Sun Chengzong looked at the information in his hand, his brows suddenly stretched, and he said again and again: "This is a rare piece of good news, it seems that Jiannu should have no time to take care of him recently." ”

Zhu Youzhen smiled, and then said: "... In order to preserve the Qing Yuan, the Manchus seized all the warehouses of the Sihai Trading Company in the Manchu Dynasty in the name of merchant loans. Tried to use the inventory of the Four Seas Trading Company to survive the difficulty, but the company's inventory had actually been controlled before, and the goods seized by the Manchu Qing Dynasty were less than 100,000 Ming Yuan.

Therefore, Huang Taiji's act of sealing the property of my Ming merchant this time did not bring him much benefit. The closure of the Sihai Trading Company in Shenyang and other places caused panic in the market again, and the Qing Yuan continued to fall to one-eighteenth of the face value.

The citizens of Shenyang held a large number of Qing Yuan in their hands but could not buy anything, both the Manchu and the Han people were full of complaints about the * court, and even the officers and soldiers of the Eight Banners began to rob the shops in the city, and Huang Taiji had to use the Han Army Banner to suppress the robbery of the Eight Banners officers and soldiers in the city.

The Manchus used to be mostly denominated in cloth and brocade rather than copper and silver, but since Fan Yongdou proposed to Huang Taiji three years ago to issue paper money to collect the wealth of the country, the Manchus have gradually accepted the use of paper money for market transactions.

It was difficult for the Manchurians to produce cloth and brocade on their own, so the prices in Liaodong were always about 2-3 times higher than those in Kannai. After the adoption of paper money as currency, the price of goods in Liaodong soon dropped to about twice that of Kannai, which was also due to the abundant supply provided by the Sihai Trading Company.

After Huang Taiji cleaned up Amin and Mang Gurtai, Dai Shan took the initiative to request the abolition of the old system of the four major Baylors listening to the government, so Huang Taiji's concentration of power in the entire Manchu Qing Dynasty was still good.

After the Sihai Trading Company provided enough goods, Huang Taiji used his power to enforce the use of the paper money system in the country, which allowed him to accumulate a considerable fortune in the past three years.

However, after all, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was an extremely backward society in terms of productivity, and they did not even understand the change in the exchange ratio between gold, silver and copper, so after jumping into the era of paper money, they basically did not effectively control the number of paper money printed.

According to common sense, such a way of issuing banknotes will soon make the Qing Yuan worthless. But fortunately, with our help, we used the reservoir of the stock market to absorb the excess banknotes, so that the economy of Houjin has not gone bankrupt.

But when we stopped importing supplies to the Manchus, the Manchu economy quickly took its original shape. At present, the middle and lower classes of the Eight Banners, the Mongolian tribes, and the Han people almost only have the worthless Daqing Yuan in their hands, but there are not many materials on the market for them to buy.

Under such circumstances, the amount of paper money in the Manchu Qing Dynasty had greatly exceeded the domestic productivity of the Manchu Dynasty, and the Great Qing Yuan, like the treasure banknotes, lost its value in circulation.

However, the Great Qing Yuan Huang Taiji in the hands of the Han people can not admit it, and he cannot deny the Great Qing Yuan in the hands of the Manchus and Mongolian tribes. So half a month ago, Huang Taiji finally opened the palace treasury and used his savings in the past few years to stabilize the value of Daqing Yuan on the market.

According to the latest information from Shenyang, in the past half a month, Daqing Yuan finally stopped the decline, and rebounded slightly, and my Da Ming Yuan was basically fixed at the exchange price of 15:1.

However, it is regrettable that the Manchu household department Chengzheng Ying Erdai issued a policy prohibiting Han people and Han merchants from exchanging the Qing Yuan for gold, silver, copper or Ming Yuan, and only allowed them to use the Qing Yuan to buy materials in the official treasury, and each family and shop also had a purchase limit, which should not exceed the daily use of the family or shop.

This made it difficult for us to circulate a large number of Qing Yuan banknotes in our hands for a while, and this financial attack on the Manchu Qing Dynasty did not actually make much money, but the goal of destroying the Manchu economy can be confirmed to have been achieved.

Therefore, within this year, if the Manchu Qing want to launch a large-scale war similar to the second year of Chongzhen, I am afraid it will be difficult to have sufficient materials to supply the troops. And the atmosphere inside the Manchus now is not suitable for war. ”

Sun Chengzong was not too concerned about how much money the Four Seas Trading Company made from this Manchu crisis. However, after reading the information about Shenyang handed to him by the emperor, Sun Chengzong was half relieved.

He put the document back on the table and said to Chongzhen: "In this way, it seems that this year is a rare and good opportunity to solve the problem of Amin and Gunchuktaiji. At least we don't have to worry about the support of Shenyang with great fanfare. ”

Zhu Youzhen said after a while: "Then it can't be said that Shenyang can't make a big move this year, but it is not impossible to dispatch one or two elite soldiers to meet Amin and Gunchuktaiji.

Either of Amin or Gunchuktaiji defected to Shenyang, it would be a heavy blow to the prestige of the imperial court among the Mongol tribes, and it would cause us to lose points politically, so we still have to do something so that Shenyang has no time to take care of anything else. ”

Sun Chengzong quickly understood, and he immediately said: "Your Majesty's meaning, does it mean that you want the troops of Yizhou, Jinzhou, and Jinzhou to move and cause some pressure on Shenyang?" ”

Zhu Youzhen thought for a while and said: "With these troops alone, I'm afraid it is not enough to put too much pressure on Shenyang, after all, our attack on land has never crossed the Liao River over the years. If you want to make Shenyang nervous, I'm afraid you have to fight to the east of the Liao River. ”

Sun Chengzong's eyes, which were originally a little cloudy, suddenly became clear at this moment, obviously hearing that the emperor wanted to attack the east of the Liao River, which made him inexplicably excited. On that day, he had been training troops in western Liaoning for a long time, but a defeat at Liuhe ruined the results of his three-year military training, and he had to beg for it in disgrace.

If Sun Chengzong still has any regrets now, I am afraid that he hopes to be able to set foot on the land of Liaodong before he dies to wash away the shame of the defeat of Liuhe.

However, his eyes quickly dimmed again, and he said to the emperor: "In a year like this year, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to make a big move, Your Majesty should think about it again?" ”

Zhu Youjian replied calmly: "I have also thought about it for a long time, and I have been hesitating, and it was not until Mr. came that I really figured it out.

This year, there was a severe drought in several provinces in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River in Daming, and it was impossible for such news not to reach the ears of Huang Taiji. If it weren't for the financial crisis in Shenyang in the early summer of this year, I am afraid that Huang Taiji would not have let go of this great opportunity to test whether our border defense has been affected by the drought.

I look at the life of Huang Taiji with soldiers, if you don't send troops, you will be indomitable. If he finds a hole in our defense, he will inevitably chase after him, first with a little crush, then with a line, and then with a large area.

If we can't hit it back head-on in the first place, we will suffer a big loss. This year, the drought in the north is so severe that the imperial court has even halved the rewards of the Mongolian tribes, and there may not be people who are dissatisfied.

Once Huang Taiji breaks through the northern defense line, the Monan grassland, which we have managed with great difficulty, may become a ruin again. I am afraid that five or six years of construction will be ruined in one fell swoop, and such losses will not be less than the losses caused to us by this year's drought.

Therefore, when Huang Taiji comes to attack, it is better for us to strike first. If we can launch an attack on Liaodong in such a drought year, we will always give Shenyang some vigilance, so that they will not dare to send troops to attack us in a big way.

Of course, in a year like this year, a large-scale offensive is obviously not desirable. So I thought, I might as well take a trick. ”

Sun Chengzong was a little confused, he looked at the emperor and asked, "Tricky?" All the passages in Liaodong were controlled by the Manchus, and the further east, the more flat and open the terrain became, which was conducive to cavalry assaults. ”

Zhu Youzhen shook his head and said: "If in the past, the walled cities occupied by the Manchu Qing Dynasty were all deep inland, so we could only attack from the land.

But now it is different, the port of Yingkou, which we built together with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, has become an important trading town. Although this port city was taken over by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, we have conducted a detailed survey of the construction drawings of the port and the hydrological data around it.

Now that Huang Taiji has seized the Four Seas Trading Company, this port has lost its meaning to us. However, the Manchu troops stationed near the port and the shops and residents of the city had not yet withdrawn.

We had two months before the start of winter, and after mobilizing troops in Yizhou, Jinzhou, and Jinzhou to attract the attention of the Manchus, we attacked Yingkou by ship with a division of troops and took the port.

Yingkou is only 400 miles away from Shenyang, and our army occupies this place not only to deter Shenyang, but also to separate Haizhou in the east and Gaizhou in the south. Our army can not only cooperate with the armies of Jinzhou and Lushun to attack the enemy in Gaizhou and Fuzhou, but also make a feint to attack Haizhou, forcing Shenyang to send troops to help and "disrupt" the layout of Huangtaiji.

In this way, the imperial court should no longer be hindered in handling the affairs of Chahanhot and Ulaanbaatar..."

Sun Chengzong lowered his head and pondered for a long time, and felt that there was no obvious omission in the plan proposed by the emperor, so he nodded in agreement: "If it is just to 'disrupt' the rhythm of Shenyang, so that it cannot take care of the beginning and the end, then the old minister is in favor of this strategy."

In addition, the old minister has often felt tired lately, and I am afraid that the post of chief of staff will really be handed over to others. The argument between Yuan Chonghuan and Sun Chuanting should also come to a conclusion.

It is better to use this matter as a judgment and order one person to handle the affairs of Chahanhot and Ulaanbaatar, while the other person organizes the affairs of the attack on Yingkou, and whoever does a good job will be ordered to take over the post of chief of staff. ”

Zhu Youzhen looked up at Sun Chengzong, the two looked at each other for a long time, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but smile and said, "Okay, just according to Mr.'s meaning." Whoever does a good job this time will be allowed to take over the post of chief of staff of the army. ”