Chongzhen was twenty-eight in the ninth year of the lunar month.

According to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, from this day on, five days of leave should be given to prepare for the New Year. Naturally, Shouhan can't break this system.

This year, because of the king of Qin, Shouhan jumped from a black thousand households to become a second-grade official dragon and tiger general, the governor of Nanzhong, and after the New Year, he had to go to Liangguang to the governor to suppress the matter, which can be described as a good thing for the glory of the ancestors and the wife and son.

Therefore, this year has passed more flowers and brocade cooking oil.

In addition to Li Peiting and Lin Wenbing, who were far away in Beijing and Kuyi Island, almost all of them who were running errands outside gathered in Hue, one was to congratulate the Han Dynasty, and since then they have been among the Ming officialdom. Second, it is also because after the restructuring and division of the Han Yuan firm, it involves its own new mission.

There should be a handover between each other. All kinds of accounts should be settled. (What's more, there are some special people among the people who come to take charge of the accounts and inventory the goods and assets, that is, the officials who were involved in the case and sentenced, and Shouhan specially gave them a chance to use their experience and expertise.) Let these people who have been dismissed and imprisoned for corruption and bribery have to check other people's accounts. Once it is found, it can be used as a meritorious service table. ）

For a while, the shopkeepers scattered all over the place talked about the customs and customs of each place, and showed off to each other the various New Year's gifts purchased everywhere.

Among the crowd, the most eye-catching is still Ye Qi and Ye Shaoning.

This famous Ye Gongzi who chased the tide in Jiangnan, returned this time, but he was the most excited. A Guangzhou-class ship, except for the bankrupt owners bought from Bao Shipyard, Suzhou Weaving, and Songjiang. It was him and his women.

A wife and five concubines, each occupying a cabin. Coupled with the maids and women who were waiting beside them, as well as the kitchen and the public gatekeeper at home, a big boat was crowded.

These six women are all famous prostitutes that Ye Qi has redeemed and married all over the south of the Yangtze River, although there is no so-called Qin Huai Bayan, but they are also people who are both beautiful and famous.

If it weren't for the name of Ye Xianggong on the thin West Lake of Qinhuai and Twenty-four Bridges, he would be regarded as a famous man for a while, and a simple rich man. But it is rare to be blue-eyed by a beauty. What's more, a group of beauties?

Of course, Ye Qi, who is the chief representative of the South Central Army in the Yangtze River basin and the southern section of the canal, has no choice in terms of economic strength, background power, or even personal appearance.

Saying goes. Bustards love money. Sister loves to be pretty. But. In fact, if you meet a rich and powerful rich and handsome poet, my sister will be more satisfied. What's more, this rich and handsome man who can recite poetry has a great friendship with the Cao gang who controls the canal and Qin Huaihe?

Thereupon. In the past few years, Ye Qi has been having a lively time marrying a wife and taking a concubine almost every few months.

Of course, there are also Cao Gang in order to tie up with Ye Xianggong, who has countless financial resources and goods in his hands, often after he has a frown with a certain girl on the flower boat and in the yard, there are Cao Gang's stewards, helmsmen and other characters who pay attention, and after discovering that he intends to comb the woman, he is even more active and half discuss, half threatened to discuss with the bustard mother and the girl.

With a mountain of silver dollars on one side and a soft and hard threat from the Cao Gang steward on the other, what can these women do? It's useless to sue the Admiral Caojiang Yamen! Several young masters of the Xu Guogong family in Nanjing are all good friends of Ye Xianggong. So he could only say a few words in his mouth, "The girl was originally a performer and not a woman, but since Ye Xianggong likes the girl, he has to look at your face." ”

However, when such six women learned that Ye Qi was going to leave the boundless Jiangnan of the Six Dynasties and come to the south where the lord was located, they had to cry and make a fuss. However, in front of the family rules of Ye Qizhi's family, he had to be very aggrieved to get on a sea boat from Shanghai County, Songjiang Prefecture, and go all the way south.

However, after some intimate maids and mothers-in-law went to the sailors and helmsmen of the sea ship to inquire about it, they ran to report to the master, "I heard from the people around my uncle and the people on the ship that Nanzhong is not a barbaric and hot place like the legend outside, but also a prosperous place overseas. Girl, please relax! ”

A group of women came to Hue under this kind of unconfident love for the future.

came in the same boat, there was another person, Jiangyin Xu Hongzu.

Xu Xiake, who had traveled to Guangdong before and felt the low prices, unexpectedly met Ye Qi at a literati gathering in Nanjing. Knowing that this person is from the land of Nanzhong, which is extremely magical to him, he stalked and wanted to swim to Nanzhong with the boat.

"This is Nanzhong?"

Through the portholes, almost all the people from Jiangnan, whether men or women, let out bursts of amazement.

I originally thought that the land was almost as barren as Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi was full of barbaric miasma, dampness and heat, but I didn't want it to be as prosperous as Jiangnan. Looking out from the boat to the pier, people and carriages are flowing back and forth, showing a prosperous scene.

"It seems that this Hue is no worse than Yangzhou!"

"That's it! At least it looks much cleaner and tidier than Yangzhou! ”

Ye Qi's two concubines looked out at the street through the gauze curtain in the carriage and gave their first comments on the city.

The first day of the first month.

It was the first day of Chongzhen's tenth year.

The civil and military officials under Shouhan and the general offices and deputy general offices of the industrial and commercial system came to the front line of the Hue royal palace to prepare to congratulate the Shouhan Dynasty on the New Year. Here, it has been privately called the palace, and some anxious officials and generals are connected in tandem below, asking Shou Hanjian to be the king.

"Even the Li family's second-class envoys dare to arrogant themselves to be emperors, what is the big deal for our lord to be the king? Didn't the emperor give the python robe and honor guard! ”

In the queue, there were several groups of people in strange costumes.

Standing in the middle was a messenger sent by the King of Ayutthaya in Siam, who was also one of the cheap brothers-in-law of Shouhan. Next to the Siamese envoy was the envoy of the Burmese Mang Ying family, a pair of eyes looking around, nervousness, excitement, curiosity and many other emotional factors were written on his face.

On the other side of the Siamese envoys, there stood three or five people with the same shaving hair, knives and clogs. They are representatives of the Shimazu family, the Goto family, and the Mune. It is also under the banner of congratulating the New Year and congratulating the Shouhan and the official on his entry into the knighthood.

The gates of the palace slowly opened. Entering from the gate, it is the blue white Ze flag, class sword, standing melon, lying melon, Wu Zhan, ritual knife, bone flower, axe and other honor guard flags, as well as large and small copper horns, treasure beads and dragon pattern gold umbrellas that dazzle many soil buns.

"What the hell is the Heavenly Empire!" The envoys of the Goto family and the King of Ayutthaya of Siam let out an exclamation in their hearts almost simultaneously. ”

While amazed, the other side followed the team into the stream and began the salute of Zhengdan.

The purpose of these daimyo representatives to come here to worship is definitely not to pay New Year's greetings to Shouhan and congratulate him on his promotion. Their purpose is simple.

"I hope that the prince can expand the scope of trade with small states and increase the variety and quantity."

The envoy of the Shimazu family knelt on the ground and made his request in a low voice when he faced the Morihan after the ceremony.

"It's the same with Xiaobang."

"The same is true of the master of the contemptible family."

The envoys of the three daimyo of the Japanese kingdom cleverly hoped that Shouhan would be able to sell them all kinds of weapons produced in Nanzhong openly.

"This is a bit more negotiable, but your lord has a plan. What will be used to pay for the goods? ”

Shouhan smiled and groaned. The mouths of the flies that were buzzing incessantly were sealed.

And in the same palace at the moment, the two sisters of Mei Shan Shilin, dressed in the costumes of three-rank ladies, received the envoy from Siam.

The messenger was the elder brother of their kindred. This time. They also brought their father's family letter.

"Rest assured, father. We are very good here, thanks to the emperor's grace, the general has made great contributions. It also earned us a canon. Mei Shan deliberately showed off her well-dressed robe.

As a reward for the dual status of the king of Siam, Shouhan sent several clocks developed by Galileo to the king of Siam.

"This is the latest thing in our South Middle School, and I don't know how much stronger than the grandfather clock of the Western Franc machine!"

Looking at the glass as the outer cover, the surface is plated with gold and silver into a pattern, and the clock is inlaid with delicate gems as the finishing touch, the Siamese envoy is even more grateful, and vows to the Buddha to always be loyal to the general, and always be the most loyal vassal of the Ming Dynasty.

And another Ming vassal thousands of miles to the north, but at this moment it is facing a catastrophe.

On the seventh day of the first month of the tenth year of Chongzhen, outside the city of Namhansan in North Korea.

In the camp of Huang Taiji encamped on the east bank of the Han River, the Jingzhun Pagoda with the Yellow Flag Baya Laniulu Zhangjing Zhun Pagoda on duty entered Huang Taiji's big tent.

"Your Majesty, the owner of the Blue Banner Hauge is asking to see him outside the tent. In addition, the minions with the yellow flag, Niu Luzhang, Jing Aobai and others also asked to see outside the tent. ”

Hearing that his son and his own leader Ao Bai and others were waiting outside the tent, Huang Taiji snorted, put down the "Hongwu Sermon" in his hand, folded it casually, and on the desk next to him, there was also a large stack of Central Plains classics such as "Historical Records" and "Han Shu", and a "Han Feizi" was placed on the bedside.

"Call them in!"

Manchuria inlaid with yellow flags Niu Lu Zhang Jing Aobai, he was wearing heavy armor, in his early thirties, it was a man's most energetic stage, and he had two heavy beards on his lips. On the surrounding cheeks, large chunks of bulging oily horizontal flesh, eyes blazing and looking forward to self-pride, and bursts of wine were exuding from his body. His uncle Fei Yingdong followed Nurhachi to raise troops in his early years, and he was one of the founding fathers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty like Yidu and others, and his Guarjia family was the surname of the so-called eight nobles in Manchuria. Ao Bai himself also followed Huang Taiji to conquer various places, and his military achievements were impressive, and he was a confidant and important general on whom he relied deeply.

And Huang Taiji's eldest son Haoge on the side is also wearing heavy armor and smelling of alcohol.

Smoked by this wine, Huang Taiji was dizzy in front of his eyes, and almost fainted to the ground, he already had "wind vertigo". Specifically, the liver is depressed and uncomfortable, easy to get angry, blood flow surges, dizziness, and a series of symptoms such as stroke and high blood pressure. This should have something to do with his body type, work and life habits, etc.

Therefore, his sudden death should be a sudden cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease, not something that someone said in a novel, because he broke the adultery between Dolgon and Concubine Zhuang and was stabbed to death by Dolgon rushed out of the closet.

Nima's, anyway, he was the emperor for a few years at that time, okay? It's not Wu Dalang, who sells cooking cakes, can there be no guards by his side? Even if it's Wu Dalang. When I went to catch the rape, there was also a brother Yun who sold Sydney pears as a helper.

"The fourteenth uncle and the fifteenth uncle set up a banquet in the camp, and invited the banner masters and people above Jialazhangjing, and it happened that there was nothing in the camp, so I went."

Seeing Huang Taiji's uncertain face, Haoge hurriedly opened his mouth to explain to his father.

"I know this, and Ao Bai went at my will!"

The army was dispatched from the second day of the lunar month, and on the 12th, it was attacked under the royal city of Joseon, and the Joseon king Yi Liang fled to the mountain fortress of Namhan, and sent his wife, children and the families of the ministers to Ganghwa Island to avoid the Jiannu soldiers. On the 29th, Huang Taiji led a large army to cross the Han River from outside the city. Arrive at the camp outside Namsan Fortress. North Korean reinforcements came to the battle several times. They were all defeated by the Qing army. Sixty-six-year-old Eyuyanguli was killed by Korean soldiers in battle. On the 30th, the capital Seoul fell into the hands of the Qing army.

Climb up to the top of Namhansan Fortress, look at the black pressure of the camp under the city, and the white flag rising from Mochigetol Peak. The king of North Korea, Yi Liang, could only sigh. Send people out of town to negotiate. Haggle over the details of how to surrender. In fact, at this time, there is no bargaining chip that can be used to bargain, and the person who is discussing is nothing more than Yan. Shooting or inward, shooting this scale is a problem.

At this time, it can be said that the overall situation has been decided, in addition to continuing to maintain huge military pressure on the Korean royal family and ministers, the Manchu banners are divided into troops and horses to plunder everywhere.

The lords and princes feasted and drank in their respective tents, and invited each other to drink wine and eat meat.

In this kind of banquet, it is indispensable for the lords of the banners to show off their military exploits to each other, rob how many wealth and people have come, and other glorious occasions.

However, it seems that the limelight on this occasion was stolen by the old fourteenth and the old fifteenth in this battle.

The two yellow, two blue, and two red flag lords, Yue Tuo and Du Du, were all eating boiled pork in white water, and the two brothers Dolgon and Duoduo were feasting with a rich set of condiments, which amazed the Korean royal chefs who had been captured from Ganghwa Island.

The wine, which could not be stronger, is purely soju made from grain, not the milk wine often drunk in the Eight Banners of Manchuria.

In this way, the two white flag battalions immediately became the place where the officers of all flags flocked to.

"Father, the son found something wrong in the camp of the fourteenth uncle." Although Hauge is older than Dolgon, but there is no way, he is the eldest son of Lao Bahuang Taiji, and Dolgon is the fourteenth son of Lao Nu, although among Jiannu and Mongols, women can marry each other indiscriminately, so that it is not clear who is whose in-laws and elders, but if it is from the wild boar skin family genealogy, it must still be rigorous, and the generations of the two are there!

"Isn't right there?!"

Huang Taiji's tone was instantly lowered by the cold wind blowing from the Han River.

"In the camp of the Fourteenth Uncle, the people and property that were plundered were recorded separately. There is nothing wrong with this in itself, but it seems that some possessions have been picked out and kept together. It seems to go against the rules of my Manchurian eight! ”

When the army went out to fight, the generals, soldiers, and slaves took advantage of the chaos to fill their pockets with some good things, this kind of thing Huang Taiji also knew very well, but he couldn't control it!

"That's all?"

Huang Taiji's tone softened a lot, he originally thought that the two little brothers were doing something famous behind their backs!

"More than that!"

Ao Bai, who was kneeling beside him, told his master in a rough voice about what he saw.

"The minions went to the camp of the prince Rui to attend the banquet according to the emperor's order, and the minions of the two white flags in the banquet have been showing off to the minions, and when eating meat, they should stew it with fine salt and spices, so that the taste is good. In addition, the minions found that the cotton clothes on their bodies were all made of high-quality cotton cloth, and the minions had never seen such cotton cloth in Shengjing City! ”

Saying that, Ao Bai asked Huang Taiji to allow him to disarm and show Huang Taiji something.

(The rules of the Qing Dynasty were stricter than those of any other dynasty, and the kind of thing that happened in the court where the ministers fought would never have happened in my Qing Dynasty.) Huang Taiji used the crime of wanting to add the sword in front of the emperor to kill Amin. ）

"Not only cotton cloth, but the servants took advantage of the time to go around the two white flag camps, and found a large amount of cotton cloth, silk, salt, spices, spirits, and other things piled up in several camp tents!"

With Huang Taiji's permission, Ao Bai took off his armor and took out a few things from his clothes.

"Some of these were given to the minions by the minions of the two white flags. There's salt, there's what they call thirteen spices, and this. Ao Bai raised a flattened tin flask in his hand. All of them are the finest spirits! ”

Salt. For Huang Taiji, it is not only a very important strategic material, which is related to the national economy and people's livelihood, but it is not a particularly rare thing. The salt that the eight families of the Jin merchants transported to Liaodong every year was also an important variety of trade between them.

If it was the same salt as the yellow mud and sand, he didn't care. It's a big deal that the two little brothers have a good face, and they take out the salt in their flags to entertain the guests!

However, the salt brought by Ao Bai surprised him greatly.

"It's the finest salt! Could it be that Dolgon's treats are all such salt?! ”

"Back to the master, this is what the slave took from the big tents piled with salt, and the sacks like mountains are full of salt like this! A few free-range horses were licking the fine salt particles that had been spilled on the ground outside the tent! ”

Unplugged the flask, an enticing aroma of wine rushed to Huang Taiji's nostrils. He couldn't help but take a small sip. Sure enough, as Ao Bai said, it is a good spirit.

"One of the servants of Zhengbaiqi got drunk and told the slaves that after they invaded Korea, they seized ginseng, furs, and bronze utensils. They were all gathered together by their masters. Delivered to the seaside. I exchanged these good things with the Han merchants! He told the servants that if they had these things in their hands, they could also send them to the White Flag camp to find him. He was responsible for changing the minions for salt, cloth, wine, spices, silk, and so on! ”

Aobai's words solved many mysteries in Huang Taiji's heart.

Why did the two little brothers, the fourteenth and the fifteenth, take the initiative to conquer the city after arriving in North Korea, regardless of casualties. It turned out that it was to seize all kinds of goods that could be exchanged for salt cloth and other items!

Why did they come to Namhansanseong, they also actively requested that the two white flags send soldiers to Ganghwa Island to capture the families of the princes, princesses, ministers, and ministers of North Korea, it turned out that it was also for this!

Why are they so lively in the camp of the two white flags these days, in addition to their own two yellow flags and their son Haoge's positive blue flag, the other three flags of Niu Lu Zhangjing and Jia Lazhang Jing are so strong that the Pashiku are running back and forth! It turns out that they are all exchanged for looted goods!

"Dolgon! How daring! Dare to trade privately with Nikan! ”

After listening to what Ao Bai said, Huang Taiji had this sentence in his mind.

Looking at his father's instantly flushed face, and the blood vessels on his forehead could be faintly seen, Hauge knew that his father was really angry.

"Father, my son will light up the soldiers and horses and set foot on the two white flag camps! Capture those two traitors alive and come to meet you! ”

"Hauge! Come back! ”

"Master, no!"

Seeing Hauge jumping up, intending to meet the Dolgon brothers, he couldn't help but be stopped by the two people in the tent.

"Aobai, you minion! Why are you stopping this king?! Do you have anything to do with the Dorgon brothers?! ”

Hauge didn't dare to question his father, but he could beat and scold Aobai.

"Stop!" Huang Taiji motioned to the Baya Lazhang Jingzhun Pagoda next to him to step forward and open Haogra.

"Aobai, you explain to your Haoge master, why you say no."

"Your Majesty, that's what the slave thinks. First, I don't know what the purpose of the two masters of the two white flags is, from whom they exchanged these things for what, and whether there are other things? Wouldn't it be chilling if the two masters, out of public interest, exchanged the rich things in our hands for salt cloth and other things that we urgently needed? Second, the minions were in the camp of the two white flags, and saw that the remnants of the two white flags were organized according to the regulations of strengthening and sharing the allocation of shku, and they also had cotton armor on their bodies, and they had swords and guns in their hands. Third, according to the slaves, there are many people in the two yellow flags and the blue flags who exchange goods with the two white flags, and they have frequent private exchanges. In this way, once they are investigated, these people will be in a panic all day long, and they will inevitably miss the master's big thing! ”

Aobai's words were unhurried and very subtle, but the division of benefits and disadvantages made Hauge sit down. People say very clearly, in case there are still some undisclosed materials in hand, in case it is armor, knives, guns and firearms, with two white flags of strong human resources, people have compiled Yu Ding again, with your banner of soldiers and horses, rashly raise troops, in the end, I am afraid that you will not be able to clean up the mess for you!

"Aobai, you're very good. Anything else? Huang Taiji glanced approvingly at this rough-looking man.

"Four o'clock is exactly what the minions are most worried about. Now my two yellow flag elites have followed the emperor to North Korea, and the twelve princes have stayed in Shengjing. Once the news leaked, the twelve princes made trouble in Shengjing. Then, the hard work of the old master and the emperor for decades will be ruined! ”

After listening to Aobai's analysis, and then looking at his son who only knew how to fight with a knife, Huang Taiji couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "The world is unsatisfactory, nine times out of ten!" ”

Faced with the Dolgon brothers' actions, Huang Taiji had to sigh.

"Zhun Ta, you go to the two white flag camps, and ask Dolgon, the prince of Tarui, to come to me."

"Father, do you need to ambush the warriors?" Haug jumped high, thinking his father was going to finish off Dorgon here.

"Nope! Father, the Emperor, would like to ask your fourteenth uncle what kind of person has such a way to bring such exquisite things to trade with our army. What good things has he exchanged, and what other goods can this person provide to trade with me? ”

"If only this merchant could be like the Jin merchant and bring grain and iron. I can justifiably bring this merchant under my control. Don't worry about his old fourteen using such means to expand his strength! ”

Our eighth prince rubbed his black face, trying to make his head not hurt so much, and his heart was like turning the sea and the river overturned. (To be continued......)