Shengjing, the imperial palace.
In this severe cold season, Huang Taiji was ill.
Since the army of the North Road left only 20,000 remnants of the defeated generals and returned to the country, the Dorgon Department of the South Road Army, which he had high hopes, led the remnants of the defeated generals with less than 15,000 men. He was not good at maneuvering boats, so there were two thousand soldiers who were buried in the sea and were fed fish and turtles). After escaping from the sea to the country, Huang Taiji vomited blood on the spot and couldn't afford to be sick!
And this is also very obvious, the battle of entry into the band that he had high hopes actually achieved this kind of virtue! Before I left the customs, it was really a mighty and powerful army of 100,000!
The whole army also has the belief that it will win, and this time it must rob the Ming country severely! But now? Not to mention that the robber didn't make it, and only one-third of those who could escape back were left! More than 60,000 brave warriors of the Qing Dynasty have been buried forever in that distant land!
What's more serious is that such a serious failure is unprecedented since the rise of the Qing Dynasty! The entire Qing Dynasty is crying! That's every family criticizing hemp! Every household is filial! Half of the Qing Dynasty’s forces have been lost!
What's more serious, if the robbers didn't make it, and the things weren't grabbed, how did the Qing Dynasty spend this rare year of catastrophe
In addition, the warriors of the Qing Dynasty who died in battle, the Mongolian Eight Banners who had already surrendered, began to look weird again, and they were ready to move. After all, it was not because the Manchu Eight Banners were so powerful that they defeated them. Who wants to take their own heads? How about multiple masters? But now? So I am invincible in the Qing Dynasty, it is a natural disaster and man-made disaster, come together...
However, after three days of recuperation, Huang Taiji and others were slightly better. They just braced themselves, called the Eight Banner Banner Masters, and convened an imperial conference. This level of conference can be said to determine the Qing Dynasty. The fate of the next!
The meeting was held in the Taiji Hall in the imperial palace (built in imitation of the lighting dynasty), and after all the five Eight Banners holders arrived (Zhenghuangqi, the holders of the yellow flag are Huang Taiji, and the holder of the red flag Yuetuo I just died in the battle, and no one has been elected, so the people who came are Hauge, the owner of the Zhenglan flag, Jierhalang, the owner of the blue flag, Dorgon, the owner of the white flag, Duoduo, the owner of the white flag, and Zheng The Red Flag Banner is on behalf of the good)
The Emperor Taichih sat on the dragon chair, his eyes were swept from their faces, and he began to give the first order: "Now I am in a severe situation in the Qing Dynasty, so this year, my Eight Banners can be added earlier, and The scale of conscription can also be lowered, so we must restore the strength of the Qing nation as soon as possible!"
"Ah? Is this appropriate?" Hearing Huang Taiji's proposal, Jierhalang, the owner of the blue flag, frowned, feeling unsuitable.
And this is also very obvious. The supplement of the Eight Banners is not unlimited. Generally, it can only be supplemented once a year (that is, there will be a batch of new Eight Banners "Cheng Ding" every year. The standard for Manchu Eight Banners "Cheng Ding" is not fixed. , Sometimes it is qualified by being five feet tall, sometimes by a certain age, such as 16 years old, 18 years old, etc.)
But now, if all those fourteen or five-year-old young soldiers are added in, they will look better in numbers, but how much combat power can they have
Moreover, according to the rules of the Qing Dynasty, Ji'erhalang also has the right to question... In the post-Golden era, the four major Baylors discussed politics together, and since Huang Taiji became emperor, theoretically, the Eight Banners and all the people Manchu people are all servants of Huang Taiji.
However, after all, the Eight Banner Banner Masters are highly powerful (I Qing Dynasty is still a semi-feudal and semi-slave system at this time, so the Eight Banner Banner Masters with military power in their hands are very powerful), so even Huang Taiji must consider their opinions.
But at this time, hearing Ji'erhalang's questioning, Huang Taiji said with a cold face: "Then do you have any good solutions? Or is it possible to maintain the entire Qing Dynasty only with the remaining 60,000 warriors!"
"This..." Jierhalang was a little confused when he heard it. Jierhalang's talents were not outstanding, so he couldn't think of a good way, but instinctively felt that something was wrong, but he thought about it carefully, I The population base of the Qing Dynasty is small, and the background is insufficient. This is a congenital deficiency, so it seems that it can only be so. At least you can collect feathers and dusters to maintain a good-looking face...
On the contrary, Daishan, the leader of the Zhenghongqi Banner, after listening to Huang Taiji's proposal, raised his hands in favor. Daishan received a major blow in the battle to enter the bandit...
Because the war-dead General of Yangwu, Yue Tuo, was his eldest son and the one who inherited his family in the future! But now? Therefore, when Dai Shan heard of Huang Taiji's army expansion, he was very in favor of it, and even he was thinking about when he would lead his troops to fight back to Daming to avenge this revenge!
Hearing the first article, there was no objection, and then Huang Taiji talked about the second thing, that is, this battle of Faming, originally to snatch wealth, so as to survive this catastrophe year! But reality gave him a big slap! So how did the Qing Dynasty spend this year of catastrophe
Therefore, Huang Taiji has made a decision. In addition to increasing the exploitation of North Korea that has already surrendered, he also selected ten relatively weak Mongolian tribes, and let these tribes hand in a certain number of goods each year. Doubled! In other words, it is to suppress the Mongols in exchange for their own living space.
"Ah! Isn't this wrong?" Hearing Huang Taiji's decision, Ji'erhalang screamed. Of course he has no objection to the former, but he has different opinions on the latter, and he has different opinions on the latter. Huang Taiji is also very loyal, so he dared to express different opinions.
Ji'erhalang immediately said: "The emperor, this is not right. You must know that my military strength in the Qing Dynasty has been greatly damaged. The Mongolian Eight Banners are just about to be ready to move, and now they are suddenly raising so many taxes. If this is to force them On the contrary, what should I do?"
"Hmph, I just want to push them back!" Huang Taiji snorted coldly. Of course, what he said was angry, but he looked at the five banner owners present here. Among them, the most strategic The owner of the white flag, Dorgon, the prince of Rui, bowed his head slightly at this moment and easily refused to express his position because of his recent return from a big defeat.
As for the son he cultivated hard, Hauge, the owner of the Zhenglan Banner, was at a loss. Huang Taiji sighed inwardly when he saw it. But even for his son, he had to give the Qing Dynasty to Support it, so I can only die the Daoist friends and not die the poor Dao.
Then Huang Taiji began to explain. I heard his cold voice echoing in the hall: "Now I have a great loss of national power in the Qing Dynasty, and the Mongolian Eight Banners are ready to move, but if they treat me Manchuria Eight Banners as a sick cat, then they have miscalculated! So I will borrow. This time I will test it out. If any Mongolian tribe who doesn't open its eyes dared to jump out to oppose it, I would just use him for the operation!
And you don’t have to worry about collectively pushing against the Eight Banners of Mongolia. The ten Mongolian tribes I have delineated this time to increase the proportion of tribute are all small tribes with a population of less than 5,000. of!
As for the kind of large tribes, I will not move them. In addition, among the Mongolian Eight Banners, the Horqin and other tribes who are married to our Manchu Eight Banners, must be on our side, so major events are still fine. "
"So that's it!" Hearing Huang Taiji's explanation, Jier Harang and others suddenly realized, and lamented that Huang Taiji's move was really good. It could not only plunder materials from the Eight Banners of Mongolia, but also use it to test out. Dissidents in the Eight Banners of Mongolia.
As for the small tribes who have been robbed of the last food for their lives, it is not their business how to survive this harsh winter.
Seeing that these Eight Banner Banner owners had no objection, Huang Taiji was also somewhat satisfied, and the two points he said were measures to stabilize the country. Then, the third point that Huang Taiji wants to talk about is even him. They were all a little hard to tell, but Huang Taiji finally said: "Proceed with the decree, and make peace with Mingguo!"
"What? Discussing peace?" Hearing this word, more than half of the Eight Banners Masters present all screamed in surprise! Among them, Zhenghongqiqi's master Daishan feels even more unacceptable!
You must know that since Taizu used the seven great hatreds and formally rebelled against Ming, the battle with Ming has always prevailed. Even if the losses this time are a bit big, they are only occasional losses, so how can he bow down? Negotiating! Not to mention that he still has the pain of losing his son, and he wants to find another chance to avenge him, but he has to negotiate a peace like this
"Hey—" Huang Taiji sighed softly when he saw the turmoil in the crowd below. In fact, he didn't want to do that. You must know that he has only been on the throne for three years. It is just when he wants to make a big show.
(To put it bluntly is to ask for peace... I can't make a move, so I ask for peace), isn't this just hitting yourself in the face? In this way, how do the ministers below think of him? How will future history books evaluate him? But for the sake of the Qing Dynasty's safety, he had to take this trick!
Therefore, Huang Taiji tried to endure the humiliation in his heart and calmly said: "Everyone, with the current situation, we must make peace with Mingguo! Otherwise, do you think I have the strength to continue confronting Mingguo? "
Even Huang Taiji made further analysis for them. If they continue to maintain a hostile situation with Ming, or even continue to consume each other, the Qing's national strength will be further depleted. If there is any super tribe in the Mongolian Eight Banners that wants to restore the glory of the Mongol Empire , Bypassing them to form an alliance with Ming Country, and then both fight against my Great Qing Country. Then what should I do when the time comes
After all, they had never done anything like this kind of downfall before.
Therefore, the most urgent task at the moment is to seek perfection! Only make peace with Mingguo!
Only after Heming State eliminates the hostile state, the Mongolian allies in the country can completely give up and honestly continue to obey the arrangement.
Of course, as Huang Taiji has come up with a series of strategic plans these days, this is only his expedient measure, because as long as he has passed this cold winter, after the beginning of spring, if the weather can be adjusted and the grain production can be increased, I will be clear. I can take a breath, and then I will continue to do this for another year or two, until the national strength of Qing Dynasty rises, and then...
It's just for his good intentions that the other Eight Banner Banner owners still have difficulty understanding. After all, since the great grandfather Nurhachi, they have been actually grandsons for Mingguo! And now, if it's a negotiation, isn't it actually going back to the past and continuing to be the grandson of Mingguo
After all, the so-called peace talks can only be negotiated between two countries with similar national strength. But now, the population of the Qing Dynasty is one percent of that of Ming, and the area is one twentieth of that of Ming. The difference in strength is so great, it can be. Negotiation? Might as well fight to the end!
But at this time, Dorgon, who had been silent, suddenly said: "I support the emperor's decision! After all, I am already at a very dangerous juncture in Qing Dynasty! In addition, the emperor's meaning is already very obvious, uh, Have you ever heard of an idiom allusion from the Han people, called "Take the courage"?"
"Uh-" Hearing Dorgon suddenly expressed his support and started to draw texts, the other Eight Banners banner owners just showed a dazed expression... Although the Qing Dynasty has established a country, the barbarians are still barbarians, and they don't know a few big characters. Yes, how can you understand such an allusion
It is Huang Taiji. Although he is still afraid of this half-brother in his heart, he still has to admire his extraordinary knowledge. He deserves to be the prince Rui and understands his good intentions...
Then Huang Taiji explained it to these Eight Banners Banner owners, and said that when the Qing Dynasty had reached the time when it was time for me to pay for it, these Eight Banners Banner owners reluctantly agreed.
But even so, if there is a real need to negotiate, there are still a lot of specific matters involved! For example, one of the most important points is whether the state system can be retained... that is, the title of the Qing Dynasty can be retained!
After all, before the Eight Banners of Manchuria, it was only a watchdog for Ming Dynasty outside the Pass. Even if it were to be developed later, it would only take two or three years to become a Qing Dynasty. However, Mingguo was already very dissatisfied with it, so if this is a negotiation If Mingguo proposes to let them go their own country, what should they do
And when they heard this question raised by them, Huang Taiji's face couldn't help but twitch... After all, peace talks are just a stopgap measure to ease the external situation, but if you really want to go to the national title of the Qing Dynasty (just like in history) As in the Southern Tang Dynasty, it can only be called the lord of the country, or the country of children and ministers), then this has touched the bottom line! Even the following Manchuria Eight Banners will not agree!
However, Huang Taiji had considered this, so he said at this moment: "This country is absolutely unshakable! If the Ming State has intentions in this regard, we can bribe their important ministers to obtain their understanding.
In addition, in order to show our sincerity, we can still kiss... I heard that the emperor of the country has a daughter, titled Princess Kunxing, who is thirteen years old and is very popular with him. Then we can still ask him for a kiss. To show our sincerity! "
"This is a good way!" After listening to these Eight Banners Banner owners, they all nodded, because they all know that the people of Mingguo believe in the way of Confucius and Mencius, which is relatively pedantic. If they can really ask for marriage, the two sides have formed a country of relatives. Is the country embarrassed to attack them? In this way, you can win precious time for recuperation.
Of course, this will not form a bondage for them at all! Can a mere woman decide the national fortune of both parties? Nonsense! You have to turn your face when it's time to turn your face!
That being the case, this summit meeting has set the tone, that is, cruelly exploiting the Mongolian tribes internally and passing the disaster on them! Externally, he negotiated peace with Da Ming, and also asked them to kiss him. Through these efforts, he won a time and space for recuperating and restoring his strength.
So after such a final determination, Huang Taiji immediately revised a letter of the country, and sent a messenger to the Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming country. After receiving this letter of credibility, the court immediately caused an uproar and agreed with Huang Taiji’s request. There are also those who disagree with seeking peace.
Those who agree with the request for peace think that this can prevent arbitrarily using swords and soldiers and regain national power, while those who disagree with the request for peace think that Dongnu has always been an unfamiliar wolf cub, and this is nothing more than raising a tiger! So for a while, there was endless arguing among the ruling and the opposition!
However, because Huang Taiji was willing to spend money, he had quietly bought out many officials to speak for him, and even took the approach of the newly appointed Wenyuange University Fellow, Liu Yuliang, the first assistant of the dynasty.
However, Liu Yuliang belongs to the courageous generation, or is good at being a wall-headed man (in the original history, when the Qing army entered the invasion, Liu Yuliang asked himself to inspect the military situation, but he fled in the face of the Qing army), so this time although He didn't accept Huang Taiji's bribes, but he also wisely protected himself and did not express his position. As a result, the two sides argued more and more.
However, no matter how the two parties argued, one thing is that they all agree on one point. Even those officials who have been bought by Huang Taiji dare not make a fallacy on this matter... That is about Princess Kunxing and her relatives. That is absolutely impossible. of!
Of course, this is also the historical tradition of the Ming Dynasty. At this point, the Ming Dynasty is still very sturdy, that is, the famous Three Not Dynasty... No relationship! No compensation! Compared with the cowardly Northern Song dynasty in the past, the servile cemetery and compensation, that is quite spine!
(I would like to say one more thing here. Even though there are many things in the Ming Dynasty, there is no iron cavalry that blocked the Eight Banners of Manchuria, resulting in my Han Chinese being enslaved for 300 years! But at this point, I am still very stubborn! No land! No marriage! No compensation! The emperor guards the gate! The emperor died in the community! Iron bones! (including Chongzhen committed suicide at the time of the Ming Dynasty, and fulfilled his promise with his life) This is quite rare in many dynasties!)
Therefore, for the letter of the Credentials of Tanzi, when the first assistant Liu Yuliang did not express his position, the opinion of the second assistant Yang Sichang seemed very important. However, under Chongzhen's secret inquiry, Yang Sichang also felt very embarrassed, no To make a decision.
So a few days after receiving Huang Taiji's credential, Yang Sichang was the flying pigeon handing down the book, and he wanted to listen to the opinions of Yang Shanlu, Qianliju of the Yang family.
And this is something that hasn’t happened in the original history. History has turned a corner. I don’t know how Yang Shanlu will express his position... (End of this chapter)