Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Korean War

"Foreign Minister Zhao Chengli greets Your Majesty." Zhao Chengli said respectfully beside Zhang Xuan.

North Korea is known as Little China. Zhao Chengli is also very familiar with the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhang Xuan's current set is actually the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty, but it has been deleted. Zhao Chengli is more familiar than Zhang Xuan.

"The messenger is flat, sit." Zhang Xuan said casually.

Zhao Chengli was flattered. In fact, Zhang Xuan did not give him special treatment, but Zhang Xuan felt that he had a lot to ask about North Korea, so naturally he couldn't let Zhao Chengli stand all the time.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhao Chengli sat down on a small pier that the little eunuch had moved over.

It's just that he's quite restrained, so he just dips his butt on the pier, and this posture is probably more uncomfortable than standing.

Zhang Xuan couldn't help it, his attention was not on this trivial matter, and said, "Does the envoy have anything to say to me?" ”

Zhao Chengli immediately got up and said, "The foreign minister has a good feeling. Immediately, the current situation of North Korea was told by the Qing court that the Qing court was aggressive. There is a state of crying Qin Ting.

After Zhang Xuan heard this, he sighed in his heart: "Could it be that God really helped me." ”

He had already had an idea when he was involved in North Korea, and at this moment he was simply in the middle of the situation, and said to Zhao Chengli: "Now that it is almost the end of the year, when I want to come to the northeast in the middle of winter, Dongyu will not easily move troops, and when the spring flowers bloom next year." If you think about it again, you can wait in Nanjing with peace of mind. ”

The reason why Zhang Xuan is like this is because mobilizing troops has always been a big deal. He had to prepare first. Money, food, and soldiers must be prepared. Moreover, to support North Korea, it is necessary to have sailors, and at this moment the sailors are all in the south, and although the war with the Dutch is over, many things are still being concluded. It is necessary to sort it out before sending troops north. Second, in many cases, it is best not to respond to requests, but to grasp one or two first. It's good to bargain later. Zhang Xuan wants to regard North Korea as the rear of the Northeast Battlefield and the general logistics base, but North Korea may not be willing.

After all, contributing money and effort to fight for oneself is two different things from fighting for others.

What can Zhao Chengli say. He didn't dare to say anything more in front of Zhang Xuan.

After Zhao Chengli left, Zhang Xuan immediately called Zhou Fuchen over and handed over this matter to him. Let him contact the DPRK and arrange the preliminary arrangements for supporting the DPRK. The implication is that he is ready to arrange him as the main general of the future aid to the DPRK.

Zhou Fuchen was naturally overjoyed. Immediately, while contacting Zhao Chengli, he transferred the generals of the Xia Army's naval division from the south one by one.

It's just that the father and son of the Zhao family underestimated the Qing court's infiltration of North Korea. Although the eldest prince is dead, it does not mean that the pro-Qing lineage in Korea is dead.

Just when Zhao Chengli met Zhang Xuan in Nanjing. North Korean intelligence also came to Dolgon.

Dolgon read it carefully and sneered, and said, "Then don't blame Lonely. ”

As mentioned earlier, Dolgon's situation in Beijing was more difficult than Zhang Xuan's, after all, the pattern since the Tang Dynasty was like this, money and grain depended on the southeast, and strength came from the northwest. Counting the size of the Qing court, it was far away from the Xia Dynasty, but in terms of money and grain, it was much worse than the south.

Zhang Xuan only needs to rectify the tax law and measure the land for every money, and he can get money from the ground. But this was not the case with Dorgon. Dolgon also rectified the tax law, cleaned up the previous Ming maladministration, and even had a pioneering initiative, that is, according to the tax amount in the Wanli period, the whole book of military service. Summarize the taxes of each county.

Many taxes were reduced or reduced to regular taxes, and the means of collection were reduced. Reduced tax collection costs.

The tax system of the Ming Dynasty has been greatly organized, although there is no revolutionary change, but it still has some effect on people's livelihood.

It's just that the barren north is not a day, plus most of the northern places are the main battlefields of the day's battles, Shaanxi and Henan are the main battlefields of the battle between the official army and the righteous army, and the north is Zhili and Shandong are the main battlefields of the Qing army and the Ming army.

Especially in Beizhili and Shandong, many places, almost thousands of miles of uninhabited.

No one, even if they are reorganized, there is no financial revenue.

Dolgon ordered the great development of the tuntian.

It is divided into military tun, min tun, and reclamation government.

Needless to say, Dolgon sorted out the whole ** team, determined the number of troops, and cleared out a large number of old and weak from the army, which greatly increased the combat effectiveness of the army, and these old and weak were all in the form of the army. As for Mintun, it was all the Qing court that recruited displaced people to Tuntian. Of course, after the harvest of the government's tuntian, the taxes will definitely be heavy.

As for the reclamation government, it means that the people can freely open up the wasteland, and the Qing court gives all kinds of support.

Dolgon himself is no stranger to Tuntian, after all, the Eight Banners are an organization of peasants and soldiers, and Dolgon has also managed these things.

Dolgon's encouragement of production in this way was a great incentive for agricultural production in the north. Sometimes, many times it is relative, the barrenness of the north and the wealth of the south are also relative, and it is not that many places in the north cannot be cultivated, but the cost of grain cultivation in the south is better than that in the north.

Naturally, the enthusiasm for agricultural production in the north will be suppressed.

Just as Beijing has been eating grain from the south before, it doesn't care too much about Beijing's local agriculture.

Now that the relationship between the north and the south has been severed, Dolgon has used all means to improve agricultural production in the north. For many people, whoever lets them eat a bite of food is a good person, and they don't care whether they have a whip on their heads, they only care if they can eat enough.

It's just that it's not an emergency.

It takes at least three years for a raw field to become a mature field, and fortunately there are many places

It's all not long gone. At this time, the cultivation will be restored, and there will be an immediate output.

But the benefits in this area are also not much.

That's why foreign money is very important.

Although there are many ministers in the Qing court, there are no ministers who can really manage money almost out of nothing. Facing a financial gap. Naturally, Dorgon remembered the old way, which was to find a place to grab a handful. Somewhere, North Korea came into Dorgon's eyes.

But the Qing court has already regarded itself as orthodox, and many things are not only about face, but also about the inside. Therefore, if North Korea really obeys, Dolgon may not have an excuse to do it. It didn't change the big picture, but it gave Dorgon a bit of a headache.

Fortunately, North Korea immediately gave him a big chance.

The so-called Northern Expedition plan of the Koreans has always been in Dolgon's sights. Now that Joseon was in contact with the Xia Dynasty, Dolgon immediately felt that the time was ripe and that there was no need to endure it any longer.

He immediately sent for Azig to be called.

As soon as Azig arrived, Dorgon handed him the information.

After Azig saw it, his eyebrows raised slightly, and a touch of joy passed through Azig's eyes, and said, "Old ten, we're going to do it." ”

"Exactly." Dorgon said.

In fact, he wanted to use Duoduo, but Duoduo died young, and he had no choice but to use Azig, but he also knew that Azig was not as honest as Duoduo, so he could only tolerate him.

"Starling." Dolgon said: "The battle of Korea, it must be resolved quickly, starling, let's prepare, sweep North Korea this winter, and collect troops next spring." ”

"It's a little thing." Azig didn't take North Korea seriously at all, and said: "North Korea has always come and left whenever it wants, and it was worried that the fortified city would not be conquered, but now there are more artillery in the army." Just tow a few more cannons. North Korea will not be able to hold out for a few more days. Three or four months to end the fighting. There is no problem with the decision. ”

"Okay." Dolgon said: "This time, I will bring more young generals, and let the younger generation of my Eight Banners see blood." It will depend on them in the future. ”

"There is no problem. When do you think it's appropriate to send troops? ”

"Ten days later, I've sent a messenger to hold me accountable." Dorgon said, "Salute before soldiers, there must be." "The 10-day interval did not give North Korea time to reply at all, but it was only a front and back. It can be seen that Dolgon is bound to win.

The messenger or something, it's just a face-saving job. Or a delaying tactic.

Azig thought for a moment and said, "Although ten days is tight, it doesn't matter. Then I'll go down and prepare. Azig did not salute and turned away.

With Dolgon's order, some people in Beijing became hurried again. After all, Beijing is now the largest gathering place of the Eight Banners.