"Come back from Henan and send it to Haoge?" Dai Shan sighed, "When will it have to be?" ”

"It won't be long," said Dolgon, "and I'll be back in three or two months." ”

"What?" Dai Shan blinked his old eyes, "You can defeat Nanban in three or two months?" ”

"Hey," Dolgon waved his hand, "where is it so easy?" In March or two, it was only to stabilize the situation in Henan and Shandong, so as not to take advantage of the situation to counterattack and recapture Zhongzhou...... Those who have won the Central Plains since ancient times have won the world! The defeat of Huainan does not mean anything, as long as the Central Plains finally return to our Qing Dynasty, it is only a matter of time before the world is won. Even if there are several generations of confrontation, in the end, it must be Beiping South. ”

"But how are you going to stabilize Zhongzhou in three months?" Dai Shan asked again.

As soon as this question was raised, all the ministers present pricked up their ears and turned their eyes to Dorgon.

Dai Shan, Abatai, Zilharang, and a large number of other Manchurian princes and ministers in the early Qing Dynasty were all relatively capable of fighting. But politically and strategically, they really don't have much direction. Back then, if Daishan took over Nurhachi's class, most of them are still living outside the gate, and he doesn't have the ability to Huang Taiji. And after Huang Taiji, Dolgon, the regent, is a ruthless man with a bad stomach.

Probably only he can think of a way to stabilize the situation in Zhongzhou.

Dolgon smiled and spat out three words: "Green flag." ”

"What's going on?" Dai Shan didn't seem to understand.

"Green flag!" Dolgon said, "In addition to the eight flags, there are two new flags, one green and one green." ”

Zilharang frowned and asked, "Regent, what's the use of this?" We in Manchuria have just this number of people, and no matter how many flags we set up, the population will not have time to multiply. ”

The strong men of the Eight Banners of Manchuria were about 60,000 before entering the customs, and with the young men and old men who could serve in the army, they could not exceed 80,000. And over the past year or so, more than 10,000 have died of war and illness one after another. In other words, the elite of the Eight Banners Manchuria that can really fight is now only forty or fifty thousand people left.

In history, these 50,000 heavenly soldiers escorted hundreds of thousands of Han troops and green battalion soldiers to beat the world. But now that he has encountered a ruthless man like Zhu Cihong, the Han army and the green camp are not very good. And the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers are not enough to die...... It's hard to think about!

"Positive green, inlaid green is not for us in Manchuria," said Dolgon, "for the Nikans." ”

"Don't they have a Han army?" Dai Shan said.

Dolgon shook his head, "Can we incorporate Nikan, who worked hard for the Qing Dynasty, into the Han army?" Even if we do, will those Nikans be willing? Wu Sangui refuses, right? How many of them are there now? Forty thousand? Sixty thousand? Will you hand it over? ”

Zilharang said, "And the Green Battalion." ”

"Green Camp?" Dorgon snorted, "Where can you come to the Green Camp without money?" King Zheng, you are an auxiliary minister, how many old people do you have in the imperial court? This time I spent a lot in Shandong and Henan, but what about the income? King Su defeated Huainan again, and the Eight Banners, the Han Army, and the Green Camp were at least 15,000 gone, and there were thousands of wounded! How much is left after the old foundation is paid? ”

"This ......"

The problem is serious!

The green battalion soldiers take money to be soldiers, who will be a green battalion soldier for you if you have no money? If the Green Battalion soldiers are dispersed, not counting the ill-intentioned Wu Sangui, I don't know if there are 100,000 soldiers and horses that can be used in the Qing Dynasty?

100,000 people were on the vast battlefields of Shanxi, Shaanxi, Beizhi, Liaoxi, Liaodong, Henan, and Shandong...... How can you continue to fight?

"Regent," Zilharan already understood what Dorgon meant, "you want to reorganize the Green Battalion into the Green Bannerman?" ”

"Not only the Green Battalion," said Dolgon, "but also Wu Sangui's men and horses, and the soldiers of Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, and Geng Zhongming, all of them were included in the Green Banner. In the future, Wu Sangui's Western Army will be inlaid with a green flag. Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, Geng Zhongming, and other green camps in the east are all regarded as positive green flags. ”

Jilharang frowned slightly: "What's the difference between the green camp and the green flag?" ”

Dolgon explained: "The Green Battalion is spent on soldiers, and the Green Flag is the integration of the military and the people, like the Eight Banners...... Naturally, the flag land should be awarded! ”

It turned out that Dolgon's trick was to expand the enclosure....... This is the method he thought of when he was reading the Three Kingdoms at night, and that was Tuntian. And now the situation in the whole of North China is almost the same as when Cao Mengde played Tuntian, there are few people and many lands, and it is barren!

Dorgon sighed, "There is no silver...... There's no place to rob it! The land is partly there, Henan and Shandong are full of abandoned farmland, and Ganshan is also owned by Wu Sangui. Just circle a little bit to the green flag soldiers, and let them be like our eight banners, both soldiers and farmers, and be soldiers in Tuntian, so that they can pay a lot less military salaries. ”

"Lord Regent," asked Zilharan, "how is this land to be bound?" Are landless people allowed to become slaves? How to manage it after the circle is completed? Is it managed by the flag in a unified manner, or is it divided into fields and households? ”

Dolgon said: "Over there in Shaanxi, let Wu Sangui do it himself...... How many Jiala, how many cattle records, and how many solid mountains to seal are all decided by Wu Sangui, let's take care of it.

As for the positive green flag, it was sealed on the ground in Henan and Shandong. How to get it specifically, after this king went to Henan, he found King Sanshun, and the general soldiers of the green battalion slowly said that there would always be a way. ”

"There's got to be an approximate number, right?" Dai Shan asked with a frown.

Dolgon touched his beard, thought for a while, and said, "Our Eight Banners have 20 million acres in the Beizhi Circle...... How many of us are there? Counting the Han army and Mongolia, there are less than 100,000, and some are left outside the pass. The average person has more than 200 acres, right? The positive green flag also recruits this number!

Let them build 200 Green Flag Niulu, give 100,000 soldiers, and enclose 20 million acres! ”

"Another 20 million acres?" Zilharang frowned, "How many are Shandong and Henan in total?" How much is left after the circle of 20 million acres? ”

Dolgon couldn't answer this question, so he gave Fan Wencheng, who was attending the council meeting, a look.

Fan Wencheng's eyes were red and his face was yellow, obviously really sad about Hauge's death. Seeing Dolgon's eyes, he immediately got up and bent down and replied, "Lord Zheng, there are more than 60 million mu in Shandong Province and more than 74 million mu in Henan Province...... However, the imperial court did not occupy all these two provinces. On the territory of the imperial court, there are still eight or nine hundred million acres. Moreover, the two provinces have been in war for many years, many places are sparsely populated, there is a lot of wasteland, and there is no problem with the circle of 20 million acres...... After the circle, there will be at least 60 million mu to pay taxes. According to the total grain tax of Henan in the former dynasty, the annual harvest of 2.3 million stone flour is not much. ”

"What about Beizhili?" Zilharang asked, "How much more?" ”

"The original tax amount of Beizhili is light," Fan Wencheng said, "It can be completed without 20 million mu, which is 600,000 stone a year." Shanxi is also 2.3 million stones, we don't account for the whole province now, but there are still 1.5 million stones...... Let's spare a little more, Tian Fu can always have 4 million stones. As for commercial taxes and customs duties, there are 1.5 million taels a year. Relying on this income, it is impossible to maintain 100,000 combatable green battalion soldiers no matter what, so enclosing land and setting up green flags is the only way. ”

4 million stone grain and 1.5 million taels of silver are the maximum income that the Qing Dynasty can get in the future.

And Zhu Cihong's side, it can be at least 10 times more!

More than money, the Qing Dynasty had no chance at all...... But Dolgon still found the most favorable factor for the Qing Dynasty - the conflict between people and land in the north has been greatly alleviated because of years of war.

In the territory directly ruled by the Qing Dynasty, the population was between 15 million and 10 million. And arable land is at least about 200 million acres!

Therefore, the Qing Dynasty did not need Jiangnan to pay an annual tribute of 4 million stones, as long as the land at hand was reasonably distributed and utilized, it could be well maintained.

Zhu Cihong's core territory is Nanzhili, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi, with more than 200 million mu of cultivated land, and if you count the refugees who poured in from the north, the population is at least 70 or 80 million, and the contradiction between man and land is far more serious than that of the Central Plains.