On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival, in the Wuying Hall of the Forbidden City in Beijing, it was the place where the Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen took care of all opportunities, and now, it has become the place where Dolgon handles official business, this is the emperor's palace, but he is the regent of the emperor's uncle, that is, the emperor, no one dares to say anything.

Today, Dolgon summoned the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty to gather in the Wuying Palace, they were the Great Belle Daishan, Bei Zibo and Tuo, Feng Quan, a scholar of the Hongwen Academy and the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Shi Ning Wanme, Fan Wencheng, Ma Guozhu, and Hong Chengchou, the secretary of the military department standing in the center of the main hall, and other high-ranking officials of the Qing State.

Dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, Dolgon was standing on the high platform, glaring at everyone in the audience, his eyes full of anger, and his angry voice echoed in the hall.

"The minister is the news I just knew, the minister is quite familiar with the situation of the Southern Dynasty and the opposition, its financial resources are beyond the reach of my Qing Dynasty, Jiangnan is the richest place in the Ming Dynasty, the five northern provinces, Benduo relies on the food relief of Jiangnan, since the Eight Banners marched into the Central Plains, swept away the thieves, Dingding Yanjing, the situation in the north has basically stabilized, but some things can not be solved by force, such as this silver matter, when I entered the Central Plains of the Qing Dynasty, I once declared that the people were only one-third of the Ming Dynasty taxes, Now it is beyond its means, and the military department receives reminders from various places every day, but the household department simply cannot come up with so much money and food. ”

Listening to Hong Chengchou's words, Dolgon's mood was also depressed to the extreme, originally thought that he would be in the Central Plains, and everything would be easy to do, but he didn't expect to pick up a mess in the Ming Dynasty, the northern economy is rotten, especially in Shaanxi, not to mention taxes, it is to make them not reach out to the court to ask for help, it is already very good, the court has such a big expenditure, but now the treasury is indeed empty, when they were in the corner of Liaodong before, they could enter the customs to rob, but now, if they want to rob, they can only go to the south, But the two times they used the troops, they suffered heavy losses, spent countless money, and they didn't have to rob it, did they fight Henan, were they sure, and what should they do if they couldn't win, Dolgon had a terrible headache.

"Then you all talk about it, what should we do now?" Dolgon's voice shook the entire hall, and everyone was silent, hanging their heads and not daring to speak.

"It's really not good, you can only increase taxes, but in this way, I am only afraid that the people's minds will change, and the Southern Ming Dynasty will implement light taxation in the south, if we do this, we are afraid that the people's thinking will rise again, which is not good for my court!" Hong Chengchou also didn't know what to do, so he proposed a solution, but he was quickly vetoed by himself.

"Mr. Fan, what do you mean?" Dolgon then turned his gaze to Fan Wencheng, an old minister who assisted the three emperors of the Qing Dynasty and a loyal Han minister.

Fan Wencheng also stood up and said: "Regent, the taxes of the Ming Dynasty can support their needs, which is nothing more than the development of commerce and trade, but the Ming army blocked the sea lane, blocked the Yellow River waterway, and the ban was very strict, and it was difficult for our things to flow to the south of the Yangtze River to make profits, but some merchants smuggled silk, porcelain, and tea from the south to the north, and many of our ministers and wealthy families spent gold and silver to buy, and the silver flowed to the south, making ends meet, and the only way to change this situation at the moment is to negotiate peace with the Ming Dynasty." After the peace is negotiated, we can transport our things to them, exchange for silver, increase taxes, and at the same time promote frugality, the state affairs are still difficult, and we can't continue to enjoy it, otherwise within ten years, my warriors of the Qing Dynasty will be corroded by the sugar-coated cannonballs of Nanming. ”

"Peace? Have trade relations? "Dolgon also muttered, this discussion and peace is only afraid that it will not be simple, Cao Bianjiao he knows a little, after the previous Duoduo incident, he sent someone south to find out the details of Cao Bianjiao, this person since taking power, a change of the reckless style of the year, both civil and military, is also a fox opponent, want to negotiate peace, it is better to say that it is to seek peace, these two countries clash, whoever takes the initiative to admit will suffer, this is the law of iron, Dolgon is also a political veteran, how can you not know this.

"If we negotiate peace with the Southern Ming Imperial Court, then they will definitely open their mouths, I don't approve of it!" Ning Wan I am very resolute, this matter is tantamount to making the Qing Dynasty sue for peace with the Ming Dynasty, something that has never happened since the founding of Nurhachi, which is a shame.

Fan Wencheng was no longer taboo about anything, and said to Ning Wan: "Since this is the case, then let Ning Wan and my Lord handle this matter and solve the lack of food!" ”

"I ......" was squeezed by Fan Wencheng like this, and I was a little speechless at the moment, I didn't know how to answer, what way did he solve this matter for a while, if he had, he would have said it a long time ago, do you still need to wait until Fan Wencheng teased him, so he was angry and annoyed, but he was helpless.

"Prince Li, do you have anything to say?" Dorgon looked at Big Brother Daizen again and asked what he meant.

The four major Baylors of that year, namely the Great Baylor Daishan, the Second Baylor Amin, the Third Baylor Mang Gurtai, and the Fourth Baylor Huang Taiji. Amin and Mang Gultai are dead, even a dry of old brothers, Abatai and others are gone, and Azig was previously demoted by Dolgon because of the failure of the southern expedition, and Hauge is the same, and now the royal family can still say a few words above the court.

"I'm old, and my head is not bright, I really don't know what to do, but it's up to the regent to decide!" Dai Shan also said with a smile at the moment, he came to play Tai Chi for Dolgon, and he really didn't want to get involved in the political storm again.

Dolgon looked at Dai Shan on the side, and found his attitude, and sighed secretly in his heart, it seems that it is impossible to let his second brother, who has always been wise and self-protective, give advice.

"Feng Quan, what do you think?"

Feng Quan stood there silently, and when he heard Dolgon's inquiry, he immediately stood up, bowed down and said: "Regent, the slave thinks what Master Fan said, but you can give it a try, we still have a lot of things in our hands that can be traded with Nanming, such as coal in Shanxi, which is very rich in reserves, and we also have the most scarce horses in the south, in Jiangnan, an ordinary horse can also be sold for twenty taels, a little better is forty or fifty taels, and a good horse is more than one hundred taels, So we still have the capital to trade with the Southern Ming court. ”

"Isn't that an enemy, if they have cavalry, it will be much more difficult for us to deal with them?" Ning Wan, I stood up again and said.

Feng Quan smiled slightly, and continued: "The southerners operate the boats and the northerners ride horses, that's because of habits, it's not that if you have horses, you can have cavalry, even if they have cavalry, can they compete with my Ming Dynasty's Eight Banners Iron Cavalry?" ”

"Feng Quan is very right, my Eight Banners Iron Cavalry, which was trained on horseback since childhood, let the southerners train cavalry, they can't form an army in three years, even after they become an army, it is impossible to compete with us, so let's send someone to test what kind of attitude Nanming has on their side first, and then discuss this matter."

If the Ming Dynasty is willing to negotiate peace, then make a decision and determine the terms of the peace, Dolgon's current concern is to solve the chaotic situation as soon as possible and stabilize the situation, and he doesn't care about anything else.