying impatiently, "Why did you get me such a man?"

Wang Yingshi hurriedly said: "The grassroots brought some treasures to His Royal Highness the Regent."

"Bring it up."

Cai Shiying stopped the eunuch at the side and said: "Your Highness, this thing needs to be demonstrated outside the house."

Dorgon nodded impatiently, and followed the two out of the side hall.

After arriving in the courtyard, Cai Shiying asked someone to fetch wooden boards and other things to stand in the distance, and then handed over the cloth bag behind him to Wang Yingshi.

The latter took out a blunderbuss from the cloth bag, and said to Dorgon with a bitter face: "Your Highness, please return the grass-mind's wooden box to the guard at the gate."

A guard hurriedly whispered something in Dorgon's ear.Dorgon frowned and thought for a while, then waved his head, "Give it to him."

Wang Yingshi took back the wooden box and opened it, took out a pack of gunpowder and lead bullets from the inside and stuffed them into the mouth of the gun, and pulled a mechanism at the back of the gun, making a click.

Dorgon's guards hurriedly surrounded their master, but saw that Wang Yingshi didn't use a matchlock to make fire, but immediately raised his gun to aim at the distant wooden board.As he pulled the trigger, sparks scattered around the gunpowder pot, and then there was a roar, and a hole the size of a plate burst out of the two-inch-thick wooden board, and sawdust flew around.

Dorgon's eyes widened, and he said in surprise, "How could he fire a gun without using a matchlock?!"

Cai Shiying smiled beside him and said, "His Royal Highness, please wait until he shoots again."

Sure enough, Wang Yingshi reloaded the ammunition again, pulled the trigger bracket, and then there was another loud noise, and the wooden board that had been hit by a gun was blown off in the middle.

Dorgon grew up on the battlefield since he was a child, and he is very familiar with bird guns. He immediately saw the way. Just now, the interval between the two guns by Wang Yingshi was extremely short, and it probably took less than half the time for ordinary bird guns. .

He pulled Cai Shiying over and said excitedly: "This bird gun fires quickly, and it doesn't need open flames. If we can fire a large number of soldiers, it will double the combat power of our army! Cai Yushi is indeed an expert in firearms." !"

Cai Shiying shook her head and said, "Your Highness, I did not make this blunderbuss."

"It's him?" Dorgon looked at Wang Yingshi again.

"I didn't make it either." Wang Yingshi hurriedly put down the fire blunderbuss and said, "This blunderbuss is the main battle weapon of the Jiangnan Ming army. Before the grassroots left Fujian, it took a lot of trouble to get one."

Dorgon's pupils shrank when he heard this, "You mean that the southerners used this kind of gun to fight Boluo?"

"Exactly."

Dorgon's heart was awe-inspiring, no wonder the always weak Ming army could defeat tens of thousands of Boluo.This kind of gun is not only easy to use, but also has an extremely fast rate of fire. If the Nan people have equipped it in large quantities, Boluo will be caught off guard if he is caught off guard.

"His Royal Highness Bing Regent, this gun not only shoots fast and does not need open fire." Wang Yingshi came up with the gun and pointed the mouth of the gun to Dorgon.

The latter pushed away the guards blocking him, took the gun and observed it carefully, and saw that the barrel of the gun was about twice as thick as a normal bird gun.

Wang Yinghua explained again: "This blunderbuss uses six-coin lead bullets, which can penetrate armor without any disadvantage."

(End of this chapter)