After a long talk, I unconsciously arrived at the window paper, showing the white of the fish's belly, and the sky was about to brighten.

Dolgon stood up a little apologetically and saluted Hong Chengchou, who had been talking to him all night: "I have benefited a lot from discussing the general trend of the world with Mr., and I have forgotten the time unconsciously. I hope you will forgive me. ”

"What did the Lord Regent say! The prince is so polite and virtuous, it is the time for Hong to serve the country. ”

Dolgon ordered people to use his own chariots and horses to escort Hong Chengchou back to his house to bathe and rest, and specially instructed him to go down and no one should disturb Mr. Hong's rest unless there was a particularly urgent military situation today.

His pretentiousness made Hong Chengchou a little grateful. Since ancient times, monarchs and ministers have known that they have encountered such a situation, which is also rare, probably, only Wang Meng and Fu Jian of the former Qin.

Sent Hong Chengchou away, and Dolgon also rested on the kang under the waiter of Fang Fujin. Although this side Fujin is also a famous beauty in the Eight Banners, the Fujin of Haoge, the former Prince of Su, was also born in the family of the princes of Horqin Mongolia, and has sisters and nephews with the two current queen mothers, and is called Da Yuer and Xiao Yuer together with Concubine Zhuang. However, he can't stand the eyes of his lover. Dolgon looked at Xiao Yu'er's face, and couldn't help but compare her with Concubine Zhuang, who was known as Da Yu'er, and felt that it was not as moving as Da Yu'er.

Under Xiao Yu'er's gentleness and thoughtfulness, Dolgon went to bed on the kang, but after a day of hard work, he was extremely excited in his mind, and the things he had experienced in the past few days, and the people he had seen, kept flashing in his mind repeatedly.

Cao Zhenyan, as a close confidant of Dolgon, went to Benxi and Fushun to summon Chen Banda, but returned in vain. Just copied a list of the number of barren tuntian fields that Chen Banda had reclaimed over the past year or so, and brought it back, and handed it over to the regent's master.

"Master, Chen Banda said that his errand is to mine and smelt iron and build weapons for his master. The rest has nothing to do with him. "Probably Cao Zhenyan hit a big nail in Chen Banda's place, and kept giving Chen Banda bad medicine in and out of words. It is no wonder that the so-called once a son of heaven and a courtier, Chen Banda is a celebrity in the eyes of Huang Taiji, and Cao Zhenyan is a meritorious servant of Dolgon. If you don't rub some Mars, that's what it's called weird!

Ning Wanme, Bao Chengxian and others on the side were also there to give Chen Ban a big needle, desperately trying to destroy his image in Dorgon's mind, so as to make up for and cover up for his mistakes. However, at this time, Dolgon's mind was very clear, and he couldn't dispose of Chen Banda because of this matter. On the one hand, he was a servant of the former emperor, and he was a person who buried himself in building weapons, and he was never involved in party disputes. In particular, the people of the two yellow flags have some complaints and opinions. In addition, this person was able to organize miners and craftsmen to cultivate land in their spare time, and accumulated a lot of grain and rice, and he was meritorious. If you kill him at this time, or punish him, you will definitely be unconvinced.

"Even the Son of Heaven, there are times when he asks for help!" Dolgon smiled bitterly in his heart, "He's a capable minion. In the past few years, he has been immersed in smelting iron casting cannons in Liaoyang and other places, and his temper has become a little weirder. It doesn't matter if he doesn't come. This king is about to inspect the defense of Liaoyang, so I went to meet him! ”

The road from Liaoyang to Shengjing is well built, and it is possible to ride lightly, if it is whipped and galloped, it can also be sent to the morning and evening, and Dolgon's current identity is different, so he will naturally not drive like this. But. When he arrived at the iron yard outside Liaoyang City, the scene in front of him also made him tremble a little.

The sound of clanging and striking iron came from the depths of the workshop, which was particularly eye-catching in the quiet and empty workshop. Occasionally. There was a voice or two of talking, but it quickly stopped. Dolgon looked at a few barren grasses swaying by the cold wind on the side of the road, and the workshop with a somewhat desolate scene in front of him, he couldn't help but sigh for a while, he was busy fighting for power with Huang Taiji, Haoge and his son for more than a year, and he didn't expect that the iron factory where the fireworks were prosperous and people shouted horses neighed would actually be depressed and ruined like this.

Soon, Dolgon found the source of the voice, and saw Chen Banda wearing a shabby red coat and a cowhide apron on the outside, which was covered with large holes and small eyes burned by red-hot iron filings, and his face was covered with dust, and there were several young men beside him, as if they were his apprentices. I only heard Chen Banda say: "You are all optimistic, I will demonstrate again, you must be upright, steady, and determined, look at the thing you beat before, is it for people?" ”

But it was Chen Banda who was teaching a few young people how to make the faucets, triggers and other parts of the firecracker. However, although the young men were silent, they obviously didn't listen too much, and Chen Banda said angrily when he saw this: "Don't be like I don't know, if it weren't for the recent Southern Barbarians who don't accept red and blue flowers, you probably won't come to me." I also know that it is easy to make these red and blue flowers, and it is effortless and profitable, but those flowers and plants cannot be eaten as food, nor can they be turned into weapons to kill enemies. Although Prince Rui is confused for a while and does not support us, sooner or later he will figure out who is the sword and who is the rice bucket. This is just like people, we who smelt iron, make steel, and cast cannons are human bones. If a man has no bones, no matter how much fat he has, it is also meat for the mouths of others! ”

Here Chen Ban Dazheng was foaming at the mouth, only to hear someone behind him say coldly: "Who said I don't support you?" ”

But it was Dolgon who was surrounded by everyone not far away, and questioned Chen Banda with a sinking face.

Hearing the voice, several people turned their heads to look, and their faces were suddenly frightened, and Chen Banda trembled and said, "Prince Rui, the slave should die." ”

Dolgon helped Chen Banda up, and said in a slightly apologetic tone: "You are right, this king is indeed negligent. People can't live without bones, if there are no bones, no matter how much fat you have, it is also a delicacy in other people's mouths! The king should not have snubbed you and the craftsmen. However, this king has never forgotten your merits. ”

"Someone comes, Chen Banda will reward 5,000 silver dollars, other craftsmen will each reward 100 silver, and miscellaneous servants will reward 10 silver yuan." Turning around, Dorgon instructed the officers who were with him.

Originally, I thought that Dolgon's reward, not to mention, would make Chen Banda cheer and bow down, and from then on, he would completely return to his heart, at least the atmosphere on the scene would become much more joyful and peaceful. Outcome. Everyone was wrong.

When Chen Banda heard this, he suddenly burst into tears, and Dolgon thought that he was feeling wronged at first, so he comforted him and said: "Don't worry, you will do your best for the Qing Dynasty, and you will be indispensable in rewarding the fields and mansions in the future." As long as you slaves do a good job for this king. This king will not let you suffer any more. ”

Chen Banda stopped crying and said: "The slaves are not crying for themselves, but for the Qing Dynasty, so many craftsmen in various workshops in Liaoyang have been entangled from all directions by the emperor for many years, it is really not easy, but now they have been sold for silver by the banner owners for nothing, and the group of southern barbarians in Hainan have been cheapened, and they will make weapons to deal with the Qing Dynasty in the future, if they have this money, how can it be." ”

He cried and said, "The slave understands that sentence now." What does it mean to be ruined in ten years? This year, is the loss of broken bones. Master, it's not that I'm talking nonsense, since the beginning of the red and blue flowers, there are more than six or seven percent fewer skilled craftsmen under the minions, these people are the core backbone of the workshop, and they can take charge of each other when they pull it out. They are all rare good players. Master, the minion can't figure it out. Why is Li Shouhan full of talents and still trying his best to pull people, and I am in the Qing Dynasty, just such a talent, and I have to give it away, I can't figure it out, I can't figure it out! Watching an individual vote for the Southern Barbarians. It's all going away happily, my heart ......."

Dolgon looked at the sad Chen Banda and opened his mouth to speak, but in the end he didn't speak. What to say? said that in order to crack down on Huang Taiji, he must engage in red and blue flowers, and he must suppress the military industrial system that Huang Taiji has built. Or tell him that Red and Blue Flower has formed a huge interest group, and this interest group is even bigger than the Tashan system, and even so powerful that he Dolgon has to think about it.

No, I can't say it, if I talk about this matter, I can't make it possible for these red and blue flower interest parties to tear themselves apart directly, and many of them are people in their own Tashan system. Dolgon thought for a long time and decided to say something that was not nutritious: "Chen Banda, don't be sad, you are still there, and you are not old, these people can become skilled craftsmen sooner or later." As for the red and blue flowers, it was originally done so that the slaves could have something to eat, but no one thought that the southern barbarians would take advantage of the loopholes. But rest assured, it will never happen again. ”

Speaking of this, Dolgon's courage also came, and assured Chen Banda: "In the future, this king will be your backer, use people, money, and land, and find this king." I believe that you are capable, and these people are also capable, if you work together, our Qing Dynasty will still be able to turn the crisis into safety like the Battle of Tashan. “

After listening to Dolgon's assurance, Chen Banda stopped crying, and he said to a few young people around him: "Listen, I told you, doing this business is more promising than engaging in flowers and plants, and now the masters are supporting us, who are we afraid of?" Do a good job for me, don't embarrass the master. ”

Chen Banda taught several of his apprentices a lesson, but he didn't want to, and one of the apprentices suddenly sighed and said, "Okay, master, now our master doesn't have to be humiliated by the Fan family's mother-in-law anymore." "Although Dolgon is the regent prince, after all, he was killed on the battlefield, and what he pays attention to is to see and listen to all directions. Hearing such a sentence without a head, he hurriedly asked the reason, Chen Banda didn't want to say it, but he didn't dare to contradict Dolgon, so he told the truth. It turned out that when Huang Taiji was alive and Chen Ban was favored, Fan Wencheng also looked at him differently. Fan Wencheng's concubine found an opportunity to get close to Chen Banda's wife, and the two got along well for a while.

However, since the death of Huang Taiji, the Eight Banners have engaged in foreign trade at both ends, and they are no longer interested in the gold-swallowing industry of the iron smelting and cannon factory in charge of Chen Banda, and the allocation of all kinds of money and grain is also delayed. Chen Banda is also a person who is not very good at trading, and the living conditions at home are naturally incomparable with Fan Wencheng, this little concubine began to dislike Chen Banda's wife in various ways, and even humiliated Chen Banda's wife in public as the mother-in-law of an iron man, and her whole body was full of rust smell, and Chen Banda's wife complained if she had nothing to do. It's just that Chen Banda has been neglected for the past year, and he has no money and no status, so his family really can't raise his head.

Now that Prince Rui has supported himself, Chen Banda feels that he can finally raise his head at home, so he has this feeling.

"This guy! It was he who offered advice to the emperor, what kind of red and blue flowers, and what kind of trade with the Nanban at both ends, so that my Qing Dynasty was in today's difficult situation! Seeing that Chen Banda was dissatisfied with Fan Wencheng, Dolgon pushed the boat to deduct the charge of the red and blue flower trade on Fan Wencheng's head.

From Chen Banda's mouth, he learned that for more than a year, because the upper echelons of the Liao thieves had used a lot of money and grain to engage in business activities outside the country, he was also forced to use the leftovers to make weapons and armor to cast agricultural tools. The miners and craftsmen in the mines were ordered to use the abandoned fields around them to farm and breed, "People can't starve to death!" ”

First, it was originally a good grain producing area and had a good foundation. Second, Chen Banda can be regarded as taking advantage of his position to equip these people who are responsible for reclamation and farming with good metal farm tools, and the natural efficiency of farming is different. Three comes. These people are strong men. At the end of the year, it is also a rich harvest, although the meat is not yet all self-sufficient, but the food is self-sufficient.

"At present, the grain stored in the various mines and workshops under the command of the slave is about 400,000 stones. The day before yesterday, Cao Jueluo came and said that because Nanban broke the alliance and broke the contract, he refused to sell grain to the Qing Dynasty. The servant ordered the grain to be gathered together and counted. If these grains and the grains in the hands of the various departments of the Eight Banners are saved at present, they will barely be enough to eat until the beginning of spring next year. ”

What an informed minion! Hearing Chen Banda's arrangement, it suddenly made Dolgon's heart bloom!

Since the death of Huang Taiji, Haoge made a rebellion, and he took the opportunity to make some adjustments to the three banners that originally belonged to the father and son, and the two yellow flags are still the emperor's personal soldiers, but he is responsible for moderation and command for the time being. And Hauge's Blue Banner Manchuria, because of the reason for the rebellion. He convened the lords of the Eight Banners to discuss publicly, although the generals were not prosecuted. However, the punishment of fines for cattle records and fines for silver is indispensable. What's even worse is that the blue flag Manchuria was kicked from the upper three flags to the lower five flags. Not to mention the reduction of political status, there are also twenty fewer cattle and horses.

These 20 Niu Lu's soldiers and horses are now controlled by Cao Zhenyan, and they are controlled and commanded together with him. It is He Luohui, who came from Zhenghuangqi to Chengcheng. By punching in, pulling out, mixing sand and other means, Dolgon has gradually turned the blue flag of Manchuria into two white flags. Now, in the season when there is about to be a food shortage, Chen Banda has handed over hundreds of thousands of stone of grain. Undoubtedly, it is also a powerful weapon for him to further control the various departments of the Eight Banners.

Ordering his capable officials to stay in Liaoyang to settle the grain and rice delivery with Chen Banda, Dolgon set off back to Shengjing amid the almost fanatical cheers of the miners and craftsmen. The reason is actually very simple, in addition to Chen Banda's public announcement that Prince Regent Rui will invest a lot of money and food to restore the factory, there is also a deeply rooted move that makes these people cheer.

"The regent knows everyone's loneliness and suffering, and has ordered the king of Joseon and the banner owners to recruit 15,000 women to Liaoyang, and match them to everyone as wives, so that everyone can start a family and start a business!" Originally, this policy played a major role in stabilizing people's hearts, and many craftsmen and miners did not leave because of their families, and they could still think of protecting their homes in the face of Wu Sangui's harassment and the bribery of merchants. It is also for this reason, and at the same time, Dolgon must continue to weaken the strength of the banners, so it is necessary to vigorously continue to implement this policy.

In this way, it suddenly made those singles thunderous with joy.

When he returned to Shengjing, Dolgon, who had a lot of confidence, convened a court meeting in the name of the regent. In front of the Ten Kings Pavilion, he sharply reprimanded Fan Wencheng for misleading the country! "You slave bewitched the emperor, what kind of red and blue flower trade you did, and what did you do with the Nanban. The first emperor listened to your words, now that I am in such a situation in the Qing Dynasty, how can you let the first emperor be stable under the nine springs? ”

In front of the princes and ministers of the Three Banners of Manchu, Mongolia and Han, Dolgon spoke harshly, and the three Hanchens who scolded Fan Wencheng, Bao Chengxian, and Ning Wan were sweating all over, kneeling in front of the Ten Kings Pavilion and trembling. In the cold wind, Fan Wencheng, a once hot and powerful figure, felt that his underwear had been soaked with sweat. But he did not dare to distinguish for himself, so he could only cry out in his heart and greet Dorgon's mother. "You bastard! This red and blue flower, the dyed cloth at both ends, is clearly your work in order to confront the emperor and win the hearts of the people of the Eight Banners, and now the situation is not easy to clean up, so you will detain the crime on our heads! But he could only scold a few words in his heart, not to tell the difference in his mouth, but he didn't even dare to raise his head, and took off his warm hat, revealing his shaved scalp tightly attached to the bluestone ground.

Dolgon's actions were also copied from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. With the head of the food officer, the morale of the army was appeased. However, such a move and trick are used to fool the banner owner of the Eight Banners of Mongolia and Han, Gushan Ezhen, how can he hide it from Hong Chengchou, who is watching coldly from the sidelines?

However, Hong Chengchou understands his identity and status very well, adhering to the principle of seeing through and not saying anything, he only knelt aside to listen to Dolgon's reprimand of Fan Wencheng and the others.

It was easy to wait until the meeting was over, and the banner owners went back to reorganize their troops and horses in accordance with Dorgon's will, and all men over the age of ten and under seventy were all gathered to prepare to enter the customs to grab food and money. Duoduo even took his group of Bayala soldiers and house slaves, and rushed to Fan Wencheng's mansion with great dignity, and snatched Fan Wencheng's newly acquired concubine to Prince Yu's mansion. It can be regarded as a light punishment for Fan Wencheng for misleading the country and the people.

"Mr. Hong, please stay, the regent has something to discuss with Mr." (To be continued.) )