After Wei occupied Sichuan and incorporated the Guanning army, the strength of Western Wei increased rapidly, which undoubtedly caused panic among the Qing army.

In the case of the Western Wei Dynasty becoming stronger, the Qing army is maintaining its existing strength, which is a kind of decline.

After learning that Gao Yihuan had taken Sichuan Shu, Dolgon panicked, fearing that if he was not careful, the Qing Kingdom would be completely surpassed by Gao Manzi.

When he learned that the Wei army was occupying Sichuan, the next strategy was to pass through the Western Regions, occupy the land of Longyou and Hehuang, and even control Yarkand, Dolgon was immediately anxious.

For this reason, Dolgon had trouble sleeping, and after thinking hard, he decided to eat Mobei and Moxi Mongolia and compete with the Western Wei for the Western Regions.

Now that the development of the Qing army in the Guannai has entered a bottleneck, it is impossible to rapidly increase the strength of the Qing army, and expanding westward is undoubtedly a way out.

Throughout history, whenever a unified nomadic empire appeared on the grassland, it would inevitably form a huge threat to the Central Plains Dynasty.

The Xiongnu, Turkic, Khitan, and Mongol are all like this, the Qing Dynasty has the advantage of cavalry, and the Han people's exquisite armor-making and forging technology, the sophistication of the armor is far better than the nomadic Mongolian tribes, and it is not difficult to unify them.

Once the grassland was controlled, the Qing Dynasty would encircle the Western Wei on both sides, and if it controlled the Western Regions, the Western Wei would be threatened on three sides.

In the land of Western Wei, it was simply impossible to resist the Qing army that controlled the grassland.

For this reason, when the Western Wei raided the Hetao, Dolgon, while angry and shocked, strengthened his determination to compete with the Western Wei for the grasslands and the Western Regions.

There are more than 200,000 iron cavalry in the Qing Dynasty, and the cavalry advantage is obvious, and the cavalry of the Western Wei State is absolutely unable to compete with the Qing Dynasty for the grassland.

Therefore, Dolgon forcibly ordered the three tribes of Mobei to attack the Western Wei Dynasty in the south, and the goal was also changed from the original harassment of Guanzhong, so that Guanzhong could not recuperate, and became harassing Guanzhong and weakening Mobei Mongolia at the same time, so as to control Mobei Mongolia.

While the Manchu Qing Dynasty was discussing the situation and changing, the Ming Dynasty in Jiangnan also felt anxious.

Gao Yihuan's Wei State raided Bashu and occupied Sichuan, and under the growth of military power, Zhu Cihong was already afraid.

However, this time Zhu Cihong did not make any radical moves, but sent people to Xi'an, visited Princess Wei, and privately admitted Gao Yihuan's occupation of Sichuan.

After the Western Wei State was so strong that the Ming Dynasty could not control it, and even had the ability to destroy the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Cihong had to forbear.

At this time, in the Nanjing Imperial Palace, in Zhu Cihong's imperial study, the young Zhu Cihong already had a beard on his mouth, he was wearing a dragon robe, wearing a winged crown, standing in front of the map with his hands in his hands, and Wang Yan, Chen Zilong, Lu Zhenfei and other henchmen stood behind him with their heads bowed.

"In the current situation, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has Yan, Zhao, Qi and Wei, and has two Huai lands. Gao Jingzhong occupied the lands of Qin, Shu and Jingzhou. Both of these are my henchmen. Since the truce of a year, the Qing army has exterminated the Northern Righteous Division, consolidated the north, and the Western Wei Dynasty captured Bashu, and its strength has grown rapidly.

"Your Majesty, in the past year, the imperial court has still made quite a lot of achievements, Your Majesty must not be discouraged!" Lu Zhenfei suddenly knelt down and bowed.

Wang Yan said: "Your Majesty, to solve the current predicament, you only need to have money, food, and an army. Since the last Jiangbei War, the imperial court has obtained 50,000 forbidden troops, and the reform of commercial taxes has also been effective, and the situation has improved! ”

Zhu Cihong shook his head slightly, "It's too slow!" He turned around and looked at the ministers, "What strategy do you have to change the current situation?" ”

Chen Zilong said: "Your Majesty, the ministers have already discussed this, and the next step will be to prepare to disintegrate Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng's control over Jiangbei soldiers and horses." ”

Zhu Cihong raised his eyebrows, obviously a little moved, but then worried: "Jiangbei soldiers and horses are related to the safety of Jiangfang, and if it is not handled well, there will be big problems." ”

Chen Zilong said: "The ministers have analyzed it, and they are going to start with Huang Degong first. As long as he can be loyal to His Majesty, the imperial court will have the strength to gradually control the soldiers and horses in Jiangbei, and then the next step is to force Zuo Liangyu to enter Beijing, and then rectify Zuo Zhen and take over Wuchang. ”

Zhu Cihong couldn't help but walk back and forth in the hall, a big reason for the collapse of the Ming Dynasty was that he gradually lost control of the army.

If he regains control of the army, he will be able to make decisions and act according to his own ideas, which makes Zhu Cihong a little excited, but at the same time, he is a little worried and afraid, if he provokes a mutiny, then what should he do?

"Let me think about this matter!" Zhu Cihong paced back and forth.

Chen Zilong said: "Your Majesty, both the Qing Dynasty and the Western Wei Dynasty are trying to be strong, if I don't change the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that I will not be able to do it." If something goes wrong with this matter, the minister is willing to bear it! ”

Zhu Cihong was slightly stunned, Chen Zilong meant that the matter of weakening the warlord, let him do it, it became beneficial to the Ming Dynasty, if it provoked a mutiny, or someone raised an army to ask for the guilt, he would be pushed out to confess the crime, and kill him to eliminate the warlord's resentment, so as to save the emperor.

O loyal servants! Zhu Cihong was overjoyed in his heart, but his face was solemn and respectful: "What the Qing family said, you can do it, I am your solid backing." ”

"The ministers will live up to the emperor's grace!" Chen Zilong immediately bowed down.

Zhu Cihong hurriedly helped him up personally, and then said a few more words.

At this time, Wang Yan stood up again and saluted: "Your Majesty, to solve Jiangbei and Zuozhen, the imperial court must prepare a large amount of silver and establish a grain and salary distribution system similar to that of the Western Wei Dynasty, so that the imperial court can truly control the army." ”

Zhu Cihong bowed slightly, "Previously, the imperial court paid salaries, and the money and grain fell into the hands of various military leaders, and the soldiers only knew the military leaders, not the imperial court. These people also colluded with the people in the court, embezzled food and wages, and made the court spend a huge amount of money, and the soldiers and horses raised did not listen to my will, second, they could not resist the enemy, and third, they would harm my people. The military salary system of the Western Wei Dynasty can indeed be taken over and popularized. It's just that in this way, the imperial court will no longer be able to pay salaries, and the pressure on the household department will be greatly increased. ”

Wang Yan saluted and said: "Your Majesty, the advantage of Jiangnan lies in the development of commerce, the war in the north, and the sharp decline in population, which has affected the silk weaving in Jiangnan. The government set up a weaving bureau in Suzhou and Hangzhou, collected cloth from all over the south of the Yangtze River, and then led by the government, transported it to the Wa State for trading, or allowed the Wa war's ships to come to Ningbo and Hangzhou. The sea trade was very profitable, and it would definitely be able to exchange a large amount of silver and materials for the imperial court. ”

"The court is dominant?" Zhu Cihong said: "Will this be said to be a competition with the people? ”

Wang Yan said: "Your Majesty, there are some words that cannot be believed. The minister's original intention was to suggest opening the sea, but he was worried that the resistance would be too great, so he adopted this strategy first. Now the demand for cotton, tea, and porcelain in the north is decreasing, and the goods declared by the Western Wei Dynasty in a month are also decreasing, and the goods of many workshops in the south of the Yangtze River are backlogged. I'm afraid that the damage is only to the interests of those smugglers. ”

Under the Ming Dynasty's maritime ban policy, it did not actually prohibit trade between the Ming Dynasty and overseas, but made Zheng Zhilong and the smuggling merchants in the southeast make a fortune.

The opening of the sea in Longqing was a change in the maritime ban policy of the Ming Dynasty, but under the influence of smuggling forces, the opening of the sea in Longqing was only opened at a port in Yuegang, Zhangzhou, Fujian.

This month, the port is still only a diving port, and the main trade is still smuggled maritime merchants from eastern Zhejiang, as well as pirates from Fujian.

Zhu Cihong still trusted Wang Yan very much, this time he didn't think about it for too long, so he nodded and said: "Then this matter will be handled by the Qing family!" ”

Wang Yan immediately received the order to bow down, "The minister must try his best to handle this matter." ”

Zhu Cihong nodded, then waved his hand and said, "Okay!" That's all for today. By the way, Chen Qing, if Huang Degong is indeed loyal to me, you give Huang Degong a decree and let him come to Nanjing to see me. ”

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