Chapter 97: Huang Taiji's Ambition (First Update, Ask for Recommendation, Ask for Collection)
The moon is shining.
After reviewing the recitals all night, the moment Huang Taiji walked out of the room, even he felt a chill.
"It's only July!"
Looking up at the night sky, Huang Taiji couldn't help but whisper.
In previous years, the weather was still very hot in July, but now, before August 15, the night sky is blowing the autumn wind.
Perhaps, by the time August 15th, the sky may start to snow!
There was a bright moon in the sky, and the moonlight shone on the frost of Miyagi, glowing with a white light like water.
Feeling the autumn wind, Huang Taiji's face looked very ugly.
"This year, the grain in the field was planted at the end of March, it was originally a year of great drought, the harvest was not good, and now the weather is so cold, what if there is no harvest?"
As the emperor of the Great Qing Dynasty, Huang Taiji did not care about the livelihood of the more than a million Nikan (Han Chinese) Ahabs, those Nikans were just their clothes, they had already been rewarded to the banner, and the rewards were given to the warriors of the Eight Banners, the wives and daughters waited for the master's life, and the men cultivated and worked for the master.
The life or death of the Ahabs depends on the will of the masters, but if the crops in the field are not harvested, even if the whips of the masters are whipped again, what is the use of beating them hard? There should be no food or no food.
"Mr. Fan, look at this day......"
After a pause, Huang Taiji said.
"Yesterday, I went outside the city to take a look, where there is water, there may be some harvest, but where there is not ...... river."
And Fan Wencheng on the side only listened quietly to the master's words, and listened without saying a word.
Over the years, Fan Wencheng has been extremely reverent for Huang Taiji, and Huang Taiji has also put his heart into him, Fan Wencheng has long had the consciousness of "the scholar dies for his confidant", and even made up his mind to make a plan with the emperor to be a "monarch and minister through the ages", and naturally did his best for the Qing Dynasty.
"I'm afraid that there will be no harvest, this time I entered the customs, I was originally thinking about grabbing some money and grain to last last year, but I never thought about it...... The gains outweigh the losses! Not only did I not grab many things, but I also folded tens of thousands of horses! Mr. Fan, you say, how will you survive this winter? ”
It is difficult to be in the Ming Dynasty, and it is not easy to be in the Qing Dynasty.
Now the winter is long, the summer is so short, last year when the crops were still in the field, it snowed, it was dry and cold, the harvest was not as good as a year, hundreds of thousands of mouths up and down the Eight Banners, how to live?
In the past few years, especially last year, the reason why they will burn and loot along the canal is to rob people and money.
Tens of thousands of troops broke through the wall and entered the customs, not only were they able to grab a large amount of money and grain, but more importantly, tens of thousands of troops and war horses were all food and the enemy in that small half a year, saving hundreds of thousands of stone grain for the Qing Dynasty!
After the emperor's question, Fan Wencheng spoke:
"Your Majesty, a few days ago, didn't Fan Yongdou send 100,000 stone of grain, he said that he could send 500,000 stone." Huang Taiji nodded,
"500,000 stones...... 500,000 stones, how long can it last, Mr. Fan, there are hundreds of thousands of mouths waiting to eat under this banner! ”
Several hundred thousand?
What about the remaining more than one million of his coat Aha?
Obviously, Fan Wencheng didn't think about it, and he didn't ask. As a courtier, he must share the worries of his father. After thinking about it, he said.
"Your Majesty, in the final analysis, if you want to solve the problem of food, you have to make a fuss about the Korean or Southern Dynasties."
"North Korea can't do it!"
Huang Taiji waved his hand, and then said.
"The North Korean side should try to seek stability, as long as he does not help the South Korea, as for the South Korea's side...... Zhang Xianzhong, the western bandit of the Ming Kingdom, rebelled again, which can be regarded as a great help to my Qing Dynasty......"
This time, Fan Yongdou came over, in addition to bringing him hundreds of thousands of stone grain, but also brought him a good news - Zhang Xian was loyal to Gucheng and then opposed the Ming Dynasty!
"Zhang Xianzhong is against the Ming Dynasty again, Your Majesty, this is a great thing, Zhang Xianzhong is against it, Chongzhen is bound to send a large army to attack again, Beizhili must be empty, if you break the wall again, ......"
After pondering for a moment, Fan Wencheng said.
"Actually, what Fan Yongdou said is not impossible!"
This time, Fan Yongdou came over, and he had to provide some information, what the army of King Qin of Beizhili had returned to the station, and what the defense of various places was empty, and in his words, there was a faint meaning - to enter the Southern Dynasty again.
"Why, you also agree to enter the Southern Dynasty?"
"Your Majesty, not the minister's approval, and this is indeed an opportunity, last year after I broke the wall of the Qing Dynasty and entered the customs, the emperor of the Southern Dynasty transferred the world's army to the king, but hundreds of thousands of troops are not easy to tune, open silver, grain and grass, reward silver, the Southern Dynasty must have worked hard to prepare for these silver, now, if I break the wall again in the Qing Dynasty, the Southern Dynasty will be difficult to prepare enough money and grain to transfer the army to the king, besides, the minister thinks, the Southern Dynasty will not expect that my Qing Dynasty will break the wall again, in a hurry, they must be in a hurry, last year into the customs, Since Jinan is the provincial capital, the people inside and outside the city are not only hundreds of thousands of people, but also tens of thousands of people, and its city is fortified, such a strong city, itself should go around the city, but Yue Tuo attacked Jinan, and the loss of troops is inevitable, so, in the opinion of the minister, if the army can be as planned, along the canal all the way to rob, when the city can be attacked, can not attack or force, the loss must be limited, besides, In addition to the artillery team, even the foot soldiers are riding horses, and even if the Ming army moves, I am afraid it will be exhausting to run for their lives......"
After a pause, Fan Wencheng continued.
"Moreover, now the autumn grain of the Southern Dynasty has just been harvested, it is the time when the grain from the south of the Yangtze River is transported north, according to Fan Yongdou, when the grain goes north from Qingjiangpu, the ships are very congested, and there will be no less than two million stone grain blocked in Qingjiangpu every year, and it can be transported north until the spring of the following year, and although Qingjiangpu is said to be prosperous on the canal, it is not inferior to the Qing Dayi, but there is no city wall, if the army goes all the way to Qingjiangpu, not only can it plunder a large amount of grain and grass, but it is bound to be able to capture people, countless silver, and even if it is ......"
Standing beside Huang Taiji, seeing that the emperor was listening very seriously, Fan Wencheng continued.
"If you have the opportunity, you can also cross the Yellow River, all the way to Yangzhou, erosion of Nanzhili thousands of miles, Nanzhili is the wealth of the Southern Dynasty, half of the world is from Nanzhi, as soon as there is no money and grain of Nanzhili, the Southern Dynasty will only be able to ask me for peace in the Qing Dynasty, Emperor!"
In the moonlit night, Fan Wencheng's eyes flashed with excitement, and at this moment, he even saw the scene of the Qing Dynasty drinking the Yangtze River, not only him, but even Huang Taiji......
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(Because there is a big hole in the plot, the old draft of chapters 96-106 has been deleted and rewritten, and I hope everyone can continue to support Speechless.) In addition, chapters 74-78 have also been revised, in short, speechless will write a wonderful story as much as possible! Thank you all for your support! )