Ning Wan I replied Although Huang Taiji asked an economic question, he answered about the future strategic direction of the Houjin Kingdom, but Ning Wan's remarks still made Huang Taiji bow slightly.

After returning to Shenyang from the Ming Kingdom, Huang Taiji was also thinking about the future direction of the Jin Kingdom. The strategy of bypassing the Liaoxi Corridor to invade the Ming State Pass, although Huang Taiji felt that this expedition was not a failure, but for ordinary Jurchen relatives and nobles, not grabbing anything was undoubtedly a failed war.

Taking advantage of Amin's mishandling and the other two Great Baylors wanting to save their minds, Huang Taiji forced the relatives and nobles of the Houjin Kingdom to reach a consensus on the victory of this expedition. But Huang Taiji also knew that this kind of overdrawing his prestige would be fine if he did it once or twice, but if he wanted to continue to act arbitrarily, but he continued to get nothing to gain, those Eight Banners nobles would probably turn their backs on him.

In fact, in today's Later Jin country, except for Huang Taiji and those Han people who surrendered to the Later Jin, other people's attitude towards the Ming State cannot be that they just want to seek peace by war. The nobles of the Eight Banners will support the attack on North Korea, because not only does the Jurchen and North Korea have a feud, but North Korea is also very weak and looks easy to bully.

The nobles of the Eight Banners would also support the attack on the Mongol tribes, because a unified Mongol Khanate would make the Later Jin State encounter an existential crisis, and the only way to completely submit the Mongol tribes to the Later Jin State was to take advantage of the fragmentation of the Mongol tribes.

However, not many Eight Banners would want to fight forever with the same enemy that they couldn't knock down. Since they couldn't grab anything from the Ming Kingdom, many people began to want to follow the path of Daishan and Amin and engage in peaceful trade with the Ming Kingdom.

Huang Taiji also realized that under such circumstances, it would probably be extremely difficult to incite the nobles of the Eight Banners to launch a battle against Ming in a short period of time. Because these relatives will no longer have the same unwavering faith in him as before.

Maybe under his insistence, Houjin can still organize the battle of Ming again and again, but every time he fails, he will lose a lot of points in the hearts of the soldiers of the Eight Banners. It will also make the Jurchen soldiers who can't grab anything sprout a sense of disgust for the war against the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, temporarily easing relations with the Ming State, focusing on the Chahar Ministry, completing the integration of the Mongol tribes, and expanding the control territory of the Later Jin from Liaodong to the Hetao region have become the issues he has been thinking about the most recently.

However, if he wants to completely defeat the Chahar Ministry, one or two expeditions may not help, and he also has to consider whether the Ming State will intervene in the war between Houjin and the Chahar Ministry. In this way, North Korea's submission to Houjin and the channel of material import have become quite important keys.

Through the transit of Korean merchants, Houjin was able to import all kinds of urgently needed materials from the Ming Dynasty or Japan, and Korea itself also had a lot of products, which could make up for the lack of domestic production in Houjin. After all, a country that puts war first always has the problem of a shortage of manpower in agricultural production.

The existence of Mao Wenlong in Dongjiang Town has indeed become the main obstacle for the Later Jin State to completely conquer Korea. Thinking of the vague attitude, but the cunning general, Huang Taiji also felt a headache.

He shook his head slightly, and after driving Mao Wenlong's figure out of his mind in disgust, he glanced at several Han officials behind Ning Wan, looking at their appearances, Huang Taiji couldn't help but say in his heart.

"Gao Hongzhong, Bao Chengxian, Fan Wencheng, Ma Guozhu... Haven't you always had a good idea? Now when is it, don't hide your armpits, you all express your opinions, and tell me whether what I said is right or not? ”

Gao Hongzhong, Bao Chengxian, Fan Wencheng, Ma Guozhu and other Han officials first looked at each other, and Gao Hongzhong, who had defected to Huang Taiji earlier, was the first to stand up and said: "The slave thinks that what General Ning said is also reasonable, but now this season is the time of spring ploughing, and it is not the time to send troops to North Korea or the Dongjiang River.

Moreover, although Dongjiang Town occupies Kuandian, Tieshan and other places, Mao Wenlong's roots still lie in Phi Island. Although Phi Island is not far from Iron Mountain, if there is no fleet in hand, even if my Eight Banners elite soldiers are brave and good at fighting, they can only sigh at that time.

Therefore, if you want to deal with Dongjiang Town, it is best to wait until the sea between Phi Dao and the mainland is completely frozen, then my Eight Banners elite soldiers can cross the sea and attack the island even if they have no ships.

And before our country starts, King Khan may wish to continue to show favor to Mao Wenlong, first, to reduce the vigilance of Dongjiang Town and create an opportunity for our country to send troops; Second, we can maintain trade relations with Dongjiang Town and obtain the materials we need from them.

Our friendly relations with Donggang also facilitate our trade with the DPRK and prevent Donggang Town from sabotaging it. ”

Bao Chengxian opened his mouth and said: "King Hui Khan, the minions agree with the opinions of Vice General Gao and General Ning, and they have already spoken very well, and the minions have nothing to add.

However, the slave did have something he wanted to tell the king of the khan, and the slave entered the customs this time, and was favored by the king of the khan, and obtained two households. After returning to Shenyang, the slave sent the two families to Zhuangzi.

A few days ago, the slaves went to their Zhuangzi to see if the things needed to be prepared for spring ploughing were ready, and as a result, the two new families in Liaodong suggested to the slaves that they should plant corn and potatoes on some corner slopes, saying that they could increase the grain yield, which was much more cost-effective than planting wheat.

The servant talked with the two families for a long time, and learned that the two new crops, corn and potatoes, were barren and drought-tolerant, and the yield was slightly higher than that of wheat.

Therefore, the servants asked the Khan for permission to release the two families and promote the cultivation of these two new crops on some hillsides and wastelands. ”

For the two new crops proposed by Bao Chengxian, Huang Taiji was very interested. Corn and potatoes, he had also tasted after this invasion of the Ming Kingdom, although he felt that the taste did not seem to be very good, but he could also resist hunger.

Hearing that these two crops are better than wheat, Huang Taiji naturally became concerned, and after asking a few words, he said to Bao Chengxian quite eagerly: "Although there are not many people we brought back from the Ming Kingdom this time, there are also 2 or 3,000 people.

You can check it out and see if other people know that corn and potatoes are so beneficial. If the two families are telling the truth, they are to be released as civilians.

And I will appoint them as agricultural officers to instruct our people on how to grow these two crops. In this case, you should first go and seal the corn and potatoes we brought back, and once you are sure that they can be planted, you will first arrange for a trial planting in Zhuangzi in Lianghuangqi. ”

Bao Chengxian agreed, and Huang Taiji immediately wrote a warrant to him, asking him to go down and convey his order.

After Bao Chengxian left, the remaining Han officials also stepped forward to report to Huang Taiji one by one, but most of them were general and did not have any practical content.

Fan Wencheng was almost at the end of the queue to report to Huang Taiji, compared with him who was still a little bookish a year ago, Fan Wencheng is undoubtedly much calmer now.

The answers of his colleagues also gave him enough time to think, so when Huang Taiji asked him, Fan Wencheng replied cautiously: "King Hui Khan, the servants also agree with the speeches of the previous colleagues, if you want to solve the problem of our country's current overpopulation and difficult to support, it is natural that the monarch and ministers need to work together, and everyone can work together." The solution, Lord Dahai, has been said in great detail, and the minions have nothing to add.

In order to solve the unfavorable military situation of our country, it is indeed the first priority to remove the town of Donggang and completely turn Korea to our country, so as to stabilize the eastern border of our country.

However, how to get rid of Dongjiang Town, the minions have some different opinions. As the saying goes: Kill a thousand enemies, lose eight hundred. If we think of using force entirely to solve Dongjiang Town, I am afraid that the loss of soldiers is not a small amount.

Therefore, the slave thought that in addition to showing favor to Mao Wenlong, the king of Khan might as well continue to woo this person and persuade him to take Dongjiang Town to our country, which is the best policy. ”

Huang Taiji suddenly frowned and said: "This Mao Wenlong is very hateful, although he exchanged letters with me before, saying that he was going to defect to my country, but there are few words that are true. Instead, the head of the messenger I sent was cut off and sent to the capital to receive a reward.

Last time, he also kidnapped my envoy to the capital, although the emperor of the state released him back, but isn't this Mao Wenlong deliberately playing tricks on me? I don't think Mao Wenlong will surrender to my country. ”

Fan Wencheng immediately said: "King Khan, it doesn't matter whether Mao Wenlong will surrender to our country, what matters is whether the court of the Ming Kingdom will believe in Mao Wenlong's loyalty to the Ming Dynasty?"

I heard that most of the officials in Dongjiang Town are Mao Wenlong's adopted sons and grandsons, and Mao Wenlong can be said to be a man of his word in Dongjiang Town, and no one dares to disobey.

The Ming court has always had a tradition of emphasizing literature over military force, and now a military attache is guarding overseas, and there is almost no one to control it.

If we spread the news that Mao Wenlong wrote a letter to the Khan King and wanted to dedicate Phi Island to our country, I am afraid that the ministers of the Ming Dynasty would rather believe it than choose not to believe it.

As long as the officials of the Ming Kingdom doubted Mao Wenlong's loyalty, they would inevitably test Mao Wenlong's military supplies to see if Dongjiang Town would complain.

Dongjiang Town is far away from the Ming Kingdom, and received a large number of Liaodong fugitives, the Korean monarchs and ministers have always had no foresight, and the food and salary of Dongjiang Town mainly come from the country. This sea transportation has always been extremely risky, even if the Ming Kingdom sends food and salary according to the actual amount, it is only seven or eight out of ten that can arrive safely.

And sailing on the sea, it also depends on the weather, and the days that can safely sail are only a few days a year, as long as the Ming court is stuck in a card time, the food and salary of Dongjiang Town will inevitably have problems.

Unable to pay the sergeant on time, Mao Wenlong will inevitably complain, even if he doesn't complain, the sergeant will have to deviate from the Ming court. The already suspicious Ming court, does it dare to continue to use Mao Shuai with confidence? ”