Huang Taiji, who had returned to the harem, pushed away the two guards who were supporting him, took the silk handkerchief handed by Bumu Butai and blocked his nostrils, and waved the screaming women out of the room.

When the room was quiet, Huang Taiji's face suddenly became gloomy, and he instructed one of the guards beside him, "You go and call Yue Tuo and Zhuo Butai." ”

Huang Taiji hesitated, then stopped the guards who were walking out and said, "Let them come to see me separately." ”

The guards agreed, and soon brought Yue Tuo in, and Yue Tuo had just entered the room before he had time to salute, so he stepped forward with concern and asked, "King Khan, are you well?" ”

Huang Taiji waved his hand and said, "My body is fine, but you also heard what the fifth brother said just now, what do you think?" ”

Yue Tuo hesitated and said: "The minister thinks that what Sanbeile said is not right, at present, the Han people in Houjin are devoted to our country because of the benevolent government of the Khan, and now Sanbeile has provoked the dispute between the Manchus and Hans, I am afraid it is not a good sign." ”

Huang Taiji nodded and said: "You are right, the Heavenly Mandate Khan is wise and martial, and he will not be defeated in a hundred battles, so he was able to unify Liaodong and create Houjin." However, my Jurchen is a small clan after all, and even with the addition of those savage Jurchens, there are less than a million people in my clan.

In the vicinity of my Jurchen, even the weakest North Koreans numbered six or seven million. Not to mention, the Mongols and Han Chinese, who were even more numerous. The Koreans don't have to care about them, they live on the peninsula, and the people are weak, but they are just dogs guarding the house.

But the Mongols and the Han are different, no matter which of these two ethnic groups can be united, as long as we Jurchens can only retreat back into the mountains and forests. However, God bless my Jurchens, the Mongolian tribes are now in chaos, and the nominal Mongol Khan Lin Dan Khan not only failed to convince the people, but even caused mutual hostility between the Mongolian tribes.

Although the Han people are unified under the Ming Kingdom, the officials are incompetent, the generals are incompetent, the clan is greedy and brutal, and the people at the bottom can be said to be in dire straits. In my opinion, the future worries of the Ming Kingdom are not on the outside, but on the inside.

And don't those Han people's books say: Yi Di enters China, then China is it. Of course, we Jurchens are not Yidi, this is just the slander of those Han people against us. But we can understand from this sentence the thoughts of those Han scholars. As long as I, the Jurchens, are stronger than the army of the Ming State and can govern the world better than the court of the Ming State, then those scholars don't care whether it is a Han emperor or us Jurchens who rule them.

Therefore, if our Houjin wants to survive forever, or even enter the Central Plains like the Great Jin of the previous dynasty, the first task is to make the Mongols and Han people identify with us. Let the Mongols admit that there is no difference between the Jurchens and the Mongols, so that the Mongol tribes will not have any psychological obstacles after submitting to me.

If the Jurchens can get the help of the Mongols, then although the population is not as large as the Han people in the Ming Kingdom, it will also greatly narrow the gap with the Han people. If the Later Jin can submit to the Mongol tribes, our border with the Ming State will also expand from the coast of the Bohai Sea to the northwest desert.

However, this alone is not enough, even if the population of our Jurchens plus the population of Mongolia is still less than one-tenth of the population of the Ming Kingdom. If such a huge country is conquered only by force, the best outcome is just another great yuan.

Therefore, if you want to enter the Central Plains, you must get the help of those Han scholars. Although these scholars are not able to go to the battlefield, they are the best helpers for me Jurchens to rule the Han people.

Of course, I Jurchen people can use these Han readers, but we can't really believe the truth in the mouths of those readers, forget the history and origin of our Jurchen people, and learn the culture and customs of those Han people. Otherwise, wouldn't he have become the adopted son of those who passed by the people, and took over the incense for those Han people.

There is such a thing as a Manchu and Han people, which can only be remembered in the heart and cannot be said. Otherwise, why would those Han people fight the world for us Jurchens? We want to turn the Mongols into Jurchens, close to but wary of the Han Chinese, which is the foundation of our post-Jin state. ”

In the past, although Huang Taiji was close to Yue Tuo, he never talked to him at such a length, and if there was anything, he directly gave an order and told Yue Tuo to complete it, and he would not tell him any reason at all.

At this moment, listening to Huang Taiji's Datong remarks, Yue Tuo not only did not feel the joy of being valued, but his heart tightened, feeling that the King of Khan had a lot to do with himself, and he hurriedly replied: "The King of Khan has seen thousands of miles, and it is not something that can be achieved by a stupid minister. In this life, the minister only wishes to be the eagle dog of the Khan King, and where the Khan's horse whip is pointed, the minister will attack it, and the minister's heartfelt words are also. ”

Huang Taiji put down the silk handkerchief that blocked the nosebleed, took a careful breath, and found that the nosebleed had stopped. He then threw the silk handkerchief aside, and said happily to Yue Tuo: "Well said, if everyone in the country of Hou Jin is as knowledgeable as you, why should we worry about the Mongols and Mings?"

The reason why I want to talk to you so much is to let you know that Sanbeile is really wrong this time, and if he continues to indulge him like this, I will never have peace in the future.

In my nephew's generation, you have the closest relationship with me, and you are the elder brother of the younger generation, so you must strengthen your understanding and never take any concessions to some people who preach the idea of splitting the Manchu and Han people because you are worried about the face of your elders.

You are the son-in-law of Manggu Zigege, and you are also related by marriage to Sanbeile. I want you to remember that I don't have any personal grievances with Sambele, it's all about Houjin's future, you see? ”

Yue Tuo lowered his head and replied respectfully: "Since King Khan ascended the throne, everything he has done has been for the long-term interests of my Houjin, although the minister is dull, how can he not feel it?" Whatever the Khan's moves, his ministers supported them. ”

Huang Taiji looked at Yue Tuo's gaze and finally softened, he patted Yue Tuo's shoulder and said, "You are very good, state affairs and family affairs, that is important, you have always been very clear." After all, the future of Houjin will still count on you.

With such an attitude today, it is probably not feasible to expect the blue flag to go on the expedition. I hope you and Zilharang can carry this burden, I still don't believe it, without this butcher, we can't eat hairy pigs? ”

Huang Taiji's attention made Yue Tuo feel very embarrassed. This red flag expedition to the Ming Kingdom did not leave any benefits, and it also lost a lot of children. Therefore, there are also many complaints about him, the banner owner, thinking that he, the banner owner, Baylor, only cares about pleasing in front of the Khan King, and is not sympathetic to the children of the banner at all.

According to King Khan, this expedition was just a tentative attack, to see if there were any loopholes in the Ming army's Ningjin defense line, and whether the Ming army's combat power had risen or fallen after the rebellion. In this case, not only will this expedition be of little benefit, but it will also gnaw a lot of hard bones.

Originally, it was the hard work and tiring work of the blue flag, and he went to pick up himself for the red flag, and I am afraid that the people who set the red flag will be even more detached from him and moral. The owners of the Eight Banners are not only the masters of the Eight Banners, but they are also the representatives of the banners in the court. It is also the responsibility of the banner owners to protect the interests of the banners, otherwise why should the people of this banner be loyal to the banner owners.

Yue Tuo was still hesitating, and Huang Taiji had already stretched his tone and asked, "What?" Are you also in the same trouble as the Three Baylors? Don't want to take this order? ”

Yue Tuo immediately abandoned the hesitation in his heart, and hurriedly replied: "The minister doesn't dare, the Khan King has an order, and the minister should obey it." It's just that the red flag lost several cattle records last year, and now he has to take on this important task, and the morale in the banner is not high, and the minister is just worried that there will be a negative Khan King's entrustment. ”

Huang Taiji frowned and said: "That's it, last year, the Ming State officers and troops who surrendered to me in the Guannai last year, there are still more than 1,000 people after the reorganization, and I will ask people to add some Han people to go in, and make up 2,000 people for you to use, there should be no problem, right?" ”

Yue Tuo naturally didn't dare to refuse anymore, and nodded again and again. Only then did Huang Taiji loosen his brows and said, "This matter will be discussed here first, and we will talk about it in detail next time we convene a meeting."

Now that the plan of the Ming Kingdom to carry out military exercises outside the customs has been clarified, the envoy representing the Ming State Trading House should also deal with it properly. This war is a war, and we can't just cut off relations with the Ming State in terms of trade. After all, many of our people's biological resources come from the Ming Kingdom, and once the trade is cut off, the lives of our people will inevitably be in embarrassment.

Tell me what terms the envoys of the Ming Kingdom have negotiated with us these days? What are their requirements? ”

Referring to this representative of the Ming Kingdom, that is, the father-in-law of the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom, Yue Tuo felt a headache, he looked at Huang Taiji's face cautiously and said, "King Hui Khan, the envoy of the Ming Kingdom has not talked to us about anything these days. He said that Fan Yongdou and Dahai are both subordinates who cannot call the shots and are not worthy of negotiating with him. If we really want to reach an agreement on cooperation, send someone who can call the shots to talk to him. Although he met him once or twice, he really didn't know anything about business, so he couldn't talk about it at all now. ”

Huang Taiji was silent for a moment before he said to him, "Okay, I know." You don't have to ask any more questions here, envoys of the Ming Kingdom, concentrate on communicating with the various reserves under your command, and don't let them drag you back when the time comes..."

When Yue Tuo left, Gualga Zhuo Butai was brought in by the guards, Zhuo Butai's father Wei Qi was the ninth brother of Fei Yingdong Zharguqi, and he was also a minister from the Yellow Banner trusted by Huang Taiji, and now controlled the army of Shengjing City's defense.

Gualja Zhuobutai himself was born as a guard by Huang Taiji's side, and although he is now released as a secular guerrilla, he is still a close confidant of Huang Taiji.

For Zhuo Butai, Huang Taiji was not so polite to Yue Tuo, and he commanded in a cold tone: "You arrange people to monitor Mang Gurtai, Dege, Mang Guji, and Zonomu. Not only do I want to know how they interact with each other, but I also know who they interact with more often..."