After occupying the four cities of Zunhua, Yongping, Qian'an, and Luanzhou, Huang Taiji divided his troops to attack Funing. Funing was garrisoned by the Ming general Shi Kefa, unbreakable, turned to attack Shanhaiguan, also unbreakable, and then attacked Funing and Changli, Ming Quartet reinforcements arrived, so they had to reluctantly return to Shengjing.

After returning to Shengjing and resting for a while, Huang Taiji immediately ordered people to invite the ministers of the kings and ministers.

The ministers of the council and the government said one after another: "It has not been long since I came back, and the Great Khan is so urgently summoned, could it be that something has happened again?" ”

Huang Taiji smiled and said, "Old rules, summarize and analyze it, and find out the gains and losses." There is no way, only by knowing the gains and losses and taking the gains and losses as a mirror, can we better plot. ”

When the ministers heard this, they were relieved, thought for a while, and began to speak one after another.

Huang Taiji is still the same as ever, whether it is right or wrong, he listens with a smile. After they finished speaking, Huang Taiji cleared his throat and said: "As you said, although the subsequent attacks on this expedition did not go well, we still achieved the strategic goal of 'striking the Ming Dynasty, strengthening ourselves, finding out the truth and the truth, and eliminating strong enemies'. ”

Speaking of this, in order to show emphasis, he raised his voice and said: "In particular, we occupied the four cities of Luanzhou (now Luanxian, Hebei), Yongping (now Lulong), Qian'an, and Zunhua. From now on, we can use this as a base to look at Beijing.

It can also be said that we unexpectedly laid a passage for ourselves to attack the Ming Dynasty. In this way, we have two passages. ”

The ministers of the council echoed one after another: "The Great Khan is wise, and the achievements of this expedition are still very great. ”

Huang Taiji didn't answer their words, only glanced at them, changed his words, and said: "Of course there are achievements, which cannot be denied, but they are not achievements." What is the achievement, the achievement is to completely occupy the Ming Dynasty and govern this beautiful and rich place by our banner people.

In order to achieve this great achievement, we must face up to ourselves, especially our shortcomings.

I have noticed that although we have made some achievements, our territory is narrow after all, and because the land is not as superior as that of the Ming Dynasty, there is still a big gap between the power and the Ming Dynasty, so we must be more united and more energetic. This is one of them.

Second, after all, the Ming Dynasty has been established for a long time, and its institutional setup from the central to the local government is more practical, flexible and effective than ours.

I remember that the rules and regulations of the dynasties translated by the Bunkan said that if you want to defeat the enemy, you must first learn the enemy. Here, I will blow the wind first, and when the time is ripe, we will also learn from the Ming Dynasty, such as setting up six departments, setting up a system of official uniforms, and setting the number of New Year's Day salutes.

Third, we are not open-minded enough, for example, we only care about plundering, but ignore the appeasement of the people, and the arrangements for the demotion of officials are not good enough, which is also one of the reasons why they have surrendered and rebelled.

Everyone must remember that Jiangshan Sheji is not only an endless territory, but more importantly, the people and the officials who rule them. The Ming Dynasty we want is not just their land and wealth......"

As he was talking, a nearby attendant came in in a panic and said, "Qi Qi Khan, something is wrong-"

When Huang Taiji heard this, his heart moved, and he secretly said to himself, "As expected", and reproached: "Bold slave, panic like this, what kind of system do you want to say?" ”

The close attendant hurriedly said: "The four cities of Luanzhou (now Luanxian County, Hebei), Yongping (now Lulong), Qian'an, and Zunhua were all lost. As he spoke, he peeked at Huang Taiji, but seeing that his face was pale, but he was not angry, so he said everything like this.

But he didn't know that Huang Taiji had expected the loss of the four cities. It was precisely because of the expectation that Huang Taiji sent Amin to replace his brother Zilharang to guard the four cities.

What's going on here? It turned out that although Amin was named Heshuo Belle with Daishan, Mang Gurtai, and Huang Taiji, and was one of the "Four Great Beylers" of Houjin, he was not the heir of Nurhachi, but the eldest son of Nurhachi's half-brother Shuerhaqi.

Nurhachi and Shulhaqi fought each other for their lives, and Nurhachi raised troops with thirteen pairs of armor to conquer various places, unify the Jurchen tribes, and establish the Houjin Dynasty, which was also inseparable from the help of Shulhaqi's lineage.

However, after Shulhaqi went to the Ming Dynasty with Nurhachi to meet him, he actually moved the mind of splitting and rebelling, and was imprisoned by Nurhachi and died.

Amin has always been haunted by his father's death, because of Nurhachi's prestige, and because he became one of the four great beylers, Nurhachi did not dare to show it when he was alive. After Nurhachi's death, especially after Huang Taiji succeeded to the throne, Amin finally broke out.

At that time, Houjin was still the co-governance of the four major Baylors. Although Huang Taiji is a great khan, he has to be restrained by Amin everywhere, and Amin's disobedience is becoming more and more exposed.

Even so, Huang Taiji couldn't find a reason to get rid of Amin, and in order not to affect the realization of his ambitions, Huang Taiji didn't want to be too mean. Therefore, when the anticipation appeared, although Huang Taiji didn't want the four cities to lose, he still sent Amin without hesitation.

Therefore, after the chamberlain finished speaking, Huang Taiji looked at the ministers of the council with the rest of his eyes, but seeing their shocked faces, he had a bottom in his heart, and deliberately let out a long sigh, but did not speak.

The ministers of the council, like this chamberlain, do not know the thoughts of Huang Taiji, seeing him like this, they only think about brotherhood, and it is not easy to speak, and they condemn him one after another.

Amin was arrogant, domineering, and had a lot of grievances, and after a while, the ministers of the council listed Amin as "(when Taizu was there) provoked his father and wanted to leave his brother Khan." "Regard yourself as a Khan, bully the lower Beylers", "Abandon Yongping, kill the people", "Make the notoriety famous in the world" and other sixteen crimes.

At this time, the people from all over the country condemned and killed Amin to apologize for their crimes, and snowflakes flew in.

Huang Taiji saw that the time had come, and said coldly: "Where is Amin now?" ”

Mang Gurtai sneered, "Where can it be? Surely he counted the gold, silver, and jewels he had stolen in the house. ”

Huang Taiji pretended to be angry and said, "Count the gold, silver and jewelry? Hmph, where is this what a Baylor should do? Someone, why don't you go and invite him? ”

When the attendants heard this, they were about to leave, but they saw Amin break in and said, "No need to invite, our family is here." ”

Amin knew today's outcome from the moment he was defeated, no, to be precise, he should have known today's outcome from the moment he received his order. So, he didn't panic.

Seeing this, Huang Taiji became more and more angry, and asked, "Can Amin be guilty?" ”

Amin laughed, laughed, and asked, "Guilty?" What sin am I? Oh, you mean the loss of the four cities, I ask you, don't say me, change anyone, do you think the four cities can be defended?

Don't pretend, you know, the whole world knows, the four cities can't be defended, you just take the opportunity to get rid of me, come on, Ye is also a man, Ye is not afraid, eighteen years later, Ye is still a man. ”

was thought by his words, Huang Taiji didn't know what to say for a while, turned to the ministers of the king, and said: "He has no remorse, Tian shamelessly died without admitting his guilt, let's talk about it, what crime should he deserve?" ”

Dai Shan said: "The Council of Ministers of the Council of Parliament has just agreed that Amin should be punished for his crimes, so the Great Khan will announce it." ”

As soon as Dai Shan's words fell, the ministers of the king of parliament echoed one after another.

Huang Taiji paused slightly, and said almost word by word: "Okay, you also heard it, but I won't kill you, I will only ban you, and your position will be inherited by your younger brother." Hmph, our Houjin is to pay attention to merit and punishment. ”

Amin sneered: "The merit and punishment are equivalent? Confined? Hmph, put away your fake set, Amin has come to this day, so be it. ”

After speaking, without waiting for the guards to approach, he turned around and walked away with his head held high.

Huang Taiji watched him leave in a daze, and was silent for a long time.