Dolgon and Dahai, who had left the Sanguan Temple, soon entered the Khan's palace on the side and reported to Huang Taiji on the 1510th of the 1510th of their conversation with the envoy of the Ming Kingdom.

Yue Tuo, who happened to be discussing things with Huang Taiji in the Wenguan, suddenly widened his eyes and said after listening to the reports of the two: "Is this Ming Emperor crazy for money?" The wealth of the entire Ming Kingdom is not enough to satisfy his squandering, and he will not let go of even this little money? ”

Several members of the museum who were listening on the side also whispered, and I looked at Huang Taiji's face cautiously, and after thinking for a while, I stood up and said, "Slave, please congratulate King Khan, and congratulate me Houjin." This Ming Emperor's greed for money is really too much like his grandfather.

In the past, Emperor Shenzong was profitable and benevolent, so the domestic officials **, and the people's grievances were boiling. Because of its immorality, God granted the land west of the river to the first Khan, and founded the country of Houjin.

Today, the emperor of the Ming Kingdom has made a mistake, does not recite the warning of God, does not cultivate benevolence and righteousness, does not respect morality, and blindly greeds for money and profit, which is what God wants to give China to the Khan. The servants implored the king of Khan to set up six ministries and establish official schools to compete for the popularity of the world. ”

Ning Wan and I were severely punished by Huang Taiji for attacking the four Baylor co-governance systems that day, but then the outbreak of the Amin incident and Huang Taiji's trust in Ning Wan made everyone see it. Although Ning Wan took a risk, he successfully gained Huang Taiji's trust.

And today, the whiplash on his back has just healed, and he actually began to take risks again, this kind of crazy energy, even the Han officials of the Wenguan are a little dumbfounded at the moment. Many people secretly admired, this Ning Wan I deserve to be a well-known gambler in the museum, and I like to gamble on everything.

However, in public and private, these Han officials all supported Ning Wan's suggestion. After all, if you don't follow China's example of setting up six institutions, the Han people will have no chance to come out at all, and today's domestic system in Jin still relies on the military and civilian integration of the Eight Banners for management, although the upper and lower decrees are conveyed very efficiently, but the management system can be described as quite chaotic, not to mention that the flags are not subordinate to each other, even the Khan King is difficult to meddle in the internal affairs of the flags.

To some extent, the banner lord's orders to his own banner people are higher than the orders of the Khan. Although Huang Taiji was dissatisfied with this, after the surrender, the Han officials and generals who were counting on glory and wealth were also angry. Therefore, it was not once or twice that the Han officials who were attached to Huang Taiji persuaded Huang Taiji to follow the example of China and establish the official system of the Later Jin. It's just that in the past, they only dared to persuade in private, and it was the first time that Ning Wan and I openly proposed it.

Huang Taiji did not react to Ning Wan's excited remarks, not because he did not want to imitate China's official system, but because he thought the time was not ripe enough. He frowned and reprimanded Ning Wan: "Hugh is talking nonsense, hasn't the whip last time made you remember, what is prudence in words and deeds?" I think you're confused again, you go out and be sober, don't disturb other people's train of thought. ”

After reprimanding Ning Wan, Huang Taiji looked around at the expressions of everyone in the room, and then slowed down and said: "There are many great truths in the Han books, and there are quite a few of them. It is certainly good for a king to be benevolent and righteous in cultivating morality in order to gain the support of his subjects.

But the foundation of our post-Jin founding lies in the bow and horse rather than benevolence. Ignorance of the current situation, blindly emphasizing benevolence, righteousness and morality, this is ignorance and stubbornness, not a word of benefiting the country. The tigers and wolves around my Houjin are serving, and the Mongols, Koreans, and Ming people all want to kill me Houjin and hurry, at this time, can you resist their attack by talking about benevolence, righteousness and morality?

If we want to survive in the Jin country, we can't do without a strong army, and a strong army is not only to have brave warriors, but also to have excellent armor, swords and guns, to have strong war horses, to have food to supply the army to go on the expedition, and so on.

In a word, there is no army without money and food. It is a good thing for you to read, but you must read the real truth written in the book, and not fool people with some superficial statements, which is not the principle of serving the master. ”

Huang Taiji's admonition made the Han officials present resign themselves to their promises, and they did not dare to raise their voices in support of Ning Wan. The other half of the Jurchen officials, seeing these Han people who were usually highly valued by the Khan king, were deflated, but they were overjoyed, and most of their original dissatisfaction with these Han colleagues was vented because of this.

After Huang Taiji finished admonishing, he also knew that these Manchu and Han members of the Wenguan could not make any suggestions for this business negotiation, the Manchus were honest and sincere, and the Han people were stupid to read, so he simply dismissed these people.

Seeing this, Yue Tuo also said goodbye with interest, and after only Dahai and Dolgon were left in the room, Huang Taiji asked the two of them with a pleasant face, "Do you have any opinion on the statement of this envoy of the Ming Kingdom?" ”

Dahai thought for a while and said, "What King Khan just said is right, what is needed for this war is money and food. After the servants confiscated the account books from the Erbeile Mansion, they found that the daily trade turnover of the Yingkou market had fluctuated around 5,000 Ming Yuan since the beginning of this year.

The tax rate of this market is 15 taxes and 1, that is, more than 300 yuan of taxes can be collected a day. According to the agreement, Amin Belle will receive 50% of the tax revenue, Daishan Belle will receive 20%, and the remaining 30% will be used to build the city and port of Yingkou.

Based on the calculation of the opening of the market for 8 months a year, Amin Belle can obtain no less than 36,000 yuan in income from it, which is equivalent to the output of 40,000 acres of fields, which is enough to feed 1,000 white-armored guards. Such huge interests do not require any investment, and the slaves think that it is beneficial for our country to maintain the existence of Yingkou. ”

Huang Taiji had heard that the Yingkou market was very profitable, but he didn't inquire in detail about how to make money. He always thought that after the ginseng and mink business was controlled, no matter how much money Yingkou made, it would only be a small profit. It wasn't until he heard Dahai's report now that he understood.

He suddenly said with some displeasure: "What kind of goods are sold in Yingkou Market?" Could it be that Amin and Daishan are still stealing ginseng and mink? ”

Dahai hurriedly replied: "That's not it, my country mainly sells all kinds of wood in the market, and the Ming Kingdom sells cotton, silk, all kinds of fur hats, fur and wooden furniture, porcelain, tea, etc. in the market. In the market, the value of goods in China accounts for 3-4 percent, and the value of goods in Ming is as high as more than 60 percent. ”

Huang Taiji asked a little strangely: "This wood and fur are all specialties of our country, why do you still buy hats, furs and wooden furniture from the Ming Kingdom?" Who are buying these things? ”

Dahai hesitated for a moment before he replied: "Although wood and fur are the specialties of our country, the craftsmanship of our craftsmen is too rough, and the styles are not as diverse as those of the Ming people. Most importantly, in terms of the cost of processing alone, it is more cost-effective to sell wood and fur and buy back furniture, hats, and furs. The clan and the ministers' families are now proud to use the goods. ”

"Bastard thing." Huang Taiji finally couldn't help but burst into a foul language, although he didn't understand what a trade deficit was, but as an outstanding political genius, he immediately realized that such a trade was harmful and unhelpful to Houjin.

Huang Taiji glanced at Dahai and Dolgon, who were still a little at a loss, and then explained to the two: "Fur is produced in the mountains and forests of Northeast China, although this thing is valuable, but for our people, it is just a thing to keep warm from the cold. Our country has fur, just like the Ming country has cotton cloth and silk.

If the fur of our country is exchanged for the cotton cloth and silk of the Ming people, the cotton cloth can be used for the common people, and the silk can be used for the relatives and nobles. If we exchange fur for fur hats and fur clothes processed by the Ming people, then the relatives and nobles will do their best to benefit themselves, and the common people of our country will no longer have warm clothing. For a long time, the civilian population in the country will inevitably resent us.

As for wood, there are mountains and forests all over our borders, and the number of trees is as much as the sand on the ground, and this thing can be said to be extremely cheap. It is common for people in our country to build houses out of wood, make utensils, and cook for warmth. It is naturally cost-effective to exchange our country's wood for the wealth of the Ming Kingdom.

But wouldn't it be a joke to exchange wood for wooden furniture made by the Ming Kingdom. Not to mention how much benefit the Ming Kingdom has obtained, just because of the pursuit of this exquisite utensils, it is a great crime to spoil the simple folk customs of our country. As soon as the wind of likes and dislikes and leisure work grows, can my Eight Banners disciples still climb the mountains and endure hard fighting? ”

Dahai finally understood, and he said nervously: "The slave is ignorant, and he can't detect the sinister nature of the Ming people, he really deserves to die, and he asks the Khan to punish him." ”

Huang Taiji was about to say something, but when he saw Dolgon on the side looking thoughtful, he couldn't help but change his mind and asked him, "Fourteenth brother, you seem to have a different opinion, why don't you say it and let us hear it?" ”

Dolgon, who was named by Huang Taiji, hurriedly replied: "The minister has no disagreement with what the Khan said, and the minister thinks that the Khan's concern is correct. It's just..."

"Just what?" Huang Taiji quickly asked.

Dolgon said respectfully: "It's just that the minister thinks that although the trade with the Ming Kingdom has these drawbacks pointed out by the Khan King, if the trade with the Ming Kingdom is cut off like this, I am afraid it will also be disadvantageous to our country."

In order to meet the needs of the Ming Kingdom for wood and soybeans, our Eight Banners continued to set up logging farms in the upper reaches of Liaoshui, and opened up the land west of the river for reclamation. From this point of view, the current trade with the Ming Kingdom has a great role in promoting China's economic development.

If we had ceased trade with the Ming Kingdom, I am afraid that the discontent of the nobles who had already invested in the lumberyards and granges would have been even greater. Moreover, we imported a large amount of materials from the Ming Kingdom before, and now as soon as Amin Bel disposes of them, these materials will be cut off, which may make some stupid people think that these benefits were originally brought by Amin Bel, which may not be conducive to the reputation of the Khan King. ”

Huang Taiji looked at Dolgon for a long time before he asked tepidly: "Then the fourteenth brother thinks that what should be done with the negotiation with the Ming Kingdom?" ”

Dolgon refused to say anything at this time, but only prevaricated: "The minister is ignorant, and can only follow the thoughts of the Khan to think about this, and really does not know how to solve it, and asks the Khan to forgive him." ”

Huang Taiji asked several times, but Dolgon still didn't say anything useful, so he let him go and said: "In the past, the way of trade with the Ming Kingdom must be changed, but what the fourteenth brother said is also good, completely severing trade relations is also not good for our country.

So, I decided that the negotiations would continue, but there would be control over what kind of goods would be imported from Mingguo. Dahai, you make a list, list those goods that are purely used for pleasure, but are not beneficial to the people's livelihood, and ask the Ming Kingdom to control them.

As for the rest of the part, Dolgon, you continue to talk with the envoy, and report back to me when you have the results. In addition, I will find an opportunity to ask privately whether this company is willing to export iron, copper, sulphur, or * to me, as long as he can provide it, the price can be negotiated..."