The meeting lasted overnight, and it was only over dawn. Shunzhi rested for a moment and announced the decision to expand the new army and establish the Tianjin Machinery Manufacturing Bureau in the morning.

The former is a matter of course, and the court and the country were mentally prepared inside and outside the court. As the new army won a great victory, except for the rewards from everyone, the first new army was also given the title of the Imperial Guard. In addition, the first batch of new guards, the Wuwei Central Army, the Wuwei Left Army, and the Wuwei Right Army expanded the new army to the number of five armies to protect the capital.

The new army was given a title, and the old official titles also need to be changed. However, compared with the official title, the government and the public were more concerned about the gaps in the fourth army, especially the commander of the fourth army. Only when they knew who was the head coach was, could they pay a visit to which family, and it was not a gift.

The expansion of the new army has become a foregone conclusion. With the general framework in place, the details can slowly work. In contrast, the Tianjin Machinery Manufacturing General Administration is completely different. Since the date of issuance, Ning Wan, Zhang Daocheng, Hao Zongfu and others have begun to select officials. On the first day of receiving the order, they went straight to the Ministry of Works to pick craftsmen and machinery, and at the same time they had to go to Tianjin Acropolis to choose a site to build a factory, and they were very busy.

The reason why I chose Tianjin Wei is that there are rich hydraulic resources there, and many hydraulic and wind machinery can come in handy. As for staying away from the capital and reducing safety, I can no longer care about this. At present, production capacity is still the key.

The morning court determined these matters, and the Qing court's finance, personnel and other aspects in the next one or two years would also be tilted towards the new army. He did not dare to be slow in the major issues of life and death. After the morning court, Shunzhi hurriedly returned to the harem.

In the harem, Wu Keshan's daughter, Xiaozhuang's niece, and his cousin Borjijit Meng Guqing had been inscribed into the cold palace, while the deposed niece was welcomed into the Kunning Palace a few years ago. However, the one he loved the most now is the Concubine Dong E.

Concubine Dong E has been favored since entering the palace. She first entered the palace as a concubine. In August of the same year, she was promoted to concubine. A month later, she became the throne of the imperial concubine. The edicts used the treatment of the queen. Her position was very rare in the Qing Dynasty. In the first month of this year, Concubine Dong E's son died young, and Shunzhi passed the ancestral system and posthumously conferred the title of Prince Heshuorong as Prince Heshuorong. This shows that.

However, after rushing back to the harem this time, Shunzhi rushed to the Chengqian Palace, but rushed to the Cining Palace, where his emperor-in-law Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang's bedroom.

"Mother Huang, the matter of the new army has been decided. In the next one or two years, the court will devote all resources to train the new army."

"It should have been like this. If it weren't for the fact that some old ministers and the children of the Eight Banners of Manchuria were somewhat dissatisfied with the new army's tactics, they should have expanded the system long ago, and they would not have reached such a hasty situation now."

The Qing Dynasty was not long since its founding, and its conservativeness was lower. Previously, the dissatisfaction with the new army was more due to the fact that the core idea of ​​the Gustav phalanx of the new army was to maximize the output of firepower. The artillery and musketeers of the Han army flag were the core arms, and the spearmen of the Eight Banners of Manchuria and the cavalry of the Eight Banners of Mongolia were just auxiliary.

However, since the Eight Banners, Manchuria has been the real core. It has dismounted and launched a horse to pursue, the Eight Banners of Mongolia are responsible for harassment and coordinated pursuit, and the Eight Banners of the Han army are responsible for firearms and assisted in infantry warfare. Now, the Han army flag, which the Qing court is most defensive, takes the lead, and there are endless oppositions. The expansion of the new army can only rely on this great victory to overwhelm other voices.

"Relying on the Han army flag, this is a forced one. The Eight Manchu Banners suffered too much loss in Jiangnan, but the fish-skinned Tartars caught in two years were only 3,000. Most of them now don't even understand the orders and cannot join the battlefield. This time, Wu Sangui rebelled, and among the more than 2,000 people who garrisoned the Eight Banners, Manchus had no less than 700 people. In the battle of Weinan, the right wing collapsed, and the new army also lost a lot of people when the rebels fought. In the past six months, nearly 3,000 Eight Manchu Banners were killed in Shaanxi alone, and the imperial court could not afford it."

"My mom knows."

Shunzhi sighed, Xiaozhuang also knew what her son was coming from. The new army was expanded and the Eight Banners Army was still used, which was not to be mentioned. But even the Eight Banners had differences between inside and outside, and the suppression of the Han people was always carried out.

But in the current situation, Chen Wen's Northern Expedition and the Qing Dynasty responded, it would inevitably be a decisive battle with no less than 100,000 troops each. The number of male men in the Eight Banners of Manchuria was less than 30,000, and among them were the disabled men who had fought over the years, which could not be used as core force. The scale of the Eight Banners of Mongolia was pitifully small, and they released a round of blood in Jiangnan. Although they recruited a lot in the south of the desert, they also had to take into account the North Korean defense. Even less than 10,000 people could be used to form a new army. As for the Eight Banners of Goryeo, the number of newly formed groups was very small, which was even more useless.

In this situation, if you want to survive, you must rely on the Han army, but this will inevitably lead to the threat of the core position of the Eight Banners of Manchuria. However, the new army was the only possibility for the Qing Dynasty to survive, and they could only rely on the Han army flag for the time being. In addition to policy adjustments, appropriate comfort is also necessary.

The mother and son were originally one, but because of Dorgon's conflict, he was now forced to the edge of the cliff by Chen Wen, so he had to work together to dance on the Eight Banners' blade that could retaliate against his master at any time.

"But, no matter how you calculate it, the number of the Eight Banners of Manchuria is a big problem. Even if Manchu and Mongolia are integrated, it is much worse than the Han military flag. You should pay attention to the Han military flag, but you should also prevent them from backlashing."

Shunzhi thought about this problem. To be precise, he lived in this fear almost every day. The core population of Manchuria was a flaw. If it weren't for Huang Taiji's establishment of the Eight Banners of the Mongolian and the Eight Banners of the Han Army before Huang Taiji died, Dorgon would not have enough bargaining chips to go to the next game of stone.

In fact, the sharp decline in core population is a fatal injury, but more importantly, the war model has undergone earth-shaking changes.

Chen Wen had already released the Nantang camp of that year with Qi Jiguang's military tactics. With the continuous victory, training methods, guarantee systems and other aspects, the army's ability to endure casualties has become stronger and stronger, which has led to the success of winning with less. In comparison, those new tactics are just appearances. Now, Wu Sangui has trained the Spanish phalanx and forced the rebels to a dead end by slaughtering the city. He also had a strong army. If it weren't for the new army's superiority, the Qing court would have been finished now.

However, the chain reaction occurred, and the myth of the invincible Eight Banners Army was completely broken, and the battle was no longer the charge of the Eight Banners Army. The Ming army fled in a glance. Both sides would never give up without exhausting the last bit of endurance to casualties on the battlefield. The problem of too small core population of the Qing Dynasty was infinitely magnified.

Such a war is no longer something that a barbarian group with only tens of thousands of men could bear. It was just relying on raising the flag to increase force, and the instability was too high. However, they had to drink poison to quench their thirst in one gulp, which was better than dying from thirst immediately, and at least they had time to find the antidote.

"Specifically, Erchen has discussed with Sony, Ebilong and others, and some of the Zhejiang bandits' methods can be used. Now, we can just wait for the money from Oboi to be in place."

"That's good, that's good."

Before Xiaozhuang finished speaking, Wu Liangfu, the eunuch beside Shunzhi, walked in and sent an urgent memorial to Shunzhi with fear. When the latter saw the signature, he opened the memorial with trembling hands. After reading it carefully, he couldn't help but feel relieved.

"It's done."

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The main force of the new army arrived in Beijing, and the expansion was promoted to the agenda. The new army of the two towns led by Oboi took on the political task of showing off his martial arts.

The army crossed the Yellow River at Fengling Ferry, entered the boundary of Shanxi, headed north, passed Pingyang Prefecture, Fenzhou, Taiyuan Prefecture, and Datong Prefecture, left the Great Wall, walked around outside the Great Wall, showed off to the nearby Mongolian tribes in the south of the desert, turned east, and returned to the capital through Zhangjiakou.

When the army arrived in Zhangjiakou, it was one of the most important trade barriers between the north and the Mongolian tribes. In addition to local civil servants and generals, they rushed to welcome Oboi, a close and important minister, a large number of merchants came to work hard.

Zhangjiakou was not within the scope of Shanxi during the Ming and Qing dynasties, but it was the most important commercial stronghold of the Shanxi merchant group. The eight major imperial merchants of the Qing dynasty were commonly known as Fan, Wang, Jin, Wang, Liang, Tian, ​​Zhai, and Huang, the eight major merchants of the Shanxi merchants.

According to historical records, they manipulated the trade in Zhangjiakou. The gunpowder of the Later Jin Dynasty, 80% of the grain and more than 60% of the metal were all provided by the Shanxi merchants. Even the information from the capital of the capital was detailed to the names of the guards at each pass, the number of soldiers and the fine equipment of the troops. It can be said that the Shanxi merchants made great contributions to subverting the late Ming regime. Later, they gained the status of the imperial merchants through this traitor.

When Oboi's army entered Zhangjiakou, these tactful Shanxi merchants rushed to reward the army. The new army won the battle, and its powerful combat power shocked the powerful factions from all over the country. These merchants were the most aware that even if Oboi did not return to Beijing through Zhangjiakou, they would have to pay the money to reward, let alone Oboi came from afar with the army. If he was not tactful, he would be too glasses.

The merchants of the Shanxi Dynasty gathered together, led by the Eight Great Masters, and among these Eight Great Masters, the Fan family was the leader. Jiexiu, the Fan family, was the largest smuggling scale of the Later Jin Dynasty. At that time, Fan Yongdou, the head of the family, was the leader of the Shanxi merchants. After the Qing army entered the pass, Shunzhi "knowing Yongdou's reputation, he summoned him and was appointed as an official. He did not know the people and refused to give him real estate in Zhangjiakou, and he was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and still traded with each other." As a result, he became the imperial merchants of the Qing Dynasty and the leader of the eight imperial merchants.

The head of the Fan family strode forward and took the lead in bowing to Oboi. Oboi knew that this person was Fan Yongdou's son, named Fan Sanba. After the Fan family obtained the status of the imperial merchant, Fan Yongdou, with the help of his son, took over the authority of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and with the privileges and conveniences given by the Qing Dynasty, his business scope was greatly expanded. On the one hand, he continued to operate border trade, and on the other hand, he went deep into the domestic market to trade silk, tea and grain. He had long been a well-known wealthy man in the world.

Fan Sanba took the lead in bowing down, Obaixu helped him and stepped into Zhangjiakou Fort. This place is an important town for trade between the Han and Mongolian in the south of the desert, and its prosperity is not like a border pass.

The Shanxi Merchants Group held a banquet, and Obai, with two generals and Goshha, entered the best restaurant surrounded by everyone.

Previously, the army went on a war, and even the new army was trained earlier. The eight great masters of Shanxi merchants all respected a lot of money. This time, Oboi returned to the army but still had to leave here. If it weren't for the fact that there were no abnormal movements in the capital, the new army had really shocked the Mongolian tribes in the south of the desert, and they might have had some different thoughts.

Oboi's identity is not to be mentioned. The eight great masters are all from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and are also called slaves in front of Oboi, giving enough face to the new army, the minister of the guards. There are many delicious dishes during the meal, and the female musicians are all famous prostitutes from local and capital. With every move, even if they don't have to smell it, they can smell the fragrance gusts, making people linger and travel back and forth.

Perhaps it was not long before the war ended, and Oboi and the two new army generals who were born in Manchuria Melezhangjing seemed in high spirits. Seeing this, Fan Sanba secretly looked at the other families, and was not in a hurry to respect silver. He had to serve these three masters first.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors, Fan Sanba and others also drank a lot, but they just listened vaguely, as if the scene of chaos and trouble was being staged in Zhangjiakou Fort.

"Just after the war, 80% of the new troops were causing trouble. Don't worry about them, we should do whatever we should do."

Fan Sanba and the current head of the Wang family who were in the same seat whispered, and the latter nodded in response. Qiu Bama, who won a war and caused trouble, and even caused trouble when he was idle, he had to drink and cause trouble. Everyone was a wealthy businessman who traveled around the world, and he still had this knowledge.

However, the noise in the fort was getting louder and louder. Although Fan Sanba couldn't hear clearly what was going on, he was afraid that he would anger Oboi. He hurriedly asked his followers to go down and inform the local officials. The green camp maintained order in the city, especially to make a lot of money to host banquets for these troubled new troops to fulfill the friendship of the landlords.

However, Fan Sanba's entourage received the order from the head of the family and was about to get off the restaurant, but was directly stopped by Oboi's Goshha. Seeing this, Fan Sanba was also shocked. A bad premonition came, and Oboi also proved his premonition clearly.

"Fan Sanba, and others colluded with the rebel Wu Sangui to provide money and food to the rebels. The evidence of the crime is conclusive. Are you still going to fight stubbornly?!"

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Zhangjiakou's beheading operation achieved unexpected results. Before the expedited memorials were sent to the capital, the action in the capital was quickly launched. Next, the eight Shanxi merchants' industries in various places were searched in large quantities, and the eight Shanxi merchants who were once proud of were uprooted. The group of pigs that had been fattening little by little since Liaodong were finally delivered to the Qing Dynasty's own chopping board.

"Shen merchants fell, Shunzhi was full. Shanxi merchants fell, Shunzhi was full."

"Don't talk nonsense, go home!"

After leaving the training camp of the new army, Liu Cheng knew that it was time to see the meeting when he entered the palace. When he entered the capital, there were yamen runners and Eight Banner soldiers searching the industries of the Eight Great Masters of Shanxi. According to Zhu Zhixi, the eight Great Masters were about to be escorted to the capital, and what was waiting for them would be torture implicated in the nine tribes.

The Qing Dynasty's property was about to come to an end, but these eight fat pigs were just in handy. With their huge family property, the cost of training the new army was at least more than enough for money.

The merchants used them to slaughter meat when the government was out of money. Liu Cheng didn't think anything was abnormal. As for collusion with the rebels, they were just to infringe on the crime. The court needed a reason to seal the mouths of Youyou, that's all.

"I don't know what crime the court will weave for me after destroying Can Ming, so that I can use my Liu Cheng's head to shock other Han military generals."

Liu Cheng rode his horse forward, his mind changed, and soon arrived at the Forbidden City. As he was always respectful, Shunzhi mentioned some things about him without saying a few words.

"This time, I have tried my best to oppose the people and appointed my beloved minister as the minister of the scattered rank. There are quite some objections in the three banners. But I feel that my beloved is loyal and worthy of great use. I also want to make great use of my beloved this time. I ignored those noises. I want to fight for this tone for me."

"The emperor's grace is so great that even if the servant dies, he will not be able to repay him. The emperor only has the order that the servant will go through fire and water, and he will not refuse."

"Very good, very good, I know, I will definitely disappoint me."

Shunzhi was very satisfied with Liu Cheng's answer and his usual attitude. He nodded, but he did not mention the appointment, but instead mentioned another matter.

"I heard that my dear family only has a few concubines and no official wife yet?"

Marriage?!

When Liu Cheng heard Shunzhi's words, he immediately thought of this word. He has now entered the Eight Banners of Manchus and moved his family to the Andingmen where the Yellow Banners are located. He has never seen Manchu women.

In terms of appearance, it is unrealistic to expect a group of barbarian women who have just struggled from the deep mountains and old forests to meet the aesthetics of the Han people. At least most of them are not surprised. However, he doesn't care about appearance. Only with the wife of a royal family can he stand better and gain greater power, and everything in the future will be more likely. At that time, it is impossible to kill the barbarian women, and then replace them with a room to provide enough political and economic resources as the wife, and there is no need to worry about it.

"If you go back to the emperor, I have been busy with the new army in the past two years and I really don't care about this."

"I know, I know. My dear is diligent in the affairs of the king, but I cannot sit and see that I don't even have a legitimate wife or son." At this point, Shunzhi paused and then said to Liu Cheng: "I have discussed this with the Empress Dowager and marry the empress dowager's adopted daughter to you. From then on, you will be my brother-in-law, and those bannermen will no longer discriminate against your identity as the Han people holding the flag."

The empress dowager's adopted daughter?

Hearing this, Liu Cheng was stunned on the spot. He had surrendered to the Qing Dynasty for many years and knew a little about the royal family. There were two goddaughters of the empress dowager, one was the daughter of Prince Yuetuo, Keqin County. After his father died, he was raised in the palace and had already married, and even passed away. The other, in his eyes, was probably not as good as the daughter of an ordinary royal family.

"Therefore, King Dingnan was surrounded by a heavy siege and was loyal to the court, and died for his country. The only daughter of King Dingnan was alone, and the empress dowager was always treated as her own in the palace. She loved her and had both talent and virtue, so that she could not humiliate her. In the future, the world will be reconciled. I still hope that there will be a living King Dingnan to inherit the throne."

It's true!

The daughter of King Kong Youde of Dingnan, the woman has very little political resources. Not to mention anything else, the Han army generals from the Dongjiang Army who were close to Kong Youde, who were from the Dongjiang Army who were called Sanshun Kings and Xu Shun Gong, are now dead and there are no more scum left. Kong Youde was forced to death by Li Dingguo, Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao were executed by Chen Wenlingchi, and Shen Yongzhong was also dismissed from office for the death of Fan Wencheng.

This woman is much worse than other royal women, even a Jueluo family woman. However, when she heard the daughter of Dingnan King, Liu Cheng suddenly remembered that Kong Youde still had a general alive. The former Dingnan Fan Admiral, and the current Henan Admiral Guoan was placed in Henan when Fan Wencheng gave up the southern part of Huguang. He is now the highest-level general in Henan Province, in charge of the Central Plains defense!

"Slave thanks Lord Long's kindness."

This is a great gift. What kind of Han princess has a very little influence among the Eight Banners. If it weren't for her father and a general holding military power now, it was exactly what he needed, Liu Cheng would have to force himself to do it.

The wedding was chosen on a zodiac auspicious day of this month, and there was no rush. In contrast, the expansion of the new army was more urgent. With this relationship, Liu Cheng also got the opportunity to lead the army independently as he dreamed of.

"Mer Zhangjing, the former Prime Minister's New Army Training Office Minister Liu Jiachen, has both courage and talent, and is very useful. He is appointed as the President of the Right Army of the Wuwei..."

The expansion of the new army was no longer the pattern of the general manager, co-organizer and ministers of the association. Correspondingly, after the new army was given the title, the official titles of officers at all levels also changed to show that they were different from the old army. Among them, the president was the head of the new army, which was equivalent to the expansion of the status of the former military power to the imperial guards.

"Slave thanks Lord Long's kindness."

The new army started with the Imperial Guard and initially planned to be expanded into the Five Armies, and the Wuwei Right Army was the last army. However, Liu Cheng led the army alone for many years and finally got such a position again. The joy in his heart was beyond words, but it was hard to reveal it in the court, so as not to be verbally distracted. Unfortunately, this ecstasy has not yet been taken off. When he heard the next appointment, Liu Cheng was like a basin of cold water pouring on his head and could no longer laugh.

"I hereby appointed the Manchurian Yellow Banner Melezhangjing Guarja Murima as the commander of the right army of the Wuwei, and also to lead the cavalry of the headquarters. Both of you are from the Manchurian Yellow Banner, and you should work together to train a strong soldier for our Qing Dynasty."
Chapter completed!