"This" Dorgon turned his attention to the Manchu ministers in front of the Huangji Gate. The matter of his Gege marrying the Ming Dynasty Crown Prince was not only a state matter, but also a family matter of Aixinjueluo. He had to listen to the Manchu ministers, especially the princes.

opinions.

"Old Fifteen," Dorgon first asked his full brother Dodo, "tell me first."

"Brother Fourteen," Duduo said, "Han people all talk about marriage. It shows that marriage can be discussed. You might as well talk to the crown prince of the Zhu family first. He also wants to be the emperor. If he can succeed, it will not be humiliating.

Dongguo."

Dorgon nodded lightly. He had no son, so he only had a daughter, so he naturally hoped that she would marry well. Although Zhu Cixi was a strong enemy of the Qing Dynasty, from another perspective, it also showed that he was very likely to keep half of the Ming Dynasty, and he was naturally the leader of a country.

Jun, of course you are worthy of the title of Donggu Gege in Dorgon.

"Your Majesty!" At this time, someone suddenly came out from the Han class. Dorgon saluted, "I think the marriage is inappropriate!"

Dorgon followed the news and saw a Han minister in his fifties, Jin Zhijun, the Minister of War.

"What's wrong?" Dodo asked.

"Nowadays, the weather is cold and dry, and the northwest, central plains, Hebei and other places have suffered from famines for many years. There is not much food left, so they all rely on the support from the south of the Yangtze River. Since Li Chuang's disaster, rice from the southeast has not reached the capital, so the price of rice in the north has skyrocketed. If the imperial court

If we cannot get to the south of the Yangtze River, water transportation will be blocked, and the north will be in chaos due to lack of food! Therefore, I implore the prince to plan for the people of the north and seek unification to quell the remaining Ming Dynasty."

Dorgon frowned: "Zhu Cihong revived the emperor, how can we talk about unification? But if you get an inch, you will get an inch, and if you get a ruler, you will get an ear."

"Your Majesty, even though the crown prince of the Zhu family is talented, the folk customs in the south of the Yangtze River are weak and vulnerable." Sun Zhixian said, "As soon as our Qing heavenly troops arrive, they will surely fall apart!"

"Your Majesty, I also believe that the Southeast is extremely fragile. The crown prince of the Zhu family is suspected of being a treason, so it will be difficult for him to gain the support of scholars. Our Qing army is invincible, and the Southeast can be defeated!"

"The heavenly troops of the Qing Dynasty are invincible, how can the southeast be vulnerable to a single blow?"

Sun Zhixian and Jin Zhijun took the lead, and a group of civil servants who had become three ministers finally started talking freely. Almost everyone had the same idea that Southeast Asia must be leveled and Can Ming destroyed!

However, Dorgon would not believe them. They were a group of civil servants who were not as capable as Hong Chengchou in both civil and military affairs. They knew nothing! You could not listen to them about war matters, otherwise the country would surely be destroyed.

"King Pingxi!" Dorgon saw that King Pingxi Wu Sangui was still squinting, "You are a general of the former Ming Dynasty, tell me."

Wu Sangui had already shaved his hair to make it easier for him to serve, so he stood among the crowd of ministers, feeling weak and sluggish just looking at him.

He is now hiding his power and biding his time. He has sent all his troops back to his hometown in western Liaoning and asked them to take care of the fields that have been idle for a while. At the same time, he is also following the organizational method of the Eight Banners soldiers to organize the 30,000 to 40,000 households under his command.

It became a "Wu Banner" independent of the Eight Banners. However, he himself recently made a public announcement and requested to return to Liaoxi and Ningyuan to appease the people and no longer stay in Beijing.

Hearing Dorgon's question, Wu Sangui had to cheer up, strode out of the queue, and after saluting, he said: "Your Majesty, my ancestral home is Gaoyou County, Nanzhili. Qi Wuyi, whose ancestral home is Chuzhou, Nanzhili. Emperor Gao, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, is from Nanzhili."

A native of Fengyang, Zhili."

Dorgon nodded, "It seems that there are also strong and brave people among the southerners!

But now the north does need rice from the southeast. Otherwise, the price of rice will skyrocket and the people will have no food and clothing. How can the Qing Dynasty be stable? King Pingxi, what do you think we should do?"

"I think," Wu Sangui paused, "I can ask the Southern Dynasty for 4 million shi per year of rice, which is equivalent to the amount of canal rice."

"That's it!" Dorgon pointed at Jin Zhijun, "Jin Shilang, you and Sun Shilang go to the south of the Yangtze River together, and go in the name of your personal envoy."

He thought for a while and then said: "As long as the Southern Dynasty is willing to pay tribute of 4 million stones of rice and food every year and cede Datong Prefecture, I will marry Gege to the crown prince of the Zhu family. However, Gege is only 6 years old this year and cannot marry. How many more children will we have?"

In the year, she was married off and sent to Nanjing when she turned 13.

In addition, the Qing Dynasty will not invade Datong, Shandong. The vassal vassal can go to Jinan and become the king of Qi! The Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty will be bounded by the Daqing River and the Yellow River, as well as the Yellow River in Kaifeng Prefecture and Henan Prefecture. This is okay, right?

?”

When Li Zicheng and Dorgon both sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Cixiang, the de facto head of the Ming Dynasty, was guarding Emperor Chongzhen in Yangzhou Mansion.

Boxes and cattail bags containing munitions were being moved from two Chinese-Western warships that arrived at the Yangtze River pier in Guazhou Town. Thousands of soldiers from the New Army who overcame the difficulties were carrying these life-saving munitions on their shoulders and by their hands under the command of officers.

, near the Yangtze River Pier in Guazhou Town, it is even more heavily guarded.

Liu Liang and Li Shi, two thousand-household officers of the military and political guards, brought several documents and were sweating profusely as they compared the weapons and ammunition sent by the Zheng family.

He was still a Jinshi in the 16th year of Chongzhen's reign! Just because he learned mathematics, chemistry and artillery from Western missionaries, he was transferred to the military attaché by Zhu Cixiang and is now in charge of the equipment department.

Although Li Shi has never been a Jinshi, he was an official in the Qintian Supervisor before and was also a civil servant. Now he and his father Li Zubai (also an official in the Qintian Supervisor) are in charge of the craftsmen's office under the Military and Political Guards Supplies Department, which is actually in charge of Suijun Arsenal.

There were also some craftsmen in Zhu Cixiang's court brigade, all of whom came from Tianjin Guards. They were mainly blacksmiths, and there were also some carpenters and shipwrights. However, their craftsmanship was poor and they could not make qualified cannons and firecrackers.

.

Zhu Cixiang raised them mainly to repair instruments, cast lead bullets, and make gun thorns. Because there was no standardized large-scale industry these days, the muskets were non-standard equipment produced by manual workshops. Therefore, the lead bullets and gun thorns used were only

It can be non-standard. Among them, the thorns even need to be customized. That is, according to the different specifications of each fire gun, a thorn can be installed separately. Moreover, the quality of these thorns is generally poor and often damaged, so it needs to be repaired or repaired in time.

It is to be rebuilt. In this way, the craftsman battalion accompanying the army will be indispensable!

Zhu Cixiang stood at the corner of the pier, walking around casually with his senior brother Zheng Sen. From time to time, he opened a box and took out various types of firecrackers inside to play with. Zheng Sen beside him would promptly

Tell Zhu Cihong the model, origin and price of this firegun.

"Chitose, this is a Kuniyou iron cannon produced at the Royal Iron Cannon Forge in Edo Castle, Japan. Although its shooting range is not as far as the Ikaruga Foot Fire Gun and Lumi Gun produced in Foshan, the workmanship is more refined.

, can fire seven blunderbuss in a row, and is relatively light and easy to carry. There is no need for a stand when firing the blunderbuss.”

"Master Chitose, this is a Tanegashima iron cannon, produced in the Satsuma Domain of Japan. It is a relic from Japan's troubled times, but it has been well maintained and is still usable."

"Master Chitose, this is an iron cannon produced in the Kishu Domain of Japan. It is also a relic from Japan's troubled times. It is forty or fifty years old, but it is still usable."

"Chitose, this is also a second-hand item from Japan. It looks like an old-fashioned Kuniyou iron cannon. Japan used a lot of firecrackers at the end of the so-called Warring States period, so there are many old items left. I have connections in my family and can buy them in large quantities. Arrived. Because Mr. Chitose was in urgent need of fire guns, he had no time to buy new guns from Foshan. He simply bought old guns from Japan. Although these old guns were from decades ago, they were well maintained and the texture was still good. It's decent and the price is cheap. If the Zheng family buys one, it only costs three to five taels of silver."

"Three to five taels of silver?" Zhu Cixiang was stunned when he heard the price, "So cheap?"
Chapter completed!