In March of the fifth year of the Great Ming Dynasty, Nurhachi led the Eight Banners Army to sweep all the way through Liaodong and captured more than 70 cities in just ten years, including Liaoyang and Shenyang at that time.

After that, the generals of the Eight Banners said that they wanted to return to Fushun, and Nurhachi moved the capital to Liaoyang, and then moved the capital to Shenyang, and then became the capital of the Qing court, Shengjing, and also built the imperial palace in Shengjing, and since then Shengjing has become the center of the Qing court outside the Guan.

In the Dazheng Hall of the Shengjing Imperial Palace, a large number of civil and military generals of the Eight Banners had already knelt down at this time, among which Prince Zhuang, Ma Qi, Xu Yuanmeng, Mar Sai and Zhang Tingyu and others knelt in the front, they looked down at the ground, and bowed to the small figure sitting in the center.

"Long live the emperor, long live, long live!"

Emperor Qianlong's face was slightly pale, strictly speaking, this was his first great government since he ascended the throne, so all the important ministers in the court had arrived, waiting for the new monarch to find the future direction of the Eight Banners in this new Qianlong first year.

But this matter is really a very difficult thing for Emperor Qianlong, who is only more than ten years old.

After all, in the past three years of Yongzheng, Emperor Yongzheng took all his own operations and all the efforts to gather the army, but was finally completely defeated by the Fu Han army, and he didn't even really hit the other party hard, and this thing with the influence of the Qing monarchs and ministers was endless despair.

Perhaps in this battle of life and death, if it were not for the Yongzheng Emperor to use his own death to leave the last trace of face to the Qing Dynasty, otherwise the current Qing Dynasty will be completely shattered under internal and external troubles......

Emperor Qianlong faced with such a situation, he didn't know where to start, if he continued to fight with the blood of the Eight Banners, it is estimated that there would be another battle, and the entire Eight Banners could be completely destroyed.

At present, the situation in the Qing court is not ordinarily bad, the Ningjin area has completely fallen into the hands of the Han army, and when the weather improves slightly, I am afraid that the Shengjing area will also usher in heavy troops, and then can only choose to retreat in the direction of Heilongjiang or Jilin.

But the problem is that those places are deserted, there is not enough arable land at all, and they cannot support the more than 400,000 people of the Eight Banners today, especially among the last 400,000 people of the Eight Banners, most of them are still old and young, women and children, and if they go north like this, they will only freeze to death or starve to death in the future...... There is no need for the Han army to fight, and the Eight Banners will be finished.

"Ministers, you are all the backbone of my Qing Dynasty, and now that Chu is heavily stationed in Ningjin, what should I do?"

Emperor Qianlong was silent for a while, after all, he didn't understand military affairs, so he could only ask a few backbone ministers of the Qing Dynasty for help, but after scanning everyone's faces, no one took the initiative to stand up.

Just when Qianlong sighed softly, Xu Yuanmeng still came out, with a bit of solemnity on his face, and said in a low voice: "Now that I can't fight anymore, I have been defeated again and again, if I fight again, I am afraid that there will be a danger of overturning, so I should think about retreating." ”

Ma Qi snorted coldly, and said without yin or yang: "The Qing Dynasty retreated from the south to the north, from the inside of the pass to the outside of the pass, where can you retreat if you retreat?" ”

Zhang Tingyu frowned slightly, strictly speaking, there is nothing wrong with what Xu Yuanmeng said, he must retreat, otherwise it will be a dead end to himself, but Ma Qi was snubbed by the first emperor before, and now it is normal to have some complaints in his heart, so he said softly: "Two adults, now that I am in danger in the Qing Dynasty, it is necessary to work together in harmony." ”

A trace of anger appeared on Xu Yuanmeng's face, and he said in a low voice: "Hengchen is right, but the old man just told some truths, if the governor of Ma Qi can lead his troops to defeat the enemy, why should the old man destroy his own prestige?" ”

"You ........." Ma Qi didn't know how to refute for a while, he flicked his sleeves fiercely, snorted coldly but did not respond.

Qianlong, who was sitting at the top, felt the atmosphere of the court meeting for the first time, and the whole person's face was a little ugly, in his opinion, these minions are all damn guys, everyone has selfish intentions!

Zhang Tingyu sighed and said: "Your Majesty, my lords, in the opinion of a servant, now that a big battle has just been fought, the morale of the soldiers is sluggish, and then I am forced to force them to fight Chu Yi, I am afraid that everyone has fear in their hearts....... With the slave only to see, now we should avoid its sharpness, and we should regain the heart of the army. ”

Hearing that Zhang Tingyu's words were biased towards Xu Yuanmeng, Ma Qi was very dissatisfied in his heart, and said coldly: "If you don't fight and say defeat, how can you get the military heart?" Even if it is regained, it must be regained on the battlefield, right? ”

Qianlong was originally a little curious, but before he could speak, he was given a sentence by Ma Qi, and his face was a little ugly at the moment, and he pursed his lips and said dryly: "What the two adults said makes sense." ”

Zhang Tingyu had a smile on his face, and said softly: "The military spirit naturally depends on the battlefield, but although we can't defeat Chu Wei, can't we still win North Korea?" Since our Eight Banners are short of food and money this year, we will re-march south to Korea and plunder the property of its people in order to enrich the Eight Banners and strengthen the morale of our army. ”

Fight North Korea? They thought about it carefully in their hearts, but the more they thought about it, the more feasible they felt, after all, what is the state of North Korea's armed forces, they are simply clear.

Not to mention the current Great Fresh Army, even if it is the green battalion in the past, it will be crushing when it fights North Korea!

After all, in this era, there is basically no army that can be worse than the North Korean army, although the Qing Dynasty has been defeated repeatedly with the Fu Han army, but after all, it has also accumulated a lot of experience, and fighting North Korea is simply a relaxed and pleasant march!

At that moment, everyone was a little moved, and Xu Yuanmeng asked directly: "But after all, North Korea is a vassal of my Qing Dynasty, and if I rashly send troops, I am afraid that it will damage the prestige of my Qing Dynasty morally." ”

"Hmph, when is it all going to talk about this?"

At this meeting, Ma Qi opened his mouth to refute, his eyes were a little excited, and he said softly: "This system is also in line with the ancestral system, after Emperor Taizong was established, he also personally led the army to plunder Korea, and the first war was under its royal capital, not only had a lot of property and children, but also made North Korea a vassal of my Qing Dynasty, which can be described as extremely happy!" ”

As soon as he talked about the prosperity of his ancestors' martial virtues, even Emperor Qianlong became a little excited, and his sharp voice immediately sounded, "When I was studying in the study, the masters also taught me, hehe, in the past, I was the prosperity of martial arts in the Qing Dynasty, how can it be compared today?" ”

Zhang Tingyu immediately hit the railway while it was hot: "Your Majesty, this battle can be personally conquered by the emperor in order to follow the actions of Emperor Taizong back then, and rebuild the prestige of our Qing army, which is the foundation of the emperor's governance." ”

What the? Do you want to pro-enlist?

When Emperor Qianlong heard this word now, the whole person was a little hesitant, Kangxi and Yongzheng both lost their lives because of the pro-conquest, and now they want to go to the pro-conquest? I won't go, whoever loves to go!

Just when Qianlong was about to say something politely, Xu Yuanmeng agreed: "If the emperor personally conquers Korea, he will be able to reconquer Korea in the future, and he will also be able to win a respite for my Qing Dynasty." ”

As soon as he heard that Xu Yuanmeng also agreed, Qianlong looked at Ma Qi, hoping that he could say a few words for himself, but he didn't expect Ma Qi to look at the emperor, but said loudly: "This matter can be done, and the emperor can also become the lord of my Qing Dynasty Zhongxing in the future!" ”

This time it made Qianlong dumbfounded, he didn't expect the ministers to reach a consensus on this matter, and he couldn't help but scold in his heart, he didn't expect that not only Zhang Tingyu and Xu Yuanmeng were chaotic ministers and thieves, but even Ma Qi, a guy who seemed honest and loyal, was also a thief........

It's just that the emperor is a young lord after all, and he didn't dare to refute it, looking at everyone's expectant eyes, he had to cry out: "Since all the ministers think that I want to conquer myself, then I will listen to you ......."

.........

Just when the Qing court was thinking about reconquest of Korea, the Korean envoy Jin Shijun and others rushed to Tianjin by sea, and then rushed all the way to Beijing under the escort of the cavalry of the Fu Han Army.

At this time, Ning Yu also happened to be busy with the task of arranging an attack on Guanwai, but he was consulting with Cui Wancai and the cabinet ministers about the follow-up preparations for Tuntian in Liaodong, which was simply to provide basic material security and security for the newly arrived immigrants.

In this matter, the imperial court took the initiative to arrange for civilians to go north, so the cost of the whole should naturally be borne by the imperial court, such as the travel expenses and the accommodation to Liaodong, all of which need to be prepared for the relevant preparations, otherwise when the people come, even the food and clothing at the beginning will be a problem, and it will be impossible to attract other people in the future.

In addition, the security of Liaodong itself also needs to be paid attention to by the Ningchu court, which threatens not only the Eight Banners, but also those scattered bandits and rogues, etc., who will also become a major threat to the immigration group, so after the conquest of Liaodong, a huge suppression of bandits must also be prepared.

For this reason, Ning Yu specially supervised the Second Group Army to go out of the customs to fight at that time, and cooperated with the Central Group Army to dispatch a total of more than 100,000 people to carry out a dragnet sweep of bandits outside the customs, and never allowed the slightest hidden danger to be left.

Just when everyone was honestly listening to Ning Yu's work, it was Shi Tai, the deputy director of the chamberlain's office, who quietly walked in and passed a secret message to Ning Yu, the content of which was about the Korean envoy.

Ning Yuzai carefully read the secret report, and then ordered in a low voice: "This matter should not be publicized, the Military Intelligence Department did the right thing, tell Dong Cheng to place them first, and no one else is allowed to contact them." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Shi Tai, the deputy director of the chamberlain, did not show the slightest expression on his face, and bent slightly to leave the conference room, while the other ministers saw this scene and muttered a little in their hearts at the moment.

Ning Yu didn't hide anything, and said softly: "The Korean envoys have already arrived in Beijing, but they are a little earlier than I thought, and Du Qiuyan, the left attendant of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will be responsible for contacting them first." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

A Ningchu official who looked very gentle stood up, and now Song Enming, the secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is still receiving Zhu Yigui's envoy in Nanjing, and he came to Beijing as a left attendant to deal with these things.

The second assistant Cui Wancai said: "Your Majesty, now that North Korea has sent envoys, presumably they hope that my Dachu can send troops to North Korea as soon as possible to solve its predicament. ”

"That's right, it's just that they're thinking about it simply."

Ning Yu shook his head slightly and said: "Although the Qing court has become a loser, it doesn't mean that there is no way to take North Korea, if someone in the Qing court knows about this, I am afraid that they will repeat the battle of Bingzi." ”

Du Qiuyan was a little surprised: "They still have such courage now? ”

Everyone was also very puzzled in their hearts, in their opinion, it was too late for the Qing court to protect itself, how could they dare to continue to expand the front? Are you really not afraid of the disaster of destroying the country and destroying the people?

But even if there are madmen in the Qing court, there should be sensible people, whether it is Xu Yuanmeng or Zhang Tingyu, Ma Qi and others, they are all old people who hold the country, and they should not let this situation happen.

Ning Yu shook his head and sighed: "What I said is only the worst-case scenario, but I really can't underestimate the Qing court monarchs and ministers, they will find a way to seize any opportunity in order to get a glimmer of life right now." ”

In fact, only Ning Yu understood in his heart that at the end of the Qing Dynasty in the previous life, after Yuan Shikai led his troops to invade Korea, the treaty signed with Korea was actually a copy of the peace treaty signed between the Qing court and the foreign powers at that time, and the so-called vassal relationship was completely worthless in front of interests.

Cui Wancai stroked his beard and said: "If it is really as Your Majesty said, then my Han army should also send troops to Korea as soon as possible to completely rescue it from the Tatars........."

"No!"

Before Cui Wancai finished speaking, Ning Yu shook his head and said meaningfully: "It is not in the interests of my Dachu to send troops directly, in fact, I will order the Central Army to continue to coerce Shengjing, so that they can go south to Korea as soon as possible, as for the rescue of North Korea, it is not yet time." ”

"What do you mean by that? The ministers were a little puzzled....... "Not only Choi Man-chae, but also the other ministers were a little surprised, wouldn't it be a good thing to take this opportunity to let Korea return to the ranks of vassal vassals?"

Ning Yu smiled slightly, "The current North Korea is a real pool of stagnant water and stinky water, if you rashly participate in it, Da Chu will not only have no interests at all, but will also be stained with sewage........ It's better to wait for the Eight Banners to go south, clean it up, and then enter as the Celestial Empire, and we can steadily obtain the greatest benefits! ”

Hearing this, the expressions of the ministers were different, some of them were still old-fashioned Confucian scholars and doctors, and they were a little unaccustomed to such a naked relationship of national interests, and some people were full of excitement on their faces, it was obvious that if the Eight Banners went south to Korea, Ning Chu would also be able to obtain unimaginable benefits in the future.