Huang Taiji was basically satisfied with Dorgon's answer, which was similar to the direction he was considering, so it seemed that these ideas could still win the support of the majority of people.

However, Huang Taiji quickly chased and asked: "What you just said, although the strategy for dealing with foreign enemies in the north, northeast, and east is good, these are still minor troubles after all. If our country wants to break this encirclement, in fact, there are only two ways to choose.

The first is to break the Mongols of Monan and Mobei and force them to submit to our country, then the Ming State's strategy of using the Mongols to block China's westward advance will go bankrupt. And the submission of these Mongolian tribes to our country has exposed the entire northwest frontier of the Ming Kingdom to us, so that our country has one more choice in the direction of attacking the Ming Kingdom.

This second is to directly break through the Ning Jinyi defense line of the Ming people, and bring the eleven cities of the Ming Kingdom outside the customs into the arms of our country, so that there is only one mountain customs left between our country and the Ming Kingdom. In this way, even if our country cannot live in the Central Plains, it can confront the Ming Dynasty across the mountain customs and try to find a partial situation. What are your thoughts on these two strategies? ”

Hearing the two choices given by Huang Taiji, Dolgon was also stunned and did not make a choice immediately. As he sat on horseback and pondered, the corner of his eye unconsciously looked at the side of the road. By this time, the snow had almost melted, revealing weeds that had been crushed by the snow and stuck to the ground.

But these weeds are still withered and yellow, and there is no anger in sight. However, Dolgon, who had good eyesight, still skimmed it, and under these withered yellow weeds, there was still a faint green peeking through the cracks in the grass path. Obviously, it won't be long before the wasteland on both sides of the road will turn green again to herald the arrival of spring.

The current Ming Kingdom is not like this, since the catastrophe and famine like last year failed to crush them, then once the famine passes, the Ming Kingdom will usher in its own spring. The Qing Dynasty couldn't even be sure that there was a possibility of destroying the Ming Kingdom with such an opportunity as last year, and when the Ming Kingdom was back on track, what else could they expect?

Therefore, after some thought, Dolgon finally opened his mouth and continued: "King Khan, please forgive your brother for being stupid and unable to solve his doubts for King Khan. If the Khan King must choose between his subordinates, the subordinates can only say that neither of these can be chosen. ”

Huang Taiji didn't get angry, he just turned his head and glanced at Dolgon, then looked at the approaching city gate in front of him, and asked lightly, "What does the fourteenth brother mean by not being elective?" ”

Dolgon did not back down and replied: "The Ming army is stationed in Yizhou and Jinzhou, and it is facing off with our country across the line of Daling River and Yiwulu Mountain, and Zilharang and Adali are stationed in Beizhen to monitor the Yijin Ming army.

It can be seen from this that the Ming army stationed in the Yizhou and Jinzhou areas is really a rare strong soldier who dares to fight with our Qing army in the field. Since the Ming army dared to cross the sea and attack our Yingkou Port more than a year ago, it can be seen that after more than ten years of military warfare, the prestige of the Mandate of Heaven Khan in the Ming army in Liaodong in the past can no longer deter the Ming army.

Once the main force of our army leaves Shengjing and goes deep into the grassland, the Ming army may not boldly attack Shengjing. This game is different from the battle of Salhu in the past, when the Ming army was divided into four roads, and it was difficult to communicate between the mountains, forests and rivers, so the Mandate of Heaven Khan could gather the troops of the country to break through.

Between Yizhou, Jinzhou and Shengjing, in addition to the Daling River, Yiwulu Mountain, and Liaoshui, there is a plain terrain of Pingchuan. If the Ming army gathers heavy forces and tries their best to strike a blow, then even if we defeat the Mongol tribes, we will lose the fundamental land of Liaodong. Such a victory is meaningless to my Qing Dynasty.

If we want to storm Yizhou and Jinzhou, which are already iron barrels run by the Ming people, even if we send troops from all over the country to besiege these two cities, it will also greatly damage our vitality. China's population is not much, if it is for the sake of just two cities to lose tens of thousands of Eight Banner soldiers, the Ming people in these many cities outside the Guan, how can we fight?

Therefore, the younger brother thinks that these two choices are not conducive to our country, and it is really not an option. ”

Huang Taiji glanced at him again, and asked him with some uncertainty: "Then according to what you say, we should do nothing, and then wait for Ming Guo to put this encirclement around our necks step by step?" ”

Dorgon was silent for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Since our country made peace with the Ming Kingdom, the merchants of the Ming Kingdom are now buying properties in our country on a large scale, and if we can open up more to them, we may be able to let these merchants invest more.

In this way, once there is any movement in the Ming Kingdom, these merchants will also take the initiative to reveal some news to us in order to keep their property, or bribe officials in the Ming State to prevent the Ming army from sending troops to our country. In addition, if the situation is really unavoidable, we can also directly confiscate the property of these Ming merchants and use it to cover military expenditures, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone? ”

This time it was Huang Taiji's turn to be silent, and it was not until the team reached the intersection of the streets in the city that Huang Taiji said to Dolgon: "What you mean, I already understand. The matter of dealing with the Ming State should indeed be carefully considered, and now it is different from the past, if our plan to deal with the Ming State fails again, not to mention those Mongols, even the Manchu and Han officials and people in the country will be shaken. I'll go back and think about it, you should go back to the yamen to do some errands first. ”

Dolgon finally relieved himself and knew that the hurdle in front of him had finally passed. After saluting Wong Tai-kee, he urged his mount to get out of the way to the side of the road so that the team could cross the junction first. Hauge, who followed closely behind Huang Taiji, looked cold and noncommittal as he passed by Dorgon's side. Although this move was rude, Dolgon looked up at the other party because of this, after all, according to Hauge's temper in the past, when he met him at this time, he must have to take advantage of his mouth. Being able to endure and not have seizures seems to be a bit mature.

However, Dolgon did not take the other party to heart, a prince who had lost the inheritance of the throne did not deserve to be wary at this moment. Without the title of quasi-prince, the Eight Banners naturally lost their interest in investing in it, just with a positive blue flag made up of seven or eight, Haoge is now on the same level as Azig, how can he threaten him with the support of two white flags.

After a little surprise, Dorgon left the other party behind, and while beckoning his entourage, he thought about the matter and walked towards the yamen.

As for Huang Taiji, who broke up with Dolgon, he explained a few words to the important minister of Baylor in front of the palace gate, then disbanded the team and entered the palace with the guards. Huang Taiji walked into the palace gate and stopped for a while, explained a few words to Sony behind him, and walked towards the inner third courtyard.

Chongde was changed to the Yuan, and the Wenguan was also changed to the Inner Three Courtyards, and six ministries were set up to manage state affairs. Except for Huang Taiji, who was not promoted to the throne as emperor, the political organization of the Great Qing State was not far from that of the monarchical dynasty of the Central Plains. Huang Taiji did not call himself the emperor, naturally not because he was unwilling, but because his merits were insufficient, plus the force of Hou Jin did not overwhelm the Ming State, he had to refuse the advice of some close ministers to avoid a complete confrontation with the Ming State, so he did not take the last step.

However, in addition to the name of an emperor, Huang Taiji has also done everything that the emperor can do, so he doesn't care whether he has added the title of emperor now. With the transformation of these state systems, Huang Taiji's power at this time has far surpassed that of Bahe Shuobeile and has become the first person in the Great Qing Dynasty.

The Inner Third Courtyard, nominally the emperor's clerical assistant, has gradually become the secretariat used by Huang Taiji to deal with daily political affairs, similar to the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty. The leaders of the Wenchen of the Inner Three Courts are Gang Lin, Fan Wenchao, Bao Chengxian, and Xifu.

However, Bao Chengxian was appointed by Huang Taiji as the right senator of the Ministry of Officials at this time, but gradually faded out of the affairs of the Inner Third House. Actually, he was sent to spy on Dorgon.

When Huang Taiji entered the inner courtyard with the guards, a bachelor came up to greet him, and after Huang Taiji casually asked some government affairs, he waved everyone to retreat, and only took Ganglin, Fan Wenchao, and Xifu into the inner hall.

After a while, Sony walked in with Tuna and Aobai. After Huang Taiji ordered the two of them to get up without courtesy, he praised Tuna: "In this martial arts exercise, the musket team trained by you and Ao Bai is becoming the same, and it is obvious that you have put your heart into it.

I intend to draw 4 Niu Lu from the Zhenghuang Banner and the Yellow Flag, and then draw 20 Niu Lu from the Han Army Banner, and then mix them with the 6 Niu Lu you are training now to form a new battalion head, well, it is called the Firearms Battalion, which is directly subordinate to the guard commander in the palace. Guarding the Khan Palace in peacetime, and going out with me in wartime, what do you two think? ”

Although he was ordered to train the musket team with Tuna, Ao Bai was not interested in muskets, and Tuna once surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and defected again, which also made him look down on him very much. In daily training, he also found trouble with the other party.

At this time, hearing that Huang Taiji wanted to expand the establishment of the musket team and set up a firearms battalion, this was undoubtedly a harbinger of the great use of Tuna, and he obviously wanted to continue to be an assistant to the other party, which made Aobai, who had a good family background and had been guarding Huang Taiji for a long time, a little unbearable. Therefore, he ignored the hint in Huang Taiji's words, and preemptively spoke up before Tuna: "Back to my master, this musket team looks good in training, but it may not be practical on the battlefield.

First of all, the musket was extremely troublesome to reload after shooting, and one reload of ammunition at the end of the battle was enough for the archers to shoot three or four arrows. And once the gunpowder is exhausted, the dagger on the barrel of this gun is not as long as my spear, how can the two armies resist the hand-to-hand combat of the heavily armored infantry cavalry?

In addition, this musket also costs a lot of silver to build, and a musket and dagger are said to cost 5 or 60 taels, which is enough to equip a foot armor. The minions thought that this musket team was really a flashy thing, and that only cowards who were afraid of hand-to-hand combat would boast of muskets..."

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