Liaodong in October is already a very cold season. A heavy snow a few days ago enveloped the vast northeast land in white.

The regular Eight Kings' Political Consultations are underway in Chongzheng Hall, the imperial palace in the center of Shengjing City. Emperor Taiji of the Qing Dynasty sat high on the dragon throne, and princes, princes and bells sat on both sides of the steps.

After the prince of Duo Wuying, Ajige, lost his troops and generals several months ago, and lost his son-in-law Yangguli and returned from the formation, he had been discussed by the Eight Kings, and the position of the lord of Zhengbai Banner was also given to the young Duoduo. The three oxen under his command were divided into two yellow flags of Haoge.

Huang Taiji on the imperial throne frowned and said, "Since Fan Yongdou and others from Zhangjiakou Fort were investigated by the Ming Dynasty, the goods produced by our Qing Dynasty were sold out in a good way. The food, iron, huǒ     yào and other materials needed were also missing, and they knew nothing about the situation in the Ming Dynasty. Now the fur, ginseng and deer antlers in the warehouse are piled up like mountains. In the long run, this has a great impact on our Qing Dynasty. What do the kings have on this? But if you have good strategies, you must speak freely!"

The Shanxi Shang Group, led by Fan Yongdou, has provided great help to the Jianzhou Jurchens in recent years.

Various materials produced in Jianzhou were distributed to various parts of the Ming Dynasty through Fan Yongdou and others. Then, the Shanxi merchants continuously transported various resources needed by Jianzhou through various relationships established in the Ming Dynasty. Later Jin could develop from a poor and barbaric tribe to establishing a country now. In addition to plundering and accumulating wealth, Shanxi merchants played an irreplaceable role in it. Of course, Shanxi merchants also made huge profits through these commercial activities, but this practice of sucking blood from their mother country to supporting the enemy was disgusting.

The Jinyiwei's search for the Shanxi merchants was equivalent to cutting off one of the arms of the Later Jin Dynasty. In the past year, the fur, giant trees, Dongzhu, ginseng and other items produced or snatched by the Eight Banners divisions have completely lost sales and can only build warehouses to store. Fortunately, these materials are all things that can be stored for a long time, otherwise the losses of the Later Jin Dynasty will be even greater.

And without the continuous transport of various strategic materials that Jianzhou was in short supply, the iron materials accumulated in Jianzhou were huǒ    yào, and medicinal materials were rarely found every day, but there was no place to supplement them. Liaodong has a huge demand for various raw materials and does not produce these materials. Now this situation of consuming nothing is not a good sign.

The things that should have turned into money and food have now become dead objects and have no value to put there. The evil consequences of only consumption but no income gradually emerged, which also made Huang Taiji and others uneasy. They realized that they must come up with a way to change this situation as soon as possible.

The three brothers Ajige and Dai Shan and others did not accept Huang Taiji's words. Since you are the emperor, you should worry about these things. If we offer good advice, in the end you will say that you think so, it would be better to watch the fun next to you.

Sanbeile Mangurtai said indifferently: "Without Fan Yongdou, there are Zhang Yongdou and Li Yongdou! Ask the servants below to inquire more, and then find a few merchants from Ming Dynasty!"

Beileyuetu nodded and said, "Uncle Wu said something reasonable. Ming Dynasty merchants love money very much. If they learn that they can make great profits when communicating with our country, they will definitely spare no effort! Maybe people can inquire more, and they should be able to find out!"

Prince Rui Dorgon couldn't help but sneer: "Fan Yongdou and others have lived in Xuanfu Town for several generations. Because they are close to the border generals of the Ming Dynasty, they can enter and exit the border without any obstacles. If they were not waiting for merchants, it would take several years to open up various channels. Even if someone was greedy for huge money, it would be difficult to compete with him! This method is absolutely impossible!"

Prince Li Dai Shan agreed, "What the Fourteenth said is reasonable! Once Fan Yongdou and others die, this road will be completely cut off. If you want to recover from the difficulties, you should think of other ways!"

Huang Taiji was very dissatisfied with the words and deeds of Mangurtai and Dorgon.

Although the Eight Kings are still discussing politics, I am already the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. According to the Ming Dynasty, no matter who other people are, they must say that they are the emperor before they can speak. But these brothers and nephews have always been so rude, and they obviously did not take him as an emperor seriously. No, they must set rules in the future to make them understand the way of the king and the ministers.

Prince Zheng Jierhalang said, "Although Prince Rui's words are biased, they cannot be said wrong. I feel that the path of Zhangjiakou Fort is not expected for the time being. Now, we can only start from Jinzhou and ask the Zu family to take all the burdens!"

Huang Taiji nodded frequently with satisfaction.

It is still Prince Zheng who knows etiquette and knows the superiority of the superiors and inferiority of the superiors and subordinates, and is not as rude and rude as these reckless men.

He said, "What Prince Zheng said is very consistent with my wish, but if you want to completely solve my impetus for the Qing Dynasty, you may have to spend more money. Although the Zu family had some communication with our Qing Dynasty, it could not be compared with Zhangjiakou Fort. Even though he was a high-ranking official in the Ming Dynasty, he would be worried about it. But at the moment, he could only rely on his family for the time being. He had to choose someone who could speak and go there, and he would take a heavy bribe. It is well known that the Zu family's reputation for being greedy for money. I will select treasures from the internal treasury to give it to him!"

Since we agreed on how to solve this problem, it was to select the right candidates. In the end, everyone agreed that the son of the late prince Li Yongfang, the first-class viscount Li led Tai to Jinzhou to meet Zu Dashou, and urged the Zu family to secretly help to resolve the temporary difficulties in Jianzhou.

The two sides have been fighting for many years, and they are openly opponents, but they secretly colluded with each other. In previous battles between the two sides, many Ming troops in Liaodong were captured by the Eight Banners and joined the Han army flag, especially some generals of higher rank who worked hard in the Liaodong army for several generations and had a wide connection. After receiving the instructions of their master, they secretly bribed and bribed their former colleagues with gold and silver in exchange for some important intelligence and materials.

The heads of the Liaodong generals turned a blind eye to these things. Although they did not intend to directly communicate with the enemy, they were happy to see the success of the Eight Banners.

It is precisely because of the disaster of the Later Jin Dynasty that the Liaodong warlords had excuses and ways to make a fortune.

Who doesn’t know about the luxury houses of Zu Dashou and his brothers in Jinzhou? Where did the rare treasures, famous flowers and plants come from? Didn’t they all ask the court for money to buy them after using various excuses?

If the Later Jin Dynasty was destroyed, where did Zu Dashou get millions of food and wages a year?

What's more, there are those private methods.

The Zu family and Wu family all have big merchants who defect to them, and the goods they sell are basically from Jianzhou territory. If these generals were not allowed, could Jianzhou's goods come to the territory of Daming?

In fact, the Liaodong generals are no different from Fan Yongdou and others. The only difference is that they also know that there are emperors and courts, so they dare not blatantly provide material assistance to Jiannu. The merchants under their command could buy specialties such as fur from Jiannu at a low price, and then transport them to the pass to sell them several times the price, but they dared not transport iron, grain and other materials back to Jiannu.

Note that you dare not blatantly. As for the small-scale and small batches of transporting various materials, it is not uncommon, because Jiannu bids quite high for these urgently needed items. In the face of several times the profit, smuggling incidents that are tacitly acquiesced by the people behind them often occur.

After agreeing to have a candidate to contact Jinzhou, everyone continued to discuss the follow-up matters caused by Ajige's defeat.

After returning to the north, Ajige's defeat, he made it clear that the sharpness of the arms, the power of the cannons, and the strict lineup of the lineup. He claimed that the reason for his defeat was not that he was incompetent, but that the power of the arms of the Changping Ming was far superior to the past. If this Ming army was not eliminated, it was actually a major problem for the Eight Banners.

Ajige's words aroused the alertness and attention of Huang Taiji and others.

In the descriptions of Ajige, Abatai, the injured Tan Tai and others, the Ming army that defeated them this time was completely different from the original Ming army. Although the total number was only more than 10,000 people, the combat power was very considerable. The muskets they used seemed to be longer than the original Ming army used, and the threat to the infantry of the Eight Banners was very strong. The original shield chariot had a very weak effect on the shielding of the guns.

Huang Taiji and others have discussed this matter several times, but have not thought of an effective response.

But this matter is of great importance and must be solved as soon as possible.

Huang Taiji asked, "Prince Li, before the heavy snow, how many people did Zhenghongqi bring back from the Khalkha Mongolian tribe?"

The best way to deal with Ming army gunmen is to use large cavalry to attack. The Jianzhou Jurchens are a fishing and hunting nation. Although they also have elite cavalry, they have too few people. Usually, they often fight with the Ming army with heavy infantry to break the Ming army formation, and then supplement them with elite cavalry to charge.

If you want to attack with a large group of cavalry, you can only think of summoning a large number of cavalry from various Mongolian troops.

In order to deal with the Ming army that will fight again in the future, Huang Taiji ordered the Zhenghong Banner to dispatch twenty Niulu troops to launch an offensive against the tribes that did not surrender to the nearby Khalkha Mongolia, and conquer more Mongolian cavalry for his own use.

Dai Shan replied: "This time, the commander Lenggeli led 20 Niulu to expedition to Khalkha, and obtained more than 20,000 cattle, sheep, livestock, and more than 5,000 people. More than 2,000 adult soldiers can be enlisted."

Huang Taiji frowned and said, "There are still too few soldiers. Now winter is coming, and the heavy snow will follow one after another, and the roads are no longer accessible. When the snow turns in spring next year, the red flags, the Zhenglan flags, and the blue flags will all send heavy troops to the west. The Khalkha tribes and the Han tribes will be invaded, and those who do not accept the Eight Banners will be conquered and suppressed the side, and the Eight Banners of Mongolia will send troops to the war!"

Yue Tuo and others should go.

Huang Taiji continued: "I will ask Haoge to lead his army north to go to the forest to catch more Jurchens. Taking advantage of Maodong, each flag will step up the creation of weapons and arrows. After the Western Expedition next year, we will accumulate strength. The next year, I will personally conquer the Ming Dynasty and will definitely destroy the Ming army in Changping, so that it will not become a major concern for our Qing Dynasty!"

Manguertai continued: "But there is not much iron material to build weapons and arrows, and I don't have much food under my jurisdiction. The affairs of the Jinzhou ancestors must be taken early. Our Eight Banners are short of everything in the past six months, and even gold and silver cannot be spent!"

Dorgon, who was silent for a long time, said, "It's not enough to just rely on the Zu family, and you have to go and harvest grains to complete it! North Korea has food, so our two white flags are willing to send people to North Korea for a while!"

Huang Taiji nodded and agreed: "Prince Rui's strategy is feasible! After the two white flags sent generals to the court, not only did they need to collect grain, but the Korean gunmen were very elite. They would find opportunities to catch more and get more guns, and get more guns at the same time!"

Dorgon nodded and responded. Seeing that nothing else was wrong, everyone dispersed and returned to their flags.
Chapter completed!